DX LISTENING DIGEST 19-14, April 5, 2019
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** ALASKA. Caught the last part of Amanda Dawn Christie`s experimental
transmissions via HAARP, UT Wednesday March 27, after referring to the
schedule at:
https://www.ghostsintheairglow.space/transmissions
which confusingly refers to this day as ``March 26+1``
At 0239 and still at 0240, 4500 to the east is S9+10 with CODAR QRM,
SSTV; noting heard on 4400 to the west. This is contrary to her sked
for Sexion VII at 0233-0239 which said 4500 would be ``NATO fonetik
alfabet x 3``, and 4400 would be ``counting to one hundred``.
The same frequencies continue for Sexion VIII, at 0239:30-0245:30.
Retune to 4400-AM at 0245 just in time to hear the fonetik letters; I
think the last three were TAY, and off at 0245.5. Considerably weaker
than 4500 as to be expected, which at 0246 has been restored to CODAR
only.
0246, frequencies have changed for Section IX, ``Spy Cameras from the
Sky, and a Mystery Box in the Woods``: 6900-AM to the east is S9+10/20
with somewhat muffled and lo-key YL narration, mostly unreadable with
possibly local device QRM, but I pick out a few bits, describing an
object: ``On Sunday December 1``; ``who gave you the authority?``;
``RCMP``. Also some music in background. At 0254 it suddenly switches
to SSTV, and then find it sounding the same as on S9 5100 to the west.
Both stop before 0256*
0256.5, the only and final frequency is 3200, for Sexion IX, ``Not
with a bang but with a WSPR``. This is the weakest, S5-S7 and is, as
not specified, a CW message, which I am not recording and not up to
speed to copy live, seeming repeated a few times until off at
0259:30*
There have been many other running reports of this from WOR iog
contributors, which I have not digested before writing my report. I
assume most or all will be posted audiovisually (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
NOTE!!!!!!!! Certain long WOR iog threads such as this one I am not
spending great gobs of time editing into DXLD publication style; all
the more reason to be a member of the group (gh)
** ALASKA [non]. Studio recording programs for KNLS and MWV.
Under the link you can see the recording studio in the operating
center in Tennessee, where most of the programs are created, which are
then sent to Alaska and Madagascar:
https://www.knls.net/home/%D1%81%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F/
(Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / “deneb-radio-dx”)
(via RusDX 31 March via DXLD) last part is simply STUDIYA in Russian;
includes weights for physical fitness training (gh)
** ALBANIA. 9480, April 2 at 1956, something here cuts off at 1957* in
absence of 9475 WTWW on 5830 instead, and would have been blocked by
9475 splash. It`s only CRI French relay (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) See also USA: WRMI
** ALGERIA [non]. 6050, Qur'an Radio Algeria, via France, 0358, on
April 2. Choral National Anthem; time pips; several clear
multi-language IDs, including English ("Qur'an Radio Algeria");
Islamic programming in Arabic; good reception (Ron Howard, Asilomar
State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD)
Very good signal of Telediffusion d'Algerie April 3
0500-0559 on 6125 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf Arabic Holy Quran px*
0500-0559 on 9535 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf Arabic Holy Quran px*
0600-0659 on 9620 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf Arabic Holy Quran px
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/04/very-good-signal-of-telediffusion.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News April 2-3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) * ???
9655: See GUINEA [and non]
** ANGOLA. 4949.732, April 1 at 0132, JBA carrier, presumed RNA on
signature off-frequency - checked just as I am mentioning on 9395
during WOR that Ron Howard had found them missing. Also an even weaker
carrier close to 4950.0, likely AIR Srinagar, Kashmir --- neither in
HFCC but in Aoki/NDXC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
4949.75, Radio Nacional de Angola, Mulenvos, 1958-2020, 01-04 on air
with weak but clear signal now. Portuguese songs and comments. ID
"Radio Nacional" (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Log in Friol, Tecsun
S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD)
At 2300 UT on April 1, R Nac Angola music program on remote units in
Doha Qatar and HOL GER HNG, 4949.735 kHz exact fq (Wolfgang Bueschel,
dxldyg via DXLD)
** ANGOLA [and non]. [continued from SOUTH AFRICA]
Hi again Kai, Brief history of Vorgan:
1979 (?or earlier?): Starts broadcasting from South Africa (I assume
Meyerton). Used 4950 and then 4975/4973.
1986: While regular transmissions continued from Meyerton on 4973,
there was a separate series of test transmissions in July 1986,
possibly from within Angola.
During the late 1980s transmissions seem to have been active from both
Meyerton and Angola.
1990: The Meyerton transmissions on 4975 ended. Transmissions from
within Angola continued. Various frequencies were used in the 60, 49,
41, 31 and 25 metre bands. 7090 and 7100 were among the favourites.
April 1998: Vorgan closed. See
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/monitoring/73024.stm
(Chris Greenway, WOR iog via DXLD)
** ANTARCTICA. 15476, LRA36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, Base
Esperanza, *1300-1505*, 26-03. Here in Lugo carrier detected on
15476.0, but no audio due to the weak signal, except at 1500, signal
improve and some songs detected with extremely weak audio. Via SDR
Kiwi remote receivers in Pardinho, Sao Paulo and Paraguay, 15475.97,
clear signal, songs, comments by women, Spanish with Argentinian
accent, IF at 1357: "Pueden escribirnos a Radio Nacional Arcángel San
Gabriel, nuestra dirección de correo electrónico lra36@hotmail.com,
vamos a escuchar una canción", songs, at 1403 "Continuamos con el
programa Compartiendo Esperanza". Non stop songs. close at 1505.
Yesterday, 25-03 out of air (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Log in Lugo,
Fiol and Reinante, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via
WORLD OF RADIO 1976, DXLD)
Thanks, Manuel, always Tuesdays on air in 2018 and now also in 2019,
some maintenance DAY there? Nothing heard here at 1614 UT today,
(SDR's in Europe, EaUSA, Russia, nothing visible) 73 wb (Wolfgang
Bueschel, Tue Mar 26, dxldyg via DXLD)
15476, LRA36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, Base Esperanza,
*1425-1500, 02-04, open with song, ID and anthem, more ID, “Transmite
LRA 36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, en la frecuencia de 15476
kHz..., pueden comunicarse con nosotros, apartado ....,
lra36@hotmail.com”, Spanish, females, comments. Extremely weak and
strong fading but audible on USB. At 1500 eclipsed by China on 15475.
LRA 36 seems to be on air since its reactivation this year only
Tuesdays and Thursdays (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Heard in Friol,
Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO
1976, via DXLD)
At 1530 UT I hear / see only IBB Biblis Germany, Farda service til 16
UT on 15475 kHz in A-19. 73 wb (Wolfgang Bueschel, ibid.)
Hello, Copy with Kiwisdr in Argentina at 1620. It seem that the
modulation is H3E. (Nico (JN18fr near Paris / France), ibid.)
Even on air now, at 1643, without interference now (Manuel Méndez,
Lugo, Spain, ibid.)
Germany transmitters are A19 registered on 15475 from 15 to 18! (gh,
DXLD)
LRA 36 even on air now, 1830 UT April 2. Today a very large program.
Non stop songs (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, WORLD OF RADIO 1976,
ibid.)
Measured here in central Europe a tiny S=3 or -113dBm signal on
15475.972 kHz at 1810 UT. But same figures on KiwiSDR in Rio de
Janeiro, Atlantic Ocean island unit access via URL
http://py1eme.homeip.net:8073/
set to AM Narrow, and AGC off, Manual Gain set to 108dB (Wolfgang
Bueschel, ibid.)
Following up on Manuel’s earlier 1830 observation (2 April), LRA-36
tuned from KiwiSDR in Pardinho Brazil at 1953 with non-stop
Argentinian vocals. SINPO 35323 with noise and deep fades but often
peaking S3 to S4. After 2040 appeared to start a fade out but in again
around 2052 until sudden carrier off in mid-song (“De Mi Esperanza” by
Jorge Carfune) at 2059. So back on usual 2100* schedule but with a
test today? No announcements were heard. After 2025 all but two songs
were by the artist La Chaqueno Palavecino, also known as Oscar
Esperanza Palavecino, a noted Argentinian folklore singer and song
writer (Bruce Churchill, CA, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1976, DXLD)
[final version:] 15476, LRA36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel,
Base Esperanza, *1425-1950, 02-04, open with song, ID and anthem, more
ID “Transmite LRA36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, en la
frecuencia de 15476 kHz..., pueden comunicarse con nosotros, apartado
..., lra36@hotmail.com”, Spanish, females, comment about Malvinas
(Falkland) war. Extremely weak, audible on USB. At 1500 eclipsed by
China on 15475, or other station with Chinese program. Later no
interference and a long program of non stop songs, especially Latin
American and Argentinian songs. Extended program today, usually no
more than two hours program this year and last year. LRA36 seems to be
on air since its reactivation this year only Tuesdays and Thursdays.
(Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna,
8 meters, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1976, DXLD)
** ARGENTINA [non]. 9395, March 26 at 2145, RAE Italian via WRMI is
rather in Spanish for a dramatic reading with dramatic music of
something by Borges about the tango; no translation necessary,
apparently. 2152 back into real Italian for headlines also with
annoying music, 2153 ciao! And WRMI 9395 ID, Oldies music fill at S8-
S5, 2159 VOA ``news`` not quite on the hour --- so must have been
recorded at least an hour ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
See also USA: WRMI
** ARMENIA. Reception of Trans World Radio India via CJSC Yerevan,
March 30/31
1500-1600 7550 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg Hin/Eng Sat/Sun, very good signal
1315-1445 9330 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg various Mon-Fri, instead of 9300!
1500-1600 9330 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg Hin/Eng Sat/Sun, instead of 9300!
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/04/reception-of-trans-world-radio-india.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News March 30-April 1, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
BUT TODAY APRIL 2nd moved to registration channel 9300 kHz, heard at
1340 UT in Moscow and central Europe S=9+15 --- +20dB. similar TWR
India on 9910 kHz also from Armenia. 73 wb (Wolfgang Bueschel, DXLD)
Powerful signal on 9300 kHz at 1415 UT, April 2 (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria,
ibid.) See also INDIA [non]
** ARMENIA. It is planned to air a DRM Test tonite from Armenia on
7595 kHz at 1700-1800 UT (Christian Milling - Shortwave Service - on
WRTH - World Radio TV Handbook Facebook 3-April via Alan Pennington,
bdxc-news iog via DXLD)
** ASCENSION. Managing SW Broadcasts From Ascension Island
Radio World
Now managed and operated by Encompass Digital Media on behalf of the
BBC World Service, the stations' six powerful shortwave transmitters
on Ascension ...
https://www.radioworld.com/columns-and-views/managing-sw-broadcasts-from-ascension-island
(via Artie Bigley, DXLD)
A good article on current operations at the Ascension relay station:
https://www.radioworld.com/columns-and-views/managing-sw-broadcasts-from-ascension-island
It confirms that there are six active transmitters: two of the 1966
Marconis (originally there were four) and four RIZs (installed in 2009
says https://www.swcountry.be/g.html).
This means that the two Marconis moved to Ascension from Daventry in
1988 are no longer active.
And as today is the 37th anniversary of the start of the South
Atlantic Conflict, here's my look (from 2017) of what was going on at
Ascension in 1982: "The Requisitioning of Sender 302"
https://radioatlanticodelsur.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-requisitioning-of-sender-302.html
(Chris Greenway, WOR iog via DXLD)
** ASIA [non]. USA {non} RFA Broadcast Frequency Schedules in A-19
season --- Effective March 31, 2019 through Oct 27, 2019
[with transmitter sites added by wb]
TIN = Tinian relay MRA, probably still under repair, wb.
Burmese
1230-1330 UT 7530TJK 11805TIN 13630UAE
1330-1430 UT 7530TJK 11805TIN
Cantonese
1400-1500 UT 13575SAI
Khmer
1230-1330 UT 9700TJK
Korean
1000-1100 UT 1566JEU
1500-1700 UT 1188SEO 9850SAI 9990TJK 11985SAI
1700-1900 UT 1188SEO 9990SAI 11985SAI
2100-2200 UT 9540TJK 11945SAI
Lao
0000-0100 UT 9940KWT
Mandarin
0300-0400 UT 11570TJK 11895KWT 11985KWT 17690SAI
0400-0500 UT 11895KWT 13750KWT 17690SAI 21505TIN
0500-0600 UT 11895KWT 17690KWT 21690KWT
0600-0700 UT 11895KWT 13790SAI 17690KWT 17810TIN
1500-1600 UT 9940KWT 13810TJK 15475BIB
1600-1700 UT 7370TJK 11610TIN 13570KWT 13810TJK
1700-1800 UT 9355KWT 9965BIB
1800-1900 UT 9355KWT 9965BIB 11745KWT
1900-2000 UT 1098TAI 9355SAI 9720KWT
2000-2100 UT 1098TAI 6080TJK 9355SAI 9535KWT
2100-2200 UT 1098TAI 7435KWT 9685KWT
2300-2400 UT 9535KWT 9720KWT 15555SAI
Tibetan
0100-0200 UT 9370TJK 9390TJK 9510KWT 11705KWT 13765TJK
0200-0300 UT 9370TJK 11705KWT 11745KWT 13765TJK
11820KWT Mon Wed Fri
11895KWT Tue Thur
11925KWT Sat Sun
0600-0700 UT 15720TJK 17670BIB 21690UAE
17635KWT Mon Wed Fri
17750KWT Tue Thu Sat Sun
1000-1100 UT 13800KWT 15330LAM
21475TIN Sun
21465TIN Mon
21455TIN Tue
21520TIN Wed
21565TIN Thur
21540TIN Fri
21505TIN Sat
1100-1200 UT 13835TJK 15265BIB 15470TJK 17640LAM
1200-1300 UT 11540KWT 13835TJK 15470TJK 17690TJK 17720LAM
1300-1400 UT 11540KWT 13835TJK 15275TJK 15470TJK 17860LAM
1500-1600 UT 9355TJK 12110LAM
13720TIN Sun Tue Thu Sat
13790TIN Mon Wed Fri
2200-2300 UT 7505TJK 9370KWT
7460KWT Mon
7470KWT Tue
7520KWT Wed
9655KWT Thu
7465KWT Fri
9920KWT Sat
7520KWT Sun
2300-2400 UT 5965KWT 9555UAE 9875TJK
Uyghur
0100-0200 UT 9350TJK 9445BIB 9780KWT 11640KWT 11790KWT
1600-1700 UT 9355TJK 9480KWT 11675BIB 15700LAM
(via Rich D'Angelo-USA, NASWA iog via dxld March 27; transformed via
wwdxc by wb on April 2, dxldyg via DXLD)
15-17 on 9990 DB RFA in Lao & Uighur, instead of Korean. Videos will
be added later today. A-19 RFA is via one tx in Tinian & two txs via
Saipan (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, ibid.) See also NORTHERN MARIANA
ISLANDS
** AUSTRALIA. Sad News --- Member CRAIG ALLEN, founder and operator of
Ozy Radio has passed away. Few details known, but we have had this
confirmed by his family, following on from a posting on the WRTH
Facebook page by Tim Gaynor.
Craig’s funeral is being held on Thursday 11th April at 10am at The
North Chapel at Pinegrove Memorial Park, Kington Street Minchinbury. A
gathering afterwards to celebrate Craig’s life will be held at the
Nepean Rowing Club, Bruce Neale Drive, Penrith.
A pioneer of low-powered broadcasting in Australia, Craig held HF
licenses for a number of years before commencing broadcasting on 90
and 60 metres, with an eclectic mix of Australian music.
His initiatives have helped placed Australia firmly on the map as a DX
target for hobbyists worldwide, and also assisted promotion of the
ARDXC. Certainly a loss, at a very young age.
The club is sending flowers, and extends its condolences to Craig’s
family (April ARDXC Australian DX News via WORLD OF RADIO 1976, DXLD)
obit
** AUSTRALIA. We have a new exciting twist to our broadcast. Dx
Programme on Air! ARDXC via Unique Radio
5045. 1000-1015 UT (9pm Sydney, 8pm QLD time). Monday nights only
starting Monday 1st April, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th April. Now we are on
USB Upper sideband. The interference from OHR and 5050 Chinese, Tim is
trying to escape this interference. So now upper sideband. Special QSL
cards are still the koala cards for reception reports to my address as
below. 71 Hilton Ave, Roselands 2196 NSW (Johno Wright, April ARDXC
Australian DX News via WORLD OF RADIO 1976, DXLD)
Unique Radio will be using USB on 5045 KHz from April 1 From April 1st
5045 KHz (Monday) on 5045 KHz USB to cover additional outback radios
who use USB only
For latest schedule See
https://www.uniqueradio.biz/
* We are currently waiting for approval to use a new night frequency
from ACMA, for use after hours from 21:30 EADT or 1030 UTC
* Times will adjust to EAST but UTC will remain the same
* New podcast site is:
https://soundcloud.com/user-479964206
(Tim Gaynor, via gh, DXLD)
Months ago when starting up, Tim mentioned plans to use 2368.5 (gh)
** AUSTRALIA [non]. Unique Radio is using DRM via WINB Red Lion PN USA
on 15120 KHz, 1400-1500 UT Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Please
address all reception reports with detail to Tim: nri3@yahoo.com.au
Enjoy (Tim Gaynor, April 1, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1976, DXLD)
15120-15125, Thu April 4 at 1403, I can tell WINB hybrid DRM is on,
but VP S4 about = noise level. This must be the new Unique Radio
transmission at 14-15 Wed/Thu/Fri. Tim doesn`t say what the program is
--- his own `Sounds of Your Life`??
BTW, NIGERIA could also be DRMing circa 15119.9 as early as 1600 in
Arabic, as reported by Ivo Ivanov; while WINB is scheduled until 1700
M-F, so a head-on collision is possible. I wonder what will happen
then? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1976, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA. 5055, Radio 4KZ (N. QLD.) at 1200. Rock tunes, including
The Doors/Light My Fire - Fair Mar 28 (Rick Barton, Arizona SW Logs,
Grundig Satellit 205(T.5000), RS SW-2000629, with various outdoor
wires; ATS-909X and 9' garden stake antenna. 73 and Good Listening...!
-rb, WOR iog via DXLD)
5055, Radio 4KZ, on March 30, at 1211. Segment of pop songs (The
Mindbenders with "A Groovy Kind Of Love," Seal with "Kiss From A
Rose," etc.); some commercial announcements that were close to being
readable; some OTH radar; noted the current cut off time of 1302*; QRN
(static) (Ron Howard, Ocean Beach [San Francisco], CA, CR-1, antenna:
100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD)
** AUSTRALIA. 9610, April 4 at 1325, S8-S9 in S Asian language saying
``@twr.in`` so it must be TWR-India, via?? NO, scheduled is Reach
Beyond Australia on 9610 in Hindi until 1330 Thursdays. Could RBA be
secretly carrying TWR programming, or did I mishear? A bit more S
Asian talk and music follows (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
REACH BEYOND AUSTRALIA - A19 SCHEDULE RELEASE
https://medxr.blogspot.com/2019/03/reach-beyond-australia-a19-schedule.html
(via Artie Bigley, DXLD)
Incredibly complex as to languages, times, days of week, frequencies.
Why don`t they rationalise it? (gh, DXLD)
** AUSTRALIA. AM to FM Conversions:
2EC, Bega NSW 765 khz to 94.5 FM /
2GN, Goulburn NSW 1368 khz to 107.7 /
2XL, Cooma NSW 918 khz to 96.1.
Still in proposal stage but expected to happen during 2019. - via
Mediaspy - (via Geoff Wolfe, Australia, DXLD)
** AUSTRALIA. ABC regional coverage bolstered in federal budget
The Australian-4 hours ago
The ABC has received a pre-election budget reprieve after the Morrison
government committed $43.7 million to help fund the broadcaster's
rural and regional ...
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/abc-regional-coverage-bolstered-in-federal-budget/news-story/5c3998c28f7463d7814fc26344177c41
(via Artie Bigley, OH, DXLD)
** AUSTRALIA. Labor Will Bring Back Short-Wave to the NT
Tuesday 26 March, 2019
The Shadow Minister for Financial Services, Clare O’Neil, has told ABC
Radio Darwin that a Shorten Government will bring short-wave radio
back to the Northern Territory, after it was disbanded by the ABC in
2017, saying restoring the service “is actually crucially important
for safety in the Territory.
“Malarndirri (McCarthy) spoke earlier today about a gentleman who was
out fishing, and he didn’t know about the cyclone because he didn’t
have access to short wave radio. We know there are long haul trucks
travelling around the Territory, and short-wave radio is crucial for
them to understand what’s going on around them. So that’s why a
Shorten Labor Government will bring this back.”
Asked if that meant that Labor would fund the million dollars or so to
meet the expense, the Shadow Minister said “That’s correct” though she
was unable to commit to any further expansion of the short-wave
service outside of the NT (radioinfo.com.au via April ARDXC Australian
DX News via DXLD)
** BANGLADESH. Bangladesh Betar --- In English at 1840 UT on 4750 kHz
(SINPO 23222), no signal on 13580 kHz (Nico (near Paris / France,
NRD525 aperiodic dipole), March 26, WOR iog via DXLD)
Fair signal of Bangladesh Betar Ext. Sce in 60mb Mar 28
1230-1300 on 4750 SHV 100 kW / non-dir to SoAs English, x 15105 DKA
1315-1345 on 4750 SHV 100 kW / non-dir to SoAs Nepali, ex 9455 DKA
1400-1430 on 4750 SHV 100 kW / non-dir to SoAs Urdu, ex 15505 DKA
1515-1545 on 4750 SHV 100 kW / non-dir to SoAs Hindi, ex 15505 DKA
1600-1630 on 4750 SHV 100 kW / non-dir to SoAs Arabic, ex 7250 DKA
1630-1730 on 4750 SHV 100 kW / non-dir to SoAs Bangla, ex 7250 DKA
1745-1900 on 4750 SHV 100 kW / non-dir to SoAs English, x 13580 DKA
1915-2000 on 4750 SHV 100 kW / non-dir to SoAs Bangla, ex 13580 DKA
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/03/fair-signal-of-bangladesh-betar-extsce.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News March 26-29, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
4750, BANGLADESH Betar at 1358 UT March 30, Interval Signal, 4 plus 1
time pips to sign on in Bengali. Weak. Also noted on March 31 at 1335
in Bengali. Off at 1345 then on with test tone at 1345 to Interval
Signal at 1357:12 then 4 plus 1 time pips and sign on. Weak (Mick
Delmage, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Rx: Perseus SDR, Ant: Wellbrook ALA
100 loop, WOR iog via DXLD)
If it`s following the external service sked which had been on other
frequencies, 1315-1345 would be Nepali, and 1400+ in Urdu (gh, DXLD)
4750, Bangladesh Betar, on April 3, still carrying only the External
Service, preempting the usual Home Service; 1227, test tone off and
start of IS; at 1230, started broadcasting in English, but with strong
CNR1 QRM (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100'
long wire, WOR iog via DXLD)
4750, 1710-1715 3.4, Bangladesh Betar, Shavar. New Foreign Sce. fq to
South Asia. Bengali talk, local music, 45333. Also heard 29.3
1910-1925 music, 1911 timesignal, Bengali ID mentioning Bangladesh
twice, talk and flute, 45333, Best 73, (Anker Petersen, Denmark, what
I heard recently in Skovlunde on the AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of
longwire, wbradio yg via DXLD)
** BHUTAN. 6035, BBS, on April 2, noted cut off at 1126*
6035, BBS, 1114-1120*, on April 5. Pop songs till transmitter off. The
good news is that the recent jamming spur heard here from 6045, has
ended, as National Unity Radio has moved away from 6045, taking the N.
Korea jamming with them (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón
E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD)
** BOUGAINVILLE [non-log]. 3325, NBC Bougainville (Maus Blong
Sankamap), April 5, noted not on the air 1016+ (Ron Howard, Asilomar
State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via
DXLD)
** BOUVET. Bouvet Island DXpedition News
Excerpts from a very long press release dated March 26th: the 3Y0I
team was just 70 nautical miles off Bouvet Island, and the ship was
"hit by a series of 11+ meters (36+ ft) tall waves + wind exceeding 83
knots/h (approx. 160 km/h).
The fierce oceanic forces swept past the upper deck, taking one of the
radars, including VSAT, VHF and HF marine antennas, off the mast and
throwing them all overboard. The hit was so hard the vessel tilted as
much as 45°." On March 27th, it was reported that all team members and
crew were safe, but "with lack of the most important navigational
tools, the captain declared it was not safe to navigate and they
needed to go back to Cape Town to secure both all participants on the
board, their equipment and the vessel's gear."
Also, from press release, the 3Y0I team stated that the "3Y0I
Expedition is NOT cancelled – we don't give up that easily".... The
"3Y0I’s events will be long discussed and analysed by the Team to
'attack' the island one more time – as soon as possible –again all
marked with 'safety-first' principles." To read the complete Press
Release #4 written by Stan, SP8S, the 3Y0I Press officer, see:
https://bouvetoya.org/3yoi-postponed
(Southgate ARC via April ARDXC Australian DX News via DXLD)
** BRAZIL. 4775, Radio Congonhas, Congonhas MG, PP, 01/04 2053.
Brazilian song, the announcer communicated that the station at this
moment is transmitting the signal and the program from their 91.3 MHz
FM station, advs. 45554 (Rudolf Grimm PY2-81502 SWL, São Bernardo SP,
BRAZIL, HCDX via DXLD) WTFK, exactly? (gh)
4775, Radio Congonhas, Congonhas, 0355-0445, 02-04, after various
months without heard it, now on air. Brazilian songs, pop songs in
English, at 0414: "Uma e quatorze", at 0424: "Radio Congonhas AM...",
“Radio Congonhas a emisora do Bom Jesus”. Weak. 15311 (Manuel Méndez,
Lugo, Spain, Logs Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR
iog via DXLD)
** BRAZIL [and non]. Two UNID at 2332 UT like
Port 4774.903 BRA
and
Span 4774.976 PRU
(Wolfgang Bueschel, April 1, dxldyg via DXLD)
So exact frequency in my next item points to Peru, not Brasil, altho
the all-night scheduling had indicated Brasil (gh) See unID 4774.975
4774.976, April 3 at 0624, weak music vs CODAR. Following my previous
report whether it`s Brasil, Perú or Swaziland, Manuel Méndez, Spain,
IDed Rádio Congonhas [NOT ``Radio Sora``]:
``Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Log in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable
antenna, 8 meters: BRAZIL, 4775, Radio Congonhas, Congonhas, 0355-
0445, 02-04, after various months without heard it, now on air.
Brazilian songs, pop songs in English, at 0414: "Uma e quatorze", at
0424: "Radio Congonhas AM...", “Radio Congonhas a emissora do Bom
Jesus”. Weak. 15311`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1976, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 5939.691, Radio Voz Missionary, PortBras pastor pray, S=5-6
0524 UT
\\
9664.531, Radio Voz Missionary, PortBras pastor pray, S=6 0544 UT via
remote in Holland [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 1, dxldyg via
DXLD)
** BRAZIL. 9630.47 approx., April 3 at 0556, R. Aparecida reactivated
on split frequency as het way underneath RNZI which landed here for A
-19 in the 05-07 span. See NEW ZEALAND.
Other unblocked ZY frequencies as measured:
9664.626, April 3 at 0559, Voz Missionária the outstanding ZY signal
tonight, S9-S7, TC for 3 am at 0600.
9818.762, April 3 at 0603, R. Nove de Julho, JBA, presumably still 24h
relay of R. Aparecida.
11815.028, April 3 at 0606, JBA music presumed R. Brasil Central.
11856v, NO signal from R. Aparecida here.
6134.823, April 3 at 0617, R. Aparecida with song/hymn vs stray Cuban
pulse jamming, S7; 0620 flagship program ID ``Com a Mãe Aparecida``.
This measurement contradicts Anker Petersen who has been reporting it
as 6134.84, apparently needing receiver recalibration. (This is not
splitting hairs, as precise off-frequency measurements are a great aid
to identification, but they need to be accurate.)
Also regarding R. Aparecida, Célio Romais in Porto Alegre told me
March 26 that he is still doing a DX report, now only for `Encontro
DX` on this station, Saturdays at 2200 UT; example:
https://youtu.be/tsuvaslJOUA
Does not specify frequencies, but has been on irregular variables:
5035, 6135, 9630, 11855 and via 9 Julho 9820 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD
OF RADIO 1976, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
[Re gh not hearing R. Aparecida circa 0600 April 3:] Now on, on
11855.688 with decent signal in Central Poland. Best Regards, (Wojtek
Zaremba, 2048 UT April 3, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
11855.693, April 4 at 0535 JBA carrier, no doubt an apparition from
Aparecida back on air this overnight, and the OSOB except for weak
11520 WEWNglish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. Olá, Glenn! Venho informar que continuo firme como ouvinte
de ondas curtas. Também como colaborador de programa que fala sobre o
dexismo. Com a saída da Rádio Transmundial das ondas curtas, tenho
colaborado somente com o programa Encontro DX, da Rádio Aparecida. O
programa vai ao ar todos os sábados, às 2200, no Tempo Universal,
pelas frequências da emissora paulista. Minhas participações têm sido
bem atuais. Veja a minha última colaboração aqui:
https://youtu.be/tsuvaslJOUA
73s! (Célio Romais, Porto Alegre, Brasil, March 26, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Célio, Ótimo e parabéns! (Guilherme Glenn, via DXLD 19-13)
WTFK? It seems the WRTH 2019 has expunged all Aparecida frequencies, a
bit prematurely. Had been V: 5035, 6135, 9630, 11855, and also via 9
de Julho on 9820v; some or all of them sporadic (gh, WORLD OF RADIO
1976, DXLD)
6134.86, 0405-0410 24.3, R Aparecida, Aparecida, SP, Portuguese ann,
Brazilian songs, 25232 (Anker Petersen, Denmark, my latest loggings
from Skovlunde on the AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire,
wbradio yg via DXLD) RSC Bolivia apparently inactive on almost same
offset, or off earlier (gh, DXLD)
** BRAZIL. 9925 kHz, Rádio Teste (800 KM MG Brasil) Música
internacional 2220 UT 02 Abril 2019
https://youtu.be/CfUpPCqKeok
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) Only pirate he reports lately (gh)
** BRAZIL. 11780, RNA. 0150+ 24 March. Always a treat to catch RNA in
the late afternoons in Encinitas -- today they were rolling with
bossanova & the usual zippy DJ (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas, CA,
Eton/Grundig "Executive Satellit"/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BULGARIA. UTILITY, Good signal of Varna Meteo, April 3
0710&0718 on 3740 USB mode Bulgarian/English
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/04/good-signal-of-varna-meteo-april-3.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News April 2-3, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UTILITY, Reception of LZW Varna Radio on April 4:
0708&0724 on 3740 USB mode English/Bulgarian, good
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/04/reception-of-lzw-varna-radio-on-april-4.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News April 3-4, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BULGARIA [and non]. Re: [WOR] Shortwave Radiogram, 29-31 March
2019
"..........Hello friends, Slow Scan Radio has been transmitting two
streams of text simultaneously. We have tried this a few times on
VOA/Shortwave Radiogram, and will try it again this weekend. Near the
end the half hour will be a simultaneous transmission of a news item
from swissinfo.ch in two languages, both in MFSK32, with the English
version centered on 1500 Hz and the Spanish version centered on 2200
Hz. Why 2200Hz? The "primary" MFSK32 occupies audio spectrum
approximately from 1250 to 1750 Hz. This sometimes results in an audio
harmonic from 2500 to 3500 Hz. MFSK32 at a 2200 Hz center frequency
occupies 1950 to 2450 Hz, placing it above the primary MFSK32 but
below the harmonic......." [Kim Andrew Elliott, KD9XB]
SWRG#93 - Easily to detect: The increased noise level caused by
higher-order intermodulation products [the double track test]
"...one more track..." = stronger intermodulation
===>
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3ywm7d9xjxqkx77/2019-03-29_SWRG93_7780kHz.png?dl=0
(roger thauer. WOR iog via DXLD)
** BURUNDI [and non]. Burundi suspends BBC in fresh media clampdown
Statement on Government of Burundi's Extension of Suspension of ...
Inside VOA (VOA Public Relations) (press release) (blog)-19 hours ago
VOA content will continue to be available in Kirundi and Kinyarwanda
via shortwavechannels, on the Internet and on FM transmitters located
in neighboring ...
https://www.insidevoa.com/a/statement-government-burundi-extension-suspension-voa-programming/4854248.html
(via Artie Bigley, March 30, DXLD)
WTFK?!?!?! shortwavechannels not worth specifying even now (gh, DXLD)
Burundi suspends BBC in fresh media clampdown
http://www.pmldaily.com/news/2019/03/burundi-suspends-bbc-in-fresh-media-clampdown.html
(via Artie Bigley, March 30, DXLD)
** CAMBODIA. 918-RNK (Cambodia)-- New Signoff Routine
Gary DeBock, Apr 3, #207
The sign off routine for 918-RNK has been changed from the pattern
used last November, with different music preceding the sign off, and a
different musical rendition of the National Anthem starting at 1701 UT.
The new sign off routine was recorded at an S9 level in Hong Kong,
and features different singers in the anthem, along with a more
dominant organ. A recording of the entire new sign off routine is
posted at
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/6qy53nx3r41e2k5c2nqimzqir0hvj2n6
73 and Good DX, (Gary DeBock (on vacation in Hong Kong), 7.5"
loopstick C.Crane Skywave SSB Ultralight, IRCA iog via DXLD)
** CANADA. 328 kHz, April 1 at 0617, dash and YTL from NDB beacon at
Big Trout Lake, Ont., 1000 watts. Really remote, fly-in only in NW
Ont., beyond Pickle Lake, almost 90 west, 54 north. 2031 km = 1262
miles from here. Also got three de USA, q.v.
341 kHz, April 4 at 0549 UT, dash and YYU ND beacon, 500 watts from
Kapuskasing, Ontario, one neat name. Town website says, ``Did you
know? Kapuskasing means "Bend in the river" in Cree``. Also logged a
USA station on same frequency, different pitch, q.v. (Glenn Hauser,
Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. CHFO, 1350, Gatineau seems off permanently --- I had not
heard this station since we returned to Ottawa early February, so
investigated. No online news items, or CHFO online presence, so one
morning I called Industry Canada. They called back that afternoon to
say their early investigation led to likely permanent CHFO silence,
and said if they get further info they would call me back (!), which
is nice*. More info if and when I get it. * when I told the IC person
I listened by way of improving my French, he was nice enough to
suggest I try CJEU 1670 (EricFloden, Ottawa, Ont, April 1, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA [and non]. Glenn, Re your comment about Canada 1610 in the
item about Anguilla: The Canadian 1610's are all notified to FCC with
facilities that are "legal" under the Region II expanded band
agreement. The only one notified with more than 1 kW night is CHHA,
and it is specified with a directional antenna to be consistent with
the Agreement. If you know of exception(s) let me know and I will
look at the ITU database. There are no US 1610s because the Federal
TIS operations on 1610 are primary unlike other TIS authorizations.
(Ben Dawson, WA, April 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 2749-USB, April 2 at 0637 UT, unusual to hear anything in
the nightmiddle, but marine weather info in French with English
accent; millibars and direxions mentioned, also Matane several times
which is a Québec city on the Gaspé coast NE of Rimouski. Stops at
0639* and nothing now on 2598-USB either. I cannot find a 2019
schedule on the Canadian Coast Guard site, just 2018:
http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/Marine-Communications/RAMN-2018/Part2#21
which does not show anystation ending around 0640 UT; and it has never
been clear to me whether these stations stay on UT or make DST shifts!
CCG 2018 sked does show VCO Sydney NS *starting at 0740 UT via Port
Caledonia site, English only, which would now be *0640 if DST be
observed. Nor does this version:
http://dxinfocentre.com/mb.htm#O%20ATL
Bill Hepburn replies already to an advance copy of the above:
``Hi Glenn, That could've just been an unscheduled broadcast with a
marine warning or an amended forecast. Unscheduled broadcasts are not
that uncommon. I've heard lots of them over the years. They also
interrupt the VHF continuous marine broadcasts.
From the RAMN: "MCTS Centres broadcast marine safety information
through continuous, scheduled and unscheduled broadcasts to provide
mariners with information such as weather bulletins, ice information,
and notices to shipping (NOTSHIP) concerning the operational status
of
navigational aids and dangers to navigation."
BTW, broadcast times noted in UT remain on UT regardless of ST/DT
status. The RAMN's are now updated on an ongoing basis - so it's
always the latest issue. You can check the amendment dates on the
Amendment Register on page i. The "year" changes in April, the
official annual issue time.
My guess is that you heard Escoumins Coast Guard Radio broadcasting
from its site on Grindstone Island, QC. Regards, Bill Hepburn``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. New Radio Canada transmitter.
Robert Newell Apr 1 #173
Word on the street: the CBC has purchased a 500 kw transmitter for 530
KHz - for testing near Tofino, British Colombia. Multi-language
programming to return to the air by April 1, 2020 - with the bulk of
the material to be aimed at Japanese DXERS (Colin Newell - Victoria -
B.C. CANADA, IRCA iog via DXLD)
Are the April Fools gags starting already??? hi (Mike Sanburn, ibid.)
Starting? It’s noon- they’re ending. In all seriousness: I’m
considering pursuing the process of licensing a Canadian SW station on
the 49 meter band. Low power. Why? Because. There are private SW
stations in the U.S. — why not Canada (Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C.
CANADA, ibid.)
A Shortwave station entirely dedicated to DXers!!! (Mike Sanburn,
ibid.)
Weren't there two low power SW Canadians on 49m back in the day?
(Maybe more, but I seem to remember two...) (Mark Pettifor, ibid.)
6030 Calgary — still on
6070 Toronto — still on
6080 - Vancouver - off for decades
6160 - Vancouver and St. John’s (off)
Memory says there was something on 6130 — cannot remember who.
Montreal? (Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA, ibid.) Halifax (gh)
100 watts should be ample for regional and transPacific coverage. The
primary hosts: Glenn Hauser and Paul Walker. That’d be something!
(Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA, ibid.)
I am willing to bet that there were. I used to hear a lot around 6 MHz
at sunset. Here's what Wiki gave me:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFRX
(Mike Sanburn, ibid.)
CHNX in Halifax, NS was on 6130. Montreal was, I believe, on 6005.
(Bob Coomler W7SWL, Tucson, AZ, ibid.)
And years ago, in the early ‘60s, CKWX in Vancouver was on the 49
meter band when they were still Top 40. -- (Rick Lewis, ibid.)
SW 6080 call was CKFX, and only 10 Watts, prime DX target (gh, DXLD)
[Montreal:] Yes, they were. Call was CFCX and I have a QSL card dated
11/15/1969. Power was 500 watts and operated by The Marconi Group.
Their MW station started in 1919, a year before KDKA and WWJ. Vy 73 de
Joe (Joseph Miller, ibid.)
The ones on 6160 were the ones I was thinking of. If we here in the
Midwest could hear them, then conditions were probably good for SW
DXing.
I remember one day in particular that I heard both stations. It was
April 1, 1982, and Tristan da Cunha was broadcasting a special April
Fool's program on 6160 (which for them was an unpublished frequency),
and they went open carrier for about 2 hours because they were running
a news program and ran out of things to report on. I heard the
Canadians underneath the OC (Mark Pettifor, ibid.)
And one more from Nova Scotia... CJCX/6010 in Sydney on Cape Breton
(Theo [Donnelly, BC?], ibid.)
Wow, cool, I did not know about that one. Tnx. Looking forward to
Colin's new station. I nominate co-hosts Glenn Hauser and Arnie Coro!
(EricFloden, New Edinburgh On, ibid.)
When I started in the early 70's, there were 8 on the air
6005 CFCX Montreal
6010 CJCX Sydney, NS
6030 CFVP Calgary
6070 CFRX Toronto
6080 CKWX Vancouver
6130 CHNX Halifax
6160 CKZN (?) St. John's, NF
6160 CBC Vancouver (can't remember the call sign)
(John Fisher, Kingston, ON, ibid.)
CKZN 6160 in St. John's is correct. 6160 in Vancouver was CKZU. And
then there were the VE9's and some CJ's in Manitoba from the
30's-50's. Thanks to all the non-shortwavers for their patience. :-)
(Bob Coomler W7SWL, Tucson, AZ, ibid.)
