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Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 1983 contents: Antarctica, Australia, Canada and non, Colombia, Cook Islands, Cuba, Denmark, East Turkistan, Gibraltar, Indonesia, Japan, Kuwait, Netherlands non, New Zealand, Nigeria, Oklahoma, Perú, Spain, Sudan, Tajikistan/Tibet non, USA WOR 1983 completed 2230 UT Thu May 23, ready for first SW airings Friday May 24. 0930 UT Friday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [1982?] ND 1000 UT Friday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW ND 2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE [confirmed] 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE [confirmed] 0629 UT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany to WSW [confirmed] 1000 UT Saturday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [May 25, alt weeks] ND 1130 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 to SSE 1431 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany to WSW 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM ND 2100 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 to SSE [confirmed] 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315] ND [confirmed] 1030 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany to WSW 2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE [confirmed] 0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395 to NNW [confirmed] 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE [confirmed] 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW [confirmed] 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE [confirmed] 0930 UT Monday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW ND 1815 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania ND [confirmed in England] 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [2 editions] ND 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW [and/or 2130] 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE [it appears we will now be running on a Friday-to-Thursday cycle, so freshest new airings are on weekends] WORLD OF RADIO SCHEDULE: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS: Tnx to Dr Harald Gabler and the Rhein-Main Radio Club. http://www.rmrc.de/index.php/rmrc-audio-plattform/podcast/glenn-hauser-wor MORE PODCAST ALTERNATIVES, tnx to Keith Weston: https://blog.keithweston.com/2018/11/22/world-of-radio-podcast/ feedburner: http://feeds.feedburner.com/GlennHausersWorldOfRadio NEW via tunein.com: http://bit.ly/tuneinwor itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/glenn-hausers-world-of-radio/id1123369861 AND via Google Play Music: http://bit.ly/worldofradio OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO: http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html or http://wor.worldofradio.org DAY-BY-DAY ARCHIVE OF GLENN HAUSER`S LOG REPORTS: Unedited, uncondensed, unchanged from original version, many of them too complex, minutely researched, multi-frequency, opinionated, inconsequential, off-topic, or lengthy for some log editors to manage; and also ahead of their availability in these weekly issues: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Hauser IMPORTANT NOTICE!!!! WOR IO GROUP: Effective Feb 4, 2018, DXLD yg archive and members have been migrated to this group: https://groups.io/g/WOR [there was already an unrelated group at io named dxld!, so new name] From now on, the io group is primary, where all posts should go. One may apply for membership, subscribe via the above site. DXLD yahoogroup: remains in existence, and members are free to COPY same info to it, as backup, but no posts should go to it only. They may want to change delivery settings to no e-mail, and/or no digest. The change was necessary due to increasing outages, long delays in posts appearing, and search failures at the yg. Why wait for DXLD issues? A lot more info, not all of it appearing in DXLD later, is posted at our io group without delay. ** AFGHANISTAN. Reception of Radio Afghanistan External Service May 17 till 1531 on 6100 YAK 100 kW / 125 deg to SoAs probably Hindi, unscheduled & from 1531 on 6100 YAK 100 kW / 125 deg to SoAs English, fair to good: https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/reception-of-radio-afghanistan-external_18.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 17-18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ALASKA. While hiking around Ketchikan, a small building behind the community library high above and behind the city. KBRD is a community radio station on 105.3 MHz. No antenna was visible. A shame not on MW. KTKN is right downtown on the waterfront. 73, (Walt Salmaniw, WOR iog via DXLD) KRBD, as in Rainbird (gh) ** ALGERIA [and non]. Hello, Does anyone know anything about the absence of the Algerian station from 252 kHz? RTÉ on the same frequency is getting much further now with no interference from Algeria and there is quite a difference in Ireland, especially at night. Is the absence of Algeria due to engineering issues or political unrest? 73s (John Walsh, Galway, May 18, bdxc-news iog via DXLD) Is back on 252 kHz this evening - very strong and good audio. Swamping RTE here in southern England. Presume it was off for some sort of maintenance? 73, (Alan Pennington, Caversham, UK, 2200 May 22, bdxc-news iog via DXLD) Yes, Alan, it was off for maintenance. Ciao (Giampiero Bernardini, Milano, Italia, ibid.) ** ALGERIA [non]. 9620, May 20 at 0612, Qur`an VP S3-S4, as indeed TDA is scheduled this hour only, 500 kW, 194 degrees from Issoudun, FRANCE (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANGUILLA. 6090, University Network; 0159-0211+, 5/15; Pastor Scott, UN spots & knee-slapper gospels; Just tunes, no Dead Dr. Gene or Robustly Behootered Rev. Barbie. S30 peaks; 11775 not heard during the day (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ---- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time. ----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6090, Caribbean Beacon at 0145. Long monologue with PMS (Melissa Scott), break for the "send us the dough music", more PMS. Powerhouse, tho on big Hammarlund and longwire. Way way out of sync with the transmission on 5935 [WWCR]. Still PMS lecture on 0225 recheck. - Armchair May 17 (Rick Barton, Real life intrudes, listening spotty, but here are Arizona SW Logs, Hammarlund HQ-180A, 73 and Good Listening....! -rb, WOR iog via DXLD) Have not compared them lately, but used to be quite close, obviously taking the same satellite feed, throwing away the video (gh, DXLD) ** ANTARCTICA. 15475.971, May 23 at 1324, JJBBA carrier from LRA36 on another active Thursday. All I am likely to get here, but one may hear some programming via closer remotes such as Brasil (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1983, DX LISTENING DIGEST) + Friday! ** ASCENSION. 7415, May 22 at 0614, JBA talk; HFCC shows it`s ENC in Kau this hour only, but what is it, really? Aoki/NDXC shows R. Ndarason International in Kan. WRTH 2019 page 511 shows Kanuri and also Kanembu language as the only target broadcast for CHAD (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. Hi Glen[n], Hope all is well with you. I have some more AM to FM conversion news. 1125 kHz, 5MU, Murray Bridge SA to 96.3 FM with 20 kW (this proposal will also include numerous FM translators). [via Mediaspy] Thanks (Geoff Wolfe, Australia, May 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. Those of us hoping for a use revival of Radio Australia and ABC Northern Territory shortwave transmitters are about to have those always slim hopes dashed. Australians are poised to keep the conservative Liberal-National coalition government in power despite a raft of problems plaguing the nation. One definition of insanity is to keep voting for the same governing philosophy over and over and expect a different result. The whole world seems afflicted with this identical malady. The conservatives have shown no interest in re-establishing shortwave as an outreach to the Pacific region (as RNZ and CRI continue to do) or its large sparsely populated interior whereas the opposition Australian Labor Party expresses openness to the idea. Too bad for us (John Figliozzi, May 18, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1983, DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. Australia Still Has Shortwave Voices --- There are a number of private shortwave broadcasters on the air from down under Hans Johnson · Apr 23, 2019 https://www.radioworld.com/global/australia-shortwave-voices SYDNEY — Radio Australia shortwave services may be dead, but the medium is alive and well on the continent. Reach Beyond Australia is on shortwave, but with its Christian programming largely in foreign languages, it really isn’t seen as representing Australia on the shortwaves. But there are other private Australian stations that are broadcasting and more are planned. And while these stations are not a replacement for Radio Australia’s international transmissions or the defunct (for the moment) Australian Broadcasting Corp. domestic service, they do have various goals and share certain characteristics. Inverted V antenna --- The Inverted V is a popular antenna choice for private shortwave broadcasters in Australia. [caption] Their transmitter power is typically around 1,000 W and the inverted V is a popular antenna choice. In addition, these stations are assigned frequencies in the 120-, 90- and 60-meter shortwave broadcasts bands, with their modulation either AM or single sideband, although some have expressed an interest in broadcasting in the Digital Radio Mondiale digital standard. WHO ARE THEY? 4KZ is a shortwave relay of an Innisfail, Queensland, medium-wave station with the same call sign. It is part of the NQ Radio network. 4KZ plays a variety of music and is heavily involved in the community. The shortwave serves remote areas of north Queensland. “We are planning a 90-or 120-meter service for evenings local time, from station 4AM in Mareeba,” explained Al Kirton, NQ Radio’s general manager. Unique Radio is using amateur radio equipment [caption] Unique Radio has been on three years and currently broadcasts from Gunnedah in New South Wales. Its owner, Tim Gaylor, has a background in community radio. “We like a station to inform people about alternative subject matters not currently on mainstream media,” he said. Unique Radio also plans to add a night frequency in the 90-meter band. There are also future stations in the works from New South Wales. Peter Tate’s Radio X Network consists of various internet music streams. He’s adding shortwave from Wee Waa, a town located in the New England region in New South Wales, with transmitters on the 120-, 90- and 60-meter bands. The same program will run on all three frequencies. “You pick the best one for reception,” he said. Tate adds that while he definitely wants to get on shortwave it is “an extremely expensive and slow-going process.” Unique Radio’s transmitter broadcasts in SSB [single sideband] mode [caption] AV-Comm is planning a station at Gundary, also in New South Wales. The company’s technical director, Garry Cratt, is also founder of Tecsun Radios Australia. “The shortwave service is still in the planning stage,” Cratt explains. He adds that he is looking for a transmitter. In addition, another station is expected in the state of Victoria, where Gary Baker, owner of a solar energy company in Victoria, hopes to begin broadcasting later this year from the town of Numurkah. “The format will be partly Christian-based with some additional programming aimed specifically at outback Australia residents,” he explains. Government services or not, Australia will continue to have voices on the shortwave bands (Radio World via DXLD) ** BELGIUM. QSL card from the French Radio Broadcasting Channel. Program was transmitted on 31.12.2018 in French on 621 kHz. The station has already ceased broadcasting on medium wave. You can see the confirmation here https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2019/05/radio-l-premi-e-re.html (Piotr Skorek, Poland, Rus-DX May 19 not published until May 25, via DXLD) ** BELGIUM [non]. NETHERLANDS [BELGIUM] Re: 6030 kHz Belgien/Niederlande on shortwave. Ob MW oder KW - die NL-"overheid" erteilt Lizenzen und ist bei BeNeLux-NGO wohl freigiebiger als sonst ... Glenn Hauser hat jedenfalls einen HFCC-request-Eintrag gefunden: MRT Margraten HOL 50 48 N 05 48 E 6030 kHz 0000-2400 UT to zones 27E, 28NW MRT 1kW 0degr 0slew ITU ant #700 daily Portuguese HOL RON RON antenna #700 - CH1/1/0.3 Centre-fed curtain antenna arrays without reflector Designation: CH m/n/h, where: m = number of half-wave dipoles in each horizontal row. n = number of parallel rows spaced half a wavelength apart. h = height above the ground in wavelengths. Radio Onda wird von einem gemeinnuetzigen Verein mit Sitz in Bruessel betrieben. Mit Radio Onda will die ``NGO ASSOCIATION SANS BUT LUCRATIF ONDA POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT DE LA COMMUNICATION SOCIALE ET CULTURELLE DE LA COMMUNAUTE BRESILIENNE EN BELGIQUE`` zur Verbreitung brasilianischer Kultur auch in Europa beitragen. Dazu wird ein Webradio und schon seit Wochen auf 6030 kHz eine Kurzwellenstation betrieben. Allerdings sendet diese nur mit 1 kW Leistung aus den Niederlanden. Eine Handvoll Idealisten sorgt fuer den Ganztagsbetrieb! Die Musikauswahl ist sehr bunt: Von Rock ueber Samba bis Sertaneja sind viele Stile vertreten. Gewuerzt ist die Mischung mit viel Humor und Informationen in Portugiesisch fuer Brasilianer und Europaeer. Kontakt ist via moeglich. Organisation ASSOCIATION SANS BUT LUCRATIF ONDA POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT DE LA COMMUNICATION SOCIALE ET CULTURELLE DE LA COMMUNAUTE BRESILIENNE EN BELGIQUE, siehe auch Laut dieser Eintraege lautet die Adresse Stevens-Delannoystraat, 22, 1020 Bruessel, Belgium (via Jens F. Hofstadt-D, A-DX ng May 15 via BC-DX 18 May via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 3310, Radio Mosoj Chaski, Cotapachi, 2250-2305, 18-05, Bolivian songs, Quechua, comments. 25322. (Méndez) 6134.8, Radio Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, 2252-2307, 18-05, Very nice Bolivian songs in Spanish. 23422 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. My recollection of the pronunciation of Itatiaia is ``ee-tah-CHAI-ee-ah`` with accent on middle rather than penultimate syllable (Ben Dawson, WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Could be but if so, I would expect an accent to appear. This native speaker agrees with me: https://forvo.com/word/itatiaia/ Itatiaia is a municipality in RJ state, and also a national park. Axually in rapid speech I suppose it could sound like that (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) ** BRAZIL. 4885, R. Clube do Pará, on May 19 from 0029, Portuguese with pop songs, IDs at 0046 & 0113. Decent signal even thru distant t-storm noise, 33333 (Robert Butterfield, Columbia MD, USA, Equipment: SDRplay/RSPduo; 28m longwire with 9:1 Balun, WOR iog via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. [his complete report] BRASIL 4775, R. Congonhas, Congonhas MG, 2114-2124, 12/5. prgr. de futebol; 35342. 4885, R. Club do Pará, Belém PA, 0816-desvan. total 0830, 13/5. Texto; 15431. 4925, R. Educação Rural, Tefé AM, 2131-2141, 14/5. Texto; 24331, QRM de sinal de ponto a ponto. [point-to-point QRM: what mode? Or just means generic utility --- gh] 4985, R. Brasil Central, Goiânia GO, 2125-2135, 10/5. Canções; 35332. Melhor sinal, em 16/5, 2155, SINPO 35343. 5035, R. Educação Rural, Coari AM, 2127-2137, 10/5. Texto, correio dos ouvintes, música; 25331. Melhor sinal, em 16/5, 2150, SINPO 35332. 5939.7, R. Voz Missionária, Camboriú SC, 2132-2142, 10/5. Pregador exaltado, fundo musical; 35343. 6010, R. Inconfidência, Belo Horizonte MG, 2135-2145, 10/5. Canções folclóricas, provàvelmente, no âmbito do prgr. A Hora do Fazendeiro; 25331. Inaudível nos 15190v. 6080, R. Marumby, Curitiba PR, 2137-2147, 10/5. Canções relig., texto; 34432, QRM da CHINA (?). // 9515 SINPO 45433. 9515, R. Marumby, Curitiba PR, 2100-2112, 13/5. Propag. relig.; 34443, QRM da CHINA (?). 9550.1, R. Boa Vontade, Pt.º Alegre RS, 2140-2150, 10/5. Propag. relig.; 24442, QRM adjacente. // 11895,1 SINPO 23441, QRM adjacente. 9550.1, idem, 2126-2136, 14/5. Música e propag. relig.; 23441, QRM adjacente. // 11895.1. 9630.4, R. Aparecida, Aparecida SP, 0944-1015, 18/5. Canções; 24432, áudio extremamente fraco, QRM adjacente. 9630.5, idem, 2052-2105, 17/5. Missa; 24432, áudio muito fraco, QRM adjacente. // 11855.7 SINPO 35443. 9664.3, R. Voz Missionária, Camboriú SC, 0941-1145, 18/5. Canções, texto, ..., noticiário em curso, pelas 1115; 24432. 9664.4, idem, 1843-1853, 11/5. Propag. relig.; 33442, QRM adjacente. 11815, R. Brasil Central, Goiânia GO, 1140-1149*, 12/5. Canções, texto; 25442, áudio muito fraco. Corte abrupto do sinal. 11855.7, R. Aparecida, Aparecida SP, 1143-1225, 12/5. Missa; 25442. 11855.7, idem, 1830-1846, 17/5. Prgr. A Boa Música está no Ar; 34432, QRM adjacente. 11895.1, R. Boa Vontade, Pt.º Alegre RS, 2040-2050, 15/5. Propag. relig. com música de órgão, canções; 35342. 11895.1, idem, 1113-1131, 18/5. Texto; 15441. 73, (Carlos Gonçalves, SW coast or Portugal, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 9630.453, May 18 at 0535, S5-S7 carrier, maybe unmodulated, obviously R. Aparecida, which had been missing for some time at nightmiddle chex (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 11780.03, Radio Amazonia at 2257 UT May 13 in Portuguese. ID's and News from Radio Nacional at 2300. Very Good. 73 (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Rx: Perseus SDR, Ant: Wellbrook ALA 100 loop, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. 1610, May 17 at 0500 UT, music seems Spanish, and also a second carrier making a slight beat, both looping NE/SW. CHHA Toronto, Voces Latinas, is usual dominator here. 3-year-old program grid at http:///chha1610am.ca merely shows `All-Night Music`, but as of last August log, heard in Portuguese Portuguese, and could also be Punjabi which is hardly Latin. I would love to get XEUACH, but probably has migrated to 1130 by now. More likely than a TIS is CHRN Montreal in almost the same direxion as Toronto which easily bloxit. How far apart are they? MW Offsets as of Oct 2018 showed CHRN on 1609.9987, CHHA on 1609.9995, i.e. only 0.8 Hz difference (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. 15034-USB, May 19 at 1812, CHR, Trenton Military, with aviation weather conditions as of 1800z for Halifax, soon Greenwood and Gander special report as of 1808. First time in weeks heard with any info other than ``no report received`` from any/everywhere. Still interspersed with some NRRs (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1983, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA [non]. R Canada International heard again today signing-on in English from 1930 UT on 3985 kHz via Kall in Germany. Looks like this may be a new regular time for RCI. Unfortunately, I missed checking the 1700 transmission, so am not sure if that one continues. By the way, in his opening comments, Marc Montgomery mentioned reception reports and said that they no longer have QSL cards, so cannot QSL the shortwave relays via Kall (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, 1938 Sunday May 19, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1983, DXLD) ** CANADA [non]. Radio City: See ROMANIA ** CHINA [and non]. 11610, CNR 1 at 1600, M in Chinese, broadcast used as jammer over (unheard) RFA - Very Good May 13 (Rick Barton, Arizona SW Logs, Hammarlund HQ-180A, Grundig Satellit 205(T.5000), RS SW-2000629, ATS-909X with various outdoor wires. 73 and Good Listening....! -rb, WOR iog via DXLD) 13810, CNR 1, May 16, 2019, 1515–1520 in Chinese. SIO 433. CNR domestic broadcast covering up RFA. OMs in talk, music clips, advertisements. QRN and QSB greater than normal, but station is listenable through noise and fade. YL joins talk at 1519. 15555, CNR 1, May 15, 2019, 2328–2332 in Chinese. SIO 444. CNR jamming RFA on same frequency. Strident OM and YL announcers. Advertisements, audio clips, and MX clips. (Vince Henley, Anacortes, WA, WiNRADiO G39DDCe SDR, ICOM IC-R8600, Ten-Tec RX-340, Drake R8B, SDRPLAY RSP Duo, TECSUN PL-880. Antennas: whip on PL-880 and Alpha-Delta DX-Ultra installed broadside east west at 30 feet for all others, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) CHINA/KUWAIT, 13570 kHz came across of tiny RFA Chinese via BBG IBB Kuwait relay site in 16-17 UT slot on May 17. Noted tiny Kuwait signal, underneath of much stronger CNR1 jamming outlet, up to S=9+30dB powerful noted in remote SDR in Seoul in South Korea. Compared program content against CNR1 7345 kHz powerhouse from Beijing CHN site. But noted also as jammer against Chinese programs on 6075, 6125, 6135 kHz. CNR1 program heard for comparison in Seoul-KOR also \\ at 1619 UT on MW 540, 639, 756, 1251, 1377, 1539, 1593 kHz. SW 4750 4800 5945 6000 6080 6125 6145 6175 7275 7290 7305 7345 7365 9500 9710 9810 9830 9845 9860 11710 11925 kHz. 73 wb (Wolfgang Bueschel, WOR iog via DXLD) CNR-1 Jamming vs Sound of Hope Xi Wang Zhi Sheng on May 19: from 0930 on 15800 unknown kW / unknown to EaAs Chinese, good signal https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/cnr-1-jamming-vs-sound-of-hope-xi-wang.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 18-19, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6105, unid, 1330. Very soft Chinese instrumental music on channel that is used by RTI in Chinese. Jade Bells ? Or Firedragon ? Could be either. Sounded like Firedrake, without the pots and pans. Faded out before ID - May 19 6105, Firedragon (music jamming station), 1130. Usual crash boom bang, on frequency used by Chinese lang. service of R Taiwan Intl (a frequent target of PRC jamming). Closed out suddenly at 1200 (same as RTI according to sked) - Very Good May 21 (Rick Barton, Real life intrudes, listening spotty, but here are Arizona SW Logs, Hammarlund HQ-180A, Grundig Satellit 205(T.5000), RS SW-2000629, ATS-909X with various outdoor wires. 73 and Good Listening....! -rb, WOR iog via DXLD) 13870even, CNR1 jammer at 1245 UT against TWN intelligence "SOH" radio S=9 in Detroit-MI. 13835, CNR1 jammer against RFA Orzu-TJK Tibetan (Wolfgang Bueschel, May 20, WOR iog via DXLD) CNR-1 Jamming vs Sound of Hope Xi Wang Zhi Sheng on May 22 from 1230 on 11580 unknown kW / unknown to EaAs Chinese, very good https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/cnr-1-jamming-vs-sound-of-hope-xi-wang_22.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 22, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 13870, May 23 at 1329, CNR1 jammer S8-S4 vs RTTY, // CNR1 jammer on 11785. At 1336 searched 10.9-14.0 MHz for more of them, but none found; rather three just below 15.0: 14920, May 23 at 1336, CNR1 jammer strongest, // 11785 and also 9680 CNR1 jammers; 14900 and 14980, cannot make // so maybe really Sound of Hope. Or // but not synchronized. Aoki shows 13870, 14920 and 14900 as jammed SOH from Miaoli, Taiwan; 14900 as SOH relaying Radio Free Asia via Pingtung, Taiwan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. On Hong Kong kiwi SDR this morning 22.5.19: 6510. Guangzhou Radio, 0710 YL mentioning cities and several numbers Clear in the band with S5 (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, WOR iog via DXLD) marine weather? ** COLOMBIA. 2940+, May 19 at 0605, HJNT, Radio Huellas, Cali, as previously IDed, carrier obviously there despite high storm noise level here. I am surprised that there have been so few reports of this second harmonic, in fact the only active Colombian (almost)-SW station. Where are the DXers elsewhere in North America, let alone Latin America? Maybe just as well, as attempts to QSL it might lead to its demise (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1983, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi All, Hearing the harmonic of presumed R. Huellas, Cali, CLM tonight. 2940.134, May 22 0455z tune-in, on tip (tnx!) from Glenn Hauser. MW Offsets shows its fundamental as 1470.075, so if my measurement is accurate, they drifted down 8 Hz since December, 2015. Barely any recovered audio on both sidebands, so carrier freq. and Glenn's reception are the only clues as to its identity. QSB with peaks to S-2 on Icom's meter. Moderate storm noise with 50 Hz CW filter in to monitor carrier. Rxs: ICF-2010, IC-746PRO, using tuned hardline coax loop 1 m diameter (Steve Zimmerman, Milwaukee, WI, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1983, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Prompted by Steve's log of presumed Radio Huellas, I tuned to 2940.133 at 0730 UT today 22 May and was able to positively identify the station with contemporary Christian vocals and an identification as "Radio Huellas". The webstream was running 36 seconds behind the AM radio signal. Poor signal here but pleasing reception nonetheless. 73 (Bryan Clark, Mangawhai, New Zealand -- Treasurer & Life Member - NZ Radio DX League Broadcast News Editor - 'NZ DX Times' World Radio TV Handbook - South Pacific Collaborator Google Earth: 36°07'07"S, 174°36'10"E WinRadio G33DDC Excalibur Pro & AOR7030+ receivers with EWE directional antennas to North, Central & South America, ibid.) ** CONGO. 6115, Radio Congo, Brazaville, 0531-0540, 18-05, French, comments. 14321. Also 1810-, 1805-1828*, 18-05, French, news, comments, ID “Radio Congo”. 14321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) ** CONGO DR. 6210.2, Radio Kahuzi, Bukavu, 1748-1805*, 18-05, religious songs, vernacular, comments. Extremely weak, only audible on LSB (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) LSB due to QRM or no USB? (gh) ** COOK ISLANDS. Radio Cook Islands to close AM Bryan Clark posted on the WRTH - World Radio Tv Handbook Facebook group 23 May 2019 The following has just been posted to the NZ Radio DX League's club newsgroup by Adrian Sainsbury of RNZI: From Radio Cook Islands “The Cook Islands Investment Corporation will begin dismantling our AM Radio mast out at Matavera. The mast was installed around 1970 and I remember seeing it being worked on around 1990 but since then no maintenance has been done on it. Government own it and Bluesky maintain it. Anyway, it is a hazard at the moment as sections of it are rusting and so it needs to come down. It will affect our radio service reach. We have FM around the island and in the Outer Islands via the Government but the reach is not that good. I think radio is kind of like a low priority for anyone these days. The AM has been useful in that in can reach all the way to Penrhyn.” This news is in contrast to Samoa where 2AP 540AM has had a reprieve thanks to AusAid replacing the AM Mast in Apia. Adrian Sainsbury, RNZ Pacific (via Mike Terry, May 23, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1983, DXLD) Despite its dilapidated state, has it continued in use until now? WTFK? 2.5 kW on 630 from Rarotonga, as I confirmed by opening WRTH 2019 instantly to page 176 on first try. Also shows 12 FM frequencies around the islands, no powers but likely very low (gh, DXLD) Paul's notes: "What they don’t mention is the government nor Bluesky actually own the actual radio station. It’s owned by a commercial company Radio Cook Islands streams online At mms://202.65.34.10 (If you go to their website at http//www.radio.co.ck and click the listen live link nothing is there. You have to find the embedded html code source). There’s no mention of any Radio Cook Islands FM frequencies on the website FYI: that webstream at 16k mono is how the Radio Cook Islands feed is distributed to the outer islands FM repeaters. I guess this means the AM is totally done; it's not just being torn down and replaced. It's gone" (Paul B Walker, Jr, Laramie WY, nrc-am gg via WORLD OF RADIO 1983, DXLD) ** CUBA. Correxion: exact frequency on May 13 was 13739.239 (like other logs of it), not 13739.289, typo; fixed: 13739.239, May 13 at 1347, RHC S9+10 and auto-knocked off-frequency again today. