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Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 1992 contents: Albania, Australia, Brasil, Canada, China and non, Cuba, Denmark, Guam, Kashmir, Korea North non, México, North America, Norway, Perú, Philippines, Sikkim, Spain, Tibet, Ukraine and non, USA, Uzbekistan, Vatican non, knobless caradios, ton of cement; and the propagation outlooks SW Broadcasts starting July 26: 2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE [confirmed] 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE [confirmed] 0629vUT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany to WSW [confirmed] 1000 UT Saturday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW [Aug 3, 17, alt. weeks] 1130 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 to SSE [canceled!] 1430 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany to WSW [not confirmed] 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM ND 2100 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 to SSE [confirmed] 0130 UT Sunday WRMI 5850 to NW [not on air due to feedline damage] 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315] ND [confirmed] 1030 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany to WSW [confirmed] 2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE [confirmed] 0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395 to NNW, 7780 to NE [confirmed] 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE [confirmed] 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW [confirmed; also 6160v!] 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE [confirmed] 0930 UT Monday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW 1130 UT Monday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW 1816 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania ND 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE [confirmed] 0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW [2 editions] 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html (mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1992.m3u (mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1992.mp3 Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html 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 MORE PODCAST ALTERNATIVES, tnx to Keith Weston: https://blog.keithweston.com/2018/11/22/world-of-radio-podcast/ feedburner: http://feeds.feedburner.com/GlennHausersWorldOfRadio tunein.com: http://bit.ly/tuneinwor itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/glenn-hausers-world-of-radio/id1123369861 AND via Google Play Music: http://bit.ly/worldofradio DAY-BY-DAY ARCHIVE OF GLENN HAUSER`S LOG REPORTS: Unedited, uncondensed, unchanged from original version, many of them too complex, minutely researched, multi-frequency, opinionated, inconsequential, off-topic, or lengthy for some log editors to manage; and also ahead of their availability in these weekly issues: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Hauser IMPORTANT NOTICE!!!! WOR IO GROUP: Effective Feb 4, 2018, DXLD yg archive and members have been migrated to this group: https://groups.io/g/WOR [there was already an unrelated group at io named dxld!, so new name] From now on, the io group is primary, where all posts should go. One may apply for membership, subscribe via the above site. DXLD yahoogroup: remains in existence, and members are free to COPY same info to it, as backup, but no posts should go to it only. They may want to change delivery settings to no e-mail, and/or no digest. The change was necessary due to increasing outages, long delays in posts appearing, and search failures at the yg. Why wait for DXLD issues? A lot more info, not all of it appearing in DXLD later, is posted at our io group without delay. ** AFGHANISTAN. The head of a private radio station in eastern Afghanistan says it was shut down after numerous threats from a Taliban commander in the area who objected to women being employed at the station, while a local official said that a private dispute was behind the incident. Ramez Azimi, director of the Samaa station in the city of Ghazni, the capital of eastern Ghazni Province, says he received phone calls as well as written warnings purportedly from the Taliban commander. Radio schliesst nach TALIBAN Drohungen. Ein afghanischer Radiosender hat nach Angaben seines Chefs wegen Drohungen eines Taliban-Kommendeurs seinen Betrieb aufgegeben. In Afghanistan hat ein Radiosender wegen mutmasslicher Drohungen der radikal-islamischen Taliban seinen Betrieb eingestellt. Der Sender Samaa befindet sich in der Stadt Ghasni. Direktor Asimi sagte der Nachrichtenagentur AP, die Taliban haetten dem Sender gedroht, weil drei der 16 Mitarbeiter des Senders Frauen seien. Die Taliban lehnen das Recht auf Bildung und Arbeit fuer Frauen ab. Nach Angaben von Asimi ist es die dritte Schliessung in den vergangenen vier Jahren. Die Taliban, die derzeit fast die Haelfte Afghanistans kontrollieren, bestreiten die Drohungen. (AP / DLF Cologne, July 16 / 17) und eine fuerchterliche automatische Translation: Ein lokaler Radiosender im Osten Afghanistans gezwungen war, zu schliessen, die sich nach wiederholten Drohungen aus dem Bereich Taliban-Kommandant, der Leiter der station am Dienstag sagte. Ramez Azimi, Geschaeftsfuehrer des Samaa Radio in der Stadt Ghazni, der Hauptstadt der oestlichen Provinz Ghazni, sagte, er habe Anrufe sowie schriftliche Warnhinweise, angeblich von den Taliban-Kommandeur. Der Kommandant war nicht zu erkennen. Azimi, sagte Taliban-Aufstaendischen, die die Kontrolle ueber mehrere Distrikte in der Provinz Ghazni, bedroht Sie, weil drei von der station 16 Mitarbeiter sind Frauen. Die Taliban sind gegen die Rechte der Frauen auf Bildung und Arbeit. Zabihullah Mujahid, ein Taliban-Sprecher bestritt die Aufstaendischen gedroht hatte, Samaa. Die Taliban derzeit die Kontrolle fast die Haelfte in Afghanistan und die sind maechtiger als zu irgendeinem Zeitpunkt seit dem Oktober 2001 US-gefuehrten invasion. Am Samstag, ein lokales radio-journalist getoetet wurde in der benachbarten Provinz Paktia. Die Polizei sagte, es war nicht sofort klar, ob die Toetung von Nader Shah, ein Newsreader fuer Radio Gardez, war mit seiner Arbeit oder einen persoenlichen Streit. Die Entwicklungen trotz verstaerkter Bemuehungen der Vereinigten Staaten zu finden, eine Verhandlungsloesung Ende des Landes fast 18 Jahre langen Konflikts. America's longest war, - afghanische spricht, brachte das Land die verfeindeten Seiten letzte Woche in Katars Hauptstadt, Doha, mit einer Erklaerung, die erschien, um naeher an den Frieden durch die Festlegung der Konturen eines Fahrplans fuer die Zukunft des Landes. Nach Azimi, das Samaa-station geschlossen war vor vier Tagen. Azimi sagte Der Associated Press ist dies seine Dritte Schliessung in den vergangenen vier Jahren. Die station wurde gezwungen, zweimal stillgelegt, im Jahr 2015 das erste mal fuer ein Monat nach dem es wieder eroeffnet Dank Vermittlung durch den Aeltesten, sagte er. Ein Jahr spaeter ist es wieder verschlossen, neun Monate lang. "An einem Punkt, vier Taliban-Kaempfer kamen zu unserem Haus in Ghazni city zu drohen Sie mir und meinem Bruder, der arbeitet auch auf der station," Azimi Hinzugefuegt. Azimi Vater, Zarif, ein Arzt, der besitzt eine medizinische Klinik und eine Apotheke in der Stadt, sagt die Bedrohungen sind quaelend. "ich kann nicht bleiben in Ghazni, ich kann nicht zulassen, dass die Taliban Schaden meine Soehne oder einer meiner Familienangehoerigen", sagte er (BC-DX 20 July via DXLD) Afghanistan - In Ghazni, a radio station was closed because of Taliban threats... Trying to investigate further (frequency), I was amazed by the differences in the reports of different news providers. I do not want to infringe copyrights. So see for yourself and draw your conclusions: https://www.apnews.com/5a8d1c59d57344c086062ff86aff2b45 AP was the news source which brought the item into German speaking media. https://gandhara.rferl.org/a/afghan-radio-station-shuts-down-citing-taliban-threats-over-female-employees/30058496.html relied on the news agency and even did a bit of own research. But you can also observe how the gender issue is emphasized. And now a news service from Afghanistan, giving me the wanted information about the station (except the frequency). https://www.tolonews.com/afghanistan/ghazni-radio-station-shuts-down-after-threats-armed-men Compare names and numbers with the AP item. (Dr Hansjoerg Biener, 20 July 2019, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ALBANIA. Re gh: ``no signal on 9570 from ALBANIA, nor 6020 ...`` http://www1.s2.starcat.ne.jp/ndxc/ http://www1.s2.starcat.ne.jp/ndxc/cn/cria19.htm http://www1.s2.starcat.ne.jp/ndxc/cn/cnra19.htm 2000-2157 Arabic (7235cer/sic) rather 7215cer kHz, 6185cer, 6100xia English 7285cer, 5960cer At UT night CRI European relay at Cerrik Albania is full in power of estimated 150 kW each, on July 22, there is no maintenance at Cerrik at present. 73 wolfie (Wolfgang Bueschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Well, they are not on the air; do you have some other explanation? Corrected later: (gh, ibid.) Yes, Glenn is right, reported recently: CRI European relay at Cerrik Albania is OFF air - probably for summer maintenance work break - during 22-05 UT time slot each night now. For example heard nothing now at present in Portuguese and Spanish via Cerrik on 6175 and 7210 kHz channels. 73 wb (Wolfgang Bueschel, 2355 UT July 23, WOR iog via DXLD) Perhaps the Cerrik maintenance work will solve the issue with the "hollow" audio that has often plagued 6020 to NA from 0000 to 0200. Two transmitters in // but sounds as if only one is modulating. No such issue with 9570 at the same time (Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas, ibid.) But at 2200 UT on July 24 heard CRI in Portuguese and Spanish via Cerrik on 6175 and 7210 kHz channels. Probably Cerrik BREAK 23 or 24 - 05 UT. 73 (wolfie, ibid.) 9570 & 6020, July 24 at 0003, no signals from CRI relays to North America. Wolfgang Bueschel assumes Cërrik off for summer maintenance in the 23-05 UT overnight period, other transmissions also missing after 23 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1992, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ARGENTINA [non]. 9395, RAE via WRMI = 0115-0131 OM with news in English. Followed by their version of a DX program. Had a piece on Reach Beyond Australia with a sound-bite. Also reported on ELWA, Liberia & Charleston Radio Intl. Show ended at 0123 with multiple IDs. Then music till 0127, recap of headlines & end broadcast with Teen Angel. Suddenly off at 0129 then YL with WRMI ID. R Tirana English service began at 0131. Good on 7/13 (Don Hosmer, ICOM IC-7200 + G5RV dipoles & W6LVP loop from the lost city of Damon, north of West Branch MI, MARE Tipsheet 19 July via DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. Hi Glenn, yes, getting listeners mostly on Monday & Tuesday nights, hence why Friday has been taken off for now. Below is the schedule and many thanks for following :-) NEW 5045 Khz - Monday afternoon from 15:00 AEST (3PM) Sounds of your life - NON STOP (0500 UT) Continues on 5045 Khz [sic; see below] 17:30 AEST Aussie Tim 'Sounds of your life' - Tim takes you through a plethora of great tunes from the 50's through to the 80's and some beyond that. (0730 UT) 18:30 AEST - 0830 UT, International Radio Report with Sheldon Harvey, David Asselin & Gilles Letourneau as heard via CKUT 90.3 FM Montreal Canada 19:00 (0900 UT) OLD TIME SCI FI Episode 19:30 AEST (0930 UT) World of Radio with Glenn Hauser 20:00 AEST Every Monday ARDXC Presents 'World at your Fingertips' (1000 UT). Enquiries to ARDXC on email: dxer1234@gmail.com ​Reports for verification to dxer1234@gmail.com (Must include program details) Change to 3210 KHz 20:30 AEST (1030 UT) ​Hobart radio International with Bob [sic] Wise. An alternative program produced in Hobart Tasmania. 21:00 AEST - (1100 UT) International Radio Report with Sheldon Harvey, David Asselin & Giles Letourneu as heard via CKUT 90.3 FM Montreal Canada 21:30 AEST (1130 UT) World of Radio with Glenn Hauser 22:00 AEST (1200 UT) Close * Tuesday Frequency : 5045 Khz [sic] ​​18:00 AEST or (0800 UT) World of Radio - Glenn Hauser (Double Episode) 19:00 AEST (0900 UT) Clearing the Static - Radio Kid & Bob Cavanagh presents this great show about North American media movements, primarily, radio in North America (USA) 20:00 AEST Upstate Radio Theatre from Quality Radio productions hosted by Jake Longwell (1000 UT) 21:00 Hobart radio International with Bob Wise. An alternative program produced in Hobart Tasmania. (1100 UT) * Transmission continues: ON 3210, 1130 to 1300 UT (21:30 to 23:00 AEST)​ ​21:30 Radio Serena (1130 UT) ​ 22:30 Hobart Radio International In the Zone music special Hosted by Bob Wise (1230 UT) 23:00 AEST Close 3210 KHz (1300 UT) ​ Saturdays August 3rd & August 17th Frequency On 3210 KHz ​19:00 AEST (0900 UT) Aussie Tim 'Sounds of your life' - Tim takes you through the golden ages of great tunes from the 50's through to the 80's and some beyond that. ​ 20:00 AEST - World of Radio with Glenn Hauser (1000 UT) ​20:30 AEST - International Radio Report with Sheldon Harvey, David Asselin and Gilles Letourneau as heard via CKUT 90.3FM Montreal Canada (1030 UT) 21:00 AEST - Hobart Radio International with Bob Wise​ (1100 UT) ​****************************************** [non] Upcoming broadcasts Unique Radio via WINB Shortwave on 9265 AM UT: ​Aussie Tim & 'Sounds of your life'. Tim takes you through a journey of great tunes from the 50's through to the 80's and some beyond that Tue 2100-2130 (5 PM EDT) ​Fri 1800-1900 (2 PM EDT) Sat 1730-1800 (1:30pm EDT)) Join Aussie Tim on 9265 KHz SW (via WORLD OF RADIO 1992, DXLD) Unique Radio Monday Tuesday nights & Alternate Saturdays --- will be using 3210 kHz after 0730 UT during the Australian nights to better cover the listening area. More details: https://www.uniqueradio.biz Best regards (Tim Gaynor, Owner/Manager, Unique Radio, Gunnedah NSW, Australia, July 23, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1992, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3210 kHz - Unique Radio - fair to good at 1106 - Heard from Freemans Ridge SDR. 73 (Tony VK2IC Magon, NSW, July 23, ibid.) ** AUSTRALIA [and non]. 'VITAL' RADIO STATIONS AUSTRALIA-WIDE AT RISK OF CLOSURE AS FUNDING DRIES UP http://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-22/vision-australia-seeks-funding-for-radio-service/11324942 This appears to relate to domestic radio reading services for the blind in Australia. Locally to me the Cleveland Radio Reading Service operates in partnership with Ideastream and airs on WVIZ-TV’s 25.9 channel audio-only. Partial direct support for that service comes from a state-level education body here in Ohio. Learn more at http://www.clevelandsightcenter.org/content/cscn-radio-reading The conundrum in the Australian case is that direct funds disbursement shifting from providers to individuals. That model works if you want to drive competition & choice among medical practitioners in a variety of fields for patients/clients. That gets you Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, and the like innovating and competing to be top hospitals. For large shared services with constant upfront costs like radio reading services, this is a paradigm shift that now don’t have block grants to use and have to switch to operate more like PBS stations in the USA seeking funding commitments from their users. Developments should be interesting in this case (Stephen Kellat, July 22, WOR iog via DXLD) Viz.: ** AUSTRALIA. VISION AUSTRALIA SEEKS FUNDING TO KEEP 'ESSENTIAL' RADIO SERVICE ON THE AIRWAVES --- ABC Goulburn Murray By Mikaela Ortolan Updated Mon at 2:14am Photo: Vision Australia Radio is at risk of going off air if it cannot secure funding. (ABC Goulburn Murray: Mikaela Ortolan) Related Story: Volunteers the backbone of disability service Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Audio: NDIS under fire from vision impaired Australians over communications (Breakfast) Vision Australia says its radio service, which more than 700,000 people listen to each month, could go off the air because of changes to federal funding models since the National Disability Insurance Scheme rollout. Key points: Vision Australia says its radio service could go off the air if it fails to secure about $700,000 in Federal Government funding Listeners to the radio service include the blind, vision impaired and people for whom listening is easier than reading The Federal MP Damian Drum plans to raise the issue with relevant ministers this month The service operates 10 radio stations in three capital cities — Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth — and seven stations in the regional Victorian towns of Shepparton, Albury-Wodonga, Bendigo, Geelong, Mildura, Warragul and Warrnambool. Volunteers read news from local and national newspapers which listeners otherwise would not have the opportunity to access. Chris Edwards, Vision Australia's manager for government relations and advocacy, said about $700,000 in Federal Government funding was needed to stay on the airwaves. Mr Edwards said prior to the NDIS rollout the organisation secured "block funding" to subsidise the radio service. But he said that was no longer an option as the NDIS does not directly fund organisations — instead funds are allocated to a person living with a disability to spend on services of their choice. "We need to secure funding by the end of the year," Mr Edwards said. "Without the government being able to offer that support, there's a good chance that at the end of the year the board will have to make a very difficult decision to reduce services in the radio." Radio becomes link to outside world --- Stephen Jolley. Photo: Vision Australia Radio listener Stephen Jolley says the radio service is his main link to the outside world. (Supplied: Stephen Jolley) Stephen Jolley, a long time listener of the service, has been blind since birth. He said the radio service helped him connect with the community and he listened to news, special events and discussion programs. "From when I was a child the radio was always very important," Mr Jolley said. "It was through the radio that I got introduced to cricket and football and other sport. "It was always my primary source, or link, with the outside world." Mr Jolley said if Vision Australia Radio was to shut down, it would be similar to the Internet disappearing. "We'd all find that very constraining because we just wouldn't be able to access the sorts of things that we take it for granted." Not just for vision impaired Vision Australia Radio --- Photo: Vision Australia's Chris Edwards (l) with Shepparton presenter Peter Simpson. (ABC Goulburn Murray: Mikaela Ortolan) Peter Simpson, a radio presenter at the Shepparton station, said the service was not only for the blind or vision impaired. "People who are dyslexic, people who have full sight, but they still struggle to read," he said. "We also have a large population in Shepparton who come from different countries, different backgrounds. "They find that it's easier to listen to the newspapers being read to them rather than struggle over trying to read every word themselves." It was estimated that more than two-thirds of the Vision Australia Radio audience were over the age of 65 and some of those were unable to use or access the Internet. "For those people radio is vital," Mr Jolley said. "It's not just something nice, it's essential. "If they were to lose radio services it really would be disastrous." A woman and a man sitting at a desk making notes as they read a newspaper --- Photo: Vision Australia relies on volunteers like Jennie Waller and Bob Hillier to read the newspaper on air. (ABC Mildura-Swan Hill: Sophie Malcolm ) Changes post-NDIS The National Disability Insurance Agency, an independent body which implements the NDIS, told the ABC that organisations can apply for grants to help them carry out activities and inclusive community programs. The agency said it was working with organisations to ensure a smooth transition to the national approach by offering grants under the Information Linkages and Capacity Building (ILC) program which has issued more than 350 grants worth more than $110 million. "As an inclusive radio program that provides valuable services to the broader community, Vision Australia should consider applying for a grant under the ILC program," an NDIA spokesperson said. Almost $400 million of funding will be available through the ILC program over the next three years. Push for government funding Three men sitting in a radio studio with headphones on and looking at papers in front of them. Photo: Federal MP Damian Drum (c) meets with Vision Australia's radio manager Conrad Browne at the Shepparton studios. (Facebook: Vision Australia) The Federal Member for Nicholls, Damian Drum, has met with Vision Australia representatives and said he will take the issue to Parliament and relevant ministers this month. "Many of these people in smaller regional cities are going to be absolutely reliant on this service to deliver a series of news that most of us just take for granted," he said. "It's a big deal for the National party to get this right so many people living in regional Australia are not in any way short-changed when it comes to knowing what's going on in the world compared to those living in the city." Mr Drum said Vision Australia was not alone in its struggles. "Connect GV [in Shepparton] have had 50 years of providing services to people with disabilities and they were able to squirrel funding from one area and use it in another, but with[out?] the NDIS, that's going to be very difficult." Topics: radio-broadcasting, information-and-communication, broadcasting, radio, disabilities, health, shepparton-3630, warrnambool-3280, warragul-3820, mildura-3500, geelong-3220, bendigo-3550, wodonga-3690, perth-6000, adelaide-5000, melbourne-3000 First posted Sun at 8:31pm (via DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA [and non]. AUSTRALIAN SHORTWAVE CALLSIGNS VLQ The internationally recognized shortwave callsign VLQ was initially applied to two ocean going New Zealand ships before it was applied to landbased shortwave stations in continental Australia. These two ships were the SS Warrimoo (wo-ree-MOO) and the SS Kanna, and they plied across the Pacific carrying passengers and cargo. The steamship Warrimoo was built at Newcastle upon Tyne on the northeast coast of England for the Huddart Parker shipping line in 1892. Originally, the planned service area for this ship was across the Tasman Sea between New Zealand and Australia. The name Warrimoo is an Australian Aboriginal name meaning Eagle. However, soon after it was launched, the Warrimoo was withdrawn from the Trans Tasman service and taken into wider service across the Pacific, running from Vancouver in Canada to Australia and New Zealand. At this stage, the operation of the ship was subsidized by the governments of Canada, New South Wales and New Zealand. However, when the ship was just four years old, it was taken over by the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand. At the turn of the century from the 1800s to the 1900s, Captain John Philips on board the Warrimoo took his majestic almost new ship to a position in the middle of the Pacific Ocean where it crossed the Equator and the International Date Line at the same time. Right at midnight, the stern of the ship was in the Northern Hemisphere in early winter on Saturday December 30, 1899. At the same time, the forward part of the ship was in the Southern Hemisphere in early summer on Monday January 1, 1900. Thus it was, as the story tells, that the steamer Warrimoo was therefore not only in two different days, but in two different months, two different seasons, two different years, two different centuries, and in two different hemispheres, all at the same time. According to a shipping notice in April 1912, a new set of wireless equipment was already in use on the Warrimoo, and three years later the callsign was listed as VLQ. Back then a VL callsign was recognized as a registration for New Zealand. In 1916 the ship was sold to Singapore, and on May 17 two years later (1918), the ship sank after a collision with the French vessel Catapulte in the Mediterranean. However even three years later (1921), the VLQ callsign was still shown for the SS Warrimoo. Subsequently, another cargo/passenger ship belonging to the Union Steamship company in New Zealand was granted the use of the recycled callsign VLQ. This ship was built at Leith in Scotland in 1911 and it was named the SS Kanna, which is also the name of a dubious health supplement. The SS Kanna initially plied in the Pacific, and it was sold to Japan in 1937 and renamed the Selan Maru. The Japanese navy took over the Selan Maru ship in 1941. However it was sunk by the US Submarine Snapper northwest of the Bolin (Ogasawara) Islands on October 1, 1944. The new international shortwave service, Australia Calling, was inaugurated on the birthday of Australia’s Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, on December 21, 1939. Three transmitters at the large AWA shortwave station at Pennant Hills, an outer suburb of the city of Sydney, were identified on air with a VLQ callsign. The eleven year old VLK became VLQ, the eight year old VLM became VLQ2, and the fifteen year old and rather cumbersome VK2ME became VLQ7. All three of these transmitters were listed at 10 kW each, though we would suggest that this was probably the input electrical power, rather than the radio frequency output power at approximately 5 kW or a little more. The usage of the VLQ callsign at AWA Pennant Hills lasted for just a little over three years, and in January 1943, a new callsign VLI was applied to these same three transmitters. The callsign VLQ was then attached to a new shortwave service from Bald Hills, an outer suburb on the northern side of Brisbane in Queensland. Interestingly, in the initial test announcements in February 1943, the location for this new shortwave service was given as Sydney New South Wales, rather than Brisbane in Queensland. Perhaps this was a wartime security measure. The VLQ shortwave service from Bald Hills was on the air to the outback for half a century and during this time period three different STC transmitters were in use, each rated at 10 kW. The ABC Home Service shortwave station VLQ left the air in December 1993. During the previous year 1992, the callsign VLQ, or the line designation Q was introduced to identify a program service from the Melbourne studios of Radio Australia to the Cox Peninsula shortwave station near Darwin in the Northern Territory. This VLQ-Q shortwave programming was on the air to Asia over one of the 250 kW transmitters at Cox Peninsula until this Radio Australia shortwave station was closed in 1997 (Adrian Peterson, IN, script for AWR Wavescan June 9 via DXLD) ** BANGLADESH. Weak/fair signal of Bangladesh Betar, July 20 1745-1900 on 4750 SHV 100 kW / non-dir to SoAs English https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/weakfair-signal-of-bangladesh-betar-in.