DX LISTENING DIGEST 9-068, September 6, 2009
Incorporating REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING
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SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1477, September 10-15, 2009
Wed 0700 WRMI 9955 [new]
Wed 1530 WRMI 9955
Wed 1900 WBCQ 7415
Thu 0530 WRMI 9955
Thu 1900 WBCQ 7415
Fri 0000 WBCQ 5110-CUSB Area 51
Fri 0100 WRMI 9955
Fri 1130 WRMI 9955
Fri 1430 WRMI 9955
Fri 1900 WBCQ 7415
Fri 2028 WWCR1 15825
Sat 0800 WRMI 9955
Sat 0800 IPAR/IRRS/NEXUS/IBA 9510 [except first Sat]
Sat 1630 WWCR3 12160
Sun 0230 WWCR3 5070
Sun 0630 WWCR1 3215
Sun 0800 WRMI 9955
Sun 1515 WRMI 9955
Mon 0500 WRMI 9955
Mon 2200 WBCQ 7415
Tue 1100 WRMI 9955
Tue 1530 WRMI 9955
Tue 1900 WBCQ 7415
Wed 0700 WRMI 9955 [or new 1478 starting here?]
Wed 1530 WRMI 9955
Wed 1900 WBCQ 7415
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** ANGUILLA [non]. Caribbean Beacon missing from 6090, Sept 5 at 0513,
but could not hear anything else, not even Brazil or Nigeria, just DRM
from 6085. Should have tried earlier as Brian Alexander who first
alerted us about this, heard both plus Ethiopia around 0300.
CB also absent from 11775, Sept 5 at 1247, but again nothing else
audible instead. That leaves PMS and DGS totally off SW at this hour!
As WWCR 13845 is ceded to Brother Scare in the mornings, and all the
Costa Rican transmitters have been silent for many months, altho still
appearing e.g. in Prime Time Shortwave! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) See also NIGERIA
** ANTARCTICA. 15476, LRA36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel
(presumed); 1853-1902+, 2 Sep; first copyable audio in ages! W
commentary in Spanish, then folk music; brief announcement at ToH
(QSB, of course), then W continued with more pop-style music. Poor &
need USB to copy peaks. Centers about 15476.05 (Harold Frodge, MI,
MARE Tipsheet Sept 4 via DXLD)
** BIAFRA [non]. R. Biafra, from London at 1900-2000 on 12050 via
Skelton now has a web site at http://radiobiafraonline.com --- it
includes archived audio of the SW broadcasts, information about the
station, news, contact information, etc. (Dave Kenny, Sept BDXC-UK
Communication via WORLD OF RADIO 1477, DXLD) WTFK? on WOR 1477
** BIAFRA [non]. Nope, V. of Biafra International still on 15665, Sept
5, the first Friday of the month, checked briefly sometime between 19
and 20 UT, nothing on 17520, where WRTH July update guessed it would
move. All one can do is guess when it comes to this station, and who
knows, maybe later on will still go to 17520 ``in September``, not
necessarily from the first week. Axually, per FCC schedule, WHRI
during this hour has not been on 15665 since April 5 and has always
been on 17520; surprise! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1477, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** BOLIVIA. 6155.26, Radio Fides, 0100-0200*, Sept 4, Spanish talk.
Spanish ballads, Bolivian music. Closing ID announcements over lite
music at 0158. Weak. Poor with adjacent channel splatter (Brian
Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest)
** BRAZIL. 5035.01, Radio Aparecida, 0205-0220, Sept 4, Portuguese
talk. Portuguese ballads. Weak but readable. // 6135.07v – poor with
adjacent channel splatter (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest)
** BRAZIL. BRASIL – O Sistema Globo de Rádio vendeu mesmo suas
freqüências de ondas curtas para a Igreja Pentecostal Deus é Amor. As
freqüências de 6120 e 9585 kHz, que eram da Rádio Globo, de São Paulo
(SP), passaram para o nome da Rádio 880 Ltda., cujo acionista
majoritário é o pastor David Miranda. Já as freqüências de 6030 e
11805 kHz, que pertenciam à Rádio Globo, do Rio de Janeiro (RJ), foram
parar nas mãos da Rádio Novo Milênio Ltda., emissora também da igreja
Deus é Amor. Ambas as emissoras eram utilizadas pelo Sistema Globo de
Rádio desde a década de 1950.
BRASIL – A partir de 31 de agosto, o transmissor de 9530 kHz, em 31
metros, da Rádio Transmundial será desligado sempre às 18h, na hora de
Brasília [2100* UT]. A emissora prossegue no ar, durante a noite e
madrugada, transmitindo em 5965 kHz. Durante boa parte do dia pode ser
captada também em 11735 kHz (Célio Romais blog 31 Aug via DXLD)
** BRAZIL. Sexta estreia programa seguimento DX na internet
Amigos, Nesta sexta - feira (04/09) estreia através do meu blog o
programa que fala das Ondas curtas "Seguimento DX" apresentado ao vivo
por mim Leonaldo Ferreira e Valdenis Silva. O programa contará com a
participação da Associação DX do Brasil, e a partir de amanhã ficará
aberta a participação imediata dos demais clube, no programa será
divulgado o meio de como enviar as participações.
O programa terá uma hora de duração indo ao ar entre 2100 e 2200 UT
pela internet no seguinte endereço:
http://www.leonaldo ferreira.blogspot.com
Quero convidar todos a escutare o nosso programa que estreia nesta
sexta (04/09).
SEGUIMENTO DX Sexta - feira as 2100 UT
em http://www.leonaldo ferreira.blogspot.com
Apresentação: Leonaldo Ferreira e Valdenis Silva
73 a todos! P. S.: O programa vai mandar carta de confirmação. Para
isso bastar dizer como estava a transmissão que será em 24 kbps por
seg (Leonaldo Ferreira da Silva, Sept 3, dxclubepr yg via DXLD)
?? If it`s internet only, why not availablize it ondemand instead of
only at one hourcertain per week? Just missed it, first reading this
at 2325 Friday (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
** CANADA. CBC RADIO ONE THIS FALL --- via CBC Radio One Newsletter
Return to Afghanada
The multiple award-winning drama series Afghanada is back for a fourth
spectacular season on CBC Radio One. In the first of three episodes,
series creators Greg Nelson and Adam Pettle tell the tale of a
seasoned journalist headed to Afghanistan to chase the story of a
lifetime.
Not long into her trek, she's abducted by insurgents. And her is life
is in imminent danger of being cut short. Tune in this week to find
out about her harrowing journey. That's on the season première of
Afghanada, Thursday, September 10 at 11:30 a.m. (12noon NT) on CBC
Radio One.
Get Ready For A New Season of White Coat, Black Art
Slated for September 12th, the season première of White Coat, Black
Art looks at the life of trainee doctors.
Medical residents in Canada are expected to work between 80 and 100
hours a week -- week after week, year after year. And while they're
doing that, they're treating you and your loved ones. For the season
opener, physicians-in-training tell us about their chronic overwork.
Find out how their sleep deprivation compromises the quality of
patient care. And hear what the system is doing about the situation.
Don't miss this all-new episode of White Coat, Black Art on Saturday,
September 12 at 10 a.m. (10:30 NT) and Monday, September 14 at 11:30
a.m. (12noon NT) on CBC Radio One.
Spark is back this fall with a new time and an hour-long show. Tune in
to the season première, Sunday, September 13 at 1 p.m. (1:30 NT) on
CBC Radio One (via Fred Waterer, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1477, DXLD)
As It Happens repeat --- Hi Glenn, Just browsing through the online
skeds at cbc.ca and noticed that for the fall season, condensed
repeats of As It Happened are scheduled for 12 to 12:30 a.m. Tuesday
to Friday (Monday to Thursday nights) on CBC Radio One. Great for
shift workers like me, who miss the original airing. 73, (Ricky Leong,
AB, Sept 3, WORLD OF RADIO 1477, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA [non]. 15325, Sept 5 at 1527 Russian singing with guitar and
speaking, 1528 ID and addresses for RCI, cut off at 1529:30 before
completed giving E-mail address. This is via Woofferton. Someone
please inform them in Montreal that VTC WILL CUT OFF transmission at
:29:30 whether it is finished or not, so it would be prudent to wrap
up the program before then (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA [and non]. 6070, CFRX Toronto ON; 2120, 2 Sep; John Moore
call-in show. VPoor, // much better 1010 CFRB. 1754-1808+, 3-Sep;
News-Talk 10-10 CFRB; CFRB Holiday Traffic Center; Sky Watch Traffic;
CFRB News at 1800; CFRB Business Report; CFRB Area Weather; Jim
Richards Show. SIO=454, a bit better than // 1010 CFRB (Harold Frodge,
MI, Cumbre DX via WORLD OF RADIO 1477, DXLD)
CFRX, 6070, Sept 4 at 1229 with 8:29 EDT TC, Bill Carroll show, het on
hi side and roar from defective Swiss transmitter so kindly sold to
North Korea (as discussed in DXLD 9-065); the usual case until its
closedown around 1250, whose exact time today I missed, but CFRX in
clear at 1257 recheck (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
6070, CFRX Sept 6 at 1249 with fast SAH of approximately 10 Hz, but no
other modulation, North Korean noise or audible het, which must have
just gone off, and could not imagine that suddenly being so close to
6070.0, so what`s the SAH from? It too was gone at 1256. Possibilities
on 6070 testing prior to other dayparts are Yamata, Novosibirsk,
Tinang, even Jayapura which has been inactive here longtime. Something
intriguing to pursue (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC. 6030, R ICDI, Sudan [sic]: not audible
(Rolf Lovstrom, Norway, DXpedition at a hotel on the beach of Lake
Tanganyika in Burundi on my Sony 7600 with 10 metres of external
antenna, early August, DSWCI DX Window Sept 4 via WORLD OF RADIO 1477,
DXLD) I got the country wrong too on WOR 1477, as CAMEROON! (gh)
** CHAD. 4905, RN Tchadienne, 2129 10 August, OM with song, French,
SIO 333 (Richard Thurlow, Suffolk, Sept BDXC-UK Communication via
WORLD OF RADIO 1477, DXLD)
That must have been its last active day for a while as no other
reports of it for weeks, nor on alternate 6165 (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF
RADIO 1477, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
4905, Chad is back, 1852 Sept 4 with talks in Arabic and full Muslim
names, 1855 with folk songs. At 1900 news in French. Inside the news
with short IDs RV [sic] Tchadienne. Song at 1904. Signal S7, 34423
(Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, WORLD OF RADIO 1477, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
And extended for Ramadan? (gh, ibid.)
Chad heard again on its tropical frequency
Posted by: "dxer_gserra" dxer_gserra@fastwebnet.it dxer_gserra
Date: Sun Sep 6, 2009 12:18 am ((PDT))
4904.97, RN Tchadienne, N'Djamena in vernacular and possibly Arabic
Sept.4 1824-1842, M talk with some brief music breaks; afropop song
1829-1839; W fast talk in presumed Arabic (mentioning Camerun,
N'Djamena, etc.); heard better in SSB with S 9+15 peak ; CW QRM at
times on USB; rustle & some crackles; moderate QSB; from 2036
increasing QSB & static crashes; Fair / Poor at times (Gianni Serra,
Italy, NASWA yg via DXLD)
** CHILE. Some changes since Sept 1 put CVC La Voz in Spanish now:
100 kW, 30 degrees:
12-24 9635
00-02 9745 [not to be confused with HCJB], ex-6070
100 kW, 0 degrees:
12-23 17680
23-02 11665
DRM, 15 kW, 45 degrees, Portuguese:
18-20 17635-17640-17645
(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 17855, terrible screechy Firedrake music against VOA
Mandarin at 0700-1100 UT on Sept 3rd. 13625 Firedrake against RFA
Mandarin 1700-2200 UT, Sept 2 (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews
Sept 3 via DXLD)
** CHINA. Firedrake Sept 4: at 1235 nothing on 8400, very poor on
9000; at 1250 good on 10210; at 1347 poor on 13500, just barely
audible on 13970, none others (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non] Firedrake Sept 5: at 1230 fair on 9000 but with
aero SSB QRM from 8996 or so. At 1244 good on 10210, 1250 good on
8400. No others heard up to 19 MHz during the next hour.
We were wondering about the different program feed routes used by CRI
to its many relay sites. A few hours are simulcast via Canada and
Cuba, such as Cantonese at 12 on 11850 and 9570 respectively. Sept 5
at 1235 check we found the two just an echo/reverb apart, much closer
than some other combinations.
15600, Sept 5 at 1303 song, sounds like C&W/hymn, 1305 announcement
sounds Indonesian; 1306 song starts instrumental, adds choral, sort of
Russian style, pop beat. What`s this? Per Aoki, CRI`s Malay service at
1230-1330, 100 kW, 175 degrees via Kunming, ChiCom`s only use of
15600, except when Sound of Hope needs to be jammed (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Sept 6: at 1308 good on 8400 and 9000, at 1318
fair on 10210, no others heard higher (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. Re 9-067 and above: EAST TURKISTAN --- It appears
that the transmitter sites in China and beyond are fed via a dedicated
DVB-S multiplex. I forgot on which satellite, but it's a C-band
signal, easily identifiable because this mux contains nothing but
dozens of CRI signals. And DVB-S has such a big delay, due to all the
multiplexing and demultiplexing it requires (yes, some of the delay is
produced by the receiver -- remember the Wertachtal/Nauen echo
problems on Hrvatski Radio transmissions?).
The question now is how Sackville gets CRI audio. Are there cases
where it carries the same programming as the transmitters in Cuba? If
such a constellation ever appears, it would be interesting to observe
the delay between Sackville and Cuba, too (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Sept
4, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Sackville and Habana simultaneous (?) relays of CRI include, as a
quick check of EiBi reminds us:
0100-0200 English 9790-Sack, 9580-Hab
1200-1300 Cantonese 11850-Sack, 9570-Hab
1300-1400 English 15260/9650-Sack, 9570-Hab
(Glenn Hauser, ibid.)
Re the CRI Satellite Programming Feeds:
The CRI DVB-S multiplex on Intelsat 8 bridges the Asia-Pacific. I can
tune into it here in Australia, the uplink is no doubt within China.
The Intelsat Pacific Earth Station in the Napa Valley CA is the usual
North American receiving destination for this satellite. I don't have
any information that CRI use the Napa facility, but perhaps the
Intelsat 8 signal is received on the North American west coast for
fibre delivery to Sackville?
There are channels sufficient to run 28 simultaneous stereo feeds.
