DX LISTENING DIGEST 19-39, September 26, 2019 Incorporating REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING edited by Glenn Hauser, http://www.worldofradio.com Items from DXLD may be reproduced and re-reproduced only if full credit be maintained at all stages and we be provided exchange copies. DXLD may not be reposted in its entirety without permission. Materials taken from Arctic or originating from Olle Alm and not having a commercial copyright are exempt from all restrictions of noncommercial, noncopyrighted reusage except for full credits For restrixions and searchable 2019 contents archive see http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html [also linx to previous years] NOTE: If you are a regular reader of DXLD, and a source of DX news but have not been sending it directly to us, please consider yourself obligated to do so. Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 2001 contents: Antarctica, Armenia, Brazil, Canada, Cuba, Hawaii, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, México, Myanmar, Norway, Oklahoma, Russia, Sikkim, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, USA, Vanuatu; and the propagation outlook. WOR 2001 is available as of 0330 UT Friday September 27 for broadcasts thru October 3: (mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2001.m3u (mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2001.mp3 Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html Also linx to podcast services. WOR 2002 is available as of 0112 UT Friday October 4 for broadcasts thru October 10 (mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2002.m3u (mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2002.mp3 Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html Also linx to podcast services. WORLD OF RADIO 2002 contents: Albania, Antarctica, Ustralia, Austria, Bolivia, Brasil, Canada non, China, Cuba, Finland, France, Germany, Japan/Korea North non, Korea South, Mali, New Zealand, North America, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Sa`udi Arabia, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, USA and non, Vietnam, Zambia; and the propagation outlook The shortwave broadcasts should be: 2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5850 to NW, 5010 to S 0629vUT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany to WSW 1000 UT Saturday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [alt weeks, Oct 12, 26] 1430 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315] 1030 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany to WSW 2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE 0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395 to NNW, 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 6160v? to WSW 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE 0930 UT Monday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW 1130 UT Monday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW 1816 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania to WNW 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW 0830 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW [another episode] 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE [Unique Radio times are staying on UT altho NSW is now on DST; and frequency usage clarified, subject to change] Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS: Tnx to Dr Harald Gabler and the Rhein-Main Radio Club. http://www.rmrc.de/index.php/rmrc-audio-plattform/podcast/glenn-hauser-wor MORE PODCAST ALTERNATIVES, tnx to Keith Weston: https://blog.keithweston.com/2018/11/22/world-of-radio-podcast/ feedburner: http://feeds.feedburner.com/GlennHausersWorldOfRadio tunein.com: http://bit.ly/tuneinwor itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/glenn-hausers-world-of-radio/id1123369861 AND via Google Play Music: http://bit.ly/worldofradio DAY-BY-DAY ARCHIVE OF GLENN HAUSER`S LOG REPORTS: Unedited, uncondensed, unchanged from original version, many of them too complex, minutely researched, multi-frequency, opinionated, inconsequential, off-topic, or lengthy for some log editors to manage; and also ahead of their availability in these weekly issues: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Hauser IMPORTANT NOTICE!!!! WOR IO GROUP: Effective Feb 4, 2018, DXLD yg archive and members have been migrated to this group: https://groups.io/g/WOR [there was already an unrelated group at io named dxld!, so new name] From now on, the io group is primary, where all posts should go. One may apply for membership, subscribe via the above site. DXLD yahoogroup: remains in existence, and members are free to COPY same info to it, as backup, but no posts should go to it only. They may want to change delivery settings to no e-mail, and/or no digest. The change was necessary due to increasing outages, long delays in posts appearing, and search failures at the yg. Why wait for DXLD issues? A lot more info, not all of it appearing in DXLD later, is posted at our io group without delay. [Ed. note: apology for lateness of this issue: I am struggling to keep up with the huge flow of info; finished ASAP! October 7] ** AFGHANISTAN. 6100, R Afghanistan, Sept 20, 1613 with poor audio, 1617 with music. Signal around S6 -90 at 1617 with Afghan music and a bit better audio before. At this level is the lowest signal of the sub-band (Αναρτήθηκε από Zacharias Liangas στις 1:08 μ.μ, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ALASKA. 9695, KNLS, Anchor Point, 0804-0815, 26-09, English, religious songs and comments, ID “The New Life Station”. 25322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) ** ANGOLA. 4949.81 kHz Radio Nacional Angola 1, Mulenvos, Portuguese, 24/09 2102. Male voice: '... para os jovens angolanos, Angola... África...'. 35533 (Rudolf Grimm PY2-81502 SWL São Bernardo SP, BRAZIL http://dxways-br.blogspot.com YouTube: GrimmSBC Rx: KiwiSDR Antenna: PA0RDT Mini Whip Antenna HCDX via DXLD) ** ANGUILLA. 11775, Caribbean Beacon 1645, PMS lecture. VG, and VG to Excellent on 1945 recheck and also 2130 (with DGS and PMS). Noticeable whiny squeal (I call it the teapot) with the audio, and went off without warning at 2200 - Very Good Sept 22 (Rick Barton, Arizona SW Logs, Unless otherwise stated, equipment is Grundig Satellit 205/T.5000, RS SW-2000629, with various outdoor wires & indoor shortwire. Use of portables noted where relevant for perspective on signal strength comments. 73 and Good Listening......! - rb, WOR iog via DXLD) ** ANTARCTICA. 15476, LRA 36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, Base Esperanza, 1737-1750, 18-09, extremely weak here in Reinante, weak carrier detected. (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) Re 15476-CUSB, LRA36 special, Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, reports: ``Mail received from LRA 36. They say the special program that will be on air tomorrow Saturday 1300-1415 UT, will be repeated later in the evening: [sic:] "hola Manuel como estas buenas tarde este sabado 21 de septiembre vamos a trasmitir un programa especial de onda corta con muchos saludos de radio aficionados del mundo la hora es 13 a 1415 UT por onda corta, y lo vamos a retrasmir por la tarde tambien."`` --- but no time specified for the replay (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. 15476-, Sept 21 at 1357, JBA carrier direct from LRA36; during their publicized special for arrival of spring (really not until 0750 UT Monday Sept 23 --- about as late as it can get on our calendar). Meanwhile, I know to have any chance of hearing more than that, I need a remote receiver. I suspect many of them are maxed out because of this. I finally find one in Brasil (not the main Pardinho one) which connects at 1326, with W&W in Spanish talking about Antártida, but not strong & clear enough to follow much. At 1335 I notice some ACI from 15470 in Chinese, i.e. CNR1 jamming against RFA Tibetan via Tajikistan at 11-14. I`m back on the SDR at 1408 when reception has improved, just in time to hear a quick greeting by the well-known voice of Jeff White, and some other voices. 1410 music starts and 1415 with lyrix maybe in English. No more talk after that, and this SDR cuts me off at 1428. The special is supposed to be repeated sometime later today. At 1458 I try on UTwente, finding 15475 occupied by martial Chinese vocal music, 1500 timesignal and CNR ID; and now noise jamming is piled on. Aoki, EiBi, and HFCC do not show anything on 15475 at this time, but the ChiCom must know better; a pox upon them. Or this jamming is very outdated. Back on June 27-28, Observer, Bulgaria reported about Radio Free Asia: ``1500-1600 NF 11675 SAI 100 kW / 300 deg EaAs Chinese ex 15475 BIB`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2001, DX LISTENING DIGEST) LRA-36 --- Tuned in 10 minutes before 1300 to find LRA-36 already on the air with what sounded like an Argentine song, then IDs by male and female, then more talk by a woman with additional IDs. With the Paradinho site in Brazil crowded, Iceland is the next best bet (Dan Robinson, 1259 UT Sept 21, WOR iog via DXLD) No signal detected here in Massachusetts (Stephen C Wood, E. Dennis, MA, Perseus SDR, 30 x 15 terminated superloop antenna, 1306 UT, ibid.) Yes, Bruce, I was amazed to see the signal level, but I am using another SDR site there which sounds a bit better than TF1. Also surprised to find them on well before the scheduled 1300 start time of this program (Dan Robinson, 1322 UT, ibid.) At 1355 multilingual IDs, including English, followed by CW ID at 1356; then male with greetings to listeners at 1358 (Dan Robinson, 1358 UT, ibid.) Really in the clear now at 1401 UT after another station on 15475 left the air. Still using USB as clearest mode. And they are still on the air as of 1418 with music (Dan, 1418 UT ibid.) LRA-36 1312z = 15.12 CEST https://www.midomi.com/index.php?action=main.track&track_id=100580548967700452&from=voice_search Divididos - Par Mil https://youtu.be/Z_tHBX0mj1s [``not available in your country`` -- gh, USA] https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divididos (roger, 1326 UT, ibid.) 1355z https://www.midomi.com/index.php?action=main.track&track_id=100744039584416896&from=voice_search La Beriso - No Me Olvides 1357z a message in CW (for that I have to ask FLDIGI afterwards ..) Then greetings, it was also called the name Jeff White. In between IDs in different languages --- Japanese, and also German. 1359z https://www.midomi.com/index.php?action=main.track&track_id=100466488120611757&from=voice_search Charly Garcia - No Me Dejan Salir 1408z Anuncio de tiempo para las "once en punto y 8 minutos" 1411z https://www.midomi.com/index.php?action=main.track&track_id=100903902727179229&from=voice_search Dice - Ciro y los Persas 1415z https://www.midomi.com/index.php?action=main.track&track_id=100781203752849251&from=voice_search Airbag - Así de Fácil 1420z https://www.midomi.com/index.php?action=main.track&track_id=100416887289844453&from=voice_search Andrés Calamaro - Verdades Afiladas 1423z https://www.midomi.com/index.php?action=main.track&track_id=100399190891999751&from=voice_search Babasónicos - La Pregunta (roger, germany, 1425 UT, ibid.) So, they're not signing off at 1430; continued in music through 1430. Assume this means they might be on for the day? (Dan Robinson, 1432 UT, ibid.) 15476, LRA 36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, Base Esperanza, 1900-1927, 21-09, repeating the 1300 hours program, "Compartiendo Esperanza", "Celebramos la llegada de la primavera...", greeting and reading listeners mails and letters, songs. Extremely weak here in Reinante, but fair signal via SDR Kiwi remote receivers in Brazil and fair to weak signal via SDR Kiwi remote receivers in Iceland (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 2001, DXLD) Beautiful signal via Iceland SDR right now with woman in Spanish talk at 2006 (Dan Robinson, ibid.) 15476, LRA 36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, Base Esperanza, 1840, 25-09, songs, very weak and strong fading, but improving signal, songs in English, at 1931 Beatles’s song “Hey Jude”. 1000-1115, 26-09, open today earlier than other days, songs in English with clear signal, here in Friol, at 1031 song "Happy", by Pharrell Williams, some songs in Spanish. Strong fading, at moments clear signal and at moments de audio disappears. Seems that LRA 36 is increasing the transmission time with respect to past weeks (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) LRA 36 on air today earlier than other days, clear signal at moments here in Friol --- LRA 36, 15476, open today earlier than other days, heard 1000-1045, 26-09, songs in English detected with clear signal, here in Friol, at 1031 song "Happy", by Pharrell Williams. Some songs in Spanish. Strong fading, at moments clear signal and at moments de audio disappears. Seems that LRA 36 is increasing the transmission time with respect to past weeks (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Log in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 2001, DXLD) Thanks Manuel, heard on Kiwi SDR net worldwide, at Rudolf in Sao Paulo remote unit http://186.193.231.135:8073/ not exact measure around 15475.90 sic kHz string visible, S=5-6 -98dBm varying in Sao Paulo Brazil remote Kiwi SDR at 1218 UT. Any uninspiring French? pop music til 1229 UT. No music with Latin American touch. Why should I do such a listening pleasure? Mow on Sept 26, at 1229 UT locutora "muy buenos días". 73 wolfie df5sx (Wolfgang Bueschel, ibid.) ** ARGENTINA [non]. See USA: WRMI ** ARMENIA. Radio broadcasts of Armenia in different languages of the Middle East, now go on air from 1600 to 1745 UT on the new MW frequency of 1395 kHz. The former frequency was 1314 kHz. Due to the weak signal, only a part of the languages was noted: from 1700 UT in Turkish, from 1715 presumably Kurdish - Yezidi / Kurmanji and from 1730 UTC in Azar (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, Rus-DX 22 Sept via DXLD) 1395, Rumen Pankov reports, that Voice of Armenia has moved from 1314 to 1395 kHz. I check my files, and it has been there already since the beginning of August (via Mauno Ritola, ARC 22.9.2019 (ARC mv-eko 23 Sept via DXLD) Gavar um 16 UT 1395 kHz in Ce Europe duerfte ja eine leichte Uebung sein. Hi Wolfie ! Hier sind zwei Tips fuer BC DX. Public Radio of Armenia / VOArmenia CJSC Yerevan Gavar is now on the air at *1600-1745* UT on new MW 1395 kHz instead of old 1314 kHz. Tiny signal, but from 1700 UT was in Turkish language, 1715 TWR in(?) Kurdish-Yezidi and from 1730 UT in Azeri language (Rumen Pankov-BUL, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 22, BC-DX 26 Sept via DXLD)) ** ARMENIA. See CANADA [non] Spectres of Shortwave Broadcast ** AUSTRALIA. Unique Radio on all Tuesday --- Unique Radio on today (Tuesday) 5045 kHz and all day. 3210 kHz tonight. Heard across New South Wales and beyond, enjoy (Aussie Tim, Unique Radio, Gunnedah NSW, Australia, 2303 UT Sept 23, WOR iog via DXLD) Good USB sig in Sydney 0644 with ‘Eloise’ by Barry Ryan (Matt Francis, NSW, ibid.) ** AUSTRALIA. 5055, Radio 4KZ, 1215-1246*, Sept 24. Above average reception; ID'able pop songs (Jackie Wilson - "Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher And Higher," Stevie Wonder - "For Once In My Life," The Beatles - "Paperback Writer," etc.); some commercial announcements (not quite readable); some of the usual USB Spanish chatter QRM; cut off close to 1246*. A good Aussie day! (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD) ** AUSTRIA. Radio Mi Amigo newsletter/Winter program schedule Dear friend of Radio Mi Amigo, As we enter the new fall/winter season, we're happy to present you with our September 2019 newsletter (attached in Pdf format). In it, you'll find the latest news about our station, as well as the complete new fall/winter program-schedule which goes into effect today, Friday, September 27. This season marks the 5th anniversary of our station. We expect it to be our best and most successful, as we currently have the best ever team of veteran offshore radio DJs, ready to further build and grow our unique, international station, while entertaining you with familiar - often surprising tunes from 'the Golden Era of Offshore Radio'. We're greeting many new listeners in more new countries and parts of the world than ever before. It seems not only our music is universal, but also our 'Free Radio' presentation style - in any language, same as it was when the pirates ruled the waves. To reach all corners of the globe via the airwaves, we are planning new special event high power shortwave broadcasts in the coming weeks and also this Christmas. So stay tuned, as a subscriber to our newsletter you'll be the first to know all the details! Best wishes from all of us! Radio Mi Amigo International http://www.radiomiamigo.international (via Manuel Mendez and Mike Terry, WOR iog; and via Hansjoerg Biener, DXLD) ** BAHAMAS. Re: [WOR] ZNS-1 and ZNS-3 --- On my last full day (20 September) in Miami, I checked ZNS-1 and ZNS-3 (Is the preferred call sign with or without the hyphen?) at 2200 UT. They were in parallel and carrying the "ZNS Evening Report." In two halves with the first half ending at about 2230 with "Have a Blessed Weekend." Went on with more news and sports along with some commercials. Mostly hurricane aftermath news. ZNS-3 still not streaming but ZNS-1 was as were the other two ZNS stations: "Inspiration" on 107.9 MHz FM and Power 104.5. They were also carrying the news programs in parallel (Richard Langley, Sept 21, WOR iog via DXLD) ** BHUTAN. 6035, BBS, 1145-1150*, Sept 21. Mixing with an unusually weak FM99 (PBS Yunnan); pop songs (John Lennon - "Imagine," etc.); suddenly cut off, leaving FM99 in the clear, but not their normal good signal; no QRM jamming spur from 6045 (Ron Howard, California, WOR iog via DXLD) ** BOUGAINVILLE [non-log]. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1037+, Sept 22. Off the air; not heard recently; by 1044, VOI was on the air (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 2001, DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 4885.023, Sept 22 at 0551, Rádio Clube do Pará music measured here on VP signal, but at least I can hear it, even tho or because of using my indoor longwire, after a storm which deposited more than one inch of rain, also attenuating if not eliminating the high line noise level. Recheck at 0619 during multi-station ID including some MW outlets, which is what Pará does, not the other ZY on 4885, Rdif. Acreana. However, when measuring this, I heard a beat with another carrier; too early for Korea. Either it`s Acreana underneath, or the Pará carrier is slightly unstable. Richard Langley had recently recorded 4885 overnight and reported nothing from Brasil but Pará (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 6010.035, likely very poor Brazilian, tiny S=4 at 0552 UT. Log of Sept 22, checked some NoAM SDR's -- in NJ, MI, Cape Canaveral [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 22, WOR iog via DXLD) 6010 kHz, Radio Inconfidencia [sic], Belo Horizonte MG, Portuguese, 24/09 2110. Ads: '...Campeonato Brasileiro é na Inconfidencia, nesta quarta-feira a bola rola na Inconfidencia, Ceará x Cruzeiro, equipe de esportes da Inconfidencia...'. 35553 (RG). // 880 kHz. (Rudolf Grimm PY2-81502 SWL São Bernardo SP, BRAZIL http://dxways-br.blogspot.com YouTube: GrimmSBC Rx: KiwiSDR Antenna: PA0RDT Mini Whip Antenna HCDX via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 6135.106 ?likely? very bad! condition this morning, Ascension and Brazil ! BRA poor S=4-5 carrier at 0543 UT. 5939.699, Voz Missionaria fair S=5 signal at 0606 UT on Sept 22. 9664.845, Missionaria(?) tentative JBA poor S=4-5 at 0615 UT 9630.409, likely Aparecida in Bras Portuguese, but poor S=4 today Log of Sept 22, checked some NoAM SDR's -- in NJ, MI, and Cape Canaveral at 0530-0630 UT [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 22, WOR iog via DXLD) ** BRAZIL [and non]. 9630.408, Sept 22 at 0610, R. Aparecida music on perpetual offset. 9664.847, Sept 22 at 0615, Voz Missionária preaching in Portuguese, another perpetual offset, both with fair signals more than usual and not much else on 31mb now. 9645.00, Sept 22 at 0609, JBA carrier between the two Brazilians which once would surely have been R. Bandeirantes, but doubt it has resumed SW. Per EiBi, it`s Vatican Radio, Sunday-only Ukrainian at 0605-0700, altho CNR1 Beijing is also on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 10000, Time Signal Station Observatorio Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, 1936-1950, 25-09, after months inactive, now on air, time signals, female voice announcements: "Observatorio Nacional, 16 horas, 37 minutos, 0 segundos...". 23322. Also 0701-0720, 26-09, with the same format time announcement: “Observatorio Nacional, 4 horas, 1 minuto, 10 segundos”. 13321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 2001, DXLD) ** CANADA. 740, CFZM, Toronto, ON was adult standards, now classic hits (ARC mv-eko 23 Sept via DXLD) 740, CFZM, ON, Toronto – Format to CLR:TLK (ex-AC/OLD:TLK (AM Log Update, AM Switch, NRC DX News Oct 1, published Sept 24, via DXLD) ** CANADA. 800, Sept 20 at 1111 UT, CKLW playing a clip from `The Daily Show` about Trudeau`s brown-facing, W&M chat enjoying all the attention Canada is getting as a result. KQCV OKC easily nulled (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA [non]. Jon Pearkins sends along the following dated 9/11/19, addition from the Puget Sound Media re KWLE-1340 Anacortes WA and KRPA-1110 Oak Harbor WA dated 9/9/19: KWLE-1340 Anacortes and daytimer KRPA-1110 Oak Harbor continue to be simulcast but have switched from English language folk/country music to Punjabi/South Asian music. The intended market for both stations is believed to be the large East Indian population from Duncan to Nanaimo on Vancouver Island. The signal into Greater Vancouver is poor, in part thanks to interference from CHMB-1320 and CKWX-1130. ref – https://www.pugetsound.media/2019/09/09/kwle-krpa-simulcast-flips-to-punjabi-music/ including Comments section. After hearing Punjabi/South Asian music on AM 1340 for the past week, on Saturday night I was last night finally able to confirm this was KWLE Anacortes I was hearing. The simulcast pair of KWLE and Oak Harbor’s 1110 KRPA have dropped their automated hybrid folk/country blues format to air Indian music. Daytimer KRPA was previously owned by a Vancouver South Asian operator who programmed Punjabi music and talk. The stations still sound like they’re using cheap computers with poor sound cards and a lower level Internet connection to broadcast with. As before, the stations often cut out due to buffering and bandwidth issues leaving random chunks of dead air for listeners to absorb. KRPA‘s pitch to operate night hours looks like a lost deal as the owner has had the FCC deleted the application. At least they actually sign off at sunset unlike the years they were owned by Surrey BC based “Radio Punjab”. These two wastes of RF still sound like “placeholders” (IRCA DX Monitor Sept 28 published Sept 24 via DXLD) ** CANADA. 6069.978, CFRX Toronto, En, two men discussion about welfare, medical problems and help organizations. S=9 in NJ nice nighttime signal on east coast of US. 0548 UT. Log of Sept 22, checked some NoAM SDR's -- in NJ, MI, and Cape Canaveral at 0530-0630 UT [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 22, WOR iog via DXLD) CFRX always off-frequency-minus, compensating for 6080 SAO TOME plus (gh) ** CANADA [non]. [WOR] Spectres of Shortwave Broadcast from Armenia Hi All, Just saw this on the 'Requiem for Radio' Facebook page: Winnipeg! Spectres of Shortwave is screening at the Winnipeg Cinematheque tomorrow night at 7 pm. Co-presented by the Send+Recieve Festival of Sound. Shortwave radio simulcast on 7475 kHz from Armenia toward Africa (0000-0200 UT) --- Start time is SHARP! Audio is being simulcast on the other side of the world, so everything starts playing at 7:00pm CDT (0000 UT) to the second sharp. So be on time - or a few minutes before! I will be present for a Q&A afterward. https://www.winnipegfilmgroup.com/ev…/spectres-of-shortwave/ [truncated; tnx a lot!] It shows it was posted 8 hours ago as of 2100 UT, so I assume that means 0000 UT on Saturday? [Sept 28] (Alan Gale, Sept 26, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 2001, DXLD) ** CHAD [non]. 9775, CLANDESTINE. Radio Ndarason International – Woofferton (presumed), 1836-1859*, Sep 17. a man announcer speaking in the listed Kanuri language. Brief segments of tribal vocals and drums music between further talks. Closed at 1855 with a vocal selection that continued until the carrier was terminated. Poor (Rich D'Angelo, 2216 Burkey Drive, Wyomissing, PA 19610, U.S.A. Equipment: Ten-Tec RX-340, Drake R-8B, Eton E1, Eton E5, Alpha Delta DX Sloper, RF Systems Mini-Windom, Datong FL3, JPS ANC-4, NASWA Flashsheet Sept 22 via DXLD) ** CHINA [and non]. Definite New Pulse-Type Jammer on 738 kHz This morning a DXing session was conducted at Peach Park here in the Puyallup Valley, mainly to get away from local electrical noise to investigate the new 738 Jammer. The Jammer, BEL2 and HLKG all had independent propagation, fading in and out at different times. 738-BEL2 cooperated very nicely with some S9+ peaks, as did the Jammer (occasionally all alone on the frequency). Apparently China has found a new way to degrade a prolific Taiwan signal, which was at overwhelming strength during daytime DX in Hong Kong (at around 400 miles) during a trip last April. More details and recordings will be posted later today. (Apparent) New Chinese Jammer on 738 kHz Gary DeBock Sep 26 #2638 During an April visit to Hong Kong the 100 kW Taiwan Fisheries station 738-BEL2 was managing an S9+ daytime DX signal into an ocean side cliff (Cape D'Aguilar) across 400 miles of salt water -- an awesome display of signal strength into the Chinese mainland. The Beijing government has apparently also noticed this, and seems to have deployed a pulsing noise jammer on 738 kHz to degrade its signal. Wednesday morning I made a special trip to the local Peach Park (5 minutes away) for the morning's sunrise enhancement session, hoping to record a few 738-Jammer signals in the absence of the electrical noise at my home location. Both the new 738-Jammer and BEL2 cooperated very nicely, with alternating S9 signals from 1320 to 1340 (in addition to a cameo appearance by HLKG). The 738-Jammer obviously has propagation patterns distinct from BEL2, with its noisy pulsing sometimes almost absent, sometimes weaker than BEL2, sometimes at equal strength, and sometimes all alone on the frequency, Some examples of each from Wednesday morning's session are posted at the links below. Nick has also noticed this 738-Jammer, and its signal strength should make it quite a prolific TP performer here on the west coast, with or without BEL2 as a co-channel. Those who miss the old 1053-Jammer now seem to have a potent TP replacement :-) 738, BEL2 Penghu Taiwan S9 signal almost free of Jammer noise at 1327 https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/6et2qzqcgditr2sbcin11ggqdjlteic5 S9+ music at 1339 somewhat degraded by the Jammer, but strong enough to overcome it https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/r2uklruhh375nclcmg09uexrmqe8h5cx S9 signal at 1334 badly degraded by Jammer, also near S9 level https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/1v5ccc0ug1x4cwz4pm5hacg1rcsl9ieq 738-Jammer pretty much all alone on the frequency at a strong level at 1321, with just a trace of HLKG https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/r1xmvn0gj4pbvr85madiqmbhnd7loy8v 73, (Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA), 7.5" loopstick XHDATA D-808 portable + 5" Frequent Flyer FSL antenna (at 5' level), DXing at Sam Peach Park in the Puyallup Valley, Sept 25, IRCA iog via DXLD) ** CHINA [and non]. 15555, CNR 1 jammer in Chinese, September 15, 2355–2400. SIO 555. Jamming RFA from Saipan. Effective jamming at this location. I can occasionally hear RFA broadcast under the CNR jamming. Raucous, obnoxious programming. Both stations off the air at 2400. 7300, CNR 1 in Chinese, September 16, 2019, 1526–1532. SIO 444. Domestic broadcast jamming RTI on same frequency. OMs in conversation or debate, advertisements, mudiv clips. I can hear RTI underneath CNR. Typical CNR format. Time pips at bottom of hour. News in Mandarin follows. OM announcers and commentators. Slow QSB (Vince Henley, Anacortes, WA, WiNRADiO G39DDCe SDR, ICOM IC-R8600, Ten-Tec RX-340, Drake R8B, SDRPLAY RSP Duo, TECSUN PL-880. Antennas: whip on PL-880 and Alpha-Delta DX-Ultra installed broadside east west at 30 feet for all others, NASWA Flashsheet Sept 22 via DXLD) 9155, CNR-1 at 1030. Long monologue. Pips and another broadcast off at the top of the hour. Another case of broadcaster being used as broadcast jammer, as normally this frequency should be occupied by Sound of Hope (via Taiwan ROC) - Very Good Sept 17 (Rick Barton, Arizona SW Logs, Unless otherwise stated, equipment is Grundig Satellit 205/T.5000, RS SW-2000629 with various outdoor wires & indoor shortwire. WOR iog via DXLD) 11790. Sep 19, 2019. 0145-0155, China National Radio 1, xx-CHN, in Chinese. Woman and man announcers talking during all time, without interval. A jamming blocking the RFA emission this time, presumably. Good reception, 45544 (JRX_Jose Ronaldo Xavier, SWARL Callsign PR7036SWL, Receiver (s)_ XHDATA D-808, Antenna (s)_ Mini Loop to SW, Cabedelo, Brazil, WOR iog via DXLD) 9155, et. al. CHINA. CNR 1 jammer – unknown location, 1213, 9/21/19 in Mandarin. Woman with evening children’s program including music & talk. Fair. // 7470 (jammer – poor - fair), 9255 (jammer - fair), 9660 (CNR 1, Fuzhou - Poor), 9680 (CNR 1, Kunming - Fair), 9990 (jammer - Fair). All jammers vs. Sound of Hope via Taiwan (unheard.) (Mark Taylor, Madison, Wisconsin. Perseus, Elad FDM-S2, Airspy HF+ & HF+ Discovery, Tecsun PL 880, and various other portables; 42 meters dipole, 100’ long wire, W6LVP loop, NASWA Flashsheet Sept 22 via DXLD) ** CHINA [and non]. Log of Sept 21, checked some Asian target outlets at 0700-1225 UT time range on remote SDRs in Hiroshima, Akitakata, Tokyo Japan. Highest fq of Taiwan SoH Chinese language 'veiled purpose' service today. 21799.693 kHz TWN SOH at 23.50 UT Tuesday Sep 17, S=6 strength in Japan 21799.706 kHz TWN SOH at 00.27 UT Thursday Sep 19, S=8 strength in Japan 21799.707 kHz TWN SOH at 07.24 UT Saturday Sep 21, S=5 poor tiny in Jpn 21800even kHz CHN CNR jamming at S=7-8 strength noted from 07.45 UT. 6226 to 6365 kHz wideband OTHR powerhouse signal and also two Korean jammer of S=9+35dB powerhouse level, noted at 12.25 UT on Sept 21. 6370.105 TWN SOH Chinese at poor S=4-5 signal level at 12.21 UT. 6869.913 TWN SOH Chinese at poor S=4-5 signal level at 12.19 UT. 6837 to 6999 kHz wideband OTHR powerhouse signal noted at 12.14 UT. Three services on 7210 kHz channel at 12.10 UT on Sept 21 7209.928 TWN SOH Chinese from Miaoli site acc Aoki Nagoya database at poor S=5 signal level; 7210even VTN Domestic Vietnamese lang 4th sce from Daclac site. 7210.003 likely CHN PBS YNR Chinese program from Yunnan Shalang*site, the old Malayan Communist Party Radio station of the 70ties. 7270even CHN PBS Nei Menggu in Mongolian scheduled at 12.08 UT, and 7270.008 IND AIR Chennai in Tamil language, S=7 and low modulated. 7410.003 PHL FEBC Cambodian language sce from Bocaue bcast center site. S=9-5dB sidelobe signal at 12.03 UT on Sept 21. 7460.135 TWN SOH Chinese at poor S=4-5 signal level at 12.06 UT. 7470even CHN CNR1 jamming signal against VoA Chinese service from 7470.007 THA US IBB BBG Udorn Thani bcast center in northeastern Thailand, noted at 11.58 UT, S=9+20dB signal strength. 15 kHz wideband audio signal. 7729.902 TWN SOH Chinese at S=5-6 signal level at 11.56 UT. 9100even KOR EoH VOH Korean Clandestine stn program from Seoul-KOR, much fluttery S=8 signal heard on SDR unit in Akitakata. 9155even CHN CNR1 jamming signal against TWN SOH services, noted at 11.40 UT, S=9+10dB signal. 18 kHz wideband signal. 9230even CHN CNR1 jamming signal against TWN SOH services, noted on 9230.021 kHz at 11.36 UT, S=6 signal strength. 9254.997 CHN CNR1 jamming signal against TWN SOH services, noted at 11.33 UT, S=9+5dB signal. 20 kHz wideband signal. 9275even PHL FEBC Mandarin sce from Bocaue bcast center site. S=7 sidelobe signal at 11.33 UT on Sept 21. Program call from Hong Kong bureau? 'R Liangyon' ID. 9399.975 PHL FEBC Chinese sce from Iba bcast center site. S=7 sidelobe signal at 11.31 UT on Sept 21. 9460even CHN CNR1 jamming signal against VoA Chinese service from 9460.007 PHL US IBB BBG Tinang bcast center in central Philippines, noted at 11.28 UT, S=9+30dB jamming signal strength. 16.4 kHz wideband signal. 9635even CHN CNR1 jamming signal noted at 11.26 UT, S=9+10dB strength. and co-channel adjacent 9635.037 VTN Voice of Vietname from Son Tay in Vietnamese language. 9655 DRM mode from CHN CNR1 at Urumqi in NoWeChina bcast center. 3EC call sign read, S=9 level at 11.22 UT. 9660even CHN CNR1 jamming signal against TWN Radio Taiwan International Chinese service noted at 11.20 UT, S=9+15dB signal strength. 20 kHz wideband signal. 9680even CHN CNR1 jamming signal against TWN Radio Taiwan International Chinese service noted at 11.19 UT, S=9+15dB signal strength. 20 kHz wideband signal. 9729.998 MMR Myanmar Radio from Yangoon site, S=7 fair at 11.18 UT. 9795 kHz both heard on this channel. 9794.976 PHL FEBC Vietnamese sce from Iba bcast center site. S=9 sidelobe signal at 11.15 UT on Sept 21. - and 9795.027 VTN Jamming with SIRENE audio sound from Vietnam at lower signal level. 9834.917 CHN PBS Xinjiang in Chinese, S=8-9 strength at 11.12 UT. 9839.770 VTN Voice of Vietnam, Son Tay bcast center, in Japanese sce, strong S=9+20dB signal in SDR Japan unit, at 11.09 UT. 11.4 kHz wideband audio visible on screen. 9850 kHz two different outlets on this channel 9850even CHN PBS Quinghai in Tibetan language at 11.08 UT, and 9849.996 TWN SOH Chinese at S=6 signal level at 11.06 UT. 9870.007 GUM AWR KSDA Agat Guam, Chinese, S=9+10dB signal at 11.05 9919.996 TWN SOH Chinese, tiny S=4-5 at 11.04 UT. 9949.809 much ODD fq of AIR Delhi Kingsway (tentat.) in Urdu language S=8 sidelobe azi in Japan SDR unit, Sept 21 at 11.03 UT. 10820even CHN CNR1 jamming signal against TWN SOH services, noted at exact 10.59 - 11.00 UT, S=9+25dB powerful signal. ID and TIME PIPS heard, and transmitter s-OFF at 11.00 UT. 11100even CHN CNR1 jamming signal against TWN SOH services, noted at 10.58 UT, S=9+10dB signal. 20 kHz wideband signal. 11409.976 TWN SOH Chinese, tiny S=4 at 10.56 UT. 11440even CHN CNR1 jamming signal against TWN SOH services underneath 11439.970 TWN noted at 10.54 UT, S=8 signal. 20 kHz wideband signal. 11460even CHN CNR1 jamming signal against TWN SOH services, noted at 10.52 UT, S=8-9 signal. 11 kHz wideband signal. 11530even CHN CNR1 jamming signal against TWN SOH services underneath 11529.986 TWN noted at 10.51 UT, S=7 signal strength. 11580even CHN CNR1 jamming signal against TWN SOH services, noted at 10.47 UT, S=9+20dB signal strength. 17 kHz wideband signal. 11599.996 TWN SOH Chinese S=6-7 at 10.44 UT on Sept 21. 11640even CHN CNR1 jamming signal against TWN Radio Taiwan International Chinese service, noted at 10.42 UT, S=9+20dB signal strength. 14 kHz wideband signal. 11774.992 TWN SOH Chinese S=6-7 at 10.37 UT. 11785even CHN CNR1 jamming signal against VoA Chinese service from 11785.006 THA US IBB BBG Udorn Thani bcast center in northeastern Thailand, noted at 10.25 UT, S=9+20dB signal strength. 16 kHz wideband audio signal. 11825even CHN CNR1 jamming signal against VoA Chinese service from PHL US IBB BBG Tinang bcast center in central Philippines, noted at 10.21 UT, S=9+30dB jamming signal strength. 12 kHz wideband signal. Terrible multi echo disturbtion. Scheduled 09-12 UT. 12018.721 VTN Voice of Vietnam, Son Tay bcast center, in English sce, S=6 only sidelobe in Japan, at 10.18 UT on Sept 21. 12084.876 MNG Voice of Mongolia, Ulan Bataar, Chinese S=9 at 10.15 12359.958 TWN SOH Chinese S=6-7 at 10.07 UT. 13129.994 TWN SOH Chinese S=5-6 at 10.10 UT. 13159.987 TWN SOH Chinese S=4-5 weak and tiny at 10.11 UT. 13530.220 TWN SOH Chinese S=5-6 at 10.13 UT. 13755even CHN CNR1 jamming signal against VoA Chinese service from THA US IBB BBG Udorn Thani bcast center in northeastern Thailand, noted at 10.00 UT straight, S=9+10dB signal strength. 11 kHz wideband signal. 14920even CHN CNR1 jamming signal against TWN SOH services, noted at 09.58 UT, S=8-9dB signal strength. 11 kHz wideband signal. 14980even CHN CNR1 jamming signal against TWN SOH services, noted at 09.56 UT, S=9+5dB signal strength. 20 kHz wideband signal. 15180 DRM mode from CHN CNR1 at Kunming Anning #501 bcast center. DRM2 call sign read, S=6 sidelobe in Japan at 09.54 UT. 15270even TWN Radio Taiwan Internat, S=4-5 weak at 09.53 UT. 15295even TWN SOH Chinese S=5-6 at 09.52 UT. 15340even TWN SOH Chinese S=5-6 at 09.51 UT. 15465even CHN CNR1 jamming signal of S=9+25dB, 20 kHz wideband audio seen at 09.50 UT against co-ch Radio Taiwan Internat in Japan. 15800even CHN CNR1 jamming signal, S=6-7 at 09.44 UT. 15939.927 TWN SOH Chinese, S=7 signal at 07.44 UT on Sept 21. 15940even CHN CNR1 jamming signal against TWN SOH services, noted at 07.46 UT and 09.42 UT, S=9+20dB signal strength. 20 kHz wideband signal. 16100even CHN CNR1 jamming signal of S=8-9 at 09.40 UT in JPN. 16160.084 TWN SOH Chinese, S=6 at 07.42 UT. 16249.730 TWN SOH Chinese, S=7-8 at 09.13 UT. 16299.820 TWN one stronger signal of RFA / SOH type SOH Chinese, S=9 power at 09.11 UT. 16600.097 TWN SOH Chinese, S=7 at 07.40 and 09.07 UT. 16789.845 TWN SOH Chinese, S=6 at 07.34 UT on Sept 21. 