DX LISTENING DIGEST 19-26, June 27, 2019
Incorporating REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING
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WORLD OF RADIO 1988 contents: Albania non, Antarctica non, Azerbaijan,
Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, China, Cuba, Denmark, Ecuador, Equatorial
Guinea, Eritrea non, France and non, Germany, Japan, Korea North non,
Mexico, North America, Paraguay, Solomon Islands, Taiwan, USA; and the
propagation outlook
WOR 1988 completed by 2332 UT June 27,
(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1987.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1987.mp3
ready for first SW broadcasts Friday June 28:
0132 UT Friday WBCQ-6 9330 --- an ``impromptu broadcast`` by
Larry Will, Area 51, also confirmed by Richard Lemke, Alberta; tnx!
1000 UT Friday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW
2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 [confirmed]
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 [confirmed]
0629 UT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany
1000 UT Saturday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW [July 6, 20...]
1130 UT Saturday WRMI 9955
1431 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2030 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 [canceled]
2100 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 [confirmed]
0130 UT Sunday WRMI 5850 [confirmed]
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315][confirmed 0326]
1030 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 [confirmed]
0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395 [confirmed, also NEW 7780]
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 [confirmed]
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 [confirmed]
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [confirmed]
0930 UT Monday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW
1816 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
0930 UT Friday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW
Also check 9330 WBCQ for unscheduled airings during testing phase.
[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
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Also linx to podcast services.
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
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https://blog.keithweston.com/2018/11/22/world-of-radio-podcast/
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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
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The change was necessary due to increasing outages, long delays in
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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.
** ALBANIA [non]. [WOR] RADIO TIRANA INTERNATIONAL --- Dear friends,
good afternoon. I ask you which days of the week and at what time the
program in English of Radio Tirana is broadcast via WRMI, in 9395 khz.
Yesterday Sunday, UT Monday 0130, listen to a DX program in English.
Thank you very much, good DX (Héctor Frías Jofré, CE3001SWL, June 24,
WOR iog via DXLD)
Hector, That was my program, World of Radio. Tirana English has always
been 6 days a week, not on Sundays (or UT Mondays), so I offered to
fill that gap. Tirana is still at 0130 on 9395 the other days (Glenn
Hauser, ibid.) {or rather except UT Thu bumped by This Is a Music
Show at 01-02}
Hello Glenn, very good the program I listen to everything, I
congratulate you very complete as always. Thanks for the information,
I have been looking for the Radio Tirana QSL for some time now. Best
Regards, (Héctor Frías Jofré, CE3001SWL, ibid.)
Radio Tirana via WRMI --- A good signal this evening (22 June UT) on
WRMI's 9395 kHz frequency starting around 0130 for the Radio Tirana
program in English. Extensive news and commentary on the protests
taking place in Albania in the run-up to the 30 June election. Today's
organized protest (the 9th) was peaceful unlike some previous ones.
Seems to be little coverage of current events in Albania in mainstream
media in North America, so it will pay to monitor Radio Tirana for
news on the latest events in that country.
Besides, Radio Tirana is one of the few stations to still run an
interval signal before and after their program -- a throwback to the
good old days of SW (-- Richard Langley, NB, WOR iog via WORLD OF
RADIO 1988, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ALGERIA [non]. FRANCE, TDA Telediffusion d'Algerie via TDF Issoudun
on June 21:
0503-0511 6125 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf French news, fair/good
0503-0511 9535 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf French news, very good
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/reception-of-telediffusion-dalgerie-via.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 20-21, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ANGOLA. 4949.7, Radio Nacional de Angola, Mulenvos, 1839-1940,
22-06, African songs, Portuguese, comments, ID “Radio Nacional de
Angola”, male, female, “Transmite a Radio Nacional de Angola”, at 1900
time signals, news, at 1930 sport news. 15321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo,
Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog
via DXLD)
4949.733, Radio Nacional de Angola, Mulenvos-AGL, S=5-6 poor at -89dBm
at 2303 UT on June 23, noted in Blackpool, Texel Holland, and Amberg
Bavaria SDR units. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Bueschel, WOR iog via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** ANTARCTICA [non]. [WOR] Midwinter broadcast to Antarctica ===
Listening via Don Moman's remote SDR in Lamont, AB. Very good
reception on 9455 via Wofferton (300 kW/182 deg), and even 7360 via
Ascension (250 kW/207 deg) at poor/fair level. Nothing via 5875
audible. Even into Victoria, I can hear 9455 at poor/fair level. Time:
2145 UT. 73 (Walt Salmaniw, 2155 UT June 21, WOR iog via DXLD)
Very good signal here on all three frequencies (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia,
Bulgaria, ibid.)
Reception of British Antarctic Survey BAS - Annual Midwinter broadcast
via ENC-DMS Woofferton and ENC-DMS Ascension Friday June 21
2130-2200 5875 WOF 300 kW / 184 deg to Antarctica English, very good
2130-2200 7360 ASC 250 kW / 207 deg to Antarctica English, very good
2130-2200 9455 WOF 300 kW / 182 deg to Antarctica English, very good
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/annual-midwinter-broadcast-via.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
ASCENSION ISLS / U.K. --- British Antarctic Survey Annual Midwinter
broadcast from BBC London program start 2130:11 UT.
7360 kHz covered by Vatican Radio Santa Maria di Galeria from 2100 UT
in Portuguese language. Latter S=9+10dB. No QRM, but adjacent 7345 kHz
CNR1 Beijing, RTTY High Speed ute 7372.9 to 7373.1 kHz.
Heavy digital STANAG signal on 5870.9 to 5874.1 kHz S=9+15dB.
BAS program noted in western Europe, Holland, Germany, Hungary:
5875 kHz from ENC Woofferton England, S=9+35dB, but sideband scratch
from STANAG digital 5871-5874 kHz
from 2157 UT 5890 kHz adjacent BBC Singapore Kranji IS chimes.
7360 kHz from ENC Ascension Islands, S=9+30 at 2132 UT, but heard BUZZ
audio and visible on Perseus SDR screen some f i v e strings of 50
Hertz apart distance on 50, 100, 150, 200, 250 Hertz either sideband.
9455 kHz from ENC Woofferton England, 2130:11 UT crash start.
S=9+25dB, and a single buzz 100 Hertz string either sideband seen.
- - -
and logged also on KIWI SDR's in Brazil, South America and remote SDR
at TWR Africa bureau at Johannesburg AFS/RSA:
5875, S=9 or -77dBm rather disappointing, fair only.
7360, S=9+20dB or -60dBm, best though suffered by 5 x BUZZ strings.
9455, S=7 or -84dBm only fair.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang
Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 21, WOR iog via DXLD)
So where was everyone else (besides wb & Ivo) -- after all the
attention to this over the past week with the test a week ago? I
myself have a very good excuse, a 4.25 hour power outage in Enid this
afternoon, on the hottest day of the year so far!
Perhaps Richard or someone will have recorded and archived it. Maybe
also on the BBCWS website (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)
I do have it recorded with the exception of some technical drop outs.
Pretty good even with a local T-storms. 2130 to 2200 on 9455 khz. I am
sure others are out there. Enjoy the heat. 73 (Mick Delmage, AB [who
sent me his recording, tnx], WORLD OF RADIO 1988, ibid.)
Richard did record it. ;-) Fairly good signal here in NB on 9455 kHz
and will archive shortly - but it's already up on the BBC WS website:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csz4pn
Had set the receiver to record the program ahead of time unattended
during super-time so didn't try the other frequencies with that
receiver (PL-880) operated outdoors with a reel antenna. Indoors on
the Field BT with just its whip antenna, 7360 kHz was also audible but
not as strong as 9455 kHz, while 5875 kHz was inaudible. At my UNB
office, I also set up to record all three frequencies automatically
using the U. Twente SDR receiver. Will report on the success of that
tomorrow (-- Richard Langley, ibid.)
GREAT BRITAIN. BBC Woofferton, 9455, Jun 21, English ID at 2130
sign-on with special broadcast to British Antarctic Survey Team;
recorded messages to British personnel; brief look back at British
Antarctic Team history; ID at 2145; message from Director, more
recorded messages for personnel, ID 0059, off 2200; 34333; // 7360
from Ascension Island and 5875 Woofferton both audible above the
noise, with Ascension the better of the two lower frequencies here
(Robert Butterfield, Columbia, MD, USA, Equipment: SDRplay RSPduo;
28m longwire with 9:1 Balun, WOR iog via DXLD)
Good reception on 5875 (Woofferton) and 7360 (Ascension) last night,
with just a trace audible on 9455 (Woofferton) here. Some STANAG
interference to 5875 noted so best on 5875 USB. Hopefully the 36 staff
overwintering at 3 British Antarctic Survey bases also got good
reception! Cerys Matthews has a nice clear voice to cut through any
QRM. It's like eavesdropping on a private celebration of midwinter's
day with all the family messages, plus other messages including from
the Princess Royal (Anne) and David Attenborough and it's all
skilfully squeezed into 30 minutes by Boffin Media with the
transmitters closing at exactly 2200.
If you missed it, you can hear the programme here
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csz4pn
(but without the hum on the Ascension transmitter!)
73, (Alan, AOR 7030plus, longwire, Caversham, UK, Pennington,
bdxc-news iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1988, DXLD)
Here in Germany, even on a portable, reception was fine on all three
channels. BAS reported this:
https://www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/midwinter-celebrations-in-antarctica/
73 (Harald Kuhl, bdxc-news iog via DXLD)
Recording made here in NB on 9455 kHz archived here:
https://shortwavearchive.com/archive/bbc-world-service-annual-antarctic-midwinter-broadcast-june-21-2019
and here:
https://archive.org/details/BBCWSBASAntarcticMidwinterBroadcast9.455MHz21June20192130UTC
Recordings via the U. Twente SD receiver were all successful with the
anomalies as already described by Wolfgang Bueschel. In addition, I
would note that on all three frequencies, the program started very
slightly late. First words of the opening announcement in each case
were:
5875 kHz: "BBC World Service in London ..."
7360 kHz: "winter Broadcast ..."
9455 kHz: "is the BBC World Service in London ..." (9455 kHz signed on
only about 1 second late and audio started in the next second).
The complete sentences should have been "This is the BBC World Service
in London calling Antarctica. Welcome to the Antarctic Midwinter
Broadcast, a special …"
These "upcuts" as GH would call them are a perennial problem with the
broadcast. Also, the hum problem on 7360 kHz had a dominant audio
frequency of 400 Hz (-- Richard Langley, ibid.)
Happy Summer, everyone! 9455, BBC via Woofferton with their special
Midwinter broadcast to Antarctica at 2130 to 2200 UT June 21 with
usual greetings from family members and songs like Queen "We Are The
Champions", "Steal My Sunshine" by Len and closing with "Back Door
Santa" by Clarence Carter. Very Good with some local lightning
crashes. Rx: Perseus SDR; Ant: Wellbrook ALA 100 loop; Have a great
week, everyone! 73 (Mick Delmage, Alberta, WOR iog via DXLD)
** AUSTRALIA. Reception of Reach Beyond Australia / RBA June 21
1200-1230 11875 KNX 100 kW / 310 deg SoAs English Daily, fair/good
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/reception-of-reach-beyond-australia-rba.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 20-21, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AZERBAIJAN. UNID, probably Ictimai Radio in NFM mode on June 21
from 0555 on 9676 unknown tx / unknown to CeAs Music, weak/fair:
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/unid-probably-ictimai-radio-in-nfm-mode.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 20-21, WORLD OF RADIO 1988, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** BANGLADESH. 4750, Bangladesh Betar (continuing with External
Service here), 1224, June 22. Test tone; 1228, start of IS; after 1230
unusable; mixing with CNR1. Will the Home Service ever return here?
Still no trace of VOI/Makassar here (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach,
CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD)
** BENIN. [Part of a long thread about 1566 reception on west coast]
It was close last night, mostly 0505-0515 UT, no problem with locking
the synchronous detector; but still not there yet. As Walt mentioned,
this signal has a very rapid and random fading pattern, in the order
of a second, with jumps of up to 10dB, so it's impossible to try to
use a loop on it for direction finding. From Benin to here, the direct
path goes straight through the auroral zone, so it's not surprising
that it is mangled. The signal averaged over 20 or 30 seconds varied
only about 6dB over the 0440-0520 UT period however, no big longer
term peaks or valleys.
Only other signal of note last night was 621; showed a definite
carrier around 0535 UT, unfortunately just when I stopped recording.
Will have to see if there is any sunrise at the transmitter
enhancement on this, as Canaries sunrise is nearer 0600 UT. best
wishes, (Nick Hall-Patch, Victoria BC, June 25, IRCA iog via WORLD OF
RADIO 1988, DXLD)
TWR 1566 should be easier further east in N America (gh, ibid.)
** BHUTAN. 6035, BBS, on June 23; running later than usual, past their
normal cut off time; 1201, mixing with FM99 (PBS Yunnan); in
vernacular and some indigenous music till cut off about 1212*.
BBS, 1100-1145*, June 20. News in English (unreadable); 1110-1120, pop
songs (Calum Scott - "You Are The Reason," etc.); 1120-1144,
announcers in English (unreadable); pop song till suddenly off; no N.
Korea jamming spur today; at *1139, strong start up of FM99 relay via
PBS Yunnan (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna:
100' long wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1988, DXLD)
** BOLIVIA. 5952.4, Emisora Pio XII – Siglo Veinte (Presumed), 0048,
6/23/19, in Spanish. Woman announcer, musical bridge of indigenous
music to man announcer. Poor with QRM from WRMI n 5950 (Mark Taylor,
Madison, Wisconsin. Equipment: Perseus, Elad FDM-S2, Airspy HF+, ICOM
R75, Tecsun PL 880, and various other portables; 42 meters dipole,
100’ long wire, W6LVP loop, NASWA Flashsheet via WORLD OF RADIO 1988,
DXLD)
Pius Twelfth Radio, Twentieth Century, Bolivia, seems absent most of
the time, good news for WRMI; but signature off-frequency leaves
little doubt (gh, DXLD)
Good on getting Pio XII, which seems to be absent most of the time,
but that exact frequency makes it very presumable. 73, (Glenn to Mark,
via DXLD)
** BRAZIL. 4885.022 {unidentified Brazilian} Religious sermon in
Portuguese, S=8-9 or .73dBm at 2310 UT on June 23
4924.981, Radio Educacao Rural, S=8 or -80dBm program from Brazil.
2314 UT. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Bueschel, WOR iog via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 5989.7 Brazilian 2133 with fanatic talks just S3 -- (new?)
(Zacharias Liangas, Greece, June 24, WOR iog via DXLD)
Could it have been 5939.7?? (gh, DXLD)
** BRAZIL. 9663.99, June 27 at 0035, Brazuguese talk from R. Voz
Missionária, which has sunk to a new low. Nominal 9665, for months has
been about halfway down to 9664, or circa 9664.4, but now below 9664.0
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. CBC News foreign correspondent Nahlah Ayed to host CBC
Radio's Ideas
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/cbc-radio-ideas-host-nahlah-ayed-1.5187374
CBC Radio . Posted: Jun 24, 2019 10:30 AM ET | Last Updated: June 24
Nahlah Ayed has covered major world events for nearly two decades in
Europe, Asia and Africa. (CBC) (BUTTON)
Veteran foreign correspondent Nahlah Ayed will be the new host of
Ideas, the nightly CBC Radio program devoted to exploring contemporary
ideas on everything from culture and the arts to science and
technology and social issues.
Ayed will take over in September from Paul Kennedy, who is retiring at
the end of the current season.
Ideas has been on the air for more than 50 years and has built a
reputation for groundbreaking documentaries.
Kennedy has been the host of the programsince 1999, but his
association with Ideas dates back to 1977. That year, he made The Fur
Trade Revisited, a documentary that took him on a 1,600-kilometre
journey paddling the Mackenzie River, from Great Slave Lake to the
Arctic Ocean.
Ideas to revisit early Kennedy docs this week
Over the years, Kennedy's work has taken him throughout North America,
Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
He has won national and international recognition for his journalism,
including an ACTRA award for best Canadian radio documentary for War
on the Home Front, co-authored with the late Canadian author Timothy
Findley, and the B'nai Brith Media Human Rights Award for the series
Nuremberg on Trial. Kennedy has been the host of the program since
1999, but his association with Ideas dates back to 1977. (CBC)
In 2005, he was awarded the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's
Special Citation for Excellence in Ocean Science Journalism for his
eight-part series Learning from the Oceans.
This week, Ideas will revisit some of the documentaries and projects
that have featured Kennedy as a contributor and host, including The
Fur Trade Revisited.
"Paul Kennedy and Ideas have always been about ... taking listeners on
incredible journeys into thought that always promise a surprise or
two," said Ayed. "These are the reasons I have been an Ideas listener
for years."
'We welcome her home'
Ayed has covered major world events for nearly two decades in Europe,
Asia and Africa.
For the last seven years, she was based out of CBC's London bureau.
While there, she covered Brexit, the European migrant crisis, the
conflict in Ukraine and Russia's annexation of Crimea, and other major
news stories of our time.
She also spent nearly a decade in the Middle East, based out of Amman,
Baghdad, Beirut and Cairo.
While I've investigated the why, how, what, when and where, I've had
a burning ambition to go deeper.- Nahlah Ayed
Earlier in her career, Ayed was a parliamentary reporter for The
Canadian Press.
"We welcome her home to Canada and look forward to her unique
perspective and to watch her build on the accomplishments of Paul
Kennedy," said Cathy Perry, senior director of CBC Radio.
Award-winning work around the world
Ayed's work has been recognized with three honorary degrees and a
number of journalism awards, including a Canadian Screen Award for
best reportage, Canadian Association of Journalism awards for
photojournalism and human rights reporting, and the Radio Television
Digital News Association's Ron Laidlaw Award for continuing coverage.
Her book, A Thousand Farewells: A Reporter's Journey from Refugee Camp
to the Arab Spring, was a finalist for the 2012 Governor General's
Literary Awards.
"I have dedicated my career to discovering the world, covering some of
its most intense moments," Ayed said. "I have had the rare privilege
of witnessing monumental events up close, learning about the ideas and
movements transforming the world first-hand.
"While I've investigated the why, how, what, when and where, I've had
a burning ambition to go deeper. I am passionate about the opportunity
to finally connect the disparate dots and to marshal all my energy to
uncover the critical 'why.'"
__________________________________________________________________
Ideas airs weekdays on CBC Radio at 9 p.m. ET (9:30 p.m. NT) and
repeats weekdays at 4 a.m. ET (4:30 a.m. NT). For more information
about past and upcoming episodes, visit cbc.ca/ideas.
(via Mike Cooper, DXLD)
Axually also at 9 pm in all timezones! Except NT = at same real time
as ADT. Canada also suffers from Eastern time primacy, hegemony (gh)
** CANADA [non]. See INTERNATIONAL VACUUM
** CHAD [non]. 5960, June 23 at 0550, VP African song, S6-S7, R.
Ndarason Internationale this hour via ASCENSION. 7415 takes over after
0600. Kuwait is supposed to be on 5960 before and after this hour,
probably off-frequency, but inaudible now this late by 9 am there
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 11100, CNR 1 at 1130, M in Chinese, some identifying
characteristics for the CNR 1 stations - Very Good June 17
10820, CNR 1 (presumed the one) at 1115 M in Chinese, very strong
signal, and // to current broadcast on 11100 - Very Good June 17
11120, CNR-1 at 1300. Out of band band broadcaster used as a jamming
station (against Sound of Hope/ROC site). M and W in Chinese dialect,
very strong - June 22
6190, CNR1 1200 Broadcaster used as jammer, there to cover NHK Japan
Chinese service - ? There is double coverage, with a loud jammer on
the channel also - VG June 23 (Rick Barton, Some Solstice period logs
from Arizona, RS SW-2000629 with various outdoor wires, Grundig
Satellit 205 & indoor shortwire. 73 and Good Listening....! -rb, WOR
iog via DXLD)
** CHINA. 9180, June 21 at 1330, CNR1 jammer, S3-S5 on Sound of Hope
frequency, // 11785 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 11120, June 22 at 1257, CNR1 jammer, Chinese talk,
S8-S9+10.
12500, June 22 at 1258, CNR1 jammer now in music, S7-S9, // 11785.
12870, June 22 at 1258, CNR1 jammer, S7-S9.
Then in a very quick bandscan, these are the only three WOOB ones
found 9-15 MHz, and all go off at 1300*. All three are CNR1/Sound of
Hope frequencies per EiBi, but no trace of low-power SOHs here,
off-frequency; Aoki/NDXC misses 12870, nothing between 12820 and 12880
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 11460, June 24 at 1416, CNR-1 jammer at S5-S7, on an SOH
frequency. Only WOOB one found in a 10-16 MHz scan, altho there is a
suspicious JBA carrier on 14700, unlisted in EiBi or Aoki/NDXC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. CHINA vs. PALAU CNR-1 Jamming vs.T8WH Angel 3,
June 25
1030-1100 on 9930 unknown kW / unknown to EaAs Chinese
0900-1100 on 9930 HBN 100 kW / 318 deg to EaAs English
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/cnr-1-jamming-on-wrong-9930-khz-vst8wh.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 24-25, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 11440, June 25 at 1414, JBA Chinese, a regular spot for CNR1
jammer against Sound of Hope.
11460, June 25 at 1414, JBA carrier, surely another CNR1 jammer. Even
as a JBA carrier the primary assumption has to be a jammer, not SOH.
11100, June 25 at 1414, JBA Chinese, CNR1 jammer.
10960, June 25 at 1415, Chinese at S3-S5, much stronger than the 11+
MHz ones. Then I scan WOOB further up:
12190, June 25 at 1419, Chinese at S6-S8, CNR1 jammer.
12880, June 25 at 1419, Chinese at S5-S7, CNR1 jammer.
13070, June 25 at 1420, Chinese at S6-S8, CNR1 jammer.
15110, June 25 at 1420, Chinese at S9/S9+10, CNR1 jammer // the rest,
this inband one vs VOA; maybe a bit of victim audio too unlike the
others with not a hint here of SOH (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CHINA. 11100, June 26 at 1349, Chinese JBA, CNR1 jammer.
11120, June 26 at at 1349, CNR1 jammer, S2-S3 quite stronger than
11100.
11460, June 26 at 1349, CNR1 jammer much stronger still at S7-S9.
12190, June 26 at 1350, JBA carrier, another SOH frequency jammed by
the ChiCom (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 6035, FM99 relay, via PBS Yunnan, tuned in at 1106, on June
25 and expected to hear BBS (Bhutan), but was definitely not them, but
anomaly of FM99 on the air earlier than usual; in Chinese, with the
usual FM format (many short segments of commercial announcement,
announcers and music); had consistently been noted daily starting up
at *1139. Today by 1130, clearly heard the two stations (BBS & FM99)
mixing together; the N. Korea jamming spur started *1147; unable to
confirm when BBS went off the air. If this earlier timing for FM99
continues, it will make BBS reception just that much more of a
challenge! Perhaps just a one day event?
6035, FM99 relay, via PBS Yunnan, continuing with their anomaly for
the start up time; for a long time seemed to have been on a timer, as
consistently started up (already in progress) at *1139, but on June
25, for the first time, heard them already broadcasting as early as
1106.
On June 27, heard the N. Korea jamming spur start at *1140; then at
*1145, the start up of FM99, in Chinese. Seems they have done away
with the timer? Unable to make out anything from BBS (Bhutan) today,
if they were on the air or not?
FM99 live audio streaming at
http://m.qzsh.net/fm/?25yn-id-7.html
To activate audio streaming, click on "FM99" from the list of
stations.
6060, Sichuan PBS-2, with new ID, at 1200, 1230 and 1300, June 27. No
time pips; multi-language IDs; seemed fairly clear for "Sìchuān mínzú
guǎngbò, Sichuan Ethnic Radio," but would appreciate another
confirmation. Later heard ". .? . . news from Sichuan"; programming in
assume ethnic languages; // 7225. My audio at http://bit.ly/2XAMXLd
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long
wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1988, DXLD)
** COLOMBIA. 6010, La Voz de Tu Concencia – Puerto Lleras, 2350,
6/18/19 in Spanish. Woman speaking until 2359, brief OM, pause, ID,
off with carrier on until 0002. Fair – poor (Mark Taylor, Madison,
Wisconsin. Equipment: Perseus, Elad FDM-S2, Airspy HF+, ICOM R75,
Tecsun PL 880, and various other portables; 42 meters dipole, 100’
long wire, W6LVP loop, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD)
Mark, are you really sure about this one? Definite ID heard?
Conciencia has not been reported for many months, and that would
certainly be an odd time for them to close if they were really on.
What we usually get, as discussed some weeks ago, is a leapfrog mixing
product on 6010 of the two Cuban transmitters on 5990 and 6000. In
that case the audio on 6010 would match one or the other if not both.
5990 is nominally 23-24 English and 00-01 CRI relay. 6000 is nominally
Mesa Redonda on weekdays separate from other RHC except // 11950 at
23-24. And 6000 after 0000 RHC English. However, if there is a break
in transmission on either frequency, of course the 6010 disappears.