When I last listened here a few weeks ago there was around 5 or 6
different CRI program feeds running with the others playing out a
classical chinese music tuning loop. It's not a case of only a few of
the channels being in regular use, it seems that each channel is a
particular circuit, active for a few hours with programming and then
it steps back to playing the tuning loop.
It would be interesting (but time consuming!) to map out a schedule
and identify each channel's daily programming. Cheers, (Mark Fahey,
Sydney NSW, ibid.) see also HAWAII
** CHINA. 6060, PBS Sichuan, Chengdu, 1327, Sept. 3. In Chinese;
pop songs; BoH series of announcements about their FM stations (talks
about their FM 97.0 travel station [“FM jiu qi ling” - FM 970], etc.),
series of ads related to travel and tourism; more music till 1350; //
7225; almost fair. Per http://music.tfol.com/gbdt/xinwen_xinwen01.htm
FM 97.0 is primarily for the urban private car owner who is a travel
enthusiast. PBS Sichuan website http://sr.tfol.com/
FM scheduling at http://music.tfol.com/gbdt/dushifm97.htm
(Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CONGO DR [and non]. 5066, R Tele Candip, Bunia, very strong in the
morning 0400-0900. also quite strong in the evening.
6210, R. Kahuzi, from 0700 to 2000 from strong to fair, static, no
QRM. Africa is going on FM, fewer and fewer short wave stations exist.
Three powerful short wave signals: VOA São Tomé and VOA Botswana plus
anti-Zimbabwean on 4880 kHz. Also South Africa to Central Africa on
6220 was powerful [RTE Ireland via WRN via Meyerton]
The problem was erratic power supply, often went out at 1900 hours, so
it took a big strain on my Duracell batteries. Quality batteries could
not be found in Bujumbura markets or supermarkets (Rolf Lovstrom,
Norway, DXpedition at a hotel on the beach of Lake Tanganyika in
Burundi on my Sony 7600 with 10 metres of external antenna, early
August, DSWCI DX Window Sept 4 via DXLD)
** CUBA. Re 9-067: Glenn, I can hear CMDC 570 daily. There are long
periods when CMDC is dead carrier. Why that is, I do not know. ¡El
Señor Miguelito Ratón está trabajando a lo duro! (Charles (Carlitos)
Taylor, NC, Sept 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. RHC on 6000, poor thing, gets QRDRM from Australia
5990-5995-6000, now scheduled from Brandon at 12-14, only 5 kW at 10
degrees (to feed PNG or other Pacific island relays??); but also,
serves RHC right, from Juche jamming on 6003, which was worse, Sept 4
at 1220, quite a roar and the same sound against 6512 and 6600, all
Echo of Hope, which Aoki says on 6003 runs straight thru from 0853 to
2301 UT via Hwaseong, ROK site, 100 kW ND. Aoki does not * these as
jammed since that only denotes ChiCom CNR1 or Firedrake-type jamming.
Could not hear any EOH on 6003 here while it was audible under the
jamming on the other two.
O yeah, at 1220 RHC was engaging its obsession with Honduras. At least
they know how to pronounce Zelaya, unlike Daljit Dhaliwal and another
anchor I recoiled from recently. Daljit is getting rave reviews as new
anchor of World Focus via PBS, much prettier than Martin Savidge,
which is debatable. They really piled on the makeup for her début
August 31 but seem to have relented somewhat since.
As I tuned by 15120, Sept 5 at 1301, Tony was about to list
frequencies, so I copied them: ``15120, 15360, 13760, 13680, 13780,
11760, 5965, 6000`` (and `audio real` which is really windows media,
pace Mr. Gates). Incredibly, the previous listing has been updated
two-three months after some significant changes were made. 5965 has
finally been added, but still lacking 11800, altho 12000 which it
replaced has finally been marked out! RHC still can`t get their act
together. Just to be sure: yes, 11800, always distorted is indeed on
at 1309 check, as it is quite reliably in the mornings now as well as
afternoons. But why would anyone listen to it instead of better
modulated 11760? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1477, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
RHC, 6010, Sept 6 at 0535 starting DXers Unlimited, VG signal but can
hear a bit of a squeal, i.e. hi-pitched and slightly varying. This is
what I was previously reporting occasionally also on other stations
including some WWCR frequencies, coming from their own transmitters
and not a het from an external source.
Cohetes from the DentroCuban Jamming Command against nothing on 9545,
Sept 6 at 1314, more than 6 sesquihours after R. República is through
with it at 0400.
It`s Sunday Sept 6 so time to check for Aló, Presidente, or anomalies
it causes, which I missed doing last week. At 1412 nothing transmitted
on 80% of the scheduled A,P channels, 11690, 12010, 13750 and 17750;
but 13680 had big signal and huge hum, wiggle that patchcord! And
trace of audio which was not // RHC mainstream frequencies such as
13780 which was normal in philately show. 13880 had the leapfrog
displaying both the hummer and the stamper.
Meanwhile weaker 13760 which should have been // an echo apart from
13780 was just open carrier. At 1429, 13680 still humming; 1443 now
fixed and // 13780 with mainstream, still nothing on the other A,P
channels. By final check at 1549, RHC 13760 back in biz // 11760 but
still no A,P and the only other Cuban frequency on the 22mb air was
13740 CRI relay in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. US ALLOWS AMERICANS TO PAY FOR SATELLITE RADIO AND
TV SERVICES FOR CUBANS
U.S. allows unlimited visits to relatives in Cuba --- WASHINGTON
(Reuters) – Americans with relatives in Cuba can send them unlimited
cash and visit the island as long and often as they would like under
new rules that fissured a nearly five-decade trade embargo on
Thursday.
The rules, made effective immediately by the U.S. Treasury Department,
fleshed out an announcement by President Barack Obama in April to ease
U.S. trade restrictions imposed on Cuba after Fidel Castro's leftist
revolution half a century ago...
The Commerce Department also eliminated a 44-pound limit on personal
baggage to Cuba and allows visitors to bring donated personal
communications devices such as mobile phone systems, computers,
software, satellite receivers and digital cameras...
The Treasury rules allow U.S. telecommunications companies to set up
fiber-optic cable and satellite links and enter into cell-phone
roaming service agreements with Cuba. They allow U.S. residents to pay
for satellite radio and television services provided to Cuban
individuals by third-country firms.
More at: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090903/us_nm/us_cuba_usa
(via Sergei S., IL, Sept 3, dxldyg via DXLD)
?? The US may allow it, but will the dictatorial, unelected defacto
paranoid Cuban government allow it? (gh, DXLD)
** DENMARK. Re: WMR Ilskov hardware location. Google Earth imagery.
Some high resolution place. VE Update - Google Earth V.5 historical
image.
Guys, why don't you ask me? I have no problem giving any information
as to the operation of the WMR transmitter site near Karup. What
exactly do you want to know? Photos? Dates when on air?
The postal address of the transmitter site was Gedhusvej 24, Ilskov,
Karup, Denmark - and from the first period from here, we were on the
air from that very farm house. However the transmitter operator wanted
the aerial to be moved some metres away from the house, and so the
aerial was moved I guess close to 100 metres to the other side of the
road.
There is absolutely nothing left now. The tx-operator died from cancer
almost one year ago, and everything was removed and is now in a
warehouse. Best 73s (Stig Hartvig Nielsen, Denmark, shortwavesites yg
Aug 31 via BC-DX Sept 5 via DXLD)
We have some further information about the now extinct radio station
and transmitter site of World Music Radio.
WMR used two antenna sites over its lifetime, but just the one
transmitter location. Essentially I count this as one site as the
antennas were moved only a matter of meters from the house.
Interesting that Stig mentions he would love to return the station to
air if he had sufficient funds. I'd certainly love to hear Denmark
back on the shortwave bands again.
Stig`s notes follow and I have posted three images up on the Yahoo
Group website of the antenna/s. Check out the images in PHOTO ALBUM
#10 (Denmark-Ilskov) (Ian Baxter, Australia, Sept 2, ibid.)
Address of first site: N 56 degr 15.311', E 09 degr 04.094'
Address of second site: N 56 degr 15.450', E 09 degr 04.211'
Both aerials are clearly visible on this (outdated) map:
<http://www.krak.dk/kort/>
Yes - first test broadcast on 15810 kHz was on May 9th 2004.
First test broadcast on 5815 was on May 18th 2004 at 1710 local time.
Test from first site ceased on July 5th 2004 at 0800 local time.
Resumed from second site mid-August 2004.
Silenced in a hurricane [sic] (39 m/sec in the area) on January 8th
2005. This really was the end of WMR (once again)
Later used for rebroadcasting 'Free Radio Service Holland' and
'Spaceshuttle Radio'. Last time on the air: June 15, 2008.
I ran out of money (having spent [$$$$$$$ ... Ed] on the project) so
had to stop it. But I would love to bring WMR back on the air if I had
sufficient amount of money (Stig Hartvig Nielsen, Denmark, ibid.)
DEN WMR Karup Ilskov in 2003year 5815 kHz 10 kW, 15810 kHz 500 watt
56 15 26.78 N 09 04 12.44 E
<http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&geocode=&q=56+15+26.78+N++09+04+12.44+E&sll=51.151786,10.415039&sspn=20.808164,57.084961&ie=UTF8&ll=56.257439,9.070123&spn=0.001122,0.003484&t=h&z=19>
ITU site file mentions also
;23-JUL-2004: add KRP Karup, DNK, 56N15 009E04
(Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 23, ibid.)
** ECUADOR [non]. Re 9-067: Corrección frecuencias Test HCJB.
Estimados, he recibido una comunicación de Esther Neufeld de la HCJB
en alemán (adjunta abajo) comunicándome un cambio en las frecuencias
que usarán para las transmisiones de prueba que llevarán a cabo del 7
al 11 de septiembre de 2009, que finalmente se llevarán a cabo así:
2300-2400 UT, 9865 kHz - alemán
0000-0100 UT, 11755 kHz - portugués
Lo que no me ha quedado claro es si serán hasta las 01 del 11 de
septiembre UT (21 horas del 10 de septiembre en Chile) o hasta las 01
del 12 de septiembre UT (21 horas del 11 de septiembre en Chile). Ya
le he pedido que ojalá nos lo pueda clarificar. Saludos (Eduardo
Peñailillo Barra, Editor DX, Boletín "Escuchas del Mundo", Comisión de
Radioescuchas de FEDERACHI, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.:
Estimado Sr. Eduardo Peñailillo, en esta mañana recibí la nota, de que
según los cálculos se alcanzará la audiencia alemana en el norte de
Argentina y al Sur del Brasil mejor en el 31 mB y CVC está dispuesto
de cambiar la programación alemana en la próxima semana a la
frecuencia 9865 kHz, mientras las en portugués quedarán en la 11755.
Muchas gracias! Saludando cordialmente, Esther [Neufeld]
"Just to let you know that, from our side, we are ready to carry out
the test transmissions for HCJB next week from September 7th to 11th.
We will use Antenna 6 and Transmitter 7 as follow:
2300-2400 UT, 9865 kHz
0000-0100 UT, 11755 kHz
(via Eduardo, WORLD OF RADIO 1477, ibid.)
** ECUADOR. Re 9-067, new HCJB Global website --- I can help you with
the website of the radio station: http://www.radiohcjb.org
No joke. This is Radio HCJB in Quito. Anything else can be found on
the websites of the responsible regions/offices.
First it would have to be asked where all the other broadcasts,
besides Spanish plus Indian languages, are being produced now. Only
for German we know for sure that the studio site is still Quito, and
perhaps it is not even the "real" HCJB studios anymore, since they
have moved their offices to another location.
When launching a new website at this point it certainly makes no sense
to still refer to a transmitter plant that will be dead and gone in
hardly more than three weeks. And I understand that Pifo will indeed
go dark on Sep 30 and that these vague, unspecific mentions of
Portuguese continuing on shortwave for the time being refer in fact to
transmissions from elsewhere as of Oct 1, with this other site in all
likelihood being Calera de Tango as we now know. The post-Pifo HCJB is
emerging... (Kai Ludwig, Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Yes, from there it`s one click to Onda Corta/Horarios de Transmision -
http://www.radiohcjb.org/images/anexos/programacionondacorta.xls
-- except it`s a Spanish-only program-only schedule, not a frequency
schedule, in huge 48 point font you have to mess around with to try to
read.
Of course it would make sense to refer to Pifo and its SW
transmissions until they finally go dark. They could always delete
that stuff from the new website once that happens; maybe it cannot
happen soon enough for them? (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1477, DXLD)
** ECUADOR [non]. EQUADOR – 30 de setembro. Esta é a data em que a
HCJB Global deixará de transmitr em ondas curtas. A emissora enfrenta
problemas financeiros e o seu parque de transmissores, localizado em
Pifo, será derrubado para dar lugar ao aeroporto de Quito. Conforme a
programação em português da emissora, o escritório localizado em
Curitiba (PR) é autônomo e continuará produzindo sua programação
normalmente. O escritório está procurando uma emissora parceira, de
preferência em ondas curtas, para alugar espaços. Enquanto isso não
ocorre, a emissora poderá ser ouvida sempre via Internet e em algumas
emissoras de FM e AM do Brasil que retransmitem sua programação (Célio
Romais blog 31 Aug via DXLD)
** ECUADOR. Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa announced Aug 29 he is
seeking to definitively shut down a private television station that he
accused of "espionage" on his office. The station Teleamazonas, a
private broadcaster that has been critical of Correa and his
government, has already been fined multiple times for breaking
broadcasting law, notably for reporting opposition charges of voter
fraud during April's general elections. This week the station
broadcast a secretly recorded conversation between Correa and a Quito
lawmaker -- seemingly the last straw for Correa, who has sought the
station's closure for months (AFP, Aug 30 via DSWCI DX Window Sept 4
via DXLD)
Teleamazonas was originally put on the air by HCJB. Today it is a
secular station under different ownership, however its call letters
are still HCJB. It is located just about a block from where we used to
live (Kenneth D. MacHarg, missionary journalist, San José, Costa Rica
via Don Moore in Dxplorer, ibid.)
** ERITREA / ETHIOPIA. Rumen Pankov reports on the ongoing radio war
between these countries. The situation is rather complicated, but
Rumen summarises it as follows:
1, Eritrea`s domestic service (VOBME) is on 7175 and 7210
2, Ethiopia`s external service is on 7165, 9561 and national service
on 5990, 7110, 9704, plus Fana and Tigray
3, One or more stations in vernaculars with name/names featuring the
word ``Democracy`` are using up to three frequencies, i.e. 7165, 7175
and 9561 (previously on 8000 kHz) from approx 1600 UT
4, Jammers of Soviet old type are transmitting ``white noise``
5, 7110 kHz is often off the air when the above ``Democracy`` program
is being broadcast
6, When ``Democracy`` is broadcast, Eritrea is not heard on 7175
7, ``Democracy`` is probably from Eritrea and mainly broadcast on 7165
at the same times as R. Ethiopia`s ES is in English and French (i.e.
