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WORLD OF RADIO 1650 headlines:
*DX and station news about: Angola, Australia, Bangladesh, Bolivia, 
Brazil, Canada, Croatia and non, Gabon, Greece, India, Japan non, 
Mexico, Micronesia, Myanmar, North America, Oklahoma, Peru, 
Pridnestrovye, Qatar non, Romania, Russia and non, Sarawak non, Spain, 
Taiwan, Turkey, USA

SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1650, January 3-9, 2013
Thu 0430  WRMI  9955 [replayed 1649 this week]
Thu 2200  WTWW  9479 [confirmed]
Fri 0429v WWRB  3195 [& 5050 also on this week]
Sat 0230v WBCQ  5110v-CUSB Area 51 [confirmed]
Sat 0630  HLR   7265 Hamburger Lokalradio
Sat 0900  WRMI  9955
Sat 1600  WRMI  9955
Sat 1630  HLR   7265 Hamburger Lokalradio
Sat 1830  WRMI  9955
Sun 0500  WTWW  5830 [confirmed]
Sun 0900  WRMI  9955
Sun 1630  WRMI  9955
Mon 0530  WRMI  9955
Tue 1200  WRMI  9955 
Wed 0630  HLR   7265 Hamburger Lokalradio special Jan 2, but 9?
Wed 1630  HLR   7265 Hamburger Lokalradio special Jan 2, but 9?
Thu 0430  WRMI  9955 [or maybe 1651 if ready in time]

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EDITOR`S NOTE: while some material in this issue is as recent as 
January 3, prior to WOR 1650 broadcast, we have been falling behind in 
processing all the e-mail and usual other DX sources, much of it only 
thru Dec 31, and with triage, some non-SW info has piled up from long 
before that. Prospects are dim for ever getting caught up to the usual 
depth of research (gh)

** ABKHAZIA. Radio Abkhazia --- Any contact information of Avtoradio 
and Apsua Radio is much appreciated - e-mail or postal address, it 
doesn't matter. I am interested in contacting these stations. They are 
both relayed by Radio Abkhazia transmitters in the disputed territory 
of Abkhazia in Georgia. Here is a recording of them: 
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2012/12/radio-abkhazia.html
73! (Georgi Bancov, Bulgaria, Dec 27, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Abkhazian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (for it is 
they) have a website at apsua.tv, in English and three other 
languages. They even have a live audio stream - nominally, I can never 
get it to work - and a live video stream for their TV which works 
fine. Regards, (Dave Kernick, ibid.)

Thanks. They have a beautiful interval signal, by the way. Anyone to 
have success in obtaining a reply from them in the past? What about 
Avtoradio? Thanks again. 73! (Georgi Bancov, ibid.)

Sorry, can't help with the AvtoRadio. Their portal website at 
portal.aradio.ru has contact details for some of their non-Russian 
stations, but not that one. Would it be okay if I used some of your 
Abkhaz Radio clip on Interval Signals Online? Credited to you, of 
course!

The AvtoRadio clip I can't use I can't hear any local content 
("Avtomonitor"), IIRC it'd be broadcast for a couple of minutes around 
15 minutes past the hour. Regards, (Dave Kernick, ibid.)

Yes, you may use it, of course. :) The recording quality is not that 
good and I would be glad to record a new one (maybe with tape or PC 
line-in recorder) in order to get a better quality and I will send it 
to you. 73! (Georgi Bancov, ibid.)

There is a slight problem with the room acoustics, so if you can 
manage it I would indeed appreciate a line recording including the IS 
& ID, thanks very much! Regards, (Dave Kernick, ibid.)

** ANGOLA. 4949.725, 0250, RN Angola with fairly generic music. Time 
pips + Radio Nacional ID by YL at 0300Z into news read by same YL that 
gave station ID. Into music akin to Hi-Life at 0304. Musical jingle & 
OM announcements at 0358, 4 + 0 time pips at 0400, ID by YL with
mentions of Radio Nacional. 12/15/12 (Chuck RIPPEL, VA, SW Bulletin 
Dec 25 via WORLD OF RADIO 1650, DXLD)

4949.747, Looked out for RNA-Canal "A", Mulenvos footprint tonight, 
RNA Portuguese visible on lower sideband. Poor S=5-6 signal just on 
threshold level at 2102 UT Dec 30 here in Germany (Wolfgang Büschel, 
Stuttgart, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 30, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1650, 
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Hi Wolfy, Angola is unusually good this morning in Jo'burg. Radio 
Nacional, Canal A. 4949.75, Mulenvos. Dec. 31, 2012. Monday. 0340-
0413. Portuguese. Afro music followed by OM singing Portuguese song. 
OM talking from 0355-0356 then another Portuguese song. Time pips at 
0400 with unreadable ID, then sounded like news headlines. Another ID 
at 0402 "Radio Nacional de Angola". Same ID again at 0403, 0404 and 
0411. Started off fair 20 minutes after our local sunrise, but slowly 
deteriorated. Re-vitalised to good after 0400, but lots of lightning 
QRN. We are going through a patch of stormy weather in Jo'burg at 
present. Jo'burg sunrise 0318. Regards, (Bill Bingham, RSA, dxldyg via 
WORLD OF RADIO 1650, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ANGUILLA [non]. There really IS a Rev. Barbie! (Honestly, I 
couldn't make this stuff up if I tried (Greg Hardison, CA, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.:

The Rev. Barbie
http://onfaith.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/undergod/2010/04/reverend_barbie_the_plastic_episcopal_priest.html?referrer=emaillink
(via Hardison, DXLD)

REV. BARBIE, THE PLASTIC PRIEST, IS DRESSED TO BLESS

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/Religion/post/2010/04/rev-barbie-the-plastic-priest-is-dressed-to-bless/1#.UOFNIv2ejQ4.email

More entertaining piece on the same subject. 73z; Enjoy! (via Greg 
Hardison, DXLD)

6090, Jan 1 at 0650, Caribbean Beacon is off the air, but nothing much 
in its absence. Later after sunrise, 11775 is back as usual (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ARGENTINA. 1630, 30/12 0425, Melody FM (San José, Entre Ríos) via 
AM 1630, SS. YL: talk de estudio, várias identificações, músicas 
variando de cumbia a rock'n roll, 35533 RWG (Rudolf W Grimm, Escutas 
realizadas em São José SC 28./30.12, Mais informações das escutas, em 
http://dxways-br.blogspot.com Rx: Degen DE-1103 / Sony ICF SW7600GR 
Ant.: Sangean carretel, 6m (indoor), radioescutas yg via DXLD)

** ARGENTINA. [Re 12-52:] 15345.130 ... wandered down to x.055 kHz 
continuously. RAE Buenos Aires at new time 0900-1000 UT in Spanish, 
Dec 27, poor S=6 signal. Temperature at 0953 UT at +26 C. Spanish 
segment not mentioned in Nagoya Aoki list yet (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc 
BC-DX TopNews Dec 27 via DXLD)

At that time I suppose it must have been // with LRA1 for "La Mañana 
en Noticias" (Eduardo Peralta, Argentina, dxldyg via DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** AUSTRALIA. Venerdì 28 dicembre 2012, 1645 - 5025 kHz, Intervista 
YLs in inglese. Poteva essere ABC VL8K (Australia)? Su 2485 sembrava 
non esserci niente. Ma forse c'era il // con 4835. Per curiosità ho 
controllato anche 4910, ma capire era difficile per la presenza
di AIR Jaipur. Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente (Luca Botto Fiora, 
QTH G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews. It yg via 
DXLD)

4835, A.B.C. VL8A Alice Springs 1607 review of book by singer Neil 
Young. Fair Dec 28 Sellers-BC

5025, A.B.C. VL8K Katherine 1613 on this frequency instead of 2485, 
parallel 4835 and 2325. Good Dec 28 Sellers-BC

2325, A.B.C. VL8T Tennant Creek 1616 parallel 4835 and 5025. Very weak 
Dec 28 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, Listening in my car 
with the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active antenna on the car roof, dxldyg 
via WORLD OF RADIO 1650, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

I can receive ABC NT SW Service on 5025 kHz at 1000 UT. // 4835. ID at 
1005 "ABC local radio". QSY or mistransmission? (S. Hasegawa, Japan, 
Dec 28, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1650, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Could be probably switch on HIGH SUMMER season in downunder from 2485 
to 5025 kHz 24 hrs, til end of February? need further monitoring. 73 
wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.)

Dec 28 tuned in at 1308 to find ABC on 5025, under Cuba. By 1408 Cuba 
had faded down leaving ABC with signal equal to // 4835. Both still on 
at 1516 tune out (Ron Howard, California, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 
1650, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Music program ended at 1530, and into English newscast by M & F 
announcers, mostly about Australia. Some sports, and weather forecast 
for the eastern part of Australia. "The news coming to you from the 
ABC." Program continued with in-studio interview. Continued past 1546. 
Extremely strong! (Jim Young, IC-756 Pro II + 80-10 Alpha-Delta 
Sloper, Seaside, Oregon, Dec 28, NASWA yg via DXLD)

5025 still goin' strong at 1818z (Alokesh Gupta, India, Dec 28, dxldyg 
via WORLD OF RADIO 1650, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Not heard ABC on 5025 kHz today at 0850 UT, heard only Cuba (S. 
Hasegawa, Japan, Dec 29, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Thanks Sei-ichi, Katherine is back on 2485 kHz, noted with temperature 
+34 C, S=9 at remote Australia unit 1230 UT Dec 29, 73 wb (Wolfgang 
Büschel, ibid.)

2325, VL8T Tennant Creek NT // 2485 VL8K ABC Katherine NT // 4835 VL8A 
Alice Springs NT, 1217, Dec 29. Humorous Christmas song. Only Cuba on 
5025, unlike yesterday’s anomaly of ABC Katherine NT being heard on 
5025 (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg 
via WORLD OF RADIO 1650, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** AUSTRALIA. 6007 & 6033, approx., distorted FMy spurblobs matching 
modulation on the RA Shepparton 6020 transmitter halfway between, Jan 
2 at 1320. I was expecting this since the same transmitter is on 5995 
after 1400 and sporadically spurblobbing 13 kHz above and below it. 
Jan 3 at 1348 check: no blobs around 6020 today. Not to be confused 
with the Cuban or N Korean jamming noises in this area, which are 
quite different (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** AUSTRALIA [non]. World Radio Network web site has this short item 
posted:

Listeners in Europe and North America --- Radio Australia will be 
leaving WRN English Europe and WRN English North America on January 
1st, 2013. (Mike Cooper, GA, Dec 31, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

WRN has issued new program schedules from January 1; to N America:
http://www.wrn.org/listeners/assets/PDFs/WRN_ENGLISH_NORTH_AMERICA_B12.pdf

I don`t remember when RA used to be on, and without attempting to 
analyze it in detail, it appears that there are fewer stations on WRN 
now, but with more timeslots (repeats?) to fill up the 24 hours. If 
you can hear WRMI on 9955, you may match it up with the times WRMI 
relays WRN, the content of which is never on WRMI`s own grid, e.g. 
ISRAEL currently at 0530 some nights (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)

** AUSTRIA. 9830, Dec 31 at 2118, African English accent about Jesus 
of Nazareth, with usual RTTY QRM, so another station ignoring that, or 
maybe it`s no problem in CIRAF 46, the W African target from Niger & 
Nigeria westward, of AWR, 2100-2130, 300 kW, 210 degrees from 
Moosbrunn. 

BTW, the latest `Wavescan` schedule from Adrian Peterson shows it`s 
not carried on a single Moosbrunn relay (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** BANGLADESH. BANGLADESH BETAR GOES WITH AMPEGON
http://www.rwonline.com/TabId/64/Default.aspx?ArticleId=217011
Thanks, (Swopan Chakroborty, Kolkata, India, Dec 27, dxldyg via DXLD)

The next task is to fix their studio equipment. This awful noise is 
very annoying and the program content cannot be understood. 73! 
(Georgi Bancov, Bulgaria, ibid.)

15105, 29/Dec 1243, Bangladesh Beter in English (with a strong 
accent). As 1244 ID, then YL talk. At 1245 two OM talk, maybe an 
interview in the studio. At 1255 YL talk, news. Good signal with peaks 
of moderate QRM from CRI on 15110. At 1258 address, site, ID by YL, 
signal [tone] of 1 kHz and end of transmission. Listening from a radio 
remote in Nederland (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana - BA, Brazil, 
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Bangladesh Betar, Dhaka, is back on 4750 kHz with Bengali program 
which has English news interspread in between. Noted on 1/1/2013 from 
1230 UT onwards. It is scheduled 0830-1600 but often continues till 
1705. I missed this channel for the last one month. My email of 
concern to Bangladesh Betar about this silence went unanswered. On a 
gloomy New Year for a DXer, with news of SW shut down of Croatia and 
CVC Africa, reactivation of this Bangladesh tropical band outlet which 
throws in SIO 555 here in East India, is a silver lining indeed 
(Supratik Sanatani, Kolkata, India, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1650, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

At 1458 nothing heard except RRI Makassar at pretty good level just 
below 4750. Nothing over 1500 except music. Happy New Year to all! 73,  
(Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Jan 1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1650, 
DX LISTENIG DIGEST)

** BHUTAN. 6035.04, BBS. Thanks to an alert from Wolfy, tuned in on 
Jan 1 at 1504 to hear their scheduled English segment; is rare that 
BBS stays on this long; only able to make out a word or two; 1514 BBS 
theme music I have heard before; pop song (“Another Day In Paradise”); 
1521-1545 either an interview or panel discussion; more pop songs; 
English segment ended 1600 and into indigenous songs; poor to almost 
fair at times; adjacent QRM.  
https://www.box.com/s/j56kth1wez4qxjmdwg2k 
contains an MP3 recording of a portion of today’s reception. A very 
nice way to start the New Year! (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach,
CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BOLIVIA. Radio Mosoj Chaski --- Anoche hicimos el grupo neuquino 
una pequeña juntata de radio en centenario, Neuquén; las condiciones 
en onda media y onda larga eran muy malas y muchos estáticos, pero 
sobre la franja gris hicimos algunas capturas interesantes no 
habituales para nosotros. Estaba buena 120 metros y sobre las 9 UT 
recibimos en 3310 la Mosoj Chaski - aquí el video; hay otras cuantas 
las iré subiendo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nmINN5ZOpg&feature=youtu.be
(José Kucher, Argentina, Dec 29, condiglista yg via DXLD)

Ahora 0150 UT llega por acá con una señal de 34333 en Quechua, 3310 
kHz. Receptor ICOM R 75, ANTENA dipolo de 15 Mts por lado a 6,50 Mts 
de altura (Ernesto Paulero, Argentina, UT Dec 30, ibid.)

** BOLIVIA. 5952.46, Radio Pio Doce, Llallagua, 12/28 with best signal
heard in long time, strong and QRM-free from 0005 to 0033 tune out. 
Signal lost a bit of its punch by the end, as some grayline
enhancement dropped away. Entire time was an OM and YL with news
program in Aymara (though, say, maybe ~10% was in Spanish, mainly the
phone-in correspondents). At 0029, CP folkloric musical blast and
clear announcement for “Arusquipiri!”, presumably the program name. 
Then funny Spanish canned ad by very bassy-voiced OM dialoguing with 
cutesy lady in baby voice. After musical theme, program continuing. 
Nice listening level, overall (Ralph Perry, Wheaton, Illinois, Drake 
R8B; Japan Radio NRD-545; Eton E1; Hallicrafters SX100, Dentron Super 
Tuner + Ameco PLF-2 + Palomar P-408 +Quantum Phaser antenna unit 
(customized for tropical bands), 335-foot bidirectional BOG 150 
deg/330 deg) for LA/SE Asia, DXEngineering RPA-1 preamp, Phased 
Longwire + Small Loop, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

5952.44, Radio Pio Doce, Siglo Veinte. Jan 1 with special New Year’s 
extended schedule; noted at various times between 0219 and 0417; well 
past their normal 0230*; mostly poor (Ron Howard, Asilomar State 
Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BOLIVIA. 6134.76, R. Santa Cruz. Jan 1 with special New Year’s
extended schedule; noted at various times from 0307 to 0417; poor to 
fair (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD 
OF RADIO 1650, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

6134.815 approx., Jan 3 at 0610, BBC French via Ascension has het on 
low side, slightly wavering around F#3 below middle C4, i.e. 185 Hz. 
This smax of the het R. Santa Cruz causes earlier in the evenings, 
against the now defunct V. of Russia Spanish service via St. 
Petersburg, on 6135.0 at 00-03. Ron Howard heard RSC New Year`s Eve 
way later than usual sign off as late as 0417 Jan 1 on 6134.76, and I 
suspect they again have left the transmitter on, but even later. BBC 
French is quite a bit stronger, mostly talk, and all I can make out is 
some music on the het frequency, but BBC off at 0629. There is still a 
het against something much weaker on 6135.0. At 0630 the announcement 
sounds Spanish; slop de much stronger Cuba 6125; then some tropical 
music, lyrix maybe in Spanish. 0640 the music stops, but still het so 
the carrier isn`t off yet; presumed (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 
1650, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BOTSWANA. 4930, VOA, 1611 English, report on the rebel campaign in 
Dem. Rep. of Congo, check again at 1642 and heard closing of “The 
Sonny Side of Sports”. Pleased to hear this one on a grayline path; a 
first for me, I believe. Poor Dec 28 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British 
Columbia, Listening in my car with the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active 
antenna on the car roof, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 4876.46, Rádio Difusora Roraima, Boa Vista, Roraima, 
Brasil, 2350, Diciembre 29, Idioma Português, selección de música 
romántica en portugués, boletín de noticias nacionales a 2358, 
2.4.3.3.2 (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 6180, 30/12 0115, Rádio Nacional do Brasil, Brasília DF, 
português. Ocupação das frequências da Rádio Nacional da Amazônia pela
Rádio Nacional do Brasil, na programação noturna e madrugada (// 
11780, // 980), 35443 RWG   

11780, 30/12 0115, Rádio Nacional do Brasil, Brasília DF, PP. Ocupação 
das frequências da Rádio Nacional da Amazônia pela Rádio Nacional do 
Brasil, na programação noturna e madrugada (// 6180, // 980), 35443 
(Rudolf W Grimm, Escutas realizadas em São José SC 28./30.12, Mais 
informações das escutas, em http://dxways-br.blogspot.com Rx: Degen 
DE-1103 / Sony ICF SW7600GR Ant.: Sangean carretel, 6m (indoor), 
radioescutas yg via DXLD)

11780 // 6180, Jan 1 at 0637, R. Nacional Rio de Janeiro ID after 
promos for EBC services, webcasts. Rio station source is an anomaly, 
maybe for the holiday, these normally carrying Brasília 980 service, 
rather than separate Amazonian programming (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF 
RADIO 1650, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. Radio Gaúcha de volta aos 25 metros --- Agora meio dia e 
dezoito hora de Brasilia [1418 UT] Radio Gaúcha chegando forte nos 
11915 kHz, 25 Metros aqui no Distrito Federal. Me parece que 
aumentaram a potência do transmissor (Neto Silva, Brasília DF, Dec 30, 
radioescutas yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1650, DXLD) 

Neto Silva, Excelente notícia. Estou ouvindo neste momento quando uma 
mv [male voice] anúncia a hora certa (três e vinte e três ou 15:23) 
[1723 UT]. A qualidade do áudio está muito boa e o nivel de sinal é 
praticamente local, exceto por rápidos desvanecimentos do sinal. Se 
continuar assim, ótimo. Será que aumentaram a potência do TX? Segue o 
log da recepção.

11915, 30/12 1723, R. Gaúcha, Porto Alegre/RS, hora certa, adv., 
programa Gaúcha estação verão, ouvinte descrevendo detalhes de um 
assalto a uma fábrica de joia no interior do estado. 54444 GSC

(Giuseppe Settimi Cysneiros - DXCB 089, PU4 GSC, PY4 005 SWL, Santa 
Rita do Sapucaí - MG, Alt. 810m, Lat. 22 15'15"S, Long. 45 41'42"W, 
Grid Locator GG77ds, Receptor Tecsun S2000 + antena Metaltec RC3-FM, 
radiescutas yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1650, DXLD)

Confirmada a escuta em 30 DEZ 2012, às 15h47min [1747 UT], em 
Sorocaba/SP: qualidade do áudio de muito bom para excelente! (Adolfo 
Antunes, Dec 30, Receptores: Sony ICF-SW7600GR e Sangean ATS-909 
(apenas as respectivas antenas telescópicas), ibid.)

** BULGARIA. Some of the programs from Kostinbrod, confirmed by me, 
with my comments in Bulgarian language

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPnBrQUuP6A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTqJCEMOBRc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaX180J3fGs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaX180J3fGs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2jQ-RZgIYQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgjqwjKXkTI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6cFo7WOOYY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zq1QNRyMXs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGyPvvNOiHE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMJfYjg68Ks

73! (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)

As evidence vs Spaceline which denies much of this (gh, DXLD)

Re: KV -13, 16, 19, 22, 25, 31, 41, 49 m
Mnenieot coria, nadal_fan »November 9, 2012, 22:06

History with discussions between radio listeners abroad for alleged
emissions from Bulgaria between 2000 and 2006:

Aggregation of reports, mostly from DXLD starting in 2000y, about 
strange broadcasts which may have come from Bulgaria, with Spaceline 
involvement:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2012/11/spaceline-ltd.html

Lengthy forum, with some heated very rude discussions by someone 
signing as coria, nadal_fan. Here is just one sample as poorly 
translated:

``by coria, nadal_fan »November 11, 2012, 13:36
First, would you be so kind as to prove to me that it threw the fence 
of the ROC "Kostinbrod." Second, I initially began with Deng at 
11,510, probably because they know that it is not here, but what can 
you say about Polish Radio as? And the other "alleged" issues? If ROC 
broadcast programs in Bulgaria without programming license that outlaw 
it? Tell me, I could be wrong.

If you prove that any of these issues in my blog is from Bulgaria, 
I'll apologize publicly, on television, even, and I will pay 
compensation for moral damage inflicted.

I tell you again, I wish you to fill Kostinbrod emissions, but let it 
be a law and order. As for my (and your friend), he closed Pudarsko he 
tried to destroy Kostinbrod he stopped Radio shortwave, he slashed the 
budget and spend 7 million store-bought brandy and coleslaw. The same 
man pushed the twin towers and made the Gulf War, you do not have to 
deal with him. Come greet. P.S. Brandy I do not buy from the store. 
Here is a plum home the honors.``

Run Bulgarian-English Google translate if necessary. 
LZ2GPB is Georgi Bancov:
http://forum.predavatel.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=10281&start=440
(via Wolfgang Büschel, DXLD) I advise Ivo and Georgi to be alert for 
anyone approaching with an umbrella (gh, DXLD)

** CANADA. 960, as every night by 0559 UT, I am tuned to 960 to hear 
what I can during local KGWA`s pentaminute Fox-hole of dead air, which 
almost always happens, but occasionally not. The open carrier is so 
strong a couple miles away that I don`t expect to hear anything except 
when I null it very tightly on the DX-398, but at 0600 Dec 29 as I am 
rotating the radio for the null, I hear ``owned and operated by Rogers 
Communications``, and this is *not* in the KGWA null --- hey, I bet 
it`s CFAC in Calgary, which has to penetrate thru KGWA to reach me. 
WRTH and NRC AM Log don`t bother with who owns what, so I uplook Wiki 
later to confirm that Rogers does indeed own CFAC:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFAC

CFAC is 50 kW, non-dir day, but direxional at night with a broad 
pattern centred toward the NNW with a deep null toward Enid, and 
hardly anything from eastward, clockwise to west-southwestward:
http://transition.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/305752-54653.pdf

But not tonight! Since 960 was originally a regional channel in the 
USA, I suppose CFAC is not protecting any particular stations, just 
supposed to keep its signal out of the western and central USA in 
general. Yet another Canadian which doesn`t bother to observe its 
night parameters as required by international agreements. Well, I`m 
glad to hear it this once thru my local, a neat catch, but obviously 
not worth listening to with its stupid sports format, as Calgarians 
seem to agree by its low ratings cited in the Wikipedia article.