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BENIN. Trans World Radio Benin --- Hi All, TWR are installing a second MW transmitter at their site in Parakou, Benin. Some details here, but it will be directional and targetted at Nigeria especially the north of the country. https://twrafrica.org/see/news/634-oasis-in-a-barren-land I will attempt to get further details to pass on. Regards -- (Chris Youlden, 21 July, mwmasts iog via DXLD) The Oasis Transmitter Project, as it is called, aims to install a 200-Kilowatt Transmitter at the TWR West Africa Transmitter Station along with a suitable antenna system to cover Nigeria, including the north east ‘corner’ which is not reached presently (TWR website via DXLD) WTFK? Also on MW 1566? (gh) ** BHUTAN. Sir, My Logs for this week. Receiver: Tecsun PL660; Antenna: Telescopic; Receiver Area: Chennai Date: July 21, 2019 Station: Bhutan Broadcasting Nepali/Lhotsham Service Time: 0440 UT Freq.: 6035 Khz SINPO: 3333 Programme details: When I tuned into Bhutan BS Nepali/Lhotsham service by 0440 UT I heard a song being played, I liked the song very much it was of a different music. Regards (N. Arun Kumar, VU2BBF, Chennai, HCDX via DXLD) That`s 11:10 am local time over the length of India. 1875 km = 1165 statute miles, approx. the same distance Toronto to Enid, where CFRX 6070 at midday would be a JBA carrier at best. Of course, BBS presumably runs a lot more power (gh, DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 5952. R. PIO XII. 21/7 2350-2359 UT. Música y avisos en quechua. 35433 (Claudio Galaz, Receptor: TECSUN PL 660; Antena: Hilo de 50 metros de largo, Lugar de escucha: Barraza Bajo, 4° región, Chile, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. BRAZILIAN RADIO MEC 800 AM, FOUNDED IN 1923, TO CLOSE Radio MEC AM, founded in 1923, is being closed by the Bolsonaro government in Brazil. It transmits on medium wave 800 kHz in Rio de Janeiro (100 kW re WRTH 2019) and Brasilia (10 kW re WRTH 2019) as well as on FM. This report (translated from Portuguese) is from newspaper Brasil de Fato (July 5th) says signal will be turned off on 31st July: Radio MEC, of ​​1923, is extinguished by Bolsonaro government Radio MEC AM, founded in 1923, four years after the emergence of Radio Clube de Pernambuco, the first radio station in the country, was extinguished by the Brazilian Communications Broadcaster (EBC), as part of the changes demanded by the government of Jair Bolsonaro (PSL). The signal will be turned off on the 31st, as reported by Lauro Jardim's column, d'O Globo: https://blogs.oglobo.globo.com/lauro-jardim/post/ebc-extingue-radio-mec-emissora-mais-antiga-do-brasil.html The closure, however, has not yet been confirmed officially nor communicated to the station's employees, founded by the anthropologist Edgard Roquette-Pinto with the name Radio Sociedade was donated in 1936 to the federal government. Internal sources heard in off-the-clock reporting by Brazil de Fato confirm the closure information. The acronym MEC stands for "Music, Education and Culture" and it is based in Rio de Janeiro. On its website, the station claims to have "about 50 thousand records and productions" and "an asset of recordings of testimonies ranging from Getúlio Vargas to Monteiro Lobato, passing through the chronicles of Cecília Meireles and Manuel Bandeira." "The programming is totally focused on the diffusion of Brazilian culture. It includes all the diversity of Brazilian music, such as choro, regional music, instrumental and concert music. It also has programs dedicated to literature, cinema, dramaturgy and the arts as a whole, "states the public radio's description. Edition: Pedro Ribeiro Nogueira Original article: https://www.brasildefato.com.br/2019/07/05/emissora-mais-antiga-na-ativa-do-brasil-radio-mec-e-extinta-por-governo-bolsonaro/ (via Alan Pennington, July 24, bdxc-news iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1992, DXLD) MEC has 100 kW on 800 in Rio de Janeiro; also on 800 in Brasília with 10/1 kW. Anyway, no MEC should make it easier for southern Brazilians to hear far inferior TWR Bonaire programming (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) ** BRAZIL. 4875, Radiodifusora Roraima, Boavista, 0341-0359*, 23-07, Brazilian songs, at 0357 anthem and close at 0359. 25322. (Méndez) 9630.4, Radio Aparecida, Aparecida, 2028-2037, 15-07, Portuguese, religious comments, “Santuario Nacional”. 24322. (Méndez) 9665.1, Voz Missionaria, Camboriú, 1940-1955, 17-07, Portuguese, religious songs. 34433. (Méndez) 9818.3, Radio 9 de Julho, Sao Paulo, 2027-2038, 15-07, Portuguese, religious comments. 14221. (Méndez) 11780, Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Brasilia, 2000-2010, 23-07, “Nacional informa”, news. 35433. (Méndez) 11855.8, Radio Aparecida, Aparecida, 2025-2034, 15-07, Portuguese, religious comments, id. “Radio Aparecida”. 33433. (Méndez) 11895, Radio Boa Vontade, Porto Alegre, 2024-2035, 15-07, Portuguese, religious comments. 23322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante and Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) ** CANADA. Sporadic-E opening MUFs above 100 MHz to the NE of here bode well for some FM DX at last, July 20 after 19 UT, so I hasten to start monitoring mainly on the DX-398 with PL-880 as backup, manipulating both telescopic antennas only, vs all the QRM from OK and KS, ACI if not CCI on every frequency. All info from the WTFDA FM database except distances city-to-city from distancefromto.net 95.1, at 1916, French-Canadian H&F conversation, SRC/CBC style; still at 1929 vs Bott English from OK; another bit peaks at 1942. Very likely is North Bay ON, since later I am getting stations near the same line thru MI and QC, rather than CBF-FM flagship in far Montreal: CBON-FM-17, 95.1, North Bay ON, 100/100 kW, 145m, news/talk, ``Ici Radio Canada Premiere``, 1884 km/1171 mi. BTW, the Bay it`s on is not Georgian, but further inland from smaller Lake Nipissing. 1884 km = 1171 statute miles. 96.5, at 1944, a bit of YL in French, vs the two Okies. Based on later definite Rouyn-Noranda area log, this fits: CHOA-FM, 96.5, ROUYN-NORANDA QC CAN, 61.1 kW Horiz only, 204m, French, Hot Ac, ``Wow 96.5``. 2025 km = 1258 mi from Rouyn; 2025 km = 1259 mi from Noranda 104.3, at 1955-1958, French hard sell adstring, Chevy and Ford car dealers, $tereo, mentions Rouyn-Noranda twice; 2000 partial ID during fading claims ``cent mille watts ... Capitale Rock``, 2002 hard rock music. This is it: CHGO-FM, 104.3, AMOS/VAL D'OR QC CAN, 94/94 kW, 172.6m, French, Active Rock, Capitale Rock/Radio X. 2101 km = 1305 mi from Amos, east of Rouyn-Noranda in SW QC. 104.3, at 2013, two stations, one of them with rock in English. Could be 96 kW KVGB-FM Great Bend KS, if not one of the Michiganders, 100 KW religious WVCN in Baraga, in the PTA, U.P. near Houghton, rather than 190! kW classic hits WOMC Detroit. Many more logs, MI & WI from same opening: see U S A. BTW, I am still esperando (waiting/hoping for) any Es opening from Mexico this summer. There have been plenty of sporadic-E openings, but not much above 88 MHz, and if so centered in the wrong spots for me (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1992, DX LISTENING DIGEST) so see also MEXICO ** CANADA. THC SLUSHIES, PIRATE RADIO AND THE CANNABIS-DRIVEN BOOM IN A MOHAWK COMMUNITY --- Renovation and construction dot Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory in Ontario, much of it fuelled by marijuana Jorge Barrera · CBC News · Posted: Jul 21, 2019 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: July 21 – Indigenous The Pot Shoppe advertising its THC-laced slushies, gummies and hash in Tyendinaga. (Jorge Barrera/CBC) [lots of illustrations] https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/tyendinaga-cannabis-economy-boom-1.5216532 Driving down Highway 401 in southern Ontario, with the FM dial tuned to 87.9, the 1990s-era rap music fades into an ad, offering a free joint with every purchase over $20 between midnight and 4:20 a.m. at the Pot Shoppe. A second ad then promotes a "car show for Jeeps" in the parking lot of the Pot Shoppe every Tuesday night. "Don't forget, we have free coffee for the driver and our famous Pot Shoppe slushies at half-price for the passenger," the ad says. "THC-infused slushies — just a little more brain freeze." CBC News --- Inside the cannabis-driven economic boom in a Mohawk community 00:00 02:31 Nine months after cannabis became legal in Canada, we visit the Mohawk community of Tyendinaga, where dozens of stores are operating. 2:31 [audio-video] The transmission tower for the station — Real Peoples Radio — stands over a small shack that was once the second cannabis store to open in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, located about 200 kilometres east of Toronto. That shack is now the broadcasting studio for a pirate radio station that lives on the edge of the radio dial, and also streams online. Joseph Owl, a DJ for pirate radio station 87.9 FM out of Tyendinaga, at the microphone. (Stu Mills/CBC) [caption] Behind the microphone is Joseph Owl, from Serpent River First Nation, Ont., a full-time DJ at the station who hosts the 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. show. Owl was offered the job through friends and started working at the station at the start of June. "This is the best [employment] opportunity I've come across," he said. The station is one of many offshoots from a cannabis-infused economic boom in this Mohawk community of 2,100, nestled on the shores of the Bay of Quinte, between Belleville and Kingston, and just a short drive from Prince Edward County, a growing tourism hotspot. There are dozens of cannabis stores here — some estimates place the number between 40 and 50 — with names like Smoke Signals, Better Buds, Legacy 420, Peacemaker 420, Buddy's Dispensary, Fiddler's Green and Cannabis Convenience. [. . .] much more, nothing to do with the pirate radio station Back at the studio of Real Peoples Radio, the speakers are thumping with hip-hop beats that fade as Owl breaks in with the weather — in his own pirate-radio style. "It's gonna be hot, high of 28, humidex out the roof. And all the crazy numbers they give you, just know that this is hot," said Owl. "And what are you doing out there on this hot day? Are you going on an adventure? Are you sending your kids off to camp so you can sit back and have your own at-home adventure?" Another ad then kicks in: "Want a free pre-roll?" About the Author Jorge Barrera Reporter Jorge Barrera is a Caracas-born, award-winning journalist who has worked across the country and internationally. He works for CBC's Indigenous unit based out of Ottawa. Follow him on Twitter @JorgeBarrera or email him jorge.barrera@cbc.ca (via Gerald T Pollard, NC, and Eric Floden, WORLD OF RADIO 1992, DXLD) ** CHAD [non]. U.K. Radio Ndarason International via ENC-DMS Woofferton, July 24 1900-2100 12050 WOF 250 kW / 152 deg WeAf Kanuri, very good signal same time 12050 EWN 100 kW / 155 deg CeAm Spanish WEWN-2 not on air https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/radio-ndarason-international-via-enc_25.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 24-25, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 12190, July 19 at 1225, strong S9-S7 CNR1 jammer with YL narration over music, which leads me to a quick bandscan to 1230 between 10.9 and 15 MHz: widely variant signal levels, the ? ones being JBA carriers: 11825 with mixture; 11785, 11540, 11460, 11440, 11120, 11100, 10960? 12880?, 12950, 13020?, 13070? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 11100, CNR 1 (broadcaster/jammer), 1230, M in Chinese, // to 11825, targeting Sound of Hope (Taiwan) - Very Good July 19 [and non] 11825, CNR 1 at 1225, Broadcasting to jam - the station listed in use here is VoA (via Thailand relay). Both heard here in huge collision on the channel - July 19 (Rick Barton, Arizona SW Logs, Grundig Satellit 205/T.5000, RS SW-2000629 with various outdoor wires & indoor shortwire. 73 and Good Listening.......! - rb, WOR iog via DXLD) ** CHINA [non]. 9570, July 20 at 0155, no signal from CRI ALBANIA relay, while 9580 via CUBA is VG with `China Studio` LL filler. Supposed to run 00-04, half & half English & Chinese. Bad propagation from Europe? NO, 9420 GREECE is S9+5, 9495 República via FRANCE is S9+15 over jamming. But 9690 SPAIN is missing too, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1992, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. CNR-1 Jamming vs SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng in 22mb on July 20 1330&1357 13550.1 unknown kW / unknown to EaAs Chinese+digital jammer https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/cnr-1-jamming-vs-soh-xi-wang-zhi-sheng_20.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Both jammer and SOH at .1? Normally CNR-1 is right on frequency and SOH slightly offset (gh, DXLD) ** CHINA. 9535. Jul 20, 2019. 2300-2310, China National Radio, xx-CHN. in Chinese. Jammer; Man and woman continuous voices; Sometimes, it seems to be commercial announcements. very good reception, 55544. 9720. Jul 20, 2019. 2317-2327, China National Radio 1, xx-CHN, in Chinese. Jammer; Man and woman announcers talk and talk, almost no interval. Excellent reception, 55555 (JRX_Jose Ronaldo Xavier, SWARL Callsign PR7036SWL, Cabedelo, Brazil, Receiver (s): XHDATA D-808, Antenna (s): Degen DE31 Active, WOR iog via DXLD) ** CHINA. CNR-1 Jamming vs SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng in 25mb on July 21 from 0845 on 11580 unknown kW / unknown to EaAs Chinese, good signal https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/cnr-1-jamming-vs-soh-xi-wang-zhi-sheng_21.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [and non]. GUAM [sic], NO SIGNAL of FEBA India via KTWR Asia in DRM on July 22: [TRM = SRI LANKA!] 1215-1245 on 11580 TRM 100 kW / 285 deg to SoAs English Mon, at same time on 11580 MLI 001 kW / non-dir to EaAs is CNR-1 Jammer https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/no-signal-of-feba-india-via-ktwr-asia.html CNR-1 Jamming vs. Sound of Hope vs. FEBA Radio India 11580, July 22: 1210-1300 11580 unknown kW / unknown EaAs Chinese CNR-1 Jammer, good 1245-1315 11580 TRM 200 kW / 290 deg SoAs Telugu/English Mon, weak Emergency frequency change of FEBA Radio, free channels 11520, 11550, 11570 kHz! https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/cnr-1-jamming-vssohvsfeba-radio-india.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 9180, July 22 at 1320, JBA carrier from presumed CNR1 jammer vs Sound of Hope. E Asian propagation is poor this morning, as I quickly bandscan WOOB areas up to 16 MHz, and find only these other JBA carriers, most of which are probably the same source: 10920, 10960, 11120, 11150, 11460; and after 1354, 12870, 12880, 13270, 14700. Only 12870 has traces of talk; and 13270 VOLMET USB but also carrier from something else (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. CNR-1 Jamming vs Sound of Hope Xi & PBS Xinjiang on July 23 till 1100 11970 unknown kW / unknown EaAs Chinese CNR-1 Jamming, good from 1100 11975 URU 100 kW / 247 deg EaAs Kyrgyz PBS Xinjiang - good: (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 22-23, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 11460, 10920, July 23 at 1339, two JBA carriers are the only likely WOOB CNR1 jammers found between 10 and 15 MHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. CNR-1 Jamming vs SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng in 25/22mb July 24 from 1145 on 11440 unknown kW / unknown to EaAs Chinese, fair signal from 1145 on 13550 unknown kW / unknown to EaAs Chinese, fair signal https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/cnr-1-jamming-vs-soh-xi-wang-zhi-sheng_25.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 24-25, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. Gentlemen, If you have a chance, can you check on 7262.0 kHz? Am hearing a definite carrier; best in USB to get away from the three stations on 7260; have noted UNID for several days now. On July 22, heard at 1204+ UT, with signal strength better by 1225 UT, but couldn't pull in any audio; blocked by 7265 kHz, at *1230 UT. Some ham QRM. Am still hearing the PBS Nei Menggu spur on 7266 kHz. Sometimes I check 7265 kHz, in case Azad Kashmir Radio should return. Thanks very much (Ron Howard, California, July 22, to and via Wolfgang Bueschel, WORLD OF RADIO 1992, DXLD) Greetings from California! July 23 - Again with UNID station on 7262.0 kHz. (best in USB); 1213 UT, with weak carrier; by 1223 UT, seemed to be some type of music? Again ham QRM and 7265 QRM at *1230 UT. Hope for a day with very good propagation, to be able to tell what is happening here (Ron Howard, ibid.) NOTHING heard/seen on v7262 kHz around 1045-1215 UT July 24, checked in Hiroshima Akitakata, Tokyo and Delhi India remote SDR's. 7270even CHN, PBS Nei Menggu scheduled in Mongolian language, S=8-9 in remote SDR at Akitakata Japan. 1055 UT on July 24. And now at 1222 UT discovered your UNID string signals too, mostly and stronger in Hiroshima Akitakata SDR than in Delhi: 7270even, PBS Nei Menggu in Mongolian language, totally distorted audio quality noted now, scratch peaks hit my ears and produced also BUZZ signals some exact 4 kHz distance away either sideband, visible on exact fqs of 7262, 7266, 7274, 7278 kHz at 1222 UT. I'll provide you with a .MP3 recording of Menggu signal at 1233. 7270.009 UNID stn heard in Japan, but narrowed the true when checked in Delhi India SDR: 7270.010 IND AIR Delhi Tamil / Sinhala domestic channel via Chennai Madras site, S=9+15dB signal at 1105 and 1143 UT on July 24. 73 wb df5sx https://www.wwdxc.de/topnews.shtml (Wolfgang Bueschel, ibid.) Hi Ron, at 1247 / 1248 UT set a new screenshot today July 24, Listen to the .MP3 recording of Menggu signal at 1233 UT. Signal variable between S=7 and jumping in peaks to S=9+5dB proper. Heard BUZZ tones accompanied, and audio tone strings visible on the screenshot, stronger ones 6 x some 100 Hertz distance apart separate, and too lower level strings each 50 Hertz distance apart 6x times too. There are any further questions left on your 7262 kHz signal over on California beach recording? vy73 de wolfie df5sx, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1992, DXLD) Wolfie - Thank you very much for checking on my UNID and finding out who it is. Greatly appreciate your help! (Ron, ibid.) ** CHINA. Unscheduled transmission with Chinese Music July 25: 0300-0700 15120 BEI 500 kW / 322 deg CeAs Eng/Chi CRI as scheduled & till 0730 15120 BEI 500 kW / 322 deg CeAs Chinese Music unscheduled! https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/unscheduled-transmission-with-chinese.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 24-25, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CONGO DR. 6210.2, Radio Kahuzi, Bukavu, 1750-1809*, 23-07, religious songs, Vernacular comments. Very weak. 15311 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante and Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) ** CUBA. 4765, July 20 at 0152, Radio Progreso is back on after missing at least one month, music at S9+30/40 but undermodulated. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1992, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Progreso Back on 4765 kHz --- As noted tonight (20 July UT) here in NB at 0205 UT with ritmos cubanos (-- Richard Langley, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1992, DXLD) 4765, Radio Progreso, La Habana, 0345-0401*, 23-07, songs in English, Spanish, “Finaliza, Perspectiva, una producción de Radio Progreso”, news, “Boletín de Radio Progreso”, “Radio Progreso, Cadena Nacional les ha ofrecido la programación de hoy”, anthem and close. 25432 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante and Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) ** CUBA. 5040, 0045-0050 20.7, R Habana Cuba, Bauta, French ID: "Radio Habana [sic] Cuba", talk about discipline on Cuba, Cuban song - French first scheduled from 0100 in WRTH 2019! 55444 (Anker Petersen, Denmark, my latest loggings from Skovlunde on the AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, wbradio yg via DXLD) DST shifts affect this frequency and many others (gh, DXLD) ** CUBA. 13650, China Radio (CRI via Quivican Cuba) at 2330. Pop vocal music. Very listenable at first, then something went awfully wrong with the audio. (Checked with // receivers just to make sure it wasn't the radio here). "Something's always wrong", etc. - Good July 21 (Rick Barton, Arizona SW Logs, Unless otherwise stated, equipment is Grundig Satellit 205/T.5000, RS SW-2000629 with various outdoor wires & indoor shortwire. 73 and Good Listening.......! - rb, WOR iog via DXLD) ** CUBA [and non]. 9580, July 22 at 0248, CRI relay in Chinese, distorted and overmodulated, S9+20. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba. Again, no signal on 9570 from ALBANIA, nor 6020, which are supposed to run until 0400. Not a propagation problem, since e.g. Radio República via RMI via Issoudun, FRANCE on 9490 is S9+10/20 over jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1992, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. Fair signal of Radio Habana Cuba, 25mb via Quivican, July 22 till 0500 on 11850 QVC 250 kW / 170 deg to SoAm Spanish, as scheduled 0500-0504 on 11850 QVC 250 kW / 170 deg to SoAm English - unscheduled https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/fair-signal-of-radio-habana-cuba-in.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST) SAWA ** CUBA. 12200, July 23 at 0615, RHC English S9+10 with fades to S7, second harmonic of 6100 where it`s S9+30/20. The 25mb itself is virtually dead! Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 6100, July 25 at 0535, RHC English, S9+20/30 but suptorted, and also JBA on 2 x 6100 = 12200. 6000 also suptorted and weaker; 6165 weakest but not suptorted? 5040 not suptorted but loud with hum. Something`s always wrong at RHC. Feliz 26 de julio! Patria o Suerte, ¡Pensaremos! (Glenn Hauser, OK,WORLD OF RADIO 1992, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CYPRUS. 990 KHZ MW, RADIO SAWA TO SCALE BACK REGIONAL BROADCASTS In cost-saving move, BBG network plans to focus its OTA transmissions just on Iraq (via Costa Constantinides-CYP, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 13, BC-DX 20 July via DXLD) The first date is when C.C. sent it; the second date is of BC-DX publication I had to insert (gh, DXLD) R. Sawa hat Anfang Juli die Mittelwelle Cape Greco 990 kHz (600 kW-Sender, 4-Mast-Richtantenne) abgeschaltet. Die am Standort von RMC Moyen Orient errichtete Anlage ging 2002 fuer den neuen US-Auslandsdienst fuer die arabische Welt in Betrieb. Der Sendebeginn auf 981 kHz loeste internationale Verstimmung aus. Die Frequenz durfte zwar auch aus Zypern belegt werden, aber nur mit 100 statt der eingesetzten 600 kW. Infolgedessen wechselte R. Sawa wenig spaeter auf die "libanesische" Frequenz 990 kHz. Die staerkste verbliebene europaeische Station auf der Frequenz ist SER R. Bilbao (25 kW). (Amine Ferhane mediumwave.info, via Prof. Dr. Hansjoerg Biener-D, July 14 via BC-DX 20 July via DXLD) ** DENMARK. 5825, 2050-2100 17.7, OZ-Viola, Hillerød via Groundwave (tentative), music, too weak to identify language, 25131 (Anker Petersen, Denmark, my latest loggings from Skovlunde on the AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, wbradio yg via DXLD) ** DENMARK. Hearing World Music Radio (presumed) here in Central Alberta on 15805 kHz fading in/out of the noise at 2022 UT. Shazam says Buena Vista Social Club and Wa Fu Dance. 73 (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, Alberta, RX: Perseus SDR, Ant: Wellbrook Loop, July 20, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1992, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15805, World Music Radio at 2022 UT July 20. In and out of the noise Shazam detected Buena Vista Social Club "Dos Gardenias" and Wa Fu Dance with "Calypso Rose". Listened past 2200 but unable to identify any other songs or announcements. Poor. Stig Hartvig Nielson sent e-QSL to confirm what I had heard in 12 hours. 73 (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, AB, Rx: Perseus SDR, Ant: Wellbrook ALA100 loop, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1992, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WMR 15805 --- The 19 meter band is still open, and World Music Radio (WMR) can be heard quite well in Northern Scandinavia right now - and also (with a weak signal) in E & W North America on 15805 kHz, so I will leave the transmitter on all night - and tomorrow until Sunday at 20 UT. Best 73s (Stig Hartvig Nielsen, World Music Radio – http://www.wmr.radio 1951 UT July 20, Hard-Core-DX mailing list, via WORLD OF RADIO 1992, DXLD) Good signal of World Music Radio Denmark, July 23: 0445 & 0646 on 5840 RND 0.1 kW /non-dir to WeEu Music/English https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/good-signal-of-world-music-radio.