DX LISTENING DIGEST 7-125, October 18, 2007 Incorporating REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING edited by Glenn Hauser, http://www.worldofradio.com Items from DXLD may be reproduced and re-reproduced only if full credit be maintained at all stages and we be provided exchange copies. DXLD may not be reposted in its entirety without permission. Materials taken from Arctic or originating from Olle Alm and not having a commercial copyright are exempt from all restrictions of noncommercial, noncopyrighted reusage except for full credits For restrixions and searchable 2007 contents archive see http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html NOTE: If you are a regular reader of DXLD, and a source of DX news but have not been sending it directly to us, please consider yourself obligated to do so. Thanks, Glenn SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1377 Thu 0600 WRMI 9955 Thu 1430 WRMI 7385 Thu 1500 KAIJ 9480 Thu 2330 WBCQ 7415 Fri 0630 WRMI 9955 Fri 1100 KAIJ 5755 Fri 1100 WRMI 9955 Fri 2030 WWCR1 15825 Sat 0800 WRMI 9955 Sat 1630 WWCR3 12160 Sat 2130 WRMI 9955 Sun 0230 WWCR3 5070 Sun 0630 WWCR1 3215 Sun 0800 WRMI 9955 Sun 1500 WRMI 7385 Mon 0300 WBCQ 9330-CLSB [confirmed Oct 15] Mon 0415 WBCQ 7415 [time varies to 0500] Mon 0830 WRMI 9955 Tue 1030 WRMI 9955 Tue 1530 WRMI 7385 Wed 0730 WRMI 9955 Wed 2300 WBCQ 18910-CLSB WORLD OF RADIO, CONTINENT OF MEDIA, MUNDO RADIAL SCHEDULE: Latest edition of this schedule version, including AM, FM, satellite and webcasts with hotlinks to station sites and audio, is at: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html For updates see our Anomaly Alert page: http://www.worldofradio.com/anomaly.html WRN ON DEMAND: http://new.wrn.org/listeners/stations/station.php?StationID=24 WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS VIA WRN NOW AVAILABLE: http://www.wrn.org/listeners/stations/podcast.php OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO [also CONTINENT OF MEDIA, MUNDO RADIAL] http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html or http://wor.worldofradio.org ** AFGHANISTAN [non]. Re 7-124: So I don't have ESP after all--the reason I know what they're gonna play next is because they play the same stuff in the same order every day :-). Oh well, it's still fun listening. 73, Glenn, de (Anne Fanelli (hoping for the return of RIR to 7125 at 0000) in Elma NY, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) R. Solh, 17700 via UK, Oct 16 at 1345 during talk segment mentioned helicopter --- that may explain the sticking-CD music which always follows, illustrating what music could sound like thru whirring blades (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ALASKA. Once again KNLS publishes self-contradictory info about its own transmission schedule, for B-07. Just concerning English broadcasts, on the English and Russian pages, 0800-0900 on 9615 in English, 7355 in Mandarin On the Chinese page: 0800-0900 on 7355 in English, 9615 in Mandarin At least they agree on the other English broadcasts: 1000-1100 6150 1200-1300 6150 6915 1400-1500 6150 Unfortunately, they overlook the fact that Singapore is on 6150 with 250 kW throughout this period. And TIRWR DGS is also registered on 6150 until 1200. We may be somewhat confident that 6915 will not have any co-channel interference, at least from other broadcasters (Glenn Hauser, Oct 16, WORLD OF RADIO 1378, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ALBANIA. In the absence of a specific program schedule from R. Tirana, note that they included a mailbag segment on Wed Oct 17 at tune-in 1319 on 13750, reading some reception reports with SINPOs, including one from Mexico. This would have been a repeat of the Tuesday broadcast on other transmissions. 1321 answering a listener`s question about religious tolerance in Albania --- yes, there is. Earlier at 1305 when I had first tuned by, there was a burst of noise when Cuba turned on the 13680 transmitter, but fortunately this time it did not last (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ALBANIA. Please note that although we are stopping our SW broadcasts from Albania, we are not stopping our broadcasts on 1395 kHz. Those will continue. Greetings from the Netherlands. Please note the following changes for this block: For Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, we will be taking off the last 15-minute program at the end of the current block. This means that we will broadcast every day from 1910 to 2145 UT-winter. Due to a change in our broadcasting strategy, we will no longer be airing programs on shortwave from Albania. Sincerely, Harry Bettig, Director, Broadcast Department, Trans World Radio-Europe (via Drita Çiço, Oct 16, DXLD) ** ANTARCTICA. 15476.02, R. Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, 2030 17 Oct., extremely low level uncopiable Spanish talk by M at tune-in, then 3 nice LA ballads perfectly modulated. Low level ballad then from 2041-2045 inaudible at times, then one started at good level. 2047 usual W barely audible, and song after 2050 were OK. 2056 M, obviously the closing, impossible to copy. Off a little early at 2057*. They must be having technical difficulties. Not only with the audio, but also with the carrier as it seemed to be jumping between 15476.02 and 15476.0. Its a shame the audio wasn't consistent as it was the strongest yet today (Dave Valko, Dunlo PA, HCDX via DXLD) 15476.01, R. Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, 1959, 18 Oct. Nice LA music and unreadable canned announcement by W, then live W mentioning Esperanza. Back to music at 2005-2015. W again followed by more music to 2029. Canned announcement by W over music at 2029 mentioning "Base Esperanza", then canned apparent news intro by M possibly mentioning el mundo, noticias, and ID sounding like it was missing "Nacional". Same live W with presumed news with instrumental dramatic music between items. 2033 short canned announcement by M mentioning 15476 kHz followed by long talk by different M over music to 2038 mention of Base Esperanza, Argentina, juventud. Continued music to 2045 when W returned. W was chuckling during announcement at 2056. Instrumental song, then canned closing by M at 2059 mentioning Base Esperanza and ending with ID, then W vocal briefly and off at exactly 2101:03. Fady signal but fortunately peaking nicely at sign-off. Even better than yesterday and strongest it`s been noted here in many years. Keeps getting stronger day by day!! (Dave Valko, ibid.) ** ASIA [non]. Re 7-124, RFA QSLs: For what it's worth, I received one of RFA's latest QSLs in the mail a few days ago, and it did indeed specify some transmitter sites. The six possible options listed are: "IBB Kuwait", "IBB Saipan", "IBB Tinian", "IBB Sri Lanka", "Asia", and "Other" (Mark Schiefelbein, MO, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BELGIUM. Radio Vlaanderen International B07 schedule (same as B06) All in Flemish (Dutch) South and Southeast Europe: 0700-0800 UT 13685 1800-1900 UT 5960 South and Southwest Europe: 0800-0900 UT 9790 1900-2000 UT 6040 Also on MW 1512 from 0500 UT to 2310 UT. From RVI brochure received in P-mail Oct. 18 (Bernie O'Shea, Ottawa, Ontario, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 3309.98, R. Mosoj Chaski, Cochabamba 0830 noted strong signal 0839 noted time check "'cinco y..." into indigenous music. May be on twenty four hours a day? 15 October. 4716.62, Radio Yura _noted return to air at 0940_ with usual excellent flute music and om and yl IDs, this off for about 48 hours possibly due to transmitter issues? 15 October. Previously reported 0040 to 0045 carrier on 13 October but no audio, carrier disappeared. Radio Yura provides most excellent CP programming with excellent signal in South Florida (Bob Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, FL, NRD 535D, Drake R7, HCDX via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 4762.49, R. Chicha (presumed), 2324 Oct 8. News with studio M talking with M on phone. Report by W at 2328. 2329 very short instrumental signature. Music bridge at exactly BoH followed by M but couldn't catch an ID. Talk by different M. When it peaked at 2335 briefly, it sounded very much like it was in German!! Do they relay multi-lingual news programs?? Nasty carrier popped on at 2339-2343. Fanfare at 2355 then immediately into LA Debbie Reynolds-like song. Another song and suddenly off in mid-song at exactly 2357. Almost good enough to copy but still think the best bet is a micro-DXpedition. Will keep trying. Noisy with CODAR QRM of course (Dave Valko, Dunlo PA, HCDX via DXLD) Maybe it was Low German for the Mennonites around (gh, DXLD) ** BRAZIL. Re previous unID: Caro Glenn, A emissora em 4805 kHz é a Rádio Difusora do Amazonas, Manaus, Brasil, o que seria o mais óbvio realmente. O motivo da confusão é que a ouvindo novamente agora há pouco com um programa "oldies love songs" em nada lembra as outras escutas desta emissora que apresenta normalmente musica regional e brasileira em geral. Então, este programa parece ser levado ao ar aos domingos até 0100 UTC. A emissora desliga o transmissor em 4805 de forma abrupta por volta deste horário. Ainda que seja a Difusora de Manaus, vale pela informação deste programa com pop internacional, podendo assim evitar outras confusões. Best 73 (Samuel Cássio, São Carlos, SP, Brasil, Oct 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. Received a couple of nice surprises in the mail today: A registered letter from Radio Educação Rural de Coari - very nice letter in English plus a photo of the station offices? Heard on 5035 kHz at Cataract in May. Report was a letter in Portuguese along with a CD of recording. And A QSL card from Shortwave Shiokaze for 9485 kHz from an email report in 7 days. Shown as Shiokaze Two on card (Wayne Bastow, Wyoming, NSW, Australia, Oct 15, ARDXC via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. The Caribbean Beacon (Anguilla) was off 6090 kHz at least intermittently during the early UT hours of today, 10/17/07, allowing a few other stations that are normally covered to surface: 6090, Rádio Bandeirantes, 10/17/07, 0345, Portuguese. In-studio announcer interviewing a caller, then promos/ads with mention of "Radio Bandeirantes" in passing. Big open carrier wiped out the signal at 0405, and the Caribbean Beacon finally came back in mid-sentence at 0410. Fair/poor (Mark Schiefelbein, Springfield, Missouri, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 6104.8, Radio Filadélfia (Foz do Iguaçu), 0854-, 9/11/07 [sic, means Oct 11?] in Portuguese. M talking in an animated way before a crowd with occasional cheering by crowd and periodic short announcements by second M. 0402 ID "Radio Cultural Filadélfia, Foz do Iguaçu" and announcements over music, ballad, same announcer talking in usual "overheated" Brazilian announcer style. I would have thought of Canção Nova on this frequency (Mark Taylor, Madison, WI, R-75, Eton E1, Sat 800, Sangean 909; 110' random wire, Eavesdropper, NASWA Flashsheet Oct 14 via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. Rádios Comunitárias --- Amigos, visitem o endereço abaixo. http://www.revistaenfoque.com.br/index.php?edicao=73&materia=836 Trata-se de um interessante artigo sobre rádios comunitárias no Brasil, feita por uma revista Enfoque-Gospel. O artigo se notabiliza principalmente por ouvir todas as partes (emissoras comerciais, comunitárias, engenheiros etc) e ser, principalmente muito equilibrado e de bom nível. 73 (Sérgio Dória Partamian, São Paulo-SP, Brasil, Oct 15, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BULGARIA. 5900, Another spurious signal noted tonight on Oct 15th, 1900-2200 UT in Ge, Fr, En: R Bulgaria, Plovdiv, 500 kW, 295 deg, nominal 5900 kHz, but spurious on 5876-5884 and 5914-5924 kHz. Spikes of spur signals on 5882 and 5920 kHz (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BULGARIA. R. Varna, B-07: Sun 2230-0400 Mon on 6000, non- direxional. This will not be good in NAm; perhaps they forgot Habana is there since it refuses to participate in HFCC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1378, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. 6160. CKZU. Vancouver. 0505 13 Oct. Finally a local ID after local weather as "CBC Radio 1, CBU in Vancouver" was hoping for an alliterative local slogan such as "Vivacious (or "Vacuous") in Vancouver" but no luck (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas, CA, R75/Kiwa, Par EF102040 @ 30', dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Dan, ('dan'?) we are advised by CBC that things here are "very Vancouver" what ever e (Eric Flodén, BC, ibid.) Those usually appear just before hourtop, not after the news. And it`s unusual for a callsign axually to be given (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** CANADA. [and non]. Re new transmitter for CFRX: I just received the following email in response to a query about the transmitter on 6070: We are working on a replacement from a Eu[r]opean supplier, but it does not yet have type approval to be used in North America. Still working on it. Ian Sharp, Engineering Supervisor, CFRB CFRX CKFM CJEZ, SRI Toronto (via Steve Lare, Holland, MI, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I hope it`s more than 1 kW if they are getting a new transmitter. Need that to persuade CVC and other intruders to get off their frequency (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Hmmm, wonder if they're gonna try DRM??? (Greg Hardison, CA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I seriously doubt it. BTW, FCC has at least informally given US SW stations the go-ahead for using DRM, tho none have done so yet. Does this include type approval for transmitters? (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) I would imagine type-approval would be a natural part of the process, otherwise any implementation would result in an automatic fine-worthy situation in the eyes of the FCC. What's the status of it all in Canada?? (Greg Hardison, CA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re CFRX getting a new transmitter -- Google Earth imagery: on 43 30'16.28"N 79 37'50.72"W location I see 4-mast array for 1010 MW, but where I can find the 49 mb dipole masts ? near 43 30'11.15"N 79 37'39.36"W ?? http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=43.503097&lon=-79.6276&z=17.9&r=0&src=ggl http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=43.503097&lon=-79.6276&z=17.9&r=0&src=yh (Wolfgang Büschel, shortwavesites yg via dXLD) Mmm.... good point, Wolfgang. I can't find it either. Does anybody within the group know this site AND know exactly where the SW 49 mb dipole is located on the site? GE shows a clear image with even power poles seen, so I would have thought that the SW antenna would have been seen. ??? Regards (Ian Baxter, Australia, ibid.) I checked with a DXer friend in the Toronto area about this, and he tells me that the transmitter has been off the air for at least two years due to a fault that they can’t find a fix for. Then this past year the antenna was hit by a vehicle and destroyed. If they get a transmitter, now they’ll also need a new antenna. We don’t know when it will be back on the air. 73 (Colin Miller, Canada, ibid.) ** CANADA. 