Since I was getting CFAC, also checked 1010 for ``CBR`` but the 
bilingual Arizona gospel huxter was dominant, also day facilities at 
night; see U S A (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1650, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST) CBR was later reported to be off the air, temporarily? (gh)

** CANADA. 1130, Dec 30 at 0617 UT, mention of news1130.com as I was 
noticing distorted modulation on KWKH, so which station is this? 
Vancouver BC! CKWX, which passé callsign you won`t find anywhere on 
the home page. Perhaps it was banned when the old format ``CKWX 
Country 1130`` terminated on Feb 8, 2011. CKWX` nite pattern is 
supposed to keep most of its 50 kW out of the USA, heaving toward the 
west and north, but they managed to reach this close to Shreveport 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1650, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** CANADA [non]. 15205, Dec 31 at 1419, English sermon about New Year, 
then offering 16-page The Gospel Standard, January issue, from 
addresses in Halifax NS and Boston MA, on The People`s Gospel Hour, 
http://www.tpgh.org where the radio page link imagines that WTJC and 
even WBOH still exist! But whence here? HFCC shows MBR Nauen replaced 
MBR Wertachtal on Nov 24, both 100 kW, 90 degrees, Mon-Sat at 1415-
1430. But that`s merely the transmitter site. What broker is this, 
really? Pan American Broadcasting, says Aoki, which hasn`t caught up 
with the site change (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHAD. 6164.958, Proper signal tonight from RTVN N'djamena Chad in 
French, S=8 at 2135 UT, station ID in French at 2141 UT, Dec 30. Male 
announcer, some nice WAf music in between (Wolfgang Büschel, 
Stuttgart, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 30, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 4220, *2250-2305 26.12, Qinghai PBS, Xining, Chinese, 
National Anthem, Amdo announcement with short pieces of orchestral 
music, radioplay? 35333 AP-DNK

4750, *2153-2205 26.12, Qinghai PBS-1, Xining, 2150 tone, 2153 nonstop 
orchestra music, 2200 ID: "Qinghai Renmin Guangbo Dientai", frequency 
ann in Chinese and English: "... on mediumwave and shortwave... ", 
woman speaks fast in Chinese, 45333 (Anker Petersen, from Skovlunde, 
Denmark, often via transpolar routes at odd times, on my AOR 
AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg 
via DXLD)

** CHINA. SARFT Beijing 491 station off the air
I can't receive Beijing 491 from Dec. 20.

 5925 CNR5 2055-2400, 1000-1705
 5975 CNR8 2055-2300, 1100-1200
 6020 CNR8 1100-1200, 1300-1400
 6055 CNR8 1200-1300
 6165 CNR6 2155-0100, 0900-1605
 7355 CNR5 2055-2400
 7385 CNR5 0900-1705
 7410 CNR8 1000-1100
 7445 CNR8 2300-0100, 1300-1705
 9410 CNR5 1000-1705
 9440 CNR8 0400-0500, 0600-0700
 9610 CNR8 0300-0500, 0600-0700
 9615 CNR8 1200-1300
 9620 CNR6 0900-1605
 9645 CNR8 1400-1705
 9665 CNR5 2055-0100
 9685 CNR5 0000-1000
 9730 CNR6 2155-0100
 9785 CNR8 1000-1100
11620 CNR5 0100-1000
11780 CNR8 0500-0600, 0700-1000
11810 CNR8 0100-0300
11815 CNR8 0300-0400
11905 CNR6 0100-0900
11935 CNR5 0000-0900
15415 CNR8 0500-0600, 0700-0800, 0900-1000
15670 CNR8 0100-0300
15710 CNR6 0100-0900 --- Probably a stop for maintenance. de Hiroshi 
(S. Hasegawa, Japan, Dec 29, dxdlyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. CNR1 B-12 schedule from Nagoya Aoki list:

17890 572 0130-1100(=7290)
17845 723 0630-1000(=6125)
17605 572 0130-1000(=11710)
17595 723 0100-0630(=17845)
17580 725 0200-1000(=11925)
17565 572 0200-0730(=9830)
17550 572 0100-1030(=9845)
15550 572 0000-0800(=7345)
15480 572 0100-1000(=5945)
15390 725 0300-0500,1000-1100(=9420)
15380 572 0030-0300,0700-1100
15370 723 0100-1100
13700 725 2300-2400,0300-0500,1000-1100
13610 954 2300-1300(=9810)
12055 725 0300-0500,1000-1100
12045 572 2300-1100(=9860)
11960 572 0100-0900(=6175)
11925 725 1955-0200,1100-1735(=17580)
11760 723 0000-1200(=7365)
11750 723 2200-0800(=7305)
11720 723 2330-1100(=9710)
11710 572 1955-0030,1000-1735(=17605)
11630 725 0300-0500,1000-1100(=6180)
 9890 725 1955-2300(=13700)
 9860 572 1100-1735(=9900)
 9845 572 1955-0100,1030-1735(=17550)
 9830 572 1955-0200,0730-1735(=17565)
 9810 954 1955-2300,1300-1730(=13610)
 9710 723 1955-2330,1100-1735(=11720)
 9675 572 2300-1000(=5030)
 9655 725 1955-2400(=CNR8/15390)
 9645 572 0100-0830(=6000)
 9630 916 0100-1200(=6080)
 9630 725 1200-1300(=CNR8)
 9500 723 1955-1735
 9470 572 1955-2300(=12045)
 9455 725 1955-2400(=CNR8/12055)
 9420 725 1200-1300(=CNR8/15390)
 7365 723 1200-1735(=7215)
 7345 572 1955-2400,0800-1735(=15550)
 7305 723 1955-2200,0800-1735(=11750)
 7290 572 0955-0130,1100-1735(=17890)
 7275 572 1955-0030,1100-1735 (=15380)
 7230 594 1955-1735
 7215 723 1955-2400(=11760)
 6180 725 1955-2400,1200-1300(=11630)
 6175 572 1955-0100,0900-1735(=11960)
 6125 723 1955-0100,1000-1735(=17595)
 6125 572 1955-2300,1000-1735(=9675)
 6080 916 1955-0100,1200-1735(=9630)
 6000 572 1955-0100,0830-1735(=9645)
 5970 ??? 0900-1735
 5945 572 1955-0100,1000-1735(=15480)
 4800 916 1955-1735
 4750 2021 1955-1735
(via Wolfgang Büschel, BCDX Dec 30, via DXLD)

Apparently these are the CNR1 frequencies which are officially 
registered, and not intended as jammers. Heard anywhere else, CNR1 are 
likely to be jammers (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)

** CHINA. 4815-4900, OTH Radar, 1137, Dec 29. Strong blocking 
pulsating noise; gone by 1313 (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean 
Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake on Dec 28 at 1359 found 7390 // 7550 // 11500; all 
fair. Later at 1523 found FD and CNR1 jamming on 6075 (Ron Howard, 
Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

[and non]. 17495, Dec 29 at 0040, music and non-standard Chinese, lite 
fading and lite echo. Aoki shows it`s CRI in Cantonese, 0000-0057, 500 
kW, 193 degrees from Beijing site, to be followed by Amoy from 0100.

17645, Dec 29 at 0041, different Chinese than 17495, and with more 
fading. Only listed is VOA Std Chinese via Tinang, PHILIPPINES during 
this hour only; and then found // 15385 from same. 17645 has 
additional QRM, weak music under, maybe Firedrake. The main 17645 and 
15385 signals heard here are more likely to be CNR1 jamming than VOA 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)  

17815 Still on not registered channel in 05-06 UT slot, maybe the CNR1 
unit is parked there for further jamming on another channel against 
RFA or SOH? (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 26, dxldyg via 
DXLD)

11500, 28/Dec 0030, Firedrake Chinese with good signal. On 12370 at 
0052, moderate signal (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana - BA, Brazil, 
Degen 1103, 16 meter dipole antenna - East/West, dxldyg via DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

Firedrake Dec 29 before 0100, searched for after hearing CRI on 17495:
16920, poor at 0043
16600, very good at 0043
15970, very good at 0044
14400, poor at 0048 with flutter
13850, good at 0050
12870, fair at 0050
12370, poor at 0050
12320, fair at 0051; none in the 11s, 10s, 17s or 18s

Firedrake Dec 31:
7390, fair at 1431, mixing VOA Cantonese as usual; no others sought
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

CRASH & BANG CHINESE OPERA MUSIC JAMMER, AKA FIREDRAKE,
aka Chinese Opera Music Jammer [narrow version]

From B12 (beginning 28-Oct-12) posted logs (various sources);
during the UTC hours noted. All broadcasts originate from East 
Jammerstan. Transmissions will typically change frequency and time 
often, as the jammer's target moves.

* Not reported on this frequency during 2012 before B12.

 5965* 12
 6020* 21
 6025* 18
 6075* 15
 6970* 11
 7380* 19
 7385* 18
 7390  13, 14
 7415* 18
 7550* 12, 13
 9315  14
 9350* 13
 9355  19
 9390* 14
 9455* 19
 9455  19
 9680  12
 9780  13
 9875* 19
 9905  18, 19
 9955* 15
 9980  01
10960  00, 11
11545  11
11775* 14
11945  19
11970  01, 13, 14, 23
11975* 23
12230  00, 11, 12, 13, 14
12320  00, 08, 13, 14
12370  00, 01, 06,07, 12, 13, 14, 23
12500  00, 01, 06, 07, 09, 13, 14
12670  00, 01, 08
12800  00, 01, 08
12870  00, 01, 08, 11, 13
12980  00, 01, 06, 07, 13, 23
13130  08
13270  01
13350  01, 14
13430  00, 01, 08
13530  01, 06, 07, 13, 23
13675  09
13775* 00
13820* 00
13850  00
13920  00, 23
13970  00, 06, 07, 08, 12, 14
14370* 09
14400  00, 01
14600  01
14700  00, 01, 06, 07, 08, 09, 12
14750  00, 01, 06, 07, 08
14800  01, 06, 07, 08, 09
14870  01, 06, 07
14980  00, 01, 07, 23
15385* 00
15400* 14
15485  13
15555  12
15565  13, 14
15570  13, 14
15800  00, 01, 02, 06, 07, 08, 09, 23
15870  08, 09
15900  00, 07, 08, 09, 23
15940  06, 07, 09, 11
15970  00, 01, 06, 07
16100  00, 01, 06, 07, 08, 09
16250  06, 07, 08
16361  01
16600  01, 08, 09
16920  00, 01, 06, 07, 09
16980  01, 11, 12
16990* 06, 07
17080* 06, 07, 08, 09
17170  01, 11
17250  00, 06, 07, 01, 11
17300* 01, 06, 07, 08
17370  01, 06, 07, 11
17450  01, 07, 08, 09
17510* 10
17535* 14
17645* 00
17690* 01
17790* 13
18200  01, 09, 13
18250  01
18970  01

-- Updated 31-December-12 (Harold Frodge, MI, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Firedrake Jan 2: 11970, poor at 1329, presumably as usual against 
unheard Sound of Hope 100-watt nuisance transmitter from Taiwan, which 
in Vietnam would get you thrown in jail (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** COOK ISLANDS. Radio Cook Islands --- With the recent discussion and 
interest in Walt Salmaniw's trip, I thought some might like to hear 
the recordings I made of Radio Cook Islands' 630 kHz signal during
my visit to Rarotonga in April 1993. During my stop at the studios of 
RCI I learned that their shortwave broadcasts ceased the previous year 
due to a transmitter fire at the telecom building in downtown Avarua. 
Sadly, that was the end of 11760 kHz, the last of Radio Cook Islands' 
shortwave frequencies to be heard. This is a link to a folder on 
Box.com with two MP3 recordings (90 min. total), three photos, and a 
"readme_1st" text file.
https://www.box.com/s/54f9bd67h9mso23h0fvy
I hope you enjoy this look back at Radio Cook Islands from the early 
1990s! 

I would share a Cook Islands QSL image if I had one. I have only QSLed 
sporadically through my DXing "career", and that station was not one 
which I pursued. Wasn't the most common RCI QSL an illustration of a 
native blowing into a conch shell? OK, after a little Googling this is 
what I was thinking of: 
http://www.antique-corner.com/SWLQSL/cook.htm
A larger, clear version: 
http://andyrobinsradio.com/files/8613/4815/3987/Radio_Cook_Islands-small.jpg 
(the QSL above) (Guy Atkins, SW Bulletin Dec 25 via DXLD)

Read more about Guy’s trip here: 
http://www.owdjim.gen.nz/chris/radio/DXSoundBites/R_Cook_Islands/ 
(Thomas Nilsson, ibid.)

RADIO FROM RARO Written by Paul Ormandy

"Raro" as the locals call it, is formally known as Rarotonga and the 
main island of 15 in the Cook Islands Group. And like most of the 
islands of the Pacific, it has a history rich in radio broadcasting, 
and sadly it too has declined from grace as a shortwave broadcaster 
though its current MW operation on 630 kHz is heard around the 
Pacific.

Read the full story at : 
http://radiodx.com/nzrdxl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=296&Itemid=43
(Thomas Nilsson, SW Bulletin Dec 25 via DXLD)

ZK1ZA COOK ISLANDS EDUCATIONAL RADIO by Arthur T Cushen

“Initial broadcasts of the Cook Islands Broadcasting Service were 
heard on ZK1ZA Rarotonga operating on 4954 kc and heard on May 29 1957 
using a power of 350 watts. This station was followed by the reception 
of ZK5 on 5045 and ZK6 3265 kc on July 19 1962.

In the same year, the Cook Islands Broadcasting Service added new 
calls to its transmissions and extended its service. The former 
callsign of ZK1ZA was taken over by the new broadcast band transmitter 
on 820 kc. ZK5 was the new call on 5050 kc and ZK3 on 9695 kc 
according to the closing announcement of the station.

On March 21, 1981, still assigned the call ZK4, broadcasts were heard 
on 11760 kc throughout the day with a relay of the mediumwave service 
and using a power of 500 watts. The transmission continued for some 10 
years on this frequency until the transmitter building was destroyed.”

Read the full story at http://www.radioheritage.net/story112.asp
(Thomas Nilsson, SW Bulletin Dec 25 via DXLD)

QSL card from Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 1957
http://www.janeresture.com/oceania_postcards6/index.htm
(Thomas Nilsson, ibid.)

** CROATIA [and non]. Re 12-52: Voice of Croatia killing shortwave as 
of January 1

If I try to use the http://www.hrt.hr/live to listen to VOC, I get a 
"Can't stream media. Sorry, this content is not available in your 
area" (!!). Is it just me? (Eduardo Peralta, Argentina, Dec 27, dxldyg 
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Same error message! (Jean-Michel Aubier, France, Dec 27, ibid.)

Same message received here in Germany too. >I get a "Can't stream 
media. Sorry, this content is not available in your area" (!!).
73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.)

try 
http://www.hrt.hr/index.php?id=hrt-uzivo
or use the podcasting service at http://rnz.hrt.hr/ 
(choose Glas Hrvatske at "Mreža" and scroll down to see broadcasts in 
German, English and so on) Regards, (Daniel Kähler, Germany, ibid.)

Tell me what is so "!!!" about messages like these? Try watching US
television or listening to US radio-stations or UK broadcasters while 
their football matches. It is no problem listening to HRT radio Glas 
Hrvatske if you choose the right website which I mentioned some 
minutes before. Regards, (Daniel Kähler, ibid.)

The same here! The whole problem shows the stability of internet as a 
medium for multimedia streaming! Do we all have to know Croatian in 
order to listen to the online stream? Isn't it an International 
program? 73, (Georgi Bancov, Bulgaria, ibid.)

Georgi, I wonder how well Bulgarians can understand Croatian, compared 
to some other Slavic languages? Is Russian closest? (Glenn Hauser, 
ibid.)

Hi Glenn, I understand some of the content from "first reading" but 
it's not that easy to surf in the website in order to find particular 
content. Bulgarian is very close to Macedonian (Macedonia has been a 
Bulgarian province since 926 in fact) and we are also very close to 
Serbian and Russian. The grammar is very different, but most of the 
words are similar or the same. Hope I explained it well. 73! (Georgi 
Bancov, ibid.)

Georgi, I was thinking more of listening than of reading, by people 
who have not actually studied the related languages. If Bulgarian is 
very close to Serbian it should also be very close to (spoken) 
Croatian, where of course the alphabet does not matter (Glenn Hauser, 
ibid.)

Yes. I may understand a major part of the content when listening but 
not everything, of course. 73! (Georgi Bancov, ibid.)

Voice of Croatia no more on shortwave --- Hello! From 01.Jan.2013 the 
Voice of Croatia will not be on short-wave anymore. Official info:
http://www.hrt.hr/index.php?id=186&tx_ttnews[cat]=99&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=14946&tx_ttnews[backPid]=185&cHash=ca603d252d
(Ivan Huziak, Dec 29, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

"The Voice of Croatia would like to inform you that as of the 1st of 
January 2013, this program will no longer be broadcast on short wave. 
You will still be able to hear us on medium wave in Europe, via 
satellite and on the internet worldwide."
http://www.hrt.hr/index.php?id=186&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=14946&cHash=dfeaeb384a
(via Kim Elliott, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

I sent an e-mail to HRT – Croatian Radio yesterday after seeing some 
preliminary postings about them terminating their shortwave 
broadcasts. Here is the response which confirms that they are, in 
fact, leaving shortwave at year end. 73, (Rich D`Angelo, NASWA yg via 
DXLD) Viz.:
 
Dear Mr. D'Angelo, Many thanks for your letter and your interest in 
our program Voice of Croatia. It is true that we will not broadcast it 
via shortwave from 1st January – the transmitting costs are not 
corresponding to number of listeners who are using shortwave as 
reception method. However, you can steel receive this program via 
satellite (AMC-4 101  west, frequency 12.120, vertical polarization, 
symbol rate 30.000) or – much easier – via Internet broadcast 
http://www.hrt.hr/uzivo - link „Glas Hrvatske”.
 
Kind regards, János Römer, assistant program director
HRT – Croatian Radio
Prisavlje 3, Zagreb (via Rich D`Angelo, Dec 28, NASWA yg via DXLD)

More short sighted decisions by bean counters who have no idea of the 
value of shortwave radio (Mark Coady, dxingwithcumbre yg via DXLD)

When was the last time you actually listened to the content of Voice 
of Croatia English broadcasts for more than 5 minutes? 73! (Georgi 
Bancov, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

I listened to a complete 10-minute newscast in English yesterday, but 
to be honest I was only hoping for the music to start! (Eduardo 
Peralta, Argentina, ibid.) hoping = waiting in Spanish (gh)

3985, Dec 28 at 0556, poor signal with song about one word ahead of // 
7375 via Germany, i.e. Voice of Croatia, which is about to self-
destruct (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

[non]. 7375, Dec 29 at 0300 I make a point of listening to `Croatia 
Today`, which will be removed from SW as of January 1. Reception via 
Nauen, GERMANY is not very good, poor signal with fading. The news 
items are punxuated by stingers between them, ending at 0309.5 and 
into weather; 0310.5 repeat top stories; 0311 here it is: the 
announcement that Voice of Croatia will no longer be on SW, with best 
regards, so keep listening on MW, satellite, internet. Then recitation 
of full schedule including satellite particulars; 0313 into music. So 
now we have only two or three more nights to hear Croatia on SW, with 
English also at 2315 when aimed only to S America. 

Instead of 8 hours a day to the Americas, why not give us, say, one 
hour a day via a transmitter we can hear reliably, like WHRI, 
including the 5-15 minutes in English – or just the English which a 
lot more Americans understand than Croatian, saving a bunch in 
transmission costs. But no, it`s all-or-nothing, following the model 
of too many other defunct SW broadcasters.

Aoki would have us believe that at 0300 there are three x 100 kW 
transmitters running, at 240, 255 and 325 degrees, but HFCC shows only 
two, at 255 and 315 degrees. And since HRT moved from Wertachtal in A-
12 to Nauen in B-12, it seems reception has generally degraded; both 
with 100 kW, but being further south and west, Wertachtal has a 
propagational advantage to N America, and probably better antennas. 
{Why the move? Is Nauen cheaper?} (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 
1650, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

CROATIA/GERMANY/SINGAPORE, Voice of Croatia leaving shortwave from 
Jan. 1 --- Dear listeners Croatian Voice! From January 1, 2013 this 
program will no longer be broadcast on shortwave. You'll still be able 
to find us on the medium wave in Europe and on the satellite and the 
Internet for the whole world. Funds which have hitherto been used to 
service the transmission on shortwave will be used to offer diverse 
content of this program including the launch of multimedia content. 
Here schedule of shortwave until Dec. 31

0000-0200 on  7375 NAU 100 kW / 300 deg to CeAm
0200-0400 on  7375 NAU 100 kW / 315 deg to NEAm
0400-0600 on  7375 NAU 100 kW / 325 deg to NWAm
0600-1700 on  7370 DEA 100 kW / 000 deg to WeEu
0700-1100 on 17860 SNG 100 kW / 135 deg to AUS
1700-0600 on  3985 DEA 100 kW / 000 deg to WeEu
2300-0400 on  7375 NAU 100 kW / 255 deg to SoAm  (DX RE MIX NEWS #761 
from Georgi Bancov & Ivo Ivanov, Dec. 30, 2012 via DXLD)

Deanovec on 7370 now almost booming in here (Kai Ludwig, 1520 UT Dec 
31, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

And at 1925 check Deanovec is still on, a third second ahead of 1134, 
as scheduled having switched to 3985 where it comes in as poor as it 
always used to do (Kai Ludwig, 1931 UT Dec 31, dxldyg via DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

Also still on air is 3985 from Deanovec, so they did not turn it off 
at midnight UT (Kai Ludwig, 2248 UT Dec 31, ibid.)

3985 HRT Croatian Radio transmitter on 31 Dec heard in parallel to 
1134 MW at 2255 with Blue Danube Waltz and National Anthem until a few 
seconds before 2300. Then 3985 tx went off air (1134 continued). I 
guess 3985 is now off for good. 7375 via Nauen heard very weakly from 
tune-in at 2305 in parallel to 1134; however, no English at 2315 as 
scheduled. Seems like English has been pre-empted for a highlights 
show of some sort. English News bulletin was aired earlier at 1700-
1715 on 3985 closing with announcement that HRT programmes would
no longer be carried on shortwave from 1 January (Alan Roe, 
Teddington, UK)

7375, Dec 31 at 0557, sounds like Croatian comic opera with bass 
singing; presumably the last of VOC on this German relay, since it`ll 
be UT 2013 by tomorrow night. 

7375, Jan 1 at 0157 via Nauen, GERMANY, Voice of Croatia is still on 
with music, 0200 the spread-out timesignal and Croatian. Presumably 
abolition of SW will ensue by the next night. This night, there were 
reports of English and Spanish appearing at odd times during the span, 
perhaps in farewell altho not saying much if anything about it.

7375, Jan 2 around 0210, V. of Croatia relay via Nauen, GERMANY, is 
still on, despite ``Jan 1`` termination of SW; but around 0050 UT Jan 
3 it`s gone, forever. Walter Brodowsky of M&B replied Jan 2 to an 
inquiry from Rich D`Angelo, NASWA: ``The transmission is cancelled 
since today. It was our initiative to leave it on the tx due to the 
fact that we had not received a clear statement how to proceed`` 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1650, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. NUEVO BLOG: "HISTORIA DE LA RADIO EN CUBA"

Saludos Colegas Diexistas y Radioescuchas del Mundo !!! Ya se acerca 
un nuevo año y con él estaremos en las vísperas de celebrar el III 
ENCUENTRO DIEXISTA COLOMBO-VENEZOLANO 2013, en la ciudad de Paipa, 
Departamento de Boyacá, Colombia; los dias 5 y 6 de Enero, en homenaje 
al colega diexista colombiano José Mauricio Rangel Neira.

Por tal motivo y aunado al XXXVI aniversario del CLUB DIEXISTAS DE LA 
AMISTAD - el pasado 1 de Diciembre - queremos hacerles un regalo de 
fin de año, con la publicación de un nuevo blog, dedicado a la 
"HISTORIA DE LA RADIODIFUSION EN CUBA"; en homenaje al historiador 
cubano Oscar Luis López, un verdadero apasionado de la radio, a quién 
conocí personalmente en el Hotel Nacional de La Habana!!

Dicho material - aún en revisión - fué un trabajo de recopilación 
histórica para un Concurso Internacional en 1992, organizado por Radio 
Cubana y Radio Habana Cuba, con el cual gané el primer premio: un 
viaje a la isla, con gastos pagos durante 7 días, que me permitió 
posteriormente en 1996 conocer muchos lugares históricos de la radio 
reseñados aqui. Basado en el libro "La Radio en Cuba" de Oscar Luis 
López, realicé una cronología del mismo y a través de otras fuentes 
pude plasmar no solo material bibliográfico sino también material 
visual de la época, como por ejemplo Tarjetas QSL´s de muchas 
estaciones de radio cubanas que ya son parte de la rica historia del 
país antillano. Seguiremos documentando y publicando más historias, 
pero creo que ya es hora de dárselos a conocer!!!.

Como siempre estamos a la espera de sus críticas y sugerencias 
constructivas. Sabemos que faltan muchas historias por contarles y si 
ustedes tienen material que nos sirva para documentar este nuevo blog, 
serán recibidas y publicadas allí.

POR EL DIEXISMO LATINOAMERICANO, HAY QUE SUMAR Y MULTIPLICAR, NO 
RESTAR NI DIVIDIR! ...EN PAIPA NOS VEMOS !!! EN NOMBRE DE TODOS LOS 
SOCIOS DEL C.DX.A - INTERNACIONAL, LES DESEAMOS UNA FELIZ NAVIDAD Y UN 
VENTUROSO AÑO 2013 !!!

Amigos, aquí le dejo el enlace de éste regalo, para que puedan 
disfrutarlo:
http://historiadelaradioencuba.blogspot.com

(Ing. Santiago San Gil González, Socio Activo CDXA-0001, CLUB 
DIEXISTAS DE LA AMISTAD, Barinas, Venezuela, Dec 31, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST) Includes lots of pre-revolutionary info and QSLs (gh, DXLD)

** CUBA. 840, CMHW Dobleve, Santa Clara, Villa Clara. 2218 December 
27, 2012. Male with maybe baseball highlights, then female, into 
McCartney’s “No More Lonely Nights” then a couple of Cuban vocals. At 
2239, J. Giles Band “Centerfold” and more DJ chatter. Two short, one 
long warbled time sounders around 2259, male canned ID, “Esta es CMHW… 
cadena provincial de radial… frecuencia popular…” into male and female 
alternating newscast, almost all being Villa Clara items, some phoned-
in reporters appending their names with “… Dobleve” at the end of the 
feeds, sports segment at 2315. Hosts names and “buenas noches” at 
2328, fill music, CMHW theme, canned ID, reverb canned announcers 
opening a Cuban dance/techno music program. Fair and slowly building 
to very good, with a little WHAS co-channel.

842.00, UNIDENTIFIED. 1147 December 27, 2012. A carrier here, suspect 
another one of the growing Cuban mystery carriers (1121 and 1159 
currently). Not present at 1730 (my local 12:30 p.m.) check, so if 
Cuba, not the western half. And not CMHW, heard later in the afternoon 
where it should be, on 840.

990, Radio Guamá, Pinar del Río, Pinar del Río. 0302 December 22, 
2012. Local level with Cuban salsa-ish, female DJ, into Evanescence 
“Bring Me to Life”. Parallel sometimes very good 1070 and poor 1020.

1000, Radio Guamá, Los Palacios, Pinar del Río. 0048 December 23, 
2012. Bubbled up poorly under Radio Artemisa (so, there is still a 
dedicated Radio Guamá transmitter here, or somewhere in Pinar del Río 
at least, on this channel). Very old, traditional Cuban vocals, male 
ID just after tune-in. Artemisa with more current Cuban ballads and 
dominating.

1000, CUBA, unidentified with Radio Rebelde audio, unknown site. 0128 
December 23, 2012. Rebelde sounders, ID, back to live baseball 
coverage, parallel 5025 shortwave, and eventually parallel 1020 kHz, 
which would likely indicate someone else (Guamá?) picking up the 
Rebelde network for game coverage. 

Yet another example that a Cuba station on a “new” channel isn’t 
necessarily so as so often mis-reported. Impossible to pull a Rebelde 
audio – if there was any – on 1020 to maybe confirm Guamá. Someone co-
channel on 1000 from Cuba, maybe Radio Artemisa, with vocals. There’s 
always the possibility is could really be a new Rebelde here too, for 
that matter. And see 1080 unidentified.