CBC St. John's Newfoundland may be the only station I've verified on
MW, FM, SW and TV! (Jim Renfrew, NY, ibid.)
We could clearly use a few more Canuck voices on the Shortwaves
---particularly since we have no int’l service any more (Colin Newell
- Victoria - B.C. CANADA, ibid.)
Some of the local radio stations in the Palm Springs CA area carry
Canadian news on a daily basis. But I agree, it's not the same as on
shortwave. 73 de Joe (Joseph Miller, ibid.)
I miss the Canadian shortwave stations. I have veries from all I heard
(7) plus I have several Canadian Coast Guard stations including
Tofino. Canada on MW is tough to hear here in So Cal (Martin Foltz,
ibid.)
[Vancouver:] And, before that, it was CBUX I believe? This is surely a
garrulous grandad in the rocking chair moment, but as a small child I
recall hearing an ID on CBU-690, that went something like "CBU and
short wave CBUX". Only problem was that I'd never heard the term
"short wave", and heard it as "short way", and could not understand
how "CBUX" was a short way of saying "CBU". A lifetime of not
understanding various things has followed, hi. best wishes (Nick
Hall-Patch, BC, ibid.)
CKZU started as CBUX, CKZN as CBNX --- until it was decided for Canada
to quit using Chilean callsigns on SW at least (gh, DXLD)
I remember when Canada was a piece of cake here in SoCal, especially
CBK 540, CBR 1010, CKWX 1130. I first logged former AMer CJOC 1220 in
Lethbridge AB here while they were still a rocker (prior to going
country then ultimately going FM). I also logged some of the tougher
ones. CKRM 980 (before they swapped over to 620) SK. CKLW 800 ON has
been logged here. Also, CHUM and CJNB both on 1050. Good times (Mike
Sanburn, IRCA iog via DXLD)
** CANARY ISLANDS [non]. Re: [bdxc-news] Coast FM Canary Islands
Hi John and Albert, I often get a great signal in Warwickshire, this
morning sounded really good SINPO 54455. You can submit a reception
report at shortwave@coastfmtenerife.com or visit their website and
fill in an online report. Thanks (Will Grocott, March 30, bdxc-news
iog via DXLD)
Coast FM on shortwave is a relay from Ireland (not the Canary
Islands). 73, (Alan Pennington, ibid.)
Alan - Any information on the relay site (who, where, why, power,
etc.)? 73 de tc (Terry Colgan, TX, bdxc-news iog via DXLD)
** CHAD [non]. Radio Ndarason International via ENC-DMS Woofferton,
April 2
1900-2100 12050 WOF 250 kW / 152 deg to WeAf Kanuri/French, very good
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/04/radio-ndarason-international-via-enc.html
Radio Ndarason International via ENC-DMS Ascension, April 3:
0500-0600 5960 ASC 250 kW / 055 deg to WeAf Kanuri, co-ch QRM KWT HQ
0600-0700 7415 ASC 250 kW / 055 deg to WeAf Kanuri, weak/fair signal
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/04/radio-ndarason-international-via-enc_3.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News April 2-3, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. CNR DRM --- Intermittently audible on 15250 at 0154 UT
(scheduled 01 to 08). Surprising to get any signal from so far away in
our early evening. I suspect I'd be able to decode fully in Masset.
73, (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, UT March 27, WOR iog via DXLD) See
also EAST TURKISTAN
15250-DRM, CNR1 Kunming site in DRM mode, S=9+15dB at 0650.
15580-DRM, CNR1 DRM sce from Dong Fang island, S=9+20dB in eastern
Thailand remote SDR, 10 kHz wide strong block at 0702 UT.
15735-DRM, CNR1 DRM sce from Qiqihar site #2021 in Far Eastern China,
near Russian border - first ALLISS revolving antenna location in
China, S=9+20dB in eastern Thailand remote SDR, 10 kHz wide strong
block at 0702 UT. Log at eastern Thailand on Uwe's Perseus remotedly
access installation: [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3
Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 1, dxldyg
via DXLD)
** CHINA [and non]. 12120, March 26 at 1432 Chinese with sounder, S6
with flutter, also constant RTTY and CODAR QRM. A frequency a
broadcaster should avoid, but not VOA PHILIPPINES in Mandarin this
hour, so I am not sure whether this is the CNR1 jammer or not. Before
1400, FEBC is on 12120, and even earlier KTWR --- I hope listeners
aren`t thinking VOA also be a gospel huxter by the company it keep
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 13640, CNR1 (jammer). 0158-0203+ 23 March. Just breaking
through the noise with TOH pips/TC v. (unheard) SoH (Dan Sheedy,
Encinitas, CA, Eton/Grundig "Executive Satellit"/6m X wire, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 12065. 27/3/2019, 0151-0200, CNR1, xx-CHN, em Chinês.
Jammer/Firedrake da CNR1, com locuções masculina e feminina; 0155 ID e
uma canção chinesa romântica. Recepção ótima, 45554 (JRX_José Ronaldo
Xavier, SWARL Callsign PR7036SWL, Receptor (es): Degen DE1103 & Tecsun
S-2000, Cabedelo-PB, Brasil (UTC-3), WOR iog via DXLD)
** CHINA. 9455. 28/3/2019, 2028-2050, CNR1, Jamming só de música
chinesa sem interrupção, orquetra, tambores e violinos nervosos,
bloqueando a edição da RFA neste horário. Recepção ótima, 45554.
(JRX_José Ronaldo Xavier, SWARL Callsign PR7036SWL, Receptor (es):
Tecsun S-2000, Cabedelo-PB, Brasil, WOR iog via DXLD)
** CHINA [and non]. 11650, CNR 1 at 1055, in progress with W in
Chinese and overpowering VOA via Thailand, on at this time with
Chinese service. Broadcasting used to jam another (thumbs down here)
- Armchair, Mar 27
9155, CNR 1 at 1030. Collision - ! Woman in Chinese, over Cuban
"Numbers Station" in Spanish with HM-01 digital text file tones and a
woman with five figure number groups. The China broadcast is intended
(apparently) to be used as a jammer against Sound of Hope (listed for
this channel now). Numbers broadcast ended before the ToH, China
closing on the hour - Excellent levels, Mar 27
9825, CNR 1 at 1245, VoA via Philippines - ? No, they are scheduled
here in Chinese lang., but this station is // to other CNR 1
frequencies. Some kind of variety show thing, very loud. Broadcasting
used as jammer - Beyond Armchair, Mar 25
13640, CNR 1 at 1000. Programming in Chinese. Station used as
broadcast jammer - frequency listed as Sound of Hope in either
Cantonese or Mandarin. Very strong in pre-dawn darkness. (I probably
wouldn't have tuned this far up the band, but I pushed a wrong button
on the Grundig). Mar 25 - Very Good (Rick Barton, Arizona SW Logs,
Satellit 205(T.5000), SW-2000629, ATS-909X, with various outdoor
wires. 73 and Good Listening....! -rb, WOR iog via DXLD)
** CHINA. CNR-1 Jammer vs Sound of Hope Xi Wang Zhi Sheng on March 29
till 1100 on 9920 unknown kW / non-dir to EaAs Chinese, fair/good
till 1300 on 15800 unknown kW / non-dir to EaAs Chinese, very good
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/03/cnr-1-jammer-vs-sound-of-hope-xi-wang_29.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News March 29, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 15140, WHITE NOISE JAMMING block, S=9+5dB in THA at 0648 UT,
I guess meant against RFA Tibetan from Udorn Thani-THA relay site
towards Tibet-China, scheduled daily 03-06 UT. Log at eastern Thailand
on Uwe's Perseus remotedly access installation: [selected SDR options,
span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX
TopNews April 1, dxldyg via DXLD)
** CHINA. 6180, CNR-1 Jinhua? exceptionally strong 1155z with ads,
announcements in Chinese, time pips at 1200z, W with "Beijing National
Program" ID, more announcements, 1103z sounds like a kids story
recited by M. NOT LISTED as a broadcast station because its purpose is
to jam TAIWAN in Chinese 1000-1600, nevertheless nice crisp audio and
strong signal. I would suspect 500 kW from Jinhua which is HUGE
(yuge?) for a JAMMER (Steven Wiseblood, TX, 4/3, WOR iog via DXLD)
A-19 March 28 HFCC file show Fuzhou 150 kW
6180 1000 1600 33S,42-44 FUZ 150 358 0 206 3103-271019 Zho CHN CNR RTC
(Wolfgang Bueschel, DXLD)
** CHINA. 9800, April 3 at 1354, story in English from CRI // 9570 via
CUBA; now here this hour only, 500 kW due SE from Kunming, instead of
VOA Korean heard during B-18 on 9800 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** COLOMBIA. UNIDENTIFIED. 2940.14, March 28 at 0540, harmonic with
the most modulation yet but still too weak, seems YL talking but can`t
tell language. At 0548 an OM instead. Have been presuming it`s 2 x
1470.07v, but since 2+9+4 = 15, a multiple of 3, this could also be a
third harmonic of 980+.
http://mwlist.org/mwoffset.php?khz=980
shows a few remote possibilities (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
2940+, re my several recent logs of an harmonic here, many tnx to
Brett Saylor who has definitely IDed it as the same one which was
being heard a few years ago:
``Hi Glenn, Regarding the reports of a station on 2940.x, I heard HJNT
Huellas Radio, Cali, Colombia on approx. 2940.11 kHz (2 x 1470.x) with
impassioned Spanish preacher at 1030 UT on 2 April 2019 on my Perseus
SDR and south 16' x 36' Wellbrook broadband loop; confirmed this was
HJNT via comparison with the TWR kiwiSDR in Bonaire and the station's
own web stream at http://www.radios.com.co/huellas/ --- Best 73, Brett
Saylor W3SWL, State College, PA``
Huella means footprint, or vestige, apropos for harmonic, unlikely
chosen deliberately! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1976, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CONGO. 6115, Radio Congo, Brazzaville, 0610-0621, 29-03, French,
comments, African songs. 14321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Log in
Lugo, Friol and Reinante, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR
iog via DXLD)
** CONGO DR. Radio Kahuzi, Bukavu, 1720-1733*, 27-03, vernacular,
comments. Extremely weak due to increase of day light in the northern
hemisphere. In a few days will be impossible to hear this station
here. Signal cut off abruptly at 1733. Usual close at about 1800.
15311 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Log in Lugo, Friol and Reinante,
Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD)
Democatic Republic, Radio Kahuzi, Bukavu, 6210.2 kHz, sent email
reception report 23-02 to the station email address. Received snail
mail letter with QSL card, stickers, brochures with the station
history, schedule, in 38 days. Letter sent from the Florida address of
Radio Kahuzi.
Radio Kahuzi,
Email: radiokahuzi@sbcglobal.net
P. O. Box 110173
Bradenton, FL 34211
USA
[illustrated in the WOR iog]
(Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1976, DXLD)
Congrats, Manuel; are they maintaining a fairly regular schedule?
Their web page indicates 0000Z - 1200Z but your reception indicates
otherwise (Steve McDonald, VE7SL, ibid.)
Steve, They have a much more limited schedule than what the web page
shows due to power availability in the Bukavu region and it’s all
after 1200 UT. Not sure of actual start time but they go to about
roughly 1800 (it has gone past 1800 on a couple of occasions but
lately seems more like 1745 UT or so). The sign off occurs with a
Country & Western tune, very out of character with the usual Central
African highlife music played during some programming. Here is a link
to a recording I made from a KiwiSDR in SW England on Jan 2 this year
(starting at 1655):
https://goo.gl/UetgZN
I also have one from a KiwiSDR in Iceland on 29 Jan but this is the
best one to hear their programming style (Bruce Churchill, CA, ibid.)
Thanks, Bruce; looks like I’ll be out of luck for any chance of
hearing them here on the west coast since these times are all in
daylight here, drat (Steve / cheers, ibid.)
Radio Kahuzi, 6210.2: Hi, here in the North West of Spain, only can
hear this station near close time in winter and early spring. In a few
days, due to increase daylight in the northern hemisphere it will be
no possible to hear it. Best time between 1720 and 1800. Close between
1745 and 1804. Some days out of air.
Thank you very much, Steve. The schedule of Radio Kahuzi, in acordance
with a brochure sent to me with my QSL card is 0800 to 1945 Pretoria
time; Pretoria is 2 hours ahead of UT, so it would be 0600 to 1745 UT.
Various days I heard it expanding to 1800 or 1804.
This also matches with this link:
http://radiokahuzi.blogspot.com/
Best 73,s (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, ibid.)
Thank you, Manuel; there is hope then for me to hear them after all!!
(Steve / cheers, ibid.)
** CUBA. Subject: Radio Cuba --- Hey Glenn, Been listening to the
phone podcast a few times on the road and every show I've heard has
you snarking at or badmouthing Radio Cuba; every time you do this and
list all the bad scheduling or bad automation, you're doing them a
favour by providing free monitoring services fresh each week for de
nada. If they had to pay for the same, that would be a much bigger
deal for them. Similarly, because of the huge primary and secondary
reach of your show, you're bringing them huge exposure to potential
new listeners that they'd never get any other way. If you didn't
report on them, there'd be no one else doing it and no-one would hear
of them. Arnie and the boys may be setting it up all these dud
transmissions, just to see if they get out and waiting for you to tell
them if they did, and laughing at you inadvertently helping them out.
How about phasing out the reports saying 'nothing heard' for a couple
weeks; that'll get them :) and just an occasional straight report now
and again. 73 (Bob Williams (who uses guerrillamail.com), March 20, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Thanks for your advice. I am quite sure RHC/RCuba don`t give a damn
what I think or report about them, and may not even know
about/read/hear it. Why would they deliberately sabotage their own
broadcasts just to get a rise out of me? If they really wanted better
listenership they would fix their problems whether I mention them or
not. My ``free monitoring service`` obviously hasn`t helped. So I
continue to delight to point out their incompetence; BTW, they are
unfriendly to USA, as you might have noticed if you could understand
some of their broadcasts (Glenn to Bob, via DXLD)
** CUBA. 4765, March 27 at 0050, R. Progreso is on with mostly music,
well atop CODAR above and below. A while ago, Wolfgang Bueschel was
wondering if they were really starting at 0030 now as he was not
hearing them that early; must have been an anomaly (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15370, Radio Habana Cuba; 2056-2101+, 3/26; M in Arabic with Klingon
accent! Audio off at 2058:54 to DA; 2059:52 RHC IS tune into Spanish
with ID & sked. SIO=4+54. Aoki shows French & EiBi shows Arabic.
“There’s always something wrong with Aoki.” Neither mentions
Klingon (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ---- All
logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time. ----, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) RHC only(?) Arabic announcer sounds like choking (gh, DXLD)
15700, March 27 at 1431, China Plus relay is S9+30 but suptorted.
Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba.
13661.5 & 13738.8 approx., March 28 at 1443, buzzes centered about
13700, more spurs out of that RHC in addition to the bigger ones
plus/minus 28.3 kHz. Then I have some modulation about 13634.7 during
apparent asymmetrical multiple spur carrier peaks. Something`s always
wrong at RHC.
6000, March 29 at 0530, RHC English S9+10 but JBM; 6060 is S9+20/30
with good modulation but CCI and SAH from Algerian Qur`an via FRANCE;
6100 S9+10/20 undermodulated; 6165 S9 but JBM; 5040 S9+20/30 loud;
talk is about slavery. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
At least this morning at 0744:12 UT the Bauta technician switched off
RHC transmissions on 49 meterband, this Latin American night, i.e.
switched off 6060 kHz, which heard today 0700-0735.05 UT as Esperanto
service, S=9+40dB in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; followed by empty
carrier on air full power till 0744:12 UT switch-off.
6165 kHz lasted also from Bauta, in Spanish service 0700-0735 UT, and
sent out 'empty air' signal til 0744:12 UT. S=9+35dB in Edmonton,
Alberta, Canada.
0700-0730 UT on March 31: Surprisingly noted -Sunday only- service
Esperanto at 0700-0730 UT today March 31 on
6060 kHz instead in A-19 season. !!! ex6100 kHz in B-18 season
6100 kHz Bauta switched OFF exact at 0700 UT.
But both 6000 QUI and 6165 kHz Bauta are both on air in RHC SPANISH
program content, at 0708 UT.
6165 kHz still on air at 0720 UT, but Quivican 6000 kHz now OFF air.
Bauta R Rebelde 5025 kHz also on air, heard in Cape Canaveral SDR unit
site in Florida remotedly also after 0700 UT. 73 wolfie df5sx
(Wolfgang Bueschel, dxldyg via DXLD)
re Cuba Quivican San Felipe TITAN bcast center site 250 kW,
11880 kHz CRI Beijing English program noted in Edmonton Alberta Canada
remote SDR unit, at 14.52 UT on March 31. S=9+35dB powerful signal on
air.
Remaining Cuban morning outlets a l l (*)
according Arnie's xls A-19 schedule requests of March 17th.
(*) But I didn't check 6150 kHz channel this Sunday, sorry
1100-1300 6150 QVC 250 n-d NCAm Spanish non-directional
TITAN Quivican San Felipe antenna HQ2/2/0.2 non-directional
1100-1500 9535 BEJ 100 230 CeAm Spanish MEX-GTM-CTR-Panama
1100-1500 9640 BEJ 050 110 Ant Spanish Antilles
1100-1500 11760 BAU 100 n-d NCAm Spanish non-directional
1100-1300 11950 BAU 100 340 WNAm Spanish Chicago
1100-1400 13780 BEJ 050 160 SoAm Spanish Buenos Aires
1100-1500 15140 BAU 100 130 SoAM Spanish Rio de Janeiro
1100-1500 15230 QVC 250 305 SoAm Spanish San Francisco
1300-1500 13700 BAU 100 310 WNAm Spanish San Francisco
1500-1530 11760 BAU 100 n-d NCAm Esperanto Sun only
1500-1530 15140 BAU 100 010 ENAm Esperanto Sun only
I couldn't trace any antenna switch at Bauta on 15140 kHz channel
at 1500 UT, from SoAm ant 130degr azimuth to Esperanto program Sundays
only at 010degr New York azimuth instead (Wolfgang Bueschel, March 31,
dxldyg via DXLD)
15700, March 29 at 1415, China Plus relay is JBA S5-S7, fadey, maybe
also undermodulated. Usually this inbooms whatever the modprob. Cuba
is about all one can hear in the morns on 19m: 15825 WWCR & 15770 WRMI
being JBA to JBA carriers. How about the RHCs? 15140 is steady S9 but
suptorted; 15230 weaker S5-S6 and not distorted. Can`t have
everything. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
[and non]. 13605, March 31 at 1401, Radio Martí is S9+20 unjammed,
having just made the totally predictable A-season switch from 13820,
where the wall of noise remains. Something`s always wrong at the
DentroCuban Jamming Command (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
11880, March 31 at 1425, China Plus relay in English on NF for A-19,
ex-15700; S9+20 and somewhat undermodulated as required. Earlier,
Wolfgang Bueschel had accumulated the A-19 sked for these relays, via
Quivicán site:
0000-0100 5990 QVC 250 ND NAM Spanish
0000-0100 9810 QVC 250 160 SAM Spanish
0100-0200 9580 QVC 250 10 NAM English
0200-0300 9580 QVC 250 10 NAM Chinese
0300-0400 9790 QVC 250 305 WNAM English
0400-0400 9790 QVC 250 305 WNAM Cantonese
1200-1300 9570 QVC 250 10 NAM Cantonese
1300-1400 9570 QVC 250 10 NAM English
1400-1500 11880 QVC 250 305 WNAM English
1500-1600 11880 QVC 250 305 WNAM English
2300-2400 5990 QVC 250 ND NAM English
2300-2400 13650 QVC 250 135 SAM Portuguese
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1976, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
[and non]. 7355, April 1 at 0042, wall-of-noise jamming against no
Martí, which seems jamfree on 7335 // 7365. Way to go, incompetent
DCJC on first day of new season! HFCC A-19 registrations for IBB in
Spanish from Greenville-B, which mean precisely nothing but RM:
23-03 7365 00-07 7335 00-12 6030 03-05 7435 05-07 7365 07-10 5980
10-13 9805 10-14 7335 12-14 7365 13-20 13605 14-20 11860 M-F
14-24 11930 20-24 9565
We sincerely hope this non-classified info assist DCJC to jam correct
frequencies and no others! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
6165, April 1 at 0049, RHC English is instead S9+20 of dead air; while
6000 has undermodulated music at S9+10/20. Something`s always wrong at
RHC.
11670, April 1 at 0100, RHC news theme for Spanish is S9 but JBM, much
softer than 11700, 11760, 11840 and its 11830/11850 spurs. Spain is
now scheduled on 11670 until 2300 so will those ever collide? Not sure
when RHC start, where something always be wrong.
6165, April 1 at 0544, RHC English survey during music: this one is
S9-S6 and JBM; 6100 S9+10 suptorted; 6060 S9+20 slightly distorted and
Algerian Qur`anRM is gone! 6000 S9/+10 JBM and distorted; 5040 S9+30
about like 6060.
Rechecking at 0606+, 6165 JBM; 6100 undermod; 6000 OFF; 6060 & 5040
both with CCI --- no it`s not, rather undercurrent during voice-over
translation, self-QRM! When will SW stations ever learn to fade the VO
down completely once briefly established?? Something`s always wrong at
RHC.
4764.999, April 1 at 0327, R. Progreso VG signal measured here with
margin of error of 2 Hz at most. And it matches 5025 BFO pitch. Anker
Petersen, Denmark has been reporting this as 4765.02, such as March 24
at 0330, but I have never noticed them that far off in BFO 1-kHz-step
bandscans. Some of his other logs such as Eritrea and Mali appear to
be measured +.01 or +.02 too high. Please check receiver calibration
vs WWV or the like.
6000, Monday April 1 at 2302, no signal from RHC for `Mesa Redonda` TV
soundtrack, which is S9+30 on only // 11950. So no ACI this side of
5995 Mali. By 2306, 6000 has come on too. Something`s always wrong at
RHC.
6000, April 2 at 0625, this RHC English is off; 6060 is loud S9+30
with music; 6100 is S9+30 but undermodulated with hum; 6165 only S7
and u/mod. At 0629, 5040 starts `Focus on Africa` with a song from
Sierra Leone, good S9+20. So English span is now more-or-less 23-07.
Something`s always wrong at RHC.
15370, April 2 at 1951, RHC in French, while 15140 is in English.
French must have shifted an hour earlier; still shown in Aoki/NDXC not
starting until 2030. Something`s always wrong? at RHC.
6150, April 3 at 1247, RHC still here as only 49mb morning frequency,
undermodulated, but inaudible on 12300 = x 2. Something`s always wrong
at RHC.
13700, April 3 at 1444, RHC is S9+10 of dead air. Also before 1400 I
noticed that 13780 was much weaker by comparison. Something`s always
wrong at RHC.
6000, April 4 at 0520, RHC is S9+20 of dead air in English; 6060 is
S9+20/30 good modulation of music in Spanish; 6100 S9+20/30,
undermodulated but sufficient to hear; 6165 S9+10 undermodulated.
Something`s always wrong at RHC.
15370, April 4 at 1858, S9+10 open carrier from RHC about to start
algo at 1900? Nothing known before 1930 French to Europe. Is this
something wrong?
6000, April 5 at 0534, RHC English S9+10 JBM here; 6060 S9+10 good
mod; 6100 S9+20 undermodulated; 6165 S9+10 JBM; 5040 S9+20 distorted.
Something`s always wrong at RHC. Also suffering from local high line
noise level at S9 on this and lower bands!
15230, April 5 at 1402, RHC is S8-S9 but just barely modulated; while
15140 is only S7-S8 but sufficiently modulated. But by 1651, 15140 is
suptorted. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 7435, R. Marti/DCJC. 0244+ 25 March. Nice program
of 80s New Wave tunes (Adam Ant, Bananarama, Sisters of Mercy) well
above the Cuban jamming. Not so on 6030, where Marti was well & truly
thrashed by those busy Commies from the DCJC (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas,
CA, Eton/Grundig "Executive Satellit"/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
13820, April 2 at 1338, residual lite jamming on ex-Martí frequency,
while heavier jamming seems now under replacement 13605 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CYPRUS. BFBS Akrotiri on Shortwave
Hi Glenn, I think I might be late to the party. I am trying to sort
out the "locations" of three shortwave stations on the Island of
Cyprus that I have QSL cards from.
The stations are as follows:
1. BFBS Akrotiri;
2. BBC East Mediterranean Relay Station, Zyyi;
3. Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation, Zyyi.
It looks like number 1 is a separate transmitter site from number 2
and 3. Or is it? Is the BFBS station located in Akrotiri and Dhekelia,
a British Overseas Territory, which has separate sovereignty from the
rest of "Southern" Cyprus, and the other the two at the BBC operated
station, presumably on the territory of the Republic of Cyprus..
I hope you can follow all of this. Just trying to understand what is
going on. Do you have additional information on this? Basically, how
many stations/transmitter sites and how many radio countries (NASWA
criteria) are there here?
http://qsl.philcobill.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/BFBS_Cyprus_17695b-1024x640.jpg
Glenn, this web page (follow the links) suggests that there are two
shortwave transmitter sites, one for BFBS in Akrotiri (separate from
the Republic of Cyprus - RoC) and another for the BBC and CBC
broadcasts in the sovereign territory of RoC.
https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Media/Radio-broadcast-stations
(Bill Harms, April 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Bill, Of course, none of these are on the air any more. I am sure some
of our experts can sort this out, and are you aware of the
shortwavesites yg specialising in such matters? (Glenn to Bill and
also copying to SWsites, ibid.)
My question is how reliable and authoritative are those web sites.
I found this.
http://wikimapia.org/5609529/BBC-World-Service-British-East-Mediterranean-Relay-Station-BEMRS
http://wikimapia.org/5049333/Akrotiri-Aerial-Farm
(Bill, ibid.)
Hi Glenn, I sent an inquiry off to BFBS yesterday (see below) and they
responded with the following. --- I wonder why they cannot disclose
the information.
This makes me believe even more that the signal for my QSL was
transmitted from the Akrotiris SBA, and not the BBC East Mediterranean
Relay Station. Bill
Hello, I am a radio history buff, and was hoping someone at your
office could answer a question I have, During Desert Storm in 1991 I
heard one of your shortwave broadcasts and received the above QSL card
from your office in the UK. On the card, it says that the
transmissions came from Akrotiri. Can you tell me if the transmitter
site was location in the Akrotiri Sovereign Base Area or was the
transmitter located elsewhere? I hope you can answer my question, and
look forward to hearing back from you. Thank you in advance. Bill
Harms
-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: Ticket INC0062819 - FW: Inquiry
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2019 08:43:42 +0000
From: Service Delivery <servicedelivery@bfbs.com>
Reply-To: qslbill@verizon.net <qslbill@verizon.net>
> Dear Sir, Thanks for your interest. Unfortunately we are unable to
disclose that information Kind Regards, Eddie
Services Sound and Vision Corporation. Registered Office:
Chalfont Grove, Narcot Lane, Chalfont St Peter, Gerrards Cross,
Buckinghamshire, UK. SL9 8TN Charity Registered in England No. 233480
Company Limited by Guarantee Registered in England No. 407270
(via Bill Harms, DXLD) Maybe a CYA way of saying How should I know?
To Be Continued (gh)
** DJIBOUTI. VOA, via Doraleh, 1431 kHz: F/D eQSL, including
transmitter site, in 1 day after F/UP. The reply came from US Agency
for Global Media Transmission & Engineering Directorate – Broadcast
Technologies Division. E-mail: qsl@usagm.gov –
Finally, after many attempts to various E-mail addresses, I was able
to receive this confirmation for a VOA broadcast in Somali heard on 10
March 2018 and carried over the Doraleh transmitter site. For the sake
of good order, it should be mentioned that in 2018 I received from VOA
a cumulative QSL card verifying three different reception reports,
including that one about reception of their broadcast in Somali which
missed exact date of reception (VOA indicated the full seasonal
schedule period) and transmitter site. Even times didn’t correspond
with my receptions reports. Despite I always reported reception only
about a portion of their broadcast, VOA indicated the starting/ending
time of each transmission. Only frequencies agreed with my reception
reports. A lot of thanks to Ivan Zelenyi from Nizhnevartovsk in Russia
who suggested me to use the above mentioned E-mail address (Antonello
Napolitano, Taranto, ITALY, March DX Fanzine via DXLD)
Unlike most monthlies, this one comes out at the end of each month
dated with it instead of the next month; evidently meanwhile material
is accumulating online for the following issue (gh, DXLD)
** EAST TURKISTAN. CHINA, Reception of China National Radio in DRM
mode via Urumqi, March 27
till 0800 on 13850 URU 030 kW / 098 deg to EaAs Chinese CNR-1 DRM mode
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/03/reception-of-china-national-radio-in.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News March 26-27, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Reception of China National R DRM via Urumqi Apr 4
till 0800 on 13850 URU 030 kW / 098 deg to EaAs Chinese CNR-1 DRM mode
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/04/reception-of-china-national-radio-in.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News April 3-4, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ECUADOR. Nice signal from HCJB (or "Indian Radio") this evening (31
March) here in NB at 0200 UT on 6050 kHz in presumed Quechua. Nice
Andean music. WRTH 2019 says 1 kW. Fond memories of HCJB when they had
their multi-lingual international SW service from Quito. I still have
the pan flute received as a gift many years ago (-- Richard Langley,
WOR iog via DXLD)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005, Radio Nacional, Bata, *0550-0606, 02-04,
Spanish, program “Panorama Nacional”, news. 15321 (Manuel Méndez,
Lugo, Spain, Logs Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR
iog via DXLD)
** ERITREA. 7180.024, April 1 at 0325, JBA carrier, presumed VOBME,
but nothing on other channel 7140+; nor still inactive Somaliland 7120
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
7180.021, VoBMoE from Asmara site, noted at 0501 UT on April 1st, but
not on air of 2nd unit close to 7140v kHz though. S=3 or -110dBm poor
tiny signal, just above threshold level. via remote in Holland
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang
Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 1, dxldyg via DXLD))
** ERITREA [non]. SECRETLAND, Good signal of Dimtse Radio Erena via
SPL Secretbrod, April 1:
1700-1730 9720 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Daily
1730-1800 9720 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Arabic Mon/Wed/Fri
1730-1800 9720 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Tue/Thu/Sat/Sun
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/04/good-signal-of-dimtse-radio-erena-via.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News April 1/2, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ETHIOPIA [non]. Reception of Radio Xoriyo Ogadenya via MBR Nauen on
March 30
1600-1630 11970 ISS 500 kW / 130 deg Somali Tue/Sat, very good signal
1600-1630 17630 ISS 500 kW / 130 deg Somali Tue/Sat, NOT in A-19 MBR!
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/04/reception-of-radio-xoriyo-ogadenya-via.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News March 30-April 1, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** ETHIOPIA [non]. BELGIUM [non]. Cancelled A19 clandestine
transmissions via Alyx & Yeyi
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/04/cancelled-a19-clandestine-transmissions.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News April 2, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.:
Radio Xoriyo Ogaden
1600-1630 on 17630 ISS 500 kW / 130 deg EaAf Somali Tue/Sat via MBR
1600-1630 on 17770 ISS 500 kW / 130 deg EaAf Somali Mon/Fri via TDF
Radio Voice of Independent Oromiya
1600-1630 on 17850 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg EaAf Oromo Sun via TDF
Radio Voice of Amhara
1700-1800 on 15360 ISS 250 kW / 120 deg EaAf Amharic Mo/We/Sa via TDF
My last video of R.Xoriyo Ogaden via MBR Issoudun on 11970, March 30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXFFROocBzs&feature=youtu.be
??????????? ?? Observer ? 9:19 PM (via DXLD)
** EUROPE. A goodie, 5139.990 kHz, Charleston Radio International
pirate S=9+10dB at 2340 UT, Oldtime records, vintage oldies heard, of
1930s. Great. 73 wb (Wolfgang Bueschel, April 1, dxldyg via DXLD)
** EUROPE. HOLLAND, FRS Holland, 7700, commencing at *0803, 31-03 a
song, English, "FRS Magazine", mentioned the American band "Chicago",
"The Free Radio Service Holland", asking for reception reports, more
songs in English Fair signal here in Reinante, SINPO 35433 on 7700
and nothing on 5800 at the moment (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, WORiog
via DXLD)
HOLLAND, FRS Holland, 5800, 0900-0915, 31-03, pop songs, German,
comments, “German Show”. 15321. // 7700 (Méndez)
FRS Holland, 7700, commencing at *0803-0915, 31-03 a song, English,
"FRS Magazine", mentioned the American band "Chicago", "The Free Radio
Service Holland", asking for reception reports, more songs in English,
at 0900 German, “German Show”. 35433. Also 1045-1115, 31-03, program
“FRS Holland goes DX” with Peter Verbruggen, English. 35433 (Manuel
Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Log in Lugo, Fiol and Reinante, Tecsun S-8800,
cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD)
FRS-Holland on air on Sunday March 31st 2019
http://www.frsholland.nl/20-latest-news/129-frs-holland-on-air-on-sunday-march-31st-2019.html
Next Sunday March 31st, the Free Radio Service Holland will be on air
all day long. It is our first 2019 activity on SW. Programmes will
commence at 0752 UT/09:52 CEST and will last four hours. Close down
will be at 1200 UT/14:00 CEST after which the complete programmes will
see a full repeat until just after 1600 UT/18:00 CEST.
Attention: programmes will be aired on 7700 // 5800 kHz (spare
frequency is 5810 kHz). During the second run starting just after 1200
UT/14:00 CEST, there will be an additional outlet: 6160 kHz.
Tune in next Sunday. The best in music, many interesting (radio)
related items and DX news. It will be worth while to tune in! Reports
but moreover: personal comments are more than welcome. P.O.Box 2702 in
6049 ZG Herten, the Netherlands (=excellent hard copy QSL) or by
e-mail: frs@frsholland.nl
Please realize next Sunday Wintertime will be replaced by Summertime!
FRS-HOLLAND Programme Schedule for Sunday March 31st 2019 . . .
We are looking to have your company upcoming Sunday.....!
(via Manuel, WOR iog via DXLD)
FRS is audible here at 1310 UT with a weak signal on 7700 and fair on
5800. 73s (Dave Kenny, Caversham Berks, AOR7030 + 25m long wire, Mar
31, bdxc-news iog via DXLD) WRMI also testing on 5800 --- q.v.
** FRANCE. New transmissions of Radio France International from Mar 31
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/03/new-transmissions-of-radio-france.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News March 26-27, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Viz.:
Radio France Int with new language Fulfulde from April 6
1300-1330 on 13720 ISS 500 kW / 200 deg to WeAf Fulfulde Sat/Sun
1700-1730 on 13720 ISS 500 kW / 200 deg to WeAf Mandingo Sat/Sun
1730-1800 on 13720 ISS 500 kW / 200 deg to WeAf Fulfulde Sat/Sun
??????????? ?? Observer ? 3:36 PM (via DXLD)
** GERMANY. 6070, 1300 UT - Radio Channel 292 very strong into UK
playing 70s music - Including Nazareth - This Flight Tonight, and
David Bowie - Space Oddity (Remixed). The remix sounded like there was
a channel missing (just left or right), although perhaps it was
remixed to sound like that on purpose? (Martyn Jago, UK, April 4, WOR
iog via DXLD)
Channel 292's website at http://www.channel292.de/ is showing that the
transmitters on 6070 on 7440 will both be off-air from 15 April to 26
April (presumably for transmitter or antenna maintenance). (Alan Roe,
Teddington, UK, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1976, DXLD)
** GERMANY. Variable signal from shortwaveradio.de into Netherlands
(Utwente) and England on 3975 today and yesterday 1030 UT onwards.
Occasionally armchair, 70s 80s music - Stafford's World with Mark
Stafford. Enjoyable content, which included Adrian Gurvitz - Classic,
and Captain Beefheart - Bluejeans and Moonbeams.
Today appeared to be a rerun of yesterday`s content (apart from the
news which is piped in from FSN on the hour). (Martyn Jago, UK, April
3, WOR iog via DXLD)
** GERMANY. Fair signal of New Shortwave Radio for Europe, April 3
0700-1800 on 6160 WIS 001 kW / non-dir to NWEu English Daily
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/04/germany-fair-signal-of-new-shortwave.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News April 2-3, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY. 9610.003, AWR Italian language Sunday only program.
Separate 100 kW unit at MBR Nauen (not ALLISS 500 kW powerhouses in
service) Also S=9+10dB signal in Moscow, Russia. 0954 UT March 31.
Italian talk of 'Senegalese issue matter mentioned...' (Wolfgang
Bueschel, March 31, dxldyg via DXLD)
** GREECE. 9420, April 2 after 2000, VOG poor signal but almost
suffices for napmusic, until chopped off air abruptly at 2020*,
whenever they get around to it regardless of programming in progress
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUATEMALA. 4055, Radio Verdad at 0611 UT March 30 with a very long
sign off announcement in English and various other languages. National
Anthem also very long to off at 0622. Very Good (Mick Delmage,
Sherwood Park, Alberta, Rx: Perseus SDR, Ant: Wellbrook ALA 100 loop,
WOR iog via DXLD)
4055, April 3 at 0629, S9+10 of open carrier which TGAV has not yet
turned off; why? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUINEA. Guinea on 9650 --- R. Guinee, Conakry with great clear
signal this afternoon with W. African vocals, male DJ in French. 2130
on. SINPO 45544 (John Figliozzi, Sarasota FL, Eton Grundig Exec Sat.,
Sony AN-LP1, March 29, WOR iog via DXLD)
9650 with great signal from KiwiSDR in Edmonton from 2304 tune with
2-3 men talking in vernacular (interesting dialogue with a man talking
excitedly and 1 or 2 others just making one word answers or short
comments); SINPO 45544 - no QRM from Korea here. Stringed indigenous
music at 2312 and quickly back into discussion. Guinea off abruptly at
2318.5 as noted from KiwiSDR in Edmonton (Bruce Churchill, CA, ibid.)
[and non]. Well, what used to be totally in the clear, now has a
potential problem on its top side.