1600-1800).
The observations go on! 73 (Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria, 20 August, Sept
BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD)
** ERITREA [non]. CLANDESTINE: 7165, Voice of Eritrea, via R Ethiopia,
*1800-1805, Sep 01, Tigrinya IDs "Dimts Ertran" and music from the
Horn of Africa, 34333 (Patrick Robic, Leibnitz, Austria, DSWCI DX
Window Sept 4 via DXLD) New time! (Anker Petersen, Ed., ibid.)
** ERITREA [non]. CLANDESTINE; 15350, Voice of Meselna Delina, via
Samara, *1732-1758*, Aug 18, Tigrinya, reports about Eritrea, Horn of
Africa music, ID "Dimts Meselna Delina" just before s/off, 45444
(Patrick Robic, Leibnitz, Austria, DSWCI DX Window Sept 4 via DXLD)
** ETHIOPIA. 6090, Amhara State Radio, 0257, 2nd of September, with
interval signal and opening announcement at 0300. Until 0257 on this
frequency only Anguilla carrying the English programme from
"University Network" was heard. Then at 0258 the drums of the interval
signal of Radio Nigeria [q.v.], Kaduna were starting. Ethiopia seems
to be a country that rediscovered shortwave. There was no DRM
interference at this time. Btw. in the 70ies and 80ies, 6090 kHz was a
frequency like many others in the 49m band blocked by European
stations, especially by Radio Luxemburg (Erich Bergmann, Germany,
wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 3 via WORLD OF RADIO 1477, DXLD)
** EUROPE. According to QSL letters from Radio Amica [7550], the power
is 1 kW, antenna was originally a quarter wave vertical, now an
inverted V. (Shortwavedx.blogspot.com)
Laser Hot Hits 4025 relay was raided on July 30 by the authorities. As
a result, we will not be on shortwave in the near future. We are
considering future plans and may be able return on lower power
(Station via Shortwavedx.blogspot.com via Sept World DX Club Contact
via DXLD)
** FINLAND. Scandinavian Weekend Radio logs for their monthly 24-hour
broadcast first Saturday of August:
6170, 2056 7 Aug, tuning signal in background, // 11720, SIO 211; at
2132 in Finnish, records // 11720. In clear but 6175 splatter, SIO 233
(Alan Pennington, England, Sept BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD)
11690, 1402 8 August, ID, Madonna - Vogue, Rick Astley mixed, Sade,
strong, SIO 555 (Jouke van der Galien, Assen, Netherlands, ibid.)
11690, 2016 8 August, rock `n` roll music, DJ in Finnish, SIO 242
(Sergej Rogov, London N4, ibid.)
11720, 1356 8 August till 1400 then switched to 11690, Finnish; also
1648 4 July, ``From the town of Virrat, this is SWR`` (Jouke van der
Galien, Assen, Netherlands, ibid.)
11720, 2052 7 Aug, tuning signal, English IDs said ``test
transmission, sign-on 2100, SIO 233 (Dave Kenny, England, ibid.)
11720, 2054 7 August, tuning sig, announcements // 6170, rock music,
Finnish, SIO 343 (Alan Pennington, ibid.)
Good to fair reception of SWR Finland at 1358 UT in Hull on 11690 kHz.
Signal is nearly S7. Some deep fading and noisy band conditions
though. Currently playing "Wonderwall" by Oasis (Russ Cummings, UK,
AOR 7030+, 60ft long wire, Sept 5, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)
** FRANCE. STRIKE AT RFI STARTS AGAIN --- RFI 3 September 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actuen/articles/117/article_5004.asp
Radio France Internationale's strike against layoffs resumed on
Tuesday after a break over the summer. A mass meeting of employees
voted 94-eight, with 22 abstentions, to start industrial action again.
Strike leaders reported to Tuesday's meeting that negotiations with
management the previous day had proved fruitless, accusing the bosses
of refusing to drop a redundancy plan which would mean 22 per cent of
the workforce leaving.
On Wednesday strike leaders wrote to Labour Minister Xavier Darcos
protesting that the station is the only public-sector company with a
redundancies plan.
They claim that the plan contradicts President Nicolas Sarkozy's
recent declaration on television that "everything possible should be
done to avoid redundancies".
The strike, which began on 22 May, involves selective action by key
staff which leads to the disruption of certain broadcasts. It is the
longest public broadcasting strike since the 1968 general strike.
Management claims that the plan, which involves the closure of several
language services and departures in others, is necessary to
"modernise" the station (via Mike Terry, Sept 4, dxldyg via DXLD)
** GABON. 9580, Africa #1; 2128-2150+, 2-Sep; M in French with
pop/soul/oldies; all instrumentals; fewer IDs than usual. SIO=443+,
clip-clop & bubbler QRM off/on. Checked 15475 & 17630 a few times
earlier in the day & not heard (Harold Frodge, MI, Cumbre DX via DXLD)
** GERMANY. ``This is Radio Bremen`` is a feature about ``the American
years`` 1945-1949, when the station was run by Americans in the
postwar occupation. It seems audio archives still exist. This
Programm-Tipp in the June issue of Radio Journal led us to find the
Radio Bremen page about it which includes audio link of 53 minutes.
The programm in German includes a number of clips in Englisch, the
first one at 6:35+; also at :16 with an ancient scratchy recording of
the bilingual ID and simple IS of chimes; more English around :22-:25,
:28-, etc.
http://www.radiobremen.de/nordwestradio/sendungen/feature/kalender106_date-20090729.html
WTFK? We don`t find out till the very end hearing its final ID before
being returned to the Germans, 499 metres = 609 or 601? kHz, long gone
now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** HAWAII. "That's why people think China is jamming the signals."
HAWAII STATION PICKS UP CHINESE STATE-RUN RADIO
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Sep 04, 2009
http://www.starbulletin.com/business/20090904_Hawaii_station_picks_up_Chinese_state-run_radio.html
Ni hao! (Salutations!) --- Chinese state-run radio officially was
presented to Honolulu at a luncheon at the Plaza Club yesterday,
though it has been on the air since July 1.
Programming from Beijing-based China Radio International in Chinese,
English, Korean and Japanese airs 24 hours a day on KHCM-AM 880 under
an agreement between station licensee Salem Communications Corp. and
R&C Productions Inc., both of California.
CRI was introduced to attendees through a slick video that described
its Dec. 3, 1941, founding and its expansion to television
broadcasting, newspaper and periodical publication and online and
mobile platforms. The network has gone from broadcasting via shortwave
to other countries via local AM and FM radio stations since 2006.
CRI's mission of introducing China to the world "and vice versa" to
"report world affairs to the world so as to enhance understanding and
friendship between the peoples of China and other countries" was
echoed by Vice President Wang Yunpeng, who received congratulatory
certificates from California state Sen. Bob Huff, San Gabriel Mayor
Juli Costanzo and Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann.
Deputy Corporation Counsel Donna Woo read his statement: "This 24-hour
radio station means the Chinese community here in Hawaii can now enjoy
the comprehensive coverage of Asia's leading international
broadcaster."
CRI differs from American news organizations most notably in that it
is controlled by China's communist government, but, Wang said, through
interpreter Xiaohong Lu, "after 30 years of opening up and reform in
China, we are still in a learning process. We are trying to learn from
the Western countries. Our media is run by the law, and we have our
principals that we ... (describe as) the Chinese standard with a
global vision and cultural respect.
"Our reporters will act in the interest of our country. ... The
reports will reflect the national interest. For example, we strongly
condemn the separatist activities by those organizations or different
parties, but most of our reporters have their own perspectives in
expressing or explaining China issues and world issues, as well."
The Chinese government jams foreign broadcasters' transmissions to
keep them from its citizens, according to broadcast historian Brock
Whaley, but Wang said Voice of America broadcasts can be heard in
China.
A special CRI team uses advanced facilities to receive the BBC and
other foreign shortwave broadcasts, "so we are able to track down what
they're talking about, but perhaps ordinary people do not have these
facilities," Wang said.
Chung added, "That's why people think China is jamming the signals."
The CRI shows on KHCM include news, business, music, cultural and
Chinese language instruction and are listed on the station's Web site.
"It's not intensely political," said Michael Reichert, Salem vice
president of operations, who attended the luncheon.
Primarily known as a broadcaster of Christian and conservative
programming, Salem "is in the business of selling time" and has never
had a complaint about the multiethnic programs, said Radio Division
President Joe Davis. It also sells time to ministries who decry
China's persecution of Christian missionaries and believers, but
Reichert said China has "let missionaries come in ... and build
churches."
"I think the more we can start working together, the more we're going
to have an opportunity to get our word out in China, so I think this
might be a good inroad to that," Reichert said.
ON THE NET:
» http://english.cri.cn
» http://www.salem.cc/RadioStations.aspx
Erika Engle is a reporter with the Star-Bulletin.
(via Brock Whaley, HI, DXLD)
I heard a soundbite on CRI just yesterday in which the speaker was
defending the Chinese political system - person said the Chinese
citizens benefit from a government that can engage in more effective
long-term planning without the sort of interruptions caused by
elections (tom roche, GA, ibid.)
** INDIA. 9425, AIR National Channel, Sept 5 at 1432 with news in
English, a bit of weather, 1435 back into Hindi ad, Akashvani ID, 1437
dead air, music past 1439, no more English since it`s Saturday, but
there is on other days; fair even on kitchen table DX-390 with reelout
inside antenna (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 4925, Radio Jambi at 1840 UT. Ich hoere an meinen
Geraetschaften zwar nichts, aber Roland Schulze zeigt den Empfang aus
INS um 1840 UT an, mit Drake R-8 and ALA1530ssb version.
[later] Roland Schulze wohnt hier in Stuttgart nur 2.5 Kilometer von
mir entfernt. Es kommt bei solchen 60 mb Empfaengen eher auf die
Antenne an. Die ist bei Roland in diesem Fall eine ALA1530 von Firma
SSB - Import aus UK, in ruhiger Wohngegend.
WB: Ich hoere dagegen hier zur gleichen Empfangszeit mit dem Eton E1
und Langdraht nur ein sehr duennes Traegerchen bei -80 dB noise floor,
auch SYNC hilft da nicht weiter (Roland Schulze-D via wb, A-DX Sep 1
via BCDX Sept 5 via DXLD)
Auch hier sehr schwach um 1910 UT: Qur`an songs und male Bahasa
Indonesia Ansager (Max van Arnhem-HOL, A-DX Sept 1, ibid.)
Re: 4925 R Jambi INS. Ich bin gerade (1945 UT) heimgekommen und finde
die Station hier mit S8 und starker Modulation vor. Abgesehen von
gewittrigen Stoerungen eigentlich recht "hoerbar". Gestern ging sie
ebenso bis um 2100 UT (Albert Kosnopfel-D DK8OK, Perseus, FD-4 ant, A-
DX Sept 1, ibid.)
I can't remember who, but someone thought 4925 kHz was on a new or
refurbished transmitter. I agree 100%, as it`s nice and strong, noted
1400 UT with strong signals but still can't get away over here from
Chennai, India 4920 kHz which is end pegging the needle (Victor
Goonetilleke-CLN 4S7VK, DXplorer Sept 2 via BC-DX Sept 5 via DXLD)
Remember Jambi is on Sumatera, unlike the other remaining active RRI
60m stations, so favors points westward more than eastward. On early
at 1840 is of course due to Ramadan, and to resume later normal sign
on afterwards (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
4925.02, RRI Jambi, *2155-2335, Aug 12, 15, 18 and 30, popular
Indonesian songs, 2259 Song of the Coconut Islands IS, news and
reports in Bahasa Indonesia, pop songs and ID 2330: “lagi Indonesia
Jambi..”, regional news, 24232, Heterodyne (Giampiero Bernardini,
Italy; Anker Petersen, Denmark, and Roland Schulze, Germany, DSWCI DX
Window Sept 4 via DXLD) Merged reports so it is impossible to unravel
who heard what when (gh, DXLD)
Also heard early during Ramadan 1905-1915, Sep 01, Qur`an songs, talk
in Bahasa Indonesia, 25332 (Max Van Arnhem, Netherlands, ibid.)
** IRAN. IRIB Mashhad site. Not sure if my eyes are deceiving me or
resolution isn't that good, BUT it appears as if the Iranian IRIB SW
site of Mashhad has been decommissioned, that is to say that the
antenna arrays/masts have been removed. The transmitter building
remains. 36 21 03 N 59 30 33 E (Alan Davies, Thailand, wb,
shortwavesites yg Aug 29 via BC-DX Sept 5 via DXLD)
IRN Mashad 500 kW, 2 antennas x 75 mb 3985 right, 6025 kHz upperleft,
15125 kHz lower left.
yes - really - taken away from the nearby suburb area.
6025 and 15125 kHz services ceased now.
The local Mashad programs moved to Kamalabad and Zahedan site, like
3945 kHz 500 kW. But this site is also surrounded by Zahedan suburbs.
2 x 75 mb antennas at steep angle
29 28 34.56 N, 60 51 50.01 E
29 28 29.76 N, 60 51 58.97 E
and two deep fountain angle antennas at Kamalabad too
35 49 57.83 N, 50 52 14.71 E
35 49 49.86 N, 50 52 13.73 E
Only 3985 kHz night program appears still registered via Mashad. But
that's - maybe - a wooden registration, supposed to be either Zahedan
or Kamalabad in use instead?
MAS 6025 kHz appeared last time in A-08 summer season.
MAS 15125 kHz appeared last time in B-07 winter season.
http://www.tdp.info/irn.html mentions BBC transmitter from Switzerland
in 1986 (Wolfgang Buschel, Aug 29, ibid.)
** IRELAND [non]. RTÉ will use these shortwave frequencies to relay
their coverage of the All-Ireland Finals this year:
Sun 6 September - All-Ireland Hurling Final from Croke Park, Dublin
Sun 20 September - All-Ireland Gaelic Football Final from Croke Park,
Dublin (both matches start ("throw-in") at 3.30pm Irish time (1430 UT)
from http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/aif_radio.html
(UT times added)
SHORTWAVE FREQUENCIES FOR AFRICA
Both Finals throw in at 3.30pm Irish Time
Coverage area Frequencies Time (Irish) Time (UT)
Southern Africa 7265 kHz 2 pm - 6 pm 1300-1700
East Africa 17505 kHz 2 pm - 6 pm 1300-1700
West Africa 12050 kHz 3.30 pm - 5.30 pm 1430-1630
These services are part of RTÉ's continued commitment to Irish people
overseas and, over the years, has proven especially popular with those
in geographically or technically isolated areas.