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 22-23, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** DIEGO GARCIA. RADIO SCENE ON DIEGO GARCIA IN THE INDIAN OCEAN - 3 In our mini-series on the story of radio transmissions from the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, we have covered the early eras from 1914 up until 1946 in previous editions of our DX program Wavescan. Diego Garcia in the Chagos Archipelago is 37 miles long, it is mostly covered with coconut trees, there are no dangerous animals on the island, though there are wild horses and wild donkeys as a leftover from the colonial days. Diego Garcia is an island of dispute between Great Britain and Mauritius. Let’s see now what happens next in our sequence of information regarding the island called Diego Garcia. Before we get to the radio scene though, we note that the first postage stamps issued on Diego Garcia, in 1968, showed a series of land and sea animals from the Seychelles Islands. These stamps were overprinted in black with the initials BIOT, identifying the British Indian Ocean Territory. Since then the postal service in the British Indian Ocean Territory has issued more than 500 different stamps which have been in use mainly on the capital city island Diego Garcia. As a result of negotiations between the United States and Great Britain, work on a large joint radio communication station on Diego Garcia began in 1971. Two facilities were constructed. The transmitter station is located at the northern edge of the island on the western side of the lagoon, adjacent to the south of what was the huge circular Wullenweber receiver station, or the Elephant Cage as these massive aerial systems were known colloquially. The receiver station is located a dozen miles distant almost at the southern tip of the island. Very little has been made known of the technical equipment at the American communication station on Diego Garcia. However, we do know that at least some of their transmitters are rated at 3 kW; the international callsign is NKW; and one of its major purposes is for rapid communication with security personnel and with wide area international events in the Asian and Middle Eastern scene. In 1978, for example, a total of 78 shortwave frequencies were listed for use at station NKW. This shortwave station is still on the air to this day with the transmission of electronically coded information. Beginning in the year 2000, AFN American Forces Network programming was broadcast from NKW and beamed to American forces in Afghanistan. The daytime frequency was 12579 kHz, and the nighttime frequency was 4319 kHz, both in USB Upper Side Band mode. The shortwave channels were heard, and verified, by international radio monitors living in Europe, North America, India, Sri Lanka, and the South Pacific. This program relay was on the air for a period of 15 years, and it came to an end in mid 2015. Perhaps of even greater interest to the international radio monitor than their program rely on shortwave was their mediumwave station which was on the air with an irregular callsign, and obviously with approval from the local authorities. The AFRTS American Forces Radio TV station on Diego Garcia identified on air as AFDG, American Forces Diego Garcia, and it was launched as Radio Reindeer with 25 watts on 1475 kHz in 1972. The original studio and transmitter were housed in a back room in the Special Services Building, and most of the programming was produced locally and very informally. Inserted programming came from AFRTS studios in the United States. The existence of AFDG mediumwave on Diego Garcia was unrecognized internationally until the noted international radio monitor in Colombo Sri Lanka, Victor Goonetilleke heard this lonesome and isolated station on 1475 kHz. At that stage, it was said to be operating with 50 watts. Four years later, the station was on the air with an increase in power to 250 watts though the operating channel was still the split frequency 1475 kHz. Accurate reception reports were received from Japan, New Zealand, India, the Maldive Islands, and Sri Lanka, all of which were ultimately confirmed by the volunteer station staff. Dr. S. Chowdhury from the Indian DX Club International in Calcutta visited South India for the express purpose of listening to AFDG and making sample recordings of its programming. Around the mid 1980s, the station moved up 10 kHz to another split channel 1485 kHz. Then during the year 2015, the mediumwave transmitter, a professionally made CPA transmitter from the United States was silenced forever, though the 135 ft tower still stands. An FM transmitter with 10 watts on 101.9 MHz began a full time relay from the mediumwave station in 1978 and nearly 10 years later, a new 200 watt transmitter was installed. These days, AFDG is on the air from 2 FM transmitters with separate programming, 99.1 and 101.9 MHz, together with 4 channels of TV at 200 watts each. In addition BFBS radio and TV programming from London is also available over the air on Diego Garcia on several channels, some of which is linked with programming from Nepal in the Nepali language. Cable & Wireless was established in Diego Garcia in 1982; and there was an amateur radio station on the island, a club station with the call VQ9X, for a period of nearly 23 years running from 1991 to 2013. QSLs from AFDG mediumwave are quite rare, and these were issued by mail and electronically to a few international radio monitors who were fortunate enough to log this exotic little radio station. Victor Goonetilleke heard the station again while on a DXpedition to a small island near Colombo Sri Lanka and he received two QSLs by post in the same envelope; one verifying his most recent mediumwave logging, and the other verifying an earlier shortwave report. Another international radio monitor who was living in India at the time, heard AFDG Diego Garcia mediumwave while he was on a professional itinerary to the Maldive Islands in 1985. After sending a reception report to the station several times, he received two self-prepared QSL cards through the post, one in 1986 and another in 1987 (Adrian Peterson, IN, script for AWR Wavescan June 9 via DXLD) ** ECUADOR [non]. GERMANY/ECUADOR, HCJB Deutschland (3995, 5920, 7365 kHz) hat wieder Nachrichten aus Suedamerika im Programm. Mark-Torsten Wardein gibt dafuer folgende Begruendung: "Das war frueher immer der Renner: Das Neueste aus Suedamerika mit Radio HCJB aus Quito - Ecuador. Kultur, Land und Leute - alles war interessant und spannend. Nun gibt es wieder so ein Angebot. Ich selbst habe damals mehrere junge Mitarbeiter von ZP30 bei einer Radioschulung in Quito kennengelernt und dann den Sender in Paraguay besucht. Das Abendjournal ist auf jeden Fall ein grosser Pluspunkt fuer unser Radio in Deutschland und nimmt uns mit in den suedamerikanischen Alltag und in die Kultur. Ausgestrahlt wird es Dienstag bis Samstag und kommt immer mit einem Tag Verspaetung wegen der Zeitverschiebung." Das Abendjournal von ZP30 Filadelfia (Paraguay) ist im neuen Programmplan um 2000 Uhr zu finden. (Prof. Dr. Hansjoerg Biener-D, July 14) R. HCJB Deutschland (3995, 5920, 7365 kHz) hat zum 1. Juli folgenden Programmplan (UTC) aus Weenermoor veroeffentlicht: 0000: internationales Nachtprogramm 0300: Golos And in Russisch 0400: Nachrichten. 0405 Uhr Botschaft des Heils. 0425: Uhr Lutherische Stunde [5 minutes??? gh] 0430: Idea-Nachrichten/0440 Uhr Er-wartet. Sa So Medienmagazine 0500: Nachrichten. 0503 Uhr Missionswerk Werner Heukelbach 0533: Info-G. Sa So Neues Leben Impuls 0600: Nachrichten. 0605 Uhr Andacht. 0625 Uhr Lutherische Stunde 0630: Plattdeutsche Programme 0700: Hoerbuchradio 0800: Gemeindehilfsbund. So St. Martini-Gemeinde Bremen live 0900: Bibelpanorama mit Ruediger Klaue. So St. Martini-Gemeinde Bremen live 0930: Kinderprogramme. Sa So Medienmagazine 1000: Evangelistische Vortraege. Sa So Wunschbox 1100: verschiedene Programme 1300: Arbeitskreis fuer biblische Ethik in der Medizin 1400: Nachrichten. 1405 Uhr Gemeindehilfsbund 1500: Botschaft des Heils. 1515 Uhr Nachrichten. 1520 Uhr Idea heute 1530: Missionswerk Werner Heukelbach 1600: Mo Mi-Fr Gemeinde vor Ort, Di Hautnah, Sa So Wunschbox 1700: Kinderprogramme. Sa So Medienmagazine 1730: Info-G/Sa So NL-Impuls. 1755 Uhr Lutherische Stunde 1800: Nachrichten. 1805 Uhr Bibelpanorama mit Ruediger Klaue 1830: Plattdeutsche Programme 1900: Hoerbuchradio 2000: Abendjournal von R. ZP30 Filadelfia (Paraguay) 2100: Nachrichten/2105 Uhr Licht des Evangeliums. Sa So Medienmagazine 2130: Durch die Bibel 2200: internationales Nachtprogramm (Bernd Seiser-D, via Prof. Dr. Hansjoerg Biener-D, July 14 via BC-DX 20 July via DXLD) ** EGYPT. Random reception of Radio Cairo General Service on July 25: 0633-0638 9704.6 ABS 125 kW / 315 deg EaEu Arabic is scheduled later 1500-1600 9705.0 ABS 125 kW / 315 deg EaEu Albanian-inactive in A-19 https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/random-reception-of-radio-cairo-general.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 24-25, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005, Radio Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial, Bata, *0515-0534, 19-07, songs, at 0530 program “Panorama Nacional”. 15311. *0516-0536, 19-07, songs, at 0530 Spanish, program “Panorama Nacional”. Very weak. 15321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante and Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) 5005, Radio Nacional, Bata, *0505, 25-07, weak, but clear signal here in Reinante now, songs (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Log in Reinante, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) ** ERITREA [non]. No signal of Voice of Eritrean Lowlands via MBR Issoudun, July 15/22 1700-1730 15390 ISS 100 kW / 123 deg EaAf Arabic Mon. My last video on July 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmp8ptVj47s&feature=youtu.be Probably Monday broadcast of Voice of Eritrean Lowlands is cancelled & now is only Saturday: 1700-1730 15390 ISS 100 kW / 123 deg EaAf Arabic Sat, here 2 videos on July 19 https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/no-signal-of-voice-of-eritrean-lowlands.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 22-23, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. SECRETLAND, IRRS Radio Warra Wangeelaa via SPL Secretbrod on July 20 1500-1530 15515 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg EaAf Afar Oromo Sat, weak signal https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/irrs-radio-warra-wangeelaa-via-spl_20.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. GERMANY, Reception of Voice of Oromo Liberation via MBR Nauen on July 21 1700-1730 15420 NAU 100 kW / 144 deg Afan Oromo Fri/Sun, very good: https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/reception-of-voice-of-oromo-liberation_21.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 21, DX LISTENINIG DIGEST) ** GERMANY. 7495, July 20 at 0141, very poor broadcast, bit of music, then someone banging on a can at the rate of 5X per second. Unusual to hear anything here next to WBCQ which is still on 7490+. HFCC shows IBB Lampertheim, 100 kW, 80 degrees at 0030-0230 alternating semihours in Pst and Prs, which mean Pashto and Dari; so what is it, really? Per EiBi, VOA Ashna Radio, target IRAN! Instead of Afghanistan (Glenn Hauser, OK DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY [non]. Unscheduled frequency of DW via Issoudun on July 21 1325-1400 on 15195*ISS 500 kW / 170 deg to WeAf Hausa, good signal 1400-1530 on 15195*ISS 500 kW / 170 deg to WeAf DW IS, good signal * in A-19 scheduled on Sat Bundesliga till May 18 and from Aug.17! https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/unscheduled-frequency-of-deutsche-welle.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST) You mean, you know, like I said before ---- (gh, DXLD) ** GERMANY EAST. And something completely different that could be of interest due to the approaching 30th anniversary, so perhaps there will again be stories of Radio Berlin International waking up after November 9 1989, suggesting that in the first days of that month they were still asleep, broadcasting their old praises as if nothing had happened: I just saw that someone put on Youtube what went out on East German television on November 6 1989, after at least some days of shooting and editing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AZT05N0j4s One has to wonder if the foreigners who worked at RBI just did not want to see all this. And today? The emperor's new clothes... (Kai Ludwig, Germany, July 24, WOR iog via DXLD) ** GREECE. Gr33k pirat3s and MW stations --- 4837.15, S4, 1917-1926, harmonic of Greek on 1613.57v S9 only. Station plays in loop the same song of a well known Greek singer (Zacharias Liangas, Logs for 16-7-19 with the standard system of R75/16 m inV, WOR iiog via DXLD) ** GUAM. KTWR has been authorized to broadcast these DRM transmissions starting on July 18. Here is the schedule: Monday 11580 kHz 1215-1245 UT 285 90 kW English Tuesday 11995 kHz 1026-1056 UT 165 50 kW English Wednesday 11995 kHz 1026-1056 UT 315 50 kW English Thursday 11995 kHz 1026-1056 UT 345 50 kW English (via Hans Johnson, FL, July 23, DX LISTENING DIGEST) But: No signal yesterday 1215-1245 on 11580 probably FEBA Radio India relay and today 1026-1056 on 11995 for KTWR Trans World Radio Asia https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/no-signal-of-feba-india-via-ktwr-asia.html (Ivo Ivanov, July 23, WOR iog via DXLD) 11995 kHz KTWR DRM mode, - not on air July 24. NEGATIVE, -- only seen very S=1-2 tiny exciter? string on 11994.979 kHz, checked at Hiroshima, Tokyo, and Delhi India remote SDR's at 1025-1035 UT on Wed July 24. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Bueschel, WOR iog via DXLD) KTWR DRM UPDATED --- KTWR is about to start regular DRM broadcasts to four different areas. There will be broadcasts one day per week to each of four areas starting 5 August 2019. They will be working with the content server parameters to come up with the best compromise settings for each area. Each week will have different settings. KTWR will really appreciate your feedback for as many weeks as possible. Your assistance will ultimately help give your fellow listeners the best possible reception in the long run. For now, all programs will be in English. The schedule will be as follows, starting the week of 5 August through the end of the A19 broadcast season: Day Freq Time Region Power Monday 11580 kHz 1215-1245 UT South Asia 90 kW Tuesday 11995 kHz 1026-1056 UT ANZ/South Pacific 50 kW Wednesday 11995 kHz 1026-1056 UT China 50 kW Thursday 11995 kHz 1026-1056 UT Japan/Korea 50 kW (via Alokesh Gupta, India, WOR iog, and via Mike Sabin at KTWR via Hans Johnson, FL, July 24, WORLD OF RADIO 1992, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUATEMALA [and non]. GOVERNOR STITT PROCLAIMS JULY 28 BLESSED STANLEY ROTHER DAY --- See OKLAHOMA [and non] ** HAWAII. 10000, July 21 at 0603, WWVH still announcing that they will air info for military exercisers, I think she said at :50 past the hours. At this time, WWV is equally strong with short-skip sporadic E boost (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** HONDURAS. Finds and developments --- Members, I must admit that the task of sorting out the erasing of the 2 columns is taking a lot longer than I thought. One reason is that for Honduras there have been so many changes between my entries and those in WRTH that effectively I revised the whole country's entries. This has resulted in over 50 stations moving over to Inactive or Closed spreadsheet. 73 and 88 (Dan Goldfarb, UK, 19 July, mwmasts iog via DXLD) ** INDIA. 7380, AIR Bengaluru, 0120-0140 UT July 22. Music and MM/FF announcer. Sindhi language verified by my Pakistani neighbor who does not speak it, but knows it when he hears it. Signals fair to very good, with likely grey line-enhanced path at this time and location (Jim Barrett, Elmira, NY, Drake R8B, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST) AIR GOS 24 July --- For a change, a decent signal from All India Radio's General Overseas Service on 9445 kHz at 2047 UT tune in here in NB, even with a portable receiver indoors using its whip antenna. Promoting its online presence as AIR World Service (-- Richard Langley, July 25, WOR iog via DXLD) ** IRAN. 7230. IRIB. 22/7 0000-0010 UT. Noticias de Hispan TV. 44333 7230. IRIB 22/7 2350-2359 UT. Inicio del servicio en español, himno nacional de Irán, Recitación del Sagrado Corán e identificación de la emisora. 44444. 7270. IRIB. 22/7 2322-2332 UT. Himno nacional de Irán, luego hombre habla en francés, recitación del Sagrado Corán y explicación. 43453 con interferencia de varias emisoras en chino. 11870. IRIB. 22/7 2050-2120 UT. Programa acerca del cine en Irán. A las 2110, segmento acerca de la vestimenta y la belleza según los preceptos del Sagrado Corán. Y desde las 2115, espacio de música instrumental y luego avisos de cierre del servicio en español- (Claudio Galaz, Receptor: TECSUN PL 660; Antena: Hilo de 50 metros de largo, Lugar de escucha: Barraza Bajo, 4° región, Chile, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** IRELAND [non]. ITALY [non], CANADA [non]. Radio City on air now via IRRS, 9510 khz --- Radio City 9510, via IRRS/NEXUS, *0800, 20-07, tuning music, ID "This is IRRS in Milano signing on", "Radio City, the station of the cars, Radio Ciudad, la estación de los coches...", English, pop songs, comments. 45444 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Log in Reinante, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) From 1415 tune in with phone conversation on air, mentions of Radio City, then suddenly off at 1429 UT (Dan Robinson, MD, July 20, ibid.) 1400-1429 UT on 9510 Radio City is impossible 1400-1430 9510 SNG 250 kW / 320 deg to SoAs Hindi BBC in A-19 ROMANIA, Reception of IRRS Radio City via RADIOCOM Săftica July 20: 0800-0900 9510 SAF 100 kW / 300 deg to WeEu German Sat, weak/fair https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/reception-of-irrs-radio-city-via_20.html (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, 1444 UT, ibid.) ** JORDAN. Radio Jordan (Musea) --- A recording of the shortwave relay of Radio Jordan's domestic English service from February 1991 has been archived here: https://shortwavearchive.com/archive/radio-jordan-february-13-1991 and here: https://archive.org/details/radiojordan9.560mhz13february19912135utc (-- Richard Langley, NB, July 25, WOR iog via DXLD) ** KASHMIR. 4950, 0033-0035 20.7, INDIA, R Kashmir, Srinagar, Kashmiri ann, local songs, 35233 (Anker Petersen, Denmark, my latest loggings from Skovlunde on the AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, wbradio yg via DXLD) AIR Srinagar --- Presumed AIR Srinagar on 4950 between 1500 and 1600 with English program, some ads, heard via the Kerala, India Kiwi site which has been back after an absence (Dan Robinson, MD, 1522 UT July 20, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1992, DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH. Voice of Korea, via Kujang broadcast center, noted with some irregular break/moves, with different language audio feed, or even only modulated with pure Jamming scratch audio as intermodulation locally on the broadcast center, sometimes with empty carrier only. Noted on extensive monitoring in remote PERSEUS units in eastern Thailand, New Delhi India, Akitakata Hiroshima and Tokyo, Japan; during July 14 - 18, 2019. kHz program time UT language / remarks [all 200 kW] deg * inactive / out of service in A-19 season, due of budget cut ? 7220.000 VoK (KCBS) 0300-0350*Korean ND 9445.130 VoK (KCBS) 0300-0350*Korean ND 9730.000 VoK (KCBS) 0300-0350*Korean ND 13649.967 VoK 0300-0357 Chinese 238 15105 VoK 0300-0320 Chinese break 03.20 UT 238 11864.990 VoK 0300-0357 Chinese move from 15105 kHz 238 11735.003 VoK 0300-0357 Spanish 28 13759.997 VoK 0300-0357 Spanish 28 15179.997 VoK 0300-0357 Spanish 28 7220.000 VoK 0400-0457 English ND 9445.130 VoK 0400-0457 English ND 9730.000 VoK 0400-0457 English ND 11735.003 VoK 0400-0457 English 28 13759.997 VoK 0400-0457 English 28 15179.997 VoK 0400-0457 English 28 13649.967 VoK 0400-0457 French 238 15105 VoK 0400-0457 French now 11865 238 11864.990 VoK 0400-0457 French move from 15105 kHz 238 7220.000 VoK 0500-0557 Chinese ND 9445.130 VoK 0500-0557 Chinese ND 9730.002 VoK 0500-0557 Chinese ND 13649.964 VoK 0500-0557 English 238 15105 VoK 0500-0557 English now 11865 238 11864.989 VoK 0500-0557 English move from 15105 kHz 238 11735.002 VoK 0500-0557 Spanish 28 13759.997 VoK 0500-0557 Spanish 28 15179.997 VoK 0500-0557 Spanish 28 13649.964 VoK 0600-0657 Chinese 238 15105 VoK 0600-0657 Chinese now 11865 238 11864.988 VoK 0600-0657 Chinese move from 15105 kHz 238 7220.000 VoK 0600-0657 English ND 9445.130 VoK 0600-0657 English ND 9730.002 VoK 0600-0657 English ND 11735.002 VoK 0600-0657 French 28 13759.997 VoK 0600-0657 French 28 15179.997 VoK 0600-0657 French 28 7220.000 VoK (KCBS) 0700-0750*Korean ND 9445.130 VoK (KCBS) 0700-0750*Korean ND 9650.002 VoK 0700-0757 Japanese 109 11864.987 VoK 0700-0757 Japanese 109 9875.002 VoK 0700-0757 Russian 28 11734.997 VoK 0700-0757 Russian Japanese 28 13759.983 VoK 0700-0757 Russian 325 15244.961 VoK 0700-0757 Russian Japanese 325 9650.002 VoK 0800-0850 Japanese Russian 109 11864.988 VoK 0800-0850 Japanese 109 7220.000 VoK 0800-0857 Chinese Russian ND 9445.130 VoK 0800-0857 Chinese Russian ND 9875.003 VoK 0800-0857 Russian 28 11734.998 VoK 0800-0857 Russian Japanese+1/2 Russian 28 13759.982 VoK 0800-0857 Russian 325 15244.961 VoK 0800-0857 Russian Chinese 325 7220.000 VoK (KCBS) 0900-0950 Korean +Scratch jamm intermodulat ND 9445.130 VoK (KCBS) 0900-0950 Korean +Scratch jamm intermodulat ND 9875.003 VoK (KCBS) 0900-0950*Korean 28 11734.998 VoK (KCBS) 0900-0950*Korean 28 13759.982 VoK (KCBS) 0900-0950*Korean 325 15244.961 VoK (KCBS) 0900-0950*Korean 325 9650.002 VoK 0900-0950 Japanese 109 11864.989 VoK 0900-0950 Japanese 109 7220.000 VoK (KCBS) 1000-1050*Korean ND 9445.130 VoK (KCBS) 1000-1050*Korean ND 9650.002 VoK 1000-1050 Japanese 90% jamm intermodulat 109 11864.989 VoK 1000-1050 Japanese 90% jamm intermodulat 109 11709.989 VoK 1000-1050 English Japanese 28 11734.998 VoK 1000-1050 English Japanese 238 13650.003 VoK 1000-1050 English 238 15179.981 VoK 1000-1050 En CNR1 DRM Kunming 08-11 UT 28 7220.000 VoK 1100-1157 Chinese French ND 9445.130 VoK 1100-1157 Chinese French ND 11709.989 VoK 1100-1157 French Japanese 28 11734.998 VoK 1100-1157 French Japanese 238 13650.003 VoK 1100-1157 French 238 15179.981 VoK 1100-1157 French 28 9650.002 VoK 1100-1157 Japanese 109 11864.989 VoK 1100-1157 Japanese 109 7220.000 VoK (KCBS) 1200-1250*Korean ND 9445.130 VoK (KCBS) 1200-1250*Korean ND 9650.002 VoK 1200-1250 Japanese 109 11864.989 VoK 1200-1250 Japanese + 99% jamm intermodulat 109 11709.998 VoK (KCBS) 1200-1250 Korean Japanese 28 11734.998 VoK (KCBS) 1200-1250 Korean Japanese 238 13650.003 VoK (KCBS) 1200-1250 Korean 238 15179.981 VoK (KCBS) 1200-1250 Korean 28 11734.998 VoK 1300-1357 Chinese 238 13650.003 VoK 1300-1357 Chinese 238 9435.000 VoK 1300-1357 English 28 11709.998 VoK 1300-1357 English 28 13759.983 VoK 1300-1357 English 325 15244.961 VoK 1300-1357 English 325 9425.000 VoK 1300-1350*Korean 325 12014.989 VoK 1300-1350*Korean 325 11734.998 VoK (KCBS) 1400-1450 Korean 238 13650.003 VoK (KCBS) 1400-1450 Korean French 238 9435.000 VoK 1400-1457 French 28 11709.998 VoK 1400-1457 French 28 13759.983 VoK 1400-1457 French 325 15244.961 VoK 1400-1457 French Korean 325 9425.000 VoK 1400-1457 Russian 325 12014.989 VoK 1400-1457 Russian 11865 MNG 12014.875 325 9890.000 VoK 1500-1557 Arabic 296 11645.004 VoK 1500-1557 Arabic English 296 9435.000 VoK 1500-1557 English Russian 28 11709.999 VoK 1500-1557 English 28 13759.984 VoK 1500-1557 English 325 15244.959 VoK 1500-1557 English Arabic 325 9425.000 VoK 1500-1557 Russian 325 12014.990 VoK 1500-1557 Russian >>> 11865 July 15 325 9890.000 VoK 1600-1657 English 296 11645.004 VoK 1600-1657 English French 296 9435.000 VoK 1600-1657 French German 28 11709.999 VoK 1600-1657 French German 28 13759.984 VoK 1600-1657 French 325 15244.959 VoK 1600-1657 French English 325 9425.000 VoK 1600-1657 German English 325 12014.990 VoK 1600-1657 German >> 11865 English July 15 325 9435.000 VoK (KCBS) 1700-1750 Korean 28 11709.999 VoK (KCBS) 1700-1750 Korean 28 13759.984 VoK (KCBS) 1700-1750 Korean + 99% KRE jamming 325 15244.959 VoK (KCBS) 1700-1750 Korean + 99% KRE jamming 325 9890.000 VoK 1700-1757 Arabic 296 7210.000 VoK 1700-1757 Arabic >>> 7210 instead 296 9425.000 VoK 1700-1757 Russian 325 12014.990 VoK 1700-1757 Russian >>>11865 July 15 325 13759.987 VoK 1800-1857 English 325 15244.962 VoK 1800-1857 English 325 7210.000 VoK 1800-1857 French 271 9874.998 VoK 1800-1857 French 296 11635.003 VoK 1800-1857 French 296 11909.999 VoK 1800-1857 French 271 9425.000 VoK 1800-1857 German 325 12014.990 VoK 1800-1857 German 325 7210.000 VoK 1900-1957 English German 271 9874.998 VoK 1900-1957 English 296 11635.003 VoK 1900-1957 English Spanish 296 11909.999 VoK 1900-1957 English German 271 9425.000 VoK 1900-1957 German English 325 12014.990 VoK 1900-1957 German >>>11865 July 15 325 13759.984 VoK 1900-1957 Spanish 325 15244.962 VoK 1900-1957 Spanish English 325 7210.000 VoK (KCBS) 2000-2050 Korean 271 9425.000 VoK (KCBS) 2000-2050 Korean 325 9874.998 VoK (KCBS) 2000-2050 Korean 296 11635.003 VoK (KCBS) 2000-2050 Korean French 296 11909.999 VoK (KCBS) 2000-2050 Korean 271 12014.990 VoK (KCBS) 2000-2050 Korean >>> 11865 July 15 325 13759.984 VoK 2000-2057 French French 325 15244.962 VoK 2000-2057 French 325 9650.001 VoK 2100-2150 Japanese 109 12014.990 VoK 2100-2150 Japanese >>> 12015 July 17 109 7235.000 VoK 2100-2157 Chinese ND 9445.130 VoK 2100-2157 Chinese ND 9875.003 VoK 2100-2157 Chinese 271 11634.998 VoK 2100-2157 Chinese 271 13759.984 VoK 2100-2157 English 325 15244.962 VoK 2100-2157 English 325 7235.000 VoK 2200-2257 Chinese ND 9445.129 VoK 2200-2257 Chinese ND 9875.002 VoK 2200-2257 Chinese Spanish 271 11634.997 VoK 2200-2257 Chinese 271 9650.002 VoK 2200-2257 Japanese 109 12014.989 VoK 2200-2257 Japanese >>> 12015 July 17 109 13759.983 VoK 2200-2257 Spanish 325 15244.960 VoK 2200-2257 Spanish Chinese 325 9650.002 VoK 2300-2350 Japanese 109 12014.989 VoK 2300-2350 Japanese >>> 12015 July 17 109 7235.000 VoK (KCBS) 2300-2350 Korean ND 9445.128 VoK (KCBS) 2300-2350 Korean ND 9875.002 VoK (KCBS) 2300-2350 Korean 271 11634.997 VoK (KCBS) 2300-2350 Korean 271 13759.983 VoK (KCBS) 2300-2350 Korean 325 15244.961 VoK (KCBS) 2300-2350 Korean 325 [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 14 - 18, BCDX via DXLD) Hi Wolfy and Glenn, VoK is a VERY difficult station to hear currently - that is at my location. Maybe better using a SDR somewhere. I've just been checking their 1400 and 1500 UT channels and the best I can get is a whistle on about 13760. There was nothing at all on 15245 until 1457 when the bully boys from CRI came onto this channel in English, and 13760 had splatter from CRI on 13755. VoK has never been an outstanding signal - and neither is KBS or NHK direct. I seem to remember reading somewhere that the BBC had a problem reaching that area direct from the UK - hence the opening of a relay station in Malaysia - now Singapore. Thanks or the complete sched, Wolfy - even the offsets !!!! I guess this was the reason for the whistle when tuned to 13760.000. 73 from (Noel Green, NW England, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. unIDed Korean on 7550 --- 7550 (NEW) Talks in Korean 1905 with S10 signal with very long talks. At 2000 still with talk that passes the top of hour. 7575 same time a carrier that still remains for 10 minutes at least. My original log on 16.7.19, posted in https://zliangaslogs.blogspot.com/2019/07/logs-for-16719.html Nothing on EiBi. MY today`s addition after some search: 7550, AIR back with digital stream at S9. The station in Korean is also on the freq and relatively audible. In contrast this station is heard in clear in Japan and Vietnam. And some audios for anyone who can help: (from Tokyo Kspot) https://instaud.io/private/fd63b5dff2f85194086be7c6a54d30b367695fc5 https://instaud.io/private/b31b580ee0389db840472afe9e17849f359febcc Will try more another day Also: 7575 is only carrier at both 1855 and 1900 (????) as with 16. 7540 Deewa in PS via Udon Thani, Thailand at 1858 with a song that seems quite like dangdut but with Hindi style pitch. I was wandering in these frequencies locating the sign off. 7545 at 1902 with non synch 75 baud RTTY, FSK mode (Zacharias Liangas, Greece, July 20, WOR iog via DXLD) Probably is Radio Free North Korea, bad frequency selection 1900-2130 on 7550, strong co-ch AIR in English/French in DRM (Ivo Ivanov, 2022 UT July 20, ibid.) In your first clip at 59 seconds, Korean ID for Free North Korea Radio. To clarify; at 59 seconds in the clip https://instaud.io/private/785d0337a617eb5edbf2added44a95057b1b025e 73, (Jari Savolainen, Finland, ibid.) Clandestine Radio Free North Korea. It will be her? 7550. Jul 18, 2019. 