9650 - GUINEA - R. Guinee, Conakry with 2 OM discussing the issues of
the day in French at 2128. SINPO - 33333. QRM de Algeria via Issoudun
9655:
9655nf - ALGERIA(non), R. Algiers via Issoudun, FRANCE at 2128 with
Koran reading in Arabic to 2135, then OM in Arabic with several
mentions of Algeria. SINPO - 44334 (John Figliozzi, FL or NY, April 3,
WOR iog via DXLD)
** GUINEA [and non]. GUINEA/SAUDI ARABIA, Radio Guinée and BSKSA
General Service on 9650 kHz, April 4
0600-2400 on 9650 CON 050 kW / non-dir to WeAf French Radio Guinée
Conakry, good
0850-1800 on 9650 RIY 100 kW / non-dir to N/ME BSKSA General Sce, ex
Holy Quran:
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/04/radio-guinee-and-bsksa-general-service.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News April 3-4, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 9445, All India Radio; 2143-2201+, 3/30; W in English with
Bollypop music including Hindiscat!; ToH ID into English headlines;
Badminton finals in Delhi. SIO=453+ (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA,
---- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time. ----, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Changes noted to AIR External Services from today (New frequencies)
0215-0300 Pushtu 11560
0300-0345 Dari 11560
1215-1330 Tibetan 9445
1430-1930 Urdu 6140
Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur
Radio, Hyderabad, India, Mobile: +91 94416 96043
http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos March 31, dx_india yg via DXLD)
ALL INDIA RADIO A 19 SCHEDULE UPDATES (1 April 2019)
Changes to All India Radio (Timings in UTC)
External Services (New frequencies):
0000-0045 Tamil 13695 (ex 13795)
0100-0200 Sindhi 7380
0215-0300 Pushtu 11560
0300-0345 Dari 11560
0400-0430 Farsi 11560
0430-0530 Arabic 11560
1215-1330 Tibetan 9425 (ex 9445)
1430-1930 Urdu 6140
1515-1615 Gujarati 15185 (ex 15175)
1515-1615 Swahili 9950
1615-1730 Hindi 9950
2300-0000 Hindi 13695 (ex 13795)
For latest updated A 19 schedules please check in the links given
below:
1) External Service Time Wise:
http:/qsl.net/vu2jos/es/time.htm
2) External Service Language Wise:
http://qsl.net/vu2jos/es/Language.htm
3) Complete SW service in Frequency order :
http://qsl.net/vu2jos/sw/freq.htm
Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur
Radio, Hyderabad, India, DXLD)
ALL INDIA RADIO A-19 frequency requests, Mar 31-Oct 27, 2019
5965 0445 1015 41N JAM 50 0 700 Mul
5985 0415 1145 41E RAC 50 160 700 Mul
5990 0045 0200 41NW DEL 250 312 706 SinDhi
6000 0415 1045 41NW LEH 10 130 700 Mul
6020 0200 1230 41N SIM 50 169 700 Mul
6030 0145 0230 41N DEL 250 102 106 Mul
6030 1200 1530 41N DEL 250 304 701 Mul
6040 0415 1115 41E JEY 50 27 700 Mul
6045 1415 1930 41NW DEL 100 282 106 Urd
6045 2230 0045 49,50,54 DEL 250 132 216 Eng
6065 0415 0945 41NE KOH 50 15 700 Mul
6085 0445 1030 41NE GTK 10 180 700 Mul
6100 0845 1200 41N DEL 250 312 706 Hin #
6110 0215 1115 41N SRI 50 200 700 Mul
6140 0000 0430 41N ALG 250 282 146 Urd
6145 0000 0430 41N ALG 250 282 146 Urd
6145 0815 1145 41N ALG 250 282 146 Urd
6150 0415 1000 41NE ITA 50 30 700 Mul
6165 1215 1600 41NW DEL 250 334 706 SndBal
7210 0215 1215 41E KKT 50 180 700 Mul
7230 0415 1130 41NE KSG 50 150 700 Mul
7240 0415 1215 41W MUM 50 90 700 Mul
7250 0815 1145 41N,42S DEL 100 334 101 Urd
7270 0945 1215 41SE CNI 100 0 700 EngTam
7270 1245 1500 41SE CNI 100 0 700 Sin
7270 2345 0430 41SE CNI 100 0 700 TamSin
7280 0415 1145 41NE GUW 50 130 700 Mul
7290 0215 1045 41S TVD 50 160 700 Mul
7295 0415 1115 41NE AIZ 10 36 701 Mul
7315 0415 1045 41NE SHG 50 76 700 Mul
7325 0515 1115 41NW JAI 50 90 700 Mul
7335 0215 1000 41NE IMP 50 160 700 Mul
7340 0000 0430 41SW MUM 100 10 701 Urd
7340 0815 1140 41SW MUM 100 10 701 Urd
7340 1215 1600 41SW MUM 100 10 701 Snd
7350 0115 0230 42S DEL 250 124 706 Nep
7380 0045 0200 41NW BGL 400 300 216 Snd *
7380 0245 1145 41S CNI 50 0 700 Mul
7390 0300 1045 49SW PBL 10 147 700 Mul
7420 0215 1145 41S HYD 50 125 700 Mul
7430 0215 1115 41N BHO 50 102 700 Mul
7440 0415 1045 41N LKW 50 72 700 Mul
7505 1600 1830 39,40 PAN 250 300 156 Mul
7520 0000 0430 41N DEL 250 304 711 Urd
7520 0645 0800 41NE DEL 250 124 710 Nep
7520 1415 1930 41N BGL 500 325 216 Urd *
7550 1730 2230 27,28 BGL 500 300 216 Mul
7550 2230 0045 49,50,54 BGL 500 90 216 Eng
7555 0115 0230 41NE DEL 100 65 700 Mul *
7555 1200 1600 41N DEL 100 65 101 Mul
9380 0045 0435 41S ALG 250 188 146 Hin
9380 0815 1200 41S ALG 250 188 146 Hin
9380 1230 1745 41S ALG 250 188 146 Hin *
9445 1600 1945 37,46 DEL 250 282 218 Mul
9445 1730 2230 27,28 BGL 500 325 216 EngHin
9445 2230 0045 43-45 BGL 500 38 216 Eng
9575 1200 1330 42S,43SW BGL 500 38 216 Bod
9595 1600 1715 19,29 DEL 250 312 216 Rus
9620 0045 0200 41NW DEL 250 304 711 SinDhi
9620 0815 1145 41N ALG 250 282 146 Urd
9620 1215 1600 41N ALG 250 282 146 SinBal
9620 1600 2045 38E39-40 ALG 250 282 216 Mul
9635 0045 0200 41W DEL 250 282 146 Snd
9690 1315 1500 49,50,54 BGL 500 90 216 Eng
9705 2230 0045 49,50,54 PAN 250 120 157 Eng
9800 0115 0300 41N,42S BGL 500 38 216 Mul
9810 1100 1245 41495054 PAN 250 120 157 TamTel
9865 0010 0435 41N BGL 500 38 216 Hin
9865 0845 1200 41N BGL 500 38 216 Hin
9865 1230 1740 41N BGL 500 38 216 Hin
9910 0200 0345 40E DEL 250 312 217 PusPrs
9910 1245 1500 41SE DEL 250 124 141 Sin
9910 1600 1715 19,29 DEL 250 312 216 Rus
9910 1730 1945 48SW,53W BGL 500 240 216 Eng
9910 2030 2230 49,50,54 BGL 500 120 216 Eng
9910 2245 0015 49,50,54 BGL 500 120 216 Hin
9910 2345 0045 41S DEL 100 174 106 Tam *
9940 0645 0800 41N,42S DEL 100 102 701 Nep
9940 0815 1140 41N DEL 100 342 701 Urd
9940 1200 1315 49NW BGL 500 60 216 Mya
9950 0115 0230 49NW BGL 500 60 216 Nep *
9950 0645 0800 41N,42S DEL 100 102 701 Nep
9950 0815 1200 27,28 DEL 100 342 101 Urd #
9950 1200 1315 27,28 DEL 100 132 146 Mul #
9950 1500 1730 48SW,53W BGL 500 240 216 SwaHin
9950 1730 2230 27,28 DEL 250 312 216 Mul #
11560 0200 0345 40E BGL 500 325 216 Mul *
11560 0345 0530 40E BGL 500 300 216 Mul
11560 0815 1145 41N DEL 250 304 141 Urd
11560 1300 1600 40E BGL 500 325 216 Mul
11560 1600 1715 40E BGL 500 325 216 Rus
11580 1730 1945 40E ALG 250 282 146 Eng
11590 2245 0115 49,50,54 PAN 250 120 157 HinTam *
11620 0000 0430 41N BGL 500 320 216 Urd
11620 0645 0800 42S DEL 100 102 106 Nep
11620 1200 1430 42S,43SW PAN 250 25 215 Mul
11620 1315 1500 49,50,54 BGL 500 120 216 Eng *
11620 1315 1500 49,50,54 DEL 250 132 218 Eng
11620 1500 2230 48SW,53W BGL 500 120 216 Eng
11620 1600 1715 19,29 BGL 500 335 216 Rus
11620 1730 1945 48SW,53W BGL 500 240 216 Eng *
11620 2030 2230 55,58-60 BGL 500 120 216 Eng
11645 2230 0045 43,44,45 DEL 250 65 218 Eng *
11670 0345 0530 38E-40W BGL 500 300 216 FasAra
11670 1100 1200 49,50,54 BGL 500 90 216 Tha
11670 1730 2230 27,28 BGL 500 325 216 Mul
11710 1200 1315 49NW DEL 250 102 218 Mya
11710 1600 1730 38-40 DEL 250 282 218 Fas
11710 1730 2045 38-40 DEL 250 282 218 AraFra
11740 0200 0345 39NE,40 PAN 250 300 156 PusDar
11740 2030 2230 55,58-60 PAN 250 120 216 Eng
11780 1245 1500 55,58-60 DEL 250 174 207 Sin
11840 0300 0415 39,40W DEL 250 282 157 Hin
11845 1130 1315 43,44 DEL 250 65 216 Zho
11935 1730 1945 48SW,53W MUM 100 240 216 Eng
11985 2345 0115 41SE DEL 250 174 207 TamSin
12025 1600 1830 39,40 PAN 250 300 157 HinMal
13605 0945 1100 43-45 BGL 500 38 216 Eng
13605 1500 1730 48SW,53W BGL 500 240 216 Mul
13640 1500 1600 48SW,53W BGL 500 240 216 Guj
13640 1600 2045 37,46 BGL 500 300 216 Mul *
13645 1100 1200 49 BGL 500 90 216 Tha
13695 0200 0300 39 BGL 500 300 216 Mul
13695 0300 0415 38,39 BGL 500 300 216 Hin
13695 0945 1100 55,58-60 BGL 500 120 216 Eng *
13695 1100 1245 49,50,54 BGL 500 120 216 TamTel
13695 1500 1600 38,39 BGL 500 240 216 Guj
13695 2245 0045 49,50,54 BGL 500 120 216 HinTam *
13750 2030 2230 55,58-60 BGL 500 120 216 Eng
15030 0200 0300 42E,43 BGL 500 300 216 Mul
15030 0300 0415 39 BGL 500 300 216 Hin
15030 1130 1315 43,44 BGL 500 60 216 Zho *
15050 1100 1215 41S DEL 250 174 211 Tam
15050 1245 1500 41S DEL 250 174 211 Sin
15120 0300 0530 48SW,53W BGL 500 240 216 HinGujHin
15140 1600 1715 19,29 BGL 500 325 216 Rus
15185 0300 0530 48SW,53W BGL 500 240 216 HinGujHin
15185 1500 1600 48SW,53W PAN 250 205 216 Guj *
15210 0345 0530 40 PAN 250 300 158 FasAra
15410 0945 1100 43E-45 BGL 500 60 216 Eng
15410 1100 1200 49 PAN 250 120 157 Tha
15770 0830 0945 54 PAN 250 120 216 Ind
15770 0945 1100 54 PAN 250 120 216 Eng
15770 1100 1245 49,50,54 ALG 250 132 216 TamTel
17510 0830 0945 54 BGL 500 120 216 Ind
17510 0945 1100 55,58-60 DEL 250 132 216 Eng
17670 1730 1945 48SW,53W BGL 500 240 216 Eng
17705 1130 1315 43-45 BGL 500 38 216 Zho
17715 0300 0530 48SW,53W DEL 250 245 216 HinGujHin
17870 0830 0945 54 BGL 500 120 216 Ind
17895 0945 1100 55,58-60 BGL 500 120 216 Eng *
# DRM mode. * recent changes.hfcc.org March 20)
(via Wolfgang Bueschel, dxldyg via DXLD)
9949.808, AIR Delhi Kingsway(?) in Nepali, S=9+5dB in Doha Qatar,
typical subcontinental sweet ladies singer group, at 0724 UT.
11619.773, AIR Delhi Kingsway(?) in Nepali, S=8-9 in Doha Qatar.
Doha Qatar remotedly access installation log: [selected SDR options,
span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX
TopNews April 1, dxldyg via DXLD)
** INDIA. Reception of All India Radio in DRM Bengaluru on March 26:
2045-2230 on 7550 BGL 500 kW / 320 deg to WeEu English GOS-4 Ch-1
2045-2230 on 7550 BGL 500 kW / 320 deg to WeEu Ragam Mx prgr Ch-2
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/03/reception-of-all-india-radio-in-drm.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News March 26-27, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
AIR DRM --- Confermato anche questo servizio per il periodo estivo. Si
acclude solo screenshot, audio assente nonostante il segnale 9+20.
Questo è il difetto principale del DRM: non si può fare valere
l'esperienza riuscendo a cavare dai segnalini analogici i contenuti
della trasmissione perchè, nel caso specifico dei segnali digitali, si
ascolta soltanto un forte rumore frusciante. Condizioni di lavoro:
Yaesu FRG-7 e antenna dipolo. Downconverter autocostruito.
73 a tutti de (Giovanni Lorenzi -- ITALIAN AMATEUR RADIO STATION I T 9
T Z Z, April 1, bclnews.it yg via DXLD)
AIR 7550 kHz --- C'è una possibilità che offre il DRM, direi proprio
il vantaggio che dovrebbe invogliare le stazioni ad usarlo. Si tratta
della capacità di poter trasmettere diversi programmi sulla stessa
frequenza, utilizzando cioè la stessa portante a radiofrequenza e
modulandola con differenti segnali digitali. Ne è un esempio la
trasmissione di All India Radio su 7550 kHz dalle 1730 alle 2230.
L'emittente manda in onda sia il programma in lingua inglese che il
servizio in Urdu. La commutazione tra un servizio e l'altro avviene
semplicemente tramite il software di gestione della ricezione DRM, nel
mio caso il DReaM. Davvero una significativa rivoluzione nell'ottica
del contenimento dei costi. Il mio unico dubbio sta nel considerare il
numero di ascoltatori potenziali di AIR che possano avere a
disposizione la tecnologia indispensabile a fruire dell'innovazione
tecnologica descritta. Allegati i due screenshot e l'annuncio dei due
servizi citati in ottima qualità.
Condizioni di lavoro: ricevitore Yaesu FRG-7000 e antenna dipolo.
Downconverter 455/12 kHz progettato e auto costruito.
https://www.webalice.it/it9tzz/
tutte le realizzazioni/Convertitore per DRM 2. 73 a tutti de (Giovanni
Lorenzi, ITALIAN AMATEUR RADIO STATION I T 9 T Z Z, bclnews.it yg via
DXLD)
Google translations of above two items:
AIR DRM --- This service is also confirmed for the summer period. Only
screenshots are included, no sound despite the 9 + 20 signal. This is
the main defect of the DRM: the experience cannot be asserted by
managing to extract from the analogical markers the contents of the
transmission because, in the specific case of digital signals, only a
strong rustling noise is heard. Working conditions: Yaesu FRG-7 and
dipole antenna. Self-made downconverter. 73 to all de (Giovanni
Lorenzi - ITALIAN AMATEUR RADIO STATION I T 9 Z Z, April 1, bclnews.it
yg via DXLD)
AIR 7550 kHz --- There is a possibility that DRM offers, I would say
the advantage that should entice stations to use it. This is the
ability to transmit different programs on the same frequency, i.e,
using the same radiofrequency carrier and modulating it with different
digital signals. One example is the broadcast of All India Radio on
7550 kHz from 1730 to 2230. The broadcaster broadcasts both the
program in English and the service in Urdu. Switching between one
service and another is done simply via the DRM reception management
software, in my case the DReaM. A truly significant revolution in
terms of cost containment. My only doubt is to consider the number of
potential AIR listeners who can have the technology available to take
advantage of the described technological innovation. Attached the two
screenshots and the announcement of the two services mentioned in
excellent quality.
Working conditions: Yaesu FRG-7000 receiver and dipole antenna.
Downconverter 455/12 kHz designed and built car. [auto = self not car]
https://www.webalice.it/it9tzz/ all the achievements / Converter for
DRM 2. 73 to all de (Giovanni Lorenzi, ITALIAN AMATEUR RADIO STATION I
T 9 Z Z, bclnews.it yg via DXLD)
** INDIA [non]. Trans World Radio India on unscheduled 9330, March 31
1315-1445 in various langs and
1500-1600 Sat/Sun in Hindi & English, instead of registered 9300
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, March 31, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
re Yerevan Gavar [ARMENIA] technicians frequency FAULT keyboard punch?
Yes, heard TWR interval signal on 9330 kHz also, between 1305 and 1315
UT I guess. 73 wb (Wolfgang Bueschel, ibid.)
Re: Trans World Radio India on unscheduled 9330 kHz, March 31:
Today TWR India is again on 9330 at 1315, instead of 9300 (Ivo Ivanov,
1513 UT April 1, dxldyg via DXLD)
Okay, thanks Ivo, I guess the Gavar technician realized that their
powerful 300 kW TX unit doesn`t match properly on the lowest 31
meterband channel of 9300 kHz, so they made a late move +30 kHz little
higher on 9330 kHz now.
Both S=9+35dB signals in eastern Thailand remote unit:
9330 even kHz TWR India via Gavar site, 1330 UT April 1, 1315-1600 UT
on various languages during each day of the week different, see nice
Aoki Nagoya database list. 300 kW TX and curtain antenna of #238 ITU
type, AHR(S)4/8/1.0 mean 4 rows horizontal dipols, 8 lines vertical
dipoles, 1 = height above the ground in wavelengths, HR = a reflector
behind.
And a similar service in 31 mb too, came across of 9910 kHz even, TWR
India too, also via Gavar Yerevan site, at 1345 UT April 1st. Awadhi
language on Mondays, acc Aoki Nagoya database list, Mondays 1345-1400
UT. 73 wb (Wolfgang Bueschel, ibid.) See also ARMENIA
** INDONESIA [and non]. Greetings Ron! How great we were co-listening.
I tuned into the VOI after contemplating the Korean-Peninsula signals
I was going to observe. Upon tune-in on my Benmar Nav. 555A Dfinf
receiver about 1353z or so, I was amazed at the good - naw...
*superb* opening from them and the music being played as well as the
lady in English, "...our English Language program..." (etc.)! I made
a recording, and if you did also, please direct me to it and I will
dub it and combine our receptions into a stereo file - Asilomar on the
right channel and Keeler-Inyo County on the left, or something like
that! Then of course, I will put up a notice of how to hear it for all
DXLDers.
I'd guess the 3325 VOI was easily a few-more S-units stronger on peaks
here around 1400 than usual-- something maybe like your normal
beach-side reception would be - hi! Near "armchair" on the 555A
loop-stick. I tuned them in on my Drake SSR-1 short wire antenna and I
could hear audio but the low-level AC-line crud from town here was far
worse than the 555A mag-loopstick radio. If I can arise early again
this week I will check the other RRI station. Tnx. too, Ron, for the
40mb ~7290 report!
Oh yeah: On SW you hear the local/regional news that one would have to
dig hard for on the Internet, if at all! When I was a kid in the 70s,
by what other medium could a kid tune a dial 5 turns and hear 50
nations and gain a global overview!?! Pax... 73 - (Steve McGreevy, --
N6NKS - www.auroralchorus.com -- March 26, WOR iog via DXLD)
[Edited Message Follows] [Reason: location info. addition]
Decent sigs on the Benmar 555A DFing loop-stick toward near-sunrise
this morning, upon my 1352z tune-in with soft music -- almost "Island
style" and then a second more Indonesian-sounding song. A man in
English (~1357) also gave the frequency "3325" and FaceBook contact
info, -- "... our program for today.." - "The Voice of Indonesia to
the World..." and final soft-farewell tune, then a lady in unID
language began at about 1400 with another ID ..."Voice of Indonesia"
and contact info. "FaceBook" (etc.). 3320 KRE about the same strength
(not // 2850 KRE stronger and a bit distorted again) this morning (27
March).
3325 VOI had somewhat lower modulation-levels compared to 3320 KRE
just below them. The ever ongoing 3326 "W34D" fast-CW beacon was in
hetrodyning the VOI again, also. I located via Google Earth where
Palankaraya is in south-central Kalimantan Province on south Borneo
Island(!) but I doubt I could locate their antennas without getting
their coords... rx: Benmar Navigator 555A w/ shielded rotatable DFing
loopstick. 73 (Steve McGreevy, -- N6NKS - www.auroralchorus.com, WOR
iog via DXLD)
3325, Voice of Indonesia, via RRI Palangkaraya, on March 30, at 1124.
In Chinese with decent signal; unable to hear anything from NBC
Bougainville. Thanks very much to Steve McGreevy for IDing "The ever
ongoing 3326 "W34D" fast-CW beacon," which in fact is very annoying
QRM for 3325 reception (Ron Howard, Ocean Beach [San Francisco], CA,
CR-1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD)
3325, Voice of Indonesia, via RRI Palangkaraya, on April 2, from
1305+, noted only a carrier here with no audio (Ron Howard, Asilomar
State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via
DXLD)
Edited Message Follows] [Reason: additional sentence]
Hi Ron, The same here - by sunrise at about 1345z the (open) carrier
from presumed 3325 VOI is very strong and now without the ~3326 "W34D"
CW beacon heterodyning their open-carrier, noted also on 02 and 03
April. Noted quite stronger than KRE 3320 about dawn time here, also.
It does seem that this 3325 OC is stronger than they have been earlier
in March. I wonder if this is a power or ERP increase, or just better
propagation of late (Steve (Keeler, Calif. / no. Mojave Desert and
Benmar Navigator 555A DFing rx.), -- N6NKS - www.auroralchorus.com WOR
iog via DXLD)
3325, Voice of Indonesia, via RRI Palangkaraya, on April 4, checking
at 1205 (NBC Bougainville just cut off after the sports news in
English, leaving frequency clear to hear VOI carrier), 1234 & 1304.
All times found with just a carrier (no audio); this is the third
consecutive day with no VOI audio.
3325, Voice of Indonesia, via RRI Palangkaraya, on April 5, checking
1049+ and found only a carrier with no hint of any audio (Ron Howard,
Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog
via DXLD)
** INTERNATIONAL. BEGINNER'S CLASSROOM FOR April 2019 --- Joe
Robinson, VA3MRE --- Some Information on Shortwave Programs about
Shortwave/Media
As there are fewer and fewer programs about radio listening on
shortwave, I thought it might be good to give a short synopsis of some
of the more reliable DX/Media offerings that can be heard. Please note
that times for these programs can change regularly (see the note on
Glenn Hauser’s website at the end of this column for more info).
World of Radio: Glenn Hauser prepares and hosts this DX program with
up-to-the-minute information on stations heard, broadcasters operating
via relays, and stations that may be or are leaving shortwave (and
some that are appearing for the first time). You can access World of
Radio via the Internet at www.worldofradio.com. Glenn’s weekly program
can be heard via various broadcasters, including WRMI on Tuesdays at
2030 hours on 7780 kHz, and on Thursdays at 0100 UTC on the same
frequency.
Wavescan: Dr. Adrian Peterson has been editing and hosting this
half-hour DX program for decades, and he always has interesting and
informative topics, as well as DX news from around the world. Dr.
Peterson utilizes the studios at Adventist World Radio, and you can
e-mail him at qsl@awr.org. You can hear Wavescan via WRMI at various
times, notably Saturdays at 0030 UTC on 7730 kHz and at 2230 UTC on
9955 kHz.
Allan Weiner Worldwide: The owner of WBCQ (The Planet) hosts his own
radio show which is aired on Saturdays at 0000 UTC on 7490 and 9330
kHz. Allan’s program is a combination call-in show, amateur radio
discussions and shortwave tips and info. There used to be
re-broadcasts of his program on WBCQ, but I haven’t heard of any other
time for airing lately.
DXers Unlimited: For many years Arnie Coro has written and hosted this
program from Radio Havana Cuba. Known for his call sign CO2KK, Arnie
has a twice-weekly program devoted to what is happening in the world
of amateur radio, shortwave radio, and other timely topics to radio
listeners. The best times in North America to hear DXers Unlimited are
on UTC Sundays at 2210 on 9720 kHz or UTC Mondays at 0010 on 5040 kHz,
and mid-week UTC Wednesdays at 0030 on 5040 kHz or later 0130, 0230
and 0330 on 6000 and 6165 kHz.
DX Mailbag: This short five-plus minute program from Radio Romania
International focuses first on the frequencies/days used for RRI’s
various broadcasts. This is followed by some DX news, a particular
issue, or an upcoming special date in Romania. The best times to
listen to DX Mailbag in North America are on UTC Saturdays at 2340
hours on 7325 and 9620 kHz, and on UTC Sundays at 0140 hours on 6130
and 7325 kHz.
SW Radiogram: Hosted by Dr. Kim Andrew Elliott, this program
“transmits digital text and images on an analog shortwave broadcast
transmitter.” Topics on the program include such items as NASA testing
communications systems, how the atmosphere is extended from earth, and
various items of interest to SW listeners about digital modes and
communication. The best times to hear SW Radiogram are UTC Fridays
from 2030 hours on WRMI 7780 kHz, and Sundays at 2330 UTC on the same
WRMI frequency.
Shortwave Panorama: IBC Radio (Italian Broadcasting Corporation) was
aired via WRMI on Saturdays at 0130 UTC on 7780 kHz. The program gives
loggings from various places, but unfortunately the program I listened
to on March 9th was a repeat of a Christmas program, where the host
wished everyone a Merry Christmas with the Star Wars Theme playing in
the background (seriously!). According to Glenn Hauser IBC Radio has
been discontinued on shortwave, at least for the time being. I would
assume that WRMI had been playing older editions of the program.
Viva Miami: This 15-minute program airs both in English and in Spanish
from WRMI, and contains everything from letters from listeners to
music to DX news, interesting information and travel features. Viva
Miami airs several times each day, so to find out when it is being
broadcast go to www.wrmi.net and look up their time/frequency charts.
If you would like a more detailed version of when various DX programs
are aired on shortwave (and elsewhere), go to Glenn Hauser’s World of
Radio website at http://www.worldofradio.com and click on the link to
DX/SWL/Media Programs. Glenn updates this page regularly (ODXA
Listening In via DXLD)
** INTERNATIONAL INTERNET. AM and FM Radio stations around the world,
THIS IS FANTASTIC
Lots of uses: Can be used to help if you are trying to ID a station
for radio DXers. If you are into other languages or maybe listen to
your homeland? Not in real time. If you are checking a big city
increase the screen size and in the lower right it will give you
choices. This was a lot of work for somebody. Listen to what’s going
on in the rest of the world.
The green dots on this Google Earth represent a radio station anywhere
in the world. Click on any one of the dots and you will immediately
listen to that station with very good sound. I especially liked
Dublin, halfway up Ireland's east coast, with Irish pub music. Any of
you who are multi-lingual will certainly enjoy this.
http://radio.garden/live/toulouse/radiopresence
(birdice56, March 31, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
I keep getting ``unexpected error`` as RG tries to ``plant`` (gh)
** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. Geostationary Satellites (freqs in GHz):
In the 'let's try to find the silver lining' event of the month, a
blip/power surge/random cosmic ray somehow managed to erase the memory
of my satellite receiver on the morning of the 24th.
I now have to 'start over' programming it, but hey, maybe that will
lead to me finding new stuff! Yeah, what a royal pain d'azz as they
say. Ah well, I decided to 'start at the bottom and work up' so I'll
be reporting what English is heard/seen as I scan the satellites in
the Clarke Belt from east to west. I only got two birds this trip, but
I will keep 'plugging away' at it over the next few months! And
remember, this is only the stuff in English -- well -- MOSTLY in EE.
But bear in mind that there are LOTS of 'free to air' channels in
other languages out there too!
Radio:
55.5°W Intelsat-34 3.940 GHz Horizontal/5422 Msps. BBC WS audio feeds.
eight streams:
SID 13903/Audio PID 6622 BBC Amer EE
SID 13910/Audio PID 6692 BBC News EE not //to 6622
SID 13916/Audio PID 6752 Arabic
SID 13952/Audio PID 7112 "APM" EE //to Amer 6622
SID 13995/Audio PID 7542 Amer Feed 1 EE //to Amer 6622
SID 13996/Audio PID 7552 Amer Feed 2 Chinese
SID 13997/Audio PID 7562 Amer Feed 3 "Channel not in use"
SID 13998/Audio PID 7572 Amer Feed 4 "Channel not in use"
55% and steady, all streams were QPSK S2/MPEG2 1600-1615 24/Mar
58°W Intelsat-21 4.160 GHz Horizontal/26590 Msps NHK Radio three
feeds, but two have different programmes on L/R channels:
SID 0051/Audio PID 1520 NHK Radio 1-L Japanese
SID 0051/Audio PID 1520 NHK Radio 2-R various (Persian)
SID 0061/Audio PID 1620 NHK Radio 3-L various (Bengali)
SID 0061/Audio PID 1620 NHK Radio 4-R various (Persian)
SID 0071/Audio PID 1720 NHK Radio 5 various (IS/ID only)
53% and steady, all radio streams were QPSK/MPEG2 1600-1615 24/Mar
TV:
58°W Intelsat 21 4.160 GHz Horizontal/26590 Msps NHK World two
feeds:
SVC 0011/VID 1160 SD625 576i SD QPSK/MPEG2
SVC 0021/VID 1260 HD60 1080i HD QPSK/H.264
both //, and showing "Grand Sumo Highlights" which sadly did NOT have
any female Sumo wrestlers. This is a strangely compelling sport to
watch! Each match takes like 15 seconds! 53% and steady 1230-1240
24/Mar
95°W Galaxy 3C 4.000 GHz Horizontal/30000 Msps. ABC (American
Broadcasting Corporation [sic]) Network feeds. Five streams: Still
here as reported in February even though there are five MORE feeds on
Galaxy 16 shown below. 0255 23/Mar
99.2°W Galaxy 16 4.120 GHz Horizontal/30000 Msps. ABC (American
Broadcasting Corporation [sic]) Network feeds. Five streams:
Svc ID 001 ABC-1 ET feed
Svc ID 002 ABC-11 CT/MT feed? Color bars only
Svc ID 003 ABC-7 PT feed?
Svc ID 004 ABC-5 ET feed too - perhaps meant for CT?
Svc ID 005 “Dummy 1” same as ET feed...
69% and steady, this and all feeds were 720p, 8PSK modulation, H.264
compression, 0230-0235 23/Mar (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Port Hope MI, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. 13735, April 2 at 1340, YL speaking, S4 with flutter. HFCC
shows nothing but VIRI in Russian, 1320-1420, 500 kW, 336 degrees from
Sirjan. One of few signals on band besides Cuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
7270, VoIRI, Sirjan; 0015z holy Qur`anic recitations, M in possible
Arabic with announcements, brief instrumental stringed instrument
music, piano music theme to 0021z*. UNLISTED, although Iran has used
this frequency throughout the years. Fair-Good (Steve Wiseblood, RGV
TX, 4/4, WOR iog via DXLD)
?? It is in HFCC A-19 as French to W Africa, 2320-2420, 500 kW, 255
degrees from Sirjan (gh, DXLD) Same as in B-18 per WRTH
IRIB in English: The Mullahs have no problem reporting in detail about
the people ousting their hated president if it's in a different
country, viz., Algeria. 5 Apr 2019, 1932 UTC, 9855 - 55544 // 9750 -
43433 (both from Sirjan) (Eike Bierwirth, Germany, WOR iog via WORLD
OF RADIO 1976, DXLD)
** IRAN [non]. 12005, April 1 at 1418, SW Asian music S7-S8, from
Radio Farda, eastward from Woofferton at 13-18 (also Lampertheim at
11-13) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRELAND [non]. Romania? 7290, Presumed IRRS from 1905 tune on 31
Mar [Sunday] with song “Stronger Than Me” by Amy Winehouse. At 1910
into a feature program in English about African-American females with
a man interviewing a woman. At 1915 the program suddenly quit in
mid-sentence followed by a tone for a few seconds and then the carrier
went off at 1915.5. Xmtr problems? This program is scheduled until
2000 (Bruce Churchill, CA, Sunday March 31, WOR iog via DXLD) This
program is scheduled 18-19 summer & 19-20 winter (Ivo Ivanov, ibid.)
** JAPAN. Broadcasters group wants costly AM radio to be abolished
KYODO NEWS KYODO NEWS - 12 hours ago - 13:58 | Arts, All,
Lifestyle
https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2019/03/9079d4a77a72-japan-broadcasters-group-requests-govt-to-abolish-am-radio.html
The Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association on Wednesday urged the
government to allow them to abolish costly AM radio by 2028 amid
falling revenues.
Many broadcasters are struggling to maintain both AM and FM radio
services. "Resolving the overlapping investment for AM and FM radio
services is essential," an official of the association said in a
meeting held by the communications ministry.
The association also called on the government to take measures to
conduct an experiment to stop broadcasting AM radio in some areas in
around 2023.
If the government approves the necessary legal change, FM
complementary broadcasting, currently used for fringe areas of AM
radio and as a disaster countermeasure, could be standardized as FM
radio while AM radio services are terminated in most areas of Japan.
Although FM radio can be broadcast with simple facilities, it does not
have the range of AM radio. If FM radio becomes the main radio
service, broadcasters will need to install a lot of relay stations and
some listeners may have to buy new radios.
Since there are areas where AM radio is seen as more efficient, the
association also asked the government to allow them to maintain
parallel use in some areas.
One communication expert who attended the meeting said it is important
to allow people to listen to radios as usual even in times of
disaster.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications will decide on the
system revision based on discussion of the panel. Mar 27, 2019 | KYODO
NEWS (via Mike Cooper, WORLD OF RADIO 1976, DXLD)
Japanese broadcasters call for end to mandatory AM radio due to cost
and lack of listeners --- The Japan Times March 28, 2019
Japanese commercial broadcasters on Wednesday proposed a revision to
the broadcast law that would allow them to ditch AM radio broadcasting
due to issues over cost amid a decline in listenership.
The Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association asked the communications
ministry to implement a system revision by 2028 in order to allow
radio broadcasters to focus on FM broadcasting. Under the law,
broadcasters are obliged to broadcast on both AM and FM.
The request, made at a meeting of a panel of experts at the ministry,
reflects the heavy burden placed on broadcasters stemming from updates
to facilities and other forms of investment at a time when radio
stations’ advertising revenues are diminishing as the number of
listeners falls.
Full article here:
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/03/28/national/japanese-broadcasters-call-end-mandatory-radio-due-cost-lack-listeners/
(via Mike Terry, WORiog via WORLD OF RADIO 1976, DXLD)
** JAPAN [and non]. 3945, Nikkei 2/Echo of Unification. 1255+ 27
March. The North Korean just mumbling in the background of RN2's
bouncy programming this morning (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA,
Eton/Grundig "Executive Satellit"/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN. 5006 & 8006, JG2XA, being heard daily, as of April 4, with
just a carrier (no CW yet). Wonder when Keisuke Hosokawa, at the
University of Electro-Communications, will start his CW transmissions?
Sent off an email inquiring as to the status of his tests (Ron Howard,
Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog
via DXLD)
** JAPAN [non]. 9625, April 1 at 1420, Japanese lesson for English
with arpeggios, as NHK 1400-1430 is now here, due west from PALAU.
Ignore all the South Africa listings on 9625 still in HFCC A-18 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) QSY to 9605 April 13 (gh)
** JAPAN [non]. NHK Radio Japan English from 31 March
At the end of the NHK Radio Japan English half hour on 6155 this
morning (0500-0530 26 March), they announced frequency changes from
Sunday 31st March:
0500 UT 5975 (MOS) 9860 (SMG) and 11970 (TAC)
1100 UT 11695 (SNG)
1400 UT 9450 (TAC) and 9625 (HBN)
(transmitter sites added per HFCC A19: HBN Palau; MOS Moosbrunn; SMG
Santa Maria di Galeria; SNG Kranji; TAC Tashkent)
Hope reception of 5975 will be as good as current 6155 at 0500 which
is faultless! 73, (Alan, Caversham, UK, Pennington, bdxc-news iog via
WORLD OF RADIO 1976, DXLD) wb version says 11970 at 05 is instead
FRANCE (gh, ibid.)
** JAPAN [and non]. NHK Radio World, Radio Japan, A-19 season, as of
March 29
[AFGHANISTAN/AUSTRIA/BANGLADESH/FRANCE/GERMANY/INDIA/INDONESIA/
IRAQ/KURDISTAN/LITHUANIA/MADAGASCAR/MYANMAR/PALAU/PALESTINE/RUSSIA/
SINGAPORE/TAJIKISTAN/TANZANIA/THAILAND/U.A.E./USA/
UZBEKISTAN/VATICAN STATE/WEST BANK]
NHK World - Radio Japan Tokyo - March 31, 2019 - October 27, 2019.
A-19 summer season file, according NHK World Radio Japan leaflet.
Foreign language and Japanese Services
<https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/resources/brochure/pdf/rj_frequency.pdf>
(via Wolfgang Bueschel, dxldyg via DXLD)
Includes numerous FM relays in several countries mixed in with
relatively few SW frequencies. English SW portion:
English
0500-0530 EUR 5975mos-AUT
0500-0530 AF/EaAF/SoAF 11970iss-F__
0500-0530 AF/EaAF/SoAF 9860smg-VAT
1100-1130 SoEaAS 11695sng-SNG
1400-1430 SoWeAS 9450tac-UZB
1400-1430 SoEaAS 9625pal-PAL KHBN site
(via gh, WORLD OF RADIO 1976, DXLD)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. Japan Govt Plans to Support Radio Broadcasts for
Abductees
Tokyo, April 2 (Jiji Press) -- The Japanese government is considering
supporting the operating costs of radio broadcasts run by a civic
group for Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea, Chief Cabinet
Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Tuesday.
The group, called Investigation Commission on Missing Japanese
Probably Related to North Korea, or COMJAN, has been calling for state
support since it added to shortwave frequencies for its "Shiokaze"
(Sea Breeze) programs sending messages and information to the
abductees.
The government "is considering responding (to the state subsidy
request) as far as the budget conditions allow," Suga told a press
conference. "We're determined to make all-out efforts to resolve the
abduction issue," he stressed. (2019/04/02-18:58)
To read a full story, please click here to find out how to subscribe.
https://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2019040200882
(via Mike Cooper, DXLD)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. JAPAN/TAIWAN/MONGOLIA "Shiokaze", "Furusato no
Kaze" and "Nippon no Kaze. March 25-31 actual week [so now outdated?]
<http://www.rachi.go.jp/jp/shisei/radio/index.html>
Furusato no kaze - schedule
1330-1357 PAO7295 kHz 300 kW TAI9705 kHz 300 kW HBN9965 kHz 100 kW
1430-1500 PAO7295 kHz 300 kW TAI9560 kHz 300 kW HBN9960 kHz 100 kW
1600-1630 PAO6045 kHz 300 kW TAI9690 kHz 300 kW HBN9975 kHz 100 kW
1700-1730 PAO6155 kHz 300 kW
Nihon no kaze - schedule
1300-1330 PAO7295 kHz 300 kW TAI9705 kHz 300 kW HBN9965 kHz 100 kW
1500-1530 PAO7290 kHz 300 kW TAI9800 kHz 300 kW HBN9975 kHz 100 kW
1530-1600 PAO7290 kHz 300 kW TAI9800 kHz 300 kW HBN9965 kHz 100 kW
1630-1700 PAO6155 kHz 300 kW
March 25-31 Furusato no kaze, Nihongo/Japanese, actual week:
<http://www.rachi.go.jp/media/wms/vod/rati/h30dai52/20190325_j.wma>
Nihon no kaze, - actual week, in Korean:
<http://www.rachi.go.jp/media/wms/vod/rati/h30dai52/20190325_k.wma>
"Shiokaze" start in 2005 year.
<https:\\www.chosa-kai.jp/siokaze>
Start at that time, entrusted to the British broadcast distribution
company "VT Communications" (companies that are delivering
international for broadcasting of NHK).
Transmission is broadcast via a third country of transmission
facilities from the UK. Now in 2018/2019 ENC - Encompass Digital
Media Services, replacing Babcock-UK ...
Changes in domestic transmission (Ibaraki Prefecture Koga KDDI (Ltd.)
Hachi transmitting station) from October 29, 2007.
This section will inform you of information on the shortwave
"Shiokaze" for North Korea that started broadcasting from 2005.Oct.30
to rescue all abductees.
This program is run and produced by a campaign from everyone. Let's
send a powerful radio wave to North Korea with hot feeling all over
Japan! Thank you for your support and cooperation.
<http://senryaku-jouhou.jp/shiotsuu.html>
please translate into English
JSR Shiokaze (Sea-breeze), broadcast via Ibaragi-Koga Yamata, Japan
site
Broadcast time: Every night 1300 to 1400 UT
Frequency: 5935 kHz, 5965 kHz 300 kW 5985 kHz 100 kW many frequencies
Broadcast language: Japanese, Korean, Chinese, English.
Mediumwave 1431 kHz 1300-1400 UT Korean/Japanese 500 kW
150degr azimuth sidefire 8-mast directional antenna
{former Radio Moscow-USSR installation of mid-80ties}
from Choibalsan Mongolia site.
Broadcast time: Late every day from 1405 to 1435 UT
Frequency: 5935 kHz, 7325 kHz 300 kW 5985 kHz 100 kW many frequencies
Broadcast language: Japanese, Korean, Chinese, English.
Broadcast time: Late every day 1600 to 1700 UT
Frequency: 5915 kHz, 6090 kHz, 6165 kHz 300 kW many frequencies
Broadcast language: Japanese, Korean, Chinese, English.
<http://senryaku-jouhou.jp/JSR.html>
<http://www1.s2.starcat.ne.jp/ndxc/stn5.htm>
"Why Yamata transmitters can not broadcast the program of
"Furusato no Kaze"?"
Currently 3 programs "Shiokaze", "Furusato no Kaze" and "Nippon no
Kaze" are broadcast towards North Korea from VT Communications, and
only "Shiokaze" is transmitted from Ibaragi-Koga Yamata, Japan. Why
Yamata transmitter can not send the message of "Furusato no Kaze"
towards North Korea?