Full details of FM, Longwave 252, Satellite and Internet coverage are
also on this page:
http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/aif_radio.html
(Alan Pennington, UK, Sept 4, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1477, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
SW sites? Lotsa luck finding out. 17 and 12 could be UK (gh, DXLD)
** IRELAND [non]. Looked for RTE special Sunday Sept 6 at 1547 as
scheduled on 12050, 17705 from unknown sites to Africa, but could not
hear anything. However, S. Hasegawa of NDXC in Japan tells DXLD that
at 1505 they both were carrying RCI English instead of RTE1! For a
once-a-year highly-anticipated live sporting special, they`d better
get it right on the first and only try. This would have been the All-
Ireland Hurling Final. Did any of it air on SW? If he was hearing
17505 at midnight in Japan, more likely from a southern site like
Meyerton or Ascension than over hi-latitude path from UK.
Same schedule is however in store one fortnight hence on Sept 20 for
the All-Ireland Gaelic Football Final: 1300-1700 on 17505 to EAf,
1430-1630 on 12050 to WAf (and also 13-17 on 7265 to SAf) per advance
info Alan Pennington posted to the dxldyg (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** KALININGRAD. For NASWA QSL country counting. - QSL Navy
Kaliningrad. RMP - Navy Kaliningrad bestaetigte einen Empfangsbericht
mit unterschriebener und abgestempelter PPC, sowie einem Aufnaeher der
Nordmeer-Flotte innerhalb von 32 Tagen. Adresse war die gleiche, die
vor einigen Wochen hier in der Liste genannt wurde:
Lt. Comm. Igor Burik
3-54 Ynalova ul.
Kaliningrad 236000, Russia
(Patrick Robic, Austria, A-DX Sept 2 via BC-DX Sept 5 via DXLD)
?? WTFK? Surely utility, not broadcast, and off-topic for NASWA SWBC-
only country/QSL counting (gh, DXLD)
** KASHMIR. See PAKISTAN
** KOREA NORTH [and non]. Re my previous report of the clandestines
jammed on 6003, 6518 and 6600, as an aside to the QRM caused to Habana
6000 --- I confused two `different` stations, now suffering the same
kind of noise jamming.
As in WRTH 2009, the one on 6003 is Echo of Hope, also on 3985 and
6348. 6348 only has a different jamming sound; it used to be whoop-
whoop but now it`s more like a clatter, Sept 6 at 1252, with a bit of
music audible underneath.
And the one on 3912, 6518 and 6600 is Voice of the People. They are
surely closely related, in fact both run by the ROK national
intelligence service, WRTH says, all transmitted from Gyeonggi-do
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA SOUTH [non]. KBS World Radio, 9650 via Canada, Saturday Sept
5 toward the end of Worldwide Friendship, Kevin O`Donovan`s Listening
Tips from Farmington NM at 1252-1255 concluded saying he would be
posting the scripts on the KBS messageboard. We found that at
http://world.kbs.co.kr/english/radio/info/message_list.htm
but his latest one was not yet there; previous ones are down the list
from jazzkevin. Unfortunately, no one is keeping out pornspam but
easily avoided from garbled senders. It seems KBS is not savvy about
how to run a website, also having published full e-mail addresses of
contest winners. Board does include weekly English program previews,
very sketchy like given on air after Kevin, but better than nothing,
such as:
``Preview for the second week of September
Monday’s Business Watch looks at the Sangam World Cup Park, where the
new environment-friendly hydrogen station will be built.
On Tuesday’s Traveling Korea, listeners will be able to get an
overview of the Global Fair and Festival 2009 Incheon.
On Wednesday Culture on the Move will take you on a tour of the
Children’s Museum, a part of the National Museum of Korea.
It’s going to be a week of interesting and informative programs, so
don’t forget to tune in!`` (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KURDISTAN. CLANDESTINE, 4789.96, Voice of Iranian Kurdistan, Iraq
(p), 0245-0300, Aug 20, Kurdish (presumed) talk and song, 33333
heterodyne and jamming (Anker Petersen, Skovlunde, Denmark, DSWCI DX
Window Sept 4 via DXLD)
** LAOS. 7145/6130 --- I thought I sent a report to say Lao External
service was off 7145 kHz on the 31st evening, I mean 1300+ UT.
However, noted back normally yesterday the 1st of Sept. Also heard
well 6130 kHz till 1500 UT (Victor Goonetilleke, Sri Lanka, 4S7VK,
DXplorer Sept 2 via BC-DX Sept 5 via DXLD)
** MALI. Radio Mali`s occasional Saturday broadcast in English ---
confirmed on 5995, 1 August at 1905 UT tune-in. Reception very
difficult underneath co-channel BBCWS; only the occasional words were
audible but enough to confirm it was Mali in English, with reggae
music in between the news items. I haven`t seen any reports of this
weekly English broadcast form Mali for a long time, so have been
trying to confirm it here for several weeks. When checked two weeks
later, on 16 August at the same time, programming was in French (Dave
Kenny, Berks., Sept BDXC-UK Communication via WORLD OF RADIO 1477,
DXLD) WRTH says Sat 1905-1920 (gh)
** MOROCCO [and non]. Hi Glenn, I didn't have to much time for
monitoring as I'm converting my ham Radio logbook of over 30000 QSO's
from DOS to Windows.
AUSTRALIA/MOROCCO: As I am writing this, September 6th at 1211, there
is a strong heterodyne of 1000 Hz on 15340 kHz where HCJB Australia
signs on 1200 in Malay while RTV du Maroc is on 15341 kHz in Arabic to
North Africa, both producing a signal of about S 4. 73s and good
Sunday (Robert Foerster, Germany, WORLD OF RADIO 1477, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. 6025, Nigeria, Enugu. Definitely off the air! (Rolf
Lovstrom, Norway, DXpedition at a hotel on the beach of Lake
Tanganyika in Burundi on my Sony 7600 with 10 metres of external
antenna, early August, DSWCI DX Window Sept 4 via DXLD)
** NIGERIA. Glenn, I have not heard Radio Nigeria Enugu (6025) at all
for a long time and still am not hearing them. If they are on I would
expect to be able to hear them. I've just read your comment in DXLD 9-
066 and I agree that it is unlikely (though not impossible) that Enugu
would be carrying Ramadan programming. So probably it is Iran.
As I have probably indicated previously, the only domestic SW stations
from Nigeria that seem to be on the air now are the two services from
Kaduna. The Hausa service on 6090 is fairly reliable while the English
(and other languages) channel on 4770 is a little intermittent. I have
not observed either with extended hours for Ramadan.
Yes, I am not a night-time DXer, so all I can report in addition is
that I have noticed a MW "local" (1008, Radio Niger Kontagora) that
has extended its very limited daytime hours. But if I make any
interesting observations, I'll let you know. With best wishes from:
(James MacDonell, Kagara, Niger State, Nigeria, Sept 4, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
6090 (slight deviation), Radio Nigeria, Kaduna 0258, 2nd of September,
the drums of the interval signal were starting and producing
interference to Amhara State Radio from Ethiopia [q.v.]. According to
WRTH 2009 the start of broadcast is listed at 0430. About two weeks
ago I didn't hear Kaduna at this time so this earlier beginning of
broadcast maybe due to Ramadan (Erich Bergmann, Germany, Sept 3, wwdxc
BC-DX TopNews Sept 5 via WORLD OF RADIO 1477, DXLD)
6090, Anguilla missing a second night, Sept 6 at 0545 so I could hear
some weak chanting, likely FRCN Kaduna, as it normally puts a het on
Caribeacon around this time (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1477, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
6089.85. Radio Nigeria, 2050-2319*, Sept 4, vernacular talk, local
tribal music. Qur'an. Possible religious talk. Fair to good signal but
Brazil’s Radio Bandeirantes 6089.95 started to fade-in around 2215 and
both Nigeria & Brazil were in at equal level by 2235. Nigeria signed
off at 2319 leaving Brazil in the clear. No sign of Anguilla. Anguilla
usually signs on around 2210. Anguilla 6090 off the air as I type this
at 2355, Sept 4, leaving the frequency available for other stations
(Brian Alexander, PA, WORLD OF RADIO 1477, DX Listening Digest)
** OKLAHOMA. A full-page ad in shades of blue appeared in the Sept 3
Enid Eagle, text of which is reproduced here:
``KXOK 32 cable channel 18 - Local Channel 32
[no mention of RF 31 digital!]
KXOK - Enid`s ONLY Local Television Station Is Launching an All New
Format . . .
Look for new programming to include:
Real Estate
Entertainment
Dining Experience
Family Activities
and
The Next Face of Enid [italix]
Enid`s ONLY Local Television Station is looking for
a TV Personality
~ It Could Be You ~
The Winner will receive a position at KXOK – Salary Included!
All entries are due by September 27th at 6 pm. Send you video entries
to 114 E. Broadway, Ste 1500, Enid, OK 73701
OR
Register in person at our KIOSK in the mall near
JCPenney`s on Labor Day -
OUR GRAND OPENING
Your videos will be aired on KXOK throughout the month.
Our broadcast judges will pick the final 10 who will
be announced during our Grand Launch, Thursday, October 1st, at 7 pm.
Enid will vote for the winners during our live programming.``
KXOK has gone thru several incarnations, none of them of any note,
beyond managing to stay on the air, mostly with infomercials, plugging
in to minor networks such as Sportsmens, America One, etc.; for a
while its big thing was auxions. Genuine local news coverage is beyond
it, and it seems there are no plans for that. Its studio was once
right across from JCP in the mall, not a mere kiosk, in the meantime
occupied by the Cherokee Strip Museum temporary space while its main
facility is being rebuilt (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PAKISTAN. RADIO PAKISTAN RESUMES BALTI/SHINA PROGRAMMES TO NORTHERN
AREAS | Text of report by official news agency Associated Press of
Pakistan (APP); as received throughout Skardo, Sept 4
[Times Atlas spells it Skardu; small town NE of Srinagar further up in
the Himalayas; WRTH 2009 has R. Pakistan, Skardu under PAKISTAN with
10 kW on 1557 kHz --- gh]
(APP): Radio Pakistan Rawalpindi-3 has started Balti/Shina programmes
again from its transmission from Sept 1 to facilitate the listeners of
far-flung areas of the country as well as occupied Balti speaking
areas of Srinagar, Kargil and Ledakh [sic] region of occupied J and K
[Jammu and Kashmir]. The Programmes are being broadcast on Shortwave-
7470 K.Hs [sic] because Shortwave is very useful and can be listened
during day and night without any disturbance.
Balti programme is being broadcast from 10.45 am to 11.30 am while
Shina is being broadcast from 11.30 pm to 12.00 noon every day.
[UT +6 in effect until Sunday Nov 1, says timeanddate.com = 0445-0530
and 0530-0600 UT respectively --- gh]
People belonging to all walks of life in Baltistan Region (Skardo and
Ghangche districts of Siachan and Kargil sectors of the country)
thanked the Director General PBC Ghulam Murtaza Solangi for his
personal interest in this regard. He demanded of the Director General
PBC to issue immediate and special instructions to the respective
engineering sector of PBC to install Shortwave transmitter (100 kW) at
Radio Pakistan Skardo to air the programmes for Kargil, Ledakh and
Srinagar and also to facilitate the people of far-flung areas of
Gilgit and Baltistan.
It may be mentioned here that the present Medium Wave transmitter of
Radio Pakistan Skardo is not able to air the programmes for not more
than 20 miles during day time while at least 50 miles at night time
while it is an outstanding demand of the people of Baltistan to
enhance the power of Radio Pakistan Skardo with addition of 100
Kilowat Shortwave transmitter of 100/Medium wave transmitter at Radio
Pakistan Skardo. Source: Associated Press of Pakistan news agency,
Islamabad, in English 0801 gmt 4 Sep 09 (via BBCM via WORLD OF RADIO
1477, DXLD)
** RUSSIA. 12065, Sept 5 at 1331, carillon, 1333 announcement, pauses,
intonation sounds Swedish, more bells; then lots of different bell and
percussion sounds. All references show this hour is supposed to be VOR
via Chita in English to SE Asia. If it was really in English, that
never clicked in due to poor signal. VOR program grid at
http://www.ruvr.ru/main.php?lng=eng&w=225&p=
fittingly shows Music & Musicians during the entire 13-14 hour on
Saturdays.
15605, good signal Sept 5 at 1355, VOR with nice Hindi song, 1359 ID
and IS, 1400 switch to English, news, 1408 News & Views of Medvedev.
It takes a good day for VOR to be listenable at this hour in CNAm,
target area opposite worldside from Moscow site, poor second being
9850 Samara sometimes audible, so we hope there will be more, autumnly
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SERBIA [non]. BOSNIA/SERBIA, 12200 harmonic, Radio Serbia
International, Bijeljina, 6100 kHz, Englisch, produziert eine stark
hoerbare Oberwelle auf 12200 kHz. 2115 UT, mehrere Empfaenger. 12200
kHz ist nahe der MUF: Starkes QSB bis zur Unhoerbarkeit (Albert
Kosnopfel, Germany, Septe 3, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 5 via WORLD OF
RADIO 1477, DXLD)
** SIERRA LEONE [non]. 15220, Cotton Tree News via Rampisham, 0730 16
August, news in English, faded out rapidly, SIO 242 (Alan Roe, Middx,
Sept BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) also 0733 23 July, news in
English, SIO 333 (Richard Thurlow, Suffolk, ibid.)
Really too high frequency for much chance of hearage in NAm
nightmiddle; hope they descend lower winterly, and/or preferably back
to Ascension site (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
** SOMALIA. 3980, R. Hage, Galkayo: not audible (Rolf Lovstrom,
Norway, DXpedition at a hotel on the beach of Lake Tanganyika in
Burundi on my Sony 7600 with 10 metres of external antenna, early
August, DSWCI DX Window Sept 4 via DXLD) What about 6915?
** SOMALIA [non]. CLANDESTINE: 7175, R Freedom, via Asmara, 1701-
1729*, Sep 01, Somali, Holy Qur´an, ID: "Halkani wa Radio Xoriyo ...