16979.925 TWN SOH Chinese, S=5-6 at 07.37 UT. 17150.021 TWN SOH Chinese, S=6-7 at 09.04 UT. New channel 17399.808 TWN SOH Chinese, S=4 at 07.59 UT. 17440.243 TWN SOH Chinese, S=8 at 07.34 UT Sept 21. 17770 DRM mode from CHN CNR1 at Dongfang, Hainan Island bcast center. 3E8 call sign read, S=9+25dB level at 07.31. Hit even SOH TWN. 17779.952 TWN SOH Chinese, S=6-7 at 07.32 UT. 18180.313 TWN SOH Chinese, S=8-9 at 07.28 UT. 18182.103 TWN UNID stn, S=4 at 08.57 UT. 18899.703 TWN SOH Chinese, S=6 at 08.52 UT. New channel 18969.927 TWN SOH Chinese, S=6 at 07.29 UT. New channel [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz](Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 21, WOR iog via DXLD) * old Malayan Communist Party Radio station of the 70ties in Yunnan Shalang: 5110 kHz Voice of the People of Burma. 6034 and 9423 kHz Voice of the People of Thailand. 11830 and 15790 kHz Voice of Malayan Revolution from Yunnan. (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 21, ibid.) Normally I`d break out each different country in the above for proper placement in DXLD, and edit for DXLD standards of legibility, de-cluttering --- but just too time consuming, tedious (gh) ** CHINA. 9255, CNR 1 at 1215 (broadcaster apparently used as jammer) with M in Chinese dialect, really blasting in, over what should be Sound of Hope (Opposition) via the R.O.C. - Taiwan - Very Good Sept 22 (Rick Barton, Arizona SW Logs, Unless otherwise stated, equipment is Grundig Satellit 205/T.5000, RS SW-2000629, with various outdoor wires & indoor shortwire. Use of portables noted where relevant for perspective on signal strength comments. 73 and Good Listening......! - rb, WOR iog via DXLD) 10870, Sept 22 at 1255, CNR1 jammer, Chinese talk; but no more in the 9s, 10s, 11s, nor 12s, 13s, by 1305, except JBA 11640, VP 11785 and better 11825 before 1300 which are also probably CNR1 jammers. [and non]. 10960, scanning for CNR1 jammers, Sept 23 at 1323, not much except a weak signal here, but wait --- it`s in English. Altho a regular SOH/jamchan, sure enough what I hear now is matching audio from local 1390 KCRC, quickly computed as overload/external/receiver mix with the S9+30 signal of CRI via CUBA on 9570, which is 1390 kHz below. I do find some real CNR1s at 1331: 9180 VP Chinese; 9215 & 9230 JBA carriers, and no WOOBs higher up. CNR1 jammer search, Sept 24 at 1240-1250: 9155 JBA carrier, 9255 Chinese, 10820 JBA carrier with flutter; more JBACs on 11150, 11460, 11540 < 11640, none higher. The lower ones are all listed SOH jammed frequencies; the top two vs RFA and RTI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [and non]. 3990 Sep 8 2325 Gannan PBS, Tianshui, Tibetan conversation (AP-DNK) 3990 Sep15 2325 Xinjiang PBS, Urumqi Uighur conversation // 7205 (terrible noise) (Anker Petersen, Denmark, SW Bulletin Sept 22 via DXLD) latter i.e. EAST TURKISTAN. So two different stations and languages precisely one week apart on the same frequency? (gh) ** CHINA. 4940, Voice of Strait, 1430-1455, Sept 21 (Saturday). The weekend only show in English ("Focus on China"); program about teaching children to be singers in a children's singing group; semi-readable; usual recorded ID: "Fresh, dynamic, professional, profound, explore Chinese culture . . . You are now listening to Focus on China"; 1455, into Chinese programs (Ron Howard, California, WOR iog via DXLD) ** CHINA. The 17th program of the Chinese national radio in Kazakh at frequencies 9630 and 11630 kHz, it was noted with lessons for learning the Russian language from 1217 to 1227 UT 3, 5, 9, 10, from September 12 to September 15. There were no lessons on September 18 and 19, possibly due to program changes or holidays, events, or other reason (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, Rus-DX 22 Sept via DXLD) CNR 17 program, Kazakh program, today 22nd Sept was heard on 9630 & 11630 kHz with English language lesson at *1220-1232 UT and Russian language lesson at 1232-1244* UT (Rumen Pankov-BUL, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 22, BC-DX 26 Sept via DXLD) ** COLOMBIA. THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF BROADCASTING IN COLOMBIA Indalecio Castellanos via Rafael Rodríguez, Cadena DX fb 10.9.2019 Translation Christer Brunström, ARC The history of Colombian radio broadcasting began with the first transmission of station HJN on 5 September 1929. At that time the radio industry was already firmly established in Argentina, Mexico and Cuba since 1922 and in Peru since 1925. After years of conservative governments in the country and on the brink of a worldwide economic collapse, the first Colombian radio station was inaugurated by President Miguel Abadía Méndez. It was given the call letters HJN and it was licensed to the National Library. This early radio station was to become Radio Nacional de Colombia on 1 February 1940. The new national broadcaster was inaugurated by President Eduardo Santos who appointed Rafael Guizado as its first Director General. Station HJN always offered its programming in the late afternoons. It included news and classical music in addition to Colombian popular music performed by the orchestras of Alejandro Wills and Pedro Morales Pino. The slogan of Colombia’s first radio station was “la cultura del mundo al oído de los colombianos” which can roughly be translated as the culture of the world being brought to a Colombian audience. Fernando Gutiérrez Riaño, a Spaniard, became one of the most famous presenters ever on the stateowned radio station. His 1932 contract stipulated that he must pronounce the letters c and z in the Castilian way. On 24 September 1929, a rather historic event took place as politician Guillermo León gave his first speech on station HJN announcing his candidature as Colombian president. It didn’t help very much as he was defeated by Enrique Olaya Herrera. On 8 December 1929, La Voz de Barranquilla, a privately owned commercial station, was launched by Elías Pellet Buitrago. It offered a programming of music and light entertainment. HJN lasted for just eight years. The inspiration for the new radio station had come from radio amateurs but due to various bureaucratic problems it took quite some time to get it started. The station was closed for financial reasons but resurfaced as Radiodifusora Nacional which was later rebranded as Radio Nacional de Colombia. Sport has always played an important role in Colombian radio. It all began in 1951 when Carlos Arturo Rueda reported on the Vuelta a Colombia cycle race on Emisora Nueva Granada. Another memorable event was the running commentary on Colombia’s match against the USSR at the 1962 World Soccer Championships in Chile. The advent of new technologies has changed the Colombian radio scene. Listeners turn to the many social media and other digital platforms to enjoy their favourite podcasts and other programming. The new media landscape offers serious competition to the traditional radio stations in a country where the spoken word is still very important as some 5% of the population is illiterate (ARC mv-eko 23 Sept via DXLD) ** CONGO DR. 6210.2, Radio Kahuzi, Bukavu, 1750-1758*, 18-09, carrier and some comments heard, extremely weak here in Reinante. 15311. Also 1750-1820*, 20-09, extremely weak, carrier and comments detected here in Reinante. Closed today later than other days (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) ** CONGO DR [non]. Radio Kahuzi DRC --- 6210.20 with rarely-noted Sunday programming, fair to fair to good signal via Swiss and German SDR sites. Religious programming, local DJ/host noted from 1718 UT, signal fading up as 1800 approaches. None of the usual maritime talker interference today. Reception is good in AM mode, up-tuned a bit to avoid 6205 Europirate which is presumably Laser Hot Hits (Dan Robinson, 1726 UT Sept 22, WOR iog via DXLD) Re: [WOR] Radio Kahuzi DRC --- Tuning 6210 this morning (9/24) at 1605 – there is a decent signal here but not R Kahuzi – would appear to be a Europirate operating off frequency (based on classic rock music heard but no announcements – Kahuzi does not play classic rock music although I have heard Afropop songs at times from there). Whomever this is probably would not be a QRM issue for Kahuzi’s target audience. LHH came on 6205 at 1630 (Bruce Churchill, CA [no doubt on remote receiver], ibid.) That would be Laser Hot Hits -- they often relocated from 6205 to 6210 to avoid utilities --- and SSB talkers (Dan Robinson, ibid.) Yes, it seems pirate on 6210 kHz - music is not fit to Kahuzi. Unfortunately, interesting DX has been blocked: Файл из Облака Mail.ru https://cloud.mail.ru/public/Zp4B/398RSkWwo - это ваше персональное надежное хранилище в интернете (Received in Moscow region). 73, (Eduard Korsakov, Russia, ibid.) ** CONGO DR. 6210.2, Radio Kahuzi, Bukavu, 1703-1758*, 25-09, religious songs and Vernacular comments. At 1745 sign on a pirate station on 6205 with pop songs in English, probably Laser Hot Hits and cause some QRM but clear signal for Radio Kahuzi today. 24322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) Good propagation for Radio Kahuzi, 6210.2, now on air, 1713, religious songs and vernacular comments, improving signal due to approaching the night here. Good propagation too for India stations on 60 meter band (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Sept 25, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) Kahuzi signed off at 1758 UT -- signal was much better than previous days, only one utility station on / near the frequency and no Europirates today (Dan Robinson, [presumably on some remote receiver], 1800 UT Sept 25, ibid.) Yes, closed at 1758. At 1745 sign on a pirate station on 6205 with pop songs in English, probably Laser Hot Hits and cause some QRM, but clear signal today from Radio Kahuzi here in Friol (Manuel, ibid.) ** CUBA. 11530, Unidentified Numbers Station at 1740. Spanish W, five figure number groups, and HM-01 digital text. A check of 11435 in the previous hour revealed the HM-01 broadcast then with JBM audio. Checking the next hour (11635 at 1800) had very strong signal and modulation. Noted that the audio that had odd echo which seems to be the norm at the moment. Also some of the digital notes were more of a "beep" sound, rather than the usual more raspy note - Very Good Sept 20 11530, Unidentified Numbers Station at 1700. Open carrier in progress at 1558 tune-in. Spanish W, five figure number groups, and HM-01 digital text file transfer began right on at the hour, as it usually does - Good Sept 19 11435, Unidentified Numbers Station at 1600. Open carrier, in progress at 1557 tune-in. Spanish W, five figure number groups, and HM-01 digital text file transfer. However, we monitored the frequency for ten minutes at the beginning, hearing only open carrier. The 1640 recheck revealed the usual HM-01 - Good Sept 19 11635, Unidentified Numbers Station at 2132. In progress at tune-in. Spanish W, five figure number groups, and HM-01 digital text file transfer. All vox numbers for the first minute, then into the text file and alternating with the vox. Noted odd echo with the audio portion once again - Very Good Sept 18 (Rick Barton, Arizona SW Logs, Unless otherwise stated, equipment is Grundig Satellit 205/T.5000, RS SW-2000629 with various outdoor wires & indoor shortwire. WOR iog via DXLD) Rick logs a lot of these as in his WOR iog reports, e.g. ** CUBA. 3900. RHC. Septiembre 16. 2335-2359 UT. Espacio de música con comentarios y luego ID de la emisora. SINPO: 35333, ¿Armónico de 11700? 3900*3=11700. Sin embargo aquella frecuencia no se encuentra activa (Claudio Galaz, Receptor: TIVDIO V-111; Antena: Hilo largo de 70 metros; Lugar de escucha: Barraza Bajo, 4° Región, Chile, HCDX via WORLD OF RADIO 2001, DXLD) That`s a new one on me. Possibly 11700 is generated by tripling 3900 where it should not be radiating (gh, WORLD OF RADIO 2001, DXLD) ** CUBA. 13631, 13564, 13493, 13423, 13372 approx., Sept 20 at 1351, RHC-FM service with F# tone out of 13700-AM. 13631 is S9+20, 13564 is S9+10, 13493 is S5 vs CODAR; 13423 weak, and 13372 trace. As I then move to the plus side at 1401 find 13700 has cut to dead air, and soon off before I can find any more. Normally 13700 & FM galaxy stay on another hour. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 13500, 13565, 13635, 13765, 13830, 13900, 13965, 14030, Sept 21 at 1358, RHC-FM at 65-kHz intervals out of 13700-AM, but only the inner ones have program modulation, extremely distorted, and with a tone sounding lower than the usual F# above C-middle. The outer ones get progressively weaker to only a trace at the margins. Hey, RHC, if you`re going to broadcast in FM, at least make it clean and readable. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5999.995, RHC from Quivican San Felipe TITAN bcast center site, S=9+25dB signal, little distorted quality, talk on Spanish history in Cuba in 1869 year, 20 kHz wideband signal. Log of Sept 22, checked some NoAM SDR's -- in NJ, MI, and Cape Canaveral at 0530-0630 UT [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 22, WOR iog via DXLD) 6000, Sept 22 at 0557, RHC English is S9+10 but suptorted; 6165 a JBA carrier S7-S9, but JBM? 6100 however is S9+20/30 with good mod. 6060, originally A-19 scheduled for English at 0500-0700, has been gone for months, but still in Aoki/NDXC (along with Spanish 0000-0500), not EiBi. 5040 is OFF already altho it was VG a few minutes earlier. Typically they turn it off before the English hour concludes! (BTW, last Sunday, Wolfgang Bueschel says Esperanto at 0700 on 6100 was absent; I`m not awake that late). 13700, Sept 22 at 1305, RHC fails to provide any FM spurblobs today; something`s always wrong at RHC. 9630 & 9650, Sept 23 at 1328, buzzspurs again out of 9640 RHC transmitter. But no FMs out of 13700-AM. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2001, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6100, Sept 23 at 0607, RHC in SPANISH news, not English, VG S9+30, when there is not supposed to be Spanish on any frequency. Can`t tell if other frequencies are still English: 6000 just went off; 6165 is JBA carrier in HNL; and so is 5040 which normally should penetrate if still on. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9620-9660, Sept 24 at 0018, buzzfield this wide out of the 9640 RHC transmitter, rather than peaks 9630 & 9650 as before. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2001, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also TURKEY ** CUBA. 13675, Sept 25 at 1320, RHC spurblob at new spot; only a trace of unreadable modulation when tuned in FM mode, along with F# tone but now seems an octave lower, below middle C. Immediately obvious that this is no longer coming out of the 13700 AM transmitter, but instead out of 13740-AM! That one now has a big hum unlike 13700. They must have swapped transmitters/sites! Why? Just for me? EiBi not updated since Aug 25! Eike on holiday? Aoki & EiBi agree that 13700 is/was Bauta. 13740 Bejucal per EiBi, totally missing from Aoki. Then until 1326 I search out the rest of the spur constellation, at about 65 kHz intervals above and below 13740, progressively weaker toward the edges ending with traces: 13805, 13870, 13935, 14000, 14065, 14130, 14195 13675, 13610, 13545, 13480, 13415, 13350, 13285 That out to the seventh order, 7 x 65 kHz. 13610 is obscured by Radio Martí 13605 --- a little nudge to the spurring would have added more jamming on that! Recheck at 1426, 13740 and its splotches all off. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2001, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6100, Sept 26 at 0633, RHC bigsig of S9+30 with deadair in English; straining, a trace of JJBB modulation. 6165 is only S9/+10 but more modulation to the JB level, hardly sufficient. 6000 is already off. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 5040, Sept 26 at 0640 is S9+20 but once again wrong language, Spanish instead of English, and barely modulated. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 13634 approx., Sept 26 at 1404, RHC-FM back to ``normal``, spurblobs out of 13700-AM transmitter instead of 13740 as happened yesterday. Matched by +66 kHz about 13766; with F# tones and second orders much weaker about 13568, 13833; but no third-orders audible about 13500 & 13900; the outer ones are really unnecessary, anyway. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2001, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 11880, Sept 26 at 1415, CRI Plus English relay is S9+10 but modulation somewhat suppressed + distorted = suptorted. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba. 9610-9670 approx., Sept 26 at 1420, buzz field out of 9640 RHC now detectable over +/- 30 kHz range, worst peaks around 9630 & 9650. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** DENMARK [and non]. Radio OZ-Viola has a broadcast tomorrow ("Midnight Jazz"), Wednesday 18 September, on 5825 2000-2200 UT (2200-0000 CEST) according to Jan Sorenson on their Facebook group (Alan Pennington, Sept 17, bdxc-news iog via DXLD) I could hear Radio OZ-Viola from Denmark with a weak but clear signal on Wednesday evening from tune-in at 1953 UT. They are scheduled to be on air again today from 1300 on 5825, but unfortunately Focus International have decided to use this frequency also. So there is a bit of a het on 5825 this afternoon as strong Focus are off-channel on 5825.37 kHz. I suspect Focus maybe thought Radio OZ-Viola had left shortwave (as WMR also from Denmark had this week). But Radio OZ-Viola's trial licence on 5825 continues until November when it is up for renewal. Let's hope this clash on 5825 is resolved soon (Radio OZ-Viola cannot switch frequency) Seems Focus International have left 5825 now. Update from Twitter: "Update on Focus broadcast - they are closing on 5825 kHz and will return in about 2 weeks on 5840 kHz". Frequency seems clear now (1600 UTC) neither station audible. 73 (Alan Pennington, AOR 7030plus, 30m longwire, Caversham, UK, Sept 21, ibid.) 5825.397, Sep21 0935 OZ-Viola. ”Music in the good old AM Sound” with pop mx. This station is located in Hilleröd, Denmark some 65 km from here (Thomas Nilsson, Ängelholm, Sweden, SW Bulletin Sept 22 via DXLD) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005, Radio Nacional, Bata, *0514-0528, 19-09, extremely weak and some songs detected (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) ** ERITREA. 7180.020, VoBM Amharic via Asmara, Eritrea, S=6 in WeEUR, 0447 UT on Sept 25. Nothing traced on 7140 kHz channel. Log Sept 25, 0440 to 0500 UT in weGermany, Blackpool UK, and Doha Qatar SDRs [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 25, WOR iog via DXLD) 7140, Voice of Broad Masses, Asmara, 0405-0440, 26-09, vernacular comments. After weeks out of air, back again. Ham QRM. 23422. 7180, Voice of Broad Masses, Asmara, 0407-0445, 26-09, vernacular comments. Ham QRM. 23322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Friol, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) ** ERITREA [non]. SECRETLAND, Dimtse Radio Erena via SPL Secretbrod on September 23 1700-1800 on 9720*SCB 050 kW / 195 deg EaAf Tigrinya, strong signal * QRM & co-ch 9720vEMR 500 kW / 310 deg WeEu Turkish Voice of Turkey https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/09/dimtse-radio-erena-via-spl-secretbrod.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 23-24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA. Amhara Radio - e-QSL (6090 kHz / 20.00 UTC / 06-09-2019); Blog: https://qsl-review.blogspot.com/2019/09/amhara-radio.html (Konstantin Barsenkov, St. Petersburg, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx", QSL World, Rus-DX 22 Sept via DXLD)) ** FRANCE. 15300, Sept 25 at 1339, song like a round, and French announcement about ``animal imaginaire``, S9 much stronger than RHC 15230 or 15140. Tuned for anything else on 19m and back to 15300 at 1342, it`s already off! Nothing but RFI Issoudun uses this frequency but at many other hours, not scheduled this one. Qu'est-ce qui se passe? Épreuve? (Guillaume Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FRANCE. Jetzt wird gesegelt --- Dieses Jahr findet wieder die "Mini Transat La Boulangere" statt. 87 Segler in der 6.50ger Klasse nehmen Teil. Die erste Etappe fuehrt von La Rochelle bis Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ca. 1350 Seemeilen) und wird mindestens 8 bis 10 Tage dauern. Die zweite startet Anfang November und fuehrt von La Palmas bis Le Marin, auf Insel Martinique (2700 Seemeilen). Es sollte am 22 Sept. los gehen, aber das Wetter ist zu schlecht, also wird das Rennen erst am Montag oder Dienstag starten. Zu diesem Anlass gibt es auch eine taegliche Sendung auf Kurzwelle, jeweils eine Stunde von 1500 bis 1600 UT. Der Sender TDF Issoudun wird eingesetzt auf 13730 kHz (AM mode) und 15300 kHz (DRM mode). Ob es auch ein Kaertchen fuer Empfangsberichte gibt weiss ich nicht. Jedenfalls kann man es mit folgender Anschrift versuchen. Bureaux Le Sextant Local 23 /Collectif Rochelais Mini Transat 1, rue de la Trinquette 17000 LA ROCHELLE France, Europe. (Remy Friess-F, A-DX newsgroup Sept 20, BC-DX 26 Sept via DXLD) Re: [A-DX] Jetzt wird gesegelt ... Ergaenzung. Die Frequenzen die ich heute Morgen angegeben habe sind zwar richtig, aber sie werden erst spaeter eingesetzt, also wenn die Segler weit weg von der Kueste sind. In den ersten Tagen werden 5970 kHz (AM mode) und 6105 kHz (DRM mode) benutzt. Der Inhalt wird sich auf Infos fuer die Teilnehmer und Daten (z.B. Wetterkarten) via DRM beschraenken. Die Segler haben keine Funkgeraete an Bord, nur KW Empfaenger. Die drei Begleitschiffe werden ueber DRM-Empfaenger verfuegen. TdF hat ein spezielles DRM Geraet fur das Rennen entwickelt, der DRMCast... Aeusserst wichtig: TdF will diese Infos nicht kundgeben. Also wenn ein EB geschrieben wird bitte den Empfang als zufaellig beschreiben und nicht melden wie man zu dieser Info gekommen ist. So wie ich das sehe ist es eine erste praktische Anwendung des Smartcast Projektes dass seit einiger Zeit auf 6175 kHz laeuft. (Remy Friess-F, A-DX newsgroup Sept 20, ibid.) Re: Jetzt wird gesegelt ... Ergaenzung. Aoki Nagoya DXC Japan kopiert die HFCC.org Database hinein und zeigt die requests fuer die speziellen AM und DRM Sendungen zu dem Segel Toern "Mini Transat La Boulangere" from La Rochelle to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria {Canary Isls} (ca. 1350 Sea miles) during 10 days ride. Requests #16795 to #16799, 16796 / 16797 / 16799DRM mode Die RFI / TDF bcast Segler werden im DRM Mode reduziert nur 100 kW statt mit 250 kW AM versorgt. MiniTra 16 Sept to 30 Sept 2019, morning UTC ride. 5970 1500 1600 27SW,37NW ISS 250 255 0 146 1234567 160919 300919 D Fra F NEW TDF 16795 MiniTra 6105 0900 1000 27SW,37NW ISS 100 255 0 146 1234567 160919 200919 N Fra F NEW TDF 16796 MiniTra 6105 1500 1600 27SW,37NW ISS 100 255 0 146 1234567 160919 300919 N Fra F NEW TDF 16797 MiniTra und afternoon requests #16798AM mode und #16799DRM mode MiniTra 20.9. bis 30.9. 13730 1500 1600 27W,36,37W ISS 250 225 0 217 1234567 200919 300919 D Fra F NEW TDF 16798 MiniTra 15300 1500 1600 27W,36,37W ISS 100 225 0 217 1234567 200919 300919 N Fra F NEW TDF 16799 MiniTra (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 23, BC-DX 26 Sept via DXLD) The race was delayed by weather until at least Oct 2; and delayed again until finally starting Oct 5, but the 15-16 UT broadcast was not heard by Richard Langley until 5970-AM only, Oct 6 at 1500-1531 only. German info above says race could last at least 8-10 days over 1350 nautical miles (gh) ** GERMANY [non]. DW Bundesliga via MBR Issoudun&ENC-DMS Ascension, September 21 1325-1530 15195 ISS 500 kW / 170 deg WeAf Hausa Sat Football, fair/good 1325-1530 17840 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg WeAf Hausa Sat Football, weak/fair https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/09/dw-bundesliga-via-mbr-issoudun.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 21-22, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GREECE. Voice of Greece in Greek & other 3 langs, September 25: 0650&0805 on 9420 AVL 150 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek*tx#3, good *Arabic/Serbian/Spanish nx & transmitter switches off at 0813UTC. https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/09/voice-of-greece-in-greek-and-other-3.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 24-25, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** HAWAII. STATIONS GOING DARK Licenses cancelled, calls deleted: 790, KKON, Kealakekua – Silent since June 13, 2018; waiver of the “one year silence = license cancellation” rule was denied and licensed cancelled by the FCC (AM Switch, NRC DX News Oct 1, published Sept 24, via DXLD) ** HAWAII. 5000, Sept 26 at 0649, WWVH again announcing a listener survey at a website, could not catch details, but no doubt repeating every hour during this minute, and elsewhen on WWV, which now is JBA following WWVH TC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2001, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** HUNGARY. Pictures / Bilder der DRM Station der BME-HVT Budapest der erste Link funktioniert nicht. Bitte diesen verwenden. Ausserdem hat Christof Proft die Bilder auf seinem Server verlinkt. (Thomas Lindenthal-D, A-DX newsgroup Sept 24 via BC-DX 26 Sept via DXLD) ** INDIA. 11560, AIR (Bengaluru), 1707 in Russian with subcontinental instrumentals with sitar and percussion and a woman with sign-off announcements at 1714 and off at 1715 – Good with slight fading Sept 22 – The sked is 1600 to 1715 and the beam from Bengaluru to Russia ends up being transpolar and almost bang-on in line with my QTH (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario with a Ten-Tec Argonaut II and 80 and 40 meter off centre-fed dipoles (OCFD) and an Alpha Delta DX-LB inverted vee dipole, ODXA iog via DXLD) ** INDIA. All India Radio's special transmission for "Mahalaya 2019" Date: 28th September, 2019 (Saturday) Time: 0355-0545 IST, 2225 UT (27th Sept) to 0015 UT (28th Sept, 2019) * some stations have late sign in & may continue past 0100 UT "Mahishasuramardini" is a special two hour transmission consisting of Sanskrit & Bengali recitation & music orated by Late Shri.Birendra Krishna Bhadra. All India Radio has been broadcasting this program since early 1930's. The sheer nostalgia is what makes the dawn of Mahalaya special as one of the most looked forward to Radio broadcasts. Countdown of Indian festival of Durga Puja starts from the day of Mahalaya. Frequencies observed during past years : SW 4810 - Bhopal 4835 - Gangtok 4910 - Jaipur MW 531 - Jodhpur 549 - Ranchi 603 - Ajmer 621 - Patna A 648 - Indore A 657 - Kolkata A 666 - New Delhi B 675 - Chattarpur 684 - Port Blair 711 - Siliguri 729 - Guwahati A 747 - Lucknow A 756 - Jagdalpur 774 - Shimla 801 - Jabalpur 810 - Rajkot A 819 - New Delhi A 828 - Silchar 846 - Ahmedabad A 891 - Rampur 909 - Gorakhpur 918 - Suratgarh 954 - Nazibabad 981 - Raipur 990 - Jammu 1008 - Kolkata B 1026 - Allahabad A 1044 - Mumbai A 1125 - Tezpur 1179 - Rewa 1242 - Varanasi 1260 - Ambikapur 1296 - Darbhanga 1314 - Bhuj 1386 - Gwalior 1395 - Bikaner 1404 - Gangtok 1458 - Bhagalpur 1530 - Agra 1593 - Bhopal A Sign on observed by Jose Jacob at different times as follows: 2225 UT (3.55am IST) 4910, 531, 603, 666, 675, 711, 747, 756, 774, 801, 819, 828, 891, 918, 956, 990, 1008, 1044, 1386, 1395, 1530. 2230 UT (4.00 am IST) 4835, 1404. 2250 UT (4.20 am IST) 846, 1179 2255 UT (4.25 am IST) 4810, 621, 648, 810, 909, 954, 981, 1026, 1242, 1260, 1296, 1593. Please email your observations & receptions reports to: spectrum-manager@air.org.in Or, Director (Spectrum Management & Synergy) All India Radio, Room No. 204 Akashvani Bhawan, Parliament Street New Delhi 110001, India Related : What is Mahalaya ? https://www.wbtourismpuja.in/home/mahalaya Eight Decades Later, the Original Mahalaya Still Unites https://thewire.in/society/eight-decades-later-the-original-mahalaya-still-unites-bengalis-in-communion Come Mahalaya, Birendra Krishna Bhadra's recitation still default choice for All India Radio http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-come-mahalaya-birendra-krishna-bhadra-s-recitation-still-default-choice-for-all-india-radio-2020933 ---- (Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, Sept 23, dx_india yg via WORLD OF RADIO 2001, DXLD) ** INDIA [non]. ARMENIA, Trans World Radio India via CJSC Yerevan, September 24 1535-1539 on 9300 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs English Mon-Fri, good Wrong freq. announcement: on 7550 (B18), instead of 9300 kHz (A19) https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/09/trans-world-radio-india-via-cjsc_25.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 24-25, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 3325, Voice of Indonesia, via RRI Palangkaraya, 1314-1318, Sept 22. English segment (1300-1400); program "Today In History" (this date 1980, Iraq invaded Iran [start of Iran–Iraq War], etc.); a rare day with audio level semi-readable, instead of the usual carrier (no audio) (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 2001, DXLD) cf BOUGAINVILLE ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. Sep. 25, 2019 3:04 AM EDT Al Franken to make return on weekly SiriusXM radio show By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer https://hosted.ap.org/article/8d303adddbaa4e2195235a9a2e734b5c/al-franken-make-return-weekly-siriusxm-radio-show FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2017 file photo, then Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., listens during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing for Colorado Supreme Court Justice Allison Eid, on her nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Franken, who resigned his U.S. Senate seat in 2017 amid sexual misconduct charges, will re-emerge into the public sphere on Saturday when he starts a new weekly radio show on the SiriusXM satellite service. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) Alex Brandon, ASSOCIATED PRESS [caption] NEW YORK (AP) -- Al Franken, who resigned his U.S. Senate seat in 2017 amid sexual misconduct charges, will re-emerge into the public sphere on Saturday when he starts a new weekly radio show on the SiriusXM satellite service. FILE - This Nov. 29, 2017 file photo shows then Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee member Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., at a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Franken, who resigned his U.S. Senate seat in 2017 amid sexual misconduct charges, will re-emerge into the public sphere on Saturday when he starts a new weekly radio show on the SiriusXM satellite service. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) [caption] The Minnesota Democrat is perhaps the most prominent public figure felled by the #MeToo movement to step back into public life. He said he has no plans to return to politics, but as an author, former "Air America" radio host and "Saturday Night Live" writer and comedian, he's returning to a realm he inhabited before becoming a senator. "I miss the Senate a lot but I'm not there so I want to be a voice," he said in an interview. Of the public's acceptance, he said "a lot of that will depend on me and whether folks think what I'm saying is important and fun at the same time." The one-hour interview show with figures from politics, entertainment and other fields will air Saturdays at 10 a.m. ET on the Sirius Progress channel, with replays available on demand. Comic Chris Rock will be the first guest, with former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and comic Patton Oswalt lined up for future shows. Franken said he's been talking for a few months with Sirius about the show, the conversations an outgrowth of a podcast he's been hosting. He said there's a lot of public issues he wants to talk about, particularly with the 2020 election looming, mentioning health care and education specifically. "When Harry's (Reid) on, I'll be the funny one," he said. "When Rock is on, I'll be the one who served in the Senate." Franken's support among fellow Senate Democrats crumbled quickly in 2017 after conservative radio host Leeann Tweeden and several other women accused him of unwanted kissing or touching. A photo that showed him with his hands appearing to reach for the breasts of Tweeden as she slept while returning from a USO tour -- an apparent joke badly gone awry -- mobilized public opinion against him. An investigation by The New Yorker magazine published this summer called some of the charges against him into question. In the piece, seven current or former senators who had demanded his resignation now said they regretted doing so. An eighth, Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, said so after the article was published. But New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, widely seen as the leader of the movement to remove Franken, has expressed no such regrets. "I was very gratified that eight of my colleagues have apologized and done so publicly and expressed regret for not giving me due process," he said. "It's pretty rare that you get one senator admitting that he or she had done something wrong. I think the American people believe in due process as well." He said he doesn't plan further discussion on his show about what happened to him and, if anyone is interested, he'll point them in the direction of the New Yorker piece. In that article, Franken said he "absolutely" regretted stepping down and that he was angry at fellow senators who pressured him to leave. Franken told the AP that he didn't expect that any feeling of betrayal by colleagues will be a problem when he has to discuss issues that involve, for instance, Gillibrand or Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. He said he's had no potential guest turn him down out of skittishness about being involved in controversy. "When I'm doing that it won't be about personalities," Franken said. "It will be about where people stand." He said he had no comment about the fate of Gillibrand's presidential campaign, which she ended in late August. SiriusXM did not make its executives available for an interview. Megan Liberman, the company's senior vice president of news, talk and entertainment programming, said in a statement that "Al Franken is an important and influential progressive voice, whom many have missed. SiriusXM is the perfect platform for him to re-enter the public conversation." The company said that in addition to his weekly show, Franken will participate in elections coverage, including on the nights of debates, primaries and the election (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) ** IRAN. Pretty decent conditions this week. 9620, VOIRI at 2058 UT Sept 20 in Spanish with a listeners letterbox program followed by a music program. Schedule given at 2118, then off at 2121. Fair. 73 (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, AB, Rx: Perseus SDR, Ant: Wellbrook ALA 100, WOR iog via DXLD) Unscheduled program of VIRI IRIB PARS TODAY in Hausa, September 22: 1223-1250 17660*SIR 500 kW / 263 deg NWAf Hausa, unscheduled in A-19 1123-1150 17660 SIR 500 kW / 263 deg NWAf Hausa as scheduled in A-19 * co-ch same 17660 MDC 250 kW / 305 deg CeAf French R. France Inter. https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/09/unscheduled-program-of-viri-irib-pars.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 22-23, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN [and non]. FRANCE vs. IRAN, Radio France International vs. VIRI IRIB on 17660 kHz, September 22 1200-1300 on 17660 MDC 250 kW / 305 deg to CeAf French Radio France International RFI 1223-1250 on 17660 SIR 500 kW / 263 deg to NWAf Hausa, new time VIRI IRIB PARS TODAY, 1123-1150 on 17660 SIR 500 kW / 263 deg to NWAf Hausa VIRI IRIB PARS TODAY is deleted https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/09/radio-france-international-vs-viri-irib.