Japanese law on broadcasting says only NHK can broadcast
"international service". And government controlled the license of
broadcasting - it is quite difficult to get the permission (license)
of broadcasting promptly.
At the opening announcement of Shiokaze, they announce call sign as
JSR. Exactly speaking, JSR is not call sign for "general" radio
stations.
Shiokaze got a license for "special utility broadcast" - same as
Traffic Information Service Radio on 1620 kHz - not for "general
broadcast".
In the case of "Furusato no Kaze", they get neither the license of
"utility broadcast" nor "general broadcast". And NHK reject the
proposal of Japanese government to broadcast "Furusato no Kaze" within
the program of Radio Japan. Thus Ibaragi-Koga Yamata transmitter can
not send message of "Furusato no Kaze." (via Roger Thauer-D, A-DX ng
March 30 via BC-DX 31 March via DXLD)
5920 // 6070, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze, *1300-1400*, April 1. Thanks to an
alert at "Now On The Radio" website, for the very first time I heard
them broadcasting on two frequencies simultaneously; 5920 is a very
poor frequency assignment for them, due to a strong Voice of Freedom
already being on frequency, along with the usual N. Korea jamming of
VOF; whereas 6070 is a very good choice, as it is a clear frequency.
My 5920 audio, with one minute of Voice of Freedom, then Shiokaze QRM
(sign on), at
http://bit.ly/2OD4ifD
My 6070 audio is at
http://bit.ly/2FOvLZ4
5980 // 6090, Shiokaze, *1405-1435*, April 1. With 5980 being rather a
poor frequency choice, due to New Zealand already being on frequency,
so they mix together; whereas 6090 is a much better choice, as only
light CNR2 QRM. My 6090 audio at
http://bit.ly/2OEuq9O
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long
wire, WOR iog via DXLD)
Thank you for your report. I had them MIA this morning and wondered
where they went. Kudos to you for finding them so fast! (Rick Barton,
April 1, ibid.)
JAPAN, Summer A-19 schedule of JSR Shiokaze Sea Breeze on 2 freqs in
parallel:
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/04/jsr-shiokaze-sea-breeze-on-2.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News April 2-3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.:
1300-1400 on 5920 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs // 6070 YAM 300 kW /
280 deg to NEAs
1300-1330 Chinese Mon; Japanese Tue/Sat/Sun; Korean Wed/Fri; English
Thu; 1330-1400 Korean Wed/Fri-Mon; Japanese Tue; English Thu
1600-1700 on 5935 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs // 6165 YAM 300 kW /
280 deg to NEAs
1600-1630 Chinese Mon; Japanese Tue/Sat/Sun; Korean Wed/Fri; English
Thu; 1630-1700 Korean Wed/Fri-Mon; Japanese Tue; English Thu
Furusato no Kaze in Japanese Daily via JSR Shiokaze Sea Breeze also on
2 freqs in //
1405-1435 on 5980 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs // 6090 YAM 300 kW /
280 deg to NEAs
??????????? ?? Observer ? 4:26 PM (via DXLD)
6070, JAPAN, Shiokaze, Ibaragi-Kota-Yamata; 1345z W in Japanese
talking over light piano music to 1359z, Closing announcements by W in
JP, brief piano/chime IS to 1400* S/off Fair reception (Steve
Wiseblood, RGV TX, 4/1, WOR iog via DXLD)
5980, JAPAN, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze station (presumed the one now at):
1405. Barely heard under strong RNZI broadcast. There was a report of
a // freq. 6090 in use, but nothing heard there. (I could detect there
was a station on the channel, but I could hear even less than what was
on 5980). Recheck at 1430 did reveal a W in Japanese for a few moments
- Poor Apr 2 - New frequencies were logged by Howard (CA), and
Wiseblood (TX), and first seen by me in DXLD.
6070, JAPAN, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze station (new frequencies) at 1300.
Opening right on the money, new frequency and with new // (both in
terms of frequency and having //) on 5920. Woman in Japanese over
familiar soft piano music at opening. 5920 // Good, with light CCI. I
confirm it here in AZ; heard tnx to reports from S. Wiseblood (TX) and
R. Howard (CA) via DXLD - Very Good Apr 2 (Rick Barton, Arizona SW
Logs, Grundig Satellit 205(T.5000), RS SW-2000629, with various
outdoor wires; ATS-909X and 9' garden stake antenna. 73 and Good
Listening....! -rb, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1976, DXLD)
April 3. What happened to Shiokaze today? No // frequencies! 5920, at
1316+, was their only frequency; very strong Voice of Freedom QRM. No
6070 today.
6090, at *1405, was their only frequency; mixing with CNR2. No 5980
today, so very good reception of New Zealand. What will happen
tomorrow (Thursday), when they are in English? (Ron Howard,
California, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1976, DXLD)
6070, April 3 at 1302, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze allegedly here via JAPAN,
maybe the slight fast SAH on CFRX which is always a few Hz to the low
side. Ron Howard called 6070 a `clear` frequency for Shiokaze, April
1, maybe in California but certainly not here. And S/SB has started
running a second frequency, 5920 clashing with another clandestine for
NK, Voice of Freedom! There I can`t make out anything from one or two
weakies. However, today April 3, Ron says S/SB was *not* on 6070 at
1316, just colliding on 5920; what about tomorrow with English? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
6070, Thursday April 4 at 1348, two carriers making fast SAH, CFRX vs
Sea Breeze, JAPAN, as I can almost recognize its earnest YL in
English; as Ron Howard reports, presumably // on 5920 vs Voice of
Freedom, which are VP here. At 1405 I am hearing CFRX only on
6070-minus (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1976, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Re: Shiokaze on new 5920 // 6070 (*1300-1400*) and 5980 // 6090
(*1405-1435*)
April 4 (Thursday) - Shiokaze back to having both 5920 // 6070, at
*1300, in English; strong VOF QRM on 5920, while 6070 was a clear
frequency, per my audio today at
https://app.box.com/s/ktjbwxiiganzd911hqjb2h8o583zzfpo
(Ron Howard, California, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1976, DXLD)
** KOREA NORTH [and non]. Errata: "3901" should be "3910" above, (i.e.
KOR 3910 is // 4457 is // 6600 on the audio programming amidst the KRE
jamming.)
The ~4630 (and around) "motorboat" buzz OTH-b signal, seems to be at
100 degree azimuth, and its apparent fade-out propagation at my local
near-sunrise was very similar to 5000 WWV slow fade-out at my SR and
after, indicating that perhaps the OTH-b signal originates to the
EAST-SOUTHEAST likely. Map plots into central New Mexico and into C.
Texas also. Hmmm... (Steve McGreevy, -- N6NKS - www.auroralchorus.com,
WOR iog via DXLD)
Hey Ron, Long time, no chat. How are you? Here's the new Echo of
Unification schedule, from April 1:
7am-9am, 1pm-3pm, 9pm-11pm KST [22-24, 04-06, 12-14 UT]
on 6250, 5905, 3970 kHz and 97.8 MHz, 97 MHz, 89.4 MHz
(Martyn Williams, Mar 27, WOR iog via DXLD)
Hi Martyn, Greetings from California. Thanks for the updated info.
Will Echo of Unification on 6250 now be mixing with Echo of Hope - VOH
there?
BTW - I'm impatiently waiting for National Unity Radio, on 6045 to
move off that frequency. The very strong N. Korea jamming there is
also well heard down on 6035 causing severe QRM for BBS (Bhutan),
before BBS closes down about 1140 UT (Ron Howard, ibid.)
[Edited Message Follows] [Reason: additional sentence added]
Hello Ron and Marytn, Thank you both for the additional Korean Pen.
info. about all of this. This will help compile a list larger than I
had myself attempted and had posted here at WOR a couple of days ago.
It seems the 75 mb jammers are up in numbers as well this year, as I
receive at local dawn in eastern CA.
By the way, earlier this morning locally (after 1403 UT) after 3325
VOI completed their English broadcast, I stopped for a spell on 4557
// 6600. The 4557 jamming was even more intense with a "siren-like"
two-tone jammer atop the buzz/hash jammers on that frequency.
Conversely, 6600's audio was atop the jammers by far (between 1403 to
about 1415). There are so many "Voices of" broadcasts going that it
would be very helpful if somebody in KOR could compile a listing for
us! Tnx again, (Steve McGreevy, WOR iog via DXLD)
WRTH has them listed on pages 514-516. There will be a few fq changes
for the A season, but not many. Best regards, (Mauno Ritola, ibid.)
And additionally, what with all of the "Voices of" and "Echo(es) of"
KOR/KRE transmissions, long ago at Point Reyes, California (North
Beach) in the early 80s, the 1053 KRE "echo-back" jammer" transmitted
back the audio of the 1053 "Voice of Unification" from KOR. The result
was a very eerie mixture of "Voices" and Echoes" being echoed all
around - hi! The 1982 brief audio file I have of this is at:
https://archive.org/details/TheBestOfHawaiiMediumwaveamBroadcast-bandDx-86To91/1053_korean_echo-jammer_mixture_07nov1982_point_reyes_mcgreevy.mp3
(That reception via a terminated 250m NW Beverage on the sand and into
the surf (at high tide). I made another recording of more standard
(warble) jamming on 1053 as heard during my trip to China in Nov.
2013, so I assume it is still ongoing... -s- (McGreevy, ibid.)
1053 kHz was closed some years ago (Mauno Ritola, ibid.)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. UZBEKISTAN, Radio Free North Korea via RED
Telekom Tashkent, April 1:
1200-1300 11520 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg NEAs Korean, good, ex 15630 A-18
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/04/radio-free-north-korea-via-red-telekom.html
UZBEKISTAN, Voice of Wilderness via RED Telekom Tashkent on April 1:
1330-1530 7625 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg NEAs Korean, fair, ex 7615 A-18
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/04/voice-of-wilderness-via-red-telekom.html
UZBEKISTAN, North Korea Reform Radio RED Telekom via Tashkent April 1:
1430-1530 11570 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg NEAs Korean, vy good ex 7580 A-18
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/04/north-korea-reform-radio-red-telekom.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News April 1/2, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA SOUTH. 4885, Echo of Hope - VOH, 1240-1257, April 2
(Tuesday). "Easy English" program, in English and Korean; good
reception; "Isaac" as one of the announcers; these programs are
podcasts and today was the "Saturday" show (wrong day), which was a
review of the week. My audio at
http://bit.ly/2OHwii4
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long
wire, WOR iog via DXLD)
** KURDISTAN [non]. 11530, 31/Mar, 2006, UNID Voice of Welat in new
schedule? I do not believe. The signal is very good here for me, when
the Voice of Welat almost did not arrive. HFCC indicates REE, but it
definitely is not:
11530 1900 2300 46,47,52,57 NOB 200 161 0 212 23456
310319 261019 D Spa E REE REE 3987
Still broadcasting at 2028
WIN_20190331_17_06_38_Pro.mp4
(Jorge Freitas, My Blog: https://dxlogfreitas.blogspot.com/
Feira de Santana Bahia 12°14´S 38°58´W - Brasil, Tecsun PL-310ET,
Antenna Delta Loop, WOR iog via DXLD)
Denge Welat, same as A-18
0230-0500 on 9525 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish
0500-0600 on 11530 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish
0600-1500 on 11530 KCH 300 kW / 130 deg to WeAs Kurdish
1500-2100 on 11530 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish
(Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, ibid.)
Thanks, Ivo. A tremendous change in propagation this afternoon. This
year never got here in my QTH with that signal quality. 73 (Jorge
Freitas, ibid.)
** KUWAIT. Reception of MOI Radio Kuwait in DRM mode on March 27
0945-1325 on 15109.7 KBD 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Arabic Gen.Sce
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/03/reception-of-moi-radio-kuwait-in-drm.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News March 26-27, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. MOI Radio Kuwait in DRM mode and AM mode on March 27
0500-0800 on 11969.8 KBD 250 kW / 100 deg to SoAs English DRM
1553-1600 on 15539.8 KBD 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Arabic GSce
1600-1800 on 15540.0 KBD 250 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Urdu
1800-2100 on 15539.8 KBD 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu English DRM
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/03/moi-radio-kuwait-in-drm-mode-and-am.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News March 26-29, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Radio Kuwait DRM --- Confermo un ottimo segnale, potente e
qualitativamente apprezzabile di Radio Kuwait in un programma in
lingua araba il 1 aprile 2019 alle 1125 UT su 15110 kHz, in attesa di
ricevere lo schedule generale delle trasmissioni in DRM, da vagliare
poi molto attentamente. Allegati screenshot e clip audio. 73 a tutti
de (Giovanni Lorenzi -- ITALIAN AMATEUR RADIO STATION I T 9 T Z Z,
bclnews.it yg via DXLD)
[and non]. 5960even, ASC, Radio Ndarason International, in Kanuri
language, 0527 UT S=8-9 or -79dBm, BUT little 124 Hertz BUZZ sideband
heterodyne tone of odd Radio Kuwait signal of adjacent 5959.876 kHz.
15515even, Radio Kuwait, Arabic sce to NE/ME/CeAsia 59degr azimuth,
S=6 only fair signal in WeEUR, but
15529.706, Radio Kuwait, English sce, at 0627 UT, powerful S=9+10dB
signal in AM mode, 20 kHz wideband audio block, stn ID given as MW 963
kHz AM band, 90.3 MHz at local Kuwait state. via remote in Holland
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang
Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 1, dxldyg via DXLD))
Reception of MOI Radio Kuwait in AM mode & DRM mode April 3
till 0745 5959.8 KBD 250 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic, ex till 0630UT
0500-0800 11969.8 KBD 250 kW / 100 deg to SoAs English DRM, very good
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/04/reception-of-moi-radio-kuwait-in-am.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News April 2-3, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Reception of MOI Radio Kuwait Gen.Sce in DRM mode, April 4
from 1329 on 15109.7 KBD 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Arabic, extended
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/04/reception-of-moi-radio-kuwait-gensce-in.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News April 3-4, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KYRGYZSTAN. 4010.23, 1720-1725 3.4, Birinchi R, Krasnaya Rechka,
Kyrgyz conversation, 55444. Best 73, (Anker Petersen, Denmark, what I
heard recently in Skovlunde on the AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of
longwire, wbradio yg via DXLD)
** KYRGYZSTAN. 5130, Voice of Life (Sedaye Zindagi)/Sound of Life.
Confirmed on 15/3 at *1450-1750* in presumed Dari, prepared by Pamir
Ministries (a member of World by Radio group where are TWR, FEBA, IBRA
etc.) (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF2001D, Folded Marconi
ant), April ARDXC Australian DX News via WORLD OF RADIO 1976, DXLD)
** LATVIA [and non]. Radio Center will be on the air this March last
time on their historical frequency AM 1485 before completely moving to
NEW frequency AM 1602 from Riga, Latvia:
March 1st from 3-5 UT (6-8 MST) with their special 27 Years
Anniversary program & March 27 & 28th from 1900-2059 UT (22:00-23:59
MST) with very special programs for NRB (National Religious
Broadcasters) Convention attendees.
Radio Center Moscow, a pioneer of Religious broadcasting in Russia,
has been granted a license for operating a powerful AM transmitter in
Riga, Latvia to deliver Christian programming in RUSSIAN language into
every RUSSIAN community in Eastern Europe, including Russia
proper--during a time when the Russian Government has restricted the
rights of many Christian groups. Due to growing restrictions and
governmental interference, Radio Center is moving from Moscow to Riga
while keeping our radio studio in Moscow. Our NEW frequency on AM dial
is 1602 kHz.
In February 2019 Russian lawmakers backed a bill aimed at isolating
the country's Internet from the rest of the world to secure it in the
event of a cyber attack or other threat. The creation of this «red
button» that gives the State more ways of disconnecting the country
from the global network could further isolate Russians from the rest
of the world. As a result, only conventional radio waves can reach our
listeners in Russia!
OUR MINISTRY NEEDS ARE:
NEW AM TRANSMITTER
NEW ANTENNA (a location in Latvia close to Russian State border)
STUDIO & BROADCAST EQUIPMENT
PRODUCTION COSTS
ELECTRICITY BILLS
We invite you to partner with us. Together we can make a difference in
this world by preaching the Gospel through the airwaves to reach
Russian-speaking people! Please contact us at www.radiocenter.net
(Andrey Nekrasov / https://www.facebook.com/groups/wrthgroup/)
(via RusDX 31 March via DXLD)
** MADAGASCAR. Last minute frequency change of WCB KNLS Madagascar
World Voice:
1900-2000 NF 9845 MWV 100 kW / 355 deg to EaEu Russian tx#3, ex 9690
to avoid
at same time 9690 NOB 200 kW / 290 deg to ENAm Spanish R.Exterior de
España!!
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/03/last-minute-frequency-change-of-wcb.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News March 29, WORLD OF RADIO 1976, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Schedule MWV in Russian (A-19). Konstantin Chernushenko sent a
message: Our schedule has changed, at 1900 UT there will be a
frequency of 9845 kHz for the Russian transfer from Madagascar.
Now the schedule will look like this:
UTC / kHz
1800-1900 - 11885 kHz
1900-2000 - 9845 kHz
(Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / “deneb-radio-dx”) (via RusDX 31
March via DXLD) Maybe the JBA 9845 carrier here April 4 (gh, DXLD)
[and non]. 11790 kHz - TERRIBLE MIXTURE - of both signals at 0557 UT,
S=7 or -81dBm co-channel:
RFI Paris in Swahili to Central/East Africa via MGLOB Talata
Volonondry Madagascar relay facility; and also
NHK Radio Japan, via Ibaragi-Koga Yamata, Japan, in Russian language
towards Central Siberia and Russia Far East region. Via remote in
Holland [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang
Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 1, dxldyg via DXLD))
Reception of Madagascar World Voice in 22/25/31mb Apr 2
African Pathways Radio
1800-1900 13670 MWV 100 kW / 310 deg to WeAf English tx#3, very good
KNLS New Life Station
1800-1900 11885 MWV 100 kW / 355 deg to EaEu Russian tx#2, very good
1900-2000 9845 MWV 100 kW / 355 deg to EaEu Russian tx#3, very good
Radio Feda
1900-2000 11965 MWV 100 kW / 355 deg to N/ME Arabic tx#2, very good
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/04/reception-of-madagascar-world-voice-in.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News April 2-3, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MALI. 5995, Radio Nacional du Mali at 2255 UT March 25 with African
highlife music and announcements. Many mentions of Mali. Very Good
(Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Rx: Perseus SDR, Ant: Wellbrook
ALA 100 loop, WOR iog via DXLD)
5995, March 27 at 0612, R. Mali finally audible in this daypart: poor
S3-S4 of African language; Cuba off 6000 already.
5995, March 27 at 2359, African song, S9+20 but ACI; some widely-
spaced tones maybe own timesignal? Or from 5990/6000 Cuba; by 0000
March 28, 5995 is off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
5995, Radio Mali, Bamako, on air now, 1857 [sic], with English
program. Link to my recording, Mali, 5995 kHz English program from
1757 to 1811 UT 30-03 [time must be one hour early! .wav, 21.9 MB
1857-1919 gh]
https://my.pcloud.com/publink/show?code=XZCWj67Z4qgaOOmoJaRLAixxKLHr97DD0juV
(via Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Sat Mar 30, WOR iog via dXLD)
5995, Radio Mali, Bamako *0554-0630, 28-03, music, anthem, tuning
music, ID at 0600: "Vous écoutez l`Office de Radiodiffusion Televison
de Mali émettant de Bamako. Nous émettons en ondes courtes dans la
bande de 49 métres, 5995 kHz, 61 métres, 4835 kHz, 60 métres, 4783
kHz. Pour le district de Bamako et ?? nous émettons en modulation de
fréquence dans la bande de ??? MHz, pour la ... nationale... MHz pour
... l`Office de Radiodiffusion Television de Mali, émettant de
Bamako", vernacular, French, program “ORTM Matin”, news, comments,
“ORTM, la passion du service publique”, “Vous écoutez la Radio
Nationale de Mali”, African songs. 35433. (Méndez)
Also 1850-1915, 30-03, African songs, ID “La Radio Nationale de Mali”,
at 1857 Saturday English program: “...Welcome to our weekly
magazine... comes to you at 1850 UTC...”, “The end of today’s
magazine.. we will be back next Saturday...”. End of English program
at 1911.
9635, Radio Mali, Bamako, 1712-1802, 26-03, vernacular comments,
female, mentioned "Bamako", "Mali", African songs, tuning music and
identification at 1801 ID: "Vous écoutez l`Office de Radiodiffusion
Televison de Mali émettant de Bamako. Nous émettons en ondes courtes
dans la bande de 49 métres, 5995 kHz, 61 métres, 4835 kHz, 60 métres,
4783 kHz kHz. Pour le district de Bamako et ?? nous émettons en
modulation de fréquence dans la bande de ??? MHz, pour la ...
nationale... MHz pour ... l`Office de Radiodiffusion Television de
Mali, émettant de Bamako.". 43433 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Log in
Lugo, Fiol and Reinante, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR
iog via DXLD)
Manuel, Your catch and your description of Mali's frequency
announcement is very interesting to me. I collected some of AOKI's
frequency lists and I looked the tropical frequencies of 4835 kHz and
4783 kHz. 4835 was mentioned lastly in the A08 season in 2008 while I
hadn't found 4783 kHz. Personally I never had an opportunity to hear
Mali on these frequencies here in Hungary. It seems to me that the
ORTM does not update its frequency announcements. Maybe the flow of
time stopped there. Is it possible that they broadcast the same 30-40
year-old news too? o:) (Tibor Gaal, Budapest, Hungary, WOR iog via
DXLD)
The 1991 WRTH I have handy lists 4783 with 100 kW, no 4835 (gh, DXLD)
5995.000V, April 1 at 0550, R. Mali is already on with song of lament
in French, S9 and best heard yet. 0556 apparent switch to IS
repeating; 0557 military-band NA, sign-on in French I copy partially
vs distraxions, including ``Ici l`Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision
du Mali, émettant de Bamako,`` and decades-outdated frequency list
including 4783 and another on 60m! And 92 MHz FM (four-score and
twelve). With BFO, frequency wavers very slightly. By 0602 is in non-
French, probably Bambara. Anker Petersen, Denmark, has reported this
on 5995.02, such as March 25 at 2120, but again I think his
measurement is way off. Please calibrate (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF
RADIO 1976, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
5995, Radio Mali, Bamako, *0605-0800*, 02-04, vernacular comments,
African songs, at 0700: “Bonjour il est sept heures, le journal”.
news, French, ID “Radio Mali”, vernacular. 35433. (Méndez)
9635, Radio Mali, Bamako, 1740-1802*, 01-04, vernacular comments,
African songs, in French at 1800. Close at 1802 and open on 5995.
43433 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable
antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD)
** MEXICO. 6185, Radio Educación at 0520 UT March 30 in Spanish with
songs by Maru Enriquez, Bacalov Luis Enrique and Rafael Mendoza and
with announcements and ID's Off air at 0605 UT. Very Good (Mick
Delmage, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Rx: Perseus SDR, Ant: Wellbrook ALA
100 loop, WOR iog via DXLD)
From April 7 Mexico beyond border towns is finally on DST, UT -5 in
CDMX, so 6185 should now close at 0500*v (gh, DXLD)
** MEXICO. Outlaw X Trailer --- I think that my friend Bill Crawford
may have a hit record on his hands. Let’s see what happens if AMLO
decides to utilize XERF 1570 kHz with 250 kW and a skywave antenna
system. Then serving as the Mexican Radio Exterior Sky Wave Service
reaching its people in the US. Maybe a rebirth of The Sunshine Station
Between The Nations. Stay tuned. B M E
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TrKZZ8cPoW4
(Bruce Earle, April 3, Enviado Desde Mi iPhone, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Really a movie about the borderblasters for release spring 2020 (gh)
** MEXICO. RAYMIE`S MEXICO BEAT --- March 26-April 5 including DTV
The pirate station in Tizayuca, Hidalgo, is back in the news this
week, this time for promoting a pro-life march in the town.
https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/2019/03/24/marchan-opositores-de-iniciativa-a-favor-del-aborto-en-hidalgo-7582.html
On Sunday, 500 people—for the second day in a row—marched through the
streets of Tizayuca in opposition to an abortion bill being discussed
in the state legislature. The so-called "Blue Wave" demonstrators are
hoping to get Morena legislators to back down from the proposal.
Formerly called Radio Énfasis, "SM Radio" 98.3
https://www.facebook.com/SM-RADIO-983-FM-1643785452550600/
is at the center of the controversy for having promoted the march over
its air; a local church also advertised the march. As Énfasis, the
station came under fire for promoting a controversial incinerator
project.
There is one pending application for a broadcast station at Tizayuca,
for Proyecciones con Sentido Social, A.C. (Raymie Humbert, Phœnix AZ,
March 26, WTFDA Forum via DXLD)
I thought I'd get an interesting tidbit about a vote against a new
religious radio station. I didn't quite get that, but I'll share it
anyway.
As I was compiling a list of every religious-associated radio station
with a concession in Mexico, I noticed that IFT Commissioner Adolfo
Cuevas Teja voted against the award of the station at Ejido Hipólito
Landeros (Texistepec), Ver., to be owned by Eulalio Domínguez Soto. I
was curious to see if, like in the 2016 case of XHAGP-FM, this had to
do with religious involvement, and to read the pre-written vote that
he had cast. (An IFT commissioner can, if there is a justified
absence, prepare his votes remotely.) Since Cuevas Teja was out for
that meeting, I got that pre-written vote list.
http://www.ift.org.mx/sites/default/files/voto_raz_act_35aord_281118_acc_vp.pdf
It didn't. Actually, Cuevas Teja had another reason to vote against
the station. He worried that a Class A assignment to that ejido would
allow for coverage of additional and larger localities, namely
Cosoleacaque and Acayucan, in the statutory 24-km radius. (The station
is, by the way, 102.1 XHPEEF-FM, giving us a frequency change to watch
for when this ex-102.5 station goes legal.) While Texistepec has
29,199 residents, those two towns have 117,725 and 83,817 inhabitants,
respectively. He's voted this way before on several social station
awards.
———
We also have confirmed information from March 6's meeting transcript
on the winners and losers in two permit forests.
In Tulancingo, Hidalgo, one public and one social station were
cleared. The public applicant was the Universidad Autónoma del Estado
de Hidalgo. The social winner was the first of two applicants to file,
Grupo Independiente de Mujeres de Mixquiahuala, A.C., beating out
Fortalaetia, A.C.
Montemorelos, Nuevo León, will get a new FM from José Armando de la
Cruz Rodríguez. It is the first time FCSM has lost out in some time in
a comparative hearing.
———
There was also a snack for TV followers: the UMCA updated the virtual
channel lists today for the first time since January 25. The update
included exactly one new item for virtual channels—XHCOQ adding 9 as
part of its Nu9ve subchannel.
http://www.ift.org.mx/sites/default/files/contenidogeneral/comunicacion-y-medios/modificacioneslistadocval270319.pdf
Presumably there's a corresponding multiprogramming list update, but
it has yet to appear (Raymie, March 28, ibid.)
We need a radio station now.
https://www.diariocambio.com.mx/2019/secciones/metropolis/item/10297-en-san-nicolas-de-los-ranchos-solicitan-estacion-de-radio-para-informar-sobre-el-popocatepetl?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
That's what the municipality of San Nicolás de los Ranchos, Puebla, is
saying. And they've got reason to want urgency: the town is in the
shadow of Popocatépetl, an active volcano. Not only is internet
penetration poor, but the town doesn't have shelters or an evacuation
plan, blaming regional civil protection officials. Apparently the town
did have a pirate station a decade ago.
Meanwhile, in Chilpancingo, Guerrero, an IFT-4 station snuck up on us.
XHPCPG-FM 98.1 is on the air—according to one listener who told an
Imagen Radio host he listened to them daily in Chilpancingo,
https://twitter.com/pakopotamus/status/1111240074811854855
prompting the host to reply, "I didn't know we were on the air
there".
———
The multiprogramming update mentioned yesterday is out, and in an
unusual event, more subchannels were dropped than added in the last
two months.
New: XHCOQ Nu9ve, XHCDO Televisa Sonora (presumably a simulcast of
XHAK)
Gone: Subs of XEWO, XHCNL and XHTV for CJ Grand; the 6.2/6.3 subs of
XHMTPU
Changed: XEIMT Canal 22.2, to MPEG-2 compression and SD
The drops are for different reasons. Last year, Televisa sold its
stake in the shopping channel
https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/empresas/Televisa-vende-su-50-en-canal-de-compras-Televisa-CJ-Grand-20180313-0044.html
as part of a review of non-core assets, and it looks like part of the
deal was just one more year of broadcast carriage on the
Televisa-owned stations. The XHMTPU case is probably a running out of
time one—as you know, the Multimedios-Telsusa transmission facility on
Cerro Zapotecas has been stymied by municipal permitting issues, and
MM had already applied for and received an extension to begin service
of these subchannels. Last edited by Raymie; 03-28-2019 at 11:07 PM.
(Raymie, March 28, ibid.)
First on the Mexico Beat: Some Imagen TV Stuff
My map of Imagen Televisión transmitters, handily located at
http://tinyurl.com/imagentv
had two items of uncertainty, including the last black pin signifying
transmitter site unknown: [illustrated]
That pin is a transmitter that until recently was only known by UMCA
listings, XHCTLP-TDT 22 in La Paz, Baja California Sur. Recently, the
UCS assigned XHCTLP a folio number — 085733, used initially for the
spectrum concession that covered all 123 transmitters from 2015 and
thus the lowest folio number of any Imagen transmitter —*and soon
after, a tech sheet followed.
XHCTLP-TDT is actually a new pin color on the map now —*a heretofore
unused shade of blue. The 100 kW ERP facility was put on the same
tower as XHBCP-FM and XHBZC-TDT, the stations of the Baja California
Sur state government, according to the tech sheet that appeared on
March 19
http://rpc.ift.org.mx/rpc/pdfs/85733_190319153924_9010.pdf
after nearly 30 months. (The tech sheet for XHCTNL-TDT Nuevo Laredo
http://rpc.ift.org.mx/rpc/pdfs/98086_190319154022_7209.pdf
now is available, too, after a delay of 26 months. The sheet clarifies
that it indeed is the Multimedios site where Imagen TV is mounted.)
There's another curiosity about XHCTLP, but to get there, we first get
to look at the IFT's July 2018 authorization for an 18-month extension
to the coverage commitments for Imagen.
http://rpc.ift.org.mx/rpc/pdfs/85733_190319154540_4590.pdf
Imagen is required to provide at least a 48 dBu signal in the cities
listed in each transmitter's statutory coverage area. There are often
multiple localities in this list. For instance, the Tapachula
transmitter is required to put in that signal in Tapachula, Huehuetán,
and Motozintla. The Celaya-Querétaro transmitter also must serve
Guanajuato, Irapuato, Salamanca, Ciudad Hidalgo, and Morelia (yes,
even though Morelia has its own Imagen transmitter).
24 of the Imagen transmitters serve all of their principal localities,
of the total of 46 main stations. By this metric, coverage is
dreadful. The Querétaro transmitter, for instance, does not serve all
localities at 48 dBu, and thus coverage of Querétaro is listed at zero
percent.
A more realistic metric is also provided: coverage by Longley-Rice
contour. By this, Imagen looks much better. In 27 of 32 states, Imagen
Televisión meets the "30 in 32" rule in which it must cover 30% of the
population in each state at a date whose original deadline was March
2018. The states that are coverage laggards include Chiapas, Hidalgo,
Michoacán, Oaxaca, and Veracruz. Each is a large, mountainous state in
which more transmitters are needed to fulfill 30% population coverage.
Added up, Imagen is serving right now 61.72 percent of the country and
65.13 percent of the population in a statutory Imagen coverage area.
Imagen, however, is running into problems. Some are owed to the fact
that it has been a very long time since a new national television
network was planned. Siting has been difficult, primarily because some
parts of the country are not very safe at this moment. Land
acquisition and rights and permitting processes have also slowed
things up. (Multimedios can relate in the case of the latter.)
Additionally, it is not always possible to use pre-existing broadcast
or telecom transmission sites because of the design of statutory radii
of the network. In some cases, shadows will be necessary, and Imagen
currently has just one shadow in operation (the one they absolutely
needed to serve millions of viewers).
A footnote on page 8 says that XHCTLP suspended operations on January
10, 2018, though the causes are not revealed (Raymie, March 29,
ibid.)
Three new concessions hit the RPC today.
Radio Comunicación Tzacualli, A.C., will bring Hidalgo its third
community station, on Jacala de Ledezma's 91.9 (A) XHSCBY-FM.
Radial Humanamente Positiva, A.C., will bring the third community
station to Cd. Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico. They have been
assigned the last known available FM frequency in the Mexico City
metro, 99.7 (A) XHSCCG-FM, and will have a massive leg up on XHARO and
XHNEZ with their Class A signal. The station's signal *will* be
restricted to the north and east to a maximum of 100 watts between 320
and 120 degrees. The null protects XHUAH in Pachuca.
The third concession is for a station whose details were already
published: XHSCBI-FM 102.9 Villahermosa, Tabasco (Raymie, March 30,
ibid.)
March 27 updates weren't just for the UMCA.
The UCS released the first updated social station tables in more than
11 months. Bolded awards are so new they have yet to be reported!
New Stations
XHSIAB-FM 107.3 - Un Sonido de Esperanza, A.C., San Felipe de la Peña,
San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec, Oax.
XHSCBV-FM 103.3 - Comunicación y Desarrollo Lani Nashi, A.C., San
Antonino Castillo Velasco, Oax.
XHZIR-FM 99.3 - Ziraño, A.C., Tingambato, Mich. (previously
reported)
XHSCBX-FM 105.7 - Abrazando a los Pueblos, Juxtlahuaca, A.C., Santiago
Juxtlahuaca etc., Oax. {current pirate station "La Patrona"}
XHSCCI-FM 105.7 - Comunicación para el Desarrollo Social de la
Comunidad de Pedernales, A.C., Pedernales, Chupio, Parocho, Petembo
(Mpio. de Tacámbaro), Mich.
XECSCGU-AM 1620 - Centro de Rehabilitación El Olivo, A.C., Guachochi,
Chih. (first 7-letter AM callsign, first 1620!)
XHPECO-FM 105.5 - Pamela Verenice García Aguirre, Frontera [Monclova],
Coah.
XHCSAO-FM 89.1 - Voz de Transformación, A.C., San Felipe, BC
XHCSAP-FM 101.5 - Voz de Transformación, A.C., La Paz, BCS
XHCSBI-FM 104.3 - Voz de Transformación, A.C., Chilpancingo, Gro.
XECSAB-AM 1140 - Radio Comunicación Purépecha, A.C., Morelia,
Mich.
XECSAD-AM 1280 - Radio Comunicación Purépecha, A.C., Pátzcuaro,
Mich.
XECSAE-AM 1260 - Radio Comunicación Purépecha, A.C., Zamora, Mich.
XHCSAF-TDT 10 - Radio Comunicación Purépecha, A.C., Los Reyes,
Mich.
XHCSAL-FM 95.9 - Radio Tonatiuh, A.C., Valladolid, Yuc.
XHPEFQ-FM 92.1 - Alas para las Palabras, A.C., Saltillo, Coah.
XHPEAP-FM 93.7 - Ángel María López López, Agua Prieta, La Concordia,
Chis.
XHSPS-FM 89.3 - Asociación Patronal, Industrial, Comercial,
Empresarial y Profesional, A.C., San Luis Potosí, SLP
XHGYC-FM 95.5 - Dabar Radio, A.C., Guadalupe y Calvo, Chih.
XHPEEC-FM 95.7 - Fomento Cultural Cihuatlán, A.C., Cihuatlán, Jal.
XHPEAE-FM 93.3 - Fundación de la Radio Cultural, A.C., Río Verde,
SLP
XHRNV-FM 103.7 - Radio Naranjos, A.C., Naranjos, Ver.
XHPEDN-FM 95.5 - Rate Cultural y Educativa de México, A.C., Puerto
Escondido, Oax.
XHCAT-FM 93.5 - Toskitl, A.C., Catemaco, Ver.
XHPEFB-FM 100.1 - Valores y Tradiciones de mi Tierra, A.C., Los
Ramones, NL
XHCSBB-FM 97.5 - Lilia Guadalupe Martínez González, Torreón, Coah.
XHMTM-FM 91.3 - José Armando de la Cruz Rodríguez, Montemorelos,
NL
XHPECJ-FM 94.1 - Grupo Independiente de Mujeres de Mixquiahuala,
Tulancingo, Hgo. (Raymie, March 30, ibid.)
Coahuila wasn't the only state this month where the state network
agency made public a name change.
In fact, this one got its publication date in the state newspaper on
October 11, 2018. It changes Radio Sinaloa to the Sistema Sinaloense
de Radio y Televisión (SISIRT), and their domain name has also
changed.
http://sisirt.com.mx/
Just one little oddity. They don't yet have a TV concession.
The application that the Sinaloa state government filed for a TV
station in Culiacán is the third-oldest unadjudicated television
station application of 24 remaining at the IFT from the LFRTV era. It
was filed December 19, 2007. (When I obtained the permit list last
year, the total was 26, but the UAEH Pachuca TV station and XHFE-TDT
have been approved.) (Raymie, March 31, ibid.)
Another day, another article about religious radio stations. More
civil associations are lining up against the idea of religious radio
concessions.
https://www.jornada.com.mx/2019/04/01/politica/013n3pol?partner=rss
One interesting comment came from Oscar Moha, who heads up an AC known
as Libertad y Dignidad, who says some ministries from other countries
come in to set up stations. (This is true — just look at Voz y
Visión's Chihuahua push, which has resulted in three operating
stations at Juárez, Chihuahua and Delicias.)
———
Radio Centro's making news again. Two items came up in this interview
with Aristegui Noticias:
https://aristeguinoticias.com/0104/mexico/propongo-auditorias-para-conocer-cifras-reales-de-audiencias-radio-centro-lanzara-canal-8-en-octubre-aguirre/
8 for October. XHFAMX is now slated for an October startup from its
Villa Alpina site.
More ratings rattling. Francisco Aguirre wants a third-party audit of
the ratings services after the ratings accuracy controversy of last
year, which was instigated by...other broadcasters against Radio
Centro.
———
The Facebook page is up.
https://www.facebook.com/KISS-FM-955-425208764916786/
The station is now regularly broadcasting (though still on test). And
XHPCAR-FM wins the race to be Campeche's first IFT-4 station.
The station site is just 150 meters west of XHIT-XHMAB (Raymie, April
2, ibid.)
There's a new Los 40 station in town.
XHGR-FM Xalapa Ver., which was rumored to be relaunching to ring in
the new year, became Los 40 Xalapa on April 1.
https://www.facebook.com/pg/Los40Xalapa/posts/?ref=page_internal
It's a return for Los 40 to Xalapa, which once had the format on
sister station XHWA (Raymie, April 2, ibid.)
What turned out to be the only feather in Acustik's radio cap is now
gone.
Last week, Acustik Michoacán, the Michoacán state network of
programming run by Media Group, became Media Group Radio. It also
appears, from reading comments on Facebook, that the network has
flipped to grupera music outside of its talk programs.
The changes come 15 months after Acustik Michoacán began online on
January 15, 2018 and less than a year since the first FM stations were
brought into service. They likely represent a repositioning of the
station and, more obviously, the failure of Acustik to take off as a
media giant (Raymie, April 3, ibid.)
First on the Mexico Beat: #38, #39 and #40 — The Voice of
Transformation
Voz de Transformación, A.C., screamed wolf. Who else applies for
stations in La Paz, San Felipe, Chilpancingo, and Zihuatanejo and
Lázaro Cárdenas (the last two unassigned*)?
The IFT approved the first three recently, resulting in these
stations:
XHCSAO-FM 89.1 San Felipe, BC (AA)
XHCSAP-FM 101.5 La Paz, BCS (B1)
XHCSBI-FM 104.3 Chilpancingo, Gro. (AA)
I theorized this might be more PSR. I was wrong. Actually, it's
probably more religion. The legal representative of Voz de
Transformación is one Alfonso Abraham Farrera Padilla. His Facebook is
terribly uninteresting except for the fact where he mentions he worked
at the Barra Nacional de Abogados Cristianos A.C. (National Bar of
Christian Lawyers). Makes me wonder...and think we're up to 40 on the
religious station count.