Somali", long reports about Somalia and Afghanistan. Jammed by a DRM-
like signal 1705-1711, 1717-1719 and for about 5-10 seconds at some
other times, O=2-3. According to the Website of the Alliance for the
Re-Liberation of Somalia http://www.xornimo.org it is "Radio Xornimo"
and not "Radio Xoriyo" (Patrick Robic, Leibnitz, Austria, DSWCI DX
Window Sept 4 via DXLD)
** SOMALILAND. A reminder that R. Hargeisa, Somaliland, was reported
staying on late for Ramadan, 7145 past 2000. This might possiblize it
in eastern North America, depending on how much later it stay on and
if the hams relent. Since it`s Saturday, perhaps more people can look
for it, also where more easily heard in Europe to determine sign-off
time (if any). (Glenn Hauser, early UT Sept 5, dxldyg via WORLD OF
RADIO 1477, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. Brother Scare`s Sabbath via: 9385 WWRB, Sept
5 at 1421 screaming ``you`re stupid!``, to a chorus of murmured amens
from his psychophants. When he screams, WWRB overmodulates and
splatters more than usual; don`t they have any limiting? So on this
occasion, 9395-9400 area has WWRB splash instead of WTJC-9370 spurs
which are absent for the moment.
Then checked // B.S. frequencies to see how they matched, as
approximately timed: 15420 WBCQ 16 seconds behind 9385. 13845 WWCR 3
seconds ahead of 9385. Later at 1530, DTK 17485 joined B.S. in
progress, and it was 3 seconds behind 9385. So rearranged into time
order:
1, WWCR 13845
2, WWRB 9385 delayed 3 sex
3, DTK Jülich 17485 delayed another 3 sex
3, WBCQ 15420 delayed another 13 sex
17485 probably started at scheduled 1500, and another anomaly, no R.
Prague clash audible after 1530; have they moved? (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN [non]. 9650 at 1900 18 Aug, R. Sawa, USA, program in Arabic
// MW 1548. 1915 news // other SW and MW channels, e.g. 9650, 990,
1170, 1431, 1548 (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, Sept BDXC-UK
Communication via DXLD)
Did they really ID as R. Sawa? This is rather the sub-service, Affia
Darfur = Hello Darfur at 1900-1930, 250 kW, 150 degrees via
Wertachtal, GERMANY, per Aoki (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN [non]. via Slovakia. 15650, 101 Miraya FM, *1458-1514, Sept
4, sign on with Africa music. Time pips at 1501 & English news about
Sudan’s upcoming elections & violence in Sudan. Gave website as
“www.mirayafm.org”. Several canned IDs at 1510 as “101 Miraya FM”.
Into Arabic talk at 1511 (Brian Alexander, PA, DX Listening Digest)
** UGANDA. 4750, R Dunamis audible every evening from about 1600 UT.
One night there was co-channel interference from another station: R
Peace, Sudan?? (Rolf Lovstrom, Norway, DXpedition at a hotel on the
beach of Lake Tanganyika in Burundi on my Sony 7600 with 10 metres of
external antenna, early August, DSWCI DX Window Sept 4 via DXLD)
** U K [non]. 13855, B-B-C- chimes at 1257 Sept 5, 1259 opening in
Uzbek mentioning bbcuzbek.com, timesignal and BBC news sounder which
it seems crosses all language boundaries, fair signal. This is 500 kW,
62 degrees from Rampisham at 1300-1330. No jamming audible as on
previous occasions; the ChiCom do jam this service as a courtesy to
their own oppressed DentroUzbex, or related Turkic ethnix, such as
Uighurs who can understand it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 12005, Sept 5 at 1326, good signal with strumming and
talking, first guess in Turkish; 1329 interrupted by news about Gordon
Brown; by 1342 lite CODAR QRM which could be heard as low as 11980 vs
CRI. Looked up later in Aoki, it`s R. Liberty in Kazakh, a Turkic
language, 13-14, 250 kW, 348 degrees from Iranawila, SRI LANKA and
also USward (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DGIEST)
** U S A. 5109.9 AM+USB, WBCQ Monticello, 0009 14 August, Glenn
Hauser`s World of Radio, SIO 354 (Alan Pennington, England, Sept BDXC-
UK Communication via WORLD OF RADIO 1477, DXLD) UT Fridays. Glad to
know it`s doing so well off the back for the UK latie (gh, DXLD)
** U S A. WWCR test on 15820: Squeal was still heard on USB on 15820,
but was not present on the lower side band when I checked on 20 August
(Dave Kenny, England, Sept BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD)
We really need a slightly more precise term than `squeal`, mainly
whether it is a heterodyne from an external, probably utility
transmitter, or internal from WWCR itself as I had thought (gh, DXLD)
In time for this week`s WORLD OF RADIO, WWCR-1 back on 15825, ex-2+
weeks of experimenting with 15820, Friday Sept 4 at 2037 check; JBA
without any Es enhancement so all I could do was recognize me, not
confirm it was new #1476, but surely it was. Still on 15825 Sept 5
morning.
BTW, JBA means just barely audible. I am not going to explain it every
time I use it, or there would be no point in the abbr. Credit to Bob
Thomas, Connecticut who came up with this usefully descriptive
initialism, altho it means about the same as very poor reception
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1477, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
12160, WWCR, 1639 1 August, Glenn Hauser, World of Radio, SIO 243
(Dave Kenny, England, Sept BDXC-UK Communication via WORLD OF RADIO
1477, DXLD) Saturday. Lucky you; it was JBA here Sept 5 (gh, OK, DXLD)
** U S A. 12160, the out-of-band frequency pioneered by WWCR, now has
a new occupant: WEWN, since WWCR-3 abandoned it before 1600 to use
7490 instead.
WEWN English had been on 11530 until Sept 3, and we had to keep
complaining about the dirty spurs accompanying it on 11520 and 11540,
as well as the leapfrog mixing product with Spanish 11550 landing on
11510. Possibly they got the message and/or some victim broadcaster
complained, since suddenly Sept 4 at 1258 we find WEWN on 12160
instead --- and without the spurs!
Have they really been eliminated along with the QSY? This may be
coincidental, so further chex of the same transmitter on other
frequencies at other times will be needed. Or rather, all three
transmitters, as they could have been swapped around, but for now, no
spurs either accompanying the Spanish channels. Whatever happened to
the fourth transmitter? Is it still in service, even tho only three
frequencies are ever used at once? Or a rich source of spare parts?
1259 English ID on 12160 gave the new frequency already; meanwhile,
Spanish was still on 11550 and 12050.
The WEWN website frequency schedule http://www.ewtn.com/radio/freq.htm
altho still dated effective starting March 29! also has been amended
to show 12160 at 12-15, but strangely, each hour`s entry for this
frequency only, has next to it a previous hour, ``11, 12 and 13``; so
does it start at 11 or 12 and does it end at 14 or 15?
Answer: the latter, as still going at 1445 recheck. But at 1459, 12160
was already off, and at 1459:30, came up on 15610, then ID in Spanish!
Boy, are they confused; but then switch to English, and at 1501 re-
open in English with 15610 announced and program JIP. Could not detect
any spurs at 15600 or 15620 on the portable DX-398 in the yard, but
fundamental too weak at first to be sure. Normally, later in the day
when WYFR is on 15600 at 19-23, it is constantly QRMed by WEWN spur.
We shall hear.
Ex-11530 was 335 degrees over the pole to central and eastern China,
plus Taiwan and North Korea, so 12160 presumably is too, yet the
target for it now is shown as ``SA`` which apparently means South Asia
(note: there are too many continents starting with A-, so a second
letter in abbrs. is required!)
The full English schedule is apparently now:
00-09 11520 Af
09-12 11640 SEA meaning SE Asia
12-15 12160 SA meaning E Asia
15-17 15610 Eu
17-20 15610 [no target specified! But listed as CIRAF-9 = Maritime
Provinces and eastern Quebec, really the same 40-degree
azimuth as before and after]
20-24 15610 ME
Spanish to Cuba/SAm, 155 degrees:
01-11 11870
11-15 12050
15-17 11520
17-01 17510
Spanish to Mexico/CAm, 220 degrees:
05-13 7555
13-22 11550
22-05 5810
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1477, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
See previous report: WEWN, 15610, far too weak to tell if it was still
spurry plus and minus 10, around 1915 check Sept 4, tho WYFR was
sufficient on 15600 in Russian.
At 1342 Sept 5, 12160 WEWN English again audible sufficiently and no
detectable spurs. Next check at 1520, 12160 was off and now 11550 in
English with Catholic stuff, toll-free 1-877-573-7825, and het as
always a problem on 11550 due to off-frequency Tainan, Taiwan
transmitter at 14-17 among other hours.
As per WEWN`s own website sked quoted in my previous report, during
the 15 UT hour, English is supposed to be on 15610, Spanish on 11520
and 11550. 11520 indeed in Spanish, but so is weak JBA 15610! They
have their wires crossed, two frequencies/languages exchanged ---
antennas too? One transmitter is supposed to be 24h in English to a
variety of targets; the other two are supposed to be both in Spanish,
one aimed at CAm/Mexico, the other at Cuba/SAm, whatever the
frequencies.
Unlike 24.5 hours earlier, when WEWN had English and Spanish on
reversed frequencies, Sept 6 at 1548 check, 11520 // 11550 in Spanish,
not // weak 15610 so presumably correctly in English (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. On Aug 20 I heard WRNO announcer say that from ``next week``
their SW service would expand to 12 hours a day. Altho on that day
they were testing much beyond 0100-0400 UT, now it is 16 days later
and still no sign of expanded schedule: 7505v, Sept 5 at 0514 and 1210
vacant. Any news on their revamped website
http://www.wrnoworldwide.org/ --- ?
Oops, it must not have been re-upped as that redirects to
http://sites.securepaynet.net/HostingRedirect.html
so we can`t even hear them webcast, also promised to be 24h (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9955, Sept 5 at 1514 WRMI ID under jamming, 1515 into YL
preacher from Miami, Healing Streams of Grace. WRMI Saturdays is
entirely in English at least from 1400, and there`s usually little or
no jamming against Prague at 1400. Jamming resumed, why? Because the
DentroCuban Jamming Command can; take that! Yet Arnie sounds so
friendly, oui mes amis (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 17680, CVC La Voz, Miami via Chile, Sept 5 in Spanish
at 1321 had M telling W how to do breast self-exam, best times vs
menstrual period; usual good signal back to the USA (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WYFR B-09 schedules: The following is the Final 25 October
2009 to 28 March 2010 High Frequency Schedule for Family Stations,
Inc., WYFR.
[Note: these schedules, in five different sorts, concern ONLY WYFR
Okeechobee. Family Radio has expanded to many additional languages via
many different transmitter sites, the schedules for which are not
available aggregated --- gh]
Freq (kHz) Time (UTC) Az(Degrees) Zone(s) Power
5745 0500-0600 222 11 100
5745 0600-0800 44 27 100
5745 0800-1000 160 14 100
5745 1900-2100 44 27 100
5950 0300-1200 285 10 100
5950 2100-0300 355 4,5,9 100
5985 0445-0700 315 2 100
5985 2000-0445 181 11 50
6000 0500-1000 181 11 50
6000 1000-1200 160 14 100
6085 2245-0100 355 4,5,9 100
6085 0945-2000 181 11 100
6105 0800-1100 142 15 100
6890 0100-0500 222 11 100
6890 0900-1300 355 4,5,9 100
6915 0300-1200 355 4,5,9 100
6915 1800-2200 44 27 100
7455 0100-0445 355 4,5,9 100
7455 0700-1345 315 2 100
7520 0100-0400 142 13 100
7520 0400-0800 44 27 100
7570 0045-0400 160 15 100
7730 0300-0500 160 15 100
7730 0500-0745 44 27 100
9355 0400-0500 160 14 100
9355 0500-0800 44 27 100
9355 1945-2300 44 27 100
9355 2300-0400 160 16 100
9430 2245-0045 160 15 100
9495 0500-1000 222 11 100
9505 0000-0445 315 2 100
9525 0100-0400 285 10 50
9555 0800-1400 160 16 100
9575 0900-1200 160 15 100
9605 0800-1100 142 13 100
9605 1100-1300 222 12 100
9680 0145-0800 315 2 100
9680 0800-1100 140 13 100
9690 2145-0045 142 13 100
9715 2345-0100 285 10 50
9715 0400-1245 285 10 50
9930 0100-0145 142 13 100
9930 0145-0500 222 11 100
9985 0100-0500 151 15 100
9985 0500-0900 87 46 100
11530 0500-0800 44 27 100
11530 1200-1400 160 13 100
11565 1345-1700 315 2 100
11565 2000-2145 44 27 100
11580 0400-0900 87 46 100
11580 2200-2300 142 15 100
11665 1945-2200 44 27 100
11665 2200-2300 151 15 100
11700 2100-2300 160 14 100
11720 2245-0045 142 13 100
11725 1100-1600 222 11 100
11740 2145-2345 315 2 100
11740 0800-1600 151 15 100
11825 0045-0300 160 14 100
11830 1100-1300 140 13 100
11830 1300-1700 315 2 100
11855 1300-1700 355 4,5,9 100
11855 2000-0100 222 11 100
11885 2300-0145 140 13 100
11970 1145-1345 285 10 100
13615 1200-1600 160 15 100
13615 2300-0045 160 14 100
13695 1200-2100 355 4,5,9 100
15115 1700-2245 87 46 100
15130 1245-2345 285 10 50
15210 1400-1600 160 14 100
15355 1245-1400 222 12 100
15355 1400-1600 142 13 100
15400 2300-0100 151 15 100
15440 2145-0300 285 10 100
15565 1800-1945 44 27 100
15785 1600-1700 44 27 100
17535 1700-2200 315 2 100
17555 1400-1600 160 13 100
17555 1700-2145 285 10 100
17575 1700-2245 140 13 100
17690 1600-2245 87 46 100
17760 1345-1700 285 10 100
17760 1700-1900 44 28 100
18930 1600-1945 44 27 100
18980 1600-1800 44 28 100
21455 1600-2000 44 28 100
21745 1600-1745 44 27 100
Note: Schedule information showing languages for transmissions
carried by WYFR for other broadcasters will have to be obtained
directly from the other broadcasters.