1020, Radio Guamá, Bahía Honda, Pinar del Río. 0305 December 22, 2012. 
Poor, parallel 990, 1070. Mostly under Radio Reloj.

1070, Radio Guamá, Guane, Pinar del Río. 0304 December 22, 2012. Very 
good, parallel 990, 1020.

1080, Radio Ciudad de la Habana, unknown location (Güines? Villa 
María?). 0121 December 22, 2012. Checking for David Crawford’s dual 
Cuban anthems stations that he heard at 0500 – Radio Cadena Habana and 
Radio Ciudad de la Habana ID’s he noted. Here at 0121, Radio Cadena 
Habana signal was huge, as always, with Cuban modern vocals, male 
canned ID 0159: "Desde la capital. Esta es Radio Cadena Habana, la 
Emisora de la Música Cubana." Nothing else except for a brief KRLD 
Dallas fade-up under for a few seconds. Then finally Radio Ciudad de 
la Habana faded up though mostly staying under RadCadHab from around 
0238, male ID 0241. 

Glenn Hauser was hearing this a couple of months ago. My theory was a 
network link-up via the RadCadHab transmitter. But not so, it's 
definitely two stations. And at 0254, another Ciudad de la Habana ID. 
0300 reverb female “Ciudad de la Habana” over vocal. But wait! There’s 
also a Radio Surco currently on the channel. See log.

1080, Radio Surco, unknown site. 2250-2252 December 22, 2012. Tune-in 
2250, audio dropped 2251-2252 on Radio Cadena Habana for almost a 
minute. Cuban vocals audible under. Possibly Radio Ciudad de la Habana 
(see separate log), but at 2300, a nice fade-up with male canned ID, 
“Esta es CMIF, Radio Surco” into vocals. Same ID 1080 at 2343. Seemed 
to be the one with a “Noticiero provincial de… (something) news feed a 
few minutes earlier, but not 100% sure on that. EcuRed entry  
http://www.ecured.cu/index.php/Radio_Surco 
has a link to the station, but (at least tonight) it simply loads up a 
fine blank white page; typical Cuban retro-technology. And, no trace 
of Radio Surco on 930 kHz. For that matter, it was unheard in the Keys 
back in October. My last Surco logs were 1140 kHz from the Florida 
Keys in October, 2012, heritage 930 kHz in August, 2011 (this one has 
gone untraced since), and on 890 kHz where it briefly replaced Radio 
Progreso audio in December, 2010, also flipping to Radio Chambas audio 
at times.

1080, CUBA unidentified, with Radio Rebelde audio, unknown site. 0211 
December 23, 2012. Bubbling up with Radio Rebelde coverage of live 
baseball parallel 5025 shortwave. Certainly someone merely relaying 
the game via Rebelde. Not Radio Cadena Habana, which was mostly 
dominating, so Radio Surco or Radio Ciudad de la Habana maybe? See 
1000 kHz similar observation.

1110, Radio Angulo, Mayarí, Holguín. 0208 December 26, 2012. Current 
Cuban rap/techno dance vocals, male DJ. Reverb ID. Eating WBT, 
Charlotte rather well.

1140, Radio Musical Nacional, unknown site (western Cuba). 0306 
December 23, 2012. Horrible female opera, parallel good signal 
flagship 590 kHz. Mostly underneath unidentified (Miami?) Spanish 
news/talk that is ever so slightly off-frequency on the high side. 
This Musical Nacional channel has been active here for years, a 
dedicated transmitter and audible day and night frequently 

(Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, Pile of junk used: JRC NRD-
535; ICOM IC-R75; Hammarlund HQ-180A; Sony ICF-7600GR; Sangean PR-D5; 
Aqua Guide 705 RDF Marine Radio; GE Superadio III; JPS NF-60 Notch 
Filter; JPS ANC-4 Noise Phase; 1 X roof dipole; 1 X room random wire; 
Terk Advantage non-active portable loop, dxldyg via DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** CUBA. 5025, Dec 28 at 0557, R. Rebelde talk audio with continuous 
breakup, unlistenable; recheck 0614 for a moment OK, then music is 
breaking up too. It`s incredible the Cubans just can`t get their acts 
together from studio to transmitter.

5025, Jan 1 at 0649, R. Rebelde audio is breaking up during a song, a 
great start to another year by the engineering geniuses at RadioCuba 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 5855-AM, Dec 28 at 0545, spy numbers, very strong signal 
equivalent to the big RHC transmitters, and probably shared with them: 
YL with only 5 digits in Spanish, 05607, then switch to digital 
noises; a minute later one more different 5-digit group, back to 
digital. I bet Arnie never refers to these ``digital tests``.

11750, Dec 29 at 0052, RHC music is here // 11760 like in the 
mornings, the only time 11750 is supposed to be on air per own 
schedule, 13-16 UT:
``América Central 11750/9810 25/31 13-16/22-06 UTC``
Maybe here by mistake instead of 9810, which I did not think to check?

I did check elsewhere on 25m at 0052; found RHC on 11680 but not 11840 
to S America, so 11750 could just as well be a mistake for 11840.

9511-9512, Dec 29 at 1312, the distorted spurblob from RHC is peaking 
around here, out of the 9540 transmitter.

11840, Dec 30 at 0143 check, RHC Spanish is back on here unlike last 
night, and not on 11750 which is supposed to be mornings only. Not on 
9810 either.

Sunday Dec 30 at 1446, tail of `En Contacto` finishing enumerating the 
names of the ``129 most active E.C. listeners in 2012``. The only 
known SW program to do this! WTFK? Well, 17580 is off, 15340 is open 
carrier, so that leaves poor 17730 and 15230, VG 13780. 1518 recheck, 
17580 is now on with open carrier, like 15340, and 13780 is off, but 
all four 25m channels are on: 11690, 11750, 11760, 11860.

11760, Jan 2 at 1330, RHC is missing, allowing CRI English to be heard 
instead, with flutter; Commies not vs Commies for a change (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Collision continues on 11880: see 
JAPAN [non]

** CUBA [non]. 5954.22, Radio República seems off the air for last 
fortnight (Bob Wilkner, FL, SW Bulletin Dec 25 via DXLD) As of when? 
Undated report (gh)

** CZECHIA. CZECH REPUBLIC, Radio Bila Hora on Dec 31 / Jan 1st? Hat 
schon jemand einer Frequenz fuer die Sylvestersendung von Radio Bila
Hora?? (Friedrich-Walter Adam, Germany, A-DX Dec 27 via BC-DX Dec 30 
via DXLD)

Hallo - "wahrscheinlich" auf der KW 3333.33 kHz und paralell MW 1233 
kHz-siehe hier <http://rbh.czechian.net/> (Google Translator nutzen!)!
(Theodor Averbeck-D, A-DX Dec 27, ibid.)

Radio Bila Hora --- Czech pirate station Radio Bila Hora is on the air 
with its annual New Year's Eve broadcast. Its frequency is 2541.6 kHz. 
Currently loop tape with IDs and time signal, heard via the SDR 
receiver in Twente (Paul, UK, 1721 UT Dec 31, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)

Just detectable here, at 1854 UT. The 2001D's sync detector just 
manages to lock onto the carrier and there is very faint music under 
the noise. Had to go into the loft to rotate the ALA1530 loop to null 
local QRM, but only partly succesful. Thanks for the tip! Happy New 
Year to All (Nick Rank, Buxton UK, Sony ICF2001D, ALA1530 loop, ibid.)

R Bila Hora very weak here on a clear channel, just caught an ID at 
2040 UT, then into music. Happy New Year (Dave Kenny, Caversham, AOR 
7030+ 25m long wire, ibid.)

2541.562, Radio BILA HORA in Czech, fair signal from traditional Dec 
31 ONLY broadcast. Rather weak via SDR on University receiver at 
Twente Netherlands.
http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/

QSL via e-mail after 2-3 minutes reported in A-DX newsgroup. vy73 
(Wolfgang df5sx, 1851 UT Dec 31, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Around 1945 the signal came in surprisingly good here on the radio in 
the kitchen (not a kitchen radio, an ATS 818 with nice, broad AM 
reception, much unlike the awfully muffled sounding ATS 909-X).

> QSL via e-mail after 2-3 minutes reported in A-DX newsgroup.

Beware, these postings were about another annual Czech pirate 
operation, called Radio Bila Dira, on 6325 where the radio in the 
kitchen only goes buzz. Here are the related postings:

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Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:42:40 +0100
From: Horst Cersovsky

Subject: [A-DX] Pirate Radio aus Tschechien auf 6325 kHz

Da Bila Hora hier bislang nicht hörbar ist, empfange ich in 
Sangerhausen Radio Bila Dira seit etwa 16:15UTC mit 44333.
NRD 525G mit Grahn GS3-SE +ML2. QSL angekündigt über 
biladira@hotmail.com
Guten Empfang und einen schönen Jahreswechsel -73s Horst

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Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:50:59 +0100
From: "Friedrich-Walter Adam"
Und die eQSL kam vor 5 Minuten von Radio Bila Dira auf meinen Rechner.
73 Fritz-Walter (via Kai Ludwig, dxldyg via DXLD)

** DIEGO GARCIA. 4319 USB, AFN. Jan 1 heard with no QRM at 1329 with 
C&W song; talk of the past years sports scandals; military PSA; “A-F-
N” ID; 1340 back to C&W music; poor-fair. AFN Guam on 5765 USB was 
strong with TV audio feed (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón 
E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ECUADOR. 3380.06, Dec 18 0300, Tentative CRI Imbabura with weak 
audio and maybe there is a “Radio Centro” in the speech. The music was 
coming through better. No sign of this one the last days. First log I
saw of a station here was on Dec 7 in DXLD by Jerry Lenamon. Dave 
Valko also managed to log this one on Dec 11 and was kind enough to 
notify a few other keen US DXers to watch the frequency (See Ralph 
Perry’s comment below). CRI was definitely ID’ed by Pedro Arrunátegui 
as Centro Radio Imbabura, Ibarra, Ecuador. TN (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden, 
SW Bulletin Dec 25 via DXLD)

Pedro, En los [audio ficheros de PFA] de 3380, no oigo más que música. 
Tienes certeza absoluta que se trata de CRI? 73, (Glenn to Pedro F. 
Arrunátegui after he sent me audio files which were not really 
attached to or embedded in, Chasqui DX, via DXLD)

Debes escuchar con audífono como indico en el Chasqui, escucharás: 
``Ésta es Radio Centro, Radio Centro`` y luego el pasillo. Escúchalo 
más de una vez y verás que es R. Centro; por el ruido es un poco 
difícil. Seguro que es Radio Centro. 73's (Paco to gh, via DXLD)

3380.07, 2325-2355 fade out 26.12, Centro Radiofónico de Imbabura, 
Ibarra (tentative) Spanish talk - reactivated after 5 years, 15211 
(Anker Petersen, from Skovlunde, Denmark, on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 
metres of longwire, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD)

** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 26/12, 5005, Bata is here! 1909 with LA song 
1911 talks by OM in Spanish, not 2025. Recording here
http://www.ipernity.com/doc/zliangas/14032079/
(Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ETHIOPIA. UNIDENTIFIED: Is anyone else seeing the carrier on 9566.8 
kHz? I'm not getting any modulation, however it has the same 
propagation characteristics as Radio Australia and Radio New Zealand 
have this morning. Fluttery and ranging between S5- almost S7 at 1535 
UT 29 DEC 2012. Carrier is a little drifty, +/- 20-30 Hz (Al Muick, 
Whitehall PA USA, Microtelecom Perseus / Wellbrook ALA1530P, dxldyg 
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

ETHIOPIA, Nearby wanderer is mostly down v9563 kHz, for many months 
from Ethiopia. But higher wandered on 9566.889 to 9566.955 and again 
down, up an down, same unstable \\ is today 7235.174 kHz at 1540 UT.

ETHIOPIA/ERITREA 9562.912 Radio Ethiopia carrier noted at 1400 UT, Dec
11.

5950 even. Most powerful signals from that HOA region this morning Dec 
13. R Ethiopia's V of Tigre Revolution program, from Addis Ababa. 
S=9+20dB powerful signal. News read by female announcer. Similar 
strength also on Ethiopians on 6090 and 6110 kHz at 0418 UT.

7179.989, frequency footprint today Dec 13, V of Broad Masses from 
Asmara, Eritrea, S=7-8 signals weaker than ETHiopians on 49 mb.

7204.984, Probably different language program from same station, heard 
HOA music at 0433 UT Dec 13.

7232.991, Probably Radio Ethiopia [at other times on 9562v and 9705v 
kHz], weak S06 signal on 0436 UT Dec 13. Hit by Radio Rossii signals 
from Yakutsk site on adjacent even 7230 kHz.

9705 centered broadband White Noise jamming by Ethiopians against 
Asmara Eritrea outlets. From 0500 UT Dec 13. Covered 9691 to 9720 kHz 
frequency range.

Underneath two peaks visible on Perseus rx screen 9705.029 kHz, and
probably also PBS Urumqi Xiniang China in Kirghiz language program.

Nothing heard of R Ethiopia on 9562v on Dec 13.

9562.925, Radio Ethiopia heard with HOA music at 1431-1435 UT Dec 15,
S=8-9 in Germany. Hit heavily by US propaganda stn Deewa Radio in 
Pashto to AFG/PAK/IRN on 9565 kHz via Wertachtal Germany, latter 
S=9+20dB. Used PBT + Notching 9564 to 9570 kHz range on remote SDR 
Perseus unit (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 11/13/15, 
ibid.)

An UNID station again wandering around 9566.927 kHz some 30 to 40 
Hertz up and down continuously, most likely R Ethiopia \\ 7234.886 kHz 
around 0424 UT Dec 31. Brazilian is lower around 9564v (Wolfgang 
Büschel, Stuttgart, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 30, dxldyg via DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** EUROPE. FRS-Holland will be on air tomorrow Sun Dec. 30th

Hello FRS Friends, A final reminder informing you that FRS-Holland 
will be on air tomorrow Sun Dec. 30th on:

* 6070 kHz
* 5800 kHz
* 7685 kHz

So, we won't be on our usual 7600 spot but 7685 instead. Programs on 
7685//5800 kHz will commence at 0800 UT/09:00 CET with an official 
start on these channels & 6070 kHz at 0852 UT/09:52 CET. FRS will 
close down at 1500 UT/16:00 CET. As from onwards 16:00 CET onwards 
streaming audio via http://frsholland.net:8000/frsh.m3u

FRS-Holland' s December's Holiday Season broadcast is a long time 
tradition featuring great music, letters & mails, radio related 
topics, Season's Greetings, DX News and more. Listen out and don't 
miss it --- true Free Radio! All the best, FRS Team

a Balance between Music & Information joint to one Format....
FRS-Holland
POBox 2702
6049 ZG Herten
The Netherlands
e-mail: < frs@frsholland. nl>
(via Rich D`Angelo, Dec 29, NASWA yg via DXLD)

** FINLAND. 6170, 0940-1035 25.12, Scandinavian Weekend R, Virrat, 
Finnish ann and talk, English songs 35333 (Anker Petersen, from 
Skovlunde, Denmark, on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, 
via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD)

** GABON. RIP Gabon on SW --- Thanks to Finnish DXer, Sami 
Niemeläinen, I have found out that Africa No. 1 will be ceasing 
shortwave operations on December 31st so we only have a few days left 
to hear them. The regional service of Rdf-TV Gabonaise, which was 
relayed by Africa No. 1 at one time, has not been heard in a very long 
time. So this means we are losing another radio country (Mark Coady, 
Editor, Your Reports Express, Listening In, Ontario DX Association, 
Dec 27, dxingwithcumbre yg via DXLD)

[shortly later:] Apparently Sami Niemeläinen got it wrong. Africa No. 
1 is NOT leaving SW, CVC 1 Africa from Zambia is. The confusion 
apparently stems from the fact that the logo for Africa No. 1 was 
included in the letter he got. So, we're not losing a radio country, 
after all, as ZNBC is still active on both 5915 and 6165 (Mark Coady, 
ibid.)

1Africa, the CVC brand is NOT the same as Africa No. One, Gabon! (gh)

Africa No 1. also closing December 31st --- My information is Africa 
No 1 is also closing on the 31st of December (Robin VK7RH Harwood, 
Norwood, Tasmania 7250, Dec 27, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

It wouldn't be surprising as the station faces serious financial 
difficulties for years The staff in on unlimited strike since Dec 18.
Is Africa No1 Paris also concerned ? The two branches are independent. 
Regards (Jean-Michel Aubier, France, ibid.)

Just curious to know where this news originated? Station staff? 
Somewhere else? (David Sharp, NSW, ibid.)

Hasn't this news already been identified as a misunderstanding, 
originating from mentions of "1 Africa" closing?

This is of course the brand Christian Vision uses for the radio 
program transmitted from Zambia (not Meyerton as I saw it mentioned 
elsewhere), the one that indeed closes down on Dec 31 (they not just 
turn off the shortwave transmitter but obviously abandon the brand 
altogether, considering the already set-up forwarding from 1africa.tv 
to cvcmedialive.com).

It is another story, and some a bit different from such a "strategic" 
closure, that the Moyabi facility appears to be at the fringe of 
breaking down (Kai Ludwig, Germany, ibid. WORLD OF RADIO 1650)

There will be red faces in Melbourne --- My information came from 
Melbourne who also quoted that Finnish report. Anyway Gabon has not 
been heard of late as stated here. So it was CVC Zambia and not Africa 
No1 in Gabon? (Robin VK7RH Harwood, Norwood, Tasmania 7250, Dec 28, 
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGET)

> However Gabon has not been heard for a while anyway

Not a surprise in light of the current situation. Moyabi could be 
already dead.
http://www.gabonactu.com/ressources_g/actualites_gabon_2011.php?Article=1977
http://www.infosplusgabon.com/index.php/actualites/submenu-6/149-gabon-la-mauvaise-gestion-et-les-detournements-de-largent-public-paralysent-africa-nd-1
(Kai Ludwig, Dec 29, ibid.) Viz.:

GABON : LA MAUVAISE GESTION ET LES DÉTOURNEMENTS DE L’ARGENT PUBLIC 
PARALYSENT AFRICA N  1 --- 22 Décembre 2012  Divers-Gabon-Africa N 1

LIBREVILLE, 22 décembre (Infosplusgabon) – A l’image de plusieurs 
grandes réalisations gabonaises (Chemin de fer Transgabonais, Air 
Gabon, Grands hôtels de Libreville et Franceville, etc.), la radio 
panafricaine Africa N  1 peine à recouvrer les bénéfices et la 
sérénité parmi ses vaillants journalistes.

Ces derniers sont entrés en grève illimitée depuis mercredi afin de 
mettre fin au climat délétère entretenu par une direction qui n'arrive 
pas à mettre en place un plan de restructuration malgré les sommes 
allouées pour sortir la radio panafricaine de la galère dans laquelle 
elle est plongée.

Les journalistes se plaindraient du non paiement de 5 mois de salaires 
ainsi dque des arriérés jamais perçus. C’est une des raisons pour 
lesquelles  l’administrateur judiciaire d’Africa n  1, Me Roger Valère 
Moussadji aurait été interpellé et placé en garde à vue par la Police 
Judiciaire (PJ ) à Libreville.

Il est demandé à M. Moussadji de justifier l’utilisation de 800 
millions de francs CFA mis à la disposition d’Africa N  1 peu avant la 
tenue de la Coupe d’Afrique des nations (CAN) en janvier 2012 à 
Libreville et en Guinée Equatoriale.

Placée sous redressement judiciaire en 2011, Africa n  1 n’a pas connu 
un redressement palpable et sa situation s’est empirée. Les 
journalistes auraient toutefois obtenu du gouverneent la garantie du 
règlement prochain de leurs salaires.

Africa n  1 est une station de radio gabonaise créée en 1981. Elle 
avait, à sa création, le statut d'une société d'économie mixte, qui 
associe le Gabon et la France. Elle est diffusée en Afrique, en 
Europe, et en Amérique du Nord. C'est la première radio généraliste 
internationale du continent africain.

La station revendique une audience de 30 millions de personnes dans le 
monde. En 1996, elle s'élevait à 20 millions.

La station Africa n  1 est née de la volonté du feu président gabonais 
Omar Bongo Ondimba qui commence par faire ériger un centre de 
diffusion à Moyabi, opérationnel en 1979. En 1981 l'État gabonais, des 
investisseurs privés et la SOFIRAD financent la création d'Africa no 
1. La SOFIRAD désormais dissoute par le gouvernement français, cède 
ses actions à un groupement appartenant au gouvernement libyen.

En échange du soutien financier de la SOFIRAD (société à capitaux 
publics français), la station de Moyabi relaie depuis février 1981, 
les émissions de Radio France Internationale (RFI).

FIN/INFOSPLUSGABON/PIL/GABON 2012 (via DXLD)

Gabon is still on air. 73! (Georgi Bancov, 1349 UT Dec 29, dxldyg via 
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Yes, Gabon is still there as of 1818 on Dec 29. Africa No. 1, 9580 
Moyabi. Dec. 29, 2012. Saturday. 1759-1818. French talk. Time pips at 
1800 followed by more French talk. Afro music from 1810. Poor; strong 
het at a guestimated 900-1000 Hz, presumed Medi 1 from Morocco; the 
Medi 1 modulation is present but unreadable and tuning down to 9579.1 
(EiBi) does not improve it. Jo'burg sunset 1703. Regards, (Bill 
Bingham, RSA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

MISMANAGEMENT AND EMBEZZLEMENT OF PUBLIC MONEY PARALYZE AFRICA N+1 ---
- to 22 December 2012

Just like many great achievements Gabon (Railway Transgabonais Air 
Gabon Great hotels Libreville and Franceville, etc.)., Radio Pan 
Africa No. 1 just to recover profits and serenity among its valiant 
journalists.

These are entered on strike since Wednesday to end the poisonous
atmosphere maintained by a management that fails to implement a
restructuring plan despite the sums allocated to the radio Pan out of 
the galley in which it is immersed.

Journalists complain of non-payment of 5 months salary arrears and 
dque [sic] never collected. This is one of the reasons for the 
administrator to Africa No. 1, Mr. Roger Valère Moussadji was arrested 
and taken into custody by the Judicial Police (PJ) in Libreville.

It is requested that Mr. Moussadji justify the use of 800 million CFA
francs available to Africa No. 1 shortly before the holding of the 
African Cup of Nations (CAN) in January 2012 in Libreville and 
Equatorial Guinea.

Placed under receivership in 2011, Africa No. 1 has not rebounded 
palpable and his situation worsened. Journalists have however obtained 
gouvernment the next settlement guarantee their salaries.

Africa No 1 radio station is a Gabonese created in 1981. She had, at 
its inception, the status of a mixed economy company, which combines 
Gabon and France. It is broadcast in Africa, Europe, and North 
America. This is the first international radio general of the African 
continent.

The resort boasts an audience of 30 million people in the world. In 
1996, it stood at 20 million.

Station Africa No. 1 is born from the desire of the late President 
Omar Bongo Ondimba which begins to erect a broadcasting center in 
Moyabi, operational in 1979. In 1981 the Gabonese government, private 
investors and fund the creation of SOFIRAD Africa No. 1. SOFIRAD now 
dissolved by the French government sells its shares to a consortium 
owned by the Libyan government. 

In exchange for financial support SOFIRAD (French-owned company), the
relay station Moyabi since February 1981, Radio France Internationale
(RFI). (Libreville, December 22 (Infos_plus_gabon, poorly translated 
via BCDX Dec 30 via WORLD OF RADIO 1650, DXLD)

** GERMANY. [Re 12-52:] At 2030 UT bombing in on 9850 kHz with 
Christmas music, woman talking probably by radiophone to a German ship 
captain, apparently in the Pacific since he mentioned Callao several 
times. My German language is very bad, but he offered Christmas 
greetings to his father, grandfather and other relatives, including 
Ramon. A neat, different sort of program (Don Jensen-WI-USA, DXplorer 
Dec 24 via BC-DX via DXLD) The NDR Xmas Eve special

** GERMANY. Hamburger Lokalradio (HLR) will broadcast another series 
of special SW programs for the holiday season. The station will use 
the low-power transmitter in Goehren on 7265 and 6190 kHz.