1922-1940, Radio Free North Korea, Tashkent-UZB, in Korean. Men and woman announcers talk and a conversation between them and many laughs. Fair reception, 35533. Note: I have doubts about this log! (JRX_Jose Ronaldo Xavier, SWARL Callsign PR7036SWL, Cabedelo, Brazil (UTC-3), WOR iog via DXLD) Hi Jose, Indeed does seem that you heard Free North Korea Radio, on July 18, from 1922+ UT. You can confirm your reception by listening to audio streaming at http://www.fnkradio.com/bbs/board.php?bo_table=radio&wr_id=268 . Start listening at 22:00 on the audio. It sounds just as you described it. Well done! Free North Korea Radio ("Jayu Bukhan Bangsong") 7550 kHz. 1900-2100 UT 11510 kHz. 1200-1400 UT (Ron Howard, California, ibid.) Thanks Ron for your attention. I'll try listening to the station's audio. Greetings, (Jose Ronaldo, Cabedelo, Paraiba, Brazil, ibid.) [Edited Message Follows] [Reason: minor addition with the IS in Japanese at 2045] 7550 is again heard on 21th at 2020 and then with S9 signal via Tokyo Japan as in the photo. Short Japanese lang window on 2045 for two minutes only! https://instaud.io/private/785d0337a617eb5edbf2added44a95057b1b025e around 5 min on 2057-2101 (change of transnmitter or low modulation) A signal history is shown for around 7 minutes (1/16 speed used) Log is posted in https://zliangaslogs.blogspot.com/2019/07/logs-for-20719.html If anyone knows something more please let me know (Zacharias Liangas, Greece, ibid.) But really duration of each program is 1200-1430 on 11510, not 1200-1400 1900-2130 on 7550, not 1900-2100 (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, ibid.) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. Update: Additions to the previous logs on 75xx 7550, today 20 July, AIR is back with digital stream at S9. The station in Korean is also on the freq and relatively audible. In contrast this station is heard in clear in Japan with good signal and poor in Vietnam..AIR does not reach them. And some audios for anyone who can help: https://instaud.io/private/fd63b5dff2f85194086be7c6a54d30b367695fc5 https://instaud.io/private/b31b580ee0389db840472afe9e17849f359febcc On 21 July have listened for more than 30 minutes in the Tokyo spot to find an ID. Below you will find a propagation drawing for around 7 minutes. There is also an audio uploaded in instaudio before the ToH. Also on 2045 a mini Jap language window for 2 minutes then back into Korean. https://instaud.io/private/785d0337a617eb5edbf2added44a95057b1b025e (Zacharias Liangas, WOR iog via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. UZBEKISTAN, Additional transmission of Radio Free North Korea via Tashkent: 1900-2130 7550 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg Korean, poor, and totally blocked same time 7550 BGL 500 kW / 300 deg WeEu En/Hi/En DRM All India Radio https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/additional-transmission-of-radio-free.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UZBEKISTAN, Free North Korea Radio via Tashkent, updated schedule: 1200-1430 11510 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg NEAs Korean, not 1200-1400 UT from 1319 11510 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg NEAs open carrier on July 22! 1900-2130 7550*TAC 100 kW / 076 deg NEAs Korean, not 1900-2100 UT * co-ch 7550 BGL 500 kW / 300 deg WeEu En/Hi/En in DRM mode AIR https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/free-north-korea-radio-via-tashkent.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 21, WORLD OF RADIO 1992, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA SOUTH. Yesterday I had some good news from Asiawaves. You will have heard mention through WRTH and other sources of the Misan-myeon based South Korean clandestine station called 756AM. Via the latest Google Earth historical image you will find at 38° 01' 01"N, 126° 59' 22"E three towers in an array pointing at 348 degrees. Thanks to Asiawaves for the detective work.73 and 88 (Dan Goldfarb, UK, 19 July, mwmasts iog via DXLD) ** KOREA SOUTH. Die Far East Broadcasting Company hat einen neuen 250-kW-Mittelwellensender in Suedkorea angekuendigt. Er soll in der Naehe der Grenze zu Nordkorea errichtet werden und rund um die Uhr in Koreanisch senden. Nach Angaben von Ed Cannon, dem Praesidenten von FEBC, komme man damit einem oft geaeusserten Wunsch nordkoreanischer Fluechtlinge nach. Tatsaechlich hat die protestantische Radiomission neben UKW-Stationen auch zwei Mittelwellensender in Suedkorea: HLKX Seoul 1188 kHz (100 kW, *1956, 1977 von FEBC uebernommen) und HLAZ Cheju 1566 kHz (250 kW, *1973, gelegentlich auch in Mitteleuropa gemeldet). Beide senden ueberwiegend in Koreanisch - und auch koreanische Sendungen der US-Auslandsdienste R. Free Asia und Voice of America. Es ist unklar, ob der neue Sendestandort einen bestehenden ersetzen wird, was sowohl beim Sender in der suedkoreanischen Hauptstadt als auch bei dem auf der Ferieninsel Cheju verstaendlich waere (Prof. Dr. Hansjoerg Biener-D, July 14, BC-DX 20 July via DXLD) ** KOREA SOUTH. 15575, KBS World Radio at 1325 UT July 19 with JBA signal for the so called North American Service. I could tell they were in English and that is it. Poor. 73 (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, AB, Rx: Perseus SDR, Ant: Wellbrook ALA100 loop, WOR iog via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KUWAIT. Worth a look is [very detailed techspex] https://www.fbo.gov/utils/view?id=f632639dea48d1370478420ae8aaa87b Makes me again wonder what will happen with 1548 kHz in the process of winding down Radio Sawa (which reportedly is now under way and 990 kHz from Cyprus already gone). Some time ago it had been explained that the new antennas will supersede the use of third party facilities. So it appears that Kuwait will replace the remaining use of Woofferton, or more precisely airtime still leased for cash there (apparently airtime swap deals are meanwhile in place here, too, with USAGM getting Woofferton airtime while in return providing São Tomé airtime for Encompass customers BBC and Deutsche Welle). (Kai Ludwig, Germany, July 24, WOR iog via DXLD) ** KUWAIT. MOI Radio Kuwait in English on two freq in 19mb, July 25: 0500-0800 15529.8 KBD 250 kW / 310 deg WeEu English, as scheduled & // freqcy 15515.0 KBD 250 kW / 059 deg EaAs instead Arabic Gen. Sce: 0800-0805 15529.8 KBD 250 kW / 310 deg WeEu Persian - unscheduled & 0800-0900 15515.0 KBD 250 kW / 059 deg EaAs instead Arabic Gen. Sce: https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/moi-radio-kuwait-in-english-on-two.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 24-25, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KYRGYZSTAN. Birinchi Radio operates now on 612 kHz only between 0000-1200. 4820 kHz carries 2nd prgr, but only between 0000-1230. Power is 15 kW. On MW all other KTRK transmitters except 612 kHz are reported to be off the air (WRTHmonitor July 2019 updates / http://www.wrth.com/_shop/?p=5220 via Rus-DX 21 July via DXLD) ** KYRGYZSTAN. BREAKING NEWS FROM KYRGYZSTAN! Dear Friend, It just happened! Only days ago, we went on the air and we’re now broadcasting the Gospel message in Naryn, Kyrgyzstan! And it’s working --- people are listening. Even on the very first day of broadcasting, we started receiving calls from listeners who are grateful and excited to hear the Good News. Thank you for being a part of this important work of reaching the people of Kyrgyzstan with the Gospel (via Juan Franco Crespo, July 25, DXLD) Can`t find this latest story yet on FEBC website, only previous one, so it`s only FM. WTFK? Who cares?? (gh, DXLD) FEBC KYRGYZSTAN PREPARES TO LAUNCH NEW STATION by febc | Jan 3, 2019 | Blog, FEBC News, Kyrgyzstan On December 14, FEBC Kyrgyzstan received an FM frequency for the station they plan to launch in Naryn, a city in the central part of the country. Less than a week later, Janysh, director of FEBC Kyrgyzstan, abandoned his vehicle due to heavy snow and rode for four... On December 14, FEBC Kyrgyzstan received an FM frequency for the station they plan to launch in Naryn, a city in the central part of the country. Less than a week later, Janysh, director of FEBC Kyrgyzstan, abandoned his vehicle due to heavy snow and rode for four hours on horseback in -10 degree weather to the top of a mountain to visit the transmitter site and begin initial planning. The station is expected to be up and running by late spring or early summer once the snows have melted. In a video sent from Janysh during his snowy trek, he explains how part of the first stages of planning involves determining whether FEBC should rent or build their own transmitter. As the staff continues to make plans for the new station, lots of funding and prayers are needed to help the station meets its launch-date goals. https://www.febc.org/febc-kyrgyzstan-prepares-to-launch-new-station (via Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** KYRGYZSTAN. 4010.18, 0015-0017 20.7, Birinchi R, Krasnaya Rechka, Kyrgyz talk by man and woman, 35233 (Anker Petersen, Denmark, my latest loggings from Skovlunde on the AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, wbradio yg via DXLD) ** LAOS [non]. TAIWAN, Reception of Suab Xaa Moo Zoo/Voice of Hope, July 19 2230-2300 on 7530 TSH 100 kW / 250 deg to SEAs Hmong, fair signal https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/reception-of-suab-xaa-moo-zoovoice-of.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 19-20, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALAYSIA. Fair signal of RTM Wai or Limbang FM on July 20 from 0750 on 11665 KAJ 100 kW / 093 deg to SEAs Malaysian: https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/fair-signal-of-rtm-wai-or-limbang-fm-on_20.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 19-20, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. Very soon I will start to work on the Mexican entries. I suspect that there are a lot less than 780 AM stations still broadcasting in that country. Also there are certainly large numbers of sites which have moved due to urbanisation. 73 and 88 (Dan Goldfarb, UK, 19 July, mwmasts iog via DXLD) All in all, it has been a very rewarding week re finds to boost my spreadsheets. My Mexican work goes on. Although I am still at an early stage, I am surprised at how many of my coordinates - entered several years ago - still appear to be perfectly viable. For others which have disappeared, I am finding some interesting clues on the recently revamped REC website. 73 and 88 (Dan Goldfarb, UK, 21 July, mwmasts iog via DXLD) [Edited Message Follows] Members, Lots of conflicting pointers exist re Léon 590 kHz XEGTO. There is a big rural space between Léon and Guanajuato to its East. The focus seemed to be around Arperos. The reason for this alert for you is that the monopole is literally in the middle of nowhere. This is very much a mast which I stumbled across. The size matches the low frequency and there is good resolution on maps. It can be found at 21° 06' 29"N, 101° 25' 18"W or 21.107934, -101.421774. This spot comes under the label of Los Gómez. You could well receive other notifications of finds from Mexico over the next weeks. 73 and 88 (Dan Goldfarb, 23 July, mwmasts iog via DXLD) ** MEXICO. XEROPJ-1030 is testing --- I just saw a post (and heard an audio clip) on a Mexican AM radio Facebook page: XEROPJ-1030 Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco is testing. This station purchased the AM license of the former XELJ which has finished moving to FM. Slogan is W Radio Bajío 10-30 AM. Licensee is Radio Operadora Pegasso. 73 (Tim Hall, CA, July 24, ABDX yg via DXLD) I logged XELJ here near Chicago a few times so maybe this is possible. Did they move xmtr at all? 73 KAZ (Neil Kazaross, ibid.) I don't actually know. I haven't found a good source of information on Mexican transmitter sites. I would think that these new licensees would be eager to buy or lease the existing transmitter sites of the old licensees, but I don't know if that is actually happening or not. 73 (Tim, ibid.) ** MEXICO. 6185, Radio Educación, Ciudad de México, 0456-0504*, 17-07, theatre play “El Hingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha”. 14321. Also 0455-0503*, 23-07, Spanish, theatre play. 14321. Also 0350-0359, 24-07, Spanish, comments, Mexican songs. 25322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante and Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) ** MEXICO. I get my wish for sporadic-E FM DX from Mexico this summer, but it`s a very frustrating experience. July 22 at 1755 UT I`m heading out on errands when routine check of FM band on caradio finds Spanish on 88.1, so I come back and start tuning on the DX-398 & PL-880. Signals are marginal, don`t last long, fade down just as something identifiable might be imminent. And I still have stuff to do, so my own tuning is sporadic. Closest to a definite catch is 93.1 in Guadalajara. Opening is a surprise as latest chex of DXmaps did not show any Es activity south of here at any MUF. But during this opening I am away from computer so don`t know what maps later show. Usual situation has been Es across eastern half of USA only in our mornings, seldom exceeding 88 MHz. 88.1: 1755, Beatles` ``When I`m 64`` but DJ in Spanish, obviously cannot be either Okie which vie for marginal dominance here. 1757, just miss ID? when DJ unexpectedly talx over music. 1805, more classic rock in English sporadically overcoming KWOU/KMSI. 1911, Spanish mix, ``salsa loca``, ``25 pesos`` so it`s definitely not Unitedstatesian; guardia nacional PSA. 1915 more classic rock in English. 2000, Spanish talk vs two Okies. Widely separated bits may involve more than one station. Of many 88.1s, WTFDA FM Database shows possibilities: XHRED-FM, 88.1, CD. DE MÉXICO, CDMX, MEX, 95.0/95.0 kW, 561.0m, 19-27-08, 99-22-03, Spanish, No Program Type or Undefined, 80'S HITS, UNIVERSAL STEREO And one 88.1 Mexican remarkably in English --- does that mean all announcing is also in English? XHDZ-FM, 88.1, CÓRDOBA, VER, MEX, 10.0/10.0 kW, -21.75m = below average terrain, 18-54-27, 96-58-27, English, CLASSIC HITS, HITS 88.1, English! [sic] 92.9: 1756, ad in Spanish overcoming Tulsa; 1907, another fade-in of Mexmx. There are 19 Mexicans on 92.9 of which about 5 are in the central PTA, primarily XEQ-FM in Mexico City. 95.5: at 1916, gospel rock in English, ``Holy, holy`` not to original hymn tune, strong and fading as Es, over Tulsa, then KWEN`s K-95 ID at 1917. Maybe from near Mexico border, or a separate opening? But no Texans south of Corpus Christi and that station is no fit. 93.1: at 1920, Kubota ad on US281 near Pratt, so only Hutchinson KS; strong in solid like a local so thought it had to be DX; backscatter? 93.5: at 1933, W&M chat, mention Celaya; 2027, Spanish talk. No station in Celaya, but one elsewhere in same state Guanajuato: XHNY-FM, 93.5, IRAPUATO, GTO, MEX, 30.03/30.03 kW, 217.0m. 20-42-11, 101-23-26, Spanish, SPANISH POP, EXA FM 95.1: at 2005, Spanish, over KS/OK, automated timecheck simply ``tres, cinco`` i.e. in CDT zone too. Ten stations, all but three of which are in central PTA. Maybe Irapuato XHNH-FM correlating with 93.5. 93.1: at 2010, now really DX, Spanish W&M talk; 2012 ``sin comerciales, sólo música romántica``. Plug program ``Por amor de vida`` at 11 de la mañana. Mention ``iHeart Radio`` pronounced in English, and a jingle for same! Two MexDX stations seem mixing. 2014 talk in Spanish, 2018 ad for Justicia TV; 2019 Guardia de Fuerza? Nacional PSA from gobierno de México; PSA for Secretaría de Cultura; plug música sinfónica; 2020, ``93 punto 1``. A little searching leads right to: https://amorfm.mx/amor-93-1-guadalajara/ Página oficial de Amor 93.1 Guadalajara | Sólo Música Romántica | Grupo ACIR - Conectando a Millones. Amor 93.1 Guadalajara | Amor | Sólo Música Romántica At first wondered if iHeart plug meant it had to be Unitedstatesian? NO, last year they made a deal with the Grupo ACIR to handle streaming, if not axually own Mexistations. iHeart logo also appears on Amor`s page above. Call-sign IDs are very rare in Mexico. Per WTFDA FM Database: XHPI-FM, 93.1, GUADALAJARA, JAL, MEX, 79.8/79.8 kW, only 37.0m high, 20-39-40, 103-23-10, Spanish, ROMANTICA, AMOR. 1827 km = 1135 st mi. WORLD OF RADIO 1992, 90.7: at 2023 Mexican music in Spanish, 2024 ``del Norte``. Two words are not much to go on, but surprisingly there is this correlation: XHPSTZ-FM, 90.7, SOMBRERETE, ZAC, MEX, 6.0/6.0 kw, 174.3m, 23-38-59, 103-36-29, Spanish, REGIONAL MEXICAN, LA BONITA DEL NORTE DE SOMBRERETE --- North of what? Certainly not in the real norteña area next to EUA. 91.9: at 2030, Two stations mixing, need side-tuning to 91.95 to avoid 91.7 KOSU, but also avoid 92.1 KAMG-LP Enid still on, dead air. Spanish music in stereo; 2032 says ``Jalisco vale``, another song; 2038 PSA by ``gobierno del estado de ---¿qué?---``. That would have nailed it as state-sponsored PSAs surely air only in their own state! Going on the Jalisco clue (and Guadalajara on 93.1), we find two: XHESP-FM, 91.9, SAN PEDRO TLAQUEPAQUE, JAL, MEX, 3.0/3.0 kW, 45.3m, 21-41-07, 103-23-24, Spanish, Soft Rock, ROCK & SOUL AND: XHVJL-FM, 91.9, PUERTO VALLARTA, JAL, MEX, 50.0/50.0 kW, 3.0m!, 20-39-11, 105-14-05, Spanish, NEWS/TALK/VARIETY, JALISCO RADIO (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. RAYMIE`S MEXICO BEAT this week --- including TDT = DTV The IFT's July 12 update of its multiprogramming lists had included an until-then unannounced surprise, and it's coming to fruition tomorrow for TV viewers in the Guadalajara metropolitan area. The new Canal Parlamento of the Jalisco state legislature https://twitter.com/CongresoJalTV/status/1153055758507896832 will become the third subchannel of XHGJG. It's the second attempt at putting state legislative proceedings on a C7 subchannel: you may recall the original four-channel plan for C7 which had "C7 Congreso" and "C7 Ley" subchannels that only briefly broadcast. Jalisco is the second state legislature (behind Mexico City's Ciudad TV 21.2) to have its own legislative broadcast channel (Raymie Humbert, Phœnix AZ, July 21, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) Turns out "forever" is only "a month and a half". XECL-AM 990 in Mexicali is back on the air today https://www.facebook.com/RocolaMexicali/photos/a.325719530932550/1200495020121659/?type=3&theater — with no changes in format — after being silent since the beginning of June. It was notably not accompanied, at least yet, by XED-AM 1050. ——— There's a great interview in El Economista today with Rebeca Chan of XHCSAG-FM fame. We're learning a lot from this one: https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/empresas/No-vamos-a-evangelizar-con-la-101.9-FM-que-ganamos-en-Merida-La-Vision-de-Dios-20190722-0059.html • XHCSAG will launch at the end of the year if all goes well as "Vida Nueva, La Radio de la Familia" • It won't be religious, but it will be inspirational. Chan cites drug addictions as something with personal meaning to her family and notes that Yucatán leads the country in suicide rate. • The stick will be in Chichí Suárez on land she owns. Right now, though, she's awaiting DGAC (air navigation) approval. It'll cost about 4 million pesos to put XHCSAG-FM on the air (Raymie, July 22, ibid.) File this one under the "coming soon" column. The IFT has, in the last couple years, been certifying that public broadcasters are meeting the "Article 86 requirements" of Article 86 of the LFTR. This is a set of requirements incumbent of all public broadcast services. ``En dicha solicitud deberán precisarse los mecanismos para asegurar la independencia editorial; autonomía de gestión financiera; garantías de participación ciudadana; reglas claras para la transparencia y rendición de cuentas; defensa de sus contenidos; opciones de financiamiento; pleno acceso a tecnologías y reglas para la expresión de diversidades ideológicas, étnicas y culturales.`` In effect, a public broadcaster must demonstrate that • its programming is editorially independent; •*it has financial autonomy to manage its own money; • has guidelines in place to ensure public participation; • has transparency rules; • offers an ombudsman to defend the interests of its audience and respond to concerns about station programming; • it has ways of receiving funds; • it incorporates technology into its broadcasts; • and it has rules to ensure the station is diverse. In practice, quite a bit of this runs through station advisory boards which have been set up to respond to the Article 86 requirements. However, in certifying Article 86 compliance, besides things like streaming and social media presences, it's come up that a number of public radio stations are considering HD Radio. These existing station certifications mentioned HD Radio as planned: XHUPC, XHUDO, XHUTX, XHRUV, XHUAA, potentially the Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua network (it notes that it has new, HD-ready transmitter equipment), and Radiomás in Veracruz (which stated that it intends to replace all of its aging transmitters with HD-capable ones). New stations have also looked into HD Radio; the concession award for XHCPAG-FM Culiacán says that the Universidad Pedagógica del Estado de Sinaloa has looked into an IBOC setup, and the Durango state network (XHCPAQ/XHCPAR/XHCPAS) is planned to be HD from the start. (As a note, we haven't heard a word from the state government about this project. I can't find any articles, my email to Governor José Rosas Aispuro Torres went completely unanswered. The Sistema de Radio y Televisión de Durango was created by a decree dated March 11 but published in the state official newspaper on April 21.) http://secretariageneral.durango.gob.mx/wp-content/uploads/sites/40/2019/06/no.-32-21-DE-ABRIL-DE-2019.pdf (Raymie, July 23, ibid.) The IFT may be on summer break, but Rafael Eslava Herrada...has not been. Instead, he's been making the rounds on radio and TV shows across the country. In the last week, he was interviewed by/appeared on El Weso on W Radio, Radio Fórmula Acapulco with Marco Antonio Aguilera, Javier Poza for national Radio Fórmula, Fórmula Financiera, Arturo Medina for Radio Fórmula Quintana Roo, 88.9 Noticias, ABC Radio Puebla, Radio Fórmula San Luis, Imagen Radio, Multimedios TV, Nu9ve Aguascalientes, Televisa Zacatecas, El Heraldo Radio, XEU Veracruz, El Financiero TV, Gerardo Segoviano for Origen Noticias... Why is the head of the IFT's Concessions and Services Unit in such high demand? Simple: because Mexican telephone dialing is changing on August 3. I debated whether this was worth writing about; after all, this is not a topic that is of much interest to DXers. But it's of just enough interest because it changes the way phone numbers may be announced in commercials—and may mean more local area codes in radio commercials, which would be great news on our end. The new scheme means 10-digit dialing for all numbers nationwide, including local calls. It also removes the 01, 044 and 045 prefixes formerly necessary to place certain sorts of calls. It used to be that, if you wanted to call a cell phone from a landline, you had to dial 044 if the numbers were in the same city or 045 if they weren't, and all calls to landlines outside of your city, or to 01-800 and 01-900 numbers, required dialing 01. (Talk about confusing!) All that is going away, but so too is the ability to dial seven or eight digits for your local calls. Also worth mentioning and potentially useful for distinguishing phone numbers in some commercials: local numbers in Mexico City, Guadalajara, and Monterrey are eight digits with a two-digit area code (55, 33 and 81), unlike the rest of the country where the lengths of area codes and phone numbers are like the US: three-digit area codes and seven-digit numbers. As such, if you're a DXer, you might start hearing more area codes on radio commercials now that ten-digit dialing is required for even local calls. I wonder what he had to say when he went on Origen Noticias...with a pirate 95.3...in Cancún. (Or on XHACA-FM, which has known of its A90 clear obligations for 26 months.) [tagline:] Este programa es público, ajeno a cualquier partido político. Queda prohibido el uso para fines distintos a los establecidos en el programa (Raymie, July 23, ibid.) ** MOLDOVA. Radio Free Europe with program in Russian was heard on July 15th at 1830-1900 UT on MW 873 & 1494 kHz, instead of the usual airing at 1815-1845. This transmission is on the air only on Mondays and is not compiled by Radio Liberty (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, via Rus-DX 21 July via DXLD) ** NEW ZEALAND. [Edited Message Follows] Members, Among my most prized accomplishments recently is that I have now at last had official confirmation from Radio New Zealand engineers about Auckland Henderson. The Northern mast is the most heavily used AM mast in the world. It is the only Octaplex mast on my spreadsheet. I give below the email received from Steve White: "Hi Dan, Your assessment is very close, the actual distribution of services is as follows - Southern Mast - 153m Height - 7 Services 531PI (531 kHz) RNZ National (756 kHz) Southern Star (882 kHz) Radio Apna (990 kHz) Radio Ake (1179 kHz) Radio Sport (1332 kHz) Radio Racing (1476 kHz) Northern Mast - 122m Height - 8 Services 603 kHz - Radio Waatea 702 kHz - Magic Talk 810 kHz – BBC – Auckland Radio Trust 936 kHz – Chinese Voice Radio - World TV 1080 kHz - NZME Newstalk ZB 1251 kHz - Radio Rhema 1386 kHz - Radio Tarana 1593 kHz - Radio Samoa`` [later:] Apologies but once the Groups.io software goes into Attachment mode the rest of the post stays in that setting. There are very minor discrepancies between station names used by Steve and those on WRTH. I have retained the WRTH names on my spreadsheet. Could Paul Rawdon possibly help me out to see that the above finds its way onto the next DX Times - subject to deadlines? At last the arguments re apportionment between the two masts have been settled. 73 and 88 (Dan Goldfarb, 19 July, mwmasts iog via DXLD) New Zealand part 2 --- Members, Slowly there is movement to ensure that the knowledge about AM stations in NZ is nearing towards 100%. A fascinating discovery by Paul Rawdon covers the setup for Magic on 1386 kHz and The Wireless Station on 1530 kHz within the Hawkes Bay area. With some skill the existence of a series of wires attached to a TV/FM tower at 39° 26' 28"S, 176° 52' 56"E or -39.607788, 176.882098 was identified. The setup can only be seen through Google Streetview either through Maps or Earth. It nearly has the appearance of a double T-Shape! Quite complex. Secondly, I can report (via Asiawaves) that Ranfurly 729 kHz is at 45° 07' 30"S, 170° 04' 35"E or -45.124913, 170.076303. It is one of those frustrating finds (these often take the longest to find) where all that you can see is the shadow. However a circle does appear around the "smudge" in the most recent Google Earth image. This adds to the likelihood of the mast appearing soon in images. The existence of a tube mast holding up a dipole at the studio pointing West plus the RSM vague suggestion of a location West of the town makes the find an almost perfect fit around the evidential clues. 73 and 88 (Dan Goldfarb, UK, 21 July, mwmasts iog via DXLD) Hi Dan, I just struck it lucky, I merely or as it turned out merrily dropped the street view pin on the map and it happened to be opposite the mast. When I am mast hunting, I always use the street view if it is available. Keep up the good work (Paul Rawdon, NZ, 21 July, mwmasts iog via DXLD) ** NEW ZEALAND. 