Also, LVC when it was active was off-frequency, while the Cuban mix
would be very close. 73, (Glenn to Mark, via DXLD)
HI Glenn, I was pretty sure it was Conciencia by the ID and not Cuba,
which I was expecting. I was listening for Mesa Redonda on the mixing
product, however it certainly didn't sound like it. There is always a
possibility that I made a mistake since the signal quality wasn't
good. Of course, I wasn't recording to be sure .... I was a bit thrown
by the sign off also since I was expecting it to continue
(Mark Taylor, WI, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 1320, Radio Artemisa, San Cristóbal, Artemisa, 1025 June 19,
2019. Traditional Cuban folk vocals, parallel 1000 kc/s. Some KXYZ
co-channel (Terry L Krueger, All times and dates GMT, Clearwater, FL,
IC-R75, NRD-535, active loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 15125-15155, June 21 at 1925, RHC 15140 is VG, much stronger
than usual, splattering out plus/minus 15 kHz, on portable with
reelout during power outage in Enid. Something`s always wrong at RHC.
Probably getting sporadic E boost like the USA stations on 19m, q.v.
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Unscheduled broadcast of Radio Habana Cuba in Portuguese, June 20:
2050-2100 11760 BAU 100 kW / non-dir to NCAm Portuguese unscheduled &
from 2100 11760 BAU 100 kW / non-dir to NCAm Spanish as scheduled A19
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/unscheduled-broadcast-of-radio-habana.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 20-21, DX LISTENING DIGEST) SAWA
11670, when checked RHC Bauta crash start at 2256:40 UT towards Brazil
Rio de Janeiro 130 degrees, noted "Spanish Number lady transmission"
broadcast faulty mistakenly here on this RHC unit for 2 minuts
duration; RHC Spanish music program start midst later at 2258:15 UT.
73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Bueschel, June 23, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO
1988, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
6000. Jun 24, 2019. 0124-0130, Radio Habana Cuba, Quivican, in
English. Woman and man talk; Conversation. Good signal and very poor
to barely audible reception here, 45422 to 45411.
6165. Jun 24, 2019. 0130-0137, Radio Habana Cuba, Bauta, in English. A
song; 0134 Woman announcer talks; ID. Reception with good signal and
very poor modulation, 45422 (JRX_Jose Ronaldo Xavier, SWARL Callsign
PR7036SWL, Cabedelo, Brazil, Receiver (s): Degen DE1103 & Tecsun
S-2000; Antenna (s): Longwire, WOR iog via DXLD)
6000, June 27 at 0020, CRI Spanish relay is here on wrong frequency
instead of vacant 5990! Talking about China, obviously not RHC, later
music and 0032 Chinese lesson for Spanish. // 15120 is JBA. Second
harmonic on 12000 is a bit better with // music JBA at 0047. But
that`s not all ---
6000, June 27 at 0020, a much softer-sounding signal under CRI but not
that much weaker since it`s making a heavy SAH of 288/minute = 4.8 Hz.
Hard to make out its audio which should be RHC English; that // 6165
is off so no way to compare. It really sounds more like Spanish but
not // 11760; of course an English broadcast would include some
Spanish words and/or accents. Something`s always wrong at RHC: they
are running two transmitters and two different programs on the same
frequency! But not so on 12000, only CRI heard. Kudos for coming up
for something new to be wrong about. 6000 self-imposed collision still
going at 0050 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1988, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
4765, June 27 at 0046, R. Progreso is still/again missing. Is the
transmitter permanently broken? Somethng`s always wrong at RadioCuba
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1988, DX LISTENING DIGEST) was also
AWOL June 21
** CUBA [and non]. 11850even, RHC Spanish to Chile, TX #3 at Quivican
San Felipe TITAN bcast center at 170degr azimuth antenna #9. Seemingly
a DX antenna of HRS4/4/0.9 characteristic. Nothing noted on 'nearby
distance' MI or NJ, NY state SDR remotes.
But QUI 11850 kHz fundamental and two spurious on even 11840 and
11860.0 kHz noted far away distance in Alberta Canada and on various
KIWI SDR in TWR Bonaire Antilles location and in S American remotes
like Brazil and Paraguay.
11860.000 kHz Quivican spurious suffered by co-channel
11859.966 kHz ARS Republic of Yemen Radio in exile via SBA via MOCI
Riyadh in Arabic, HQ morning prayer at 0101 UT on June 27.
73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Bueschel, WOR iog via DXLD)
** CZECHIA. CZECH REPUBLIC Tschechischer Rundfunk: AM-Abschaltung?
... Nach einer Aussage von Karel Zyka, Technischer Direktor von Cesky
rozhlas, wird CRo den AM-Rundfunk einschraenken und deaktivieren.
Darin Link zu "Bearbeitung einer Hoererbeschwerde" beim tschechischen
Rundfunkrat (Hinweis auf erfolgte Einstellung der KW-Auslandssendungen
und Leistungsbeschraenkung der LW Topolna 270 kHz).
(Hubert Kubiak-AUT, via Herbert Meixner-AUT, A-DX ng June 13)
Re: Tschechischer Rundfunk: AM-Abschaltung?
Bezueglich der Einstellung von AM-Radio bei Cesky Rozhlas kam soeben
ein Mail von dort mit der Message, dass es mindestens noch 2 Jahre bis
dauern wird:
"Dear Mr. Suess, Thank you very much for your email.
We are very grateful for having Czech Radio listeners as far as in
Austria!
I would like to assure you that the topic of switching off AM
frequencies is not on the table for at least next two years.
Kind regards from Prague,
Zuzana Matejovska
Head of International Relations
Czech Radio"
vy 73 Harald, ADXB-OE (via A-DX ng June 13 via BC-dx 20 June via
DXLD)
** DENMARK. World Music Radio: If Denmark was operating on 5840 at
this time I could not hear it (Noel R Green, NW England, 0645 June 23,
WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
World Music Radio on Facebook 45 minutes ago:
For several weeks there was a problem with the aerial for 5840 kHz
meaning that the power on 5840 had to be reduced to some 25-40 W and
more recently - after a lightning strike - WMR has been off air on
5840 during weekdays due to problems with the audio feed. Today
everything has been fixed - thanks to my good friend Claus Nielsen -
and WMR is back on the air on 5840 kHz with full power (100 W) and
again 24 hrs a day seven days a week (Mike Barraclough, 1814 UT June
27, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1988, DXLD)
[and non]. 5839.991 kHz at 1855 UT in England remotedly heard, S=8-9
or -78dBm, 7 kHz broadband in peaks. Station announcement by female
voice at 1855:18 UT.
Nearby UNID PIRATE station? 5810.000 exact frequency Reggae music.
S=9+5dB at 1850 UT 10 kHz wideband excellent audio. Time pips 14
seconds too late at 19 UT.
BrDXC-UK Communication magazine June 2019 mentioned 5810 kHz either R
319 or R Luxembourg or R Mi Amigo pirates. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang
Bueschel, WOR iog via DXLD)
Hi All, WMR is coming in well here in north west England at the
moment, but there is a lot of static, probably from the thunderstorms
out over the Celtic Sea. Sounds mainly like African music, but they
just gave an ID at 2105 UT. Nice to hear it back on the air again
(Alan Gale, ibid.)
** ECUADOR. I tentatively heard Ecuador on 650 when WSM was on low
power after having taken a direct hit from lightning back in December
of last year. Checking the recording again, I found an ID when WSM's
audio took a dive. I heard Radio Visión for a decent amount of time
(about a half hour or so), mostly covered by splatter from WSM, but
now and then some good copy came through. Here's a clip with an ID at
the 25-second mark at 0237z on 12/28/2018:
https://spacetubes.com/perseus--sdkaz--650.47kHz--2018.Dec.28--0237utc.mp3
See? You guys on the East coast don't get ALL the fun! (Mark Pettifor.
Goshen, IN en71ao, June 22, IRCA iog via DXLD)
``Radio Vision`` comes at :31 (gh, DXLD)
** ECUADOR. 1510: This clip has the time station on it but more
interested in the lady singing the song later in the clip. The clip 2
minutes and 9 seconds long because I did not want to lose continuity.
1510, R. Naval, Guayaquil, Ecuador - and maybe - Quito,
Ecuador-6-25-19 UT-0100.mp3
https://groups.io/g/IRCA/attachment/1083/0/1510%20R.%20Naval,%20Guayaquil,%20Ecuador-%20and%20maybe-%20Quito,%20Ecuador-6-25-19%20UT-0100.mp3
I know, no ID. but the music tells me it may be Ecuador type. At
Menauhant Beach, East Falmouth with a 6 x 12 ft. loop on my truck.
Thank you for your time. OLD ROY FROM OLD CAPE COD (Roy Barstow, IRCA
iog via DXLD)
1510, HCIO2, Instituto Oceanográfico de la Armada, Guayaquil, 0933
June 23, 2019. Thanks Mark Connelly and David Crawford logs, noted on
brief fade up here, under powerhouse WLAC, with 1000 Hz/100 ms time
signal pulses in AM DSB mode, no male Spanish voice announcements
heard in the brief peak but otherwise sounded reminiscent of the old
HD2IOA 3810 and 7600 kc/s shortwave signals. www.mwlist.org states it
operates 0100-1030 GMT. Must be a new transmitter and/or power. Last
MW Ecuadorean logged from here was decades ago when there were a still
a couple operating on split channels (Terry L Krueger, All times and
dates GMT, Clearwater, FL, IC-R75, NRD-535, active loop, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) See also MEXICO 1510
** ECUADOR [non]. GERMANY, Reception of HCJB Voice of The Andes via
MBR Nauen on June 22:
1529-1629 13800 NAU 100 kW / 100 deg CeAs Russian/Chechen Sat vy good
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/reception-of-hcjb-voice-of-andes-via_22.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 22, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005, Radio Nacional, Bata, *0503-0540, 21-06,
open with music and songs, at 0520 program “Panorama Nacional”, “Esta
es Radio Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial, Radio Malabo, con su programa
matinal Panorama Nacional”, Government announcements and news to the
population, “Por una Guinea mejor...”. 15321.
Also *0514-0538 , 22-06, open with African songs, pop and Spanish
songs, ID id. “Radio Bata, la mejor compañía para disfrutar del fin de
semana...”. 15321.
Also *0523-0535, 23-06, African and Afropop songs. Extremely weak
today, barely audible. 15311 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in
Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD)
Radio Bata, 5005 on air now with extended program today --- ECUATORIAL
GUINEA, 5005, Radio Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial, Bata, 1850-1943,
26-06, vernacular comments, female, male, African songs. Extended
program, at 1905 ID “Música, educación, entretenimiento, en Radio
Bata”, more African songs, Spanish, program, “Por qué tenemos que
estudiar”. Usual closing time 1700. Extremely weak, best on LSB. 15321
(Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante, Tecsun S-8800, cable
antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1988, DXLD)
Manuel Méndez just reported Radio Bata active on 5005 kHz and yes,
there it is! (Mauno Ritola, WRTH Facebook 2000 UT 26 June). Also
audible here in Reading, currently just with African songs (2010
UTC 26 June), weak, with rapid fading and noisy here (Alan Pennington,
AOR7030plus, longwire, Caversham, UK, bdxc-news iog via DXLD)
Re: [WOR] Radio Bata, 5005 on air now with extended program today ---
Yes, Radio Bata seems to be on air all night yesterday. At 2030
still on air, today at 0425 also on air, despite its usual open time
is about 0505 or later. Best 73,s (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, June 27
WOR iog via DXLD)
June, 27th still on air after 0200 UT with non-stop music - is it
Bata?
2706201930483 DX 5005 kHz – Radio Bata extended broadcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1zfBqNjN_Q&feature=youtu.be
(Eduard Korsakov, Moskva, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1988, DXLD)
Viz.:
0202–0212 UT. Received in Moscow region 27.06.19 on Degen 1103,
built-in whip antenna (via DXLD)
Radio Bata, Equatorial Guinea was still on air with continuous songs
on 5005 kHz at 0110 UT (0210 BST) when I checked early this morning
(27 June). Also checked earlier at 2300 UT (26 June), thinking it may
sign-off then, but it continued with continuous music, rap-style songs
etc and no announcements. Still weak, noisy reception here, slightly
better reception via remote SDRs, near Rio, Brazil at 2300 UT and in
Alicante, Spain at 0100. 73, (Alan, Caversham, UK, Pennington, 0958
UT, bdxc-news iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1988, DXLD)
** ERITREA [non]. Reception of Radio Sinit Eritrea RSE via MBR Nauen
[sic] on June 22
0500-0600 11660 ISS 250 kW / 123 deg ONLY Tigrinya Sat, very good
0530-0600 11660 ISS 250 kW / 123 deg Arabic Sat is not on the air
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/reception-of-radio-sinit-eritrea-rse.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 22, WORLD OF RADIO 1988, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** ERITREA [non]. GERMANY, Reception of Voice of Eritrean Lowlands via
MBR Issoudun, June 22
1700-1730 15390 ISS 100 kW / 123 deg EaAf Arabic Mon/Sat, fair/good
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/reception-of-voice-of-eritrean-lowlands_22.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 22, WORLD OF RADIO 1988, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE [non]. 9395, UT Sun June 23 at 0000, WRMI with Radio for
Peace International, sign-on with faux beep timesignal, IDs in
English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, and into woman lexuring in
French. So this is *not* monthly as Ivo had assumed, but weekly --- or
rather, I think it`s a replay of same program last week. So maybe is
produced only monthly repeated aired weekly. Will they ever get around
to English via WRMI? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1988, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY. Reception of DWD Deutscher Wetterdienst on June 22
0600-0630 on 5905 PIN 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu German AM mode, weak
0600-0630 on 6180 PIN 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu German AM mode, fair
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/reception-of-dwd-deutscher-wetterdienst_22.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 22, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY. Eifeler Radiotage 6-7 July on 6030 kHz
Eifeler Radiotage (Eifel Radio Days) takes place 6-7 July and includes
radio programmes relayed on 6030 kHz 0800-1800 CEST (0600-1600 UT)
from Kall, Germany, plus round-the-clock locally on 95.5 MHz and on
the web at
https://www.eifeler-radiotage.de/
Kall geht bei „Eifeler Radiotagen“ auf Sendung (27 June 2019)
Translated from German:
Broadcasting history in a confined space - radio studio in a nuclear
bunker - a police transmitting station with VHF transmitter from 1955
- two day handmade radio program on VHF frequency 95.5 MHz and events
on site.
Kall - Radio was launched in the Netherlands 100 years ago, Radio
Moscow went on air 80 years ago and FM radio in Germany is now 70
years old. Some radio enthusiasts want to use these birthdays to
celebrate the radio for two days. At the "Eifeler Radiotage" on the
weekend, July 6th and 7th, we want to celebrate, of course "On Air".
By means of event radio and accompanying programme, the makers want to
immerse themselves in the 100-year radio history.
Initiator Christian Milling: "In the district of Euskirchen, we have
the unique situation that there is a very limited amount of radio
history that no one has known for decades. In Urft near Kall is the
former alternative location of the state government NRW. There, deep
underground in a bunker, there would have been a radio studio sent out
if there had been a nuclear attack in the Cold War. About five
kilometres as the crow flies away from it is the former transmitter of
the state police NRW. There you will find, inter alia, an original FM
station from 1955."
Both the studio and the transmitter have been lovingly restored and
are fully operational in their original state. By means of this
historical technique, radio is to be made in the classical manner for
two days during the "Eifel Radio Days". With tape and records - true
to style in mono. The content is all about radio, Milling continues:
"There are many exciting radio stories we want to tell, from the
technological evolution of broadcasting to the personal experiences of
radio producers and listeners. For example, we talk to the inventor of
the interactive radio, Carmen Thomas, who hosted the program "Hallo
Ü-Wagen" for 20 years. "Music legend Alan Parsons also talks about the
moment he heard one of his songs on the radio for the first time. The
start of private radio broadcasting in Germany 35 years ago has been
just as much a topic as the look back behind the iron curtain, where
the Soviets had for decades prevented the reception of foreign radio
programs by deliberate disruption. [...]
However, the Eifel radio stations do not remain a pure "listening
experience". On the weekend, among other things, there is the
opportunity to experience the former bunker of the state government up
close. Two-hour guided tours allow visitors to experience what the
state government officials should have done there in the event of a
disaster. The fictional scenario: The first atomic bombs have fallen
on the Ruhr, the fallout drives to Cologne / Bonn - the bunker crew
must evacuate as many people. On the basis of functioning technology
is shown how the work would have gone in the bunker. [...]
On both days, a truck drives through the transmission area and
reporters report from different locations. The programme can be
received in the municipality of Kall on the FM frequency 95.5 MHz as
well as outside Europe on shortwave 6030 kHz. Worldwide, the programme
is streamed to the Internet.
Registrations for the bunker tours and further information about the
program of the Eifeler Radiotage can be found at:
http://www.eifeler-radiotage.de (epa)
Full article at:
https://eifeler-presse-agentur.de/2019/06/kall-geht-bei-eifeler-radiotagen-auf-sendung/#
Project website: https://www.eifeler-radiotage.de/
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EifelerRadiotage/
(via Alan Pennington, UK, June 27, bdxc-news iog via WORLD OF RADIO
1988, DXLD)
``as well as outside Europe on shortwave 6030 kHz`` Actually it says:
``sowie europaweit außerhalb Deutschlands auf Kurzwelle 6030 kHz.``
So, elsewhere in Europe outside Germany … 73, (Mauno Ritola, Finland,
ibid.)
** GERMANY. 17690, June 24 at 1409, JBA carrier with flutter (or with
jammer CCI). Aoki/NDXC shows only VOA Tibetan via Lampertheim during
this hour only. Don`t usually hear a carrier here; only other signals
on band are 17615+ Saudi JBA carrier, and more than that already from
17775 KVOH (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. Reception of UNIDentified Greek Mediumwave Pirate on
Shortwave, June 22: from 0930 on 9703v NFM mode, fair. This is 6th
harmonic of MW 1617v. Off air at 0942 UT
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/unidentified-greek-mediumwave-pirate-on.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 22, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUATEMALA. 4055, R Verdad at 1020 with man woman in English
religious program to religious vocals first time this station heard
here since the transmitter problem very strong signal audio somewhat
off - V G June 22 (Rick Barton, Some Solstice period logs from
Arizona, RS SW-2000629 with various outdoor wires, Grundig Satellit
205 & indoor shortwire. 73 and Good Listening....! -rb, WOR iog via
DXLD)
** HONG KONG [and non]. BBC World Service International Publicity
BBC_News_Tile_Chinese_RGB
BBC News Chinese content now live on Yahoo Hong Kong platforms
Text and video content from the BBC News Chinese website
bbc.com/chinese now features on the popular Hong Kong news portal,
Yahoo Hong Kong, and its mobile apps, Yahoo Hong Kong News and Yahoo
TV.
Thanks to an agreement between BBC News and Yahoo Hong Kong, the BBC
News Chinese content will be published as top stories on the Yahoo
site. The Yahoo Hong Kong homepage now features a BBC News Chinese
index.
Business Development Director, BBC World Service, Simon Kendall, says:
“This is a great development for the BBC in Hong Kong where our news
services in English, Cantonese and Mandarin reach a million people
weekly. We have a strong and loyal audience on the audio platform, and
with this partnership we will look to further enhance our engagement
with digital audiences.”
Launched in 1999, Yahoo Hong Kong is one of the territory’s leading
news portals. Rico Chan, Director of Yahoo Hong Kong, says: “Deeply
rooted in Hong Kong, we have been serving it for two decades, and it
is our ultimate goal to establish a high standard and trusted content
platform by partnering with forward-thinking and pioneering media to
catalyse the development of media industry. BBC News is one of the
most valuable media brands globally, with positive and sharp
ambitions. Our collaboration with BBC News Chinese strengthens our
commitment to our users, allowing us to offer more abundant, premium,
reliable content to millions in Hong Kong.”
The BBC’s recently launched Hong Kong bureau is home to journalists
working on news in Mandarin, Cantonese and English, as well as to the
commercial news operation, BBC Global News. The BBC also has an office
for BBC Studios in Hong Kong, bringing world-class drama and
entertainment programmes to Chinese audiences.
BBC News is available in Hong Kong on TV, via the BBC World News
channel; online in English via bbc.com/news, and in simplified and
traditional Chinese script, along with audio content in Cantonese and
Mandarin, on bbc.com/chinese. The BBC News Chinese weekly hour-long
radio programme in Cantonese, Newsweek, is broadcast on RTHK, along
with the daily overnight broadcasts of BBC World Service radio in
English. BBC Minute, a 60-second news bulletin in English, is carried
by Hong Kong’s Metro Radio.
BBC News Chinese is part of BBC World Service which delivers news
content around the world in English and 41 other language services, on
radio, TV and digital. BBC World Service reaches a weekly audience of
319m. As part of BBC World Service, BBC Learning English teaches
English to global audiences. BBC News attracts a weekly global
audience of 394m people to its international services including BBC
World Service, BBC World News television channel and bbc.com/news.
Ends// For more information please contact:
BBC World Service Group Communications - Lala Najafova
lala.najafova@bbc.co.uk (via gh, DXLD)
same also via hjb:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2019/bbc-chinese-content-on-yahoo-hk-platforms
(25 June 2019 via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, DXLD)
** INDIA. Good signal of All India Radio in 31mb on June 25
0830-1135 on 9620 ALG 250 kW / 282 deg to SoAs Urdu and
1135-1140 on 9620 ALG 250 kW / 282 deg to SoAs English:
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/good-signal-of-all-india-radio-in-31mb.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 24-25, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 3325, Voice of Indonesia, via RRI Palangkaraya, suddenly
on at *1103, on June 22. Already in progress; clear audio in Chinese;
1220, in Japanese; weak. NBC Bougainville remains off the air here
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long
wire, WOR iog via DXLD)
** INTERNATINAL VACUUM. SHF Geo-stationary Satellite stuff:
(Frequencies in GHz) What's hitting YOUR satellite dishes?
Television: 107.3°W Anik F1R/G1 with the following transponders:
3.807-V/6500 Msps Nunavit / NWT shared legislative channel ID card
w/schedule for the legislatures (in recess until August and October):
61% and steady, QPSK/MPEG-2 480i SD 1735 16/June
3.825-V/5375 Msps "VSE1" with rotating static screens from Nunavit
government with text about Inuit Language Protection Act which is in
'comment period' in Inuit/EE/FF/ and another language using a Roman
alphabet but which was not familiar (a Native American language I
assume). and also contact info for various Nunavit legislators. 1550
16/Jun 65% and steady QPSK/MPEG2 480i
3.927-V/7500 Msps APTN Whitehorse w/Bars and tone 53% and steady, 1555
16/Jun H.264/QPSK 1080i
4.100-V/28346 Msps Various WeatherNetwork (EE) and Meteo Media (FF)
feeds. Most usually carry the same video & 'national' audio, but they
'break away' for local audio occasionally. (Audio areas noted when
known)
Sv ID description mod/compr res
240 WxNetwork (Atlantic) QPSK/MPEG2 480i
241 WxNetwork (Pacific) QPSK/MPEG2 480i
242 WxNetwork (??) QPSK/MPEG2 480i
243 WxNetwork (??) QPSK/MPEG2 480i
244 WxNetwork (??) QPSK/MPEG2 480i
290 Météo Média (French wx) QPSK/MPEG2 480i
295 "TestTestTest" EE Weather Network QPSK/H.264 1080i
but in HD with local conditions in sidebars
299 "Test Channel" (WxNet EE) QPSK/MPEG2 480i
340 WxNetwork (??) QPSK/MPEG2 480i
341 WxNetwork (??) QPSK/MPEG2 480i
342 WxNetwork (??) QPSK/MPEG2 480i
343 WxNetwork (??) QPSK/MPEG2 480i
344 WxNetwork (??) QPSK/MPEG2 480i
444 "OS Download" (WxNet vid, no audio) QPSK/MPEG2 480i
520 "TNI- Compel" blank screen QPSK/MPEG2 480i
63% signal & steady, various resolutions. 1730 16/Jun
4.020-v/30000 Msps Various CTV/Bell Media channels/feeds:
SvcID description
001 HD-CFRN-01 CTV "Question Period"
002 HD-CFCN-L-02 CTV "Question Period"
003 HD-CJCH-03 CTV "Question Period"
004 HD-CFCF-04 CTV "Question Period"
005 HD-CJCH-05 CTV "Question Period"
006 HD-CKCW-06 CTV "Question Period"
007 HD-CIVI-07 CTV2 w/InfoMercials
008 "HD Yellow-08" wild feed of political speech
009 HD-CIVT-09 CTV "Question Period"
64% signal & steady, H.264/8PSK and mostly 720p HD. 1544-1550 16/Jun
(Ken Zichi, Pt Hope MI2, Manhattan DJ-1997 FTA rx +96" movable dish,
MARE Tipsheet 21 June via DXLD)
** IRAN [non]. Radio Ranginkaman via ENC-DMS Grigoriopol on June 20
1730-1800 on 7580 KCH 300 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Farsi, very good
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/radio-ranginkaman-via-enc-dms_20.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN. 3945, "RN2, Radio Nikkei." Sign-off announcements Monday to
Thursday heard as "See you tomorrow," while on Friday is "See you next
week"; indeed, observed off the air on the weekend; June 20 & 21
(Thurs/Fri) noted 1230* (off about one second before 1231) (Ron
Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire,
WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1988, DXLD)
Nikkei_2 6115 kHz Chiba-Nagaro site
Mon-Fri 2300{UT Sun-Thu} - 1000 UT
Sat/Sun 2300{UT Fri-Sat} - 0900 UT
Nikkei_2 3945 kHz Chiba-Nagaro site
Mon-Fri 1000 - 1230 UT
Nikkei_1 6055 / 3925 kHz from Nemuro site. 73 wb (Wolfgang Bueschel,
June 25, WORLD OF RADIO 1988, DXLD)
** JAPAN [non]. NHK World Japan Network Radio Japan via MBR Issoudun,
June 26
0500-0530 11970 500 kW / 155 deg SoAf English, co-ch Radio KWT DRM
0530-0600 11730 500 kW / 190 deg WCAf French, very good signal and
0600-0630 11975 500 kW / 160 deg NoAf Arabic, fair, QRM KWT in DRM
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/nhk-world-radio-japan-via-mbr-issoudun.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH. 9665, KCBS in clear after 1600 and unID China station
underneath --- During my morning desert-walks out of Keeler between
about 1500 to past 1630, after the bad splatter from the multiple
CNR-1 echoing stations leave 9660 after 1600, I've been noting a weak
station underneath 9665 KCBS Pyongyang with a ~3 Hz SAH on the KRE
station. During a few-second pause in the over-modulated KCBS music at
about 1605z this morning (25 June), I noted a weak station sounding
like Mandarin. Taking a look at the 2019 WRTH, 9665 lists a few CRI
outlets but also "CNR-5 – V of Zhonghua - Beijing with 100 kW" - I
wonder if it is that one - likely beamed away from KRE. The SAH
persists past 1700 as KRE fades away.