Schedule for HLR New Year specials:

Saturday, December 29th 2012

0500 - 1000 UT, 7265 kHz

0500 "HLR Radio Tropical" (music from Cuba plus reports in Spanish and 
Portuguese
0600 "New Letters on the Air" (English)
0630 "Glenn Hauser's World of Radio" (English)
0700 "HLR Swing Lady Carola Marwitz-Schramm" (music feature, German)
0800 "HLR Poetry" by Mascha Kalenko (German)
0900 Radio City - the station of the Cars (multilingual)

1000 - 1300 UT, 6190 kHz

1000 "HLR Um Goethes Willen" (music and literature, German)
1100 "HLR Swing Lady Carola Marwitz-Schramm" (music feature, German)
1200 "HLR Poetry" by Mascha Kalenko (German)

1300 - 1700 UT, 7265 kHz

1300 "HLR Swing Lady Carola Marwitz-Schramm" (music feature, German)
1400 Radio City - the station of the Cars (multilingual)
1500 "HLR Um Goethes Willen" (music and literature, German)
1600 "New Letters on the Air" (English)
1630 "Glenn Hauser's World of Radio" (English)

Monday, December 31st 2012

0500 - 1000 UT, 7265 kHz

0500 "Focus" (containing reports from Deutsche Welle Radio, English)
0600 "Earth & Sky" (science and technology, English)
[was originally only a 2-minute capsule; many strung together? gh]
0700 "Deutschlandreise" (feature courtesy of DW Radio, German)
0800 "HLR Lalelu" (a cappella music from Hamburg, German)
0900 "HLR Herzschlag" (love stories, German)

1000 - 1300 UT, 6190 kHz

1000 "Literatur Club" (featuring A. Stoltenberg, German)
1100 "HLR Lalelu" (a cappella music from Hamburg, German)
1200 "HLR Herzschlag" (love stories, German)

Tuesday, January 1st 2013

0500 - 1000 UT, 7265 kHz

0500 "HLR Radio Tropical" (music from Brazil plus reports in Spanish 
and Portuguese)
0600 "Radio Books" (courtesy Huis de Buren, English)
0700 "HLR Radio Nostalgie" (featuring Leguana Cuban Boys, German)
0800 "HLR Special - Auxiliary tools for severely disabled people" 
(German)
0900 "HLR Greek Songs" (German/Greek)

1000 - 1300 UT, 6190 kHz

1000 "HLR Wir pfeifen nicht nach Ihrer Tanze" (German)
1100 "HLR Greek Songs" (German/Greek)
1200 "HLR Radio Nostalgie" (featuring Leguana Cuban Boys, German)

1300 - 1700 UT, 7265 kHz

1300 "HLR Radio Nostalgie" (featuring Leguana Cuban Boys, German)
1400 "HLR Greek Songs" (German/Greek)
1500 "HLR Wir pfeifen nicht nach Ihrer Tanze" (German)
1600 "HLR Special - Auxiliary tools for severely disabled people" 
(German)

Wednesday, January 2nd 2013

0500 - 1000 UT, 7265 kHz

0500 "HLR Radio Tropical" (music from Latin America plus reports in 
Spanish and Portuguese)
0600 "New Letters on the Air" (English)
0630 "Glenn Hauser's World of Radio" (English)
0700 "HLR Kultur pur" (German)
0800 "HLR Schwarz auf weiss" (literature, German)
0900 "HLR Technikmagazin" (German)

1000 - 1300 UT, 6190 kHz

1000 "HLR Schwarz auf weiss" (literature, German)
1100 "HLR Kultur pur" (German)
1200 "HLR Technikmagazin" (German)

1300 - 1700 UT, 7265 kHz

1300 "HLR Kultur pur" (German)
1400 "HLR Schwarz auf weiss" (literature, German)
1500 "HLR Radio Tropical" (music from Latin America plus reports in 
Spanish and Portuguese)
1600 "New Letters on the Air" (English)
1630 "Glenn Hauser's World of Radio" (English)

Hamburger Lokalradio welcomes reception reports and will QSL all 
correct reports. Return postage is highly appreciated. Address: 
Hamburger Lokalradio, Kulturzentrum LOLA, Lohbruegger Landstrasse 8, 
21031 Hamburg, Germany; E-mail: redaktion@hamburger-lokalradio.de
(Thomas Völkner, Dec 28, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Note that this puts WORLD OF RADIO back on 7265 instead of 6190 for 
the 1630 airing Saturday, and next week/year at least also on 
Wednesday (gh)

Re: Hamburger Lokalradio (HLR) schedule for HLR New Year specials: 
Saturday, December 29th at 1300 - 1700 UTC, 7265 kHz

1300 "HLR Swing Lady Carola Marwitz-Schramm" (music feature, German)
1400 Radio City - the station of the Cars (multilingual)
1500 "HLR Um Goethes Willen" (music and literature, German)
1600 "New Letters on the Air" (English)
1630 "Glenn Hauser's World of Radio" (English)

Frequency 7265 was clear and at good strength when tuned at around 
1430, but from 1500 CRI started their Hindi programme on this 
frequency causing moderate QRM. At 1600 CRI co-channel and very strong 
in Russian which means no chance to clearly hear  the English 
programmes - including WoR unfortunately. HLR audible but more or less 
buried (Noel R. Green (NW England), Dec 29, dxldyg via DX LISTENING 
DIGEST) HLR info never says so, but Büschel says it`s USB only (gh)

** GERMANY [non]. 9800, Dec 31 at 1458, mix of DW IS, and VOA Korean. 
Such overlap should have been avoided: VOA 12-15 via PHLIPPPINES, DW 
1500 [sic]-1557 Swahili via RWANDA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST

** GREECE. 7475, Dec 30 at 0607, R. Philia phrequency of VOG is off 
the air; 9420 is on with usual Sunday Greek Orthodox chanting, which 
goes on and on and on, still past 0705, nice to doze off to. Next 
Sunday Jan 6 should be really special.

7475, Jan 1 at 0632, VOG is // 9420 with Orthodoxish chanting, rather 
than separate R. Filia service on 7475, which comes and goes from one 
day to the next. Will things now get back to ``normal``, or not until 
January 7? Doubt so, even then.

7475, Jan 2 at 0628, music is not // VOG 9420, so the R. Filia service 
must be running today with mostly music fill during the Albanian 
segment (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1650, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUAM. 13362-USB, 1015-1025 24.12, AFRTS feeder, Barrigada, English 
talk 25232 (Anker Petersen, from Skovlunde, Denmark, often via 
transpolar routes at odd times, on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of 
longwire, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD)

5765-USB, Jan 3 at 1346, AFN is on today after missing another day, 
but very poor vs. OTH radar pulses (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** GUIANA FRENCH. NHK 5960 ID loop? Tuned across NHK on 5960 and found 
them in their id/jingle at aprox 0225 UT. It's now 0239 and the same 
ID loop. Seems someone has fallen asleep at the controls? 73, (Jeramy 
W5XTL Ross, Lawton, OK, UT Dec 31, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST

Still on with a very strong signal here in Germany at 0320 UT (loop in 
Japanese/OM & English/YL plus Japanese piano melody) under an Arab 
language station. Hope they do QSL that loop ;-) 73 & HNY, Tom 
(DL8AAM) Rösner, ibid.)

Jerry And Thomas: Noted same here at my QTH running bilingual loop ID 
with piano melody. At 0213 UT tune-in, joined in progress. I sent word 
to NHK about this and sent a reception report. I hope someone wakes up 
Master Control in Tokyo or Yamata! That is unless it is Guiana French. 
5960 used to be an old RCI frequency when they were active in the 
80's. 73's (Noble S West, Clinton TN, Tecsun PL380 DSP and Whip 
Antenna, ibid.) This happens periodically (gh)

** INDIA. 4810, AIR Bhopal, 1431-1500, Dec 28. Live coverage in  
English and Hindi of the T20 cricket match between India and Pakistan.

Coverage //:
4820.0 AIR Kolkata (with QRM)
4880 AIR Lucknow
5010 AIR Thiruvananthapuram

NOT // with:
4760 AIR Port Blair (Andaman & Nicobar Islands)
4775 AIR Imphal (off the air today)
4840 AIR Mumbai
4970 AIR Shillong (off the air today – so two NE India stations not 
heard today)
5050 AIR Aizawl (mixing with BBR/China) (Ron Howard, Asilomar State 
Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

AIR Extended broadcasts tonight --- Hello! Happy New Year 2013 to all 
DXLD readers & DXers! Many stations of All India Radio will be 
operating  on SW / MW / FM with extended special broadcasts on 31 Dec 
2012 past 1830 UT (Midnight Indian Time) to usher in the new year. On 
SW, the following stations were heard in previous years.

4775 Imphal
4800 Hyderabad
4810 Bhopal
4835 Gangtok
4860 Shimla
4940 Guwahati
4950 Srinagar
5010 Thiruvanathapuram
 
So look out for these stations this year also. Thanking you, Yours 
sincerely, (Jose Jacob, India, Dec 31, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

AIR carrying running commentary of India v Pakistan one day cricket --
- Following AIR stations were noted carrying running commentary of 
India v Pakistan one day cricket match at MA Chidambaram Stadium, 
Chepauk, Chennai :

At 0745 UT:
7210 Kolkata
7325 Jaipur
7430 Bhopal
7440 Lucknow

Schedule for future matches : 3rd Jan 2013 - India v Pakistan Eden 
Gardens, Kolkata ODI D/N - 0600-1430 UT
6th Jan 2013 - India v Pakistan Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi ODI D/N - 
0600-1430 UT --- (Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, Dec 30, dxldyg via WORLD 
OF RADIO 1650, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. AIR Hyderabad --- FEBA program via AIR Hyderabad on Sundays 
in Telugu at 0205 on 4800 & 738 is not heard lately. TWR & Bible 
Society of India programs relayed by AIR FM Rainbow Hyderabad from 
Delhi at 1630 is also discontinued now as Hyderabad station is not 
relaying Delhi station nowadays.

Radio Japan programs via AIR FM Rainbow Hyderabad also not heard after 
test transmissions some months back. Alokesh Gupta informs that in the 
recent Radio Japan listeners meet held in Delhi, it was clarified that 
they are awaiting some more clearances from AIR.

Meanwhile AWR programs continues on AIR Hyderabad Vividh Bharati 
channel in Telugu several time per week at 1200-1230. Yours sincerely, 
(Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, Dec 30, National Institute of Amateur Radio, 
Hyderabad, India, Mobile: +91 94416 96043, http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos 
dx_india yg via DXLD)

** INDIA. 4850, AIR Kohima, 1417-1449*, Jan 1. In English with pop 
songs and wishes for “Happy New Year”; mostly poor and mixing with 
China. Not a good day for Kohima reception! (Ron Howard, Asilomar 
State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. 4940, *0025-0040 27.12, AIR Guwahati, Assam, AIR IS, Vande 
Mataram hymn, Assamese (presumed) talk, 0029 sitar, 0030 Hindi news,
transmitter fall-out 0032-0037, English news, 0040 Assamese (presumed) 
talk about Buddha 35444 (Anker Petersen, from Skovlunde, Denmark, 
often via transpolar routes at odd times, on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 
metres of longwire, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD)

** INDIA. 5040, AIR Jeypore (tentative), 1408, Jan 1. Was this 
Jeypore? Fair signal strength but distorted audio; have not heard them
before with audio problems, so seems to have just started; on air 
phone calls (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via 
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. 7270, All India Radio, Chennai. 1155-1208 December 25, 2012. 
Clear but weak, parallel much stronger 15050, with Hindi vocals, 
female “All India Radio” ID in otherwise presumed Tamil (Terry L. 
Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, Pile of junk used: JRC NRD-535; 
ICOM IC-R75; Hammarlund HQ-180A; Sony ICF-7600GR; Sangean PR-D5; Aqua 
Guide 705 RDF Marine Radio; GE Superadio III; JPS NF-60 Notch Filter; 
JPS ANC-4 Noise Phase; 1 X roof dipole; 1 X room random wire; Terk 
Advantage non-active portable loop, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. 7550, Dec 31 at 2133 tune-in, AIR GOS better here than // 
9445, and not audible on 11 MHz, as mailbag `Faithfully Yours` is 
about to wrap up its 2120-2135 Monday broadcast, shux --- no, it 
isn`t, keeps on going until 2144, so is it expanded, off-schedule, or 
retimed? M&W take their time reading each reception report and 
replying, usually adding more scheduled times & frequencies for AIR 
that might be heard in writer`s area; also pointed out frequencies 
which changed on Oct 28 vis-à-vis some mentioned in old A-12 reports. 
At 2134-2139, they read a complete report, including all his program 
details, from Bruce Portzer, Seattle, for 7550, sometime in November, 
which he said was weak but in the clear until 2230*. They concluded by 
asserting his report was ``of immense value`` to AIR and its 
listeners. Followed by two more, from Netherlands, and Japan, until 
sign-off with unison ``Faithfully Yours,`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. Dirty spurious signals in 31 mb --- Puzzled me past 30 
minutes from 0245 UT Dec 31, a very dirty spurious signal of some 
noisy cratches and undoubtedly of Urdu-Dari language family music, 
like from Radio Pakistan. But instead is AIR Kingsway transmitter in
Urdu to Pakistan, which puts two symmetrical spurious on air on 9683 
to 9698, but also on lower side on 9498 to 9506 kHz. Scheduled 0015 to 
0430 UT. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

Forgot the source frequency: must be 9595 as in HFCC: 9595 0000 0430 
41N DEL 250 334 0 706 1234567 281012 310313 D 9700 Urdu IND AIR AIR 
10220 (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)

** INDONESIA. 3325, R.R.I., Palangkaraya, 1621 Indonesian, female host 
speaking to caller on the telephone. Poor Dec 28 (Harold Sellers, 
Vernon, British Columbia, Listening in my car with the Eton E1 and 
Sony AN1 active antenna on the car roof, dxldyg via DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. 4749.96, RRI Makassar. It’s Tuesday (Jan 1) so I tuned 
in at 1249 to see how conditions were for reception of the Kang Guru 
Indonesia (“K-G-I”) program in English that normally starts just after 
1300; instead I immediately heard the KGI theme song “Friends”, which 
was played 4 or 5 times during the show; their program was in 
progress, so an early start; heard Kevin Dalton with ending 
announcement at 1310 followed by an RRI jingle and into Bahasa 
Indonesia; poor; no sign of Bangladesh that had been reported 
broadcasting today (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, 
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INTERNATIONAL WATERS [and non]. Ships Monthly article on pirate 
radio --- Latest issue of Ships Monthly just published has an article 
on pirate radio ships, read it in Smiths this afternoon, 4 pages at 
the back with around 7 or 8 photos of various ships IIRC, also 
articles on them all as well as a shot of the Olau Ferry passing 
Caroline. The front cover says 1960's pirate ships but also has the 
Mebo 2, Communicator, Jeanine and Ross Revenge featured.
http://www.shipsmonthly.com/magazine/latest-issue
(Mike Barraclough, Dec 29, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)

** IRAN [non]. 9990, Dec 29 at 1345, R. Farda ID in passing, poor 
signal. This is 250 kW, 315 degrees from Iranawila, SRI LANKA, at 
1300-1430, assuming the curtain antenna wind damage two months ago has 
not changed that; following 9990 via Kuwait at 0930-1300, per HFCC 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ITALY [non]. Hello all, IRRS from Romania on 7290 heard on December 
29th 2012 at 1900 UT with weird echo type audio problems. Audio seems 
to be back to normal at 1902 after brief interruption. English 
language heard with good signal into Montreal. I also take this time 
to wish Everyone a happy new year 2013! Good DX, 73 (Gilles 
Letourneau, Montreal, Canada, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

7290, 29/Dec 1935, Romania (Relay), IRRS Milano in English. OM and YL 
presents news. Good signal in remote radio from Nederlands. Very weak 
signal from my QTH, almost inaudible, only slightly noticeable in 
music. At 1940 ID and address, site, e-mail by OM (Jorge Freitas, 
Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S, 38 58´W - Brasil, ibid.) see also 
SARAWAK [non]

** JAPAN. Frequency changes of Shiokaze Sea Breeze from Dec. 26:
1330-1430 NF 5985 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE *various, ex 6135
2000-2100 NF 5955 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE *various, ex 5910
* Jap Mon/Wed/Thu; Chi/Kor Tue; Eng Fri; Kor/Jap Sat; Jap/Kor Sun
(DX RE MIX NEWS #761 from Georgi Bancov & Ivo Ivanov, Dec. 30, 2012 
via DXLD)

But the language rotation is not firm: Ron Howard confirmed this 
Friday was in Korean, not English (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)

** JAPAN. Not expecting to find much from NHK at midnight in Japan, 
since the demise of Sackville, and having been disappointed with their 
NYE coverage previous years, I try R. Nikkei instead, 9595, with a 
poor signal today, but at this late hour better than // 6055. Dec 31 
at 1459 Japanese talk, countdown from 5 to 0 at 1500 UT, ``Sakura`` 
played on shakuhachi, and then some other songs.

11910, Dec 27 at 2221, Japanese I had not noticed before but since it 
is // 11665 and synchronized, both are NHK direct from Yamata, at 290 
and 235 degrees respectively, far off from their Asian targets here, 
but respectable signals, especially 11665 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

[non]. INTERFERÊNCIA --- Amigos, Percebo que neste momento a Rádio 
Havana Cuba em português está transmitindo por cima da Rádio Japão 
também em português. O conflito está ocorrendo na frequência de 11880 
na banda dos 25 metros. Por favor passei informações de como estão 
recebendo essa frequência em suas regiões entre 2130 e 2200 UT. 73s 
(Leonaldo Ferreira, Lagoa de Dentro - PB, 28 Dec, radioescutas yg via 
WORLD OF RADIO 1650, DXLD)

11880, Dec 30 at 2131 check, something is barely detectable under RHC 
Portuguese. NHK Portuguese relay via GUIANA FRENCH must still be here. 
While RHC frequency mismanager Arnie Coro  is totally to blame for 
this usurpation, now NHK is also to blame for doing nothing about it 
for a sesquimonth. Well, there`s always A-13, when some random change 
may be in store to incidentally solve this in another trimonth.

Confirmed definitely NHK IS starting at 2129 Dec 31, way under RHC 
Cuban music and IS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Upcoming frequency change of Radio Japan NHK World in Portuguese to S 
America: 2130-2200 NF 11960 GUF 250 kW / 185 deg, ex 11880 to avoid R. 
Habana Cuba in Portuguese (Ivo Ivanov, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via 
WORLD OF RADIO 1650, DXLD) Hurry up

** KASHMIR. 4660, Dec 10 1630, All India Radio with AIR IDs (no 
location heard). Any info why this is still transmitting here? 
Presumed to be Leh with s/off at 1630. Strong signal but weak 
modulation. While I was listening the audio “live” at background when 
doing other things at the QTH I think I heard “Radio Kashmir” also – 
but no recording was on then. TK (Tarmo Kontro, SW Bulletin Dec 25 via 
DXLD)

** KASHMIR. 4950, R. Kashmir, *0118 and 0215*, Jan 1. Normal format; 
poor to almost fair (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, 
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH [and non]. 4557, Dec 29 at 1250, Juche jamming noise 
against V. of the People, which was hardly audible, but also on 4558 
something sending K over and over in CW, a rather pointless message 
unless it`s a marker/beacon. Also CODAR QRM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

6600, SOUTH KOREA, Voice of the People, 1643 Korean, female speaker. 
Poor with noise jammer, // 3912, 4450, 4557 all with jammers, 3480 no 
jammer, 6518 no audio heard thru jammer Dec 28 (Harold Sellers, 
Vernon, British Columbia, Listening in my car with the Eton E1 and 
Sony AN1 active antenna on the car roof, dxldyg via DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH [non]. CLANDESTINE - 5149.97, MND Radio, 1203-1250* Dec 
29. YL talking in Korean for entire transmission; off at 1250 after 
closing song. // 6360. Sig strength good on both freqs, but both freqs 
jammed, with the jamming on 6360 much louder here than 5149.97 - the 
latter freq was actually readable through the jamming (except that I 
don't know Korean). (John Wilkins, Wheat Ridge, Colorado, Drake R-8, 
100-foot RW. dxingwithcumbre yg via DXLD)

** KOREA NORTH [non]. Hi Glenn, Friday, Dec 28, Shiokaze heard in 
Korean at checks at 1334 and 1403 on 5985. For a long time had been
in English on Friday, but today broke that pattern (Ron Howard, 
California, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

5985, Sat Dec 29 at 1401, Shiokaze, fair in Korean, from JSR Tokyo, 
lite het from Myanmar on hi side. Ron Howard says this week the Friday 
1330-1430 broadcast was not in English, but in Korean, and jamming 
continues on ex-6135 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Listening from a radio remote from the Netherlands: 5985, 29/Dec 1422 
North Korea (Non), R Shiokaze (Presumed), in Korean (identified). Om 
talk, quick music, then YL talk (seemed to be the ID, but I not 
identify). At 1427 OM talk, instrumental music in background. At 1430-
1435 without modulation, only the carrier. 33433 (Jorge Freitas, 
Brasil, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Hi Jorge, Was interesting to note on Dec 29 that Shiokaze's former
frequency of 6135 was still being strongly jammed by N. Korea, even 
though Shiokaze moved to 5985 on Dec 26. Today causing heavy QRM for 
Laos on 6130 with their English programming from 1400 to 1430 (Ron 
Howard, San Francisco/Ocean Beach, ibid.)

** KOREA NORTH [non]. 9965, 31/Dec 1533, Palau (Relay), Nippon no 
kaze, il bon ue baram in Korean. YL talk strongly and emphatically. 
Good signal from radio remote in Nederlands, no signal on my Degen. At 
1539 talks to a man on the phone. 73 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, 
Bahia, 12 14´S, 38 58´W - Brasil, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KURDISTAN [non]. 11510, 31/Dec 1233, Moldova (Relay), Denge 
Kusdistani in Kurdish. Announcer talk with another by telephone. Good 
signal in remote radio from Nederlands, no signal in my QTH.

11510, 31/Dec 1557, Moldova, Denge Kurdistani in Kurdish. Local music. 
At 1558 OM with final salute and, ID by jingle. At 1600 end of 
transmission. Good signal. (Jorge Freitas-B)

7390, 31/Dec 1602, Bulgaria (Relay), Denge Kurdistani in Kurdish. OM 
talk, ID, address, e-mail, then presents newscast. Good signal with 
also QRM unidentified. 73 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 
Brasil, listening with remote radio in Netherlands, dxldyg via DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** KUWAIT. 19010, 30/12 0600, Radio Azadi, Pashto. OM: talk, 
'America', Economy (?)', 'Asia', música instrumental, 35543 RWG (os
15 metros não estão mortos!) (Rudolf W Grimm, Escutas realizadas em 
São José SC 28./30.12, Mais informações das escutas, em 
http://dxways-br.blogspot.com 
Rx: Degen DE-1103 / Sony ICF SW7600GR Ant.: Sangean 
carretel, 6m (indoor), radioescutas yg via DXLD)

** KYRGYZSTAN. 4010, *0000-0020 27.12, Kyrgyz R 1, Krasnaya Rechka,
National hymn, Kyrgyz ID like: "Birinchi radio", rock music 45333 //
4795 (33333 unstable transmitter) (Anker Petersen, from Skovlunde, 
Denmark, on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, via Dario 
Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD)

** KYRGYZSTAN. KYRGYZ REPUBLIC main power problems --- Kyrgyz Radio 
Bishkek suffered main power problems around Dec 28/29.
Extreme winter and powernet problems, only temporary... ?
<http://eng.24.kg/community/2012/12/27/25383.html>

But heard Dec 30 and 31 again on air: 4010.042, Kyrgyz R Bishkek heard 
"Jingle Bells" played melody on local Asian instrument. 1456-1500 UT 
Dec 31.

4050.083, R Rossii relay in Russian, news in Russian at 1503 UT.
4795.000, Kyrgyz R Bishkek not much strong at 1507 UT (Wolfgang 
Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 31, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** LIBYA. Radio Libia --- desde las 1930 UT entra como cañonazo por 
acá en 11600 kHz (Ernesto Paulero, Argentina, Dec 30, condiglist yg 
via DXLD)

** MALAYSIA. 7295, Traxx FM, 1701 English, man with news, music 
bridges between items, 1703 back to pop music. Poor, QRM from co-
channel Voice of Russia, Chita, in French Dec 28 (Harold Sellers, 
Vernon, British Columbia, Listening in my car with the Eton E1 and 
Sony AN1 active antenna on the car roof, dxldyg via DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

11665, 28/Dec 0034, RTM Wai/Sarawak FM in Vernacular. Until 0040 YL 
with long talk. 24332. 73 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana - BA, 
Brazil, Degen 1103, 16 meter dipole antenna - East/West, dxldyg via DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** MALI. 5995, RTM Bamako logged in French at 2326 UT Dec 23. Man 
ziehe den Volume Regler auf 35-40%, und schalte die "AGC Fast" aus,
auf OFF, dann hoert man sogar etwas von der Modulation.

Pulling the volume controller to 35-40%, switch off "AGC Fast" option,
set AGC to "Off", then you can hear some of the modulation from Bamako 
(Wolfgang Büschel, Dec 23, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 30 via DXLD)

** MEXICO [and non]. 540, Dec 29 at 0614 UT, ho hum, another night, 
and as soon as I tune in, hear ID for ``La Ranchera de Paquimé``, i.e. 
5 kW XETX in Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, also 90.5 FM. No doubt 
IDs are frequent making this not so strange. And again, when I null 
it, no XEWA SLP to be heard, but instead ``CBK`` Watrous in English as 
quickly confirmed by // ``CBW`` 990 Winnipeg.

540, Dec 30 at 0704 UT, for the fourth time recently, immediately upon 
random tune-in, here comes an ID for ``La Ranchera de Paquimé``, XETX, 
Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua. Not so dominant at the moment, but 
still nothing recognizable from XEWA further east (Glenn Hauser, OK, 
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 700, Dec 31 at 1314 UT only signal is weak Spanish, 6:15 
TC, i.e. UT -7. Sounds like this strangely-named one I have heard 
before, per Cantú, alluding to another town, Etchojoa:
700 XEETCH La Voz de los Tres Rios, Navojoa, Son. 5,000 D
which is an indigenous station with native languages, IRCA reminds us. 
The rustic fiddle and guitar tune I also heard fits too.

In summer the UT -7 would clinch it, but in winter, also on UT -7 
instead of UT -6 is a bigger-city possibility I doubt:
700 XEGD La Poderosa + FM 90.3 Hidalgo del Parral, Chih. 5,000 1,000
which I may never have heard.

Consult this handy map of Mexican timezones and oddities:
http://www.worldtimezone.com/time-mexico12.php

Then at 1320, WLW is fading in again with ID (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 750, Dec 31 at 1310 UT, noticias del estado de Sinaloa, 
mentioned more than once, political discussion, CCI; federal PSA vs 
drunk driving at fin del año; then announcement in English about New 
Year`s, Digital FM; then 89.5 pronounced in Spanish. What does Cantú 
say? It all fits for this one:
750 XECSI Éxtasis Digital + FM 89.5 Culiacán, Sin. 5,000 250
So is it really on day power long before sunrise even here in Enid?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. XETPH NUEVA RADIODIFUSORA INDÍGENA ABRE SUS PUERTAS A LOS 
PUEBLOS TEPEHUANO, MEXICANERO Y WIXÁRIKA
by gruporadioescuchaargentino

La primera voz que se escuchó en XETPH “La Voz de los Tres Pueblos”, 
fue la de María de Jesús Bailón Carrillo, joven indígena madre de 
familia que inauguró al aire la primera radio comunitaria indígena en 
el país, luego de que por más de 17 años no se pusiera en marcha una 
estación con estas características.

Desde la comunidad tepehuana de Santa María Ocotán y Xoconoxtle al sur 
de Durango, se genera ya la señal que cubrirá municipios indígenas 
huicholes, mexicaneros y tepehuanos de los estados de Durango y 
Nayarit.

Para los habitantes de Mezquital, el 9 de noviembre fue un día 
histórico. Se convirtieron en testigos del nacimiento de una estación 
cultural de radio que fue inaugurada por el director general de la 
Comisión Nacional para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas (CDI), 
Xavier Abreu Sierra, y el gobernador del estado, Jorge Herrera 
Caldera, en plena zona indígena de Durango, lo que les dará a los 
moradores de esta región la posibilidad de comunicarse entre sí y 
difundir su vasta riqueza cultural.