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 23-24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) So they moved Hausa one UT hour later with the end of DST in Iran, which should be totally irrelevant in Nigeria. The so-called external service is wedded to local time, not UT. Other broadcasters must watch out for this nonsense, or avoid abutting VIRI frequencies in the first place. And VIRI should have known they would have to change frequency in this case (gh, DXLD) ** IRAN [and non]. UN FOCUS ON HARASSMENT OF BBC JOURNALISTS IS WELCOME https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2019/united-nations-human-rights-council-bbc-persian In a report presented to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva today (19 September 2019), UN assistant secretary-general Andrew Gilmour has highlighted the plight of BBC Persian journalists, who face ongoing harassment and persecution by the Iranian authorities. The UN reprisals report states: "Journalists of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Persian service, or BBC Farsi, had been branded as 'anti-Iranian' and that some had been followed, questioned and received threats against family members for their statements at the Human Rights Council session." The BBC made a formal complaint to the UNHRC in February 2019 because members of staff from the BBC Persian Service, who have previously addressed UN representatives in Geneva, have suffered reprisals against themselves and their families because they have engaged with the UN. The report presented in Geneva today recognises that BBC Persian journalists have also been attacked in various state media in Iran and they have been accused of undermining 'national security, being involved in terrorism, and being puppets of the [UK] government'. Last year on 22 October and during a session of the UN's general assembly, the government of Iran accused BBC Persian of "pumping blind hate, fabricating false news and provoking disruption and destruction". This year on 15 January 2019, the general assembly called upon the Islamic Republic of Iran to end reprisals against individuals who have cooperated with the UN. Fran Unsworth, director of BBC News, says: “These reprisals provide a disturbing illustration of the relentless distress faced by our BBC Persian staff. When they raise legitimate complaints about harassment at the UN, they are intimidated as a result. It is fundamental that appeals to the UN should be expressed without fear and these reprisals are of deep concern all of us who defend freedom of expression.” Michelle Stanistreet, NUJ general secretary, says: “It is outrageous and completely unacceptable that BBC journalists are being penalised and subjected to further abuse and harassment as a consequence of speaking out at the UN. We have worked with the International Federation of Journalists to help our affected NUJ members collectively share the impact that years of targeting has had on them, their families and their work. "We welcome the UN’s commitment to tackling this unacceptable behaviour, and we hope they take particularly seriously the new complaint we have made, as it is vital that anyone who turns to the UN for help should be protected from reprisals for speaking out at an international level.” Caoilfhionn Gallagher QC and Jennifer Robinson, of Doughty Street Chambers and counsel to the BBC World Service, representing BBC Persian, say: “The proper functioning of the UN human rights system requires that those making complaints do not face reprisals or threats for providing information to the UN. "Reprisals against BBC Persian journalists and their families for engaging with the UN is not just an attack on freedom of expression, but an attack on the integrity of the UN system. Such reprisals must be condemned in the strongest possible terms. For this reason, we welcome the Assistant Secretary-General’s report and thank him for his work.” 19. September 2019 (via Dr. Hansjoerg Biener, DXLD) ** IRELAND. RTÉ LONGWAVE RADIO OUT FOR MONTH AS WORKS BEGIN The majority of the work is scheduled to be carried out between Tuesday 10 September and Thursday 17 October, during which time listeners are being advised to use apps and digital television providers. http://www.theirishworld.com/rte-longwave-radio-out-for-month-as-works-begin/ By the way for people in Europe, North Africa can be heard in French from Algeria on 252 wile RTE R1 is still off air for the time! 73 from (Herman Content. (Gent, Belgium), Sept 23, DX LISTENING DIGEST) TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF RTÉ LONGWAVE SERVICE TO ENSURE ITS FUTURE --- An update - 23 September 2019 https://www.irishpost.com/news/temporary-suspension-rte-longwave-service-urgent-maintenance-work-171658 (via Mike Terry, Sept 23, WOR iog via DXLD) The age of the RTE 252 listeners in that article's photographs speaks volumes about the future (or lack of it) of longwave broadcasting. (Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas, WOR iog via DXLD) Right. Because older people — like short people in the Randy Newman song .. “have no reason to live”. :) (John A Figliozzi, ibid.) ** IRELAND. PIRATE DAB MULTIPLEXES TAKE TO THE AIR IN IRELAND Radio Today September 18, 2019 Pirate radio stations are appearing on unlicenced DAB digital multiplexes in Dublin and Cork, and more are planned for other cities in Ireland. The “FreeDAB” platform, now carrying around ten stations, was born out of frustration over the procedures in place to broadcast legally on DAB in Ireland. During the recent 12-month legal DAB multiplex trial operated by ‘éirdab’ in Cork, a radio station wanting to broadcast via this method would need to pay upfront for a five-year Section 71 licence (a list price of €14,000 (plus VAT)) and wait up to five months for the application to be processed. But waiting five months for a licence and paying five years up-front to be on a 12-month trial are just two of the issues holding back DAB in Ireland. Detailed report here: https://radiotoday.ie/2019/09/pirate-dab-multiplexes-take-to-the-air-in-dublin-and-cork/ (via Mike Terry, Sept 18, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 2001, DXLD) ** ITALY. Regional Radio is operating from Umbria (Otricoli, Terni) on two frequencies in medium waves: 1485 kHz and 1584 kHz. https://playdxblog.blogspot.com/2019/09/regional-radio-1485-1584-am-in-italy.html (ARC mv-eko 23 Sept via DXLD) ** JAPAN. Radio NIKKEI returned to the normal operation --- Radio NIKKEI announced that their 1st program returned to the normal operation (50 kW) on September 18. Due to the damage at Nagara transmitter site (Chiba prefecture) by Typhoon No. 15. 1st program on 6055 kHz had been transmitted with reduced power between September 10-18 (Takahito Akabayashi, Tokyo, Japan via Wolfgang Bueschel, Sept 26, WORLD OF RADIO 2001, DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH. MARE Jack Amelar passes along something from the ARRL and Radio World that is of interest. It was first reported (The ARRL article mentions there was a 2 year gap in tests) in the BCL News website in early September 2017. BCL reporters heard it around 1430 UT also on 3560 as noted. Apparently when they got new transmitters in 2012 the DRM capability was delivered as a part of the 'package' from BBEF (Beijing Broadcasting Equipment Factory). Interestingly enough, the 'scoop' at the time was the North Koreans considered the site of their transmitters so 'top secret' that they wouldn't allow Chinese techs to install them. Instead, they sent a bunch of North Korean techs to China to be trained how to do it. Of course, these days, you can just look on Google Earth and see the antennas in all their glory so, I'm not sure what the advantage of such secrecy is! ANYHOO ... here's the ARRL take on it: "North Korea is said to be testing digital broadcasting on 80 meters. Radio World reports that the People's Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea) has resumed testing digital radio broadcasting on the 80-meter amateur band after a 2-year absence. North Korea is transmitting with the Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) protocol. The latest transmissions on 3.560 MHz began in mid-August. "It appears unclear at this time, however, whether the current series of transmissions will soon end or be the start of a regular service," Radio World said. "According to radio enthusiasts in the region, the signal has been clear and very audible." Radio World says Voice of Korea, the North Korean international broadcasting service, has conducted DRM trials off and on since 2012." (Ken Zichi, ed., MARE Tipsheet Sept 20 via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. 9685, TAIWAN, Nippon no kaze (Opposition / Cland/) at 1500. Woman in Korean in long talk, pop vocal music. Noted that // (via Taiwan) 7335 was Fair. 9975 (via Palau) Poor. Heard on portable, whip - Very Good Sept 17 (Rick Barton, Arizona SW Logs, Unless otherwise stated, equipment is Grundig Satellit 205/T.5000, RS SW-2000629 with various outdoor wires & indoor shortwire. WOR iog via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. 5980 // 6070, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze, 1328, Sept 22. N. Korea with heavy jamming of 5980, whereas 6070 had good reception, with no jamming at all; in Japanese (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD) 5980, Wed Sept 25 at 1310, fair YL in Korean, no jamming audible. One of the current frequencies for Shiokaze from JSR JAPAN, Korean scheduled this semihour on Wed & Fri. Tomorrow Thu should be in English. 6070 supposed to be // not noticed there tho not specifically checked as had not remembered where (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA SOUTH. 9100, Echo of Hope - VOH, 1200-1210, Sept 22. Just after their English language lesson ended at 1200, there is a ten minute program called "Radio Yeogsa Geugjang" (Radio History Theater), produced by "EBS" (Korea); it's a historical drama presentation, going back to the time of the Goryeo/Koryo Dynasty (918-1392). When I heard this program ID for the first time, thought that it was a new station ID, but not so. Thanks to the ongoing support from Amano-san (Japan), who provided me with the correct info. // 3985 // 4885 // 5995 // 6250 // 6350. Web site http://bit.ly/2kX0Ge5 (google translation) - click on "Listen again" to see list of their programs. My audio of good reception at http://bit.ly/2kWzQTl (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD) ** KOREA SOUTH. Noted at 1600 UT Sept 21, KBS World Radio in English on 9785 kHz very strong. This freq. is not listed on their webpage. The // 9640 kHz is weak. It's the weekend so "K-Pop" chart toppers. 73 (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, WOR iog via DXLD) This is time change of KBS, new time is 14-17, ex 18-21 UT (Ivo Ivanov, ibid.) [and non]. KBS World Radio. Sunday magazine. September 15, 2019. About QSL-cards of the station: “Many listeners, and above all those who send us reports, drew attention to the fact that we have reduced the issue of official verification cards. In this regard, we are asked to send more informal, or as they say sometimes, "home-made cards." Let me explain that we mean ordinary postal or advertising cards, on which we paste a sticker with confirmation of receipt and printing. Considering that until this year we issued four verification cards a year, and now even less, unofficial cards somehow helped us get out of the situation. But, unfortunately, such cards are also not endless. Moreover, the post office almost doesn’t release them now, and postcards with views of tourist attractions are also becoming less and less. Of course, we will continue to try to look for postcards and send you in the form of unofficial confirmations, But with this, I repeat, there are certain difficulties. So, please show understanding.” http://world.kbs.co.kr/service/program_segments_view.htm?lang=r&procode=one&bbs=othc_letter&no=32580 Got 3 QSL from the Russian service KBS World Radio. 2 cards on postcards with a sticker of the date of admission: - https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2019/09/blog-post_19.html - https://rusdx.blogspot.com/2019/09/blog-post_28.html (Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Russia, QSL World, Rus-DX 22 Sept via DXLD) ** KUWAIT. MOI Radio Kuwait, Filipino, two frequencies // Sept 19: 1055-1200 9749.8 KBD 250 kW / 286 deg NEAf Filipino stead of Arabic 1000-1200 17760.0 KBD 250 kW / 084 deg to SEAs Filipino, as scheduled 1200-1330 9749.8 KBD 250 kW / 286 deg to NEAf Arabic GS as scheduled 1200-1205 17760.0 KBD 250 kW / 084 deg to SEAs Arabic GS, unscheduled Something`s always wrong at Radio Kuwait Kabd Sulaibiyah transmitting station https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/09/radio-kuwait-in-filipino-on-two.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 19-20, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Logs of 20-9-19 --- 11574.75, ?? 1530 station with too many time outs and drop outs that listening is nearly impossible S9 max signal >>Ashna R in EiBi (Αναρτήθηκε από Zacharias Liangas στις 1:08 μ.μ, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Kuwait, 11575 Dari at this time (gh) Reception of MOI Radio Kuwait in 19mb on September 23: 0500-0800 on 15529.7 KBD 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu English, fair 0800-0801 on 15529.7 KBD 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Farsi and off https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/09/reception-of-moi-radio-kuwait-in-19mb_23.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 22-23, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 17549.98, Sept 24 at 2140, JBA carrier, OSOB, presumably R. Kuwait`s over-optimistic quadri-hour Arabic broadcast especially for C&W North America. First time for a few weeks even a JBAC detected (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) And not since as of Oct 5 ** KYRGYZSTAN. KYRGYZ REPUBLIC, Heard in southern Germany at 1608 UT on Sept 22, 4010.219 kHz, Kyrgyz Radio from Krasnaya Rechka, Bishkek, S=9+10dB noted in remote SDR at Delhi India, SoAsia. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 22, BC-DX 26 Sept via DXLD) ** MALAYSIA. SWITCHING TO FULL DIGITAL TV BROADCAST BY OCT 31 Just heard that in the local news from Klasik FM and relay that for the DX lists --- http://www.bernama.com/en/news.php?id=1771052 UTRAJAYA, Sept 24 -- Malaysia will be switching to full myFreeview Digital TV broadcast from analogue TV transmission on October 31, says the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC). MCMC said the transition from analogue TV broadcast to myFreeview Digital TV will start in the central and southern regions on September 30, northern and eastern regions on Oct 14 while Sabah and Sarawak will make the switch on Oct 31. MCMC said myFreeview Digital TV broadcast will give the people the choice to watch various television and radio channels and access new applications such as online shopping, current information interactive education. So far, there are 15 TV and six radio channels on myFreeview Digital TV provided by Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM), Media Prima, TV AlHijrah and Bernama News Channel (BNC), it said. "Several new TV channels will be aired via myFreeview Digital TV soon,” said MCMC in a statement today. MCMC said the full transition is the effort of a pioneer test conducted in Pulau Langkawi by the commission with the cooperation of the broadcasting industry since July 21. “myFreeview Digital TV service is among the efforts to close the digital gap between the people in urban, suburban and rural areas. “It is also in line with the government’s Shared Prosperity Vision to enable the people enjoy free quality digital TV without monthly subscription,” it said. For those who have yet to switch to myFreeview Digital TV platform are encouraged to obtain a decoder and ultra high frequency (UHF) aerial to be install to the existing TV set or obtain an integrated digital TV (IDTV) which comes with a decoder and UHF aerial installed. Members of the public can surf myFreeview website at http://www.myFreeview.tv or contact 1-800-181-088 for further information. --BERNAMA From https://www.myfreeview.tv/ How much does the Digital TV service cost? myFreeview channels are FREE with no extra or hidden charges. You would only need to pay for a one-time purchase of a new IDTV/DVB-T2 decoder and installation fees if you require assistance in installing an outdoor UHF aerial or any maintenance services (via Zacharias Liangas, Greece, DXLD) DTV ** MEXICO. 760, Sept 20 at 1108 UT, `Hablando Claro` program or segment with item about something that happened in Mexico 2+ years ago on Sept 19, 2017; with WJR nulled. Of the four 760 Mexicans, most likely XEABC, EdoMex, 70/10 kW with variety format, rather than Chiapas or Jalisco, and surely not Sonora. Searching on that title and XEABC leads to a media directory at Radio - Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México making such a connexion (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 1090, XEAU Monterrey, Nuevo León 1118 September 10, 2019. Lots of Gobierno de México PSA's, Banco de México ad, something business in Oaxaca state, female at 1134 "Esta es XEAU...1090 AM y 103.7 FM... Desde Monterrey, Nuevo León, México." Listed in the new IRCA MEXICAN LOG, 22nd Edition as maybe having migrated to FM, but not yet (Terry Krueger, All times/dates GMT, Frequencies in kc/s unless otherwise stated, Niceville, FL, IC-R75, ICF-7600GR, active loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO [and non]. 6185, Sept 24 at 2009 UT, JBA carrier from presumed XEPPM which is really on air in daytime; equally JBA carriers on 6070- from CFRX CANADA, and 5950 WRMI USA, ``the nifty NAFTA trio`` on 49m, again detectable tnx to fixing my line noise level. LSS today 0026 UT, so more than 4 hours before our sunset. Only signals audible on 49m. All of these in the 1100-1200 mile range (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2001, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 18150-USB, Sept 24 at 2027, XE1XR, David, is the OSOB making quick contacts in English with US stations as if in a contest on a Tuesday? Signal VG, the OSOB and I do not hear his contacts if simplex. Obviously an off- or late-season HF sporadic E opening. QRZ.com lookup finds: XE1XR Mexico David Vega Urbina MORELIA, MICHOACAN QSL: DIRECT TO EA5GL He has an extremely heavy accent, hard to follow and overmodulated. Must be close to MUF, as absolutely nothing to be heard on quick chex of 21, 24, 27 and 28 MHz bands (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. RAYMIE`S MEXICO BEAT this week Sept 20-26 Zoinks! It's been 11 days since I posted in here! A few highlights from the past 10 days since I've been...I guess posting more on Twitter: • The 2020 PABF includes two low-V TV assignments, one a social station for Mexico City. It also includes exactly one AM: 100 kW public for Mexico City. Anyone know of a migrant that might need that separate AM concession? • NTR finally broke through into Guadalajara radio, more than two years after being cleared to buy XEBA-AM and then XEHL-AM. It's simulcasting on both 820 and 1010 as Radio Cañón 820/1010. Expect Regional Mexican programming and six hours a day of newscasts. • XHGW-FM in Ciudad Victoria has flipped from Imagen Radio to Radio Fórmula. •*Half of the Telsusa IFT-6 pack is now on the air, with XHTMCC in Ciudad del Carmen as station number 6 in service (XHTMPT in Puebla also appeared on the 10th, as did XHTMYC in Mérida a couple days later). Apparently Telsusa is sending a 5 Mbps HD signal out, which is half of the IFT-required minimum bitrate. • Earlier this year, Ziracuaretiro, Michoacán, got its community station as XHSCAM-FM 105.9 Radio Juchari went on the air. A CTO for this station also appeared yesterday (Raymie Humbert, Phœnix AZ, Sept 20, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) La Nueva Batalla de Puebla XEZT's fight for an FM isn't over One curious thing has been going on at Puebla's adrift 1250 AM XEZT. The Facebook and Twitter pages are now titled La Magnífica FM; https://www.facebook.com/LaMagnificaFM/ they're running promos hinting at some sort of new, and probably grupera, format; and I'm confused. If there's one thing I've learned this year, it seems every contentious matter of this kind has its day in telecommunications court. So I went to the public record, and indeed, the 95.5 award has been subject to litigation—which has gone XEZT's way in district court and is currently being heard in appeals court. How We Got Here July 14, 2017 was the day that the IFT authorized 41 AM-FM migrations under the second-wave agreement of 2016. Of those, 38 stations moved along. Three, however, did not. One was Salamanca's XEZH, which simply opted not to continue. The other two were cancelled for lack of payment: XEEG to 92.1 and XEZT to 95.5, both in Puebla. XEZT had gotten unusually far in promoting itself on FM. At the time, XEZT was Puebla's La Mejor station, and its sister XHPBA-FM was Exa FM in Puebla. "¡Ya Viene en FM!" promotions appeared in the fall of 2017, before the IFT announced in a stealth update to the meeting notes that neither Radio Panzacola (XEEG) nor Radio Principal (XEZT) had paid up. (Thus started one of my first big Mexican broadcasting Twitter threads, a year and a half before @EnFrecuencia.) https://twitter.com/RaymieX/status/939566864786526209 As late as March 27, 2018, this was being promoted, even though it was already public knowledge that it wasn't happening. Two weeks later, at the April 11 Pleno meeting, the course of events took a new turn. The IFT reawarded all three frequencies to other applicants. 92.5 Salamanca became XHSAG-FM, 92.1 Puebla became XHPUE-FM, and 95.5 was awarded to Grupo ACIR dba Radio Poblana, S.A., as XHHIT-FM/Pue. That station went on air within months. Payment Sheet Problems Meanwhile, in amparo case 8/2018 (second district), Radio Principal took its case to telecommunications court. However, the entire case had to be reheard when a new interested party was added: Radio Poblana, aka XEHIT. In the court case, we learned why XEZT's migration attempt was thrown out. Radio Principal had paid the migration fee specified in its resolution. But on October 30, the head of the UCS, Rafael Eslava Herrada, said that the amount paid was not the standard fee for "authorization for frequency change", proceeding to throw out the application and greenlight the ACIR one. (Cinco Radio had priority over ACIR by date.) The final sentence was released on August 5, 2019. This first ruling, in 8/2018 and its related case 250/2018, threw out the challenge to the April 11, 2018, reaward of 95.5 to Radio Poblana and found the arguments of the IFT's legal defense unit unfounded for not providing a well-founded reply to Radio Principal. But Principal won on the discrepancy in fees because the IFT put the wrong amount on its document, an amount less than Principal should have been obligated to pay. To quote the ruling: ``En otro orden de ideas, en el tercer concepto de violación la quejosa argumenta que el oficio es inconstitucional porque la hoja de ayuda para el pago en ventanilla bancaria fue emitida por el Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones, y en ella se determinó un monto menor al que legalmente correspondía, y derivado de ello, fue que se realizó un pago menor, por lo que lo procedente era prevenir a la quejosa por la irregularidad, y no dejar sin efectos el cambio de la frecuencia. Afirma que el hecho de que la propia responsable haya emitido la hoja de ayuda con un monto incorrecto, fue lo que provocó que en la resolución, se dejara sin efectos la autorización. Pues bien, el concepto de violación es fundado y suficiente para conceder el amparo solicitado a la parte quejosa.``` The court found that, because the payment sheet contained the wrong amount, Radio Principal could not pay any other amount to the IFT. In 8/2018, the court ordered the IFT to nullify the original October 2017 notice of cancellation and allow Principal the opportunity to pay. But it also ordered the IFT to turn back the clock at 95.5 FM and make it unavailable to concessionaires other than Radio Principal: ``De igual forma y derivado de lo anterior, acredite haber dictado las actuaciones necesarias para que la banda de frecuencia modulada de [95.5 MHz] regrese al estado de indisponibilidad que guardaba frente a concesionarios distintos de Radio Principal, en virtud de su asignación a través del Acuerdo P/IFT/110418/283.`` On Appeal The IFT has appealed the above ruling in amparo review case 291/2019, in the first appeals circuit. Just this week, the documents were turned over to judge Adriana Leticia Campuzano Gallegos. We'll have to wait and see what happens. The consequences are massive. If the sentence in district court is upheld, XHHIT-FM/Pue. may be forced off the air to allow XHZT-FM to sign on—an unprecedented event in Mexican broadcasting history. Additionally, the FM loss that got us here may very well have been a factor in MVS deciding to enter Puebla on its own, taking its franchises from Tribuna and buying XHJE-FM to be the new Exa station in the city. Not to mention that XEZT itself has been rather adrift, with a generic "1250 AM" name, for most of the last 18 months. Perhaps the La Magnífica FM name is a hope that the appeals court upholds the original finding in district court by Silvia Cerón Fernández. Perhaps the parties are going to settle, though I can't imagine that given ACIR's attitude. [tagline:] Este programa es público, ajeno a cualquier partido político. Queda prohibido el uso para fines distintos a los establecidos en el programa (Raymie Humbert, Sept 20, ibid.) ** MOLDOVA. Moldavia goes DAB. Apparently, broadcasting, if it is decided after the tests, is designed exclusively for fans of long-range radio reception))), since the number of owners of DAB | + receivers in Moldova is confidently tending to zero ... https://www.radiocom.md/storage/upload/acquisitions/32/7d624845234f2e3f6b38cdeaa1594991.pdf (in Moldovan and broken English) ... temporary license (until 25-10-2019) has already been issued. frequency 227.36 MHz. https://www.anrceti.md/files/filefield/DCA%20nr%20%2069%20din%200.06.06.2019.pdf (mold.) (Leo Barmaleo / “open_dx” via Rus-DX 22 Sept via DXLD) ** MYANMAR. 5915, Myanmar Radio, 1135-1145, Sept 20. EZL pop music and announcers in vernacular. Even though poor reception, was still usable at this time, before the strong *1200 of CRI; QRN (static). My audio at http://bit.ly/2m1F40e 5985, Myanmar Radio, 1129+, Sept 20. Live sports coverage (TV audio feed) of the football/soccer match between Myanmar (under 16) and South Korea (U16); sound of the crowd in the background; held at Thuwanna Stadium, Thingangyun Township (Yangon), Myanmar; preempted regular programs (so no Friday edition of "Learning English with BBC, Burmese" today); ended musical half time filler at 1233 and back to the match. Normally this frequency starts regularly sometime between 1115 through 1130. 9730, Myanmar Radio, 1117-1127*, Sept 20. In vernacular; mostly indigenous music; suddenly cut off. Normally off the air close to 1130*. My audio at http://bit.ly/2m5nA2W (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 2001, DXLD) 5985, Myanmar Radio, 1126+, Sept 22. Another day with live sports coverage (TV audio feed) of the football/soccer match between Myanmar (under 16) and Chinese Taipei (U16); started with choral anthem and brief intro before the start of the game; constant sound of the crowd in the background; again held at Thuwanna Stadium (Yangon); preempted regular programs (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD) ** NIGERIA. 7254.94, VON, *0549, Sept 20. Suddenly on with repetitive African music/singing; 0557, start of their unique IS; strong signal (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD) 7255-, Sun Sept 22 at 0603, no signal from VON. Oops, I meant to check whether audible on 11770- or 9690-, but dozed before getting around to it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yet: 7254.939, Voice of Nigeria, Abuja, ?Fulfulde? S=7-8 signal at 0628 UT on Sept 22. Log of Sept 22, checked some NoAM SDR's -- in NJ, MI, and Cape Canaveral at 0530-0630 UT [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 22, WOR iog via DXLD) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6900-USB, Sept 24 at 2129, now with my line noise fixed I can look for pirates this early in the daytime, 3 hours before sunset, not expecting to hear any so early, but here is one, music mixed with talk, ``who did that to you?`` like a soundtrack. Music includes wacky sound effects. Peaks at S8. No announcements until off at 2149*. Surely someone else reported it to hfunderground --- NO! Several of the regular pirates have appeared on 6900 in the past (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2001, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORWAY. [bdxc-news] The Ferry, Norway 1314 kHz The Ferry - «Your Beautiful Music Connection» is now broadcasting in the AM Medium Wave band from Bergen Kringkaster from Erdal NW of the city on 1314 kHz, 228 metres every night from 1900-0010 hours CET. Power is 700 watts. The station may also be found 24/7 on Wifi, your mobile and PC/Mac on http://www.theferry.cc and Radio Garden. We are always interested in reception reports, please write to 2000@theferry.cc or PO Box 100, N5331 RONG, Norway. For regular mailreply please enclose $3 with your report. Don’t forget our other station Radio Northern Star - «Your Radio Heartland of Music» broadcasting the best classic pop and rock from both sides of the Atlantic 0520-0010 CET on 1611 kHz, 186 metres and 1500-0010 [1300-2210 UT] on 5895 kHz in the 49 meter band. It runs 24/7 on Wifi, your mobile and PC/Mac on www.northernstar.cc, Radio Garden, TuneIn etc. We are always interested in reception reports, please write to 1000@northernstar.no or PO Box 100, N5331 RONG, Norway. For regular mailreply please enclose $3 with your report. Both stations run VFG the Voice of Free Gospel 1 hour per weekday and 6 hours every Saturday and Sunday. And thanks for listening! (Sven Martinson on Facebook, 22 Sept)(via Alan Pennington, bdxc-news iog via WORLD OF RADIO 2001, DXLD) 5895, 1350-1400 20.9, R Northern Star, English ann, two singing ID's 1356 and 1400: ".... Radio Northern Star", English songs like wellknown "Mighty Quin", 35333 (Anker Petersen, Denmark, The reception conditions in the lower bands are very poor right now. Here is, what I heard recently in Skovlunde on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, WBradio yg via DXLD) ** NORWAY. 1485, NRK Longyearbyen, Svalbard will be upgraded from 1 to 3 kW within the coming months. However the longwave transmitter on 153 kHz will be closed. The transmitter on 1485 kHz is relaying NRK Tromsø only. However it can be used for important messages to the fishermen, but it is very seldom, (Radionytt.no & Bengt Ericson, ARC 18.9.2019, ARC mv-eko 23 Sept via DXLD) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. Re: [UltralightDX] Oklahoma TP DX 9-19-19 On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 8:57 AM Richard Allen via Groups.Io wrote: 747 JOIB poor signal // JOUB at 1146-1147. etc, etc near Perry OK USA Ordinarily, I delete TA/TP reports unseen (but don't demand they be moved to a separate list!) except for Richard's. This is because I feel like I owe him. I've only met him once, nearly 10 years ago, at the big OKC train show (not radio show). Somehow we got on to talking about radios and he regaled me with stories of Ultralight exploits, specifically TP reception. I ended up getting a PL-606 not long afterwards. It's taken a while to get back into it for real, but now I'm taking every opportunity to scan the AM bands, at least for the usual DX (if not TP/TA stuff) and I joined IRCA last year (and I joined WTFDA, too, 'cause I like FM DX). It's not *all* his fault - I've been a ham for ~30 years and was into scanning and CBs before that and was a MW-DXer when I was a kid (even if I didn't know what it was called) but he dragged me back in to this end of the hobby. So I read his reports. :-) Peter, Norman, OK USA (Peter Laws | N5UWY | plaws plaws net | Travel by Train! Sept 19, IRCA iog via DXLD) Richard also was involved with Enid`s rail museum ** OKLAHOMA. 1170, Sept 23 at 1234 UT tune-across KFAQ Tulsa as EAS tones are concluding. No known emergency requiring them; what`s up? Right into ordinary weather info from NewsOn6 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. Transmission of S9+ buzzing noise levels around my QTH appear to have been fixed. This has severely hampered my monitoring mainly in the 3-9 MHz range, sometimes beyond, and sometimes also MW. On rare occasions it would abate or go off briefly, particularly after some rain. I complained to our electric utility, OG&E, about this in early August. A very helpful guy, Rocky, checked it out, but concluded that he could do nothing about it until Suddenlink cable, which shares poles with OG&E, repaired some ``lashings`` in my neighborhood, making noise masking the major problem. This was not done until September 23, after my repeated complaints to Suddenlink, and putting them in contact with Rocky. Now today Sept 24, Rocky has been back on the case, located and fixed it: a bad lightning arrester, he says, half a mile north. My DF of the noise source had long indicated a N/S axis. It had also been radiating thru powerlines over a wide area, same thing heard for many blox around. Thanks to Rocky! I`ve got his number if there are any further noise problems. Now I should again be able to DX effectively on the lower bands! (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WORLD OF RADIO 2001, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 1.6-2.4 MHz or so, Sept 25 now I have an S9 line noise level in this area, where it was not before the 3-9 MHz range was cleared up. O well, this bit is more dispensable, but still a bother (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Now it`s gone too? ** OKLAHOMA. It keeps happening; is anyone paying attention at OETA? The automatic 4-station ID super at :02 minutes past the hour on World Channel often covers up open captioning, i.e. translation from Spanish as at 1:02 pm Thursday. And there is no way for the viewer to get rid of it. Surely these IDs are unnecessary in addition or instead of in the 2 minutes prior to the top of the hour with WC/OETA promos. Or you could put them at top of screen instead of bottom so won`t interfere with captions. Regards, (Glenn Hauser, Enid, to OETA, Sept 26, via DXLD) Correspondence back and forth has so far failed to convince them that this is a problem and easily fixed (gh) DTV ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260, NBC Madang (Maus Blong Garamut), 1224*, Sept 22. Running a little late today. This was the only PNG station on the air (no NBC Bougainville) (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD) ** ROMANIA. RRI Bucharest, RadioCom shortwave tx repair at Tsiganeshti bcast center site. Text output [...] Ich habe eine wichtige Ankuendigung zu machen. Mehrere Hoerer haben seit Anfang September beklagt, dass ueber die Frequenzen 7355 kHz und 9570 kHz nichts laeuft. Am Anfang waren wir auch ratlos, inzwischen haben wir aber Feedback von Radiocom, dem Betreiber unserer Kurzwellensender, erhalten. Aufgrund eines defekten Teils der Sendeanlagen ist einer unserer Sender in der Ortschaft Tiganesti bei Bukarest komplett ausgefallen. Das betrifft genau die beiden Frequenzen (7355 und 9570 kHz) sowie womoeglich manchmal auch die DRM-Ausstrahlung. Die defekte Teilanlage ist sehr teuer und wird nur auf Bestellung geliefert, heisst es in der Mitteilung von Radiocom, daher wird der Ausfall der beiden Frequenzen mindestens noch bis Ende September dauern. Die Morgensendung koennen Sie daher nach wie vor auf 9700 kHz hoeren, die Nachmittagssendung vorerst nur noch auf 9600 kHz und die Abendsendung koennte komplett ausfallen, wenn auch die DRM-Ausstrahlung gestoert ist. Wir bitten um Verstaendnis. - - - Ausserdem gab es Ende August eine Nachricht, laut der die Kurzwellensendungen von RRI aus finanziellen Gruenden komplett eingestellt werden sollen. Eine entsprechend besorgte Anfrage erhielten wir von mehreren Hoerern. Die Nachricht kann ich bestaetigen, allerdings ist die Gefahr vorerst gebannt. Es hat einen solchen Vorstoss seitens unseres Intendanten gegeben, der sich auch in Vergangenheit in Interviews oder Stellungnahmen nicht gerade wohlwollend gegenueber RRI geaeussert hat. Den Vorschlag, die Kurz- und Mittelwellensendungen wegen finanzieller Knappheit einzustellen, hat der Verwaltungsrat des Hoerfunks Anfang September abgelehnt; zugleich hat er das Leitungsgremium und den Intendanten aufgefordert, die notwendigen finanziellen Mittel durch Sparmassnahmen in anderen Bereichen zu sichern bzw. alternative Finanzierungsquellen aufzufinden. Auch mehrere Gewerkschaften und Journalistenverbaende haben den Vorstoss kritisiert. Also vorerst geht die Ausstrahlung unserer Programme auf Kurzwelle weiter, wenn auch momentan die Frequenzen wegen des vorhin erwaehnten technischen Problems eingeschraenkt sind. Wir danken Ihnen auf jeden Fall fuer die Anteilnahme und hoffen, auf Ihre Unterstuetzung zaehlen zu duerfen, wenn das Thema Einstellung der Kurzwelle wieder einmal aufgerollt werden sollte (RRI Bucharest, German sce letterbox, via Paul Gager-AUT from Vienna, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 26, BC-DX 26 Sept via DXLD) Listeners Notebook Update - And Rich D`Angelo posted this to the NASWA yg Sept 26 at 2358 UT: ``TECHNICAL REVISION AT THE GALBENI TRANSMITTERS --- The Galbeni short-wave transmitters, in Bacau County, relaying Radio Romania International broadcasts are undergoing technical revision on Thursday [sic], September 28 [sic], between 09.00 and 17.00 hours, Bucharest time (06.00-14.00 GMT), according to schedule. In the aforementioned time span, you can listen to our broadcasts relayed by the Tiganesti [sic] transmitters on short-wave, online at http://www.rri.ro, or on mobile apps that can be downloaded from Google Play and App Store as well as on TuneIn, your fixed and mobile phone (in Romania, the US, Italy, Spain, France and Great Britain).