During this time period I also note jamming on 11710 V of of Korea
(KRE) - KOR perhaps? This is at 1530 to past 1600z usually.
I've only been "DXing" briefly during my walks in the morning or about
sunset with the Sony ICF-SW7600GR and its whip, but not much from home
due to a lot of electronic and IT work projects and a need to sleep as
much as possible as such! No Es openings on FM caught yet so far this
Summer, and 40m propagation during the ham-radio "Field-Day" weekend
(22-23 June) was really poor and lacked any short-skip.
73 - (Steve McGreevy, Keeler, CA, -- N6NKS – www.auroralchorus.com, UT
June 26, WOR iog via DXLD)
If you hear noise jamming on VOK, it`s self-imposed!! Incompetently
allowing bleed from adjacent jamming transmitters into their own
broadcasts. Surely serves them right. As for 9665, besides CNR-5, at
15-16 only there is also CRI Pashto via Kashgar (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)
11710, Voice of Korea at 1520 (tune-in). Noted in passing very strong
signal and even reasonably good audio for a change. The audio was good
even taking into consideration the excellent audio from this German
made older Grundig. M in English commentary, then music with what
always sounds to me like a calliope, then trumpet, then saccharine
sappy vocalist. W presenter going on about the "Great victory"
celebrated in the songs. As I wrote this, there was about a two minute
long transmitter outage, then returning to tenor vocalist sounding
like Lawrence Welk's Joe Feeney. When the signal went off, the ever
present jamming signal went off with it, proving (what we already
knew) it is a mixing product, and not a CCI jammer - Excellent (sans
outage) June 27 (Rick Barton, Arizona SW Logs, Grundig Satellit
205(T.5000) & 750; RS SW-2000629, & ATS-909X with various outdoor
wires. 73 and Good Listening....! -rb, WOR iog via DXLD)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 9455, June 21 at 1332, soft YL talk in Japanese,
S5-S8, mentions Shiokaze more than once? 1335 to kid choral song, and
then found same stronger but not synch S6-S9 on 9705. Aoki/NDXC shows
both are Furusato no Kaze at 1330-1400, but from different sites in
Taiwan: Paochung, and Tamsui respectively. Use it or lose it:
Bangladesh had Nepali at 1315-1345 on 9455; now on 4750 per EiBi but
not Aoki (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1988, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. UZBEKISTAN, Radio Free North Korea via RRTM
Telecom Tashkent, June 20
1200-1430 11510 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg NEAs Korean, fair to good signal
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/radio-free-north-korea-via-rrtm-telecom_20.html
Voice of Wilderness via RRTM Telecom Tashkent, June 20
1330-1530 7615 TAC 100 kW / 070 deg NEAs Korean, weak/fair signal
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/voice-of-wilderness-via-rrtm-telecom_20.html
Voice of Martyrs via RRTM Telecom Tashkent, June 20
1530-1600 7530 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg NEAs Korean, fair to good:
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/voice-of-martyrs-via-rrtm-telecom_20.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
North Korea Reform Radio via RRTM Telecom Tashkent, June 20
2030-2130 7505 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg NEAs Korean, fair to good signal:
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/north-korea-reform-radio-via-rrtm_21.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 20-21, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA SOUTH. 4885, Echo of Hope - VOH, 1140, June 23. Introduction
song (Michael Jackson - "Heal the World"); the same song heard at the
same time yesterday, just before the "Easy English" program; then
today into the start of the "Easy English" language lesson, till
program ended at 1200; a repeat of a recent show; announcers "perky,
perky Jenny" and "happy Isaac"; good reception; // 3985 // 5995 //
6250 // 6350 // 9100. My seven minute audio at
http://bit.ly/2N5ZfXU
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long
wire, WOR iog via DXLD)
** MALAYSIA. 11665, Wai FM, via Kajang, 1107-1120, June 22. In
vernacular; call-in show with young children singing over the phone;
still with poor audio (over modulated?) (Ron Howard, Asilomar State
Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD)
** MALI. 5995, Radio Mali, Bamako, *0550-0759*, 23-06, open with
African songs, at 0559 tuning music, ID “Vous ecoutez L’Office de
Radiodifussion Television du Mali emettant de Bamako...”, “Vous
ecoutez la Radio National du Mali”, vernacular and French comments,
African songs, more vernacular comments, at 0759 tuning music, ID and
close. 35433.
9635, Radio Mali, Bamako, *0801-0820, 23-06, open with African songs,
vernacular, at 0820 signal cut off abruptly. 45444. Very irregular
this week on 9635, most of the time out of air (Manuel Méndez, Lugo,
Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog
via DXLD)
5995, RTV Mali? 2119 S9 but audio is very low Nelty nothing is heard
(Zacharias Liangas, Greece, June 24, WOR iog via DXLD)
5995, June 25 at 0630, S9-S7 of dead air, as ORTM is back to its old
trix. Nor any 6000 RHC to bother it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** MEXICO. XEJMN-750 [as in Jesús María, Nayarit --- gh]
Listening to their web stream on my morning walk, I noticed a few
interesting things:
- they were already on the air well before 6 am local time (they
have been a daytimer in the past, signing on a few minutes after
6 am)- they played no anthem at 6 am - there was no ID anywhere near
the top of the hour; instead, after every 1-2 songs, there was
just a pre-recorded female voice saying "Instituto Nacional de
los Pueblos Indígenas," which is the new name for the government
agency that runs all these indigenous stations.
I'd almost wonder if the AM is actually on the air right now.
Perhaps this is just an automated web stream? I think that has
been done in the past with XETPH-960 which has had trouble
staying on the air.
I've since moved over to XEANT-770' s web stream, where I find a
live local announcer (female) with plenty of local announcements,
slogans, time checks, and an ID. [Tancanhuitz de los Santos, SLP, La
Voz de las Huastecas]
I wonder how much longer these stations will stay on AM, now that
the government has made substantial progress clearing the
commercial stations out of the 106-108 MHz band. Wonder if we'll
see a wave of CPs soon? 73 (Tim Hall, Sent from my BlackBerry 10
smartphone, 1228 UT June 20, ABDX yg via DXLD)
And I just answered my own question. XETPH's web stream is
running the exact same automated program as XEJMN's web stream. I
think both XEJMN and XETPH are currently silent.
[XETPH, 960, Santa María de Ocotán, Durango, Sistema Radiodifusoras
Culturales Indigenistas, Las Tres Voces de Durango]
XETLA-930 has added //XHPBSD-95.9. Sent from my BlackBerry 10
smartphone (Tim Hall, CA, ibid.)
** MEXICO. 1060, XERDO, La Raza, Reynosa, Tamaulipas. 1031 June 24,
2019. Screaming "La Raza" man into Mexi-tune. Mixing with XEEP (Terry
L Krueger, All times and dates GMT, Clearwater, FL, IC-R75, NRD-535,
active loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
There goes my theory that no real Mexican would need to call itself
``La Raza`` --- but this one must be border-influenced (gh)
** MEXICO. 1090, XEPRS - BCN's super-strong (true night service!)
border-blaster NOW good music.
Wow - 1090. I swear only 1/2 a year ago I'd thought I would have not
said this: but now that super-strong and really the only STRONG, true
night-time DX/skywave service on MW/AM here in the northern Mojave
Desert: I have come to like about 2/3rds of the English-UK/US pop mix
with Spanish language pop music on 1090 XEPRS Rosarito Beach, BCN,
Mexico (ERP this way of over 250 kW) - wow, as a 55 y.o. DXer, I
actually really LOVE this new 1090 XEPR night-(music) format. I heard
them with sports talk in the morning skip time (14z - about after
sunrise) but music at night from the RGV, TX FM relay (Ultra 104.9").
Anyway, with their mongo (like 9330 WBCQ here with their new 500 kW
blaster) transmitter's night-signal/pattern-gain, the super Border
Blaster (Frontera-MuyFuerte-Emisora!) 1090 XEPRS really puts great
music to even my home-brewed, cheapo Chinese-kit TRFs based upon the
TA-7642-IC that I also have built 6 of my own (oops, 7) TRF radios
with and it is so cool!
Anyway, 1090 EPRS now with music is very listenable like NOW (0611 UT
- 21 June) with a rap/rendition of "Killing Me Softly" (a tune I loved
in the 70s and other 80s to 90s - most pretty good, the rest - uh...).
Un-DX but a "local" like skywave signal... Never thought... 73, (Steve
McGreevy N6NKS ;-0 -- N6NKS – www.auroralchorus.com, 0618 UT June
21, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIOI 1988, DXLD)
1090, XEPRS, Rosarito Beach, BCN, 1045Z. 1980s pop-rock - Walking on a
Thin Line" (Huey Lewis) other etc. also a very distinctive sound on
the AM BCB. Heard on RF 2200 and raising the S meter needle far to the
left, peaking out just over S9 (the Panasonic RF 2200 has and S-meter
that reads backwards to most Americans, with S1 being on the right S9
and over being on the left of the Gauge) - June 22 (Rick Barton, MW
logs from Sun City AZ, 73 and Good Listening ! -rb, WOR iog via WORLD
OF RADIO 1988, DXLD)
** MEXICO. 1510, XEQI, Opus 1510 AM, Monterrey, Nuevo León, 0949 June
23, 2019. Slow classical piano solos until 1003, then male with call
sign (no slogan heard but still listed as such on their website) into
screechy kiddie voice with a presumed phone number and mention of
Mexico followed by nonstop opera solo by Catherine Bott with "Il
Lamento in Morte di Maria Stuarda." Peaking to almost excellent in the
1000-1030 range, then rapidly fading. Thanks David Crawford tip --
(Terry L Krueger, All times and dates GMT, Clearwater, FL, IC-R75,
NRD-535, active loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also ECUADOR
** MEXICO. REBOTANDO MATERIAL RADIAL DE MÉXICO: RIP PARA ALGUNAS
EMISORAS DEL IMER, ENTRE ELLAS RADIO MÉXICO INTERNACIONAL.
----- Mensaje reenviado -----
Enviado: jueves, 27 de junio de 2019 18:09:25 CEST
Asunto: [Radioescucha] DX Los medios estatales en Mexico... IMER
Ricardo Raphael anuncia su salida del IMER como protesta ante
recortes
El periodista dio a conocer que IMER cerrará cuatro estaciones y
tendrá una reducción del 35 por ciento de su personal ante el recorte
que aplicó el gobierno federal.
ANABEL CLEMENTE 25/06/2019 El Financiero
Como una denuncia para atender las carencias de la radio pública, el
periodista Ricardo Raphael anunció su salida al programa Réplicas, del
Instituto Mexicano de la Radio (IMER), ya que también se anunció el
cierre de cuatro estaciones de la cadena pública.
“Comunico oficialmente mi renuncia a @imerhoy como un llamado de
atención para quienes deben tomar las decisiones adecuadas. La SEP no
nos ha acompañado como debería ser y tras una serie de promesas nos
han dejado sin paraguas, por ello me retiro de Réplicas”, escribió en
su cuenta de Twitter.
El comunicador también anunció su salida durante la transmisión del
programa Réplicas, donde dio a conocer que el IMER cerrará cuatro
estaciones y tendrá una reducción del 35 por ciento de su personal,
ante el recorte presupuestal que aplicó el gobierno federal.
“Nos enfrentamos ahora a un drama serio, porque estos medios nuestros
requieren autonomía financiera para poder operar.. Requieren no
depender de intereses ajenos y sobre todo no depender de las carencias
frente a esa revolución digital. Y lamentablemente grupo IMER, todas
sus estaciones, viene enfrentando un recorte presupuestal, que quizá
está dañando a muchas dependencias pero a ésta en particular”,
denunció a través de su programa de radio.
Asimismo dio a conocer que las estaciones que desaparecerán en su
totalidad, el próximo lunes 1 de julio, serán:
Radio México Internacional, Música del Mundo, Interferencia HD Y Jazz
Digital.
Además que por falta de recursos “se dejarán de transmitir más de dos
mil 900 horas de contenido” no musical, con lo que se reduce la
plantilla laboral en 35 por ciento.
Finalmente el periodicaso funciono... Darán parte del presupuesto al
IMER. clip_image002 Enviado por: ("Carlos J. V.", radioescucha group
via Juan Franco Crespo, Spain, DXLD)
Radio Mexico International was originally a SW station, XERMX on 9705
et al., but shrunk to a web-only ``station`` --- does anyone ever
listen to it abroad? (gh, DXLD) More about this below from Raymie
** MEXICO. RAYMIE`S MEXICO BEAT this week --- including TDT = DTV
Shock news out of Colima radio today as the state's first broadcaster
is renting its stations to Radiorama on July 1.
After rumors had swirled all day, RadioLevy this afternoon confirmed
the move,
https://www.facebook.com/RLRadioLevy/photos/a.451096432430/10157428817747431/?type=3&theater
which will give Radiorama unquestioned status as the most important
broadcaster in the state.
RadioLevy owns XHERL-FM Colima, XHZZZ-FM Manzanillo and XHEMAX-FM
Tecomán. It's likely that there will be total format and program
changes at all of them.
In Manzanillo, Radiorama has XHMAC-FM La Poderosa; XHEVE-FM Fiesta
Mexicana broadcasts for the capital city; and both of the radio
stations in Tecomán (XHECO and XHTY-FM/Col.). Until XHPARC-FM gets on
the air, RR will now have a monopoly in southeast Colima, as well as
strengthened share in the other cities.
Earlier this week, RadioLevy had informed the newscast it was airing
that its services were no longer needed.
https://estacionpacifico.com/2019/06/20/por-que-ya-no-escuchas-el-noticiario-de-estacionpacifico-en-radiolevy/?fbclid=IwAR3lLb03lDwBEZPEfvw5dcr-3h0dM7JnHMxVFwtmG-2JH-OGpmDgJ7J4hzo
———
The heightened scrutiny over La Visión de Dios continues and it found
something that I couldn't confirm: the address given for its legal
representative is nonexistent.
A reporter for Novedades Yucatán went to Hacienda Chichi Suárez and
couldn't find a Calle 38
https://sipse.com/novedades-yucatan/asociacion-civil-vision-dios-yucatan-registro-336092.html
(I couldn't find the tablaje in land records, either). State agencies
have no record of the civil association, either.
———
Today is the final day for RMX, as Grupo Andrade will take control of
XHDL-XHAV on Saturday and launch its programming on Monday (Raymie
Humbert, Phoenix AZ, June 21, WTFDA Forum via DXLD)
Strategic alternatives and new editorial leadership are in the offing
for Grupo Radio Centro, according to Juan Aguirre Abdó. But their
first week trading since the suspension on their shares was lifted
June 18 has not been good. They lost 178 million pesos in market cap
https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/mercados/Radio-Centro-pierde-178-millones-de-pesos-en-su-regreso-a-las-negociaciones-en-la-BMV-20190620-0065.html
and share prices hit a 10-year low.
https://elceo.com/negocios/radio-centro-confirma-la-desinversion-de-activos-y-la-creacion-de-una-nueva-direccion/
(Raymie, June 21, ibid.)
They thought they were done with AM two months ago. But XEK Nuevo
Laredo will have to be turned back on. [960 kHz]
The reason why? Something we've known over here for months: it will
have a continuity obligation for 59 people.
The IFT also did a few other less interesting items in its XIV
Ordinary Meeting on June 5,
http://www.ift.org.mx/conocenos/pleno/sesiones/xiv-ordinaria-del-pleno-5-de-junio-de-2019
ranging from transmitter donations to new investors in the ex-Acustik
radio concessionaires (!). (Raymie, June 24, ibid.)
Today was the first day of operation of Heraldo Radio on XHDL-XHAV. So
what can you catch on the station?
For one, a lot of people you heard as recently as today on Radio
Centro 97.7. Jesús Martín Mendoza makes the leap to the station run by
the newspaper he writes for, moving to an evening timeslot. He had
been on Radio Centro until the 14th. Sergio Sarmiento and Lupita
Juárez are also making the move from GRC to host mornings; their
departures had been previously announced, but their destination had
not until today (and even Julio Astillero, named over the weekend as
GRC's Editorial Director, bid them farewell).
https://twitter.com/julioastillero/status/1143192438095245313
There's also Alejandro Cacho, who's helmed the previous two efforts at
El Heraldo radio news shows, and Salvador García Soto, one of the
paper's columnists; they'll be in afternoons. It's unknown if the ABC
stations will continue to air the show, particularly outside of Mexico
City.
Why are they getting in? For one, experts point out, it makes their ad
sales easier.
https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/empresas/El-Heraldo-sustituye-a-RMX-de-Imagen-Radio-en-las-frecuencias-98.5-FM-de-CDMX-y-100.3-FM-de-Guadalajara-20190624-0071.html
They can bundle print with radio in the country's two largest
metropolitan areas. And while they're not bringing much that's new in
content in, they are going to attract an audience off the bat with a
solid lineup of journalists presenting Heraldo's shows (Raymie, June
24, ibid.)
Radio Centro has had a busy Tuesday.
On one end of things, the company announced something that I'm
personally shocked didn't happen in 2016 or even six months ago. 92.1
is going back to Grupo Siete on July 31 after 26 years of GRC
operation.
https://twitter.com/EnFrecuencia/status/1143625142821507072
The release paints a mutual parting of ways between the two and says
both companies are seeking to focus on their own broadcast
operations.
For GRC, focusing on themselves will also mean shelling out some
money, as the Supreme Court turned down an appeal of a ruling ordering
GRC to pay 75.5 million pesos
https://www.sdpnoticias.com/economia/2019/06/25/scjn-rechaza-impugnacion-y-ordena-a-radio-centro-cubrir-deuda-millonaria-con-el-sat
in back taxes to the SAT dating as far back as 2011. The taxes include
income tax and the flat business tax (Impuesto Empresarial de Tasa
Única). (Another 117 million pesos that GRC may have to pay, from
2009, are still in the legal pipeline.) (Raymie, June 25, ibid.)
IMER_SOS: The Situation is Critical
Resignations, show hiatuses, major cuts on the way
The budget situation at the Instituto Mexicano de la Radio has taken a
nosedive tonight, which began with the live, on-air resignation of
Ricardo Raphael, host of the critique and discussion program Réplicas,
from the IMER on his show in the face of major budget restrictions
that will loom from this coming Monday.
And those restrictions look to be a bloodbath.
https://aristeguinoticias.com/2506/mexico/renuncia-ricardo-raphael-al-imer-en-protesta-contra-recortes-en-la-radio-publica/
A 35 percent cut in personnel, 50 percent for the news department, and
17 stations "disappearing". In the case of at least XHOF-FM, that
means no non-music programs from Monday.
Answers aren't clear at this time as to what's next, but unless the
government steps up to fix the budget problems, it could be very
bleak, indeed (Raymie, June 25, ibid.)
"I didn't know." That's what AMLO had to say this morning about the
IMER situation. He may be promising relief, but gosh, it's not like
this hasn't been a story in some form all year...
In the rest of today's news:
• Radio Centro wants to "turn up the volume" on its businesses, but
they can't drown out those big tax bills. That's according to reports
in today's editions of El Financiero and Reforma (helpfully combined
here). Experts see the company leaving most of its non-Mexico City
markets.
• XHFO will likely not go to Grupo Siete operation on August 1, but
simply get a new tenant. That tenant appears to be, at least in part,
Central FM,
https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/opinion/dario-celis/busca-axtel-compradores-de-su-red
with its syndicated Pedro Ferriz de Con newscast, according to Darío
Celis in El Financiero today. (Two Grupo Siete stations carry Central
FM: XHRTP Puebla and XHZPC Cuernavaca.) Also involved is another
new-to-broadcasting name: Raúl Beyruti, who heads outsourcing company
GINgroup.
In February, GINgroup became a stakeholder in Spain's El Economista
financial paper
https://www.eleconomista.es/empresas-finanzas/noticias/9704609/02/19/Beyruti-impulsor-de-un-gigante-empresarial-en-Mexico-toma-el-206-de-elEconomista.html
(no relation to the Mexican daily, though he also owns 20% of that).
There's also a bit of a curious connection to ex-Acustik assets: at
the start of the year he bought México Travel Channel and Salud TV,
formerly part of Roberto Arandia's LiveNetwork.
http://gacetagin.gingroup.com/gingroup-anuncia-adquisicion-de-mexico-travel-channel-y-salud-tv/
(Raymie, June 26, ibid.)
Not so fast, Central FM? Itzel Castañares for El CEO says Javier Pérez
de Anda is in the hunt to take over XHFO-FM when the Radio Centro
agreement winds down.
https://elceo.com/negocios/perez-de-anda-el-empresario-que-quiere-encender-la-92-1-fm-que-dejo-radio-centro/
An FM in Mexico City would be a first in Radiorama's 50-year history,
and it's apparently the second time that Pérez has tried to do it. He,
like eventual winners Más Radio Telecomunicaciones, negotiated to
lease XHINFO-FM, according to Castañares.
Also:
• The IMER's budget problems have been solved for now. The SEP got the
government to free up 19.3 million pesos for IMER operations. Stations
will operate as normal after July 1 and through to the end of the
year.
https://twitter.com/IMER_Noticias/status/1144244411343233024
• Frequencies have been announced for the new university stations in
Parral and Delicias from the Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua.
https://twitter.com/UACHMx/status/1144259129827106818
In Hidalgo del Parral, the UACh will sign on 89.1 XHPEFK-FM, while
listeners will tune in 92.1 XHPEDL-FM in Delicias. More ugly template
callsigns ahoy!
• Telsusa is on the air with test programming in Cancún. For the
moment, Cancún's XHTMQR-TDT is simulcasting XHTVL in Villahermosa.
https://twitter.com/EnFrecuencia/status/1144316598418698240
Last edited by Raymie; 06-27-2019 at 05:46 PM. Reason: calls
announced
[tagline] Este programa es público, ajeno a cualquier partido
político. Queda prohibido el uso para fines distintos a los
establecidos en el programa (Raymie, June 26, ibid.)
** MYANMAR. 5985, Myanmar Radio, 1245, June 21 (Friday). Singing
station jingle; start of "Learning English with BBC, Burmese"; it was
"Tom's birthday" and he is left handed; lesson ended at 1256; fairly
readable (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100'
long wire, WOR iog via DXLD)
** NIGERIA. Voice of Nigeria, wrong frequency 9690 0550-0620 June 21
0550-0600 9689.9 AJA 250 kW / 248 deg WCAf Music - unscheduled prgr
0600-0620 9689.9 AJA 250 kW / 248 deg WCAf Hausa, instead of 7254.9
from 0620 7254.9 AJA 250 kW / 248 deg WCAf Hausa, as scheduled A-19
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/oice-of-nigeria-on-wrong-frequency-9690.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 20-21, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
7255- & 9690-, June 26 at 0620, VON on neither its primary nor
alternate frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA [non]. GERMANY, Dandal Kura Radio International via MBR
Nauen, June 22
0700-0800 13590 NAU 125 kW / 185 deg to CeAf Kanuri, very good
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/dandal-kura-radio-international-via-mbr_22.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 22, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. YHWH on 7470 tonight --- At 0334 UT tune-in, YHWH is
there much stronger into Victoria, but interestingly much weaker on
remote SDRs in Lamont AB and Prescott Valley, AZ. Also, the strong
signal will suddenly just drop away. Not like the usual propagation
fade, but as if the power indeed just drops off, only to return a few
seconds later (or not). 73 (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, June 21, WOR
iog via DXLD)
At 0429 UT June 21, I could see a carrier in the waterfall on my
KiwiSDR in New York - about 2 dB above the nose floor. In USB mode, I
heard just a faint bit of voice modulation every now and then, but
nothing that would allow a definite ID. Just re-checked at 0434, and
it appears to be gone (Jim Barrett, Elmira, NY, ibid.)
Surprise! YHWH is on tonight. Against what we expected, YHWH is indeed
on tonight, this time on 7480, at about average level at 0319 UT
tune-in. I thought that Friday may have been the sabbath for the op,
and he'd be off. The last few Fridays, he has not been on.
At 0324, he suddenly became strong. Best I've heard him this
iteration. "Thank you very much, Catholic whore church,..." Pretty
heavy stuff. Being very sarcastic about all the wars caused by
religion. 73, (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, UT Saturday June 22, WOR
iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1988, DXLD)
YHWH amazingly strong on 7470 --- I've NEVER heard YHWH at armchair
copy, but that's the reception at 0317 tune in on 7470. Clearly,
they've done something different today. The power must be way up, or
an improved antenna system. Go get them now! 73, (Walt Salmaniw,
Victoria, BC, 0320 UT June 27, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1988, DXLD)
In between static crashes I am getting solid copy on two to three
sentences at at time (Brian Chapel, VE7AUL, 0344 UT via Salmaniw,
ibid.)