“Las tres voces de Durango” es la denominación de la radiodifusora que 
inició transmisiones a través de la frecuencia de Amplitud Modulada 
(AM) y que se podrá sintonizar en el cuadrante de los 960 Khz con las 
siglas de XETPH. Su horario de transmisión será de las 6:00 a las 
18:00 horas,de lunes a domingo.

Su nombre obedece a que en este medio de comunicación estarán 
representadas las tres principales lenguas que hay en las comunidades 
de esta zona indígena, es decir, tepehuano, mexicanero y huichol. 
Ubicada en la comunidad de Santa María de Ocotán y Xoconoxtle, a 196.4 
kilómetros de la ciudad de Durango y a 116.4 kilómetros de la cabecera 
municipal de Mezquital, la radiodifusora es producto de un compromiso 
que asumió ante las comunidades indígenas (tepehuanos, mexicaneros y 
huicholes) el presidente de la República, Felipe Calderón, el 21 de 
febrero de 2008, en el marco de la celebración del Día Internacional 
de la Lengua, en San Bernardino de Milpillas, municipio de Pueblo 
Nuevo, Durango.

Previamente, la CDI hizo una selección rigurosa de los locutores que 
estarán al frente de la radiodifusora. Con la incorporación de XETPH, 
“Las tres voces de Durango”, suman 21 radiodifusoras indigenistas en 
el país, aunque cabe subrayar que la anterior a esta se inauguró hace 
17 años, en 1995, y corresponde a Felipe Carrillo Puerto, en el estado 
de Quintana Roo, donde se ubica la XENKA, “La voz del gran pueblo”, 
que transmite en maya y español.

Apenas en abril de este año, la Cámara de Diputados aprobó por 244 
votos a favor, cuatro en contra y tres abstenciones, la reforma a 
diversas disposiciones de la Ley Federal de Radio y Televisión, para 
introducir la figura de las “estaciones indígenas” comunitarias en el 
marco normativo, con la pretensión de “eliminar estereotipos que 
fomenten la discriminación y la violencia”.

El delegado de la Comisión Nacional para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos 
Indígenas (CDI) en Durango, Oscar Ramón Ortiz Gutiérrez, comentó para 
la prensa local duranguense que “la puesta en operación de esta 
radiodifusora será el vehículo para impulsar la amplia riqueza 
cultural con la que cuenta esta región indígena de Nayarit y Durango, 
y fortalecer los lazos que unen a los pueblos hermanos huichol, 
mexicanero y tepehuano”.

Al aire, qué bueno, “La Voz de los Tres Pueblos”, desde la zona 
indígena de la sierra de Durango.(tomado de Etcetera) (via GRA blog 
via WORLD OF RADIO 1650, DXLD)

There`s one I am not going to hear in any KGWA Fox-hole at 0600 as 
long as it adheres to daytime-only 12-24 UT schedule (gh, DXLD)

** MEXICO. 1080, unidentified. 1201 December 22, 2011. National anthem 
in progress at tune-in, lost in the fade and pile-up of Cubans. XEXK, 
Radio Fórmula, Poza Rica, Veracruz likely, as last heard this time 
November 21 (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, Pile of junk 
used: JRC NRD-535; ICOM IC-R75; Hammarlund HQ-180A; Sony ICF-7600GR; 
Sangean PR-D5; Aqua Guide 705 RDF Marine Radio; GE Superadio III; JPS 
NF-60 Notch Filter; JPS ANC-4 Noise Phase; 1 X roof dipole; 1 X room 
random wire; Terk Advantage non-active portable loop, dxldyg via DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 1090, Dec 30 at 0610 UT, música romántica en inglés, loops 
N/S, full ID in Spanish I wasn`t expecting, including Milenio Radio, 
103.7, CST TC and temp. Therefore it is XEAU in Monterrey NL, 5/0.25 
kW per IRCA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Informative XE on 1390 --- ID heard 12/31 at 0700 UT in 
impeccable Spanish: "XHKT 88.1 FM y XEKT 13-90 AM Tecate...", whilst 
tearing local KLTX its nightly new one. Obviously this all means a new 
e-skip target for those in search of SoCal-area loggings; on 88.1 MHz 
listen for a mix of traditional XE-norteña and traditional US Jazz 
from KKJZ Long Beach during such pursuits. Many 73z – (GREG HARDISON, 
West San Fernando Valley, Loose Angeles, Dec 31, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Channel A2 NTSC, Dec 27 at 2358 UT, signal fades in from 
south, with net-5 bug in upper right; seems dubbed reality show 
including someone in a bear suit; also with zero-beat CCI, only weak 
signal but at 0003 UT Dec 28, MUF ascends briefly to ch A3 video, not 
// so at least we know this is not XHBQ Zacatecas. Nothing more until 
another ch 2 fade-in at 0107 UT. Only weak signals in fitful winter Es 
opening. 6m ham Es maps show most contacts are over mid-America, 
centered over Missouri.

Ch A2 NTSC, Dec 29 at 0106 UT tune-in, Es opening is in progress, 
heavy CCI from the south; one surges for a moment, with net-7 bug in 
UR, during boxing? This is one of those frustrating openings where no 
signal is clear in the mess. 6m ham maps show most of their contacts 
are across south-central USA, centered over AR/LA, little from Mexico. 
Brief glimpse of algo video on ch A4 too.

At 0126, MUF is up to A3 with algo, and shortly also A5 with algo.

0130, ch 2 mentions Tamaulipas, boosting my expectation that net-7 is 
most likely XHTAU Tampico. Audio from this is dominant, and it`s too 
loud, overmodulated verging on distortion; another peak at 0154 during 
novela from net-7. Weak opening continues past 0230 UT.

More winter sporadic E analog TV DX, UT Dec 30, all in UT:

0127, ch A2, weak in and out, net-7 with big 7 bug in UR

0147, ch A2 another fade-in with algo; 0148 Bengue and other ads; also 
ch A4 with algo

0151, ch A2 drama featuring an uppity Indian woman with braids as a 
servant who smax her mistress, à la India María; vivan racial 
stereotypes on Mexican TV. No 7 bug so another net

0159, ch A2 UR bug is not 7 but something else, mostly off the corner 
of my overscanned screen I cannot shrink

0200, ch A2, Nikzon ad, hemorrhoid remedy, and other medicals; very 
good peak video; algo on A5 too briefly

0202, ch A2, Canal de las Estrellas promo, so it`s net-2, possibly 
even XEW itself. Also algos on 4, 5, fitting the DF lineup in the 
waning months of analog

0218, ch A2, net-7 with animation; 0246 is dominating among the CCI; 
0320 the anim features dinosaurs; 0340 just about gone

0343, ch A2, Chihuahua mentioned, in ad? skip may have moved west

0352, ch A2, different bug in UR, Azteca 13? 0400 still in, 0405 quiz 
show; has CCI of about 5 kHz, heavy wide bars; at fade-up the bug is 
net-13 with tiny words AZTECA TRECE below it; all gone around 0415. 
Per W9WI.com of the several A-13s on 2, the only one with full 100 kW 
power is XHFA in Nogales, Sonora, but unseemed that far west.

Best sporadic E opening so far this winter, UT Dec 31 in progress at 
tune-in, all times UT, channels A-system NTSC analog:

0054 on 3, upper-right bug with Televisa horizontal oval logo, the 
word TELEVISA below it, and another word below that in tiny type, from 
the WSW, so suspect it is MEXICALI, i.e. XHBC. Some guy is speaking 
English with captions, apparently a soul singer as in the next few 
minutes. Also algo much weaker on 2.

0059 on 5, algo: Mexicali also has XHAQ which accompanies XHBC-3 if 
MUF coöperate. More on it to follow

0152 on 3, now in strong, still Televisa bug, chat show with six women 
on a couch, apparently about beauty and fashion in 2012y. Some almost 
zero-beat CCI, heavy bars typical of XHTJB Tijuana which is far too 
close to be on the same offset as Mexicali, and seldom surpasses XHBC 
here, which is at a closer almost-ideal skip distance. Show keeps 
going past 0200, now seeing five women. 0217 is snow free and I can 
barely make out MEXICALI as the tiny word at the bottom of the bug. 
Sometimes it`s invisible depending on the contrast behind it. Heavy 
ghosting now

0217 on 5, algo, presumed XHAQ Mexicali now that XHBC is in stronger; 
also on 2, algo CCI but weaker. There is a 2 in BCN also seen last 
summer

0223 on 3, ad for a cohetería --- I`m not sure what this is; a rocket 
shop or a place for farting? Or old farts?; political ad for Nueva 
Alianza; ad for cellphone company YOO. There`s also a free ice rink

0226 on 3, now a sextet of women chatting as another one enters

0230 on 6, weak video briefly and I recognize the net-5 logo in an 
italic oval, this time larger and screen-center. So it`s XETV Tijuana, 
which since it added DTV on UHF, has kept analog 6 on air with Mexican 
instead of American programming. Was XHGC not on in Tijuana before?

0238 on 5, apparently novela, Azteca-13 bug partially visible in UR, 
so XHAQ Mexicali 

0243 on 3, still in, but weaker; 0300 equestrian or rodeo, guy on a 
horse in an arena; probably XHBC switching to men`s show. Or corrida?

0312 on 2, weak CCI, still westerly rather than southerly

0344 on 2, still algo as opening is about to close

Another opening later the same UT day:

1658 on 2, algo with some Spanish music fades in

1701 on 2, ad for XL3VR, a cold-remedy tablet, not an exotic callsign

1703 on 5, algo as MUF rises

1704 on 2, news with large f bug in LR, i.e. net-4 Foro TV; smaller 
bug in UR appears to be same. Re low temps in Chihuahua, Coahuila, but 
I think this is a national cast. W9WI.com shows the only XHTV-4 relay 
on 2, of any power, is XEFE in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, and the 
direxion fits, altho this may be misleading, as I also remember seeing 
it via XHY-TV in Mérida, Yucatán, which is listed merely as 
INDependent. And BTW he shows that XEFE also relays XHGC-5. 

At 1711, this 2 is getting some 10-kHz offset CCI, but I have to go 
out at 1715 with the opening continuing. Anyhow, never heard anything 
on low end FM caradio, where most of the channels are blocked. 

1948 next check, no DX on ch 2, but at 2148 there is some weak Es 
briefly (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MICRONESIA. 4755.5, The Cross, noted at various times between 1130 
and 1330 with music, talk. Poor signal, but it held in for an hour 
after my local SR. ID for "The Cross" by woman just before 1258, 
mentioning 88.5 FM, their local channel. Expected some hoopla at 1300, 
which should be midnight on New Years Eve their local time, but they 
just played music right through. Website says SW is off the air, and I 
think it has been for a few months, but in the last 2 weeks or so, 
I've noticed something on this frequency; today was first time there 
was any real audio. Most days of the week they seem to be off by about 
1130; but on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, they seem to run past 
1200 (Art Delibert, N. Bethesda, MD, 12/31/12, Excalibur Pro, Pennant 
antenna with DX Engineering amp, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via WORLD 
OF RADIO 1650, DXLD)

I haven`t looked at it lately, but for a long time, The Cross website 
still said SW was off the air, when it had really come back after its 
first outage once it had started up, never updated (Glenn Hauser, 
DXLD)

** MYANMAR. 7109.995 kHz, 2012-12-28 at 2330 UT A3E. Die 7110 kHz 
Station Thazin Radio, Pyin Oo Lwin in Myanmar startete heute UTC-Dec 
28 um 2330 UT in das Morgenprogramm. Die genau gemessene Frequenz 
heute 7109.995 kHz. Praktisch S=9+10dB strength, 
Rundfunkversorgungslevel in der Moskau remote Perseus unit.

<thazinradio @ yahoo.com> and <thazinradio @ hotmail.com> 73 wolf 
df5sx P11 (Wolfgang Büschel, Dec 28, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews 30 via DXLD)

Thazin Radio 7110 kHz is back on the air after being off with 
transmitter trouble. I did not believe the excitement from Intruder 
watch to think that they had left the amateur bands, since they were 
also off 9460 in the 0430-0830 slot. Test tone and regular strength 
carrier noted around 1440 on the 28th to sign-off without any mod at 
1530. 29th morning regular programs 0045-0130+ on 7110 kHz (Victor 
Goonetilleke, Sri Lanka, 0143 UT Dec 29, dxldyg via DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

Thanks Victor. Perhaps still tweaking the tx? Dec 28, just like you, I 
heard strong open carrier shortly after 1500, which assume was Thazin 
testing their tx, which had been off the air starting Dec 25. Dec 29 
did random checking from 1207 to 1405, but Thazin clearly off the air 
during a time period I would normally be hearing a good signal from 
them. Thanks also to Robin Harwood for his monitoring of 7110. He also 
noted their absence Dec 29 at 1140 (Ron Howard, San Francisco/Ocean 
Beach, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Yes Ron, looks like they are trying to get back on the air. This 
morning seemed perfectly OK on 7110. I couldn't check this eve 0930-
1500. Busy seasonal visits and bad thunderstorms (Victor Goonetilleke, 
Dec 29, ibid.)

7110, Dec 29 at 1304, no signal from Thazin Radio, nor for the last 
few days, when it had normally been audible weakly. Ron Howard, 
California reports they have been off since Dec 25, altho occasionally 
a carrier lately, testing? Victor Goonetilleke, Sri Lanka, found 7110 
back in the local morning around 0100 Dec 29 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

I should also have reported that 5985.8 was again very good last 
night, much improved on their usual signal strength. This was on from 
my QTH and not on any remote. 24 hours previously the signal was 
weaker yet so was overall propagation. Victor is the ideal location  
for Thazin (Robin VK7RH Harwood, 2109 UT Dec 29, ibid.)

Hi Robin, Also with decent reception over here in San Francisco on Dec 
29 with exotic indigenous music and singing, along with indigenous 
chimes fanfare and singing jingle during 1246 to 1302. MP3 recording 
at 
https://www.box.com/s/23uzpbzzycqeahoqetih
(Ron Howard, ibid.)

Ron some of the NE Indian boys are even better for Myanmar. However on 
7110 with my 40m ham station dipole it`s 40 over 9. Very busy days 
with family time (Victor Goonetilleke, ibid.)

Listening from a remote radio in the Netherlands: 7110, 29/Dec 2327 
MMR, Thazin Radio in Chin (listed). Signal [tone] of 1 kHz. Probably 
which can be the beginning of the transmission of Thazin Radio. Yes, 
At 2330 signal ID and YL talk and ID. At 2333 local pop music. Fair 
signal (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana Bahia, Brasil, ibid.)

<thazinradio @ yahoo.com>  and <thazinradio @ hotmail.com>

2323 UT s/on mit gutem Signal, mit 1-kHz-Testton, bis dann gegen 2330 
UT das Programm einsetzt; Peak gegen 0030 UT (Sunrise 0010 UT).

0130 UT s/off (offenbar kein Englisch um 0130 UT, wie lt. Sendeplan 
WRTH 2013). (Nils Schiffhauer, Germany, DK8OK, A-DX Dec 24/25 via wb, 
ibid.)

It didn't appear last night (December 30th) on 7110 but 5985.8 was 
there with a radio play (1150) However audio seems to cut out at 
times. There is something on 7345 underneath the Chinese but cannot 
determine if it is Myanmar or audio bleedover from another sender at 
the Chinese site (Robin VK7RH, Tasmania, dxldyg via DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

I think I have the explanation for this situation. One of the two 
transmitters is off thr air. So the monitored situation is something 
like this.

2330-0130 they use the available tx on 7110, and 6030 kHz is off the 
air.

0130-0230, 0430-0830  on 9590 kHz and the service on 9460 is off the 
air.

0930-1500 7110 is off the air  and  the tx just came on the air on 
7345 kHz at 1030 UTC. They might attempt to have the 7110 kHz service 
once 7345 signs off at 1330. Need to check it. Busy family time of 
Christmas parties lunches dinners, etc., etc. DX takes a back seat! 
(Victor Goonetilleke, Sri Lanka, Dec 31, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 
1650, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

[and non]. Noted two stations around 9730, undoubtedly V of Korea 
Kujang on odd 9729.969 kHz in English, also probably Myanmar Radio, 
from Rangoon, scheduled 0230-0730 UT, heard on odd 9730.491 kHz. 0415 
UT Dec 31 (Wolfgang Büschel, Stuttgart, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 30, 
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA. Voice of Nigeria --- I was surfing the 41 MB yesterday 
afternoon and came upon the Voice of Nigeria on 7255 in English 
around. It was a top 10 Countdown. Looked at their website and the 
schedule indicated that the program should have been in French and 
that English is never on 7255 kHz. Is this a new frequency, a special 
New Years Eve program or a mistake? If interested, I live just outside 
of NYC in Long Island) (R K Sorrenti, Jan 1, ptswyg via DXLD) no time 
given

** NORTH AMERICA. 6970-AM, Jan 1 at 0639, YL with soft song, one of 
three pirates in a NYE fest, this one by far the best signal. 0646 
track outro as ``Headlock``, live 14:7 UT check, ``Power of X-FM``, 
reception reports to FRN, FRC, HF Underground; more unfamiliar but 
interesting music. 0659, ``30 seconds before the New Year in the 
(Mountain) timezone``, 0706 ``XFM Shortwave in C-Quam stereo, to the 
world to the power of X``.

6950-AM, another pirate, unID at 0639 Jan 1, some music, much weaker 
than 6970.

6925-AM, traces of a third pirate here at 0639 Jan 1, but 
unfortunately a variable bubble jamming blob from one of my cable DTV 
boxes has also landed here (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1650, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 930, Jan 1 at 1356 UT, WKY with two ads in English, so 
does the New Year bring abandonment of Spanish? No! English ads are 
welcome, if anyone wants to buy them and not bother to reproduce them 
in Spanish. Followed by ad for the new MundoFox TV network (in 
Spanish), now available in OKC, if you ask your cable or satellite 
provider. Big deal, that could be said of anywhere, but does this mean 
MundoFox is not on-the-air in OKC? It is in Enid! As second subchannel 
of KXOK 31 & 32. Axually, MundoFox started in August on KOHC-CD 45.1 
in OKC and presumably still is, not worth mentioning in its promotion. 
Angle is that this Spanish network is ``American, like you!``

At 1358, WKY brings up vamping music, and funny voice again saying 
``Atención, cadena, el show [¿nombre?] de la música regresa en 2 
minutos`` = the show will return in 2 minutos; 1 minuto; 45 segundos; 
30; 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1, ``La Indomable`` slogan and full ID in 
Spanish for WKY, but the letters pronounced in accented English. WKY 
keeps putting on the air this internal network countdown, not intended 
for broadcast. Must have run out of commercials to cover it (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1120, Dec 31 at 1939 UT, KEOR Mexican music is breaking 
up; hard to tell on caradio whether it`s the carrier or just the 
modulation. Seems like they turned this on weeks ago and then forgot 
it, never got around to programming in any IDs (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. Tulsa radio --- Good morning, Glenn, embarrassed to say 
that I've not been very observant of the local radio landscape 
recently. Thanks for keeping me up to date on KEOR/KFAQ/et. al. 

I've noted KFAQ-1170 has had their IBOC turned off for the past month 
or so, perhaps related to the recent reported transmitter problems?

KEOR-1120 still going whenever I checked this weekend; like you, I'm 
surprised I haven't seen it reported anywhere else.

KTBZ-1430 also has had their IBOC turned off the last few months as 
well. Sister station KAKC-1300 has had IBOC off for quite a while. At 
present, no Tulsa station has IBOC on!

No sign of KBIX [Muskogee] the past couple of days when I've checked 
1490 during daytime drives around Tulsa.

Santa did bring me a new toy, a WinRado G31DDC receiver. Still 
climbing the learning curve!! 73, (Bruce Winkelman, Tulsa, OK, Dec 31, 
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1170, Jan 1 at 1404 UT, KFAQ Tulsa is quite weaker than 
normal. Must be on aux transmitter, as they have had problems with 50 
kW main (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1210, Dec 30 at 0625 UT, US Country has VG nite signal, 
i.e. KGYN Guymon is NOT protecting Philadelphia. It`s been like this 
for a long time, tho had not bothered to log (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. KFXY-1640 call change --- Glenn - FYI, the FCC CDBS 
database says KFXY Enid changed call letters to KOAG on January 1.  
Not in the main "AM Query" list yet, but that will likely change 
tomorrow, 73, (David Yocis, NRC, Jan 2, WORLD OF RADIO 1650, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

David, Tnx for the heads up. Have been too busy to monitor much 
lately. As you might expect, it also heralds a new format: The Farm 
Station, All Ag All Day. http://www.allagnews.com --- I assume this is 
coming from somewhere else. IRN-USA news on hour and half-hour.

Ex-Faith 1640, S Gospel music, interrupted by silly ballgames as 
needed, probably still to do that. Now I should have less QRM on 1630 
& 1650 with talk format. 73, (Glenn to David, via WORLD OF RADIO 1650, 
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

1640. Jan 3 at 0506 UT, Enid`s X-bander had a new call and a new 
brand, ID as KOAG, ``All Ag, All Day``, ``keeping farmers and ranchers 
informed``. 0515 ADM ad, also ``The Farm Station``; segments on 
sunflowers, sorghum, reference to http://www.allagnews.com

This is something syndicated by Paramount Broadcasting Corporation. No 
affiliate list as such on the website, but the Listen Live page says: 
``Listen to All Ag, All Day! live across the Texas/Oklahoma Panhandles 
at 800AM (KDDD) Dumas-Amarillo; and across the Texas South Plains at 
900AM (KFLP) Floydada-Lubbock.`` So it looks like KOAG is only the 
third station, they have not got around to adding on.

Further listening finds KOAG with IRN-USA news on the hour and half-
hour (the latter with sports segment). At 1432 the news feed was 
suffering from IADs, digifarts and some hum. Legal ID still includes 
Enid-Oklahoma City. Plenty of market reports too.

This replaces KFXY, which lastly had a southern gospel music format, 
always subject to pre-emption for stupid ballgames, as I expect KOAG 
will be too. All this talk should mean less ACI for DX on 1630 and 
1650. Maybe I`ll finally hear XEARZ.

Tnx to David Yocis of NRC who spotted the call change at FCC before I 
did on the local radio. Note that unlike most X-banders, this one is 
direxional with a figure-8 loop from east of Hennessey, between OKC 
and Enid so it favors both cities, but nulls toward the ENE and WSW, 
making it difficult in those direxions. Now they might wish to be non-
direxional, better to cover ``all-ag`` areas in western Oklahoma 
rather than urbanity. And why not? It was a choice; they were not 
required to be direxional to protect anything, in fact making it worse 
for WTNI in Mississippi at night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST) 

** PAKISTAN. 11570, 31/Dec 1240, R Pakistan in Chinese. Local music. 
At 1242 OM with quick talk, then more local music. Modulation with 
distortion. Fair signal with much noise, 73 (Jorge Freitas, Brasil, 
listening with remote radio in Netherlands, dxldyg via DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Papuan update (Nov/Dec) --- While checking PNG-
stations on 90 / 75 mb these have been noted recently (around 1930-
2010 UT)
fq offsets
3205 .967 This one noted only during the evening broadcasts (13 UT)
3260 .996
3315 .998
3365 .984
3385 .995 (heavy QRM)
3905 .000
3915 .997
7325 .963 (v ?)
The “window seems to be open around 14-1430 UT; see the attached 
picture below of IQanalysis. Also a few minutes when China Radio
Int. seemingly change the transmitter location like 1757 UT.
Other Pacific signals:
3945.002 1940z ? or Japan? [or Vanuatu]
5019.884 [Solomon Islands --- gh] 
/73, (Tarmo Kontro, SW Bulletin Dec 25 via DXLD)

Of course, if reporting the frequencies directly, the ones in .9 - 
something would be one digit lower before the decimal, e.g. really 
meaning 3204.967. Also, an extraneous 5019.885 appeared in my original 
editing of this as MS Word very unhelpfully likes to insert a one-
digit higher number below another one, which doesn`t have a comma 
after it, which is one very good reason I normally insert the commas 
(gh, DXLD)

** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3385, NBC East New Britain, 1323-1334*, Dec 29 
(Saturday). Ad in English for “end of month special sales”; DJ in Tok 
Pisin playing pop songs in English; today had no sign off announcement 
or NA as recently noted, but suddenly went off the air. Perhaps due
to it being the weekend? Is their formal sign off format just on 
during weekdays? (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón 
E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3905, NBC New Ireland. Jan 1 was one of their 
better receptions; 1349 pop Pacific Island songs; 1403 sign off 
announcement with SW/FM frequencies (“95 point zero”) and usual anthem 
sung by children; 1406*; ham QRM; poor-fair (Ron Howard, Asilomar 
State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 3360, Dec 22 2325, Radio JPJ. Also heard on Dec 20 at 0300, 
but weaker and difficult to get a proper ID. I sent a recording to 
Henrik Klemetz who says: It's Peruvian music - clearly identifiable -
at first. Listened a week ago to JPJ's audio stream and found that 
they now has started to run "real" programs. Maybe it still is one 
with a folklore program? / Henrik 

On December 22 the station was very strong unusually early in the 
evening and I got a nice ID, but the signal did not sound as clean as 
before, a little distorted. The broadcast was // webstream. But what 
do they say after "R JPJ, La??? .... radio del Perú para el mundo". 
Henrik listened again and says: It sounds like "la única Radio del 
Perú para el mundo". Not entirely truthfully, perhaps, but is possibly 
from the Lima skyline ... / Henrik 

A really good ID anyhow / TN (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden, SW Bulletin Dec 
25 via DXLD)

** PERU. 4747.11, 2310-2315 26.12, R Huanta 2000, Huanta, Spanish
continuous talk 35433  (Anker Petersen, from Skovlunde, Denmark, on my 
AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, via Dario Monferini, playdx 
yg via DXLD)

** PERU. 4774.96, 2350-2400 26.12, R Tarma, Tarma, Spanish talk, 25332 
(Anker Petersen, from Skovlunde, Denmark, on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 
metres of longwire, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD)

** PERU. Radio Andahuyalas --- Una de las mejores prestaciones que 
brinda INTERNET es Youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSJgi5I3NN8

Observen esta documental que realizó un alemán en 1950 en Andahuaylas, 
Departamento Apurimac, Perú. Noten como comienza la filmación!!! 
Gracias a otro de los grandes privilegios que obtenemos de INTERNET, 
encontré esta página del sueco Thomas Nilsson: 
http://www.thomasn.sverige.net/ 
y entre sus increíbles ofrecimientos aquí una remembranza de Radio 
Andahuaylas:
http://www.mcdxt.it/Clips/PRU/4840_Radio_Andahuaylas_26Oct93.mp3
con otras tantas grabaciones de O. Lund Johansen, Henrik Klemetz y 
Simo Souninen. INTERNET mató el futuro de la radio por aire pero al 
menos nos deja el recuerdo!!! RGM (Rubén Guillermo Margenet, 
Argentina, Dec 30, 2012, condiglista yg via DXLD)

** PERU. UNID (PERU?) – 4984.14 (down from .16 the day before), unID 
Andes station heard again this morning 12/28 from 1047 tune-in to 1124
fade-out. (Previously speculated *1100 thus incorrect.) Pretty good
signal strength at tune-in but awful background static -- 
atmospherics, not local electrical noise -- making speech copy very
difficult, and only could be understood. At tune-in, ecstatic,
deliriously excited OM in rapid-fire Spanish, seemingly preaching – 
which will certainly fit if this turns out to be the Pentecostal 
station, Voz Cristiana, Chilca (Huancayo), Peru. 