4812.48 (sub-harmonic of 9625), CBC M with news in French until 1110 15 Oct. Many actualities. Apparent promo of some sort, then press feature. "CBC Montreal" ID by W at 1130. Very strong. Was still there around 2100 (Dave Valko, Dunlo PA, HCDX via WORLD OF RADIO 1378, DXLD) ** CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC. ICDI possibility imminent --- I have no idea whether propagation would be favorable now, but just a reminder that the weekly possible window for reception of R. Boali/ICDI, Central African Republic, is imminent on 6030, nominal *0500, UT Mondays only in the trucial absence of DentroCuban jamming and FueraCuban Martí. I am aware of no reports of this yet from Europe or the Americas. But watch out for CFVP and whatever else might be on 6030 (Glenn, 0410 UT Monday Oct 15, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, Oct 15, did my usual Monday check of 6030, starting about 0445 to past 0505. Thought that because some Africans were coming in well (VOA on 4930 // 4960 both with well above average reception) there might be a better chance today to catch R. Boali/ICDI, but Calgary (CFVP) was also stronger than usual, so for me, Calgary was the only station heard on 6030 (Ron Howard, CA, ibid.) Ron, Good for you keeping after it every week, which is more than even I have managed. What I don`t get is why there are apparently no such efforts from those with a better chance further from CFVP, in ENAm, SAm, Europe? Or are there? Please let us know if you are trying for it, and what you hear instead, if anything. 73, (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) ** CHILE. See USA [non] for CVC B-07 ** CHINA. Firedrake, weak on 9850 with some other music mixing, Oct 15 at 2005. Per Aoki, this is against VOA Chinese via Tinian. Say, how come CRI gets to broadcast to the USA in English unimpeded via several non-Communist and one Communist relay site, and we can`t get a word in edgewise to China without their trying to block it, and rather successfully? The concept of fair play is unknown to the ChiCom in this and countless other fields. Firedrake music jamming with good signal at 1253 Oct 16 on 10300, against Sound of Hope, of which nothing was audible underneath (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CONGO DR. 4845, R Tangazeni Kristo, Aru (near Uganda) may be active again on SW (with its 300 watts according to BDXC) or on FM. The following was found at http://www.icc-cpi.int/library/about/newsletter/16/en_05.html : "... The first three of five programmes, ''La CPI en RDC '', ''Les droits des victimes'' and ''Les droits de la défense'' were produced with Radio Okapi and distributed to Canal Révélation , Radio Candip and Radio Tangazeni Kristo for broadcast throughout the Ituri region. Starting in July until the end of September, each theme will be aired by each station, twice a week for one month in French, Swahili and other local languages. Other radio stations in the Ituri region will also receive prerecorded versions. It is envisaged that the remaining two programmes will be broadcast from October until the end of 2007" (Harald Kuhl, Germany in DXplorer, Oct 15 via DSWCI DX Window Oct 17 via DXLD) Mauritania 4845 a wee problem (gh) ** COSTA RICA. The spurs from REE Cariari 17850, Monday Oct 15 at 1953 were found on 18104.9 and 17595.1. This time the higher one was slightly stronger, and each had only one carrier instead of two; 17595 direct from Spain is already off by then on weekdays. Our first report of 18105 was on Sept 26 from David Ross, Ont., so this has been going on for at least three weeks. When will REE notice and/or do something about them? It may take continued pressure from ham intruder watchers, even tho REE is also QRMing itself. Duh! Quick check Oct 17 at 1924 reconfirmed that the REE 17850 spurs were still going around 17595 and 18105, the former hetting REE Noblejas direct. From Oct 28, 17850 moves to 15125, taking the spurs with it? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1378, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** COSTA RICA. 5930, Radio Exterior [de] España, 1130-1145 Oct 18. Noted individuals in Spanish language comments. Flute and drum music as fillers between comments. Mentions of "España" and "France". Comments seemed to be political. Could not find this frequency and time for REE's relay from Costa Rica in any of my hardcopy references. Although the signal was fair, the splatter down here crushed REE's signal at times. ID and address given at 1149 as well as the email address. Not certain about this being relayed via Costa Rica, but that would be the logical place for this time of day (Chuck Bolland, Clewiston, Florida, NRD535D, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Per EiBi 5930 Cariari is scheduled M-F 1000-1300 (Glenn Hauser, dxldyg via DXLD) ** CUBA [and non]. After blocking Tirana on Sunday Oct 15 at 1300 on 13750, RHC was back to `normal` on Monday Oct 16 at 1317: nothing on 13750 (but Monday is Tirana`s day off!), and RHC back on 13680 where it is supposed to be; also on weaker // 13760. Re RHC`s new contradictory transmission schedule: at 2336 Oct 16, nothing audible on 9505, supposedly in English for Caribbean, but on 9550 as usual which is designated for Rio de Janeiro --- why not? RHC also broadcasts in Arabic to Caribbean in the afternoon. On 6000 at 2337, RHC buried here by R. Praga in Spanish via Canadá, collision going on for entire A-season, Cuba with Mesa Redonda show // much better 9820. I see that R. Prague, home of HFCC chairman Oldrich Cip, plans to keep the conflict going in B-07. Since R. República quit 5910 via Germany on Sept 29, on a hunch I checked that frequency at 0115 October 17, and sure enough, some Cuban bubble jamming was still there, against nothing, but if Marfil Estéreo, Colombia were on before 0400, it would still be collateral damage, suffering from the Cuban-American radio war (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1378, DX LISTENING DIGEST) República 5954.1: see UNID ** CUBA. Ran across cut numbers in CW (not MCW?) on 9353.0, Monday Oct 15 at 1400. The May-June 2007 ENIGMA 2000 schedule of Cuban number transmissions, the latest available, does have 9353 on the grid, but only on Sundays at 0700 as a primary transmission on MCW. Came across cut numbers again on 9353, Oct 17 at 1409, and this time made sure to note they were on CW (A1), not MCW (A2) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Thanks for the heads-up on a new Cuban m8a freq/time! We have been so busy of late with almost no time listen to the radio or update the schedule for the Enigma newletter. The most recent sked is based on info over 5 months old :( (Jon-FL, StarChat IRC Network channels #wunclub and #monitor ..where the serious v2a/m8a/e3/e10/etc monitors hangout :) Oct 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ECUADOR. Postings in the German-language A-DX list quote mentions made by HCJB German service on air: They now hope that they can postpone the removal of the last remaining antenna for the azimuth of Europe until late 2008, thus continue their transmissions from Pifo to Europe for another year. However, the airport operator has not officially agreed to this new scheduling yet. This reprieve for Pifo could also be a reprieve for HCJB shortwave from Ecuador at all, cf. the report from the HFCC conference in the latest NASB newsletter http://www.shortwave.org/news/NEWSLETTER_0710.PDF --- HCJB will build a new transmitter site in Ecuador only if DRM becomes a real success (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Oct 16, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ECUADOR. Re 7-118: ``La respuesta correcta es que los dos errores están en la grabación de HCJB La Voz de los Andes. El primero es la confusión del locutor al anunciar la banda de 49 metros como de onda media local y el segundo está cuando anuncia la frecuencia de onda media, él dice que es la de 700 kcs, cuando desde Quito jamás emitió en esa frecuencia (José Bueno, about Historias de Radio, dxldyg via DXLD)`` Axually, HCJB did originally broadcast on 700 kHz: I remember it well, and for some reason later shifted to 690. But we know their Spanish frequency announcements are totally outdated also on SW and no one there knows or cares (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EGYPT. Yesterday I received a response to a reception report that I sent to Radio Cairo several weeks ago. Lots of pretty stamps on the back of the envelope, not postmarked in any way! The envelope enclosed a program schedule for English language broadcasts: 0200-0330 UT to the West Coast (presumably in the USA) on 7270 2300-0030 UT to the East Coast (presumably in the USA) on 9460 E-mail address was hand-written on the schedule pages as: radio-cairo @ egyptradio-TV and radio-cairo @ egyptradio.com Snail-mail address was shown as follows: Radio Cairo The External Overseas Services The English Program To North America PO Box 566 Cairo 11515 Egypt. No QSL card -- just a color postcard showing KingTut's sarcauphogas (spelled right?) and the handwritten text: "Dear David" and "Best wishes from Radio Cairo". It was signed by "Samar". So I have no idea what it was confirming, if it indeed was! Curiouser and curiouser! -- (Dave Askine, USA, Oct 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA [and non]. 15190, 13/10 1000, R. East Africa - Malabo English ID e News, suff (Roberto Pavanello, Vercelli - Italia, via Roberto Scaglione, blcnews.it yg via DXLD) Haven`t seen this one reported in ages, so it is active? But news??? Astounding it would have news rather than dead air or gospel huxters. BTW, it so happens that CRI is scheduled at that time, per HFCC: 15190 1000 1100 41 KAS 100 173 1234567 250307 281007 D CHN CRI RTC And EiBi says it`s in English: 15190 1000-1100 CHN China Radio Int. E As ka 15190 0600-1630 SaSu GNE Radio East Africa E EAf 15190 1700-2300 GNE Radio Africa E WAf 15190 0700-1200 Mo-Fr GNE Radio Africa 2 E SAf (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ERITREA [and non]. War of jamming on 41 MB! Hello Group, today 15.10.07 I was checking the jamming on the 41 MB, precisely on 7175 kHz. I noticed that it started around 0359 UT but around 0412 it moved to another two frequencies, 7210 and 7215 kHz. The jammer went back again to 7175 around 0415. In the meantime I checked 7210/7215 and I can confirm hearing Eritrea (program 2) on both channels as Eritrea Program 1 is booming in on 7100. Around 0423, 7215 went silent, so I chased the jammer to 7175 and it was there plus being on 7180 as well. Sounds like they started chasing each other. 0427 UT as I'm writing this, there are four frequencies being jammed, 7175/7180/7210 and 7215. Underneath 7215 I still could hear Program 2 of Eritrea; the splatter of DW in Arabic on 7170 is really killing 7175. 0429 UT, Program 2 went back to 7175 --- and the jammer stopped for a while but now it's back in a minute. The funny thing is, around 0430 they decided to jam 7170 - DW in Arabic as well. But I noticed on 7165 a very strong carrier with a few words in horn of Africa language with the word Democratic. That lasted for like two minutes and then gone again. Could be, according to EiBi : 0400 0500 CLA V. of Peace and Democracy TIG ERI 9560/7165 0440, ERI program 2 on 7175 - back to base - with the jammer on, and suddenly all off that frequency, moving to a new one 7160 - that's a new frequency for jamming; 0445, ERI moved again 7160, but the jammers are on 7210/7215; 0447 UT the jammers followed to 7160, and suddenly all moved to 7215 again. 0452, ERI back to 7175, and the jammer followed in a minute, leaving 7215. I think I better stop chasing ERI Program 2 and the jammer/s and then go to bed as my ears started crying for some peace! All the best from Cairo (Tarek Zeidan, Egypt, Oct 15, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1378, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ERITREA. 