*This is because they are in MX groups with other applicants.
In the 2018 PABF, Voz filed for Lázaro Cárdenas on May 8, after Modelo
Radiofónico Comunitario para el Desarrollo Integral del Ser Humano,
A.C., and before Radio Imagen Guanajuato, A.C. (also filed for TDT);
my guess is that Modelo will be selected, unless their long-standing
permit app from 2005 is adjudicated instead. Voz was the first to file
in Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, later joined by Radio Lacustre, A.C., and
Ventana Radiofónica, A.C. (Raymie, April 3, ibid.)
On Monday, XHAUC-TDT went from Milenio to Multimedios. The Telemisión
station is now carrying a full Multimedios schedule,
https://www.facebook.com/jorge.paez.146/posts/2676029429080832
apparently simulcasting XHMTCH in Juárez. It appears some of the local
programs have been updated to reflect the new dual-city focus.
It remains to be seen if Multimedios will acquire XHAUC outright or if
subchannels will be broadcast. (Worth noting: Telemisión is part of
the AEP, and a concession transfer for XHAUC would be the first time
that the AEP has legitimately shrunk since XHK folded.) It's also
still unclear what is airing on XHTX in Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Raymie,
April 4, ibid.)
One less radio station will be on the books.
In a letter dated March 19, the Instituto Nacional de los Pueblos
Indígenas informed the IFT that it would surrender its concession for
station XHSEB-FM, which was to serve San Sebastián, Chiapas.
http://rpc.ift.org.mx/rpc/pdfs/90804_190403132711_2258.pdf
The reasons are technical. You may remember that XHSEB was intended as
a combo service for XEVFS-AM. Earlier this year, according to the
surrender letter written by INPI lawyer Martha Yolanda Martínez
Hernández, the IFT's technical studies unit informed the INPI that the
proposed facilities for XHSEB-FM would have been 45 km away from the
reference coordinates for the primary locality of service. A Class AA
station, like XHSEB-FM was proposed to be, has a reference distance of
28 km. As such, it could not have provided the service level necessary
in the primary locality. In order to do this, the INPI would have
needed to spend beyond what it had budgeted for the radio facility,
and the agency says that is simply not possible at this time due to
the INPI being restructured in the wake of its organic law being
passed in December (Raymie, April 5, ibid.)
The winds of change continue to blow in the Capital del Mundo, as
XHHPC-FM Hidalgo del Parral Chih. has changed names and evidently
operators.
The station is now going by Mágica, retaining the romantic format; the
station has no social media presence under the new operators. After a
Wikipedia edit prompted me to look, it took several more days for
material to emerge: a promo for a new "Plataforma Informativa"
newscast
https://www.facebook.com/francisco.ruedatorres/posts/2212396312143174
on XHHPC featuring the new Mágica logo.
The Wikipedia edit also claimed the station was being run by Sistema
Radio Lobo, but this seems to be incorrect. Pako Rueda's post mentions
a company known as "Plataforma en Difusión, S.A. de C.V.", which
apparently was incorporated last February. It is the operator of
XHEFO-FM in Chihuahua Capital, having been paid by the state
government for advertising in November.
http://www.ssch.gob.mx/rendicionCuentas/archivos/FACT_PD120_ASFIXIA%20A02_D1890402.pdf
(Note that Grupo Bustillos is also associated with XHEFO and Humberto
Bustillos hosts its afternoon Plataforma Informativa newscast.) The
Plataforma Informativa brand also is used on XHPMOC-FM in Ciudad
Cuauhtémoc, which is operationally associated with Gerardo López de la
Rocha (who also does not appear to be the same person as José Gerardo
López de la Rocha of Radio Lobo). The general manager, Héctor Gabriel
Luján, has previously been in charge of Radio Viva Villa 730 XEHB
(during its Grupo Radiofónico ZER days) and Radio Uno 640 XEHHI and
once also worked for Lobo. (Confused yet?)
Previously, XHHPC was a Radiorama Pergom station with the Vida
Romántica format. Parral has been unusually busy in radio news this
year, with the announcement of its first public radio station in
February, the closure of the original station in town (XHEAT) in March
after 84 years of broadcasting, and now a format and operator change
in April.
[taglines:] Este programa es público, ajeno a cualquier partido
político. Queda prohibido el uso para fines distintos a los
establecidos en el programa.
| Read the Mexico Beat
http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?9113-OPMA-is-changing
| View my HD Radio in Mexico map
https://tinyurl.com/hdmexico
| Consult the list of Article 90 reserved band clears
http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?9113-OPMA-is-changing&p=44850#post44850
(Raymie, April 5, ibid.)
** MYANMAR. 5985, Myanmar Radio. It has been a long time now since I
last heard the English language lesson on Wednesday, so was pleased
today (March 27) to indeed catch the 10 minute program (1242-1252).
Poor propagation today, so unable to catch the name of the program,
but clearly this is no longer the "Say It In English" language series
about the adventures of "Tom" (I liked hearing what "Tom" was up to,
so I will miss him!); will need better conditions to ID which language
lesson this is. Today's show was perhaps a repeat of the scheduled
Monday show, as least in past years they were on Monday & Wednesday?
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100'
long wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1976, DXLD)
5985, Myanmar Radio, on April 3, at 1208. Live coverage (TV audio
feed), in vernacular, of the football/soccer match between Myanmar and
Nepal (Olympic games qualification for Asian women); 1225 music
provided for half time break, till match resumed; mostly fair (Ron
Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire,
WOR iog via DXLD)
** NETHERLANDS. HOLLAND/POLAND, New entry in A-19 Radio Onda ASBL and
Polish Radio Warsaw
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/03/new-entry-in-19-radio-onda-asbl-and.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News March 21-22, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
0000-2400 6030 MRT 001 kW / non-dir to WeEu Portuguese Radio Onda ASBL
??????????? ?? Observer ? 12:15 PM (via DXLD 19-13 via WORLD OF RADIO
1976, DXLD 19-14)
Onda ASBL? What in the world is that? Where is MRT? I find it only in
the HFCC site list as: MRT Margraten HOL 50N48 005E48
So like so many Germans, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland --- Holland
also has a licensed lowpower private SW station --- but on the air 24
hours, or at all? (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1976, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
I found this just now:
https://ondaasbl.wixsite.com/home/a-radio
"...Breve resumo da Emissora --- A Radio Onda é gerida pela ASBL Onda,
uma associação sem fins lucrativos baseada em Bruxellas, Belgica.
Nossas atividades são voltadas para a divulgação da cultura Brasileira
pelo velho continente. Para tal, além da webradio, contamos com uma
emissora em Ondas Curtas na frequencia de 6030 KHz, apartir da
Hollanda, com 1 KW de potência, cobrindo boa parte da Europa. A
programação da emissora é bastante variada, sendo que aqui você ouvirá
desde MPB, Rock Nacional, Samba, Sertaneja, entre outros estilos
nacionais. Desta forma, trazemos assim até você uma grande variedade
musical, com muito humor e informação, para um público não somente
Brasileiro, mas também Belga e Europeu. A ASBL Onda é membro da HFCC,
entidade internacional para a coordenação de radiofrequencias em ondas
curtas, além da ITU, baseada em Genebra..."
Kurze Zusammenfassung der Aussendung/Abstrahlung:
Radio Onda wird von ASBL Onda geleitet, einem gemeinnützigen Verein
mit Sitz in Brüssel, Belgien. Unsere Aktivitäten konzentrieren sich
auf die Verbreitung der brasilianischen Kultur auf dem alten
Kontinent. Dafür haben wir neben dem Webradio eine Kurzwellenstation
auf der Frequenz von 6030 kHz von Hollanda mit 1 KW Leistung, die
einen großen Teil Europas abdeckt. Die Programmierung der Station ist
sehr unterschiedlich, da Sie hier ua von MPB, National Rock, Samba,
Sertaneja und anderen nationalen Stilen hören werden. Auf diese Weise
bringen wir Ihnen eine große musikalische Vielfalt mit viel Humor und
Informationen für ein Publikum, nicht nur für Brasilianer, sondern
auch für Belgier und Europäer. ASBL Onda ist Mitglied von HFCC, einem
internationalen Unternehmen für die Koordination von
Kurzwellenfrequenzen, neben ITU mit Sitz in Genf.
https://www.staatsbladmonitor.be/bedrijfsfiche.html?ondernemingsnummer=0718722290
"...A Radio Onda está no ar 24/7, ao vivo pela internet e pelas ondas
curtas, banda de 49 metros, em 6030 KHz. O parque do transmissor está
situado na Hollanda.
Mapa de Cobertura nominal:
https://ondaasbl.wixsite.com/home/ondas-curtas
ondaasbl@hotmail.com
Ao Vivo --- Na radio Onda você ouve o melhor da nossa música, 24h por
dia! preparado/prepared/"präpariert": view-source:
https://ondaasbl-wixsite-com.filesusr.com/html/56f006_c5044e72e5ee6c97434810847ad75ca5.html
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(via roger, Germany, WORLD OF RADIO 1976, DXLD)
** NETHERLANDS [& non]. From the Studio 52 website at:
https://studio52radiogroup.jimdo.com
Here are the details of the next two shortwave broadcasts from Studio
52 (broadcasts will likely be in Dutch and/or German)
"We are a network of small hobby-radiostations in the Netherlands and
Germany. We send our program from the Netherlands via our stream and
sometimes via a shortwave- transmitter.
On shortwave via Nauen / Germany will run the following transmissions:
- on the 27th April 2019 from 18 to 20 UT on 15620 kHz with 125 kW for
amerika/eastcoast - on the 13th July 2019 from 12 to 14 UT on 5955 kHz
with 125 KW for westeurope
We use the Radio60-Streaming-Service http://radio60.jimdo.com/ "
(Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, WOR iog via DXLD)
** NETHERLANDS. Hello Everybody Hello Everywhere, Tom Meijer of The
Happy Station wants to know what's the best place to donate his Happy
Station memorabilia to for access by all Happy Station fans? He posted
the question in the Happy Station Yahoo Group and if you're a member,
by all means respond to him there. If not, I can relay the answers to
the Group. Thank you.
?????? I shall continue to be an impossible person so long as those
who are now possible remain possible. ?????? (Clara Listensprechen,
March 26, WOR iog via DXLD)
** NEW ZEALAND. Hi Glenn, While spending time in a rural location (Lee
Abbey, nr. Lynton, Devon (England)) on Sunday 24th March I was both
surprised and delighted to get, with surprisingly good reception,
Radio New Zealand on 7330 between 0938-1004 UT during their relay to
Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea! The reception was patchy but,
despite the beam not pointing in my direction, the broadcast was still
quite listenable for the news at 1000 when I heard the newscast. I had
tried 7330 a number of times when at home but with no success which
added to my surprise at getting them in Lynton. Pity RNZI don't do
proper QSL cards as they would certainly get a report from me for that
time slot (David Harries, Bristol, England (using Tecsun PL880 with no
additional antenna), April 3, WOR iog via DXLD)
9630, March 31 at 0553, RNZI with C&W music on NF for A-19, S9+10, the
SSOB by fair, virtually the OSOB, and ex-25m is essentially dead. No
het, as R. Aparecida, Brasil, has been missing from 9630.5v lately,
but it`ll be a hetmess should it resume! A bad pick for RNZI, now sked
daily 0459-0658; then 5945, and from 1259 on 5980 as yet unchecked
here. RNZ National program times within will shift one UT hour later
on April 7 when NZ go off wacky DST of UT +13. At least that match DST
offdate in Australiaparts now.
5980, April 1 at 1416, RNZI is poor S5-S7 on new frequency, bad for
us. Maybe usable somewhat from *1259 if the Cuban jammers are turned
off in time.
[and non]. 5980, April 2 at 1413, RNZI is S9-S6, poor maybe with SAH;
Ron Howard reports that Shiokaze/Sea Breeze has started using two
frequencies at once, including this one for the daily 1405-1435
Japanese broadcast, // 6090 (and the 1300-1400 including Thursday
English is on 5920 // 6070). JIC continues to demonstrate incompetence
in frequency management, as NZ is not the only collision. Will Adrian
keep it there?
9630.47, April 3 at 0556, 9630.0 RNZI is S9+10 but with a het just as
I feared, obviously R. Aparecida, Brasil, reactivated. NZ is way
stronger but unnecessarily faces this QRM for the 05-07 span while
countless other 31m channels are vacant. Brasil prop is up tonight, as
I measure several others, q.v.
5945, April 3 at 1245, RNZI on `overnight` channel, S7-S9 fair with
flutter in Pidgin, ``blong Papua New Guinea``. Off before 1259:
5980, April 3 at *1259 RNZI s/on with bellbird, S7-S9 but less fadey,
more solid signal than 5945 had been, as to be expected also
switching
from NNW-only to NNE antenna better for us. Initially some residual
Cuban pulse jamming underneath, tho Martí finished an hour earlier.
1300 timesignal and RNZ Pacific, news including case dropped against
Fiji MPs for sedition; Solomon polls have closed.
9630, April 4 at 0516, RNZI is much weaker than usual, in fact about
equal to the het from 9630.48 R. Aparecida, Brasil. Due to local
storms I am on the internal longwire, but don`t think that should make
much relative difference --- if anything, Brasil should be weaker on
it.
9630, April 5 at 0532, RNZI back up to S9+10 tonight, way atop the
still audible Aparecida het to the plus side.
5945, April 5 at 1330, RNZI still on here with music instead of 5980
after 1259, then 1332 YL about Solar System; S9+10 including local HNL
of S9, still detectable past 1400. Perhaps coping with the JSR clash
on 5980? But websked still shows 5980 from 1259 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WORLD OF RADIO 1976, DXLD)
** NIGERIA [non]. 7265, Koode R. Int’l, Issoudun. S/on 1900 in
Fulfulde to WAf. Short Afro flute interval signal then ID. Largely
talk/commentary programming. 1921, Clear ID as “Koode Radio
International” and mentions of Nigeria. Sudden cut off mid-sentence,
the usual Issoudun guillotine method of ending so many of these
transmissions. Fair signal, 27/3 (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn,
VIC (Equipment: Yaesu FTDX 3000, Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Kenwood
R5000, Tecsun PL-680, Horizontal Sky Loop, Double Bazooka antennas for
80, 40 and 20 metres, Par EF-SWL End Fed antenna, BHI NEIM1031 Digital
Noise Eliminating Module, MFJ-1026 Noise Cancelling Module, ATU),
April ARDXC Australian DX News via DXLD)
Koode Radio International via MBR Issoudun on March 30/April 1:
1900-1930 7265 ISS 250 kW / 175 deg to WCAf Nigerian Fulfulde, good
1900-1930 9810 ISS 100 kW / 175 deg to WCAf Nigerian Fulfulde, weak
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/04/koode-radio-international-via-mbr.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News April 1/2, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA [non]. Dandal Kura Radio Int via MBR Nauen/Issoudun, Apr 1
0700-0800 on 13590 NAU 125 kW / 185 deg to CeAf Kanuri, weak to fair
1800-1900 on 11830 ISS 100 kW / 167 deg to CeAf Kanuri, fair to good
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/04/dandal-kura-radio-int-via-mbr.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News April 1/2, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORFOLK ISLAND. Special Event DX Operation Set to Start on April 1
03/20/2019
A four-operator team will activate special event station VI9NI on
April 1 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the signing of the
Norfolk Island Act. The Act granted limited self-government to the
Australian external territory of Norfolk Island. The Act formally
established the Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly and gave the
Assembly powers to pass, amend, and repeal laws, and — subject to the
assent of the Administrator of Norfolk Island — executive powers.
The activation will run from April 1 until April 14. Two stations will
be on the air from 160 – 17 meters, with a focus on FT8, CW, and SSB.
VI9NI will use WSJT-X version 2.01 in Fox/Hound mode (call only above
1,000 Hz). (David Burden VK3BDX/AC3CW via ARRL via April ARDXC
Australian DX News via DXLD)
** NORTH AMERICA. Hello Rick and thx for your interesting logs! May I
ask: you used to report on YHWH but recently have not - have you not
copied him or quit looking? Just curious as I have not heard YHWH for
months. Thanks (Rich near Chicago Ray, UT March 30, WOR iog via DXLD)
Hi Rich, it's a fair question; the answer is, I have not heard YHWH
since my last report on him. It has been months. I used to see other
reports on YHWH, but after the first time I finally heard him myself,
I could always recognize his distinctive voice. Be assured if I log
him again, I will report it here. 73 -rb (Rick Barton, Arizona,
ibid.)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6880-USB, March 30 at 0115, rock music the only
pirate found; 0118, 0125, 0137 YL IDs as Mix Radio
International/Worldwide; S7-S9; off by 0256 recheck. More logs:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,52390.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6889-USB, March 31 at 2227, folk/rock song at S3-S4,
not rechecked until 0038 April 1 when it`s off. Already at 2232* per
several logs of this pirate as Evergreen Radio:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,52472.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. 9985, March 27 at 1534, RFA Korean is S9
-S5, from now confirmed refurbished Saipan antenna. I don`t hear any
jamming on this; does DPRK try? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Reception of Radio Free Asia RFA via Tinian on April 2
1000-1100 on 21455 TIN 250 kW / 296 deg to CeAs Tibetan, fair/good
1100-1200 on 15195 TIN 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Laotian, fair/good
1230-1430 on 11805 TIN 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Burmese, weak/fair
1430-1500 on 12140 TIN 250 kW / 280 deg to SEAs Khmer, weak/fair.
Frequency change of Radio Free Asia in Korean via Dushanbe from Apr 2
1500-1700 NF 9990 DB 200 kW / 071 deg ex 5850, very good, BUT
1700-1900 on 9990 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg Korean-very good
Apr.2 at 1500 9990 DB 200 kW / 071 deg Laotian, instead [of!] Korean
Apr.2 at 1600 9990 DB 200 kW / 071 deg Uighur, instead [of!] Korean!
Updated A19 schedule of Radio Free Asia via Tinian/Saipan as of Apr 2
On the air are 1 transmitter from Tinian and 2 transmitters from
Saipan
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/04/reception-of-radio-free-asia-rfa-via.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News April 2, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
See also ASIA [non]
** NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. [WOR] Opinion about opinions in the
Northern Marianas 1 Files 111KB JPG 111KB Save
Manager of the USAGM Northern Mariana relay stations thinks the local
newspaper has too many op-ed's from "uber-liberal cities"
https://www.saipantribune.com/index.php/biased-much/
The writer probably should have signed just name and location, leaving
out the USAGM stuff (Kim Elliott, March 26, WOR iog via DXLD)
** NORWAY. Digital radio listening in Norway on the rise reveals new
WorldDAB report --- World DB News
2 April 2019, Lausanne, Switzerland: In December 2017, Norway became
the first country in the world to switch off national FM radio. The
aim was to provide a better radio offering to listeners and create a
sustainable position for radio in the face of rising competition from
digital media and online services.
Just over a year after the completion of its digital switchover, a new
report released by WorldDAB at the Radio Days Europe conference in
Lausanne, reveals how the switchover has impacted Norway’s radio
listening.
[56 pages starting with executive summary; lots of graphs and
concluding it`s a wonderful new age? ---gh]
https://www.worlddab.org/public_document/file/1125/One_Year_After_-_report_and_appendices.pdf?1553793724
Key findings of the report are:
• Total radio listening in 2019 is back to similar levels as
achieved in 2016
• Radio’s daily reach is now 67% of the population compared to 68%
in 2016
• Listeners are listening for longer - on average for 146 minutes
per day in 2019 compared to 127 minutes in 2016
• 86% of daily listeners now use DAB+, compared to 55% in 2016
One of the major arguments for the digital transition was to increase
the diversity of Norwegian radio services. DAB+ has made it possible
to increase the number of free-to-air national services across Norway
from five to 32 stations, greatly extending the choice available to
listeners across all demographic groups. These new services have
proved highly popular with listeners and now account for 36% of total
listening hours.
Seasonal and event-specific pop-up radio stations have also proved
popular with Norwegian listeners – during the Olympic Winter Games and
the FIFA World Cup, NRK Sport grew from a usual share of 1 or 2% to
more than 20% on certain days, making it the third largest station
during the events and highlighting listeners’ appetite for such pop-up
stations.
The penetration of DAB+ radios – and, in particular, the proportion of
cars equipped with DAB+ – has risen considerably, with almost all new
cars sold in Norway (98%) now including DAB+ as standard. It is
expected that within the next three to four years, 80% of all cars on
the road will be equipped with DAB+.
“The most important development in Norway last year was how the
listening development turned and began to increase again after the
digital switchover”, said Ole Jørgen Torvmark, CEO of Norsk Radio and
WorldDAB Board member. “Listening figures are now around the same
level as before the FM switch off, and with the digital switch over
behind us, the Norwegian radio industry is focusing on how we can best
control the rest of radio's distribution and user data.”
1 The findings of the report are based on an improved version of
Portable People Meter (PPM) with double the number of panelists. The
new survey, which was commissioned by Nielsen and started in January
2019, is expected to unveil more findings in 2019 and beyond.
-ENDS-
About WorldDAB
WorldDAB is the global industry association responsible for defining
and promoting DAB digital radio. By bringing together radio industry
professionals, WorldDAB provides knowledge and expertise that helps
countries successfully adopt and implement broadcast digital radio.
Our 1250+ experts from over 100 member organisations cover 30
countries across the globe and include public and commercial
broadcasters, regulators, network providers and manufacturers of
receivers, chips, professional equipment and automobiles.
Press contact:
Aris Erdogdu
WorldDAB
+44 746 237 9740
aris.erdogdu@worlddab.org
@WorldDAB (via Mike Terry, April 2, WOR iog via DXLD)
** OKLAHOMA. 1640, March 31 at 0610 UT, KZLS ``Enid`` is dead air; by
next check at 1400 UT has added a big hum, but still no programod
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 27185-AM, March 30 at 1731 on caradio, loop of ``Happy
Birthday to You`` by amateur pianist, occasionally interrupted, but
still/again going at 1930. Our local Enid CB pirate (Glenn Hauser, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. CRAZY-SMART RADIO --- Hi Kelly, Just wondering -- It
seems this slogan vanished some time ago. At least I don`t think I`ve
been hearing it any more. When did this happen, and why? Regards,
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, April 1, to Kelly Burley, KOSU manager, via
DXLD)
Glenn, We began phasing it out over a year ago after determining the
sub-brand had run its course. Thanks for listening! (Kelly Burley,
KOSU, 405-744-6352, Kelly.burley@okstate.edu via gh, ibid.)
** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260, NBC Madang, (Maus Blong Garamut - Voice of
Indigenous Drums), 1115-1205*, April 3. Mostly nice Pacific Islands
pop songs; DJ in Pidgin; local time checks ("10 to 10"); 1200 ID with
frequency; into NBC news in English (not very readable); cut off just
after the weather forecast; one of their better days.
[non-log] April 3, NBC Bougainville (3325) noted already off the air
at 1102, through last check at 1141; instead only heard the carrier of
the Voice of Indonesia (second day VOI with no audio!) (Ron Howard,
Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog
via DXLD)
3260, NBC Madang, (Maus Blong Garamut - Voice of Indigenous Drums),
1021, on April 5. DJ in Pidgin playing various songs; 1029, ID and
frequencies; 1031, talk in Pidgin about "local government" and
"Parliament"; a day with above average reception (Ron Howard, Asilomar
State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD)
** PERU. 4774.90, R. Tarma, in Spanish, 03.19.2019 2252-2309, local
slow and lively songs, with man talk (mostly unclear), chorus chant
Ave Maria, with man/woman talking over last mid song, other man
announcer with frequencies quote and ID at about 2301, music pause and
announcement into sport program with man excited talk and other man
talk at times, heard in usb, moderate qsb and severe qrn, poor/almost
fair at times; in // https://radios.com.pe/99-3-fm-tarma/ (Gianni
Serra - Roma-Italy, JRC NRD 525 receiver; Alpha Delta DX-SWL Sloper-S
antenna; DX LISTENING DIGEST)
See also BRAZIL --- but next item with precise frequency indicates the
above one is Brasil instead; but Gianni seems certain of the language
and // webcast as Peru (gh)
** PERU [and non]. Two UNID at 2332 UT like
Port 4774.903 BRA
and
Span 4774.976 PRU
(Wolfgang Bueschel, April 1, dxldyg via DXLD) See unID 4774.975
** PHILIPPINES. 15190, Radio Pilipinas at 1755 UT in Filipino with
music and talk for Filipino foreign workers. Fair // 12120 kHz also
Fair with CODAR and 9925 kHz weak (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park,
Alberta, Rx: Perseus SDR, Ant: Wellbrook ALA 100 loop, WOR iog via
DXLD) Date? circa March 30 per other items in report
** POLAND. HOLLAND/POLAND, New entry in A-19 Radio Onda ASBL and
Polish Radio Warsaw
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/03/new-entry-in-19-radio-onda-asbl-and.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News March 21-22, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
0800-1430 7415 WWA 010 kW / non-dir to EaEu Polish Polish Radio Warsaw
0800-1100 7430 WWA 010 kW / non-dir to EaEu Polish Polish Radio Warsaw
??????????? ?? Observer ? 12:15 PM (via DXLD 19-13 via WORLD OF RADIO
1976, DXLD 19-14)
Of course, Poland has been gone from SW too, but Warsaw coming back
with 10 kW?? (gh, ibid.)
** ROMANIA. 5935-5940-5945, March 26 at 0552, DRM noise at S4-S5,
which is RRI Tsiganeshti as scheduled this semihour in Russian (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also UNID 5850
7375, Radio Romania Int’l; *2130-2138+, 3/29; S/on with ID & sked
including the digistuff which takes a LOT more words than time/freq;
headlines into news to 2137 into commentary re Rom referendum vote;
all in English. SIO=454; // 7310 S10 peaks; this pair not listed at
this time for A19 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, ---- All logged by
my ears, on my receiver, in real time. ----, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
7320-7325-7330, March 30 at 0551, DRM noise at S5, now RRI as
scheduled 0530-0600 in English, plus 0600-0630 German. (WINB is also
registered for same DRM frequency span at 07-09 M-F, 07-10 Sat/Sun)
7420, April 1 at 0043, Balkan music, good S9+20; at first imagined
Greece ex-9420 or mistake? EPT is usually silent early UT Mondays; in
fact this is the RRI Romanian service now, as spoken at 0054 and //
9790.
7375, April 1 at 0044, RRI English now here giving schedule during a
mailbag, much stronger than // 6040 at 0048 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) See also SAO TOME 6080
** RUSSIA. 4635, April 5 at 0137, notorious buzzer is barely audible;
seems not evenly spaced, occasionally a double-buzz, adding up to
approx. 64 times per minute (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. From March 31 GTRK Adygeya will be same time & frequency:
1800-1900 on 6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CeAs Ad/Ar/Tu Mon
1800-1900 on 6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CeAs Adygeyan Fri
1900-2000 on 6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CeAs Adygeyan Sun
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/03/fair-signal-of-gtrk-adygeyaadygeyan.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News March 29, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAO TOME [and non]. 6080+, April 1 at 0548, VOA news magazine in
English, S9+20 but with fast SAH CCI. We already know Pinheira is the
one off-frequency, but now the collider is RRI in English, 300 kW to W
Europe and USWard at 0530-0600, also French 0500-0530, while VOA runs
04-07. How is this acceptable to HFCC?? Surprised RRI be the
understation, but that may change with conditions (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. 11820, BSKSA [sic] with Arabic Kor`an reading and OM
talx/commentary re Kor`an. I wish they had English on SW -- they
continue to have a 'European Service' on satellite which is even on
Galaxy 19 here in N America which is in English, but although they are
well heard, there is no EE on SW, sigh. This is somehow compelling
although I don't understand a word! Started out 45443+ but quickly up
to 4+544+4 2010-2100 23/Mar SDRplay +SDRuno +randomwire (Kenneth Vito
Zichi, Port Hope MI, DX LISTENING DIGEST) was off-frequency +plus (gh)
13710, R Saudi at 1600 with prayer chanting. I like to listen
sometimes to things like this that really give the feeling of hearing
some far away place. Heard from the road on 909X and 9' vertical,
probably armchair at home - Good Mar 28 (Rick Barton, Arizona SW Logs,
Grundig Satellit 205(T.5000), RS SW-2000629, with various outdoor
wires; ATS-909X and 9' garden stake antenna. 73 and Good
Listening....! -rb, WOR iog via DXLD)
9715v, Since a lot of months I miss the morning ARS SBA via MOCI
Riyadh Holy Quran sce from 0300 to 0957 UT (alternate 9675 kHz),
non-directional NVIS antenna fountain like signal to Saudi Arabia /
UAE target. My archive shows last monitored entries
9715.039 kHz on 30 Apr 2018 and
9714.923 kHz on 10 Feb 2018, when 7410.027 kHz started ARS in 41 mb.
Doha Qatar remotedly access installation log: [selected SDR options,
span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX
TopNews April 1, dxldyg via DXLD)
** SIKKIM. 4835, AIR Gangtok, 1205-1226, on April 2. A rare day with
audio above threshold level; mostly indigenous music/singing;
interesting to note was not the usual subcontinent music (Indian
style), but was very similar to the music heard on BBS (Bhutan) and in
fact, looking at the map, Gangtok is indeed very close to the border
with Bhutan; audio was fine till 1226, when their often heard
transmitter hum started, after which reception was unusable (Is it
just after the transmitter warms up that the strong hum starts?).
So will this continue to be a frequency clear of Ozy Radio, now that
Craig has died and will no longer be operating the station? (Ron
Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire,
WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1976, DXLD)
** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, SIBC (presumed), 1311-1400, on April 2. A
rare day with some faint audio (normally can only hear a carrier!);
running well past normal 1200*; non-stop pop songs; hovering at
threshold level audio; my local sunrise was at 1352 UT (Ron Howard,
Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog
via DXLD)
5020, April 3 at 1255, S6-S9 open carrier with flutter, decent signal
from presumed SIBC, maybe still on for elexion day, but hardly helpful
if not modulated. Some ACI from 5025 Cuba music; and much stronger
than 5055 Australia carrier. However, Ron Howard says 5020 was
modulated: (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1976, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
5020, SIBC (presumed), 1244+, on April 3. Another day of slightly
above threshold level audio; pop songs (many C&W songs); another day
running past their usual 1200*.
5020, SIBC. Glenn posted this yesterday - "5020, April 3 at 1255,
S6-S9 open carrier with flutter, decent signal from presumed SIBC,
maybe still on for elexion day, but hardly helpful if not
modulated."
So today (April 4) I heard SIBC with the best audio level that I have
heard here in over a year of hearing extremely low modulation (mostly
unusable); 1049-1200*, so no extended broadcast today; 1059, the usual
calliope music and into the SIBC News in English (gave election
result, etc.), but only bits and pieces readable; 1107, break in the
news for a clear ID; 1156, the usual evening devotional and prayer in
English; ID and National Anthem; heavy QRM (static). My audio at
https://app.box.com/s/4sca4kbt5i1n9286ohwpe0ss55ms9js9
5020, SIBC - the Voice of the Nation, 1001, on April 5. Tuned in to
hear a second day of respectable audio level; ID for "SIBC, the Voice
of the Nation"; only bits and pieces made out; DJ in Pijin, playing
EZL Pacific Islands songs till transmitter off at 1013*; later
checking through 1200*, did hear their carrier, but no trace of any
audio. Certainly transmitter problems! My audio at
http://bit.ly/2FU7wr9
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long
wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1976, DXLD)
** SOMALIA [non]. 11790 Somali Christian Radio. 16/3 at *1600-1730*
featuring pxs in EE from 1600 & from 1700 in Somali from 1630 (Rumen
Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF2001D, Folded Marconi ant), April
ARDXC Australian DX News via DXLD)
What`s this? Bible Voice Broadcasting via Nauen (gh, DXLD)
** SOUTH AFRICA. Don't you believe Channel Africa announcing they are
on 9625 kHz at sign on 1700 UT March 26. They are booming in on 15235
kHz at the moment. 73 (Mick Delmage, Rx: Perseus SDR, Ant: Wellbrook
ALA 100 loop, WOR iog via DXLD)
Thanks, Mickey! Not too shabby to the west coast, but I'd rate it only
at fair level, compared to your QTH. One more hop, I suppose. I know
that reception from Masset is always pretty darn good (Walt in
Victoria, BC, Salmaniw, 1711 UT, ibid.)
3320, R Sonder Grense with EZ pop including Leonard Cohen's
"Hallelujah" etc. Kind of rough reception, but since they are going
away, at the end of the month, I figured it was worth a 'last listen'
even if it wasn't 'easy'. YL in (presumed) Afrikaans at 0219 with
mention of S Africa and into Phil Collins "Against All Odds" and
similar ilk tunes. Better reception would have made this more fun.
43+443 with my local noise and static duking it out. 0210-0230 27/Mar
SDRplay +SDRuno +ANC-4 +randomwire (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Williamston
MI, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Good signal initially on 7285 kHz on 26 March at about 0500:45 UT s/on
here in NB (recorded). But the signal deteriorated after about 20
minutes or so and fell into the noise shortly after that. Also
recorded 3320 kHz starting at about 2200 on 28 March continuing for a
few hours overnight. Weak at start but improved to a nice level after
about an hour or so. Unfortunately, there is pulse QRM from a radar
station or some other utility on or very near the frequency exactly
every 40 seconds lasting 1.7 seconds at a time. A brief example clip
of this interference is attached. This interfering signal can
sometimes be heard underneath CHU on 3330 kHz so the likely centre
frequency is between 3220 and 3330 kHz. Any ideas what it could be?
I've also heard double bursts (within a short second-or-so interval)
at times too (-- Richard Langley, Mar 29, WOR iog via DXLD)
3320, Radio Sondergrense at 0242 with pop vocals and a male DJ – Fair
Mar 29 – Barring any last minute reprieves from Sentech, or the SABC
finding another transmitter to air this one, this will be the last
time I will ever hear Radio Sondergrense and its quite distinctive
language of Afrikaans that has its roots in English, German, and
Dutch. It will definitely be the end of an era that started with my
listening to Radio RSA back in the late 70s. I remember their quite
distinctive interval signal (The first few bars of “Ver in die Wereld,
Kittie” on guitar and the call of the Bokmakerie bird) and their
Afrikaans by radio program.
I wrote away for the free study book they were offering. From that
study book I wrote a letter to them in Afrikaans that they quickly
returned to me with grammatical corrections written in blue ink but,
in English, they mentioned just how amazed they were at how quickly I
had grasped the gist of the language. It certainly helped me to
understand what was going on when listening to Afrikaans from Radio
South West Africa (Namibia) as well as this one. A few years ago I
played a recording of this station for my niece who had just returned
to Canada from two years in South Africa working for a Zimbabwean
relief agency while also obtaining her master's degree at the
University of Pretoria. She was amazed I could hear Radio Sondergrense
and remembered listening to them late at night for their selections of
local musical talent (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)
7285, March 29 at 0525, R. Sonder Grense in Afrikaans including a clip
in accented English, S9+10 and still on air; for its last day?
[non]. 7285-LSB, March 31 at 0441, VA5AA calling CQ contest, before
Radio Sonder Grense would be on here anyway, but still no RSG at 0550,
RSA SW gone for good. Others noted its finale on 3320 a few hours
earlier. So NAmhams get a frequency back. QRZ.com shows VA5AA is:
Mason John Hnatiw in REGINA, SK S4V 1V2 Canada --- that`s Witanh spelt
backwards (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Final Day of Channel Africa on SW? Very good reception of the Africa
Digest program today, 29 March, between 17 and almost 18 UT on 15235
kHz using the U. Twente SDR receiver. Again incorrectly announcing
they were on 9625 kHz, a frequency used last year for broadcasts to
southern Africa. No mention of the cessation of SW transmissions.
After the transmitter went off at the end of the English program, it
came back on with a few minutes of music and indigenous talk, possibly
the Silozi-Makande ni Likezahalo mwa Africa program before finally
really going off (-- Richard Langley, WOR iog via DXLD)
Does this also mean that the RSG transmissions via Meyerton (including
3320 that is strong at local sunset here in Calif.) will be gone as
well? I just saw this intriguing posting! Thanks! (Steve - N6NKS
-- McGreevy, CA, N6NKS - www.auroralchorus.com, WOR iog via DXLD)
Well, for whatever reason, Sondergrense is still being heard at good
level via Don Moman's SDR in Lamont, AB on 3320 at 0414 UT March 30th,
so perhaps on tonight and tomorrow before pulling the plug forever?
(Walt Salmaniw, ODXA iog via DXLD)
Re: [WOR] Final Days of Radio Sonder Grense on SW? Still on early this
morning (30 March) at 0300 UT on 3320 kHz as noted here in NB.
Reception still spoiled by utility QRM. Also, 7285 kHz s/on at about
0458 noted with a fair signal, which lasted about 30 minutes before
fading out. I wonder if there have been any announcements on RSG about
quitting SW? (-- Richard Langley, 1359 UT March 30, WOR iog via DXLD)
Was hearing the same as Richard, and at the same time. So, another
day, still, or is this it? Would be nice to see a list of any
possibilities for Meyerton for today and/or tomorrow (Walt Salmaniw,
1730 UT Mar 30, WOR iog viaDXLD)
Radio Sonder Grense is daily on air until today March 30, Channel
Africa is on air Mon-Fri until March 29, final transmissions via
Meyerton will be AWR in French and Yoruba 2000-2100 on 9780 (Ivo
Ivanov, ibid.)
Thanks, Ivo. Good signal into NB. Recording. Will double check Radio
Sonder Grense this evening, just in case (-- Richard Langley, ibid.)
3320, R S G, 1816 with operas for the whole house and talks in
Dutch/Afrikaans. About 40% music - 60% talks, included Bizet's Carmen.
1900 with news, 1912 'teardrops' (non IDed in shazam), 1922 classical
music (reminds Vivaldi?) and music that goes 50-60 years ago (as
Charleston GE).
NO signal in my QTH Thessaloniki - S7 on ZR6, S20 in TWR KIwi and
fades in between -50 to -36db (????). Supposedly it will sound off
from tomorrow. Anyone wanting to listen more can use the following
link in stereo with good audio. Unfortunately no shoutcast or vtuner
streams for your player.
http://fmradiobuffer.com/rsg-radio-sonder-grense-live-streaming-online/
(Zacharias Liangas, Greece, Mar 30, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
The most interesting question is what will happen with 3320 kHz. Right
now it appears to be still on air.
Other finals so far: Deutsche Welle on 15200 wrapped up the actual
broadcast already at about 1855, followed only by bumper music until
the Udo Lindenberg fans at London*) switched to their standard fill
audio, which to me always sounds like the funeral of shortwave
broadcasting (really: who got, years ago, this idea??), and the
transmitter was finally turned off at 1901.
For the BBC it could from Europe only be observed how the carrier on
6190 disappeared at 2001. Modulation became inaudible shortly before
2000 when CRI (Albania) came on 6185 and VOA (Botswana) on 6195.
*) Because of (and I hope anyone will get the joke with this):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxquuedkKaM
(Kai Ludwig, 2021 Mar 30, ibid.)
Thanks to a post/observation in a facebook group, I just checked 3320
(30 March at 2030 UT) via a Kiwi-SDR in South Africa, and am hearing R
Sonder Grense still on air. This is scheduled until 0500 UT on 31
March, although unclear if the transmission will end earlier than
0500. This looks like it will be the final transmission from Meyerton
(Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, ibid.)
3320 kHz was still on air at 2112. Recheck at 2153: Ooops, only
blaring noise on that SDR. So the last Meyerton transmitter has been
turned off at some point between 2112 and 2153, i.e. about 45 to 10
minutes before local midnight. Yet another shortwave site is gone (Kai
Ludwig, ibid.)
Was still on air at 2130, recheck at 2143 and was off (Roberto
Scaglione, Sicilia, WOR iog via DXLD)
Thank you! So we have it, if really no further details will emerge, at
least narrowed down to a window of 13 minutes.
Attached what could perhaps have been the last live mic audio, unless
there was further continuity between songs. Perhaps it even includes
an advice about the shortwave service ceasing, but Afrikaans is again
a different affair than Dutch and then there were the bad utility
bursts (which were here in Central Europe much stronger than the
Meyerton carrier, so this intruder appears to be located substantially
further north).(Kai Ludwig, ibid.)
On the recording the utility sound is similar to me to ham radio
packet mode. Of course in reality it can be something else; I'm not an
expert in utilities (Tibor Gaal, Budapest, Hungary, March 31, WOR iog
via DXLD)
AWR French and Yoruba 20-21 on 9780 Meyerton with fair signal here
(Ivo Ivanov, 2216 UT Mar 30, ibid.)