At around 1055 YL in eco with musical theme and apparent station 
announcements, mentioned ‘emisora’. Caught ad for what seemed a 
zapatería [shoe shop] at TOH. With signal gradually fading, was able 
to hold onto this until about 1124, musical program, with religious 
songs based on OA folkloric melodies but also other tunes which seemed 
pure Andes “música profunda”. Talks re “la Biblia”. Should be able to 
ID this very soon, with better signals expected now that earlier s/on 
likely in the mornings (Ralph Perry, Wheaton, Illinois, Drake R8B; 
Japan Radio NRD-545; Eton E1; Hallicrafters SX100, Dentron Super Tuner 
+ Ameco PLF-2 + Palomar P-408 +Quantum Phaser antenna unit (customized 
for tropical bands), 335-foot bidirectional BOG 150 deg/330 deg) for 
LA/SE Asia, DXEngineering RPA-1 preamp, Phased Longwire + Small Loop, 
dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1650, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Some more info from recent days. Yesterday I informed both Ralph Perry 
and Robert Wilkner that I got a definite ID on Dec 25 at 2256 of the 
Peruvian station on 4984.142. The station is Radio Voz Cristiana which 
was heard twice. The website is http://www.radiovozcristianaperu.com/  
This morning Ralph Perry heard them again and also ID’ed the station 
with the help of the webstream (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden, Dec 29, WORLD 
OF RADIO 1650, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

4984.14, Radio Voz Cristiana, Chilca, Huancayo, identity finally 
confirmed this morning, 12/29, although signal only poor-fair amidst 
noise, from approx. 1056 when carrier switched on, with programming
cranked-up about a minute later. (So, perhaps may indeed be nominal
*1100, as initially speculated.) OM in Spanish, followed by canned eco
announcements at TOH by OM and then YL -- likely same IDs as heard the 
day before, but could not copy. Folkloric music bursts and fragments 
of announcements thru to 1109 when was finally able to // with the 
station’s webstream, which was trailing by about a minute the live 
audio on shortwave (Ralph Perry, Wheaton, Illinois, Drake R8B; Japan 
Radio NRD-545; Eton E1; Hallicrafters SX100, Dentron Super Tuner + 
Ameco PLF-2 + Palomar P-408 +Quantum Phaser antenna unit (customized 
for tropical bands), 335-foot bidirectional BOG  150 deg/330 deg) for 
LA/SE Asia, DXEngineering RPA-1 preamp, Phased Longwire + Small Loop, 
dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1650, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

4984.14, Radio Voz Cristiana (tentative), Chilca, Huancayo, Perú, 
0037, Diciembre 30, Transmision en español. Predica o charla religiosa 
conducida por OM. Mejor recepción en modo LSB. Captada gracias a un 
log mandado a las listas por el colega Ralph Perry, de los Estados 
Unidos, 2.4.3.3.2 (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, dxldyg via DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** PERU. 6173.69, Radio Tawantinsuyo, Cusco, 0050, diciembre 30, 
español, huaynos con anuncios de la hora por locutor e identificación, 
2.4.3.3.2 (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PHILIPPINES [and non]. I heard PBS Marulas, Quezon City on the 
upper flank on 9581.766 kHz, about 10 days ago, but in our early 
European morning. Puzzle: That frequency usage by PBS should be 
confirmed from Japanese or HongKong remote SDR receiver posts - very 
easily, around 4-6 UT slot. Nagoya Aoki list mentions 500 watt of 
power only.

I guess at 19 UT in Australia you heard the odd operation of Medi-1 in
Nador, Morocco instead. Which is at present on odd 9579.140 kHz (Dec 
25). Latter outlet is settled down odd operation since end August with 
250 kW of power, and was widely reported in DXpress.

Probably due of refurbishing and mast replacing work on the 3 big 
beast tower masts at Nador longwave site on 171 kHz 2000 kW, which 
announced earlier the year. Also 15 MHz Nador operation 08-22 UT on 
v15349 kHz ceased operation for some months now.

9581.231, Today heard this PBS S=6 signal on Osaka Japan unit, 0540-
0550 UT Dec 26 (Wolfgang Büschel, DXplorer Dec 25/26 via BCDX Dec 30 
via DXLD) Well, Morocco is below 9580 and Philippines is above (gh)

** PRIDNESTROVYE. Radio PMR on 7290 seems to be off the air tonight. 
Nothing in my location in the UK or on the remote receiver in the 
Netherlands. This is normally one of the strongest signals for me here 
at night too. Will check again at 0000 GMT to see if Voice of Russia 
appears on this frequency also from the transmitter in the 
Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (Stephen Cooper, Southport, England, 
2310 UT Jan 1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1650, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Voice of Russia now on 7290. Testing tones and open carrier from 2355 
and then programme started at 0000 still with trailer that VoR can be 
heard around the world 24 hours on AM. Then the news and Burning Point 
programme.

SIO 544 about the same as previous broadcasts aimed at North America 
on this frequency before change to Latin America target area today. 
(Cooper, 0006 UT Jan 2, ibid.)

7290, 02/Jan 0040 Moldova (Relay), VOR in English. Here with good 
signal, but very low modulation and comes together with CNR1 in 
background (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia-Brazil, dxldyg via 
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

PRYDNESTROVYE (more) and at the end of the Radio PMR news broadcast of 
24 December at http://radiopmr.org/golos/9149/
we find this:  "Pridnestrovians will rest from 30 December to 7 
January inclusive." (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, dxldyg via WORLD OF 
RADIO 1650, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

I just found this note at the end of the Radio PMR news broadcast of 
31 December at 
http://radiopmr.org/golos/9225/
"The editorial staff of the "Voice of Pridnestrovie" wishes you in the
coming year health, happiness and prosperity! Once again, we'll meet 
you on the air on January 8 at 23 pm EET. Good luck and once again, 
Happy New Year and Merry Christmas!"

So maybe they're just off air for the Christmas period (Alan Roe, 
Teddington, UK, Jan 2, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1650, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST) 

See RUSSIA below for much more discussion of transmitters and antennas 
in Pridnestrovye along with many other sites (gh)

** QATAR [non]. AL JAZEERA PURCHASES US CABLE CHANNEL CURRENT, BUT CAN 
IT KEEP CURRENT'S US CABLE OUTLETS? Posted: 03 Jan 2013

AP, 3 Jan 2013: "Al Jazeera, the Pan-Arab news channel that struggled 
to win space on American cable television, has acquired Current TV, 
boosting its reach nearly ninefold to about 40 million homes. With a 
focus on U.S. news, it plans to rebrand the left-leaning news network 
that co-founder Al Gore couldn't make relevant. ... 

The acquisition lifts Al Jazeera's reach beyond a few large U.S. 
metropolitan areas including New York and Washington, where about 4.7 
million homes can now watch Al Jazeera English. Al Jazeera, owned by 
the government of Qatar, plans to gradually transform Current into a 
new channel called Al Jazeera America by adding five to 10 new U.S. 
bureaus beyond the five it has now and hiring more journalists. Al 
Jazeera spokesman Stan Collender said there are no rules against 
foreign ownership of a cable channel - unlike the strict rules 
limiting foreign ownership of free-to-air TV stations. He said the 
move is based on demand, adding that 40% of viewers on Al Jazeera 
English's website are from the U.S. ... 

Al Jazeera has long struggled to get carriage in the U.S., and the 
deal suffered an immediate casualty as Time Warner Cable, the nation's 
second-largest cable TV operator, announced it would drop Current TV 
due to the deal."

The Guardian, 2 Jan 2013: "Al-Jazeera's reach in the US has struggled 
to move beyond the few large metropolitan areas, where some people can 
watch Al-Jazeera English. The network's managing director, Tony 
Burman, in 2010 blamed a 'very aggressive hostility' from the Bush 
administration for reluctance among cable and satellite companies to 
show the network. Al-Jazeera has attracted respect for its ability to 
build a serious news product in a short time. But there may be a 
culture clash at the network. Dave Marash, a former ABC Nightline 
reporter who worked for Al-Jazeera in Washington, said he left the 
network in 2008 in part because he sensed an anti-US bias there."

Wall Street Journal, Speakeasy, 2 Jan 2013, reprinting memo to staff 
from Current co-founder Joel Hyatt: "As you may know, Al Jazeera is 
funded by the government of Qatar, which is the United States’ closest 
ally in the Gulf Region, and is where the United States bases its 
Middle East Air Force operations. ... 

While considering this decision, I spent a week in Doha, Qatar, where 
Al Jazeera is headquartered, and I am pleased to tell you that I could 
not have been more impressed with their operation. First of all, they 
are bringing large-scale resources to journalism – something which we 
have not been able to do. Al Jazeera has more than 80 bureaus around 
the world, and is seen in more than 260 million homes in 130 
countries. Al Jazeera has a staff of over 4000 people, including 400 
journalists. Its journalists hail from more than 50 countries, with 
every conceivable nationality and religion represented on its 
professional team. Al Jazeera is a major global media player. ... 

All of this is compelling, but what really convinced Al and me that Al 
Jazeera would be a great home for the people of Current was their 
publicly stated Values and Core Capabilities. Their mission includes 
the following: Diversity ('bringing stories from the underreported 
communities, societies and cultures from across the globe'), 
Journalistic Integrity ('committed to the uncompromising pursuit of 
truth and the ideals of journalism'), and A Voice for the Voiceless 
('promoting the basic human right of the freedom of expression for 
people everywhere'). Al Jazeera is planning to invest significantly in 
building 'Al Jazeera America,' a network focused on international news 
for the American audience. Al and I will both serve on the Advisory 
Board of Al Jazeera America, and we look forward to helping build an 
important news network."

New York Times, Media Decoder, 2 Jan 2012, Brian Stelter: "Al Jazeera 
did not disclose the purchase price, but people with direct knowledge 
of the deal pegged it at around $500 million, indicating a $100 
million payout for Mr. Gore, who owned 20 percent of Current. Mr. Gore 
and his partners were eager to complete the deal by Dec. 31, lest it 
be subject to higher tax rates that took effect on Jan. 1, according 
to several people who insisted on anonymity because they were not 
authorized to speak publicly. But the deal was not signed until 
Wednesday. ... 

Going forward, the challenge will be persuading Americans to watch — 
an extremely tough proposition given the crowded television 
marketplace and the stereotypes about the channel that persist to this 
day. 'There are still people who will not watch it, who will say that 
it’s a "terrorist network,"' said Philip Seib, the author of 'The Al 
Jazeera Effect.' 'Al Jazeera has to override that by providing quality 
news.' ... 

News channels financed by Britain, China and Russia are especially 
hungry for American cable deals. To date, the BBC has had the most 
success; its BBC World News channel is now available in about 25 
million homes thanks to a deal struck last month with Time Warner 
Cable. But the takeover of Current brings Al Jazeera to the front of 
the line. In recent weeks, Mr. Gore personally lobbied the 
distributors that carry Current on the importance of Al Jazeera, 
according to people briefed on the talks who were not authorized to 
speak publicly. Distributors can sometimes wiggle out of their 
carriage deals when channels change hands. Most consented to the sale, 
but Time Warner Cable did not, Mr. Hyatt told employees."

Huffington Post, 2 Jan 2013, Michael Calderone: "'Time-Warner cable 
shows abject political and journalistic cowardice by dropping Current 
because of Al Jazeera deal,' tweeted Dan Gilmor, a technology writer 
and founding director of the Knight Center for Digital Media 
Entrepreneurship at Arizona State University."

Al Jazeera, 2 Jan 2013: "The new U.S.-based news channel will be the 
latest addition to the Al Jazeera Media Network which consists of: Al 
Jazeera English, Al Jazeera Arabic, Al Jazeera Documentary, Al Jazeera 
Balkans, Al Jazeera Sport, Al Jazeera Mubasher, Al Jazeera Mubasher 
Misr (Egypt Live), Al Jazeera Mobile, the English and Arabic Al 
Jazeera web sites Al Jazeera.net and Al Jazeera.com, and supported by 
the Al Jazeera Media Training and Development Center, the Al Jazeera 
Center for Studies, and the Al Jazeera Public Liberties and Human 
Rights Department. As part of the Network’s expansion it is also 
planning to launch Al Jazeera Turk for the Turkish-speaking region in 
2013." (kimandrewelliott.com via WORLD OF RADIO 1650, DXLD)

** ROMANIA. 6130, R. Romania International, 0411, Jan 1. In English 
with item about the union of Transylvania with Romania in 1918; fair 
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** ROMANIA. 9655, UNIDENTIFIED. 1638-1659* December 26, 2012. Very 
good signal with Russian male announcer, into Proco Harem’s “Whiter 
Shade Of Pale” then quick word from announcer and into a Russian 
vocal. Then, Rod Stewart’s “Sailing” and another Russian vocal, talk. 
Abruptly off before top-of-hour chance for any ID. KNLS, Anchor Point, 
Alaska seems unlikely at least at this signal level, but what else is 
here this time? And why would KNLS Christians play decadent (at least 
former) drug user vocals? (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, 
Pile of junk used: JRC NRD-535; ICOM IC-R75; Hammarlund HQ-180A; Sony 
ICF-7600GR; Sangean PR-D5; Aqua Guide 705 RDF Marine Radio; GE 
Superadio III; JPS NF-60 Notch Filter; JPS ANC-4 Noise Phase; 1 X roof 
dipole; 1 X room random wire; Terk Advantage non-active portable loop, 
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Re 9655: Probably RRI Galbeni fetched the WRONG Russian program feed, 
instead requested Romanian. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.)

Gerry Bishop confirms Romania, as heard by he today with Scorpions’ 
Winds of Change parallel to the RRI stream2 feed online (Krueger, Dec 
28, ibid.)

** ROMANIA. BC-INTERMODULATION on amateur radio band 14060 kHz

Hallo, lieber Wolf, I thought I'd get something for you: Yesterday 
Sunday Dec 30, 1054-1058 UT (closedown) heard on 14060 kHz. The 
Modulation was somewhat broad, slightly distorted. At the end of the 
jingle comes several times that I have heard many times, but it can't 
currently assign any station. Can you even listen to the attachment?

Ich wünsche dir und deiner Familie ein glückliches neues Jahr mit
Optimismus und guter Gesundheit de:- (Uli Bihlmayer aus Palmer-City 
Dec 31, via Wolfgang Büschel, harmonics yg via DXLD)

Hello dear Uli, but this time it was a simple exercise. This is 
Romania, RRI Bucharest, once with the 3 x 1 hour program "Curierul 
romanesc", which means "Romanian Postillion" which airs on Sundays 
only, for half a century for the Romanians abroad.

ROMANIAN 0800-0856 15370T 15430G Suns only "Curierul romanesc"
                   17850G 17860T
0900-0956 15380G 15430T Suns only "Curierul romanesc"
          17745T 17775T
1000-1056 17780T 21500T Suns only "Curierul romanesc"

Intermodulations formula in Tiganeshti:
2 x 17780 = 35560 minus 21500 = 14060 kHz
symmetrical then also on 25220 kHz

With very warm regards from (Wolfgang in Stuttgart, via harmonics yg 
via WORLD OF RADIO 1650, DXLD)

** RUSSIA. Irkutsk 5930 / 5980 intermodulation? or QSY to 5880?
What station will it be?
<http://ani.atz.jp/FBDX/LogBBS/img/2402.mp3> by XYZ
<http://youtu.be/WS36UTVPSxs> by Rakuta
s/off at 1401 UT on 5880 kHz.
5930 (TWR) x 2 minus 5980 (VOR Japanese) = 5880 kHz (Sei-ichi 
Hasegawa, Japan, dxld yg Dec 27 via BCDX via DXLD)

YL announcing address & email ID followed by gospel song in Hindi.
Sounds like Viswa Vani Trans World Radio. Gospel talk in Magahi 
(regional dialect from Bihar, India) TWR testing? (Alokesh Gupta, 
India, dxld yg Dec 28, ibid.)

Re: UnID and unknown language on 5880 kHz. Irgendwie gibt es da in 
Irkutsk einen Zusammenhang. Aber nicht mit dieser  
Intermodulationsformel.

Intermodulation nach diesem Muster:
Auf 5880 muesste VOR Jap aufscheinen,
dagegen auf 6030 kHz der TWR Dienst.

5930 ist durch 2 Chinesen der Nachbarkanaele 'eingeklemmt', man 
muesste mal pruefen, ob TWR India die gesamten 3 Stunden auf 5930 IRK
verbleibt/sendet.

Am 29.12. um 1300 UT TWR India eindeutig auf 5930 kHz (Wolfgang 
Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 28/29 via DXLD)

** RUSSIA [and non]. 5930, Dec 29 at 1259, R. Rossii, Pet/Kam with 
choral music, Handel? Stops at 1300 for no announcement or timesignal, 
carrier off at 1300:50*. No CW marker from 8GAL or 2MTL either. // 
5940 from Magadan also stopped, and the latter immediately taken over 
by R. Australia whose carrier overlapped earlier.

5930, Dec 31 at 1349 UT, R. Rossii, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, is on 
late for NYE, usually off at 1300 sharp. Fair with Russian talk about 
China and its music. Maybe also on Magadan 5940, but hard to be sure 
under R. Australia which starts at 1300 expecting Magadan to go off 
then. 5930 at 1400, R. Rossii ID and continues, and still audible at 
1457 with Russian chat, almost two hours late. 

http://www.gaisma.com/en/location/petropavlovsk-kamchatskiy.html
shows Pet/Kam is on UT +11 but claims DST is in effect even now. 
Presumably local clock midnight was at 1300 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA. 6005, 31/Dec 1733 Russia (Relay), Adygeyan Radio (Presumed) 
in Adygeyan (listed). OM with a long statement recorded. At 1740 local 
music. Fair, but with QRM unidentified, maybe R Polonia on 6000. 73 
(Jorge Freitas, Brasil, listening with remote radio in Netherlands, 
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA. 7250, V of Russia WS “Burning Point” re same sex marriage 
and how Western society is no longer "Christian" based on its 
acceptance of divorce, homosexuality, crime and "other immorality". 
My, how the tone of Moscow has changed – they were genuinely upset 
about the 'Godless Americans' and this leniency in western culture and 
the 'break-down' of the family! This was all said in the context of 
children's rights and I assume based on the law passed prohibiting US 
adoptions of Russian children that President Putin has just signed. 

News headlines at the BoH and into "In Between" with 2 YLs talking 
with an OM musician from London who is living in St. Petersburg who 
discussed such things as Russian etiquette (the person who is moving 
has the 'right of way' over people standing still, so pushing is not 
'rude', but not getting out of someone's way is -- fascinating!) and 
into 'this day in history' talking about the first passports in 
Russia. News at the ToH and into classical music programme. Via
Krasnodar, in well at first, 4+54+4+4 fading to 343+43+ by end, with 
piercing HF Het. Heard from 0220 to 0320 27/Dec (Ken Zichi, MI, MARE 
Tipsheet via DXLD)

** RUSSIA. Re: [dxld] V of Russia cuts from mangled German

At this point, the main drastic change already known for certain, is 
the complete close-down of the 150kW Shtorm transmitter (currently 
operated on 621kHz) as of January, 1st. Which also means that MW 
relays of the local (FM) service of Radio Pridnestrovya (including 
Bendery studio local programming aired on Mondays), will be ceased.
 
The other MW frequencies are said to be affected by 'minor changes' 
only.
 
As for the SW, some cuts are expected, too; however, the workload has 
already been quite low throughout the year. When we visited them last 
May, only 3 (out of 5) SW transmitters were employed, although at 
reduced power (not exceeding 500 kW) and on a rather limited schedule 
spanning just a few hours a day.
 
Some related pix (for those who haven`t already seen them)...
 
"Tsekh" Nr. 3 - a transmitter building housing all 4 Maiac MW (and 
former LW) senders:
http://radikal.ru/F/s019.radikal.ru/i616/1205/48/236652737139.jpg.html
http://radikal.ru/F/s019.radikal.ru/i643/1205/a7/98d2c607d187.jpg.html
 
Nameplate at the MW transmitter building:
http://radikal.ru/F/s19.radikal.ru/i192/1205/5f/cf27620014d0.jpg.html
 
One of the 1 MW MW Buran transmitters (sorry for the pun :)):
http://radikal.ru/F/s019.radikal.ru/i635/1205/46/aa65596e65e8.jpg.html
 
Some of the MW exciters (see the one for the now defunct 234 kHz at 
the very bottom):
http://radikal.ru/F/s59.radikal.ru/i165/1205/fd/905412b093d3.jpg.html
 
Exciters switchboard (note the Zenit 1/2 plates, for the two notorious 
Zenit-M MW jamming modulators, then Angara (previously used for 
synchronized MW networks, if I`m not mistaken). As we can see, RV-951 
is being assigned 1548 kHz, and RV-954 - 999 kHz
http://radikal.ru/F/s019.radikal.ru/i613/1205/94/7fcf5620840e.jpg.html
 
A separate Shtorm-S transmitter hall, a rather noisy one due to air-
cooling (the other tx's are water-cooled)
http://www.frocus.net/images/scrshots/2940/N3_ShtormS.JPG
 
Another pix of the Shtorm-S
http://radikal.ru/F/s017.radikal.ru/i422/1205/54/46b52c6775a9.jpg.html
 
Main MW transmitter control panel
http://radikal.ru/F/s14.radikal.ru/i187/1205/a3/4368fbadd4de.jpg.html
 
MW antenna switchboard, with RV-954 at the background (see its 
callsign name-plated on top)
http://www.frocus.net/images/scrshots/2940/N3_Pult.jpg
 
Tsekh nr. 2 - an E-shaped SW transmitter building, home to one PKV-
500M (1,000 kW) and two Kondor's (2,000 kW))
http://www.frocus.net/images/scrshots/2940/N2.jpg
 
Tsekh nr. 1 - another SW transmitter building (two PKV-500M 
(1,000kW)), with hangar in front of it housing fresh-air intakes of 
the transmitter ventilation equipment (no longer in use, reserved for 
backup purposes):
http://www.frocus.net/images/scrshots/2940/N1_front.jpg
 
Tsekh nr. 1 - nameplate
http://www.frocus.net/images/scrshots/2940/N1_PRTC.JPG
 
Notorious rotatable SW antenna (photo + video)
http://www.frocus.net/images/antennas/Maiac/2012_PA_A30-31_2.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Matu6pKalc
in motion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=E1cZLNnYI5Q
 
MW Kvadrat antenna
http://www.frocus.net/images/antennas/Maiac/Kvadrat_1.jpg
 
MW AM-150 antenna with a capacitive 'umbrella' on top
http://frocus.net/images/antennas/Maiac/AM150_1.jpg
http://frocus.net/images/antennas/Maiac/AM150verh.jpg
 
MW Malaya Zarya antenna with feeder lines in front
http://www.frocus.net/images/antennas//Maiac/Malaya_zarya_tower.jpg
http://www.frocus.net/images/antennas//Maiac/Malaya_zarya_2.jpg
 
Chain of SW SGD-RA antennas, some of them (partially) destroyed by 
excessive icing a few years ago, now used as FM/TV antenna supports)
http://www.frocus.net/images/antennas//Maiac/SGD_RA.jpg
http://radikal.ru/F/s019.radikal.ru/i642/1205/f6/471d648b2a05.jpg.html
 
A 77-m high trussed pole antenna, in exclusive use on 621 kHz
http://radikal.ru/F/s002.radikal.ru/i199/1205/94/0bd2c12bacdd.jpg.html
 
Maiac site - top view:
http://www.frocus.net/images/scrshots/2940/Mayak.jpg
 
1/2/3/4 - chains of SGD-RA curtain SW antennas (see the E-shaped SW 
transmitter building (tsekh nr. 2) between 3 and 4, and SW tsekh nr. 2 
next to 1)
 
5 - Kvadrat MW antenna
 
6 - AM-150 MW antenna (MW transmitter building (tsekh nr. 3) seen 
between 5 and 6, with trussed MW antenna being located at the end of 
the cutling between 5 and 6)
 
7 - Malaya Zarya MW antenna
 
8 - must be one of the collapsed (LW) masts...
(Leo, (Chisinau / Moldova), Dec 28, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

> The other MW frequencies are said to be affected by 'minor changes' 
only.

Which I suspect could turn out as taking Italian and Serbian off 
mediumwave as well. In this regard it remains to be seen if Polish 
will continue on 1143 (Bolshakovo) only, since it appears to be 
planned to take it off 693 (Zehlendorf) while 7220 and the Samara site 
altogether go silent.

It would be rather remarkable if the many parallel transmissions from 
Grigoriopol/Maiac will be kept while anything besides 693 in Germany 
is terminated. But I already got an impression that the decision 
makers at Voice of Russia have no real clue about the actual coverage 
the individual transmitters provide. Looks as if a rude awakening will 
be ahead in regard to the German service.

> As for the SW, some cuts are expected, too

Here for Maiac the question can be put rather short: In the evenings 
there is French to Africa on 9400, overnight Russian on 7260 and 
English on 7290. So it appears that some but not all of these will 
disappear...