11725, July 25 at 2105, English news from RNZI, S4-S3. Not often heard here, now propagating as their midwinter lower morning frequency for two hours from 2059, but should be better on 13840 from 2259. No more 15720 until spring (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA. Weak to fair signal of Voice of Nigeria July 19: from 1630 on 11769.9 AJA 250 kW / 007 deg NoAf English, plus co-ch at same time 11770.0 URU 050 kW / 230 deg EaAs Chinese PBS Xinjiang https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/weak-to-fair-signal-of-voice-of-nigeria.html Reception of Voice of Nigeria in 41mb on July 20: from 0600 on 7254.9 AJA 250 kW / 248 deg to WCAf Hausa, fair https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/reception-of-voice-of-nigeria-in-41mb_20.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 19-20, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. On another note, no sign of YHWH for a week now on 7470. Another prolonged outage? 73, (Walt Salmaniw, July 24, WOR iog via DXLD) YHWH 7470 is back! Just as I had remarked last night that YHWH was absent again, there he is at 0356 UT tune-in at good level, on 7470, but with a lot of summer static. At excellent level using the KiwiSDR at Prescott Valley, AZ (Walt Salmaniw, 0400 UT July 25, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1992, DXLD) YHWH 7470, caught late, may be signing off as I write this, 0420 7/24. 73 (Rick Bartpm, Arizona, ibid.) 7470, July 25 at 0402, Station YHWH is back, barely recognizable on peaks, vs cross-mod from huge 7335 & 7435 Radio Martí signals --- not a usual problem with the R75, but maybe having to run the noise blanker too causes it. Had been unreported for about a week, but tnx now due to timely tips on the WOR io group from Walt Salmaniw and Rick Barton. Still going at 0529 with better signal here (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1992, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. FM pirates: see CANADA; U S A ** NORWAY. 5895 kHz Radio Northern Star --- is using “Radio Norway International” occasionally as one of the station’s IDs. I heard it twice on July 19. A listener paid PAMS/JAMS for a Swinging Radio Norway jingle that’s being aired, although I’ve not heard it (and I listen to the station a lot using TuneIn). Information received in a July 20 email from Sven Martinsen, RNS Broadcasting Coordinator, to (Terry Colgan, Austin, TX, It takes a village to save a dog, Sent from my iPad, WORLD OF RADIO 1992, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Howdy – Two recent posts from the Northern Star Media Services FB page: Northern Star Media Services July 19 at 10:53 AM · Today at 1152 UT, the brand new Medium Wave transmitter of Radio Northern Star hit the air and broadcast first an open carrier to be followed by music at 1220. Modulation much improved! Thanks Øystein Ask! The first song broadcast was "Things we said today" by The Beatles. The transmitter is capable of 2 kW and programmed for 1611 kHz, but can change frequency quite easily. We have also acquired another filter enabling us to broadcast in the lower part of The AM band. Our aim is to be up and running regular schedule on 1611 again by September 1st. Until then there will be several tests. Presently 1611 is off air as adjustments to antenna are necessary. 5895 kHz and the web channels plus wifi are on air as usual. More updates as they happen! Reports to 1000 at northernstar.no Not radio per se but may still be of interest to readers/listeners. Northern Star Media Services July 17 at 7:50 AM · I am very pleased to let you know that also our second station, The Ferry is back on wifi for use on your car wifi, mobile, iPad, Android tablets (Samsung, Huawei, Sony etc). Both our stations Radio Northern Star and The Ferry may be found by looking up Norway and the sub-menu Popular Stations. On some radio receivers you can also search for the station by name. Just the words Northern Star and Ferry should be sufficient. 192 kB streams in both cases, so top quality! Also via our webpages http://www.theferry.cc http://www.northernstar.cc plus 1611 and 5895 AM More info here: https://support.wifiradiofrontier.com/portal/home 73. -- tc (via Terry Colgan, TX, July 24, DXLD) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. GOVERNOR STITT PROCLAIMS JULY 28 BLESSED STANLEY ROTHER DAY --- James Neal | Enid News & Eagle 4 hrs ago https://www.enidnews.com/news/local_news/governor-stitt-proclaims-july-blessed-stanley-rother-day/article_7e1c7292-39fc-51b6-b2fa-3c1c15c4fcab.html ENID, Okla. — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has proclaimed Sunday as Blessed Stanley Rother Day, to commemorate and coincide with the Oklahoma priest’s Feast Day, which is celebrated July 28 every year in remembrance of the anniversary of his martyrdom in Guatemala. “We are grateful for Gov. Stitt’s recognition of this heroic and humble Oklahoma priest who gave his life in service to his people,” Archbishop Paul S. Coakley said in a press release from the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. “Blessed Stanley is a model for us all, and a man who stayed true to his Oklahoma roots with hard work and dedication to his faith.” Rother was born in 1935 in Okarche and was ordained a priest on May 25, 1963. He served as an associate pastor in Oklahoma for five years before volunteering to serve at the Oklahoma mission in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala. While at the mission, Rother learned Spanish and the Tz’utujil language and helped translate the New Testament into the native dialect. He assisted in the opening of a school, a hospital and a radio station, and used his farming expertise from Oklahoma to help impoverished farmers harvest different crops, build an irrigation system and create a co-op. Guatemala was embroiled in a civil war during Rother's time there, and the Catholic Church "was caught in the middle due to its insistence on catechizing and educating the indigenous people," according to the press release. Due to his role in serving and teaching indigenous people, Rother's name eventually was placed on a death list. Despite the danger, he chose to stay with his people, and on the morning of July 28, 1981, three masked gunmen shot and killed him. No one was ever held responsible for his murder. In 2016, Pope Francis officially recognized him as a martyr for the faith, and on Sept. 23, 2017, his beatification was celebrated in Oklahoma City. The Archdiocese of Oklahoma City is in the final stages of design of a 2,000-seat shrine, museum and campus in his honor. The shrine will be located in south Oklahoma City at Interstate 35 and S. 89. To learn more about Blessed Stanley Rother or for updates on the Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine, go online to http://archokc.org/stanleyrother. (Enid Eagle July 23 via DXLD) We are following the Rother story not only because of localOkie angle but because he ran former SW/MW station La Voz de Atitlán, 2390 kHz. Also got TV coverage, e.g. on KOCO; probably could find more versions at KFOR, KWTV (gh, DXLD) Viz.: Jul 28, 2019 | 6:00 PM | Article Oklahomans honor Father Stanley Rother, visit where he served in Guatemala More than 50 Oklahomans with the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City have been in Guatemala since last week, visiting some of the places Father Stanley Rother used to be. https://www.koco.com/article/oklahomans-honor-father-stanley-rother-visit-where-he-served-in-guatemala/28531549 Jul 22, 2019 | 3:33 PM | Article Gov. Stitt proclaims Sunday as Blessed Stanley Rother Day in Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has proclaimed Sunday as Blessed Stanley Rother Day in Oklahoma. https://www.koco.com/article/gov-stitt-proclaims-sunday-as-blessed-stanley-rother-day-in-oklahoma/28471923 Jul 28, 2018 | 6:50 PM | Article Catholics gather from near, far to celebrate Blessed Stanley Rother's feast day Oklahoma Catholics and people from around the country came together Saturday to celebrate the Blessed Stanley Rother's feast day. https://www.koco.com/article/catholics-gather-from-near-far-to-celebrate-blessed-stanley-rothers-feast-day/22581232 all with (audio-)videos which are not available, maybe later? (gh) ** PERÚ. 5980. R, CHASKI. 21/7 2340-2350 UT. Programa de estudio bíblico producido por R, Transmundial. 45343. (Claudio Galaz, Receptor: TECSUN PL 660; Antena: Hilo de 50 metros de largo, Lugar de escucha: Barraza Bajo, 4° región, Chile, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via WORLD OF RADIO 1992, DXLD) Welcome back to Claudio; last reports from him were about 5 months ago. Of course Chaski is now blocked up here by TV Martí audio. Remember when I used to track Chaski`s constantly slipping timer-controlled closedown times when they were later after 0100? I made the most of that anomaly while it lasted (gh, DXLD) ** PERU. 4774.9, Radio Tarma, Tarma, 0110-0117, 24-07, Spanish, comments. Very weak. 14311 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante and Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) ** PHILIPPINES. FEBC Radio via IBA vs. FEBA Radio via Bocaue, July 20 0900-0930 on 15450 IBA 100 kW / 330 deg to EaAs Hui zu, very good 0930-1000 on 15450 IBA 100 kW / 330 deg to EaAs Zhuang, very good 0930-1000 on 15450 BOC 100 kW / 245 deg to SEAs Minangkabau, weak https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/febc-radio-via-iba-vsfeba-radio-via.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 19-20, WORLD OF RADIO 1992, DX LISTENING DIGEST) QRMing itself! Left vs right hands unknowing? (gh) ** ROMANIA. On page 336, the World Radio TV Handbook 2019 lists two programmes for the regional Radio Romania Iashi: 1 (24 h UKW) und 2 (0600-2200 Uhr LT, 1053 kHz). The daily programme schedules at http://www.radioiasi.ro/program show that the programme streams are almost always in parallel. The only difference is on Sunday mornings, when 1053 opts out for religion: 0803-1100 (LT) 0803–0900: Liturghia romano-catolică (live transmission of a Roman- Catholic mass) 0900–0910: Radiojurnal Radio Iaşi 0910–0945: Lumina credintei (religious magazine) 0945–1100: Liturghia ortodoxă (live transmission of Orthodox liturgy) (Dr Hansjoerg Biener 25 July 2019, DX LISTENING DIGEST) violating Separation of Church and State --- what?? (gh) ** ROMANIA. Interradio Romania spoke about QSL confirmations. In the next issue of the “Club DX” column, the presenter Tatyana Codreanu answered my question about the further confirmation of reports on listening to “Interradio Romania”. It so happened that since July 2018, specifically I have not received a single verification letter (postcard) from Bucharest, although quite often I have sent reports in the past year. Apparently this situation has developed in most radio amateurs. "Interradio Romania" did not decide to refuse to confirm acceptance of QSL-cards. The delays occurred last year and this year solely due to the transfer of the Romanian public radio to state funding and the approval of the state budget very late. At the management level of Interradio Romania, there is currently no change in the operation of our radio station. For our editorial board and our leadership, the response from our listeners is important, because it demonstrates the interest of listeners from the Russian-speaking space in broadcasting our radio. I want to thank all the listeners who sent us reports about the reception all this time. They will be rewarded with symbolic gifts for their patience. I want to assure all our friends that if there are changes in the work of our radio station, our listeners will learn about it from us, the editors of Interradio Romania, because the opinion of our listeners and their attitude to our radio is very important for us, ” Tatiana Codreanu. In 2019, the Interradio Romania series of QSL cards is dedicated to historical folk costumes and peasant ornaments of the late XIX - early XX centuries of the historic Romanian region of Banat (IRR via QSL World, Rus-DX 21 July via DXLD)) 7310, RRI at 2157 // 9790 (Fair beamed to Japan) with IS to opening music at 2200 and a man with ID, target areas, web platforms, satellite reception info, and a woman with news at 2201 – Fair July 21 - // 5945 beamed to Western Europe and 7325 beamed to Japan not heard which leads me to suspect that RRI has indeed cut transmitters from their schedule to save money. 13650, RRI at 2027 operating still with only one transmitter (11850 missing) with IS to opening music at 2030 and a man with ID, target areas, web platforms, and satellite reception info and a woman with news at 2031 – Fair with heavy fading July 21 – This is beamed to Eastern North America and 11850 was always the better of the two frequencies (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S, Drake SPR-4, or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 80 and 40 meter off centre-fed dipoles (OCFD) and an Alpha Delta DX-LB inverted vee dipole, ODXA iog via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. A CONTENDER FOR A TON OF CEMENT CARRIED THE OFFICE OF RADIO EXPRESS The presenters were looking for a person on the air who would receive a ton of cement as a gift, but something went wrong. One of the contestants broke the TV in the office of the Penza radio "Express". In order to compete for a ton of cement, Penzens had to get on the air, talk to the presenters, and then come to the Express shopping mall to complete the tasks from the “test bag”. “Someone tried to buy pink cement, someone collected signatures, someone wrote down appeals to friends. Today the last participant arrived at the studio, who got an empty sheet. By pure chance, the radio turned out to be a stick with the puck of the presenter Alexei Nechaev, which ultimately served as an idea for the test, ”said Dmitry Linkov, editor-in-chief of Radio Express. He added that the task of the applicant for a ton of cement was to hit the toy man with a puck at a distance of three meters. “He missed a little and hit the TV, which everyone loved on the Express.” As a result, in order not to shed tears and try to find the culprits, Alexey Nechaev threw him out of the balcony, ”shared Dmitry Linkov. It is noted that this week, three participants will face new tests, and afterwards the presenters will name the owner of a ton of cement from Radio Express. http://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__74191/ (imperfect machine translation in Rus-DX July 21 via WORLD OF RADIO 1992, DXLD) WTFK? 105.2 FM. Penza is 625 km SE of Moskva, per Wikipedia (gh) ** RUSSIA. YULIA GOLUBEVA COMMENTED ON THE PROSPECTS FOR THE TRANSITION OF BROADCASTING IN RUSSIA TO DIGITAL STANDARDS Yulia Golubeva, Krutoy Media CEO, commented on the rspectr.com portal about the possibilities of switching analogue broadcasting in Russia to digital standards. Yulia Golubeva noted that the prospects for the transition to “digital” are of interest and concern for the industry: “We are closely following how digital broadcasting is developing in the world. We are against the revolution, we are for evolution. The Russian Academy of Radio does not support the European experience with the disconnection of analog transmitters and the transition to digital broadcasting in the DAB + standard.” “We see the advantage of switching to“ digital ”not in the ability to place several audio streams in a dedicated frequency band (which allows this technology), but in broadcasting existing audio content in higher quality comparable to what streaming services and online broadcasters currently provide. We are ready to consider in addition to traditional analogue parallel broadcasting in the DRM + standard, at the same frequencies. A similar scheme is implemented in the USA (HD Radio), when both analog and digital signals are simultaneously transmitted on the same frequency,” said Yulia Golubeva. The commentary is published in the article “Radio Retains Loyalty to Analogue” on rspectr.com. Rspectr.com is a portal for communications, information technology and mass communications. Among the portal authors are managers and specialists of the Ministry of Communications and Roskomnadzor, leading companies in the industry, the radio frequency service, scientific organizations, and industry associations. Founder: Autonomous non-profit organization "Information and Analytical Center for the Strategy of Using the Radio Frequency Spectrum" (ANO "Radio Frequency Spectrum"). http://onair.ru/main/enews/view_msg/NMID__74232/ (via Rus-DX 21 July via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. About DRM + tests in Petersburg at 95.7 MHz photos by links ------------------------------------- Sergei Sokolov is located in the city of St. Petersburg. July 16 at 00:12 Today was a very long day. It began early in the morning on the TV tower, and ended at 12:00 in the morning at the headquarters of the DRM + experimental zone in our office. Together with my colleagues from Digiton Systems, our partners in the international project team are from Triad TV, RFmondial, Fraunhofer, NXP semiconductors, RTRS, GPM Radio and GUT them. prof. M.A. Bonch-Bruevich. The launch of the DRM + Simulcast pilot area for analogue-digital broadcasting is entering the implementation phase. https://www.facebook.com/sergey.sokolov.710/posts/2392273814155612 Sergei Sokolov is located in city of St. Petersburg. July 17 at 00:00 The second day of the active phase of the DRM Simulcast digital-to-analog broadcasting project ends. Transferred to the transmitter is the Fraunhofer content server and the Omnia.9 sound processor. Provided remote access to all devices on the tower to change the parameters and modes of operation of the content server and transmitter. Successfully passed the RTRS test for power consumption of the transmitter. Started to work with all the power on the equivalent of the antenna. We have achieved the necessary parameters of the digital signal. Set up the transfer of images (slide show) and various textual information for Autoradio and Comedy. Agreed on the methodology of the experiment and measurements. We have taken one more step towards our goal: a full-fledged translation of Comedy Radio into a digital-analog mode of operation with two additional programs in digital. https://www.facebook.com/sergey.sokolov.710/posts/2394109683972025 Sergei Sokolov So, today 07/18/19 at 13:50 in St. Petersburg, at a frequency of 95.9 MHz, for the first time in Russia, a digital-analog radio station has been launched. Comedy Radio has switched to broadcasting from a transmitter that generates and broadcasts simultaneously an analog FM signal with a power of 3 kW, along with a 400-watt digital DRM. Despite such a difference in power, the digital signal coverage will not be inferior to the analogue coverage. And most likely - it will have a large reception area. Experimental broadcasting will last at least until the end of the year. During this time, we need to answer many questions, prepare recommendations, and work out the basis for creating a new regulatory framework that will allow launching digital-analogue radio stations, certifying transmitting and receiving equipment. For the first time in the world, DRM Simulcast broadcasting is carried out on such significant capacities, provided that a neighboring radio station is located at 400 kHz and using such a significant number of DRM services: radio station logos, issue of images of albums, textual transmission of news, weather forecast and much more. The first digital channel is a digital copy of Comedy Radio. In the second digital channel on the same frequency is transmitted to Autoradio. Next week we plan to add a third digital channel. It will be "Europe Plus". Video filmed on the way home. In the countryside. Yes, I was driving home and listening to digital radio. Now in Petersburg it is possible. It was an incredible day that we will remember with our entire project team. https://www.facebook.com/sergey.sokolov.710/videos/2397814946934832/ Photo chronicle of the fourth day of the project team on the launch of DRM Simulcast in St. Petersburg. It was the day when the radio station Comedy Radio switched to a new transmitter and started working with a digital copy, additional digital channels, and services on the same frequency. https://www.facebook.com/sergey.sokolov.710/posts/2397849016931425 Source: https://www.facebook.com/sergey.sokolov.710/posts/2392273814155612 https://vk.com/vcfm2014 (via Rus-DX 21 July via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. World Radio Network and News --- In various foreign sources circulates "news" about the possible resumption of the broadcast of the World Radio Network at 1017 kHz using a transmitter in Noginsk downright from June 1, citing Russian publications DX-ers. Ydun Ritz asked to clarify whether this is true? The easiest option is to write a letter directly [to] Vadim Alekseev, which I did on June 8. Here is his answer: ---- This is from series "someone composes." When will there be any news they will immediately appear on our website (wrn.ru). Respectfully, Vadim Alekseev, Ch. p / channel editor, World Radio Network. ---- I think this topic can be closed for the time being, until the time (Vasily Gulyaev, Astrakhan / “open_dx” via Rus-DX 21 July via DXLD) ** SAUDI ARABIA. CLANDESTINE, 11745. Jul 22, 2019. 1713-1720, Radio Al-Azm, xx-ARS, in Arabic. A song; Woman announcer in conversation with a man, by phone; 1716 Now, in conversation with a woman, by phone, and next a song. Poor reception, 25422 (JRX_Jose Ronaldo Xavier, SWARL Callsign PR7036SWL, Cabedelo, Brazil (UTC-3), Receiver (s)_XHDATA D-808, Antenna (s)_Active Degen DE31, WOR iog via DXLD) If we are to believe the Saudis, this is not exactly clandestine but rather for their own forces in the south vs Yemen; of course some of them are across the border; as distinct from Republic of Yemen Radio (gh, DXLD) ** SIKKIM. AIR Gangtok 4835 is noted back on air after some months. Poor but clear signals noted at Hyderabad at 1620 UT last night. Sked: 0100-0500, 1030-1700. Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India, July 23, dx_india yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1992, DXLD) E QSL received from AIR Gangtok just now is attached. Those interested in such QSLs may please send reception reports to gangtok@prasarbharati.gov.in (Attn: Mr. A. Saha, DDE) Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India, Mobile: +91 94416 96043, http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos dx_india yg via DXLD) Axually it is a thank-you letter, not explicit confirmation, the bane of purists (gh, DXLD) ** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation, Honiara, 0725-0736, 23-07, carrier detected, in Friol, LSB. No audio due to extremely weak signal. [long path] 9545, Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corportion, Honiara, 0418-0433, 23-07, only very weak carrier detected on USB in Friol (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante and Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) ** SOUTH AFRICA. SENTECH SHUTS MEYERTON SHORTWAVE SITE https://www.radioworld.com/global/meyerton-shortwave-shuts (via "Dennis Gibson" wb6tnb, Jul 25, Sent from my iPad, ABDX yg via DXLD) Not exactly news; happened four months ago (gh) ** SPAIN. 12030, REE with English 'music show' with a female jazz singer & NO announcements until BoH. At BoH Spanish ID, into French with ID & OM talx introing the French service. Nice music but as I've mentioned before, a bit disappointing. Sigh. This was the best channel tonight, 344+3+3. // 11940 just barely there with audio above the noise floor & 11670 only a trace of a carrier seen, with no audio. 9690 was either off the air or just not noticeable. 2210-2230 17/Jul (Ken Zichi, Williamston MI, Drake SPR4 & SDRplay, SDRuno + ANC-4 + FLDigi for the digital bits + randomwire, MARE Tipsheet 19 July via DXLD) 11940, UT Sat July 20 at 0158, S8 of crackling instead of REE, supposed to be on here Tue-Sat for S America until 0200; likewise 9690 for N America. Maybe they just went off early before I intuned. When they used to sign off at 2300, earworm interval signal would play for several minutes more (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) REE SPAIN: ALISON HUGHES R Exterior Espana. I've been noticing for some time that the English language service of REE (broadcast on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 2200 UT) has been predominantly music based with very little speech, and that the sole presenter has been Justin Coe. I hadn't heard Alison Hughes on air co-presenting for some weeks. I recently emailed REE, and Justin Coe has just replied as follows: "Vis-à-vis Alison, she has been on sick leave for a number of months but is feeling much better and will be back on the job very soon. I'll tell her you asked after her – I know she will appreciate your interest and concern and your good wishes. "Thanks for your note, and be assured that with Alison back at the English-language Service of REE, music will still be aired, but there won't be quite so much of it...." I wish Alison all the best and look forward to hearing her on-air again very soon. You can contact Justin and Alison at the following e-mail address: english@rtve.es (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, July 24, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1992, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAJIKISTAN. 4765.05, 0010-0015 20.7, Tajik R 1, Yangiyul, Tajik ann, folksongs, 45444 (Anker Petersen, Denmark, my latest loggings from Skovlunde on the AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, wbradio yg via DXLD) Reception of Voice of Tajik in 41mb on July 25 0600-0800 on 7245 DB 100 kW / non-dir to CeAs Dari, fair/good: https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/reception-of-voice-of-tajik-in-41mb-on.