`` (via gh, DXLD) ** RUSSIA. Far East and Chukotka. Throughout the territory of Chukotka in digital mode launched a short-wave digital broadcasting 09/19/2019 In the region, a digital radio broadcast has been launched in test mode. To determine the possibilities of covering HF broadcasting of the territory of the Chukotka Autonomous Region, a musical loop was broadcast to configure the equipment and determine the signal reception. It turned out that Chukchi radio could even be caught in Japan, as a radio amateur named Hans said in his letter, who also wished the region success in implementing the project. This year, the Government of Chukotka, together with specialists from the Far Eastern Regional Center of RTRS, launched an ambitious project to cover almost 100% of the region’s territory with short-wave digital broadcasting. The corresponding agreement was signed by the Governor of Chukotka, Roman Kopin, and the director of the branch of the RTRS "Far East RC" Stanislav Kuznetsov. The document is a continuation of the effective cooperation of the parties in the transition to digital broadcasting in the district. - We constantly have in these remote places two thousand residents who need to be provided with communication services. Subsoil user projects are also being implemented outside the boundaries of settlements, transport communications are provided in territories that are not provided with communications. The Northern Sea Route also requires attention. These new solutions will remove restrictions and ensure communication where it is needed, ”said Governor Roman Kopin. In Chukotka, broadcasting on the territory outside the settlements is especially important, as it provides communications for miners, geologists, reindeer herders and hunters working in the region with a population density of 0.07 people per square kilometer. Test broadcasting is carried out at a frequency of 12025 kHz in analog (AM) and digital DRM format. In addition to delivering a radio program to listeners, the project lays the foundation for creating a technology platform for global one-way data transfer, similar to one-way Internet. Using the DRM platform allows providing residents with high-quality sound and makes it possible to synchronously transmit programs in the national language. In addition, the format opens up the possibility of targeted notification, as well as the use of the platform for operational, duty and dispatch services, as well as projects for the informatization of the Arctic territories and the Northern Sea Route. By 2020, it is planned to provide 95.5% of the territory of Chukotka with short-wave broadcasting. Source: http://chukotka.rf/press-tsentr/novosti/?ELEMENT_ID=4084 https://vk.com/vcfm2014 (via Rus-DX 22 Sept via WORLD OF RADIO 2001, DXLD) ** RUSSIA. RADIO REMAINS TRUE TO THE ANALOGUE --- Why Russian broadcasters are in no hurry to switch to digital standards Three months later, the last analogue TV transmitters will be disconnected in Russia. Three quarters of the country's adult population already use the Internet, and mobile penetration in the Russian Federation is 179 percent. Against this background, broadcasting is looking more and more strange, which has been resisting the transition to the “digital” for decades. RSpectr, with the help of experts, understands what are the reasons for this state of affairs and is there a need to abandon the analog signal ... Full article here - https://www.rspectr.com/articles/531/radio-sohranyaet-vernost-analogu https://vk.com/club3877182 (via Rus-DX 22 Sept via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. SALARY 666 THOUSAND RUBLES: WHO PROFITS FROM RADIO CHANNELS IN APARTMENTS. The Accounts Chamber has published a document of amazing revelatory power - a report on the results of the audit of the organization providing wire broadcasting and public notification. Judging by the conclusions of the auditors, the state structure that manages radio channels in apartments makes a fool of us in the way that the most hard-won scammers would not have been able to. Try to explain to a young man what a radio point is. That this is such a special outlet in every apartment, and through it you can listen to the radio, but not all channels, but only three: Mayak, Radio of Russia and some local one in Moscow, for example, Moscow Says. The young man will immediately ask you: why listen to them? ... Details here: https://www.mk.ru/social/2019/09/17/zarplata-666-tysyach-rubley-kto-nazhivaetsya-na-radiotochkakh-v-kvartirakh.html https://www.mk.ru/ (via Rus-DX 22 Sept via DXLD) ** SAO TOME. 6080.027, VoA English scheduled, fair S=6 signal at 0546 UT Sept 22. Checked some NoAM SDR's -- in NJ, MI, and Cape Canaveral at 0530-0630 UT [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 22, WOR iog via DXLD) This is always off-frequency+plus compensating for CFRX - (gh) ** SAUDI ARABIA. Fair/good signal, Radio Saudi International Sept 22 1400-1555 on 17660 RIY 500 kW / 270 deg to WCAf French, two audio with 6 sec delay https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/09/fairgood-signal-of-radio-saudi.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 22-23, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11935.044, SBA via MOCI Riyadh-ARS, HQ prayer in Arabic, at 0938 UT on Sept 24, S=9 in EUR, short distance S=7 fair in Doha Qatar ME. 11859.967, ARS, R of Yemen Radio via MOCI Riyadh-ARS, 0938 UT on Sept 24, S=6 poor in EUR, S=8 in Qatar ME. 73 wolfie df5sx (Wolfgang Bueschel, Sept 24, WOR iog via DXLD) ** SIKKIM. 4835, AIR Gangtok (presumed), 1342-1417, Sept 24. A day with good audio (above threshold level); not the often heard transmitter hum; QRN (static); announcers and subcontinent music/singing. Best reception today, as is always the case, was around my local sunrise (1356 UT). My audio of music at http://bit.ly/2kWsWgY (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 2001, DXLD) ** SPAIN. 12030, Sept 23 at 2047, S8 of dead air from REE to ME, while 9690 to NAm is modulating OK at S9 fading to S6; 12030 would have been better for us even tho off the back. The other two transmitters appear off: 11940 JBA carrier from algo, CRI Bulgarian via Kunming? and nothing on 11670. 12030, Sept 24 at 2014, dead air for the second day from REE to ME; ¿no one notices at Noblejas? S9+10 fading to S7; 9690 to NAm is OK; 11940 to SAm also S9-S7 with silly ballgame. Recheck at 2124: 12030 still dead air, 11940 & 9690 good, 11670 off. 12030, Sept 25 at 1820, after two days of dead air, REE has awakened to modulate the ME beam with silly ballgame (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2001, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN. 7205, Voice of Africa, Al Aitahab, 1735-1750, 19-09, English, news, comments, East African songs, ID “Broadcasting to you from Sudan, this is the Voice of Africa on 9505 kHz...”. 25322. 9505, Voice of Africa, Al Aitahab, 1745-1810, 20-09, English, comments, ID “Voice of Africa”, at 1800 Hausa. Strong QRM on 9500. 31421 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) ** SUDAN [non]. 7315even, CVA, Radio Dabanga sce via Santa Maria di Galeria Vatican Radio site, in Sudanese Arabic, S=9+55dB powerhouse in Doha Qatar remote SDR unit. Scheduled 0429-0530 UT. Noted a wideband 16 kHz broad signal at 0500 UT on Sept 25. Log Sept 25, 0440 to 0500 UT in weGermany, Blackpool UK, and Doha Qatar SDRs [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 25, WOR iog via DXLD)) ** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. 7334.996, USA, IBB US Radio Marti, Cuban music program, severe signal S=9+40dB powerhouse into WeEUR at 0450 UT, hit heavily by adjacent: 7340even, CVA, Eye Radio scheduled in Arabic Sudanese, but rather in English telephone conversation noted, Mon-Fri only 04-05 UT, formerly via TDF Issoudun France, now scheduled via Santa Maria di Galeria Vatican Radio site instead. Talk on Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Yemen clashes. But accompanied by an annoying +/- 150 Hertz BUZZ tone too at 0454 UT. Log Sept 25, 0440 to 0500 UT in weGermany, Blackpool UK, and Doha Qatar SDRs [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 25, WOR iog via DXLD) ** SUDAN SOUTH [and non]. Re: [WOR] Zambia - Chinese & South Sudan "I hope the Chinese influence doesn't make them too 'polished'" I think not, because that broadcaster isn't independent at all, freedom of speech and journalists are curtailed by the authorities, the president of South Sudan hasn't been changed. I think its charm will be the same as before, it is not Soviet Union or the DPRK where they had an ideology. Ideology in South Sudan doesn't exist among the illiterate population, maximum the ideology of MONEY. And this broadcaster must serve a very big illiterate population where schools are frequently closed or not exist at all due to current and previous wars. Even the printed press have problems to get materials to their editions + censorship exists too. In my opinion Chinese doesn't have enough influence to enforce their will in South Sudan, they aren't investing there, mostly they are gambling like in Venezuela, Zimbabwe or Sudan. As all of these states are in a sorry state economically, politically, etc., I think the "investors" there will not recoup their "investments". See Venezuela where U.S., Russia and China invested but now they have to run after their money. Why they mention the former name of the broadcaster? It is a good question. My opinion is that the English names are a bit fluid. My example for this is the name of the South Sudanese central bank, called as Central Bank of South Sudan. But, on a lot of places it just appears as Bank of South Sudan causing you a headache to find it out if they talk about the central bank or a commercial bank called Bank of South Sudan (Tibor Gaal, Budapest, Hungary, Sept 20, WOR iog via DXLD) ** SWEDEN. HENRIK KLEMETZ, R.I.P. Henrik Klemetz har avlidit idag/has passed away today Sep 21 at 11:53 AM Henriks hustru Josefina har meddelat Jan-Erik Österholm att Henrik Klemetz avlidit idag på förmiddagen i sviterna av tunntarmscancer. Ett trist besked för hans familj och för DX-världen som förlorat en god vän som alltid ställde upp för oss. Våra varmaste kondoleanser till hans fru och dotter. Vila i frid Henrik Arctic Radio Club Henrik's wife Josefina has informed Jan-Erik Österholm that Henrik Klemetz passed away today in the morning in the suite of small intestine cancer. A sad message for his family and for the DX world who lost a good friend who always stood up for us. Our warmest condolences to his wife and daughter. Henrik - Rest in Peace - Arctic Radio Club (Thomas Nilsson, Sept 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Very sad news. Hopefully he didn't have to suffer too much. We have lost an amazing authority of Latin American DX (Mauno Ritola, ibid.) Henriks station och bakgrundskunskaper om LA var unik, och det gjorde också hans stora iver för att hjälpa oss med stationsidentiteter. Han var intresserad av ett brett spektrum av saker, inte bara vad som de säger efter ordet Radio i knastrande på mellanvåg. Jag har varit bara en av dom många Henriks fjärran dx-vänner från andra sidan av Bottenviken, men idén om en varmhjärtad, pålitlig vän kom från vårt mångåriga utbyte. För att hedra Henriks minne, en länk till låten som han fick till min uppmärksamhet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_c6WAgBBrs [Google translation:] Henry's station and background knowledge of LA were unique, and so was his great zeal to help us with station identities. He was interested in a wide range of things, not just what they say after the word Radio in the midrange. I have been just one of the many Henriks distant dx friends from the other side of the Gulf of Bothnia, but the idea of a warm-hearted, reliable friend came from our many years of exchange. To honor Henry's memory, a link to the song he got to my attention: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_c6WAgBBrs Manda Lluvia --- with lyrix Marco Barrientos Transformados (Juha Vehmas, Finland, ibid.) A moving song of faith, presumably Christian, only by allusions (gh) Special message for the today passed away Henrik Klementz I relay a message posted today in a Facebook page about the death of Henrik Klementz, a well known DXer whom I was a friend for at least two years ago. One of the most famous DXers of our time, Henrik Klemetz (HK), has passed away early this morning in Sweden. Henrik died in a hospital in the town of Borås as a result of a serious illness. Henrik had lived for years in Colombia, and he was known especially for his unparalleled knowledge about the radio scene in Latin America. In 1989 he wrote a book titled "Latin America by Radio", which was and still is a fabulous guidebook for identifying Latin American stations. In recent years he has not been actively DXing himself, but he has continued to help numerous DXers to identify Spanish-language stations, doing a lot of research, and often discovering the identity of obscure local stations unlisted in any publication. Henrik will be greatly missed among the global DXing community. Henrik also contributed to the DXing.info website, and is featured on this page: https://www.facebook.com/henrik.klemetz?__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARAuXmj8PYL1V1_5TyYf35MCqqNKaEM2U8H6V24_PWLqqRM9FmMzKWu2G3cUX-B5NnlDUgipnpM7dszH&fref=mentions&hc_location=group Post by Mika Makelainen (via Zacharias Liangas, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 2001, DXLD) Very sad. I once had the pleasure of meeting Henrik as he passed thru Miami airport. Maybe recorded an interview? Or considered it (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) [from SW Bulletin:] R.I.P HENRIK KLEMETZ One of the most well=known and famous DXers of our time, Henrik Klemetz, passed away in his hometown, Borås, in the morning on Sept 21 as a result of a serious illness. Henrik had lived many years in Colombia where he met his wife. His knowledge of Spanish and Latin American cultures was amazing and irreplaceable. He was also a very skilled DXer though not active during recent years. In 1989 he wrote a book titled ”Latin America by Radio” which still is a fantastic guidebook for identifying Latin American stations. For a very long time he has been helping DXers around the world with identification of Latin American stations and as well doing a lot of research. Often he discovered unlisted stations and could help DX-ers with verifications. His contributions to the DX community will always be remembered and we all have lost a wonderful friend. It’s fantastic to read all the comments about the influence Henrik have had in the DX World, such as RealDX, A-DX, DXing.info, WO, Arctic Radio Club and in other social medias. Some DX-ers also suggested that a collection of all comments will be created and given to his family. I have started this collection (/Thomas Nilsson, ed., SW Bulletin Sept 22 via WORLD OF RADIO 2001, DXLD) see also PUPLICATIONS [from Arctic Radio Club mv-eko Sept 23:] HENRIK KLEMETZ 1942 - 2019 Det var ett trist besked som nådde oss på lördagsförmiddagen den 21 september att vår vän och medlem sedan flera år, Henrik Klemetz, har avlidit i sviterna av en svår cancer. Vår klubb och även DX-världen har förlorat en enastående kunskap. Det gäller inte enbart Latinamerika-DX, utan även en stor kunskap om språk och kultur i denna världsdel. Genom hans kunnande var Henrik i flera år en uppskattad medarbetare för flera av de latinamerikanska länderna i WRTH. Henrik var också författare till en bok om Latinamerika-DX-ing, ”Latin America by Radio”. Även om denna bok, som utkom redan 1989 har några år på nacken, är den fortfarande aktuell. Henrik bodde i ett flertal år i Latinamerika där han mötte sin fru Josefina. Våra tankar går till henne men även till dottern Ida-Sofia. Vila i frid Henrik! Flera medlemmar i ARC har hört av sig och föreslagit en insamling för att honorera Henriks stora kunskap rörande frågor om Latinamerika. Han var inte längre en aktiv DX-are när det gällde att ställa in en radio, men han blev snabbt experten i vår grupp. Hans kunskap och förmågor var enastående. Folk kanske glömmer att hans uthållighet också var oöverträffad. Vi är många som minns hur han tog hand om våra olösta inspelningar trots miserabelt ljud och massor med störningar. Henrik arbetade i sin kammare och efter en tid, kortare eller längre, så återkom han med besked. Jean Burnell uttryckte detta på ett särdeles bra sätt: Hej Jean, jag har äntligen det. Det var Radio ... i Colombia, effekten var 1 kW, och stationschefen väntar nu på din mottagningsrapport på den här adressen ..." För allt det arbete som Henrik lagt ner för oss kommer ARC som klubb att bidra med 1000 kr. Vi som tagit del av hans stora passion för att lösa mysterier med tuffa inspelningar och hans arbete för att utverka verifikationer föreslås att varje medlem i ARC också ger ett bidrag som vi senare kommer att överlämna till Henriks familj. Vi föreslår ett bidrag från var och en på t ex 150 kr eller valfritt, helst högre belopp. För att hantera detta har öppnats ett speciellt konto. Insättning görs till konto Thomas Nilsson: 8214-9 694 805 816-6 eller swisha till 0703-911411. Märk insättningen med ert namn och HK. Som ett minne för insättarna har Odd Påg filmer från konvent 2013 och 2016 (den senare 45 min.) som han lovat ladda ner till alla som skickar ett USB-minne 8 eller 16 GB, (passar i TV´ns USB-ingång) samt ett frankerat kuvert för returen. På konventet 2016 finns HK med. Kvalitén är närmast HD. Lämpligt USB minne skickas till: Odd Påg, Hästhagen 1, Lursäng, 452 97 Strömstad [Google translation of above:] HENRIK KLEMETZ 1942 - 2019 It was a sad message that reached us on Saturday morning, September 21, that our friend and member for several years, Henrik Klemetz, has died in the suites of a severe cancer. Our club and even the DX world have lost an outstanding knowledge. This applies not only to Latin America-DX, but also to a great knowledge of language and culture in this continent. Through his knowledge, Henrik was for many years an esteemed employee for several of the Latin American countries in WRTH. Henrik was also the author of a book on Latin America-DX-ing, "Latin America by Radio". Although this book, which was published as early as 1989, has some years on its neck, it is still relevant. Henrik lived for several years in Latin America where he met his wife Josefina. Our thoughts go to her but also to the daughter Ida-Sofia. Rest in peace Henrik! Several members of the ARC have heard of and proposed a gathering to honor Henry's vast knowledge of Latin American issues. He was no longer an active DX-er when it came to tuning in to a radio, but he quickly became the expert in our group. His knowledge and abilities were outstanding. People may forget that his stamina was also second to none. We are many who remember how he handled our unsolved recordings despite miserable sound and lots of interruptions. Henrik worked in his chamber and after a while, shorter or longer, he returned with a message. Jean Burnell expressed this in a very good way: Hi Jean, I finally have it. It was Radio ... in Colombia, the power was 1 kW, and the station manager is now waiting for your reception report at this address ... " For all the work that Henrik has done for us, ARC as a club will contribute SEK 1000. We who have taken part in his great passion for solving mysteries with tough recordings and his work on developing verifications suggest that each member of the ARC also makes a contribution that we will later hand over to Henry's family. We propose a contribution from each of for example SEK 150 or optional, preferably higher amount. To deal with this, a special account has been opened. Deposit is made to account Thomas Nilsson: 8214-9 694 805 816-6 or swisha to 0703-911411. Mark the deposit with your name and HK. As a memory for depositors, Odd Påg has films from convention 2013 and 2016 (the latter 45 min) which he promised to download to anyone who sends a USB memory 8 or 16 GB, (fits in the TV's USB input) and a stamped envelope for the return. At the 2016 convention, HK is included. The quality is closest to HD. Suitable USB memory is sent to: Odd Påg, Hästhagen 1, Lursäng, 452 97 Strömstad (ARC mv-eko 23 Sept via DXLD) Many more tributes to Henrik Klemetz on the RealDX iogroup, where he was very active helping to ID unID recordings:: Sad news from Sweden today: Henrik Klemetz has passed away. We have lost a great friend and maybe the best specialist of Latin American DX. My condolences to his wife and daughter. http://www.dxing.info/about/dxers/hk.dx By Mauno_Ritola · #35529 · Sep 21 This is very sad news, Mauno. Henrik was more than just a DX friend. Henrik was not just helpful with DX recordings, but took time to correspond and develop a good friendship, albeit only via email. He took that extra time to translate the speech in so many of my recordings. His knowledge of language and the South American continent was vast. Definitely a friend and one who will be deeply missed. Please pass all our sympathies to his family (John Faulkner) I'm so sorry to hear this! I've known about Henrik for a very long time, but it's only since joining this group a few months ago that I had the opportunity to correspond with him. My regrets to his family. (Ken Alexander, VE3HLS So Phisai, Thailand) Very sad news indeed. Henrik was always ready to help with finding ID's, languages, etc. The hobby has lost one of its greats! (Russ Edmunds WB2BJH Blue Bell, PA Grid FN20id) Terrible news, Mauno. A great source of DX knowledge who I will sadly miss. Please pass on my heartfelt condolences to his family and friends. Henrik, may you rest in peace, OM. 73s (Barry :-) Carlisle UK, Davies) Mauno, this is really sad news for me - in recent years Henrik has been so helpful to me personally in my pursuit of our great DX hobby. He was without peer in his ability to unravel our ‘DX mysteries’. I hope you will be able to pass on the group’s messages of concern and sympathy to his family (Bryan (Mangawhai - New Zealand) Clark) Just got home from a day visiting family and I read this very sad news. I regarded Henrik as a friend (even though I'd never met him in person). We last corresponded in August about the existence of the quechua programme "Alero Quichua" on Radio Nacional in Santiago del Estero, and about Zamba and Chacacera music. He told me of the tension between Aymara and Quechua speakers in Perú. Henrik had unique abilities - to be able to interpret weak radio recordings, having an excellent knowledge of Spanish as spoken in all parts of South America, and an encyclopaedic knowledge of Latin American culture and (in many cases) an acquaintance with the owners of stations in most of the South American countries. He often sent me a Spanish Christmas greeting - I'll keep last year's. Many years ago he sent one from Venezuela in the form of a guayanese aguinaldo - a reminder of the true meaning of Christmas. I still have it and occasionally send it to friends. A benefit of the internet is that we can communicate with people we would otherwise have found it hard to find. It would be a fitting tribute if all the good things said about Henrik on this forum, and presumably on the ARC, could be gathered together and passed to his family. It would show the esteem with which HK was held around the world. RIP, HK, 73 / AB (Andrew Brade, UK) When I set up RealDX, Henrik was one of the first people I contacted. He was no longer an active DXer in terms of actually tuning a radio, but he rapidly became the star of the group. His knowledge and abilities were outstanding. People might forget that his tenacity was also second to none. I recall posting an unid with terrible audio which went unsolved and largely ignored until Henrik replied on RealDX many months later, and he emailed me directly. He said, "Hello Jean, I finally have it. It was Radio ... in Colombia, the power was 1 kW, and the station manager is now waiting for your reception report at this address ..." I and this group will always be grateful for his help, support and generosity. Henrik alone was SINPO 66666 ((Jean Burnell, Newfoundland) A man of greatness among DX'ers, "Latin America by Radio" by Henrik Klemetz has been and will always be a treasured book in my library. Henrik Klemetz's knowledge of Latin American radio is unsurpassed. As an example of something only Klemetz would know, during the 2017 Prince Edward Island DX'pedition an interval signal was received on 960 kHz which upon posting to RealDX it was immediately recognized by Klemetz as Radio Santa Cruz in Bolivia. His contributions to the DX community will always be remembered (Bruce Conti, NH) Good evening, Well, it has been a sad day for Henrik’s family and all of us involved in DX-ing. Henrik has been a member in Arctic Radio Club and Shortwave Bulletin as long as I can remember. I had the same thought as Andrew Brade and as a co-editor in Arctic Radio Club I intend to collect all comments from various sites. Those comments will be given to Josefina, Henrik’s wife together with our condolences. Regards (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden) Sad news from Sweden today: Henrik Klemetz has passed away. We have lost a great friend and maybe the best specialist of Latin American DX. That was shocking & sad news to me. There is no one who could replace him. He has helped me a lot with LA signals above 30 MHz during the last F2 season, when many unusual stuff came in. Even the toughest cases he managed to solve. One was on 35.9 MHz from Buenos Aires originally transmitting on 107.7 [x 3] without a real ID or location. Henrik tried to contact one of the advertisers to find out more about the station. He did a lot of phonecalls (I refunded his costs), It turned out to be an unlicensed station and they tried to hide as much as possible, because they first suspected he was from the local regulator, but after a while started to trust him. So he eventually got the owner on the phone and developed good relationship with her. She was so amazed about being rcv'ed in Germany that she sent us a MP3-package of the original jingles. I've never got that from any other station. He & myself later on even sent birthday wishes to her. Also again a year later. Without Henrik we would never have known the details of this station. In another case he found the owner of a Brasilian FM station that I heard around 36 MHz, and also stayed in long contact with him. Just in April he wrote me: "It is funny, but I am still having contact with some of the people who replied to your reports, essentially from Argentina and from Brazil." So all this will never escape my mind. It was a real pleasure having had this experience with him. He will be bitterly missed from now on. Henrik, rest in peace and keep an eye on RealDx from above! Does anyone know how old he got? My condolences to his wife and daughter. (Jurgen Bartels) For what I know of Henrik Klemetz, I learned that he was also contributing regularly as a (radio) columnist for instance to some Latin American stations and as a matter of fact, I had the privilege to be invited once to a quiz he organized along with Radio Costa Rica 930 in a program called "Mundo sorprendente". If I recall correctly Henrik brought five DX Latin recordings we had to identify. What an honor for me getting a 100% and be named as co-winner along with top DXers Chuck Hutton and Andrew Brade 8-) (listen attached) https://groups.io/g/RealDX/attachment/35563/0/mundo_sorprendente_radio_crica.mp3 Thank you Henrik for the great memories. Que descanses en paz. amigo (Sylvain Naud, Portneuf, QC, CAN) And here is why Henrik was working with 930 AM in San Jose: In the late 70's I heard a weak station on 1546 kHz. I could catch no ID. In 2009 I was reviewing some old recordings and found a clip of this station which I sent to Henrik. He was able to get an ID (Radio Gama) and a bit of the Costa Rican anthem. No more could be learned as there was no Costa Rican with that ID. Henrik - with his usual perseverance - sent the recording to a Costa Rican radio group (mostly hams) and one person immediately recognized the voice of the announcer. It turns out that this was a 1 kW station built entirely by hand by a Costa Rican and was unlicensed. He was apparently quite a local legend. One of the radio group was the host of Mundo Sorprendiente. He got in touch with the daughter of the now-deceased engineer, and she was very pleased that her father's station was heard thousands of miles away in the United States. She was later a guest on Mundo Sorprendiente. No case too hard for Detective Klemetz. It's still a pleasure to remember how pleased she was and I enjoyed knowing the special story of Radio Gama (Chuck Hutton) Very sorry to hear this news! A couple years ago Henrik solved a bizarre Asian mystery that had all the local TP-DXers stumped. During a vacation to Princeville, Hawaii, Craig Barnes had received a strong Asian station on 693 kHz just after 1600 UT in a mystery language, that obviously wasn't anything Asian. It sounded very exotic, although the signal was really strong. After a single listen Henrik pronounced the language as Portuguese with a Brazilian accent (!), which was the key to tracing the language to the Japanese big gun 693-JOAB-- running a special program after local midnight for Brazilians living in Japan. Awesome! (Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)) I'd forgotten about that! But yes, it was in 2010. There are lots of "radio people" in Latin America who will have known Henrik. Berny Solano was the name of the Costa Rican referenced by Sylvain, and I can think of people like Alfredo Cañote (/Space Master/) in Lima, Horacio Nigro in Montevideo, Arnaldo Slaen in Argentina, Marichuy Hernández Yedra in México, Rafael Rodríguez in Colombia and there must be many others who perhaps don’t know of his death and would like to pass on their condolences to his family. 73 / AB (Andrew Brade, Sept 22) Very sad news. Henrik was a truly remarkable man, and very generous in sharing his encyclopaedic knowledge with others, as we have seen in all the tributes to him. A copy of his book "Latin America by Radio" occupies a prominent position on my bookshelf. I shall remember him for the friendly help and guidance he gave me over the years, and for his great contribution to the DXing community. Of course our loss is nothing compared with that of his family, to whom I offer my deepest condolences. RIP, Henrik (Martin Hall, Scotland. DX Loggings Editor, MWC) Well stated, Jean. Henrik was incredible. He not only could ID a Spanish speaking South American station, he often times could ID the name of the program and the announcer. He will be missed! (Marc DeLorenzo, South Dennis, MA) Really sad news, Henrik was a nice guy. We did together some broadcast history projects about Tanger and Spanish Ifni. RIP (Jari Savolainen, Finland) Hi Fellows, Certainly, we are very sad as many DXers here in the southern cone of Latin America about Henrik passing. He was a pivotal value between the two worlds: Latin America, with his deep knowledge of its culture and languages. And the European culture. From the hobby point of view, he linked both ways the connection among European and Latin American DXers. There are not many cases like this. And since with radio we cross boundaries, frontiers, nations, his role proved to be essential promoting friendship above all. A real gentleman, rich in intelligence and culture he will really missed. 73 de (Horacio Nigro Geolkiewsky, CX3BZ, Montevideo, Uruguay, Sept 23) ([end of RealDX thread] via DXLD) MUERTE DE HÉNRIK KLÉMETZ --- Ya publicamos una nota sobre la muerte del Diexista sueco Hénrik Klémetz. Éste es el link directo: https://youtu.be/XBTgkMz-PXE (Édgar Amílcar Madrid, Radio Verdad, Guatemala, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Edgar, Cierto que HK era director de programas en HCJB?? Nunca lo sabia; permanecia en Colombia (Glenn to Edgar, via DXLD) Sí, Glenn, Henrik Klemetz personalmente me lo informó a mí a través de un mensaje hace varios años. Quizá me dijo qué programa era, pero se me olvidó. Yo lamento mucho su muerte. Era un muy buen amigo. Que Dios le bendiga (Édgar Amílcar Madrid, Radio Verdad to gh, via DXLD) ** TAIWAN. Radio Free Asia on 1557 kHz. {ex 1098 kHz, wb.} Zum zweiten Mal innerhalb weniger Tage habe ich eben um 20.00 hrs UTC eine Ansage von Radio Free Asia in Englisch und Mandarin (?) auf 1557 kHz gehoert. Die ID um 20.00 UTC war 100 % RFA (Englisch und "Chinese", laut RFA Sendeplan Mandarin language). Hier in Karlsruhe hoere ich mit der MiniWhip zur genannten Zeit nur RFA. Auf dem SDR Twente dominiert Smooth Radio, RFA kommt nur ab und zu durch. Uebrigens hat OM Karel Honzik-CZE auf dx.cz auch schon von der Station berichtet. Er vermutet, dass 1557 kHz wegen der Situation in Hongkong zusaetzlich zu 1098 kHz verwendet wird. (Norbert Reiner-D, A-DX newsgroup Sept 23, BC-DX 26 Sept via DXLD) Hallo Norbert, ich hoere die schon laenger, bin mir aber nicht sicher ob das wirklich "Free Asia" ist. Fuer mich hoert sich die Ansage eher nach Radio Three oder Free Eightys an. Das Programm ist auch sehr untypisch fuer das eigentlich nur aus Wortbeitraegen bestehende Radio Free Asia. Lange Zeit kam auf 1557 kHz wenn keine RTI Programme gesendet wurden das "I love Radio" Programm, welches ich auch bestaetigt bekam. Andererseits wird das Programm von Radio Free Asia \\ auch auf 1098 kHz und auch aus Kouhu ausgestrahlt, das aber bei mir durch den Sender Nitra in der Slowakei sehr schwer zu hoeren ist, um hier Vergleiche zu machen. Im RFA Sendeplan ist auch nur 1098 kHz verzeichnet und 1557 kHz nicht. Zusammengefasst: Taiwan mit der Sendestelle Kouhu ist es sicher, nur mit dem Programm Free Asia bin ich mir gar noch nicht sicher. 73 Christoph (A-DX newsgroup Sept 23) US 'Radio Free Asia' on 1557 kHz, 1900-2200 UT, since Sept 7. Aoki Bemerkungen zeigen 1098ex bzw. 1557 kHz 'RFA1 / IBB A19 Sept. 7-16' und nennt nun 300 kW 299degr azimuth fuer 1098 kHz, 315degr fuer 1557 kHz, vor Jahrzehnt frueher war die Angabe 250 kW. Alan Davies database zeigt viele 1 oder 5 kW Sender auf 1098 kHz in mainland China. und auch auf 1557 kHz Die Datenbank von IBB US RMS Monitoring Eintraegen zeigt mit den letzten Eintragungen jedenfalls seit diesem Monat 7. September 2019, dass RFA Mandarin 1098 kHz z.Zt. ausser Betrieb ist, vielleicht dort nur Reparaturarbeiten durch gefuehrt werden ? location Kouhu 1557 kHz 250 kW 315degr azimuth siehe screenshot Google Earth Pro 23 32 13.46 N 120 10 28.23 E Unnamed Road, Kouhu Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan 653G5PF+RR ??? Taiwan, Landkreis Yunlin, Kouhu Township And RFA Mandarin language sce also on shortwave \\ 18-19 UT 9355 (KWT), 9965 (SAI), 11745 (KWT). 19-20 UT 9355 (SAI), 9720 (KWT). 20-21 UT 6080 (TJK), 9355 (SAI), 9535 (KWT). 21-22 UT 7435 (KWT), 9685 (KWT). (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 23, BC-DX 26 Sept via DXLD) SOH: See CHINA [and non] ** THAILAND. 5875, Radio Thailand, 1144, Sept 22. Interesting to hear the significant drop in signal with change made to the antenna beam direction. My unedited audio of strong to not so strong reception at http://bit.ly/2mrQwCx (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD) 9390, Sept 26 at 1418, R. Thailand, VP talk in presumed English as scheduled 1400-1430, also other languages since 1200. In the MARE Tipsheet, Ken Zichi and Gary Vance report an unmod carrier on 9389, out of 9395 WRMI? Or an artifact. Never noticed here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) until later ** THAILAND. RADIO THAILAND WORLD SERVICE. TEMPORARY SHORTWAVE BROADCAST SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST 2019. In English. UT / kHz 0000-0030 / 15590 0030-0100 / 15590 0200-0230 / 15590 0530-0600 / 17640 1145-1200 / 5875 1230-1300 / 9390 1300-1315 / 9390 1400-1430 / 9390 1900-2000 / 9920 2000-2015 / 9920 2030-2045 / 9920 (Mauno Ritola, Finland / https://www.facebook.com/groups/wrthgroup/ via Rus-DX Sept 15 via WORLD OF RADIO 2001, DXLD) ?? Additional English at 1145-1200, 1300-1315, 2000-2015 --- replacing some other languages? Burmese, Japanese, German, respectively had been scheduled then (gh, WORLD OF RADIO 2001, DXLD) Hi Glenn, Currently 1145-1200, on 5875 (R. Thailand), is indeed in Burmese - My audio at http://bit.ly/2mrQwCx Whereas last October (2018), I did hear them in English, but back then was for a full half an hour. Will need to monitor in Oct to confirm new schedule. ``5875, R. Thailand, brief checks at 1134 & 1147, Oct 23, 2018. Yes, still in English; good reception; seems a steady schedule now (Ron Howard, Ocean Beach [San Francisco], CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, WOR iog via DXLD)`` (Ron Howard, Sept 26, WOR iog via DXLDL) ** TIBET. 