All SW broadcasts from South Africa are now gone (Glenn Hauser, WORLD
OF RADIO 1976, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH AFRICA [and non]. Meyerton's last day - its use by
clandestine stations
As it's Meyerton's last day on the air, I've written an article on the
site's use by clandestine stations in the 1970s and 1980s:
https://radioatlanticodelsur.blogspot.com/2019/03/apartheid-south-africas-radio-psyops.html
(Chris Greenway, UK, March 30, WOR iog via DXLD)
Has it ever been tried to ask anyone from SABC or Sentech, perhaps
even Meyerton engineers, about this? Do they still pretend to know
nothing, which then would speak volumes about South Africa today? Are
still deliberately rumours about a use of military transmitters being
spread, as quoted on Youtube while the recording certainly sounds like
a broadcast-grade transmission?
If so it would remind of certain people at Königs Wusterhausen who
also still pretend to know nothing about things like Bizim Radyo,
leaving others wondering what they want to still protect here. Just
their own Lebensleistung (any attempt to translate and further explain
would go much beyond the scope of this post), or is it a bigger
picture?
By the way: Any idea where Bizim Radyo and the programmes from the
Greek communist party (have the name not at hand right now) have been
produced? Are we right or wrong to assume that in both cases the tapes
came from somewhere abroad, in particular since there is word about
further transmissions from Romania and/or Bulgaria? So these tapes
would, by arrangement with SED, have been sent to Berlin and
presumably been played out at the Rundfunkknotenamt facility in
Berlin-Lichtenberg? (Kai Ludwig, Germany, WOR iog via DXLD)
Bizim Radio was broadcast via Secretbrod (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria,
ibid.)
Thanks Kai. In my limited experience, transmitter engineers are not
always very interested in the programmes that their senders are
transmitting. To them, it's all about the hardware.
In the case of Meyerton, it would have been a case of the engineers
feeding the audio from Auckland Park line X to Meyerton sender Y
according to a schedule they had been given. They would have noticed
the absence of the usual bokmakierie and guitar, but otherwise it was
just another feed (and in the case of Vorgan, Voz da Verdade and Voz
da Africa Livre, in a language they probably didn't speak).
Suggestions of military transmitters being used: Although these are
just rumours, I don't see anything sinister in them. DXers (and
others) can be quick to assume that, where clandestine stations were
not genuinely "in the bush" (as was the case with some of the
Ethiopian and Eritrean ones in the communist era), then they must have
been coming from the military or the secret services. In fact, as you
know from the Eastern European experience, they were generally from
the transmitting sites of state or publicly owned broadcasters.
(Chris Greenway, ibid.)
A picture is worth a thousand words, and this is a really cute one:
http://www.ontheshortwaves.com/QSL_SW/Cland-NTS-1971.jpg
Hey, it get's even better...
http://ontheshortwaves.com/Stations/NTS_photos.pdf
In the case of Meyerton I wonder if no orders of special secrecy have
been given, making it obvious even to clueless engineers that they
participate in fishy things. But it gets even more interesting if this
stuff, or just some of it, has indeed been produced, or just played
out, at SABC studios in Johannesburg. In this case former Radio RSA
staff, and those also later still working there, really should know
something, if they want to know it.
When did Vorgan (in 1990 listed as 1800-2215 on 7100) disappear? I
seem to remember that it was still mentioned as an active station in
1993, when apartheid was already a thing of the past. This is the
particular reason why I indeed have some questions here.
By the way, the whole closure process now raises questions as well.
They already in February told foreign clients that the facility will
no longer be available but, it seems, told anyone at home, or at least
SARL, than they can not confirm anything until just one week was left.
Huh?? (Kai Ludwig, Germany, WOR iog via DXLD) VORGAN: see also
ANGOLA!
** SOUTH AMERICA [non]. Beacon transmissions --- Dear friends! We have
been now been on with our 8-10 watts Beacon transmitter from Europe
for a week. This coming night will be the last one with this power in
a time. From tomorrow we will reduce the power to 1 watt making it a
more challenge to catch it. So try it ;-)
The 8-10 watts CW Beacon transmitter has been heard in the east coast
of the USA, as well as in the southern part of South America. Let`s
see what a 1 watt can do :-)
The frequency is 6342 kHz CW. Sched. is: 19 to at least 08 UT,
sometimes even later. If you are in doubt, you can check it at our
website http://www.radiopirana.com
where we will have a sign of, if it is ON or OFF.
This coming week we will also sending out replies for reports for our
broadcasts from South America. Most have already received a
preliminary answer from us, but this week a more complete reply. 73'
(Jorge Garcia, rpi@radiopirana.com www.radiopirana.com or
www.radiopiraña.com March 31, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 9330, WBCQ Monticello ME (presumed);
1933-1949+, 3/25; Bombastic Bro. Hystairical working up a lather re
harlots, evil heifers & defilement (like “touching” minors?);
Mentioned his last day in court & related that to the end-time event;
ragged on preachers, soothsayers & churches; sed he’s weary of this
world (Can pedophiles go to Heaven? Can people to relay this crap go
to Heaven?) SIO=3+53+, fady; // 9395 WRMI(presumed), SIO=3+53 (Harold
Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ---- All logged by my
ears, on my receiver, in real time. ----, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
4840, USA, WWCR at 1100. Sounding like kids Halloween record from days
gone by, a lot of creepy moaning and groaning. Went on for nearly 15
minutes before pulses from OTHR (radar) joined them. Recheck at BoH,
still wailing and groaning, still the OTHR pulses - Very Good (signal
level) Mar 29 (Rick Barton-AZ, WOR iog via DXLD)
Surely that was TOMBS, M&G as always 11-12 & 23-24 UT (gh, DXLD)
** SPAIN [and non]. 12030, March 26 at 1819, REE has heavy QRM from an
extremely distorted and wide signal from 12021 to 12039 approx. At
first I suspect a Noblejas transmitter is acting up again, but the
``modulation`` does not match up to REE-AM in the midst of it. What
else could it be? WEWN has also broken down like this in past. But
there own much weaker Spanish on 12050 sounds OK, and there is no spur
match on 12070 or anywhere. At 1923, 12050 has two weak stations with
a slow SAH, i.e. WEWN and Ndarason/Ascension. By 1922, REE is somewhat
overcoming the QRM, another indication it`s not self. Maybe a totally
different station mistuned to the wrong frequency.
9690, Monday April 1 at 2201, REE in English, with what else, music,
in this case a blues band visiting and then Justin Coe interviews a
Jeff. So for A-19, English has shifted one UT hour earlier to
2200-2230 M/W/F. Should also be on the other three, 12030, 11940,
11670. Come on, Justin, suppress your música-sobretodo-mania and give
us some news, even analysis of current events in Spain! Or would that
be too unsafe under circumstances? Secret REE Arabic should now be at
2130, M-F? on 12030, 11670, unchecked yet.
12030, Tue April 2 at 2130, REE splits this frequency from
the others to begin Arabic, ``Huna Madrid``, ex 2230- in B-season. Is
it M-F? Very smooth transition, as `Tablero Deportivo` had just
wrapped up on this and 11940, 9690 (but 11670 still AWOL). After time
pip, 11940 & 9690 continue in Castilian discussing animal languages on
`Vía Acústica``, interesting programming we are deprived of in English
tnx to Coe`s obsession with music. Manuel in Spain also reports Arabic
until 1700 April 3 on 12030, then M/W/F Russian, ex-1800 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1976, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
12030, Radio Exterior de España, Noblejas, 1653-1707, 03-04, Arabic
program, at 1700 time signals id. "Radio Exterior de España", program
in Russian. 44444. The other frequency, 11670 now of air now.
The Russian program is on air Monday, Wednesday and Fridays from 1700
to 1730 UT (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, WOR iog via DXLD)
[and non]. 9690, April 4 at 1853, REE is poor S4-S8 but alone. Have
not heard the tell-tale het from Nigeria-minus lately. Ivo Ivanov says
the other collision on 9690 with MWV Russian at 19-20 has been
resolved by its last-minute change to 9845 (where I get a JBA carrier
at best) (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1976, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN. 9505, Voice of Africa, Al Aitahab in English 03.12.2019
1749-1801 woman talk (mention Sudan, African woman, African Union,
African news) with music breaks in between, (till 1754), same woman
announcements with reverberation (possible ID), afropop song, man
brief announcement at 1757 (no much clear), local chant with
instrumental music, man announcer and continuing chant, time pips at
1800, music pause; (from 1801:10" fully overwhelmed by very strong
splats of TWR Africa, Swaziland on 9499.99 kHz, with IS and man ID
into its program in English), heard in Lsb, ceaseless fast qsb, severe
qrn rustle, poor / almost fair.
9505, Voice of Africa, Al Aitahab in unid Lang (Arabic?) 03.14.2019
1945-1951* local chant with music, man talk, same local chant, sudden
s/off at 1951, heard in Lsb with inter filter, moderate qsb and strong
rustle, almost fair (Gianni Serra - Roma-Italy, JRC NRD 525 receiver;
Alpha Delta DX-SWL Sloper-S antenna; DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN [and non]. At least harmonix to be heard above 19 MHz (gh)
19010H Unid. Program in vernacular on 17/3 at 1835 presumed Sudan (2 x
9505 kHz), tiny signal (Pankov*).
19230H CRI. German on 17/3 at 1840, // 9615 (Pankov*).
19660H AWR, Nauen. Bulgarian on 25/2 from 1600 // 9830 (Rumen Pankov,
Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF2001D, Folded Marconi ant), April ARDXC
Australian DX News via WORLD OF RADIO 1976, DXLD)
** SUDAN. 9505, Voice of Africa, Al Aitahab, 1715-1727, 27-03,
English, news about Sudan and other African countries, ID “Voice of
Africa”, “The headlines”, “Broadcasting to you from Sudan on 9505 kHz,
this is The Voice of Africa”, East African songs. 34433 (Manuel
Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Log in Lugo, Fiol and Reinante, Tecsun S-8800,
cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD)
7205even, Radio Omdurman, from Al Aitahab suburb, S=5 or -98dBm, at
0503 UT. Male announcer, music played in between. via remote in
Holland [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang
Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 1, dxldyg via DXLD))
7205, Sudan Radio, Al Aitahab, 0440-0455, 02-04, Arabic, comments,
mentioned “Sudan”, Arabic and East African songs. 35433.
9505, Voice of Africa, Al Aitahab, 1701-1747, 01-04, French, comments,
at 1715 English, ID “Voice of Africa”, news, comments. 32432 (Manuel
Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8
meters, WOR iog via DXLD)
** SUDAN [non]. Last minute change of Radio Dabanga via MBR Issoudun
from March 31
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/03/last-minute-change-of-radio-dabanga-via.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News March 26-27, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
1530-1600 NF 13745 ISS 250 kW / 139 deg to EaAf Juba Arabic, ex 13700
??????????? ?? Observer ? 3:37 PM (via DXLD) NOT Juba Arabic (gh)
Radio Dabanga via Issoudun/Santa Maria di Galeria, April 3
1530-1600 on 13745 ISS 250 kW / 139 deg to EaAf Juba Arabic, very good
1530-1600 on 15550 SMG 250 kW / 150 deg to EaAf Juba Arabic, very good
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/04/reception-of-radio-dabanga-via.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News April 3-4, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Darfur Arabic, not Juba Arabic, surely (gh, DXLD)
** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. Reception of Radio Tamazuj via Talata &
Issoudun, April 3
1500-1530 on 15150 MDC 250 kW / 340 deg to EaAf Juba Arabic, very good
1500-1530 on 15400 ISS 250 kW / 139 deg to EaAf Juba Arabic, very good
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/04/reception-of-radio-tamazuj-via-talata.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News April 3-4, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SURINAME. 4990, Radio Apintie --- has reactivated their transmitter
last week, running at 300 W. The SW antenna is in this field: 5 47n,
55 10 10w. Studio and FM mast at 5 49 27n, 55 10 38w. Best regards,
(Mauno Ritola, March 27, shortwavesites yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1976,
DXLD) Current power confirmed by station? WRTH 2019 listed as 1 kW,
when it was weaker than heard now (gh)
4989.987, R Apintie, Paramaribo, pop music program, at 0513 UT, S=5 or
-97dBm. via remote in Holland [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW
15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 1,
dxldyg via DXLD))
** SWAZILAND. ESWATINI, Reception of Trans World Radio Africa on three
new freqs on April 1
1500-1530 on 9500 MAN 100 kW / 031 deg to EaAf Somali Daily,
weak/fair signal
1530-1545 on 11820 MAN 100 kW / 013 deg to EaAf Juba Arabic Mon-Fri,
very good
1557-1627 on 13580 MAN 100 kW / 013 deg to SoAf Kirundi Mon-Fri, very
strong
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/04/reception-of-trans-world-radio-africa.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News April 1/2, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SYRIA. Possible changes to MW broadcast scheme in Syria
In the near past, medium wave transmitters in Syria, which are owned
by the Syrian government, used to relay feeds from dominant state-run
radio stations (e.g. Radio Damascus / Domestic and Voice of Youth).
However, that formula might have changed without prior notice!
Radio Damascus / Domestic Service usually broadcasts on three medium
wave frequencies. 567 kHz (primary), 783 kHz and 936 kHz.
On 3-Apr-2019 at 13:30z, I noticed a mismatch in programming between
567 kHz and 936 kHz. 936 kHz relayed something different. It didn’t
take much time till I realized that I was listening to Zenobia FM
Untitled2.png [illustrated in the WOR iog]
Zenobia FM is a local radio station owned and managed by ORTAS
(General Organization of Radio and TV – Syria). Originally, it covers
the city of Homs on a single FM frequency of 98.0 MHz, with
programming specially curated to Homs’s population.
3-Apr-2019 at 18:30z, things got really weird. 936 kHz was relaying a
feed from a privately owned radio station, Ninar FM. Till this moment,
Ninar FM is still live on 936 kHz
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Note that SRTV General Program has “recently” (couple of months ago)
changed its frequencies announcement. The updated one states that 567
kHz is the only MW frequency and it's covering the entire Syrian
geography. That might mean there are plans to use the other two
frequencies (783 kHz and 936 kHz) to, presumably, relay different
types of programs other the main one.
It’s not clear yet if this move will be permanent, or whether 936 kHz
will be used to relay both stations at different times. We have to
wait (Rawad Hamwi, still in Saudi Arabia? April 4, WOR iog via DXLD)
** TAIWAN [and non]. 15270, R. Taiwan Int’l, Paochung. Cantonese to
SEAs at 1020, a fair signal but heavy co-channel jamming from CNR2,
21/3 (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn, VIC (Equipment: Yaesu FTDX
3000, Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Kenwood R5000, Tecsun PL-680,
Horizontal Sky Loop, Double Bazooka antennas for 80, 40 and 20 metres,
Par EF-SWL End Fed antenna, BHI NEIM1031 Digital Noise Eliminating
Module, MFJ-1026 Noise Cancelling Module, ATU), April ARDXC Australian
DX News via DXLD)
** TAIWAN. 9470 // 9660 // 9680 TAIWAN. RTI, 1200, 3/30/2019. RTI with
same OM in Chinese on all three frequencies. Good signals at 1200 but
fading and almost gone by 1215. All [sic] (Bob Dodt, VA, ICOM-750,
Alpha Delta DX SWL Sloper, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD)
?? How do you know you were not instead hearing CNR1 jammers on all
three? No QRM? I have to keep raising this question as people
apparently just don`t get it. If you can really tell the difference
between CNR1 and whatever it may be jamming, or even understand
Chinese, you should say so explicitly; and account for hearing only
one signal per frequency if so. I expect the ChiCom be jubilant over
foreigners fooling themselves into thinking they are *not* jamming
(Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
** TAIWAN. 21530.146, SOH Mandarin program, S=4 at 0641 UT on April 1.
18899.757, SOH Mandarin program, S=6-7 at 0643 UT, flute mx.
15294.961, SOH Mandarin sce, S=6 at 0652 UT.
15340.225, SOH Mandarin sce, S=8 at 0653 UT.
15799.925, SOH Mandarin sce, S=7 at 0708 UT.
15869.937, SOH Mandarin sce, S=7 at 0709 UT.
15919.906, SOH Mandarin sce, S=7 at 0710 UT.
15940.017, SOH Mandarin sce, S=8-9 at 0713 UT, plus ditter bubble.
Log at eastern Thailand on Uwe's Perseus remotedly access
installation: [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 1, dxldyg via
DXLD)
Note they are all significantly off-frequency, and apparently without
CNR1 or Firedrake jamming. Others seeking to log Sound of Hope,
especially way out of band, should take note (gh, DXLD)
6280, Sound of Hope, at 1100, on April 5. 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. My
audio at
http://bit.ly/2UxfYGd
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long
wire, WOR iog via DXLD)
** THAILAND. Bangkok Radio Volmet --- Received QSL letter and map from
Bangkok Radio Volmet - The Meteorological Department of Thailand for a
report dated February 18, 2019. The station transmitted weather
information in USB mode at several frequencies. The letter was sent
from Thailand on March 18, 2019.
http://freerutube.info/2019/03/27/qsl-bangkok-radio-volmet-tailand-fevral-2019-goda/
(Dmitry Elagin, Saratov, Russia, QSL World, RusDX 31 March via DXLD)
** TIBET. 4919.98, CHINA P.R., PBS Xizang, Lhasa Baiding, in Tibetan
03.26.2019 2137-2205 woman host chatting with women and men, singing
chants at times, woman local slow lyric chant with instrumental music,
music pauses and man /woman talk; woman host chatting with other man
over slow music (phone calls), singing chant; same woman talk, man
local chant; heard in usb, moderate qsb and qrn rustle, fair; in //
4905 fair; // 6130 poor with strong splats/ fair to good after 2200;
// 7255 poor /from 2200 overwhelmed by severe splats; // 7385 good
(Gianni Serra - Roma-Italy, JRC NRD 525 receiver; Alpha Delta DX-SWL
Sloper-S antenna; DX LISTENING DIGEST)
CHINA, Reception of PBS Xizang Holy Tibet in 31mb, March 28:
0700-0800 on 9580 LHA 100 kW / 290 deg to EaAs English, fair
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/03/reception-of-pbs-xizang-holy-tibet-in.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News March 26-29, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TIBET [non]. UZBEKISTAN [sic], Frequency change of Voice of Tibet
on March 28
1230-1300 NF 9884 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 9885
1335-1400 NF 9889 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 9884
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/03/frequency-change-of-voice-of-tibet-on_29.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News March 26-29, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
TAJIKISTAN, New frequencies of Voice of Tibet, April 1
1230-1235 on 9909 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan
1235-1305 on 9901 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan
1305-1335 on 9884 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan
1335-1400 on 9876 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/04/new-summer-frequencies-of-voice-of.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News April 1/2, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
TAJIKISTAN, Frequency changes of Voice of Tibet, Apr 4
1230-1235 NF 9899 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 9909
1235-1240 NF 9891 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 9901
1240-1305 NF 9899 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 9891
1305-1310 NF 9889 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 9884
1310-1335 on 9884 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, unchange
1335-1400 on 9894 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan addit.freq
1330-1400 on 9876 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, unchange
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/04/frequency-changes-of-voice-of-tibet-in.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News April 3-4, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 11730, Voice of Turkey at 1727 UT March 30 with Interval
Signal and English IDs. 5 plus 1 time pips at 1730 Sign On with news
followed by Letterbox at 1745. Good (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park,
Alberta, Rx: Perseus SDR, Ant: Wellbrook ALA 100 loop, WOR iog via
DXLD)
9515, March 31 at 0306, VOT English to N America at S9-S7. I had no
luck for the earlier broadcast March 30 at 22 or 23 on 9830 or 5960,
so this is my first A-19 QSY confirmation. Surely this will sidekick
to 9515.7 at times (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Another service ready with their interval signal on air:
9655.721 kHz this MUCH ODD frequency unit 'of five at Emirler'. 0953
UT much early on air, requested schedule at 1000-1055 UT in Georgian
language. S=9+15dB signal in remote SDR at Moscow Russia (Wolfgang
Bueschel, March 31, dxldyg via DXLD)
9830, March 31 at 2225, VOT in English, S8-S9 with flutter, back on
always-A-season frequency to North America at 22 instead of 5960 at 23
in Bs. No RTTY now, but 9830 fully occupied earlier in day: we can
only hope it will always quit by 2158. Will Emirler knock this one off
to 9830.7 at times too? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
13635.712, very odd fq Voice of Turkey Turkish from Emirler site,
S=9+35dB at 0610 UT, scheduled 06-13 UT.
13765.023, VoTurkey in Hausa to West Africa target azimuth, 500 kW
male prayer at 0613 UT, S=8 or -78dBm. via remote in Holland [selected
SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx,
wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 1, dxldyg via DXLD))
13635.712, Voice of Turkey, Turkish from Emirler site to Europe/NoAM,
S=9 at 0739 UT in Doha Qatar backlobe, 500 kW, 06-13 UT. Doha Qatar
remotedly access installation log: [selected SDR options, span 12.5
kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews
April 1, dxldyg via DXLD)
Voice of Turkey on odd frequencies 9655.7 & 11765.7 April 1
1000-1055 9655.7 EMR 500 kW / 072 deg CeAs Georgian, instead of 9655
1500-1625 11765.7 EMR 500 kW / 100 deg WeAs Da/Pa/Uz instead of 11765
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/04/voice-of-turkey-on-odd-frequencies.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News April 1/2, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9830.05 approx., April 1 at 2228, VOT English to N America for A-19,
no RTTY QRM, only slightly off-frequency+plus, pending a crash to
9830.7v one of these days. (I also must cope with a constant local
device JBA carrier slightly off 9830.000.) But something else is
already wrong: 2259 still on with IS, and 2300, 2-second-late, 6-pip
mis-timesignal and into GERMAN! still past 2305 check, just like
sloppyrators at Emiler would do in B-season after 0000 on 5960.
Fortunately now there are no legitimate broadcasters to collide on
9830 after 2300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1976, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
TRT Voice of Turkey on odd 9855.7 & 9505.7 kHz on April 4:
1000-1025 on 9855.7 EMR 500 kW / 032 deg to CeAs Tatar, instead of
1000-1055 on 9655.7 EMR 500 kW / 072 deg to CeAs Georgian, April 1
1530-1625 on 9505.7 EMR 500 kW / 105 deg to WeAs Azeri, ex 9505.0
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/04/trt-voice-of-turkey-on-very-odd-98557.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News April 3-4, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15450, April 4 at 1320, no signal from VOT English to Europe and
USward from 1230 in A-19, nor have I been able to detect it
yet past few days; pitiful propagation? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY [non]. "Voice of Truth (Radiofonikos Stathmos I Foni Tis
Alithias)"
SOUTH AFRICA/GDR, Communist Parties Comintern Moscow broadcasts
on Eastern Block in Europe on 1956 - 1990 era:
Communist Comintern Division Of Labour.
7335 kHz Koenigs-Wusterhausen GDR, "Stimme der Wahrheit" war ein
griechischer kommunistischer Geheimsender, genannt
"Voice of Truth (Radiofonikos Stathmos I Foni Tis Alithias)"
Es gab eindeutig eine Arbeitsteilung bezueglich westlicher
kommunistischen. Parteien. Die DDR und BULGARIEN bedienten rundfunk-
und printmaessig GRC und TUR, sowie BUL die Perser bei Peyk-e-Iran, --
Rumaenien aber Spanien [R Espana Independiente aus Saftica bcast
center aus 1956 errichtet, aufgrund Comintern Moscow order ! ]
und Portugal waehrend Franco und Salazar Diktaturen ...
[R Portugal Livre from Saftica bcast center Romania].
Ungarn und CSSR bedienten die kommunistische Partei in Italien.
Starttermin fuer 'Bizim Radio' acc BBCMS war der 21.3.1958.
Gemeinsame Adresse beider tuerkischer Stationen war:
Box 16-367, S-10327 Stockholm, Schweden.
Markus Wolf war ja oft in Schweden, seine STASI Mannen haben die Post
dort bestimmt ueber die DDR Botschaft abgeholt und nach Ost-Berlin
gebracht.
7335 kHz fuer tuerk. und griech. Sendungen war eindeutig via KoeWu
im WINTER, im Sommer 9775 kHz, denn die Sendungen auf 7335 verstummten
fuer 6 Tage, als am 13. Nov. 1972 der Sturm den 243 Metermast in
Koe-Wu umstuerzen liess, und die Feeder oder Antennen von 7335 kHz
mit zerstoert wurden,
im WWDXC DXMagazine damals als BBCMS Tatsfield Meldung beschrieben.
Jedenfalls hatte 'Bizim Radio' eine groessere Anzahl Sendestunden, nur
immer eine Stunde dazwischen wurden die VoCTUR Sendungen
ausgestrahlt.
5915 BUL 1740-1810, 2000-2050
6200 BUL sommers ! 0200-0250, 0300-0350sonntags, 0500-0550,
0700-0750
6200 DD = DDR, DD war die Abkuerzung aus BBCMS Tatsfield monitoring.
winters ! 1900-1950, auch 1700-2050.
7335 DD winters 1000-1100, 1100-1150, 1300-1500, 1500-1550, 1800-1900
9500 DD 0500-0530, 1015-1045, 1445-1515,
hat auch Bernd Friedewald in der 1985 Jahres-Liste.
9535 DD
9585 DD 0300-0350sonntags, 0600-0800, 1300-1350sonntags UTC,
auch 1300-2150 genannt.
9600 DD
11820 DD 1015-1045 [muesste man mal mit RBI Koe-Wu Schedule
vergleichen,
oder ob DLS Sendepause von 6115 und 7300 kHz genutzt wurde ...].
1100-1200, 1400-1600, auch 0200-0450 und 0800-1250 genannt.
Die Frequenzen von VoCPTurkey: W=winter
[Voice of the Communist Party of Turkey]
5915 BUL 2000-2100
6200 BUL sommers 0400-0450W, 0600-0650W, 1500-1600, 1900-2000W, 2100-
2200W
6200 DD winters 1800-1850, 2000-2050, 2200-2250
7335 DD winters 0800-0850, 1000-1050, 1200-1250sonntags, 1600-1650,
1700-1750
9585 DD sommers/ganzjaehrig 0400-0450, 0600-0650, 0800-0850,
1200-1300 UT
11820 DD 0800-1000, 1300-1400.
Ich bin mir auch gar nicht sicher, ob die Sendung auf 6200 kHz nur
fuer die Tuerkei selbst gedacht war, oder nicht auch die tuerkischen
Gastarbeiter in Westeuropa bedient werden sollten ? (wb df5sx, wwdxc
BC-DX TopNews March 30) (BC-DX 31 March via DXLD)
** UKRAINE. Until May 2019, "Ukrainian Radio" will continue to
broadcast on medium waves at a frequency of 549 kHz with a transmitter
in the village of Luch (Nikolaev region), from where the occupied
Crimea is covered by broadcasting. About this site "Detector Media"
said the member of the Board of the National Public TV and Radio
Company of Ukraine (NSTU) Nikolay Chernotitsky.
"Until May of this year, the NSTU committed itself to continue to
broadcast on medium waves at a frequency of 549 kHz with a
transmitter. The beam performs it. However, the operation of this
particular transmitter is incredibly energy-consuming, for which it is
not effective. The transmitter itself is from Soviet times, it very
old, tube-based, therefore it requires replacement by the operator,"
he explained.
Mr. Chernotitsky noted that the operation of the transmitter in the
Beam costs the company more than 16 million UAH. for a year. "For
understanding, transmitter operation in seconds. A beam for
broadcasting on medium waves costs the company more than 16 million
hryvnas per year, which is about 30% of the total amount for
broadcasting all the Radio Public Channels," said the board member of
NSTU.
According to him, NSTU appealed to the National Council with a request
to replace the transmitter with a more modern one or launch a new
frequency in the Kherson region for more efficient broadcasting of
"Ukrainian Radio" to the territory of Crimea on medium waves.
“Of course, we strive to optimize all irrational expenses, just as we
strive to switch to more modern broadcasting technologies. Actually,
with this question we repeatedly appeal to the National Council and
operator regarding the replacement of this transmitter with a modern
one or launch of a new frequency in the Kherson region for more of
effective broadcasting RU: Ukrainian radio to the territory of the
Crimea on medium waves, as was done at Chasovoy Yar for broadcasting
to the territory of Donbass ", said Nikolai Chernotitsky.
NSTU also plans to receive FM frequencies for the Kultura and Luch
radio in Kiev. "We plan to increase the coverage of the broadcasting
territory RU: Radio Culture and RU: Radio Ray is in FM, so now we are
looking forward to the contest on April 4, where we want to receive
frequencies for these radio channels in Kiev. After this contest, we
will take part in all other contests, that the National Council on
Television and Radio Broadcasting in the regional centers will
announce for the development of the networks of the second and third
radio channels of the Public, ”said a member of the NSTU board.
Recall, on March 21, National Council member Oleg Chernysh boycotted
meetings of the National Council on Television and Radio Broadcasting,
because colleagues refused to hold a competition for frequencies for
Public Radio. At the previous meeting, on March 14, the majority of
the National Council members did not support the proposal of Mr.
Chernysh to announce a contest for 14 FM frequencies in regional
centers for the development of the network of the second channel of
the Public Radio “Luch”. National Council Chairman Yuri Artemenko said
that "a few days ago NSTU refused to broadcast medium wave
broadcasting." A member of the National Council, Sergey Kostinsky,
added that the NSTU refuses to speak, because it has a difficult
financial situation Source: Public. Media Detector Portal.
(http://proradio.org.ua/news/2019mar.php)
(via RusDX 31 March via DXLD)
First program of Ukrainian Radio will stop broadcasts on 549 kHz from
the station at Luch in May 2019, then it will replace transmission
with FM frequencies. Only one frequency will be in use - 873 kHz.
Source: http://www.vcfm.ru/ and https://detector.media
Ivan Lebedevsky, St.Petersburg, Russia (24/3-2019)
(https://mediumwave.info/news.html)
(via RusDX 31 March via WORLD OF RADIO 1976, DXLD)
** U A E. Just returned Friday from Ras al Khaimah and moving the
antenna diplexer originally on 1269 to 1476 (100 kW). Should be back
on air in a few days (Ben Dawson, WA, April 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
1269 was Radio Asia with 200 kW per WRTH 2019 (gh, DXLD)
** U A E. 21690even, RFA Tibetan sce via Encompass Digital Media
Services relay at Al Dhabbaya, 0639 UT S=9 in Thailand. CNR jamming
weak only underneath. The only 13 mb channel. Log at eastern Thailand
on Uwe's Perseus remotedly access installation: [selected SDR options,
span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX
TopNews April 1, dxldyg via DXLD)
** U K [and non]. Speaking of the BBC, I notice that they were prompt
in posting the A-19 BBCWS schedule on their website March 31,
including the transmitter site charts. Often it has taken them several
days to update the frequency listings, and several weeks to update the
site info. Perhaps the Meyerton closure with the resultant change in
beams directed to Africa made the update more of a priority.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2x9tqt6mc05vB2S37j8MWMJ/global-short-wave-frequencies
(Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas, March 31, WOR iog via DXLD)
By target area, then by time, frequencies; further pdf linx from each
target area to charts with sites. Titled ``January`` but all dated
``Summer 2019`` within; must be confusing in Hemisphere South, e.g.
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/schedules/frequencies/bbc_world_service_south_africa_frequencies.pdf
And of course, nothing whatsoever for the Western Hemisphere (except
edge of W Africa). Do they still call it ``World`` service??? Make
that BBCEHS (gh, DXLD)
Frustratingly, BBC has not updated the six-month PDF program schedules
on its web site. The schedules listed on the page
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5nCxH0NlsPtyW8WvJ0rwDJP/about-world-service-radio
are still the ones posted on October 26, 2018 (Mike Cooper, Apr 4,
DXLD)
** U K. 7300, April 1 at 0040, sounds like BBCWS in science magazine,
now about LEO satellites, S9/+10. 0058 wrap up `Science in Axion`,
0059.5* chop off. HFCC shows Woofferton eastward this hour only.
Offers a decent chance to hear in its long-abandoned N American target
area (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 245 kHz, April 1 at 0612 UT, ND beacon FS is JBA! Is at
Rock, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 400 watts per dxinfocentre. LW storm
noise level is unusually low so I take advantage for some sleepytime
beepery.
293 kHz, April 1 at 0615 UT, ND beacon FBY, which is 25 watts from
Fairbury, Nebraska.
329 kHz, April 1 at 0618, ND beacon PMV, 25 watts from Plattsmouth,
Nebraska (a flood area, I think). Also logged one from CANADA, q.v.
341 kHz, April 4 at 0549 UT, as I am copying ND beacon YYU from
Kapuskasing, CANADA, another one on same frequency at higher pitch,
much weaker is OIN, 25 watts from relatively close Oberlin, Kansas,
new here. Wait a minute, what about my local on 341, Enid`s own EI
---? Must be off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5896.5-USB, March 27 at 0031, joint Air Force/Navy MARS net,
mostly VP-P; calls heard include NNA6AR, AFA6UB, NCS387, NCS307 (or
are they NPS---? only these are not fonetik); ACA70 refers to a
different frequency but never spoken in the clear; 0037 I think they
were to close with SSTV but too weak to hear any beepery. Amid just as
weak broadcast signals 5890 & 5900 which are not a problem (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Department of Defence [sic] has a Provisional Timeslot on
WWV and WWVH!
From April 20 to 3 May, WWV and WWVH will broadcast a DOD message at
10 minutes past the hour on WWV and at 50 minutes past the hour on
WWVH. This April-May time period coincides with the Vital Connection
interoperability exercise being held in Wisconsin.
Future timeslots will coincide with the Vital Connection exercise Ohio
in June; DOD COMEX 19-3 in Aug and the DOD COMEX 19-4 in Oct.
Following the proof of concept this year, we anticipate that the DOD
broadcast time slot will become year-round full time.
This broadcast timeslot will voice announce upcoming exercises and how
the amateur radio community can become involved in various exercises.
To begin, the broadcast messages will likely be static...future
exercises we hope to be able to update the broadcast throughout the
exercise as notional conditions change.
The broadcast message will ask listeners to provide reception reports
and feedback to a specified URL.
Tune into WWV/H on 2.5, 5, 10, 15, and 20 MHz and submit a reception
report and requested feedback.
Most of us should be able to hear one of those frequencies so let me
know what you hear! (John Volpato, Utility DX Report, April ARDXC
Australian DX News via WORLD OF RADIO 1976, DXLD)
** U S A. Article About VOA, RFE/RL and U.S. Radio Propaganda
This from one of my favorite monthlies: the always interesting and
frequently infuriating The Baffler.
https://thebaffler.com/salvos/an-american-tale-ghodsee
Those who've been listening long enough probably won't find too much
that's strictly new, but it's still an interesting read! 73, (Andy
Robins, Kalamazoo, Michigan USA, April 2, WOR iog via DXLD) indeed
** U S A [and non]. For a discussion of whether Radio Free Asia should
provide content in English, including to the USA, see this thread (the
original tweet and its responses). You do not need a Twitter account
to read it.
It is started by Matt Armstrong, former member of the BBG. I weigh in.
So do Steve Herman, VOA White House correspondent, and Rob Bole,
former BBG director of global strategy. The thread is probably still a
work in progress, so join in, although in this case you would need a
Twitter account.
https://twitter.com/mountainrunner/status/1111701617785614337
(Kim Elliott, Mar 29, WOR iog via DXLD)
Would be anyone there interested in a comment from Germany at all?
(Even if so: A Twitter account --- perhaps at a later point, with more
available time than now...)
But I could suggest for an interesting debate that someone asks this
former BBG member why he is so worried about influencing the domestic
public: So he considers it the very purpose of USAGM to churn out
governmental propaganda? He says that it is not a bad cliché but a
matter of course that USAGM "networks" (as they now say) are
mouthpieces of the administration? (Kai Ludwig, March 30, ibid.)
** U S A. USAGM audience increase --- 1 Files 38KB JPG 38KB Save
USAGM (US international broadcasting and associated media) reported a
24 percent increase in measured audience in 2018. Why the sudden
increase? Did a major war break out? No, the measurement methodology
changed ...
https://www.uscpublicdiplomacy.org/blog/usagm-audience-increase-less-startling-meets-eye
(via Kim Elliott himself, March 27, WOR iog via DXLD)
http://bbgwatch.com/bbgwatch/former-analyst-challenges-usagm-audience-measurement-methods-claims-of-sharp-increases/#comment-703
Also -- our sources say there is a WSJ article coming up -- I think
it's likely to focus on the story about RFE/RL helping the Tajik
dictator.....
https://eurasianet.org/us-funded-broadcaster-under-scrutiny-for-enabling-tajikistans-strongman-rule
(Dan Robinson, March 28, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
[non] Reminds me of a long known phenomenon here in Germany: Listener
numbers for German-language RTL radio from Luxembourg which are hard
to believe. Hardly anyone will say it openly, but it appears to be a
widely shared opinion that a hard to estimate number of these
listeners should rather count for FM operations. It does not appear to
be a far-fetched assumption that it will not necessarily be possible
to determine in a telephone survey which "RTL" someone listens to who
says that he listens to "RTL".
Then the programme names, prone to confusion: The brand
"Nastoyastcheye Vremya" looks from the onset like an answer to
"Vremya". And so the same kind of answers to IRIB programmes have been
created as well? Of course only mean people do not believe that any
false positives in audience research are completely unintended.
Which leads to the core question: To which extend are decision makers
in international broadcasting interested in reliable data about
audience numbers at all? Not just in something impressive they can
present to their financiers?
To be frank: I routinely ignore all the hurray from the BBC press
office, in particular since they introduced the narrative of "the
biggest expansion since the 40s" that ignores the big demolition in
Europe a while ago (long enough to be forgotten they in W1A apparently
believe). And the same now goes for the hurray from USAGM, because
they have a too obvious reason for churning it out: The rather severe
budget cuts White House now tries to introduce for the third time in a
row, together with the defunding of Corporation for Public
Broadcasting.
And it doesn't appear to be new to me. How about the QSL card cult
successfully created decades ago? Listeners need every card from the
new series? Even "diplomas" being issued; bronze, silver, gold,
Eichenlaub mit Schwertern? Any "reception report" may have been of
little use for frequency planning purposes, if they have been analysed
by technical departments at all (would be interesting to learn the
truth about this), but could be counted as a listener response.
I once talked to someone who said that the small foreign services have
presumably in fact an audience of less than 10,000. Both in the past
on shortwave and now online (Kai Ludwig, Germany, March 30, WOR iog
via DXLD)
Re: [WOR] USAGM audience increase ==== USAGM responds ...
https://www.uscpublicdiplomacy.org/blog/usagm%E2%80%99s-global-reach-more-meets-eye
which responds to
https://www.uscpublicdiplomacy.org/blog/usagm-audience-increase-less-startling-meets-eye
(Kim Elliott, WOR iog via DXLD)
A completely separate article, from inventor of the new USAGM brand:
https://www.uscpublicdiplomacy.org/blog/usagm%E2%80%99s-global-reach-more-meets-eye
It underlines something else: The observation of "the dominating
Angloamerican perspective", stated by Deutsche Welle to emphasize the
significance of its services for the Middle East (Kai Ludwig, ibid.)