WYFR FREQUENCY SCHEDULE --- B-09
FREQ (KHZ) TIME (UTC) LANG AZ
5745 1900-2000 ARAB 44
5745 0600-0745 ENGL 44
5745 2000-2045 ENGL 44
5745 0500-0545 SPAN 222
5745 0800-0945 SPAN 160
5950 2100-0100 ENGL 355
5950 0700-1145 ENGL 285
5950 0100-0200 SPAN 355
5985 0600-0645 CANT 315
5985 0200-0300 ENGL 181
5985 0500-0600 MAND 315
5985 2000-0200 SPAN 181
5985 0300-0445 SPAN 181
6000 1100-1145 ENGL 160
6000 0600-0700 ENGL 181
6000 1000-1100 SPAN 160
6000 0500-0600 SPAN 181
6000 0700-0945 SPAN 181
6085 0000-0045 ENGL 355
6085 1600-1700 ENGL 181
6085 1900-1945 ENGL 181
6085 2300-0000 FREN 355
6085 1000-1600 SPAN 181
6085 1700-1900 SPAN 181
6105 0800-1045 PORT 142
6890 1000-1245 ENGL 355
6890 0200-0300 ENGL 222
6890 0900-1000 SPAN 355
6890 0100-0200 SPAN 222
6890 0300-0400 SPAN 222
6915 1800-2145 ENGL 44
6915 0400-0600 ENGL 355
6915 0700-1100 ENGL 355
6915 0600-0700 SPAN 355
6915 1100-1145 SPAN 355
7455 0100-0445 ENGL 355
7455 0700-1345 ENGL 315
7520 0500-0600 ARAB 44
7520 0600-0700 FREN 44
7520 0100-0345 PORT 142
7520 0400-0500 RUSS 44
7520 0700-0745 SPAN 44
7570 0100-0200 SPAN 160
7570 0300-0345 SPAN 160
7730 0500-0600 GERM 44
7730 0700-0745 POLI 44
7730 0300-0400 PORT 160
7730 0600-0700 ROMA 44
7730 0400-0445 SPAN 160
9355 2200-2245 FREN 44
9355 0600-0700 ITAL 44
9355 0700-0745 PORT 44
9355 2000-2100 ROMA 44
9355 0500-0600 SPAN 44
9355 2300-0445 SPAN 160
9355 2100-2200 SPAN 44
9430 2300-0000 ENGL 160
9430 0000-0045 PORT 160
9495 0700-0800 ENGL 222
9495 0504-0700 SPAN 222
9495 0800-0945 SPAN 222
9505 0000-0445 ENGL 315
9525 0200-0300 ENGL 285
9525 0100-0200 SPAN 285
9525 0300-0345 SPAN 285
9555 0800-1345 SPAN 160
9575 0900-1100 PORT 160
9575 1100-1145 SPAN 160
9605 0800-1045 PORT 142
9605 1100-1245 SPAN 222
9680 0400-0700 ENGL 315
9680 1000-1045 FREN 140
9680 0800-1000 PORT 140
9680 0300-0400 SPAN 315
9680 0700-0745 SPAN 315
9690 2200-0045 PORT 142
9715 0000-0045 SPAN 285
9715 0400-1245 SPAN 285
9930 0300-0400 ENGL 222
9930 0100-0145 PORT 142
9930 0200-0300 SPAN 222
9930 0400-0445 SPAN 222
9985 0700-0800 ARAB 87
9985 0600-0700 ENGL 87
9985 0300-0400 ENGL 151
9985 0500-0600 FREN 87
9985 0800-0845 FREN 87
9985 0100-0300 SPAN 151
9985 0400-0445 SPAN 151
11530 1200-1300 ENGL 160
11530 0600-0700 ENGL 44
11530 0500-0600 FREN 44
11530 0700-0745 ITAL 44
11530 1300-1345 PORT 160
11565 1400-1645 ENGL 315
11565 2000-2100 GERM 44
11565 2100-2145 PORT 44
11580 0500-0600 ARAB 87
11580 0700-0845 ENGL 87
11580 0600-0700 FREN 87
11580 0400-0500 PORT 87
11580 2200-2245 SPAN 142
11665 2100-2145 ARAB 44
11665 2000-2100 POLI 44
11665 2200-2245 SPAN 151
11700 2100-2245 SPAN 160
11720 0000-0045 ENGL 142
11720 2300-0000 PORT 142
11725 1100-1200 ENGL 222
11725 1200-1545 SPAN 222
11740 2200-2345 ENGL 315
11740 1000-1100 FREN 151
11740 1300-1400 FREN 151
11740 0800-1000 SPAN 151
11740 1100-1300 SPAN 151
11740 1400-1545 SPAN 151
11825 0100-0200 PORT 160
11825 0200-0245 SPAN 160
11830 1100-1200 ENGL 140
11830 1300-1400 ENGL 315
11830 1600-1645 ENGL 315
11830 1500-1600 MAND 315
11830 1200-1245 PORT 140
11830 1400-1500 SPAN 315
11855 1300-1600 ENGL 355
11855 1600-1645 FREN 355
11855 2000-0045 SPAN 222
11885 0000-0100 PORT 140
11885 0100-0145 SPAN 140
11970 1200-1345 ENGL 285
13615 2300-0045 SPAN 160
13615 1200-1545 SPAN 160
13695 1400-1500 ENGL 355
13695 1600-2000 ENGL 355
13695 1200-1300 FREN 355
13695 1300-1400 MAND 355
13695 1500-1600 SPAN 355
13695 2000-2045 SPAN 355
15115 2200-2245 ARAB 87
15115 1800-2200 ENGL 87
15115 1700-1800 FREN 87
15130 1300-2345 SPAN 285
15210 1500-1545 ENGL 160
15210 1400-1500 PORT 160
15355 1500-1545 PORT 142
15355 1300-1345 SPAN 222
15355 1400-1500 SPAN 142
15400 2300-0000 ENGL 151
15400 0000-0045 FREN 151
15440 2200-0200 ENGL 285
15565 1900-1945 ENGL 44
15565 1800-1900 FREN 44
15785 1600-1645 ARAB 44
17535 1800-2145 ENGL 315
17535 1700-1800 SPAN 315
17555 1700-2145 ENGL 285
17555 1400-1545 SPAN 160
17575 2000-2100 ENGL 140
17575 2100-2200 FREN 140
17575 1700-2000 PORT 140
17575 2200-2245 PORT 140
17690 2000-2100 ARAB 87
17690 1600-1700 ENGL 87
17690 2200-2245 ENGL 87
17690 1800-2000 FREN 87
17690 1700-1800 PORT 87
17690 2100-2200 PORT 87
17760 1400-1645 ENGL 285
17760 1700-1800 GERM 44
17760 1800-1845 ITAL 44
18930 1600-1700 ITAL 44
18930 1900-1945 RUSS 44
18930 1700-1900 SPAN 44
18980 1600-1745 ENGL 44
21455 1600-1800 ENGL 44
21455 1900-1945 FREN 44
21455 1800-1900 GERM 44
21745 1600-1745 RUSS 44
WYFR TIME SCHEDULE --- B-09
TIME (UTC) LANG FREQ (KHZ) AZ
0000-0045 ENGL 6085 355
0000-0045 ENGL 11720 142
0000-0045 FREN 15400 151
0000-0045 PORT 9430 160
0000-0045 SPAN 9715 285
0000-0100 PORT 11885 140
0000-0445 ENGL 9505 315
0100-0145 PORT 9930 142
0100-0145 SPAN 11885 140
0100-0200 PORT 11825 160
0100-0200 SPAN 5950 355
0100-0200 SPAN 6890 222
0100-0200 SPAN 7570 160
0100-0200 SPAN 9525 285
0100-0300 SPAN 9985 151
0100-0345 PORT 7520 142
0100-0445 ENGL 7455 355
0200-0245 SPAN 11825 160
0200-0300 ENGL 5985 181
0200-0300 ENGL 6890 222
0200-0300 ENGL 9525 285
0200-0300 SPAN 9930 222
0300-0345 SPAN 7570 160
0300-0345 SPAN 9525 285
0300-0400 ENGL 9930 222
0300-0400 ENGL 9985 151
0300-0400 PORT 7730 160
0300-0400 SPAN 6890 222
0300-0400 SPAN 9680 315
0300-0445 SPAN 5985 181
0400-0445 SPAN 7730 160
0400-0445 SPAN 9930 222
0400-0445 SPAN 9985 151
0400-0500 PORT 11580 87
0400-0500 RUSS 7520 44
0400-0600 ENGL 6915 355
0400-0700 ENGL 9680 315
0400-1245 SPAN 9715 285
0500-0545 SPAN 5745 222
0500-0600 ARAB 7520 44
0500-0600 ARAB 11580 87
0500-0600 FREN 9985 87
0500-0600 FREN 11530 44
0500-0600 GERM 7730 44
0500-0600 MAND 5985 315
0500-0600 SPAN 6000 181
0500-0600 SPAN 9355 44
0504-0700 SPAN 9495 222
0600-0645 CANT 5985 315
0600-0700 ENGL 6000 181
0600-0700 ENGL 9985 87
0600-0700 ENGL 11530 44
0600-0700 FREN 7520 44
0600-0700 FREN 11580 87
0600-0700 ITAL 9355 44
0600-0700 ROMA 7730 44
0600-0700 SPAN 6915 355
0600-0745 ENGL 5745 44
0700-0745 ITAL 11530 44
0700-0745 POLI 7730 44
0700-0745 PORT 9355 44
0700-0745 SPAN 7520 44
0700-0745 SPAN 9680 315
0700-0800 ARAB 9985 87
0700-0800 ENGL 9495 222
0700-0845 ENGL 11580 87
0700-0945 SPAN 6000 181
0700-1100 ENGL 6915 355
0700-1145 ENGL 5950 285
0700-1345 ENGL 7455 315
0800-0845 FREN 9985 87
0800-0945 SPAN 5745 160
0800-0945 SPAN 9495 222
0800-1000 PORT 9680 140
0800-1000 SPAN 11740 151
0800-1045 PORT 6105 142
0800-1045 PORT 9605 142
0800-1345 SPAN 9555 160
0900-1000 SPAN 6890 355
0900-1100 PORT 9575 160
1000-1045 FREN 9680 140
1000-1100 FREN 11740 151
1000-1100 SPAN 6000 160
1000-1245 ENGL 6890 355
1000-1600 SPAN 6085 181
1100-1145 ENGL 6000 160
1100-1145 SPAN 6915 355
1100-1145 SPAN 9575 160
1100-1200 ENGL 11725 222
1100-1200 ENGL 11830 140
1100-1245 SPAN 9605 222
1100-1300 SPAN 11740 151
1200-1245 PORT 11830 140
1200-1300 ENGL 11530 160
1200-1300 FREN 13695 355
1200-1345 ENGL 11970 285
1200-1545 SPAN 11725 222
1200-1545 SPAN 13615 160
1300-1345 PORT 11530 160
1300-1345 SPAN 15355 222
1300-1400 ENGL 11830 315
1300-1400 FREN 11740 151
1300-1400 MAND 13695 355
1300-1600 ENGL 11855 355
1300-2345 SPAN 15130 285
1400-1500 ENGL 13695 355
1400-1500 PORT 15210 160
1400-1500 SPAN 11830 315
1400-1500 SPAN 15355 142
1400-1545 SPAN 11740 151
1400-1545 SPAN 17555 160
1400-1645 ENGL 11565 315
1400-1645 ENGL 17760 285
1500-1545 ENGL 15210 160
1500-1545 PORT 15355 142
1500-1600 MAND 11830 315
1500-1600 SPAN 13695 355
1600-1645 ARAB 15785 44
1600-1645 ENGL 11830 315
1600-1645 FREN 11855 355
1600-1700 ENGL 6085 181
1600-1700 ENGL 17690 87
1600-1700 ITAL 18930 44
1600-1745 ENGL 18980 44
1600-1745 RUSS 21745 44
1600-1800 ENGL 21455 44
1600-2000 ENGL 13695 355
1700-1800 FREN 15115 87
1700-1800 GERM 17760 44
1700-1800 PORT 17690 87
1700-1800 SPAN 17535 315
1700-1900 SPAN 6085 181
1700-1900 SPAN 18930 44
1700-2000 PORT 17575 140
1700-2145 ENGL 17555 285
1800-1845 ITAL 17760 44
1800-1900 FREN 15565 44
1800-1900 GERM 21455 44
1800-2000 FREN 17690 87
1800-2145 ENGL 6915 44
1800-2145 ENGL 17535 315
1800-2200 ENGL 15115 87
1900-1945 ENGL 6085 181
1900-1945 ENGL 15565 44
1900-1945 FREN 21455 44
1900-1945 RUSS 18930 44
1900-2000 ARAB 5745 44
2000-0045 SPAN 11855 222
2000-0200 SPAN 5985 181
2000-2045 ENGL 5745 44
2000-2045 SPAN 13695 355
2000-2100 ARAB 17690 87
2000-2100 ENGL 17575 140
2000-2100 GERM 11565 44
2000-2100 POLI 11665 44
2000-2100 ROMA 9355 44
2100-0100 ENGL 5950 355
2100-2145 ARAB 11665 44
2100-2145 PORT 11565 44
2100-2200 FREN 17575 140
2100-2200 PORT 17690 87
2100-2200 SPAN 9355 44
2100-2245 SPAN 11700 160
2200-0045 PORT 9690 142
2200-0200 ENGL 15440 285
2200-2245 ARAB 15115 87
2200-2245 ENGL 17690 87
2200-2245 FREN 9355 44
2200-2245 PORT 17575 140
2200-2245 SPAN 11580 142
2200-2245 SPAN 11665 151
2200-2345 ENGL 11740 315
2300-0000 ENGL 9430 160
2300-0000 ENGL 15400 151
2300-0000 FREN 6085 355
2300-0000 PORT 11720 142
2300-0045 SPAN 13615 160
2300-0445 SPAN 9355 160
WYFR LANGUAGE SCHEDULE --- B-09
LANG TIME (UTC) FREQ (KHZ) AZ
ARAB 1900-2000 5745 44
ARAB 0500-0600 7520 44
ARAB 0700-0800 9985 87
ARAB 0500-0600 11580 87
ARAB 2100-2145 11665 44
ARAB 2200-2245 15115 87
ARAB 1600-1645 15785 44
ARAB 2000-2100 17690 87
CANT 0600-0645 5985 315
ENGL 0600-0745 5745 44
ENGL 2000-2045 5745 44
ENGL 2100-0100 5950 355
ENGL 0700-1145 5950 285
ENGL 0200-0300 5985 181
ENGL 1100-1145 6000 160
ENGL 0600-0700 6000 181
ENGL 0000-0045 6085 355
ENGL 1600-1700 6085 181
ENGL 1900-1945 6085 181
ENGL 1000-1245 6890 355
ENGL 0200-0300 6890 222
ENGL 1800-2145 6915 44
ENGL 0400-0600 6915 355
ENGL 0700-1100 6915 355
ENGL 0100-0445 7455 355
ENGL 0700-1345 7455 315
ENGL 2300-0000 9430 160
ENGL 0700-0800 9495 222
ENGL 0000-0445 9505 315
ENGL 0200-0300 9525 285
ENGL 0400-0700 9680 315
ENGL 0300-0400 9930 222
ENGL 0600-0700 9985 87
ENGL 0300-0400 9985 151
ENGL 1200-1300 11530 160
ENGL 0600-0700 11530 44
ENGL 1400-1645 11565 315
ENGL 0700-0845 11580 87
ENGL 0000-0045 11720 142
ENGL 1100-1200 11725 222
ENGL 2200-2345 11740 315
ENGL 1100-1200 11830 140
ENGL 1300-1400 11830 315
ENGL 1600-1645 11830 315
ENGL 1300-1600 11855 355
ENGL 1200-1345 11970 285
ENGL 1400-1500 13695 355
ENGL 1600-2000 13695 355
ENGL 1800-2200 15115 87
ENGL 1500-1545 15210 160
ENGL 2300-0000 15400 151
ENGL 2200-0200 15440 285
ENGL 1900-1945 15565 44
ENGL 1800-2145 17535 315
ENGL 1700-2145 17555 285
ENGL 2000-2100 17575 140
ENGL 1600-1700 17690 87
ENGL 2200-2245 17690 87
ENGL 1400-1645 17760 285
ENGL 1600-1745 18980 44
ENGL 1600-1800 21455 44
FREN 2300-0000 6085 355
FREN 0600-0700 7520 44
FREN 2200-2245 9355 44
FREN 1000-1045 9680 140
FREN 0500-0600 9985 87
FREN 0800-0845 9985 87
FREN 0500-0600 11530 44
FREN 0600-0700 11580 87
FREN 1000-1100 11740 151
FREN 1300-1400 11740 151
FREN 1600-1645 11855 355
FREN 1200-1300 13695 355
FREN 1700-1800 15115 87
FREN 0000-0045 15400 151
FREN 1800-1900 15565 44
FREN 2100-2200 17575 140
FREN 1800-2000 17690 87
FREN 1900-1945 21455 44
GERM 0500-0600 7730 44
GERM 2000-2100 11565 44
GERM 1700-1800 17760 44
GERM 1800-1900 21455 44
ITAL 0600-0700 9355 44
ITAL 0700-0745 11530 44
ITAL 1800-1845 17760 44
ITAL 1600-1700 18930 44
MAND 0500-0600 5985 315
MAND 1500-1600 11830 315
MAND 1300-1400 13695 355
POLI 0700-0745 7730 44
POLI 2000-2100 11665 44
PORT 0800-1045 6105 142
PORT 0100-0345 7520 142
PORT 0300-0400 7730 160
PORT 0700-0745 9355 44
PORT 0000-0045 9430 160
PORT 0900-1100 9575 160
PORT 0800-1045 9605 142
PORT 0800-1000 9680 140
PORT 2200-0045 9690 142
PORT 0100-0145 9930 142
PORT 1300-1345 11530 160
PORT 2100-2145 11565 44
PORT 0400-0500 11580 87
PORT 2300-0000 11720 142
PORT 0100-0200 11825 160
PORT 1200-1245 11830 140
PORT 0000-0100 11885 140
PORT 1400-1500 15210 160
PORT 1500-1545 15355 142
PORT 1700-2000 17575 140
PORT 2200-2245 17575 140
PORT 1700-1800 17690 87
PORT 2100-2200 17690 87
ROMA 0600-0700 7730 44
ROMA 2000-2100 9355 44
RUSS 0400-0500 7520 44
RUSS 1900-1945 18930 44