7100, VOBME-Program 1, *0353-0405, Oct 16, vernacular. IS until announcers at 0359. OM from 0400 until 0405 tune-out when data QRM overtook frequency. Fair at best. 7175-Program 2 noted with IS at same sign-on time followed by jammer mess at 0402 (Scott R. Barbour, Jr., Intervale, NH, R8, R75, NIR10, MLB1, 200' Beverages, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1378, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ERITREA [non]. On Oct 15 I rechecked the website http://vodm.asmarino.com/ and found the following: ``Voice of Meselna Delina Shortwave Broadcast information: Days: Monday - Friday Time: 8:00PM - 8:30PM Eritrea time Frequency 15705 kHz (19 meter band) (1700-1730 UTC) Click here to contribute to Voice OF Meselna Delina Contributions can be sent to: Tesfa Delina Foundation, Inc 17326 Edwards Road, Suite A-230 Cerritos, CA 90703 USA`` This is the broadcast we have axually been hearing on 17690 at 1800- 1830, and the WHRA program schedule agrees, tho on Sat & Sun WHRA is on 15705 during this hour with other programming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA. 5970, R. Fana, 0326-0340, Oct 16, Vernacular. Music thru BoH. OM at 0332, back to music at 0337. Fair. // 7210-poor (Scott R. Barbour, Jr., Intervale, NH, R8, R75, NIR10, MLB1, 200' Beverages, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA. 7110, R. Ethiopia, 0406-0421, Oct 16, vernacular. Technical difficulties at R. Ethiopia this morning? Announcer between HoA musical bits with audio constantly cutting in/out. Similar situation on weak // 9704.2 (Scott R. Barbour, Jr., Intervale, NH, R8, R75, NIR10, MLB1, 200' Beverages, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GAMBIA. C5, THE GAMBIA (Reminder/Update) . Members of the "Mosquitos Contest Club" (known as OM0C Contest Crew) are expected to be active from here between October 17-30th. The OM0C contest team will use the callsign C52C and C50C. The operators mentioned are: Rich/OM2TW, Bob/OM1KW, Joe/OM5AW, Roman/OM2RA, Norbert/OM5NM, Dano/OM1NW and Jan/OM2XW. Activity will be on all HF bands (160-10m) and 6m with an emphasis on the lower bands especially 160m. During their DXpedition the team will try to activate Bijol Island (AF-060). Currently, they already have a licence for Island, but still don't have permission for landing. It must be done personally in Banjul. (KYFC and stay tuned for any news.) QSL via OM2FY, by the Bureau or direct to: Branislav Daras, P.O. Box 6, Bratislava 28, 82008, Slovakia. The DXpedition will QSL all correct SWL reports. For updates, visit: http://www.om0c.com/gambia/index.html (KB8NW/OPDX/BARF80 Oct 15 via Dave Raycroft, ODXA yg via DXLD) ** GERMANY. ALEMANHA – Todos os ouvintes que enviarem informes de recepção para a programação em português da DW estão concorrendo a vários prêmios, incluindo receptores de ondas curtas digitais. A dica é do monitor da emissora, Leônidas dos Santos Nascimento, de São João Evangelista (MG). (Célio Romais, Panorama, @tividade DX Oct 14 via DXLD) ** GERMANY. Re: ``Ismaning 6085 DRM is back on normal schedule 0400- 2200 after a few weeks of AN DRM signal.`` Which I suspected to contain just silence as audio bitstream, equivalent to the all-night OC they were running in their AM days for some time (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Oct 16, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY [non]. "Deutsche Welle will significantly reduce the DRM transmissions in the coming winter season (from Oct 28) if no schedule changes will be made at short notice. Nothing from Woofferton and Moosbrunn anymore. 3995 kHz will be on air at night only on weekends and not at all between 0300 and 0400. Otherwise during daytime only one frequency from Sines anymore." http://forum.mysnip.de/read.php?8773,451822,534150#msg-534150 (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Oct 18, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GOA. INDIA, 12025, AIR Panaji, *1730-1802, Oct 15, vernacular. Abrupt sign-on with ID, announcements. "Akashvani" followed by presumed news. Music until ID at 1745 then commentary with several mentions of America. Various announcers from 1755 until ToH ID. Fair/good (Scott R. Barbour, Jr., Intervale, NH, R8, R75, NIR10, MLB1, 200' Beverages, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GREECE. Glenn: On this side of the Atlantic Ocean, the "Greek In Style" program was on Voice of Greece at 2305 UT Sunday to 0005 UT Monday on the frequencies of 7475 (SINPO 55555) and 9420 (SINPO 55455) in this area. This time. Angeliki Timms was doing the introductions, all in English, with Greek hit songs of the 70s and 80s. On the European side of the Ocean, this show is scheduled earlier at 0905- 1000 UT on 9420 and 15630 (John Babbis, MD, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Paused at 15630 for VOG, Oct 16 at 1340 during organ riffs, but this quickly morphed into Greek rap. Geez, there`s no getting away from it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GREECE. 4855v, 07/10 0235-0240, ATTENTION !!! GREEK PIRATE HARMONIC, 1616v x 3, TX ON/OFF. STRONG !!! BOC10 (DARIO Monferini & GIAMPIERO Bernardini, BOC-10 REPORT DX-NIGHTS, BOCCA DI MAGRA (LA SPEZIA), ITALY, AOR 7030, RF SPACE SDR-14, CIAO RADIO H101, PALSTAR MW 550-P, (2) DEGEN 1103 (FILTERS 80 + 110 kHz), ATS 909 with Pi Code F. ARPINO. WELLBROOK LFL 1010 (OUTDOOR), DX CLUBE PARANA YG via DXLD) ** GUATEMALA. 4699, 2256 14/10, R. Amistad, San Pedro la Laguna, mx pop, ID OM, SS, 45333 (Rubens Ferraz Pedroso, Engenheiro Agrônomo, Bandeirantes - PR, Sony ICF SW 7600GR. Antena: LW de 12 metros, DX Club Paraná yg via DXLD) Another recent logging around this frequency in SAm we thought was really the variable Bolivian, but he says he got an ID, so is R. Amistad really reactivated? LA SW Logs has this in their current top 10: 4699.4v BOL R San Miguel, Riberalta (ex 4690.6v) [or in more detail:] 4699.4v BOL # R San Miguel, Riberalta [1000/0020-0110] (89.60-99.4) Sep07 H SS ID ex 4690v/4694.91/4900.6/4901.92 And there is no Amistad even in the archive list. Is anyone else hearing it? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUATEMALA. 4779.963v, 19/10 0305, Radio Cultural Coatán, long talks with music, in local language mixed with Spanish; often "Radio Coatán" without mentioning Cultural. Fair, talks. RX SDR-IQ ANT T2FD 15 m long. Ciao (Giampiero Bernardini Milano, Italy, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) That time and date in the future when sent and received, so must be a mistake (gh, DXLD) ** INDIA. A decent opening to the sub-continent turned up these AIR regionals on 60m. 4840, AIR Mumbai, 0045+, Oct 16, vernacular. YL with talk poking thru noise floor, not much to work with. Signal improving at 0100 recheck. Poor/fair. 4860, AIR Delhi, 0057-0105, Oct 16, vernacular. Hindi music at tune- in. ID at ToH, right back to music. Poor/choppy. 4920, AIR Chennai, 0051+, Oct 16, vernacular. Hindi music over mild CODAR QRM. Fair but losing the battle with CODAR after ToH. 5010, AIR Thiruvananthapuram, 0038-0045 Oct 16, English/vernacular. English news at tune-in re poverty, sports scores. Music bridge at 0040 followed by announcer in language and Hindi music. Fair (Scott R. Barbour, Jr., Intervale, NH, R8, R75, NIR10, MLB1, 200' Beverages, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also GOA ** INDIA [and non]. Re: JAMMING OF TRANSMISSION OF RADIO PAKISTAN LAHORE 630 KHZ BY INDIA 1330-1400 Dear friends, I can only support the views of Alokesh Gupta in this case. Here in Denmark I have never been able to hear 630 kHz on MW. But R. Pakistan is audible from Islamabad every night throughout the year from Islamabad and at our midwinter also from the lowpowered station in Rawalpindi, both with their typical Azad Kashmir programmes probably also directed towards listeners in the Indian part of Jammu and Kashmir. But despite hundreds of loggings of this Pakistani frequency through the years, I have never noted any jamming there! Best 73, (Anker Petersen, Denmark, Oct 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) This person Aslam Javaid (don`t know from where he suddenly surfaced!) has no idea what jamming is; neither India nor Pakistan is involved in any kind of jamming. Do keep in mind that jamming also involves cost & none of these countries have resources to spare for jamming! Of course propaganda broadcast is always there from both the sides on radio & tv, nobody can deny this, remember "Radio Sedayee Kashmir"? Regards, (Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, India, ibid.) ** INDONESIA [and non]. VOI, which was all messed up with the 4- syllable audio loop on Oct 14, was missing from 9525 when checked at the same time Oct 15, 1357. VOI, 9525 was still missing on Oct 17 before 1400, freeing the channel after that for CRI in Russian. VOI still missing from 9525 for another day, Oct 18 around 1345. Since the last thing we heard from this a few days earlier was music stuck in a 4-note loop, we wonder if the studio-transmitter feed has been totally lost, so they turned off the transmitter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Around this hour, 9680 is usually a mess, but I check it for RRI at 1403 Oct 17. I think I did hear some Indonesian in the mix, but then a song about Jesus. No gospel-huxters listed, and in HFCC you would think nothing but Jakarta is on the frequency at this hour. Aoki shows CBS Taiwan, which means ChiCom broadcast jamming as well (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1378, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9680, RRI Jakarta, 1011-1031, Oct 17 (Wed.), KGRE program #5706 presented by Sue and Maggie, about music and the Balinese musician Balawan, played a few of his songs. Good reception. Nice to have them back on their normal (post-Ramadan) schedule of Wed. & Sun. from about 1000 to 1020 (Ron Howard, CA, Etón E5, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) WYFR schedule: - - - - Family Radio - B07 October 27, 2007 – March 29, 2008 Français Vers Les Antilles UTC 1000-1100 9680 kHz Hi Glenn, So Kang Guru Radio English has only two more broadcasts that will be completely in the clear (Oct 21 & 24), per the recently posted Family Radio schedule. Too bad, as my Oct 17 reception was just about 100% readable. When WYFR is here they make it difficult to fully enjoy KGRE. March 30, 2008 cannot come too soon for me! (Ron Howard, CA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Axually as in WYFR transmission schedule already published, it`s only 1000-1045, but no help for KGRE (gh, DXLD) Re 7-124, RRI 9680: Good signal on tune in 18/10 Thu 0044-0147, Indonesian pop songs, family planning program, transportation & communication and insurance promos, discussion on sustainable development program and Pro Empat RRI Jakarta IDs. Answering my question on their schedule, YL informed "same as our FM and AM service - 0500 to 2400 local time" - 2200-1700 UT. She asked listeners in Kalimantan area if they could hear their signal too (Tony Ashar, Indonesia, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ISLE OF MAN. The IOMIBC website will be closing down on Monday 15 October: http://www.iomib.com/rss/iomibfeed.xml David Parr, a small shareholder who has been helping with the hosting, though not the content, of the website for some time, is not now optimistic about the future of the project: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showpost.php?p=18534942&postcount=305 http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showpost.php?p=18671930&postcount=326 (Mike Barraclough, England, Oct 14, MWC via DXLD) Gone for good? (gh) ** ITALY. A German report on the closure of RAI International's radio services: http://funkkorrespondenz.kim-info.de/artikel.php?pos=Ausland&nr=5726 It says that "the new convention stipulated a reorganization of the foreign service but did not mention a closure of the radio services, thus their cancellation came as a surprise in as far". Indeed, the new convention did not mention a closure of the radio services. In fact it did not mentioned these radio services at all. Quite tricky; it appears that almost everybody outside the shortwave scene believed that no changes would happen here. Do not announce anything in advance, just pull the plug and have done with it. I wouldn't be surprised at all if other broadcasters will adopt this successful approach as well (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Oct 16, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ITALY [non]. 9790, 07/10 *0900-0930, STUDIO DX 223, HOSTED BY R. SCAGLIONE, FROM 29 OCT. FREQUENCY WILL CHANGE TO 9610 kHz at *1000- 1030 UT. VIA AWR, TX GERMANY. GOOD/V.GOOD BOC10 (DARIO Monferini & GIAMPIERO Bernardini, BOC-10 REPORT DX-NIGHTS, BOCCA DI MAGRA (LA SPEZIA), ITALY, AOR 7030, RF SPACE SDR-14, CIAO RADIO H101, PALSTAR MW 550-P, (2) DEGEN 1103 (FILTERS 80 + 110 kHz), ATS 909 with Pi Code F. ARPINO. WELLBROOK LFL 1010 (OUTDOOR), DX CLUBE PARANA YG via DXLD) ** JAPAN. 747, JOIB, NHK2 Sapporo, OCT 15 1004 - Fair to good; English lessons, man in Japanese and woman in English. 1013 faded up nice; alternating Japanese and English. 1015 instrumental interlude, "Welcome to..." English intro to next lesson. Audio uploaded to http://dxclipjoint.com/loco_the_dx_cat East antenna remote controlled termination set to 'zero' making it omnidirectional to phase with the south antenna. New log, and my first from Japan! 774, JOUB, NHK2 Akita (39 43'N 140 07'E), OCT 15 0953 - Poor; man and woman in Japanese and English, parallel 747 kHz. Japan #2! (Bruce Conti, Nashua NH; R8B, WR-CMC-30, MWDX-5, 15 x 23-m SuperLoop antennas east with remote variable termination and south 1150-ohm terminated, mwdx yg via DXLD) Congratulations to Bruce! I am listening to the clip now. I can't believe how good the reception is. I have had carriers on 774 numerous times, but it was never enough for audio. I bet 1566 South Korea ought to pop through with audio some time. I have also had presumed NE Asia carriers on 747, 828, 873, 1053 (two carriers), and 1575. Sapporo used to verify direct, and they still might. Bruce, glad to see you are getting good use of the DX Clip Joint (Bill Harms, MD, ibid.) It was really a lucky catch. I was checking email prior to going to work and thought "what the heck" and tried 774 after seeing other logs of 774 earlier this week. I had a hard time believing my ears when I tuned into solid audio. One of the highlights of my BCB DXing activities to go along with TA audio from 1314-Norway, 1215-England and 1134-Croatia and hearing the Nicaraguan national anthem on 680. All logged with a simple wire and the Drake R8 (Bruce Winkelman, Tulsa, OK, Oct 16, NRC-AM via DXLD) Following Bruce Conti`s report of MW from Japan heard in New Hampshire, and also by Bruce Winkelman in Tulsa, I had to try for it myself. Oct 17 at 1225 UT, a sesquihour after T-storms moved thru and I could risk hooking up a new 500-foot antenna wound around the property --- not enough room for it in a straight line --- by golly, on the FRG-7 I did have carriers on 774 and weaker on 747 kHz. Then I switched to the Yachtboy 400, which happens to be set for 9 kHz spacing, turned on the BFO and slightly detuned it so I could hear hets if there were any carriers on trans-Pacific splits. Antenna here is just the built-in ferrite rod, and with several meters of wire inside the house clipped onto the whip, which probably doesn`t have much effect on MW. Indeed, there were plenty of them, and they all fit on the 9 kHz bandplan, so not TVI or something else: At 1235-1242 UT, I scanned the entire MW band and found 585, 594, 612, 648, 693, 702, 828, 873, 891, 972, 1287, 1305, 1368, 1494, 1557. At first I avoided most frequencies adjacent to 10-kHz, but at 1245 also had carrier on 711 hetting KCMO 710, and something on 621. Meanwhile, at 1243 I went back to 774, and definitely heard audio in Japanese, so I`m claiming JOUB, NHK-2, Akita, which is 500 kW on the NW coast of Honshu. Later checking the path on the NGS globe, I see that it`s tangent to the 59th parallel, i.e. across Kodiak and the SW coast of Alaska, 6000+ miles. Local sunrise here was 1240 UT. 747 Sapporo, Hokkaido, goes one degree further north, but did not get any audio from it. KRMG-740 Tulsa was getting to be a problem, perhaps on day pattern by now. Unfortunately, my box loop is dismantled, my SM-2 no longer works, I don`t have room for beverages, nor is selectivity tight enough on my present receivers for much serious MW DX, but I`m pleased to hear these, with Japan definitely heard here in OK after a good many years, thanks to rock-bottom sunspots and flux (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1378, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hello Glenn, Congratulations on your recent loggings of audio from JOUB-774, and hets from many other TP stations. Most of the hets you reported are the standard TP stations with audio, here in western Washington. You might also try for VOA Thailand, another strong station on 1575. The reason I mention this is because I remember your "Thailand Report" postings in the IRCA DX Monitors of 1970-71, when I was a broke teenager, hi (now I'm 54). 