Brian, as always the case with Murphy, and especially true for YHWH,
his signal if highly erratic, and sure enough within a few minutes,
the signal deteriorated again, and it's now marginal at 0400, and
sometimes fading to nothing. And now he's at strong level again at
0402:30! Go figure! 73, (Walt, ibid.)
Very extended broadcast tonight, but went off in mid sentence at
0454:50. Clearly unintentional, as he usually signs off with, "I love
you". Technical fault, or did someone pull the plug? 73, (Walt,
ibid.)
Hi Walt, Thanks for your interesting observations. June 27, noted
carrier on 7470, at 0315; extremely faint audio that sounded like
YHWH; never readable here in Calif.; the weakest I have ever heard
him; at 0407, certainly seemed to be the usual song - "Days of Hard
Life"; most of the time well below threshold level audio (Ron Howard,
0530 UT, ibid.)
Interesting, Ron, and yet here, I'd say the signal was the strongest
ever heard! 73, (Walt Salmaniw, BC, ibid.)
7470 (Checked), UNITED STATES (Pirate) (AM Mode), YHWH at 0305. In
progress at tune-in. Heard on Satellit 205 and longwire. "Josiah",
railing against believers in the "hybrid man-God" and corporate
bankster warmongers. Creepy Days of Hard Life song at 0408, then off.
Came back up in a minute, but at greatly reduced signal level here -
Very Good June 27 (Rick Barton, Arizona SW Logs, 73 and Good
Listening....! -rb, WOR iog via DXLD) What do you mean by
``(checked)`` next to some but not most of your logs? (gh)
7470, June 27 at 0323, Station YHWH, anti-Christ pirate at S9, checked
after tip a few minutes ago from Walt Salmaniw that this was strongest
ever for him in BC. Pretty good signal here, but modulation level
fades quite a bit, or even cuts down and up, independent of signal
strength fades while watching the S-meter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. 13690.050, June 25 at 1352, JBA
off-frequency carrier stix out in a BFO 1-kHz step bandscan. Aoki/NDXC
shows it`s VOA Chinese via SAIPAN, this hour only. And it`s gone at
1413 recheck (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 88.3, June 21 at 1555 UT, the dead air carrier from
K202BY, the Family Radio satellator in Enid, is off. It`s been on and
dead for many months. This is quickly noticed, as I use 88.3 for the
BST-1 FM feeder in the car, which in most of Enid easily overrides it.
But in time for the widespread Enid power outage, ironically, this
carrier is back on (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. A couple brown-outs and then a blackout
interrupt our lunch at an Enid restaurant, Friday June 21 at 1833 UT.
Fortunately we started just ahead of that but there is a delay
refilling our drinx from the hi-tech dispenser. This turns out to be a
prolonged and widespread but spotty outage.
1390, KCRC is off, while its sibling stations from same studio but
different transmitter sites, lose modulation but carriers stay on:
95.7, 97.7, 106.3, 107.1. Competitors 960, KGWA and 103.1 KOFM luck
out, stay on. All of these have HQ on the north side of Enid a couple
miles apart. 96.9 and 1640, also related to KCRC but with remote
studios and transmitters, are unaffected.
Power is also out when we get home, no AC or anything, and since it`s
the hottest day of the year so far, 99 degrees, we soon head out for
cool places. Public library is still powerfully cooled, so spend about
an hour there, along with the usual homeless crowd. Monitoring some of
the stations for signs of electrical. But they might not reboot
immediately even when restored.
On library computer, checking OG&E System Outage map,
https://www.oge.com/wps/portal/oge/outages/systemwatch/
and astoundingly, shows nothing out in Enid, just Ada. Maybe it`s all
fixed already? But back home, still off. Finally notify OG&E circa
2030 UT, as should have at first rather than assuming they would have
been inundated with calls.
Might as well get some shopping in, if stores are powered. CVS is dark
with a sign on the door. Driving along US 412, clearly the outage is
very scattered. Some electronic signs are still blaring away, while
nearby traffic signals are off (but most still working). We find some
stores further west in Enid that are nominal.
Finally we hear KOFM briefly mention what happened, later found at the
Enid Eagle:
``ENID, Okla. — More than 9,000 OG&E Electric Services customers were
without power for more than four hours Friday afternoon, June 21,
2019, on the hottest day of the year so far, which happened to be the
first day of summer 2019.
A broken cross-arm on a transmission line in the city took down
electricity at about 1:30 p.m. for as many as 9,405 customers before
power began being restored around 5 p.m. for some and by 6 for most,
according to Facebook accounts and OG&E reports.``
Back home again, and running a very small fan with battery power:
94.3, KLGB-LP is also off but some other gospel huxter is there, Bott
Network no longer blotted out. At times seems same if not // 95.1
KQCV. But at 2232 UT, also south central Kansas weather. That would be
100 kW KCVW Kingman KS.
Enid: 99.9, KVBN-LP, same tower as KLGB-LP, is also off, but back at
next check 0509 UT June 22; while 94.3 is on but dead air; no one
around to reboot it? 92.1, KAMG-LP remained on with its constant dead
air.
101.5, the peripatetic KOCD Okeene is on c. 1920 with RDS as KOCD___
Nothing audible on 1390 with KCRC off, but its splatter also off
audiblizes weak signals on adjacents at 2235 UT check: 1380 from
Lawton direxion, and 1400 from Norman direxion, but with that nulled,
SAH and something weaker, probably KWON Bartlesville.
OG&E finally turns back on at 2248 UT, 4.25 hours after it went out.
Whew. Now OG&E website shows 4870 Enid customers powerless (Glenn
Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. RF 17, K17JN-D, Enid, back on the air June 22 at 1430 UT
check; had been missing yesterday. Not only ``no signal`` but no
signal from the 3ABNers.
RF 23, KSBI ``52`` continues to be the one major OKC DTV station with
a marginal/insufficient signal to decode reliably on either of my
external antennas; STB signal meter shows it on the BAD verge. Why?
It`s never been up to par since repacking from RF 50. Which means we
can`t get reliable reception of its subchannels either, which are not
on cable: Bounce, Laff, Grit and Escape, per rabbitears.info.
For KSBI, rabbitears.info shows
1085' 1000 kW ND (E) (Vertical ERP: 300 kW)
(63.4 kW + 11.98 dB gain = 1000 kW ERP)
Compare to its owner, KWTV RF 25:
``1568' 748 kW DA (E) (Vertical ERP: 249 kW)
Directional Pattern [almost ND, minor caves]
(64.4 kW + 10.65 dB gain = 748 kW ERP)``
or the other licensed parameters, one of them temporary? Both on same
tower per precise coördinates:
``1085' 819 kW ND (E) (Vertical ERP: 245.7 kW)
(65.2 kW + 10.99 dB gain = 819 kW ERP)``
Which mean by ERP, that KWTV ought to have a lesser signal, certainly
not the case as received in Enid. I guess being almost 500 feet higher
on the tower make the difference? Will KSBI ever get raised?
As of last Nov 30, see DXLD 18-49 for an explanation of the situation
from Jack Mills, KWTV/KSBI Director of Engineering:
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1849.txt
(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
RF 23, June 26 at 1453 UT, KSBI OKC at the margins of breakup as usual
with no tropo enhancement, so I photo an example:
http://www.w4uvh.net/HauserDTVPixArt9.jpg
{note a KSBI ID is barely visible in the LR corner}
Between breakups I detected PSIP IDs for most of the extra channels:
52-2 Bounce, 52-3 Laff, 52-4 ???, 52-5 Escape (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) 52-4 is Grit per rabbit-ears, above
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 90.1, June 25 circa 1330 UT, can`t get
classical KUCO on one of my portables, nor the other classical KHCC in
Kansas; rather some gospel huxter.
Tropo must be up from somewhere else. Can it be Tulsa like I soon find
on TV? There is a 50 watt KJZT-LP there per WTFDA FM Database, jazz
and enough I guess to block KUCO inside Tulsa. No 90.1s in eastern
Kansas. The nearest adjacent gospelhuxters are: KBNV Fayetteville AR,
7.1H/16.0 V, 142m AFR; and less likely further KSCV Springfield MO,
11/11 kW, 150m, Bott network.
Tropo is up from the Tulsa area on numerous DTV channels, without
aiming exactly that way rather than further clockwise, June 25 from
1429 UT tune-in:
RF 13, KETA OKC is not decoding, must be because of DX CCI? But no
other 13 Okies; maybe KFJX Pittsburg KS; or two in AR, Arkadelphia and
Mountain View.
RF 11, KOED Tulsa, is in just fine if we wanted to watch OETA now!
BAD signal bars on: 9, 10, 14, 21, 28, 30, 31, 34, 35, 45, 46
RF 8, `Live` no longer with Kathie Lee & Regis, probably KJRH ``2``
RF 20, KQCW-HD, 19-1
RF 22, KOKI-TV, 23-1
RF 26, KTENNBC, 10-1 Ada again
RF 34, KMYT-TV, 41-1; at 1447 UT: 41-3 Grit with `Laramie`; 41-2
GetTV; 41-1 KMYT-TV
By 1441, RF 45 is decoding as 6-1 KOTV; 6-2 CW = same as KQCW on RF
20: with KQCW-19 Muskogee bug in LR; and KOTV 6.2 Tulsa bug in UL.
http://www.w4uvh.net/KQCWonKOTV.jpg
6.3, is NewsOn6NOW, i.e. THEN, looping replays of continuous local
news, reduced SD screen so that continuous commercials run on right
side --- same thing that sibling KWTV-25 ``9`` does in OKC on 9.2.
Photoed some of this, later in DTV pixel art breakup.
http://www.w4uvh.net/KOTVNewson6Now1.jpg
http://www.w4uvh.net/KOTVNewson6Now2.jpg
http://www.w4uvh.net/KOTVNewson6Now3.jpg
http://www.w4uvh.net/KOTVNewson6Now4.jpg
KOTV will eventually repack to RF 26, when? which may explain why KTEN
Ada will be bumped off from there; per rabbitears.info, KOTV will also
continue with relays on RF 30 and 19.
RF 45 KOTV seems to hold up longest and I stick with it, as old frame
freezes and pops up again and again, until as late as 1725 UT!
Predicted tropo map as of 1500:
http://www.w4uvh.net/KOTVtropo.jpg
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260, NBC Madang, (Maus Blong Garamut - Voice of
Indigenous Drums), on June 20; noted cut off at 1202*, during the news
in English. NBC Bougainville (3325) remains off the air! (Ron Howard,
Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog
via DXLD)
** PARAGUAY. 1280 kHz – Since last Thursday, we have heard to a
Christian hymns sequence played on Andean flute on the frequency of
1280 kHz. Just the same music, repetition of the content of a same CD
uninterruptedly. It was also heard and reported in several parts of
southeastern Brazil, and checked in several SDRs of southern Brazil,
Buenos Aires, Santiago-Chile and Pedro Juan Caballero-Paraguay. The
best signal was in Pedro Juan Caballero. From that, today I phoned to
a my personal friend who lives in Foz do Iguaçu-Brazil, a border city
with Paraguay / Ciudad del Este, and he confirmed that this flute is
being broadcast from a station located on Ciudad del Leste, 1280 kHz.
He also sent me an audio of the reception in Foz do Iguaçu, recorded a
few kilometers from the origin of the signal, which conferred with
what we had been hearing here, in São Bernardo SP, for days. 25552 /
35553 (RG).
Today, June 24, the same flute and the same hymns played, as early as
1600h (local time) / 1900 UT (Rudolf Grimm PY2-81502 SWL, São Bernardo
SP, BRAZIL, http://dxways-br.blogspot.com YouTube Channel: GrimmSBC
HCDX via WORLD OF RADIO 1988, DXLD)
But what station is it? WRTH 2019 says:
AP04 ZP53 1280 10/0.25 kW, LV del Este, Cd. del Este (F.Pl to 1310) -
Alto Paraná province. Avenida San Blás No 353, Ciudad del Este. Tel.
61 512 583; web: http://lavoz.com.py e-mail lavozam@hotmail.com
(Glenn Hauser, ibid.)
Hi Glenn, So far, 1280 remains a mystery, although the origin of the
signal is already well known: Ciudad del Este. We will continue to
follow the transmission. 73, (Rudolf Grimm, June 27, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** PHILIPPINES. Salt Water Daytime DX from the Philippines-- 5 kW at
683 miles
Mark Connelly's doctrine of getting right up to the salt water edge
was proven again during file review of daytime DXing in Macau -- a
strange gambling enclave located 50 miles west of Hong Kong.
On 720 kHz a weak Tagalog station was received on the Macau waterfront
all by itself in bright daylight around 2 PM local time, although
Macau is over 500 miles away from any part of the Philippines. To make
the story even stranger, the receiver was a CC Skywave Ultralight--
although it did have a 7.5 inch loopstick going for it.
The weakfish signal was recorded and forgotten until this morning,
when a dubious attempt was made to dig out any identifying clues which
might determine which one of the three 720 kHz Filipino stations
showed up at such long range. After listening to the weakfish [sic]
recording about 10 times I was amazed to determine an energetic "Radio
Bombo" ID by the Tagalog-speaking lady at 23 seconds into the
recording, which matched the network ID description of 720-DZSO, a 5
kW station in San Fernando, Luzon, Philippines -- at 683 salt water
miles (1,099 km) in bright daylight. How can you get luckier than
that? https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/vdjoibaihbf65bgzobh948y871jxwg5r
Daytime DXing at the salt water edge during the Hong Kong trip proved
to be essential in sorting out the maze of unfamiliar signals,
providing not only some awesome Taiwan recordings but several 500+
mile Philippine stations making the trip in bright daylight. Receiving
so much international DX in bright daylight was a bizarre feeling,
with even 549-VOV2 showing up as a crowning touch at HK's Cape
D'Aguilar (according to Alan Davies). (Gary DeBock (DXing in Hong Kong
from April 2-8), June 26, IRCA iog via DXLD) See also DX-PEDITIONS
abottom
** POLAND. Received QSL-card of the Russian edition of the Polish
Radio. E-mail: ru @ polskieradio.pl
1.05.19 / 16.00-16.30 UTC / 1386 kHz
Subject: Torun. You can view the card here -
https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2019/06/blog-post_40.html
(Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Russia, QSL World, Rus-DX June 23 via DXLD)
** RUSSIA. Good signal of GTRK Adygeya/Adygeyan Radio, June 23
1900-2000 on 6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CeAs Adygeyan Sun
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/good-signal-of-gtrk-adygeyaadygeyan_24.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 23-24, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Good signal of GTRK Adygeya/Adygeyan Radio, June 24
1800-1900 on 6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CeAs Ad/Ar/Tu Mon
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/good-signal-of-gtrk-adygeyaadygeyan_25.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 24-25, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. “Straight Line” with Vladimir Putin - June 20, 2019.
Over 1.5 million questions. One of the questions.
-------------------------------------
"Dear Vladimir Vladimirovich!
In 2013-2014, the powerful broadcasting of Russia on long, medium and
short waves inside the country and to foreign countries was
discontinued. It was decided to switch to less expensive broadcasting
in the VHF and FM bands, which has a range of no more than 100 km and
is therefore only available in cities and large villages. And in
foreign countries, the retransmission of our radio programs is
possible only with the permission of the authorities, which can be
canceled at any time. As a result, many people lost their easily
accessible Russian source of information.
In Russia, these are residents of small settlements, agricultural and
forestry workers, hunters and fishermen, geologists and members of
various expeditions, residents of sparsely populated regions in the
Far East and on the Arctic coast. Now they can only hear radio
broadcasts of foreign radio stations, the content of which is either
anti-Russian or neutral, but in any case it is almost impossible to
find out true information about events in Russia. Foreign radio
listeners can also hear the voice of Moscow only in some cities,
organizations broadcasting Russian programs are persecuted in a number
of countries.
The radio waves of the DV, NE and KV-ranges extend to thousands of
kilometers in all directions, including across state borders. This is
their great advantage over the Internet and FM broadcasting, which in
the period of exacerbations of the international situation and
military actions our western partners can turn off abroad and partly
in our country.
Do you consider it necessary to restore powerful broadcasting in
Russia? If yes, then why the decision of the Security Council of
Russia of May 19, 2014 on the creation of a special federal state
budgetary institution (FGBU) for the long-distance broadcasting of the
Russian state radio stations “Radio Russia” and “Voice of Russia” both
inside the country and abroad is not being implemented? ?
My question to the President of the Russian Federation has been sent
through the VKontakte Group on 06/17/2019 in connection with the
Direct Line with Vladimir Putin on June 20, 2019 at 12:00 pm Moscow
Time.
https://vk.com/im?media=&sel=-115987924
I did not hope that Putin would answer my question on the air, and I
don’t think that they would write me an answer, but I hope that the
Presidential Administration will send my question to the relevant
departments, and they will have to give an answer and suggestions. A
year ago, I sent a more detailed letter on the same topic about
powerful broadcasting to the Foreign Ministry and the international
affairs committees of the State Duma and SovFeda. From the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs responded that the organization of broadcasting is not
in their competence and that the Russian Federation has the
capabilities of broadcasting abroad via Radio Sputnik, Russia Today,
Radio and TV Mir. And the deputies did not answer (Yuri Loburets,
Novosibirsk, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx", Rus-DX June 23 via DXLD)
** RUSSIA. For the first time, Echo of Moscow will appeal to the
European Court of Human Rights.
-----------------------------------------------------------
The reason was the refusal of the Supreme Court to reconsider the
decision on the fine for a link on the Echo website. The
editor-in-chief of Ekho Moskvy, Alexei Venediktov, noted that in this
case it’s not the compensation that is important, but the principle,
and it’s important that the European court define the responsibility
for the hyperlink. The link was to a video with a curse addressed to
Ksenia Sobchak during her trip to Grozny as a presidential candidate.
http://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__73855/
(via Rus-DX June 23 via DXLD)
** RUSSIA. Radio center number 3. Photo antenna.
-------------------------------------------------
The six-masts long-wave antenna system (the height of the masts is 257
meters each) of the RV-99 transmitter at Radio Center No. 3 in the
village of North near the town of Taldom in the Moscow region. In
1984, the transmitter "PB-99" at a frequency of 261 kHz went to work
with the maximum output power in the history of broadcasting, which
was 2500 kW.
https://vk.com/club171176221?z=photo-171176221_456242247%2Falbum-171176221_00%2Frev
https://vk.com/club171176221
(via Rus-DX June 23 via DXLD)
** RUSSIA. TV tower for 60 kopecks.
-----------------------------------
In the network there were photos of a small souvenir of the Soviet era
(presumably the end of the 70s - the beginning of the 80s) - the
Leningrad TV tower, alas, but without the top, antenna part, which
undoubtedly existed. This souvenir was produced by the Sosnovskaya
Plastmass factory, which has been operating in the village of Pos.
Sosnovo, Priozersky District (since 1992 - JSC Aelita).
https://vk.com/club171176221?z=photo-171176221_456242244%2Fwall-171176221_5580
https://vk.com/club171176221
(via Rus-DX June 23 via DXLD)
** SAUDI ARABIA. Reception of Republic of Yemen Radio & Al-Azm Radio
in 25mb, June 25:
from 0800 on 11860 JED or RIY / unknown to N/ME Arabic Rep.of Yemen
Radio, very good
from 0900 on 11745 JED or RIY / unknown to N/ME Arabic BSKSA Al-Azm
Radio, fair/good
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/reception-of-republic-of-yemen-radio-al.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 24-25, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
See also YEMEN [non]
** 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 1500 UT Sunday 23rd June.
And by WBCQ on 7490 kHz at 0000-0100 UT Monday 24th June.
There is a repeat on 6070 kHz on Friday 28th June at 1900 UT.
This week's show has two songs from Rachmaninov's Vespers, a string
quartet by Janacek, some Borodin, Rimsky Korsakov, Merikanto, and a
little film music from Prokofiev. A mostly Russian set of pieces - and
none the worse for that - but there will be a gem from Scandinavia as
well.
Thank you for spreading the word about Encore - Classical Music on
Shortwave. And thank you to everyone for letting us know how well the
signal is received where you live.
Regular Broadcast times are:
1500-1600 UT Sunday, and repeated 1900-2000 UT Friday on 6070 kHz
(Channel 292 Germany). 0000-0100 UT Monday on 7490 kHz (WBCQ – Maine).
(Brice Avery - Encore - Radio Tumbril, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
I looked up the origin of the word Tumbril (or Tumbrel) and find
rather negative connotations: is this your little joke or were you
unaware of this?
``A tumbrel is a two-wheeled cart or wagon typically designed to be
hauled by a single horse or ox. Their original use was for
agricultural work; in particular they were associated with carrying
manure. Their most infamous use was taking prisoners to the guillotine
during the French Revolution. Wikipedia
Middle English (originally denoting a type of cucking-stool): from Old
French tomberel, from tomber ‘to fall’.`` (gh, DXLD)
** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, June 24 at 0602, JBA carrier, presumed SIBC.
Seems awfully early, but Honiara sunset will be 0710, now at its
earliest; at 10 degrees south it varies only 30 minutes over the
course of a year. Wonder if they are modulating too? (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1988, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOMALIA [non]. Reception of Radio ERGO via ENC-DMS Dhabayya June 20
1200-1300 on 17845 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Somali, good signal
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/reception-of-radio-ergo-via-enc-dms.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Reception of Radio ERGO via ENC-DMS Dhabayya June 24
1200-1300 on 17845 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Somali, fair/good
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/reception-of-radio-ergo-via-enc-dms_24.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 23-24, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN. 7205, Sudan Radio, Al Aitahab, 1600-1620, 22-06, Arabic,
comments, songs. 25322.
7205, Voice of Africa, Al Aitahab, 1720, 22-06, English, news,
comment, ID “The Voice of Africa, from Sudan Radio”, East African
songs. 35333 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun
S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD)
** SUDAN [non]. Radio Dabanga via Santa Maria di Galeria & Issoudun,
June 21
1529-1557 13745 ISS 250 kW / 139 deg to EaAf Darfur Arabic, fair/good
1529-1557 15550 SMG 250 kW / 150 deg to EaAf Darfur Arabic, very good
13 sec delay from transmitter Santa Maria di Gleria to transmitter
Issoudun
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/radio-dabanga-via-santa-maria-di_21.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. Radio Tamazuj via Talata Volonondry and
Issoudun, June 21:
1459-1557 15150 MDC 250 kW / 340 deg to EaAf Juba Arabic*, very good
1459-1557 15400 ISS 250 kW / 139 deg to EaAf Juba Arabic*, very good
* at 1546 15150 MDC 250 kW / 340 deg to EaAf English nx bulletin Fri
* at 1546 15400 ISS 250 kW / 139 deg to EaAf English nx bulletin Fri
13 sec delay from transmitter Talata Volonondry to transmitter
Issoudun
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/radio-tamazuj-via-talata-volonondry-and_21.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAJIKISTAN. 4765.046, Tajik R, Dushanbe Yangi Yul still odd
frequency noted at 2307 UT on June 23, fluttery signal S=8-9 or -76dBm
here in western Europe. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Bueschel, WOR iog via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TIBET. CHINA, Very good signal of PBS Xizang Holy Tibet, June 24
0700-0800 on 9580 LHA 100 kW / 290 deg to EaAs English
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/very-good-signal-of-pbs-xizang-holy.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 23-24, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. TRT Voice of Turkey in Turkish on odd frequency 11675.8
kHz, June 23
0600-1155 11675.7 500 kW / 150 deg WeAs Turkish, instead of 11675.0
Something`s always wrong at TRT Voice of Turkey, as of Glenn reported
for RHC
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/voice-of-turkey-in-turkish-on-odd.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 23-24, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Voice of Turkey in Bulgarian on two frequencies in parallel, June 23
1100-1125 7210 250 kW / 290 deg SEEu Bulgarian as scheduled A19
1100-1125 15240 500 kW / 072 deg EaAs Bulgarian, instead of Chinese
Something`s always wrong at TRT Voice of Turkey, as of Glenn reported
for RHC
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/tvoice-of-turkey-in-bulgarian-on-2.html
Unscheduled transmission of Voice of Turkey in Spanish on SW, June 23
1130-1155 on 15240 EMR 500 kW / 072 deg to EaAs Spanish, instead of
Chinese!!!
Something`s always wrong at TRT Voice of Turkey, as of Glenn reported
for RHC.
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/unscheduled-transmission-of-voice-of.html
TRT Voice of Turkey in Urdu on two frequencies in parallel on June 23
1200-1225 on 11990 EMR 500 kW / 062 deg to CeAs Urdu, instead of
Turkmen A-19!
1200-1255 on 13710 EMR 500 kW / 095 deg to SoAs Urdu as scheduled in
A19 sked!
Something`s always wrong at TRT Voice of Turkey, as of Glenn reported
for RHC.
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/voice-of-turkey-in-urdu-on-2.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 22-23, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Voice of Turkey on odd frequencies 11965.7 & 9765.7 kHz on June 23
1300-1355 11965.7 EMR 500 kW / 020 deg EaEu Russian, instead of 11965
1500-1555 9765.7 EMR 250 kW / 105 deg WeAs Persian, instead of 9765
Something`s always wrong at V. of Turkey, as Glenn reported for RHC!