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5040, May 17 at 0530, RHC English is suptorted here at S9+40; // 6060 modulation good as usual; 6100 less loud; 6165 & 6000 JBM. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 12200, May 17 at 0543, RHC English JBA with ``Chariots of Fire`` theme to `Cultural Report`, // 6100 as this second harmonic beats the nightmiddle MUF. NO signals where 2 x other frequencies would land: 12330, 12120-RTTY, 12000. Something`s always wrong at RHC [WORLD OF RADIO 1983] 9535, May 17 at 0538, RHC English JBA // 6060. This one is never supposed to be in English but sometimes stays on late after Spanish to 0500. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 6100, May 17 at 1149, RHC is S9+10 but JBM, while // 6000 is S9+10 and undermodulated. Neither provides a second harmonic now; something`s always wrong at RHC. [and non?]. 11860v, May 18 at 0245, S9 total of open carrier with slight het and pulse jamming. At first I wondered if Radio Martí carrier were still on from Greenville long after sign-off. But one of the 11860 sigs is the JBM +10 kHz RHC spur out of 11850, which is S9+30; the matcher on the low side, 11840 in the clear, is S9. There is also a slight het on the low side of 11860, which could be Saudi`s Yemen service, as Gianni Serra, Roma, had measured it April 28 on 11859.96 --- I haven`t heard it well in ages. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 6060, May 18 at 0254, RHC Spanish frequency is OFF. May 18 at 0526, 6060 still off and 6100 too, both now supposed to be English, leaving only 6165 undermodulated, and 6000 S9+20 with somewhat more modulation. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 9790, May 18 at 0537, huge open carrier at S9+40. Still at 0546 but gone at 0600 recheck. Obviously the 250 kW Habana relay of CRI not turned off at 0500; RFI 500 kW in French is scheduled here at 0500-0700, but not a trace of it. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba. 13739.239, May 18 at 1329, RHC again self-knocked off from 13740.000, S6-S8; while // 13700 is S9+10. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 12000, May 18 at 1334, RHC is S9 vs storm noise; almost seems like a fundamental, but unscheduled, really 2 x 6000 also still audible at S9, then a dead air pause on both. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 9640, May 18 at 2208, RHC Spanish suptorted; wiggle that patchcord! Something`s always wrong at RHC. 13739.240, May 19 at 1345, RHC auto-knocked off 13740.00 for the second day in a row. Hope wolfie finally catch it too, having found it non-knocked when he chex. Something`s always wrong at RHC. But not always the same things all the time. This is during `En Contacto` DX program, but it doesn`t finish at 1350! By then I am on 15230 hearing the RHC IS amid the show, and more Arnie, until `En Cia del Dr` finally starts at 1357. Very unusual as RHC Spanish programming is normally within one minute of nominal. Something`s always wrong at RHC. [and non]. 15140 should be // 15230, but at 1355 May 19 a JBA signal on 15140 I cannot match with traces of modulation. Something`s always wrong at RHC. Could Oman have resumed on 15140 from 9620, where there is also a JBA carrier? Nothing else is known on 15140 --- Except: could it be 2 x 7570 WRMI, which is aimed right at us with Supreme Master TV?? Next time must try to mod-match that. Harmonix from Okeechobee are extremely rare. WRMI`s other 7 MHz which could multiply onto 19m would be: 15460 and 15560. The latter has happened due to mistuning, but soon repaired. By 1425 May 19, still no RHC on 15140, and 15230 is S9 but JBM. Something`s always wrong at RHC. With so few extracontinental SW signals propagating well, we are indeed fortunate that RHC provide such a rich supply of abnormalities to capture! 6000, May 20 at 0043, RHC music presumed English hour altho // 6165 is off. Something`s always wrong at RHC. This serves another purpose, fulcrum for 5990 CRI relay leapfrogging over to produce 6010 intermodulaton mixing product (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Checked the 22 meterband this May 20: Both Cubans on even fq again: 13740 and 13700 kHz at 1316 UT, 13740 S=8-9 in Detroit Michigan, 13700 S=9+20dB in Alberta Canada. When checked the RHC Spanish service in 22mb at 1330 UT, heard also on Tue May 21 on even fqs, 13700 kHz S=8 -82dBm in Detroit MI state, and 13740 kHz S=7-8 -87dBm. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Bueschel, WOR iog via DXLD) [and non]. 15140, May 21 at 1432, RHC missing again today while still on 15230 but VP. And no OMAN either. Need to check before 1400* to try to confirm whether it`s 2 x 7570 SMTV on WRMI. Which I do, May 22 at 1355, but RHC is back on. 11880, May 21 at 1437, CRI Plus English relay is distorted and overmodulated. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15370, even fq RHC Arabic to North Africa 40degr azimuth, S=8 signal strength in Detroit MI-state. also Spanish sce on 9535, 9640 11760 and 11850 kHz, all even fq. I guess only the Bauta transmitter #5 is sometimes faulty working: "tx #5 sometimes irregular on air, or/and odd frequency" 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Bueschel, WOR iog via DXLD) Time? circa 2100 it seems (gh) 6060 & 6000 & 5040, May 22 at 0610, all these RHC English frequencies are off, while only 5040 is supposed to be; leaving only 6165, S9/+10 undermodulated; and 6100 S9+20/30 overmodulated/distorted. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 12200, May 23 at 0615, RHC English at S6-S7, 2 x // 6100: MUF holding up; no harmonics from other 6 MHz channels, but two of them are OFF: 6000 and 6060, while 6165 is on but VP; also fighting high local noise level of S9 on 49m band. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1983, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 12000, May 23 at 1336, RHC Spanish is S7-S5 on 2 x 6000. 11760, May 23 at 2153, RHC dead air at S9+10 while weaker 11850 successfully Spanishes. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [and non]. 5980, May 22 at 0158, TV Martí sound vs jamming, and ROMANIA [q.v.] has just closed; not // 6030 Radio Martí, and nothing on 6010, contrary to a report 23.5 hours earlier to WOR iog: ``Noted here in NB this evening (21 May UT) at 0230 UT: 5980 kHz - TV Martí audio 6010 kHz - TV Martí audio 7335 kHz - Radio Martí 7365 kHz - Radio Martí (nothing on 6030 kHz) -- Richard Langley`` He agrees back to normal tonight; but a sign of things to come? TVM and jamming on 6010 will wipe out any chance for Brasil, or inactive Colombia, Mexico, let alone the Cuban leapfrog before 0100 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) US IBB BBG Spanish service meant to Cuban island nationals from Greenville NC-US state broadcast center heard after 1400 UT on 11860even kHz, and odd fq 11929.992 kHz, both S=9+20dB in Detroit Michigan remote SDR. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Bueschel, May 21, WOR iog via DXLD) I`m willing to consider +/- 10 Hz of nominal not that `odd` (gh) Marti: See also U S A! ** CUBA [non non]. 9490, May 20 at 0037, no Radio República and no jamming, since not scheduled in DST season until 0100-0300 (Sat/Sun to 0400) per WRTH Update, probably meaning UT Sun/Mon. Jamming is often heard later and surprised it`s not on earlier. RR is via RMI via FRANCE, rather indirectly from Okeechobee (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** DENMARK. World Music Radio (WMR) is back on 15805 kHz (200 W). On air today Saturday and tomorrow Sunday 07-20 UT. Fair to good reception right now in many parts of reception - including SW United Kingdom, Austria, Romania, Northern Scandinavia, Italy and Russia 5840 kHz is still on the air with some 25 - 35 W ... continuously. Best 73s, (Stig Hartvig Nielsen, World Music Radio - www.wmr.radio E-mail: wmr@wmr.dk 0733 UT Sat May 18, HCDX via DXLD) 15805, World Music Radio, Randers, 1540-1614, 18-05, pop songs in English, Latin American songs, id. “World Music Radio”. 25322. Also 0847-0930, 19-05, pop songs in English, Brazilian and Latin American songs in Spanish ID “World Music Radio”. 25332 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1983, DXLD) WMR: Zero signal here, at 07, 12 & 16 UT, May 18 (Ivo Ivanov, WOR iog via DXLD) World Music Radio --- 15805.003, Only tiny threshold signal traced at remote SDR unit at Moscow Russia at 0810 UT on May 19. S=3-4 signal level of -104dBm, to compare locally SDR / antenna noise level nivel -107dBm. 5839.987 kHz S=4 or -97dBm in Italy, S=7-8 -87dBm in Texel island Holland area. S=5 or -87dBm in Switzerland St. Gallen, S=4 or -104dBm in Austria and Hungary at 0820 UT. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 19, WOR iog via DXLD) [and non] Today again zero signal on 15805, but very weak WTWW-3 on 15810, probably test transmission (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, 1137 UT May 19, WOR iog via DXLD) At 1145, 15805 kHz WMR weak and WTWW a bit stronger on 15809.94 kHz here in eastern Finland (Mauno Ritola, ibid.) World Music Radio on 15805 kHz is probably the station on 19 m with the lowest power - and with the most simple aerial - so obviously that makes it a DX catch. It is not a signal you can rely on for regular listening - tuning in and then expecting a fine signal. Most of the time the signal will be absent or barely audible - in the areas where the signal propagates into (Russia, Southern Europe, Northern Scandinavia, Brazil, North America - and even once in Thailand). I had imagined that that would have created more interest among DX'ers. Right now 15805 kHz is audible in Northern Sweden http://sm2byc.ddns.net:8073/ and - and very weak in Romania http://kiwisdr.yo3iul.ro:8074/ Italy http://iw2nke.ddns.net:8073/ Iceland http://tangar.utvarp.com:8073/ and the USA http://w1nt.onthewifi.com:8073/ - but when you read this the situation may be different. Sometimes the signal on 15805 kHz gets out quite well: As received in Spain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZJWUEVXh44&app=desktop As received in PA, USA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuBd7PNOYpk As received in Moscow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbiRuRVfrY0 As received in Semiluki, Russia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_5_V-OQSOg As received in Murom, Russia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfvqPnPwLVI As received in Brazil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIVesEokcis As received in Bulgaria: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XUSS15Bv1I and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZBWdIiZs3I Strong short ship to SW UK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0doNFJ3DOwU I have just purchased a new 3 element yagi for 15805 kHz, so hopefully soon there will be some improvement in signal strength :-) Best 73's (Stig Hartvig Nielsen, WMR, HCDX via WORLD OF RADIO 1983, DXLD) FYI, mail to SHN in Denmark. 73 wb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" > To: "Stig Hartvig Nielsen" Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2019 2:08 PM Subject: Re: [HCDX] [WOR] World Music Radio Many thanks SHN for your explanation, as radio amateur operator I know about propagation and sunspots in 2019 to let's say 2022 year. I'd make the technical decision rather towards lower side of 31 mband like 9320-9385 kHz fq range, in coming three years fortunately. kind regards de wolfie df5sx wwdxc (Wolfgang Bueschel, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1983, DXLD) Instead of 15805. See also USA: WTWW ** EAST TURKISTAN. 15410, May 22 at 1430, S9-S5 in Chinese and a bit of English. Aoki/NDXC shows it`s CRI Chinese this hour only from Kashi-Saiba site, a.k.a. Kashgar (near the Uighur concentration camps. Such does not disqualify from participating in HFCC!) Specifically 500 kW at 300 degrees toward Europe, one of countless transmissions thus, and often carrying on to central N America when little else does; likewise routine CRI English on 15590 via Urumqi (NOT ``Urumqui``) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EAST TURKISTAN. Dear DX-friends, These are my latest loggings from Skovlunde on the AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire: All Xinjiang frequencies in the 60 mb are now OFF for the summer season! (Anker Petersen, Denmark, May 22, wbradio yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1983, DXLD) 4500, 4850, 4980, 5060 had been audible here circa grayline (gh) ** EGYPT. Mystery Egyptian Music Station on 9550 kHz, May 16 0900-0910 on 9550 unknown tx / unknown to ????, fair/good https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/reception-of-mystery-egyptian-music_17.html Mystery Egyptian Music Station on 9400 kHz, May 17 0815-0820 on 9550 unknown tx / unknown to ????, weak/fair https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/reception-of-mystery-egyptian-music_5.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 16-17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Mystery Egyptian Music Station on 9400 kHz, May 18 0815-0820 on 9400 unknown tx / unknown to ????, weak signal https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/reception-of-mystery-egyptian-music_18.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 17-18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Mystery Egyptian Music Station on 9550 kHz, May 19 0924-0930 on 9550 unknown tx / unknown to ????, weak/fair https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/mystery-egyptian-music-station-on-9550.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 18-19, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Mystery Egyptian Music Station on 9400 kHz, May 20 0905-0915 on 9400 unknown tx / unknown to ????, weak/fair https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/reception-of-mystery-egyptian-music_20.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hello Ivo, Has anyone attempted to direction-find the 9400 "Egyptian Music" station's signal, or at the very least ascertain its signal reception azimuth bearing and if it more than one-hop from your DX qth(s)? No trace here, but someone in a remote place is probably playing music to the locals via an old transmitter or something. I admit I did it in northern California via an old 20w TCS-13 rig for my friends on odd SW freq. occasionally. I swear they thought I was some radio "wizard" or something. It sounds like it is low-powered, but the path from Egypt and that region is very tough to California due to the Auroral Oval attenuation syndrome. Ahh, the ever ongoing fascination of SWLing and DXing! Thanks! -- (Steve McGreevy, N6NKS - www.auroralchorus.com WOR oig via DXLD) no answer Mystery Egyptian Music Station on 9550 kHz, May 21 0815-0818 on 9550 unknown tx / unknown to ????, fair/good https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/reception-of-mystery-egyptian-music_21.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005, Radio Nacional Guinea Ecuatorial, Bata, *0516-0540, 18-05, songs, comments in Spanish. Very weak today. 15311. 19-05 out of air (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) ** ERITREA [non]. Reception of Radio Sinit Eritrea RSE via MBR Issoudun on May 18 0500-0600 11660 ISS 250 kW / 123 deg EaAf Tigrinya/Arabic Sat, vy good https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/reception-of-radio-sinit-eritrea-rse_18.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 17-18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ERITREA [non]. Reception of Voice of Eritrean Lowlands via MBR Issoudun, May 18: 1700-1730 on 15390 ISS 100 kW / 123 deg to EaAf Arabic Mon/Sat, fair/good signal https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/reception-of-voice-of-eritrean-lowlands.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 18-19, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Voice of Eritrean Lowlands via MBR Issoudun May 20 1700-1730 on 15390 ISS 100 kW / 123 deg to EaAf Arabic Mon/Sat, fair https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/reception-of-voice-of-eritrean-lowlands_20.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA. UNID: 891 kHz, 2132–2347 UT - unid station, sometimes mixed with Iran (Dena). African and European music, OM and YL talks. Algeria reactivated, Ethiopia extension or something else? 1905201930227 MW 891 kHz - unid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq89h98yjy8&feature=youtu.be 2132–2347 UT with IRIB Radio Dena on the way. Received in Moscow region 18.05.19 on Degen 1103, Tecsun AN-2. 73, (Eduard Korsakov, Russia, WOR iog via DXLD) First reply on the Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq89h98yjy8&feature=youtu.be senderjaeger 16 hours ago --- Highly interesting catch with a great signal. Congrats! The music heard in the beginning is definitely African although not Ethiopian style. However, at 2:29, typical Ethiopian music is heard, followed by a male announcer clearly mentioning Ethiopia, so I think it's quite likely Radio Ethiopia, 73! Plus some more replies in Russian (gh, WOR iog via DXLD) ** GERMANY. 15445.04, NHK Radio Japan (presumed); 1848, 5/19; M in Japanese with JJ pop music. SIO=2+53 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ---- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time. ----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) MBR slipping, that far off fq ** GERMANY [non]. IRELAND [non]. ROMANIA. Radio Rasant via IRRS Nexus RADIO RASANT, "The Students‘ Radio From Germany" will be on air, in accordance with its website, Friday 24th May from 1815 to 1915 UT on 7290 and Saturday 25th May from 0800 to 0900 on 9510, vía IRRS Nexus. "Our next transmission will be done very soon. Please see our schedule below. CEST: Central European Summer Time Shortwave: Friday 24th May 20.15 - 21.15 CEST 7290 kHz Saturday 25th May 10.00 - 11.00 CEST 9510 kHz" https://schedules-radiorasant.blogspot.com/2019/02/our-next-transmission-will-be-done-very.html "About Radio Rasant Since September 2000 there’s a group of students at the Urban Secondary School Sundern, who produce one hour radio programmes. These programmes are relayed afterwards locally on FM and via cable and around the world on shortwave and in the internet as well. To reach this high quality we are supported by several German and foreign broadcasting stations, offices and companies. The topics are chosen from social, technical, literal [literary?], cultural, musical and economical affairs and as well as school affairs." https://radiorasant.blogspot.com/ https://realschule-sundern.de/unterricht-und-angebote/ags/radio-rasant/ e-mail: rs-sundern.sekretariat@web.de (via Manuel Mendez, May 20, WOR iog via DXLD) But Sat & Sun May 18&19 no signal via Saftica 0800-0900 & 0930-1200 on 9510 (Ivo Ivanov, 1632 May 20, ibid.) ? But not the times for Rasant Yes Ivo, I contacted with Radio City about this and here the reply from the Station: "Hello Manuel, I have checked with IRRS. Transmissions on 7290 kHz are during this season starting late at 1815 GMT as all transmitters at the site are in operation. So they need time to retune and change antenna. Wrong programme due to misprint in the schedule. Saturday there was a different problem as the computer net at the site was not operational so they could not receive the audio feed from IRRS. As a result the transmitter was not switched on. Next week there will be a completely different programme on 9510 kHz - the German school station Radio Rasant. The Radio City May programme will be on the air Saturday June 1. Best regards, Radio City - the Station of the Cars" (via Mendez, ibid.) > at 1815 GMT as all transmitters at the site are in operation. According to RadioCom Romania telecommunication organization the reason for new start time 1815 UT from Saftica Romania is the late 7290 kHz channel occupation til 1805 UT from China mainland Beijing #572 txion site daily. 73 wolfie (Bueschel, ibid.) RTI HKO-Info 2019-04 Bericht vom 38. URDXT m-z ===> "Radio Rasant" [HKO stands for some listeners` klub, I think --- gh] -------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: RTI HKO-Info 2019-04 Bericht vom 38. URDXT m-z Datum: Tue, 21 May 2019 12:46:54 +0200 Von: Bernd Seiser Deutschland: Das Schülerprogramm Radio Rasant hat seine nächste Kurzwellensendung am nächsten Wochenende. Sie wird wie immer über die Frequenzen des IRRS ausgestrahlt: am Freitag 24. Mai, 18.15 Uhr UTC oder 20.15-21.15 Uhr MESZ auf 7290 kHz, am Samstag, 25. Mai, 08.00 Uhr UTC oder 10.00-11.00 Uhr MESZ auf 9510 kHz, beide Male parallel dazu im Internet. Eine weitere Ausstrahlung gibt es bei Laut.FM am Donnerstag, 30. Mai, 17.00-18.00 Uhr MESZ. Empfangsberichte und Kommentare gehen an folgende Adresse: Radio Rasant, Rotbuschweg 28, D- 59846 Sundern, Germany Fax: +49 2933 77073 oder email bei info@radiorasant.org https://schedules-radiorasant.blogspot.com/2019/02/our-next-transmission-will-be-done-very.html übersetzt von Dr. Hansjörg Biener ===> https://radiorasant.blogspot.com/ https://schedules-radiorasant.blogspot.com/ https://schedules-radiorasant.blogspot.com/2019/02/our-next-transmission-will-be-done-very.html Our next transmission will be done very soon. Please see our schedule below. CEST: Central European Summer Time Shortwave: Friday 24th May 20.15 - 21.15 CEST 7290 kHz Saturday 25th May 10.00 - 11.00 CEST 9510 kHz Internet: Radio Rasant via IRRS https://www.nexus.org/irn-player3/ ===> https://radio3.nexus.org/irn.mp3 Friday 24th May 20.15 - 21.15 CEST Saturday 25th May 10.00 - 11.00 CEST Laut.FM http://www.laut.fm/jukebox Thursday 30th May 17.00 - 18.00 CEST ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (via roger, May 23, WOR iog via DXLD) ** GIBRALTAR. 5450-USB. May 15, 2019. 0210-0218, MKL Military One-RAF Volmet (Saint Eval), Gibraltar-GBR, in English. Airport meteorological informations, in English, by female voice. (JRX_Jose Ronaldo Xavier, SWARL Callsign PR7036SWL, Cabedelo, Brazil (UTC-3), WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1983, DXLD) There has been some uncertainty about the site for this frequency --- UK itself, or Ascension, or ??. It is 4 kW from Gibraltar per this: http://dxinfocentre.com/volmet.htm (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) However, Saint Eval is in CORNWALL!!! RAF base there feeds/controls transmitter in Gibraltar? Really? Space is rather at a premium there (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUINEA. Radio Guinea, Conakry, 9650, out of air today Sunday. Checked from 0600 to 1420 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, May 19, WOR iog via DXLD) ** INDIA. 11560, AIR at 1655 UT May 19 with Russian Service playing Shankar Mahadevan from the movie soundtrack "Taare Zameen Par". Sign off at 1715 UTC. Excellent. 73 (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Rx: Perseus SDR, Ant: Wellbrook ALA 100 loop, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. Although I didn't get a chance to listen to All India Radio on Monday 20 May, the daily cuesheet did not show Faithfully Yours scheduled for broadcast as we would have expected. It therefore looks as if it has skipped a week, and I'll check again next week to confirm that the new 2-weekly cycle is from 27 May. Best wishes (Alan Roe, May 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. Special broadcasts by AIR for election results coverage Dear friends, All stations of All India Radio will be continuously on air on MW/SW/FM with coverage of Indian General Election Results from 23rd May morning for about 2 days (or till final results come). It is a good time to catch any wanted AIR station as they will be on at timings when they are normally off air (especially after Indian local midnight to early morning hours) The following sites are of interest: AIR News website: http://www.newsonair.nic.in/ https://www.youtube.com/c/NEWSONAIROFFICIAL Doordarshan TV News Website: http://ddnews.gov.in/ http://prasarbharati.gov.in/DDLive.php Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India, May 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. INDONÉSIA (?), 3325 RRI, Palangue Karaya, 2101-2110, 11/5. Texto; 15341. 3345, RRI, Ternate, 2103-2113, 11/5. Texto; 15331. 73, (Carlos Gonçalves, SW coast or Portugal, DX WORLD OF RADIO 1983, LISTENING DIGEST) Ternate is rarely active. That was in their morning; for our benefit, hope it`s also on in evening (gh, ibid.) Carlos previously reported it presumed this March: ``3345 RRI (p), Ternate, 1849-1856, 12/3. Texto; 15331.`` For his DBS, Anker Petersen said it was ``only sporadic``, last logged in October 2018. Until he himself reported later in December: ``3345, 2235-2240 13.12, RRI, Ternate (p), Bahasa Indonesia talk - best in USB, 13131 AP-DNK`` My last report was Oct 6, 2018 circa 1233: ``Propagation is certainly OK, as I again detect the JBA off-frequency carrier just below 3345 from RRI Ternate, which BTW is in the Maluku Islands of eastern Indonesia``. There were definite logs of it on 3344.86, Sept 19, 2018 as in DXLD 18-39. Carlos and all should check for this precise frequency (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, May 27 - Have been checking Ternate almost daily, including today, as it is the one RRI station most likely to reactivate for Ramadan, as they have done a number of times in past years, but no results so far during my morning monitoring. Today at 1118+, was checking 3325 for VOI (heard in Chinese, with faint audio) and also checked for Ternate, but nothing there. Will keep checking. You are certainly correct, a good sign that it is them is the off frequency (3344.86 kHz.). (Ron Howard, California, WOR iog via DXLD) ** INDONESIA [and non]. Pacific Rim SWDX observations on 20 May at dawn in the CA desert --- I managed to awake about 1200 this morning which is morning dawn time presently when HF signals from the Pacific direction have dawn-enhancements usually. I noted the following: 3325, presumed VOI with faintly audible audio of maybe 10% or less modulation levels at ~1220-1230z on checks. DFing (null) azimuth indicates about 280 to 290 deg. true, so it must be them again. Seemed alone on frequency and no sign of Bougainville, PNG. This sure has been quite an interesting frequency over the past 6 weeks. The VOI was great audio and signals in late March particularly by their ~1400z EE program ending, then they went a strong open-carrier all of April, and now weaker with very low modulation levels, but no trace of PNG under them (or mixing before 1200 UT as had been the situation in March). Back in March also, the PNG Bougainville often was atop the VOI until their sign-off at ~1201 UT. In (late) March, dawn enhancements brought the VOI English program between 13 to 14z (from the Kalimantan/Borneo Island) very strong at times right at dawn and sunrise. Now back to weak audio levels. [later]: Regarding 3325: I temporarily forgot this morning that the NBC Bougainville signs-off at 1201z (or used to...). It has been quite a many weeks since I last heard them! Throughout April, the VOI from Kalimantan (Borneo) had only an OC or very low audio inaudible despite a fine carrier level sometimes before and at sunrise here. This frequency is worth keeping a close ear on! 73 for now - Steve McGreevy (RXs used this morning: Benmar Nav. 555A and its DFing loopstick, and a Drake SSR-1 with 6m short-wire inside the radio-room). N6NKS - www.auroralchorus.com WOR iog via DXLD) See also KOREA NORTH [and non] ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM [and non]. Bloomberg Source: SpaceX technology SpaceX Seeks Approval for Radio Links to Satellites By Todd Shields April 23, 2019, 9:28 PM GMT Initial launch is planned for May, company tells the FCC Request part of boom in private investment in space activity https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-23/elon-musk-s-spacex-seeks-approval-for-radio-links-to-satellites LISTEN TO ARTICLE 2:17 Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp. is asking regulators to approve radio links to spacecraft it plans to launch next month, a key step in the race to girdle the globe with thousands of low-orbit communications satellites. An initial group of SpaceX satellites is to be launched in early May, and the company, in an April 5 application, is asking the Federal Communications Commission to allow six ground stations scattered around the U.S. to communicate with the spacecraft. The stations can help control the satellites “in the unlikely event of a performance issue,” SpaceX said in the document that didn’t identify what problems might arise. The authority is needed because regular FCC licenses don’t authorize communications with low-orbit spacecraft before they reach their assigned positions, SpaceX said. The request is part of a boom in private space investment and activity, fueled by a race to create a computing and data-communications shell surrounding the Earth. Current satellite orders would increase the amount of hardware orbiting the planet by at least five times over the next few years. SpaceX won FCC approval in October to operate a constellation of 7,518 satellites in addition to a previously approved fleet of 4,425 orbiters. It has since asked to operate 1,100 of the satellites in lower orbits. Earlier: Amazon Plans to Launch Thousands of Satellites for Broadband The satellites will beam internet service to antennas that can be placed on hospitals, schools and homes in areas that are hard to reach with fiber optic cables. The request for lower orbits remains pending at the FCC, where it has met opposition from a rival satellite company, Greg Wyler’s OneWeb Systems Inc. There’s no reason to approve the communications request aside from SpaceX’s self-created deadlines, OneWeb said in a filing. “SpaceX actively wields the potential dangers of its uncontrolled spacecraft as a cudgel,” OneWeb said in the filing. It said SpaceX’s underlying modification request “has encountered widespread opposition on issues ranging from increased radio frequency interference to troublesome orbital debris. SpaceX told the FCC such objections were “frivolous” and “seem more like a last ditch effort to delay a competitor from initiating the process that will bring true broadband services to millions of Americans in underserved and unserved areas.” Tina Pelkey, an FCC spokeswoman, declined to comment (via DXLD) WTFK? ** IRAN. Sirjan and Ahwaz site - maintenance break 0820-0920 UT daily, except Zahedan site. [or lunch? complete sked shows gap during that hour --- gh] re IRIB Spanish 15130 0720 0820 27S,28S,37 SIR 500 295 0 218 Spa IRN IRB SP_alternate 17780 0720 0820 27S,28S,37 SIR 500 298 -15 218 Spa IRN IRB SPANISH 17815 0720 0820 27S,28S,37 SIR 500 295 0 211 Spa IRN IRB SPANISH HFCC-requested 15130 kHz IRIB Spanish service is seemingly alternate, not on air on May 15. 