73, (Gary DeBock (N7EKX), DX LISTENING DIGEST) I certainly looked for that one but nothing on 1575 this time (gh, DXLD) Great going, Glenn! Now you know why I've, for the most part, given up on SW and moved almost exclusively over to MW DXing (TA and TP). Still pretty exciting stuff, and lots of stations to target! (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria BC, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Congrats, Glenn. It looks with the low A&K the TPs are making it coast to coast now (Patrick Martin, OR, Oct 17, IRCA via DXLD) Enjoy it while you can because this recent invasion of Far East stations east of the Rockies is unprecedented in my years of DXing. Usually a day or two and they are gone for weeks or months or years. Today 20 TP carriers - 15 DU/Islands, 5 Far East. Japanese 693 strong carrier, 747 good, 594 weak. 1575 fair carrier 1135, 10 min after LSR, almost certainly Thailand. 1053 weak. Thailand 1575 will be the one to watch in coming weeks and months. When they come in they can be surprisingly strong. My best receptions have been 1130-1200 when they carry VOA`s Burmese program. They are totally unpredictable. You just have to be there when they are. R8, 35" spiral loop, Comdel line amp (Ray Moore, Ft Myers, FL, Oct 17, NRC-AM via DXLD) TPs pretty much gone today due to larger and stronger auroral zone (activity level 6 on 1-10 scale) per NOAA. Only 7 carriers noted, all DU/islands. Best were 1098, 1638, 1548 at good carrier level (Ray Moore, Ft Myers, FL, Oct 18, ibid.) Checking 24 hours later for more MW DX from Japan and FE, conditions were not so good; all I could be sure of was a weak carrier on 747 at 1230 UT October 18 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Solar-terrestrial indices for 17 October follow. Solar flux 67 and mid-latitude A-index 1. The mid-latitude K-index at 1200 UTC on 18 October was 4 (45 nT). No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. No space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours (SWPC via DXLD) ** JOHNSTON ISLAND. KH3. OPDX readers have been looking for an update on Susan's, W7KFI, trip and activity from Johnston Island. Well here it is. Susan informed OPDX this past weekend "It appears that the hurricane season's strength was greatly overestimated. ...as Mark would say. So if it stays down and no more come this way, I am planning on trying to get out of here just after November 1st during first week of November. Should be good weather then...trade winds should be in full force for a nice down wind ride." If you do not know about Susan, she is a 73 years old grandmother, Skipper of the USSV Dharma, and has been sailing all over the Pacific. This amazing lady is an interesting story. It is highly recommend to visit the following Web pages to see where she has been, and there is a Real Audio recording of her radio interview with Art Bell. Visit the Web pages at: http://ussvdharma.net and http://www.qrz.com/callsign/W7KFI (KB8NW/OPDX/BARF80 Oct 15 via Dave Raycroft, ODXA yg via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. Received a couple of nice surprises in the mail today: a QSL card from Shortwave Shiokaze for 9485 kHz from an email report in 7 days. Shown as Shiokaze Two on card. Regards, (Wayne Bastow, Wyoming, NSW, Australia, Oct 15, ARDXC via DXLD) no site as TAIWAN specified, I assume (gh, DXLD) ** KUWAIT. 11990, Radio Kuwait, very good with their English program at 1908 on 10/13. 95% readable and well enunciated by the lady announcer (Gerry Dexter, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, NRD 515, NRD 545, Eton E-1, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) ** LAOS [non]. Re 7-124: I can't resist being a smart ass know-it-all --- you probably heard lusheng pipes. They are tall bamboo pipes, up to six foot or so. The other name for Hmong, Miao, was so named because the Europeans who "discovered" them thought the tones sounded like cats. 73/Liz (Cameron, MI, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LATVIA. Relays this weekend via 9290 kHz Sat October 20th Radio City 0800-0900 UT and 1900-2000 UT only on 945 AM and web http://www.radionord.lv Sun October 21st Latvia Today 1500-1600 UT Good listening (Tom Taylor, Oct 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) European Music Radio will be transmitting every 3rd Sunday of the month in 2008 starting in January on 49 and 31 metres; more info in December 2007. Many thanks 73s (Tom Taylor, EMR, DX LISTENING DIGEST) No country mentioned, but 31m presumably LATVIA 9290 (gh, DXLD) ** LIBYA. 21695, Voice of Africa. 1406-1559*, 10/14/07. English language program with features about Africa, democracy, Mauritius and some musical programming. Poor to fair with deep fades but seemed to improve to a solid fair level in the last hour. // 17870 was poor although during ID announced 17850 (Rich D'Angelo, Wyomissing, PA, Ten-Tec RX-340, Drake R-8B, Eton E1, Lowe HF-150, Eton E5, Alpha Delta DX Sloper, RF Systems Mini-Windom, Datong FL3, JPS ANC-4, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) ** LITHUANIA. KBC and Mi Amigo 192 is on 1386 and 6255 this weekend [This schedule originally distributed by Tom Taylor had some mistaxe in days and/or times. We queried that, so Tom contacted the source:] Hoi Tom, I hate the time zones, I always have difficulties with that also on my work, grrrrr. These should be the correct times in UT: http://www.kbcradio.eu/index.php?dir=station On AM 1386 kHz at 2100-2200 UT (Saturday) 500 kW [so non-direxional?] On SW 6255 kHz at 2200-2259 UT (Friday & Saturday) 259 degrees On SW 6255 kHz at 0100-0159 UT (Sunday) 100 kW, 310 degrees I did the Friday wrong; this is in fact also Saturday. Sorry for the mix up (Peter Vrakking (RMA259), via Tom Taylor, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Another revision also shows the content: Friday October 19th The Mighty KBC on SW 6255 kHz (100 kW, 259 deg) at 2200-2259 UTC with a Wolfman Jack Show Saturday October 20th The Mighty KBC & Radio Mi Amigo 192 on AM 1386 kHz (500 kW) at 2100- 2200 UTC with Marcel Strücker Also via the stream of Radio Mi Amigo 259 on http://www.miamigo259.eu/ The Mighty KBC & Radio Mi Amigo 192 on SW 6255 kHz (100 kW, 259 deg) at 2200-2259 UTC with Marcel Strücker Sunday October 21th [sic] The Mighty KBC & Radio Mi Amigo 192 on SW 6255 kHz (100 kW, 310 deg) at 0100-0159 UTC with Marcel Strücker For more information please checkout the websites http://www.radiomiamigo.eu/kbc.html and http://www.kbcradio.eu (Vrakking, via Tom Taylor, ibid.) ** LUXEMBOURG [and non]. Re: ``Luxembourg DRM on 5990, 6095 has been off during the night for several days now. Current schedule is 0600- 1800. Hopefully it's not just a temporary cutback.`` I just saw a posting from Douglas Kähler who had correspondence with the Junglinster site: They confirmed that they now sign off at 8 PM (i.e. presumably 1900 UT after Oct 27) and have at present no plans for 24/7 operation. Good news for Radio Serbia of course, but they still should consider that for other transmissions than European services after sunset other frequency bands than 49 m will often be more appropriate (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Oct 16, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re 7-124: Thanks for this information - Olle. I too hope it's not something temporary. Kai appears to confirm that it's not = and have at present no plans for 24/7 operation. Last Sunday I heard Hungary using 5995 until close down at 0730 (sched from 0400) and it was so strong that their signal must have destroyed the DRM signal. Using USB it was possible to escape the racket altogether. However, not the best possible choice by the Magyars. Tuesday the 16th I tuned 5990 and heard the plug pulled at 1800 - and all of the surrounding hash went with it. I assume it was Ethiopia I could hear on 5990 at fair to good strength, and this appeared to be parallel a weaker 9704. There were two stations using 7110 and I couldn't positively ID ETH on there. BBC WS in English was using 5995 at fair strength - I assume listed A'Seela going at 20 degrees towards C. Asia. And later on 5985 there was a Portuguese language transmission which was ID'd as CRI. The 'accent' was very Brazilian like though. I see this one is registered as: 5985 1900 2100 52S,53W BEI 500 257 so Angola & Moçambique would appear to be the target areas. On 6090 at 1800 I found the BBC via listed A'Seela in Farsi - a strong signal, but with severe BR-DRM splatter, which is louder on the sidebands than it is on the actual 6085 frequency (as explained previously by Kai). This was joined at 1900 by one(?) of these CRI registrations...... 6090 1900 2000 28E URU 500 308 6090 1900 2000 37NW BEI 500 322 I guess URU as the language was Romanian. I wonder if it was audible there when LUX was on air same time? Frequency 6100 appeared clear with no trace of the CRI transmission via Meyerton. Hopefully, LUX will continue to go off at 1800 in B-07, despite Kai's suggestion that it could be 1900. 73's (Noel Green, England, Oct 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Since last night Luxembourg is back throughout the night with the usual dreadful racket on both SW channels (Olle Alm, Sweden, 18 Oct, ibid.) ** MADAGASCAR. 5011.05v, 07/10 1640-1710, R. TV MALAGASY, TALKS in MALAGASCIAN & FRENCH. BETTER IN USB. IN // 3287.6 kHz !!!!! (POOR/SUFF) SUFF BOC10 (DARIO Monferini & GIAMPIERO Bernardini, BOC- 10 REPORT DX-NIGHTS, BOCCA DI MAGRA (LA SPEZIA), ITALY, AOR 7030, RF SPACE SDR-14, CIAO RADIO H101, PALSTAR MW 550-P, (2) DEGEN 1103 (FILTERS 80 + 110 kHz), ATS 909 with Pi Code F. ARPINO. WELLBROOK LFL 1010 (OUTDOOR), DX CLUBE PARANA YG via DXLD) See also unID 5009.7-5010.3a, RTM, *0248-0310 (with rechecks to 0339) 13 Oct. Choral anthem, 2 minutes of dead air 'til 0253 with IS (sounding like a mix of marimba/pennywhistle, tho I believe it's supposed to be a kalimba). More orchestral music at 0255 (sounding like a mix of OA flute/TG marimba again), possible NA & M in French with "RT Malagasy" ID with frequencies/meter-bands info, inst'l version of calypso song "Mary Ann", M/W in French with news/discussion to 0306, vernacular/flute with W voice-over to tune-out. Signal quite good at tune-in; frequency at tune-in 5009.7 and at last check 0339 it was up to 5010.3 approx (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas, CA, R75/Kiwa, Par EF102040 @ 30', dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 6010, R. Mil, Mexico City. 1104-1110+ 13 Oct. Group jingle: "Radio Mil, en Mexico, es Radio Mil" and program about Frida Kahlo in Ixtapa. Using USB to avoid LVdtC-6009.5; both with very nice signals (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas, CA, R75/Kiwa, Par EF102040 @ 30', dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ``Es Ra-dio Mil`` traditionally is to a familiar four-note car horn tune (gh, DXLD) ** MEXICO. 6185, R. Educación. Mexico City. 0433-0500 13 Oct. "Radio Educación presenta 'Las Fiestas de Uruapan'", informative yak & great mix of XE music styles; announcer was Guillermo "fulano" (missed his last name) (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas, CA, R75/Kiwa, Par EF102040 @ 30', dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. Víctor Díaz, owner of several FM stations in Tijuana including Jammin' Z-90 (90.3 MHz) and XLNC (90.7 MHz), passed away in 2004 although that point has escaped the attention of many. Now, Víctor's son Alejandro has posted a fascinating and personal look at the part of Víctor's life that was dedicated to the love and propagation of classical music - a very nice write up: http://www.xlnc1.org/victordiaz.htm (CGC Communicator Oct 15 via Kevin Redding, ABDX via DXLD) ** MICRONESIA. Cross Radio reactivated --- Dear OM, PMA-The Cross Radio on 4755.25 kHz confirmed reactivated in the evening (local time) of today on Oct. 15 at 0900 UT. It did not broadcast in the morning (local time) of today (S. Hasegawa, Japan, NDXC, Oct 15, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also PALAU Dear OM, yes, but now again off at 1200. 