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/voice-of-turkey-on-odd-frequencies.html
Unscheduled transmission of TRT Voice of Turkey in Spanish, June 25
1126-1134 on 7210 EMR 250 kW / 290 deg to SEEu Spanish, very good &
off air
TRT Voice of Turkey in Turkish again on odd frequency 11675.8 kHz on
June 24
0600-1155 on 11675.7 EMR 500 kW / 150 deg to WeAs Turkish, instead nom
11675
Something`s always wrong at TRT, as Glenn reported for RHC!!
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/unscheduled-transmission-of-voice-of_25.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 24-25, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Unscheduled transmission of TRT Voice of Turkey in Bosnian, June 26
0700-0755 11730 500 kW / 072 deg CeAs Azeri - starting at 0722 UT!!
0756-0815 11730 500 kW / 072 deg CeAs Bosnian, unscheduled on SW!!
TRT Voice of Turkey in Turkish again on odd frequency 11675.8 June 26
0600-1155 11675.7 500 kW / 150 deg WeAs Turkish, instead of nom 11675
Something`s always wrong at TRT, as Glenn reported for RHC!!
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/unscheduled-transmission-of-trt-voice.html
TRT Voice of Turkey in Tatar on wrong frequency 11795 khz, June 26:
1000-1012 11795 EMR 500 kW / 105 deg WeAs Tatar, instead of 9855 &
1012-1025 9855 EMR 500 kW / 032 deg CeAs Tatar, as scheduled A-19.
Unscheduled transmission of Voice of Turkey in Albanian on SW June 26
1330-1334 15410 EMR 500 kW / 072 deg CeAs Albanian, after Uyghur pgr!
Something`s always wrong at TRT Voice of Turkey, as Glenn reported for
RHC!! [Albanian not sked on SW at all; web/satellite only? – gh]
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/voice-of-turkey-in-tatar-on-wrong.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [and non]. The Big BBC News Arabic Survey
https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2019/arabic-survey
FINDINGS REVEALED FROM THE BIG BBC NEWS ARABIC SURVEY
BBC News Arabic has carried out the largest in-depth survey ever
carried out in the region.
The Big BBC News Arabic Survey 2018/19 was carried out by Arab
Barometer and interviewed more than 25,000 people face-to-face in 10
countries and the Palestinian territories about a wide-range of
subjects including religion, corruption, sex and mental health. The
results give an unprecedented insight into the opinions of those
living in the Middle East and North Africa today.
Findings indicated by the #BBCArabicSurvey include:
A growing number of people in the Middle East and North Africa are
turning their backs on religion
A third of the region say they are depressed
In Iraq more men than women say they’ve been sexually harassed
Most people believe a woman should have the right to be head of state,
but that a husband should have the final say in all family decisions
In Lebanon only 6% think being gay is acceptable
Almost half of adults under 30 years old are considering becoming a
migrant
6 out of 10 people think violence against the USA is understandable
Donald Trump’s Middle East policies are less popular than Vladimir
Putin’s. But Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s policies are far more popular than
both put together
Trust in the region’s primary Islamist movements, actors like the
Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, and Hezbollah, has been in decline since
the Arab uprisings
More than half of internet users consider social media a more
trustworthy news source than TV and newspapers in the majority of
countries surveyed
Further details can be found here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-48703377
The results will be covered across the BBC in the coming weeks,
including a look deeper behind the statistics with features such as:
All The Numbers: Special Correspondent Nawal Al Maghafi travels
through Baghdad, Amman and Jerusalem exploring the findings of the Big
BBC News Arabic Survey.
Exploring Morocco: BBC Arabic News Correspondent, Reda Al Mawy meets a
family divided across the key issues in the survey and finds out why
so many people are calling for governmental change.
Sexplainer: Ten years on from researching for her book Sex And The
Citadel, academic Shereen El Feki meets people across the region
creating safe spaces for extremely frank conversations about sex and
love in the region.
Why Are More Men Reporting Sex Abuse Than Women In Iraq?: Megha Mohan
and Samia Hosny investigate why men in Iraq and Sudan are reporting
being sexually abused in greater numbers than women.
Losing Their Religion: Selim and Mustafa are two young men from
Lebanon - one was a pious Christian and the other a devout Muslim. But
today they find the word “atheist” to be the best way to describe
their beliefs.
Suicide Note: Matthew Cassell explores the impact of and causes of
widespread depression in the region through the story of one young
Tunisian man who posted his final goodbye on Facebook before taking
his own life at 32.
BBC News Arabic is the single media partner for this survey. The
survey took place between October 2018 and April 2019.
Arab Barometer are a nonpartisan research network based at Princeton
University that works with universities in the region. They have been
conducting high quality and reliable public opinion surveys in the
Middle East and North Africa since 2006.
To ensure all those who took part in the survey were given the chance
to answer as honestly as possible and without any fear of consequence
- some questions were presented to them in a less direct way. For
example, illegal or taboo subjects were asked about in the form of
selection from a list of options.
The survey is of citizens across most of the Arab world. Exceptions
include countries where full and fair access to the survey was not
possible or the safety of interviewers could not be guaranteed.
Full details on all methodology are available on the Arab Barometer
website (24 June 2019 via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, DXLD)
The Arab world in seven charts: Are Arabs turning their backs on
religion?
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-48703377
Religion actually only the headliner.
(via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, DXLD)
LEBANON'S ATHEISTS REJECTING THEIR RELIGION [sic]
In Lebanon, the sectarian identity you inherit from your father is
written on the civil registry.
From birth people are defined by their religion and atheism or ‘no
religion’ are not included in 18 options available.
A survey for BBC News Arabic by Arab Barometer suggests that people
across the region are growing less religious.
In Lebanon personal piety has declined some 43% over the past decade,
indicating less than a quarter of the population now define themselves
as religious.
The BBC spoke to two devout atheists in Lebanon about how they moved
away from religion, in a country where doing so is considered taboo.
24 Jun 2019
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-48729203/lebanon-s-atheists-rejecting-their-religion
(via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, DXLD)
** U K [and non]. `It hurts to be alive': BBC unveils unbearably
cringey `Tonight With Vladimir Putin' chat show --- Russia Today
Published time: 22 May, 2019 10:53 Edited time: 23 May, 2019 08:11
British taxpayers, shield your eyes now. The BBC has just unveiled its
new "semi-scripted comedy chat show format," `Tonight With Vladimir
Putin,' presented by a horrific CGI adaptation of the Russian
president.
Early details indicate that not only will the British public be
subjected to some truly awful writing and voice acting courtesy of
Natt Tapley, of `Have I Got News For You' fame, but the BBC has also
managed to dredge up some top-tier guests such as the Labour Party's
former communications chief Alastair Campbell, former MTV host June
Sarpong, `I'm a celebrity: Extra Camp' presenter Joe Swash and
presenter of the Guilty Feminist podcast Deborah Frances-White. The
less said about that line up, the better...
https://www.rt.com/uk/459978-tonight-with-vladimir-putin-bbc/
(via Mike Cooper, DXLD) they sure are snarky
** U S A. WWV centennial celebration: see WORLD OF HOROLOGY
** U S A. 4426-USB, June 21 at 0516, robotic marine weather for
Atlantic, vs high noise level. Per EiBi it`s NMN, USCG Chesapeake VA,
timeshared with NMC, Point Reyes CA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 8137/USB, WCY Marine Weather & Communications LLC, Lakeland
FL; 1217-1254+, 6/14; Working several sailing vessels off U.S. east
coast, including Aurora & Easy Rider; relaying weather & suggesting
courses; suggested that Aurora take advantage of the Gulf Stream &
avoid a “south-flowing meander”. Only one vessel heard weakly. ID at
1252:55 as “Whiskey Charlie Yankee”. Good-Vgood with rat-a-tat bursts.
Sounded // 12350/USB but weak (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, Drake R8B +
185' & 60' RW + 125' bow-tie, MARE Tipsheet 21 June via DXLD)
** U S A. Received two QSL cards from Radio Marti for reports dated 6
and 7 May 2019. Also in the envelope put information about the history
of the transmitting center. The letter was sent on May 29, 2019.
http://freerutube.info/2019/06/21/qsl-radio-marti-ssha-maj-2019-goda/
(Dmitry Elagin, Saratov, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx", QSL World, Rus-DX
June 23 via DXLD)
Street address on the card is in Grimesland NC, not Greenville, merely
the nearest city. Henceforth VOA site shall be known as Grimesland;
it`s east of Greenville, axually slightly closer to Washington NC. Now
that would have been really confusing to be known as Washington (gh,
DXLD)
17530, June 27 at 1707, VOA news about the Democratic debate last
night with soundbites, good S9+10 signal fading to S7 probably with
some sporadic-E boost; this is the only known English broadcast
remaining from Grimesland NC, at 1700-1830. 1730 program changes to
`Reporters` Roundtable` discussing elexions in Africa, with African
accents (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1987 monitoring: Manuel Méndez,
Spain, reports: ``GERMANY, 6190, Hamburger LokalRadio, Göhren,
*0610-0710, 22-06, English, open today ten minutes later than its
usual schedule. Program “Media Network Plus”, ID “Hamburger
LokalRadio”, at 0640 Glenn Hauser’s “World of Radio 1987”. Very weak
today. 15321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol. Tecsun
S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters``
Ivo Ivanov confirms the tardiness: ``GERMANY, Reception of World of
Radio via HLR on 6190 CUSB, June 22
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/reception-of-world-of-radio-via-hlr-on_22.html
0640-0709 6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg CeEu English Sat, weak signal``
And Noel Green, NW England: ``Reception of HLR 6190 was also very poor
at my location on the 22nd at around 0645 UT tune in. I could hear
enough to distinguish Glenn's voice, but not much else``
gh: not confirmed Sat June 22 at 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio,
9485-CUSB: on UTwente SDR, no signal at several spot chex between 1420
and 1500, just huge splash from 9490 Romania.
Alan Gale from his location in England: ``Hi Glen[n], Nothing at all
heard on 9485 kHz again from HLR, but I thought I might at least catch
the new relay of WoR on 15770 kHz at 2030 UT, but the band had pretty
much faded out here by then. It's usually a much better signal at that
time of the day, but conditions have been a bit disturbed on there for
the past few days, even during the afternoons. It's back to IRRS on
7290 kHz at 1815 on Monday again then; at least that has been coming
in very well here in recent weeks. Alan``
Confirmed by gh, Saturday June 22 at 2044 the new 2030 on WRMI 15770,
S8-S6.
Very weak signal of World of Radio via WRMI 9, June 22
2030-2100 on 15770 YFR 100 kW / 044 deg to WeEu English Sat:
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/very-weak-signal-of-world-of-radio-via.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 22-23, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Also confirmed Sat June 22 at 2100 on WRMI 9955, S6-S8, as usual JIP
theme music after my first eleven words, as the playout continue to
start early before this transmitter switch to program feed after IS &
ID loop. Maybe I should start my utterances twice in a row.
There was a special WOR broadcast on WBCQ-6, 500 kW Super-station
test, Sat June 22 at 2130 on 9330.00, tnx to Larry Will. He notified
me ahead of time but unfortunately there was a typo giving the time as
2310, so we and those I quickly notified missed it; checked at 2310,
Timtron was on [WORLD OF RADIO 1988]
Confirmed UT Sunday June 23 at 0130 on WRMI 5850, very good S9+20/30.
Confirmed UT Sunday June 23 at 0334 check on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO, but
too much storm noise to detect current topic nor calculate approx.
variable start time.
GERMANY, Reception of World of Radio via HLR on 7265 CUSB, June 23:
1031-1100 7265 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu English Sun, poor/weak
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/reception-of-world-of-radio-via-hlr-on_23.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 22-23, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Manuel Méndez, Spain reports: ``7265, Hamburger LokalRadio, Goehren,
*0900-1100 23-06, German program. At 1000 English, “Media Network Plus
and 1030 Glenn Hauser’s “World of Radio”. 15311.`` Next:
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780
0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 9330?
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955
0930 UT Monday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW
1816 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
0930 UT Friday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW
Also check 9330 WBCQ for unscheduled airings during testing phase.
[it appears we will now be running on a Friday-to-Thursday cycle, so
freshest new airings are on weekends]
WORLD OF RADIO 1987 monitoring: confirmed Sunday June 23 at 2130 on
WRMI 7780, just barely audible.
Also confirmed UT Monday June 24 at 0130 on WRMI 9395, fair.
Also confirmed UT Monday June 24 at 0230 on WRMI 7780, poor.
Also confirmed UT Monday June 24 from 0300.5 on WBCQ-6 500 kW 9330.00,
VG of course, S9+20/30 as has just brought up simulcast with Area 51;
at 0328 I confirm WOR also on 5130.367, much weaker S9 vs high storm
noise level.
Also confirmed UT Monday June 24 on WRMI 9955, S9+10/20. Next:
1816 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
0930 UT Friday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
1816 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania: Confirmed with a nice strong signal
using the U. Twente SDR receiver (-- Richard Langley, June 24, WOR iog
via DXLD)
WORLD OF RADIO 1987 monitoring: confirmed UT Tuesday June 25 at 0123
the 0100 on WRMI 7780, fair S7/S9+10 vs summer noise level. Next:
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v [and/or 2130]
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780
0930 UT Friday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW
WORLD OF RADIO 1987 monitoring: NOT confirmed Wednesday June 26 at
2100 on WRMI, since yet again, 9955 is not on the air. Other WRMI 9395
is good with RAE; 9455 not on either. At 2102:40 a couple split-second
pips as if 9955 trying to turn on. I`ve listened to enough noise by
2106, but leave a receiver on 9954-USB from which by 2124 I notice the
carrier has come on and with WOR VP.
7490+, Wed June 26 at 2100 simulcast on WBCQ is apparently on with WOR
but JBA in summer noise; too bad it`s not // on super 9330 this
time.
NOT confirmed, UT Thursday June 27 at 0114 the 0100 WOR, since WRMI is
still absent from 7780 as it was at earlier 0015 check. Next:
0930 UT Friday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW
Next WORLD OF RADIO 1988 should start airing Friday at 2200 on WRMI
9955.
WORLD OF RADIO 1988 contents: Albania non, Antarctica non, Azerbaijan,
Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, China, Cuba, Denmark, Ecuador,
Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea non, France and non, Germany, Japan, Korea
North non, Mexico, North America, Paraguay, Solomon Islands, Taiwan,
USA; and the propagation outlook
WOR 1988 completed by 2332 UT June 27, ready for first SW broadcasts
Friday June 28:
0132 UT Friday WBCQ-6 9330 --- an ``impromptu broadcast`` by
Larry Will, Area 51, also confirmed by Richard Lemke, Alberta; tnx!
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 3210-USB NSW [July 6, 20...]
1130 UT Saturday WRMI 9955
1431 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2030 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 [NEW][but canceled after 2 weeks]
2100 UT Saturday WRMI 9955
2130 UT Saturday WBCQ 9330 [last week special, maybe again? no]
0130 UT Sunday WRMI 5850
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 [and 9330? last 2 weeks - no]
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955
0930 UT Monday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW
1816 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
0930 UT Friday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW
Also check 9330 WBCQ for unscheduled airings during testing phase
[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)
WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ:
** U S A. 9330, WBCQ at 0950. I thought was Al[l]an Wiener, leading a
prayer for equipment and staff re: the new antenna, M at the ToH with
the legal ID. Absolute powerhouse - Armchair June 20
9330, (checked), WBCQ, 0830. Two man, woman, talk program. Man
advocates more regulation of natural gas industry over gas line safety
concern. Powerhouse, but with notable transmitter hum. Ended with
prayer, good ID over end of prayer, music after the hour (0900), old
classic "Reach Out of the Darkness by 60s folk duo Friend & Lover (we
haven't heard that one in a lonnng time). Followed up later by The
Breeders (Cannonball). Monitored on modest little Longine's "World
Traveler" battery portable and whip, excellent reception - Armchair
June 21 (Rick Barton, Some Solstice period logs from Arizona, 73 and
Good Listening....! -rb, WOR iog via DXLD)
Weak signal of WBCQ-6 Super Power Station, June 21
from 0445 on 9330 BCQ 500 kW / 280 deg to WNAm English
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/weak-signal-of-wbcq-6-super-power.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 20-21, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9330.00, June 21 at 0512, WBCQ-6, S9+20 with rock music.
9330.00, UT Sat June 22 tune-in WBCQ at 0011 and listen for rest of
hour to `Allan & Angela Weiner Worldwide` or some variant as
discussed. Appears to be a new live show, all about the SuperStation
with a constant stream of callers, and constant hum on the signal
which is apparently coming from the phone line. We glean more
information about all this, summarizing:
Now running full 500 kW, as it will be when launched as the client
insists on not one watt less than 500,000. General testing sked is 4
pm – 7 am (EDT = 20-11 UT), while the antenna crew works on it the
remaining 9 hours in the daytime. Maybe on air less this weekend while
checking out circuit breakers, etc.
Everything has to be ready for the World`s Last Chance ministries
launch, now set for Monday July 8, which will be broadcasting to
Middle East, Europe, USA and Canada [this implies the latest HFCC
registration in Arabic and English only, rather than the imaginary
worldwide multi-language schedule originally publicized].
[WORLD OF RADIO 1988]
Despite the super-power, there is very little RF blanking in the local
area, he says. Audio processor is a $14K Omnia 11, for good sound;
lo-fi audio is not good for listenability.
Transmitter is DRM capable but --- Allan is interrupted by caller
Freddy to explain what that is, before AW can finish, and does not get
back to it, but seemed he was about to say they would not be running
DRM?
At 0024, AW finally mentions that this is 21 June, YOOL 2019, so
indeed a new live show. (But not the next time it may go out.)
The Continental transmitter is made in USA, believe it or not, Dallas
TX. They use top-notch components. Very complex water cooling requires
constant attention; shift schedules are being set up. Power bill will
be in the high(?) 5-figures per month.
AW`s note to staff: put VORW on some of the test broadcasts. Also
going to simulcast Amateur Radio Roundtable Tuesday night (with 5130).
Reading e-mail and prayer, running over until finished at 0106, back
to music.
Another AWWW hour plays at 0200, and yet another oldone at 0400. In
between didn`t pay much attention but at 0339 noted that zappahead
Larry Will was in charge, apparently live, soliciting e-mail reports
Here`s John Carver`s version of `Allan Weiner Worldwide`, on
WBCQ, UT Sat June 22 at 0000:
``Tonight's show started just a bit early again after some fill music
on 7490. Freddie calls right after the theme song ends. I think it's
Allan and Angela in the studio as I haven't hard anyone else. Allan
says he's being broadcast tonight on the new transmitter at full
power.
Checking 9330 I have it at 20 over without adjusting the antenna tuner
or changing the pre-selector. Allan states that the tube that had the
damaged socket weighs two hundred and fifty pounds and has been
repaired. He also stated that they were renaming the program again to
Angela and Allan Weiner World Wide.
They're still working on the antenna every day between seven in the
morning till around four in the afternoon so testing only at night. He
said that the sign on date would be July 8. Freddie finally booted off
the phone at 0024 and another phone call immediately while at the same
time another telephone was ringing in the studio. Another phone call
at 0027. Again during the phone call two other phones in the studio
were heard ringing.
TimTron on the phone at 0033 commenting on the signal strength at his
QTH and again another phone in the studio ringing. Lots of good
reports from Australia, Allan says. Phone call from Canada at 0036.
Allan said that they had received a phone call from someone in
Virginia during the last test at full power. Said he guy didn't own a
shortwave radio and was picking up 9330 on the smart speaker he'd
installed in his ceiling and was asking how to stop the radio signal
from coming in. Said he wanted to stop it.
Phone call at 0039 from a FM station owner in Kansas who'd just bought
a SW receiver a month ago and had stumbled across 9330. Asked some
questions about the station and Allan asked questions about his
station. Said he had a good signal on a portable with just the whip.
Reading of emails at 0054 and closing prayer at 0101. Program was off
the air at 0105. John, Mid-North Indiana`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Fair signal of Super Power Station WBCQ-6 June 22
from 0445 on 9330 BCQ 500 kW / 280 deg to WNAm English
General testing schedule is 2000-1100 UT. World`s Last Chance Radio
launch now set for Monday July 8, and will be broadcasting to Middle
East, Europe, USA and Canada. Probably schedule in HFCC Database will
be changed again
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/fair-signal-of-super-power-station-wbcq.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 22, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
WBCQ 9330 --- 'Super Station' tests on 9330 peaking at S7 with
eclectic music mix from tune/in 0709 including AC/DC, Little Feat,
'The FCC Song' from Family Guy and Steely Dan (Matt Francis,
Australia, 0735 UT June 22, WOR iog via DXLD)
9330.00, Sat June 22 at 2043, WBCQ-6 already on at S9+25, song in
Spanish; after 2300 it`s TimTron, and UT Sun June 23 at 0115 `Lumpy
Gravy`, Larry Will & Jane acknowledging reception reports, presumably
// 5130+ buried in the noise (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
WBCQ 9330 coming into UK well at 0020 UT --- Hi All, I'm currently
getting a very good signal from WBCQ on 9330 kHz here in the UK at the
moment (0020 UT), and AW is on talking about the new transmitter and
taking a telephone report from someone. I'm not sure how much power
they're running at the moment; AW just said that they're not supposed
to go above 130 kW while they're testing, but it sounds good (Alan
Gale, UT Sunday June 23, WOR iog via DXLD)
That was a repeat show tonight. Per his live show last night, they are
now testing using 500 KW effective Fri 6/21 (Don Hosmer, MI, ibid.)
WBCQ 9330 is running 500 kilowatts tonight. Regards, Lw (Larry Will,
WBCQ, 0218 UT June 23, ibid.)
Superb reception into Victoria for the last few hours, and several
hours before LSS. S9 + 20 into an E/W ALA 100LN. Very nice at 0245 UT
(Walt Salmaniw, ibid.)
And re WBCQ on 9330 - 280 deg is hardly aiming in my direction; and
all I can detect is that a signal is present around 0630 UT. The real
"super signal" from the States at this time is from the VOA [RM] on
7335 - regularly S9+ at 0630 UT with 7365 hardly audible at all (Noel
R Green, NW England, 1026 June 23, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Checked also yesterday night reception of even 9330.000 new WBCQ unit,
but not sure in which direction the revolving antenna azimuth set,
signal was seemingly in range 135 to 150 kW. A proper 500 kW full
power 'feels different'.
June 22 at 2304 UT:
S=9+10dB or -68dBm in U.K., BEL, HOL, Bavarian remote SDR units.
S=8 in Austria and Hungary.
S=9+25dB in Cape Canaveral, FL state.
S=9+45dB power house in Detroit MI state
and at remote in Edmonton Alberta Canada.
June 23 at 0710 UT, also even frequency
S=7-8 in U.K., BEL, HOL, Bavarian remote SDR units.
S=7-8 in Cape Canaveral, FL state.
S=9+25dB in Detroit MI state
and at remote in Edmonton Alberta Canada.
73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Bueschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Reception of From the Isle of Music via WBCQ-6, June 23
2130&2230 on 9330 BCQ 500 kW / 280 deg to WNAm English, fair
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/reception-of-from-isle-of-music-via.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 23-24, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Not a scheduled time even on 7490+v; it`s a one-hour program, so are
those start and stop times or what? (gh, DXLD)
9330.00 (I don`t write 9330.000 since I am not axually bothering to
measure it to that detail, but probably), Sunday June 23 at 2130,
WBCQ-6 superpower test is on, but this week modern rock, and not
simulcasting `Marion`s Attic` from 7490 like happened partially last
week. At 2205 I find it is now = much weaker 7490v with `Uncle Bill`s
Melting Pot` including some Turkish music. Unknown what was at 2230,
but before 2400 Harry Shearer`s `Le Show` is wrapping up on 9330, so
that is still // 7490 unlike the 2300 hour last Sunday. At 0000 UT
Monday June 24, 9330 goes into an `Allan Weiner Worldwide` replay,
instead of `Encore` classical music now on 7490, and which I hear on
webcast. Unknown what at 0100, but before 0300, another AWWW hour is
ending from at 0200 start, somewhat curtailed in order to cut to //
Area 51, 5130+ for WORLD OF RADIO, thanks! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Today the old transmitter on already at 0830 on 9330.2 kHz. Regards,
(Mauno Ritola, Finland, June 25, WOR iog via DXLD)
At 0904 UT June 25 in remote SDR at Cape Canaveral FL, 9330.213 kHz
poor and tiny S=2-3 or -105dBm. Grayline at Halifax and east of
Bermudas. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Bueschel, ibid.)
June 25 - Here in Calif., noted at 0408 UT, that the frequency was
slightly higher and the power considerably lower, whereas earlier was
very strong (Ron Howard, ibid.)
9330.00, June 25 at 2255, WBCQ-6 is on again, with an old AWWW I
remember hearing before; at 2300 changes to TimTron. Inbooming of
course (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
At 2316 UT on June 25: WBCQ on exact 9330.000 kHz, seemingly new
Continental/Ampegon unit with further 135 kW test? Western Hillbilly
music program. S=9+30dB in Cape Canaveral FL state. 73 wb df5sx
(Wolfgang Bueschel, WOR iog via DXLD)
Also at 0800 today the low power transmitter running on 9330.18v kHz
(Mauno Ritola, Finland, June 26, WOR iog via DXLD)
9330.00, June 26 at 2058, WBCQ-6 is on with music at S9+10 past 2100,
not // 7490+ where WOR is outgoing but hardly incoming.