4820, 2250-2330 24.9, Xizang PBS, Baiding, Tibet, relaying Voice of China, Chinese talk, 35333 // 5935 (22332 sideband QRM), 6050 (35433), 7240 (45434) and 7450 (21331 QRM English on 7445) 4905, 2255-2330 24.9, Xizang PBS, Baiding, Tibet, Tibetan musical programme with local songs, 2300 musical I/S 35433 // 4920 (35433), 6025 (35343), 6130 (35433) and 7385 (45434). Best 73, (Anker Petersen, Denmark, here in Skovlunde on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, wbradio yg via DXLD) ** TURKEY. TRT Ankara Emirler requested frequencies. A-19 Shortwave Frequency List Sept 20, 2019 0100 UT Day 1 = Sunday kHz Time (UT) ITU Station Lan Location Days +----------+-------+----+--+----------------------+-----+----------- 9735 0000-0155 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Tur Emirler 1-7 7260 0050-0155 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Spa Emirler 1-7 9870 0100-0155 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Spa Emirler 1-7 9465 0200-0255 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Uyg Emirler 1-7 9515 0255-0355 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Eng Emirler 1-7 6165 0300-0355 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Eng Emirler 1-7 17720 0400-0455 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Mal Emirler 1-7 6040 0400-0555 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Tur Emirler 1-7 11980 0400-0557 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Tur Emirler 1-7 13765 0500-0655 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Hau Emirler 1-7 11750 0600-0855 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Tur Emirler 1-7 11675 0600-1155 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Tur Emirler 1-7 11955 alt. 0600-1155 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Tur Emirler 1-7 13635 0600-1255 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Tur Emirler 1-7 13765 0655-0755 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Swa Emirler 1-7 11730 0656-0755 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Aze Emirler 1-7 11795 0830-0955 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Per Emirler 1-7 11750 0900-0955 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Ara Emirler 1-7 9855 1000-1025 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Tat Emirler 1-7 9655 1000-1055 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Geo Emirler 1-7 13650 1030-1055 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Uzb Emirler 1-7 7210 1100-1125 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Bul Emirler 1-7 15240 1100-1155 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Chi Emirler 1-7 13760 1130-1225 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Ger Emirler 1-7 11990 1200-1225 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Tur Emirler 1-7 13710 1200-1255 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Urd Emirler 1-7 15410 1230-1325 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Uyg Emirler 1-7 15450 1230-1325 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Eng Emirler 1-7 11965 1255-1355 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Rus Emirler 1-7 9840 1300-1555 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Tur Emirler 1-7 11825 1330-1355 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Kaz Emirler 1-7 9610 1400-1425 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Ita Emirler 1-7 9540 1400-1455 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Ara Emirler 1-7 17770 1400-1455 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Ara Emirler 1-7 11765 1500-1530 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Dar Emirler 1-7 9765 1500-1555 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Per Emirler 1-7 11765 1530-1600 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Pas Emirler 1-7 9505 1530-1625 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Aze Emirler 1-7 9460 1550-2055 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Tur Emirler 1-7 11765 1600-1625 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Uzb Emirler 1-7 5960 1600-2055 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Tur Emirler 1-7 11930 1630-1725 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Spa Emirler 1-7 15520 1630-1725 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Eng Emirler 1-7 7360 1730-1825 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Fre Emirler 1-7 9840 1730-1825 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Ger Emirler 1-7 5945 1830-1925 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Eng Emirler 1-7 9635 1930-2025 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Fre Emirler 1-7 11615 1930-2025 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Fre Emirler 1-7 9620 2030-2125 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Eng Emirler 1-7 9830 2200-2300 TUR VOICE OF TURKEY Eng Emirler 1-7 (Aoki Nagoya Japan database, A-19 season Sept 20 via BC-DX 26 Sept via DXLD) Unscheduled Voice of Turkey in Bosnian on SW September 21 0700-0756 11730 EMR 500 kW / 072 deg CeAs Azeri as scheduled HFCC A19 0756-0817 11730 EMR 500 kW / 072 deg CeAs IS/Bosnian, unscheduled SW Something`s always wrong at TRT Voioce of Turkey Emirler station! https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/09/unscheduled-voice-of-turkey-in-bosnian_21.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST) On weird frequency --- Reported on the HF Underground pirate chat, where people thought it was a pirate, turns out to be Voice of Turkey -- first reported as 5808, then 5805... From 1915 or so ending VOT English program (Dan Robinson, 1926 UT Sept 22, WOR iog via DXLD) Voice of Turkey in Turkish on strange drifting frequency, Sept 23 from 1300 on 9730 to 9728 kHz -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 2001, DXLD) Nothing traced later at 1420 UT on Sept 23, guess is nominal on 9840 kHz instead, towards western Europe at 310 degr. 9840 1300-1600 27,28 EMR 500 310 Tur TUR TRT TRT #4274 73 wb (Wolfgang Bueschel, ibid.) [and non]. FRANCE/TURKEY, RFI & Voice of Turkey on strange frequencies in 31mb on Sept. 23 --- Radio France International on unscheduled frequency 9840 kHz at this time slot: 1310-1320 on 9840 ISS 500 kW / 170 deg to WCAf French RFI, unscheduled in A-19 At same time 9840 EMR 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Turkish VofTurkey is 9740-9730v TRT Voice of Turkey on strange unstable frequencies 9740-9717 kHz, September 23 1300-1555 on 9727vEMR 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Turkish, instead of 9840 in A19 1600-2055 on 9717vEMR 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Turkish, instead of 9460 in A19 Something`s always wrong at TRT Voice of Turkey Emirler transmitting station!!! https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/09/rfi-voice-of-turkey-on-strange.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 23-24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) At 0828 UT Sept 24, 11795.022 kHz TRT Emirler Persian language service, S=9+20dB in Germany sidelobe. Turkish folk music string instrument, station ID in Persian at 0829:20 UT. TRT Turkish sce at this time slot at 0832 UT on Tuesday Sept 24 11675.731 kHz at S=9+20dB signal level here in Germany. 13635 kHz channel OFF AIR at 0835 UT, b u t Turkish technician tried to switch on the TX unit many times, carrier and distortion audio appeared for 1 - 2 seconds on the screen, with breaks again followed. 73 wolfie df5sx (Bueschel, ibid.) At 0910 UT Sept 24 in Turkish 11675.7 & 13635 is on air Arabic on 11750 and Farsi on 11795. At 0920, 11675 is on nominal, instead of 11675.7, around 10 minutes earlier (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, ibid.) 13635.027, V of Turkey Emirler, TUR folk mx, S=9+20dB at 0933 UT. powerful bandwidth 26 kHz wideband signal. 11795.008(fq moved in past hour), TUR, TRT Emirler in Persian, S=8 in EUR, S=9+45dB powerful in Doha Qatar SDR unit. 11750.009, TRT Emirler in Arabic, 0944 UT on Sept 24, S=8-9 in EUR, S=9+30dB in Doha Qatar ME. 11675.731 kHz at S=9+20dB signal level here in Germany at 8-9 UT but now changed the TX unit and settled on new exact frequency of 11675.007 kHz at 1020 UT, S=9+25dB signal traced at 1010 UT in Doha Qatar. 73 wolfie df5sx (Wolfgang Bueschel, Sept 24, WOR iog via DXLD) 13635, Sept 24 at 1254, S9 Turkish announcement with contact info just before 1255* as VOT manages to land within a few Hz of proper frequency; too bad English is not on here, as 15450, too high all summer, remains a JBA carrier. However, 13635 could be blasted away by RHC-FM; 13700 is already on but no spurs today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) VoT Missing --- Turkey missing on 9460 kHz at 2030 UT this afternoon (26 September) with Turkish service. Not there as noted here in NB nor using the U. Twente SDR receiver. Did they punch up a wrong frequency or some other issue? (-- Richard Langley, Sept 26, WOR iog via DXLD) ** U K. See for Radio Caroline (North) down under the mail, there is a link to the Caroline page and there you can find much more info that is easy to find The First And Only Album Station In Europe is Radio Caroline. "Radio Caroline Sounds Great On 648" khz - 482 m (MW) http://www.radiocaroline.co.uk 73 from (Herman Content. (Gent, Belgium), Sept 23, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K [non]. Frequency change BBC via ENC-DMS Dhabayya from Sept 22: 0430-0530 NF 9840 DHA 250 kW / 045 deg WeAs Farsi, ex 9480 same tx 0430-0530 on 11875 KCH 300 kW / 116 deg WeAs Farsi, ex same via SLA https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/09/frequency-change-of-bbc-via-enc-dms.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 23-24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Probably pandering to end of DST in Iran (gh) ** U K. 12005, Sept 25 at 1819, French at S9-S7, discussion between studio and phoner. HFCC shows BBC Woofferton, 1800-1830, 250 kW, 170 degrees. At 13-18 it`s also Woofferton due east with IBB in Farsi = Radio Farda. And would you believe that HFCC still has registered in A-19 on 12005 at 1700-2110, 500 kW from Sfax, Tunisia in Arabic, long-gone and imaginary? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K. HISTORIC WOOFFERTON BOASTS A MODERN TWIST https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/historic-woofferton-boasts-a-modern-twist At 75, U.K.’s last public shortwave site provides essential info to listeners globally via analog and digital broadcasts Neale Bateman ⋅ 3 days ago WOOFFERTON, England — Nestled in the beautiful Shropshire countryside, just a few miles from England’s border with Wales, is the tiny village of Woofferton. That name is synonymous with shortwave radio for millions of listeners around the world as just a short distance from the village itself, lays the United Kingdom’s last remaining public service shortwave transmitting station. Antenna switches in the field feed the HF curtain arrays. [caption] Now owned and operated by Encompass Digital Media, Woofferton recently celebrated its 75th birthday. Built in 1943, the station has a fascinating history; originally designed to bolster the BBC’s General Overseas Service (now the World Service) during the latter years of World War II, it was later partly funded by the United States and was used extensively by the Voice of America to broadcast into Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union during the cold war years. Today, Woofferton transmits programs for the BBC and a number of other international broadcasters, reaching audiences across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. OPERATIONS Woofferton near Ludlow in Shropshire is the U.K.’s last shortwave broadcasting station. There are 10 high-power HF transmitters at Woofferton. They range from Marconi senders of various vintages, including two BD272 250 kW units that date back to the 1960s, to the more recent 300 kW B6124 solid-state transmitters, and four of the most modern RIZ 250K01 wideband systems, which are also capable of operating in Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) mode. In fact, the BBC’s daily DRM transmission for Europe is broadcast from here. Outside in the antenna field, there are 35 shortwave curtain arrays (aerials) supported by 25 masts. Most of the antennas can be operated in full or half-curtain mode, depending on the coverage required, and can be electronically steered (slewed) to beam transmissions in a variety of directions. This is done by varying the phase of the signal and feed points to the antenna, rather than by physical movement. The Duty Room has visibility of all of the station’s transmission systems, and executive control of the broadcast schedule. The Woofferton team numbers some 14 staff, comprising of broadcast engineers, maintenance technicians, mechanical and electrical engineers, riggers (antenna specialists) as well as providing an outpost for Encompass’ International Operations team. The station’s facilities and location make it an excellent logistical base for the testing, servicing and deployment of a wide range of satellite receivers and FM radio transmission systems which are installed at hundreds of BBC FM relays and partners around the world. A Marconi BD272 250 kW sender, one the station’s oldest transmitters, is still in regular daily use. Woofferton has one of most modern and flexible transmission control systems in the world, allowing the entire facility to be remotely controlled and monitored by Encompass’ MCR in London, over 150 miles away. At around 5 p.m. each evening, the Woofferton engineers handover control to the nightshift in London and until 8 a.m. the next morning, the whole operation is fully automated. MCR engineers in London can take control at any time however and remotely power up and tune the transmitters and then switch the output to any of the available antennas in just a few minutes. This capability is particularly useful if another transmitter fails and an alternative resource is required at very short notice. This flexibility means that scheduled broadcasts from other international sites, such as from Ascension Island, the Middle East and even Singapore, can be “covered” from Woofferton, minimizing the impact on listeners if a breakdown occurs. MAINTENANCE A shortwave transmitter station is a complex mix of engineering disciplines — from high-voltage electricity and radio frequency and traditional audio engineering, through to modern computer processors, which run the station’s automation and control systems. Throughout a typical day, the duty engineers coordinate any changes to the transmission schedule, which may be required to allow maintenance and repairs to be carried out. Non-radiating towers support the latticework of HF curtain antennas. Ensuring the safety of staff working inside the transmitter enclosures and outside on the antennas is essential: a safety lock out system is used to isolate the equipment to be worked on, with unique physical “keys” and interlocks needed to make sure systems cannot be used or become live until the engineers and riggers are safely clear of high voltages and radiating elements. Surprisingly maybe, the middle part of the day is one of the “quietest” periods at the site, as most transmissions take place during the early morning and evening, due to the time differences between the U.K. and audiences in Africa and the Middle East. This is therefore the ideal time to carry out routine maintenance to the transmitters, some of which are still going strong after 40 years of service thanks to the skills and expertise of the Woofferton engineers. One of the station’s four RIZ 250 kW transmitters that is used daily for the BBC’s DRM transmission to Europe. They need a carefully planned regime of regular checks and preventative work to keep them on the air, as well as some tender loving care — something which is in no short supply at Woofferton. A myriad of maintenance tasks are carried out, which include checking the RF, modulator and water cooling systems, and testing individual components such as resistors and capacitors, and of course the valves themselves. Any faulty components will be replaced with spares from stores, or as is sometimes required when items are obsolete, manufactured on-site by the station’s workshop. The mechanical and electrical engineers can fabricate bespoke metalwork and fittings which are no longer available, as well as carry out maintenance to the stations “heavy” equipment such as HV transformers, fan units, gas compressors and pumps. MISSION-CRITICAL ROLE At around 3 p.m. GMT each day, the station comes alive as the evening transmissions for Africa and Middle East start to ramp up and by 6 p.m. almost every transmitter is on-air, broadcasting in languages such as Arabic, French, Hausa, Amharic, Kurdish, Dari, Pashto and Russian, as well as English. DT700 monitoring receivers analyze the parameters of DRM broadcasts from the station’s digital transmitters. In recent years, Woofferton has also taken on a new role in being one of a few sites around the world where satellite carrier monitoring is carried out, to check and report on the performance of quality of satellite distribution of the BBC’s international TV and radio channels. More than 75 years after its first broadcast to wartime occupied Europe, Woofferton continues to demonstrate the unique and enduring power of shortwave broadcasting — especially in parts of the world where media freedom and access to objective news is sometimes made deliberately difficult for international broadcasters to reach. And it’s still proud of its critical role in informing, entertaining and educating millions of listeners around the world (via Artie Bigley, DXLD; also via Mike Terry, WOR iog via DXLD) ** U K [non]. BBC Premier League via Talata, Dhabayya & Ascension, September 21 1130-1400 12015 MDC 250 kW / 000 deg EaAf Somali Sat, weak/fair 1130-1400 17745 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg EaAf Somali Sat, fair/good 1130-1400 17780 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg WeAf Hausa Sat, fair/good https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/09/bbc-premier-league-via-talata-dhabayya.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 21-22, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 4623.5-USB, Sept 25 at 1305, MARS net 6TX2 with NCS AFA6RH rollcall to numerous stations. I thought it would be easy to search out location of this call, not so (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 7200-LSB, Sept 25 at 0612, KM6VPJ with quick CQs over and over, no answers; at least a legit ham on this frequency. Do I hear Midway Island? Hardly. QRZ.com: KM6VPJ USA Alan E Lubanes 520 Empirecreek Trail Georgetown, CA 95634 USA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WWV AND WWVH ARE BROADCASTING A US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MESSAGE --- eHam September 19, 2019 https://www.eham.net/articles/43739 Until October 1, WWV and WWVH are broadcasting a US Department of Defense message to mark the centennial of WWV and to announce the WW0WWV special event http://wwv100.com/ The message will air at 10 minutes past the hour from September 28 until October 2 from the WWV transmitter site near Fort Collins, Colorado. Kevin Utter, N7GES, a member of the WW0WWV Centennial Committee, recorded the audio track for the announcement. Utter has been an integral part of the Committee and is a highly respected member of the Northern Colorado Amateur Radio community. -- Thanks to Paul English, WD8DBY (via Mike Terry, Sept 20, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 2001, DXLD) Jack Amelar also mentions some WWV news (that MARE actually mentioned in TipSheet 1038 in April this year) which has appeared in greater detail in the September 2019 ARRL Michigan Section Newsletter "WWV and WWVH to Broadcast Defense Department WWV Centennial Greeting, Special Event Reminder "Starting on Monday, September 16, WWV and WWVH will broadcast a US Department of Defense message to mark the centennial of WWV and to announce the WW0WWV special event from September 28 until October 2 at the WWV transmitter site near Fort Collins, Colorado. The DoD message transmissions will air until October 1." The ARRL article doesn't mention it, but I've heard the message at both 4 minutes after and 10 minutes after the hour on WWV. I have not heard WWVH yet. "Kevin Utter, N7GES, a member of the WW0WWV Centennial Committee, recorded the audio track for the announcement. Utter has been an integral part of the Committee and is a highly respected member of the Northern Colorado Amateur Radio community." I don't know what sorts of frequency measuring equipment they expect 'hobbyists' to have though. Shoot, I calibrate my stuff to WWV because that is far more accurate than anything I have! --kvz (Ken Zichi, ed., MARE Tipsheet Sept 20 via DXLD) FESTIVAL OF FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT SET TO HONOR WWV CENTENNIAL --- ARRL 09/18/2019 HamSCI and the Case Amateur Radio Club of Case Western Reserve University (W8EDU) will sponsor a “Festival of Frequency Measurement” on WWV’s centennial, October 1, from 0000 to 2359 UTC (starting on Monday evening, September 30, in the Americas). The event invites radio amateurs, short-wave listeners, and others capable of making high-quality frequency measurements on HF to participate and publish their data to the HamSCI community on the Zenodo open-data sharing site. “Changes in ionospheric electron density caused by space weather and diurnal solar changes are known to cause Doppler shifts on HF ray paths,” the event announcement says. “HamSCI’s first attempt at a measurement of these Doppler shifts was during the August 2017 total solar eclipse. We plan a careful measurement during the 2024 eclipse.” Some of the questions the research event is hoping to answer include how WWV’s 5 MHz propagation path varies over a given calendar day, and how various measurement techniques for understanding the path variations compare. The objectives are to measure Doppler shifts caused by the effect of space weather on the ionosphere, and to use a specified measurement protocol available to Amateur Radio operators and other citizen-scientists. The experiment will use August 1, 2019 (UTC) as a control date. “The recordings in this experiment are expected to show formations of the D-layer at stations’ local sunrise and other daily events of the ionosphere,” the announcement said. “Space weather varies day to day and some features may be prominent. We’ll see what we get!” Full information is on the Festival of Frequency Measurement website. http://www.arrl.org/news/festival-of-frequency-measurement-set-to-honor-wwv-centennial (via Mike Terry, Sept 19, WOR iog via WORLD OF RADIO 2001, DXLD) ** U S A [non]. QSL News --- Dear colleagues! Who cares, yesterday tried to send a reception report Radio Liberty broadcasts at 1386 kHz to the editorial office, at Andrei Sharyy. This morning I received from him personally (!) An operational response of the following content: "Sergey, good evening! Thanks for the efforts, but, unfortunately, we have long been stopped the practice of encouraging ham. I wish you good luck - Andrei." So, it’s now unrealistic to get confirmation from the editors at all! Can try from the headquarters in the United States, can anyone try, unsubscribe? Clean you ether and 73! (Sergey Shokhin, Selyatino, Moskovskaya oblast, Russia / “deneb-radio-dx”, QSL World, Rus-DX 22 Sept via DXLD) Not on the first try, the card was sent from the Czech Republic http://freerutube.info/2016/04/19/qsl-radio-farda-kuveyt-ssha-chehiya-oktyabr-2015-goda/ took the address here https://pressroom.rferl.org/contacts (Dmitry Elagin, Saratov, Russia / “deneb-radio-dx”, ibid.) ** U S A. TRUMP NOMINEE PLEDGES INDEPENDENCE FOR US GOVERNMENT NEWS OUTLETS --- VOA By Brian Padden September 19, 2019 President Donald Trump's nominee to run the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) testified Thursday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, addressing concerns about whether he would seek to impose a political bias on government news agencies such as Voice of America, which is mandated by law to be objective and balanced in its reporting. Article continues here: https://www.voanews.com/press-freedom/trump-nominee-pledges-independence-us-government-news-outlets (via Mike Terry, WOR iog via DXLD) OK, but Drumpf lies all the time, so we can hardly trust anyone he appoints, either (gh, DXLD) Viz.: TRUMP NOMINEE PLEDGES INDEPENDENCE FOR US GOVERNMENT NEWS OUTLETS --- By Brian Padden September 19, 2019 10:31 PM Jesusemem Oni contributed to this report. https://www.voanews.com/usa/trump-nominee-pledges-independence-us-government-news-outlets President Donald Trump's nominee to run the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) testified Thursday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, addressing concerns about whether he would seek to impose a political bias on government news agencies such as Voice of America, which is mandated by law to be objective and balanced in its reporting. Michael Pack (Manifoldproductions.com) [caption] FILE - Michael Pack told senators on Sept. 19, 2019, that as USAGM chief executive, he would prioritize improving operational effectiveness and employee morale and preventing further ethical scandals from undermining organization credibility. "The whole agency rests on the belief the reporters are independent, that no political influence is telling them how to report the news and what to say. Without that trust, I think, the agency is completely undermined," said Michael Pack, who was first nominated to head USAGM 16 months ago. John Lansing, the previous USAGM chief executive officer who was appointed by former President Barack Obama in 2015, plans to resign at the end of September to become president and chief executive officer of National Public Radio, an independent, nonprofit public radio and media organization. Political ties Pack is a documentary producer who headed the conservative, California-based Claremont Institute and has worked for the U.S. nonprofit Corporation for Public Broadcasting. In 2002, then-President George W. Bush nominated him to serve on the National Council on the Humanities. In the early 1990s, he led the WorldNet government television service, which later became part of VOA. He also has ties to Steve Bannon, the former White House chief strategist for Trump and former head of Breitbart News, which is widely seen as an advocate for nationalist, conservative causes. Pack and Bannon worked together on documentaries examining the Iraq War ("The Last 600 Meters") and nuclear power ("Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power"). In a 2017 article he wrote for The Federalist news site, Pack praised Bannon as "a successful conservative documentary filmmaker," while complaining of a liberal bias in the documentary film industry. International broadcasting With a budget of $808 million, USAGM oversees all government-funded news organizations that together broadcast to 100 countries and reach an estimated audience of 345 million people. Earlier this year, the organization changed its name from Broadcasting Board of Governors to the U.S Agency for Global Media. These news networks include VOA, which broadcasts in more than 40 languages around the world; TV and Radio Marti, which broadcast to Cuba; Arabic-language networks Alhurra TV and Sawa radio; Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; and Radio Free Asia. Top Logo News The VOA charter, signed into law in 1976, and the International Broadcasting Act mandate that all government-funded news agencies adhere to high journalistic standards that free-press advocates say are essential to be considered credible source of news to international audiences. "You're not a state-run media that only tells one side of the story as often state-run media does in other countries," said Al Tomkins, who teaches journalism ethics at The Poynter Institute, an organization that promotes press freedom and provides journalist training. David Jackson, a VOA director in the early 2000s, says there is long-standing, broad support for the agencies' journalistic mission from both Democrats and Republicans in Congress. "Members of Congress have always supported the broadcasting by VOA and the other broadcasters because they recognize the value of having one source of news that people around the world can rely on," he said. Political interference Some of Trump's critics have raised concerns that he would turn these news agencies into one-sided propaganda sites to promote his administration's policies. During the hearing, Democratic Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey, the ranking member of the Foreign Relations Committee, referenced the nominee's relationship with Bannon and his past comments about liberal media bias. He asked Pack how he would protect agency journalists from political interference and pressure. "Are you capable of saying no?" Menendez asked. "I think so," Pack replied. "I have said 'no' before." It was unclear whether the Democrats on the committee would support Pack. If unified, majority Republicans could advance the nomination on their own. FILE - Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 5, 2019. [caption] Menendez also asked Pack to affirm that he would respond to questions on undisclosed topics his staff had sent. Pack said he would respond, but that it would take time to delve into past records to retrieve the details requested. Background checks and a backlog of nominees awaiting Senate confirmation could further delay the confirmation process. Agency scandals Pack stated that as the agency's chief executive officer, he would prioritize improving operational effectiveness and employee morale and preventing further ethical scandals from undermining organization credibility. In July, USAGM initiated an internal investigation into allegations that a TV Marti journalist had faked a mortar attack during a televised report from Nicaragua. Earlier this year, an independent panel of journalists and academics commissioned by USAGM to review government broadcasting to Cuba found "patterns of unethical, unprofessional, biased or substandard journalism." A senior USAGM employee recently pleaded guilty of stealing nearly $40,000 in government funds by falsifying hotel and taxi receipts and billing the agency for personal trips to promote his book and weekend trips. At VOA last year, 15 journalists from the Hausa language service were fired or disciplined for accepting bribes from a Nigerian official. The chief of VOA's Mandarin language service was also discharged in 2018 for allowing a billionaire Chinese exile to make unsubstantiated charges against officials in Beijing during an extended live broadcast. Amanda Bennett,who will be sworn in as the new director of the Voice of America on Monday, April 18, 2016. FILE - Amanda Bennett, director of Voice of America. [caption] When Lansing took over at VOA, the agency was beset with morale issues. His first order of business was to restore morale, naming journalist Amanda Bennett, who previously held senior newsroom positions at Bloomberg News and The Wall Street Journal, as head of Voice of America. 'We have not been silenced' Lansing also made his mark at the agency by championing a free press. "Despite some very dark moments, we have not been silenced. We will continue to report the truth. We will continue to find new ways to get independent reporting and programming to global audiences who rely on it," he said earlier this year on World Press Freedom Day. FILE - John Lansing will soon be leaving as chief executive of the U.S. Agency for Global Media. [caption] In announcing Lansing's resignation earlier this month, USAGM board Chairman Kenneth Weinstein said in a statement, "John has put USAGM on solid footing to advance our mission to inform, engage and connect people around the world in support of freedom and democracy. ... The Board is very grateful for, and deeply impressed by, the results achieved during his tenure." Lansing has boosted the networks' global weekly audience by more than 100 million and expanded the agency's use of platforms from encrypted live broadcasting to shortwave radio to push content into countries that jam or ban American programming. Under his watch, the agency also created Current Time, a network broadcasting news, features and documentaries for Russian speakers, in 2017. Polygraph and Faktograph are websites aimed at combating a stream of disinformation by Russia state-controlled media. A new Persian-language service, VOA365, also started broadcasting earlier this year (via Mike Cooper, WORLD OF RADIO 2001, DXLD) ** U S A. TRUMP'S CHOICE FOR BROADCASTING CHIEF ON SENATE HOT SEAT By Susan Crabtree - RCP Staff September 19, 2019 https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/09/19/trumps_choice_for_broadcasting_chief_on_senate_hot_seat__141294.html Vimeo https://assets.realclear.com/images/48/488919_6_.jpg It’s taken nearly 16 months and two senators’ retirements for documentary filmmaker Michael Pack to hit the hot seat and answer senators’ questions about his plans to lead the nation’s taxpayer-funded global broadcasting operation. But the painful waiting in the wings may not stop when Thursday’s hearing is over. Pack could face new confirmation hurdles if Democratic senators and Obama-appointed officials in the organization continue to throw up roadblocks. Early last summer President Trump nominated Pack to head the U.S. Agency for Global Media, the umbrella entity for the federal government’s radio and television service best known for its flagship Voice of America multimedia news shows. Previously known as the Broadcasting Board of Governors before it was rebranded last year, the USAGM was originally founded to counter propaganda from repressive regimes by providing a more independent, reliable source of news promoting “freedom and democracy” around the world, according to the agency’s website. The first sentence of the VOA charter, which dates to 1948, also unequivocally states that “the long-range interests of the United States are served by communicating directly back with the peoples of the world by radio.” But critics argue that the agency, which has a $680 million annual budget, has lost its mission in a shifting global media and foreign policy environment and is in desperate need of reform after a recent spate of management scandals. Anti-Trump Republicans and Democratic forces on Capitol Hill kept Pack’s nomination on ice for months last year. Now-retired GOP Sens. Bob Corker, who chaired the Foreign Relations Committee, and Jeff Flake, who sat on that panel, worked with Sen. Bob Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, to stymie any progress and prevent Pack’s confirmation. Corker and Menendez, with Flake’s help, also led a failed effort to pass a bill designed to undermine the power of the USAGM post and hamstring Pack’s ability to fire Obama holdovers if and when he takes the helm. The committee now has a more Trump-friendly chairman in Sen. James Risch of Idaho, but other nominees and priorities managed to push Pack’s confirmation hearing into the fall. On Thursday, the former Corporation for Public Broadcasting executive who most recently headed the conservative Claremont Institute (and still serves as a senior fellow there) will field long-awaited questions from the Foreign Relations panel. While Pack’s nomination likely will have little trouble passing out of the GOP-controlled committee, Menendez and other Democrats are expected to strenuously oppose Pack during his hearing. They also could prevent the nomination from seeing the light of the day on the Senate floor. Any one senator can place a “hold” on a nomination, a parliamentary move that chamber rules allow to prevent a motion from reaching a floor vote. Menendez’s office did not respond to a Wednesday RealClearPolitics inquiry into whether the senator planned to try to block or further delay Pack’s confirmation. If confirmed, Pack would replace the outgoing CEO, John Lansing, whom Obama appointed to the board in 2015. Early this month National Public Radio announced that Lansing will become its CEO. As soon as Pack’s name started circulating in the press as a possible Trump nominee to head the communications agency, critics on the left started mobilizing against him. Citing his ties to former White House adviser Steve Bannon — the two worked together on two documentaries — the critics openly worried that Pack would turn the Voice of America into a megaphone for the Trump administration. In 2017, Pack wrote an article for the Federalist praising Bannon, arguing that he could help break liberals' “monopoly” on documentaries. He also took a shot at film schools in American universities, describing them as dedicated to liberal “indoctrination and grooming.” “I have some bad news for this documentary establishment,” he wrote, “Trump, with Bannon’s help, campaigned against political correctness and self-dealing elites. And they won.” Supporters now say that Pack wouldn’t be beholden to Bannon in any way, especially considering the latter’s exile from Trump world, a banishment that seems to have stayed largely intact despite some recent kind words from the president about his former close adviser. But those assurances haven’t stopped the stream of negative stories warning that Pack would turn the USAGM and its various media outlets into state-run Trump TV and radio. MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow early last year warned that a re-tooled VOA led by a Trump appointee could become a “state-run media operation” devoted to promoting the president’s policies abroad. Conservative critics, including a VOA director during the George W. Bush administration, say the status quo is just as unacceptable. These detractors argue that the USAGM has lost its way, and VOA coverage now reflects the same anti-Trump bias you would find in the New York Times, Washington Post or CNN, only in this case it’s taxpayer-funded and directed at an international audience. Its airwaves are dominated by stories covering liberal priorities such as climate change, LGBT issues and pro-immigrant causes, the critics say. “The Trump agenda keeps getting slammed left and right,” a government official told RealClearPolitics. “Why is the VOA acting like it’s part of the resistance and opposition to Trump? That is not part of the VOA’s charter or mission.” Case in point: The lead story on the VOA’s website Wednesday carried this headline, alongside a photo of seemingly distraught or angry woman in a hijab: “Polarized Politics Deepens Divide Over Who Is a ‘Real’ American?” “The promise of the American dream, where all immigrants can assimilate into a diverse cultural melting pot, is complicated by questions of loyalty, legality and racism,” the subhead reads. After Trump’s State of the Union address last year, the VOA’s coverage featured a large photo of a “Dreamer” immigrant with her hand over her mouth, accompanied by the headline: “Trump Promotes Immigration Reforms; Democrats Reject His Policy as ‘Heartless.’” Pack’s more than year-long confirmation delay has partisan tensions within the USAGM boiling over as critics argue that top officials at the agency are hiring or promoting more anti-Trump officials in order to undermine Pack should he become the CEO. “They’re in a hiring rampage of like-minded friends – it’s a frenzy of activity,” one administration source told RCP. “They’re trying to put a straitjacket