73, (Mauno Ritola, Finland, 1309 UT Oct 16, DX LISTENING DIGEST) So also one day later referring, guess I (gh, DXLD) PMA 4755+ have posted a detailed program schedule dated Oct. 16 at http://www.pmapacific.org/ministries/radio/thecross_schedule_11x17.pdf Subtract 11 hours for UT. Shows they are only on the air from 19 to 13 UT, including sermons by station honcho Nob Kalau himself daily in the 1100 UT hour. Looks like everything is in English, and mostly syndicated religion (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) but see below Oct 16 at 1250 looking for PMA The Cross, but no sign of it on 4755, just some utility pulsing. PMA supposedly signs off between 1300 and 1900 now per posted FM/SW program schedule (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) PMA, The Cross, presumed, 4755.25, Oct 18 at 1250. First time I have received this, tho unsatisfyingly. And surprisingly, I was getting it best on the YB-400 with random wire inside the house, which must have a better S/N ratio and/or match than the longer external wires. Mix of music and talk, 1251 announcement by YL better modulated, but still could not make it out nor hear any ID or ``I like it!`` SINPO 23232 at best, main problems being neighborhood noise bursts, and TVI swish. No problem here from slightly stronger Chindonesian signals on 4750, but I wonder how it is in Micronesia on those fixed-tuned Galcom radios PMA is handing out, ``you will only listen to us``. 1258 switch to another song, soft gospel praise music as I would characterize it, straight through 1300 with no ID or sign off, 1304 fading, and I moved to V. of Turkey; but rechecked at 1322 carrier still detectable, the offset determined by zeroing BFO on WWV 5000, punching up 4755, and noting a het very close to middle C (256 Hz), and still audible at last check 1330. Obviously they do not go off the air between midnight and 6 am local as in their PDF program schedule for FM and SW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Note: In Middle Europe only something for men listening to the real grass shooting (Walter Eibl, Oct WWDXC DX Magazine via DXLD) Huhh?? 4755.25, Pacific Mission Aviation (PMA), Pohnpei, 0715-1510, Oct 05, 06, 07, 08, 09 and 10 - then Off for some days and heard again Oct 15, mostly religious-sounding music, but also pop/rock music with occasional announcement in English by young-sounding female, Melinda, and a male announcer from time to time, 1100 short ID sounding something like "This is Radio Pohnpei..." and "...88.5 FM The Cross music", 1135 a sermon. During the broadcast, there appeared to be numerous drops in the audio/modulation level without any change in strength. Maybe the engineer was adjusting the equipment. Not very strong and deep fades (S 2-8), but awful CODAR. In the morning also mixing with R Educação Rural on 4755. Got 2 messages from Melinda Espinosa on Guam on Oct 08 at info @ pmapacific.org Both stating that she would be forwarding my reception report and recent observations on to Pohnpei (Bruce Churchill, CA; Dave Valko, PA; Bob Wilkner, FL; and John Wilkins in DXplorer, via DSWCI DX Window Oct 17 via DXLD) Also heard in Finland at 1300-2000, Oct 03 and 15, fully readable signal. Actually surprisingly well, thinking how bad the conditions were, so they may have a stronger transmitter now. They are still testing and have some Off-periods (Mauno Ritola, ibid.) Also heard in New Zealand at 1259-1330 on Oct 07, ID at 1300 which was the only announcement heard. The programme consisted on continuous vocal recordings. Have tried several times for this one but this was the first time I have heard them at all. These contact details were sent to me direct from the station along with an e-mail verification for my reception: Postal address: Pacific Missionary Aviation, The Cross Radio Station, P.O. Box 517, Pohnpei, FM 96941, Federated States of Micronesia. Tel: 691-320-1122. E-mail: radio @ pmapacific.org Web: http://www.pmapacific.org and http://radio.pmapacific.org Subscribe to our radio station e-mail newsletter: http://www.pmapacific.org/user/register.php (Ian Cattermole, Blenheim, New Zealand, Oct 09, ibid.) Also heard by several DX-ers in Japan, e.g. 0953-1012, Oct 05, English program, fair, but there was station of utility on 4755.2, 33333. Please see this site: http://www.pmapacific.org/ministries/radio/frequencies.php (Tomoaki Wagai, Wakayama, Japan, ibid.) ** MONACO [non]. 1467 kHz. Zone80 Azur is no longer on the air. After a financial dispute between Belgian and Monegasque partners, the station ceased operation last week. The Zone80 Azur PACA society now try to have a FM Frequency for Alpes Maritimes (06). (Christian Ghibaudo, Nice, Francia, Oct 18, via Dario Monferini, DXLD) ** MYANMAR. Re 7-124, ``tnx to the SLORC crackdown (gh, DXLD)`` Hi Glenn, FYI - State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) is no longer in existence. Some years ago they became the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC). The only reason I know about this is that many years ago I often heard the Myanma Radio news in English on 5985.85 and they always gave a lot of information about the activities of the SLORC (that is to say the Generals). Then there came a time when it was suddenly all about the activities of the SPDC and no mention at all of the SLORC, as per my log in 4-066. So I knew first hand of the name change. The fun of listening to shortwave radio! A small point, but thought I would share it with you. Wish you continued success with DXLD! I always find something of interest in it. (Ron Howard, CA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Seems I heard or saw SLORC referred to in a recent news item; word of the change spreads slowly (gh, DXLD) ** NETHERLANDS. HOLANDA – O colunista acompanhou o último Informe DX desde Norteamérica, apresentado por Glenn Hauser, na edição de oito de outubro, às 0011, em 15315 kHz, dentro do Rádio Enlace, na programação em espanhol da Rádio Nederland. Hauser disse que colabora com a emissora há cerca de 30 anos e agradeceu a todos os dexistas que enviaram seus informes e colaborações durante este tempo. O programa Rádio Enlace desaparecerá da grade da emissora neste mês de outubro (Célio Romais, Panorama, @tividade DX Oct 14 via DXLD) ** NETHERLANDS. R Netherlands B07 English: Time Service/area kHz Schedule NORTH AMERICA east - central - west 00.00-00.57 A - N America east 6165 Daily 01.00-01.57 B - N America central 6165 Daily 05.00-05.57 C - N America west 6165 Daily 19.00-20.57 A - N America east 11675 Daily 19.00-20.57 A - N America east 15525 Sat-Sun 19.00-20.57 B - N America central 15315 Sat-Sun ASIA 10.00-10.57 I,J - East/Southeast Asia 12065 Daily 10.00-10.57 J - East Asia 9795 Daily 10.00-10.57 K - Far East 6040 Daily 14.00-15.57 H - South Asia 12080 Daily 14.00-15.57 H - South Asia 15595 Daily 14.00-15.57 H - South Asia 9345 Daily AFRICA 18.00-18.57 D - Southern Africa 6020 Daily 18.00-19.00 E - East Africa 12050 Daily 18.00-19.57 E,F - East/Central Africa 11655 Daily 19.00-19.57 E - East Africa 12050 Daily 19.00-19.57 E - East Africa 11805 Daily 19.00-20.57 G - West Africa 17810 Daily 19.00-20.57 F,D - Central/Southern Africa 7120 Daily 20.00-20.57 G - West Africa 11655 Daily (RN website via Oct WWDXC DX Magazine via DXLD) Letters unexplained Hi Glenn, in a Dutch weblog I learnt that according to a spokeswoman of Radio Netherland (Marjolein Klaassen-Hulst) the end of transmissions via Flevo is the consequence of bidding. In the long run it would be cheaper to transmit via relays abroad. Source: http://www.dutchmedia.nl/blog/ 73, (Michael Wlochinski, Germany, Oct 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. RNW's return to Orfordness 1296 after two years http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/rnw-dutch-back-on-mediumwave-from-next-week is only possible because the BBC had already cut back their DRM activities and uses 1296 no longer throughout the day but only for three hours each in the morning and evening anymore. Btw, a disappointed "but it's in Dutch only" comment just appeared on the A- DX list, as if still a terrestrial English service is on the wish list of some German listeners (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Oct 18, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: For the winter season, RNW is re-introducing a mediumwave service for Dutch-speaking listeners, in particular truckers, in Western Europe. Transmissions will be from Orfordness in the UK on 1296 kHz, power 300 kW and beam 96 degrees. The use of 1296 kHz will, in fact, begin next Monday for the European Road Transport Show 2007. Full details of the schedule are: Mon 22 Oct - Sat 27 Oct: 0800-1000 UTC Thu 25 Oct - Sat 27 Oct: 1200-1500 UTC Sun 28 Oct: 0900-1100 UTC Mon 29 Oct - Sat 3 November: 0900-1100 and 1300-1600 UTC Mon 5 November - Friday 28 March (weekdays only): 0900-1100 UTC (Media Network blog Oct 18 via DXLD) ** NEW ZEALAND. Oct 15 at 1335 found RNZI on 5950 instead of 6095 during Mailbox. They`ve changed schedule yet again on an odd date. After Bryan Clark`s DX news about Micronesia --- calls it Pónape rather than Pohnpei; isn`t Ponape no longer P.C.? --- Vanuatu, Myanmar and CFVP, including clips of PMA and RFA (check the audio ondemand), Adrian Sainsbury explained that RNZI has been off the air a lot the last few weeks to repair antenna damage. This can only be done in the local daytime and when weather is good. Something about the antenna being 17(?) meters high, requiring the usage of an expensive huge crane. For some reason they decided because of this they should go ahead and start the summer transmission schedule now instead of waiting until Oct 28. He gave the schedule but I could not copy all the numbers due to static crashes from slow-moving storms in eastern OK. Despite appearances, the website schedule has been updated, even tho it is still dated effective August 24! Viz., as we have fixed it up: 24 Aug 2007 - 28 Oct 2007 UTC kHz Target Azimuth 0459-0758 9615 AM & 9890 DRM Pacific 0 0759-1058 5950 AM & 7145 DRM Pacific 0 1059-1258 9655 AM & 7145 DRM NW Pac, Bougainville, PNG, Timor 325 1300-1550 5950 AM [no DRM] Pacific 0 1551-1750 5950 AM & 7145 DRM NE Pac, Fiji, Samoa, Cook Is 35 1751-1935 9615 AM & 9890 DRM NE Pac, Tonga, Fiji, Samoa, Cook 35 1936-1950 9615 AM & 11675 DRM Tonga, Fiji, Niue 35 1951-2358 17675 AM & 15720 DRM Vanuatu, Solomon Islands 325 2359-0458 17675 AM & 15720 DRM Pacific 0 Note the individual island target areas they are now specifying, altho surely coverage is still much broader as usual. One wonders what they mean by ``NE Pacific``, the quadrant east of dateline and north of equator? Where there are hardly any islands except Hawaii, surely not an authorized target? Or is this a sneaky way of referring to west coast North America? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAKISTAN. LISTENERSHIP OF RADIO PAKISTAN FOREIGN LANGUAGE BROADCASTS ON SHORTWAVE Hi Glenn, Radio Pakistan in its external services has been broadcasting programmes in foreign languages since 1949. With regard to the number of languages in which the external service broadcasts the programmes, Pakistan has a ranking of top 15 broadcasters among the state broadcasters (exclusive of the Missionary stations). But the listenership of the Radio Pakistan external services has dwindled for various reasons and in case of some languages presently there is no listenership at all. It makes us wonder for the logic of continuing such broadcasts. At present the external service is using a 100 kW transmitter for nearly all of its external services. The transmitter was installed in 1968 and is showing the signs of ageing. The signals are weak and the transmissions are irregular. Language-wise review is as follows Arabic: Programme format is News of Five minute duration, News Comment, Arabic and Pakistani Music. The transmission is broadcast on only one frequency i.e 6235. The transmission time is appropriate, i.e. from 1815 to 1900 UT. In most of the Arabic speaking countries the local time is 9 pm which is prime time for radio broadcasts. Since the programme content is below average there is no particular listenership. The news bulletin is of no real significance to any Arab listener as it lacks any news of interest for the Arab World. This service is just a formality. Some improvement might occur after installation of planned new 100 kW transmitters and improvement of programme content. Otherwise in its present shape, it is just a waste of time. I have not heard any listener mail for this service since long. However, for DXers interested in monitoring challenging stations, it could be of interest. Its signals mostly remain within the Middle East, Mediterranean and some parts of Egypt. Bengali Service: 9340, 9350 kHz. The service is broadcast twice, i.e. in the morning and the evening. The total duration is of 1.30 hours. This is perhaps the only transmission which comprises some informative programmes about Pakistan as compared to usual stuff of external services of Radio Pakistan. The Bengali Service had some listenership in the past. Recently the reduction of one more frequency has further curtailed the listenership. Previously in case of reception problems, the listeners could tune the other frequency. One segment of listeners in Bangladesh was of those who had good memories of the East Pakistan era and want good relations with Pakistan. Radio Pakistan Bengali Service had collection of those pre- 1971 songs and music which are rare in Bangladesh. Due to transmitter problems, I don`t know how long Radio Pakistan will be able to maintain the last bunch of listeners. Chinese Service: It is one of those services including Russian, Nepalese, Sinhala which were introduced around 1999 (I do not reacall the exact year) after closing down Swahili, Indonesian, Burmese and French broadcasts by Radio Pakistan. The transmitter used are of 250 kW and the transmission is on two frequencies. The service is perhaps a result of cultural exchange agreement between the countries. It is just a friendly broadcast. We have reports that in China, shortwave radios are not easily available in markets; hence there is little hope that this service could be reaching many listeners despite powerful transmitter. (To be continued) Regards (Aslam Javaid, Lahore, Pakistan, Oct 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PALAU [non]. Re 7-124: CORRECTION --- In the Radio Heritage News #18 we incorrectly stated a new SW station had started broadcasting on Palau. This was wrong, it should have read Pohnpei and we apologize for any confusion. Our mea culpa is that we are also working on a new item about WWII station WVTW located in the Palau District to go online at