9330.00, June 27 at 0026, an old `AWWW` I recall with Tom Barna
hosting phone calls with hum, including someone who, then, said 9330
was ``inaudible in the Catskills``. Here and now, 9330 is S9+40/50+
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LLSTENING DIGEST)
At this moment (2055 UT) and at 9330 kHz WBCQ is coming through loud
and clear into the Caribbean. I have an S9 solid signal with rock
oldies from the 70s. The new xmtr is doing its job. 73S (Guido
Santacana, KP4FAR, June 27, WOR iog via DXLD)
Al Weiner mentioned on last week's AWW that they are testing from
approx. 2000 to 0800 UT daily. 2000 is when the tower workers usually
end their day. Then they can switch on new xmtr #6 and run high power
tests. 73, (Don W8SWL West Branch MI USA Hosmer, ibid.) I thought he
said until 1100 UT, i.e. ``7 am`` EDT (gh, DXLD)
There are times, with the economics of the Shortwave world, I believe
this will probably be the last upgraded facility (of any consequence)
we will see. There may be some other upgraded facilities, but they
will be China or Islamic nations. Western governments are walking
away, and there is declining revenue for the private operators.
Besides, Brother Stair is in his mid 80s (Bob Biermann, YWS, ibid.)
This is not their target area but they were coming as as good as Radio
China Int. when they use the Cuban relay. 73S (Guido KP4FAR,
San Juan, PR (US), ibid.)
9330 kHz remained active until late at night here (0300 UT, June 28)
when I closed shop. The receivers were the FRG-7 until 0030 with a 50
ft long wire. After that and until 0300 I used my Hammarlund HQ180AC
with a bazooka 40 meter dipole.
Yes, the US and other Western nations are closing down their shortwave
outlets and to their detriment. They forget that a majority of the
world still lacks internet connection and will do so for years to
come. So, while China and other nations are investing in shortwave and
increasing their impact in the world, we are breaking down a reliable
communication system with wide coverage at a nominal cost.
We had a category 4-5 hurricane here in 2017. It was a disastrous
event. Guess what communication system was the only one able to
provide badly needed information to the people. Yes, radio but most
persons had become so dependent on their cell phones that they did not
even own a small battery radio. I saw youngsters that did not know how
to tune a simple analog transistor radio. Now the government is
advising people to have at least one radio at home. This is a clear
example of why radio in its BC or shortwave formats must continue to
exist. In the meantime be prepared to upgrade your receivers with
Chinese made units that, by the way, are pretty good.
Best 73s (Guido Santacana KP4FAR, San Juan, PR (US), ibid.)
WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI:
** U S A. Monitored WRMI Sunday Evening / Monday Morning (UT) 7780 kHz
Schedule === From my recording last Sunday evening, 23-24 June UT
(again, mostly weak to fair signal for the first hour or so; reception
improved significantly later as evening approaches):
2015 Viva Miami (acknowledging listeners' reports; repeat)
2030 Reserve Military Retirement
2100 Wavescan (#539)
2130 World of Radio (#1987)
2200 Bob Biermann's Your Weekend Show
2300 Full Gospel Broadcast (again, tape bleed through on screams)
2330 Shortwave Radiogram (#105)
0000 Radio Slovakia International in Slovak
0030 Countdown2.Christmas Radio (??? !!! not supposed to be on this
frequency; Radio Slovakia International in English missing)
0100 Wavescan (#539)
0130 Through the Cross Ministry with Pastor Chuck
0200 Radio Prague in English
0230 World of Radio (#1987)
0300 Transmitter off at 0259:58 UTC cutting off the last few words of
the station ID (-- Richard Langley, NB, WOR iog via DXLD)
9455, June 25 at 2011, WRMI with classic rock segués, some so short it
seems like medleys, no announcements until 2017, ``for something
different, go to apsradio.com`` --- so this M-F APS Radio transmission
is not canceled, contrary to what Ivo reported June 18. S8 and much
louder than 9475 WTWW which is only S7-S9. Meanwhile the other WRMI on
9395 is still SMTV at S9 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Programs of APS Radio via WRMI-8 Okeechobee on air again:
1900-2100 on 9455 YFR 100 kW / 355 deg to ENAm English Mo-Fr
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/farrgood-signal-of-wrmi-6-oldiesbob.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
7780, June 27 at 0015 & 0114 chex, this WRMI is off, while 7730 & 7570
are nominal.
BTW, I often still find a JBA carrier on 5800 such as at 0030 June 27,
presumably a low-power test from WRMI which has registered this
frequency available 24 hours at 100 kW to a 181-degree antenna; but
Jeff doesn`t want to tell us any more about it. On other occasions
there has been definite WRMI audio on it, such as // 5950 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHER:
** U S A. WTWW, Lebanon, TN, 5085, Jun 22, tuned in but no signal /
carrier at 0200, Weather radar indicated Severe Thunderstorm Watch in
effect and a VERY strong line of t-storms that rolled through
Nashville about an hour plus prior to this check, so could have led to
precautionary measures or impacted station and/or power; media there
reports downed power lines, trees, and home damage; nothing on 5830 as
well, still off 0300; anyone else? (Robert Butterfield, Columbia, MD,
USA, Equipment: SDRplay RSPduo; 28m longwire with 9:1 Balun, WOR iog
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Yep, Bob, both are still off at 0433. WWCR on 5935 not affected,
though (Walt Salmaniw, BC, ibid.)
5085 & 5830, June 22 at 0435, WTWW is on neither. Bob Butterfield in
Maryland had noticed them missing at 0200, maybe due to storms in the
area.
5085, June 22 at 2330, WTWW-2 is off, but webcast is about ham radio
field day instead of `Theater Organ in the Ozarx`; recheck at
2355, now webcast is stereo TOITO so I missed most of it. By 0546,
5085 is on with rock but weak, only S9; WTWW-1, 5830 is also on at
0549 but only S3-S7 and as usual undermodulated.
5085, June 24 at 0601, S9+30 of dead air from WTWW-2, also the
constant companions much weaker plus/minus ~12.9 kHz spur carriers
just above 5072 and just below 5098. Maybe recently finished Sunday
night broadcast and not turned off yet.
9475, June 25 at 2011, WTWW-1 is on but remarkably weak, only S7-S9
and quite undermodulated. It used to be the SSOB by far blasting in
all day. It must be grossly underpowered now, as propagation is
certainly not to blame: Neighbor 9980 WWCR is on now during its very
limited schedule, blasting S9+20/30, and so is even 10 kW WWV on 10000
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 17775, June 25 at 1335, KVOH is already on way earlier than
nominal *1400 and to boot, propagating! Praise music in Spanish, of
course, S9-S6. SSOB by far with the only other SOBs being the JBA
Sa`udi carriers on 17895, 17705, 17615+ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. [WOR] A bit of a tiff at WHRI+
COUSINS LOCKED IN NASTY FIGHT OVER LEGENDARY HOOSIER LESTER SUMRALL'S
RELIGIOUS EMPIRE
Indianapolis Star Published 6:00 a.m. ET May 29, 2019 | Updated 3:07
p.m. ET June 1, 2019
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2019/05/29/cousins-fighting-over-late-lester-sumralls-religious-empire/3751397002/
Indiana's history is full of colorful evangelists of the Christian
faith. Here are a few like Lester Sumrall and Billy Sunday. Dwight
Adams, [audio-video link, but first, advertising]
Harassment. Fraud. A hidden will. Trademark infringement. Missing
artifacts. Atheism.
They're all part of a wild tangle of allegations in a family fight
quietly unfolding in northern Indiana over control of the
international religious empire built by the late Lester Sumrall.
The fiery Hoosier evangelist who died in 1996 is widely regarded as
the father of Christian television.
Evangelist Lester Sumrall in 1996. (Photo: IndyStar file)
The nasty legal dispute pits the pioneering televangelist’s oldest
grandson and namesake, Lester L. Sumrall, against another grandson,
Andrew "Drew" Sumrall, in a sort of modern-day twist on the Old
Testament story of Cain and Abel. Its been going on for more than
three years, mostly behind the scenes in cases filed in state and
federal court.
Lester F. Sumrall built his South Bend-based network of religious
organizations on a mission to share the gospel around the world. Along
the way, he mastered the use of television to generate millions of
dollars in donations toward his goal: "to reach the untold billions
yet untold."
The new evangelism model Lester F. Sumrall developed has been adopted
by the likes of Pat Robertson, Jim Bakker, Jerry Falwell, Joel Osteen
and countless others.
The organizations he established under the the umbrella of the Lester
Sumrall Evangelistic Association, better known as LeSEA, continue to
operate a variety of ministries served by two radio and six television
stations, including WHMB TV40 in Indianapolis. They also generate
millions in annual donations.
[NOT TO MENTION SHORTWAVE STATIONS WHRI AND T8WH! --- gh]
Those donations help support local church-based outreach, a bookstore
and World Harvest Bible College in South Bend. They also help fund a
relief arm the organization says “has delivered more than $200 million
in food and supplies to hungry, hurting people in 92 nations around
the world.”
One court document filed by Lester L. Sumrall alleges more than $1
billion has flowed into the organization since his grandfather died 23
years ago.
At the heart of the ongoing legal disputes is control of those funds.
'If my grandfather knew'
The two men fighting over the assets are sons of Lester F. Sumrall’s
sons, Frank Sumrall and the late Peter Sumrall.
Lester L. Sumrall claims to be the "rightful spiritual and legal heir"
to the religious empire built by his grandfather and namesake. (Photo:
Lester L. Sumrall)
A lawsuit filed last year in U.S. District Court for the Northern
District of Indiana alleges Frank Sumrall's son, Lester L. Sumrall —
who is not affiliated with his grandfather’s organization — is
pursuing a "false claim to be the ‘rightful spiritual and legal heir’
of LeSEA." He is accused of engaging in "a long pattern of abusive,
harassing, and unlawful conduct against LeSEA and his own family
members."
Lester L. Sumrall, the lawsuit contends, has "interfered with LeSEA’s
relationships with lenders and clients, falsely accused LeSEA of
financial fraud and criminal activity, sought injunctions and imposed
improper liens against LeSEA, and even attempted to interfere in the
divorce proceedings" of Andrew Sumrall.
On the other side, Lester L. Sumrall alleges his cousin has strayed
from the faith of their grandfather, deceived donors and been involved
in corporate malfeasance while overseeing LeSEA.
"If my grandfather knew that his ministry was being pilfered by family
members who boast their belief in atheism, communism, and
egalitarianism, he would be beside himself," Lester L. Sumrall wrote
on the now-defunct website SaveLeSEA.com.
"I take it as my personal responsibility to speak for him and move his
followers to action in light of these events."
Trouble followed evangelist's death
The roots of the dispute go back to Lester F. Sumrall's death in 1996.
Since 2015, Andrew "Drew" Sumrall has headed the South Bend-based
network of religious nonprofits started by his grandfather, Lester F.
Sumrall.
Since 2015, Andrew "Drew" Sumrall has headed the South Bend-based
network of religious nonprofits started by his grandfather, Lester F.
Sumrall. (Photo: Family Broadcasting Corporation)
When he died, according to a succession timeline in the federal
lawsuit, his son Peter assumed control of LeSEA Broadcasting. He also
took over LeSEA Inc. and LeSEA Global after the resignation of his
brother, Stephen Sumrall. Peter died in 2015, which is when his son
Andrew Sumrall took over LeSEA Broadcasting. He was also elected to
the board of all three LeSEA entities, the lawsuit said.
After his cousin's ascension, the lawsuit says, Lester L. Sumrall
immediately began "abusive, harassing, and unlawful conduct against
LeSEA and his own family members based on his false claim to be the
rightful spiritual and legal heir to LeSEA."
Things came to a head in August, when he changed his business’s legal
name from Lester Sumrall International, Inc. to LeSEA Broadcasting
Corporation. The new name is strikingly similar to LeSEA Broadcasting,
the flagship of LeSEA’s ministry incorporated in 1966 by Lester F
Sumrall.
The lawsuit alleges Lester L. Sumrall swooped in to register the name
— and profit from any confusion — after LeSEA Broadcasting changed its
name in June to Family Broadcasting Corporation in a move to expand
its broadcast offerings "to focus on wholesome, family-friendly
content.”
However, the lawsuit claims, the organization "is still known as LeSEA
Broadcasting among the consuming public."
Allegation: 'Atheist' leading flock
Lester L. Sumrall told IndyStar that he has been fighting for years to
attain a share and role in the family business and, more importantly,
to watch over his grandfather's legacy.
Hoosier evangelist Lester F. Sumrall, widely regarded as the father of
Christian television, and his grandson, Lester L. Sumrall, in an
undated photo taken sometime before the elder Sumrall's death in 1996.
(Photo: Lester L. Sumrall)
The Bristol resident claims his grandfather once designated him a
successor — and has a document proving that, at least in connection
with one trip Lester F. Sumrall took with sons Stephen and Peter a
year before his death.
The notarized directive dated Nov. 7, 1995, written on LeSEA
stationary and signed by his grandfather, was entered into evidence in
an earlier lawsuit. "In the event of the decease of Lester Frank
Sumrall, Stephen Sumrall, and Peter Sumrall, by some unforeseen
accident on this trip to Israel," it says, Lester L. Sumrall would
assume leadership.
But when his grandfather died, Lester L. Sumrall claims his uncles
conspired to hide the will and seize control of LeSEA. He also alleges
they hid assets ranging from stocks and bonds to original art and
valuable mementos from his grandfather's life and travels.
Most troubling, he told IndyStar, is what he claims are his cousin's
"atheist, communist and egalitarianism" leanings. It's a claim he says
is based on Andrew Sumrall's writing in a book and blog published
before he was appointed to head LeSEA.
"You're not going to believe that stuff and then try to pawn that off
as a spiritual ministry," he said.
Andrew Sumrall's attorney said that is an old and untrue claim that
her client responded to years ago in a post on the LeSEA website.
"Those responsible for raising these questions have done so as part of
a larger agenda to cause harm to the organizations of which I have
given my life’s work," Andrew Sumrall's statement said.
His response then turned to a question — Andrew Sumrall described it
as "a question I ask myself daily: What does it mean to be a follower
of Christ? I must confess, I am unavoidably human — imperfect, but
also passionate and I have no greater passion than Jesus Christ ...
Let me be counted as a follower of Jesus, for Jesus is Lord."
'Frivolous attempt to create controversy'
A statement issued to IndyStar by the attorney for LeSEA and Andrew
Sumrall said "LeSEA and FBC will continue their work, unimpaired" in
spite of the legal cases and personal attacks.
"l look forward to presenting the absurdity of Lester Leonard’s claims
in federal court ...," the statement attributed to Andrew Sumrall
said. "These actions are plainly frivolous attempts to create
controversy by individuals who have absolutely no affiliation to LeSEA
or FBC."
Andrew "Drew" Sumrall now heads the web of religious nonprofits
founded by his grandfather, legendary Hoosier evangelist Lester
Sumrall. Buy Photo (Photo: Tim Evans/IndyStar)
The lawsuit LeSEA filed against Lester L. Sumrall says he demanded to
be installed as the CEO after Peter Sumrall's death in 2015, tried to
persuaded a lender to cut ties with the organization, and made other
false claims about LeSEA that included allegations of illegal
activity, defrauding a lender, fraud, and financial elder abuse.
In May 2018, the lawsuit claims, Lester L. Sumrall even attempted to
interfere in the divorce proceedings of Andrew Sumrall. He allegedly
contacted a mediator, apparently believing the mediator represented
Andrew Sumrall's wife, and "offered information that would help his
client" in the divorce case.
Good-Bye Planet Earth
Lester F. Sumrall certainly didn't expect what is happening to his
family today — at least not according to a profile on the Family
Broadcasting website.
https://familybroadcastingcorporation.com/about-us/legacy/
In the final segment, under the headline "Good-Bye Planet Earth," the
pioneering evangelist said he was leaving his legacy in good hands.
"Men who do not make provision for successors in business or ministry
often leave behind problems that someone else has to clear up. Either
that, or they leave no business or ministry at all," he said.
"I feel that God will give a smooth transition for my successors, as I
have provided them with an organization that can expand and grow.
Instead of a mess, I will leave behind a well-organized, expertly
managed evangelistic ministry ... I can imagine my sons facing some
dilemma in the ministry and asking one another, 'What would Dad have
done in this situation?'" (Indy Star via Indiana Radio Watch May 30
via John Carver, mid-north Indiana, WORLD OF RADIO 1988, DXLD)
It’s a money empire, not a Christian or even religious one. If it
were, no one would be fighting (John Figliozzi, NY, ibid.) ?
From Glenn Hauser "Cousins locked in nasty fight over
legendary Hoosier Lester Sumrall's religious empire"
originally in the Indianapolis Star Published May 29, 2019:
http://tinyurl.com/LeSEA-controversy
There isn't anything quite as nasty as a Probate fight, and in 30+
years of practice I can count on the fingers of one hand with many
digits left over the number of times people have walked away from a
Probate fight HAPPY about the outcome. I even had one where someone
tried to complain to the State Bar about how a case didn't go to trial
after it settled. I still scratch my head about that one. --kvz
(Kenneth Vito Zichi, MARE Tipsheet via DXLD)
9840, WHRI, SC, Cypress Creek with Terry Blalock (The screaming Cajun
Preacher) and “The Full Gospel Hour” (which he said at 1828 as his 30
minutes of “preaching” ended, with a relatively (for him!)
understandable presentation about running around in your underwear and
‘commie crackdownto get all the guns’ and other similar non sequitur
type things that I’ll be darned if I can figure out how it qualifies
as ‘religion'. WHRI ID at 1829 with some EZL instrumental bumper music
until BoH when into edition 6B of ‘Faithway Baptist Hour’ from
Mississippi, talking about ‘salvation’, how sin is bad, and he’s
‘against sin’ and other things that are a bit easier to categorize as
‘religion’. 4+54+4+4 1820-1835 22/Jun SDRplay +SDRuno +randomwire
(Kenneth Vito Zichi, Port Hope MI2, MARE Tipsheet June 28 via DXLD)
** U S A. 15120/DRM +???? Mode??? WINB PA Red Lion ... this is the
first time I’ve seen their M-F ‘DRM test’ broadcast, and they are
using a mode unlike any other. The “upper” part of the signal is a 5
kHz wide DRM signal rather than the usual 10 kHz wide one used by
other broadcasters. This is decodable by DreaM software, but we are
‘in the skip zone’ and off the side of their beam so it bounced around
8 dB s/n ratio, and I got a total of about 15 seconds of audio
decoding during the hour and a half I tried.
The bottom ‘half’ of the transmission looked and sounded like the
Cuban spy transmission HM01. I have no clue what it was or how to
decode it. Ideas anyone? A VERY odd waveform. NOBODY who knows DRM
appears willing to explain this!
During the 1400 hour there was a bible bumper (they have a distinctive
cadence and vocabulary so even with a 2 second snippet it was obvious)
and at 1500 they went into SW Radiogram which also has a distinctive
sound but with only a few seconds of audio decoding, it didn’t produce
anything useful. Unusable signal, 1400-1530 21/Jun SDRuno +SDRPlay
+ANC-4 +DReaM software +randomwire (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Williamston
MI, MARE Tipsheet June 28 via DXLD)
** U S A. 15825 WWCR VG, 15770 WRMI good, 15610 WEWN very good, enough
to hear its squeal, and 15555-USB WJHR audible, June 21 at 1923, all
getting big boost from sporadic E as checked on portables during Enid
power outage (see OKLAHOMA); but no boost on 21525 WRMI, so MUF into
HF but not VHF. See also CUBA. After the others are off, 15610 still
strong at 2244 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. FRANCE, Reception of Alameda Bible Fellowship via TDF
Issoudun on June 21:
1700-1730 13660 ISS 500 kW / 135 deg EaAf English Mon/Wed/Fri, good
And reception of Alameda Bible Fellowship vs Republic of Yemen Radio
on June 21:
1930-2000 on 11860 ISS 500 kW / 180 deg to WeAf English Mon/Wed/Fri
Alameda BF &
same time on 11860 JED or RIY / unknown to N/ME Arabic Daily Rep.of
Yemen Radio:
Emergency frequency change 10-20 kHz down, free channels are 11840,
11835, 11830
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/06/alameda-bible-fellowship-via-issoudun.html
(Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News June 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Not to mention Cuban jamming and Radio Martí also on 11860! Apparently
not a problem over there (gh, DXLD)
** U S A. 1190, June 26 at 0607, RCC talk dominating at S9+20, then
fades. Got to be KDMR Kansas City MO, U2 5000/500 watts, EWTN
affiliate, but NOT // 11610 WEWN. The only other Catholic/EWTN on 1190
is in WV (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1210, UT Monday June 24 at 0606 UT, surprised to hear a
program promo from WJNL, and into Jim Bohannon --- dominant on
frequency vs KGYN or whatever, with SAH of 186/minute = just over 3
Hz. Still there at 0629 UT joint ID with three FM frequencies starting
with 94.5, and ads mentioning Mackinaw and Traverse City.
No wonder I`m getting it since NRC AM Log shows WJNL is a 50 kW
non-direxional daytimer! Plus 2500 watts critical hours, which this is
not. CoL Kingsley MI, which is just south of Traverse City.
It`s in a group ``The Information Station`` which also includes:
WHAK-960, WWMN-106.3, WJML-1110, W266CS-101.1, but that does not
account for the one FM frequency I copied, 94.5.
The WTFDA FM Database is inaccessible (but not its whats new page).
Per FCC AM & FM Query searches, 94.5 would be 50 kW WYPV in Mackinaw
City, same licensee Mitten News as WJNL.
Anyhow, we have here a 50 kW ND daytimer on the air in the middle of
the night, so should get out widely if they do it again!
1210, June 25 at 0604 UT, is 50 kW daytimer WJNL in MI again on air in
the nightmiddle? Yes! At first mixture with sportstalk, maybe partial
format of KGYN OK per DF, ads for DirecTV and NewsMax TV
[ugh! Has also been added to local cable lineup]. SAH of about
192/minute very close to same as last night just above 3 Hz.
Or is it WPHT? I see in NRC AM Log that both WPHT and KGYN call
themselves ``The Big Talker`` --- how original! But unsame lineups,
and no slogan heard which would not solve the question anyway.
0607 UT joins `Beyond Reality Radio`, in northerly null of KGYN(?)
which then fades down; 0634 UT recheck after newsbreak, promos for
1110 & 101 FM or more specifically 101.1 and 106.3. This all matches
with the group as explained in my yesterday`s report, e.g. 1110 is
sibling station WJML. But are they B.R.R. program affiliates? Yes per
http://beyondrealityradio.com/
if you let it scroll until it get to Michigan. Jimbo as heard last
night at this time was of course a playback Sunday night filler; no
new shows on weekends. Can`t find any program skeds for WJNL et al.
Are the call letters supposed to imply ``JourNaLism``? Website is
instead devoted to ``Deals``.
I`ve yet to see anyone else logging WJNL on the MW lists, where I
posted this ASAP even before including it in my multiband loggings;
was my tip not helpful? Or not noticed without a big headline of its
own?
1210, June 26 at 0606 UT, `Beyond Reality Radio` starting for another
night, i.e. 50 kW daytimer WJNL Kingsley (Traverse City) MI, and with
usual SAH of about 3 Hz vs KGYN or WPHT. The third night in a row I
have caught this cheater at my bedtime --- of course, if it`s doing it
at 0606 UT, it`s also doing it all night.
Official FCC SS/SR times for WJNL in June are: 0030-0900 UT. In July
extended to -0915. Still have not seen anyone else reporting this,
after my two previous logs.
1210, June 27 at 0600 UT newscast under sportstalk, 0603 also a song
QRM; 0604 mention Westwood I; 0605 ad for something in Traverse City,
0606 BRR theme? 0607 opening `Beyond Reality Radio`; so the latter
items nail this as WJNL, Kingsley MI, 50 kW daytimer now caught four
days in a row on air in the nightmiddle, when I tend to check around
bedtime. SAH of 184/minute, correlating with the usual beat against
probably KGYN OK.
Besides the silent-night ``schedule`` of 0030-0900 UT, WJNL also has a
critical-hours proviso of 2.5 kW, which means reduced to that power 2
hours after sunrise and before sunset, i.e. 2230-2430 & 0900-1100 UT
--- Not inbooming, so could be on that power now instead of 50 kW.
Finally on the fifth night I try for WJNL earlier: 0248 UT June 28 I
detect the tones of Jim Bohannon, whom I had heard on the first night,
UT Monday after 0607 in a weekend playback. NRC AM Log shows WJNL an
affiliate of JBo among many others; yet the Jim Bohannon show itself
does not know this, despite a station list all on one page easily
searched; in fact no station known on 1210:
http://www.jimbohannonshow.com/station-finder/
Also now has the usual SAH of ~3 Hz, and KGYN ID at 0259 UT. And
another day passes with no other known DX logs of WJNL cheating (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1988, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1260, KBSZ, AZ, Apache Junction, 1400 UT / 0700 MST. ID by M
and slogan "Funny 12-60-AM", then clips of comedy stand-up routines,
as usual. Station was off the air for an entire week until a cupla
days ago. But now, the transmitter keeps cycling on and off. At first
it seemed like it was the audio until I turned up the volume for a
better listen (and observed the S-Meter on the Satellit 205). Problem
still persists on rechecks, including this writing at 1600 UT June 21
1250, KHIL, AZ, Willcox, 0405Z. Old school western music, older
traditional country. Over and under KNEU at 0400Z when I was listening
for the ID. ID by woman announcer came loud and clear at five minutes
past. There has been some talk about this station recently as to
whether it is - or is not - still on the air. This is the first time I
could confirm the station here and my first recorded log since back in
January - Good June 22.