RUSS 1600-1745 21745 44
SPAN 0500-0545 5745 222
SPAN 0800-0945 5745 160
SPAN 0100-0200 5950 355
SPAN 2000-0200 5985 181
SPAN 0300-0445 5985 181
SPAN 1000-1100 6000 160
SPAN 0500-0600 6000 181
SPAN 0700-0945 6000 181
SPAN 1000-1600 6085 181
SPAN 1700-1900 6085 181
SPAN 0900-1000 6890 355
SPAN 0100-0200 6890 222
SPAN 0300-0400 6890 222
SPAN 0600-0700 6915 355
SPAN 1100-1145 6915 355
SPAN 0700-0745 7520 44
SPAN 0100-0200 7570 160
SPAN 0300-0345 7570 160
SPAN 0400-0445 7730 160
SPAN 0500-0600 9355 44
SPAN 2300-0445 9355 160
SPAN 2100-2200 9355 44
SPAN 0504-0700 9495 222
SPAN 0800-0945 9495 222
SPAN 0100-0200 9525 285
SPAN 0300-0345 9525 285
SPAN 0800-1345 9555 160
SPAN 1100-1145 9575 160
SPAN 1100-1245 9605 222
SPAN 0300-0400 9680 315
SPAN 0700-0745 9680 315
SPAN 0000-0045 9715 285
SPAN 0400-1245 9715 285
SPAN 0200-0300 9930 222
SPAN 0400-0445 9930 222
SPAN 0100-0300 9985 151
SPAN 0400-0445 9985 151
SPAN 2200-2245 11580 142
SPAN 2200-2245 11665 151
SPAN 2100-2245 11700 160
SPAN 1200-1545 11725 222
SPAN 0800-1000 11740 151
SPAN 1100-1300 11740 151
SPAN 1400-1545 11740 151
SPAN 0200-0245 11825 160
SPAN 1400-1500 11830 315
SPAN 2000-0045 11855 222
SPAN 0100-0145 11885 140
SPAN 2300-0045 13615 160
SPAN 1200-1545 13615 160
SPAN 1500-1600 13695 355
SPAN 2000-2045 13695 355
SPAN 1300-2345 15130 285
SPAN 1300-1345 15355 222
SPAN 1400-1500 15355 142
SPAN 1700-1800 17535 315
SPAN 1400-1545 17555 160
SPAN 1700-1900 18930 44 (via Evelyn Marcy, WYFR, Sept 4,
reformatted by Glenn Hauser for DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non?]. Sept 4 at 1304 found steady and stable open
carrier on 13570; figured it was WINB about to come up on midday
frequency, but gone at 1315 recheck, and still nothing at 1347. Could
have been VOA tuneup instead as they are wont to do in hour(s)
preceding scheduled broadcasts. Did not check during the 14-15 hour,
but at 1511, WINB was there on 13570 with convicted sex criminal
evangelist Tony Alamo. Its carrier is still slightly unstable.
VOA English is currently scheduled on 13570: 14-15 via São Tomé, 15-16
via Botswana, 16-17 via Madagascar, all of them colliding with WINB,
authorized to start at 14 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. KVOH fired? Does anyone familiar with the areas hit by the
LA-area wildfires know whether Simi Valley is included? Not hearing
KVOH on 17775 this afternoon, but may be just be poor propagation. I
believe their site despite the name is axually on or near a
mountaintop, or rather Rancho Simi. They are supposed to run until
0100 UT; is anyone hearing them locally or ionospherically? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, Sept 4, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Spanish station, very weak here in the FL panhandle, at 2224. Sounds
like a preacher, but difficult copy. Reduced power? (Gerry Bishop,
Niceville, FL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST
Hi Glenn, Believe all the fires are within Los Angeles County, while
Simi Valley is located in Ventura County, about 35 miles or so away
from the site of the fires (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA (Monterey
County), ibid.)
They are about 18-20 miles as the crow flies, to the west of the fire.
While these mountain ranges are all interconnected, it's unlikely that
KVOH will be threatened by the Station fire burning now.
The crews are making very good progress on the western end of the
fire, and hope to have a line around it in the next couple of days.
It's the eastern part of the fire, which is burning in extremely
rugged terrain, that is a bigger concern. It's burning into areas
where they have no records of it ever burning before. I don't have a
SW radio here at work, so I can't tell you if they are on (Brian
Leyton, Sept 4, ABDX via DXLD)
** U S A. KGA 1510 off at times last night [Spokane WA, was 50 kW]
I noticed local pest KGA 1510 Spokane off about 0200 ELT last night &
they were mainly off for the next couple hours & still off when I went
to bed. They may be off again tonight or over the rest of the weekend
as I imagine they are adjusting their antenna system and/or
transmitter for their new reduced night power to allow sister station
KPIG 1510 Piedmont (Bay area) to increase their night power.
If you're in the Pacific NW you should check 1510 tonight & the next
few nights. I logged one new one:
KCKK 1510 Littleton, CO with Sporting News Radio & calling itself
"Mile High Sports Radio."
To add to the confusion, KGA is also a sports station. I'm not sure
which sports network they are affiliated with but it may well be
Sporting News Radio.
KGA's new pattern is supposed to reduce their night signal to the
south & east, & I'd speculate to the west, great news for DXers in
those directions from Spokane, but bad news for me because I'm about
six miles north. So they will still be a local pest.
I guess those farther away that would like to hear KGA may not be
happy either (Stan Weisbeck, Spokane, WA, Sept 4, IRCA via DXLD)
They have an STA effective September 1:
https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101331355&formid=911&fac_num=11234
Other information of interest:
https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101247250&formid=301&fac_num=11234
New night pattern:
http://www.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/1247250-103307.pdf
The three existing towers are different heights. The new fourth tower
will be the same height as the shortest existing tower. KLO in Ogden,
UT has four towers that are different heights. I took this photo while
at the 2007 convention in Salt Lake City:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcgibson55/3663886483/in/set-72157620514334411
(Dennis Gibson, CA, ibid.)
** U S A. KRKO TOWERS FALL
Apparently an eco-oriented group bulldozed through the fence and
felled a couple of the new KRKO-1380 towers this morning around 3
PDT. Noted still on the air at 9am PDT so they must not have
dismantled the old site or are on an STA with a variance. Because of
overload slop from 1-mile-away KKMO-1360, I can't tell if the IBOC is
on (Pete Taylor, Tacoma, WA, 1653 UT Sept 4, IRCA via DXLD)
I can barely hear some weak talk on 1380 off the NE EWE, so it does
not sound like they are on 50 KW. They must be on 5 KW I would guess.
Their 50 KW holds their own next to local KAST 1370 pretty well even
during the day. I am 5.9 miles SW of KAST. With two towers down, they
may be on the aux for sometime to come. I would doubt they would be on
IBOC, but again I cannot tell at this distance, but I get none on
1390, just Yakima or Salem (Patrick Martin, 1737 UT, ibid.)
This was a big news story on KOMO while I drove to work today. There
are several pictures of the damage on KOMO's website
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/57260622.html
It looks like someone used a large excavator to pull over one of the
tower legs. A couple of towers are still standing so KRKO may be using
the remaining ones at reduced power.
As Pete noted, KRKO is still on the air. I live in their null so
they're never all that strong where I live and work The signal sounded
about normal (lots of noise) when I was heading to work. The guys in
Victoria are in KRKO's main lobe so they might notice a difference.
(Bruce Portzer, WA, 1752 UT, ibid.)
Yes, the world is getting so violent anymore. I am sure KRKO will
rebuild, but they may need an armed guard outside the tx site 24/7, or
at least cameras. Is anything safe these days? KAST moved to their new
studios and some vandals took some copper cable and other parts and
knocked KAST off the air a few weeks ago. When the studios & tx were
at the same location, nothing was bothered. But no one mans the tx
site. 73, (Patrick Martin, 1754 UT, NRC-AM via DXLD)
Full article and photos of the damage at
http://www.komonews.com:80/news/local/57260622.html
(Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)
According to what I was told, the towers that were toppled weren't
live and KRKO is on their old site with 5 KW. Sincerely, (Paul B.
Walker, Jr., IRCA via DXLD)
Hi Pete and All, No IBOC on KRKO. I can't verify it, but sounds like
their facility before the power increase/IBOC (Rick Lewis, NRC-AM via
DXLD)
Northwest Cable news cable has a 2:31 min video on their website on
the KRKO towers falling. The site now has two towers standing. KRKO
spokesperson say's it will take probably 3 months to replace the two
down towers. Link below
http://www.nwcn.com/topstories/stories/NW_090409WAB_radio-towers-toppled-JM.14867d96a.html
(Dennis Vroom, Salmon Creek, WA, IRCA) actually the KING-5 story
ECOTERRORISTS TOPPLE KRKO RADIO TOWERS
By Jackson Holtz, Herald Writer, Published: Friday, September 4, 2009
SNOHOMISH – Two controversial radio towers belonging to Everett radio
station KRKO were toppled early this morning. The group Earth
Liberation Front claimed credit for downing the towers.
"Due to the health and environmental risks associated with radio waves
emitted from the towers, we applaud this act by the ELF," stated Jason
Crawford, a spokesperson for the North American Earth Liberation Front
press office. "When all legal channels of opposition have been
exhausted, concerned citizens have to take action into their own hands
to protect life and the planet."
And the Web site of the North American Earth Liberation Front press
office, www.elfpressoffice. org, this morning posted a news story
about the radio tower's toppling.
"Breaking news: Earth Liberation Front Topples Two Radio Station
Towers in Snohomish County, WA." the headline read. . . .
http://heraldnet.com/article/20090904/NEWS01/709049802
KING-TV Video link to toppled KRKO Towers
http://www.king5.com/topstories/stories/NW_090409WAB_radio-towers-toppled-JM.14867d96a.html
(both via ha800b, mwdx yg via DXLD)
There are also some aerial photos on the KOMO website
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/57260622.html
The station is still operating either from its old transmitter site or
from the remaining towers at the new site and probably with reduced
power (Bruce Portzer, ibid.)
** U S A. WSIE CUTS BACK LOCAL PROGRAMMING
It's been a tough go for WSIE 88.7 MHz Edwardsville, IL in recent
years. The station, licensed to the Board of Trustees of Southern
Illinois University Edwardsville, has been in a state of decline. It
all started when the station lost its grants from the Corporation for
Public Broadcasting in 2007 because it cannot meet the new minimum
audience requirements. The station, which programs primarily
traditional jazz, cut all paid positions in the News department at the
end of 2007. The station once employed 15 people in their news
operation; they're now down to two volunteers.
In 2008, as another cost-cutting move, it dropped two feature
programs, "Star Date" and the science parody feature "Dr. Science".
More cost-cutting moves have been made this year. This past spring,
WSIE fired longtime afternoon drive DJ Ross Gentile (pronounced
"Gentilly"). In July, the station cut morning drive DJ E.B. Stevenson
loose; he had been with the station since the spring of 2000 and had
been doing the morning show since the summer of 2004. On August 22,
the station canned longtime weekend and fill-in afternoon DJ Bob Pelc
(pronounced "Pelk").
The station is now broadcasting the "Jazz Works" service most of the
day, with the New Age program "Echoes" in mid-evenings on weekdays and
"Jazz with Bob Parlocha" overnights. The station is now down to five
hours a week of local jazz programming (all on the weekends); coverage
of on-campus sporting events and Gateway Grizzlies minor league
baseball is the only other remaining local programming on WSIE.