http://www.radioheritage.net shortly. We simply had 'Palau' on the brain :) Our thanks to those who have written to point out this unplanned 'spot the error' and assure you, we will watch both our 'p's and p's' in the future. Warm regards (David Ricquish, Radio Heritage Foundation http://www.radioheritage.net Oct 15, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Even a correxion is another opportunity for a plug, hi (gh, DXLD) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA [and non]. Re 7-124: Hi Glenn, Re new SW. There seem to be at least two new SW stations planned, and yes, they are to be operated by religious broadcasters. Generally speaking, Pacific governments are often strongly aligned to various Christian groups so when one of the latter puts its hands up and asks for a broadcasting licence, it is likely to be approved in short measure. The only major exception so far is New Caledonia where different media rules seem to work to those in French Polynesia. I'm currently working on a commentary that includes this Pacific-wide issue for http://www.radioheritage.net Warm regards (David Ricquish, Radio Heritage Foundation, Oct 15, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PARAGUAY. Re 7-123: 2 SET, 1514 UT, 12000 KHZ, Radio Licemil. Ypané, Paraguay. Castellano. Música popular paraguaya, cantada, sin anuncios. Buena Calidad (Adan Mur, Ñemby, Paraguay, Conexión Digital Oct 7 via DXLD) Very low power student station (gh, DXLD) I should add: Licemil = liceo militar; but unless they QSY, they might as well call it Radio Docemil! AFAIK, has been heard by hardly anyone else, at least not outside the S Cone. With R. Nacional gone from 9737v, Licemil becomes a hot target for this radio country; unfortunately it operates only sporadically and in the daytime. If you hear something in Spanish on 12000, be sure it`s not RHC or HCJB which use that frequency at certain definite times (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 4790.15, Radio Visión, 0725­0805, 10/9/07, in Spanish. Man with Bible teaching (not obviously before a live audience), 0754 music bridge, different M with apparent announcements, 0755 W joins him (testimonial?), 0800 ToH announcements and ID (including both onda média e onda curta frequencies), 0802 Andean music. Signal fair, CODAR QRM made signal poor. Also 0053+, 10/13/07 with music. Also fair signal, severe CODAR QRM (Mark Taylor, Madison, WI, R-75, Eton E1, Sat 800, Sangean 909; 110' random wire, Eavesdropper, NASWA Flashsheet Oct 14 via DXLD) ** PORTUGAL. RDPi - R. Portugal, B07_tentative 0000 – 0300 .twtfs. B 11655 0000 – 0300 .twtfs. NAm 9455 0000 – 0300 .twtfs. Ven 13700 0600 – 0700 mtwtf.. Eu 7130 0700 – 1300 mtwtf.. Eu 9815; 11875 0745 – 0900 mtwft.. Eu 11660 sines 0800 – 1200 .....ss Eu 12020 0800 – 1500 .....ss Af 21830 0800 – 1100 .....ss B/Af 17710 0930 – 1100 .....ss Eu 9815 sines 1100 – 1300 mtwtf.. Af 17745 1100 – 1300 mtwtf.. B/Af 21655 1100 – 1700 .....ss B/Af 21655 1200 – 1500 .....ss Eu 11885; 15475 1300 – 1700 * mtwtf.. NAm 15560 1300 – 1700 * .....ss NAm 15560 1400 – 1600 mtwtf.. Ind/ME 15690 1500 – 1700 .....ss Eu 11635 1500 – 2100 .....ss Af 17620 1700 – 2000 mtwtf.. Eu 9455 1700 – 2100 .....ss Eu 9455 1700 – 2000 mtwtf.. Af 13720; 17620 1700 – 2000 mtwtf.. B/Af 15465 1700 – 2100 .....ss B/Af 15465 1700 – 1900 * mtwtf.. NAm 17825 1700 – 1900 .....ss NAm 17825 1900 – 2100 .....ss NAm 15540 1900 – 2400 * mtwtf.. NAm 15540 2000 – 2400 * mtwtfss Eu 7380 2000 – 2400 * mtwtf.. Af 11825 2000 – 2400 * mtwtfss B/Af 11960 2100 – 2400 * .....ss NAm 15540 RTP-Rádio e Televisão de Portugal RDPi-Rádio Portugal, B07, 28 Out’07 ~ 24Mar’08. *) special broadcasts only, usually for sport. All transmissions via CEOC, São Gabriel: 4 x 300 kW, 4 x 100 kW (reserve units), except sines = via Pró-Funk GmbH, 3 x 250 kW, DRM capable. Compiled in WRTH format by (Carlos Gonçalves. 18Out’07, DX LISTENING DIGEST) MS Word, thru which all DXLD material runs before winding up as plain text, does not like those strings of dots and tries to combine them into single three-dot symbols, which I had to separate and realign. Note 15465 could bother LRA36 15476 but it could be worse (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ROMANIA. COMUNICATO STAMPA --- Le trasmissioni di Radio Romania Internazionale, in gamma onde corte, fino a mercoledì 31 ottobre 2007, potranno essere disturbate da alcuni lavori di modernizzazione degli impianti di trasmissione. In questo caso, il Dipartimento Tecnico di RRI consiglia l'ascolto via streaming Internet all'indirizzo http://www.rri.ro (Italiano) - Mp 3 - canale 3. Salvo variazioni dell'ultima ora, ecco la scheda delle trasmissioni in lingua italiana dal 29 Ottobre 2007. [subtract one hour for UT!] ora italiana frequenze 16.00-16.26 - 7160 kHz 18.00-18.26 - 9855 kHz 20.00-20.26 - 6180 kHz La rubrica dx "Onde Radio" sarà in onda, ogni due settimane, la domenica alle ore 16,00 (ora italiana) su 7.160. Replica il mercoledì successivo alle 16.00 ora italiana. Ringrazio per l'attenzione. Buon ascolto! Alfredo Gallerati (DX- Editor Radio Romania Internazionale) (via José Miguel Romero, dxldyg via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. 41m stations missing --- No sign of Radio Russia Int'l / Golos Rossii on 7125 from 0000 past 0100. 73/Liz (Cameron, MI, 0105 UT Oct 15, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Only a mixture of two other signals, presumably India and Lhasa, here as well. Check out other Grigoriopol frequencies later during the day. Also "ARM" ones, in case 7125 has indeed been moved to Tbilisskaya as "they" want us to believe for whatever reason. Good night (Kai Ludwig, Germany, UT Oct 15, DX LISTENING DIGEST) VOR on 7125 is again on air tonight, so its absence last night was obviously just caused by some technical problem. Perhaps Olle can judge whether this frequency now originates from the Tbilisskaya plant (as HFCC suggests) or still from Grigoriopol (as I suspect)? (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Oct 16, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. 15660, Moscow transmitter for VOR's Vietnamese service at 1200-1300 UT produces some intermodulation again today Oct 15th. Three peak spurs again on 15036 + 15045; and single spur on upper side 16276-77. 73 (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7050 still a spur at 1700-1800 UT Oct 15. Intermodulation of VOR Finnish 7340 and 7195 French services at Lesnoj Moscow site. S=5 signal. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, harmonics yg via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. When I started monitoring at 1319 Oct 15, the huge dirty spur blob from VOR today was centered on 15750, main victims this time being Sweden 15735 and Israel 15760, as it extended at least from 15730 to 15765. Once again this is the Hindi service supposed to be on 15550, where there was nothing audible, and // 15605 before 1400. Recheck at 1405, the splatter ranged at least from 15700 to 15765; 1447 recheck, still going. Elsewhere: a separate problem on 15510, which is VOR via Samara to Afghanistan: Oct 15 at 1324 there was buzz in the background on this transmitter, much weaker than 15750, and 15510 was still intelligible if one understood Pashto or Dari. VOR huge distorted blob Oct 16 at 1255 was on yet another frequency range, centered on 15875, extending roughly 15840-15905, fortunately away from 19m broadcasters for once, still leaving WWCR 15825 in the clear. 1258 VOR IS, in case there was any doubt about the source. Recheck at 1355, the center had shifted down to 15870. That was the transmitter scheduled on 15550 for Hindi at 1300, but missing from there, and finally, on Oct 17 it was back on 15550 with normal modulation, at 1257 in presumed Urdu giving contact info, e- mail address, listeners` clubs not only in Pakistan, but also in Bharat, pronouncing web addresses and even numbers in English, why? 1300 IS and ID now in Hindi, // 15605. No spurs found further up the band, so evidently back in whack; let`s hope it stays that way. The spurs were incredibly loud here, way off the back, half a world from the target zone, making me wonder if the azimuth was also upscrewed. More work is needed on the 15810 transmitter, which still has quite a motorboating sound mixing with the audio, checked Oct 17 at 1301, fortunately not bothering other stations, but driving away Afghan listeners (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1378, DX LISTENING DIGEST) For the second day in a row, Oct 18, no big blobs of distorted spurs heard from VOR on 19m! Altho propagation and reception were much worse than previously. At 1325 check, 15550 had weak but non-distorted signal; 15510 also seemed OK, no more buzz/motorboating so they may have fixed that too (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15660 at 1200-1500 UT produced also two spurs today Oct 16th. At 1220 UT VOR Vietnamese. Peak centers on 15046 and 16270 kHz, i.e. 15025-15054 and 16263-16282 kHz. 7340/7195 at 1900-2000 UT accompanied by a spur on 7050 kHz tonight again. 7340 YFR Moscow Lesnoj RC-1 relay in Spanish, 7195 VOR English 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, Oct 16, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. RÚSSIA – O programa Correio da Amizade, transmitido em português pela Voz da Rússia, agora está em nova fase. Levado ao ar nas emissões das terças e quintas-feiras, apresenta respostas aos ouvintes, músicas e concursos. É apresentado por Maria Sigálova e Júlia Khomiakóva. As transmissões em português para o Brasil ocorrem entre 2300 e 0000, em 7300, 7330, 11510 e 12010 kHz. A dica é do Adalberto Marques de Azevedo, de Barbacena (MG). (Célio Romais, Panorama, @tividade DX Oct 14 via DXLD) Re 7-124, gh`s Oct 14 report of 7300 problems: Nominal 7300 just signed on for VOR in Portuguese at 2300, and it again shows the reported problem. The situation is that the transmitter puts out a signal which widely and rapidly fluctuates around 7300.9 kHz. This signal gets more or less properly modulated, resulting in an appearance on a standard envelope-detection radio that is reminiscent to flutter fading. At 2305 a faint carrier on 7300 appeared, apparently generated by the faulty exciter of this transmitter as well, now the signal got the appearance of a station targeted by a bubble jammer. Serpukhov is of course an old fake site. I thought they had been finally eliminated now, replaced by "MSK" to summarize Lesnoy, Taldom and Kurovskaya (although they are so widely separated from each other that these are distinctively different sites), but not in all cases it now turns out. Be that as it may, it should be either one of these three transmitter plants which puts out this faulty signal (perhaps it would be a bit unfair to conclude from the start that it is again Lesnoy). HFCC shows 500 kW, if so it would be either a pair of 250 kW transmitters or one of the 1000 kW units at Taldom. 7125 is again on air tonight as scheduled, prior to 2300 sign on running 1040 Hz tones (actually 1039.3 ... 1039.8 Hz), whatever this peculiar pitch may indicate (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Oct 18, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. 9765, R. Tikhiy Okean (R. Pacific Ocean), Vladivostok, *0835-0900*, Oct 16, strong open carrier already on at 0810, starts with "Govorit Vladivostok", chimes IS, Russian programming (news items, announcements, interviews, Russian ballad, etc.), several IDs "Radiostantsiya Tikhiy Okean" with sound of the ocean and ship's bell, ToH 3 pips, carrier off at 0901:30, strong reception. This station broadcasts to the Russian fishermen and seamen out in the Pacific Ocean and is also broadcast via Primorskoe Radio on AM 810, also from Vladivostock. The website for PTR is: http://www.ptr-vlad.ru/ Audio streaming of AM 810 & audio clips of Tikhiy Okean available at: http://www.ptr-vlad.ru/tv&radio/listen/ (Ron Howard, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SAO TOME [and non]. VOA French on 9830, Oct 15 at 2009 with heavy RTTY QRM. I guess this is no problem in WAf target area, but around here 9830 is almost constantly occupied by RTTY, whence? And broadcasters would do well to avoid it. Much better reception of VOA French, also Pinheira, on 15730, a few minutes later at 2019 playing ``All that junk, in the trunk`` by Blackeyed Pees. How does this advance US foreign policy? Or American culture? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SPAIN. Re 7-124: ESPAÑA, 4395 USB, Onda Cero, 1815-1930, escuchada el 14 de octubre en español, locutor con programa deportivo, en paralelo por Onda Cero Valencia en 101.2 de la FM, programa deportivo “El Estadio”, presentado por Fernando Ares, locutor con invitado en reportaje sobre la “Sábana Santa” de Turín, SINPO 34343. 