1340, KIKO, AZ, Apache Junction at 1540Z. Country music. Good legal ID
1553 and 1557, 1600 "AM 13-40 The Bull". Station has an ongoing
problem with the modulation being noticeably below where it should be
for the strength of the carrier. The other transmitter in "AJ", KBSZ,
has been having another transmitter problem (very irritating to listen
to), and still is today. "Something's always wrong" - Out there in
Apache Junction! - June 22
1260, KBSZ. AZ, Apache Junction at 2045. Checking today to see if
transmitter issues resolved. The trade-off is, they are now staying on
the air steadily, but w/ the signal levels down by half. Something's
always wrong out there in Apache Junction - June 23 (Rick Barton,
MW logs from Sun City AZ, Unless stated otherwise, using Grundig
Satellit 205/T.5000, Panasonic RF-2200, RS SW-2000620 and Terk Loop.
73 and Good Listening....! -rb, WOR iog via DXLD)
** U S A. 1320, TEXAS, KXYZ, Houston, 0930 June 19, 2019. Nonstop
slow, soft Vietnamese lounge jazz vocals by same female, parallel
station stream. Required fade at top of the hour, but back in at 1002
with male Viet soft vocals, also all by the same singer (Terry L
Krueger, All times and dates GMT, Clearwater, FL, IC-R75, NRD-535,
active loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1550, June 24 at 1325 UT, more than two hours after LSR here
of 1115 UT, dead air from NE/SW and a SAH of 264/minute = 4.4 Hz. At
1330 UT now modulating ESPN. The only fit around here per NRC AM log
is KESJ St Joseph MO, 2.5 kW ND at day; discounting KYAL Sapulpa OK,
also 2.5 kW but eastward from here (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. More Power to Low-Power FM ---
“Hudson Mohawk Magazine” demonstrates how hyperlocal news shows can
make their limited broadcast range their strength rather than a
limitation --- Article by Gabe Bullard
A view of downtown Troy, New York, where the Sanctuary for Independent
Media serves the city of about 50,000 with a low-power FM hyperlocal
news show, "Hudson Mohawk Magazine" Drew Angerer/Getty Images
While podcasts and smart speakers generate buzz, radio—AM/FM,
over-the-air, old-fashioned radio—reaches more Americans than any
other medium. And technological and regulatory change is still pushing
the medium in new directions, one of which is low-power FM.
Low-power FM (LPFM)—a type of non-commercial broadcasting that reaches
a very small area—was first granted legal status in the U.S. less than
20 years ago, though unlicensed “pirate” stations existed well before
then. Because the signal usually can only be picked up within a few
miles of its point of origin, many of these LPFM stations broadcast to
concentrated communities, such as farmworkers or neighborhoods of
immigrants, and they’ll play announcements or music that might not
otherwise be easily found or distributed. “Some of its limitations are
some of its strengths,” says Pete Tridish with the Center for
International Media Action, a nonprofit that aids in setting up
low-power FM stations.
In Troy, a city of about 50,000, 150 miles north of New York City, the
Sanctuary for Independent Media serves its 10-mile broadcast radius
with a hyperlocal news show: “Hudson Mohawk Magazine,” an hour-long
program assembled by a team of about 25 volunteers. The large
volunteer staff and the limited range of the signal means producers
can put out stories with an intense local focus that wouldn’t fit in
media with a wider audience. . .
https://niemanreports.org/articles/more-power-to-low-power-fm/
(via Indiana Radio Watch May 2 via John Carver, DXLD)
You may read the whole story and never learn WHAT STATION THIS IS? No
calls, no frequency!! WTFDA Database shows two -LP in Troy NY:
WOOG-LP 92.7 and WOOC-LP 105.3, from different coordinates despite
similar calls, and both as SILENT, NEW CPs. Searching on the Mohawk
program name we get to WOOC 105.3, and it`s been on since 2017:
https://www.mediasanctuary.org/initiatives/wooc/hudson-mohawk-magazine/
(gh, DXLD)
** U S A. DTV: WTLW 4, Lima, OH On the Air --- WTLW 4/44, Lima, OH
went on the air with their new RF 4 setup Saturday morning at 9:30. So
far Chad in NW Ohio has logged it at 66 miles and I've had enough
signal to bring up PSIP info, "WTLW" here at my house in Indy at 117
miles. Yes, this station is actually using its call letters, so easy
to ID. Yesterday I posted this info on the Forums site as well as
Facebook but wanted to make sure everyone knows there is a new DTV
target for both tropo and Es.
Also, the station posted a video of the recent installation of the new
RF 4 antenna using a helicopter. Helicopter Antenna Installation at
WTLW TV-44
Helicopter Antenna Installation at WTLW TV-44 [no link]
WTLW TV-44 is involved in the nationwide frequency repack. This short
video is a recap of June 10, 2019, when an... [no link]
(SteveIndy Rich, June 24, WTFDA gg via DXLD) see also DIGITAL DTV
A couple of videos highlighting the recent installation of the new RF
4 antenna atop the tower.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05gSml8xYQ0&feature=youtu.be
and
https://youtu.be/C-9yqoo9xSU
Send reception reports to CE Jeff Klingler at engineer@wtlw.com
(Steve, WTFDA Forum via DXLD)
** U S A. RF 31, KDCU-DT Derby KS (Wichita), Univisión affiliate is
the main station decoding with area tropo,
http://www.w4uvh.net/KDCUtropo.jpg
June 21 at 1420+ UT, altho my antenna is aimed almost the opposite
direxion. This leads to some fine scrambled DTV pixel art photos:
Hands up! Something is attacking my face!
http://www.w4uvh.net/KDCU.jpg
Others totally abstract or with vestiges of visages:
http://www.w4uvh.net/HauserDTVPixArt4.jpg
http://www.w4uvh.net/HauserDTVPixArt5.jpg
http://www.w4uvh.net/HauserDTVPixArt6.jpg
http://www.w4uvh.net/HauserDTVPixArt7.jpg
About three hours later, I found this frozen on the screen after the
DX had faded out:
http://www.w4uvh.net/HauserDTVPixArt8.jpg
Another decode, briefly around 1430 UT on RF 22, from KSNC-DT 2-1
Great Bend KS. BAD signals showing but not decoding, all or most
probably Kansas too: RF 30, 21, 14, 10, 9, 8; and at 1440 UT, 45 and
35 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
ADVICE FOR TV JOURNALISTS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW (BUT REALLY SHOULD)
Shutterstock. June 4, 2019 Les Rose
Category: Reporting & Editing
https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2019/advice-for-tv-journalists-you-might-not-know-but-really-should/
Editor’s note: Poynter’s Al Tompkins writes: Les Rose gave this year’s
graduates a gift: some final thoughts to take with them to their first
TV news jobs. Les worked in TV for many years before joining the
Newhouse faculty at Syracuse University. You don’t have to be in
journalism to enjoy his advice. Read on.
Know your custodian’s name. They work a helluva lot harder than you
ever will.
Learn to select the best sandwich that will not fall apart as you
drive. Also, consider iced coffee over hot. There are bumps in the
road.
If someone takes the time to give you advice, even if you already know
99% of it, listen politely. That 1% revelation could change your
career.
Whoever drives The Live Truck gets to pick the radio station. This is
the law.
Think what it is like to be the other, the person not like you. And
suddenly your story is better.
Don’t like the look of your live shots? Write faster. There will then
be time for proper lighting!
Share the glory with the news director who made your story possible.
Assignment desk. Photographer. The tech who brought in your live shot
signal.
Be kind to interns, and help them whenever you can. You know, pay it
forward.
Don’t gossip in the newsroom, unless it involves ownership change.
Make mediocre and dull stories the best they can be. This is how you
get better. Pretty simple.
And when you are lucky enough to have a hard-working TV news
photojournalist as your partner, for God’s sake carry the tripod. And
buy lunch every now and then!
Got 90 seconds for your story? Come in at 1:20. Your producer will
love you, and payback time is when you have a really great story and
you need more time.
Anybody with the last name “Kardashian” is not news. Ever.
There is nothing “real” in reality TV.
You are Real News. That said, we must daily rebuild the trust of the
people.
The mayor is fair game. His wife and especially children are (almost
always) NOT.
You will make friends in the darndest places: news subjects, folks at
other stations and police.
Ladies (and gents), do not marry the local cop. Listen to me! They say
hello to you at a three-car wreck at 4 a.m. They ask you out to
breakfast (Denny’s). You fall for them. Boom! You are now stuck
forever in that starter market. Establish EARLY that you are moving
two years into your three-year contract. Do this before you finish
your pancakes. Or sooner.
Always remember: journalism, and journalists, matter. It is the First
Amendment for a reason. Dictators that take over a country shut us
down first.
There has never been a famine in a country with a free press, because
journalists will find out where the food is.
Never forget how many journalist have been killed, captured, or
tortured for simply telling truths. Respect their memory.
From my teaching partner Bob Dotson: Find hope. Report hope.
Les Rose spent 38 years in broadcast journalism, including 22 years
with CBS National News Network as a photojournalist and field
producer. He spent seven years working with CBS News correspondent
Steve Hartman on the series “Everybody Has a Story.” He is a professor
of practice at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications,
Broadcast and Digital Journalism Department, at Syracuse University.
On Thursday, he’ll lead Storytelling with Les Rose: Tips, Tricks and
True Tales. Click the link for enrollment information.
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As one who shot and produced for nearly 2 decades – I tell my students
the journalists’ mantra: “eat when you can and pee when you can. You
never know when you’re going to see either opportunity again on any
news day.” pachterman June 5, 2019 at 4:33 PM,
I have one more piece of advice. Treat the video editor with love and
respect. She/he is the last to touch your story before it airs.
Alex Lieban June 5, 2019 at 9:27 AM
(via Indiana Radio Watch June 6 via John Carver, DXLD)
** VATICAN [non]. CHINA [non]. 6085, Vatican Radio (Tinian),
1248-1259* 15 June. VR's Saturday-only Chinese program heard with fair
signal -- Bible reading, group responses & a few hymns. Off abruptly
mid-hymn at 1259. First day of Summer & it rained; but, hey, it's
still Summer in Cali, so i guess I can't kvetch too much. Only 1 log
this time, a new one for me on 49M. Cheers from the beach & happy
beginning of Summer (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA, Exec.
Satellit/6m X wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. 1550, RASD, 2242 a crazy song with someone as
like shouting crazily inside a pop song while YL singing, S3 with
stable signal (Zacharias Liangas, Greece, WOR iog via DXLD)
** YEMEN [non]. 11860.000 Quivican [CUBA] spurious suffered by
co-channel 11859.966 kHz ARS Republic of Yemen Radio in exile via SBA
via MOCI Riyadh in Arabic, HQ morning prayer at 0101 UT on June 27.
Also noted again
11745.000 kHz exact Al-Azm R via Jeddah refurbished broadcast center,
HQ prayer at 0106 UT on June 27, S=9+10dB in Detroit Michigan state
location. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Bueschel, WOR iog via DXLD)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1700, June 24 at 1331 UT open carrier/dead air. Can`t
get a sharp DF on it; got to be either KKLF TX or twice-as-far KBGG IA
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Open Carrier/Dead Air on 6170 kHz, June 25, S9+15 dB
starting from around 0600 and continues at 1450 UT. -- 73! (Ivo
Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, WOR iog via DXLD)
UNIDENTIFIED. RE: ``9200 UNIDENTIFIED. June 20 at 0536, mystery open
carrier at S8-S3. It`s been there most nights, altho have not bothered
to log it for a while (Hauser, OK)``
The 9200 carrier is there as I edit this at 0040, 6/23/19 also – Ed
(Mark Taylor, WI, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD)
UNIDENTIFIED. 12010.2-USB, June 25 at 1418, 2-way in colloquial
Spanish, VP (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Testing on 15120 at 0050? Nothing listed for this
frequency at this time, but a strong and very distorted station here
at 0050 tune in with a soft female vocal that sounded like the Chinese
pop ballads one hears on CRI. Off abruptly at 0057. On the 7300’s
scope, bandwidth of the signal was up to 20 kHz centered on 15120.
Cuba perhaps using a CRI stream to test here? Your guess is as good as
mine (John Figliozzi, Halfmoon, NY, 0101 UT June 22, WOR iog via
DXLD)
My good guess is another screwup at RadioCuba {or rather, CRI Spanish
via CUBA was here in B-18 at 00-01, and so still?} (gh, DXLD)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15618.2, 15557.2, 15496.1, 15435.0, 15251.8, June 22 at
2046-2047, JBA blobcarriers at intervals of 61.1 or 61.0 kHz. Question
is whether these be spurs out of a SWBC station, or some local device?
Probably the latter. The top one I first thought might be out of WEWN,
but 15610 is much weaker. I`ve often noted a JBA carrier on 15435,
which may be modulating Sa`udi Arabia only between 1450 and 1800
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15807, June 27 at 1348, strong multiple carriers about
0.65 kHz apart centered near here; S9 about same level as Es-enhanced
15825 WWCR, so I wonder if WTWW-3 be experimenting with some digital
mode, nominal 15810 but not heard often or lately. Only in FM mode do
we hear one clear tone at high E-flat, compared to my keyboard, or
approx. 1244 Hz per:
http://pages.mtu.edu/~suits/notefreqs.html
but it cuts off at 1415* --- not sure whether a local device.
Tuning around again at 1709, I hear some similar sounds not on 15807,
but first around 15861, and then at 60-62 kHz intervals but variable
strengths and some of them missing: 15617, 15556, 15496, 15435, 15373,
15250, 15129, 15007. Except for Saudio on 15435 only. I suspect this
set are from a local device, as on the PL-880, they weaken as I walk
away from the house (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS
++++++++++++++++++++++++
ACKNOWLEDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 1988:
Great thanks to David Cole, OK/LA, for a very generous contribution
delivered in person (gh)
TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED FUTURELY:
A bit of help to keep the DXLD-kitty more full for the WORockin' that
you have done for all of us, Glenn! 73 and Best Regards, (Steve
McGreevy, CA, with a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com)
Steve, Tnx for another PP contribution. 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)
As always the best program on radio, broadcasting and especially the
dynamic medium of shortwave. 73, (John Carson wb5q, Eagle Nest NM,
with a generous contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com)
Hi Glenn, Another donation to you and WOR/DXLD for yet another great
issue of 30 May, and truest Best Regards! (Steve McGreevy – N6NKS,
with a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com)
CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
HAM RADIO Bildgalerie
FYI - wieder 14 Tausend Besucher bei der HAM RADIO:
see picture slideshow of Ham Radio 2019, picture copyright OE2CRM
http://ratzer.at/galerien/ham-radio-2019
----- Original Message -----
Die Bildgalerie zur HAM RADIO aus Friedrichshafen ist nun auf meiner
Webseite zu finden:
http://ratzer.at/galerien/ham-radio-2019
Viel Spa? beim virtuellen Rundgang. 73 Christoph
--
http://ratzer.at
http://remotedx.wordpress.com
http://a-dx.at/facebook
(via wb, June 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
loads of photos of equipment and people, but who are they? No captions
(gh)
MUSEA
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ARCHIVISTS PORING OVER 75,000 HOURS OF LEGENDS, STORIES COLLECTED BY
CBC
Recorded stories, in 8 Indigenous languages, were collected over more
than 6 decades --- Alyssa Mosher · CBC News · Posted: Jun 05, 2019
11:17 AM CT | Last Updated: June 21
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/cbc-indigenous-archiving-project-1.5155932
(via Gerald T Pollard, NC, DXLD)
Joe Adamov from Radio Moscow Mailbag found on YouTube - Chernobyl
three months after disaster | 60 Minutes Australia
Jun 27 at 11:49 AM
A blast from the past --- that’s the voice I grew up with in my early
days in the shortwave hobby. I didn’t know he had so many gold teeth!
Presented here by 60 Minutes Australia in 1986 as the Kremlin’s
spokesman; well, I suppose he was in his mailbag guise too.
https://youtu.be/Y2720mmLr-A
Regards, (Brian Powell (VK2FBAJ), Sydney Australia, Sent from my
iPhone, WOR iog via DXLD)
WORLD OF HOROLOGY
+++++++++++++++++
CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF WWV
(An event in Northern Colorado and a special event amateur radio
station).
We’re glad you’ve joined us to help celebrate the World’s oldest
continually operating radio station, WWV, as it turns 100 on October
1, 2019 - less than 5 months!
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the
Northern Colorado Amateur Radio Club (NCARC) have reached an agreement
and are working together to organize the event.
NIST will focus on the plans for Tuesday, October 1, 2019, when they
will host a recognition ceremony and an open house at the radio
station north of Fort Collins.
NCARC will operate a special event amateur radio station, call sign
WW0WWV, on the WWV property starting September 28 and going 24-hours a
day through October 2, 2019. The goal is to make as many U.S. and
world-wide contacts during the 120-hour period as possible, using
multiple bands and multiple modes on at least 4 simultaneous
transmitters. The effort will require hundreds of volunteer
operators.
WW0WWV will also operate a Get On The Air station for facilitating
school and museum contacts over the 5 days of operation.
The 100th anniversary is an occasion to celebrate radio and we hope
you can join us here in Northern Colorado.
Celebrating the 100 years of WWV
(via Mike Terry, UK, June 21, WOR iog via DXLD)
Source? No linx --- here I found it:
http://www.wwv100.com/index.php/10-frontpage/20-ww0wwv-call-sign-acquired
(gh)
DX-PEDITIONS
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APRIL HONG KONG ULTRALIGHT DXPEDITION-- 657-702 KHZ LOGGINGS & MP3's
File review continues from the wild and wacky Hong Kong trip,
featuring two daytime DX waterfront sessions, a sunset skip
extravaganza with multiple Chinese onlookers and a souped-up
Ultralight pulling a shocker by tracking down AM-DX stations in
Moldova, Djibouti and Oman right in the middle of the concrete
jungle.
Although Japan and Korea were almost totally MIA during the Hong Kong
trip this group of loggings does include a very infamous Northwest
regular-- 657-Pyongyang (just my luck, I guess). But it also includes
some awesome 693-Bangladesh recordings, along with some stunning
daytime DX MP3's from Hong Kong's equivalent of the Rockwork cliff
(Cape D'Aguilar). When your cliff can shut down a local Hong Kong pest
enough to track down a 5 kW daytime DX co-channel signal 300 miles
away at a decent level, you know it's doing its job!
657 Cheng Sheng BC Taichung, Taiwan 20 kW Awesome daytime DX
signal in presumed Taiwanese across hundreds of salt water miles on
Hong Kong's Cape D'Aguilar ocean cliff at 0841 on 4-6, with mention of
Taiwan by female announcer at 13 seconds. This was typically the
dominant 657 station in HK, although VoV usually prevailed around
sunset
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/0w74sghm2uyj7oyt3yecklcqke8dl3la
657 Pyongyang BS Kangnam, N. Korea 1500 kW The only Korean
station to show up (weakly) in Hong Kong, the distinctive female
vocalist and dreary orchestra managed to sneak in under Cheng Sheng BC
shortly after local midnight at 1648 on 4-7. All the other North and
South Korean stations were MIA throughout the week
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/qn91ma8bflqrhfrt6jbnno2khmdxxgf3
657 VOV-1 Quan Tre, Vietnam 100 kW Female Viet speech and
martial music at good level over a presumed Cheng Sheng BC on the HK
waterfront during sunset skip at 1408 on 4-7
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/8f0muymaxfcuahe8k72dqh9mk921zji1
666 DXRP Davao, Philippines 10 kW This distinctive female
Tagalog speech at 1409 on 4-7 (through local 675 splatter, during HK
waterfront sunset DXing) was matched to that of a Poipu, Hawaii 954
UnID recording, determining that both were from the Philippine BC
Service network
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/yjuvgbs7ytdqb19kzbosanct2gq1i1p9
675 Cheng Sheng BC Peikang, Taiwan 5 kW Breaking through under
local RTHK-6 in a remarkable demonstration of Cape D'Aguilar's ocean
cliff effectiveness, the 5 kW Taiwan station manages a pretty good
signal in apparent Taiwanese over hundreds of salt water miles during
daytime DX at 0825 on 4-6. This overachieving station was also
received in Poipu, Hawaii in November
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/w5xeg2ajhimo3uyl5feeuiogyejm30m7
675 RTHK (6) Peng Chau, Hong Kong 10 kW Local pest in Mandarin
had a lot of its signal blocked by the Cape D'Aguilar ocean cliff at
0825 on 4-6, allowing Taiwan's Cheng Sheng to sneak through
underneath
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/w5xeg2ajhimo3uyl5feeuiogyejm30m7
684 CRI Dongfang, China 300 kW Cambodian (Khmer) service was
dominant on the Hong Kong waterfront at S9 level during sunset skip
DXing at 1413 on 4-7, with the website address given by the lady
announcer from 1 to 3 seconds; minor 675 local splatter
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/fcu6c6daqm9dlvpulus8o9i2w98kdxwi
684 UnID Lady in an unknown language (doesn't sound Chinese) at a
fairly good level under CRI in the latter part of the above recording
at 1413 on 4-7 on the HK waterfront; any SE Asian language experts?
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/fcu6c6daqm9dlvpulus8o9i2w98kdxwi
693 Bangladesh Betar Dhaka, Bangladesh 1000 kW Dominant with
exotic music and awesome S9 signals during sunset skip DXing on the HK
waterfront at 1334 on 4-7
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/aejavy4iam2hvmmgoc7ge6b82imx7dop
The usual female announcer is featured from 12 to 24 seconds in this
recording (over an UnID female speaker) at 1336 on 4-7
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/qs2bieiuguma2xzu2rvec0kaplvlvxd1
The exotic station's 1400 TOH on 4-7 (at 1:55 into the recording)
doesn't feature the 6 pips heard in an April 2018 Cook Island
recording, so they apparently have been phased out. An UnID Chinese
co-channel seems to be hanging around at the TOH
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/va3i98g46uk1yz68qzkrqb0k5duyg8v4
At 1415 on the same evening the usual male and female announcers have
put the music aside and are discussing some topic (still at an S9
level)
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/pp0an544l7mfj6veor767fh1ik8wwsik
693 Han Sheng BC Synchros Taiwan Strong daytime DX signal with
energetic Chinese opera on HK's Cape D'Aguilar at 0827 on 4-6
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/xzt63rshqcr648lzx9xj94ff6woqkaz2
693 UnID-Philippines Weak Macau daytime DX co-channel under Han
Sheng BC at 0635 on 4-4; the Chinese stations are out of daytime DX
range https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/xf5xusnz0k80mbch9w834ktsini9cezm
702 DXAS Valenzuela, Philippines 50 kW FEBC broadcast in
Tagalog at S9 level over Zhuhai at 2210 on 4-6 during sunrise session;
this station has frequent accented English speech
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/5g56fu5fbytyasbky3etb8hss8j62db7
702 VOV-2 Danang, Vietnam 50 kW Male Viet speech at good level
// 729 on the Hong Kong waterfront at 1420 on 4-7 with multiple
mentions of Vietnam; the 729 parallel is included during the last 7
seconds
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/lfigny1ryhjmmpdhgtvleoqbnqy3k3n3
702 Zhuhai Zhuhai, China (power unknown) S9+ signal in Mandarin
from this Mainland semi-local during Macau daytime DXing at 0636 on
4-4; this signal would fizzle after sunset, allowing DXAS and VoV to
dominate
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/uebzspe8by9w3ze3067ybfp6gup58pgx
(TO BE CONTINUED) (Gary DeBock, June 25, IRCA iog via DXLD)
DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See JAPAN; USA
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DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV See also MEXICO; OKLAHOMA; USA
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NEW DTV SKIP TARGETS
Below is a copy of my post on Facebook the other day. Since there are
some on this mail-list who are not members of our TV & FM DX Facebook
Group, I thought it would be good to repeat that post here.
As we are now in the peak E-skip season, here’s an update of DTV skip
targets. In Repack Phase 4 (now through Aug 2), 5 new stations should
be coming to lo-VHF.
WTLW-4 Lima, Ohio is now on the air as of this week. Has been reported
skip and tropo. 10 kW. [See USA: WTLW]
WQED-4 Pittsburgh, PA was originally Phase 9 but moved to Phase 4, and
expects to be on the air by July 1st. 10 kW
WGGN-4 Sandusky, OH. Sometime by Aug 2nd.
WNYB-5 Jamestown, NY was already seen testing prematurely a few days
ago, so may be on the air for real very soon. 4 kW
WGBH-5 Boston, MA, sometime before August 2nd. 6.7 kW
RECAP. Repacked stations already licensed on their new channels.
WHDF-2 Florence, AL. Widely heard. 21 kW
KZHO-LD-3 Houston, TX. Has been heard. 3 kW
KQRY-LD-5 Ft. Smith, AR. License just granted May 31st 3 kW
WJSP-5 Columbus, GA. Not reported yet. May have gone silent. 21.4 kW
W05DH-5 Jupiter, FL. Not reported yet. May have gone silent. Has a CP
to move tower to West Palm Beach near the ocean. 3 kW
WEXZ-CD Bangor, ME. I don’t think this has been reported. 3 kW
WOUC-6 Cambridge, OH. Has been reported. 11 kW
OTHER NOTES:
WNYX-5 New York City is still silent, pending securing permanent
tower. Is directional east.
W22EW (aka W05DG) West Orange, NJ has licensed its current ch 22 at
lower power. Not sure if this is temporary, or if they are cancelling
the channel 5 CP. Would be directional west.