17780.008 and 17814.997 kHz much powerful here in central Europe too. Phone-in talk about Venezuela/USA civil/embargo etc. crisis politics. (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 15, BC-DX 18 May via DXLD) ** IRELAND [and non]. 252 kHz temporarily cleared: see ALGERIA ** ISRAEL. 4000-LSB. May 19, 2019. 4XZ Israeli Navy, Haifa. CW transmission with poor reception, 25552. Better on 4003-LSB, 35553. 4331-LSB. May 19, 2019. 0232-0239, Israeli Navy, Haifa-ISR. CW transmission with poor reception, 25552. Better on 4332-LSB, 35553. (JRX_Jose Ronaldo Xavier, SWARL Callsign PR7036SWL, Cabedelo, Brazil, Receiver (s): Degen DE1103 & Tecsun S-2000, Antenna: Longwire, WOR iog via DXLD) ?? What counts is where the zero-beat carrier frequency is. EiBi shows these on 4000-CW and 4331-CW. You may have been using LSB tuning, but it was not LSB transmission. Please do not attach LSB or USB to a frequency unless it be transmitted that way. This also goes for the apparent fax items you sometimes log. BTW, I don`t see anyone objecting to x as in fax for cs in facsimile, or rather faximile, hi (gh, DXLD) ** ISRAEL [and non]. The Euro Song Contest for tomorrow will be with the participation of Russia, but without representatives from Bulgaria, Ukraine, Turkey, Slovakia and other Euro countries. Last year, I listened to a live broadcast from Lisbon on the waves of the Ukrainian Radio CB [=MW] 549 kHz and how strange the Israeli radio in Arabic on CB 1080 EHz was, while the Hebrew did not broadcast Israel to the main program, although its winner. In the second part of the competition, Greece connected to KV [=SW] 9420, CB 729, 1008, 1305, etc., since the Greek participant sang (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria. Rus-DX May 19 not published until May 25, via DXLD) ** ITALY. AM Italia - Challenger Radio Nord Italia reactivated on 594 kHz --- Hello, on May 17th AM Italia / Challenger Radio Nord Italia has been reactivated on 594 kHz after several months of inactivity. It broadcasts from Villa Estense (Padua province). Strong signal in northeastern Italy. 73 (Fabrizio Magrone (Forli, Italy), May 18, MWCircle yg via DXLD) Challenger used to carry some World of Radio from IRRS. I wonder if it will wind up here? (gh, DXLD) ** ITALY. ITÁLIA, 10000*, ITALCABLE, Massarosa, 1213-..., 12/5. Sinais horários e informação horária com intervalos preenchidos por peças musicais; 15341. *) Sinal em AM com banda lateral (inferior) suprimida. [ = USB +reduced? carrier] 73, (Carlos Gonçalves, SW coast or Portugal, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN. [Re 19-20, 5006:] Hi Glenn, Clearly this CW is NOT JG2XA (Japan). May 17, again heard it at the same time, but was certainly NOT // 8006 (which just had the usual open carrier). Afraid I was so excited yesterday to finally hear CW on 5006, that I forgot to check the //. So who is the CW on 5006? Is it new, or did I just miss it in the past? (Ron Howard, California, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1983, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH. North Korea Broadcasting Gets a Make-Over Well, its TV network did, according to this report by NPR. https://www.npr.org/2019/05/20/723922031/north-koreas-state-propaganda-gets-a-makeover Perhaps the radio side will also let down its hair at some point? 73, (Andy Robins, Kalamazoo, Michigan USA, WOR iog via DXLD) Hello Andy, Great thanks for this link - I am reading the NPR article now. It reminds me a bit of (ahem: CNN/Fox/MSNBC/others) - a DX friend in New Mexico always said the West's own "propaganda" is very alluring and sophisticated compared to the crude stuff the former Soviet Union put out. It appears now that the North Koreans are learning the "slick" look that "tames the gullible sheeple" into believing it all and thus "obeying" the medium's strictures (Produce! - Produce! - Produce! Obey Obey Obey!). And then --- it makes them work 2x faster. This reason is why SWLing/DXing is so wonderful - we learn thusly [to] know about media "propaganda" - a word that looks negative to the West as we use it, but even in Mexico they (honestly) use the word for a lot of national and state government media output, and not just TV nor radio. So we all hopefully learn the manipulation of media - especially (INMNSHO) television - a medium I pulled the plug on in 2007 save for e-skip TV DX when that was possible. With TV, when the distracting noise of the audio is turned down, THEN one can see (hoping) the fake-ness of the medium just through the imagery and mouth movements and the (all-telling) eyes of the people on the screen. I tried this for a spell back in 2005 and saw the "light." "Acting" - most readers know the tune by Don Henley: "Dirty Laundry" ("... she can tell you about the plane crash with a gleam in her eye" ... "she should have been an actress..."). Just speaking for myself only, I became so sick of the slick-willy stuff on TV even back in '07 I called the satellite TV provider and said - "get rid of it" (paraphrasing; no cable out here in the desert boonies) Then back in the 70s the tune "Smiling Faces" told a lot. As I am truly fascinated with the Korean situation(s) there, this is cool to read, so big thank yous for this head's up! Not to 100% bash TV - it HAS wonderful programming - like 5% of it. When the ads became twice-fold in numbers and they started cutting-off Star Trek episodes where the natural breaks were NOT placed, and then started "slamming on" the ads very fast without any sane pause (like 2 seconds) after the programming interruption, I switched it all off. [Sadly, ``BBC America`` is especially guilty of that --- gh] Oh yeah, note in the photo on that NPR article page (of the TV screen) that "ICBM" evidently has no translation into Korean, thus the English word usage. Fascinating!- 73 - (Steve McGreevy, CA, -- N6NKS - http://www.auroralchorus.com WOR iog via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH [and non]. Pacific Rim SWDX observations on 20 May at dawn in the CA desert --- I managed to awake about 1200 UT this morning which is morning dawn time presently when HF signals from the Pacific direction have dawn-enhancements usually. I noted the following: 2850, North Korea (KRE) with excellent signal way above average with some operatic music good/clear enough to listen to for a spell - 1210z on 20 May. 3320, KRE was weaker than 2850 by a good 10 dB (on peaks) at about 1215z. It sounded // 2850 which is not usually the case but sometimes they are so. 3480, KOR - V. of the People way atop weak "beeping" jamming most audible on its upper side - if this is jamming (ineffectual!). I searched for //s and found // 4450 in the clear totally, until an abrupt switch-on of the big hash-jamming at 1240z! Both // 6600 as usual but 6600 was buried in the jamming unlike last week and before when they are usually well atop the jamming at this California desert QTH. 6200 strong Chinese station presumed V. of Jinling, Nanjing in Mandarin (that lang. presumed - it sounded like it) exceptionally strong this dawn period at ~1225z with unID underneath (CNR in Lhasa?) and nice female vocal music - I stuck around to listen for a spell. 6280 TWN (1 kW listed!) normally just a weak carrier but this signal had fair audio this dawn but distorted in (sounded like) Mandarin at ~1230z. I would say skip-conditions to east Asia on 49 meters and even KRE 2850 well above average! (CB is open with strong skip pile-ups on ch-5 (the Mexican pile-up/trucker channel [27015]) and 19 (US/CAN truckers [27185]) - at 1700z, and there is short skip on the 40m band to within 30 km distance -- indicative of Es - (the joys of 'UpOver' Summer and Es coming...). 73 for now - Steve McGreevy (RXs used this morning: Benmar Nav. 555A and its DFing loopstick, and a Drake SSR-1 with 6m short-wire inside the radio-room). N6NKS - www.auroralchorus.com WOR iog via DXLD) See also INDONESIA [and non] ** KOREA NORTH [non]. UZBEKISTAN, Frequency change of R. Free North Korea via Tashkent from May 18: 1200-1300 NF 11510 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean, fair/good signal, ex 11520 https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/frequency-change-of-rfree-north-korea.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 17-18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UZBEKISTAN, Radio Free North Korea via RRTM Telecom Tashkent, May 22: 1200-1300 11510 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg Korean, fair to good signal https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/radio-free-north-korea-via-rrtm-telecom.html Frequency change of Voice of Wilderness via Tashkent, May 22 1330-1530 7615 TAC 100 kW / 070 deg Korean, weak to fair ex 7625: https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/frequency-change-of-voice-of-wilderness.html Frequency change of North Korea Reform Radio via Tashkent, May 22 1430-1530 11565 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg Korean, ex 11570, fair to good, QRM same time 11560 BGL 500 kW / 325 deg to WeAs Pashto All India Radio, very strong https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/frequency-change-of-north-korea-reform.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 22, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA SOUTH. 6350, May 17 at 1153, romantic solo song, maybe even in English, S8-S9 with jamming CCI; similar on 6600 but not positively // with less QRM. 6350 is Echo of Hope, while 6600 is Voice of the People. Both operated by the National Intelligence Service, from different sites, and supposedly with separate programming as clandestines into North Korea (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA SOUTH [non]. Korea, Republic / United Kingdom: Although very early, but it was reported that KBS in Russian from October 27, 2019 will be on the air from 6:00 to 19:00 UT at 6040 kHz through a transmitter on Uuferton [sic] and from 13:00 to 14:00 on 9645 KHz from Kimzhe, Republic of Korea (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, Rus-DX May 19 not published until May 25, via DXLD) Really? 13 hours straight in the daytime? Or starting at 16:00? (gh, DXLD) ** KUWAIT. Very weak signal of MOI Radio Kuwait in Farsi on wrong frequency, May 16 0800-1000 5959.8 KBD 250 kW / N-D WAs Farsi, instead of 7249.8 in A19 https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/very-weak-signal-of-moi-radio-kuwait-in.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 16-17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Very good signal of MOI Radio Kuwait in 16mb on May 18 2000-2400 on 17550 KBD 250 kW / 350 deg to ENAm Arabic Gen.Sce: https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/very-good-signal-of-moi-radio-kuwait-in.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 18-19, WORLD OF RADIO 1983, DX LISTENING DIGEST) CIRAF zones are 6 and 7, NOT ``ENAm`` which are 4, 8 and 9 as I have pointed out year after year; altho reception is likely to be better in the east over lower latitude path. Traces of this signal are becoming audible here in Z7. See below (gh, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1983, DXLD) 15529.707 kHz Radio Kuwait Kabd, international pop songs program, easy listening, at 0735 UT on May 19, in English, S=9+10dB here in central Europe. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 19, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1983, DXLD) [and non]. Reception of MOI R. Kuwait, Arabic AM mode May 21 1055-1325 on 9749.8#KBD 250 kW / 286 deg to NEAf General Service 1355-1600 on 11629.8*KBD 250 kW / 230 deg to CeAf Holy Qur'an Service # co-ch QRM 9750.0 YAM 300 kW / 290 deg to EaAs Japanese R. Japan * co-ch QRM 11630.0 LIN 100 kW / 286 deg to EaAs Kazakh CNR-17 https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/reception-of-moi-radio-kuwait-in-arabic.html Reception of MOI Radio Kuwait in AM mode/DRM mode on May 21: 1600-1800 on 15540.0 KBD 250 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Urdu AM mode - good 1800-2100 on 15539.8 KBD 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Gen.Sce DRM, instead 1800-2100 on 15539.8 KBD 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu English DRM as A-19 https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/reception-of-moi-radio-kuwait-in-am.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 17549.98, May 21 at 2119, JBA talk, the OSOB after KVOH closed VG 17775 circa 2100. Got to be R. Kuwait`s very optimistic central/western-USA target service in Arabic, scheduled all year at 2000-2400, 250 kW at 350 degrees, but just starting to propagate now a month from Solstice with maximum, but only partial insolation on the near-polar path. Note local time at takeoff ranges from 23 to 03; who else would ever consider broadcasting on 16m at such hours, let alone to the other worldside? I had just checked WWV at 2118 to hear the K index as zero, which helped. 17550-, May 22 at 2133, MOI is once again a JBA carrier slightly on the low side, yet achieving OSOB status. Not audible 24 hours later (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1983, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALI. CRI via Bamako is on air now --- May 17 CRI in English from 1400 on 13685, good & 17630 very good, both via Bamako -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, 1456 UT May 17, WOR iog via DXLD) China Radio International via Bamako, May 17 1400-1557 on 13685 BKO 100 kW / 111 deg to SoAf English 1400-1557 on 17630 BKO 100 kW / 085 deg to CeAf English 1600-1657 on 15125 BKO 100 kW / 085 deg to CEAf Arabic 1600-1657 on 17880 BKO 100 kW / 020 deg to NEAf Arabic 1700-1757 on 13645 BKO 100 kW / 111 deg to SoAf Swahili 1700-1757 on 15125 BKO 100 kW / 111 deg to SoAf Swahili 1800-1827 on 11640 BKO 100 kW / 085 deg to WCAf Hausa 1800-1827 on 13645 BKO 100 kW / 111 deg to WeAf Hausa 1830-1927 on 11640 BKO 100 kW / 085 deg to CeAf Arabic 1830-1927 on 13685 BKO 100 kW / 020 deg to NEAf Arabic 1930-1957 on 11640 BKO 100 kW / 111 deg to SoAf Portuguese 1930-1957 on 13630 BKO 100 kW / 111 deg to SoAf Portuguese 2000-2127 on 11640 BKO 100 kW / 111 deg to SoAf English 2000-2127 on 13630 BKO 100 kW / 111 deg to SoAf English 2130-2227 on 11975 BKO 100 kW / 020 deg to WeAf French 2130-2227 on 13630 BKO 100 kW / 111 deg to SoAf French https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/china-radio-international-via-bamako.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 17-18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALI. 5995, Radio Mali, Bamako, 0529-0759*, 19-05, open today earlier than its usual time, African songs and ID “Radio Mali... quatre vingt douze... megahert FM”, at 0558 tuning music, at 0600 ID “Vous écoutez L’Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision du Mali émettant de Bamako...”, African songs, Vernacular comments. 35433. (Méndez) 9635, Radio Mali, Bamako, *0800-0845, 19-05, open with tuning music and ID “Vous écoutez L’Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision du Mali émettant de Bamako...”, African songs, vernacular comments. 44444 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) ** MEXICO. 610, May 17 at 1121 UT, 2 minutes before LSR, Spanish DJ and lively music from SW, presumed XEGS Guasave, Sinaloa, slowly losing out to KCSP, under which I can still hear a choral NA at 1132. 650, May 17 at 1121, XETNT Los Mochis, Sinaloa, with different Spanish DJ wakeup show, 1129 ``Buenos Días, Yarderos --- Radio 65``, and NA, 1131 back to music. Loops same as sibling 610 station. This is stronger and holds up longer than XEGS. XETNT callsign seldom heard and not today. By this late at sunrise, when I would have preferred to sleep another two hours, the only two audible XEs on the lower band (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 6185, Radio Educación, Ciudad de México, 0451-0502*, 17-05, Spanish, theatre play: “Germinal”, “una novela del escritor francés Emile Zola”, 14321. Also 0456-0502* , 19-05, classic music, 23322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) 6185, R. Educación, on May 20 from 0311, SS with two males in some sort of theater, background sounds such as chimes, wind, music interludes, etc. Clear ID “Radio Educación” at 0317, into very unusual avant garde instrumental music to past 0345. This station has been coming in well regularly of late. 34333 (Robert Butterfield, Columbia MD, USA, Equipment: SDRplay/RSPduo; 28m longwire with 9:1 Balun, WOR iog via DXLD) Bob was a SPEEDX editor; welcome to our group (gh) ** MEXICO [and non]. RAYMIE`S MEXICO BEAT this week --- including DTV This past Monday marked the start of a new operating regime for XHEHF and XHYF. Until that date, Radio Fórmula's two Sonora stations were operated locally by Grupo Larsa Comunicaciones, which like in other RF operating agreements added its own local shows to the national RF schedule. But all those local shows are now on XHHER Romántica 105.9 as that deal has ended. Shows including an afternoon newscast https://twitter.com/cynthiagarama/status/1126947771825700864 and sports show https://twitter.com/Score_MX/status/1127997322703589376 are now heard on the social wolf. As a host put it, "Radio Fórmula remains, but not within Larsa". https://twitter.com/cynthiagarama/status/1127239653466099714 Meanwhile, a new local broadcaster's news programs are going out on the RF stations. Expreso 24/7, a radio newscast from the Expreso newspaper that is also broadcast over its Pop Extremo simulcast in Guaymas and Navojoa, is now on the air in Hermosillo and Nogales. https://twitter.com/Expresoweb/status/1127937074651439104 This comes just 9 months after the Sonora Grupera and Pop Extremo services began broadcasting (Raymie Humbert, Phœnix AZ, May 19, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) After a drought of sorts of new technical documents in the RPC, a full-on deluge began late last week, and today a couple dozen different STL, technical and other items hit the books. Along with them were two documents with tags I've never seen: CAMBIO_DISTINTIVO. Naturally, that raises an eyebrow. Well, the two go together. They form a rarity in Mexico: a callsign swap between two co-owned stations. The stations impacted are XHR and XHLN in Linares, Nuevo León. Since migration, XHLN has been on 105.7 MHz and XHR on 104.9. That has now changed as of July 9, 2018, when Multimedios was approved to swap their call letters. XHR is now the callsign for 105.7 http://rpc.ift.org.mx/rpc/pdfs/42556_190520162121_946.pdf and XHLN is now for 104.9. http://rpc.ift.org.mx/rpc/pdfs/43625_190520162234_560.pdf Three very important notes about this swap: There were no changes in format location. Through the swap, La Caliente remained on 105.7 and Hits FM on 104.9 (though Hits was replaced with La Lupe not long after). The 105.7 facility's associated AM did not change. XELN-AM remains on the books as the combo for XHR-FM. It is a continuity obligation. When Multimedios changed XEDD/XHDD in Montemorelos, Nuevo León, they did specify changes for both AM and FM. Likewise, Combos of '94 have always had call letters change simultaneously on both sides (three such call changes have taken place: XE/XHFIE to XE/XHRD, XE/XHMF (at that time XHMF-FM/Coah.) to XE/XHWGR, and XE/XHTAA to XE/XHRCA). As such, this is a precedent-breaker, and probably an oversight. The facilities are identical Class AA stations (6 kW at 45.64 m HAAT) from the same site. They have shared facilities since the AM days when there was an "XER-XELN" sign on the transmitter shack. In any event, some DX logs and databases have to be updated (Raymie, May 21, ibid.) Looking for the next Article 90 reserved band clear? Look to Tamaulipas. The Facebook page URL for XHBJ-FM is now facebook.com/exa94.5fm — though the page name remains "EXA Ciudad Victoria 107.1 FM", it's pretty clear that XHBJ's clear, dictated two years ago, is finally nearing reality. XHBJ is actually one of three Exa FM stations to clear nationwide. Last year, XHOX-FM/Son. and XHENA-FM made their clears (106.5 to 99.3; 106.9 to 104.1). My current A90 watchlist after XHBJ includes Torreón's XHVK (106.7 to 96.7) and XHETOR (107.5 to 99.9), Acapulco's XHACA (106.3 to 96.1) and XHKOK (107.5 to 88.9), XHTVR in Tuxpan, Veracruz, (106.9 to 99.5), and in Sonora, Puerto Peñasco's XHPPO (106.1 to 93.5) and XHENS in Navojoa (107.1 to 88.9). (Raymie, May 21, ibid.) GRC Sells KXOS to Meruelo, Announces It Will "Monetize Other Non-Strategic Assets" After more than a month of rumors started from David Gleason and later reaffirmed by Darío Celis, Grupo Radio Centro today announced the sale of KXOS to Meruelo Media for an as-yet-undisclosed price. http://www.insideradio.com/free/meruelo-media-buys-kxos-los-angeles/article_3d91cfce-7cd0-11e9-8f1a-e3020c477217.html In a further release to investors on the Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, the company cited increased liquidity and a lower debt load as reasons for the sale and also declared that it will "monetize other non-strategic assets". https://twitter.com/EnFrecuencia/status/1131339127578800128 Radio Centro, probably more for prestige than anything (having billed itself as "the only radio company present in the four cities with the most Spanish speakers in the world: Mexico City, Los Angeles, Monterrey and Guadalajara"), will remain associated with Meruelo. One of KXOS's HD subchannels will feature an all-news format, while GRC will develop content for Meruelo's KWHY-TV. The transaction is slated to close in the third quarter. What Now? The biggest question is how much money this sale will bring in for Radio Centro. Meruelo earlier this year paid $43 million to acquire KLOS, which unlike KXOS is a heritage station. (The signs appear to be that Meruelo will blow up KXOS's current format.) Rumors say KXOS went for $32 million. GRC has a lot of debt. According to reports from Celis last week, GRC owes nearly one billion pesos (about $52.6 million) to the SAT, the Tax Administration Service. It also has two loans from Banco del Bajío, one ending in 2020 that was taken out for the TV network security deposit and another added in 2017 to secure funds for concession renewals. Also worth questioning: what are GRC's other non-strategic assets? The easy answers would be the El Paso Univision cluster, which GRC acquired in 2017 for $2 million, and some of the radio stations outside of GRC's core markets. Particularly interesting to me at least would be a sale of the ne'er-do-well Mérida operation, which hasn't been on the air all that much and fails to make a dent in any ratings, the smallest-market station (Iguala, Guerrero), or XHXV-FM in León, which is much like Mérida in that it doesn't rate. Durango seems to do well (though I can think of at least one obvious potential buyer for it: Multimedios), GRC has a good station count in Torreón, and I doubt sales are coming in Monterrey or Guadalajara, let alone Mexico City. And Why? The post-sale presence of GRC in Los Angeles is a bit of a headscratcher, particularly regarding that new HD subchannel. All-news is pricey, and the HD sub won't feed anything (that we know of). More likely, in my opinion, is that GRC puts some of Radio Centro 97.7's programming and maybe a few local shows on it. As for the TV side, the deal probably involves Radio Centro selling stuff it'll make for its own Mexico City TV station to KWHY, an independent, and I'd guess KWHY programs appearing on XHFAMX. Again, time will tell (Raymie, May 22, ibid.) Time to look at the actions of May 8's IFT Pleno meeting: Multiprogramming Televisa: XHAH, XHBT, XHGA, XHGO, XHO, XHTOL, XHUAA, XHTP — probably all Foro moves to Las Estrellas transmitters New Stations José Melquiades Camacho Soria — Ciudad Valles, SLP (social FM) Universidad Pedagógica del Estado de Sinaloa —*Culiacán, Sin. (public FM) (Raymie, May 22, ibid.) This week, as part of the hearings to build the National Development Plan for 2019-24, one forum was held on the broadcasting industry, and a few things went on: • IFT president Gabriel Contreras went after pirate radio stations, warning that some have been causing interference to aircraft communications. https://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/estaciones-de-radio-ilegales-interfieren-en-comunicaciones-de-aeronaves-ift/1314265 That might seem standard. But what wasn't is that he specifically mentioned one pirate in the capital: Ké Huelga 102.9, saying that "Ké Huelga is illegal and could cause a plane to crash in Mexico City as it comes in to land". https://www.proceso.com.mx/585095/ift-alerta-sobre-ke-huelga-radio-pirata-en-la-unam-que-puede-poner-en-peligro-vuelos-en-la-cdmx • The head of the SPR, Jenaro Villamil, says that in the last six years, public broadcasters were "minimized, robbed and huachicoleados", referring to illegal gasoline siphoning. https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/politica/los-medios-publicos-fueron-huachicoleados-jenaro-villamil Villamil says the IMER's Studio A has humidity issues and is out of date. He'd like to see a General Law of Public Media https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/nacional/pide-jenaro-villamil-a-diputados-hacer-una-ley-de-medios-publicos to create and "consolidate a convergent public media system in the general interest". • CIRT topper José Luis Rodríguez Aguirre says the IFT should regulate internet broadcasting to prevent unfair competition with licensed radio and TV stations. • AMARC and ORC showed up, too. Both groups wondered where indigenous media was in the PND. ORC called for increased support for public media, direct allocations to community stations in the federal budget, and increased compliance with the 1% obligation. But it also had some words for its fellow community radio station association for seeking to impose a one-station limit on community station ownership. https://twitter.com/orcmexico/status/1131019066586542081 Currently, two operators hold multiple community concessions: Codiculta in Oaxaca with its stations in Ejutla de Crespo and Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz, and Domi Bello de Tenorio with stations in Iguala and Taxco, Guerrero (Raymie, May 23, ibid.) Sometimes, things come in pairs. I'd been wracking my brain to learn more about XHPEAP-FM 93.7, the first station for Plan de Agua Prieta, a town in La Concordia Municipality, Chiapas. I knew that Ángel María López López was the concessionaire and that it was a pre-LFTR application, but information was nigh impossible to find. And understandably so. According to 2010 INEGI stats, the population of the locality is 1,752, in a municipality with a "very high" degree of marginalization. Much like with XHSIAB, I had begun to suspect an existing religious radio station. I decided to take a look again and came up with just one mention of a station there: Radio Torre Fuerte on 94.5. With...preaching. https://www.facebook.com/pg/Word-of-God-Mexico-285056905005352/photos/?tab=album&album_id=373465729497802 (Torre Fuerte, or "Strong Tower", comes from Proverbs 18:10). That is the only mention anywhere online of a station in this town. So when I went to look for more Radio Torre Fuerte mentions, I instead found...a new 87.9 pirate in Guaymas, Sonora. https://www.facebook.com/Deliveryparts/posts/2240693426259989 They are not on the air full time—so new they are still testing—but they, too, will be religious. It appears to come from a church also known as Torre Fuerte. [tagline:] Este programa es público, ajeno a cualquier partido político. Queda prohibido el uso para fines distintos a los establecidos en el programa (Raymie, May 23, ibid.) ** MYANMAR [and non]. Co-channel equal level in Brisbane S=9+10dB hit each other. 