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 24-25, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TIBET. I haven’t heard the Tibetan service of PBS Xizang for about 10 days on any of the usual frequencies — 4905, 4920, 6025, 6130, or 7385 — not even a het. Are they off the air? Does anyone know why? Thanks (Art Delibert, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, July 20, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via WORLD OF RADIO 1992, DXLD) Presumed to be a summer maintenance break. Enjoy it while you can, such as not blocking India on 4920, as Jose Jacob has pointed out. Are Chinese language frequencies also off? 73, (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Also, today 5060 is off while 7240 at 1616 for their Chinese service. My 2c notice. I now continue my research for PBS Xizang: 7240 / 7450 are on for Chinese service while 6050 4820 (AIR only), 5935 are off at 1710. Tested in Thesaloniki and my fav remote kiwi in Magyar (duckdns) right now (Zacharias Liangas, Greece, July 20, ibid.) The website “Short-wave.info” lists 7240 and 7450 as “Lhasa” and the others as “Lhasa-Baiding.” Wonder if they are actually two separate transmitter sites (-Art Delibert, ibid.) Hi Arthur, Please ask the host of that page: comments@short-wave.info Or maybe he/she doesn't know? In instructions tab is said: ``We are very grateful for the work of Aoki for compiling the database which is used to generate the maps and lists on this site. If you have any updated schedule information please contact Aoki so that the database can be kept as accurate as possible. If you get a reply, please let us know how to contact Aoki. I understand Glenn has a couple of updates regarding Latin America ;-) Thanks, (Mauno Ritola, WOR iog via DXLD) 29 30 07 N 90 59 00 E old Lhasa Tibet site 30 km distance away new site: 29 38 54 N 91 14 53 E Lhasa-Baiding # 602 site 594 1134 1377 kHz 300 kW; SW 13 x 50 kW, curtains, also NVIS skywave fountain mountain type antennas I asked Alan Davies and AFA he knows, all Xizang SW comes from the Baiding site and the 'old site' is probably a group of electricity pylons (Mauno Ritola, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Okay, agree. re 'Puzzles me' --- and to add now a 19 mb frequency at Lhasa Baiding too (?), seemingly the Chinese technician erected a new 19 mb dipole curtain there? when checked on Delhi Perseus unit in India HEARD ON THE FIRST TIME on July 9, noted 15745 kHz CHINA/TAIWAN - probably 15745 kHz noted at 00.35 UT on July 9, S=9+15dB in remote SDR at Delhi India, ahead Chinese m u s i c program, and Chinese CNR1 jamming also. Puzzles me (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 9, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Chinese 2000(Tu.2100)-1800 UT (not Tu. 0600-1000 UT) 2230-2300, 0030-0100, 1030-1100 UT relay of CNR1 11950*(290d) 0158-0857 - 7240 (290d) &2000-0157, *0858-1800, 11860*(085d) 0258-0857 - 7450 (085d) &2000-0257, *0858-1800, 6050*(nd), 5935*(085d), 4820*(nd) 2000-1800 UT Tibetan 2050(Tu.2100)-1805 UT (not Tu. 0600-1000 UT) 2300-2357, 0400-0457, 1300-1357 UT relay of CNR11 in Tibetan 0700, 1600 UT in English "Holy Tibet" 9490&(085d) 0200-0957 - 7255&(085d) 2050-0200, 0958-1805 7385&(290d) 2050-0200, 1000-1805 - 9580&0200-0928 UT 6200*(85), 6130*(290d), 6110*(220d), 6025*(268), 4920*(nd), 4905*(nd) Checked appearance of the various SW channels yesterday July 21, due of usual summer maintenance break of the broadcast center facility #602 in Lhasa-Baiding, at difficult weather conditions there, 250 freezing days a year mostly there, in height of 3700 meters ASL / 11,840 ft. * OFF the air at present July 21 / 22. & ON the air at present. (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 21 / 22) vy73 (wb df5sx wwdxc http://www.wwdxc.de/topnews.shtml DXLD) Even if 15745 carry Tibetan programming originating in Lhasa, may I suggest such an HF could be a site outside Tibet beamed back into, at least temporary substitute for missing transmitters? (gh, DXLD) Xizang PBS presume temp transmitter shortage --- due to possible service of transmitters. Please test today these freqs: 4905, 4920, 6025, 6130, or 7385 off. Also, today 5060 is off while 7240 at 1616 for their Chinese service [is on]. 7240/7450 are on for Chinese service while 6050 4820 (AIR only), 5935 are off at 1710. Tested in Thessaloniki and my fav remote kiwi in Magyar (duckdns) right now (Zacharias Liangas, Greece, July 20, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1992, DXLD) Old Lhasa Tibet site, probably 29 30 07 N 90 59 00 E 30 km distance away new site at 29 38 54 N 91 14 53 E Lhasa-Baiding # 602 site, 594 1134 1377 kHz 300 kW, SW 13 x 100 kW, curtains, also NVIS skywave fountain mountain type antennas visible. Checked appearance of the various SW channels yesterday, due of usual summer maintenance break of the broadcast center facility #602 in Lhasa-Baiding, at difficult weather conditions, 250 freezing days a year mostly, in height of 3700 meters ASL / 11,840 ft. (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 21 / 22, DXLD) CHINA, Unregistered new frequency of PBS Xizang on July 21 0945&1155 on 15745 unknown kW / unknown to EaAs Chinese, weak/good. 0000-1157 on 15745 unknown kW / unknown to EaAs in Aoki from July 7 Off frequencies of PBS Xizang due to a summer maintenance break are 4820,4905,4920,5935,6025,6050,6110,6130,6200,7240,7450,11860,11950. https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/unregistered-new-frequency-of-pbs.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST) TIBET [non?]. CHINA, Unregistered new frequency of PBS Xizang in 19mb on July 22: 0530&1155 on 15745 unknown kW / unknown to EaAs Chinese, weak signal https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/unregistered-new-frequency-of-pbs_22.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Today July 23 no signal of PBS Xizang unregistered new frequency 19mb 0000-1157 15745 unknown kW / unknown EaAs Chinese, weak/fair July 22. https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/cnr-1-jamming-vs-sound-of-hope-xi-pbs.html On July 23 no signal of PBS Xizang on unregistered new frequency 19mb 0000-1157 15745 unknown kW / unknown EAs Chinese. My videos July21/22 https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/on-july-23-no-signal-of-pbs-xizang-on.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 22-23, DX LISTENING DIGEST) CHINA, Reception of PBS Xizang on unregistered 15745 kHz, July 24 till 1157 on 15745 unknown kW / unknown to EaAs Chinese, weak/fair https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/reception-of-pbs-xizang-on-unregistered.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 24-25, WORLD OF RADIO 1992, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TIBET [non]. TAJIKISTAN, Frequency changes of V of Tibet, July 19 1230-1235 NF 9896 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 9899 1235-1242 on 9886 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan unchange 1242-1300 on 9876 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan unchange 1300-1306 NF 9899 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 9886 1306-1312 on 9886 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan unchange 1312-1332 NF 9876 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 9886 1330-1336 NF 9886 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 9896 1332-1400 on 9826 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan unchange 1336-1400 on 9876 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan unchange https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/frequency-changes-of-voice-of-tibet.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 18-19, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TURKEY. 9830, V Turkey OM talx in English re Turkish history, into music. The carrier 'bobbled' several times including at :35, :37, :45 & :47 & at :52 they started into a YL ID/Sked but the carrier dropped again & the sked was cut off. Back briefly then well & truly gone at :54. 4+4+54+4 2330-2354* 17/Jul (Ken Zichi, Williamston MI, Drake SPR4 & SDRplay, SDRuno + ANC-4 + FLDigi for the digital bits + randomwire, MARE Tipsheet 19 July via DXLD) Really, in English after the 23 UT hour? Supposed to be before 23 and they are often heard in unscheduled German after 23. Why not pile a wrong upon another wrong. Note: KVZ`s original reports uniquely never give the timespan until the very end. Interim times he always shows as :## without specifying which hour, so for clarity I always insert the hour. In this case I would have had to put in 23 instead of 22 (gh, DXLD) Voice of Turkey in Turkish on very odd frequency 11675.7 kHz, July 19 0600-1157 11675.7 500 kW / 150 deg WeAs Turkish, instead of nominal. 0600-1257 13635.0 500 kW / 310 deg WeEu Turkish - 13635.7 on July 18 Something`s always wrong at TRT Emirler transmitting station!! https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/voice-of-turkey-in-turkish-on-odd_19.html Voice of Turkey in Russian on very odd frequency 11965.7 kHz, July 19 1300-1355 11965.7 500 kW / 020 deg EaEu Russian, instead of nominal! Something`s always wrong at TRT Emirler VOT transmitting station!! https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/voice-of-turkey-in-russian-on-odd.html Voice of Turkey in Persian on very odd frequency 9765.7 kHz, July 19: 1500-1555 9765.7 250 kW / 105 deg WeAs Persian, instead of nominal! Something`s always wrong at TRT Emirler transmitting station!! https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/voice-of-turkey-in-persian-on-odd_19.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 18-19, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Voice of Turkey in Turkish on very odd frequency July 21 0600-1255 13635.7 500 kW / 310 deg WeEu Turkish, instead of nominal! 0600-1155 11675.0 500 kW / 150 deg WeAs Turkish - 11675.8 on July 20 Something`s always wrong at TRT V of Turkey Emirler station!! https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/voice-of-turkey-in-turkish-on-odd_21.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11930. V. of TURKEY. 21/7 1630-1715 UT. Avisos de inicio del servicio en español, luego noticias acerca de secuestros de turcos en Nigeria, suspensión de vuelos al Cairo por parte de una aerolínea alemana, innovación tecnológica automotriz, diálogos de EEUU por la paz de Afganistán, Atentados en Afganistán, triunfo turco en baloncesto. A las 1641 se emiten efemérides, desde las 1644 programa de cocina. A las 1648, programa de contacto con los oyentes, y desde las 1657 segmento sobre el patrimonio cultural cristiano en Turquía, después espacio de música. 44444 a 22422, con desaparición de la emisora a las 1715; ya que ocupa la misma frecuencia de R, Martí que domina la frecuencia a partor de las 1646 (Claudio Galaz, Receptor: TECSUN PL 660; Antena: Hilo de 50 metros de largo, Lugar de escucha: Barraza Bajo, 4° región, Chile, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) Unscheduled 2 minutes of Voice of Turkey in Japanese on SW, July 22 1124-1126 13760 500 kW / 310 deg WeEu Japanese - unscheduled on SW 1126-1130 13760 500 kW / 310 deg WeEu Voice of Turkey IS in German 1130-1225 13760 500 kW / 310 deg WeEu German, as scheduled in A-19 Something`s always wrong at V of Turkey Emirler transmitting station https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/unscheduled-2-min-of-trt-voice-of.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Voice of Turkey in Turkish on very odd frequency July 23 0600-1157 11675.7 500 kW / 150 deg WeAs Turkish, instead of nominal! 0600-1257 13635.0 500 kW / 310 deg WeEu Turkish - 13635.7 on July 22 0755-0800 11730.0 500 kW / 072 deg CeAs IS/Bosnian-unscheduled on SW Something`s always wrong at V of Turkey Emirler transmitting station! https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/voice-of-turkey-in-turkish-on-very-odd_23.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 22-23, DX LISTENING DIGEST) TRT Voice of Turkey in Russian on odd frequency, July 24 1300-1355 11965.7 500 kW / 020 deg EaEu Russian, instead of 11965.0 Something`s always wrong at V of Turkey Emirler transmitting station! https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/voice-of-turkey-in-russian-on-odd_25.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 24-25, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UKRAINE [non]. Glenn points out that 7780 is always weaker than the other 2 main WRMI 41 m frequencies. A real shame, as Ukrainian Radio at 0230 would always be of interest to me, but rarely, if ever, is it strong enough to yield usable audio. A few posts I've read from readers in eastern N America also report "fair reception". Where exactly is this transmitter beamed, and what's the power. Surely it has to be 50 or less kW. I hope that RUI is not paying good money for a semi-worthless transmitter. Why the BS need 2 very powerful 41 meter channels, where 1 is more than enough. The other could give good audio to the programs now on 7780. Anyone out there listening? (Volodya ``Walt`` Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, July 19, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1992, DXLD) Hi Walt. 7780 kHz via transmitter #1 goes out with an azimuth of 44° directed to eastern North America and Europe and the Middle East. See the attached graphic (not sure who created it; perhaps WRMI themselves). I usually get good reception of 7780 kHz later in the evening here in NB even indoors with a whip antenna on a portable. Reception might be OK, using the U. Twente SDR receiver or other Web-based receivers in Europe or North America. Unlike some of the other relays, that for Radio Ukraine International only seems to be aired once and on the 7780 kHz, which misses most of North America (-- Richard Langley, ibid.) According to http://short-wave.info, the WRMI 7780 transmitter is licensed for 100 kW, but of course it may be running less. The biggest problem appears to be the antenna beam azimuth, which is 44 degrees for all scheduled transmissions throughout the day - not ideal for any listeners in the midwestern or western US or Canada. (Jim Barrett, Elmira, NY, ibid.) Hello Richard, there are two more updates: http://www.rhci-online.net/radiogram/SW_Radiogram_2019-04-20.htm#WRMI http://www.rhci-online.net/radiogram/SW_Radiogram_2019-05-04.htm#WRMI I created these graphics based on the azimuth information from here: https://wrmi.net/index.php/programming/ The background was a changing of frequency of two programs with data content and a quick overview to finding a suitable WEB-SDR in the corresponding target area (roger, germany, ibid.) If the published antenna azimuths are accurate, and with all other things being equal, 7780 should actually be the strongest of the three here in the northeast. I’ll do a signal strength comparison this evening at 2300, when all three frequencies should be active. That might give an indication as to whether 7780 is indeed running at its rated 100 kW power level (Jim Barrett, Elmira NY, ibid.) Thanks for doing that, Jim. I suggest that RUI is not getting value for their dollar with this azimuth. Surely a broader N/NW azimuth makes a lot more sense to capture a larger market in North America. Few if anyone would try to listen in Europe at 0230. Frequency planners at RUI and WRMI need to sit down and make some changes, IMHO (Walt Salmaniw, WORLD OF RADIO 1992, ibid.) And what would you suggest? (Bob Biermann, WRMI, ibid.) Bob: Are you asking for a suggestion for an ADDITIONAL frequency and time? What is RUI’s goal? To serve NA or Europe or both? Are they only paying for one airing? Are they entitled to another one without additional payment? (— Richard Langley, ibid.) Such private business details WRMI does not discuss with listeners. Another strange thing about WRMI frequency usage I`m at a loss to understand is that they broadcast on 5, 7 and 9 MHz bands in the daytime, nothing at all on 11 or 13 MHz which would be much less absorbed, especially now in summer; or 15 MHz on NW beams rather than NE on 15770 (gh, DXLD) It was me who brought this up in the first place. I simply don't feel that for a huge chunk of North America that 7780 is a very good choice at all. I'd suggest a more westerly beam would work better. I can't see that Europe would be a target at all during this time --- middle of the night. Another transmitter? Not necessarily, but a more suited one for the North American population. 73, (Walt Salmaniw, BC, WOR iog via DXLD) WRMI 7780 --- I didn’t get a chance to check relative signal strengths tonight. I had to disconnect my antennas due to lightning in the immediate area. Will try again tomorrow evening (Jim Barrett, Elmira NY, 0411 UT July 20, WOR iog via DXLD) Here are two clips of the start of the Friday Radio Ukraine International broadcast starting at 0230 UT (20 July UT) on 7780 kHz as received here in NB and also using the U. Twente SDR receiver. Reception at both locations was good. Caution: I haven't changed the audio level on either recording; U. Twente SDR receiver recording levels are typically a bit low. Later in the broadcast they ask for comments on reception. Might be worth contacting them about adding an additional frequency and/or time. Walt: If you'd like to listen to one of my recordings of the complete broadcast, let me know and I'll put the file somewhere where you can grab it (-- Richard Langley, ibid.) So, right now at 2310 UT, July 20, WRMI on 7780 has “screaming preacher” Terry Blalock’s Full Gospel program, with a consistent S9+20 to S9+25. 7730 and 7570 both appear to be running Brother Scare. He’s not on yet, but I can hear the typical Saturday evening muttered prayers and exhortations of his congregation over a piano music bed. Of the two, 7570 is definitely stronger, at S9 to S9+10, with 7730 a much-weaker S7 to S8. Here in New York, I’m near the center of the 044 degree beam of 7780. Both 7730 and 7570 point away from me (from Florida), but the beams are only 25 degrees apart, so based on the weak signal on 7730, I would think that transmitter may not be running full power (Jim Barrett, Elmira NY, Drake R8B, Wellbrook loop, 0032 July 21, ibid.) Nice clips, Richard, and thank you. Certainly more than adequate for comfortable listening. May be worthwhile dropping them a line as you suggest. It’s Ukraine’s parliamentary elections Sunday, so programming might be interesting! (Walt, ibid.) Follow up: checking the KD4HSO SDR in Kansas at 2335 UT July 20, Both 7570 and 7730 are steady at S9+20, while 7780 is a weak S7. Obviously the directional arrays at WRMI work as designed and published. It’s unfortunate that Brother Scare gets many hours on the two transmitters aimed toward the center of the continent, while more interesting programming is relegated to the northeastern beam of 7780 that is received well on the east coast, but poorly farther west and northwest (Jim Barrett, ibid.) Thanks, Jim. Mirrors my thoughts and observations further west! (Walt, ibid.) Interesting map, Richard. Despite 9395 being almost due north, it’s very strong on the west coast in our evenings, too. No wonder 7780 is so poor. Beam isn’t at all conducive to good reception here! (Walt, ibid.) Richard, would you happen to know the email address for RUI? I also noted that I no longer could find RUI on my Grace Internet Radio receiver. They used to be listed as NRCU 1 through 4, with the latter being RUI (Walt, ibid.) Hi Walt, You may try some of the emails listed on this page: http://nrcu.gov.ua/RUI_about 73, (Dmitry Mezin, Russia, ibid.) Thanks to Wolfy, Richard and Dmitry for providing many email addresses for RUI. I'll get to it, as soon as I can! Who knows, perhaps suggestions from us will be helpful in their frequency/time planning. 73, (Walt Salmaniw, ibid.) Re: [WOR] WRMI 7780 --- As I reported off-line to Walt, URI's programming is streamed continuously and is available from website: http://www.nrcu.gov.ua/en/ It's the last item under the Live Broadcast heading on the right; explicitly, http://www.nrcu.gov.ua/en/schedule/play-live.html?channelID=4 Here is the schedule that I have pieced together by checking on a couple of days what's listed for the four languages (mostly Russian) and cross-checked with some of what I heard (corrections welcome): 00-01: Russian 01-02: English 02-12: Russian 12-13: English 13-14: German 14-15: Russian 15-16: Romanian 16-19: Russian 19-20: German 20-21: English 21-22: Romanian 22-23: English 23-00: Russian The stream should be available on TuneIn but every time I checked, it said it was unavailable. Don't know if other stream aggregators have it (-- Richard Langley, NB, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1992, DXLD) ** U K. R. Caroline (648 kHz) --- In Issue 383 of Ofcom’s Broadcast and On Demand Bulletin (22 July 2019), the British regulator Ofcom published two notes to private commercial and community radio stations on localness. After these notes you find Radio Caroline [648 kHz] “in breach“ of the localness guidelines. This seems to suggest that this station is the main reason behind the „clarifications“ pg 97-98, Note to Broadcasters Clarification of original and locally-produced output requirements for community radio licensees [...] Ofcom is concerned that there appears to be a misunderstanding among some community radio licensees about the meaning of original and locally-produced output. We are therefore publishing this notice to clarify Ofcom’s definitions of these types of content. Original output Original output is content which is first produced for, and transmitted by, the station and excludes output that was transmitted elsewhere before. Original output can be live, prerecorded or voice-tracked. Repeat broadcasts of original output and continuous music with no speech content other than advertisements, station idents and/or outsourced news bulletins (i.e. news bulletins produced by a third party) does not meet Ofcom’s definition of original output. Locally-produced output Locally-produced output is content which is made and broadcast from within the station’s licensed coverage area. It may include all types of local production including repeats and continuous music, as long as it is created anywhere within the licensed coverage area and is not material that is networked from other stations. Content which is made outside the station’s licensed coverage area, but edited and broadcast from within the coverage area, does not meet Ofcom’s definition of locally produced output. [...] pg 99-100 Broadcast Licence Conditions cases --- In Breach Providing a service in accordance with ‘Key Commitments’ Radio Caroline AM Broadcasting Ltd, March 2018 to March 2019 [...] the Licensee indicated to Ofcom through earlier correspondence that its failure to meet the previous minimum requirement was due to a “misinterpretation” of the definition of original output on its part. Radio Caroline said that it “hadn’t appreciated that automated output was excluded”. [...] Decision Reflecting our duties to ensure a diverse range of local radio services, community radio licences require the provision of the specified licensed service. This is the fundamental purpose for which a community radio licence is granted. While Ofcom acknowledged Radio Caroline’s explanation that it had misinterpreted the meaning of original output, the Licensee failed to deliver the minimum amount of original output required in its Key Commitments for a period of at least 12 months prior to the Key Commitments change request being submitted. Ofcom’s Decision is therefore that Radio Caroline is in breach of Licence Conditions 2(1) and 2(4). [...] https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0024/157830/issue-383-of-ofcoms-broadcast-and-on-demand-bulletin.pdf (via Dr Hansjoerg Biener 23 July 2019, DXLD) ** U K. 90 YEARS BALDOCK RADIO STATION --- Baldock Radio station in Hertfordshire will be on air with GB9BRS celebrating 90 years since the station was opened. Operation will be on 2m FM and FT8 as well as 20 and 80m CW and SSB. It is part of a IET open house aimed at young people on 26 July. source: RSGB. links: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/iet-engineering-open-house-day-ofcom-baldock-tickets-64541257639 http://www.itu.int/online/mms/mars/monitoring/l8_station.sh?lang=zh&stationid=127&admid=84 vy73 (Harald DL1AX Kuhl, July 20, bdxc-news iog via DXLD) As well as the Amateur radio special event station on air this coming week, I will be giving a talk on Baldock`s history on Thursday 25th at the Baldock History Society At 8 pm. Community centre, Simpson Drive, Baldock. This is next door to the Library. If anyone wants more details, please email me directly (David Thorpe, ibid.) Baldock is one of the major world SW monitoring stations contributing info to ITU reports (gh) ** U K [non]. Additional 4 frequencies of BBC WS for July 19: 2000-2200 on 5920 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to CEAf English Fri 2000-2200 on 6045 ASC 250 kW / 115 deg to SoAf English Fri 2000-2200 on 7380 MDC 250 kW / 265 deg to SoAf English Fri 2000-2200 on 11725 ASC 125 kW / 085 deg to CEAf English Fri https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/additional-four-frequencies-of-bbc.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 18-19, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K. Expansion to replace USAGM relays via Woofferton? See KUWAIT ** U S A [non]. USAGM Expansion to replace relays via Woofferton UK with KUWAIT? q.v. ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1991 monitoring: confirmed Friday July 19 at 2200 on WRMI 9955, S6-S9 and not upcut, first SWBC. Also confirmed UT Saturday July 20 at 0130 on WRMI 7780, S9/+10/20 including storm noise level but mostly readable. Next: 0629vUT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany 1000 UT Saturday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW [July 20; alt. weeks] 1130 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 1430 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 2100 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 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 7780 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 0930 UT Monday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW 1130 UT Monday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW [NEW] 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 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 (mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1991.m3u (mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1991.mp3 Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html Also linx to podcast services. [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 WORLD OF RADIO 1991 monitoring: confirmed by Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria: ``GERMANY, Reception of World of Radio via HLR on 6190 CUSB, July 20 https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/reception-of-world-of-radio-via-hlr-on_20.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYaYMbcLt20&feature=youtu.be 0631-0700 6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg CeEu English Sat, fair signal`` Noel R. Green also reports: ``Re 0629 UT on 6190 --- this was a really poor signal here in NW England this morning and very difficult to make much of it at all. When I tuned in at around 0640, I could hear a voice that sounded like Glenn's on peaks out of the local noise, but could copy nothing at all of what was being said. Maybe 9485 will be better later?`` NOT confirmed on 9485-CUSB via UTwente, Sat July 20 at 1430-1500 (gh) Confirmed Saturday July 20 at 2100 on WRMI 9955, S7-S9 after IS & ID loop as early as 2058. Also confirmed UT Sunday July 21 at 0130 on WRMI 5850, good but with some deep fades. Also confirmed UT Sunday July 21 at 0359 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO, at the item about YHWH best heard via Prescott and Denver remotes, i.e. 16 minutes into, so must have started quite late around 0343. My previous check was at 0339 when ham news by YL was still running. Barely readable vs high summer storm noise level. Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, reports: ``GERMANY, World of Radio #1991 via Hamburger Lokalradio on July 21: https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/world-of-radio1991-via-hamburger.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aiia3yBuhEQ&feature=youtu.be 1031-1100 7265 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg CeEu English Sun, fair signal`` Next: 2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395 7780 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 0930 UT Monday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW 1130 UT Monday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW [NEW] 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 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 WORLD OF RADIO 1991 monitoring: confirmed Sunday July 21 at 2130 on WRMI 7780, JBA. Also confirmed UT Monday July 22 at 0130 on WRMI 9395 good, and 7780, poor in high noise level. Also confirmed UT Monday July 22 at 0230 on WRMI 7780, S9 vs storm noise. Also confirmed UT Monday July 22 from 0301 on Area 51 webcast, and via WBCQ 5130.36, S9 vs storm noise peaks S9+10/20 Also confirmed UT Monday July 22 at 0330 on WRMI webcast, but 9955 checked at 0358 is JBA with traces of jamming too. 