Here is my article at the USAGM/BBG Watch watchdog site that gets to
more of the significance and background of this:
http://bbgwatch.com/bbgwatch/former-analyst-challenges-usagm-audience-measurement-methods-claims-of-sharp-increases/
(Dan Robinson, April 9, DXLD)
** U S A. Change in USAGM QSL Policy --- „We have recently instituted
a one-QSL-per-month-per-person policy. If you wish to receive another
QSL please send another report next month. US Agency for Global Media
Transmission & Engineering Directorate - Broadcast Technologies
Division. qsl@usagm.gov.“ (via Frank Helmbold, 3 April 2019, via
Hansjoerg Biener, DXLD)
** U S A [non]. A-19 frequency changes of VOA/R.Ashna/Deewa Radio:
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/03/summer-19-frequency-changes-of_30.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News March 30, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
viz.:
[with kW / azimuths]
0000-0100 on 7250 UDO 250 / 311 CeAs Tibetan VOA, ex KWT
0000-0100 NF 9600 PHT 250 / 332 EaAs Chinese VOA, ex 9880
0030-0100 NF 7495 LAM 100 / 080 WeAs Pashto Radio Ashna, ex 13730 UDO
0030-0100 NF 9480 UDO 250 / 300 WeAs Pashto Radio Ashna, ex 15090
0100-0200 NF 13745 UDO 250 / 304 WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio, ex 15490
0100-0130 NF 7495 LAM 100 / 080 WeAs Dari Radio Ashna, ex 13730 UDO
0100-0130 NF 9480 UDO 250 / 300 WeAs Dari Radio Ashna, ex 15090
0130-0200 NF 7495 LAM 100 / 080 WeAs Pashto Radio Ashna, ex 13730 UDO
0130-0200 NF 9480 UDO 250 / 300 WeAs Pashto Radio Ashna, ex 15090
0200-0230 NF 7495 LAM 100 / 080 WeAs Dari Radio Ashna, ex 13730 UDO
0200-0400 NF 13745 UDO 250 / 304 WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio, ex 15490
0400-0500 on 15150 UDO 250 / 316 CeAs Tibetan VOA, ex KWT
0430-0500 on 11995 KWT 250 / 205 SoAf Kirundi VOA, ex BOT
0500-0530 NF 6180 ASC 250 / 027 WCAf Hausa VOA, ex 6035
0500-0600 on 15140 UDO 250 / 316 CeAs Tibetan VOA, ex KWT
0500-0600 NF 21620 PHT 250 / 315 CeAs Tibetan Mon VOA, ex 21630
0500-0600 NF 21630 PHT 250 / 315 CeAs Tibetan Tue VOA, ex Daily
0500-0600 NF 21640 PHT 250 / 315 CeAs Tibetan Wed VOA, ex 21630
0500-0600 NF 21650 PHT 250 / 315 CeAs Tibetan Thu VOA, ex 21630
0500-0600 NF 21580 PHT 250 / 315 CeAs Tibetan Fri VOA, ex 21630
0500-0600 NF 21600 PHT 250 / 315 CeAs Tibetan Sat VOA, ex 21630
0500-0600 NF 21610 PHT 250 / 315 CeAs Tibetan Sun VOA, ex 21630
0530-0600 on 9885 WOF 250 / 165 CeAf French Mon-Fri VOA, ex SMG
0830-0900 NF 9410 SAO 100 / 100 WCAf French Wed/Sat VOA, ex 12030
1100-1200 NF 7470 UDO 250 / 030 EaAs Chinese VOA, ex 6110
1100-1200 NF 9460 PHT 250 / 315 EaAs Chinese VOA, ex 9845
1200-1300 NF 7470 UDO 250 / 030 EaAs Chinese VOA, ex 6110
1200-1300 on 9490 UDO 250 / 038 EaAs Korean VOA, ex TIN
1300-1400 NF 7570 UDO 250 / 054 CeAs Cantonese VOA, ex 7575
1300-1400 on 12045 UDO 250 / 038 EaAs Korean VOA, ex TIN
1300-1400 NF 13820 KWT 250 / 078 WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio, ex 13590 UDO
1300-1400 NF 15165 UDO 250 / 014 EaAs Chinese VOA, ex 15110
1300-1700 NF 15640 LAM 100 / 092 WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio, ex 15330
1400-1500 on 9740 KWT 250 / 070 CeAs Tibetan VOA, ex UDO
1400-1500 NF 9470 PHT 250 / 349 EaAs Chinese VOA, ex 9900
1400-1500 on 12045 UDO 250 / 038 EaAs Korean VOA, ex TIN
1400-1500 on 13575 SAI 100 / 310 CeAs Cantonese VOA, addit
1400-1500 NF 13820 KWT 250 / 078 WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio, ex 13590 UDO
1400-1500 on 15460 SAO 100 / 138 SoAf Kirundi Sat/Sun VOA, ex MEY
1400-1500 NF 15660 SAO 100 / 100 SoAf Kirundi Sat/Sun VOA, ex 15675
1400-1500 on 15730 BIB 100 / 085 CeAs Tibetan VOA, ex PHT
1430-1500 on 7495 UDO 250 / 300 WeAs Pashto Radio Ashna, ex KWT
1500-1530 NF 13770 SAO 100 / 000 WCAf Hausa VOA, ex 13700
1500-1600 NF 13820 KWT 250 / 078 WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio, ex 13590 UDO
1500-1630 on 7495 UDO 250 / 300 WeAs Dari Radio Ashna, ex KWT
1530-1600 NF 13770 SAO 100 / 000 WCAf Hausa Mon-Fri VOA, ex 13700
1530-1600 on 17700 WOF 300 / 165 WCAf Hausa Mon-Fri VOA, ex SMG
1600-1630 NF 5930 BOT 100 / 350 SoAf English VOA, ex 6080 SAO
1600-1700 NF 13820 DHA 250 / 045 WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio, ex 13590 KWT
1630-1700 NF 5930 BOT 100 / 350 SoAf English Sat/Sun VOA, ex 6080 SAO
1630-1700 on 11910 SAO 100 / 138 SDN English SoSudan M-F VOA, ex MEY
1630-1700 on 17655 WOF 250 / 165 CSAf Portuguese Fri VOA, ex SMG
1700-1730 NF 5930 SAO 100 / 020 CeAf English Sat/Sun VOA, ex 6080 MEY
1700-1730 on 15180 SAO 100 / 100 SoAf Kirundi VOA, additional
1700-1800 NF 5890 LAM 100 / 088 WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio, ex 5885 KWT
1700-1800 NF 7435 UDO 250 / 305 WeAs Kurdish VOA, ex 7485
1730-1800 NF 5930 SAO 100 / 020 CeAf English VOA, ex 6080 MEY
1730-1800 NF 11610 WOF 300 / 126 EaAf Oromo Mon-Fri VOA, ex 15330 SAO
1730-1800 NF 15660 SAO 100 / 076 EaAf Oromo Mon-Fri VOA, ex 15640 WOF
1800-1900 NF 5890 LAM 100 / 088 WeAs Pashto Deewa Radio, ex 5885 KWT
1800-1900 NF 11610 WOF 300 / 126 EaAf Amharic VOA, ex 15330
1800-1900 NF 15660 WOF 300 / 120 EaAf Amharic VOA, ex 15640
1830-1900 NF 6180 SAO 100 / 100 CeAf French VOA, ex 17530
1830-1900 NF 11870 ASC 250 / 090 SoAf Kirundi M-F VOA, ex 11780 MEY
1900-1930 NF 6180 SAO 100 / 114 CeAf French VOA, ex 17530
1900-1930 NF 11610 WOF 300 / 126 EaAf Tigrinya Mon-Fri VOA, ex 15640
1900-1930 on 11720 SAO 100 / 076 EaAf Tigrinya Mon-Fri VOA, ex BOT
1900-1930 NF 15660 SAO 100 / 076 EaAf Tigrinya M-F VOA, ex 15330 BOT
1900-2100 on 7485 PHT 250 / 021 EaAs Korean VOA, ex TIN
1930-2000 NF 11870 BOT 100 / 350 SoAf Kirundi Mon-Fri VOA, ex 11780
2100-2130 on 9490 DHA 250 / 240 WeAf French Mon-Fri VOA, ex KWT
2100-2130 on 9740 WOF 250 / 165 WCAf French Mon-Fri VOA, ex SMG
2330-0030 NF 7410 UDO 250 / 276 SEAs Burmese VOA, ex 7440
??????????? ?? Observer ? 1:50 PM March 30 (via DXLD)
** U S A [non]. 15180, March 31 at 1430, YL in SW/C Asian service? at
S2-S4 but one of few signals on band. HFCC A-19 shows it`s IBB in
Uzbek this hour, 300 kW, 80 degrees from Woofferton UK, i.e. Radio
Liberty (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15730, April 2 at 1950, S9 open carrier, Greenville-B
warming up for 2000 VOA French on same. Unlike B-18, in A-19 there is
no VOA broadcast from another site just before this, so no need for a
warmup on 15740 instead. Sked is now 2000-2030 daily in French, plus
2030-2100 Sun in French, Sat in Hausa. 17530 GB is already running in
French from 1930 daily until 2030 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1974 MONITORING: 7780, WRMI at 0100
with Glenn Hauser's “World of Radio” - Fair to Good with fading Mar 26
[UT Tue] – World of Radio replaces Radio IBC (Italian Broadcasting
Corporation) at this hour (Mark Coady, ODXA iog via DXLD)
WORLD OF RADIO 1974 monitoring: confirmed Tuesday March 26 at 2030 on
WRMI 7780, JBA. It`s unclear when 1975 will be ready: see my notice
atop (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
WORLD OF RADIO 1974 monitoring: Manuel Méndez, Spain, reports: ``6190,
Hamburger LokalRadio, Goehren, *0700-0800, 30-03, English, ID
“Hamburger LokalRadio”, programs “Media Network Plus and “World of
Radio”. 25322``
Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, reports: ``GERMANY, Reception of World of Radio
via HLR on 6190 CUSB, March 30, Edition 1974, instead of 1975, due to
medical distraxions of Glenn Hauser
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/03/reception-of-world-of-radio-via-hlr-on_30.html
0731-0800 6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg CeEu English Sat, fair signal
0631-0700 6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg CeEu English Sat, from April 8``
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1975 monitoring: not confirmed,
Saturday March 30 at 1531 on HLR 9485-CUSB; monitoring via UTwente,
inaudible, altho earlier circa 1520 I thought I heard a trace of Keith
Perron during MN+.
Confirmed Sat Mar 30 at 2100 on WRMI 9955, poor S4-S5; also confirmed
UT Sun Mar 31 at 0030 on WRMI 7730, very good. Also confirmed UT Sun
Mar 31 at 0318 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, S9+20, about 3 minutes in so
started close to nominal 0315 this week. Next:
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780
0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955
0930 UT Monday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW
1800 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania [ex-1900]
0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 7730
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780
0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [2 editions]
2030 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5950
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v
0000 UT Thursday WRMI 7730
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780
0930 UT Friday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW
[it is unclear when 1976 will start airing, as 1975 has unavoidably
begun 4 days late; stations please replay latest available edition
if necessary]
WORLD OF RADIO 1975 monitoring: Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, reports:
``GERMANY, Reception of World of Radio via HLR on
7265 CUSB, March 31
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/04/reception-of-world-of-radio-via-hlr-on.html
1031-1100 on 7265 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu English Sun, weak``
Confirmed Sunday March 31 at 2130 on WRMI 7780, poor S5-S7.
Also confirmed UT Monday April 1 at 0130 on WRMI 9395, VG S9+20 (and
still not on 5950).
Also confirmed UT Monday April 1 after 0230 on WRMI 7780, fair
S9/+10.
Also confirmed UT Monday April 1 from 0301 on Area 51 webcast; and at
0323 on WBCQ 5130.41, VP and not // 3264.9.
Also confirmed UT Monday April 1 at 0330 on WRMI 9955, JBA. Next:
Oops, missed checking new time 1800 Monday April 1 on IRRS 7290
Romania; but another SWL program VG via UTwente at 1840
0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 7730
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780
0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [2 editions]
2030 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5950
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v
0000 UT Thursday WRMI 7730
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780
0930 UT Friday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9395, WRMI at 0130 with Glenn Hauser's “World of Radio” - Good Apr 1
[UT Mon] – Nice to see Glenn is taking care of his health and is
somewhat back on schedule doing what he loves to do (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)
WORLD OF RADIO 1975 monitoring: confirmed UT Tuesday April 2 at 0030
on WRMI 7730, VG; also at 0100 on 7780, S9/+10, F-G. Next:
2030 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5950
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v
0000 UT Thursday WRMI 7730
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780
0930 UT Friday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW
WORLD OF RADIO 1975 confirmed, Tuesday April 2 at 2030 on WRMI 7780,
VP S4. Next:
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5950
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v
0000 UT Thursday WRMI 7730
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780
0930 UT Friday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW
[it is unclear when 1976 will start airing, as 1975 has unavoidably
begun 4 days late; stations please replay latest available edition
if necessary. Hopefully by Friday April 5]
WORLD OF RADIO 1975 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday April 3 at 2100 on
WRMI 9955, S8-S9; and 4 seconds later on WBCQ 7490.15v, S3-S5.
Missed checking UT Thu April 4 at 0000 on WRMI 7730 while I was at a
planetarium show by Northern Oklahoma College; confirmed at 0125 UT
Thu April 4 the 0100 on WRMI 7780, fair-poor.
WORLD OF RADIO 1976 contents: Antarctica, Australia, Brasil, Colombia,
Congo DR, Cuba/China, Germany, Iran, Japan and non, Korea North non,
Madagascar, Mali, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Poland,
Sikkim, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Suriname, Turkey,
Ukraine, USA, Zambia; and the propagation outlook
Ready for first airings Saturday April 6; it seems our cycle will be
Saturday to Friday for a while, so the freshest material will be heard
on weekends.
0629 UT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany [ex-0729]
1000 UT Saturday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [April 13, alt weeks]
1130 UT Saturday WRMI 9955
1431 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany [ex-1531]
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2100 UT Saturday WRMI 9955
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7730
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315]
0830 UT Sunday WRMI 5850 5950 7730
1030 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780
0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955
0930 UT Monday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW
1800 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania
0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 7730
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780
0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [2 editions]
2030 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5950
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v
0000 UT Thursday WRMI 7730
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780
0930 UT Friday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW
Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ:
** U S A. WBCQ Superstation in the news!
260 foot tower antenna in Monticello nearing completion
The skyline in Monticello looks a lot different now. A 260 foot tower
that will be soon be home to one of the largest short wave radio
stations in the world is nearing completion. News Source 8's Ashley
Blackford has the story.
https://www.wagmtv.com/content/news/260-foot-tower-antenna-in-Monticello-nearing-completion-507864781.html?
(via Artie Bigley, OH, DXLD) interview with Allan Weiner
WBCQ audio archives --- I'm transitioning the WBCQ archives from the
splatterbox server to the Internet Archive at http://www.archive.org
Eventually the splatterbox server's audio archive will go away and
most of the context will be put on archive.org.
The first set of audio I've posted here is for Allan Weiner Worldwide.
The URL for the collection is:
https://archive.org/details/@splatterbox3200
Eventually I'll arrange this space into "collections" for each radio
show. Cheers, Lw (Larry Will, March 31, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
5130.48v, March 27 at 0208, WBCQ is on with dead air, no ham show
audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
7490.15, UT Sat March 30 at 0050, WBCQ is playing a lot of music, DJ
Larry Will, Jane, et al., so is it really called Allan Weiner
Worldwide? Live timechex, said would go off at 0100 and continue on
3265 ---- but 7490 did not cut off until 0113* after more
music. John Carver files his fuller report:
``Tonight's show started at 0001 after an audio clip from One Flew
Over the Cuckoos Nest. No voice overs during the theme song, then a
clip of Allan flying off the handle about moonbats then into music
which told me that Larry and Jane Will were doing the show this
evening. Larry said that Allan and Angela were off on super, secret
business for the station. Some talk of this week's special HAARP
broadcasts, then a short description of what HAARP was and consisted
of. Then a synopsis of all of the conspiracy theories involving HAARP.
Some more music.
Then some talk of Ken Nordine and playing one of his bits from the
record collection from the old WXM. A refreshing change from last
week`s Gloom and Doom show. A brief rundown about 3265 and the birth
of the Falling Star Network. Said that Monday thru Friday 0100 to 0500
the programming came from Area 51 and Area 51 programmers. Said they
are still running low power during this testing period and are still
experimenting with different antenna systems though no technical
details included.
Phone call at 0049 from Ramsey then into more music. Program was off
the air at 0100. John, Mid-North Indiana`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
7490.15v, UT Mon April 1 at 0045, sacred choral music, S9+10 on
`Encore` from Radio Tumbril via WBCQ. Brice Avery in Edinburgh is
disappointed in lack of listener response to his new WBCQ broadcasts,
in the form of QSL requests. Lack of any listing on the outdated WBCQ
program schedule, nor any publicity on its website, surely do not
help. Still showing for UT Mon 00-01 on 7490 is `Shoot the Darn
Messenger`. He welcomes music requests and has had much better
response to broadcasts via Channel 292 in Germany. Let`s show him some
support! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1976, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Area 51 webcast flowed on, UT Mon Apr 1 at 0400 after HRI and WBCQ
5130v presumably closed down --- with `Church of the Subgenius Hour of
Slack`, reveling in how many F-bombs could be exploded since it is on
internet only. I had thought that show was a bit more erudite (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. From the Isle of Music, April 7-13, 2019:
In honor of their current tour of the United States, we are
rebroadcasting our interview (plus music) with Cimafunk, the new Funk
sensation from Cuba. In the second half of the episode, we listen to
music from some of the entries in the Fusion category of Cubadisco
2018. The broadcasts take place:
1. For Eastern Europe but audible well beyond the target area in most
of the Eastern Hemisphere (including parts of East Asia and Oceania)
with 100Kw, Sunday 1500-1600 UTC on SpaceLine, 9400 KHz, from Sofia,
Bulgaria (1800-1900 MSK) Station website: www.spaceline.bg
2. For the Americas and parts of Europe, Tuesday 0000-0100 UTC (New
UTC) on WBCQ, 7490 KHz from Monticello, ME, USA (Monday 8-9PM EDT in
the US). Station website: www.wbcq.com
3 & 4. For Europe and sometimes beyond, Tuesday 1900-2000 UTC and
Saturday 1200-1300 UTC on Channel 292, 6070 KHz from Rohrbach,
Germany. Station website: www.channel292.de
Uncle Bill’s Melting Pot, April 7 and 9, 2019: Música dominicana
Episode 107 is dedicated to the music of the Dominican Republic,
including José Fermin Ceballos, Las Chicas del Can and Milly y Jocelyn
& Los Vecinos. The transmissions take place:
1. Sundays 2200-2230 UT (6:00PM -6:30PM Eastern US) on WBCQ The Planet
7490 KHz from the US to the Americas and parts of Europe
2. Tuesdays 2000-2030 UTC on Channel 292, 6070 KHz from Rohrbach,
Germany for Europe. Also recommended:
Marion’s Attic, a unique program produced and hosted by Marion Webster
featuring early 20th Century records, Edison cylinders etc played on
the original equipment, comes on immediately before UBMP on Sundays
from 2100-2200 UT on WBCQ 7490 Khz (William "Bill" Tilford,
Owner/Producer, Tilford Productions, LLC, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI:
** U S A. 9955, WRMI Radio Miami Int’l (presumed); 1416-1421+, 3/23;
Religi-huxter Terry Blalock (presumed) with 34 huxtergasms in 5
minutes! SIO=3+53 fady (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B +
185' RW, ---- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time.
----, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
WRMI 7780: From my recording last Sunday evening, 31 March - 1 April
UT (weak signal for the first hour or so; reception improved
significantly later):
2015 Viva Miami (Jeff talks to Tracy Williams (?) about SWLing in the
studio at Okeechobee; repeat)
2030 Reserve Military Retirement
2100 Wavescan (#527)
2130 World of Radio (#1975)
2200 Bob Biermann's Your Weekend Show
2300 Full Gospel Broadcast (tape bleed-through echo on screams)
2330 Shortwave Radiogram (#93)
0000 Radio Slovakia International in Slovak
0030 Radio Slovakia International in English
0100 Wavescan (#527)
0130 Through the Cross Ministry with Pastor Chuck
0200 Radio Prague in English
(-- Richard Langley, WOR iog via DXLD)
9955, Monday April 1 at 2140, Radio Free Grenada ID for 15105 kHz!
It`s featured on `La Rosa de Tokio` this week via WRMI; later
discusses Radio Swan. This show and `Historias de Radio` provide
a *lot* of historical SW info with clips (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
At 0131 UT Tue April 2, Peter Hansen in FL reported to the WOR io
group: ``No Argentina on 9395 tonight --- Argentina not on tonight,
religion instead, Peace with God. No Albania at 0130 either, more
religion. Peter W Hansen``
Could the relay contract have expired? So I check the confusing WRMI
skedgrids. RAE English at 01 and all the other languages are still
showing as before. Further monitoring: April 2 at 2115, 7780 is poor
in RAE German; 9395 S9 with song in Spanish, 2118 sports report in RAE
Italian.
9395, UT Wed April 3 at 0059 tune-in, double-audio! from WRMI: gospel
huxter in English runs thru hourtop as `Hope for the Heart`, show
title? while audible underneath is WRMI ID and 0100 RAE multi-lingual
crutch filler, 0102 sign-on in English --- just as QRM stops since
it`s from a different transmitter! cutting off the air, clearing 9395
for RAE only; 0118 another multi-ling ID spiel. It`s hard to imagine
any other US station on 9395 by mistake, rather WRMI QRMing itself.
Searching WRMI skedgrids, no hits on Hope or Heart.
9395, UT Wed April 3 at 0142 check, R. Tirana relay, Klara confirmed
still on WRMI, S9+10, tho missing yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 5800, April 2 at 0623, OM solo song, VP S4-S5, need LSB
to avoid ute QRM plus. No legit broadcasters scheduled here except:
Guess what ---- now registered in Jeff`s A-19 HFCC is WRMI available
24 hours on 5800 via 181 degree Cuban antenna; but surely not this
now, far too weak. Nor is it a Cuban spur as one must always
consider.
Checking full HFCC, 5800 and 11580 24h are the only RMI listings not
(yet?) in use, but most current frequencies are registered beyond
their axual hours.
However, Free Radio Service Holland publicized activity as of March 31
on 5800 i.a., but not mentioned at this specific time. Here`s what
FRSH says:
http://www.frsholland.nl/20-latest-news/129-frs-holland-on-air-on-sunday-march-31st-2019.html
So it could well be some other Europirate now.
5800, April 3 at 1305, JBA carrier, nothing listed. Certainly not
Europirate at this hour; something E Asian? Or WRMI? (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1976, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes, WRMI lowpower test
SMTV challenge --- Whenever I tune across Supreme Master TV on one of
its WRMI frequencies, I find it incomprehensible, boring, or
time-wasting with its cable channel lineup in Mongolia, etc.
But is there any meat, and in English? I challenge WOR iogroupies to
stick with it for 30, even 60 minutes and report the content --
summarize, not word for word of course, and offer your opinion about
its value (Glenn Hauser, April 2, WOR iog via DXLD)
Hi Glenn, Here is a link to their program schedule:
http://suprememastertv.com/en1/schedule/
It seems they have a 4 hour block of programs for the day that they
repeat 6 times. Some days no English, today 2 hours (Peter W Hansen,
FL, ibid.)
With no specific times, durations or frequencies. That was the *only*
reply to my Challenge, which says loads about SMTV; of course, I offer
no prizes for doing so (gh)
OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHER:
** U S A. 7505v, March 27 at 0213, no signal from WRNO, which reminds
me I have not heard it either for a few nights now.
7505v, March 28 at 0100, WRNO is back on after a few nights? off, S9
but just barely modulated. March 29 at 0125, now it`s VG S9+10/20 with
fully modulated gospel huxter; 0522 hymn at S9+20 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
7505.021, WRNO, seemingly "Grace for Today" at 0828 UT on March 31,
S=7 here in Germany and Belgium, signal heard up to remote SDR at
Moscow Russia (Wolfgang Bueschel, March 31, dxldyg via DXLD) i.e.
still in Chinese?
7505v, April 1 at 0541, WRNO is S5-S9 of dead air; in Chinese or
English? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST
** U S A. 5050, April 1 at 0050, WWRB reactivated on A-frequency with
politico-gospel huxters at S9+40. Likely the only frequency in use, no
more 3185 or 3215; unless some Ugandans give it another try [on 15240]
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1976, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5890, April 2 at 0622, S9+40/50 of dead air, obviously WWCR
transmitter normally off at this time; equivalent level to 5935 with
DGS modulation. What of the other two? 4840 at 0630 is also dead air
of S9+30, instead of Alex Jones? (who has admitted he is psychotic) -
-- no, scheduled InfoWars until 0600, then TOMBS here too; 3215 at
0633 is S9+20 with double-audio! at about equal level: TOMBS and
something mentioning 1-800-VENUSLIVE (?). Both are on both LSB and
USB; the least WWCR could do would be to separate them sidebandedly.
Own WWCR program sked dated April 1 shows 3215 is supposed to be OFF
the air at 05-09! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5830, April 2 at 1956, WTWW-1 night frequency with music
after found missing from day frequency 9475; no doubt Ted failed to
make the QSY yet again this morning (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 15555-USB, April 3 at 1441, piano hymn, music unusual on
WJHR Milton FL, but soon back to gospel huxtering. Poor signal, but
would you believe this 1 kW PEP is among the best on band, better than
100 kWs but JBA 15770 SMTV WRMI, and JBA carrier 15825 WWCR? Cubans
also very weak. WJHR rarely audible at all. Narrow HF sporadic E
boost? Maybe, but none showing on 10m DX map (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15115-15120-15125, April 3 at 1442, WINB hybrid DRM on new
frequency, ex-13750-13755-13760, but VP propagation. As always, DRM
noise on top half only, some kind of secret data beepery (HF trading?)
on bottom half. At least that distinguishes it from Voice of Nigeria,
which also uses 15120 for full DRM normally after 1800, but has also
shown up here much earlier in AM or DRM. I can hardly wait for a head
-on DRM collision (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1976, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
New WINB DRM sked on 15120 is: M-F 11-17; which could overlap with DRM
from Nigeria, as reported by Ivo Ivanov earlier:
[non] Reception of Voice of Nigeria in DRM mode, March 26
1600-1615 on 15119.9 AJA 250 kW / 007 deg to NoAf Arabic DRM
1615-1630 on 15119.9 AJA 250 kW / 007 deg to NoAf Igbo DRM
1630-1900 on 15119.9 AJA 250 kW / 007 deg to NoAf English DRM
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/03/reception-of-voice-of-nigeria-in-drm.html
(Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1976, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 17774.990, April 4 at 1408, absolutely no signal from KVOH
if it opened at 1400, or totally not propagating, as usually inaudible
before noon here. By 1852 it`s S7-S8 poor in music, but the OSOB!
Built up to S9 of Spanish praise music by 1952 when I measure it: old
transmitter was put on 17774.989, so I suspect this is still it,
unless they have managed to tune replacement to the same offset? How
about that, Ray Robinson? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Don't tune in to harmful broadcasts - FCC's O'Reilly
https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-356868A1.pdf
(via Benn Kobb, April 4, DXLD)
I.e. pirates, request from Commissioner O`Rielly sent to several US
Reps from the NYC area urging them to discourage pirate radio and even
help FCC bust `em (gh, DXLD)
** UZBEKISTAN. Radio Menschen & Geschichten on March 31
1700-1800 on 7595 AM and probably
1830-1930 on 7595 DRM mode, please check
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, WOR iog via DXLD)
Probably from RRTM RED Telecom Tashkent Uzbekistan broadcast center,
heard Radio Menschen & Geschichten on March 31 at 1720 UT with an
average strength S=9+40dB POWERHOUSE over all Europe, Moscow, Finland,
Friesland, Holland, Bavaria, Italy, Hungary, all loud and clear S=9+40
... +45dB, well audio quality modulated.
in AM Mode, German hobby program on 'FM commercials'
in 1952 of Hessischer Rundfunk radio program on FM
"UKW heisst reiner Klang", .... ich tue dem Mann den Willen, funny
Torrero Hut Werber U.K. Willy visits the Hessia cities / town halls.
sehr kurzweilige Werbe Schnipsel ...
73 (wolfgang df5sx bueschel, DXLD)
UZBEKISTAN, Christian, mir hat Deine Sendung Spaß gemacht.
.... und um 1750 UT den Bericht über die ehemalige WERAG in Köln, dem
Rundfunk-füll-sender zum Langenberg-Sender im Westen Deutschlands
unter der britischen Besatzung. Alexander Henseler interview, Radio
Museum Köln Planung, Fritz-Encke-Volkspark, in Raderthal.
Heute wohnt im Haus eine bulgarische Familie.
https://radiomuseuminsfunkhaus.de/
1800:05 UT Cologne dialect song, Black Foess group
1803:48 Christian Milling Verabschiedung, bis zur nächsten Sendung
am 28. April.
1803:56 UT Ende mit den Carillion_Gloeckchen bis 1804:15 UT,
TX Tashkent switch OFF at 1804:30 UT
(only DRM mode nearby of AIR India on 7550 kHz, S=9+45dB here in
Germany at 18.05 UT.) 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Bueschel, ibid.)
** VATICAN. 11830, 31/Mar 1358, VATICAN (?) Vatican Radio. Mass
celebrated by the Pope. Excellent signal from SDR Maalahti, Finland.
Special transmission? (Jorge Freitas, My Blog:
https://dxlogfreitas.blogspot.com/
Feira de Santana Bahia 12°14´S 38°58´W - Brasil, Tecsun PL-310ET,
Antenna Delta Loop, WOR iog via DXLD)
11830, Vatican Radio --- Yes, a special, announced as 1315-1515 and
live coverage from the Pope's trip to Morocco. They did special
broadcasts in Arabic during his recent visit in the Middle East as
well.
By the way, it is interesting to note how much of the remaining own
programming at Santa Maria di Galeria is liturgy now. In other words,
how small the number of remaining editorial broadcasts is. Their
withdrawal from this distribution platform not really stopped a year
ago, with the fall of Monsignore Viganò (Kai Ludwig, ibid.)
** ZAMBIA. 5915, Zambia NBC, Radio 1, 1755-1822, 25-03, vernacular, at
1800 English, ID “Zambia Broadcasting Corporation” news in English at
1817 “This is the end of the news, good evening”, advertisements in
English and vernacular comments. 24322. Also 1735-1804, 27-03,
vernacular comments. 14321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Log in Lugo,
Fiol and Reinante, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via
DXLD)
5915, R. One/ZNBC1. On March 26, tuned in at 0106 UT, to find them
already broadcasting; decent reception; phone in segment in vernacular
and pop African singing; 0247-0250, just carrier, with hum; 0250-0255,
African fish eagle IS; still on the air at 0417. Attached African
music (Ron Howard, CA, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1976, DXLD)
Hi Ron, I know you have heard them as early as 0141, now, thanks to a
sleepless night it seems to me that ZNBC1 may have changed to 24H, at
least in the short term. More monitoring needed. I don't recall ever
hearing them beyond 1 a.m. (local) or 2300 UT, but I'm not normally
listening at that time. Bill.
5915, ZNBC1, Lusaka. Mar 25, 2019 Monday 2125-2159 Afro music
phone-in. Good. Jo’burg sunset 1613.
5915, ZNBC1, Lusaka. Mar 26, 2019 Tuesday 2200-0100 Fish Eagles at
2200 (local midnight) with ID “Zambia National Broadcasting
Corporation ... Radio 1’’. Music continues but no phone in. At 2230 YL
with monologue, mentions “John Chapter 8”. Several more mentions of
“Chapter 8” and “Zambia” at 2243. ”Amen” at 2252 then OM with
religious-sounding song. Back to music at 2255, ID “Radio 1” at 2255,
“ZNBC Radio 1” at 2257, then monologue by OM. He listed several towns,
phone numbers and Gmail addresses. Music at 2320, but fading now,
getting unreadable. Still finding a carrier at 0100 (0300 local).
Good till 2254 then began to fade out. Unreadable by 2340, but carrier
still present. Jo’burg sunrise 0414.
5915, ZNBC1, Lusaka. Mar 26, 2019 Tuesday 0400-0405 Talk and music.
Fair-good. Jo’burg sunrise 0414 (Bill Bingham, Jo'burg, RSA. Drake
R8E, Sony ICF 2001D, WOR iog via DXLD)
Hi Bill - Am enjoying the return of Zambia. Ron (California)
5915, ZBC at 2310 UT March 26 in Language (?) playing songs like
"Mzimu Wa Soldier" by Lucius Banda followed by talk (almost shouting
or angry). Fair to Good (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Rx:
Perseus SDR, Ant: Wellbrook ALA 100 loop, WOR iog via DXLD)
5915, Zambia NBC, Radio 1, 1753-1805, 01-04, vernacular, comments, at
1800 English, news. 14311. Also 0415-0455, 02-04, vernacular comments,
African songs. 15321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs Friol, Tecsun
S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD)
5915, R. One/ZNBC1, on April 4, from 0215-0254, with non-stop phone
conversations in vernacular; 0254-0315, with Christian hymns and
religious music (organ, etc.). Researching the web, found that the
official religion of Zambia is Christianity and that David Livingstone
(explorer, Christian missionary, etc.) helped spread the religion in
this area of Africa (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1,
antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD)
ZNBC1 24x7 --- Hi. I checked with our chief engineer in Zambia, who in
turn spoke to the technical staff at ZNBC. They have confirmed that
ZNBC1 is now running 24 hours on 5915 kHz (until the next breakdown or
power outage!).(Ray Robinson, Voice of Hope, April 5, WOR iog via
WORLD OF RADIO 1976, DXLD)
Thanks very much, Ray. Nice to have our suspicions confirmed without
staying up all night! (Bill Bingham, Jo'burg, RSA. WOR iog via DXLD)
** ZANZIBAR. 6015, ZBC (Dole). *0327-0400+ 25 March. Abrupt opening,
mid-chat in Swahili, short 'live' speech with commentary after 0345,
possibly ads around 0355, then nice long drumming bridge just before
TOH, followed by pips (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas, CA, Eton/Grundig
"Executive Satellit"/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
6015, ZBC Radio. On March 26, suddenly on at *0329:24 UT (Ron Howard,
CA, WOR iog via DXLD)
TANZANIA, 6015. Mar 31, 2019. 0428-0438, Zanzibar Broadcasting
Corporation, Dole, in Swahili. Female announcer talks news,
presumably; 0435 ID and male voice talks news and ID two times. It´s
my best log of Zanzibar BC in last time, with good signal and
modulation, 45444 (JRX_Jose Ronaldo Xavier, SWARL Callsign PR7036SWL,
RX Logs: Sunday, March 31, 2019, Receiver (s): Degen DE1103 & Tecsun
S-2000, Antenna: Longwire made by myself, Cabedelo, Brazil, WOR iog
via DXLD)
UNIDENTIFIED. 4774.975, March 31 after 0600, romantic? song at S7 vs
double-CODAR swooshes. I seldom pull any modulation here. First
thought is Brasil or Perú which insist on colliding with each other;
but if you believe Aoki sked, neither would be on between 04 & 07.
Instead, TWR English is on 4775 until 0700 --- but Manzini sunrise was
already at 0403 today, surely too late for them. So I refine the
frequency (and maybe there is a second carrier almost the same), which
points to S America. I found one report of TWR only 8 Hz low, while
here`s a typical comparison of Brasil and Perú by Carlos Gonçalves
from June 2016y: ``PERU 4774.946 R. Tarma, Tarma, 2232-2240, 02/6,
canções índias; 34433, QRM do Brasil [Congonhas] em 4774.914`` (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also BRAZIL, and PERU
UNIDENTIFIED. 4810, April 2 at 0630, steady weak carrier here, vs
utehash on plus side. Aoki thinx R. Logos, Perú runs 0900-2400 only;
EiBi B-18 shows 1000-1300 & 2300-0226. WRTH 2019 is noncommittal as to
hours. Could also be a ute (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 5110, (Location Unknown), Unidentified OTHR 0930. Over
horizon radar pulses in steady stream (unusual) of a type otherwise
commonly heard. Continued well after 1000 but cutout time unknown (due
to my tuning out). Wide swath of band, from 5105 to 5115 (sometimes
splattering to 5120+) - Mar 25 (Rick Barton, Arizona SW Logs, Satellit
205(T.5000), SW-2000629, ATS-909X, with various outdoor wires. 73 and
Good Listening....! -rb, WOR iog via DXLD)
UNIDENTIFIED. 5845-5850-5855, March 26 at 0552, DRM noise at S5,
sounds about the same as 5940 RRI; WRMI is the only 5850 station
anywhen in Jeff`s HFCC, available at this hour but has not been using
it. Possibly another special for the DRM GTG on Mallorca today, from
Okee? I don`t think WRMI has ever really run DRM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDentified. Music station from 0830 on 6115 kHz, fair -- 73! (Ivo
Ivanov, Bulgaria, 0854 April 1, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. UNKNOWNIA: 11955, *1930:50-2000:02*, 3/22; On abruptly
but only mumblage in the QRN; 1938 improved to “can-tell-it’s-English”
with droning (almost robo) religihuxter; 1944 better peaks, O=2; 1957
fell off a bit; 1959 mentioned “Living Water”--possible program name?
(Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ---- All logged
by my ears, on my receiver, in real time. ----, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
RE UNKNOWNIA {probably MBR Nauen Germany mis-frequency switch on March
22} {I checked for this following days and heard nothing - gh}
B-18 AWR Nauen Germany, 210degr azimuth.
7205 1930-2000 37,38W 320100 210 216 1234567 NAU 125 AWR Tachelhit
A-19 AWR Nauen Germany
11955 1930-2000 37,38W 320100 210 216 1234567 NAU 125 AWR Tachelhit
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 28) (BC-DX 31 March via DXLD)
UNIDENTIFIED. 12031, March 27 at 1437, approx. peak of extremely
distorted blob at S5-S6; ``modulation`` cadence of some talk but
totally unreadable; compared to RHC and Martí frequencies, but NO
match. 12050 is a JBA carrier, presumably WEWN Spanish which unseems
source, but if so is putting most of its power out here.
12031 blob is still there at 2024 March 27 and now QRMing 12030 Spain
when tuned to LSB. 12050 has two weak signals presumably WEWN and
Ascension. So it`s on long hours and propagating, but not heard later
in afternoon, evening.
12031v blob is still2 there at 1452 March 28 before Spain is on
weekdays. FM mode tuning makes it sound a bit more like speech,
totally unreadable past 1500 and again not matching OCB or RHC.
12031 blob extends up to 12040, March 29 at 1418, QRMing TURKEY
12035.7. (12050 WEWN is VP but sounds OK) (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF
RADIO 1975, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
12031, March 30 at 1606 check, the extremely distorted spurblob is
finally gone, no QRM to SPAIN. I had been hearing it at various times
every day March 26-27-28-29. We may never know what it was (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS
++++++++++++++++++++++++
Thanks to everyone who wished me well. I am feeling better now. Some
medical issues still have to be dealt with in next few weeks, so will
probably still be running behind my (self-imposed) ``schedule`` of
DXLD and WOR produxion. And thanks also to everyone who keep us up to
date with DX developments on the WOR iog. 73, (Glenn, April 1, WOR iog
via DXLD) Each and every wish appreciated but will not quote all here
ACKNOWLEDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 1976:
Thanks to Steve McGreevy, CA for a generous contribution via PayPal to
woradio at yahoo.com
TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED FUTURELY:
Thanks to Chuck Ermatinger for two more contributions via PayPal
Thanks to Jeff Murri for another contribution via PayPal
Dear Mr Hauser, I listen to your broadcast `World of Radio` via WRN on
the Astra satellite 18 degrees East. I can receive it via WRMI too,
but the signal is not every time good enough to make a recording. As
English is not my mother tongue, I have to listen several times to the
broadcast to get all of the informations. I really appreciate your
work for shortwave listeners worldwide. I therefore send you [some
Euro notes] to support your effort. Yours sincerely (Arnold Heiles,
March 27, Heinerscheid, Luxembourg, in a letter with a Lux. stamp
commemorating Miami University) Hmm, banknotes may have to remove
UKOGBANI from their maps (gh)
Thanks to Ron Howard for a check in US funds on a US bank to Glenn
Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702. along with a map showing Asilomar
State Beach, part of Pacific Grove, on the Monterey Peninsula, his
favorite DXing location; letter with a Liberty Ship stamp
PUBLICATIONS
++++++++++++
AOKI NDXC A19
http://ndxc.starfree.jp/
http://www1.s2.starcat.ne.jp/ndxc/
The prepared links are now active:
http://www1.s2.starcat.ne.jp/ndxc/pc/ad/userlist1.txt
http://www1.s2.starcat.ne.jp/ndxc/pc/ad/nxa19.zip
(roger, WOR iog via DXLD)
GRAL
A new Facebook page called “GRAL Gruppo Radiosacolto Liguria” (A DX
club of Italy which ceased to exist about 15 years ago) has recently
appeared. It is about DXing and shortwave listening with most of
written contents in Italian and photos from the golden era of
International shortwave broadcasting, including pennants and QSL
cards. Although it is focused on the past rather than on the latest
developments on the shortwave bands it deserves a visit. If you wish
to take a look at it, here is the web-address:
https://www.facebook.com/graliguria/
(March DX Fanzine via DXLD)
BROADCASTS IN ITALIAN
Aggiornata lista emittenti radiofoniche in lingua italiana -A19
Ciao a tutti gli amici del gruppo! Segnalo di avere aggiornato, la
lista emittenti radiofoniche in lingua italiana per il periodo A19 al
seguente URL:
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emittenti_radiofoniche_internazionali_in_lingua_italiana
73 da (Nino Marabello, Treviso, Italia, RX SONY ICF-SW7600G, Ant.: VHF
esterna orizzontale 230 gradi
https://acquamarina.blogspot.com
April 2 playdx yg via DXLD)
LANGUAGE LESSONS
++++++++++++++++
[Re: OKLAHOMA, gh`s log of WKY 930:] In the call letters of WKY, there
are no letters that are not "foreign" letters. [sic]
The 2010 ruling of the Royal Academy of the Spanish Language
establishes that modern Spanish has 27 letters in the alphabet,
including:
"W" as in "XEW" the most historically significant station in Mexico.