5915even kHz CRI Mongolian, Huhot, and 5914.982 kHz Myanmar Radio, Nay Pyi Taw site. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 17, WOR iog via DXLD) Time? Perhaps circa 1300, along with an NZ log (gh, DXLD) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. 9925, UT Sun May 19 at 0009, The Mighty Farty KBC via GERMANY, rock music finally good signal a biweek after QSY from 5960, but S9+10/20 still not enough to overcome nearby storm noise level (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1983, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also BELGIUM [non] 9925, EAST GERMANY, The Mighty KBC (Nauen) at 0000 with opening music and a man with ID of “Rocking over the ocean and all over Europe we are the Mighty KBC” then general silliness and into DJ Dave Mason with oldies music and KBC Imports ads – Very Good May 19 – A much improved situation with the signal than we have noticed all month since the change to this frequency. It held up with very good signals and excellent audio right through the entire two hour broadcast. Here's hoping it holds up for the rest of the A19 international broadcasting season (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S, Drake SPR-4, or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 80 and 40 meter off centre-fed dipoles (OCFD), Alpha Delta DX-LB inverted vee dipole, and a rotatable dipole made from two OPEK HVT-600 HF mobile antennas, ODXA iog via DXLD) ** NEW ZEALAND. RE: [WOR] Shiokaze change of frequencies - 5980 Hi Glenn - Thank you for forwarding the report on co channel 5980. From today 0059 [NZT] we move to 6170. My checks so far indicate it is a clear channel. Regards (Adrian Sainsbury, RNZI, 0307 UT May 17, WORLD OF RADIO 1983, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Already changed on the RNZI How to Listen page: 12:59 - 16:50 6170 from 17 May Pacific Sun - Fri 12:59 - 18:58 6170 from 18 May Pacific Sat (gh, ibid.) [and non]. 6170, May 17 at *1259:10, RNZI bellbird, S9, 1300 Timesignal and RNZP News, first day of new frequency to avoid Shiokaze clash on ex-5980; as Adrian Sainsbury had informed me a few hours before, after I notified him of the problem. No QRM now as Pyongyang is away for the A-season. Back on 5980 & 6040, Shiokaze manages only JBA carriers this far into the dayside, but the collision was terrible further west as Ron Howard had reported from California (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1983, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6170, RNZI. 1300+ 17 May. Perhaps first day here, ex-5980. Leaving Shiokaze in the clear, but RNZI has a bit of ACI from CNR1-6175. Not in EiBi yet, but in Aoki (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA, Executive Satellit/6m X wire, WORLD OF RADIO 1983, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5945.004, R NZi Rangitaiki, pop music heard at 1212 UT in Brisbane Queensland, S=9+35dB. And checked also Gifu Nagara in Japan and Seoul Korea South, S=9+10dB on SDR remotes. 6170.005, new frequency ex-5980 kHz, R NZi Rangitaiki. At 1259:30 UT TX on air, heard on remote unit of VE6JY in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, remote Perseus unit and select ATT switch to 30dB option. 1300 UT Bulletin from Pacific. Adjacent Chinese not very strong, 6165 kHz CNR6 Beijing, and 6175 kHz CNR1 Beijing. No QRM [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 17, WOR iog via DXLD) S=9+40dB or -34dBm noted in Edmonton, Alberta at 1259:30 UT, Bird chirping pause signal appeared. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 17, DXLD) 11725, May 22 at 2136, RNZI audible S2-S3 with something about the Andes. Now getting into deep-winter conditions onto lower frequencies, ex-13840. Sked today shows: 2059-2258 11725, then from 2259 13840, which usually improves during the evening here, now running until 0459 for an hour on 9700 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1983, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11725, RNZI, 2210. What sounded to be a relay of Radio Australia, with current events program in Tok Pisin AKA Pidgin English. Was very good to hear this again. Real life intruding, I had to tune out at 2225. Monitored on Sangean ATS-909x and whip. Very Good. May 22 (Rick Barton, listening spotty, but here are Arizona SW Logs, 73 and Good Listening....! -rb, WOR iog via DXLD) ** NIGERIA. Reception of Voice of Nigeria in DRM mode on May 17 1630-1830 on 15119.9 AJA 250 kW / 007 deg to NoAf English DRM https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/reception-of-voice-of-nigeria-in.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 17-18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Friday. What about WINB DRM also on 15115-15125 M-F until 1700? Still no one reports what happen when two DRMs collide (gh, DXLD) 9689.919 kHz Voice of Nigeria Abuja on clear channel on May 19, not in English language, but in definite muslim like Holy Quran content pray at 1914-1916 UT, that should be Fulfulde language instead. S=9+20dB or -53dBm level strength here in central Europe tonight. 73 wolfie df5sx (Wolfgang Bueschel, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1983, DXLD) Since Spain was missing from 9690 With Spain off, Nigeria is also being heard here today (19 May) in NB on nominal 9690 kHz at 1915 UT with a fair to good signal. Checked frequency using the U. Twente SDR receiver and it was 9689.919 kHz. Sounded a bit Arabic to me and with Quran intonations at times. Apparently, Fulfulde has some Arabic loan words so perhaps that's why at times Fulfulde might sound like Arabic. At about 2000 another station came on the frequency. Presumably RFI in Hausa (-- Richard Langley, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1983, DXLD) What a pleasure to be able to hear Nigeria with Spain off the frequency. Wish it would happen more frequently (Dan Robinson, MD, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7255-, May 22 at 0612, no signal from VON; believe it has also been absent a few nights now. 7255-, May 23 at 0631 check, VON still absent (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1983, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA [non]. GERMANY, Dandal Kura Radio International via MBR Nauen on May 16: 0700-0800 13590 NAU 125 kW / 185 deg to CeAf Kanuri, very good, incl 0735-0745 13590 NAU 125 kW / 185 deg to CeAf Deutsche Welle in Hausa https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/reception-of-dandal-kura-radio.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 16-17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Mistake? Regular, or a one-off insert of DW into DK?? (gh, DXLD) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6934.9, May 20 at 0019, rock music, S6-S7, probably Captain Morgan Shortwave, heard a few nights ago on this same offset frequency. Yes, others agree here: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,54158.0.html Gone at my next check 0053; they say he went off at 0042 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENINIG DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 1640, May 20 at 0050 UT, KZLS Enid is S9+40 of dead air; recheck shortly after 0100, had resumed with talkshow, presumably far -right. See also Tornado report (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 27185.217-AM, May 21 at 2317, country ballads, lo-fi, speaker-to-mike? Steady S9+10 and the OSOB with no skip, local Enid CBer, would-be broadcaster (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 89.3, May 20 at 0108 check, KIEL Loyal is back on air with gospel music and has been for a few days, altho missing at last log May 8-9-10 (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. During the long-predicted tornado outbreak Monday afternoon May 20, quick survey 2020-2040 UT, of which radio stations are plugged into which OKC TV stations in continuous storm coverage, at least until prime time: KFOR ``4`` earlier mentioned only 96.1 & 101.9, but also found on 88.5, 89.7, 94.7, 102.7, 1000, 1340 KOCO ``5``: heard on 91.7 KOSU; but at 2138 KOCO crawler lists only all the KGOU network frequencies; at 2148 KOCO also found on 1640 KZLS. One wonders how much of this be ad-hoc, perhaps TV stations not even aware of all their repeaters. KWTV ``9``: 107.7, 960, 1520; 107.1 & 106.3 Enid: KWTV in and out Own live local coverage: KOKP 1020 & KQSR 105.1 Perry/Stillwater Notable by their absence from above are a number of other major FM signals which blithely continued with normal music or talk programming. 98.9 KYIS had audio of some TV but quit before I could match it, ``in and out`` KOKH ``25`` Fox also in continuous weather but unfound on any radio. It`s a poor fourth in the market, but managing to do some OBs now. 89.1 Family Radio translator in Enid dead air; doesn`t take much to disrupt it. NWS overrode everything(?) for tornado warning at 2035 UT, even those stations providing more detailed continuous coverage. This also applied to Altice/Suddenlink cable TV in Enid. During this, channel- changing is disabled. Also for the duration, my rooftop TV antennas are disconnected, but I had picked up some new rabbit ears for $12 on the Radio Shack closeout. Also with a swiveling UHF loop between the rods; strangely, the ears still need to be extended for better UHF reception. At ground level, the only OKC TV station I can get, cutting in and out, is KWTV-25. At least makes for some more DTV pixillated art if I can catch it with the camera. Parts of Garfield County were under tornado warning at times, but fortunately not our part --- yet. There has been plenty of lightning and torrential rain; flooding in our area not a problem --- yet. Storms are to continue until midday Tuesday. Monday afternoon storms were north/NW of OKC, and in west/SW OK, not yet OKC itself, which would get hit later in evening. But only KWTV blew away CBS primetime (until 0200), putting that on KSBI; KOCO at first referred ABC viewers to MeTV 5.2, something it seldom does, but soon ABC was back on 5.1. KFOR put NBC News on KAUT at 2230, but itself went to NBC at 0000 UT, of course with numerous cut-ins (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WORLD OF RADIO 1983, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 92.1 WBFM, May 22 at 1830 UT on caradio, Spanish gospel huxter, so KAMG-LP Enid is back on the air after 21 months! There goes what would have been a prime frequency for the sporadic E DX season. Altho a strong opening could override this. Continuous preaching with praise music background, mentions Coahuila several times, but phone 620-626-8282 for prayer petitions. That would be KZQD-FM 105.1 in Liberal Kansas (not heard here, OK station blox) which radio-locator.com claims is Radio Liberdad [sic], in Spanish but not specifying gospel huxterism. WTFDA DB however says it is Spanish religious, Radio Libertad. So the source of KAMG-LP? But cannot be picking it up directly like a translator. By 1900 UT in music only; 1902 ID in English as KAMG-LP, 92.1, Enid; and in Spanish as ``Radio Vivir, 24 horas al aire``. Yes Vivir, the infinitive, ``to live``, not Viva or Vida, as confirmed by close listening May 23 at 0602 after praise music from 0557 UT tune-in; IDs a minute or two past top-of-hour, clock running slow? Then plugs and seems to intro same Liberal, Kansas predicator as 11 hours ago, but back to more praise songs. WTFDA FM database does have it currently as 68 watts H and V of silence from a horizontal-only height of 37 meters No mention of Maranatha which it was previously affiliated with as satellator: http://www.maranatharadio.com/stations now forwards to https://www.raybentley.com/ as Maranatha Radio with podcasts in English; stations include WRNO 7505 but no OK FM, and no times for any. FCC and Radio-locator.com claim still owned by Maranatha Radio Corp. Far from its roots as a real local station, but FCC approved sale. Previous KAMG-LP info as in DXLD: OFF as of 1/31/19, and before that as of 2/16/18 Last logged ON, but distorted as of 8/25/17 in DXLD 17-35 It was back after dead air for weeks, as of 8/20/17, in DXLD 17-34 Follow-up about ex-DXer John Broomall involvement, DXLD 17-30 John Broomall involvement, Community Christian Broadcasters, discussion of FCC info listing address as 627 E Carrier Road, which I visited without finding it, only residences, in DXLD 17-27 -- which refers to earlier discussion in DXLD 13-41, q.v. The original transmitter site I visited when first on the air is a couple miles further west on the other side of US 81/60/64 (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Next day: on but dead air. Was cynical reactivation only to renew expiring license: DXLD 19-22 ** OMAN. 9620, Radio Sultanate of Oman; 1400-1413+, 5/11; No hint of a carrier from RSoO (or anybody else) Same 5/12, 13 & 14 9620, Radio Sultanate of Oman (presumed); 2126-2137+. 5/15; Droning Arabish music to 2135 M&W announcements in Arabic. SIO=353; at 2120 there was detectable under QRM -- Iran listed in Spanish (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ---- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time. ----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OMAN. Reception of Radio Sultanate of Oman/Oman FM 90.3MHz, May 17 from 1355 on 9620 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu English Ramadan px from 1458 on 9620 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu Arabic, very good: https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/reception-of-radio-sultanate-of_18.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 17-18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Reception of Radio Sultanate of Oman/Oman FM 90.3 [sic] MHz, May 21 from 1403 on 9620 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu English Ramadan px from 1458 on 9620 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu Arabic, very good: https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/reception-of-radio-sultanate-of-oman-in.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 90.4 (gh) ** PERU. 4930, May 19, 0034 --- UNID station, probably from Peru, heard last night (May 19) between 0034–0139 (suddenly closed down), hidden at the very side of a strong utility station. Still trying to find out what it could be. Its modulation was distorted and at the 0139 c/d the carrier remained on the air. Heard in the middle of Europe. While studying my recording I found the following details of this UNID Spanish speaking station on 4930 kHz: The station announces 4930 kHz. Time is UTC –5h. ID/slogan sounds like this: “Radio Durantina Ticoni – onda corta tropical” = it sounds like this to my ears :-) The modulation is distorted (quickly oscillating carrier within a few Hz?). Is it perhaps one of the two “Future Plan” stations in Cusco, Peru in the 60mb (4780 + 4800) according to WRTH? In Cusco there was Radio San Miguel on 4930 kHz in the past (2008). (Karel Honzik via RealDX via SW Bulletin May 19 via WORLD OF RADIO 1983, DXLD) Then I find the complete and later thread about this at RealDX (gh) Four days after I heard this UNID station it seems that no one else heard it anymore. Now I have placed the recording on my blog: http://dx-kh.cz/2019/05/22/unid-4930-khz-jizni-amerika/ The station was not on the air since that night but last night when I had a carrier on 4930 kHz but much weaker than before. No modulation heard (Karel Honzik, 22 May, RealDX via DXLD) I suggest he says "Radio Sur Andina Sicuani". Don´t know what station that could be, though. 73 (Torolf Johnsson, Sweden, May 22, ibid.) Bingo! https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=646449902472338&story_fbid=646509395799722 73, (Mauno Ritola, Finland, May 22, ibid.) Torolf, now it is obvious that they say “Radio Norandina [sic] Sicuani”, but first someone has to come and suggest it :-) - thanks, Torolf! Mauno, thanks for your link to FB where the inauguration is announced. I am glad that I could discover this new station on the day when they went unexpectedly on the air. So the two “Future Plan” stations from Cusco (60mb) are still to come (Karel, ibid.) Congratulations for a new station. The call for Radio Sur Andina is OAW7M. 73 (Fredrik Dourén, ibid.) Fredrik, thank you very much ! (Karel, ibid.) UNID on 4930 kHz - Peru? --- Part 3 CORRECTION Of course it is “Sur Andina” (not Norandina), I am still excited of that discovery :-) (Karel, ibid.) http://dx-kh.cz/2019/05/22/radio-sur-andina-sicuani-4930-khz-peru/ Radio Sur Andina, Sicuani 4930 kHz (Peru) Publikováno 22.5.2019 | Autor: karelhonzik Prekvapivý objev neznámé stanice na kmitoctu 4930 kHz jsem udelal 19.5. po pulnoci. Nikde jsem o ní nenašel žádnou informaci. Ani v žádném DX médiu se zpráva o nové stanici neobjevila. Možná to bylo proto, že stanice byla hodne slabá a byla dobre schována, ba prímo nalepena, na boku silné utility stanice, která vysílá tesne nad 4930 kHz a neustále tam silne vrcí. Až po 4 dnech jsem zjistil, že se jedná o úplne novou stanici z Peru a že zacala vysílat v den, kdy jsem ji zachytil. Je to Radio Sur Andina, Sicuani z jižní cásti Peru. Vysílá z mesta Sicuani v regionu Cusco. Má registracní znacku OAW7M. Kvuli zahájení vysílání v tropickém pásmu 60 metru si založili facebookový profil a na nem je video ze slavnostního zahájení vysílání. Typická pro tuto stanici je zkreslená modulace, jakoby nosná vlna rychle kmitala v rozmezí nekolik Hertzu sem a tam. Na spektru je nosná vlna pomerne široká, takže to tak asi bude. Pamatuji, že pred nekolika lety jsem slyšel presne stejne zkreslenou modulaci u jedné stanice z Peru na stredních vlnách. Výkon vysílace není zatím znám, ale nebude asi vyšší než 1 kW. Nahrávku pro tento blog jsem vybral z více než hodinu dlouhé pracovní nahrávky, kterou jsem porídil mezi 0034 – 0139 UTC, kdy stanice najednou skoncila bez jakéhokoliv odhlášení. Na pracovní nahrávce mám nekolik identifikací, tu nejvíce srozumitelnou jsem dal sem. V minute 01:16 slyšíme ID: „Radio Sur Andina, Sicuani – onda corta tropical“. Audio prehrávac 00:29 01:26 Použitím šipek nahoru/dolu zvýšíte nebo snížíte úroven hlasitosti. Nahrávka je z 19.5.2019 a je sestríhána ze trí cástí nahraných v dobe mezi 0034 – 0139 UTC. Aby byla ID srozumitelnejší, dal jsem sem ješte jednu nahrávku ze záznamu na Facebooku. Tam slyšíme ohlášení: „Radio Sur Andina, Sicuani – onda corta tropical / Son las 4 con 36 minutos“ (Radio Sur Andina, Sicuani – krátká tropická vlna / Jsou 4 hodiny a 36 minut): Audio prehrávac 00:00 00:00 Použitím šipek nahoru/dolu zvýšíte nebo snížíte úroven hlasitosti. Na obrázcích dole je poloha Sicuani na mape Jižní Ameriky, deti z regionu Cusco a mesto Sicuani v jižní cásti pohorí And. Autor: karelhonzik -- QTH: Amberg, Germany (close to border Germany-Czechia) Receiver: Perseus SDR Antennas: various beverages and loops Zobrazit všechny príspevky, jejichž autorem je karelhonzik ? (via DXLD) The disgraced FB link above shows a poster only: Radio Sur Andina May 17 at 5:05 PM ``en breve inauguramos... Radio Sur Andina - OCT 4930 KHz Jr. 2 de Mayo #856 Sicuani`` over background of balloons. OCT means onda corta tropical, not Octubre (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1983, DXLD) ** PERU. 4940, May 14, -2305*, Radio San Antonio, Peru was active last night. Heard until 2305 s/off (Karel Honzic via RealDX, SW Bulletin May 19 via WORLD OF RADIO 1983, DXLD) ** PERU. 4747.6, R. Huanta 2000, Huanta, 2242-2252, 17/5. Canções índias: 25331. 4774.9, R. Tarma, Tarma, 2301-2312, 16/5. Castelhano; prgr. Antena Deportiva; 34332. 4955, R. Cultural Amauta, Huanta. 2249-2259, 16/5. Quíchua; texto, música índia; 15341. 73, (Carlos Gonçalves, SW coast or Portugal, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PHILIPPINES. Reception of Radio Pilipinas PBS in 25/19mb on May 19: 1730-1930 on 9910 PHT 250 kW / 283 deg to N&ME Filipino, not on air 1730-1930 on 12120 PHT 250 kW / 283 deg to N&ME Filipino-good signal 1730-1930 on 15190 PHT 250 kW / 283 deg to N&ME Filipino-good signal https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/reception-of-radio-pilipinas-pbs-in.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 19-20, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** POLAND [and non]. The only other LW station audible during the day is 225 Poland, with noticeably better reception than in southern England, though its transmitter site is closer to London than to Istanbul, and the signal path from Poland to the UK is quite an easy one (across the North German Plain, the Low Countries and the North Sea). While researching something completely different (according to https://mediumwave.info/news.html Abu Dhabi 1575 kHz has been turned off about two weeks ago, which is really interesting and intriguing under the current circumstances) I found this: http://archiwum.wiz.pl/images/duze/1999/11/99113505.JPG So 1 mV/m in southern England, 3 mV/m in Istanbul. [Poland coverage map; major lobe SE, minor lobe NW --- gh] (If you wonder what in the world the connection is: Both facilities use S7HP technology from what was back then Thomcast.) (Kai Ludwig, Germany, May 19, WOR iog via DXLD) ** ROMANIA. 7420, UT Mon May 20 at 0027, Romanian folk music S9+25, while // 5980, presumed still there under wall-of-noise Cuban jamming against no TV Martí on weekends. Alan Roe`s ``Music on Shortwave`` schedule shows this hour contains ``Zi-le D-Alead-Ale Noastre (Folk mx)``; 5980 is ex-9790, a very bad move yet to be rectified. 9700, May 20 at 0611, RRI S7-S4 in German, becoming audible and NZ is conveniently out of the way having cut back to one hour before 0600. [and non]. 7420, May 22 at 0156*, RRI cutoff shortly after tunein a bit early during music, as I am checking // to 5980 with JBA music mixed with Cuban jamming and TV Martí sound; but it had been producing a medium SAH which is gone as soon as I get back to 5980 whence RRI has also vanished (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ROMANIA. Today May 18 also no signal from Radio City, 0800-0900 on 9510 via Radiocom Saftica (Ivo Ivanov, 1956 UT, WOR iog via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. Good signal of GTRK Adygeya/Adygeyan Radio on May 17 1800-1900 on 6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CeAs Adygeyan Fri: https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/good-signal-of-gtrk-adygeyaadygeyan_18.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 17-18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Good signal of GTRK Adygeya/Adygeyan Radio, May 20 [sic]: 1900-2000 on 6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CeAs Adygeyan Sunday [sic] https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/good-signal-of-gtrk-adygeyaadygeyan_20.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 19-20, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Good signal of GTRK Adygeya/Adygeyan Radio, May 20: 1800-1830 on 6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CeAs Ad/Ar/Tu Mon 1830-1900 on 6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CeAs Adygeyan Mon https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/good-signal-of-gtrk-adygeyaadygeyan_76.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SAUDI ARABIA. Updated A-19 schedule BSKSA via ND antennas in Riyadh https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/updated-19-schedules-of-bsksa-via-nd.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 16-17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15205.057 kHz much odd fq from Saudi Riyadh site, SBA via MOCI Riyadh HQ program, S=6 in Seoul KOR remote unit, at 1605 UT on May 17. 15225.016 kHz, SBA via MOCI Riyadh Arabic programm #1, female phone-in interview px at 1612 UT on May 17, fair S=8-9 in South Korea SDR unit. and \\ 15434.985 kHz at 16.15 UT little weaker at S=7 level. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 17, BC-DX 18 May via DXLD) ** SCOTLAND [non]. Encore - Classical Music on Shortwave - Broadcast on Sunday afternoon in Europe and USA Encore - Classical Music this weekend is being broadcast as usual by Channel 292 (Europe) on 6070 kHz at 15:00 UTC Sunday 19th May. And by WBCQ on 7490 kHz at 00:00 - 01:00 UTC Monday 20th May. There is a repeat on 6070 kHz on Friday 24th May at 19:00 UTC. This week's show starts with something familiar from Mozart - the first movement of his Symphony 41 - Jupiter. Then something a bit more unexpected - a contemporary composer Bryce Dessner with his piano concertos for two pianos. Next Alison Balsom with her trumpet treating us to a Concerto Grosso by Corelli. We will also have some Robert Carver - the Scottish equivalent of Byrd or Tallis, and a pieces by Elgar and Handel. I hope the overall effect is both provoking and soothing. Thank you for spreading the word about Encore - Classical Music on Shortwave. Brice Avery - Encore - Radio Tumbril. Regular Broadcast times are: 15:00 - 16:00 UTC Sunday, and repeated 19:00 - 20:00 UTC Friday on 6070 kHz (Channel 292 Germany). 00:00 - 01:00 UTC Monday on 7490 kHz 9WBCQ - Maine). (May 18 via gh, WOR iog via DXLD 7490.2v, UT Mon May 20 from 0025 tune-in, S9-S8 WBCQ with `Encore` classical music from Radio Tumbril, another enjoyable show hosted by Brice Avery. WBCQ switched to non-classical fill music about 0057 before the final piece finished. 