> however, the workload has already been quite low throughout the
> year. When we visited them last may, only 3 (out of 5) SW
> transmitters were employed, although at reduced power (not
> exceeding 500kW) and on a rather limited schedule spanning
> just a few hours a day...

At this time there was no 11510 during most the day yet...

> One of the 1MW MW Buran transmitters (sorry for the pun :)):
http://radikal.ru/F/s019.radikal.ru/i635/1205/46/aa65596e65e8.jpg.html

That's one 500 kW block while to the right, out of frame, is another 
block of the same size, or?

> Exciters switchboard (note the Zenit 1/2 plates, for the two
> notorious Zenit-M MW jamming modulators

Such a revived at Codru until about 1993/1994, with the transmitter 
being retuned from 873 to 999, thus sacrificing mediumwave coverage of 
Radio Moldova for the more important jamming against Radio 
Pridnestrovya. Which then led to assistance from Radio Iashi which at 
times relayed Radio Moldova on 1053, from a unclean source (in 
particular sibilants of speech were badly distorted) which I assumed 
to be a poorly set up FM pick-up.

Or any other opinions about this description of the situation at this 
time? Back then 999 was still in use by a semi-regional transmitter 
here (Hoyerswerda), but the jamming was quite effective, drowning out 
this 20 kW signal from 50 km away almost completely.

> then Angara (previously used for synchronized MW networks,
> if I`m not mistaken)

That was 234 kHz I think, since Radio Mayak was not on 549 but on 594, 
or is this a typo in the literature?

> A separate Shtorm-S transmitter hall, a rather noisy one
> due to air-cooling (the other tx's are water-cooled)

Classic circulation cooling? The 1000 kW transmitter installed at 
Wachenbrunn in 1988/1989, being referred to as a PSV-1000, had 
vapotrone cooling which made quite some hiss in operation.

By the way, already an air-cooled 20 kW transmitter can be quite 
noisy. I think of the vintage Lorenz at Wachenbrunn as well as the 
somewhat newer Funkwerk Köpenick at Wilsdruff here.

> MW antenna switchboard, with RV-954 at the background
> (see its callsign name-plated on top)
> http://www.frocus.net/images/scrshots/2940/N3_Pult.jpg

And on top of the console the control unit for the Kvadrat antenna. So 
it is usually run at 260 degrees?

Makes me wonder how the new set-up at Wachenbrunn may look. Transradio 
must have done something to integrate the Kvadrat controls into the 
automated transmitter controls, since the Kvadrat there is routinely 
switched from 310 to 220 degrees, at 16:59 local time if that has not 
changed. It takes a carrier break of not more than ten seconds.

> Tsekh nr.2 - a E-shaped SW transmitter building, home to one
> PKV-500M (1,000kW) and two Kondor's (2,000kW))
> http://www.frocus.net/images/scrshots/2940/N2.jpg

Are there also pictures of these transmitters?

For explanation: The PKV-500-M is an upgrade of an original 500 kW 
transmitter (such as installed also at Padarsko and until 1997 at 
Nauen as well). Kondor is a newer model; the only other existing one 
I'm aware of is the (now closed, perhaps permanently) one at Krasne in 
the Ukraine.

> Notorious rotatable SW antenna (photo + video)
> http://www.frocus.net/images/antennas/Maiac/2012_PA_A30-31_2.jpg
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Matu6pKalc
> in motion
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=E1cZLNnYI5Q

The face of Pridnestrovye:

Padarsko [BULGARIA] has such an antenna as well. Or had --- what 
became actually of the announcements that the whole station will be 
demolished within months after the closure, which means it could be 
completely exterminated by now?

> 8 - must be one of the collapsed (LW) masts...

Explanation: Collapsed already in the early nineties. It so happened 
that this event conjugated with the decline of Radio-1, so the 
question is whether the collapse of the antenna knocked off 234 or it 
was already closed by then (Kai Ludwig, dxldyg via DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

Kai, even if we try and analyze the below quoted RMRC excerpts from 
various sources, we can easily notice some evident controversies and 
inconsistencies.
 
While 'the Russian editor of the Voice of Russia' was claiming the 
volumes of the Russian language MW broadcasts would remain untouched, 
the Izvestia newspaper clearly stated the broadcasts to the Ukraine 
and Moldova would be ceased. I for one don`t believe they all will be 
discontinued, but although some cuts are quite possible.
 
Furthermore, no idea where the aforementioned schedule originates 
from. At least the 'official version' is a wee bit different:
http://rus.ruvr.ru/rusradio.html
 
 621: 0400-1600
 999: 0500-1900, 2100-2300
1413: 1700-2000
1548: 0400-0800, 1400-1500

7260: 2300-0300
9865: 1500-1700

There certainly is a room for optimisation as some MW time slots 
unexplainably overlap (don`t really think they are trying to reach out 
to different target areas). These are the best candidates for possible 
cuts, IMHO. So we have to admit the close-down of 621 kHz is quite 
logical.
 
Just to complete the picture, this is Radio PMR`s schedule from 
broadcaster's website...
 
 999: 0300-0500
 621: 1700-2200
7290: 1800-2300
Time will show (Leo, Moldova, Dec 28, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Kai, just a quick question (I think I asked it before but never got 
any feedback) - do you remember what was the type of the jamming 
signal used on 999 kHz in early 90s? Speech-resembling, (white) noise 
or anything different? Or maybe others can remember what it was?
 
And - I`m very curious as to the source of your data regarding a Zenit 
jamming unit in use at Codru.
 
Will punctually answer your questions one by one a bit later. Thanks 
and best regards! (Leo, Dec 28, ibid.)

Everything is possible, given the impending doom of the St. 
Petersburg's Krasnyy Bor MW/SW site.
 
As for 873 kHz, if my memory serves me well, this frequency was 
another synchronized network carrying the 3rd All-Union Radio program 
- it`s easy to check if you have the 1992 WRTH edition handy. Even 
though the USSR ceased to exist in late December 1991, there must have 
been some sort of inertia in place that precluded local authorities 
from altering any long-established schemes. So 873 was most unlikely 
to carry the Moldovan radio programming anyway, and there was nothing 
to sacrifice.
 
As a matter of fact, they did have a choice. The irony is that they 
might just as well broadcast Moldovan Radio on 999 kHz instead of that 
silly noise reminiscent of nothing but 'totalitarian Soviet era' they 
tried their best to no longer be associated with. And that would be a 
much more elegant solution from any perspective. However, they 
resorted to clumsy jamming on 999, even though the other Codru 
transmitter similarly retuned from its nominal 1449 to 1467 kHz, in 
order to suppress the other Pridnestrovian channel, was carrying Radio 
Moldova-1 (RM1). Funnily enough, the then-rulers who commanded to 
start jamming, dared to call themselves 'romantic democrats', LOL.
 
With respect to the RM1 signal feed to Iashi, yes, there might be an 
FM pickup, as there was an OIRT sender (on 68.0 MHz if not mistaken) 
in Cetireni, next to Ungheni (a location very close to Iashi). 
Alternatively, there was a common practice here to use long-distance 
telephone lines for radio signal feed.
 
You may also remember RM2 (Luceafarul) relays via Chernivtsi at the 
time (1449 kHz i believe).
 
Regarding one of the pictured Maiac Buran's - there is an interesting 
behind-the-scenes story worth sharing. Initially, there were installed 
two Buran transmitters that were put in operation as then-usual 500 kW 
units. However, there already existed a well-established upgrade 
technique for this type of transmitters, so in 1971 or 1972 at the 
latest (don`t have the dox at hand) each transmitter's output power 
rating was raised twice (up to 1,000 kW each). Much later, in early-
to-mid 80s (need to check), one of the transmitters (RV-951) was 
heavily reconstructed and got 'split' into two separate senders. This 
is how RV-954 appeared 'out of nowhere'. Now, entering the Buran 
transmitter hall, you can see one transmitter (950) installed along 
the left wall, and 951/954 combo along the right one (954 being the 
farther). Interestingly, 951/954 are visually separated by a red 
dotted line (pity that nobody took a close-up picture of that 
'demarcation line'). Now, what you actually saw in the photo, was a 
part of the 950 unit. I think I must have a perspective photo of the 
entire 950 front but I`m yet to find it.
 
And yes, there I must have a picture of the Kondor unit somewhere, if 
you are in doubt. FWIW, the first one was reportedly installed in 
1988, the other - within a year.
 
Regarding 549/594 - no, it`s not a typo. 549 was another synchro-
channel in the Soviet times, while 594 was in use here in early-to-mid 
90s, I suppose. I can guarantee that WRTH info is quite reliable and 
accurate, you can take it for granted, with no grain of salt 
whatsoever. BTW, it was also discussed in that thread on 
radioscanner.ru you sure are aware of.
 
As for collapsed masts - there were two, I believe. One (some 350m 
high) fell down in early 90s, when they were trying to replace some of 
the guys on their own as experts` intervention would be much too 
costly. The other one (seemingly ARRT of 256m) was hit by icing.
As you can see, there are two defunct feeder lines from the MW 
transmitter building (one to the north and the other to the east).
 
FYI, Im planning another visit to the Maiac site just to touch the 
ground and finally get some outstanding points clarified once and for 
all. They turned out to be quite friendly, highly professional, open-
minded, benevolent and helpful people, great pleasure dealing with 
them. Keeping my fingers crossed that the rumored cuts are 
insignificant.
 
To finish with, let me wish you all a happy, healthy and prosperous 
new year! Greetings from snowy and hazy Moldavia (Leo, dxldyg via DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

> Furthermore, no idea where the aforementioned schedule
> originates from.

It was a mash-up from the Voice of Russia website and HFCC if I recall 
correct. And all times were CET (And, of course, it was the schedule 
until Dec 31 if even this little detail got lost.)

> At least the 'official version' is a wee bit different...
> http://rus.ruvr.ru/rusradio.html

Aaaah, now the cat is out of the bag also here! So it seems that the 
schedule for Voice of Russia in Russian as of New Year's Day will look 
like this, arranged by transmitter sites (not too strictly) from west 
to east:

Oranienburg/Zehlendorf (Germany):
0600-0900: 693

Grigoriopol:
0400-0800: 1548
0500-1900: 999
1800-2000: 1413
2100-2300(?): 999

Bolshakovo:
0800-0900: 9625/DRM
1200-1400: 9625/DRM
1600-1700: 1143
1800-2100: 1143
1800-2300(?): 1215

Kurkino:
1900-2000: 612
2100-2300(?): 612

Lesnoy and/or Kurovskaya and/or Taldom:
0200-0400: 12070
1200-1600: 12055

Tbilisskaya:
1600-2100: 1170

Gavar (Armenia):
0100-2400: 1395

Orzu (Tajikistan):
0000-2300: 1503

Novosibirsk/Oyash:
1300-1900: 1026
1600-1900: 6110

Foreign language services still show the old schedules, so details for 
them still remain to be seen. But so much appears to be clear by now: 
Zehlendorf is indeed the only transmitter that will be left in 
Germany, and (analogue) shortwave to Europe and maybe also the 
Americas will be terminated altogether.

And concerning the transmission facilities in Russia: Going dark will 
Krasny Bor (sorry for Mikhail Timofeyev, of course, as elsewhere, also 
his colleagues) and Samara. What still remains to be seen is what will 
become of Kurovskaya, Novosibirsk town and the other main plants 
further east (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Dec 28, dxldyg via DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

Re: V of Russia cuts from mangled German

> Everything is possible, given the impending doom of the
> St. Petersburg's Krasnyy Bor MW/SW site...

Btw, DVB-T and 1089 kHz (Radio Teos, 50 kW) will stay in operation 
there. What will be closed are "only" the high power MW/LW and SW 
transmitters. Well, unlike elsewhere it is still all state-owned, thus 
no land/room leases etc. involved.

RTRS already declared itself unable to maintain all the no longer used 
equipment for eventualities, if I get the gist of this report right at 
a glance:
http://izvestia.ru/news/541740

> As for 873 kHz, if my memory serves me well, this frequency was
> another synchronized network carrying the 3rd All-Union Radio
> program - its easy to check if you have the 1992 WRTH edition
> handy.

The first one I have is from 1994, and it shows 873 in Moldova as off, 
in the interesting way to leave the columns for airtime and program 
empty.

But yes, of course that's the MW synchro network of the third (?) 
program, the one Yeltsin handed over to his Radio Rossii. And so they 
found one morning at the door of one of their offices at Ostankino 
(that's also a question: why did Radio Rossii shortly afterwards move 
out?) a note: "Nu shto, doigralis?"

> Even though the USSR ceased to exist in late December 1991, there
> must have been some sort of inertia in place that precluded local
> authorities from altering any long-established schemes.

That's an interesting aspect. WRTH 1994 shows for 873 in Belarus still 
Radio Rossii. Later it had been replaced by what I recall was a 
pointless duplication which some considered as intentional blocking 
for political reasons.

But the 873 transmitters in the Ukraine have already at this time been 
listed as relaying RFE/RL, so the synchro network was already broken 
up. And the matter reached absurd levels later when in the Ukraine a 
separate use of 549 started, even the 171 kHz transmitter at Krasne 
been used for UR-1, making the observer in Germany wonder how bad the 
mess may be in the FSU, how bad in fact it still would be if the 
transmitter would not be off by hundreds of Hertz (free-running 
oscillator in the exciter after broken out of the synchronization 
lock?).

> As a matter of fact, they did have a choice. The irony is that
> they might just as well broadcast Moldovan Radio on 999 kHz
> instead of that silly noise reminiscent of nothing but
> 'totalitarian Soviet era' they tried their best to no
> longer be associated with.

Indeed, this way they could have declared Maiac as the most powerful 
pirate station on earth that interferes with their legitimate 
broadcasts.

Well, it seems that in the "West" it still widely worked, as a result 
of the romanticism it creates if someone, may he be the worst 
autocrat, declares his ruling "pro-Western". But had anyone scruples 
to lease airtime on this oh-so-bad station when it became available 
not many years later? Of course not!! It is my impression that the 
changed stance was simply a "we lease airtime from Moscow and anything 
else is not our business". Some of it remained until very recently, 
judging from the style in which a hum problem on RNW relays had been 
discussed.

Also worth to mention: At this time I did not know that 1548 
originated from the very same transmitter plant (some books still 
listed the old disinformation of Vinnytsa/Ukraine), also not that 
certain Radio Moscow frequencies on shortwave, maybe even of the 
German service, originated from Maiac as well. This full picture 
emerged only later.

> With respect to the RM1 signal feed to Iashi, yes, there might be
> an FM pickup, as there was an OIRT sender (on 68.0 MHz if not
> mistaken) in Cetireni, next to Ungheni (a location very close to
> Iashi).

Yes, it was 68.0, and RM2 there on 69.53. "All FM tr's are 17 kW ERP", 
so in practice it apparently were 4 kW transmitters of an actually 
unspecified ERP which may vary greatly from that 17 kW level routinely 
quoted at the time.

> Alternatively, there was a common practice here to use
> long-distance telephone lines for radio signal feed.

It was my impression that Radio Pridnestrovya first went on air from 
Maiac exactly this way. When did they start to transmit the weekly 
German programme also on shortwave? I recall that reports circulated 
about it being on 6025, where I had no reception whatsoever --- and 
then discovered that it was in fact on 6205, loud and clear, for the 
first time (since 999 became clear here not before Jan 2 1996, when 
the Hoyerswerda transmitter has been turned off for good).

I have no recording of this either (like of so many other things), but 
I recall that the broadcast sounded bandwidth-limited, still not like 
being fed by way of dial-up but maybe through a dedicated line from 
which the pupin coils have not been removed (wild speculation of 
course). Also the audio level was set rather low, compared to the 
Radio Moscow feeds (through microwave, coming in from the Ukrainian 
side??).

What must be said is that the German broadcasts of this era were much 
better than what they put together at Tiraspol nowadays. One could not 
seriously dismiss them as clumsy propaganda, instead the producer 
(Aleksandr Komarov if I recall correct, what became of him?) once 
remarked that "it is always better to know more than one opinion", a 
very true remark of course, and similar to what Voice of Russia staff 
remarked years later. I appreciate it very much when people this way 
draw conclusions from their experiences in the USSR, contrary to 
journalists in "the West" who not even vaguely recognize the giant 
scissors in their heads.

> You may also remember RM2 (Luceafarul) relays via Chernivtsi
> at the time (1449 kHz i believe)...

That's something I had already forgotten, and never heard by myself 
(in fact this whole transmitter site became only audible here 
recently, on 657, after the co-channel 120 kW in Italy had been shut 
down).

Yes, it was on 1449, with the power listed as 50 kW.

> Much later, in early-to-mid 80s (need to check), one of the
> transmitters (RV-951) was heavily reconstructed

How much has it still common with the original one? Sounds like the 
kind of "reconstruction", completely unknown in "the West", where in 
fact something new is created, reusing the shell and suitable parts of 
the predecessor for the new, self-made construction (railway cars come 
to mind here).

> And yes, there I must have a picture of the Kondor unit
> somewhere, if you are in doubt.

Not in doubt but very curious what this equipment looks like.

> FWIW, the first one was reportedly installed in 1988,
> the other - within a year.

Not much after the design had been introduced. Somewhere there is an 
article of the time online that discusses the development of these 
2000 kW shortwave transmitters in detail.

> while 594 was in use here in early-to-mid 90s i suppose.

WRTH 1994 says 0400-1630. It should be safe to assume that it was the 
same transmitter as 1548 in the evening.

> As for collapsed masts - there were two, I believe. One (some
> 350m high) fell down in early 90s, when they were trying to
> replace some of the guys on their own as experts` intervention
> would be much too costly.

Well, at Konstantynow [POLAND] it was the experts, the very ones who 
had built it, who destroyed the giant half wavelength 225 kHz mast in 
exactly this way.

> The other one (seemingly ARRT of 256m) was hit by icing.

That was much later (when exactly -- would have to go through my 
files), when also some of the SGD-RA dipole walls have been destroyed, 
together with the power lines to the station, knocking it off for some 
time altogether, right?

> FYI, Im planning another visit to the Maiac site just to touch
> the ground and finally get some outstanding points clarified
> once and for all...

Very good idea. Here in Germany it appears that meanwhile enough time 
has passed to get into all the details of broadcasting history. Those 
who have left behind scorched earth remained silent long enough. Now 
it's possible to get to the facts, first to the facts, the very basics 
before it is possible to come to any conclusions.

> To finish with, let me wish you all a happy, healthy and
> prosperous new year! Greetings from snowy and hazy Moldavia

And the same from a gentle (at least meteorologically) but also hazy 
Germany! (Kai Ludwig, Dec 29, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Re: Maybe already the first closure: Analogue shortwave from 
Bolshakovo --- I indeed overlooked something: Serbian 1500-1700 on 
7340 is listed as Bolshakovo, too. Shortly after 1500 only a faint 
signal here, // stronger 9480 and 1548.

German now for a last time on 7220, already on with usual test tones 
when first checked at 1454. Then it was just open carrier until audio 
crash-start with opening of the news at 1500. Quite some hum and 
crackling, but at least the program audio itself is clean. And it is 
one second behind 630, the only mediumwave frequency that provides 
usable reception here in this moment. So as of tomorrow it will be a 
complete no-show.

Russian: Faint on 5940 from Samara, too, better on 1143 from 
Bolshakovo and booming in on 9865 from Grigoriopol/Maiac with full-
sounding audio, not having the bass range below ca. 150 Hz suppressed 
as it is to be noted on the co-located mediumwave outlets.

And Krasny Bor: No traces of signals on 25 metres, apparently above 
the MUF, but on 6015 and stronger 7205 they are in Persian.
(Kai Ludwig, 1520 UT Dec 31, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

> Also 558 in Switzerland carries still Italian service

Still on also now after 1900 with French, // 1323 where I can just 
barely make it out in the jumble from which at times Targu Mures fades 
up, in this hour carrying a programme in German, obvious from the old 
East German songs (Karat, Veronika Fischer) they play. Aaah, at 1925 
recheck it's Mike Krüger, "Sie müssen nur den Nippel durch die Lasche 
ziehen" :purge:

What puzzles me is 7310, the frequency used for German for a last time 
from 1700 to 1900. It had a sharp audio processing, much unlike 7220 
or other Samara outlets. In earlier seasons this outlet had been 
specified as a Moscow region site (no such detailed data has been 
published this time), so I suspect this was the case now as well.

Either way the end, as I experienced it, was quite charateristic: The 
last item was paid religion (Missionswerk Heukelbach), reminding me of 
the question if these missionaries will still be willing to pay for 
693 only. Then announcement for the frequencies of the next broadcast 
at 0900, indeed updated, mentioning the two DRM outlets and "there is 
only one frequency for conventional radios" --- yupp, but have you 
already realized that it will serve only a rather small fraction of 
German-speaking Central Europe?!

Then fill music, finally audio off, carrier off some ten seconds later 
at 1959:55 or thereabouts. No, not static, instead a distorted China 
Radio International signature popped up, bleeding through the broad 
filter from 7315 (Kashi). How symbolic! (Kai Ludwig, 1931 UT Dec 31, 
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA [and non]. Updated B-12 SW schedule for Voice of Russia:

0000-0100 on  6135 S.P 400 kW / 268 deg to SoAm Spanish till Dec. 31
0000-0100 on  7210 MSK 500 kW / 267 deg to SoAm Spanish
0000-0100 on  7260 KCH 500 kW / 296 deg to CeAm Russian till Dec. 31
0000-0100 on  9395 ERV 500 kW / 305 deg to CeAm Spanish
0000-0100 on  9750 ERV 500 kW / 258 deg to SoAm Spanish
0000-0100 on  9865 SAM 500 kW / 284 deg to SoAm Spanish till Dec. 31

0000-0200 on  7250 ARM 500 kW / 315 deg to NEAm English
0000-0200 on  7290 KCH 500 kW / 296 deg to NoAm English

0100-0200 on  6135 S.P 400 kW / 268 deg to SoAm Spanish till Dec. 31
0100-0200 on  7210 MSK 500 kW / 267 deg to SoAm Spanish
0100-0200 on  9395 ERV 500 kW / 305 deg to CeAm Spanish
0100-0200 on  9475 DB  500 kW / 267 deg to SoAm Spanish till Dec. 31
0100-0200 on  9750 ERV 500 kW / 258 deg to SoAm Spanish
0100-0200 on  9865 SAM 500 kW / 284 deg to SoAm Spanish till Dec. 31

0100-0300 on  7225 SAM 250 kW / 188 deg to WeAs Russian till Dec. 31
0100-0300 on  7260 KCH 500 kW / 296 deg to CeAm Russian till Dec. 31

0200-0300 on  6135 S.P 400 kW / 268 deg to SoAm Spanish till Dec. 31
0200-0300 on  7210 MSK 500 kW / 267 deg to SoAm Spanish
0200-0300 on  9395 ERV 500 kW / 305 deg to CeAm Spanish
0200-0300 NF  9480 DB  500 kW / 267 deg to SoAm Spanish, ex 9475
0200-0300 on  9750 ERV 500 kW / 258 deg to SoAm Spanish

0200-0400 on  7290 KCH 500 kW / 296 deg to NoAm English
0200-0400 on 12070 MSK 250 kW / 117 deg to CeAs Russian, ex 0200-0600
0200-0400 on 15630 P.K 250 kW / 067 deg to NWAm English
0200-0400 on 17665 P.K 250 kW / 061 deg to NWAm English
0200-0400 on 17690 VLD 500 kW / 050 deg to NWAm English

0300-0400 on  7210 MSK 500 kW / 267 deg to SoAm Spanish
0300-0400 on  9395 ERV 500 kW / 305 deg to CeAm Spanish
0300-0400 NF  9480 DB  500 kW / 267 deg to SoAm Spanish, ex 9475
0300-0400 on  9750 ERV 500 kW / 258 deg to SoAm Spanish

0400-0500 on  7210 MSK 500 kW / 267 deg to SoAm Spanish
0400-0500 on  9395 ERV 500 kW / 305 deg to CeAm Spanish
0400-0500 NF  9480 DB  500 kW / 267 deg to SoAm Spanish, ex 9475
0400-0500 on  9765 ERV 500 kW / 258 deg to SoAm Spanish

0400-0600 on  9830 P.K 250 kW / 064 deg to NWAm English
0400-0600 on 15630 P.K 250 kW / 067 deg to NWAm English

0500-0700 on  9680 SAM 250 kW / 280 deg to WeEu Russian till Dec. 31

0600-1000 on 21800 IRK 250 kW / 152 deg to AUS English
0600-1000 on 21820 NVS 500 kW / 145 deg to AUS English

0700-0900 NF 12015 IRK 250 kW / 180 deg to EaAs English from Jan. 1
0700-0900 NF 21840 NVS 250 kW / 180 deg to SoAs English from Jan. 1

0700-1100 on 15745 DB  500 kW / 155 deg to SoAs English

0900-1000 on  9720 KLG 120 kW / 245 deg to WeEu German

0900-1200 on  7205 TCH 250 kW / 200 deg to SEAs English

1000-1100 on  7260 VLD 500 kW / 230 deg to SEAs English
1000-1100 on 11680 TCH 500 kW / 240 deg to SoAs English

1000-1200 on  5900 VLD 100 kW / 270 deg to EaAs Chinese
1000-1200 on  7305 IRK 250 kW / 180 deg to EaAs Chinese

1100-1200 NF  6115 IRK 250 kW / 152 deg to SEAs English from Jan. 1
1100-1200 on  7260 VLD 500 kW / 230 deg to SEAs English
1100-1200 on  9560 NVS 250 kW / 145 deg to SEAs English
1100-1200 on 11680 TCH 500 kW / 240 deg to SoAs English
1100-1200 on 15740 SAM 250 kW / 140 deg to SoAs English till Dec. 31

1200-1300 on  5885 DB  100 kW / 137 deg to SoAs English
1200-1300 on  7205 TCH 250 kW / 200 deg to SEAs Vietnamese
1200-1300 on  7260 VLD 500 kW / 230 deg to SEAs Vietnamese
1200-1300 on  9560 NVS 250 kW / 145 deg to SEAs English
1200-1300 on 12075 DB  500 kW / 155 deg to SoAs English