Pronounced "doble-oou" or "doble-ve" depending on the country, with
both used in PR.
"Y" as in "XEOY" the famous Radio Mil and in the word "oye" which is
what we do when we listen. "Yey" in some places, "eey-gree-yega" in
others.
"K" as in "XENK", calls of the 620 station in CDMX that go back 60
years or so. Or as in the now-correct spelling of "Kechua" the
language of the Andes and the Incas.
None are hard to pronounce or cumbersome. Real Academia list:
https://www.thoughtco.com/the-spanish-alphabet-3078115
(David Eduardo Gleason, La Quinta CC, WTFDA Forum via DXLD)
You must have meant, ``there are no letters that *are* "foreign"
letters.
I can hardly quibble with the RAE, but I was speaking traditionally,
when K and W were, if not foreign, the ``least native`` letters. DEG
may find exceptions, but in general you would not find them in real
Castilian words --- now they have to accept them with so many foreign
proper names, borrowed words and abominations like ``ke buena`` just
to be cute or distinctive. As for Y, if it is pure Spanish, why call
it Greek I? (BTW cursive Y in Greek is gamma -- should that be Greek
upsilon?). Yes, it helps to make it ``ye``. No matter how you
pronounce it in Spanish, or English, W is cumbersome from two to four
syllables.
It is hardly necessary to point out that all these letters are used in
Mexican and other callsigns. I would still like to hear WKY go all-in
as ``doble-u ka i-griega``. 73, (Guillermo Glenn Hauser, ibid.)
The regulators of the Spanish language in Spain (which is not to say
that they have total sway elsewhere) had a forced epiphany as
computers started taking over data processing.
Called "sorters" in the Spanish of Spain ("ordenador"), computers did
not sort so well on compound letters like Ch, Ll, and Rr. On the other
hand, they found way too many "W" and "K" characters, many introduced
by words adopted into the language or from names and last names that
contained them. In Spain, common names like "Iñaki" had to be dealt
with even if they were Basque or Catalan in origin.
So the insistence in alphabetizing, and, of course, sorting, based on
those complex characters was gradually replaced by the use of a more
standardized alphabet that included "k" and "w" as well as "ñ".
But the use of "W" and "K" goes much farther back, with a good example
being Juan Mackenna, one of the liberators of Chile back over 200
years!
And given names names like Karl and Washington go back at least 100
years in many countries, furthering the total familiarity and ease
with the usage of W and K (David Eduardo, April 7, ibid.)
When the Real Academia Española is involved, you know it's gonna get
thorny.
Foreign letters have carried some cachet to them in certain contexts —
they are cool and hip. The use of English outside the English-speaking
world is often associated with premium products and services.
But I also think it worth noting that there are also a lot of
indigenous languages in the Spanish-speaking world that make extensive
use of W and K, alongside other letters.
This leads to names of places (Tunkás, Yucatán), people, organizations
(Ojtakuarhu, A.C. —*XHCHIL-FM), station calls (XHBAK-FM, which was
initially owned by Comunicación Educativa y Cultural Bats'il K'op,
A.C.) and names (Radio Educación Señal Kukulkán) and entire peoples
(Wixárika) that include these letters. And that's just Mexico.
(Some indigenous languages also include unusual diphthongs, accented
variants of Latin letters like ï, and even ' as letters in their
written languages.) (Raymie Humbert, AZ, ibid.)
Of course, the indigenous languages often had no written form or, in
many cases, had pictograms rather than letters. Spelling in the
European language of the area was adapted to the sounds as opposed to
any written representation in a European type of alphabet.
Over the years, spelling have changed... much as the reforms in the
way Chinese is written in "our" Western alphabet. "Quechua" in Ecuador
is now properly spelled "Kechua"... although the spoken language has
not changed other than assimilating the usual assortment of technical
and contemporary terms. One of my stations in Quito ran programming in
Quechua and it was interesting how many terms from that language were
part of everyday Ecuadorian Spanish.
The RAE, like any "maximum authority", tends to be resistant to rapid
change, but in the last few decades it has been much faster in
accepting usages as well as being less parochial about "Americanisms"
from the nations of Latin America. They still are rather sticky about
Anglicisms, whether British or from the US but that is more
nationalism than protection of the language, I think (David Eduardo
Gleason, La Quinta CA ibid.)
WORLD OF HOROLOGY
+++++++++++++++++
Marconi Day 2019
International Marconi Day will take place this year on 27th of April
when amateur radio stations will operate from various locations around
the world with historical connections to Marconi.
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2019/april/2019-marconi-day.htm
Amateur radios, point-to-point contacts, high-frequency wave
transfers, a mysterious yet attractive prize for the most connected
stations. All of this sounds like the beginning of a quirky yet
adorable B-movie. In reality, it is the essence of International
Marconi Day, a 24-hour amateur radio event which celebrates the career
of Italian wireless communications pioneer Guglielmo Marconi. The
event takes place annually on the Saturday closest to his birthday
(April 25, 1874).
To commemorate the Nobel laureate’s achievements, fans use HF radio to
make direct point-to-point contact between stations, relying on the
same technology Marconi developed and utilized in his time. Although
nowadays the Internet is the medium of choice for global
communications, the idea behind International Marconi Day is to keep
the spirit of invention alive. The event also provides an exciting
throwback to the days when a connected planet Earth was but a bold
dream and only a few exceptional people, such as Marconi, saw the
value in it.
https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/international-marconi-day/
Marconi proved the feasibility of radio communication. He sent and
received his first radio signal in Italy in 1895. By 1899 he flashed
the first wireless signal across the English Channel and two years
later received the letter "S", telegraphed from England to
Newfoundland. This was the first successful transatlantic
radiotelegraph message in 1902.
https://public.wsu.edu/~bryan.mclaughlin/Radio/Who_Invented_Radio.html
The debate about who invented radio remains interesting - this is from
Wiki:
"The invention of radio communication, although generally attributed
to Guglielmo Marconi in the 1890s, spanned many decades, from
theoretical underpinnings, through proof of the phenomenon's
existence, development of technical means, to its final use in
signalling.
The idea that the wires needed for electrical telegraphy could be
eliminated, creating a wireless telegraph, had been around for a while
before radio based communication. Inventors attempted to build systems
based on electric conduction, electromagnetic induction, or on their
own theoretical ideas. Several inventors/experimenters came across
radio waves before they were proven to exist but it was written off as
electromagnetic induction at the time.
The discovery of electromagnetic waves, including radio waves, by
Heinrich Rudolf Hertz in the 1880s came about after over a half
century theoretical development on the connection between electricity
and magnetism starting in the early 1800s and culminated in a theory
of electromagnetism developed by James Clerk Maxwell by 1873, which
Hertz finally proved.
The development of radio waves into a communication medium did not
follow immediately afterwards. After their discovery Hertz considered
them of little practical value and other experimenters who explored
the physical properties of the new phenomenon, such as Oliver Lodgeand
Jagadish Chandra Bose, while transmitting radio waves some distance,
did not seem to see any value in developing a communication system
based on them. In their experiments they did develop electronic
components and methods to improve the transmission and detection of
electromagnetic waves.
In the mid 1890s, building on techniques physicists were using to
study electromagnetic waves, Guglielmo Marconi developed the first
apparatus for long distance radio communication. On 23 December 1900,
the Canadian inventor Reginald A. Fessenden became the first person to
send audio (wireless telephony) by means of electromagnetic waves,
successfully transmitting over a distance of about 1.6 kilometers, and
six years later on Christmas Eve 1906 he became the first person to
make a public radio broadcast.
By 1910 these various wireless systems had come to be referred to by
the common name "radio"."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invention_of_radio
I should add that Nikola Tesla gave a public demonstration of the
wireless transmission of energy on March 1, 1893. He had created an
induction coil to transmit and receive radio signals. Years later
while he was preparing to transmit signals at a distance, so was
another inventor: Guglielmo Marconi. Tesla died in 1943 and six months
after his death the US Supreme Court ruled that all of Marconi's radio
patents were invalid and awarded the patents for radio to Tesla.
(via Mike Terry, April 1, WOR iog via DXLD) so much for Popov (gh)
CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
Dear friends, one more correction to this list. India Hamfest is
scheduled to November 8-10 (not October as mentioned earlier).
best 73's (Risto Vähäkainu, Finland, HCDX via DXLD)
MUSEA
+++++
New OLD HAUSER QSL FOR SALE:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/QSL-Radio-Nederland-Hilversum-1970-Bonaire-Antilles-Hauser-van-Delft-Cushen-DX-/223466732969?&_trksid=p2056016.m2516.l5255
(Artie Bigley, DXLD) The one with YT surrounded by a galaxy of other
DX Juke Box stars, hi (gh)
VOA museum hosting Golden Age of radio sound effects event
West Chester museum improving historic building to boost hours
Local News By Denise G. Callahan, Staff Writer
https://www.journal-news.com/news/west-chester-museum-improving-historic-building-boost-hours/MbvGvXI5RoMAhwaoMNFaPI/
WEST CHESTER [OHIO] -- The Voice of America Museum board has been
sprucing up the historic building and beefing up staff so the museum
can be open for business every weekend year-round and offer more to
patrons.
VOA Board Vice President Chris Wunnenberg said recently the main
exhibit hall has been remodeled, with new paint, carpet and tile laid
and air conditioning installed. Officials are working on wi-fi
capability for the entire VOA park and more.
He said the museum used to only be open one weekend per month, but
last year upped their hours to every weekend. He said they have begun
a partnership with Miami University professors "to improve the museum
exhibits and displays."
"We think if you come down on a regular basis you'll actually see
exhibits changing and the area improving," Wunnenberg said.
RELATED: West Chester museum renovation to honor VOA's worldwide
influence
The VOA-Bethany station transmitted VOA news to Europe during World
War II and South America during the Cold War. The Bethany station was
decommissioned by the federal government in 1994, after shortwave
radio technology was supplanted [sic] by television and satellite
technology.
Situated along Tylersville Road, the art deco-style museum and its
technology served as the main conduit for the United States to present
news, entertainment and educational programming from actual press
agencies to people worldwide seeking facts instead of state-fed
propaganda.
A unique event that centers on the Golden Age of radio is part of the
museum's coming programming. Cincinnati radio historian, WMKV producer
and sound effects artist Mike Martini, who is also president of the
National Voice of America's Museum of Broadcasting's Media Heritage
Collection, will present "Theater of the Mind: Sound Effects During
Radio's Golden Age" on Tuesday, April 9 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. [EDT =
2300-2430 UT]
Martini told the Journal-News he will "do a mini-radio show
re-creation" with some audience participation.
"I'll talk about the history of sound effects in radio, why it was
important, who were some of the big players," Martini said. "Then I
will demonstrate some of the more common effects and some of the more
unusual effects. I probably have 30 or 40 effects I'll bring out."
He said some of the effects used the past were real, like a door
slamming, but radio show producers created things like an elevator
door closing using metal roller skates.
The event is free -- donations are encouraged -- but seating is
limited. The VOA museum is open Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m.
[17-20 UT] at 8070 Tylersville Road. General admission is $5 for
adults and $1 for children (via Mike Cooper, DXLD)
DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DAB See NORWAY
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See also ARMENIA; AUSTRALIA; CHINA; EAST
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ TURKISTAN; INDIA; KUWAIT; ROMANIA; USA:
WINB/NIGERIA; UZBEKISTAN; UNID 5845-
GERMANY. Reception of The Mighty KBC via MBR Nauen, March 26
1000-1100 on 13670 NAU 100 kW / 210 deg to CeEu English DRM mode:
The broadcast is directed to DRM General Assembly Meeting in Spain
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/03/reception-of-mighty-kbc-in-drm-mode-via.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News March 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
NIGERIA. Reception of Voice of Nigeria in DRM mode, March 26
1600-1615 on 15119.9 AJA 250 kW / 007 deg to NoAf Arabic DRM
1615-1630 on 15119.9 AJA 250 kW / 007 deg to NoAf Igbo DRM
1630-1900 on 15119.9 AJA 250 kW / 007 deg to NoAf English DRM
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/03/reception-of-voice-of-nigeria-in-drm.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News March 26, WORLD OF RADIO 1976, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
This will collide with WINB DRM 15115-15120-15125, scheduled A-19
1100-1700 UT M-F (gh, ibid.)
UK. Reception of BBC World Service via ENC-DMS Woofferton, March 26
1200-1300 11780 WOF 100 kW / 158 deg CeEu English DRM, not WINB Radio
1500-1600 11790 WOF 100 kW / 158 deg CeEu English DRM, not WINB Radio
The broadcasts are directed to DRM General Assembly Meeting in Spain
Transmission via RED Telecom Tashkent on March 26 is not on air:
1430-1530 on 15640 TAC 100 kW / 301 deg to CeEu English DRM mode
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/03/reception-of-bbc-world-service-via-enc.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News March 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Digital Radio Mondiale (on Linux)
Finally got DRM working with DReaM software on Linux (using KiwiSDR
receiver near Norfolk England). Very healthy test signal from
Wooferton but unfortunately didn't worked out decoding in time. UT:
2045, 7550, General Overseas Service from All India Radio Bangalore in
English. News & Music
2130, 6030, Radio Romania International in English. News
0140, 3965, Radio France International in French
0736, 3965, Radio France International in French
0757, 11970 (11969.8) Radio Kuwait in English
0807, 11695 China National Radio in Chinese (KiwiSDR in China)
The hard bit was getting DReaM built on Linux. A fairly healthy signal
appears to be required - and loss of lock means complete loss of audio
accompanied by period of resync. Next to get working with Softrock HF
SDR (Martyn Jago, UK, March 28, WOR iog via DXLD)
DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV See also MEXICO
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
ATSC 3.0, OTA DTV vs CABLE, WEB
If only 10% watch OTA, that suggests that we may be reaching the point
where the television broadcast facilities mainly exist to feed the
cable TV headends. I believe there is still a demand for local TV for
news, sports, weather, etc. Hopefully cord cutters, using only
streaming, will discover antennas and see how much OTA is available
and how the picture quality likely exceeds what they had become used
to when they were on cable (Fred McCormack, WTFDA gg via DXLD)
Letter to CNET Electronics Editor and his reply
I recently sent an email to Geoffrey Morrison, a contributing
electronics editor to the CNET Forums. My email pertained to him
writing a recent article about ATSC 3.0 and what the OTA public should
take away from the recent developments with ATSC 3.0. He mentioned in
his article, by far the majority of people that would be reading that
particular article wouldn't really be interested in any aspect of ATSC
3.0 or OTA television. He said he realized that nearly 90% of the US
population doesn't even care about OTA television anymore.
SO - my email was questioning him about his credentials, research and
his knowledge on the subject for making that type of statement. I
mentioned that there are numerous stories in the news about how
cord-cutting is growing. I also mentioned my background as an OTA TV
viewer, but didn't really say anything about being a DTV DXer.
This was his reply to me, in an email today,
"Cablecutting is growing, but towards streaming, not antennas. As it
stands over the air is still only 10% or so of the viewing public, and
regardless of 3.0 that is unlikely to increase. Most people have no
interest in OTA TV, despite it being free. I say this as someone who
has had OTA HD reception since 2001 and hasn't had cable at all in 4
years."
Man, I must really be living in a tiny part of the world as a DTV
DXer. Has 90% of the US population really given up on OTA
television??? IF THAT IS TRUE, you would think ALL TV broadcast
organizations would know that as a fact. Why would broadcasters even
bother to continue to have OTA facilities, especially with what it
costs to operate a TV station? I was recently talking to the owner of
a local low power DTV station and he said it costs him $1100 per month
to lease antenna space on an American Towers structure, plus around
$200 per month for electricity. He said he doesn't make anything from
ad dollars. Puzzling (Jim Thomas, March 31, ibid.)
---------------------------------
Geoffrey Morrison's CNET bio page...
https://www.cnet.com/profiles/geoffmorrison/
If they hadn't prior to digital, they may have then. The conversion
made it impossible for a lot of viewers to maintain the service they
had with analog because of the differences in transmission coupled
with lower powers. I have no data but I know a number of people who
finally had to go to cable or even an internet service because they
could not longer reliably get the channels they had with analog (Russ
Edmunds, WB2BJH, Blue Bell, PA, Grid FN20id, ibid.)
On cordcutting forums you find plenty of people now using antennas
with OTT streaming services, many not knowing this was even possible.
On the other hand, you are finding those who can't get OTA TV in rural
areas or in apartments subscribing to OTT services that offer the 4
major networks. There are a couple of them. Antennas Direct seems to
be doing pretty good, so antennas are selling. Check eBay (Mike Bugaj,
CT, ibid.)
My wife and I subscribe to Dish even though $120 is a big chunk out of
our monthly social security payments. We live about 55 miles south of
Houston in the "Columbia Bottomlands" -- ancient riparian forests
bordering rivers and bayous. Receiving an OTA signal would just about
impossible unless we built a tower (Neal McLain, Brazoria, Texas,
ibid.)
Re: Letter to CNET Electronics Editor and his reply
And it just occurred to me --- I am quite sure this depends a LOT on
where you are. In the major cities and in 'unusual' rural areas where
OTA signals don't penetrate, satellite and cable dominate I'm sure.
The 'local' PBS station in Bay City (Michigan) held several 'public
forum' style meetings when the FCC spectrum 'buyback' (How do you buy
back something you and the person you're paying never owned in the
first place, but I digress) was first announced. They planned 5-6 in
different locations around the viewing area, and canceled the last
couple because the OVERWHELMING sentiment at the first 2-3 meetings
was 'don't you dare turn off the OTA transmitter -- we'll lose PBS if
you do that and we value the broadcasts.
This wasn't 10% of the audience. It was several thousand people who
bothered to show up to a public meeting -- which in this day and age
speaks volumes! The response was so overwhelming that they said 'we're
canceling the rest of the meetings -- we know selling our broadcast
rights would be the wrong thing to do, and we thank you for
communicating with us' in essence.
That said, I KNOW cable/pay satellite is the 'default' in most
people's mind. I had a rather bizarre conversation with a neighbor as
I performed some maintenance on my large dish antenna used for FTA
satellite last year who asked 'what are you going to do with that' and
who was genuinely surprised when I said 'we still use it. I'm just
doing some regular cleaning/maintenance. He was shocked that you
didn't need to pay a monthly subscription fee to receive satellite TV.
I think he thinks I'm breaking some law or am some kind of 'hacker'!
;)
I then invited him to watch the baseball game on Fox and he said 'but
the nearest Fox station is in Flint -- we can't get that here. He
didn't believe what I was getting was from Puerto Rico not Flint,
until the Spanish language ads started up, and the station ID
said "Puerto Rico". I think he now thinks I'm a wizard or something,
but I still see the 'dish' antenna on his house!
Jim -- (and anyone else interested), I won't begin to suggest I could
'climb inside the head of' many broadcasters, especially those who are
downright HOSTILE towards DXers (every OTHER industry that has 'super
fans' bends over backwards to provide 'backstage passes/infield
seats/special deals, but apparently broadcasters know better -- but I
digress!), but even those who discount the impact of over the air
technology may continue it only (or primarily) because of the 'must
carry' rules governing cable. If that goes away or enough people 'cut
the cord' the math may change, but for now, if a station wants a spot
on the cable, it needs to have a broadcast presence, or offer
something else to the cable carrier.
Thinking on this, that would also explain why power reductions have
been so popular. The 'claim' was that lower power digital provided the
same signal contours as analog (it DOESN'T!) but lower power means
lower electricity bills, so if the goal is to stay on cable and you
don't care about OTA, it makes good sense!
That said, isn't it interesting when you ask for 'numbers to back up
the claim' you don't get a response? I find that particularly telling!
So what ARE the numbers? I know cable far outnumbers OTA Antenna users
but I have NO idea what the actual data is -- it never seems to be
publicized. OTOH, the recent slew of articles that discuss cord
cutting most certainly DO imply that to keep local news/sports/major
networks, those cutting the cord overwhelmingly flip to an antenna.
They may ALSO use a streaming service like Netflix, but they move to
OTA too.
I wonder if there are numbers out there? Did you ever find a source?
(Ken Zichi, MI, April 3, WTFDA gg via DXLD)
I know a lot of people who have both OTA and internet for TV.
(Rick Shaftan, OBX, Atlantic Media & Research, ibid.)
Why the repacking of digital television won't work
http://www.kmrichards.com/dtvrepackfallacy.html
The fallacy of the FCC to repack digital television in the channels
between 7 and 30
Much attention has been given in the trade publications about the
FCC's plan to "repack" broadcast television into a smaller range of
channels. I live in Los Angeles, the #2 television market, and my own
evaluation of the existing channel use and allocation lead me to
believe that the plan will not work here ... or in most of the top-50
markets, for that matter.
The reason is two-fold: Most, if not all, of the television
broadcasters transmit multiple program streams, commonly called
"subchannels" and combined with the relatively few channels available
for digital television broadcasting this results in a forced
scarcity.
Here's my thought process.
In Los Angeles, four of the seven low-VHF channels suitable for
full-power digital broadcasting are in use:
7 KABC-TV
9 KCAL-TV
11 KTTV
13 KCOP-TV
The remaining three, channels 8, 10 and 12 are in use in the San Diego
market and cannot be used in Los Angeles due to minimum co-channel
mileage requirements between transmitting sites.
Channels 14 through 20 are assigned to land mobile (two-way) use and
that band was cleared back in the 1980s from most broadcast television
use. Only one station, licensed before the clearing, remains in that
band: 18 KSCI.
The remaining channels (14-17, 19 and 20) cannot be used to reposition
broadcast television unless all of the hundreds of land mobile
licenses using frequencies within those channels are moved ... and to
where?
Between channels 21 and 30, there are four licensed broadcast
television stations:
24 KBEH
26 KVCR-DT
28 KCET
29 KFTR-DT
Of the remaining six channels (21, 22, 23, 25, 27 and 30) all but
channel 21 -- which is not used because of interference from land
mobile licenses on frequencies within the channel 20 space -- are in
use (or authorized for use) by seventeen LPTV stations, which would
all be forced off the air to accommodate full-power channel moves.
Three of the LPTVs are "Class A" licenses which are entitled to
protection from encroachment.
Above channel 31, there are 15 full-power television stations:
31 KTLA
32 KDOC-TV
33 KTBN-TV
34 KMEX-DT
35 KRCA
36 KNBC
38 KPXN-TV
39 KVEA
41 KLCS
42 KWHY-TV
43 KCBS-TV
47 KAZA-TV
48 KOCE-TV
49 KJLA
51 KXLA
The remaining five channels (40, 44, 45, 46 and 50 ... excluding
channel 37, of course) are shared by sixteen LPTVs, three of which are
Class A licenses.
Every television engineer I have asked says that carrying a second HD
(high definition) stream precludes carrying additional SD (standard
definition) streams. Presuming that the stations transmitting on
channels 7, 9, 11, 13, 18, 24, 26, 28 and 29 dropped their additional
subchannels and carried two HD streams each (their own and another
station's) ... and that the LPTVs on channels 22, 23, 25, 27 and 30
were moved (to where?) and those channels repurposed for two HD
streams each, 24 stations would be sharing 14 channels. That is barely
enough to accommodate all of them. (And it doesn't even address what
to do with the Class A LPTVs, much less the rest of them.)
Even that presumption is not likely to occur unless the "financial
incentives" to drop the additional subchannels was far greater than
the revenue the stations derive from running them.
There will not be enough channels to support the FCC repacking plan in
major markets without (1) cancelling the additional program choices
for viewers that multiple subchannels provide; (2) forcing most (if
not all) LPTV stations off the air, further reducing the available
choices for viewers; and (3) virtually preventing any new television
broadcast stations from being able to go on the air.
Granted, this scenario describes the problems in the Los Angeles
market -- which I know well -- as the example. But the same problem
will occur in the San Francisco market ... and New York, Chicago,
Philadelphia, and every other major television market in the U.S.
The only place the FCC plan works is in areas with few television
stations, which by definition are small- to medium-markets. Those are
the areas in which the wireless companies are not in demand of
spectrum, because there is already adequate space to accommodate the
lower number of customers in those markets.
The places where the wireless companies want (need?) spectrum are the
very places where the repacking plan cannot work. And both the FCC and
the NAB are apparently oblivious to this (via A. Burnette, April 4,
DXLD) To be continued, with rebuttals
RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM
+++++++++++++++++++++
Incompetence = Opportunity
I think many DXers have noticed increasingly sloppy operation by AM
broadcasters over the past few years. This can take numerous forms:
(1) Station is silent when it should be on. This can range from a few
minutes to a few weeks. Recent outages of 680 (WRKO), 1240 (WBAS), and
1330 (WRCA) in this area bear this out.
(2) Dead air / blank carrier for extended time compared to what would
be considered normal. This can allow weaker station audio to sneak
through in the background.
(3) Station on the air when it should be off, wrong power / pattern,
etc. Sometimes this is intentional (a.k.a. "Special High School
Football Authority") and some times it's just human operator
ineptitude or a computer automation snafu.
(4) Two or more audio feeds at the same time. Automation glitches that
cause the same segment of audio to be repeated again and again. This
one from 1560 WFME NYC is a doozie:
https://app.box.com/s/l0qkdzoto9zg3gt9akp3bxfv3ycts9bm
In the nation's largest city, on a 50 kW clear, this rubbish went on
for hours (.. maybe days).
(5) Gross overmodulation or undermodulation or distortion.
(6) Frequency well off nominal.
Conditions that in the '60s / '70s were mostly associated with Latin
America have now come to the USA and Canada.
With radio press articles such as "AM is dead" etc. and AM stations
using their peanut power FM translator frequencies in their branding
slogans, is it any wonder that broadcasters are sinking to new lows in
quality control?
The flip side of this AM malaise is that every day can present new
opportunities for DXers as the landscape dynamically shifts around by
stations being off when they're supposed to on, on when usually off,
wrong power / pattern, other assorted technical gaffes, whack-a-doodle
programming, etc. Many of these faults are very short term and you
have to be listening at the right time to milk out the potential DX
bonanza.
So as the message subject suggests, broadcaster incompetence can
translate to DXing opportunity, seemingly on an increasingly regular
basis as poorly managed stations teeter-totter towards the brink of
oblivion.
Much of the same applies to shortwave as well (Mark Connelly, WA1ION,
South Yarmouth, MA, nrc-am gg via DXLD)
I personally take offense to the use of the word incompetence. That
comes from Dx'ers who think they know what they`re talking about when
it comes to radio and have no idea what may actually be going on.
Even as a broadcaster, I've made guesses as to what`s going on when I
hear a station with a problem and have been wrong.
Sometimes things are completely out of the station`s control for any
number of reasons. Should someone be listening and catch problems
sooner then a few hours? Absolutely. We had a station here broadcast
dead air for a few days because their STL failed and we were in the
midst of a big blizzard and they had no access to the tower site.
I work for a station that has a back up automation computer, more then
one way to get a live feed from an outside location back to the studio
and things still happen (Paul Walker, Laramie WY, ibid.)
I am noticing far more outages and errant operation over the last 5
years than in the previous 55. This even shows in big cities, 50 kW's,
network flagships, etc. I think that poorer cash flow, reduced
staffing, more reliance on "robots", etc. has to account for most of
it. Maybe I should be more forgiving, using some other term for
operators not running a tight ship.
While such deviations from the norm can produce interesting DX, I'm
sure that the actual listener base is far less amused. In most cases
it's hit the button and go listen somewhere else, maybe not even on a
radio (Mark Connelly, ibid.)
Don't take offense; in a number of cases it`s absolutely true.
As a broadcast engineer (Radio) since 1983, an SBE Member and CSRE,
incompetence accurately describes a number of the operational
situations Mark pointed out. "Lifting the hood" of the average
broadcast station to see the general condition of and attention to,
the maintenance and quality of engineering can be a real eye opener.
How many AM directional patterns are within the terms of the license?
Maybe --- 2 out of 5? Do they even know at what times the station must
set the night time power and pattern change? Some on air folks think
"Critical Hours" = evening drive. How about something even simpler
like tower lighting? Are they all working and if not, has a NOTAM been
called in to the FAA? Tower lights are pretty simple, go out one night
and look at the towers, the lights are either all operational or not.
I once contracted to an AM station in NC. Upon arriving at the
transmitter site (they had a Harris MW-5) there was a man sitting on a
stool in front of the transmitter with one of the two front doors
open. When asked what his job was, the answer was, "welp, every now
and again the transmitter will pop a breaker and knock off. I sit here
and cut the breaker back on. Can't nobody figger out what's caus'in
it."
Turns out the arc-gap for the HV feeding the modulator tube was set
too narrow. Many, if not all of the Harris MW series transmitters used
PWM modulation which not all understood. 10 minutes with the manual, a
small ruler and an Allen-wrench set that problem to rights.
Work in radio long enough, you meet some very different personalities
(to put it kindly) and hear recounts which in a word, are
unbelievable. Like the fellow who did overnights often enjoyed "female
guests" during his shift that is, until 2 of them showed up at the
same time for a visit and started a fight in the studio (Chuck Rippel,
ibid.)
WRKO's silent period was scheduled maintenance that had been announced
in advance. My understanding is that it had to do with some repairs to
the phasor. There's no way, short of a separate auxiliary site that
only a handful of AMs possess, to avoid going off the air for that
sort of work. I'm not sure how that could conceivably be classed as
"incompetence." (Scott Fybush, ABDX yg via DXLD)
If not incompetence, often it’s apathy.
I now live in a small town, and I play a little game with myself: on
Sunday morning, which station will have dead air for hours? Almost all
of the local stations have taken a turn — some for only an hour or
two, others for five or six hours after my discovery (probably longer,
but I find them at 5 or 6 AM.)
I believe most of these situations are unattended, unchecked
automation systems. And it happens on at least one station every week
or two.
I’m retired now, but in my radio days, I checked the station audio
often, and if I didn’t have the authority to resolve the situation,
I’d check into it or call someone who did.
There are certainly technical failures or accidental misprogramming
that can lead to problems, and it’s hard to fault station staff for
situations that are out of their control.
We’re entering the thunderstorm season here, and I suspect that
weather will take some stations down, whether by power failures or
lightning damage. (I’ve only been here since September, so don’t know
how common such things are here.)
Engineers might have to travel some distance, which may lengthen
outages. I don’t think DXers would knowingly criticize station
personnel for dead air under those circumstances.
But all too often, it seems that automation systems are programmed by
less knowledgeable people, and that results in degradation of quality.
If I had the power, I’d make a rule. Dead air for longer than maybe a
minute or so, and a silence sensor would dump carrier.
We did have a CSN translator, which, for some reason, wasn’t picking
up its main signal, and did go off because of the silence. Great! As
it should be! But the carrier came on whenever a car came close enough
to the receiver to fool it. Still, they had the right idea during this
ten-day outage.
Anyway, like I said, if not incompetence, often apathy. Often the
difference between just doing a job and doing a job well.
However, in the radio industry these days, people are stretched way
too thin, wearing many hats, and it may be difficult to keep track of
everything. But the results are there for listeners to observe.
It is a different era. Unattended operations leave more room for
errors. And Mark’s right: at times they can present opportunities.
-- (Rick Lewis, ABDX yg via DXLD)
Excellent commentary. Supposedly FM translators were to “save AM” but
all it’s done is speed its demise. I suspect no one heard that
WFME-1560 glitch. I cannot imagine who listens to that station (Rick
Shaftan, OBX NC, Atlantic Media & Research, 252-987-0210
http://www.youtube.com/mountaintopmedia @shaftan ibid.)
Mark Connelly wrote: ``Conditions that in the '60s / '70s were mostly
associated with Latin America have now come to the USA and Canada.``
The problems persist in South America. I just took a clockwise cruise
all the way around South America and between Cape Horn and northern
Peru, at least 25% of the frequencies had hets from unstable
operations (Pete Taylor, Tacoma, WA, ibid.)
DX chats / e-lists / bulletin boards discussed the WFME [1560] snafu a
fair amount. That may have been the sum total of listenership to a 50
kW NYC station that often makes it to Europe. My dad was a regular
listener to it at night on his bedside radio circa 1960 when it was
classical music WQXR (as my brother and I in our rooms listened to
Murray-the-K on 1010 WINS).
We lived just outside Boston, MA, 200 miles from those stations. At
the time many in metro-Boston would sample NYC, Albany, Buffalo etc.
radio at night. It wasn't a geeky DXer thing, just something many
working people and students had in their routine. I suppose listening
to online content is the current version of that (Mark Connelly,
WA1ION, South Yarmouth, MA, ABDX yg via DXLD)
I remember when it went off the air on Monday morning and KKAA
Aberdeen SD made it into my shack in my NYC apartment. That was 1974.
(Rick S[haftan]., Rodanthe NC OBX FM25go, ibid.)
I guess the WRKO circumstance is an exception. Maybe because the
"Monday morning silent period" that many stations used to use for
these activities doesn't have much currency anymore.
WRKO seemed weaker here at an 9 p.m. EDT / 27 MAR check. WAPA [Puerto
Rico] was crawling all over it. When I listened in LSB or USB there
was a motorboating on the carrier (not that noticeable on AM).
I'm not sure whatever they did was 100% successful. 680 signal about 5
dB better than 590 WEZE. Usually it's closer to 10 dB better.
I have been reading that as station engineers retire, there will be
few with sufficient training to replace them. I'm thinking that will
just lead to more frequent breakdowns on both AM and FM. DXing
opportunities .. maybe. Listener annoyances .. probably (Mark
Connelly, WA1ION, South Yarmouth, MA, ibid.)
R-390A update
Guyz, I'm happy to report that the refurbished EAC R-390A I received a
couple of weeks ago performs amazingly well. It's far more sensitive
and selective than the Hallicrafters SX-28A, but that's not surprising
since the design is much more advanced than the pre-war SX-28A and the
R-390A is physically 22 years newer.
The sound from the R-390A is excellent as I'm tapping the audio at the
diode load terminals ahead of the single stage output and feeding my
amplified speakers. Audio from the SX-28 doesn't need to be amplified
as it sounds just great from the 6V6 push pull output into a matching
Hallicrafters R-42 base reflex speaker which has switchable
communications and high fidelity settings.
I'm listening to 540 KWMT in Ft. Dodge, IA at 4:30PM Sunday afternoon
off the back of the NE Beverage, When I switch to the S or SW
Beverage, in comes WXYG, "The Goat" in Sauk Rapids. Both stations have
good fidelity with the bandwidth in the 8 kc position using the
mechanical filters of the R-390A. WXYG is loud as usual. I listen to
The Goat and WDGY in CQAM AM stereo on my Carver TX-11A tuner
connected to a Sony home stereo system with Infinity towers a center
channel speaker and a sub woofer.
This is the first time I've ever heard KWMT under WXYG. This is
probably why:
"KWMT operates with a two-tower directional antenna system with much
of its power headed south of Fort Dodge and very little headed north.
Due to its coverage on 540, it limits its coverage to the north to
protect a station in Canada <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBK_(AM)>.
During the daylight hours, KWMT has regular listeners as far as
Oklahoma, western Nebraska, eastern Illinois and all of Iowa"
Part of this has to do with the directionality of the Beverage
antennas, but it also has to do with the amazing sensitivity of a
properly aligned R-390A. Best regards, (Paul W0AD Staupe, Eden Prairie
MN, April 1, MDXC yg via DXLD)
TV, radio disruption from planned wind farm: Neoen
Greg Mayfield
Developer outlines plan to fix disruption to broadcasts caused by wind
farm.2019-04-01T15:07:00+10:30 -->
The Recorder Local News [AUSTRALIA, applicable to Oklahoma??]
https://www.portpirierecorder.com.au/story/5985791/tv-radio-disruption-from-planned-wind-farm-neoen/
Radio and television broadcasts could be disrupted by a proposed batch
of 240-metre-high wind towers at Crystal Brook. Developer Neoen
Australia told a planning panel in Port Pirie on Monday that a
Broadcast Australia report had suggested 4000 people could be affected
by disruption to ABC radio's 639 North and West. A company
representative, responding to former Port Pirie man and panel member
David O'Loughlin, told the State Commission Assessment Panel that the
disruption would vary. "There is a bit of give and take ... there are
very few properties there," he said. He said on a good day, at the
fringe of the reception area and depending on the radio equipment,
there might be a signal. "You would expect some level of flicker ...
the turbines are all rotating at different speeds and angles," he
said.
He said some of the affected area could be near Roxby Downs. Earlier,
the company's head of development, Garth Heron, described the
potential radio disruption as "very minor". He said a small number of
houses could have problems with television signals. "Modelling
indicates that six individual houses in the vicinity of the project
may suffer from television reception issues as a result of the wind
farm, depending on their equipment," he said. "For anyone who suffers
degradation of television reception, we will provide an alternative
means, for example digital television upgrade, and or additional
equipment, for example a new antenna, to rectify the issue at the
company's cost.
"There may be some very minor ABC radio impacts from the project at
the edge of the existing signal range that can be more than offset by
a 1dB increase in power upgrade to the Broadcast Australia tower." Mr
Heron said the project would comply with World Health Organisation
noise guidelines. He said the turbines would be 240 metres high, but
that latest technology had developed some that were 270 metres high
for other sites.
"They are getting bigger and bigger," he said. He said bigger turbines
were more efficient and produced cheaper power. About 30 people sat in
the gallery while wearing black T-shirts emblazoned with the words,
Reject Non-Compliant Wind Farm. Also watching was SA-BEST
parliamentarian Connie Bonaros who said before the hearing that
approval might be given based on outdated laws.
"The Planning Minister could change this today by the stroke of a
pen," she said. She said the turbine rotors would have an 80-metre
span and could "dry out farmland" "We are proposing a wind farm at the
gateway to our iconic Flinders Ranges," she said. The combined wind,
solar and storage project for up to 400MW energy would create more
than 200 jobs.
https://nnimgt-a.akamaihd.net/transform/v1/crop/frm/PT5WvZtvmBPsgG5FrHx
VQb/14e5996b-d328-450d-9096-b00b5c3c7855.jpg/r635_644_4249_2686_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg
April 1 2019 - 3:07PM (via Mike Cooper, DXLD)
FREQUENCY ACCURACY
Please note, that some Off-frequency stations drift in frequency from
hour to hour. Best 73, (Anker Petersen, Denmark, April 3, with what I
heard recently in Skovlunde on the AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of
longwire, wbradio yg via DXLD)
His only generic response to my logs about several of his precise
frequencies which appeared to be inaccurate. That is true; however,
the several instances I pointed out were consistently 0.01 to 0.02 kHz
higher than I had heard the same stations several times with no such
variation, e.g. CUBA 4765.00, MALI 5995.000. I again suggest that
Anker merely compare his readouts to WWV or some other certain
frequencies and recalibrate if necessary; or as I do with the R-75,
construct a correxion factor table --- on that receiver, the higher
the frequency, the greater the correxion; while the NRD-545 needs a
constant minor correxion (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
PROPAGATION
+++++++++++
WORLD OF RADIO 1976 quoted the propagation outlook from Boulder as in
DXLD 19-13, which at the time was the most recent (gh)
TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING
++++++++++++++++++++++++
VOLUNTARY HUMAN EXTINXION?
British Columbia --- Not having children a way to cut a person's
carbon footprint, some environmental groups say
Voluntary Human Extinction Movement, Population Matters say having
fewer kids key to sustaining our existence --- Hina Alam · The
Canadian Press · Posted: Apr 09, 2019 12:45 PM PT | Last Updated:
April 10
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/groups-believe-not-having-children-is-way-to-cut-a-person-s-carbon-footprint-1.5090786
(via Gerald T Pollard, NC, DXLD) ###