0100 WBCQ business plug and standard sign-off --- but stayed on 0102-0105* with more music, rock, which I suppose continued to fill the webcast (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Encore - Classical Music on Shortwave - Broadcast on Sunday afternoon in Europe and USA Encore - Classical Music this weekend is being broadcast as usual by Channel 292 (Europe) on 6070 kHz at 15:00 UTC Sunday 26th May. And by WBCQ on 7490 kHz at 00:00 - 01:00 UTC Monday 27th May. There is a repeat on 6070 kHz on Friday 31st May at 19:00 UTC. This week's show starts with something a bit loud - the Dies Irae from Verdi's Requiem and then spends most of the rest of the hour calming and soothing us: Niels Gade's A summer's Day in the Country, Jennifer HIgdon's Scene's from the Poet's Dreams, Radu Lupu playing Brahms, Jascha Heifetz on his Strad, Allegri's Miserere, and a Nielsen quartet. And a bit of chat from me. You get the picture. In the meantime - Thank you everyone for spreading the word about Encore - Classical Music on Radio Tumbril - Promulgating the goodness of classical music. Regular Broadcast times are: 15:00 - 16:00 UTC Sunday, and repeated 19:00 - 20:00 UTC Friday on 6070 kHz (Channel 292 Germany). 00:00 - 01:00 UTC Monday on 7490 kHz 9WBCQ - Maine). Both Channel 292 and WBCQ live stream if reception is poor. And KiwiSDR's world-wide network of online receivers do a great job too. (Brice Avery - Encore - Radio Tumbril, May 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SEYCHELLES [non]. U.K.(non)/PHILIPPINES, Reception of FEBA Radio/FEBC Radio in Tibetan, May 20 [via UAE; Bocaue, Philippines] 1200-1230 15215 DHA 250 kW / 070 deg CeAs Tibetan FEBA Radio, vy good 1300-1330 11825 BOC 100 kW / 305 deg CeAs Tibetan FEBC Radio, vy good https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/reception-of-feba-radiofebc-radio-in.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SLOVAKIA [non]. 9395, USA, Radio Slovakia International (via WRMI) at 0230 with “Slovakia Today” with Jonathan McCormick with “The Saturday Front Page” with a weekly press review then a review of the past week's best feature reports from 0034 – Good May 19 (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S, Drake SPR-4, or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 80 and 40 meter off centre-fed dipoles (OCFD), Alpha Delta DX-LB inverted vee dipole, and a rotatable dipole made from two OPEK HVT-600 HF mobile antennas, ODXA iog via DXLD) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 9330.1, May 17 at 2231, TOMBS via WBCQ old transmitter, and on old 7490.1, but NOT // --- forced myself to listen to each for a minute and no match even out of synch. At 2342, BS still on 9330.15, S8/S9+10 replaying the bit about EMP threat, while 7490.17 now has gospel huxter at S9/S9+10. As we are approaching AAAWWW time, no sigs detectable on 5130 or 3265, high storm noise level. More at USA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SPAIN. Radio Exterior de España, Noblejas, out of air today in its four frequencies: 12030, 11940, 11670 and 9690 kHz (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, 1918 UT Sat May 18 WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1983, DXLD) Yes, no signal from 1400 UT on these four frequencies (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, ibid.) Hello, I was listening to Spain last night around 2210 roughly when all frequencies disappeared, there were a few comments on the Shortwave show I was going at that moment. Weird they seem to have not been back on the air since (Gilles Letourneau, Montreal, Quebec, ibid.) Yesterday was in English at 2200 on all frequencies and off air at 2215 (Ivo Ivanov, ibid.) Radio Exterior de España, Noblejas, out of air again today Sunday. Checked at opening time, from 1400 to 1420 on all its frequencies (12030, 11940, 11670 and 9690) (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, May 19, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1983, DXLD) Nothing noted on air of REE Noblejas program today, as Manuel mentioned, Maybe some main power transformer problem ? storm lightning strike ? Not REE 9690, 11670, 11940, nor 12030 kHz on air. (Wolfgang Bueschel, 1910-1916 UT May 19, WOR iog via DXLD) See NIGERIA Radio Exterior de España, Noblejas, on air on 11940, 1756-1802, 20-05, tuning music, ID, news, program "24 horas", the other three frequencies out of air at this time. REE, on air now, 1820, on 11940, 12030 and 11670 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1983, DXLD) Don’t know when it came on but 9690 kHz was noted here in NB with a good signal today (20 May = Victoria Day) at 1915 UT (— Richard Langley, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1983, DXLD) 12030, Thu May 23 at 2157, REE music fill of that majestic bullfight theme, after presumed Arabic and not // 11940 & 9690; 2200 timesignal and `La Linterna Magica` about the cinema; podcast archive: http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/la-linterna-magica/ Not laterna; now all // (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN. 7205, Voice of Africa, Sudan Radio, Al Aitahab, 1635-1725, 18-05, French, ID "La Voix de l'Afrique", comments, at 1715 English, ID “This is the Voice of Africa”, news, comments, African song, ID “The Voice of Africa, from Radio Sudan”. 25322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1983, DXLD) So external service on domestic frequency instead of 9505 (gh, ibid.) ** SURINAME. 4990, Radio Apintie, Paramaribo, 0520-0540, 17-05, pop songs. 15311 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) ** SWAZILAND. ESWATINI, Reception of Trans World Radio Africa in 31/25/22mb on May 21 1500-1530 9500 MAN 100 kW / 031 deg Somali Daily, good but distorted 1530-1545 11820 MAN 100 kW / 013 deg Juba Arabic Mon-Fri, very good 1557-1627 13580 MAN 100 kW / 013 deg Kirundi Mon-Fri, very strong https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/reception-of-trans-world-radio-africa_21.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN. CLANDESTINAS 6280, Som de Esperança Int'l, Formosa, 2140-2150, 15/5. Emissão em mandarim dirigida à China continental; texto, canções; 35443. 6370, Som de Esperança Int'l, Formosa, 2132-..., 15/5. ; cf. // 6280 supra; 35433. 7810, Som de Esperança Int'l, Formosa, 2133-2143, 15/5. Cf. // 6280 supra; 15341. 9180, Som de Esperança Int'l, Formosa, 2136-2146, 15/5. Mandarim; música, texto; 25342. Não seguiu em // com 6370, 7810 ou 6280. 9230, Som de Esperança Int'l, Formosa, 2138-2148, 15/5. Cf. // 9180 supra; 15341. 73, (Carlos Gonçalves, SW coast or Portugal, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Are you sure the above five are not some or all really CNR1 jammers? When in use, the CNR1 jammers are also // to each other (gh, DXLD) On Hong Kong kiwi SDR this morning 22.5.19: 6370, Sound of Hope, 0710 with talks and many mentions on SoH 'She wang zhesheng' S7 Also on 6230 with S7 and on 9835 with 'marginal' signal <5 at 0713 (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, WOR iog via DXLD) There, someone axually heard a SOH ID in Chinese (gh, DXLD) ** TIBET [non]. TAJIKISTAN, Frequency changes of Voice of Tibet May 20 1230-1236 on 11661 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 9899 1236-1242 on 11661 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 9886 1242-1300 on 11661 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 9876 1300-1305 on 9899 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 9886 1305-1311 on 9891 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 9876 1311-1334 on 9884 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 9876 1330-1400 on 9826 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan unchanged 1334-1400 on 9876 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan unchanged https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/frequency-changes-of-voice-of-tibet-on.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 20, WORLD OF RADIO 1983, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TURKEY. Voice of Turkey in Turkish on very odd frequency 13635.7 kHz, May 16, EMR 500 kW: 0600-0755 on 13635.7 / 310 deg to WeEu Turkish, instead of 13635.0 0800-1255 on 13635.0 / 310 deg to WeEu Turkish, as scheduled A-19: https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/voice-of-turkey-in-turkish-on-very-odd.html Unscheduled program of Voice of Turkey in Bosnian on SW, May 17 0700-0755 on 11730 / 072 deg to CeAs Azeri, as scheduled A19 0759-0819 on 11730 / 072 deg to CeAs Bosnian, unscheduled px https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/unscheduled-program-of-voice-of-turkey.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 16-17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Voice of Turkey on very odd freqs 11795.7 & 9855.7 May 18 0830-0955 11795.7 EMR 500 kW / 105 deg to WeAs Farsi, instead of 11795 1000-1055 9855.7 EMR 500 kW / 032 deg to CeAs Tatar, instead of 9655 https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/voice-of-turkey-on-very-odd-freqs_18.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 17-18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9830, May 18 at 2204, VOT English is on but VP vs RTTY CCI. ANF on R75 helps. 2205 dead air for a minute at the same time RTTY stops, S8-S5 and somewhat muffled modulation resuming at 2206 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Voice of Turkey on very odd freqs 11795.7 & 9855.7 May 22 0830-0955 on 11795.7 EMR 500 kW / 105 deg WeAs Farsi, instead of 11795 1000-1055 on 9855.7 EMR 500 kW / 032 deg CeAs Tatar, instead of 9655 https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/voice-of-turkey-on-very-odd-freqs_22.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 22, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U A E. 1575 off: see POLAND [and non] ** U K. Organ Music on BBS WS --- I hope I didn't get Glenn's interest too piqued with that topic title. ;-) While driving into town this morning listening to BBC WS via SiriusXM, I heard the first bit of the weekly music show (airing on Saturday/Sunday depending on region). It was about the Hammond organ. Turns out, it was the fourth in the series "Music Extra: A History of Music and Technology" hosted by Pink Floyd's drummer Nick Mason and produced in conjunction with The Open University. The discussion of the invention and use of the organ for different music genres was quite interesting. I finished listening on line when I got to my office after breakfast. The previous episodes (which I hadn't come across yet due to my holiday in Florida) were "The Story of Sound Recording," "Electronic Music Pioneers," and "The Electric Guitar." Next week's episode is "The Synthesizer." The past and current episodes can be listened to on line via the series website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w27vq4h7/episodes/guide (-- Richard Langley, May 18, WOR iog via DXLD) These are almost an hour long; so far I have heard the first 16 minutes, tnx (gh, DXLD) ** U K. 7300, May 20 at 0031, English news headlines, BBCWS ID, 0032 into some featurre programme, S9-S7; is beamed 82 degrees from Woofferton this hour only (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K. The Shortwave Station in England that Refused to Die: The Woofferton Story - The mighty BBC shortwave station located near Woofferton in England is now 76 years old; it has survived three occasions when it was completely closed down; it was sold off to a management company; it has undergone six different eras of modernization; it is entirely located in England, not half in Wales as some have suggested; it is the last surviving shortwave broadcasting station in England; and it still carries a relay of BBC and VOA programming. We go back to the beginning. Woofferton is but a small village in county Shropshire, and as far as shortwave radio is concerned, it is located about halfway between what were two other important shortwave stations, Rampisham and Skelton. Rampisham is 125 miles due south of Woofferton and Skelton is 200 miles to the northeast. Except for the BBC shortwave station, the only other likely item of tourist interest in Woofferton is the old railway station and railway junction that served the village for more than a hundred years until its closure in 1961. Soon after World War 2 began in continental Europe, the government in England directed the BBC to treble the broadcast of its overseas programming, and for this purpose, three new shortwave stations were needed. In addition to the already established legendary station at Daventry, sites for these three new stations were chosen at Rampisham and Skelton, with Woofferton just 20 miles from the border with Wales. 1. Woofferton Shortwave Station: First Era A total of 183 acres was acquired near the village of Woofferton, a property in the extreme south of County Shropshire, that straddles the east west boundary between the two counties, Shropshire and Herefordshire. These two shires lie against the English border with Wales, and the boundary between the two shires is a small stream which runs through the antenna field of the shortwave station. Work began on this new property in 1942, and a building was constructed to house six new RCA 50 kW shortwave transmitters Model MI7330 from the United States and all of the ancillary equipment. Due to the fact that this station was being constructed upon a low lying area where the water table was only a few feet underground, RCA transmitters were chosen because they did not need a basement level like the English made Marconi transmitters at that time. However, the first shipment containing much of the electronic equipment from the RCA factory in Camden New Jersey was lost when the ship that was on convoy from the United States was sunk by a German submarine. Subsequently, five more shipments were sent on separate occasions, and finally all of the needed electronic equipment was assembled and installed into the new transmitter building at Woofferton. A total of 15 triangular transmission towers were erected, ranging in height from 150 feet to 325 feet. These towers collectively were assembled with nearly half a million nuts and bolts, and the total weight for any one of the taller towers was just on 100 tons. A total of 26 curtain antennas was suspended from the towers; behind each of the 13 active arrays was a passive earthed reflector. Installation of the six transmitters began in February of the following year (1943), and they were installed in pairs with thick bomb proof walls in between. The first four units were taken into regular service for the Voice of America on October 17 (1943), and the remaining two were activated in the same way during the next month, on November 21. The BBC also utilized this new station for the broadcast of its own programming to overseas target countries. However, less than a year later on August 28, 1944, the station was closed so that needed parts could be removed and installed at Crowborough. The transmitter site at Crowborough was already in use as the secret underground location for Aspidistra, where 3 American mediumwave transmitters at 175 kW each, which, when combined, provided a massive output power of 500 kW. The RCA transmitter parts when installed at Crowborough were planned for use in disabling the guidance systems in German V-bombs that were aimed at London. That was the conclusion of the First Era at the BBC-VOA shortwave station at Woofferton. 2. Woofferton Shortwave Station: Second Era However, the suggested procedure at Crowborough proved to be ineffective; consequently the parts and pieces of the six RCA transmitters were re-assembled and renovated and reinstalled back at Woofferton. Of these Senders, as the BBC called their shortwave transmitters, numbers S85 and S86 were taken back into full service in October of that same year (1944), and two more, S83 and S84, were returned to full service in January of the following year (1945). Likewise, Sender S81 was reintroduced into full service during the next year again, on May 1, 1946. Thus 5 of these original 6 RCA transmitters were now all back on the air at Woofferton once more. By the end of World War 2, the entire electrical grid in England was showing signs of old age and excessive wear from over-usage, and there was also a shortage of coal at the generating plants. Thus in October 1947, the Woofferton Shortwave Station was required to use its own generating capability for four hours daily. The three generators, rated at 750 horse power at 500 revolutions per minute, emitted a thunderous roar, and the exhaust turbo chargers emitted a high pitched scream, the combined noise of which could be heard for miles. This ear damaging situation pervaded for a period of some eight months, up until total grid power was resumed in May of the next year 1948. However by this time, the BBC was becoming financially strapped, and as an economy measure, the Woofferton Shortwave Station was closed and the staff were dismissed just a month later, on June 26, 1948. That was the conclusion of the Second Era at the BBC-VOA shortwave station at Woofferton. 3. Woofferton Shortwave Station: Third Era But, that was not the end of the Woofferton Shortwave Station. Once again, the Voice of America to the rescue! Give three weeks more, and VOA took over the Woofferton Shortwave Station. VOA programming for 8 hours a day was transmitted on shortwave from the United States to England, and it was received at the BBC Receiving Station at Tatsfield. From Tatsfield the programming was fed by wire to Bush House in London, and from thence onward to Woofferton. At this stage, 5 of the 6 RCA transmitters were in still use, and likewise all of the same original 26 curtain arrays. As on previous occasions, BBC programming was also heard again from Woofferton. Ten years later again (September 1958), the sixth RCA transmitter was activated at Woofferton; apparently the remaining silent transmitter from the original 6 had been renovated and taken back into service. Three years later, on March 26, 1961, the BBC dropped its programming from Woofferton, thus leaving VOA as the sole user of the Woofferton Shortwave Station. That was the conclusion of the Third Era for the BBC-VOA shortwave station at Woofferton. Once again, the Voice of America to the rescue. And we plan to present that information here in Wavescan some time soon (Adrian Peterson, Indianapolis, script for AWR Wavescan #533 May 12, via DXLD) ** U K. The Future of Radio Interesting article by Gillian Reynolds in yesterday's Sunday Times. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/magazine/culture/gillian-reynolds-the-future-of-radio-3txtz7962 (Mike Terry, UK, May 20, bdxc-news iog via DXLD) viz.: Gillian Reynolds: the future of radio Where it’s going, why, and how I’ve just learnt to stop swearing whenever the BBC mentions Sounds Sounds man: James Purnell, the BBC’s director of radio PETE DADDS The Sunday Times, May 19 2019, 12:01am “Life’s always better when the radio’s on,” said a commercial on Classic FM on Monday, telling me to update to digital. “I did,” I replied. “That’s where you’re coming from.” This has been a big week for all radio, which is why, instead of reviewing programmes, I want to write about where it’s going, why, and how I’ve just learnt to stop swearing whenever the BBC mentions Sounds, its new “platform”. Sounds is a word. Radio is part of my furniture. The beautiful Roberts digital radio is in the kitchen. I can, and do, find stations on it, Absolute to Zone 1, central London’s community station. But the radio by my bed, the one I walk around the house with, is a little Sony permanently… Want to read more? Subscribe now and get unlimited digital access on web and our smartphone and tablet apps, free for your first month. Start your free trial (via DXLD) ** U S A. Cincinnati Liars Lager to be tapped at June 15 fundraiser: See MUSEA ** U S A. U.S.-funded broadcaster failing to spread fair and balanced news, independent review says --- The Spanish-language outlet Radio Martí also once let an anchor be a ‘cheerleader’ for Trump policy, report says. https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/us-funded-broadcaster-failing-to-spread-fair-and-balanced-news-an-independent-review-says/2019/05/21/4f0e7b68-7bf3-11e9-8bb7-0fc796cf2ec0_story.html Sent from my iPhone (via David Cole, OK/LA, May 22, DXLD) Viz.: Democracy Dies in Darkness --- Investigations --- U.S.-funded broadcaster failing to spread fair and balanced news, independent review says --- By Aaron C. Davis May 21 at 5:04 PM A U.S. agency that is supposed to broadcast objective Spanish-language news programs into Cuba fails to meet basic standards of journalistic fairness and last month let an anchor describe Trump administration officials as the “dream team” for Cuba policy, according to an independent review. The analysis of content aired and published by Radio and Television Martí, a sister agency to the better-known Voice of America, was launched by the broadcasters’ parent organization after reports that Martí had aired anti-Semitic segments disparaging philanthropist and prominent Democratic donor George Soros. The review of Martí content, conducted by Spanish-speaking academics and former journalists and released Tuesday, found the news organization routinely allows “almost any criticism of the Cuban government and its leaders” on the air. The effect, the report concluded, is that the station has sometimes resembled anti-communist propaganda and has failed to be a broker of fair and unbiased broadcast journalism, as is mandated by Congress. John F. Lansing, the chief executive of the station’s parent organization, the U.S. Agency for Global Media, said the review did not find that the biased coverage had been directed by any political appointee of the Trump administration. Rather, he said, the failures flow from a “broken culture” at Martí, which has relied on Cuban dissidents as on-air personalities and on a small group of anti-communist organizations as sources for some content. “I know it’s tempting to make an assumption about the Trump administration, particularly given the terms that have been used about the press, but I can tell you unequivocally that there has been no influence by the Trump administration,” said Lansing, a holdover from the Obama administration. Rather, he said, the report reveals “a lack of basic journalist standards across the board.” In one recent example, a 30-minute program last month on Martí afforded State Department and National Security Council representatives ample time to explain a new Trump administration policy. The policy lifted a restriction on Cuban-born Americans and their descendants bringing suit against companies “trafficking” in lands confiscated during Cuba’s socialist uprising a half century ago, including, for example, its international airport. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce criticized the Trump administration decision a day earlier, saying it could lead to a “protracted legal and diplomatic morass that ensnares U.S. courts, companies and partners.” But the Martí report aired no criticism of the policy. Instead, on the April 18 broadcast, a longtime anchor “turned to being a cheerleader and referred to the Trump Administration officials who are lifting the suspension as the ‘dream team’ for Cuba policy,” according to the review. Martí, which is beamed into Cuba and spread to a broader audience online, also routinely disparages Cuba’s ruling Castro family. In one recent online article, an author identified as a “writer and journalist” criticized former president Raúl Castro’s sense of culture, saying that if forced to utter the word, he would choke on it “like a big piece of sweet potato stuck in the alcoholic breath of his mouth.” The authors of the content review said that such reports mean Martí, which spends nearly $29 million in taxpayer money annually to spread “accurate, balanced and complete information” to residents of Cuba, has become “self-defeating.” “There are subjective lines based on American values that have to be drawn in selecting content,” the panel wrote. But “we also need to know the adversary and hear what it has to say from time to time. Martí is derelict on these grounds. It has let the pendulum of being guided by well-meaning subjective values to swing to an extreme position that is undemocratic and self-defeating.” In a first round of fallout from the Soros reports, the U.S. Agency for Global Media in February moved to fire eight reporters and editors. Martí also stopped publishing content from two other authors, including one who had written that an “Islamization” of Europe by migrants is destroying the continent’s Christian character. Lansing said he views the content review as a call to rebuild Martí “from the ground up.” Asked if additional staff changes might be coming, he said “everything is on the table” — except dissolving the outlet. Martí’s “mission is still an important one, to bring truth-telling on the island where residents are still fed a litany of lies and deception,” Lansing said. “Until there is evidence the Cuban people have open access to news and information, [Martí] will have an important role.” Aaron C. Davis --- Aaron Davis is an investigative reporter who has covered local, state and federal government, as well as the aviation industry and law enforcement. Davis shared in winning the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting in 2018. Follow (via DXLD) As interesting as the article itself, are the comments under it, 28 as of May 22nd: https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/us-funded-broadcaster-failing-to-spread-fair-and-balanced-news-an-independent-review-says/2019/05/21/4f0e7b68-7bf3-11e9-8bb7-0fc796cf2ec0_story.html?utm_term=.187770027b00 (Dan Robinson, WOR iog via DXLD) including two by darobin himself; must click on menu at the left; 29 when I did (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. [WOR] At voanews.com, Press Freedom bumps Technology 1 Files 27KB JPG 27KB Save At voanews.com, in the menu bar at the top, Technology has been bumped in favor of Press Freedom. If you are interested in Technology (originally Silicon Valley and Technology), the section still exists and is updated at the unadvertised, dare-you-to-find-it http://voanews.com/z/621 Also, the tagline Telling America's Story (a recent addition to the website, I think) undersells VOA, because VOA also reports extensively from outside the United States. In fact, there is probably more VOA reporting from outside the USA than inside (Kim Elliott [who had a ?? year career at VOA], May 22, WOR iog via DXLD) Allow me to comment (I had a 35 year career at VOA). VOA exists under the notoriously dysfunctional USAGM (formerly the BBG), and has been plagued by scandal after scandal under its current management -- the Obama-era appointed director of the VOA, and the CEO of the larger agency. They have done everything they can to steer public attention away from these problems, retain their positions, and oppose Trump administration efforts to change management at the agency. Any administration, be it Republican or Democrat, and any president has the right to make such changes since VOA and all other taxpayer-funded entities under USAGM are -- FEDERAL AGENCIES. One of the tactics used by VOA to protest Trump's attacks on the press is this new focus on Press Freedom, with VOA now using a specific "A Free Press Matters" badge, similar to the "Democracy Dies in Darkness" used by the Washington Post (the current director of VOA has close family ties with the Post). VOA also recently appointed one of its reporters to the newly-created position of "Press Freedom Editor" -- thus, the bumping of the Technology category mentioned above. It's just more expedient for current management to emphasize press freedom over Technology (though VOA actually established a "Silicon Valley Bureau" a few years ago) as the agency tries to persuade members of Congress that it should still exist, and to avert any sharp budget cuts (Dan Robinson, MD, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1983, DXLD) ** U S A. Re: [WOR] Photo tour, Edward R. Murrow transmitting station So the current situation is such that the very old transmitters, called GB-1/2/3, have been removed and their place is now being used for the three transmitters shipped in from Sri Lanka, of which so far the "new" GB-1 is already operational while the other two ones are still being set up (and related Optimods have been taken out of the respective racks, for whatever reason). It could be asked how program audio is now being routed to the station. The satellite links, mentioned in earlier visit reports, were supposed to be replaced (Kai Ludwig, May 18, WOR iog via DXLD) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1981 monitoring: 7780, WRMI Radio Miami Int’l; 2152-2201+, 5/12 [Sunday]; Glenn Hauser’s World of Radio to 2158:57 then WRMI ID. SIO=352, not copiable beyond a few words here & there. 