73 (José Miguel Romero, Burjasot (Valencia), España, Sangean ATS 909, Radio Master A-108, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) A las 0500 UT del día 15 sigue en el aire la transmisión de Onda Cero por 4394.5 en USB. La señal sigue siendo muy fuerte y ya lleva en el aire más de 30 horas. Sería interesante seguirla desde los distintos puntos de España a plena luz del día, por ejemplo a las 12 o a las 14 UTC, cuando la propagación resulta más dificil en estas frecuencias tan bajas, y así poder averiguar algo más sobre de donde proviene la señal. Por aquí, ayer domingo, a plena luz del día se siguía escuchando muy fuerte. Saludos a todos (Manuel Méndez, Spain, noticiasdx yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1378, DXLD) En Córdoba hoy a las 1305 UT señal 34343. Ciertamente sorprendente. Seguiremos monitoreando (Jorge Trinado, Spain, Oct 15, ibid.) En Valencia no se captó nada a las 0600 ni tampoco a las 1200 UT; cuando son las 1847 tampoco consigo captar nada. 73 (José Miguel Romero, Spain, Oct 15, ibid.) En Córdoba a las 1930 UT tampoco capto nada, pero hay tanto ruido que si la señal es débil no habría forma de detectarla. Saludos (Jorge Trinado, ibid.) Onda Cero en 4394.5. Durante la mañana estuvo en el aire; la escuché varias veces. Por la tarde me fui al trabajo y al regresar a casa a las 2010 UT ya no transmite. Silencio absoluto en esta frecuencia. Saludos, (Manuel Méndez, ibid.) RADIO ONDA CERO IN USB MODE: THE AUDIOCLIP. DATE: 14-10-2007. TIME: 0450-0500 UT. FREQUENCY: 4394.5 KHz. MODE: USB. SIGNAL: SUFF. LANGUAGE: SPANISH. PROGRAM: ID, NEWS. Pirate or feeder? Now this station is off air. The audioclip is available at http://swli05639fr.blogspot.com/ 73's (Francesco Cecconi, ibid.) Frequencies in this area are duplex for shore to ship communication. Klingenfuss 2002 Shortwave Frequency Guide shows 4396 as channel 414, QSX 4104, but does not list anything in Spain on this or nearby channels (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1378, DXLD) 4394.5-USB, Onda Cero Radio relay, 0227-0245, Oct 15, Spanish. Banter between announcers at what appeared to be a live event. Fair. Presumed to be via military transmitter for Spanish troops abroad. Thanks Molano and Wilkner tip (Scott R. Barbour, Jr., Intervale, NH, R8, R75, NIR10, MLB1, 200' Beverages, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1378, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Like Lebanon? Still any there, or where? (gh, DXLD) ** SPAIN. Esquema REE B-07 y emisión especial DRM Hola: El esquema de horarios y frecuencias de REE (Radio Exterior de España) periodo B07, a partir del 28 de octubre 2007. Pueden descargarlo en formato PDF en este enlace: http://telefonica.net/web2/radioescuchadx/reeB07.pdf ¡INFORMACION IMPORTANTE! REE emitirá a partir del 29 de octubre 2007, diariamente, para Europa en DRM, durante dos horas, 0800-1000 hora local (0700-0900 UT) por 9780 kHz [9775-9780-9785], desde el Centro Emisor de Noblejas (Toledo), con una potencia de 100 kW. En el programa Amigos de la Onda Corta del próximo fin de semana, tendremos una entrevista con Fernando Almarza, jefe del servicio de Coordinación Técnica de RNE, que habla de esta emisión especial. Información recibida de Antonio Buitrago de REE. Cordiales 73 (José Bueno, Oct 16, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Includes English for B-07: Eu 2000-2100 M-F 9690, 2200-2300 Sat & Sun 6125 CAf 2000-2100 M-F 9605, 2200-2300 Sun 9595 [none on Sat] NAm 0000-0100 Daily 6055 Sephardic to NAm Tue 0415-0445 on 9690 Catalan/Galician/Basque, M-F 1340-1355 cutting away from numerous frequencies in use then for Castilian. 17850 via Costa Rica [q.v.] will be replaced by 15125; will its spurs go with it? (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1378, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SRI LANKA [non]. 41m stations missing --- GERMANY: No sign of IBC Tamil here for the past few days. Last mention of the station on the list was by Arnaldo on 2 Sept. Something is there [7115] but IBC is usually very strong. Is anyone hearing this? 73/Liz (Cameron, MI, 0105 UT Oct 15, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) IBC Tamil heard at 0000 sign on, altho' weak (Cameron, UT Oct 16, ibid.) ** SYRIA. 9330, Radio Damascus, 2005 to 2105, 10/10/07, in English. Mixture of news and other commentary programs made very had to understand because of bad modulation. The music and canned IDs and announcements were clearly heard. Fair to good (Mickey Delmage, Sherwood Park, AB, HF-2050 Collins; 7-30 MHz Log Periodic, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) 12085, R. Damascus, 2110, 10/13/07. Hard to tell what was going on due to almost non-existent modulation. Carrier level was good (Jerry Strawman Des Moines, Iowa, 41.7 N, 93.7W, NRD-545; Wellbrook 330S Loop, Alpha Delta Sloper, ibid.) ** TURKEY. Tuned into TRT on 16th Oct at 2200; on 6195 no audio for 20 minutes, but transmitter was online at 2152, with music, stopping abruptly at 2158. Best Regards (Chris Lewis, England, Oct 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TURKEY [and non]. VOT, 15450, Oct 16 at 1302 with talk on Atatürk`s views on art; then Food of the Court show about fish markets, but cut off abruptly at 1305 and started over --- take 2 from the recording studio without deleting take 1? Gave detailed recipe one would have had to be taping to copy, if one could understand every word, as the announcers tend to rush, including saffron and cinnamon, yum! 1314 filling with Turkish music. Tho that was nice, I thought I would check the Turkish service for even more music on 15350. Unfortunately, at the moment that was not VOT, but instead at 1318 a Christian hymn and ID as Family Radio. Çakirlar ends at 1300, with YFR via Wertachtal then taking over 15350. The next day, Wed Oct 17 at 1302, 15450 had Letterbox with one from Japan. Wanted to monitor Live from Turkey this Thursday Oct 18 from 1250 on 15450, but sidetracked by Micronesia, q.v. Tuned in Turkey at 1305 during music break; 1310 the two guys chatting revealed that the 2030 thru 0700 English broadcasts [the last on webcast only] are pre- recorded repeats of the 1830 broadcast, which is why you hear a time check for 21:30 local at the beginning of the ``news`` on later broadcasts. Said this had been the case for two years, but they are belatedly getting around to announcing explicitly that the later broadcasts, including the news, are repeats. However, this Sunday, October 21, the news will be live on each broadcast to report results of the referendum, as was the case during the last elexion. One of the guys lamented that he was on duty then, and had to stay awake and find something to do during the 5-hour break between 2200 and 0300 UT broadcasts. Quickly closed and said goodbye at 1319, without giving their names. In fact, I have never heard them identify themselves, altho maybe they do at the beginning, which I often miss like today. They talk about their personal lives, give their personal opinions, yet we don`t know who they are! Quite possibly we could not understand their names anyway unless they spelled them out – why not? Is there a VOT policy that announcers will remain anonymous on the air? It`s not the only SW station with such a strange way of doing things (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UKRAINE. Dear Glenn, I was glancing at the RUI website, looking at the frequency schedules. I noticed that there were two #'s next to the transmissions at 0000 and 0300 on the frequency 7440 kHz. Underneath, was a notice reading "The transmissions has been temporarily stopped". Thus confirming what was in the latest DXLD. Maybe they will put a 100 kilowatt online, it may propagate into North America, but with a lower signal strength (Chris Lewis, England, Oct 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Me too: Re DXLD 7-124, 7440 to NAm off the air: rechecked Oct 15, the website now says: ``#23.00-04.00 7,440 41 Lviv North America *ENGLISH #00.00-01.00 7,440 #03.00-04.00 7,440 Notes: # The transmissions has been temporarily stopped`` So some hope remains that it will return, tho from B-07, 7530 has been planned instead, English one hour later (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K. BBC WEBSITE HIT IN NEWSROOM COST CUTS - Telegraph, Wednesday 17 October 2007 By Nicole Martin, Digital and Media Correspondent Last Updated: 1:09pm BST 16/10/2007 The BBC News website will be one of the casualties of the corporation cuts at it strives to save Pounds 2 billion, sources have claimed. Mark Thompson, director general of the BBC will outline a series of cost-cutting measures on Thursday. They said the website will be updated less frequently and carry fewer stories as a result of budgets being slashed. The BBC is expected to merge television, radio and online newsrooms under a series of cost- cutting measures aimed at reducing the number of BBC journalists who cover the same stories. However, with three operations integrated into one, BBC insiders fear quality will suffer as reporters become overstretched. . . http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/10/16/nmedia116.xml (via Dan Say, BC, DXLD) So much for saying we can go to the web to read/listen to the BBC. Bring back shortwave (Dan Say, BC, DX LISTENING DIGEST) BBC IN DRAMA OF 21ST CENTURY MEDIA Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:31pm EDT By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - Having angered Queen Elizabeth and the public, Britain's BBC is set to shed staff with sweeping job cuts this week in the biggest crisis to hit the world-renowned broadcaster since a government clash over Iraq. The publicly funded corporation, known for its excellence in journalism, has seemingly stumbled from one crisis to another this year, damaging viewers' trust and its credibility. On Thursday, Director General Mark Thompson is expected to announce plans to cut up to 2,800 positions due to a tighter budget, with news and factual departments to bear the brunt. Staff and unions have warned the quality of its output will drop. Its bbc.co.uk/news Web site, which it says attracts about 35 million users a month from around the world, will also be affected, according to media reports. The result is plummeting morale and questions over strategy. . . http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSL1539642520071017?sp=true (via William Patalon III, Managing Editor http://www.moneymorning.com Money Morning/The Money Map Report, DXLD) ** U S A. Despite my report of Oct 12 in DXLD 7-124, R. Martí via Delano, 13820, STILL/again? with audio cutting out irregularly every few seconds, usually only a syllable at a time, but most distracting and still impairs intelligibility, at 2005 Oct 15; still the same at 2045 when slight fades allowed jamming to be detected underneath. I will not repeat my commentary on that situation here. Previously noted audio breakup on R. Martí programming via Delano, 13820 after 2000, but on Oct 17 at 1412 I was surprised to hear the same kind of cutouts on 11845, which is supposed to be Greenville. I wonder if they temporarily shifted to Delano; no such problem on 11930 Greenville, and I should have compared them for satellite delay. 11845 had other problems, a hum/buzz and spurs out to at least plus/minus 10 kHz peaking when the modulation broke. No jamming audible on 11845 against this strong signal, but it was probably there (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1378, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I`m beginning to wonder if it`s sabotage, perhaps by disgruntled union members, if not Comsymps, rather than negligence? R. Martí program audio still breaking up badly, Oct 18 at 1329 on 11845. Signal very strong, not what I usually get from Greenville aimed south as scheduled, but instead from Delano aimed ESE right across OK. And the SAME // breakups were now heard on 7405, supposed to be Greenville, also much stronger than usual and both overriding any jamming, but completely useless with the audio problem. Actually 11845 and 7405 were very slightly out of synch, so there was a reverb rather than an echo between them. 11845 also had noise on the sidebands like the day before. Rechecked at 1530, still same breaking up on 11845, and at 1545 noted that audio was NOT synchronized with non-breaking up 11930, and 13820, also supposed to be on the air from Greenville at this hour, missing. [Later Oct 18:] After 2005, when 13820 is supposed to be Delano, it was again audible and again breaking up, but at recheck 2055 it was finally OK. Recheck at 2215, 13820 OK and a few words ahead of 11930, so two different sites again, Delano leading since it gets landline rather than satellite feed Greenville gets, despite being much closer to Washington (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WBCQ operator told me he played WORLD OF RADIO at 0300 UT Monday Oct 15 on 9330; and it started late at 0420 on 7415. Had not been on 9330-CLSB for some weeks despite nominal scheduling then, and who knows what will happen next week (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1378, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Timtron Worldwide celebrates eight years on WBCQ on October 23, 2007. Look for special programming from Timtron during this week. [nominal times:] We 7415 05:00PM 06:00PM ET 2100 2200 UTC Sa 7415 07:00PM 08:00PM ET 2300 0000 UTC (WBCQ website via DXLD) ** U S A. WWCR log-for skeptics only --- 5070 at 0015+ 15 October with preacher. Listed as Pastor Buddy but might be guest huxter. Says we must raise to a higher frequency before frenzied reptiles eat us. Bad thought forms will enter the grid and destroy the Earth's magnetic field (I think he got this reversed.) Church people flock to Red Lobster after services because they're afraid they'll quit serving shellfish and other unclean food. Well, I've got a splendid idea. I'm going to set my cup of Earl Grey on top of my radio and change the frequency. Shortwave Obsession: http://www.geocities.com/alera1/ Radioblonde Blog: http://radioblonde.blogspot.com/ 73/Liz (Cameron, MI, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Risky ** U S A. 9265.04, WMLK, 1857 15 Oct., talk by Elder Jacob O. Meyer with references to Yaweh. ID with QTH at 1901. Poor to fair strength. Modulation seemed to be about 30%. Only peaking at about S-6 (Dave Valko, Dunlo PA, HCDX via DXLD) A new high in modulation? (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. Re 7-120, the WYFR B-07 schedules: I just noticed that the first one, frequency sort, has A-07 dates heading it: ``WYFR BROADCAST SCHEDULE 25 Mar 2007-28 Oct 2007`` altho the filename as sent to me called it B-07; WYFR confirms it really was the B-07 version (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** U S A [non]. CVC Miami, B-07 via Chile: Spanish to Mexico: 0100-0400 11970 Spanish to N&S Am: 0100-0800 11805, 0800-1100 6185, 1100-0100 17680 Portuguese to Brasil: 1000-2400 15410, 0000-0700 11745, 0700-1000 6050 Spanish to Cono Sur: 0000-1200 6070, 1200-2400 9635 DRM to Brasil: 1800-2000 17860 (Mathias Svensson, Ingeniero de Transmisiones, CVC Chile, via Célio Romais, Oct 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) While the main xls schedule appears to indicate the above, altho some blox are left blank and apparently meant to fill blox to the right in 24-hour operation, another schedule below it of frequency change announcements to be made shows 6170 instead of 6050 to Brasil at 0700- 1000! Comments: CVC continues to be a very bad neighbor, ignoring other stations in the Americas on the frequencies it appropriates: 6185 is Radio Educación, Mexico, which runs all night and should otherwise have a clear frequency at this time. 6070 is CFRX Toronto, currently inactive, but plans to return, and CVC collided with them when they were last on. 6050 changing to 6170? Perhaps a last minute adjustment if HCJB wanted to be on 6050 during those hours. Can we be sure Rádio Cultura São Paulo is not using 6170 during these hours? At 0100-0400 look for all the mixing products we previously heard from the three 25m frequencies going at once, to be 11745, 11805, 11970. Looks like moving from 17655-17660-17665 to 17855-17860-17865 for DRM, is to join TDF via GUF 17870-17875-17880 in the DRM-ghetto area of 16m (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VATICAN. 