WDPN-2 (“MeTV”) Philadelphia has increased power to 34 kW.
WACP-4 Atlantic City, NJ is likewise increasing to 34 kW. Not sure if
they have done this already.
WJLP-3 Middletown, NJ. Has STA (temporary authority) to increase power
to 15 kW at current 4 Times Square site (from licensed 7 kW). Has just
been granted STA to up that to 26.5 kW from late July to early
September. WJLP will eventually move to World Trade Center at 9 kW.
By the way, low power “LD” class stations and translators that are
repacking are NOT part of any specific phase. They have generally been
granted a standard 3 year CP. They can move to new channel anytime
they are ready, as long as that channel is empty (Chris Lucas,
Poughkeepsie, NY, dtvdxer, June 25, WTFDA gg via WORLD OF RADIO 1988,
DXLD)
RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM
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THE JOYS OF DXing
Show images [visible to members of the WOR iog]
new ALA.JPG Corrosion.JPG
One of the joys of our hobby is the ever present yearning for,
"something a little better". This afternoon, without a lot of other
activities planned, I decided to rejig my ALA 100LN antenna. Up to
now, it's sat at a more or less SW/NE orientation above the garage and
in the willow tree overhanging it. The tree is very large, and I've
never been able to properly get a wire up and over the canopy. I have
to be careful, too, since the canopy is over 3 of my neighbours, as
well. The previous antenna was not very square at all, with horizontal
jags, where the wire went around the trunk, etc. It just didn't look
all that good, and the performance was suffering.
Today I decided to revamp it and change the orientation to E/W (as
shown in the photo). It was easy enough to launch a roll of black
electrical tape on the end of a spinning reel. Second time, success!
The result is certainly not an equilateral triangle, or anything, but
at least it's in the same plane, with the base being about 33 feet,
and about 15' off the ground.
At the same time, I replaced the old coax (about 3 or so years old
now) with a new heavy mil spec coax which has fantastic shielding. The
old coax, a cheapo variety was clearly corroded at the ALA head
connection and I found that the outer sheath was no longer in
continuity, so this must have been responsible for a degradation in
performance. With my new version, I placed the head unit in a plastic
nut container (from Costco), which should help shield it from the
elements, somewhat, as I live just a half block from the ocean.
Results, I hope will be worth the effort.
I did note that I needed to use 10 dB of attenuation on MW, which was
not the case previously. Even if it didn't make any difference, the
enjoyment of the exercise made it all worthwhile (and even with the
war wounds from one of our Nootka rose bushes). Go out there and
experiment, replace and repair! Summer is an ideal time to do so! 73,
(Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, June 23, WOR iog via DXLD)
Visibility and replies to the above:
https://groups.io/g/IRCA/topic/32174671
(via DXLD)
SDR OPTIONS
Good morning all, I am thinking about taking the jump into software
defined radio. At the local ham club meeting last night, someone
brought in an RTR-SDR dongle and accessory equipment which really got
me interested in giving SDR a try. Has anyone used this particular
equipment and what kind of results did you get? What other low cost
options for SDR are available? There seems to be a huge range in
prices. Thanks in advance for everyone's input and advice (Mike
Newland, N4JRG, Morgantown, KY, June 26, WOR iog via DXLD)
Hi Mike, Avoid an RTL dongle for HF. They're OK for VHF and UHF but
not really suitable for HF. You'll end up cobbling together an
upconverter, filters, etc. and be half way to the price of a much
better SDR.
For a low end SDR, consider something like SDRPlay or AirSpyHF+, I
have both. For a little bit more, the AFEDRI SDRs are quite nice, I
have the AFE822x which has dual RF inputs and can be used with two
antennas for phasing on MW (Chris Smolinski, Black Cat Systems,
Westminster, MD USA, http://www.blackcatsystems.com ibid.)
Hey Mike - The SDRplay RSP1A for $120 is hard to beat. Look at the
SDRplayduo, two tuners in one package, with 50 ohm inputs on both and
a High-Z input on one tuner. It's about $280 and I don't know how it
compares to other mid-priced SDRs. SDR-UNO software is fairly easy to
use and there are versions for Windows 10 and Mac OSX. Let us know
what you decide. -- (Terry Colgan, WD5GWC, Listening to shortwave
radio since 1958, Tuning SDRs worldwide from Austin, Texas USA,
ibid.)
There are many good options. As others have posted, two of the best
are the SDR Play and AirSpy. I have both, and the AirSpy is indeed
slightly better. Take that literally - just slightly better. You'll
be happy with either.
As for software, SDR-Console is spectacular.
(Bob, N3OEA, Sillett, WOR iog via DXLD)
We have a very extensive set of articles on Software Defined Radios -
more of a wiki book, really - here. Anyone can view it, but you need
to register to edit
https://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Software_Defined_Radios
Models, links, reviews, software, mailing lists - the whole gamut is
covered. It's next to impossible to keep up with all the changes but
there's lots here that will at least be a good starting point for
research (Mike Agner, ibid.)
Historia técnica, estética y social del aparato de radio en Argentina
TECNICAL, AESTHETIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF RADIO MACHINE IN ARGENTINA
Fernando Gandolfi - A la memoria de mi padre*
REGISTROS, Mar del Plata, año 8 (n.8): 72-102. Junio 2012 ISSN
2250-8112
Abstract
This article is the last product of a larger investigation which has
been done along a teaching career developed in two subjects:
Industrial Design History, belonging to Industrial Design Department
of Facultad de Bellas Artes in Universidad Nacional de La Plata and
Contemporary Thought, belonging to Facultad de Arquitectura, Urbanismo
y Diseño in Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata.
The investigation, and particularly this article, deals with the study
of technical, aesthetic and typological main aspects of the radio
machine, including its social and cultural repercussions in Argentina
between the beginning of Twenty Century and the 1970s.
The denomination “radio machine” is used because the term “radio” was
initially used for “radiophony”, so it is necessary to make that
differentiation. A large number of radio machines are analyzed along
the article. They show a complex universe of products, which were
developed and produced in central countries, but were distributed all
around the world. The early technological globalization allowed local
developments in peripheral countries and regions.
[long 31 page pdf with many illustrations, all in Spanish beyond the
abstract also in English]
https://revistasfaud.mdp.edu.ar/registros/article/download/95/92/
El amigo Ricardo lu3bbo me envio el link de este interesante material
("Enrique A. Wembagher LU8EFF", June 24, 2019, condiglista yg via
DXLD)
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DIRECTIONAL AM BROADCAST ANTENNA -
Radio World Jun 20 at 10:07 PM
This is an excellent history of Directional Antennas. This technology
has put us at the top of multiple tower antenna designs in the world.
However, the ITU opined that too many DA’s in the US have been
shoehorned in and have destroyed the AM band. Nonetheless, that view
has and will continue to be debated. B M E
https://www.radioworld.com/columns-and-views/roots-of-radio/the-development-of-the-directional-am-broadcast-antenna
Enviado Desde Mi iPhone (Bruce Earle, TX, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Decoding The FCC’s New Translator Rules
By Scott Fybush On Apr 26, 2019
https://radioinsight.com/tech/176405/decoding-the-fccs-new-translator-rules/
For owners of FM translators – and the consultants like me who
specialize in helping them – the FCC’s rules about determining whether
or not a translator is causing interference have long been maddeningly
fuzzy. For almost every other broadcast service, there’s a clear line:
either a contour at a specific signal strength overlaps another
station’s contour of a specific strength, or it doesn’t. But a
translator that meets all the FCC’s paper rules about contour overlap
still isn’t home free: it can be forced to lower power or even go off
the air if “reception of a regularly used signal is impaired.”
With the influx of thousands of new translators in just a few years
thanks to the “AM Revitalization” proceedings, that imprecise standard
has been pushed to the limit lately.
What does “impaired” mean? What’s “regularly used?” There’s no clear
standard – and so plenty of lawyers (and not a few consultants, too)
have racked up lots of billable hours in the last few years trying to
prove real-world listeners are suffering interference from translators
– or that they’re not, depending on which side of the dispute is
employing them. (Disclaimer: I’ve worked on several cases for both
translator owners and full-power stations in recent years. Sometimes
they’ve even been the same owner. This is a complicated business these
days.)
So there was no small amount of relief when the FCC opened up a
rulemaking proceeding to try to bring some order to the chaos and to
relieve the pressure on its own staff, who had no desire to be
referees in some of these increasingly testy disputes. (Station owners
going door to door to try to extract new interference complaints or
pressure listeners to drop their complaints? That’s really happened.
So have drone flights over competitors’ towers to make sure their
antennas are aimed the right way. It’s gotten weird out there.)
On May 9, the Commission will vote on an order that’s meant to sort
out some of these messes and bring some clarity to both sides. The
details could still change, but here are some of the key points. (More
disclaimer: I’m a consultant, not a lawyer. Always talk to competent
communications counsel before making any plans or taking any action
based on advice like this.)
A new line at 45 dBu. Depending on the class of a full-power FM
station, the FCC defines a “service contour” within which it can’t
receive interference – 60 dBu (good for even a cheap indoor radio) for
little class A stations and bigger class C/C0/C1/C2/C3 stations, 57
dBu for class B1 stations and 54 dBu for class B stations. But we know
that in the real world, listeners still tune in to stations at weaker
signal levels. Maybe they have good radios and outdoor antennas, maybe
they’re in areas where terrain provides a boost, maybe they’re trying
to pull in a very weak signal because it’s carrying programming they
just can’t hear anywhere else.
I’ve seen some full-power stations try to claim they have regular
listeners in places where they’re predicted to deliver as little as 35
dBu, which is way down in the mud.
So we knew the FCC would find a lower signal level at which to draw a
more firm line to define “interference.” Would it be 50 dBu? 48? Based
on all the comments the FCC received when it opened the rulemaking
proceeding, regulators took an average and landed on a number that was
lower than many of us expected: 45 dBu, which gives even a class A
station about a 30-mile radius in which it can easily contest
interference from translators.
Within that new 45 dBu line, the FCC will presume interference
complaints are valid; outside that line, the assumption is that
they’re not. But even that will remain a little fuzzy – if a
full-power station can make a special case, it will still be allowed
to try to persuade the FCC it’s suffering interference that needs to
be remediated.
No more “he said, she said.” One of the least savory parts of
navigating interference complaints happens when those real-world
listeners get involved. The FCC has tacitly allowed stations to
solicit complaints through social media or on their websites, which
often results in a pile of incredibly vague complaints. Where are you
hearing the interference? “On my drive to work down Route 27” How
often do you listen? “Sometimes” Can we come to your house and try to
remediate the interference, as the FCC requires us to do? “Don’t come
anywhere near me.”
The proposed new rules will make this easier. There’s a more
standardized form in which the complaint must be filed. Listeners will
have to provide more specific information about exactly where the
interference is happening. And once the listener has provided their
complaint, they’re done with the process; it’s all between the
station, the translator and the FCC from there.
Who’s a listener? That’s been another source of contention. It’s been
clear that a station employee can’t file a valid complaint, and
station advertisers are off limits, too, because of their financial
relationship. But what about listeners who are also donors to a
noncommercial station, or who volunteer at station events? This
proceeding clears that up – those listeners can indeed file
complaints.
How many complaints is enough? Under current rules, it could take as
little as a single complaint to force a translator to remediate
interference. The FCC wants to change that, and in a pretty
significant way. It’s proposing to require at least six interference
complaints, with a sliding scale depending on how much population the
complaining station covers. A million listeners total? You’ll need to
gather at least 15 complaints, and the total caps at 65 complaints for
stations in the very largest markets.
Pick a channel. ANY channel. Here’s the biggest win for translator
operators: the new rules would allow them to move their signal to any
available channel to alleviate interference. That’s a significant
change from the current rules, which allow for minor changes up or
down one, two or three channels (or to the “IF channels” 10.6 and 10.8
MHz away. And it means translators that are involved in interference
disputes should be looking now at what those possible alternate
channels might be, so they can get filings into the Commission as soon
as the new rules take effect. That’s still a few months away, at best
– the new rules have to be approved and then published in the Federal
Register, so it will be July or later when we find out what happens
when these new rules hit the road.
Scott Fybush consults translator owners (and other broadcasters, too!)
through his firm, Fybush Media. Contact him at scott@fybush.com or at
FybushMedia.com (via Indiana Radio Watch via John Carver, DXLD)
A RADIO BROADCASTER’S GUIDE TO LICENSE RENEWAL
By Scott R. Flick, Lauren Lynch Flick and Warren Kessler
May 24, 2019
https://www.commlawcenter.com/2019/05/a-radio-broadcasters-guide-to-license-renewal.html
(via IRW via Carver, DXLD)
Quirks & Quarks --- YOUR WI-FI ROUTER COULD BE USED TO WATCH YOU
BREATHE AND MONITOR YOUR HEARTBEAT
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/june-22-is-your-wi-fi-watching-you-dog-s-manipulative-eyebrows-darwin-s-finches-in-danger-and-more-1.5182752/your-wi-fi-router-could-be-used-to-watch-you-breathe-and-monitor-your-heartbeat-1.5182770
Radar-like technology can see through walls to track movement
CBC Radio · Posted: Jun 21, 2019 3:00 PM ET | Last Updated: June 21
Scientists from MIT have developed technology that can see through
walls to track a person's movements, their heartbeat and even their
emotions. (Fadel Adib/CSAIL) [caption]
Listen 15:40
As a child, Fadel Adib dreamed of having superpowers — like Superman's
X-ray vision. As an adult he made this dream real by developing a way
to use ordinary Wi-Fi signals to look through solid objects like
walls.
"You can see the person's head, chest, arms and feet," said Adib. "You
can measure even people's heartbeats and emotions using these wireless
signals."
Adib thinks this technology could be used in a huge range of
applications, from health-care monitoring to behavioural research.
The secret behind this development is something quite familiar — radio
waves.
"Radios [waves] are very nice because they allow us to see the
invisible," said Adib, an assistant professor at MIT's Media Lab in
conversation with Quirks & Quarks host Bob McDonald.
The Wi-Fi router in your home sends and receives a constant stream of
radio waves in order to connect to your smartphone, tablet or laptop.
Adib harnessed this in a way that's similar to another technology that
can see things invisible to the naked eye — radar.
A small part of the signal goes through the wall, reflects off the
person's body, and then comes back.
- Fadel Adib, MIT Media Lab
Discovering how to use Wi-Fi like radar
Several years ago, Adib was trying to understand how to increase the
speed of Wi-Fi signals when he noticed something strange.
"Every once in a while, suddenly the data rate would go down and we
would stop getting a good signal. And when we looked more into the
problem we started realizing that there was someone who was walking on
the other side of the wall," he said.
It didn't take long before he and his colleagues realized they could
take this problem and turn it into a whole new way to use a
technology.
"When Wi-Fi signals travel in space, a large part of the signal
reflects off the wall. A small part of the signal goes through the
wall, reflects off the person's body, and then comes back. So they
carry this information about the environment."
These images of human figures were obtained using radio waves. Each
column contains two images of the same person. (Fadel Adib)
Their first challenge in isolating that information wall was to
separate the weak signal from the person on the other side of the wall
from the much stronger reflections off the wall and other objects in
the environment.
"It's almost like you're looking at the sun and at the same time
[that] you're trying to see an airplane in the sky; the sun will blind
you."
Their solution was to transmit two signals, with opposite features, so
that when these signals reflect off of a stationary objects like a
wall, they cancel each other out. Moving objects, like humans, didn't
reflect the same way.
"That allows us to cancel all the reflections of static things, but
not off humans," said Adib. "This is how we were able to start
tracking people."
Detecting fine-grained movements and emotions
Adib and his colleagues also started tracking more fine-grained
movements, like the movement of the chest when breathing, or even the
beating of a heart.
You can glean human emotions, like to know if someone's sad, happy,
excited or angry.
- Fadel Adib, MIT Media Lab
"What happens is that when your heart pumps blood, it creates a force
and your entire body part starts to vibrate a very small amount with
every heartbeat. And because we're able to capture movements, we're
able to capture these small movements of your body and use them to get
your heartbeats."
It was a small step from this to being able to detect emotions.
"Your emotions are encoded and the variations between every heartbeat,
and the heartbeat that is after it — so small millisecond variations
between your heartbeats," said Adib.
"If you're able to capture these, then you can glean human emotions,
like to know if someone's sad, happy, excited or angry."
A myriad of potential applications — and privacy risks
Adib said this technology is already in use in major hospitals across
the U.S. to track disease progression in patients with Parkinson's or
multiple sclerosis.
"If you can track human movements and you will be able to detect
disease progression over time or how the person's movements are
reacting to certain kinds of drugs to know whether the drug is
actually being effective or not effective."
Other potential applications they've explored include using the system
as a baby monitor that could provide not just sound or images, but
information about an infant's vital signs. It could also be used to
monitor the elderly so a caretaker could be notified if an elderly
person has taken a fall.
The technology could further be used in behavioural research, to
monitor how couples interact or caregiver-patient interaction.
But this technology also, clearly, comes with significant privacy
concerns. Since it uses relatively conventional Wi-Fi hardware, use of
the technology by bad actors to monitor people without consent is a
risk the team has considered.
Adib said they're working on developing countermeasures that would
work much like anti-virus software to protect people's privacy. But he
says the onus also partly falls on legislators to be aware of these
technological advances in order to put appropriate privacy-protecting
policies in place.
More from this episode
Your Wi-Fi router could be used to watch you breathe and monitor your
heartbeat
We've bred dogs to have expressive eyebrows that manipulate our
emotions
A face-eating parasite is devastating Darwin's famous Galapagos
finches
AI is now learning to do things it hasn't been taught
Do your genes smell bad? DNA shows what our noses know
Bonobo mothers act as wing-mums for their sons
A research assistant named Spongebob? Sea sponges collect data for
science
Do electric cars take more CO2 to build than they save?
FULL EPISODE: June 22 — Is your Wi-Fi watching you? Dog's manipulative
eyebrows, Darwin's finches in danger and more…
(via Gerald T Pollard, DXLD)
ATOMIC RADIO FIRST TRANSMITTED MUSIC
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American physicists built the first atomic radio and transmitted a
stereophonic musical composition to it using AM radio waves. Instead
of an antenna, a built-in radio uses Rydberg atoms, which are
illuminated by two pairs of lasers. Apart from small interferences,
resembling the crackle of a vinyl record, the received radio signal
turned out to be quite clean. Article published in AIP Advances.
Physicists call the Rydberg atom a highly excited atom whose outer
electron has risen to a very high energy level. As a rule, the main
quantum number (roughly speaking, the number) of such a level is n ~
100. As is easy to guess, the properties of the Rydberg atom strongly
depend on the number n. For example, their lifetime increases as n3,
the dipole moment as n2, and polarizability as n7. In other words, the
more excited the Rydberg atom is, the longer it lives and the more
acutely the external electric field is felt.
In addition, together with the number n, the radius of an individual
atom (R ~ n6) and the characteristic interaction length of two atoms
(L ~ n4) increase. For example, the radius of a hydrogen atom with n =
1000 is about 0.1 centimeters, and its lifetime reaches one second.
Theoretically, these properties make it possible to transform Rydberg
atoms into sensitive receivers of electromagnetic waves.
In fact, due to the large dipole moment such atoms should feel very
well the weak changes in the electric field that accompany the
electromagnetic wave. Therefore, if you constantly monitor the state
of the atom — for example, by illuminating it with a laser — you can
restore the amplitude of the wave and the signal that it carries.
For the first time, the idea of such a facility, which was later
called atomic radio, was proposed in 2014 by a group of physicists led
by Christopher Holloway. Since then, scientists have gradually
improved its parameters - for example, at the beginning of this year,
researchers learned how to measure the phase of a radio wave incident
on an atomic gas.
Until now, these studies were strictly academic in nature, but now
scientists have built a real atomic radio, with which you can listen
to music and radio programs. Moreover, physicists have added support
for stereo sound to their radio, the various channels of which are
carried by AM radio waves with different carrier frequencies. At the
heart of the built radio is a cavity filled with Rydberg atoms and
illuminated by two lasers with different wavelengths. One of the
lasers ("binding") ensures the coherence of the atoms of the receiver,
and the second laser ("probing") extracts information from it.
Thanks to the correct setting of the “binding” laser at rest, the
atoms of the receiver are transparent to the “probing” laser. In this
case, transparency is achieved only in a narrow frequency range, so
the “probe” laser must be very clean. If a radio wave passes through
the receiver, the absorption spectrum of the atoms shifts, and the
laser radiation begins to be absorbed. The greater the amplitude of
the wave, the greater the loss. Therefore, such a cavity works as a
receiver, which receives AM waves with a certain carrier frequency.
Finally, to achieve the effect of stereo sound, the scientists filled
the cavity with two types of Rydberg atoms at once, each of which
worked independently with its “binding” and “probing” laser. Physics
chose cesium-133 and rubidium-87 as such atoms, which took waves with
a carrier frequency of 19623 and 20644 hertz, respectively. The
signals from the "probing" lasers, scientists applied to the computer
and processed using the free program Audacity.
To test the work of the built-in stereo AM radio, the scientists
handed over to him an improvised melody in la minor, performed on two
guitars (electric and acoustic with a sound pickup). The scientists
who took the signals from the guitars sent them to amplifiers,
transformed them into amplitude-modulated form using signal generators
and transmitted them using two horn antennas. The acoustic guitar
signal was broadcast at a frequency of 19623 hertz, the signal of an
electric guitar at a frequency of 20644 hertz. Both antennas were
located at a distance of about 15 centimeters from the cavity filled
with Rydberg atoms.
According to scientists, the quality of the recovered signal turned
out to be quite acceptable: despite the slight interferences,
resembling the crackle of a vinyl record, the music was very clear.
Recording music, like the article itself, physicists placed in open
access, so their words can be easily verified.
The authors of the article hope that their “entertaining” work on
music will show people that quantum physics can be not only
complicated, but also interesting. Perhaps their research will attract
new scientists to science, who will develop more advanced quantum
devices.
Physicists also admire the path science has taken to hold ensembles of
atoms: just twenty years ago, scientists first caught the Bose
condensate in a laser trap, and now with the help of similar
installations, you can record sound. Physicists also love to listen to
music, and sometimes even try to use their knowledge to improve it.
For example, researchers from Queen Mary University of London used
methods of analyzing quantum systems to develop an algorithm that
automatically determines the amplitude and duration of the sound
frequency oscillations. With the help of this algorithm, scientists
investigated the vibrato played on various musical instruments. And
Australian physicists have proposed a mathematical model for the
quantization of music.
In addition, scientists love to “voice” the data collected during
observations of nature. In particular, over the past four years,
physicists have turned into music the data from the ATLAS detector,
the orbits of the planets TRAPPIST-1, the movement of the interstellar
gas of the Milky Way, the vibrations of the Sun and the photograph of
the Martian dawn. More examples of musical compositions inspired by
science can be found under the headings “Sound” and “Sounds of
Science”. Dmitry Trunin, nplus1.ru
http://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__73929/
73! (via Rus-DX June 23 via DXLD) Is all this for real? (gh)
PROPAGATION
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Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
17 - 23 June 2019
Solar activity was at very low levels. No sunspots were observed on
the visible disk. No Earth-directed CMEs were observed in available
imagery.
No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at
moderate levels on 17 Jun with a peak flux of 109 pfu observed at
17/2025 UTC. Normal levels were observed on 18-23 Jun.
Geomagnetic field activity was at quiet levels with an isolated
unsettled period observed for 0600-0900 UTC period on 20 June. Solar
wind parameters were at mostly nominal levels through the period. A
peak wind speed of near 425 km/s was observed early on 22 Jun. Bt
and Bz parameters were at mostly nominal levels.
Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity
24 June - 20 July 2019
Solar activity is expected to be at very low levels throughout the
outlook period.
No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is
expected to be moderate to high levels on 25 Jun - 03 Jul in
response to elevated wind speeds associated with recurrent CH HSS
activity. Normal levels are expected for the remainder of the
outlook period.
Geomagnetic field activity is expected to reach unsettled to
isolated active levels on 24-26 Jun, 06 Jul and 10-11 Jul due to
negative polarity CH HSS influence. Quiet conditions are expected
for the remainder of the outlook period.
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# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2019 Jun 24 67 8 3
2019 Jun 25 67 12 4
2019 Jun 26 67 10 3
2019 Jun 27 67 5 2
2019 Jun 28 67 5 2
2019 Jun 29 67 5 2
2019 Jun 30 67 5 2
2019 Jul 01 68 5 2
2019 Jul 02 69 5 2
2019 Jul 03 69 5 2
2019 Jul 04 69 5 2
2019 Jul 05 68 5 2
2019 Jul 06 68 8 3
2019 Jul 07 69 5 2
2019 Jul 08 69 5 2
2019 Jul 09 69 5 2
2019 Jul 10 68 8 3
2019 Jul 11 68 8 3
2019 Jul 12 67 5 2
2019 Jul 13 67 5 2
2019 Jul 14 67 5 2
2019 Jul 15 67 5 2
2019 Jul 16 67 5 2
2019 Jul 17 67 5 2
2019 Jul 18 67 5 2
2019 Jul 19 67 5 2
2019 Jul 20 67 5 2
(SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1988, DXLD)
TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING
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THIS FOURTH, LET'S DECLARE INDEPENDENCE FROM NATIONALISM
James Neal | Enid News & Eagle
https://www.enidnews.com/opinion/columns/column-this-fourth-let-s-declare-independence-from-nationalism/article_255f508d-fed2-5e53-a625-a6e83088ed07.html
(via gh, DXLD) ###