2200:25 into “Your Weekend Show” & better sig (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ---- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time. ----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1982 monitoring: confirmed Friday May 17 at 2200 on WRMI 9955, fair but fading; it was better before 2200 with VORW. By 2227, S5-S7 vs unnecessary Cuban pulse jamming; usual overlap with next item as I conclude with ``--- next week``. Fortunately those words are disposable, non-essential. Andy Sennitt ID is also cut off before he can finish uttering the WRMI address, as automation continues to be misaligned, 2230 into gospel huxter in Spanish. Also confirmed UT Saturday May 18 at 0130 on WRMI 7780, fair in storm noise. Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria confirms: ``GERMANY, Reception of World of Radio via HLR on 6190 CUSB, May 18: https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/reception-of-world-of-radio-via-hlr-on_18.html 0631-0700 6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu English Sat, weak signal`` ``GERMANY, 6190, Hamburger LokalRadio, Gohren, *0600-0700, 18-05, English, ID, “Media Network Plus”, Glenn Hauser’s program “World of Radio”. 25322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD)`` HLR Sat May 18 at 1431 on 9485-CUSB not checked via UTwente during storm here, computer off! Next: 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM ND 2100 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 to SSE 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 9395 [unconfirmed; per WRTH update] to NNW 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315] ND 1030 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany to WSW 2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE 0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE 0930 UT Monday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW ND 1815 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania ND 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [2 editions] ND 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE 2130 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v [ex-2100 on May 15] to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE WORLD OF RADIO 1982 monitoring: confirmed Saturday May 18 at 2100 on WRMI 9955, S9-S7 following IS/ID loop, and upcut JIP missing first 8 words, ``1982 ---``, automation out of alignment. NOT confirmed UT Sun May 19 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, but something else. This has never been a WOR time and is not on WRMI skedgrid, but WRTH Update listed it! Confirmed UT Sun May 19 at 0340 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, barely audible vs storm noise level, about 27 minutes into, so started circa 0313. Had to quickly plug in the external longwire to hear enough. Next: 2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE 0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE 0930 UT Monday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW ND 1815 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania ND 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [2 editions] ND 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE 2130 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v [ex-2100 on May 15] to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE WORLD OF RADIO 1982 monitoring: confirmed Sunday May 19 at 2130 on WRMI 7780, JBA Also confirmed, UT Monday May 20 at 0130 on WRMI 9395 following the long-outdated YL `Son-power Radio on 5850, 7455, 9395`` ID; fair Also confirmed UT Monday May 20 at 0230 on WRMI 7780, good S9+10/S9, better than usual on this NE beam Also confirmed UT Monday May 20 at 0301 on Area 51 webcast and on WBCQ 5130.39v, fair S9 at 0328 check Also confirmed UT Monday May 20 at 0330 on WRMI 9955, S9+10/20 also better than usual, and starting from the start, immediately after ``Puttin` on the Ritz` in Czech, fill music Presumably the Monday May 20 at 1815 on IRRS 7290 via Romania confirmed by this listener response at 1839 from Adrian Micallef: ``Hi Mr Hauser, I`m Adrian and I`m listening for the second time to your very useful programme from the island of Malta, in the Mediterranean Sea. Today 20-5-19 I`m using a Zenith Royal D700Y Trans Oceanic and a Degen DE 1103, own antenna, SINFO 53553-54554. Greetings from Malta and keep it up. I`m friend with Roberto Scaglione of Obiettivo DX of AWR. Hope to hear from you, Adrian.`` [WORLD OF RADIO 1983] Also confirmed UT Tuesday May 21 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, fair and not upcut. Next: 0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [2 editions] ND 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE 2130 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v [ex-2100 on May 15] to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE [it appears we will now be running on a Friday-to-Thursday cycle, so freshest new airings are on weekends] Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7490.18 WBCQ Monticello ME; 2142-2201+, 5/22 [Wed]; Glenn Hauser’s World of Radio #1981 (Don Hosmer reported The Mighty KBC) to 2159 brief music fill to WBCQ send $ spot; 2200:02 abruptly into B.S., “A teacher cannot be a prophet or a pastor.” 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) WORLD OF RADIO 1982 monitoring: a problem with both stations Wednesday May 22 at 2100: WRMI-10 is still having big problems on 9955: no signal before or after 2100, but I leave a receiver on 9954-USB to notify me if it come on: which it does at *2116, S8-S9 JIP WOR --- but cuts off again at 2124*. By 2130 it`s back on for Wavescan. WBCQ 7490.17v: WOR poorly audible at 2104 --- but it`s the previous week`s 1981! With Ron`s Bhutan logs. 2129 music fill, and then, and then, at 2130 --- WOR 1981 repeated! starting with QSL for Antarctica. You may recall that last week, WBCQ did this: 2100 Goddess Irena, 2130 WOR 1981, swapping their previous times. If two WORs are to play in a row, please make it the penultimate, and then the ultimate. But who knows what may happen next week [WOR 1983] WORLD OF RADIO 1983 contents: Antarctica, Australia, Canada and non, Colombia, Cook Islands, Cuba, Denmark, East Turkistan, Gibraltar, Indonesia, Japan, Kuwait, Netherlands non, New Zealand, Nigeria, Oklahoma, Perú, Spain, Sudan, Tajikistan/Tibet non, USA --- completed at 2230 Thursday May 23. SW airings should be: 0930 UT Friday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [1982] 1000 UT Friday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW 2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 0629 UT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany 1000 UT Saturday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [May 25, alt weeks] 1130 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 1431 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 2100 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315] 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 1815 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [2 editions] 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v [and/or 2130] 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 [it appears we will now be running on a Friday-to-Thursday cycle, so freshest new airings are on weekends] Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI: ** U S A. WRMI: See CUBA [and non]. 15140 Monitored WRMI Sunday Evening / Monday Morning (UT) 7780 kHz Schedule From my recording last Sunday evening, 19-20 May UT (again, mostly weak signal for the first few hours or so; reception improved significantly later as dusk approaches; no report for the past few weeks due to holiday in Florida): 1900 Brother Stair 2000 His Prayer for You 2015 Viva Miami (from Miami Beach about the cruise ship conference SeatradeCruiseGlobal) 2030 Reserve Military Retirement 2100 Wavescan (#534) 2130 World of Radio (#1982) 2200 Bob Biermann's Your Weekend Show 2300 Full Gospel Broadcast (tape bleed through on screams) 2330 Shortwave Radiogram (#100!) 0000 Radio Slovakia International in Slovak 0030 Radio Slovakia International in English 0100 Wavescan (#534) 0130 Through the Cross Ministry with Pastor Chuck (-- Richard Langley, NB, WOR iog via DXLD) 9955, Tue May 21 at 2055, WRMI is on with IS & ID loop, but 2116 recheck is OFF. #10 transmitter continues suffering from irregularity. Let`s hope it`s on and stays on for WORLD OF RADIO 24 hours later on Wednesday. If not, check whether WBCQ 7490+ again run WOR at 2130 instead of 2100 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9955, May 23 at 1318, WRMI-10 is off again. Must be having serious problems, supposed to last until 1400; also came on for only 8 minutes of WORLD OF RADIO yesterday. 9395 on and easily audible as usual. 9955 was not always on the #10 transmitter, as shown on the current skedgrid. Perhaps they can change to another, but not all transmitters can be connected to any of the antennas, and this one is supposed to stay at 160 degrees. #4 is currently off completely, maybe out of order too? It had been on 9455 at 160 degrees. Several other transmitters are much less than full-time and might be available (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1983, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [non]. FRANCE, Reception of Alameda Bible Fellowship via TDF Issoudun on May 20 1700-1730 13660 ISS 500 kW / 135 deg EaAf English Mon/Wed/Fri, vy good https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/reception-of-alameda-bible-fellowship_20.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST) RMI broker WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ: ** U S A. 9330.17, WBCQ, Monticello ME (presumed); 2020, 5/14; Boisterously Soothsaying Bro. HyStairical with a Bush-era program laying out the details for the start of WW3; kept referring to “Pal-ess-teen”. Who selects these programs? SIO=454 peaks, fady (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ---- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time. ----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Continued from SOUTH CAROLINA [non]: 9330.15v & 7490.17v, May 17 at 2357, WBCQs monitored on two receivers, smoothly merge into same fill music following separate programming, and at 0000:00 sharp May 18, ``William Tell Overture`` theme starts, plays complete with no interjexions! 0003 dead air for a minute; 0004 oncomes Allan Weiner saying it`s been a rough day, with crazy issues, but undetailed. Once again he`s very depressed this week and says he almost didn`t want to do the show. It`s not clear whether this is all about the project, or the political situation, or both. Says trimulcasting on 3265, 9330, 7490. I listen to the first half on 9, then 7 is better. I gather that the supertransmitter has not been on since last week, as the antenna is still not ready; delays due to heavy rain for two weeks. Funding problems, issues over money; local contractors gouging. Invites phone calls right away but no one seems to inquire exactly what the problems are. I keep listening hoping for some useful info. At 0038 says they are buying an old ladder firetruck for $5K to reach the antenna heights, instead of renting a ladder truck which has been costing $22K per month. New transmitter is so complicated, watch out! When working, it`s great. Now hopes to get into full-fledged operation sometime in June. 0045 reads a few pirate items from Free Radio Weekly just published, including, unattributed, my log of Captain Morgan SW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1983, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WBCQ Stressed --- I did not listen to Allan and Angela Weiner orldwide last night. Are there difficulties at WBCQ? This tweet today seems dour ... ``Rough. Not easy doing this. We are all stressed. Need your prayers kindly. Listen tonight. The best medicine. 5130 kHz at 7 pm. 7490 kHz at 8 pm. 3265/9330 kHz always. The best in alternative radio is here at WBCQ. Support beloved listeners. Wavemeter`` (Kim Elliott, May 18, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Now Glenn will probably ask if anyone reads what he publishes. The related passages from his report of this broadcast: "0004 oncomes Allan Weiner saying it`s been a rough day, with crazy issues, but undetailed. Once again he`s very depressed this week and says he almost didn`t want to do the show. It`s not clear whether this is all about the project, or the political situation, or both. [...] I gather that the supertransmitter has not been on since last week, as the antenna is still not ready; delays due to heavy rain for two weeks. Funding problems, issues over money; local contractors gouging. [...] New transmitter is so complicated, watch out! When working, it`s great. Now hopes to get into full-fledged operation sometime in June." The hint at funding problems once again raises the question about this "World's Last Chance" thing that was supposed to be the lone user of the 500 kW facility, and still pretends that it will be. Mind you, we're talking about a seven-digit investment this time, not about some old transmitters taken out of some scrap bin (Kai Ludwig, Germany, WOR iog via DXLD) 7490, WBCQ at 2058 with IS and ID loop to extended ID and station info at 2059 and a man with a plea for financial donations and into “Marion's Attic” eclectic and really old music program at 2100 hosted by Marion Webster with his able assistant Christina spinning the discs and wax cylinders – Very Good May 19 (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S, Drake SPR-4, or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 80 and 40 meter off centre-fed dipoles (OCFD), Alpha Delta DX-LB inverted vee dipole, and a rotatable dipole made from two OPEK HVT-600 HF mobile antennas, ODXA iog via DXLD) Checked [for] the new 500 kW TX and antenna equipment of WBCQ Monticello test transmission from Maine border next to New Brunswick Canada border line. Today on May 20 at 1210 to 1220 UT. 3264.880 kHz Much tiny S=4 or -98dBm signal like exciter level, noted in Massachusetts SDR unit. 5130 kHz NIL, nothing on air. 7490even kHz probably the new 135 / 500 kW Continental unit on air, S=9+20dB in Detroit Michigan, and S=8 in Massachusetts SDR unit skip zone. Two men talk program. [7490 kHz at 1200 UT is WWCR, not WBCQ -- Don Hosmer, W Branch MI USA] 9330.165 kHz S=9+25dB signal in Detroit Michigan at 1220 UT, TOM BW program, when compared with nearby WRMI 9395 kHz, the BS/WBCQ program was 8 seconds faster ahead [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 20 via DXLD) WBCQ Testing Delay --- Tweeted by Allan Weiner this morning: "Raining every day here for two weeks and more coming. Difficult to work on stuff, like antennas, outdoors. Please pray for dryer weather here beloved listeners. Stay warm and cozy listening to your nice old tube radio tuned to 7490/9330/5130 or 3265khz." (-- Richard Langley, May 20, WOR iog via DXLD) For what it’s worth, many years ago I worked for a transmitter manufacturer. I supervised and built a pretty good number of AM, FM and Shortwave transmitters. Many of the SW units were in powers of 50 and 100 KW, though many (for overseas) were in the 10-15 KW range. I can tell you, that it takes a long time to build a 50 or 100 kW unit even under the most ideal factory environment. Months of building comes to the initial testing and “shake down.” Often, major components fail due to things out of our control, such as what is called “infant mortality” in some of the components like capacitors. It’s a very tedious and time consuming job to insure every connection is correct and secure. Applying high voltage finds any tiny errors in short order, often with a bright flash and loud BANG. Even when a transmitter is finally tested and working at the factory, moving these massive units, and reassembling on the site, is also difficult and very time consuming. In addition, instead of operating into a perfect “dummy load” you now are connected to real antennas that also may have unforeseen issues. Sometimes getting the units to work in the field can take longer than it did to build it and test it in the factory. Everything from mistakes in reconnecting everything after the move, the different environment and even shipping damage now comes into play. Years ago that company built several units that ended up overseas. It took almost a year to get everything working together after all the crates arrived on site. I can only imagine, a transmitter of 500,000 watts, running into an antenna that had to be constructed with all its complexities at a site in Maine, would be a mammoth undertaking. Until you have actually designed, built and tested one of these units, then put it into all the variables of the real world, it’s hard to understand. These units are NOT “Plug and Play.” Once you get the unit “happy” in its new home, they tend to work very well, outside of normal aging and uncontrollable site issues. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 (Bob Biermann, (of Your Weekend Show, WRMI), WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1983, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re: [WOR] WBCQ Testing Delay: Tweeted by Allan Weiner a few hours ago: "Working on the great antenna. Transmitter down due to water leak. Have to be a plumber and engineer with this 500kw box. Crazy but true. All in a days work. 7490khz cooking with good shows tonight. Enjoy." (-- Richard Langley, 2233 UT May 23, WOR iog via DXLD) Encore from Radio Tumbril on WBCQ: now filed under SCOTLAND [non] OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHER: ** U S A. 9980, WWCR Nashville TN (presumed); 2032, 5/14; M&W in English with discussion on Maduro & “Ven-zoo-eela” which suddenly morphed into a discussion of the Tim Conway-Harvey Corman dentist skit on the Carol Burnett Show. I’m sure there was a connection, but I missed it. 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) That would be the `Financial Survival` show, one of few left on WWCR-4 9980 --- only 20 hours per week on the entire transmitter (plus all the late-night dead air on 5890); they must have been listening too much to Brother HyStairical in order to know how to pronounce Venezuela (gh, DXLD) 15825, May 18 at 1330, WWCR with a sporadic-E boost to S9+10/20. Still at 1512, S9/S9+20. 6m Es map not checked until 1700 when there is not much, nor on 10m, but latter does show some golden TE - Trans-Equatorial contacts between SE USA and deep South America (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4840, WWCR, 0400. Preacher buried under utility station dubbed by the late Harry Helms as "The Rasper", allegedly a US Navy station. Been going on for over an hour at this writing (the ute also nick-named as a "Bonker" by some) - May 20 (Rick Barton, Real life intrudes, listening spotty, but here are Arizona SW Logs, Hammarlund HQ-180A, Grundig Satellit 205(T.5000), RS SW-2000629, ATS-909X with various outdoor wires. 73 and Good Listening....! -rb, WOR iog via DXLD) I`m some; here in OK hard to imagine that WWCR being buried (gh, DXLD) 13844.987, odd fq WWCR S=9+15dB in Alberta Canada at 1320 UT (Wolfgang Bueschel, May 20, WOR iog via DXLD) 13844.986 WWCR noted odd frequency as always in 22 mb, S=8-9 -75dBm at 2102 UT, all traced on remote SDR in Detroit MI state. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Bueschel, May 21, WOR iog via DXLD) 5890, Wed May 22 at 0604, WWCR continues to run this transmitter with nothing on it, OC/DA at S9+20; while 5935 DGS is fadier, S9+10/20. Both 4840 & 3215 are now BSing. 5890, May 23 at 0620, WWCR dead air at S9+10; 5935 with PMS is OK, and 3215 with Brother Scare, but 4840 is also dead air (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9475, WTWW Lebanon TN (presumed); 2110-2123+, 5/16; Paragon of Palaver, Pastor Pete Peters, Ponderously Pontificating about different Bible translations & making a big deal out of “marginal notes”. Apparently some think that marginal notes bring into question the accuracy of the translation. Duh! S10 peaks (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ---- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time. ----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15809.918, May 18 at 1512, WTWW-3 rarely on with classic rock, distorted overmodulation, and as always offset way below 15810.000. S9+10 via my inside longwire due to storming. Still at 1551. [non] While in the neighborhood, look for World Music Radio, Denmark, 200 watts on 15805, which SHN says is on the air this Sat & Sun at 0700-2000. 5085, May 18 at 2212, WTWW-2 with rock music, S9/S9+10 but not enough vs storm noise level. Wonder how long this has been on; all day? 15810-, May 19 at 1347, WTWW-3 active for the second morning in a row, rock music, obviously minus but not remeasured to 15809.918 like yesterday. S9 to S9+10, about the same as neighbor 15825 WWCR-1 both getting a sporadic-E boost. And as expected, no sign of WMR Denmark [q.v.] on 15805. 15810-, WTWW-3 is still on with JBA carrier at 1815 May 19, and this time I check 5085 in the daymiddle --- yes! It is also on with S7 of country/rock music vs S6 noise level. I think there be a correlation between these two activities of WTWW-3 and WTWW-2; meanwhile WTWW-1 is nominal on 9475, not 5830, with SFAW, or rather as on website wtww.us homepage, SFAWBN, which also displays a long-outdated Dave Ramsey on 9930 claim; plus contradictory times for TOITO. Searching the site for 15810 gets no hits (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Test transmission of WTWW-3 We Transmit World Wide May 19: from 1300 on 15810 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg to ENAm Music/English, weak https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/05/test-transmission-of-wtww-3-we-transmit.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News May 19-20, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 17775, May 18 at 1511, again this Saturday no signal from KVOH when `Wavescan` is scheduled; off or not propagating? OSOB is JBA carrier from 17815 WHRI. KVOH had come back earlier this week after last week`s outage. 17775, May 23 at 1406, KVOH unusually propagating S9 already this early shortly after sign-on; but I don`t find any significant sporadic-E activity on 6m or 10m maps --- so the Es MUF could be as low as 18 MHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 7315, May 20 at 0028, ``World Harvest Radio, the international voice of LeSEA Broadcasting`` in break between VOV relay languages --- but, but, LeSEA no longer exists, renamed Family Broadcasting Corporation last year! Someone needs to tell them about it. 0029 momentary transmitter break and back on with stronger signal, S9+20/10, bit of fill music, dead air and 0030+ VOV Spanish finally starts. HFCC shows WHRI switch from 25 to 173 degrees at 0030; also claims from 0130 it`s 260 degrees in Vietnamese, rather than English as always heard (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 12050, May 23 at 1335, WEWN Spanish is distorted and splattering (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 15555/USB, WJHR Milton FL (presumed); 1852, 5/19; “People who preach John the Baptist are not preaching Jesus.” SIO=353 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ---- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time. ----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1160, May 17 at 1205 UT TexMexmx, with fast SAH, 1210 fade, 1212 back with slow SAH; 1213 ad for Rio Bravo Supermarket, and finefoods.com?; another ad harder to understand by super-hype voice actor. Loops NE/SW. The only possible SS around here (no more San Antonio) is KCTO, CoL Cleveland MO (address in Liberty, i.e. Kansas City market), and in fact Rio Bravo Supermarket chex out in Kansas City KS (also Wichita). KCTO is 5 kW aiming only north, so hard to believe I`m getting it so well, as I have a few years before (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. KQV Coming back !!?? Owner says summer return of 1410 KQV will likely feature music instead of news/talk format BCI owner Robert Stevens says work to move the broadcast transmitter to the 810 WEDO site in McKeesport will take months to complete. https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/tv-radio/2019/01/15/KQV-Radio-Pittsburgh-return-summer-news-talk-unlikley/stories/201901140107 (via Mike Sanburn, May 20, IRCA iog via DXLD) ** U S A. FCC and CRTC Decisions and Applications --- CALL CHANGES 1480 KBXD TX Dallas – Call change to KNGO (May 7) (AM Switch, NRC DX News May 27 published May 20 via WORLD OF RADIO 1983, DXLD) In Vietnamese language; new call like a Viet word, or name, such as a onetime RVN leader. Or literally, ngo = dainty, or ngô with a circumflex squiggle = corn per Google translate (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) ** U S A. ”ESTADOS UNIDOS --- El 1 de mayo pasado, en la ciudad de Pasadena, California, EE.UU., comenzó transmisiones Radio Jornalera [= low-wage Day Laborer], que se define como “el único medio de comunicación enfocado en defender los derechos del migrante y del trabajador de bajo ingreso.” La iniciativa, que se encuentra en fase de prueba, parte de la Red Nacional de Jornaleros (NDLON) y espera conectar a los más de 70 centros de la entidad que hay en Estados Unidos. Radio Jornalera lleva, hasta el momento, cinco transmisiones a través de una plataforma en internet, aunque aspira a tener un espacio en la Frecuencia Modulada (FM) con contenidos hechos por jornaleros, principalmente “para la comunidad jornalera, que se levanta todas las mañanas y sale a las esquinas, centros de trabajo, a buscar el sustento para su familia e, incluso, para enviar a sus países de origen”, dice Víctor Aguayo, originario del estado mexicano de Michoacán. El lanzamiento oficial de Radio Jornalera, “un espacio donde la gente humilde dice su verdad y se fomenta el orgullo de nuestra identidad” -como se autodescriben -, será el 1 de junio con una programación de ocho horas al día. Además, según un despacho de la agencia EFE, este espacio brindará asesoría sobre temas migratorios y de derechos del trabajador, así como clases de inglés y apuntes sobre cómo negociar un salario. “Radio Jornalera construye el poder del pueblo a través de la educación popular y el conocimiento y ejercicio de nuestros derechos”, apuntan en su página de Facebook. En EE.UU. hay alrededor de 3.000.000 de trabajadores agrícolas, principalmente en los estados de California, Texas, Washington, Florida, Oregón y Carolina del Norte, con base en información de Estudiantes en Acción con Campesinos (Student Action with Farmworkers – SAF). El 75% de ellos son originarios de México (tomada de Russia [sic] Today via Conexion Digital 19 May via DXLD) WTFK??? EFE story admits it`s an ``internet radio station`` https://www.efe.com/efe/english/life/immigrant-workers-launch-radio-station-to-counter-trump-s-attacks/50000263-3972706# (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** UZBEKISTAN. Clandestines: see KOREA NORTH [non] this & other issues ** VATICAN. VATICAN CITY EXTRA-TERRITORIAL AREA: 9705 Vatican Radio; 2015-2027:01*, 5/20; English interviews & Afro news; 2026:53 “This is the African Service of Vatican Radio”, partial IS & off. SIO=2+53- QRNy & QSBy (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ---- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time. ----, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VENEZUELA [non]. 