9645, Oct 15 at 2015 with muffled audio, interview with heavy accent I finally decided was African English, difficult for me to understand. This raises a vexing question for me: since many different native languages must have influenced accents by those speaking English on that continent, is there any such thing as a single identifiable ``African English`` dialect? And if not, do different Africans have as much trouble understanding each other`s English as I do? And if there is a mutually intelligible African English dialect, how could it have arisen given the diverse backgrounds of colonial subjects? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** YEMEN. 9779.8, YRTC, 2131-2200, Oct 15, Arabic. Continuous music thru 2158 with whisper-quiet OM at 2144 (ID-?). Sign-off announcements at 2158 and "R. San'a" ID. Canned announcement of sorts still going at ToH with 9775-DW sign-on splatter. Fair though audio strength dropped like a brick from 2149 to 2158 (Scott R. Barbour, Jr., Intervale, NH, R8, R75, NIR10, MLB1, 200' Beverages, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZIMBABWE [non]. 11810, SWR Africa via Armavir, 1802-1830, Oct 15, English. Various news/commentary re Amendment 18 and crackdown on protesters in Zimbabwe. "(View-?) from America" at 1812 re Zanu PF claims against MDC. "Hidden Story" program at tune-out. Fair. // 12035 via UK-Good (Scott R. Barbour, Jr., Intervale, NH, R8, R75, NIR10, MLB1, 200' Beverages, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 12035, UNITED KINGDOM, SW Radio Africa, 1858, 10/11/07. Program "Behind the Headlines", addresses to write to in order to participate in the program, host saying "Don't be making any headlines of your own" to close program, followed by YL announcer saying "And there's just enough time to say good bye, so from all of us here at S W Radio Africa, good bye"; tones from 1859:20 to 1859:56, then off (Ralph Brandi, Middletown, New Jersey, Elad FDM77, Drake R8, Etón E1, 300' mini-Beverage antenna, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 1181 mystery carrier, still there at 2338 UT Oct 16 check, two months after first reported, quite weak but DFing as always around 125 degrees. Ditto 2358 UT Oct 18 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED [non]. 4805: see BRAZIL UNIDENTIFIED. 5010.8v, 07/10 1845-1859, tent. radio dramas in Russian, Byelorussia ???? bad audio. Suff/good boc10 (Dario Monferini & Giampiero Bernardini, boc-10 report DX-nights, Bocca di Magra (La Spezia), Italy, AOR 7030, RF Space SDR-14, Ciao Radio H101, Palstar MW 550-P, (2) Degen 1103 (filters 80 + 110 kHz), ATS 909 with pi code f. arpino. Wellbrook LFL 1010 (outdoor), DX Clube Paraná yg via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. CUBA [sic], 5954.13, R. República. Piano IS once at 2259 16 Oct, then canned M with apparent ID mentioning Libertad. After another canned announcement, went into talk by live M in Spanish. Came back at 2355 and caught program ID/intro "R. República dos de ?? electrorio [sic] democrático cubano ?? presentó 'El Ser Notiva" or some such. Strong but heavy slop QRM from 5950 CRI (Dave Valko, Dunlo PA, HCDX via DXLD) This must be the same unID previously reported in DXLD 7-123: ``5954.10, 2300, Oct 10, Shakira song emerged as soon as co/channel BBC & CNR-8 had left. Lots of other (Colombian?) rock cantantes but no announcements whatsoever to 2348 tune-out. Peaks at S8, het with adjacent Pio XII 5952.45. First heard this on Oct 09. Anyone any idea, please? (Martien Groot, Schoorl, Netherlands, DX LISTENING DIGEST)`` Either R. República has gone on some new unknown transmitter, and being off-frequency that points to somewhere in Latin America; or, it`s a spur from Rampisham(?) on 6135. Check to see if the audio match, and does it go off at 2359?? What CRI on 5950? Language, site? None listed. CBS Taiwan via WYFR is supposed to start on 5950 at 0000 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Well Glenn, I have no idea where the 5954.13 R. República transmission is originating from. I see that they've apparently been broadcast from several different transmitter locations. I really haven't followed R. República much (Dave Valko, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) CLANDESTINE TO CUBA, 5954.13, R. República --- Made a couple mistakes in my recent log of this pointed out by Arnie Coro and Glenn Hauser. R. República is intended FOR Cuba, not from Cuba. And it`s R. Taiwan International on 5950 via WYFR, not CRI. Sorry for the confusion (Dave Valko, PA, 18 Oct., HCDX via DXLD) Checked at 2215 Oct 18, 5950 had Chinese // 15440, so WYFR relay at that hour, and continuing on both after WYFR ID at 2300. In EiBi at 22-24 in Mandarin, but missing from this time period in Aoki. 5950 is 355 degrees to ENAm so a big signal for most of us to try to avoid. Very weak signal here on 5954.1, but it is not // R. República, Rampisham on 6135. At least there is no jamming (yet) on 5954, but it`s quite a mystery where this may be coming from. Others please monitor, DF it, listen for other clues; and how late does it stay on? No reports past 0000 UT yet (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Rechecked at 2357 UT Oct 18, nothing on 5954.1, apparently off already (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Glenn: It's just as much a mystery to me, I'm afraid. At least I can tell you we have nothing to do with it (Jeff White, WRMI, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I¹ve listened to R. República quite a bit. I¹ve never heard Radio República streams running //. In all the listening I¹ve done, they always have different streams on different frequencies, so it is not really possible to ID them by //s. (Rats!) (Mark Taylor, Madison, WI, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I agree, so if this had been // 6135, that would have nailed it as a spur from 6135. If we can`t rule things in we can at least rule things out (gh, DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 14130: I've got an e-mail from OM Wolf DK2OM and Uli DJ9KR, who are the European IARU Bandwatch managers on Ham Radio. They told me something about a harmonic of 2 x 7170 = 14130 kHz, at 1400 UT and later. Station talks a lot of Kazakhstan. I haven`t checked this yet. I suppose its something out of IBB Udorn Thani 1400-1600 UT, seemingly? Maybe, someone can check this 14130 here in Europe tomorrow? \\ 9815 Lampertheim. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, Oct 16, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 15600, tone tests of many different pitches from just above subaudible, to just below audio pass limit of my receiver/ears, like a hearing test, off abruptly at 1328* Was only fair strength. In Aoki, the only broadcast scheduled at this time is unlikely for this: 15600 CHINA RADIO INTER. 1230-1327 1234567 Malaysian 100 175 Kunming CHN 10250E 2510N CRI a07 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Re jamming on 15645: Dear Tarek. Still a PUZZLE, new Near East clandestine station program? 15645 1500-1600 UT daily. (wb df5sx, Sat 13, to Tarek Zeidan, via BC-DX Oct 19 via DXLD) UNID 15645 bubble jamming. I'm checking now 15645 kHz and around 1455 UT there was a test tone followed around 1500 UT with Horn of Africa music, then OM with either Amharic/Tigri giving frequency and the words democratic and I think Ethiopia were mentioned several times. Around 1505 UT I could hear the jammer on ... but still the station coming loud and clear. I'll try to record the intro of the station tomorrow and send it to you. Maybe some one can ID that station. My guessing is a new clandestine to Ethiopia ... maybe. The day before there was speech on the frequency, same stuff as I'm hearing right now, a guy giving a speech with audiance clapping and whisteling !!!!! (Tarek Zeidan, Egypt, Oct 16, wwdxc BC-DX Oct 19 via DXLD) The jamming audible on 15645 sounds a wow - wow - wow noise from a moving carrier and what sounds like a diesel motor boat engine. But there's no trace of audio, even when the motor stalls from time to time. Closed down at 1500 and no audio left (Noel R. Green-UK, Oct 17, wwdxc BC-DX Oct 19 via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 15810, continuous 1 kHz tone test Oct 15 at 1406. Only station scheduled at any time on 15810 is R. Cairo in Indonesian at 1230-1400, so perhaps the same source for some reason following that broadcast, which IIRC, is usually extremely poorly modulated (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Contribution to World of Radio in memory of Gigi Lytle (Tom McLaughlin, Lubbock TX, October 11) Thanks for the annual reminder of our friend Gigi on the anniversary of her death (gh) DIGITAL BROADCASTING DRM: see CANADA; ECUADOR; GERMANY; LUXEMBOURG; ++++++++++++++++++++ NETHERLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; PORTUGAL; SPAIN; US CVC RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ FREQUENCIES AROUND 49 METERS Here some frequency measures made with the RF Space SDR-IQ at BW resolution 0.85 Hz 5909.984v 16/10 0053 Marfil Estereo, Colombia, nice songs, fair 5952.473v 15/10 2340 Radio Pio Doce, Bolivia, talks, SS, fair 6009.487v 15/10 2348 La Voz de tu Conciencia, Colombia, tk poor 6019.445v 15/10 2353 Radio Victoria, Lima, Perù, poor/fair stopped as usual at 2358 6049.627v 16/10 0000 Suara Islam, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, talks, strong QRM 6050 6089.947v 16/10 0010 unid, clear carrier, but not audible because strong QRM from 6090v Caribbean Beacon in EE 6134.693v 16/10 0020 Radio Santa Cruz, Bolivia, fair 6134.987v 16/10 0025 Radio Aparecida, Brazil, phone talks, fair 6173.826v 16/10 0040 Radio Tawantinsuyo, Perù, poor 6193.384v 16/10 0047 Radio Cusco, presumed, really low mod. Ciao (Giampiero Bernardini, Milano, Italy, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ Zero, zero, zero, one after the other is the result obtained by Solar Observatories around the world that monitor the number and characteristics of sunspots. Zero sunspots and a solar microwave flux of below 70 mean that high frequency bands from 20 megaHertz up are behaving like VHF bands as regards to ionospheric propagation. Simply there are not enough free electrons available at the ionosphere to send short wave signals back to Earth on frequencies above 20 megaHertz or so for 95 percent of the days. An occasional 15 meters amateur band opening does happen, and one can pick up an international broadcast station operating on the adjacent 13 meters band, but those band openings are very short lived. We must be patient and wait until the next solar cycle starts and the daily sunspot number and solar flux go above no less than 20 for the sunspots and 80 to 90 for the solar flux, that are the required figures to bring back our much wanted higher frequency bands, amigos. ARNIE CORO'S HF PLUS LOW BAND VHF PROPAGATION UPDATE AND FORECAST Solar activity continues at extremely low levels, with the effective sunspot number ESN at just four units Tuesday at 15 hours UT. The geomagnetic field is also extremely quiet too, and the maximum useable frequency curve is a very slow starter after local sunrise, reaching only about 18 to 20 megaHertz at the best times of the day. According to solar scientists we will have to wait at least one more year to see a significant improvement on short wave propagation conditions, amigos !!! (Arnie Coro, CO2KK, RHC DXers Unlimited Oct 16, HCDX via DXLD) Not coincidentally, MW conditions have been outstanding: v. JAPAN (gh) FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 17 OCT - 12 NOV 2007 Solar activity is expected to be very low. No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to reach high levels during 21 October - 08 November. Geomagnetic activity is expected to be at quiet to unsettled levels during 17 - 19 October. An increase to unsettled to active levels is forecast for 20 October as a recurrent coronal hole high-speed stream affects the field. Activity is expected to decrease to quiet to unsettled levels during 21 - 23 October as the high-speed stream subsides. Activity is expected to increase to unsettled to active levels during 24 - 27 October with minor storm conditions likely on 26 October due to another recurrent coronal hole high-speed stream. Activity is expected to decrease to quiet to unsettled levels during 28 - 29 October. Activity is expected to increase to unsettled to active levels during 30 - 31 October as another recurrent coronal hole high-speed stream affects the field. Quiet conditions are expected for the rest of the period. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2007 Oct 16 1653 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # Product description and SWPC contact on the Web # http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wwire.html # # 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table # Issued 2007 Oct 16 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2007 Oct 17 67 10 3 2007 Oct 18 67 10 3 2007 Oct 19 67 12 3 2007 Oct 20 67 15 4 2007 Oct 21 67 10 3 2007 Oct 22 67 5 2 2007 Oct 23 67 5 2 2007 Oct 24 67 15 4 2007 Oct 25 67 15 4 2007 Oct 26 67 25 5 2007 Oct 27 67 15 4 2007 Oct 28 67 5 2 2007 Oct 29 67 8 3 2007 Oct 30 67 15 4 2007 Oct 31 68 10 3 2007 Nov 01 68 5 2 2007 Nov 02 68 5 2 2007 Nov 03 68 5 2 2007 Nov 04 68 5 2 2007 Nov 05 68 5 2 2007 Nov 06 68 5 2 2007 Nov 07 68 5 2 2007 Nov 08 68 5 2 2007 Nov 09 68 5 2 2007 Nov 10 67 5 2 2007 Nov 11 67 5 2 2007 Nov 12 67 5 2 (SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1378, DXLD) ###