around Pack so he can’t really make the changes he wants when he gets there.” Pack, through a Claremont Institute spokeswoman, declined to comment “out of respect for the hearing and the confirmation process.” Conservative critics of the VOA’s coverage blame VOA Chairman Amanda Bennett, who they argue has wrongly focused too closely on expanding a domestic U.S. audience despite the agency’s mission to counter propaganda in Russia, China, Iran and other U.S. adversaries. Bennett is a Pulitzer Prize-winning former Wall Street Journal reporter and former top editor at the Oregonian and columnist at the Washington Post. She is married to Donald Graham, the former owner and publisher of the Post and the son of legendary publisher Kay Graham. She was appointed VOA director by President Obama in April 2016. Last fall, Bennett stoked additional partisan turmoil over the future of the USAGM and VOA by penning an op-ed taking Trump to task for suggesting in a tweet that the United States should create its own "worldwide network to show the World we really are – GREAT!" Bennett placed the op-ed in the Washington Post. In the piece she claimed that the 77-year-old VOA is a powerful force for good in the world because it provides news and coverage of Washington and international events free from any administration's meddling. "We export the First Amendment," she argued. "We cover the toll of the opioid crisis and how people combat it," she wrote. "We show troops massed near the U.S. border and migrants throwing rocks. We interviewed people both shocked and elated by Trump's election. We cover killings by white supremacists and marches by #MeToo protesters." "Our audiences see a country strong enough to criticize itself — a nation struggling openly with its problems," she said. Bennett didn’t touch on a series of recent scandals at the USAGM under her and Lansing’s leadership. Haroon Ullah, the former chief strategy officer for the agency, who worked closely with Lansing, pleaded guilty on June 27 in federal court to stealing nearly $40,000 in government property during his tenure. He faces sentencing Oct. 11. In another recent scandal, Tomas Regalado Jr., a reporter for TV Marti, which broadcasts into Cuba, and a cameraman were recently suspended after being accused of faking a mortar attack on Regalado while broadcasting from Nicaragua last year. Last fall, the VOA fired 15 of its employees in Africa after discovering that they were accepting bribes passed to them by a Nigerian official. Also last year, three VOA employees were suspended and threatened with firing for conducting an interview with a controversial Chinese dissident. The chief of VOA's China division, one of those suspended, said VOA leadership in Washington was caving to pressure from the Chinese government. A three-month House Foreign Affairs Committee investigation, released late last year, uncovered new evidence of a series of USAGM management failures. The report cited “insufficient management” for the allowing the VOA and Radio Free Europe/Radio Free Liberty (RFE/RL) to run Facebook ads that illegally targeted audiences in the United States. A late-November report by Stanford University's Hoover Institution cited concerns about Chinese officials' influence on American institutions, including specific details about its "charm offensive and tougher tactics" on VOA and Radio Free Asia employees working in China, including details about the Chinese officials meeting annually with leaders of VOA’s Mandarin service to express their opinions about the content disseminated by the outlet. The report cited what it called a "pattern" by the VOA Mandarin Service of avoiding stories that could be perceived to be too tough on China and detailed activities by Chinese security officials it said amount to "a campaign of intimidation against some VOA and RFA staffers and their family members." Susan Crabtree is RealClearPolitics' White House/national political correspondent (via David Cole, LA, WORLD OF RADIO 2001, DXLD) ** U S A. USAGM BOARD OF GOVERNORS ANNOUNCES CEO FOR INTERIM PERIOD September 25, 2019 WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Agency for Global Media's (USAGM) Board of Governors is pleased to announce that effective October 1, 2019, Grant Turner, currently USAGM's Chief Financial Officer (CFO), will serve as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Director of USAGM on an interim basis until the President appoints a Senate-confirmed CEO. "We are confident he will provide strong leadership during this time of transition," said Board Chairman Kenneth Weinstein. "Grant's strong management and process-driven background is exactly what we need to continue building on our achievements, increasing our impact and advancing our strategic plan." "Grant has earned the respect of our Board, senior management team and employees since joining the agency and has the Board's full confidence as he takes on the role of CEO," said current CEO John F. Lansing. Prior to joining USAGM as CFO in February 2016, Turner served as the Budget Director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, and as the Budget Director for the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) in Washington, D.C. Turner also worked for six years at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) where he was assigned to the National Security Division and the Office of the Deputy Director for Management. He is a 1989 graduate of Brigham Young University-Hawaii, and holds a Master's in Business Administration from Chaminade University of Honolulu and a Master's in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Turner succeeds outgoing CEO and Director John F. Lansing, who previously announced his departure from the agency at the end of September to become CEO of National Public Radio (NPR). John Barkhamer, currently USAGM's Deputy CFO, will serve as Acting CFO. While serving as CEO during this interim period, Turner will work closely with Steve Capus, Senior Advisor to the CEO with extensive knowledge and proficiency in journalism and production, and Matt Walsh, Deputy Director for Operations, as well as USAGM's network leadership and senior management. For more information, please contact: USAGM Public Affairs publicaffairs@usagm.gov 202-203-4400 (via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, WORLD OF RADIO 2001, DXLD) ** U S A. DIRECTOR TOMÁS REGALADO LEAVES TV AND RADIO MARTÍ September 20, 2019 --- OCB Director Regalado speaks at the September 11, 2019, USAGM Board meeting [caption] WASHINGTON - The United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) leadership today has accepted the resignation of Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB) Director Tomás Regalado. Prior to joining OCB in June 2018, Mr. Regalado served the people of Miami as a journalist, City Commissioner and two-term Mayor. His unique experience and background were called upon to extend TV and Radio Martís' reach during a critical time in U.S.-Cuban relations. During his tenure Mr. Regalado developed a new satellite broadcast strategy, expanded digital and social media content, and supported the creation of unique content on topics not typically covered in Cuban media, including LGBTQ rights, climate change and the contributions of the Cuban-American community. USAGM's steadfast support for OCB's mission to provide accurate and reliable information to the people of Cuba remains unwavering, as does its commitment to Martís' staff and journalists. Deputy Director Emilio Vásquez will serve as Acting Director. Director of Technical Operations Francisco Chong will serve as Acting Deputy Director of OCB. USAGM thanks Director Regalado for his service (USAGM PR via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, Germany, WORLD OF RADIO 2001, DXLD) Now, what`s the backstory? (gh) FORMER MIAMI MAYOR TOMAS REGALADO RESIGNS AS HEAD OF RADIO AND TV MARTI --- By Nora Gamez Torres September 20, 2019 11:12 AM Former Miami mayor Tomas Regalado resigns from Marti stations Former Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado resigned on Friday from the Office of Cuba Broadcasting https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/cuba/article235295787.html Former Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado resigned on Friday as head of the Office of Cuba Broadcasting, the federal agency in charge of Radio and TV Marti, after several scandals that shook those stations. The United States Agency for Global Media, which oversees OCB, said it had accepted the resignation. "His unique experience and background were called upon to extend TV and Radio Marti's reach during a critical time in U.S.-Cuban relations," the agency said in a statement. "During his tenure, Regalado developed a new satellite broadcast strategy, expanded digital and social media content, and supported the creation of unique content on topics not typically covered in Cuban media, including LGBTQ rights, climate change and the contributions of the Cuban-American community," the agency said. After his appointment in June 2018, Regalado expanded radio programming but dismissed several workers in charge of the Martinoticias.com website. A few months later, the Cuban government announced that it would expand the internet service to cellphones. He also terminated the contracts of several independent journalists who collaborated from the island, citing budget problems. This year, both the House of Representatives and the Senate are considering budget cuts to the $29 million budget for the Miami-based Marti stations, prompting fears among employees of more firings. But Congress could negotiate another figure or even decide to keep the budget for next year at the same level as the current one. "USAGM reiterated its unwavering and enthusiastic support for the missions and the journalists of Radio and TV Marti," Steve Capus, senior adviser at the agency, told the Miami Herald. He said that regardless of the final budget decision, "the important work done at OCB will continue." The Herald could not reach Regalado for comment on his resignation. The statement does not mention the problems the Marti stations have experienced in recent months. A report about George Soros, deemed as anti-Semitic, published before Regalado took office but which recently resurfaced, provoked criticism from members of Congress and an investigation that concluded with several firings. The USAGM also commissioned an independent audit that concluded that the stations produced "bad journalism" and "ineffective propaganda." Agency officials told the Miami Herald the investigation into the Soros report is ongoing because some of the people involved have appealed. They also said the agency plans to appoint a "seasoned" journalist as news director for ethical standards. "We have made it very clear that we expect everyone to adhere to industry standards of professional conduct of sound editorial practices," Capus said. "We support the journalists here. And we have worked to ensure that they have the rules, and the editorial safety nets in place." In a different incident, Tomas Regalado Jr., the son of the former mayor and also a reporter at the Marti stations, is under suspension during an investigation into the alleged manipulation of images in a report about protests in Nicaragua. "There was an investigation launched into the allegations, and that investigation is ongoing, there's no determination yet," Capus said. "This action regarding the director is a separate matter." Deputy Director Emilio Vasquez was appointed as interim director. The director of technical operations, Francisco Chong, will serve as Acting Deputy Director of OCB. Station workers were summoned to a meeting at 11 a.m. Friday with executives of the agency headquarters in D.C. to announce the news of the resignation of Regalado. "I think this is the biggest institutional crisis the stations have had," said a station worker who asked not to be named for fear of reprisal. The OCB has had three directors in three years. Andre Mendes and Malule Gonzalez left office amid internal disputes. The CEO of USAGM, John Lansing, will leave the agency at the end of the month to lead NPR. He is also leaving amid another scandal regarding a senior official he appointed who was found guilty of filing fraudulent expenses. Follow Nora Gamez Torres on Twitter: @ngameztorres (via Mike Cooper, WORLD OF RADIO 2001, DXLD) ** U S A. 15120, Fri Sept 20 at 2154, VOA in Bambara, via Grimesland NC is very poor with carrier breakup/crackle, unlike // VG S9+25 13670. This is M-F only at 2130-2200. Why is Bambara so important to VOA unlike countless other Afrolangs? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2000 monitoring: confirmed first SWBC, Fri Sept 20 at 2200 on WRMI 9955, S7 vs local noise level. After ``WNYW`` style ID, not upcut; unusually this time I utter my introductory dekaword twice to compensate, but that usually happens to the 2100 broadcasts; hear what happen Saturday. WRMI does not show it on websked, but RFPI knows it is newly scheduled every Wed at 2100 to South America; instead of WOR: http://www.rfpi.eu/fr/nous-ecouter Also confirmed UT Saturday Sept 22 at 0130 on WRMI 5850, S9+20/30 but some fading; 5010 fair; 7780 JBA carrier in HNL. Also confirmed by Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria: ``GERMANY World of Radio#2000 via Hamburger Lokalradio, September 21 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuS6RXhCfLE&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lqgM0jT-70&feature=youtu.be https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/09/world-of-radio2000-via-hamburger.html 0630-0700 6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg CeEu English Sat, fair signal`` Not confirmed Sat 1430 on HLR 9485-CUSB, as usual inaudible on UTwente SDR, and I can`t get a connexion to the OH5 SDR. Next: 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM ND 2100 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 to SSE 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315] ND 1030 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany to WSW 2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE 0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395 to NNW, 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 6160v? to WSW 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE 0930 UT Monday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW ND 1130 UT Monday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW ND 1816 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania to WNW 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [2 episodes] ND 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE WOR 2000 available online as of 0020 UT Friday September 20 (mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2000.m3u (mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2000.mp3 Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html Also linx to podcast services. Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html Thanks to everyone who sent congratulations on reaching WOR 2000! (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) GERMANY, 6190, Hamburger LokalRadio, Goehren, *0600-0700, 21-09, English, programs “Media Newtork Plus” and Glenn Hauser’s “World of Radio”. 25432. (Méndez) 7265, Hamburger LokalRadio, Geohren, 1030-1100, 22-09, English, Glenn Hauser’s program “World of Radio”. 15321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters, WOR iog via DXLD) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2000 monitoring: confirmed Sat Sept 21 at 2100 on WRMI 9955, S7-S9 after 2058 IS & ID loop. My duplicated intro almost succeeds. Upcut misses ``This is Glenn Hauser with World of Radi`` picking up at ``o two thousand`` and then I say it again completely. No more chances to hear WOR Saturday evenings until: Confirmed UT Sunday Sept 22 0330 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, Wentzville MO, good S9+30 overcoming nearby storm crashes, about 3 minutes in, so started circa 0327. Next: 2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE 0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395 to NNW, 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 6160v? to WSW; 9330 test? 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE 0930 UT Monday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW ND 1130 UT Monday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW ND 1816 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania to WNW 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [2 episodes] ND 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Also confirmed Sunday Sept 22 after 2130 on WRMI 7780, VP vs HNL. Also confirmed UT Monday Sept 23 at 0130 on WRMI 7780, JBA vs HNL; but VG S9+20 on // 9395. Also confirmed UT Monday Sept 23 at 0248, JBA on WRMI 7780 via UTwente; direct at 0240 only a JBA carrier vs HNL. Also confirmed UT Monday Sept 23 at 0300 on Area 51 webcast; JBA vs HNL even with NB at 0327 on WBCQ 5130+, (and not at UTwente SDR) Also confirmed UT Monday Sept 23 after 0330 on WRMI webcast, while no signal on 9955 (and other WRMI 9395 a JBA carrier). Next: 1816 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania to WNW 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [2 episodes] ND 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hello World of Radio, Successful station reception 23-September-2019 1820-1840 UTC 7290 kHz from IRRS Saftica ROU (SINPO 23223) at Mytischy, Moscow region, Russia. Will be great to receive a paper QSL too. Tnx. (Denis Kosolapkin apt.117,b.22,4 Parkovaya str. Mytischy, Moscow region, 141011, Russia https://ssl.qrzcq.com/call/UA3221SWL https://www.eqsl.cc/Member.cfm?UA3221SWL -- tu 44 & 73!, de UA3221SWL, ua3221swl@gmail.com Sept 23 via DXLD) Denis, Thanks for your report. Glad you could hear WOR there around Moscow. I would have hoped for a better signal on 7290 but I think it is beamed about 300 degrees from Romania. Sorry, but I do not offer QSLing for WOR, leaving that to the stations broadcasting the program. One of them, WRMI, has a special QSL for this purpose if you hear me on that station. 73, (Glenn to Denis via DXLD) WORLD OF RADIO 2000 monitoring: confirmed UT Tue Sept 24 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, JBA vs HNL here, but F-G via UTwente where aimed! Checking the WRMI skedgrid, I see that another WOR airing has been replaced by something else: Sat 2100 on 9955. This may keep me from noting (never complaining) about being upcut; it would have been better for WRMI just to align its systems. Strangely enough, WOR still appears on the sked for Wed 2100 on 9955, despite having been replaced by RFPI French past two weeks. [WORLD OF RADIO 2001] Next: 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WORLD OF RADIO 2000 monitoring: confirmed Wed Sept 25 at 2100 on WBCQ, 7490+, S9-S7. Rereconfirmed no longer simulcast on 9955 WRMI, q.v. BTW, after many, many months, WRMI skedgrid continues to show three imaginary airings of WOR in the 2100-2200 span (along with many other programs) when System D has *no* frequencies: Tue 2130, Wed & Thu 2100. Also never deleted from that sked, System F, Wed 1030 on 5950. WOR 2000 also confirmed UT Thursday Sept 26 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, poor off the side, and not upcut as I repeat my opening words. Next WOR 2001 should be ready early UT Friday Sept 27 for first SW airing at 2200 on WRMI 9955 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2001 contents: Antarctica, Armenia, Brazil, Canada, Cuba, Hawaii, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, México, Myanmar, Norway, Oklahoma, Russia, Sikkim, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, USA, Vanuatu; and the propagation outlook. WOR 2001 is available as of 0330 UT Friday September 27 (mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2001.m3u (mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2001.mp3 Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html Also linx to podcast services. The shortwave broadcasts should be: 2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE, and NEW 5850 to NW, 5010 to S 0629vUT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany to WSW 1000 UT Saturday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [alt weeks, Sept 28] ND 1430 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany to WSW 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM ND 2100 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 [canceled] 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315] ND 1030 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany to WSW 2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE 0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395 to NNW, 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 6160v? to WSW 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE 0930 UT Monday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW ND 1130 UT Monday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW ND 1816 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania to WNW 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [2 episodes] ND 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ BCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ WBCQ: ** U S A. 5130, 0245-0250 20.9, WBCQ, Monticello, Maine. English religious talk - now back on exact frequency! 35232 (Anker Petersen, Denmark, The reception conditions in the lower bands are very poor right now. Here is, what I heard recently in Skovlunde on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, WBradio yg via DXLD) almost (7490v), UT Sat Sept 21 at 0000, WBCQ webcast of `AAAWWW`. This week I do not check any of the SW frequencies, but AW says they are all on except #4 on 6160v which ``flared out due to condensation`` when he tried to start it. Says 5130v will start next week a ``good oldies program`` three nights a week, Wed-Thu-Fri 7-9 pm [=23-01 into next UT days]; part of the ``loss leader`` $10/hour rate for two-hour minimum on that transmitter. No politix this week, and Freddie is soon on the phone with a lot of questions. Frustratingly, SuperStation is still not operable, he thinx due to a ``design issue``. Two Continental engineers are up here today working on it; this 500 kW #6 unit has been under construxion for three years. He then goes into a very technical explanation, part of which I try to follow: a driver issue. Output tube for 500 kW is a tetrode costing $80K, and filament is water-cooled; 1000 amps at 19 volts. It takes 8 minutes to bring it up safely; runs on DC 3 phase. At 14 kv, 41 amps to make 500 kW output. The antenna anyway now works nicely. Then he gets into how bias is part of the electronic problem. Here`s John Carver`s report on same: ``Tonight's show started on time this evening on 7490. 5130 has the better signal but is cut off promptly at 0100 so the next program can start. Voice over the theme song says that 6160 is down this evening. Allan and Angela in the studio. Opening remarks about families and compromise. Allan says 6160 transmitter is down because of condensation as the building it's in is neither heated or air conditioned. Says it blew a lot of fuses and such trying to start. Next Allan states that they're having problems with the transmitter for the superstation and there's been a couple engineers from the company there for a week or two trying to work it all out. Problem is with the huge water cooled tube and something about a bias. I'm a spring maker by trade and not an electrician so am not up on all the terminology. Allan believes it is a poor design and states that he and Tim could probably do better but it's still under warranty so he's letting the transmitter company handle it. He does say that the antenna is working fine now. First phone call at 0037 from Freddie. Talk about Allan's big generators for the superstation, the generators used on the radio ship and then locomotives. Reading of emails at 0055 and I can barely copy the signal now. Lost the signal about 0102 and have no idea when the program actually ended. John, Mid-North Indiana`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WBCQ 9330 testing --- Nonstop music by The Cars and Eddie Money on 9330 AM, Saturday 9/21 at 1848. WBCQ legal ID at 1900 and into “Don’t Take Me Alive” by Steely Dan. 42 dBu here at the ocean in Ocean City, Maryland. Lw (Larry Will, Sept 21, WOR iog via DXLD) Superstation finally back on, 9330.00 blasting up to 40 over 9 before and after 2100 with rock. 12120 still occupied by RTTY from presumed NAU Puerto Rico (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) WBCQ, The Planet, 2218 UT, 9330, Music Non Stop by: KING, Fleetwood Mac, Good Rats, George Harrison, The Strokes, Xen the Coaster, and more. SINPO: 25322 US, WBCQ, received "email" confirmation of a listen made on 09-21-2019 at 22 UT at 9330 kHz (is their way of confirming) No data (Héctor Frías Jofré, CE3001SWL-TECSUN PL-660, Long Wire Antena, CHILE, Sept 21, WOR iog via DXLD) At 2301, 9330 switched to Radio TimTron Worldwide, presumably // 5130+v, mostly novelty music. Seems like it just cut off at 2346; there had been some other interruptions. Back on at 2347 (--- Glenn Hauser, ibid.) 9330.00, Sept 21 at 2057, rock music at S9+30 and still past 2105. The WBCQ 500 kW SuperStation is obviously back on air testing after several weeks off; supposedly all afternoon and evening it will be on 12120 as registered, but now at 2107 check RTTY from presumed NAU Isabela, Puerto Rico is still unencumbered, whew. At 2110, 9330 is concluding a non-Peggy Lee version of ``Fever``, and has surged to S9+40. More and more rock, but break in transmission at 2146*-*2148. I`ve kept an eye on AW`s twits, but so far no advance or current notice of this activity. Only next day do I find these, with timestamps in unknown zone, EDT? Or UT+1 from my computer? ``Allan Weiner‏ @AllanWBCQ Worlds Superstation back on air. Testing now on 9330khz. 500kw. Watch them electric meters spin!! 5:48 PM - 21 Sep 2019 from Maine, USA Allan Weiner‏ @AllanWBCQ Superstation back testing last night on 9330 kHz. Sounding good everywhere. Tonight on Area51 Radio NewYork International with John P Lightening. For 21 Years -radio madness. Tune 5130khz. Why do we do this? For radio freedom of expression. Transmitter building for 500kw. 5:09 AM - 22 Sep 2019`` Meanwhile I posted this to the WOR iog at 2132 UT Sept 21: ``Superstation finally back on, 9330.00 blasting up to 40 over 9 before and after 2100 with rock. 12120 still occupied by RTTY from presumed NAU Puerto Rico. Glenn`` At 2252 some narration over music. Quick AW legal IDs fire sharp at ToH 2200 & 2300 over music. But 2301 full WBCQ canned ID and switch to ``Sound the general alarm!`` introducing `Radio TimTron Worldwide` which must be // 5130+v where originally scheduled this hour, inaudible here; mostly playing novelty tunes. Break off air at 2346*-*2347 and music after that may be test fill rather than RTTWW? I don`t hear him any more. But at 0000 Sept 22, Falling Star Network logo, WBCQ jingle ID as on Area 51, and `GRITS` show; now only S9+10/20. Seems to be live/current as mentions date September 21. 9330.00 checked again at 0127 Sept 22, now amid `Lumpy Gravy Show` with Larry Will & Jane, but mentioning 5110 more than once including at 0130, so must be a very old replay. The 500? kW audiblizes this on my noised ATS-909 next to the TVs and computer. Seems to go off at 0150, and I don`t check on better receivers until 0329 when there is still a VP carrier on 9330.00, so maybe it stayed on but propagation outfaded it (and/or power greatly reduced). BTW, at this time it`s stronger than JBA carrier remnants of 9395 & 9955 WRMI, despite its southern-advantage. Nothing further heard on 9330 morning of Sept 22, but maybe will resume Sunday afternoon/evening? Not by 1700 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9330, WBCQ (Monticello Maine) at 1700. Long string of old pop music from the 70s-80s to long beep tone and no music at 1713. Man at 1716 with legal ID and music resuming with "Good Times" by Chic, then the party-punk sounds of The B-52s (53 Miles West of Venus and Planet Claire) - Very Good, undulating with some deep fading, Sept 22 (Rick Barton, Arizona SW Logs, Unless otherwise stated, equipment is Grundig Satellit 205/T.5000, RS SW-2000629, with various outdoor wires & indoor shortwire. Use of portables noted where relevant for perspective on signal strength comments. 73 and Good Listening......! - rb, WOR iog via DXLD) 9330 WBCQ SS back on --- At 1751 Sept 22 check with music; had not been on at 1700. Does not seem like full power. Maybe will stay on again this evening with Area 51?? (Glenn Hauser, 1755 UT Sept 22, WOR iog via DXLD) But next check 1838 it`s gone again and nothing further into UT Sept 23 (gh) Nothing noted on 9330 kHz at 2015 UT today (22 September) back here in NB while setting up to record WRMI (-- Richard Langley, ibid.) 9330.00, Sept 23 at 2049, WBCQ-6 is on with rock music, only S8-S4, not as strong as when aimed thisaway. A twit from AW via Artie Bigley confirms that it`s ``060 degrees true at 500 kW``. What`s on that beam? Well, 59 is Gaza, 60 is Sinai and 62 is Cairo. The #1 target of World`s Last Chance, to get the flat-earth message back into Egypt (PTell pthat pto Ptolemy!). Of course still nothing yet on the latest frequency registered for this, 12120, other than NAU PR RTTY. 2348 recheck, 9330 still with music in English, S7-S9, occasional modulation/power surges, from testing? 2358 surge to S9+10 but no ToH ID at 0000 Sept 24. The antenna could have been turned around in the meantime without my noticing a necessary break in transmission. I keep a radio on 9330 in the background, as WBCQ continues past 0030. At 0044 I check UTwente and find it JBA! Around 0100 the signal around here seems to build, due to propagational or transmissional changes? Wonder if it will run all night? Anyway at next check 1242 Sept 24, 9330 is still/again on at S9+10, sounds like Johnny Cash with a country/gospel song, partly parlato, or spoken rather than sung, segué to a ``cowboy song`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WBCQ 9330 testing with 500 kW --- WBCQ Monticello ME, USA testing with oldies at moment: "Superstation on, testing at 060 degrees true with 500 kw. On 9330 khz. Enjoy the music." (Allan Weiner on Twitter, 50 minutes ago) (Alan Pennington, 2104 UT Sept 23, bdxc-news iog via DXLD) Huge signal! (Jordan Heyburn, SDR Play RSP1a - Dipole - Armagh, Northern Ireland, UKOGBANI, 2121 UT, ibid.) Monday, September 23, 2019, 2207, 9330 am. WBCQ is back testing with nonstop music, "Close To You" by The Carpenters, "Dream Weaver" by Gary Wright, etc. s15 on the R-75 and steady here in Maryland. Lw (Larry Will, WOR iog via DXLD) Here in Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil, at 2227 with weak signal but clear audio. Music. 73 (Jorge Freitas My Blog: https://dxlogfreitas.blogspot.com/ Sept 23, ibid.) [WOR] WBCQ 9330 Testing --- Fair to good signal at 0600 UT, September 24 (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, 0647 UT, ibid.) Test transmission of WBCQ-6 Super Power Station on September 24 continues with good signal till 0900 on 9330, instead of 12120, from 0900 on 9330, instead of 15705 (Ivo Ivanov, later, ibid.) Re: [bdxc-news] WBCQ 9330 testing with 500 kW --- Just checked and heard "Kix FM" ID at 1036 UT (Jordan Heyburn, SDR Play RSP1a, Dipole, Armagh, Northern Ireland, bdxc-news iog via DXLD) Good reception here in Germany on a portable Xhdata D-808 indoors now at 1200 UT with IDs and news; from 1205 UT into music. Sometimes a little bit more power certainly helps :-) vy73 (Harald Kuhl, ibid.) Still testing on 9330. Transmitter and antenna doing well. 7490 kHz on at noon. 3 pm starts programming with Pirate Joe from WHVW. Always something interesting happening at WBCQ. It’s what we do for you. The valued listener. We do not take you for granted. The great antenna (AW twit via Artie Bigley, 1432 UT Sept 24, DXLD) Test of WBCQ-6 Super Power Station on 9330, September 24: from 0600^on 9330*BCQ 500 kW / 060 deg to N/ME Music & En ID, fair * instead of 12120 BCQ 500 kW / 060 deg to N/ME Arabic in A-19 HFCC from 0900 on 9330#BCQ 500 kW / 060 deg to N/ME Music & En ID, good from 1100 on 9330#BCQ 500 kW / 060 deg to N/ME - WBCQ 94.7 KIXX FM # instead of 15705 BCQ 500 kW / 060 deg to N/ME Arabic in A-19 HFCC from 1200 on 9330!BCQ 500 kW / 060 deg to N/ME Music & En ID, good ! instead of 17735 BCQ 500 kW / 060 deg to N/ME Arabic in A-19 HFCC ^0655-0750 on 9330 Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri Spanish - Cuban Spy Numbers HM01 BUT frequency 9330 kHz is unregistered/deleted in A19 HFCC Database 2000-0857 on 12120 BCQ 500 kW / 060 deg to N/ME Arabic from July 11 0900-1157 on 15705 BCQ 500 kW / 060 deg to N/ME Arabic from July 11 1200-1957 on 17735 BCQ 500 kW / 060 deg to N/ME Arabic from July 11 https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/09/test-transmission-of-wbcq-6-super-power.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 23-24, WORLD OF RADIO 2001, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Test transmission of WBCQ-6 Super Power Station, Sept 24 1500&1700 on 9330! BCQ 500 kW / 060 deg to N/ME Music/Eng ID, fair. ! instead of 17735 BCQ 500 kW / 060 deg to N/ME Arabic in A-19 HFCC https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/09/test-transmission-of-wbcq-6-super-power_25.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 24-25, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9330.00, Sept 24 at 2008, WBCQ-6 on with rock music, only S9-S7 so presumably again testing oppositeward like 60 degrees toward Egypt. Much weaker than 9350 WWCR always blasting in here, S9+40. Did not track 9330 further, but not on into the evening (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2001, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7490.09v, Tue Sept 24 at 2132, WBCQ during ``Available Time Slot`` fills with `AAAWWW` as he is talking about e-mail with a caller. Before line noise was fixed I would not have been able to hear this weak signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9330, Sept 25 at 1814 check, WBCQ-6 not on today nor later into UT Sept 26 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Vintage b&w newspaper? photo of AW at a console https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EFT7PZzWsAUOEyJ.jpg:large (via Artie Bigley, DXLD) WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI RMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI WRMI: ** U S A. Radio for Peace International via WRMI SYSTEM A 21525 kHz Meine langfristig programmierte Aufnahme zu RFPI hätte ich schon fast vergessen...... http://www.rfpi.eu/fr/nous-ecouter Jeden 3. Donnerstag im Monat über WRMI SYSTEM A auf 21525 kHz für Westafrika. "Sicherheitshalber" hatte ich eine 24h - Aufnahme gemacht. Und tatsächlich, die Sendung kam wie gelistet, d.h. in der Aufnahme nach 16 Stunden, also 1400-1500z. Hier ein 3min-Stück vom Beginn 1400z: https://www.dropbox.com/s/uxiw28jfit0byga/2019-09-19_1400z_WRMI_SYSTEM_A_RFPI_only_ID.wav?dl=0 I almost forgot my long-term programmed recording for RFPI ...... http://www.rfpi.eu/fr/nous-ecouter Every 3rd Thursday of the month via WRMI SYSTEM A on 21525 kHz for West Africa. "For safety's sake" I had a 24h recording made. And indeed, the broadcast took place as listed, it means in the recording after 16 hours, so 1400-1500z. Here is a 3 minute piece from the beginning at 1400z: https://www.dropbox.com/s/uxiw28jfit0byga/2019-09-19_1400z_WRMI_SYSTEM_A_RFPI_only_ID.wav?dl=0 (roger, germany, Sept 20, WOR iog via DXLD) Quality too good for SW; must be accessing an unpublicized webcast (gh) Weak to fair signal of WRMI on test freq 5800, September 20 from 0500 on 5800 RMI 100 kW / 181 deg to CARI Music tx#04 or tx#14: https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/09/weak-to-fair-signal-of-wrmi-on-test.html (Ivo Ivanov, SWLDXBulgaria News September 19-20, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9395, Sept 21 at 2108 tune-in, Rudy Espinal WRMI ID in Spanish only, odd time! Because it`s within a ``Back to the Music`` oldies block per Bob Biermann after him, S9+10/20. Which reminds me, are they relaying VOA News anymore? Haven`t run across it lately which used to be at unpredictable times within such hours; but maybe quit after VOA stopped updating newscasts wherever they were accessing them (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5800.012, Likely WRMI carrier and poor modulated S=5 signal in NJ singer group at 0601 UT. Log of Sept 22, checked some NoAM SDR's -- in NJ, MI, and Cape Canaveral at 0530-0630 UT [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 22, WOR iog via DXLD) 9955, Sunday September 22 at 1253, `I Love Italy` acknowledging reception reports. In Italian, quite different accent than we hear from Roberto Scaglione in Sicilia; I wonder if this guy be an expatriate. Nothing about the show on the WRMI Programming page; scheduled Sundays 1245-1300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) On the WOR iog, Roberto Scaglione replies: ``He is not an expatriate, but Andrea Mangiarotti is from far north and I am from far south, completely different....`` And Tibor Gaal, Budapest, Hungary adds: ``North and south Italian people speak different dialects of Italian. Italy's geographical feature made it possible to form different dialects in the south than in the north of the country. On the map Italy is a long country if you see in north-south direction meanwhile it is not very-very wide (east-west direction).