9955. May 19, 2019. 0115-0128, WRMI-Acontecer Venezolano, Okeechobee-FL, in Spanish. ID; Man announcer talks about Venezuela´s crisis: The public manifestations; The National Assembly and Juan Guaidó; The public administration, corruption and drug trafficking. Good reception, 45444 (JRX_Jose Ronaldo Xavier, SWARL Callsign PR7036SWL, Cabedelo, Brazil, WOR iog via DXLD) ** VIETNAM [non]. See USA: WHRI ** ZANZIBAR. TANZANIA, 6015, Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation, Dole, 0410-0433, 19-05, Swahili, comments. 24322. (Méndez) 11735, Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation, Dole, 1750-1806, 18-05, Swahili, comments, at 1800 time signals, news in English. Very weak, barely audible. 14311 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. UNKNOWNIA: 6300/AM, 0452-0501+, 5/23; Sounds like a religi-huxter buried in the QRN. Probably a SWBC mixing product rather than a Europirate (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' RW, ---- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time. --, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I`ve yet to figure out any such formula (gh) UNIDENTIFIED. 7177/LSB, UNID at 0345. Net in progress, "Native" Americans in (Navajo?) on 40 meters. Mentions of "Many Farms", a town up on "The REZ", no ID heard by me during session. Thanks to a tip from Wisconsin DXer Sheryl Pa[s]zkiewicz who posted it on social media. I have noted this and will check again - Excellent reception May 14 (Rick Barton, Arizona SW Logs, Hammarlund HQ-180A, Grundig Satellit 205(T.5000), RS SW-2000629, ATS-909X with various outdoor wires. 73 and Good Listening....! -rb, WOR iog via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 9200, May 17 at 0532, mystery open carrier again, S9-S6. 9200, May 18 at 0533, finally no signal from the mystery open carrier which has been on here several nights. 9200, May 20 at 0036, JBA carrier S7-S6, previously heard 5-6 hours later and stronger. 9200, May 21 at 0608, mystery open carrier still, S1-S3. No one else reports it, and might suspect local to here but it does exhibit propagational fading and lots of variation in strength from one log to the next. Who cares? The thing is, it might develop into something significant or interesting if we keep after it. 9200, May 21 at 1438, JBA carrier at S6-S3 also audible this time. Now could be CNR1 jammer/Sound of Hope, which Aoki spans 2151-1530, but propagationally surely not what I am getting in the nightmiddle (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Two strong ute multi-tone signals noted today May 15 at 0749 UT on 9574even and 9589even kHz, and when zoomed-in some 100, 200, 300, 400, and 500 Hertz distance apart strong signal strings visible at 0755 UT. Noted in Moscow, Holland, Switzerland, Austria and Riviera central Europe. NATO or Russian forces radio signals? or US foreign minister preferred war preparation, development against Iran state? (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 15, BC-DX 18 May via DXLD) Wild speculation (gh, DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 13152, May 23 at 1333, beeps = carrier cutting on and off, at slightly uneven rate of about 24x per minute (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 15730, May 17 at 1303-1305* open carrier S7-S9, likely Greenville-B routine transmitter check prior to VOA French at 2000- 2030 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 17590, May 23 at 1409, something JBA, the OSOB except for 17775 KVOH. HFCC only lists Saudi Arabia in English at 1200-1500! But *any* English from there is surely imaginary. Possibly a special from Vatican Radio, which EiBi and Aoki show using 17590 at other times (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ ACKNOWLEDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 1983: Dear Mr Hauser, Enclosed is a contribution towards the work you put into DXLD and World of Radio each week. Both the digest and radio program/podcast are looked forward to each week. Thank you for continuing to produce these valuable resources! Sincerely (Robert W Gruska, Glendale NY, with PMO to Box 1684, Enid OK 73702) TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED FUTURELY: I've enjoyed listening to World of Radio for many years. I get the podcast these days. Keep up the good work! 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And always enjoy your posts (Glenn to Steve, via DXLD) Hi Glenn, You're most welcome, good sir! I think your work is priceless. I just simply cannot join any radio club - being most seem way too conservative to me - and cliquish; but WOR is diverse with folks globally, so it rocks way beyond others. More coming when more comes in... :-) (Steve McGreevy, CA, www.auroralchorus.com Natural VLF Radio and Travel, ibid.) Here is another "DX Tithe" for your fab. "cause" Mr. Glenn. You pleasantly amaze me with your energies and enthusiasm in your WOR/DXLD endeavors, and so this is another "shot" as you are like no others! A "Bay Boy" too - as a Canadian customs agent in MB said once! Thank you Sir! (Steve McGreevy with another contribution via PayPal) PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ File: Music on Shortwave A-19 v2.0.pdf Uploaded By: Alan Roe Description: I have now uploaded an updated version 2 of my "Music Programmes on Shortwave" for the current A-19 broadcast season to the files section of this IO group. I hope that you find it of interest. As always, I appreciate any updates or corrections. Alan Roe, Teddington, UK. You can [if a member] access this file at the URL: https://groups.io/g/WOR/files/Music%20on%20Shortwave%20A-19%20v2.0.pdf Cheers, (The Groups.io Team, WOR iog via DXLD) "Encoders and radio intelligence." Shield and sword of the information world. Notes of a cryptographer. Author: Anatoly Klepov. The photo here is https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2019/05/blog-post_24.html (Ruslan Slavutsky, Moscow Region, Rus-DX May 19 not published until May 25, via DXLD) From the editor: this is not my book, but the namesake`s, whose name and surname completely coincide with my data (Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, “RUS-DX PLUS”, ibid.) LANGUAGE LESSONS see also BRAZIL: Itatiaia ++++++++++++++++ Simply elegant, Morse code marks 175 years and counting The Conversation May 21, 2019 The first message sent by Morse code’s dots and dashes across a long distance traveled from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore on Friday, May 24, 1844 – 175 years ago. It signaled the first time in human history that complex thoughts could be communicated at long distances almost instantaneously. Until then, people had to have face-to-face conversations; send coded messages through drums, smoke signals and semaphore systems; or read printed words. Full article here: http://theconversation.com/simply-elegant-morse-code-marks-175-years-and-counting-117069 (via Mike Terry, May 22, WOR iog via DXLD) MUSEA +++++ Cincinnati Liars Lager to be tapped at June 15 fundraiser Sue Kiesewetter, Special to The Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK Published 11:01 p.m. ET May 8, 2019 | Updated 4:34 p.m. ET May 13 https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2019/05/08/grainworks-brewing-co-unveil-cincinnati-liars-lager-june-15-fundraiser/1148478001/ Grainworks Brewing Company developed a new beer - Cincinnati Liars Lager - to commemorate 75 years of broadcast history at the Voice of America complex. This label for the new brew, designed by a West Chester Township artist, will appear on t-shirts. (Photo: Provided) WEST CHESTER TWP. - Grainworks Brewing Company will unveil a new lager as part of the Voice of America's Bethany Station'75th anniversary celebrations this year. The first keg of Cincinnati Liars Lager will be tapped at a June 15 fundraiser for the National VOA Museum of Broadcasting at Grainworks, 7790 Service Center Dr. "In the spirit of community partnership, this is a collaboration amongst different (groups) to meld different audiences together,'' said Steven Brock, chief operator officer at Grainworks. "Our beer culture may not know the museum circles and that generation may not be in tune with the brewery scene. This will help bring different circles into one." The brewery sits on land once part of the VOA, Brock said. The beer's name comes from a page in the VOA's broadcast history during World War II. "When the Voice of America at Bethany Station began transmitting shortwave radio war news to the European theater and our allied troops in September of 1944, we didn't know if anyone was listening," said Jack Dominic, VOA museum director. More: Why Hitler called us 'those Cincinnati liars' "It soon became apparent that they were. Adolph Hitler, who ran an extensive propaganda machine to control the German people, soon after called the Bethany Station, `those Cincinnati liars.' The beer will be on tap at Grainworks beginning June 15 through the VOA's annual dinner and major fundraiser on Sept. 21. During that period Grainworks will donate $1 to the museum for every pint sold. The logo for Grainworks Brewing Company in West Chester. (Photo: Provided) Grainworks will produce a limited commemorative bottle release of about 400 - each hand numbered - Aug. 1 at the brewery. The bottle's label was designed by West Chester Township Frankie Doerpers, a former art teacher at Lakota East High School's freshman campus. The fundraiser runs from 2-10 p.m. There will be board games available for guests as well as live entertainment, and the keg tapping. T-shirts featuring the Cincinnati Liars Lager label will also be sold (via Mike Cooper, WORLD OF RADIO 1983, DXLD) DX-PEDITIONS ++++++++++++ DXpedition after the IRCA Convention As previously mentioned, Chuck Hutton and I are organizing a DXpedition that will take place after the Seattle IRCA convention. The DXpedition would take place at Grayland WA starting September 8. There has been lots of interest - we've had about 10-12 responses so far, and planning is well underway. The motel is still being remodeled but expects to be ready by mid-summer. In the meantime, you can make reservations, etc. with them. If you're interested in joining us, let me know right away so we can keep you apprised of planning and other details (Bruce Portzer, May 16, IRCA iog via DXLD) And the list of potential attendees ?? Guy Atkins Chris Black Jean Burnell (has withdrawn) Mark Durenberger Nick Hall-Patch Chuck Hutton Brandon Jordan Neil Kazaross (under consideration) Hiroo Nakagawa Nigel Pimblett Bruce Portzer Tom Rothlisberger Brett Saylor Bill Whitacre More space is available at the Breakwater Inn (ex Grayland Motel) or the other nearby motels. Or you can tie up your boat or camp on the beach with the clams. We'll have a DKAZ and maybe a Beverage (Chuck Hutton, ibid.) Wow!! It is a great member with friends from Japan. I also wanted to participate. I wish the success of DXPedition from Japan, far away (Hiroyuki Okamura, Japan, ibid.) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See KUWAIT; NIGERIA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV See also MEXICO; OKLAHOMA; ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM Interference on RF TV channels 2 & 3 Has anyone seen this before? On the night of May 5th, my Rabbitears HDHomerun TV autologger started showing signs of overnight interference on RF 2 & 3. It mostly affects RF 2. It starts roughly around 8:00-8:30 pm [CDT] and continues until about 6:00 am. I changed out my UHF antenna on May 9th. I went from using the parabolic to the Antennacraft MXU59 beam. I changed antennas because we are in the peak of thunderstorm season. The parabolic has much more wind-load compared to the Antennacraft, so the Antennacraft has much a better chance of surviving gusty thunderstorms. But then I digress :-) Anyway, the change of antennas did not affect the interference at all. The interference had already been happening four (4) days before I changed antennas. I also have an AirSpy HF+ and I can tune to the 55.25 analog video carrier and hear the buzzing sound when the interference is happening. One evening I had the AirSpy on right when the interference started up and I heard it come on like the flip of a switch. Even turning the antennas doesn't affect the intensity of the interference. I haven't had anything mechanically or electrically change on my property during this noted time of interference. I am located on 1.4 acres. The antennas are almost in the center of the property. I have two neighbors on my road. Each of them is about 1/8 of a mile from my house. I am about two miles from the Springfield-Branson National Airport, which is just under international airport status. They have about five different airlines that fly 747s in and out quite regularly, in addition to Fedex and UPS freight jet daily service. They also have the national service center for ALL of the US Presidential airline fleet located at the airport. Needless to say, there is a lot *electrically* located at the airport. SO I guess my question is - Could this be an interference issue from a dusk to dawn light? Can a dusk to dawn light cause interference to the 54-60 MHz range? This interference isn't showing up on any other TV channels or the FM dial. I'm curious about one of two things - either someone relatively close to me had a new dusk to dawn light installed, OR - my own dusk to dawn light, which is an LED that the electric service company installed a couple years ago, perhaps has developed an RF problem? Before May 5th, I never observed this kind of RF on any TV channels. I also think about interference from the airport, but at that distance and the fact that the interference is very new, I tend to discount it is coming from the airport. IF you would like to see what is happening, you can look at the graph that is provided by Rabbitears. A suggestion - in the URL for the two channels, it preloads the 24 hour view. You can manually change the hours in the URL to get a longer view, I.E. 100 hours, 200 hours. You have to type the number of hours in place of the 24 and then enter. RF 2- https://www.rabbitears.info/tvdx/render_graph/101C926D/tuner0/2/-24hours/now RF 3- https://www.rabbitears.info/tvdx/render_graph/101C926D/tuner0/3/-24hours/now Any comments or ideas are greatly appreciated. Thanks! (Jim Thomas, Springfield, Missouri, May 18, WTFDA gg via DXLD) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- IBOC/HD See also MEXICO ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Broadcasters Tell FCC The Time Has Come For Digital-Only AMs 11 hours ago - The prospect of allowing broadcasters to power down analog AM transmitters and leave just a digital-only signal as their replacement remains on the drawing board at the Federal Communications Commission. http://www.insideradio.com/broadcasters-tell-fcc-the-time-has-come-for-digital-only/article_99eda97e-7acc-11e9-961e-9bff794312ca.html (via Artie Bigley, WORLD OF RADIO 1983, DXLD) Viz.: Broadcasters Tell FCC The Time Has Come For Digital-Only AMs. May 20, 2019 Updated May 20, 2019 AM Radio Band 2019 The prospect of allowing broadcasters to power down analog AM transmitters and leave just a digital-only signal as their replacement remains on the drawing board at the Federal Communications Commission. While the digital-only signal means stations that opt in would no longer be able to reach the vast majority of receivers in use today, the idea is getting wide backing from the radio industry. In comments filed in recent days, operators large and small have gone on record in support of the FCC taking the next step and advancing the proposal to a formal rulemaking. The FCC has been accepting comments on a petition filed in March by a Texas broadcaster. Ben Downs, VP and general manager of the Bryan Broadcasting station, said giving stations the option of dropping their analog signal would provide struggling AM owners an “innovative tool” with which to compete. It was clear from the discussion panels at the 2019 NAB Show that it’s not such a far-fetched idea in the minds of many, Downs told Inside Radio. “I don’t think anyone questions the all-digital MA-3 option from a technical feasibility position anymore,” Downs said. The biggest vote of support comes from the National Association of Broadcasters, which threw the weight of its members behind Downs’ proposal that the FCC should examine allowing digital-only AMs on a voluntary basis. “All-digital AM service will allow substantially improved sound quality that could help AM stations to retain and attract listeners in the increasingly competitive audio marketplace,” NAB said. The trade group said that AM radio audience share and advertising revenues “continue to wane” as a proliferation of fluorescent light bulbs, computer monitors, flat screen TVs, cell phone chargers and other devices have all contributed to a higher noise floor, causing “pervasive interference” to AMs. “Some auto manufacturers are simply excluding AM radio from their all-electric vehicle dashboard radios due to electromagnetic noise,” NAB says. Hubbard Radio is also likely to play a pivotal role as it has owns the most recent test site of all-digital AM. Since last July adult alternative “The Gamut” WWFD Frederick, MD (820) has been operating as a digital-only station. “Since that time, Hubbard has noticed significant improvement to WWFD’s audio quality,” the company tells the FCC, explaining the digital signal has been “much more robust” than when WWFD was running a hybrid setup that offered both analog and digital. And while the move has meant that analog radios can no longer receive WWFD, Hubbard says the feedback from listeners has been positive. That includes some listeners which is says weren’t aware they had receivers that were HD-capable. Hubbard is so pleased with how the WWFD experiment has gone that it says it supports the FCC allowing it on a more permanent basis. “Hubbard’s experience with WWFD has resulted in the company considering transitioning additional AM stations to all-digital broadcasting, once Hubbard is permitted to do so,” the company said. Not surprisingly, Xperi, the licensor of HD Radio, thinks its technology is worthy of standing on its own and it too is encouraging the FCC to take the next step to allow that to happen. “Over 50 million HD Radio receivers currently in the marketplace will support the AM all-digital functionality, including the digital audio program and accompanying program service data, from day one,” it says. Not only could all-digital AM revive the long-shelved idea of AM stereo, Xperi says, but it will also allow stations’ digital signals to carry metadata to receivers that will display information like program title, artist, a station’s logo or album cover images. It would also be able to play a role in offering more advance emergency alert messages such as offering evacuation maps or photos of missing persons. Next Phase In AM Revitalization For many broadcasters, all-digital AM is seen as the natural progression in the FCC’s ongoing effort to revitalize the AM dial. The Cromwell Group says allowing FM translators to simulcast was a “first step” and now those FMs will ensure that listeners can access the AM programming even if they own an analog-only receiver. “A next phase would be the conversion of AM station to all-digital,” it says. Several small broadcasters are also voicing their support, including Choice Radio, Delta Radio Network, Miller Media Group, O-N Radio, SNE Broadcasting, SSR Communications, and Trignition Media. Even some operators without any AMs, like Blackbelt Broadcasting, say it’s an idea whose time has arrived. “The marketplace is becoming more difficult for small town broadcasters. This could mean the difference between an AM station staying on the air, or going dark,” it says. The California and Missouri state broadcast associations have also gone on record asking the FCC to advance the proposal. Crawford Broadcasting has been operating most of its AMs in hybrid mode since 2003 and Director of Engineering Cris Alexander says a “resounding yes” would be their answer if they were given the chance to replace hybrid mode with digital-only signals. He tells the FCC they would certainly do so in some key markets. “The noise floor is now higher, incident and localized noise sources are more pervasive, and there are many more HD Radio equipped receivers now in the hands of listeners,” Alexander says. “All-digital AM broadcast represents a tool that we already have at our disposal.” [WORLD OF RADIO 1983] There’s no way to tell how many AMs would make the leap to digital-only. But the list of stations using digital radio currently stands at more than 2,300 on both the AM and FM dial. All major auto brands offer factory-installed HD Radio receivers, with HD Radio technology a standard feature in over 170 vehicle models. – Frank Saxe (via DXLD) RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ Radio Boka No, not really, it is wine. But I think the radio themed container is well done https://www.lcbo.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/en/lcbo/radio-boka-tempranillo-vdespana-bib-491118#.XOAmspBE00M (EricFloden, hic, Ontario, May 18, ODXA iog via DXLD) John Bardeen, 2 Nobel prizes in physics It's the birthday of physicist and electrical engineer John Bardeen, born in Madison, Wisconsin (1908). Before he came along, the field of electronics could only go so far because the only way to transmit and amplify electric impulses was through a vacuum tube, a large glass device, which was bulky, fragile, expensive, and used a lot of energy. Plus it took a while for the filaments to heat up, so if you turned on a radio powered by a vacuum tube, you had to wait a while for it to get up and running. After he got a master's in electric engineering, he went to work as a geophysicist for the Gulf Oil Company. But after a few years, he went back to school at Princeton to study mathematical physics, and some of his colleagues there were studying quantum mechanics and semiconductors, concepts he used in his later research. He went on to Harvard, to the University of Minnesota, and worked for the Navy during WWII, and afterwards, to Bell Laboratories in New Jersey to work for a research group headed up by William Shockley. Bardeen and his friend Walter Brattain worked together, and in 1947 they set out to determine what was wrong with an amplifier that Shockley had made. They replaced silicon with germanium, and they rethought their assumption that electrons operated evenly on all parts of a metal or semi-metal, when in fact they acted differently on the surface. Bardeen and Brattain's boss, William Shockley, further refined their invention, and together they had created the first transistor. In 1952, a transistor was used in the first commercial product, a hearing aid. Two years later, in October of 1954, the first transistor radio hit the market. The first transistor radio was a Regency TR1 and it cost $49.95. There are an estimated 7 billion transistor radios around today — any small radio that isn't digital is in fact a transistor radio, but they became so common that people dropped the word "transistor" completely. In 1956, Bardeen, Brattain, and Shockley received a joint Nobel Prize in physics for their work on the transistor. Bardeen found out about the Nobel by hearing it on the radio while he was making eggs in the kitchen, and he was so excited that he dropped the frying pan on the floor. Bardeen went on to teach at the University of Illinois, and did research in superconductivity, a field that had frustrated some of the world's greatest scientists, including Einstein, Richard Feynman, and Niels Bohr. In 1972, Bardeen became the only person to receive a second Nobel Prize in physics (Source? via Bruce Earle, May 23, DXLD) Two things in my life still with clear memory till this day. One was while my 6th grade class In Louisville was on a field trip to the CO of the Bell Telephone plant. We were ushered into a room to witness the first video phone transmission to the Bell Plant in Chicago. Next, while working for Art Holt, I got the Bell Labs tour where the transistor was born. I’m still as awestruck by Radio today and I was as a kid. God bless. B M E (Bruce Earle, TX, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed The World --- The Smartphone #106 I`ve just watched this excellent show on PBS/OETA World channel. Check your listings -- Altho leading up to smartphone, a quick history of communications from fire signals to Morse code to Hedy Lamarr and beyond. And yes, that`s Patrick Stewart narrating. Appears to be the last in the series. Previous episodes well worth watching too (Glenn Hauser, 0101 UT May 24, WOR iog via DXLD) Many thanks for this great hint! So far I had never heard or seen anything about SIGSALY in the German media. That was really new for me. https://www.pbs.org/video/the-smartphone-a9ju6c/ (HLS-streaming of an 1,5 GB h264.mp4-file) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIGSALY related PDF: https://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic-heritage/historical-figures-publications/publications/wwii/ (roger, germany, wor iog via DXLD) The Secret Weapon That Won World War II I am watching another very interesting documentary on PBS, which has one more airing next Sunday here in OK. Check your listings. Maybe someone in Germany can find an online source, or WLRN sells DVDs - (Glenn Hauser, WOR iog via DXLD) Viz., from OETA sked: Sunday, May 26, 11:00 pm on OETA-HD Duration: 0:55:22 Description: THE SECRET WEAPON THAT WON WORLD WAR II reveals how the small Florida town of Boca Raton and a tiny device turned the tide of World War II for Allied forces. In the early years of World War II, after the fall of France, Britain stood alone against the German conquest of Europe. Hitler's U-boats ruled the Atlantic, blockading British ports in an attempt to starve England into defeat and sinking American convoys that were re-supplying Britain. By May of 1940, it looked like it was only a matter of time until the Germans invaded the U.K. At this point, the British had a series of radar stations along the English coast that could spot large waves of German bombers crossing the English Channel. But the technology couldn't detect smaller-scale submarines and defend against attacks from the sea. They needed a radar system that could utilize shorter wave lengths for accuracy. Fortuitously, Winston Churchill and his closest counselors had in their possession a device called a cavity magnetron, which had the potential to put portable microwave radar into planes. Churchill made a bold decision and dispatched Britain's top scientists to America with England's military secrets. A secret weapons laboratory was set up at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to design and test a radar device that, if developed in time, would alter the course of the war. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and the United States entered the war, the race to develop this technology and ensure victory intensified. With wintery conditions blanketing Massachusetts, the United States needed a secret place with a mild, ocean side location to train pilots in the use of airborne radar to hunt German submarines. In Boca Raton, the U.S. Army found an isolated backwater on the edge of the impenetrable Everglades, where thousands of troops trained. Only recently has the role Boca Raton played in the war come to light. The risky gamble Roosevelt and Churchill embarked on is also the story of how radar won the war for the Allies. In three months, the Germans were forced to pull their submarines out of the Atlantic, and the increased pinpoint bombing of German cities, railroads and industry sealed the fate of the Third Reich. [HD][CC] View Additional Airings 06/02/19, 11:00 am OETA World Broadcast In: English Website: http://www.secretweaponradar.org (via Glenn Hauser, WOR iog via DXLD) I fear Germany is really not the best place to spot a possible online availability of a production from a TV station in Miami. The description is indeed very interesting. Historiography on this side of the pond attributes these developments of magnetron technology to the Birmingham university, in particular John Randall and Harry Boot there. It would be up to our friends in England to comment if they agree with this work now being sold as American invention. The mention of a "secret weapon" reminded me of a recent "alternative history" series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGlwWoLIv5U Which again the other way round reminded me of something our teacher told us in lower grade: Probably it were only a few months of delay in development that saved Dresden from taking the place of Hiroshima. This was not from some textbooks, it was a personal opinion, but not an isolated one. I'm not entirely shure, but perhaps she had seen herself what my grandma had described lively to me: First the bright flares, then the whole southern sky lights up in red. From almost 60 km away. Who knows such first-hand accounts (and still knows Frauenkirche at Dresden as a pile of cobble and small remains, being of the opinion that it should have been left as such because it reminded everyone of where this can lead to) is now very concerned about the situation in the Middle East (Kai Ludwig, Germany [East], WOR iog via DXLD) Radio related: TV show Young Sheldon Tonight's season finale episode scheduled at 2100 EDT on CBS features some scenes related to the radio hobby. A loop antenna and an older multiband portable radio were shown in previews this past week. One comment was he was trying to hear the Nobel prize announcements direct (from Norway [Sweden]). This current show is set in the 1990's. Check it out (Don Hosmer, W Branch MI USA, May 16, WOR iog via DXLD) Glenn: I’m sure you`re not a regular TV watcher but I have a suspicion that this week’s edition of “Young Sheldon” on CBS (airing tonight) will have some sort of shortwave theme. Just a pop culture guess. Best, (Charlie Harlich, Sent from my iPhone, DX LISTENING DIGEST) So I watched Young Sheldon for the first time. Yep, SW angle. Did anyone recognize the loop antenna or was it a mock-up? The radio looked like a Nordmende or something European. The Ottawa timesignal sure wasn`t CHU! A bit more informal. Nor was Radio Sweden International convincing. Too many subplots; and {SPOILER} a sad ending in keeping with: no one cares about SW - (Glenn Hauser, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST) IT&T Capehart Multiband Radio Spotted on CBS TV Show “Young Sheldon” My wife and I were watching “Young Sheldon” tonight on our local CBS TV station (KHOU-TV). The show started with Sheldon and his grandmother’s suitor - sorry, I can’t remember his name - listening to a very big shortwave radio on the kitchen table. The radio was an analog multiband that had a fold-up front cover, looking very similar to a Zenith Transoceanic, except bigger. The radio had a huge circular logo on the the visible side of the fold-up cover. The logo had two rings - the outside ring contained the words “International Telephone and Telegraph.” The inside ring contained the IT&T logo - representations of the eastern and western hemispheres connected by a stylized angelic being with outspread wings. I know that IT&T made digital receivers, but I have never seen an analog one … until tonight. I searched the web to find the radio used in the episode. It’s the IT&T Capehart. Here’s the link: https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/capehart-shortwave-radio-model-137677709 Any comments on the radio? Please note that I am not the owner of this radio nor do I have any financial interest in its disposition. Thanks for letting me share! (Steve Ponder, N5WBI, Houston, TX, USA, May 16, NASWA iog via DXLD) Steve, My wife watches that show ("Young Sheldon") it was featured on, and I just happened to walk into the bedroom at the moment that old guy and main character, Young Sheldon, were tuning the radio's shortwave bands (the WWV [sic] time announcement created quite the excitement in the kitchen). Naturally, my wife didn't understand my excitement at seeing this old portable and that it tuned shortwave frequencies and that the show watcher actually heard something shortwave related on television. She was telling me about the main character and other stuff I had no interest in. I wasn't familiar with the IT&T brand radios, but seeing it was terrific stuff. Getting a much better look through the link you provided was quite interesting. I like that the seller had no idea what this radio was useful for or whether or not it had all the necessary parts to operate successfully. It was buyer beware time. 73, (Rich D`Angelo, Wyomissing PA, ibid.) Rich, Glad you enjoyed my "homage" to the glory days of shortwave radio. I've never seen a radio like that for sale on eBay or any other online outlet. Makes me wonder if it was a limited production. I hope the producers and directors keep that story arc in next season's shows. I'd like to see Sheldon get some QSL's from stations like Radio Moscow and Radio Tirana! 73 and Good DX, (Steve Ponder, N5WBI, Houston, TX USA, ibid.) I’ve had trouble hearing WWV & WWVH here in Nashville. I can hear the tones but no audio. After watching this episode I decided to try again. Sure enough picked both up crystal clear. Also got CHU out of Canada on several frequencies. Glad Sheldon inspired me (BJ Boulden, May 18, ibid.) BJ, Happy that my "homage" to the glory days of shortwave radio stirred you to action! Hopefully we'll have a few more weeks of "quiet" days to DX before the summer thunderstorms begin to propagate their crashes and pops across the continent, LOL. For those of us who live along the Gulf coast, we have 11 more days before the 2019 Hurricane Season starts --- ugh. We're keeping our hopes up that El Niño will help reduce the number and intensity of the storms. 73 and Good DX, (Steve Ponder, N5WBI, Houston, TX USA, ibid.) New England KiwiSDR review (MWDX) Quickie review of KiwiSDR's in the six New England states * precedes my comments Lubec, ME, USA http://qhkiwisdr.proxy.kiwisdr.com:8073/ http://lbc.proxy.kiwisdr.com:8073 * only ones that can hear as much or more than what I get here for TA * a bit less hot for Latin America * currently inactive 10 KHz - 30 MHz SDR WA2ZKD/1 | Rockport, Maine http://rx2.wa2zkd.net:8073 * best other than Lubec but lots of west-pest pick-up versus here 0-32 MHz SDR | Joe FLIPS | Warwick, Rhode Island USA http://joeflips.hopto.org:8073 * fair, seems to null north some 0-32 MHz SDR, AB1KW, Concord NH USA http://kiwisdr.surriel.com:80 * fair 0-32 MHz SSDR | Union, CT (CT/MA Border Northeast USA 80 -10m OCF Multiband Dipole @ 65ft) http://sigmasdr.ddns.net:8073 * fair 0-30 MHz SDR, N1BPD, South Dennis, Massachusetts, USA http://rosslloyd.asuscomm.com:8073 * poor WA3ETD Favors LF / MF | Rutland, VT Central Vermont USA http://73.68.202.112:8073 * OK for domestics, no TA/LA 0-30 MHz SDR, W1NT »Newton, New Hampshire, NH USA http://w1nt.onthewifi.com:8073 * useless 0-30 MHz SDR, W1NJC / K1YW | Sutton, MA USA http://kiwisdr.njctech.com:8073 * useless 0-30 MHz SDR, WU1T, Salem, Massachusetts USA http://kiwisdr.baloney.fun:8073 * useless 0-30 MHz SDR, KB1UIF, Ashley Falls (Sheffield), MA, USA. http://24.194.12.179:8073 * good for domestics, not for foreign 0-30 MHz SDR, K6AUS, Boston, MA, USA http://hflogs.com:8073 * bad noise, insensitive (Mark Connelly, WA1ION, South Yarmouth, MA, May 18, IRCA iog et al. via DXLD) Moral of the story: The Kiwi is useful as a spotting receiver for local and semi-local stations. It is not a great receiver for long range DX (Chuck Hutton, ibid.) Also: a crap antenna, even at a good location, will typically yield poor results. Especially when there is no attention given to noise abatement, directivity, or adequate gain (Mark WA1ION, May 17, ibid.) Uhm. As an owner and one familiar with the specs --- May I say --- Discussion? (Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA -, ibid.) Yes, that is unfortunately true also. Owning one is irrelevant. Perhaps you don't remember the overload problems that can be solved only by inserting big attenuation and hurting sensitivity? Show me a handful of top DXers using a Kiwi for their real DXing! (Chuck Hutton, ibid.) Colin, I was looking to argue with Chuck too but after thinking about it, he’s right. While most KiwiSDRs on the sdr.hu site don’t have decent antennas for MW, it is also true that if they did they’d likely be subject to overloading problems. I’ve put Kiwis on-air in Grayland and Lubec while on DXpeditions hanging on a 160’ DKAZ. I don’t recall much overloading problems but one Kiwi we tested in Delhi for use in VOA’s remote monitoring system had terrible overloading from at least three 100 kW+ AIR outlets not far from our office. SDR-IQ did not have that problem in the same situation. It is also true that I’ve had people listening to the Kiwis I’ve put on air during DXpeditions direct me to DX that they were hearing on them. So Chuck’s characterization of the KiwiSDR as a pretty good ‘spotting’ radio is accurate. The VERY cool feature of the KiwiSDR is that you can so easily make it available to others to use via a very nice HTTP interface making it totally platform independent. Sometimes it’s OK to agree with Chuck. ;-) (Bill Whitacre … spending the weekend at Waters Edge, near Fleeton, VA, May 18, ibid.) One thing I've noticed with the KiwiSDR is that the audio in sideband (USB/LSB) mode is wretched on an AM signal. Sounds like a tin can trapped in a cardboard box. With Perseus and Elad, sideband reception is often quite useful (Mark Connelly, WA1ION, South Yarmouth, MA, ibid.) While it can be dangerous to use "popularity" as a guide to receiver selection, I'd like to point out again that I do not know of any top MW DXers in the world that are using a Kiwi for their most serious DXing. No one in Scandinavia, England, the USA or Canada does that, as best I know. They instead are using Perseus, Elad and sometimes WinRadio. As Bill pointed out, the thing that makes the Kiwi popular is the web interface. The radio itself is not in the top class of receivers (Chuck Hutton, ibid.) And, as has been previously noted, many of these Kiwi's are geared for SW, and the antennas used will be very bad for MW/LW DX. Hopefully a web interface will develop for one of the higher-end SDR's (Russ Edmunds, WB2BJH, Blue Bell, PA, Grid FN20id, ibid.) While waiting for it, I like Perseus network very much. Receivers can be connected via the map: microtelecom.it/map/ServersMap.html Receivers start much quicker than in KiwiSDR network and one can check the same frequency quickly on multiple sites. Some have good antennas, mine here in eastern Finland isn't among the worst. Best regards, (Mauno Ritola, ibid.) Chuck is actually quite right - In part, it comes down to the "numbers" -- that is, the Kiwi WebSDR is a $150 Beaglebone microprocessor ultra-small form factor motherboard mated to a $150 SDR. There is no way that this device can compete with a Perseus or Elad. Is the Kiwi WebSDR useful? Yes. In many ways -- most of which have been revealed. Our original intention was to mate the KiwiWebSDR with a decent directional antenna on the Haida Gwaii out in the Pacific - which would have made it amongst the most exciting spotter receivers on the globe. There are 350+ Kiwi WebSDR's deployed currently. The solid majority of them are largely worthless as analytical tools; the installations are poorly conceived, often hopelessly embedded in overwhelmingly limited listening environments. If anything, the KiwiWebSDR has become a living and breathing testament to the shocking decline of the radio listening environment and a living catalog of the slow death of international Short wave broadcasting. Chuck's right - and all things considered, these units have successfully allowed us to roll back the curtain on radio listening World-wide, opportunities that never would exist without this affordable technology (Robert Newell, ibid.) Walt's Haida Gwaii location (in addition to being lovely) is a great DX spot. Great DX spots with SDRs means recording the band when things are really hot, so once in a lifetime events are caught for review. But as best I know, the Kiwi can not record the MW band. Walt's location is so good that I'd spend a few bucks more and get a very good receiver that can record (Chuck Hutton, ibid.) Yes, they do have their uses. I found the one at U Vic particularly helpful when I was trying to chase down a 60 Hz him problem on my 630m signal but otherwise it is pretty deaf. I’ve found many thought [throughout?] NA and SA that have good sensitivity on SW when I use them to A-B check my antennas for comparison, switching from one to the other quickly while listening in real time [sic]. How much better they would be with a Perseus instead would be an interesting comparison (Steve McDonald, ibid.) Come on, Mark, please get some perspective. You are comparing $50 of hardware with $500 to $1500 of hardware, which many of us simply cannot afford. I look on enviously when people talk of multiple Wellbrook’s, multiple Perseii or Elads and kilometre long wires. We don’t get that much space in the UK even when paying several million for a property. Again, only a select view can afford such luxury. My rear garden is about 15m x 15m and I have no conceivable way to extend that in any way. I’m really trying to say when making comparisons, let’s compare apples with apples (Tom G6PZZ Crosbie, May 18, ibid.) I agree with Tom. I’m in a 55+ community (2500 homes) with strict HOA rules (located in the Phoenix AZ suburb of Mesa). I have a Wellbrook ALA1530LNP (not cheap) and use an SDRplay RSPduo (along with my Icom IC-R75). I am very pleased with my under $300 (Ham Radio Outlet price around $275) SDRplay RSPduo. Having the ability to record the entire band has made it possible to add quite a few new stations. Compared to my Hallicrafters SX-16 I used in the early 1960s, the set up now is wonderful. 73, (John C. Johnson, 2922 S Olivewood, Mesa, AZ 85212-2923, ibid.) Hello Tom, 15m x 15m. You lucky man; I can only manage 4m x 9m. Emoji. 73s (Barry :-) Davies, Carlisle UK. Lat. 55.0119N Lon. 2.9668W, ibid.) Tom: Audio quality has little or nothing to do with receiver cost. I'd say it's related to software design decisions and the designer's knowledge of filtering / AGC / demodulation. The cheapest SDR I have owned (SDR-IQ) probably had the best quality recovered audio (Chuck Hutton, ibid.) Luxury! I used to live in a shoebox by the motorway with my Twelve siblings! We’d get up at 3 am every morning, clean the motorway with a tooth brush --- and when our father got home, he’d lash us to sleep with his belt! 4x meters! We’d dream of that! (Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA -, ibid.) So there I am, plugged into Colin’s Kiwi listening to stations on the far side of the world I can only dream about. Try telling them that today and they won’t believe you! I was expecting some flak but not having the mighty Python thrown back at me! Nice one, Colin! (Tom G6PZZ Crosbie, ibid.) Not Monty-Python but close - 1967. The Four Yorkshiremen sketch was originally written and performed for the 1967 British television comedy series At Last the 1948 Show by the show's four writer-performers: Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graham Chapman and Marty Feldman.[1][2][3] Barry Cryer is the wine waiter in the original performance. Gets me every time! Luxury!!! (Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA -, ibid.) There are perfectly good antennas that are small enough to fit on the roof of a vehicle and, therefore, presumably also deployable at many residence locations. DX in excess of 7000 miles / 11250 km with Perseus and Elad using this antenna measuring 2m x 2m: https://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/loop/car_roof_loop.htm Roy Barstow here in MA uses an Elad and similar antenna 1.8m tall by 3.6m wide. A little trickier to mount on the vehicle but he still does it. http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?12269-2018-Recap-of-Spring-and-Summer-AM-DX-Below-the-Equator-from-Cape-Cod For 2018 his below-equator list includes: 40 Brazil 12 Argentina 5 South Africa 4 Mozambique 3 Botswana 1 Sao Tome It is true that good low-noise coastal locations were used both for my DX and Roy's. But, as you see, no vast amounts of land necessary. The Wellbrook loops are good but not cheap. Anyone with a modest amount of homebrewing skills can make something similar for about half the cost, especially if just MW performance is the important thing. These loops can be mounted on a balcony, hidden in a tree, or (if electrical noise isn't bad) stashed in an attic out of view and weather. Some of the KiwiSDR's running Wellbrook, W6LVP, or LZ1AQ loops do pretty well. Getting the antenna up in the air and away from electrical noise is important. The Kiwi being what it is, results are always better when you don't have super fire-breathing local stations to cause overload and spurious responses (Mark Connelly, WA1ION, South Yarmouth, MA, ibid.) That's an interesting observation about the SDR-IQ, Chuck. That was SpectraVue that impressed you then? Or did you think that the SDR-IQ hardware played a part? Thanks (Nick Hall-Patch, BC, ibid.) In 1967 I was 12 years old and had just discovered what I would later come to know as DXing. Satirical comedy came much later to me; hence my Python fudge. Thanks for continuing to school me in various subjects! That’s Luxury!! (Tom G6PZZ Crosbie, ibid.) Yes, SpectraVue. No other choice back then. I don't think the HW was important as basically all it did was digitize the chunk of bandwidth. The software did AGC, demodulation and filtering (Chuck Hutton, ibid.) Thanks, Chuck. I still use SpectraVue, and though I would like other bells and whistles, it seems at core a very competent piece of software. I've tried other software for playback from time to time, but never gotten any better readability of difficult signals. Plus, at least one version of SpectraVue that postdates SDR-IQ plays back Perseus files. I believe that Moe Wheately has documented his approach, so this may not be a state secret, even if we don't have an actual copy of SpectraVue code. The code is available for his CuteSDR, so I wonder if he used similar demodulation techniques there as well? Too many avenues to explore, not enough time (Nick Hall-Patch, May 19, ibid.) Mauno - just exactly how does one connect to one of these Perseus servers via the map link you posted? It's a very nice map but I couldn't find any way to connect to any receivers shown. I even tried copy-n-paste into Winamp ^ VLC player also my browsers & nothing. What am I missing here? Do I need Perseus software to hear these? (Mike VE7SKA cn88/B.C., ibid.) Yes, you do; and Perseus hardware once the grace period has expired (Don Moman VE6JY, ibid.) Yes, Perseus software is needed (Mauno Ritola, Finland, ibid.) Don & Mauno - thanks for explaining that to me. 73 (Mike, ibid.) Lubec KiwiSDR rides again! For the next several nights - until mid-day May 28th anyway - the Lubec KiwiSDR is back! http://qhkiwisdr.proxy.kiwisdr.com:8073/ It’s on a 160’ DKAZ facing 105 deg. - looking for LatAms and Southern Africa. Sunset is at 7:58 PM EDT - 2358 UT and sunrise is at 4:52 AM EDT - 0852 UT. I may put up a 2nd DKAZ tomorrow at 35 deg. just to see if any TAs are coming in but I’ll also be busy at the Down East Birding Festival. Enjoy! (Bill Whitacre, Lubec, Maine, May 23, nrc-am gg via DXLD) [later:] I see a few people on the KiwiSDR. You should know that the ‘buzz’ on 1575 is from Iran and is attempting to jam a Radio Farda relay we stopped using on May 1. Pls don’t tell them as I’m sure that there’s less Uranium being enriched while this HUGE jamming signal is on the air. ;-) (Whitacre, ibid.) Thanks, Bill, for making this available. As of midnight EDT / 0400 UT conditions similar to what I've been noticing here: On TA's, Spain is king. Latin American activity is lack-lustre. Some static from storms that are north of me and west of Lubec. (Mark Connelly, WA1ION, South Yarmouth, MA, May 24, ibid.) SDRplay demonstrating diversity receive - SDRduo/SDRuno at Dayton I don't know if anyone has heard, but the SDRplay folks are demonstrating an experimental version of SDRuno (there will be a released version soon) that has diversity capability with the SDRduo SDR at the Dayton hamfest. From what I have seen there is dual (i.e. separate) amplitude control and a target-type window to adjust the relative amplitudes and phasing of the two phase-locked receivers. I wasn't able to attend so I haven't seen it work, but I was thinking that this could be very useful for phasing two antennas, or I was wondering about one of the dual-D-Kaz configurations? I'm guessing here, but there would probably be a few interlocking adjustments with the remote termination adjustments and then the phasing, but does anyone see anything positive for mediumwave? (Rick Kunath, K9AO, May 18, MWCircle yg via DXLD) Re: SDRplay demonstrating diversity receive - SDRduo/SDRuno at Dayton I addressed the issue yesterday, following a Facebook post by Jon Hudson. I also raised the question if it could be possible to see a solution for pre-recorded IQ files, as I assume the current solution is for live listening only (Bjarne Mjelde, http://arcticdx.blogspot.com May 18, MWCircle yg via DXLD) Ah, good point. I hadn't thought about being able to record an IQ file from the 2 receivers and then to adjust the diversity later. That would be a killer feature (Rick Kunath, May 19, ibid.) Re: SDRplay demonstrating diversity receive - SDRduo/SDRuno at Dayton Not to mention being able to phase antennas in software to null interference (Bjarne Mjelde, May 20, MWCircle yg via DXLD) Has anyone used Google's song identifier? I use a Blackberry, so I can't purchase apps like Shazam or SoundHound to help me recognize tunes from the UNID stations in my Perseus recordings. Has anyone used Google's free song-recognizer? https://www.acrcloud.com/identify-songs-music-recognition-online/ I'm trying it now on the hymn I heard on what I hope was KICY [850 Nome] in my Border Inn recordings. Don't know how long it takes. (I submitted my mp3 file a few minutes ago) The web page apparently updates when the software finishes trying to identify your song, or you can save some identifying information so you can come back and check the result later. 73 (Tim Hall, CA, May 19, ABDX yg via DXLD) FM vs TV DXING - I've been trying again to use my AirSpy Mini with SDR# and RDS Spy for FM DXing/scanning/logging. I had it sorta working last fall (thanks to Les Rayburn) with a Windows 7 computer that went belly up, so I'm starting over gain with a newer Windows 10 computer. Ironically, my hilltop location is very good for TV DXing and quite poor for FM DXing as there is not a single "open" FM channel. I loved FM meteor scatter DXing in Colorado when I lived there with quite a few "open" channels and many bursts heard on random meteors every morning. Nothing like that possible here with multiple regional stations on every channel. I fear with the repack, DTV will become more like the FM band (Doug Allen, K4LY, Inman, SC EM85wb, May 23, WTFDA gg via DXLD FILTERS & TRAPS Tin Lee still makes professional-quality custom-order filters. /wrh/ http://tinlee.com (Bill Hepburn, Ont., WTFDA gg via DXLD) As in FM traps to reduce second harmonic QRM to DTV on channels 7-13 (gh, DXLD) Difficult Reception Problem Follow Up --- Tin Lee --- yes! Very highly recommended by me. I purchased one about a year ago to notch 98.1 MHz, since the WCTK tower is pretty much line of sight. Works great and you can see the deep notch using an SDR. Prevents overload across the FM band and beyond. Rick, Dartmouth, MA (Richard J. Cabral, W1RJC, May 22, ibid.) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ :Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts :Issued: 2019 May 20 0537 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # Product description and SWPC contact on the Web # https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/content/subscription-services # # Weekly Highlights and Forecasts # Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 13 - 19 May 2019 Solar activity was at very low to low levels, with low-level activity observed on 15 May due to a C2.0/SN flare from Region 2741 (N05 L=272, class/area Hsx/160 on 15 May). Very low-level activity was observed for the remainder of the period. Two eruptions were observed in coronagraph imagery, but were directed east and determined to not be geoeffective. No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at high levels on 13, 15, and 16 May. Normal to moderate levels were observed for the remaining days in the period. Geomagnetic field activity reached G3 (Major) storm levels on 14 May due to effects from a CME that erupted on 11 May. G3 storm conditions were observed during the 14/0600-0900 UTC synoptic period, with G2 storm conditions occurring in the 14/0300-0600 UTC period. Active conditions occurred in the 14/0900-1200 and 14/1800-2100 UTC periods. Solar wind parameters at the DSCOVR spacecraft were enhanced with Bt reaching as high as 15 nT accompanied by prolonged periods of southward Bz. Solar wind speed reached a maximum of 568 km/s. Unsettled conditions were observed on 16-17 May. Quiet conditions were observed for the remainder of the summary period. Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 20 May - 15 June 2019 Solar activity is expected to be very low levels throughout the period. No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at high levels on 21-24 May and 29 May - 02 June due to coronal hole high speed stream effects. Normal to moderate levels are expected for the remainder of the period. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at active levels on 29 May due to recurrent coronal hole activity. Quiet to unsettled levels are expected for the remainder of the period. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2019 May 20 0537 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # Product description and SWPC contact on the Web # https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/content/subscription-services # # 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table # Issued 2019-05-20 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2019 May 20 69 8 3 2019 May 21 69 8 3 2019 May 22 68 8 3 2019 May 23 67 5 2 2019 May 24 67 5 2 2019 May 25 67 5 2 2019 May 26 67 5 2 2019 May 27 67 5 2 2019 May 28 67 10 3 2019 May 29 67 12 4 2019 May 30 70 8 3 2019 May 31 72 10 3 2019 Jun 01 74 5 2 2019 Jun 02 76 5 2 2019 Jun 03 76 5 2 2019 Jun 04 76 5 2 2019 Jun 05 76 5 2 2019 Jun 06 76 5 2 2019 Jun 07 76 5 2 2019 Jun 08 76 5 2 2019 Jun 09 76 5 2 2019 Jun 10 76 5 2 2019 Jun 11 74 5 2 2019 Jun 12 72 5 2 2019 Jun 13 72 5 2 2019 Jun 14 70 5 2 2019 Jun 15 70 5 2 (SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1983, DXLD) ###