Rumors have been circulating about a format change for the past six
months. Some rumors point to another News/Talk station; St. Louis
already has seven other such outlets. Another rumor points to all-
sports; St. Louis already has four all-sports stations. Yet another
rumor points to College Rock; Internet sister station Web Radio and
WLCA 89.9 MHz Godfrey, IL, owned by Lewis and Clark Community College,
already programs this format. A commercialized version of this format
is available on KPNT 105.7 MHz Ste. Genevieve, MO, owned by Emmis
Communications.
With most commercial stations now reluctant to hire so-called
"homegrown" talent (this type of talent was born, raised and trained
for the broadcast business in the market a particular station or
cluster is located in), especially in a market like St. Louis that has
long revered its "homegrown" talent, maybe it's time for more colleges
to abandon teaching radio and television altogether.
73 and Good DX from (Eric Bueneman
Amateur Radio Station NØUIH
Registered Monitor KDXØSTL, KMOØCN
Hazelwood, MO-Grid Square EM48ts, Sept 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
DJ E. B. Stevenson is the alter-ego of Eric Bueneman himself (gh)
** U S A. Re: 2 Sep 09, CANADA - CIAO - 530 kHz - Brampton, Ontario --
- Meanwhile "Chow" 530 has an aeronautical beacon competing with it. I
haven't copied the morse code ID yet and attempted to track it down,
if that's even still legal to do in the post-9/11 world (Terry Wilson,
MI, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Probably LYQ on 529 kHz, brought to you as a bonus from the WWRB SW
site in Tennessee. This was discussed a number of times in DXLD, but
the only issue this year was 9-017. I was just hearing it this evening
QRMing Radio Enciclopedia as I drove around in Enid. There are other
beacons around this frequency, so still need to confirm the callsign
you heard (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)
Just jotted down the morse code and it decoded as LYQ. Thanks, WWRB!
Still, since it's on 529, listening to 530 in USB SSB or USB AM Sync
kills it. Good call, Glenn (Terry Wilson, ibid.)
** URUGUAY. {item removed at request of sender; help no longer
needed}
** VATICAN STATE. After close down of Radio Voice for Democracy and
Peace (from Asmara, Eritrea) at 0430 on 7165 kHz is almost regularly
heard a spur of Vatican Radio here from fundamental 7335 kHz in
Romanian and Bulgarian (from 0430) till 0500 UT. No signal on
symmetrical 7505 kHz. Trying to check the broadcast 1800-1840 on 7365
in same languages. I wrote about it to their Technical Dept. Noted for
example on Aug 1st and 30th (Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria, Sept 3, wwdxc BC-
DX TopNews Sept 5 via DXLD)
Yes, at same time VR is on 7250 kHz towards C Europe in German,
Polish, French, and English. Fundamentals are 7250 and 7335, and two
intermodulations on +/- 85 kHz, on 7165 and 7420 kHz (Wolfgang
Büschel, ibid.)
7165 kHz: there is IM of Vatican Radio! Dear fellow intruder busters,
this morning I monitored 7160 [sic], 7250 and 7335 kHz between 0440
and 0515 UT. Here are the results:
7335 kHz Vatican Radio, 0440 - 0500 - Romanian px S9+30dB
7250 kHz Vatican Radio, 0440 - 0500 - French px "le magasine", S9+30dB
0600: Italian px
7165 kHz 0440 - 0500 - "White Noise" jammer by the Government of
Ethiopia 10 kHz spread, carrier of Vatican Radio faintly detectable
below jammer
0515: carrying the program of Vatican Radio on 7335 kHz, S6-signal
Rig here: FT-1000 with Inverted Vee Dipole for 40 m. Best regards,
Uli, DJ9KR, DARC-MS Coordinator, Vice Coordinator of IARU-MS Region 1
(Sept 5 via Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VENEZUELA [non]. Glenn, I don`t know if you have reported this
before, but a few days ago I discovered a good signal for an English
Venezuela broadcast at 11 UT on 6060. It is an hour long (Kent D
Murphy, N Martinsville WV, Aug 31 postcard via P-mail, typed by gh for
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
If I were exchanging postcards with Kent, I would have to say: Yes, I
was aware of this; like other broadcasts from RNV via Cuba, it may
start in English, but usually the hour is mixed with majority Spanish.
Did you listen to the entire hour and find it only in English, and did
this happen more than once? 11-12 UT is a bit early for me to monitor;
others, please check (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VIETNAM. Re: New Frequency of VOV-1 on 7435 kHz --- I was able to
confirm that 7435 kHz broadcasts at night (local time), received at
1157-1202* UT on Sep. 4. It is completely blocked until 1157 by CRI-
Chinese on same frequency. de Hiroshi (S. Hasegawa, Japan, NDXC, Sept
4, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1477, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Re 7435 kHz. Vietnam is not a member of HFCC? Beijing China registered
7435 since March 29th, 2009. So I guess VOV is new on the spectrum
(Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.)
VOV is a member of ABU, but it is not a member of HFCC. It seems that
the ABU-HFC does not function (S. Hasegawa, ibid.)
** VIETNAM [and non]. 9550, Sept 5 at 1234, two signals mixing, but
dominated by YL in Russian, the other in Vietnamese. Per Aoki, the
Russian is VOV, which alternates Russian and Chinese semihours between
1100 and 1330, 100 kW at 27 degrees from Hanoi so also usward, while
the Vietnamese is CRI, 500 kW at 193 degrees from Beijing site, in the
squabbling Commie neighbors` radiowar over this frequency (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** YEMEN. Prior to the start of Ramadan, Republic of Yemen Radio was
heard in Arabic at 0300-0500 (after 0500 blocked by DRM noise [Spain])
on 9780 and 1300-1500 on 6135 (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, Sept
BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD)
UNIDENTIFIED. 5780, plus/minus 10 kHz, extremely distorted S9+10 FMy
spur at 0505 Sept 5, continuous talk, hard to recognize even language,
but finally decided it was Brazilian. Did not find any matching
modulation thruout the 49m band. I recall that a Brazilian station was
reported from Brasil in this area, way off frequency, but can`t find
it now as I don`t remember the exact frequency.
5780, very distorted FMy spur, Sept 6 at 0517, but much weaker than
last night, presumably the Brazilian again. Now I`ve found previous
report of this, in DXLD 9-062: Spur from R. Tupi on 5775 with
delirious ``God Is Love`` IPDA preacher, heard Aug 21 around 1345 by
Nigro, Uruguay, and Raimundo, São Paulo. They both said it was strong
but did not mention distortion. Which R. Tupi from which nominal
frequency? Most likely ZYE726, Curitiba PR, 6060 --- has that been
missing? Usually blocked by Cuba here, tho sometimes hetted (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1477, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 5810, huge open carrier and hum, Sept 6 at 0516 and
still at 0532. First idea is WEWN, but Spanish to Mexico/CAm is
scheduled there only until 0500, then moving to 7555, which in very
poor propagation I was able to confirm as on the air at 0540 in
Spanish, modulation OK, but with the persistent utility hash on the
high sideband. Maybe 5810 was a Cuban numbers station transmitter,
which use a number of frequencies in the 5.8-5.9 MHz area and strength
rivaling the strongest RHC broadcast channels, altho I don`t recall
this one.
BTW, as I started this monitoring session, the MUF was really down,
nothing making it above 12 MHz, and on 25m, only NZ 11725/11675 with
poor signals (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6130, TADIL-A beep intruders, Sept 4 at 1225, weak with
two unsynchronized signals, so couldn`t sort out the number of beeps
from each before the data noise bursts; weak but no sign of Laos
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 9190-9210, presumed OTH radar pulses from China, weak
Sept 5 at 1332 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 9635, expecting to hear usual CVC La Voz, CHILE in
Spanish, instead something in French, quite clearly spoken, Sept 5 at
1513. Mali? Maybe. But per EiBi, TWR Swaziland is also in French
weekends at 1455-1525, but M-F in Malagasy. Aoki disagrees, that
French is only on Sunday, azimuth for both 53 degrees, but that was B-
08. WRTH A-09 update says French is on Saturday only, check; longpath?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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LANGUAGE LESSONS
++++++++++++++++
VERY SPECIAL ENGLISH
There's more to VOA Special English than just reading slowly. One
ought to learn the pronunciation of unfamiliar words and not simply
"read it cold!" Heard this evening, in the VOA Special English, a news
item referring to drug activity in the Apurimac Valley in Peru.. The
speaker pronounced it ahPOORemack.
There once was a Radio Apurimac. A certain listener reported hearing
this station ID. It became clear he hadn't when he helpfully added,
phonetically, ahPOORemack. Correct pronunciation is ahpooREEmahk
dnj (Don Jensen, Kenosha WI, Sept 3, NASWA yg via DXLD)
Yes, indeed. There would be no confusion if people kept the proper
accents on such exotic names (and indeed all Spanish words): Apurímac
(gh, DXLD)
WHAT DOES `VIA` MEAN IN DXLD, and other points of style?
First of all, it is a common word and should not be in all-caps except
in a headline as above.
Whether or not `via` appears in an attribution here is significant. If
an item is submitted directly to gh, there is no `via` even if the
same item has been submitted and/or published elsewhere, which it is
not our job to investigate. It is still an ORIGINAL item in DXLD.
If we do quote an item already published elsewhere, then it is ``via
DXLD``. Including quoting from the dxldyg. Also, if we spell out DX
LISTENING DIGEST in a credit, that also means it was original either
to DXLD itself or the dxldyg. If we just say `via DXLD` that is
further acknowledgment that it was not original here.
As a mark of publication here, DX LISTENING DIGEST in a credit is
always in caps. We very much appreciate individuals who format their
logs and comments to include such a credit already so we are not
having to insert it, but please keep this in caps.
Starting each country entry with ** and a space is also an original
style point of DXLD, altho we see it in other DX publications
sometimes when items to us are copied to elsewhere.
We notice that some editors quoting items from DXLD insert a `via`
where there was not one already. The only via which should apply in
such cases is via --- then their own publication, if specified in the
credit, not always the case.
Via also is used in referring to transmitter sites, relays. Some
people get it exactly backwards. Via means thru and it is a vector,
i.e. going in only one direxion. The original source comes first, and
then `via` the second source, never vice-versa.
Altho it may seem cumbersome, we feel it is ethically required to use
as many vias as necessary if the item has been copied and recopied
thru more than one source. And we expect anyone copying material from
DXLD to retain all those vias (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
POWERLINE COMMUNICATIONS
++++++++++++++++++++++++
"OFCOM FAILS TO SWEEP AWAY POWER-LINE NETWORKING"
The Register By Bill Ray Posted in Data Networking, 4 September 2009
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/04/power_line_networking/
Ofcom's latest update on power-line networking is "dismissive" ,
"inaccurate" and "fails to respond to complaints" according to the
Radio Society, who just won't let the matter lie.
Ofcom recently updated its position on power-line networking, an
update that focuses on how much the regulator is doing to address a
tiny problem experienced by only a few people.
However, that approach has riled the Radio Society of Great Britain,
whose own complaint about the matter has been roundly ignored by the
regulator.
The issue is interference generated by power-line networking kit,
specifically Comtrend boxes supplied as part of BT's Vision service.
Comtrend and Ofcom reckon the kit has passed the appropriate EU
certifications, whereas the Radio Society contends that the Comtrend
boxes only passed a draft version of one specification and fail to
conform to another entirely.
This would theoretically mean they cannot legally be supplied in the
UK - regardless of any generated interference.
It's certainly true that the problem doesn't affect a lot of people:
Ofcom reckons it's only received 143 complaints - all of which came
from radio amateurs - of which 104 have been resolved. Ofcom's
statement also rather snootily observes that other users in the same
band, such as the MOD and long range oceanic communications, haven't
complained at all.
That could be down to the lack of military and maritime activity that
takes place near the houses of BT Vision customers, or perhaps because
Ham Radio operators work at much lower tolerances than most radio
users. Whatever the reason, the clear inference from Ofcom is that the
Ham Radio crowd likes making trouble.
The regulator does admit that power-line kit can generate
interference, but claims that can be attributed to "the manner in
which it is installed or operated", and that it will be examining the
issue further by working with the Radio Society.
The Radio Society is pleased to hear it will be involved, but would
have appreciated some sort of notice. The Society would also like a
response to the letter it sent to Ofcom in July explaining, at some
length (pdf), exactly how the Comtrend boxes don't even pretend to
have passed proper certification and exceed legally-required emission
levels.
The problem may not be affecting a lot of people, but if the equipment
doesn't conform to the required standards then it might seem that even
one complaint should be enough to stop the it being sold. If not, then
it would seem pointless having the standards in the first place.
Or perhaps such standards only apply to small companies when their
products impact lots of people, while large companies upsetting small
groups of people can safely ignore the rules (via Mike Terry, BDXC-UK
yg via DXLD)
DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See ANGUILLA; CHILE; CUBA; ETHIOPIA;
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ SOMALIA [non]; YEMEN [as QRM to]
DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The DTV Transition Program OFFICIALLY over
I was in personal contact with the NTIA CECB program director this
morning via telephone (business) and she informed me that the DTV
Transition program is officially over. She said they are in the 'wind
down' stage and that soon their focus will be on other programs in
their department.
There is an estimated $167 M dollars in unused coupons, that upon
expiration, those monies will be returned to the Federal governments'
general fund. The Federal government is NOT issuing another release of
coupons, feeling that the remaining one million viewers without OTA
television cannot afford a converter box regardless of any help
offered them. She commented that it is now up to each DTV station, on
a case by case basis, to assist viewers in their coverage area. Any
television stations that are continuing to have serious coverage
issues the FCC is already aware of and might be working with those
stations.
At this point, it will be up to each station negotiating with the FCC
IF they need to make adjustments in their DTV signal's performance.
Viewers are now on their own, as the education assistance program
monitored by the NTIA has also come to a close.
FYI (Jim Thomas, wdx0fbu, Milliken, Colorado, Sept 4, WTFDA via DXLD)
RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM
+++++++++++++++++++++
New Article on Perseus in TADX
I noticed that Ken Baird has written a detailed piece on his TADX Web
site titled "September 2009 - Pros and Cons of a Life Changing DX
Receiver":
http://www.ayrshirehistory.eu/tadx/perseus_a_life_changing_receiver.html
He does a fine job describing the advantages of Perseus for MW DXing.
In addition, his article has the best description (with screenshots)
I've ever read on the Perseus playback bar problem. I say "Amen!" to
his observations...and I look forward to saying "Hallelujah!" when
this issue in Perseus is resolved. (73, Guy Atkins, Puyallup, WA USA,
http://www.perseus-sdr.blogspot.com via SW Bulletin Sept 6 via DXLD)