`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WRMI 7780: From my recording last Sunday evening, 22-23 September UT (again, mostly fair signal for the first hour or so; reception improved somewhat later as evening approaches but with deep fades at times; no report last week due to being in Miami): 2015 Viva Miami (Jeff White reading James Careless's recent article "The Internet's Impact on International Radio"; repeat) 2030 Reserve Military Retirement 2100 Wavescan (#552) 2130 World of Radio (#2000; congratulations, Glenn!; intro sentence repeated twice! for emphasis? last sentences cut off by WRMI ID) 2200 Voice of the Report of the Week 2300 Full Gospel Broadcast (tape echoes on screams) 2330 Shortwave Radiogram (#118) 0000 Radio Slovakia International in Slovak 0030 Radio Slovakia International in English 0100 Wavescan (#552) 0130 World of Radio (#2000; intro sentence repeated twice) 0200 Radio Prague International (initial ID as just Radio Prague) 0230 World of Radio (#2000; intro sentence repeated twice; deep fade for last 10 minutes or so) 0300 Sign-off (-- Richard Langley, WOR iog via DXLD) 9395, Sept 24 at 0001, WRMI with W&M conversation about debunking conspiracy theories; say they are on 9395, 7730 and another frequency to the south. Not now! 7730 has a gospel huxter in Spanish. ``Flat earth makes no sense,`` she opines. Address is theweeklylab@gmail.com. I check other WRMI frequencies and it is // on 5950; not on 9955. Then searching the WRMI webskedgrids I find `The Lab` for a semihour at: Sun 0030 7730; Sun 2100 9955; Tue 0000 9395 & 5950; Wed 0300 9955. I guess this is relatively new; at least not noticed here before. There is already an entry about it on the WRMI programming page http://www.wrmi.net/index.php/programming/ ``The Lab is a weekly show that dissects and digs into a wide range of topics. From today’s current events to ancient history, and everything in between! Your hosts, Kate Holiday and Ryan Rivers bring you the latest through this weekly show and Podcast. Kate Holiday has been on the air since 2015, starting in Kodiak, Alaska where she hosted a live radio talk show each weekend and was on the air every evening during the week. When she finally left Alaska, she always knew she wanted to get back into radio at some point, and is excited to start this new adventure alongside Ryan Rivers. Ryan Rivers joined Kate Holiday in Alaska starting in 2016, serving as her co-host. He was on the air each weekend with Kate, derailing her show each time. A native of southeast Missouri, Ryan took an interest in shortwave years ago and is excited to be reaching an audience around the globe. A history-buff at heart, Ryan constantly drops useless knowledge and random facts regarding the hot topics discussed. The two have reunited once again, this time on shortwave to reach the world! Their show is also available for download as a weekly Podcast. The broadcast schedule on WRMI is 0000 UTC Sunday (that's 8 pm US Eastern Time on Saturday) on 7730 kHz, with a repeat at 0000 UTC Tuesday (that's 8 pm Eastern Time on Monday) on 9395 kHz. The broadcasts are beamed primarily to North America, but can be heard elsewhere when propagation conditions are right. Your comments and reception reports are welcome at: theweeklylab@gmail.com. Photo above: Ryan and Kate in the studio``. 5850, Sept 24 at 0006, S9+20 of dead air from WRMI. I leave a receiver on this and remains dead until 0108 fades up robo-bible, presumably during TOMBS? No, ABF English is scheduled on System F, UT Tuesday at 0100; and from 0000 daily it`s supposed to be Slovakia, after 0030 in English! 7570, Sept 24 at 1239, more dead air from WRMI, S9+20 instead of SMTV. 1259 recheck now modulating, ID, and 1300 into SMTV. 15770, Sept 24 at 1300, WRMI with RAE relay in French, before SMTV take over at 1400. Seems current with news about UN General Assembly; altho RAE French must be M-F, this broadcast is only Mon/Tue/Wed. RAE has a new web address: http://www.radionacional.com.ar/rae-nueva-web/ and the French page is still unaware of this broadcast! Only L-V 2330 on 7780: http://www.radionacional.com.ar/bienvenue/ Also still claims English at 0100 is a full hour on 9395. German at 2200 on 9395 has also been debunked in Europe. One would have hoped that hosting the B-19 HFCC in Bs. As. would lead to some coördination between WRMI and RAE as to scheduling. 9955, Wed Sept 25 at 2058, WRMI with IS & ID loop, 2100 opening RFPI in French; since I am not familiar with exactly how they begin, can`t be sure whether it`s upcut like ex-WORLD OF RADIO always was for weeks at this time; for the third week RFPI, and finally that shows on the skedgrid. BTW, I see that WRMI now shows both XMTR 4 and 10 on 9955 at 160 degrees, but no transmissions at all from #4, so a backup? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHER OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW OTHERSW: ** U S A. 3215, Sept 20 at 1125, surprised to hear TOMBS morning moanin` & groanin` hour, since WWCR-1 was supposed to stop The Overcomer at 1100 and switch to 15825 with other programming. 4840, Sept 25 at 0601, S9+20 of dead air from WWCR, when TOMBS was supposed to start overnight from 0600. Failure to connect?Other WWCRs are OK: 5935 with DGS/PMS, 3215 TOMBS gets to WWCR, so why not on 4840? 3215, however has the perpetual squeal infecting the #1 transmitter; who cares? 5890, Sept 26 at 0628, S5-S9 of dead air as WWCR is on again with kilowatt wastage; same signal level as 5935 modulating DGS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9475 & 5830, Sept 21 at 2112, WTWW-1 AWOL from both possible frequencies, as is almost always the case now. No loss! with PPPP finally laid to rest? But why would ministry HQ in Laporte CO be cool with WTWW mainly airing Ted`s rock/ham stuff on #2 transmitter? If they cared, could insist on PPPP appearing on #2 if #1 be down. 5085, Sat Sept 21 at 2330, WTWW-2 is not on, when `Theatre Organ in the Ozarx` used to air. Still off at 2358, but on by 0032 Sept 22 with rock; next check 0127, Ted ham stuff, not TOITO either (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. And speaking of 'strange signals' WINB has finally answered my question about the strange looking signal on 15120 when they broadcast DRM to Europe. They confirmed it is indeed something they are transmitting, and explained it is "data". Yes, and the Pope lives in the Vatican too! (This is what it looks like -- the DRM is from 15120 to 15125 and the 'data' is from 15115 to 15120 kHz): [illustrated] I have asked, 'what sort of data' hoping they can maybe tell us what format it is so we can try to decode it, but alas, it has been a few days, and no response. If I ever find out, I'll pass along the information! --kvz (Ken Zichi, ed., MARE Tipsheet Sept 20 via DXLD) ** U S A. KVOH renewal application (routine) https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-359859A1.pdf As shown, this is application for renewal, not renewal itself (Benn Kobb, Sept 25, DXLD) Viz.: PUBLIC NOTICE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 445 12th STREET S.W. WASHINGTON D.C. 20554 News media information 202-418-0500 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov (or ftp.fcc.gov) TTY (202) 418-2555 Wednesday September 25, 2019 IHF-00161 Report No. re: Applications Accepted For Filing International High Frequency The applications listed herein have been found, upon initial review, to be acceptable for filing. The Commission reserves the right to return any of the applications if, upon further examination, it is determined they are defective andnot in conformance with the Commission's Rules and Regulations and its Policies. For more information concerning this Notice, contact Shahnaz Ghavami at 202-418-0740; Shahnaz.Ghavami@fcc.gov; TTY 1-888-835-5322. Note: At present, technical data regarding these applications is not available via internet reports. However, all IBFS technical data may be downloaded in a database format from the following web location: https://www.fcc.gov/licensing-databases/general/search-fcc-databases KVOHIHF-RWL-20190820-00002P Renewal La Voz De Restauracion Broadcasting, Inc. Application for Renewal of and International Broadcast License located in Los Angeles, CA (via DXLD) Note the corporate/licensee name La Voz de Restauracion --- that was the previous owner! No mention here of Strategic Communications Group, nor on the VOH website of Restauracion, except for its legacy program on the sked, Thursdays at 15-16 UT. Restauracion branding has been hard to shake, entire station still listed as such by Conexion Digital despite my correxion to them months ago (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. WNAX 570 Yankton, SD --- Due to flooding, the nighttime pattern switching failed and they've requested a Special Temporary Authority to operate with 1250 Watts Non Directional from the single daytime non directional tower. I don't see a date this is effective to but they`re usually for at least 30-60 days minimum but often longer. This might make them easier to catch for some. A directional station can request an STA to operate non directionally and usually gets 25 percent of its licensed directional power for non directional operation (Paul Walker, WY, Sept 26, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** U S A. “The TUDN stations ID as "Tu D-N" (noted on KLSQ-870 this morning).They were carrying a talk segment on immigration, so they're not all sports as the name might indicate.” (John Wilkins, CO, AM Switch, NRC DX News Oct 1, published Sept 24, via DXLD) ** U S A. 1130, Sept 20 at 1853 UT check, KLEY Wellington KS is OFF again. Still off at 1705 UT check Sept 21. It had been on since August 26 after a long hiatus since at least May 3. 1130, Sept 24 around 1830, KLEY Wellington KS remains off. Its protracted absences may not just be a technical matter. Artie Bigley forwards this about its group problems: SALE CONFLICT TAKES WICHITA CLUSTER OFF THE AIR https://radioinsight.com/headlines/180682/sale-conflict-takes-wichita-cluster-off-the-air/ Also affecting stations on 1550, 92.3, 92.7, 97.1, 100.3, 100.5. Around the same time I had noticed 92.3 missing but not 92.7 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1190, Sept 24 at 1230 IT, weather from ``KKIM AM 1000`` and Biblebabble --- what? Per NRC-AM Log, 1190 KXKS Albuquerque NM, U1 10000/24/psra 30.3 watts, is // KKIM 1000, meaning 100%? Just a few minutes earlier I had noticed the KKIM very slow SAH against 1000 KTOK OKC, but now I can`t be certain they match. Cheaters! FCC official sunrise for September is not until 1245 UT (October: 1315). KKIM is U1 10000/53/psra 12.2 watts, both obviously on full day power already. But hey, all this is In Jesus` Name, so anything goes! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1280, Sept 20 at 1853 UT check and Sept 21 at 1705, KSOK Arkansas City KS still sounds much weaker than its usual 1 kW on groundwave. 1280, Sept 24 around 1830 UT on caradio, NO signal from KSOK Arkansas City KS. Past week+ had been QRP, and now completely off. What`s the problem? Later at 2017 UT on the R75, only a JBA carrier, probably Poteau OK KPRV. KSOK not related to KLEY et al., above (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1280, Sept 23 at 1230 UT from NW/SE mentions Utah in ad; 1231 plug ``97-5 The Dog`` sports radio in Utah; nearest KSOK 1280 KS is no problem, QRP if on at all. Some IBOC noise presumably from KRXO OK dominating 1270. So it`s KZNS SLC, U4 50000/670 watts. Well, official FCC sunrise in Sept is not until 1300 UT (October 1345 UT), and this is far too much signal for 670 watts. Day pattern is almost ND, slight advantage to the east and south; night pattern major lobes N/S, not good for us. WTFDA DB shows the main 97.5 KZNS at CoL Coalville, 89 kW ERP horizontal only; plus five low-power co-channel relays but not translators in SLC and various suburbs, with calls such as KZNS-FM4 in SLC. But this and NRC AM Log say the slogan is ``1280 The Zone`` as the calls imply, not ``The Dawg``. There are several Dawgs (or Dogs) searched on 97.5 but not here, unless a very recent change. It sure sounded like Dawg to me. Shortly after at 1235 UT I compare this to 50 kW ND KSL on 1160 and find it JBA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1480, Sept 22 at 1350 UT, KNGO Dallas in Vietnamese with no QRM from closer KQAM Wichita which ought to be dominant by now; except a slow SAH: maybe KQAM carrier on, but unmodulated. 1410 KGSO Wichita is normally loud. See also 1520 log for more Vietnamese (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1520, Sunday Sept 22 at 1311 UT, W&M Vietnamese chat mixing with KOKC OKC, almost same level thanx to KOKC`s self-attenuation; and with slow SAH of almost 1 Hz, 56/minute = 0.93. From here, can`t null one to hear the other. Obviously it`s KYND Cypress (Houston) TX active again with such programming, and I wonder if it`s same as on 1560 KGOW? Yes! On second receiver they match with a slight echo. What about 1480 KNGO Dallas? That one was supposedly duplicating KGOW. But they are not, now and later chex; similar chat, but at times one is in music, the others talking (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENIING DIGEST) ** U S A. Re my hearing 1520 KYND // 1560 KGOW in Houstonic Vietnamese, Stephen Luce replies on the WOR io group: ``Glenn, the Vietnamese on KYND 1520 has been rather irregular; it is usually a simulcast of KGOW 1560 although I have heard separately programmed Vietnamese music at times -- the music sounds like a religious format. KYND is a brokered time station that has been without a paying client the past two years, and I've wondered if VietRadio Houston (which programs KGOW) is looking for a new (cheaper?) outlet, or perhaps thinking of launching a second program service? KYND can also be off the air for days at a time, so it is all rather hit or miss. The station consists of a transmitter site and nothing else; no studio, etc. Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas`` (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1540, KZMP, TX, University Park – Format to SS:Ranchera (ex-SS:SPT)’ slogan to "La Ranchera 106.7," adds // KZZA-106.7, drop networks. (Glenn Hauser, AM Log Update, AM Switch, NRC DX News Oct 1, published Sept 24, via DXLD) ** U S A. 1560, KKAA, SD, Aberdeen – 9/11 0700 [EDT = 1100 UT] -Poor, with no WGLB all morning! LID for KQLX, KKAA, into ABC News (John J Rieger, L'Anse, Michigan, Grundig Satellit 750, Terk AM1000 loop, Sangean ATS-909X stock (Terk loop can/does phase the Grundig antenna) NRC DX News Oct 1, published Sept 24, via DXLD) Stations informing the FCC that they are silent: 1560, KKAA, SD, Aberdeen – Silent Sept. 18 to “evaluate operational options.” (AM Switch, NRC DX News Oct 1, published Sept 24, via DXLD) ** U S A. Re: why isn`t KMIC, 1590, address in Pasadena TX. flooded? KMIC transmitter site is not around Pasadena = SE of Houston closer to the coast, but NW of downtown Houston between Aldine and Spring Valley and not far from White Oak Bayou, which is flood prone: https://waterdata.usgs.gov/tx/nwis/uv?site_no=08074020 https://www.weatherforyou.com/reports/index.php?config=&place=houston&state=tx&forecast=riversobs&gauge=HGTT2 Glenn, regarding KMIC: Although the transmitter site is near White Oak Bayou in northwest Houston, that part of the metro area did not get the same heavy rains as the eastern and southern parts. So the water levels were up, but not enough to cause problems for KMIC. Imelda was pretty much a non-event at my northwest Harris County QTH. KMIC is listed as a U2 in WRTH and Radio-Locator also shows non-directional daytime, so increased night coverage would indicate they are not switching to the directional array. KMIC is one of several sibling brokered time AM and FM stations in greater Houston metro that runs Spanish language religion, sometimes // depending on program bookings. Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas, WOR iog via DXLD) Stephen, glad you too are not flooded! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1630 kHz, Sept 20 at 0256 UT, pop/disco music with very heavy beat timed at 124/minute, surely not what KKGM Ft Worth would be playing. 0257.5, KCJJ Iowa City ID and into ``CBS News on the Hour`` --- but 2.5 minutes BEFORE the hour!! I thought KCJJ was a talk station, but NRC AM Log shows split format, also AC. Per https://www.1630kcjj.com/show/hit-music/ `Hit Music` plays from 9 pm to 5 am CDT [02-10 UT], even more on Sundays. Some personalities elsewhen may be DJs rather than talkers, unclear. Was the early news an aberration? Check again ~3 hours later, this time not until 0558.0 UT does it ID and run `CBS News on the Hour` only 2 minutes early. Dirty little secret which apparently still applies: some major network news ``on`` the hour is pre-recorded a few minutes before for flexibility and to allow quick fixes if anything go wrong. If a total disaster, they can always try again really live on the hour. But you would think affiliates would not give this away by airing it early, especially when it`s titled ``On The Hour``! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1680, Sept 20 at 0548 UT, NO signal from KRJO Monroe LA, music station which normally dominates; instead music and WPRR ID from Ada MI northeast; nulling that should reveal KRJO from the southeast, but nothing except some other very weak signal from one of the four other more distant US 1680s. Still no KRJO at 1136 UT, just a fast SAH from somethings. 1680, Sept 21 at 0538 UT check, KRJO Monroe LA is back on with rock music; had been AWOL the night before (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Re my log of KDMT 1690 Denver market which still exists, Paul Walker, Laramie, explains: ``Glenn, KDMT 1690 was one of the Salem Media stations sold to Relevant radio. Closing in 60-90 days after filing. So they could take over as early as mid October I think. Paul`` (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. ABC RADIO REBRANDS AS ABC AUDIO “Team – As summer comes to an end and fall approaches, it’s time for change both outdoors and here at ABC! Today, we’re making official what has increasingly been done in practice — the use of ABC Audio in place of ABC Radio as our umbrella brand. “Audio” is a natural evolution of our branding. It says “yes, and…” to the many, growing touchpoints for our journalism and stories. You’re all aware of the new platforms entering consumers’ lives, from podcast distribution to interactive voice and beyond. ABC Audio recognizes that technology is evolving, but the value of our work remains constant. So this is as much a commitment to our listeners that they will find our storytelling anytime and everywhere, as it is to you that your excellent work will continue to find the audiences it deserves. And by the way, the power of radio remains critical to our business, as does the ABC News Radio brand within ABC Audio. Our 1,600+ affiliate stations can continue to expect nothing less than the same ABC News Radio products and services that they know and trust. So ABC Audio will house all that we have to offer: our industry-leading heritage news product, ABC News Radio; our new ondemand content team; our Affiliate Solutions group; the growing business development department; our sales integration operation; and our FM entertainment team.” (From Radio Insight via AM Switch, NRC DX News Oct 1, published Sept 24, via DXLD) ** U S A. 87.7, KXDP-LP Denver CO; 8:59...11:15AM MDT [1459-1715 UT] 9/19; Meximusic & lotsa ads in Spanish; frequent variations of "Somos ocho-siete-siete FM, La Invasora". VG in Wheat Ridge & Arvada, the 'burbs immediately west of Denver (Harold Frodge, CO, MARE Tipsheet Sept 20 via DXLD) A Franken-FM; what about any video circa 83.25 MHz? Was it really on 87.75 MHz, give or take 0.01? Channel 6 NTSC was of course originally KRMA-TV, PBS (gh) ** U S A. 90.1, Sept 25 at 1348 UT, KHCC Radio Kansas tropo is overriding KUCO OK, and I think I hear the last words of a StarDate episode -- but unfound on KHCC websked, too insignificant? Not on SD affiliate list either in KS, just the KANU stations and KRPS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 103.1 MHz, FLORIDA, WZLB, Valparaiso, 1122 September 15, 2019. Amused to hear this now fully automated station run a "103.1 The Shark" liner followed 4-5 minutes later by "103.1 The Blaze" (their former branding and format). Proof that automation doesn't work without human interaction. See: https://www.getthecoast.com/103-1-the-blaze-goes-jockless-and-rebrands-to-a-classic-rock-station/ (Terry Krueger, All times/dates GMT, Frequencies in kc/s unless otherwise stated, Niceville, FL, IC-R75, ICF-7600GR, active loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 88.1, Sept 23 at 1340 UT, KWOU Woodward OK is in solid for `StarDate` so I know tropo is up. For 1500, Hepburn maps predict a big level-7 blob centered over SE KS, with level 2 extending out past Enid. Starting UHF/VHF DTV scan at 1402: OKC stations on RF 23, 13, 7 are not decoding, so blocked by DX QRM. Bad signals on 8, 10, 12, 26, 30, 31, 32, 35, 45. RF 14 briefly decodes enough to display PSIP IDs as DTV 17-1 FOX and without trying to tune up, DTV 17-3 Comet. This matches rabbitears.info only for KOCW Hoisington (central KS, Hays market), 40 kW relaying KSAS via KAAS. W9WI.com confirms that there are no other possibilities in the 4-state area. Blockage of KOCO RF7 probably also from Hays, KBSH-DT; altho the map would imply KOAM-TV Pittsburg KS 98 kW in the max-tropo target zone (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VANUATU. RADIO VANUATU: NEW SHORTWAVE AND MEDIUMWAVE SERVICE THROUGH INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADE https://swling.com/blog/2019/09/radio-vanuatu-new-shortwave-and-mediumwave-service-through-infrastructure-upgrade/ (via Bruce MacGibbon DXLD and Richard Langley, WOR iog via DXLD) Viz.: RADIO VANUATU CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT WORK BEGINS With the support of the Government of Vanuatu, the Vanuatu Broadcasting & Television Corporation (VBTC) has begun work this month on a 942 million vatu (US$8.1m) infrastructure upgrade to improve radio and free-to-air television service throughout Vanuatu. The first phase involves the design, installation and commissioning of a new shortwave (HF) and medium wave (MF) service for Radio Vanuatu, the country’s public radio service. Costing for phase one will be in excess of 242 million vatu (US$2.2m) and is funded by the Government of Vanuatu. Following the improvements to shortwave and medium wave services, VBTC will also undertake technical work to strengthen the coverage and reliability of its FM services. A 10 kw MF Nautel transmitter imported out of Canada and a 10 kw HF transmitter manufactured by Hanjin Electronics of South Korea will be installed at VBTC’s major public service transmission site at Emten Lagoon on Efate. Both transmitters will be commissioned before the end of 2019. The second phase, beginning early 2020, will reopen Radio Vanuatu’s medium wave radio transmission facilities at St Michelle in Luganville on the island of Santo. This will provide AM service to provinces in the top half of Vanuatu at a cost in excess of 300 million vatu (US$2.5m).[WORLD OF RADIO 2001] The third phase will expand the national television free-to-air service, Television Blong Vanuatu, along with a new digital television service. This final phase will cost an estimated 400 million vatu (US$3.5m). Prime Minister Charlot Salwai Tabimasmas launched the capital development upgrade at a special function attended by cabinet ministers, senior members of the public service, members of the diplomatic corps and members of Vanuatu’s business and non-profit communities on Friday September 20 in Port Vila before he departed the country to attend the UN General Assembly in New York. In his address, the Prime Ministerspoke atlength about the importance to Vanuatu of having a strong national public radio and television broadcasting service and announced assistance from Vanuatu’s development partners to help achieve this objective. The Government of Australia funded the scoping study for the radio upgrade project and is providing funding support to implement the strategic reform programme of VBTC which the Prime Minister said is making good progress. “I’m also happy to announce that the New Zealand Government is keen to support the second stage of the Radio Vanuatu technical infrastructure upgrade while China is considering my request to support the upgrade of Television Blong Vanuatu’s technical infrastructure.” Meanwhile Kordia New Zealand Limited has been awarded the contract to project manage, design, install and commission the new radio transmission facilities beginning with the facilities at Emten Lagoon outside Port Vila. VBTC Chief Executive Officer, Francis Herman said that “Kordia has extensive experience in the broadcasting and telecommunications industry in the Pacific, and recently completed a major project in Samoa for State-owned Radio 2AP funded by the Australian Government”. “We’ve worked hard with Kordia and a number of other technical experts to investigate the most efficient and sustainable transmission solution for Vanuatu taking into account the inclement weather, and the need to keep operating costs affordable.” The shortwave service, which will be commissioned before the end of this year, will provide national radio coverage to the 82 islands spread spanning 1,300 kilometres between the most northern and southern islands. “Our role as Vanuatu’s national broadcasting service is centered on helping create an informed public opinion so our people can contribute more effectively to national development”, Herman added. “VBTC has struggled to remain relevant over the past decade because its technical infrastructure was obsolete and badly neglected making it challenging for us to provide an efficient, reliable, and responsive national radio and television service.” Alongside the infrastructure upgrade, is an extensive programme to strengthen the technical capacity of Vanuatu’s broadcast technicians along with a long-term maintenance regime to expand the life of the equipment. September 23, 2019 (also via Bruce MacGibbon, DXLD) Hi Richard, This morning (Sept 25) heard "RN2" (Japan) signing off at 1231*. Of course R. Vanuatu has not been heard on 3945 for a long time. 7260 would be impossible with Mongolia & China there blocking the frequency, so the only chance would seem to be 3945. Let's hope it really happens! (Ron Howard, California, WOR iog via DXLD) Radio Vanuatu's NEW 10K SW transmitter on the air this year. Glenn, http://www.asiaradiotoday.com/news/radio-vanuatu-begins-upgrading-infrastructure (via Artie Bigley, DXLD, and via Mike Terry, WOR iog Sept 25, DXLD) Viz.: RADIO VANUATU BEGINS UPGRADING INFRASTRUCTURE Thursday 26 September, 2019 VOIS BLONG YUMI The Vanuatu Broadcasting and Television Corporation (VBTC), which operates Radio Vanuatu has begun work on a $8.1 million infrastructure upgrade to improve radio and free-to-air television service throughout the pacific nation. Radio Vanuatu is the only viable means of reaching the rural poor, 80% of Vanuatu’s population. Its origins lie in the colonial era, prior to the country's independence from France and the United Kingdom in 1980. During the colonial period it began as Radio Vila, then Radio New Hebrides, initially broadcasting only ten minutes a day. The first phase of its upgrade involves the design, installation and commissioning of a new shortwave (HF) and medium wave (MF) service, following which VBTC will also undertake technical work to strengthen its FM services. A 10kw MF Nautel transmitter and a 10kw HF transmitter manufactured by Hanjin Electronics of South Korea will be installed and commissioned by the end of this year. It will provide national radio coverage to the 82 islands spread spanning 1,300 kilometres between the most northern and southern islands. The second phase, beginning early 2020, will reopen Radio Vanuatu’s medium wave radio transmission facilities at St Michelle in Luganville on the island of Santo. This will provide AM service to provinces in the top half of Vanuatu. Kordia New Zealand Limited has been awarded the contract to project manage, design, install and commission the new radio transmission facilities. The upgrade was launched at a special function by Prime Minister Charlot Salwai last Friday, where he spoke about the importance to Vanuatu of having a strong national public radio and television broadcasting service. Read more at: http://www.asiaradiotoday.com/news/radio-vanuatu-begins-upgrading-infrastructure © Radioinfo.com.au (via DXLD) SPECS OF THE 10 KW HF XMTR: The HF New transmitter on the air in Vanuatu: http://www.hanjinetc.co.kr/wp/wp-content/pdf/MFHF_10KW.pdf (via Artie Bigley, DXLD) Glenn, Here is audio about the plans for Radio Vanuatu new SW plans Chief Executive Officer VBTC, Francis Hermanaying said the first phase of the project is to restore SW service to the island and further. The Pacific is very important coverage of Radio Vanuatu he said in the interview here: https://www.abc.net.au/tok-pisin/2019-09-24/vanuatu-vbtc-infrastructure-upgrade/11543936 (via Artie Bigley, DXLD) ** VIETNAM. Hi Wolfie - Also heard VOV today: 9839.770 (thanks for exact frequency!), 1330+, Sept 21. Start of English segment with the news; het (SOH?); mostly readable. My audio at http://bit.ly/2mo58CR Also heard: 6020, Voice of Vietnam, program 4 (ethnic minority languages service), 1254-1310, Sept 21. This is via Buon Ma Thuot, the capital city of Dac Lac Province; mostly repetitive indigenous chanting. Dac Lac province is located in the Central Highlands and has many indigenous people there who are not ethnically Vietnamese. My audio: http://bit.ly/2kMmFV8 VOV4 website (Google translation) http://goo.gl/j9p6e4 (Ron Howard, California, WOR iog via DXLD) More Asian stations heard today: see BHUTAN, CHINA ** VIRGIN ISLANDS US. 1090, WUVI, Charlotte Amalie – Surrendered license Sept. 19, 2019 (AM Switch, NRC DX News Oct 1, published Sept 24, via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, Sept 20 at 1058-1105 UT, as I happen to be awake more than an hour before local sunrise when this usually be done: on the DX-398 looping NW: 774, 747, 693, 594, 675, 828, 972, 1134(2), 1566. From WSW: 702, 612, 882, 1548 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search on the DX-398, Sept 23 at 1213-1223 UT spanning LSR of 1220 UT: From NW: 774, 747, 693, 657, 594, 828, 837, 972, 1566 From WSW: 702, 567, 882, 1035 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, Sept 24 at 1214-1225 around local sunrise: from NW, 774, 747, 693, 666, 594, 828, 972, 1566. From WSW, 702, 882, 1503. From W, 1098 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 3325, Sept 22 at 1246, S5-S7 carrier, but can`t make out any modulation. NBC Bougainville or VOI Palangkaraya (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 5050-USB, Sept 26 at 0645 weak talk in USB only, seems Spanish, continuous like a broadcast, but eventually some pauses like 2-way. Severely obscured by big AM carrier on 5051.0 where normally there is none. 5050 talk is not // either Cuban on 5040, 5025 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 5766 - 5778 kHz OTHR S=6-7 at 0603 UT. 5787 - 5797 kHz OTHR hopping around 5769 - 5779 kHz ... Log of Sept 22, checked some NoAM SDR's -- in NJ, MI, and Cape Canaveral at 0530-0630 UT [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 22, WOR iog via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 6138-6148 kHz OTHR block at 0542 UT. Log of Sept 22, checked some NoAM SDR's -- in NJ, MI, and Cape Canaveral at 0530-0630 UT [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 22, WOR iog via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 7315, YL with long monologue in Spanish, September 15, 2019, 2315–2323. SIO 444. No identification given and no station listed at this time and frequency in any reference (Vince Henley, Anacortes, WA, WiNRADiO G39DDCe SDR, ICOM IC-R8600, Ten-Tec RX-340, Drake R8B, SDRPLAY RSP Duo, TECSUN PL-880. Antennas: whip on PL-880 and Alpha-Delta DX-Ultra installed broadside east west at 30 feet for all others, NASWA Flashsheet Sept 22 via DXLD) WHRI using this frequency at many other times (Mark Taylor, Ed., ibid.) UNIDENTIFIED. 8000, Sept 22 at 1307, JBA carrier, intriguing; not a listed SOH/CNR1 jammer frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Interesting MIL exercises on 8093.5 USB --- As of at least 10 AM EST [sic, presumably EDT = 14 UT]. Sounds like an exercise, with phrases like "friendly aircraft in the area", "free to engage" and "eagle one is away". At least I HOPE it is an exercise ;) Also sounds like the same scenario repeated multiple times. Wondering why they are transmitting in the clear on HF, though (Paul Goelz, Rochester Hills, MI USA, pgoelz@comcast.net www.pgoelz.com Sept 25, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. MARE Gary Vance checked in earlier today with a phone call [yes, MAREs do occasionally drop a dime! ;) ] mentioning something he has noticed, that I have too, and neither of us has an explanation. Perhaps we've got a real mystery on our hands!? Note the screenshot of the spectrum around 9395 kHz: Notice that circled 'carrier' just 'south' of WRMI. There is never any any modulation, and no matter how you adjust things, it is almost always there. .... I've noticed a 'carrier'/'blip' around 9389 for a while. I had chalked it up to 'spurious signal' in the SDR/software, but Gary says he sees it too, on two different SDRs and with different software too. Are others seeing/hearing this too? Is it something with WRMI's transmitter system? Other ideas? Inquiring minds want to know! --kvz (Ken Zichi, ed., MARE Tipsheet Sept 20 via DXLD) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ ACKNOWLEDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 2001: Mr Hauser, please accept this modest gift for the great work you do with WOR. I`m a long-time amateur radio operator and shortwave listener, and for years I`ve enjoyed (and learned a lot from) your programs. I do have a question: I notice that you normally don`t mention anything about ``numbers`` stations. I try to follow a few of the voice stations (E07A, E06, E11), and sometimes record them. I was wondering if you would like me to send in a few details (times, frequencies, etc.) about these stations, for possible inclusion in your programs. Just curious. Again, thank you for your sustained contributions to the great hobby of shortwave listening. Respectfully, (John P. Lutz, N9JL, Shorewood IL, with a check to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702) It`s true I rarely mention number stations; seems to me their programming is rather boring, hi, yet we will never know exactly what they are ``saying``. More interested if you catch a mistake, like mixing up with RHC programming or frequencies. On the WOR iog, there are lots of logs of the Cubans by Rick Barton, and mostly European by Ivo Ivanov (gh) CONTRIBUTIONS TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED FUTURELY: Congratulations, Glenn, on 2000 (!) releases of WOR and for your fabulous WOR/DXLD efforts acknowledged by this donation, again. Deep thanks for all for your manyfold "gifts" to the radio-DXing community, worldwide! (Steve McGreevy with a donation via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com) Congratulations on the 2,000th episode of World of Radio! I appreciate it and you very much. Thank you for all your hard work and congratulations on your milestone. All the best, (Scott Gamble with a generous contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com) Congratulations, Glenn, on 2000 (!) releases of WOR and for your fabulous WOR/DXLD efforts acknowledged by this donation, again. Deep thanks for all for your manyfold "gifts" to the radio-DXing community, worldwide! (Steve McGreevy with a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com) Hi Glenn – Congratulations on this tremendous milestone! A couple generations of enthusiasts have benefited from your devotion to radio, TV, and the listening hobby. In thanks, I’m making a small contribution to keep you on the air and in print. Keep on truckin' (Richard Terry Colgan with a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahooi.com) The World of Radio DXing would be a much poorer place without WOR. Deep thanx Glenn! SpM (Steve McGreevy, Sept 27, with a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com) Hi, Glenn, I mailed you a check, sent it yesterday. Sorry it’s a little late, it is my offering for WOR 2,000. Glenn, in all the years of WOR, I think I can honestly say I have not missed more than 30 or 40 editions, not counting the time I was in South Africa, where I could not hear it well. At that time, I think it was only on WRNO. You will note that I have not sent in as many tips as I used to do, back in Miami. One reason is that, for reasons I do not know, SW reception is not at all good here in Huntsville. Another is that, for the past few years, I have been suffering from a very substantial hearing loss. I do use hearing aids, but, they aren’t that great! So, I haven’t made as many new discoveries as I used to. Nevertheless, I value WOR very, very highly!!! 