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 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 1816 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania confirmed (and recorded) using the U. Twente SDR receiver. Very good signal (-- Richard Langley, July 22, WOR iog via DXLD) WORLD OF RADIO 1991 monitoring: Confirmed UT Tuesday July 23 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, JBA in HNL. Next: 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 WORLD OF RADIO 1991 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday July 24 from *2100:25 on 9955 as yet again, WRMI cuts on late with WOR playback already in progress, having started on time. Such are the risks of being the very first program on a given transmission. Initially S5-S7 vs HNL, then up to S9 for 100% readability; power level turned up? Simultaneously on 7490+v WBCQ? JBA carrier only and don`t get to computer in time to check webcast before 2129; can only hope that unlike last week, it`s just me, not mixing with BS. Also confirmed UT Thursday July 25 at 0100, on WRMI 7780, poor-fair S9+10 including HNL. WOR 1992 to be ready by late UT Thursday July 25, for first SW broadcasts Friday; note that all Unique Radio airings after 0730 are now on 3210-USB, not 5045-USB, and no longer on Fridays at all: 2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 0629vUT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany 1000 UT Saturday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW [Aug 3, 17, alt. weeks] 1130 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 1430 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 2100 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 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 7780 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 0930 UT Monday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW 1130 UT Monday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW 1816 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW [2 editions] 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1992 contents: Albania, Australia, Brasil, Canada, China and non, Cuba, Denmark, Guam, Kashmir, Korea North non, México, North America, Norway, Perú, Philippines, Sikkim, Spain, Tibet, Ukraine and non, USA, Uzbekistan, Vatican non, knobless caradios, ton of cement; and the propagation outlooks SW Broadcasts should be: 2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE 0629vUT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany to WSW 1000 UT Saturday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW [Aug 3, 17, alt. weeks] 1130 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 to SSE 1430 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany to WSW 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM ND 2100 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 to SSE 0130 UT Sunday WRMI 5850 to NW 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315] ND 1030 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany to WSW 2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE 0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395 to NNW, 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE 0930 UT Monday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW 1130 UT Monday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW 1816 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania ND 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW [2 editions] 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE (mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1992.m3u (mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1992.mp3 Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html Also linx to podcast services. 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. 7490.1+v, UT Sat July 20, WBCQ with `Allan Weiner Worldwide` – I catch a few bits later in the hour, as I am really not interested in what the same callers every week have to say. AW says they have had a few computer issues this week; John in Florida`s program [VORW] was messed up but he will not be charged for it. Have staff shortage, need more operators, especially for Superstation, which will not be back on until August. Some visitors are scared of all that HV and get out of there. John Carver reports on the whole hour: ``Trying 7490 again this week after noise forced me to 5130 last week. Program started a few seconds early after some fill music. Allan and Angela in the studio. Talk of the heat wave, half naked women, moonbats blaming everyone else for the heatwave. Freddie on the phone at 0007. Talk of heatwave, proper temperature to set air conditioners at and the moon landing. Freddie off the phone at 0024 to be immediately replaced by Dave in Indiana. Continuation of the moon landing talk. Superstation is down as they're doing some redesign on the antenna and preparing the transmitter for the frequency changes coming. WLC insists on being able to penetrate Arab countries. They are also tweaking the computer control for the transmitter to allow smoother transitions when the antenna is turned or frequency changed. Even though the transmitter itself is water cooled, they've found they have to add a lot more air conditioning in order to cool the transmitter cases. Superstation will be back on the air next month. Was also mention of adding another frequency to the classic WBCQ, 6160. Reading of emails at 0053. Closing prayer at 0059. Program was off the air at 0104. John, Mid-North Indiana`` [WORLD OF RADIO 1992] What I heard was really on the webcast. After Angela`s ending ID about 0105, immediately over to Brother Scare. but checking 7490.1 itself at 0140, it`s still on with music; 0150 now it`s double audio again, mixture of a talk program and a music program. One of them with 0200 ToH canned ID, and switch to Brother Scare, only. 6160, new registered WBCQ frequency with nominal 50 kW at same 245 degree azimuth as all the other ``classix``, not in use yet; to replace 9330 with same old transmitter? Will be cozy with 6165 RHC for ~6 hours a night, often undermodulated, sometimes plenty strong. [WORLD OF RADIO 1992] 5130.4, UT Sat July 20 at 0151, this WBCQ is also still on with some talk; 0200 opening? a program we had never heard of or about, `One Hundred watts and a Wire`, with ad/plugs for Icom ham equipment, and also own website onehundredwattsandawire.com --- no, make it numbers: http://100wattsandawire.com/ which has been a podcast for four years, but nothing about it being on WBCQ. ``The intersection of life and amateur radio``; originates in Florissant MO; about heat wave in Missouri; participating in the 13 Colonies special event recently. [WORLD OF RADIO 1992] So this and whatever was on 7490 after AWWW should be on the WBCQ program schedule, right? Wrong. Nothing shown on 7490 after 0100 Sat; on 5130, ``Sa 0100 0200 UTC Fr 09:00PM 10:00PM EST [sic] Matt Boland Presents`` instead of 100watts, etc. BTW, `Radio for Peace International` is now listed on 5130, UT Friday at 0200-0300. 3264.9, July 20 at 0204, JBA carrier from this WBCQ; improving? Was never listenable even in winter. The only program on sked for it is AAAWWW, UT Sat 00-01 in the ``trimulcast`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7490, WBCQ at 2050 with a fire and brimstone American male preacher, then saying “Bye bye. Good night.” at 2053 and followed by Brother Stair preaching and pontificating and into IS and ID loop at 2055 then a man with extended ID with singing IDs at 2059 and a man with a plea for financial donations and into “Marion's Attic” eclectic and really old music program at 2100 hosted by Marion Webster with Christina adding to the general conversation while spinning the discs and wax cylinders – Fair to Good with fading July 21 (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S, Drake SPR-4, or Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 80 and 40 meter off centre-fed dipoles (OCFD) and an Alpha Delta DX-LB inverted vee dipole, ODXA iog via DXLD) Nothing on the 7490 sked before 2100 Sundays. Sure would be nice if they could keep it accurate and up-to-date (gh, DXLD) New frequency of WBCQ The Planet, registered in A19 HFCC on July 18 0000-2400 on 6160vBCQ 050 kW / 245 deg WBCQ-3, probably replacing 0000-2400 on 9330vBCQ 050 kW / 245 deg WBCQ-3 Brother HySTAIRical https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/new-frequency-of-wbcq-registered-in.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 18-19, WORLD OF RADIO 1992, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNID 6160 AM 1550 UT --- I'm hearing a signal on 6160 AM here in MD at 1550 UT. Not super strong, SIO 322 or so. Alternating between test tones and what sounds like Brother Stair. No idea what station this is, CKZN has been off the air for a while now, and he's not something they would transmit anyway. Tests from WBCQ? It's WBCQ, just heard an ID at 1611 UTC over top of Brother Stair. HFU Log: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,56231.0.html (Chris Smolinski, Black Cat Systems, Westminster, MD USA http://www.blackcatsystems.com WOR iog via DXLD) Viz.: « Reply #2 on: July 23, 2019, 2047 UTC » 2046 Receiving their daily financial program with excellent reception Logged Zenith T/O G500, Zenith T/O Royal 7000, Emerson AR-176, Zenith 8S154, T/O 7G605 (Bomber), Tecsun PL-880 using 40 feet of copper wire. QTH: Durham, Connecticut (rural setting, 15 miles north of Long Island Sound) qsl please to: jamcanner@comcast.net (Thank you) Central Savannah River Area of South Carolina « Reply #3 on: Today at 19:19 » Hearing them today on he 24th! Hearing some 50's music at 1918 UT, some fading though!! Signal level S7, Logged --- (Brant Hunt, Eton E1XM Radio Sony ICF-2010 Radio Alpha Delta Ultra DX antenna, 300ft beverage antenna, W6LVP Loop Antenna use for AM dxing and SWL, hfunderground via DXLD) Got it here in upstate NY at 1218 as well at similar level/quality. (John Figliozzi, Halfmoon, NY, ibid) at 2219 UT so time typo for 2218 or 2118? (gh) See: Glenn Hauser logs July 19-20, 2019 --- He reported on the plans/registration for 6160 kHz. Exact frequency? Presumably, it's the old transmitter used for 9330 kHz (-- Richard Langley, ibid.) And Ivo Ivanov, before Glenn https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/new-frequency-of-wbcq-registered-in.html (Ivo Ivanov, ibid.) USA / CANADA --- no chance to get any WBCQ BS TOM or others, program content, level like S=1-2 when checked SDR in Detroit MI state, at 1740 UT on July 23: 6160.064 ... 069 kHz, fq unstable wandered up and down, covered by "noon noise scratch", The other lonely program in 49 mb at this time was 6069.981 kHz at S=2-3 level, just to recognize their program of CFRX Toronto Canada. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Buschel, ibid.) Here's a screen shot of WBCQ's new 49 meter frequency. Old transmitter, obviously. WBCQ 6160 at 04h37 24July2019.jpg [shows jaggedly wavering around 6160.02 --- gh] (Walt Salmaniw, WOR iog via DXLD) Twits & replies Allan Weiner‏ @Allan WBCQ 7h7 hours ago Testing classic WBCQ on 6160 khz. Give a listen. Report in at wbcq@wbcq.com. Airtime available all over this transmitter. Make a difference. Do a show. It’s fun. It’s free speech. It’s important more than ever to speak the truth (via Artie Bigley, July 24, DXLD) So 6160 is not dedicated to nothing but BS like on 9330, former frequency of same transmitter (gh, WORLD OF RADIO 1992, DXLD) WBCQ, 6160.1, 0308 UT 25 July --- On with a stable carrier (with the classic 100 Hz offset of the old 9330 transmitter) and decent modulation. Playing 1970s MOR pop tunes. S9+10 (Jim Barrett, Elmira, NY, Drake R8B, Wellbrook Loop, WOR iog via DXLD) How late does the 6160 signal stay on the air? I was hearing something on 6160 at a check after 0400 July 25 but it was getting clobbered by slopover from Cuba 5 kHz up (Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas, ibid.) Not sure what their schedule is, but they were still on past 0400. I’m just about 500 miles from the WBCQ transmitter, which is probably an ideal distance for good reception of a 49 meter band signal at night. Picking a frequency only 5 kHz away from a strong Cuban that is always present at night was probably not the best choice for WBCQ. Here, 6160 is much stronger than 6165, but farther west and south, I can imagine that Cuba would dominate (Jim Barrett, Elmira, NY, ibid.) 6160.096V, July 24 at 0602, JBA carrier vs S9+20 local line noise level which is severely impacting my DXing below 8 MHz. New frequency of WBCQ first reported earlier in the daytime by Chris Smolinski in Maryland. Allan Weiner had mentioned this plan on previous AWWW July 20, and was newly registered in HFCC as 50 kW, 24 h, 245 degrees, same power and azimuth as all the other ``classic`` WBCQs. Presumed to be the off-frequency transmitter previously on 9330.1v carrying almost nothing but Brother Scare, but that frequency open, now standing by for the 500 kW World`s Last Chance nonsense to resume sometime in August. One might expect the same BS content on 6160, but a twit from AW via Artie Bigley says lots of time is for sale on it. I hear the JBA carrier again at 0101 July 25 when I make the above measurement, tho wobbles slightly. As one might have expected, with splash from 6165 RHC. If it`s really running all day as well as all night, should be interesting to compare with 6070-. 1 kW CFRX Toronto reception in closer environs. 7490.18, July 25 at 0237, music and WBCQ jingle, S9+10/20 vs HNL, instead of `Hal Turner Show` scheduled 01-03 UT Thursdays. Also detectable JBA carriers on 5130.38, 6160.1. BTW, http://wbcq.com/schedule/ doesn`t show 6160 yet but includes 9330 WLC daily at 0400-0400, i.e. forever (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1992, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. From the Isle of Music, July 28-August 3: This week, our special guest is Athanai, whose album Regresar was the winner of the Contemporary Song category of Cubadisco 2019. . The broadcasts take place: 1. For Eastern Europe but audible well beyond the target area in most of the Eastern Hemisphere (including parts of East Asia and Oceania) with 100Kw, Sunday 1500-1600 UTC on SpaceLine, 9400 KHz, from Sofia, Bulgaria (1800-1900 MSK) If you don't have a shortwave radio or are out of range, you can listen live to an uplink from a listening radio in the Netherlands during the broadcast at http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/?tune=9400am 2. For the Americas and parts of Europe, Tuesday 0000-0100 UTC (New UTC) on WBCQ, 7490 KHz from Monticello, ME, USA (Monday 8-9PM EST [sic] in the US). If you don't have a shortwave or are out of range, you can listen to a live stream from the WBCQ website here (choose 7490) http://www.wbcq.com/?page_id=7 3 & 4. For Europe and sometimes beyond, Tuesday 1900-2000 UTC and Saturday 1200-1300 UTC on Channel 292, 6070 KHz from Rohrbach, Germany. If you don't have a shortwave radio or are out of range, you can listen live to an uplink from a listening radio in the Netherlands during the broadcast at http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/?tune=6070am Uncle Bill's Melting Pot, July 28 and 30, 2019: Episode 123 brings you some beautiful music from Mali. The transmissions take place: 1. Sundays 2200-2230 UTC (6:00PM -6:30PM Eastern US) on WBCQ The Planet 7490 KHz from the US to the Americas and parts of Europe If you don't have a shortwave or are out of range, you can listen to a live stream from the WBCQ website here (choose 7490) http://www.wbcq.com/?page_id=7 2. Tuesdays 2000-2030 UTC on Channel 292, 6070 KHz from Rohrbach, Germany for Europe. If you don't have a shortwave radio or are out of range, you can listen live to an uplink from a listening radio in the Netherlands during the broadcast at http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/?tune=6070am (William "Bill" Tilford, Owner/Producer, Tilford Productions, LLC, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI: ** U S A. WRMI 7780: see also UKRAINE [non]; 9395: ARGENTINA [non] 15770, WRMI already on the air with music as I wandered into the radio room after my shower & WRMI ID followed. At ToH into SW Radiogram #108 with the usual mix of digital text & photos, but again, occasional deep fades meant that several of the photos didn't decode properly because the 'headers' were corrupted. (you can 'see' the fades in the photos that did make it through.) Stories today were about the debate about automated emails sent via ham radio, NASA moves to extend the life of Voyager probes & German still spoken in the USA. Photos that did make it through included: 15770A.jpg artist's rendering of Voyager Kutztown Folk quilt 15770B.jpg German bridge in Gablenz photo of Howe Military academy in Indiana, closed Into computer voiced Bible Reading (Presumed Bro Stair, but his dulcet tones were absent during my listening) 354+33, 1258-1333 12/Jul ((Ken Zichi, Williamston MI, Drake SPR4 & SDRplay, SDRuno + ANC-4 + FLDigi for the digital bits + randomwire, MARE Tipsheet 19 July via DXLD) Monitored WRMI Friday Evening / Saturday Morning (UT) 7780 kHz Schedule --- From my recording yesterday evening, 19-20 July UT (mostly weak to fair signal for the first hour or so; reception improved significantly later as evening approaches): 2030 Alameda Bible Fellowship in English 2100 World Music (not Walking in Power) 2130 Alameda Bible Fellowship in Spanish 2200 RAE in German 2300 Full Gospel Broadcast 2330 RAE in French 0000 Radio Slovakia International in Slovak 0030 Radio Slovakia International in English 0100 Wavescan (#542) 0130 World of Radio (#1991) 0200 Radio Prague in English 0230 Radio Ukraine International in English 0300 s/off Monitored WRMI Sunday Evening / Monday Morning (UT) 7780 kHz Schedule --- From my recording last Sunday evening, 21-22 July UTC (again, mostly weak to fair signal for the first hour or so; reception improved significantly later as evening approaches): 2015 Upward Look Forum (not Viva Miami) 2030 Reserve Military Retirement 2100 Wavescan (#543) 2130 World of Radio (#1991) 2200 Voice of Report of Week (not Bob Biermann's Your Weekend Show) 2300 Full Gospel Hour [sic] Broadcast (tape bleed-through echoes) 2330 Shortwave Radiogram (#109) 0000 Radio Slovakia International in Slovak 0030 Radio Slovakia International in English 0100 Wavescan (#543) 0130 World of Radio (#1991) (-- Richard Langley, July 23, WOR iog via DXLD) ** U S A [non]. FRANCE, Reception of Alameda Bible Fellowship via TDF Issoudun on July 19: [brokered by RMI] 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 11860 ISS 500 kW / 180 deg WeAf English Mon/Wed/Fri Alameda BF & same time 11860 JED or RIY / unknown N/ME Arabic Daily Rep.of Yemen Radio: Emergency frequency change [suggested] 10-20 kHz down, free channels are 11840, 11835, 11830 https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/reception-of-alameda-bible-fellowship_20.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 19-20, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Not to mention Cuban jamming and RM also on 11860! (gh, DXLD) OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHER: ** U S A. 3215, July 20 at 0205, WWCR-1 gospel huxter with squeal on #1 transmitter as also heard when strong on 15825. Should also appear when on 6115 at 22-01. 6115, July 21 at 0000, checking WWCR only whether the third #1 frequency is also squealing like 15825 and 3215? Yes, it is, as g.h. Jack van Impe is starting (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1992, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5085, Sat July 20 at 2330, WTWW-3 is OFF when `Theater Organ in the Ozarx` is supposed to appear --- but it`s running OK on $tereo webcast http://wtww.us/pages/listen-live/transmitter-2-html-5.php I *know* I have heard this ep before, with comments about Johnny Carson, etc., in fact more than once. Are there any new TOITOs? End at 2402, when I recheck: not only is 5085 absent, but all other possible WTWW frequencies. Rerecheck about an hour later, now at least 5085 is on with hamstuff. 5830, July 22 at 0558, no signal from WTWW-1, altho neighbor 5935 WWCR-2 runs S9+10; nor audible on day frequency 9475 where it could be stuck. 5085, WTWW-2, however is on with rock music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 730, July 19 at 0558 UT, dominant signal is sports talk in English, string of ESPN promos, including one for ``ESPN Charlotte``, and at 0600 UT, ``The Game, Charlotte, 730 AM and 97.5 FM``. No call copied but listed as WZGV, CoL Cramerton NC, U1 10000/165/psra 206 and also W248CO, on 97.5. Cramerton is a west=side suburb on the way to Gastonia. So it`s dominant with only 165 watts? Right --- 730 is an intriguing DX frequency, with a couple dozen USA stations but none legally running more than 1000 watts at night, many less than 100 or even less than 10! In fact the only 1 kW is KQPN West Memphis AR. Because 730 was a Canadian/Mexican ``clear``. Canada has two 50/50 kW stations in Montreal and Vancouver, and in between 10/5 kW in Manitoba. As for XEX Mexico City, it used to be dominant with 100/100 kW, but suspect it has been downgraded. No sign of it now, at least on my E/W longwire toward NC. Annoying splash from 740 KRMG Tulsa Also just before ToH, heard mention of an area code 412 phone number, which is Pittsburgh PA --- unless on a network feed, that could correspond to 730 WPIT, U1 5000/24/psra 225 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1992, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. A slightly embarrassing admission need to be made. As news broke yesterday about the demolition of the mast at Itasca, Chicago which served WBBM on 780 kHz I realised that my entry in Active did not show the new home for that station at Bloomingdale. Now that error has been corrected and WBBM diplexes with the tall monopole used by WSCR on 670 kHz. I am still slightly unsure as to when the move took place i.e. when the last transmission came out of Itasca and I imagine that the new sharing at Bloomingdale started on the next day - possibly Scott can supply the dates on that. Quite a "jump" for Itasca to appear on my Inactive or Closed spreadsheet showing as demolished! I will upload the spreadsheets later today for you to see what is happening. 73 and 88 (Dan Goldfarb, UK, 19 July, mwmasts iog via DXLD) To wrap up on another point, Scott [Fybush?] confirms that we will be pretty close by having 30 June as the end of use of Chicago Itasca WBBM 780 kHz and 01 July as the start of sharing with WSCR at Bloomingdale. The very tall mast and tower set at Itasca was demolished with great speed so that commercial development could begin on that valuable plot of land. 73 and 88 (Dan Goldfarb, UK, 21 July, mwmasts iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1992, DXLD) WBBM-AM 780 kHz --- The former broadcasting site of WBBM-AM Chicago was closed after 77 years. The broadcast tower near Rohlwing Road and Devon Avenue in Itasca was brought down on 18 July 2019. WBBM Newsradio 780 (*1924, *1935 50 kW clear channel station on 780 kHz, 1942 sited in Itasca) is now co-located with WSCR 670 The Score (50 kW clear channel) just off Army Trail Road in Bloomingdale. Background information: (1) „Demolition was scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday, but Itasca officials said that time had to be pushed back. The exact time the tower would be taken down is somewhat dependent on scheduling with utility companies, Itasca officials said.“ https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/devon-rohlwing-to-close-thursday-as-broadcast-tower-comes-down 18 July 2019) The site at the southeast corner of the intersection was sold by CBS Radio’s parent company Entercom to Bridge Development, who Itasca Community Development Director Shannon Malik Jarmuz said is set to build three industrial buildings on the site. (2) „In 2018, WBBM was granted an FCC construction permit to move its transmitter to WSCR's tower site in Bloomingdale. That allowed Entercom to sell the Itasca transmitter site to commercial and residential land developers. WBBM's power was reduced to 35,000 watts during the day and 42,000 watts at night, from the previous 50,000 watt signal it had maintained since 1935. Entercom engineers say the reduction in transmitting power will not be apparent to most listeners, except in some fringe areas. The move was completed on July 18, 2019, with the previous transmitter in Itasca, Illinois, coming down shortly thereafter. Despite the reduction in power, WBBM is still considered a Class A station broadcasting on a clear channel frequency.“ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WBBM_(AM) (via Dr Hansjoerg Biener 23 July 2019 following a tip of Dr Joern Krieger, DXLD) ** U S A. 1210, WJNL, Kingsley MI --- Glenn Hauser reported 7/5 he was again hearing this station at 0541 & suspected they were “cheating” & running 50 KW all night. He had reported it before & stated that no MARES had commented on it. I tuned in on 7/6 hearing the Jim Bohannon show from 0315. It was a fair signal using my directional W6LVP loop aimed at Kingsley. But on my longwire & G5RV dipoles, co-channel Philadelphia station WPHT (Ided at 0355) overpowered WJNL. No sign of their sister station WJML 1110 kHz which is a 10 KW daytimer vs WJNL's 50 KW. I live 60 miles east & just south of WJNL's Kingsley xmtr site. From what I heard, I didn’t think they were running 50 KW at night. I sent that to him. Any other MARES notice an increase in reception of WJNL? I don’t listen to MW all that much & can’t really compare (Don Hosmer, ICOM IC-7200 + G5RV dipoles & W6LVP loop from the lost city of Damon, north of West Branch MI, MARE Tipsheet 19 July via DXLD) [From the MARE Log Summary: 1210 WJNL Kingsley MI; Traverse City’s talk station WJNL, Tom Sullivan Show, WJNL 24-hour Information Center; local news with David Barr, CBS News, // 960 WHAK Rogers City MI & 1110 WJML Petosky MI; 20 Mar (HF)] This item overlooks one important fact: WJNL is licensed to run 00000 watts at night on MW 1210. Its ``24h`` service must include FM and/or affiliate stations. That`s the main issue, not whether it`s 50000 watts, or less than that (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. 1340. KIKO. AZ. Apache Junction. 7/21 20:00 EDT. Country music, break, local promos. Modulation a little light. 