73, (Tim Hendel, Huntsville AL) Who is also blind Hi Glenn, Congratulations on your WOR 2000! You are the bedrock ofour hobby! Best regards, (Ron Howard, CA, with a generous donation to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702) OTHER TESTIMONIALS: Glenn, Congratulations on reaching TWO THOUSAND editions of World of Radio! Thank you for continuing to provide an unrivaled source of DX news to the DX/SWL world. Best wishes to you - and here's to the *next* two thousand editions! (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK) 2000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congrats on your 2000th show, Glenn. Don't know how you do it. What would be interesting to note is how things have changed since episode 1. I don't even think internet was around then. And there is the sad loss of all those SW stations and shows [maybe this could be one of your canned shows??]. Wishing you all the best a (Andy Reid, Ont.) [WOR] Another congratulatory note! Glenn, please add my wholehearted congratulations for many years of dedication to the fascinating hobby! I dare say that I’ve been there for most of those years, and you’ve always provided incredible information and detail. I surely look forward to many more years of reporting! 73, (Walt Salmaniw, BC) Felcitaciones x los 2.000 episodios de World of Radio --- Don Glenn, Cordial saludo desde Colombia, estas cortas lineas para hacerle llegar mis felicitaciones por su gran labor en la informacion sobre la onda corta a través de su programa World of Radio al arribo de su edición No. 2000. Siempre a la escucha y a la lectura de sus Log`s y al DXLD. P.D. En la madrugada (local) de hoy sabado 21 de septiembre ha fallecido nuestro amigo en común y colega Henrik Klemetz. Buenos DX (Rafael Rodríguez R, Bogotá, Colombia) Congratulations, Glenn --- No need to repeat what others have said -- your longevity speaks for itself. What many people probably do not know is that over many years you also provided important information and news concerning USIA, which later became the BBG and has now become USAGM, under which VOA and other stations fall. While you have been at times controversial, you have remained an important voice and source of information for thousands of hobbyists down through the years (Dan Robinson) First off congratulations on show #2000. Keep it up! 73 (Mick Delmage, Sherwood Park, Alberta) Glenn, Here are the 2 complete “Last” DX Daily programs. The first run of course was on WRNO. Later and very last in 1993 was on WHRI as dated. Listen to the start and end of these recordings (at least) for the ID’s. I had to find the complete programs in my archives to remember all of this too (yes that has been awhile ago). (Dave Zantow, N9EWO, Janesville, WI) Glenn, One of your more memorable programs for me was a WOR special that aired in September 8, 1984 (WRNO). Your trip to South Dakota in the summer of 1981 and KINI. This was of course before you numbered the programs (Dave Zantow N9EWO, Janesville WI) With a lot of clips [WOR] Glenn Hauser’s World of Radio reaches a milestone 5 Files 3.8 MB Download All MP3 722kB DX_Daily__Feb_1993_WRNO.mp3 Download MP3 1MB GH_on_DX_JuteBOX_1978.mp3 Download MP3 765kB WOR_689_Apr_1993_WWCR Fire.mp3 Download MP3 879 kB WOR_Extra17_Jan_1997_Glenn_CracksUp.mp3 Download MP3 469kB WUOT_Jun_12_1982_Glenn.mp3 Download Thomas, (Cc to Glenn), Here are few memories from my extensive audio clips (edited down in order to send here). I first heard Glenn back on the old DX Juke Box program on RN in the late 1997 [1977?] time frame. This is was my first SW set, the Drake SSR-1. Of course later when WOR was added to the WRNO went on the air, I don’t think I have missed one since. The WUOT recording was made via a friend who was attending the 1982 World Fair in TN. A Sony ICF-2001 with only its whip antenna in a car moving. The Extra 17 recording was also featured on a episode of Allan Weiner Worldwide (WBCQ) a few years ago. DX Daily recording was from the last airing on WRNO. [WHRI?] (Glenn, A huge “Thank You” for all of your years of dedication. I don’t know how you have kept WOR going for so many years. Also for your high standard of accuracy and detail.) Best Regards, (David Zantow N9EWO, Janesville WI, “Dave’s Radio Receiver Page” http://n9ewo.angelfire.com/ DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn, Oops, right I meant to say "1977" and not 1997. My Drake SSR-1 came from the long defunct Burstein-Applebee, a large parts and electronic store that was located in Kansas City, MO (who went out of business around in 1980 if I remember correctly). They printed a yearly mail order catalog along with various sales flyers in between. The "DX Daily" recording was indeed from WRNO (listen to the audio file). I also have the last (and was the last of DX Daily) airing via WHRI in my archive which was a bit later (Dave Zantow N9EWO, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, Thanks for the logs. Congratulations on WoR 2000. It takes admirable persistence to reach that milestone (Mark Taylor, NASWA Flashsheet) Let me add my props to Glenn Hauser on reaching a World of Radio milestone. There's little more that I can add that hasn't been said, other than my heartfelt echoes of their comments. I have my fingers crossed that both WoR and Glenn will be with us for many more years to come. A tremendous resource, and the result of a lot of meticulous work. 73 and Good Listening.......! - rb (Rick Barton, AZ) I first discovered Glenn in the pages of Popular Electronics during my senior year of highschool 1976. Glenn's DX Listening column was new to P-E, and he eventually produced a listing of What`s on Shortwave Tonight?, that accounted for three-ish pages that was 'required' reading while in College '77-'79. Of course P-E itself was interesting in all phases of electronics. Though the hobby, and SW-radio listening has declined since those days of CB's, Quadraphonic recording, and solid-state electronics you could actually see, Glenn has survived to the internet age and still comments on things Short and Medium-Wave, and even FM/TV skip --- 2000 times with broadcasting. WONDERFUL stuff. IIRC, a fellow named Ron Wood did a SW column in the early 70's at P-E. Regards, and 2000+ thanks (Paul S. in CT -- FN31nl) Richard Wood? Belated Congratulations to Glenn --- I just entered Thomas Witherspoon's contest celebrating the 2000th episode of "World of Radio" and thought it might be useful to repeat my entry here. Check out the URL at the end to delve into Glenn's past a little bit. ;-) I'm not sure when I first heard Glenn Hauser on the radio. It might have been when he was on Radio Nederland in the 1960s when I first got interested in shortwave radio listening and DXing as a high school student. But after I went off to university and then started my academic career, I fell away from the hobby. That is, until I went to China in the spring of 1985 to lecture. At that time, China was still somewhat cut off from the rest of the world, so I figured it would be a good idea to take a shortwave radio with me. I had seen an add for the Sony ICF-7600D in an airline flight magazine and resolved to buy one in Hong Kong from where I would enter China. Radio Canada International did not come in very well on my new receiver but the BBC from Singapore did as did, for example, the Voice of the People of Kampuchea with English at midnight UT on 9695 kHz. Bringing the Sony receiver back to Canada, I once again got back into the SWLing and DXing hobby. And one of the first stations I picked up, and then listened to regularly, was WRNO Worldwide from New Orleans. And that included listening to Glenn Hauser's "World of Radio." I didn't log every reception of WRNO so don't know when I first heard the program but I did write down some DX tips from the program airing sometime between 24 June and 1 July 1986. The tips in that program included advanced notice of the Red Cross test transmissions using the transmitters of Swiss Radio International. I subsequently heard a transmission on 1 July with a good signal starting at 0310 UT on 6135 kHz. I likely wouldn't have added this station to my logbooks if it hadn't been for World of Radio. I only regret that I didn't record this and many other stations from the golden age of shortwave radio. Congratulations, Glenn, on your official 2000th episode of World of Radio. To learn a bit more about Glenn than what we can read in his Wikipedia entry, see this interview with him conducted by Sheldon Harvey on the occasion of the 1000th episode: https://web.archive.org/web/20110706172348/http://www.cidx.ca/sf/SF5Hauser.php (-- Richard Langley, Sept 24) If I ever have the time, I`ll have to check out Wikipedia about Me. Know this: I have NOTHING to do with what it says (gh) Congratulations on 2000. May there be many more to come (Lou KF4RCA Johnson) Hi Richard & Glenn, Quite the milestone, congrats to Glenn on all his achievements, Thanks for the info too Richard, Best regards (Aussie Tim Gaynor) I also discovered in my highschool years the programme World of Radio on the analogue satellite subcarrier where World Radio Network (WRN) were housed. At that time WRN broadcasted/rebroadcasted World of Radio on Saturdays European Time at a convenient time. This wasn't the case with the complicated shortwave schedule of World of Radio programme where I had to regard my school and dormitory timetable and I also had to spend a lot of time with highschool studies and then learning the internet which was not available everywhere, only on selected locations and a good friend is needed to get an access in an university's computer lab. Private internet was very expensive and at that time universities were OK if we used their internet in small groups with their supervision when they hadn't needed. On the internet I found the first news of satellite frequency tables (this was very useful to me) and some shortwave news, mainly about utility news in the publication titled Worldwide Utility News (WUN). What about World Radio and Television Handbook (WRTH)? It was a rare animal in the country and it was very expensive to a teenager like me plus how a blind man can read the tables there, that was 2 hard nuts when character recognition software wasn't as advanced as now. During listening the World of Radio I was delighted to know that I am not alone in this hobbi and there are people who are enthusiasts in this field and their information is accurate in the information vacuum. Hungary had satellite news magazines available on news stands but not covered long-, medium- and shortwave broadcasting. Some FM frequency tables were also scarcely available in another monthly magazine Rádiótechnika, and 1-2 articles about the AM broadcasting segment per year, not more. In this information desert I became happy when I realised that World of Radio exists. Fortunately at that time Media Network also was available on satellite and it also was audible on shortwave or on mediumwave but more English proficiency would have been required on my part to understand Media Network's media analyses. I hope we can celebrate more thousand programmes, 2000 is really a milestone or kilometrestone. I wish a lot of strength, dedication and good health to Glenn to continue it (Tibor Gaal, Budapest, Hungary) Wow, more than 2.000 shows ! -- 73 from (Herman Content. (Gent, Belgium), Sept 23, DX LISTENING DIGEST) PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ DX nostalgia --- LATIN AMERICA BY RADIO It is indeed a strange feeling writing about DX nostalgia, knowing that our friend Henrik Klemetz HK sadly passed away earlier today after a long illness. Henrik was one of Sweden’s top DX-ers, a good friend and a foremost authority on the subject of LA-DX-ing. So I suggest that this time we start with presenting a book. Yes, it is definitely DX nostalgia but moreover, it contains a wealth of information on the subject of Latin American DX-ing. If you don’t already have it – go get it. And when you read it and use it in your hobby, do remember our friend Henrik who is sadly no longer with us physically. The book is entitled ‘Latin America by radio’ and was published in 1989 by the Tietoteos Publishing Company in Espoo, Finland. ISBN 951-9035-93-1. Rest in peace, Henrik. Thank you for all your good work for the DX community over the years. SW Bulletin also provides archive of: DATELINE BOGOTÁ 1993-1998: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/swb/Dateline.htm (SW Bulletin Sept 22 via DXLD) WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS DISAPPEAR? No one at city council and school board meetings, politicians rarely held accountable — and fewer stories for farmers to read and decide whether they need to get mad Article by Ryan Craig September 20, 2019 As editor and publisher of the Todd County Standard, a weekly in Elkton, Kentucky, I once ran a story that asked farmers to attend a very important meeting on agricultural zoning. The future of farming in the small county in Kentucky where I own and edit the newspaper could be changed at this meeting. The crowd at the event was sparse, so the next morning at the local greasy spoon, I rage-walked to the liars’ table, full of farmers, and asked why in the hell they didn’t come to the meeting? Didn’t they know how important it was? One of the farmers stopped eating his eggs, looked up and said, “We didn’t go because you said in your story that you’d be there. I had things to do, and I’ll read what you’ll write in the paper and decide if I need to be mad or not.” Years later at a journalist panel on the rise of fake news, I pointed out that for all the public distrust of the media—mainstream, liberal, conservative, etc.—local media seemed thus far spared, especially the weekly newspaper. My theory, which came from the hard lesson that farmer gave me and from years of covering pretty much everything in a small place, is when people can see you at the fiscal meeting, the city council meeting, the school board meeting and a slew of school events, picnics, and even a couple greased pig contests, it builds trust in you and your reporting... https://niemanreports.org/articles/what-happens-when-weekly-newspapers-disappear/ (via Indiana Radio Watch via John Carver, DXLD) MUSEA +++++ THE AMAZING WORLD OF SHORTWAVE LISTENING Old vinyl records are definitely nostalgia. This EP was produced by the radio manufacturer Hallicrafters Co. in 1959 and is narrated by newsman and actor Alex Dreier. He was born in Honolulu on June 26th 1916. After graduating from Stanford University in 1939 he went into journalism, and was covering Berlin for United Press when he joined NBC in 1941. During his year in Berlin he was under surveillance by the Gestapo, and he left the city one day before the Pearl Harbor attack. Dreier was known as Chicago's "Man on the Go" and was the city's top TV anchor during his years on NBC-owned WNBQ-TV. He showed courage at a time of racial tension on Chicago's South Side, when major streets served as de facto racial dividing lines. If a black family dared move even one block across one of these lines, the neighborhood would react as though it were under siege (in part because they knew real estate agents would quickly move in to "change" the entire neighborhood, resulting in a considerable drop in area home prices. The longer one waited to sell, the less one would get for one’s house). One night, Dreier began the most memorable broadcast of his career with words like, "The streets of one South Side Chicago neighborhood are quiet tonight, because of the decision of one black family" (not to move in after all). Dreier then blasted the white demonstrators who gathered around the black family's house. Pressure was put on his sponsor, Meister Brau Beer, which was thereafter removed from many white neighborhood taverns and liquor stores in the area. The white backlash against this broadcast probably ended Dreier's career as a news anchorman in Chicago. A number of copies of this EP are up for sale on Discogs https://www.discogs.com/sell/release/2800774?ev=rb (SW Bulletin Sept 22 via DXLD) I`ve had it forever (gh) RADIO POST 9/11 IN NYC MARE Tom Doerr passes along an article about the history of radio, post 9/11 in NY City: https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/headlines/from-the-archives-rebuilding-radio-stations-despite-the-rubble-post-9-11 (Ken Zichi, ed., MARE Tipsheet Sept 20 via DXLD) WORLD OF HOROLOGY +++++++++++++++++ WWV 100 YEARS OLD https://www.reporterherald.com/2019/09/22/radio-station-wwv-to-celebrate-100-years/ (via Artie Bigley, OH, Sept 24, DXLD) Viz.: Radio station WWV to celebrate 100 years Station north of Fort Collins broadcasts the national time standard and sets radio frequency standards By Jackie Hutchins | jhutchins@prairiemountainmedia.com | Loveland Reporter-Herald PUBLISHED: September 22, 2019 at 7:28 am | UPDATED: September 22, 2019 at 10:45 am The world’s oldest licensed radio station, which operates from a location just north of Fort Collins, will turn 100 years old on Oct. 1. That may sound like a long time for a radio station, but WWV specializes in time. The radio station is best known for the broadcast of the national time standard — the atomic clock — which is closely synchronized with Coordinated Universal Time, the measure by which clocks are synchronized throughout the world. It also has played an important role through the years setting frequency standards for other radio operators. In those early days of radio, “people didn’t know where they were on the dial,” Dave Swartz of the WWV Centennial Committee said. It continues in both those roles today. But it almost didn’t make it to a full century. Swartz said the government considered closing the station down permanently to save its $6 million annual budget, but ultimately funded it. ‘The very beginning of radio’ Swartz noted the station has some prominent towers that people may have seen, but many in Northern Colorado may not be aware of its existence and history. In 1919 the U.S. government licensed the station, a full year before the first commercial radio station in the country, KDKA in Pittsburgh, Swartz said. “This was the very beginning of radio.” Based in Washington, D.C., its early broadcasts were experimental in nature. Among those experiments, it provided the first announced broadcast of music. It moved from Washington to the nearby city of College Park, Md., in 1931, and to Beltsville, Md., in 1932, staying in that community until 1966. It went live in Fort Collins — moving to be nearer the Boulder laboratories where the national standards of time and frequency were kept, but not so close that it would interfere with scientific work there — on Dec. 1, 1966. After World War II the station took on the job of announcing the time, at first by telegraphic code and starting in 1950 by voice announcements, offered at first every five minutes. Another change came in April 1967 when the station began broadcasting Greenwich Mean Time instead of local time. It went to its current format of using Coordinated Universal Time in December 1968. The time announcements were made every minute, instead of every five minutes, beginning in July 1971. Today, anyone with a phone can call 303-499-7111 to hear what time it is — in Coordinated Universal Time, meaning the current time in London. Swartz said the time is currently six hours ahead of Colorado, but will be seven hours ahead after daylight saving time ends here in November. Time to celebrate Swartz said some events are planned to recognize the historical, cultural and scientific importance of radio communications and the role WWV plays. The Northern Colorado Amateur Radio Club and the WWV Amateur Radio Club will sponsor a special event amateur radio station, call sign WW0WWV (W-W-zero-W-W-V). The station will make as many amateur radio contacts as possible over a five-day, 120-hour operating period, starting at 6 p.m. Friday and going through 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2, operating from the WWV site. “Hundreds of amateur radio operators from around the country are converging at radio station WWV for the event,” Swartz said. Amateurs and shortwave listeners can take part from their home locations in the Festival of Frequency Measurement, a citizen science effort to study ionospheric phenomena. Swartz said that means study of how the atmosphere affects radio waves. Many people know radio signals travel farther at night. That’s because of the way the sun ionizes the atmosphere and affects signals, Swartz said. Across the country, radio enthusiasts taking part will help track how radio waves are affected as the sun comes and up and moves through the day. “It’s a phenomenon that changes daily,” Swartz said. “It’s getting to understand ‘space weather’ a little bit better.” The Fort Collins Museum of Discovery, 408 Mason Court, will hold a public exhibit of amateur radio and displays about WWV at 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29. People can contact the station with help from the Northern Colorado Amateur Radio Club, try out Morse code, and explore the science and history of radio transmissions and the atomic clock. The exhibit is free with museum admission. The National Bureau of Standards will hold a special 100th anniversary recognition ceremony and reception on Tuesday, Oct. 1, at the station located at 2000 E. County Road 58 in Fort Collins, starting at 9 a.m., with talks at 10 a.m. and tours of the station to follow. The site is halfway between Wellington and Fort Collins. The public is welcome, but space is limited and the station is a controlled-access facility so preregistration is required. Visit https://appam.certain.com/profile/54379 to register by Tuesday. For information about the event or about WWV in general, visit http://WWV100.com (via DXLD) CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES +++++++++++++++++++++++++ EDXC 2019 ANDORRA SHORT FILM This short film (now on Youtube) about the 2019 EDXC conference in Andorra in early September has been produced by Eric Tiffon from Bordeaux in France. Moltes gràcies, Merci beaucoup, Eric! https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=mh68vIhDddQ (Alan Pennington, Sept 24, bdxc-news iog via DXLD) RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ BACK TO ANALOG AUDIO I saw an article in 'The Atlantic' about 'why nothing works any more' squarely indicting computerized/automatic 'stuff', the 'gig' economy and other technology looking to worm its way into the world and how it is contrary to HUMAN needs in many cases. It mentioned that "Precarity" (or more formally 'precarious technology') that serves needs other than those of humans is changing the way we interact with technology, and mentioned that sometimes the simple act of a manual flush toilet or hand crank paper towel dispenser seems almost liberating in today's overly complex computerized world. It gave me pause. As much as I like my SDRplay, it made me dust off and use a Tube radio. The Heath and Hammarlund were calling me, in other words, and as I listened it occurred to me I had set up the 'audio chain' of my shack to do more than I can easily do with the computer and digital recorders I usually use. Indeed, I turned on and used my old analog graphic equalizer to 'shape' the sound! It was fun. ;) (Ken Zichi, ed., MARE Tipsheet Sept 20 via DXLD) Re: [WOR] Ireland et al.: FREQUENCY CHANGES NO BIG DEAL I'm not an expert in antenna issues, that's why something came into my mind. In certain antenna installations there are antenna parts not only above but below the surface of the soil. Doesn't these below-the-surface structures need to be modified too to avoid going out of resonance? If yes, someone must dig to search and modify these structures down under. It is like with a tree which has a crown on the trunk and a root system below the surface. The root system is usually, in ideal case, extending until the end of the tree's crown-end. If you cut into 1-2 roots down it will not be a problem for the tree but it is not ideal for it. What is it with an antenna? Isn't this a problem if below-the-surface structures remain intact? Fortunately 252 kHz is not far away from the nearest empty frequency of 261 kHz which is not used for broadcasting here in Europe since Radio Rossii (Moscow, Taldom site) and Radio Horizont (Bulgaria) left that frequency (Tibor Gaal, Budapest, Hungary, WOR iog via DXLD) He`s referring to radials, an essential part of MW and presumably LW BC antennas. Perhaps Ben can deal with that aspect (gh) NEXT issue DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DAB See IRELAND; MOLDOVA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV See MALAYSIA; OKLAHOMA; USA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM & IBOC/HD ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DRM: See also CHINA; FRANCE; HUNGARY; KOREA NORTH; ROMANIA; RUSSIA; UK; USA: WINB IBOC: See also USA: 1280 TECSUN RADIOS Dear Glenn, Congratulations for 2000 World of Radio episodes! Have you heard of a new HD DRM shortwave receiver from Tecsun? The model is Q-3061 for $500 from Tecsun Australia. WWCR and other shortwave stations are advertising this unit but it not carried by Tecsun US. I've looked everywhere for test results but it must be too new of a radio. Can you advise? Sincerely, (Tom Roberts, ID, Sept 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST) For an answer, I forwarded this to Dave Zantow, who replies: (gh) Hi Glenn (Cc to Tom), The Tecsun Q-3061 is just a relabeled “total rubbish” Gospell GR-216. Indeed I tested a Gospell GR-216 a couple of years back and it was a real DOG and should be avoided at all costs. QC is indeed the pits but the ergonomics and performance are both royal nightmares! I highly doubt that being re-labeled with the Tecsun name much has changed? However IF I obtain (as a donation) a new test sample I would be willing to test a late production sample. Thomas Witherspoon covered this last year (read the 4 comments on the bottom here too): https://swling.com/blog/2018/10/the-tecsun-radios-australia-q-3061-drm-shortwave-radio/#comments As much as they try to push DRM, I see it continuing to be a “Dead Radio Mode” (Dave Zantow, Janesville, WI, “Dave’s Radio Receiver Page” http://n9ewo.angelfire.com/ DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn and Dave, Thank you for your prompt response regarding the HD radio question. In our Ham Radio club, we certainly do listen to DRM shortwave broadcast using a Kiwi SDR radio with Dream software coupled with a G-5 RV long wire antenna. At times, DRM signals from the 30,000 watt RNZ (Radio New Zealand) are very good. However, at that power, reliability of reception can be an issue. When the signals are Q5 here in Idaho, it's hard to believe one is listening to shortwave radio. We know portables such as the HD 15 through HD 18 are being manufactured for FM and AM local broadcasts by Sangean. Iboc coupled with DRM is, of course, the US standard that has gone over like a lead balloon but I do love to listen to HD signals when they are clear and legible from KSL, Salt Lake City and KFI, Los Angeles. From the reviews I read several years ago about the Gospell HD radio, one of the critics said even if you get one for $100 US, don't even open the box! Then the Titus II for the same price was to be released for purchase in 2017. The engineers stated that they had difficulty in North America getting DRM signals over the threshold from their analog counterparts on the frequency. Is is possible that our biggest challenge with DRM in North America is reliability and threshold issues? Some the new chips can process an algorithm at 170 negative Db settings. Wow that's really below the threshold! Obviously, in China and India where DRM is utilized all over the spectrum, even these inexpensive receivers can use local DRM signals. Some DRM options are on the new Icom 7300's and they are a programmed SDR stand alone radio with no computer or up converter needed such as the KX3. Allan Wiener from WBCQ, where I broadcast Biblical Perspectives, told me via telephone that his radio transmitters do have DRM capabilities such as WINB radio from Pennsylvania. He added that they don't wish to fire the exciters until some decent DRM receivers are on the market. As soon as I saw the new Tecsun from Australia, I thought it looked just like the first Gospell models but hope they've added some better chips and microprocessing for better performance but, I guess, we'll see. For $500 Au, one would hope some change and upgrades were incorporated. So, with all of these concerns, in my opinion, the advancement of DRM in broadcasting in North America could not have been inaugurated more poorly than it has been. It seems the FCC and big money satellite companies have their way in determining where the direction in the radio industry goes. Thank you both so much for your candor and I hope a promising DRM shortwave HD receiver is in our future at some point. Sincerely, (Tom Roberts, ID, ibid.) Tom and Glenn, Indeed, when signals are strong enough, DRM certainly has great reception. But in 2019 those signals/stations are so rare especially in North America. I have also tested the in Uniwave Di-wave 100 which worked adequately for DRM with a strong enough signal and decent outdoor antenna (it was disappointment for analog reception including very poor ergonomics). Was just way too expensive, so it never made it past a test production run of only around 100 samples. One could put alkaline batteries in it, but would slurp those up in about an hour. https://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/portable/0023.html The also tested Newstar DR111 was a even greater disappointment. Was good that it was at a more reasonable cost and DRM worked for the most part again with a decent outdoor antenna and luck. Analog reception was even worst like non-existent (even on MW). It also has extremely poor reliability issues and firmware (even after a number of firmware upgrades). Even worse ergonomics. Battery operation was not possible. Keith Perron took a hammer to one of his 4 samples in a video (which all failed or did not work from the start.) https://player.vimeo.com/video/55703111 I had reviews on both of these posted on my web site at one time, but have since removed them with my limited available space. But would say the Gospell GR-216 is at a even lower standing over the 2 models above and costs even more. Sangean had the DRM-40 in the works over 10 YEARS ago (the but never made it to production). https://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/portable/0040a.html Most folks who listen to DRM these days use a SDR “computer connected” receiver (as I do with a SDRplay RSP1A and the free Dream software). That works fine, but it’s not easy to make happen especially for the consumer. Have not tried to use my Icom IC-7300 (or IC-R8600) with the Dream software. http://n9ewo.angelfire.com/sdrplay.html (note : right click all links on this page and “open in new tab”) Regards, (Dave Zantow N9EWO, http://n9ewo.angelfire.com/ ibid.) Dear Glenn and Dave, Greetings to both of you. Today at 1700 hours, we had Nigeria with 250 kilowatts hitting the Northwest US with a 9 over 5 signal strength on a Kiwi SDR with Dream software and a High Q amplifier. Radio New Zealand is in almost daily with the BBC's DRM service from Singapore. Our G5RV antenna is 115 ft. on each wire. So, this set up really helps to bring these stations in. Hopefully, the portables will come up in quality and one will be able to utilize them as more DRM services become available. Sincerely, (Tom Roberts, KF7PKG, Sept 27, ibid.) ESTAÇÕES EM DRM Segue um link para um mapa com todas as estações de rádio que actualmente transmitem no momento em DRM. http://www.hfcc.org/drm/ [it`s not a map but a bargraph display, including several registered but imaginary DRM broadcasts of ``Radio Russia``. Yet lacks Nigeria on 15120 and the Hungarian on 11m --- what does HFCC know? -- gh] Junto um handbook com tudo sobre DRM. https://www.drm.org/DRM_Introduction_and_Implementation_Guide-V3.pdf (CT1AXZ, Manuel Jesus, Portugal, Sept 25, radioescutas yg via DXLD) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ A SUMMER WITHOUT SUNSPOTS Southgate Amateur Radio News September 25, 2019 The sun is undergoing a remarkable period of spotlessness. During northern summer 2019, the face of the sun was blank (no sunspots) more than 89% of the time. This marks it as one of the deepest Solar Minima in a century. Interestingly, the summer of 2019 also brought a sign that Solar Minimum is coming to an end. Visit Spaceweather.com for the full story. http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2019/september/a-summer-without-sunspots.htm (via Mike Terry, WOR iog via DXLD) As usual no exact link to more on this specific story, but as of 1 October, a rather contradictory top item at spaceweather.com --- ``2019 IS A DEEP SOLAR MINIMUM: Today, the sun racked up its 198th spotless day of the year. So far in 2019, the sun has been blank 73% of the time. This is the same percentage as the year 2008--previously the least sun-spotty year of the Space Age. If Solar Minimum continues to deepen, 2019 will soon claim the undisputed throne of Space Age spotlessness, marking it as a century-class minimum in solar activity`` (via gh, DXLD) :Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts :Issued: 2019 Sep 23 0156 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # Product description and SWPC contact on the Web # https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/content/subscription-services # # Weekly Highlights and Forecasts # Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 16 - 22 September 2019 Solar activity was at very low levels. No sunspots were observed on the visible disk. An approximately 20 degree filament erupted near S35W02 around 19/2200 UTC which produced a narrow, slow-moving CME signature near the Sun-Earth line. Modeling of the event suggested most of the ejecta was oriented south and eastward of Earth's orbit; however, Earth may still observe weak influence from the periphery of the CME. No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at normal to moderate levels from 16-21 Sep and dropped to just normal levels through 22 Sep. Geomagnetic field activity was quiet to active conditions. Elevated wind speeds from a waning positive polarity CH HSS produced isolated active conditions on 16 Sep. Variable phi angle on 17 Sep suggested influence from a SSBC, cause a period of isolated active conditions. Quiet to unsettled levels on 18 Sep decreased to just quiet levels on 19-20 Sep. A brief period of southward Bz produced a single period of unsettled on 21 Sep. The remainder of the summary period was quiet. Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 23 September - 19 October 2019 Solar activity is expected to be at very low levels over the outlook period. No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to range from normal to high levels. High levels are expected on 28 Sep - 12 Oct and 14 Oct; moderate levels are expected on 24-27 Sep, 13 Oct, and 15-18 Oct. The remainder of the outlook period is expected to be at normal levels. All enhancements in electron flux are in anticipation of multiple, recurrent CH HSSs. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at quiet to G2 (Moderate) geomagnetic storm levels. G2 levels are expected on 28 Sep followed by G1 (Minor) geomagnetic levels on 29 Sep. Active conditions are expected on 23-25 Sep, 30 Sep and 06 Oct. Unsettled conditions are expected on 26-27 Sep, 01-03 Oct, 10 Oct and 12-15 Oct. The remainder of the outlook period is expected to be at quiet levels. All enhancements in geomagnetic activity are in anticipation of multiple, recurrent CH HSSs. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2019 Sep 23 0156 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # Product description and SWPC contact on the Web # https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/content/subscription-services # # 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table # Issued 2019-09-23 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2019 Sep 23 68 12 4 2019 Sep 24 68 12 4 2019 Sep 25 68 12 4 2019 Sep 26 68 8 3 2019 Sep 27 68 8 3 2019 Sep 28 68 38 6 2019 Sep 29 68 28 5 2019 Sep 30 68 10 4 2019 Oct 01 68 8 3 2019 Oct 02 68 10 3 2019 Oct 03 68 8 3 2019 Oct 04 68 5 2 2019 Oct 05 68 5 2 2019 Oct 06 68 12 4 2019 Oct 07 68 5 2 2019 Oct 08 68 5 2 2019 Oct 09 68 5 2 2019 Oct 10 68 8 3 2019 Oct 11 68 5 2 2019 Oct 12 68 8 3 2019 Oct 13 68 10 3 2019 Oct 14 68 8 3 2019 Oct 15 68 8 3 2019 Oct 16 68 5 2 2019 Oct 17 68 5 2 2019 Oct 18 68 5 2 2019 Oct 19 68 5 2 (SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 2001, DXLD) TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING ++++++++++++++++++++++++ PAY TO PRAY, EVEN IF YOU DON'T --- Render unto God Why so many non-religious Europeans pay church taxes And how cunning Icelanders avoid it IN THE Old Testament, priests are told to take a tenth of every believer’s crops as a tax to support the faith. In these latter days, they can outsource the job to the state. In many European countries, “church taxes” — levied on all registered members of religious organisations by governments — still exist. The governments of ten countries across Europe administer membership fees on behalf of religious organisations. In two of these, Spain and Portugal, believers can opt to pay a portion of their income tax to their religion of choice. Six others run opt-out systems, whereby registered members of certain Christian churches (and, in some cases, other religious groups) are required to pay tax. In most of these, apostasy is the only way to get out of paying. Some states in Germany require even more arduous methods of disassociation—in addition to leaving the church, you must also file a notarised deregistration form with the local government, which demands a fee. REGISTER TO read this article in full... https://www.economist.com/europe/2019/09/12/why-so-many-non-religious-europeans-pay-church-taxes (via Gerald T Pollard, NC, Sept 22, DXLD) ###