1260, KBSZ, AZ, Apache Junction, 7/20 19:45 EDT. This station has been having major technical problems all through June and July. The specific problems varied, but something was always wrong out at Apache Junction. I haven't checked the channel for several days, but at this time, we are hearing a strong clear signal with a bunch of hard rock songs and female presenter (the format HAD been all comedy). Female announcer: "97 3 and 12-60 AM - The Rattler rocks the East Valley", at 20:02 EDT. The music is a little less hard-edged than that heard on "The Bear" KBRE (1660, Merced CA, and heard here only via DX). NOTE: A recheck at 19:43 EDT on 7/21, had callsign "KBSZ" by woman announcer clearly heard (Rick Barton, Arizona MW Logs listed most recent first. Hopefully useful information for someone can be picked out of here. Frequencies in kHz. Times/Dates in Eastern. My tube gear shack is retired for the hot summer. Unless otherwise stated, equipment is Grundig Satellit 205/T.5000 RS SW-2000629, Panasonic RF-2200 - stock or with Terk Advantage loop. 73 and Good Listening.......! - rb, ABDX yg via DXLD) Interesting; so IIRC (I'm away from my notes right now) if KBSZ is now ‎// 97.3, then KIKO must no longer be // 97.3, unless you have the same crazy situation we have here in San Diego, wherein 2 AMs (KNSN-1240 and KLSD-1360) were granted translators on the same channel (103.3) in the same city. Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone (Tim Hall, ibid.) ** U S A. Sporadic-E opening MUFs above 100 MHz to the NE of here bode well for some FM DX at last, July 20 after 19 UT, so I hasten to start monitoring mainly on the DX-398 with PL-880 as backup, manipulating both telescopic antennas only, vs all the QRM from OK and KS, ACI if not CCI on every frequency. {DX-398 has RDS, but Es signals this time are never strong or steady enough for RDS to lock and help IDs.} All info from the WTFDA FM database, except distances city-to-city from distancefromto.net After three catches in French from Ontario and Quebec, see CANADA, the rest mostly Michigan: 95.3, at 1917, rock in stereo while I am getting French on 95.1. Certainly not the usual KOKC talk translator in OKC, unlikely 14 kW KMGZ Lawton. There are two Kansans not very close: KINZ, Humboldt in the SE with 24 kW, classic hits; and KWKN, Wakeeney in the NW with 100 kW, unknown format. If Michigan, only two of the ten 95.3 are rock, and only one, also the most powerful, 17 kW, WWSS, Tuscarora Township, ``The Bear``, but between Flint and Detroit outside PTA. 96.5, at 1919, string of national ads, very choppy fading, sure thought Es, but finally an Okie ad, so only Tulsa or Elk City. 106.7, at 1923, sports talk in English overriding Spanish KTUZ Okarche OK, I guess still QRP from 13/13 kW since tower was felled. This could likely be: WSRT, 106.7, GAYLORD MI USA, 100/100 kW, 177.0m, ESPN Radio Northern Michigan. //WSRJ 105.5. 1466 km = 911 mi, north-central L.P. Less likely a closer spoiler: K294DE, translator of KLKC-1540, PARSONS KS USA, 250 watts with Fox Sports Radio. Parsons in SE KS. 93.5, at 1930, C&W in $, with CCI; ad for Water Circus at Cadillac; YL announcer, ID in passing as WTCM; 1936 ad for ``Northbound --- in The Beautiful Charlevoix``; 1929 partial ID? ##TY?, mentions Traverse City, repeat Cadillac Water Circus ad. Here it is: WBCM, 93.5, BOYNE CITY MI USA, 14/14 kW, 283m, ``TODAY'S COUNTRY MUSIC`` // WTCM 103.5. Boyne City is at the far end of Lake Charlevoix, inland from Charlevoix on the coast which is N of Traverse City. Cadillac is considerably S of TC, inland. 1458 km = 906 mi 93.5, at 2000 ID ``Mix 93, WKMJ-FM``, i.e.: WKMJ-FM, 93.5, HANCOCK MI USA, 25.0/25.0 kW, 84.0m, HOT AC, ``MIX 93.5``. Hancock is in the U.P. By Houghton next to Lake Superior. 1419 km = 881 mi 88.3, at 2003, temp 70, predicted low in mid-50s! {Cool! at 101-degree Enid now} from ``Smile FM``, briefly overcoming marginal KOSR Stillwater, Wichita; and Enid`s K202BY is still OFF: ``Adult Hits, CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN. SMILE FM, MICHIGAN'S POSITIVE HITS`` has FOUR 88.3s in MI, all mono (but I couldn`t tell): WDTE, GROSSE POINT SHORES MI USA, 0.16 kW H/5.5 kW V, 50.0 m WSMZ, CRYSTAL VALLEY MI USA, 1.5/1.5 kW, 200.0m WKPK, MICHIGAMME MI USA, 0.0/15.0 kW, 252m [how is that pronounced?] WEJC, WHITE STAR MI USA, 0.001/55.0 kW!, 114m Thru sporadic E, polarization becomes random, so in decreasing power probability: WEJC, WKPK, WDTE, WSMZ. By decreasing proximity to PTA (probable target area): Michigamme near Ishpeming on the U.P.; Crystal Valley near Ludington on the central west coast on Lake MI; White Star unfound in my atlases, but G.C. Puts it somewhere near Midland/Bay City. GPS = Detroit. Michigamme: 1388 km = 863 mi; Crystal Valley 1285 km = 799 mi [Liz Cameron, somewhere in MI, replies on the WOR iog: ``White Star MI is near Midland. Actually Gladwin County to the north. WEJC is a pest near Tawas and in the Thumb. 73/Liz``] 93.3, at 2005, weather and ``Today`s Country``; must be overcoming OK station. Not in MI, but one from WI is only hit on slogan: WBSZ, 93.3, ASHLAND WI USA, 71/71 kW, 75.0m, ``TODAY’S COUNTRY Z-93``. Ashland is on the N coast of WI, an inlet from Lake Superior. 1273 km = 791 mi 87.9, since session began have been checking here and 87.75, but nothing until 2018, now $ rock music; no local matches found; 2025 kid voice-over music, ``trust in the lord``. It`s sort of mushy but centred closer to 87.9 than 87.75 or 88.1. The closest known Franken-FMs on 87.75 are in Chicago and Cleveland. No 87.9s anywhere around there in official WTFDA DB. Could be one of all those pirates Harold Frodge hears around his Midland MI location, recapped by MARE: ``Following is a compilation of logs appearing in the MARE Tip Sheets during July 2018-June 2019. Errors & typos in the Tip Sheets are corrected here where known. Logs listed here are all from listening posts within 250 miles of the Michigan border. 87.9 Bay City MI LP relay; Hits Radio 99-5 ZPL, KMTI? Xmas mx, 77 WABC, Shine FM, Oldies 107.3 WRDJ, Hits FM, Hallmark Channel, 103-5 KCQ, old WABC spots, 9-70 WFLA spot; 13 Jul, 14,15,16,17,18 Jun, 19 Feb (HF) “ Birch Run MI, Birch Run HS, Panther Radio; 80s, 90s & today, Panther Radio; 18,23 Jun (HF) “ Bridgeport MI area LP relay; Shine FM; 00,23 Jun, 14 Jul (HF) “ Brighton MI LP relay; peaks a few mi. north; 15 Feb (HF) “ Freeland MI area LP relay; 17,18 Nov (HF) " Midland MI, NE Midland LP relay; various relays including 95.1 Shine FM, 107.3 WRDJ, Z-100, The Big JCHW, The Big HW Golden, 100.7 The Path?, 103.5 WKTU; 13,21 Jul, 15 Sep, 16,17 Jan, 19 Dec, 18 Nov (HF) “ Midland MI, SE Midland LP relay; Surround Sound EZL music; 14,15 Feb, 16,18 Apr, 17 Jan (HF) “ Shiawassee county MI; 102-5 The Bone, Tampa FL; 15 Sep (HF)`` Opening has died down by 2030 UT and I have other tasks, so I quit, but one sesquihour later, see the Es map still showing 100+ MHz MUFs, so I resume at 2200-2215, but hear no DX; now, however, what I am getting on 87.9 matches to local 91.1, Air One KKRD. Maybe I failed to compare 87.9 to this one earlier. No idea how/why it show up on 87.9; there is no local leapfrog fulcrum on 89.5. Of course, Air One is everywhere out of its 92.7 flagship origination KYRA, Thousand Oaks in California, so 87.9 could still be DX from somewhere (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, all July 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. "The Oasis" 96.9, Palm Springs?, 18:25, listened for about 20 minutes with smooth jazz, ID'd "The Oasis.com", The website says they are internet only, and since it is not listed in FCC website, I wonder if this is an unlicensed retransmission of the internet station. New. KWIR, 87.9, Palm Springs, 18:50 mostly soul music from the '70' s today. Not in FCC database but that's how they ID. Heard before but first time reported here. That's it for now, enjoy your weekend. :) 73 (Joe Miller, KJ8O, Desert Hot Springs, CA, Locator DM13sw, July 20, ABDX yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1992, DXLD) Local times PDT UT-7? (gh) Looks like the 96.9 and 87.9 are both pirates. 96.9 is way too close to KUNA on 96.7, and 87.9 isn't a usable FM channel (Scott Fybush, ibid.) ** U S A. SIX MORE PIRATES FOUND Radio Ink July 29, 2019 [sic] https://radioink.com/2019/07/25/six-more-pirates-found/ Three were in New York (2 on Long Island, 1 in Huntington Station), two were in New Jersey (Irvington) and one in Massachusetts (Burlington). All six unlicensed operators were given 10 days to close down. In recent years, The Commission has been aggressively going after pirate operators under the leadership of Chairman Ajit Pai (via Mike Terry, July 25, WOR iog via DXLD) WTFK? Bet they are all FM. That`s the complete story! (gh, DXLD) ** VATICAN. And "not have easy access to the new technologies": I must say that the illustration of their announcement is really funny. Like the stations in the Pacific who "rely on the DRM feed of RNZ" and have a nice satellite dish in front of their shack. https://www.vaticannews.va/pt/vaticano/news/2019-07/sinodo-radio-vaticano-ondas-curtas-amazonia.html (Kai Ludwig, Germany, July 24, WOR iog via DXLD) ** VATICAN [non]. 7305, July 20 at 0145, YL ending `Vatican News` in Spanish with contact info, and immediately restarting `Vatican News` in Spanish --- are they axually playing the same program twice in a row to fill the doubled airtime? VG via USAGM Grimesland NC relay, violating Separation of Church and State (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1992, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7305. Jul 21, 2019. 0100-0127, Vatican Radio, Greenville-NC, in Portuguese. IS, ID; Woman talks news of church and pope; Today liturgy about "Hospitality"; 0127 Ends program; IS. Finally a very good reception of Radio Vaticana this night, 55544 (JRX_Jose Ronaldo Xavier, SWARL Callsign PR7036SWL, Cabedelo, Brazil, Receiver (s): XHDATA D-808, Antenna (s): Degen DE31 Active, WOR iog via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 1210, July 22 at 0600 UT, ``this is the Ben Miller show``, atop CCI including something in Spanish. Of course I am checking for WJNL Michigan cheater. Searching is sparse on that name; there were some citations 12 years ago but can`t find anything current (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 1670, July 19 at 0621 UT, very poor signal mentions ``1530 AM``. Usual 1670 here of the only four Unitedstatesians is WOZN Madison WI. I can`t find any group relation to a 1530 station, nor for the other three 1670s, one of which is Spanish anyway (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 2750, July 19 at 1216 UT, weak carrier fading; not even 2850 North Korea is audible. Not a spot for local mixtures. If a MW harmonic, it could only be 5 x 550, where KFRM KS dominates daytimes here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. DENMARK, Good signal of World Music Radio Denmark, July 23: 0445&0646 on 5840 RND 0.1 kW /non-dir to WeEu Music/English https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/good-signal-of-world-music-radio.html (Ivo Ivanov, HCDX via DXLD) That is not World Music Radio. Best 73s (Stig Hartvig Nielsen, World Music Radio, ibid.) I also doubted that this is World Music Radio Denmark; you can not do such a signal strength. Investigate who worked on your frequency this morning to about 0900 UT (Ivo Ivanov, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. on 6000 at 1445 UT, July 22 --- UNID with dance music from 1445 on 6000, not CNR-1 From 1500 on same 6000 will be started Brother HySTAIRical via Secretbrod -- Bad mixture on 6000 at 1500 between UNID with Mx & Brother HySTAIRical via Secretbrod. 73! (Ivo Ivanov. Sofia, WOR iog via DXLD) Music station & Brother HySTAIRical on 6000, July 22 1445-1545 6000 unknown kW / unknown to Europe Dance Music Station & from 1500 6000 SCB 050 kW / 030 deg to EaEu Brother HySTAIRical: https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/07/unid-music-station-brother-hystairical.html [most of these bloglinx lead further to YouTube [audio]videos --- gh] (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News July 22-23, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 15450.5-USB, July 23 at 1333, 2-way in Spanish, whistling, JBA, INTRUDERS. Wonder if they would have found Voice of Turkey any problem before 1330? It too is JBA carrier here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ ACKNOWLEDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 1992: Thanks to Ethan Best, KC9YDN, Bloomington IN, for a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED FUTURELY: Chuck Ermatinger, St Louis, for a PP contribution. One may also contribute by MO or check in US funds on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 LANGUAGE LESSONS ++++++++++++++++ Re: ``CUBA. 11980 kHz on July 13 at 0019 UT, Chinese song at S1, same as on stronger 5990 kHz CRI Latin America Quivican San Felipe TITAN 250 kW relay of which 11980 kHz is second harmonic. Same as also on CRI Latin America Quivican San Felipe TITAN 250 kW relay in Spanish 15120 kHz fundamental, but this transmitter has crackling audio altho at 0021 UT the carrier is steady and not breaking up. Something's always wrong at RadioCuba. (Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, wor, dxld, hcdx July 13)`` That is not the way I wrote it, without transmitter site and power info --- For BC-DX, wb inserted that without making it clear, and I cannot vouch for accuracy of such info. Nor do I clutter my reports or editing with ``kHz`` after every number which is obviously a frequency, nor ``UTC`` after every time established as in UT. A further issue: we are not splitting scientific hairs in this, so there is NO need to include the C for the Coordinated subset of UT when we do include it. I am constantly deleting these wastes in my editing; you`re welcome (gh, DXLD) MUSEA See also JORDAN +++++ VOICE OF AMERICA - EAGLE ON THE MOON - 1969 Cold War Radio Museum Facebook page today: This Cold War Radio Museum post includes a full transcript and an MP3 audio file of the 1969 Voice of America Apollo 11 radio documentary “Eagle on the Moon” broadcast produced after the mission. The special radio program was also released abroad by VOA and the United States Information Agency (USIA) on LP vinyl records. https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/voice-of-america---eagle-on-the-moon---1969 (via Mike Barraclough, July 21, WOR iog via DXLD) WHAT'S NEW ON DXSIGNAL.RU (ENG): 21 JUL Hello, 1 new recording submitted by Maxim Koshelev from Pskov, Russia, has been added to the True Sounds audio archive on dxsignal.ru. Direct link to the list of the latest clips: http://dxsignal.ru/listen_eng.htm If you'd like to share some of your recorded audios on this page, please contact me: dm65dx [at] gmail [dot] com. 73, (Dmitry Mezin, http://dxsignal.ru July 22, dxsignal yg via DXLD) Viz.: True sounds — archive of audio recordings These pages contain interesting audio samples of domestic and international radios. Many clips were provided by my friends specially for the site. All times are in UTC. In order to select the country, click on its initial letter. If you have a wish to see some of your clips on this page, write me to dm65dx [at] gmail [dot] com. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Unidentified Other ...Recordings added in June - July 2019... Radio Poland, 1386 kHz MP3 file, size 755 kB. From Maxim Koshelev, Pskov, Russia. Recorded 20 Oct 2018 at 1629. Relayed via Radio Baltic Waves, Viešintos, Lithuania. Children's East Siberian Railway (Irkutsk), Russia, 153.7 MHz MP3 file, size 470 kB. From Alexey Stepanov, Irkutsk, Russia. Recorded 10 June 2018. [2-way contact] Radiostantsiya Rechka (Irkutsk, river communications), Russia, 3399 kHz, USB mode, MP3 file, size 1.47 MB. From Alexey Stepanov, Irkutsk, Russia. Recorded 9 Sep 2018 at 0015. Weather forecasts (incl. via traffic controller) for Angara River / ponds / Lake Baikal, navigational warning. Irkutsk-2 (river communications), Russia, 300.2 MHz, MP3 file, size 1.60 MB. From Alexey Stepanov, Irkutsk, Russia. Recorded 24 May 2018. Water heights throughout Angara river, establishment of waterway signs and signals (via DXLD) WORLD OF HOROLOGY +++++++++++++++++ STANDARD TIME CREATED, 1883Y PLANET MONEY, NPR program on KOSU 91.7, Sat July 20 at 2007 UT features how and why standard time and time zones were created. I want to link to a podcast of this episode, but wasting several minutes, cannot find it on their website. https://www.npr.org/sections/money/ Instead the only subject on latest #928 dated July 19 was Hong Kong. Tried searching on 1883 as in the year in question, and no hits, but amazed how many times that year has been mentioned on PM in some other context. Maybe if there was a separate #929 as of July 20 they just haven`t put it up yet; or an evergreen filler KOSU was playing for some reason (Glenn Hauser, July 22, DX LISTENING DIGEST) However there are a number of interesting earlier stories about time zones, searching https://www.npr.org/search?query=time%20zones&page=1 (gh, DXLD) DX-PEDITIONS ++++++++++++ APRIL 2019 HONG KONG ULTRALIGHT DXPEDITION ARTICLE Hong Kong has been in the news a lot recently, but for me the major excitement happened in April, as I decided to accompany my Hong Kong Chinese wife to one of the toughest DXpedition venues on the entire planet. Hong Kong has a well-deserved reputation of being a DXing wasteland, with an overload of Chinese pest stations, overcrowded public beaches, prolific RFI and the most skyscrapers and high rise buildings to be found anywhere. Ultralight radios and portable antennas have one key advantage in such a tough venue, however -- they can go practically anywhere, and track down exciting DX in the most unusual and bizarre locations. For me, this meant setting up on a polluted waterfront beach in the gambling enclave of Macau, on an awesome plunging cliff at the southeastern tip of Hong Kong island, on a wild waterfront beach with multiple Chinese spectators, and by shoving a souped-up Ultralight radio outside the security window on the 12th floor of a downtown high rise apartment building. These wild and wacky locations were the key to tracking down a diverse haul of 103 DX stations, including several from eastern Europe, Africa and the Middle East, as well as many exotic Southeast Asian stations. For those interested, a full 19-page article with multiple photos, narrative and 120 DX MP3 recording links is posted at https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/85pzdmvuzgzi2rwsghqubyxvi5rwj9t0 73 and Good DX, (Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA, but shifting to the "Cliffhanger" mode next week), July 23, nrc-am gg via DXLD) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- IBOC See MEXICO +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV See MEXICO ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DAB See RUSSIA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See CHINA; GUAM; KOREA NORTH; ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ RUSSIA; VATICAN RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ KNOBLESS CARADIOS from last DXLD 19-29 [WORLD OF RADIO 1992] C. CRANE CC-3 AND CC-2E https://radiojayallen.com/c-crane-cc-3-cc-2e/ (Dennis Gibson, July 24, IRCA iog via DXLD) Excellent review, and many great links. Thank you! (Walt Salmaniw, ibid.) KEEPING THE SPECTRUM CLEAN RSGB July 19, 2019 https://rsgb.org/main/blog/news/gb2rs/headlines/2019/07/19/keeping-the-spectrum-clean/ The radio communications consultancy LS telcom held its 24th annual spectrum summit on 3 July 2019 and invited the IARU to participate in a panel session, Keeping the Spectrum Clean. The IARU was represented by Barry Lewis, G4SJH, who is the RSGB Microwave Manager. He summarised the impact of the increase in man-made noise observed by radio amateurs in recent years across the HF to UHF frequency ranges and how the amateur community is dealing with this. LS telcom is a consultancy that specialises in spectrum monitoring and was particularly interested to hear the views from the amateur community. The audience of 200 came from 34 countries and included a wide range of representatives from across the radio communications industry and regulatory fields. For more on the summit, go to http://spectrum-summit.com/en/home (via Mike Terry, WOR iog via DXLD) TUNING IN TO ATOMIC RADIO https://hackaday.com/2019/07/17/tuning-into-atomic-radio-quantum-technique-unlocks-laser-based-radio-reception/ (via Tom Doerr, MARE Tipsheet 19 July via DXLD) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ FACTS BEHIND SPORADIC E Southgate July 22, 2019 http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2019/july/facts-behind-sporadic-e.htm#.XTa2p-hKjIU Sporadic E is one on the most interesting forms of propagation - as the name indicates it occurs sporadically and many of the mechanisms behind it are not well understood. Sporadic E arises when clouds of intense ionisation occur in the E region of the ionosphere. Initially these will affect the lower frequency bands, and it can produce openings on 10 metres and as the frequency rises, 6 metres, 4 metres and occasionally 2 metres may be affected. When 2 metres is affected, openings are often quite short - an hour or two is long, but openings of a few minutes only are known. During the course of an opening the direction of the propagation can change significantly as the ionisation clouds are blown about by the winds in the upper atmosphere. Find out more about this mysterious form of radio propagation that can be used to good effect on many of the HF and VHF amateur bands: https://www.electronics-notes.com/articles/antennas-propagation/ionospheric/sporadic-e-es.php (via Mike Terry, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1992, DXLD) The K7RA Solar Update --- ARRL 07/19/2019 Very low solar activity continues. Over the past week, average daily solar flux changed insignificantly from 67.1 to 67. There were no sunspots. Average daily planetary A index changed from 8.4 to 5.9, while mid-latitude A index changed from 8.6 to 6.7. Conditions remain quiet. Predicted solar flux is 68 on July 19-26, and 67 on July 27 to September 1. Predicted planetary A index is 5 on July 19-22, 8 on July 23, 5 on July 24-27, 8 on July 28, 5 on July 29 through August 3, then 8, 15, 15 and 8 on August 4-7, 5 on August 8-10, then 10, 12 and 8 on August 11-13, 5 on August 14-23, 8 on August 24, 5 on August 25-30, then 8 and 15 on August 31 through September 1. Geomagnetic activity forecast for the period July 19 until August 14, 2019 from F.K. Janda, OK1HH of the Czech Propagation Interest Group. Geomagnetic field will be: Quiet on July 19, 24-25, August 2-3, 8, 13-14 Quiet to unsettled on July 26-27, 29-31, August 1, 4, 9 Quiet to active on July 20-23, August 7, 10-12 Unsettled to active on July 28, August 5-6 No active to disturbed days are predicted. Solar wind will intensify on August (2-3,) 7-8, (9-14) Parenthesis means lower probability of activity enhancement. On July 17 spaceweather.com reported a coronal hole spewing a stream of solar wind, with arrival expected to cause minor geomagnetic upset around July 19-20. They also reported that so far in this calendar year, 64% of all days were without sunspots. Last year the total number of spotless days was 61%, 28% in 2017, 9% in 2016, and zero days were spotless in 2011-2015, except for 2 days in 2011 and 1 day in 2014. Tamitha Skov, WX6SWW, posted this video on July 12: https://youtu.be/ooJy5zmqV08 Also, on July 12, Joe Lewis, KD4SR, reported (in a message titled “Don’t forget Sporadic-E!”), “Yesterday I worked Puerto Rico, Haiti, Canada and many others from Central Florida on 6 meters with 100 W and FT8. Japan was worked by others. Europe, Africa, and all over North and South America have been heard regularly on 6 almost. I am just using a G5RV and ground plane antennas. Summer is Es season!” Here is the very latest video from Dr. Tamitha Skov, WX6SWW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzDm-h16L8c For more information concerning radio propagation, see the ARRL Technical Information Service at http://arrl.org/propagation-of-rf-signals For an explanation of numbers used in this bulletin, see http://arrl.org/the-sun-the-earth-the-ionosphere An archive of past propagation bulletins is at http://arrl.org/w1aw-bulletins-archive-propagation More good information and tutorials on propagation are at http://k9la.us/ Monthly propagation charts between four USA regions and twelve overseas locations are at http://arrl.org/propagation Instructions for starting or ending email distribution of ARRL bulletins are at http://arrl.org/bulletins Sunspot numbers for July 11 through 17, 2019 were 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, and 0, with a mean of 0. 10.7 cm flux was 67.1, 66.8, 66, 67.2, 67.1, 67.2, and 67.8, with a mean of 67. Estimated planetary A indices were 8, 5, 6, 5, 7, 4, and 6, with a mean of 5.9. Middle latitude A index was 9, 5, 6, 6, 8, 5, and 8, with a mean of 6.7. http://www.arrl.org/news/the-k7ra-solar-update-586 (via Mike Terry, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 1992, DXLD) :Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts :Issued: 2019 Jul 22 0209 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # Product description and SWPC contact on the Web # https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/content/subscription-services # # Weekly Highlights and Forecasts # Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 15 - 21 July 2019 Solar activity was very low on 15-21 July. No spotted regions were observed on the visible disk. No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit reached high levels on 15-21 July. Geomagnetic field activity was at quiet levels on 16-20 July. Quiet to unsettled levels were observed on 15 and 21 July. Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 22 July - 17 August 2019 Solar activity is expected to be very low throughout the forecast period. No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at moderate to high levels on 22, 27-30 July and 06-17 August. Normal to moderate levels are expected for the remainder of the forecast period. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at unsettled to active levels on 05-06 August due to recurrent coronal hole high speed stream influences. Quiet to unsettled levels are expected for the remainder of the forecast period. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2019 Jul 22 0209 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # Product description and SWPC contact on the Web # https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/content/subscription-services # # 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table # Issued 2019-07-22 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2019 Jul 22 67 5 2 2019 Jul 23 67 8 3 2019 Jul 24 67 8 3 2019 Jul 25 67 5 2 2019 Jul 26 67 8 3 2019 Jul 27 67 8 3 2019 Jul 28 67 8 3 2019 Jul 29 67 5 2 2019 Jul 30 67 5 2 2019 Jul 31 67 5 2 2019 Aug 01 67 5 2 2019 Aug 02 67 5 2 2019 Aug 03 67 5 2 2019 Aug 04 67 8 3 2019 Aug 05 67 15 4 2019 Aug 06 67 15 4 2019 Aug 07 67 8 3 2019 Aug 08 67 5 2 2019 Aug 09 67 5 2 2019 Aug 10 67 5 2 2019 Aug 11 67 5 2 2019 Aug 12 67 5 2 2019 Aug 13 67 5 2 2019 Aug 14 67 5 2 2019 Aug 15 67 5 2 2019 Aug 16 67 5 2 2019 Aug 17 67 5 2 (SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1992, DXLD) TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING ++++++++++++++++++++++++ TO SAVE OURSELVES, WE MUST END THE PRESIDENT'S WAR ON SCIENCE James Neal | Enid News & Eagle Jul 26, 2019 https://www.enidnews.com/opinion/columns/column-to-save-ourselves-we-must-end-the-president-s/article_5517eef9-5de9-5c2c-8398-fe1a9fa94c69.html (Reflections With Purpose column via DXLD) ###