1200-1400 NF  4960 DB  100 kW / 180 deg to WeAs Dari/Pashto, ex 
                                                4780/4950
1200-1400 on  5945 NVS 250 kW / 240 deg to CeAs Russian till Dec.31
1200-1400 on  5980 IRK 100 kW / 110 deg to EaAs Japanese
1200-1400 on  6110 P.K 250 kW / 241 deg to EaAs Japanese
1200-1400 NF  6115 IRK 250 kW / 152 deg to SEAs English from Jan.1
1200-1400 on  9455 IRK 250 kW / 152 deg to SEAs Russian till Dec.31
1200-1400 on  9840 MSK 250 kW / 100 deg to SEAs Russian till Dec.31
1200-1400 on 11915 MSK 250 kW / 190 deg to N/ME Russian till Dec.31
1200-1400 on 15470 SAM 250 kW / 140 deg to WeAs Dari/Pashto -Dec.31

1300-1400 on  5885 DB  100 kW / 137 deg to SoAs Hindi
1300-1400 on  5900 VLD 100 kW / 270 deg to EaAs Mongolian
1300-1400 on  5995 TCH 500 kW / 240 deg to SoAs Hindi
1300-1400 on  7205 TCH 250 kW / 200 deg to SEAs English
1300-1400 on  7260 VLD 500 kW / 230 deg to SEAs English
1300-1400 on  7305 IRK 250 kW / 180 deg to EaAs Chinese
1300-1400 on  9560 NVS 250 kW / 145 deg to SEAs English
1300-1400 on 12055 MSK 250 kW / 117 deg to SoAs Russian
1300-1400 on 12075 DB  500 kW / 155 deg to SoAs English

1400-1500 NF  4960 DB  100 kW / 180 deg to WeAs English, ex 4780/4950
1400-1500 on  5885 DB  100 kW / 137 deg to SoAs Urdu
1400-1500 on  5900 SAM 250 kW / 140 deg to SoAs Urdu till Dec. 31
1400-1500 on  5940 SAM 250 kW / 280 deg to WeEu Russian till Dec. 31
1400-1500 on  5945 NVS 250 kW / 240 deg to CeAs Russian till Dec. 31
1400-1500 on  5995 TCH 500 kW / 240 deg to SoAs Urdu
1400-1500 on  6235 DB  100 kW / 240 deg to WeAs English from Jan. 1
1400-1500 on  7260 VLD 500 kW / 230 deg to SEAs English from Jan. 1
1400-1500 NF  9560 NVS 250 kW / 145 deg to SEAs English from Jan. 1
1400-1500 on 11830 S.P 200 kW / 147 deg to N/ME Russian till Dec. 31
1400-1500 on 12055 MSK 250 kW / 117 deg to SoAs Russian
1400-1500 on 12075 DB  500 kW / 155 deg to SoAs English
1400-1500 on 17500 MSK 200 kW / 190 deg to N/ME Russian till Dec. 31

1400-1600 on  6005 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to N/ME Turkish
1400-1600 on 11895 S.P 200 kW / 147 deg to N/ME Turkish till Dec. 31
1400-1600 on 11915 MSK 250 kW / 190 deg to N/ME Turkish

1500-1600 NF  4960 DB  100 kW / 180 deg to WeAs English, ex 4780/4950
1500-1600 on  5885 DB  100 kW / 137 deg to SoAs Hindi
1500-1600 on  5900 NVS 250 kW / 180 deg to SoAs English from Jan. 1
1500-1600 on  5940 SAM 250 kW / 280 deg to WeEu Russian till Dec. 31
1500-1600 on  5945 NVS 250 kW / 240 deg to WeAs Kurdish
1500-1600 on  5955 IRK 250 kW / 180 deg to SoAs Hindi
1500-1600 on  5995 TCH 500 kW / 240 deg to SoAs Hindi
1500-1600 on  9865 KCH 500 kW / 296 deg to WeEu Russian till Dec. 31
1500-1600 on  9880 P.K 250 kW / 247 deg to SEAs English
1500-1600 on 11830 S.P 200 kW / 147 deg to WeAs Kurdish till Dec. 31
1500-1600 on 11985 ERV 500 kW / 192 deg to EaAf English from Jan. 1
1500-1600 on 17500 MSK 200 kW / 190 deg to N/ME Russian till Dec. 31

1500-1700 on  6015 S.P 400 kW / 147 deg to WeAs Farsi till Dec. 31
1500-1700 on  6235 DB  100 kW / 240 deg to WeAs Farsi
1500-1700 on  7205 S.P 400 kW / 147 deg to WeAs Farsi till Dec. 31
1500-1700 on  7220 SAM 250 kW / 284 deg to WeEu German till Dec. 31
1500-1700 on  7340 KLG 150 kW / 205 deg to SEEu Serbian
1500-1700 on  9480 MSK 250 kW / 240 deg to SEEu Serbian

1600-1700 NF  4960 DB  100 kW / 180 deg to WeAs English, ex 4780/4950
1600-1700 on  5885 DB  100 kW / 137 deg to SoAs English
1600-1700 on  5900 NVS 250 kW / 180 deg to SoAs English from Jan. 1
1600-1700 on  5940 SAM 250 kW / 280 deg to WeEu Russian till Dec. 31
1600-1700 on  5945 NVS 250 kW / 240 deg to N/ME Arabic
1600-1700 on  5955 NVS 250 kW / 180 deg to SoAs English
1600-1700 on  6005 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to N/ME Arabic
1600-1700 NF  6110 NVS 250 kW / 240 deg to CeAs Russian from Jan. 1
1600-1700 on  6130 MSK 200 kW / 270 deg to WeEu French
1600-1700 on  7230 MSK 250 kW / 240 deg to NoAf Russian till Dec. 31
1600-1700 on  7240 P.K 250 kW / 263 deg to EaAs Russian till Dec. 31
1600-1700 on  7295 TCH 500 kW / 240 deg to CeAf French
1600-1700 on  7330 MSK 250 kW / 275 deg to WeEu French
1600-1700 on  9340 DB  500 kW / 297 deg to N/ME Arabic
1600-1700 on  9405 KCH 500 kW / 235 deg to NoAf French
1600-1700 on  9825 S.P 250 kW / 215 deg to WeEu Arabic till Dec. 31
1600-1700 on  9865 KCH 500 kW / 296 deg to WeEu Russian till Dec. 31
1600-1700 on  9880 P.K 250 kW / 247 deg to SEAs English
1600-1700 on 11655 MSK 250 kW / 240 deg to NoAf French
1600-1700 on 11830 S.P 200 kW / 147 deg to WeAs Russian till Dec. 31
1600-1700 on 11985 ERV 500 kW / 192 deg to EaAf French

1700-1800 NF  4960 DB  100 kW / 180 deg to WeAs English, ex 4780/4950
1700-1800 on  5900 NVS 250 kW / 180 deg to SoAs English from Jan. 1
1700-1800 on  5940 SAM 250 kW / 280 deg to WeEu Russian till Dec. 31
1700-1800 on  6015 S.P 400 kW / 147 deg to N/ME Arabic till Dec. 31
1700-1800 NF  6110 NVS 250 kW / 240 deg to CeAs Russian from Jan. 1
1700-1800 on  6130 MSK 200 kW / 270 deg to WeEu French
1700-1800 on  6235 DB  100 kW / 240 deg to WeAs Arabic from Jan. 1
1700-1800 on  7220 KLG 120 kW / 245 deg to WeEu Polish
1700-1800 on  7230 MSK 250 kW / 240 deg to NoAf Russian till Dec. 31
1700-1800 on  7240 P.K 250 kW / 263 deg to EaAs English
1700-1800 on  7295 TCH 500 kW / 240 deg to CeAf French
1700-1800 on  7330 MSK 250 kW / 275 deg to WeEu English
1700-1800 on  9340 DB  500 kW / 297 deg to N/ME Arabic
1700-1800 on  9400 KCH 500 kW / 235 deg to NoAf French
1700-1800 on  9480 MSK 250 kW / 240 deg to SEEu Italian
1700-1800 on  9715 S.P 250 kW / 215 deg to SEEu Italian till Dec. 31
1700-1800 on  9735 MSK 250 kW / 193 deg to EaAf English
1700-1800 on  9825 S.P 250 kW / 215 deg to WeEu Arabic till Dec. 31
1700-1800 on  9880 P.K 250 kW / 247 deg to SEAs English
1700-1800 on 11655 MSK 250 kW / 240 deg to NoAf French
1700-1800 on 11985 ERV 500 kW / 192 deg to EaAf French
1700-1800 on 12060 MSK 250 kW / 240 deg to NoAf French

1700-1900 on  7310 SAM 250 kW / 284 deg to WeEu German till Dec. 31
1700-1900 NF  9790 MSK 250 kW / 117 deg to CeAs Russian from Jan. 1

1800-1900 NF  4960 DB  100 kW / 180 deg to WeAs English, ex 4780/4950
1800-1900 NF  6110 NVS 250 kW / 240 deg to CeAs Russian from Jan. 1
1800-1900 on  7330 MSK 250 kW / 275 deg to WeEu English
1800-1900 on  9735 MSK 250 kW / 193 deg to EaAf English
1800-1900 on 11985 ERV 500 kW / 192 deg to EaAf English

1800-2000 on  5900 SAM 250 kW / 140 deg to SoAs Russian till Dec. 31
1800-2000 on  5940 SAM 250 kW / 280 deg to WeEu Russian till Dec. 31
1800-2000 on  5995 IRK 250 kW / 290 deg to CeAs Russian till Dec. 31
1800-2000 on  6235 DB  100 kW / 240 deg to WeAs Arabic from Jan. 1
1800-2000 on  7230 MSK 250 kW / 240 deg to NoAf Russian till Dec. 31
1800-2000 on  9340 DB  500 kW / 297 deg to N/ME Arabic from Jan. 1
1800-2000 on  9825 S.P 250 kW / 215 deg to WeEu Arabic till Dec. 31

1800-2100 on  6130 MSK 200 kW / 270 deg to WeEu French
1800-2100 on  9400 KCH 500 kW / 235 deg to NoAf French
1800-2100 on 11655 MSK 250 kW / 240 deg to NoAf French
1800-2100 on 11985 ERV 500 kW / 192 deg to EaAf French
1800-2100 on 12060 MSK 250 kW / 240 deg to NoAf French

1900-2100 on  6235 DB  100 kW / 240 deg to WeAs Arabic
1900-2100 on  7330 MSK 250 kW / 275 deg to WeEu English

2000-2100 on  5940 SAM 250 kW / 280 deg to WeEu Spanish till Dec. 31
2000-2100 on  6090 ARM 200 kW / 294 deg to SoEu Spanish
2000-2100 on  6120 KLG 150 kW / 245 deg to WeEu Spanish
2000-2100 on  7250 MSK 250 kW / 275 deg to WeEu Russian till Dec. 31
2000-2100 on  9340 DB  500 kW / 297 deg to N/ME Arabic from Jan. 1
2000-2100 on  9825 S.P 250 kW / 215 deg to WeEu Arabic till Dec. 31

2000-2130 on  6030 SAM 250 kW / 246 deg to SEEu Serbian till Dec. 31

2100-2200 on  5940 SAM 250 kW / 280 deg to WeEu English till Dec. 31
2100-2200 on  6090 ARM 200 kW / 294 deg to SoEu Portuguese
2100-2200 on  6120 KLG 150 kW / 245 deg to WeEu Portuguese

2200-2300 on  7250 ARM 500 kW / 315 deg to NEAm English
2200-2300 on  9395 ERV 500 kW / 305 deg to CeAm English from Jan. 1
2200-2300 on  9750 ERV 500 kW / 258 deg to SoAm Portuguese
2200-2300 on 11830 P.K 250 kW / 064 deg to NWAm English

2300-2400 on  7250 ARM 500 kW / 315 deg to NEAm English
2300-2400 on  7260 KCH 500 kW / 296 deg to CeAm Russian till Dec. 31
2300-2400 on  7290 KCH 500 kW / 296 deg to NoAm English
2300-2400 on  9395 ERV 500 kW / 305 deg to CeAm English from Jan. 1
2300-2400 on  9750 ERV 500 kW / 258 deg to SoAm Portuguese
2300-2400 on  9865 SAM 500 kW / 284 deg to SoAm Portuguese till Dec 31

[after Dec 31 it will be helpful to reissue this with all the
defunct transmissions removed -- gh]

Also check winter B-12 schedule of Tatarstan Wave in Tatar/Russian:
0410-0500 on 11895 SAM 160 kW / 058 deg to FE
0610-0700 on  9410 SAM 250 kW / 058 deg to RUS
0810-0900 on 11610 SAM 250 kW / 294 deg to WeEu
(DX RE MIX NEWS #761 from Georgi Bancov & Ivo Ivanov, Dec. 30, 2012 
via DXLD) Because Samara is closing, so will this continue from 
elsewhere? (gh, DXLD)

** RUSSIA. POWERFUL RADIO BROADCASTING ARE INTERESTED IN THE MINISTRY 
OF EMERGENCY AND MINISTRY OF DEFENSE

The government proposes to modernize the system of powerful radio 
broadcasting with the allocation of them in the separate enterprise

The Ministry of communications sent to the government of the Russian 
Federation the project of the decree of the modernization of the 
network of the powerful broadcasting, which is now operated by the 
state-owned company RTRS, told «Izvestiya» the source, close to the 
government. This network, which is broadcast on the large territory of 
the country radio stations «Mayak» and «Radio of Russia», today it is 
unprofitable and is about to shut down. According to the data, 
provided by the company to the governmental Commission (a copy is in 
«Izvestia»), because of the reduction in volumes of broadcasting 
companies of VGTRK and the «Voice of Russia» loss of powerful radio in 
2013 will grow up to 2.5 billion rubles against 1.01 billion rubles in 
2012. In the draft resolution it is proposed to hold modernization of 
systems of the powerful radio broadcasting and then select it from the 
jurisdiction of the RTRS in the conduct of a separate entity under the 
control of the state.

The question of the fate of powerful radio broadcasting in Russia 
emerged after the government of the Russian Federation in June this 
year the decree withdrawn from the Federal target program of 
development of TV and radio broadcasting till 2015 goals for the 
development of networks of radio broadcasting. From the program 
excluded the objective of providing coverage of 100% of the population 
of the Russian Federation broadcasting of a specified quality. Not 
provide for a and the task of providing the capabilities of digital 
broadcasting of the Russian radio in foreign countries with high 
reliability reception.

For these reasons, were cancelled the planned work for the 
modernization of the existing analog network and transfer it to 
digital format. In the framework of these works were planned to 
establish 17 digital transmitters for long-wave (LW) range. For the 
broadcasting of «Radio Russia» within the the country had to be 
installed 79 transmitters MW  range and 30 transmitters short-wave 
range. For broadcasting programs of the company «Voice of Russia» to 
foreign countries in the range of medium and short wave provides 82 
digital the transmitter ST - V-band and 12 revolving antennas Q-range. 
The total volume of state financing of these works was 13.7 billion 
rubles.

In connection with the cancellation of activities was abolished and 
the financing. Decision of the put the RTRS, in whose jurisdiction 
there is a network of powerful radio, in a difficult situation.
The fact is that, according to the RTRS, network equipment is worn 
out, because of what his operation requires significant expenses. In 
2012, the company expects a loss from the net content of the powerful
radio broadcasting in the amount of 1.01 billion rubles.

The prospect same for powerful radio in Russia, if not to take any 
measures for its conservation, even worse. As reported RTRS in the 
governmental Commission, the main customers of the distribution
signal on the powerful radio -- the company VGTRK and the «Voice of 
Russia», - have informed on the reduction of its broadcasting in 2013 
and, respectively, on reduction of the fee for the distribution of 
signals.

In particular, VGTRK has declared, that refuses to use for the 
broadcasting of radio signal «Mayak» transmitters in LW, MW and VHF 
bands on the whole territory of Russia. The company reserves the 
broadcasting of the «Mayak» only in the UHF band in Moscow, Sochi and 
more 50 regional, territorial and Republican centers. The result will 
be terminated broadcasting 562 transmitters. «Voice of Russia» on 
January 1, 2013, too, significantly reduces broadcasting for foreign 
countries in the KV-range, because of which the income of the company 
will decrease by 299,6 million rubles.

In General a reduction of volumes of broadcasting RTR and «Voice of 
Russia» in 2013, will lead to an increase losses of the company from 
the powerful radio broadcasting in comparison with the 2012 in 2,5 
times-up to 2.5 billion rubles.

At the same time in the preservation of powerful broadcasting 
interested Russian power structures. This is due to the ability of the 
network to distribute the signal on large areas of several small 
radio. At the meeting in the Ministry of communications, held last 
week, representatives of the emergency Ministry declared about 
expediency of use of the powerful the radio for the population warning 
in emergency situations. Representatives Of The Ministry Of Defense,
in his turn, expressed interest in the application of powerful 
broadcasting for mobilization purposes, and also for solution of 
special problems, in particular, the tasks electronic warfare.

The Chairman of the consortium «Digital broadcasting technology 
platform» Andrey Bryksenko also draws attention to the fact that the 
availability of information infrastructure and transmitting centers in 
any country included in the strategy of «active defense». The the 
survivability of the infrastructure of air and powerful radio many 
times higher survivability satellite constellation and the Internet, 
including the fact that the majority of transmitting centers are 
situated in the depth of the country's territory in the zone of 
responsibility of the air defense systems.

- Infrastructure of the powerful radio broadcasting of the country SW, 
LW, SW bands with a radius of coverage signal territory with a radius 
of 800-1200 km and to cover the signal KV-broadcasting any sector on 
the surface of the Earth, in a special period is one of the major 
tools information delivery, - the expert emphasizes.

According to a source of «Izvestiya», in the draft resolution of the 
government submitted the proposal «to modernize the system of powerful 
radio broadcasting with the highlight them in the separate 
enterprise».

Modernization is planned to be held up to the year 2015, the source of 
financing will be a means the state budget. Until the completion of 
the modernization of powerful broadcasting will remain in the 
jurisdiction of the RTRS, then move on to the submission of an 
independent structure. 

In this regard, the official representative of the company Igor 
Stepanov said that the company is satisfied with the the acceleration 
of the decision of a question of a powerful radio broadcasting.
- There are different variants of the further actions, which have 
their pros and cons, but that's inaction is the only downsides, " said 
Stepanov 
http://izvestia.ru/news/541740
(via Victor Rutkowskiy, Ekaterinburg, Russia / “open_dx”, poorly 
translated via RusDX 30 Dec via DXLD) Try another translation:

POWERFUL BROADCASTING INTERESTED MOE AND THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE. The 
Government proposes to upgrade the system with the release of a 
powerful radio into a separate entity. Photo: rtrs.rf

Ministry of Communications sent to the government a draft resolution 
to upgrade the network of powerful radio broadcasting, which is 
currently operated by the state company RTRS, told "Izvestia" a source 
close to the government. The network, which is used for broadcasting 
to large parts of the country radio station "Mayak" and "Radio Russia" 
today is unprofitable and is about to close.

According to data presented in the RTRS Government Commission (a copy 
is in "News"), due to reductions in broadcasting companies RTR and 
"Voice of Russia" unprofitability powerful radio in 2013 will increase 
to 2.5 billion rubles to 1.01 billion rubles 2012. The draft 
resolution proposes to modernize the system of powerful radio and then 
select it from the authority of the jurisdiction RTRS separate entity 
under the control of the state.

The fate of the powerful broadcasting in Russia was, after the Russian
government in June its decision to withdraw from the federal target
program for the development of broadcasting up to 2015 targets for the
development of networks of broadcasting. Excluded from the program 
goal of 100% coverage of the population of the Russian Federation 
broadcasting the specified quality. Does not provide for a more 
objective and enable digital broadcasting Russian radio in foreign 
countries with highly reliable reception.

For these reasons were canceled plan the modernization of the existing
analogue network and translate it into a digital format. As part of 
this work was planned to install 17 digital transmitters for long-wave 
(LW) band. For programs "Radio Russia" in the country should have been
installed 79 transmitters medium wave (MW) range of 30 transmitters 
and short-wave (HF) range. To broadcast programs of the "Voice of 
Russia" in the foreign country in the mid and short waves envisaged 82 
digital transmitter and NE-SW-band antennas and 12 full-circle HF 
band. The total amount of government funding of these studies was 13.7 
billion rubles.

Due to the cancellation were terminated and the financing. The 
decision put RTRS, empowered to manage the network of powerful radio, 
in a difficult position. The fact is that, according to RTRS, network 
equipment is worn out, which is why it takes a lot of maintenance 
costs. In 2012 RTRS expected losses on the content network of powerful 
radio broadcasting in the amount 1.01 billion rubles.

The prospect is for a powerful radio in Russia, if not take some
conservation measures, even worse. RTRS as reported in the government
commission, the main customers for the propagation of powerful radio
network - the company RTR and the "Voice of Russia" - notified to 
reduce its broadcasting in 2013, and, accordingly, to reduce fees for 
signal distribution.

In particular, RTR said that do not use a signal to broadcast radio
"Mayak" transmitters in the LF, MF and VHF (VHF) bands throughout 
Russia. The company retains broadcast of "Mayak" only in the UHF range 
in Moscow, Sochi, and in 50 regional, provincial and national centers. 
This will result in 562 stopped broadcasting transmitters. "Voice of 
Russia" since January 1, 2013 also significantly reduces broadcasting 
to foreign countries in the HF range, making RTRS income decreased by 
299.6 million rubles.

Overall, the decline in broadcasting RTR and "Voice of Russia" in 
2013, will increase the loss of a powerful radio RTRS compared with 
2012's 2.5 times - up to 2.5 billion rubles.

At the same time, to maintain a strong interest broadcasting Russian
forces. This is due to the ability of the network to distribute the 
signal to large parts of several few radio centers. At a meeting at 
the Ministry of Communications, held last week, representatives of the 
Ministry of Emergency Situations reported on the feasibility of using 
high-power radio to alert the public in emergency situations. 
Representatives of the Defense Ministry, in turn, have expressed 
interest in using the powerful broadcasting for mobilization purposes, 
as well as for special tasks, such as electronic warfare tasks.

Chairman of the consortium, "Digital Broadcasting Technology Platform"
(CTPD) Andrew Bryksenkov also draws attention to the fact that the
availability of the information infrastructure and transmitting the
centers in any country included in the strategy of "active defense." 
In this essential infrastructure survivability and powerful radio many 
times higher survivability satellite constellation and the Internet, 
including the fact that most of transmitting the centers are located 
in the interior of the country in the area of ??responsibility of air 
defense systems.

- Infrastructure powerful country radio CB, LW, SW-band signal with a
radius of coverage area with a radius of 800-1200 km and the ability 
to cover the HF broadcasting signal any sector on the earth at a 
particular period is one of the main means of delivering information - 
emphasizes the expert.

According to the source "News" in the draft government resolution 
proposal to "modernize the system with the release of a powerful radio 
into a separate entity." Upgrades planned for 2015, will be a source 
of financing the state budget. Prior to the completion of 
modernization powerful broadcasting will run RTRS, then become self-
subordination structure.

In this regard, the official representative of RTRS Igor Stepanov said
that the company is satisfied with this speeding up the issue of a
powerful radio broadcasting.

- There are different options for further action, which have their 
pros and cons, but that omission is both bad - said Stepanov.

Read more: 
<http://izvestia.ru/news/541740> 
(Dec 24) (via BC-DX Dec 30 via DXLD)

** RUSSIA. St. Petersburg transmitter site to go silent on Dec 31 --- 
December 31 will be the final day for shortwave broadcasts from St. 
Petersburg transmitter site. 1494 kHz, used by the Voice of Russia, 
will also go dark on the same day. --- Mikhail Timofeyev, St. 
Petersburg branch of the Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting 
Network (RTRN), open_dx yahoo group 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/open_dx/message/30531/
(Aleksandr Diadischev, Ukraine, Dec 28, dxldyg via DX LISTENING 
DIGEST) In Cyrillic 

Two last days of Voice of Russia relays via St. Petersburg-Krasny Bor 
--- Sad news from St. Petersburg - all Voice of Russia relays via St. 
Petersburg-Krasny Bor transmitting center will be stopped on December 
31, 2012 at 2100 UT. Our last schedule (after 50 years of broadcasting 
from Krasny Bor or Radio Center No. 11):

 1494 1700-1900 Voice of Russia Russian
 6015 1500-1700 Voice of Russia Persian
      1700-1800 Voice of Russia Arabic
 6135 0000-0300 Voice of Russia Spanish
 7205 1500-1700 Voice of Russia Persian
 9825 1600-2100 Voice of Russia Arabic
11830 1400-1500 Voice of Russia Russian
      1500-1600 Voice of Russia Kurdish
      1600-1700 Voice of Russia Russian
11895 1400-1600 Voice of Russia Turkish

73! (Mikhail Timofeyev, Krasny Bor station, Dec 30, Hard-Core-DX 
mailing list via WORLD OF RADIO 1650, DXLD) gh unscrambled the 
schedule for DXLD

Thanks Glenn! 6135 came through OK. One last try for a QSL. any advice 
anyone??? (Victor Goonetilleke, Dec 31, dxldyg via DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

Victor, You can try spbrc @ sp.ru This is the e-mail listed on a QSL I 
received in 2011. The web site is http://www.spb.rtrn.ru Contact would 
be Mikhail Timofeyev. Happy New Year, (Stephen C Wood, Harwich, Mass., 
ibid.)

Actually, the e-mail address is dxcorner @ yandex.ru  More details at 
http://www.spb.rtrn.ru/info.asp?view=7007 (the middle of the page is 
in English) - (Aleksandr Diadischev, Ukraine, ibid.)

Saint-Petersburg --- Dear colleagues! By reason of employment and did 
not manage to publish on our St. Petersburg site sad news on the full 
termination of medium - and shortwave radio broadcast of the red [sic] 
Bora, starting with 01.01.2013 year. If any of you still have no QSL 
cards, acknowledging receipt our broadcasts in the SW band, here is 
the schedule (at the bottom of the page):
http://spb.rtrn.ru/info.asp?view=1553
The reports can be sent to e-mail dxcorner@yandex.ru
Happy New year, let and not so joyous for the St. Petersburg 
communicators. 73! (Mikhail Timofeev, Saint-Petersburg, Russia / 
“open_dx”, translated via Rus DX 30 Dec, via DXLD)

** RUSSIA [and non]. Logged 0140-0205 UT TONIGHT IN GERMANY
6135 S=9+40dB
7210 S=9+30dB
7250 S=9+20dB
7290 S=9+30dB
9395 S=9+30dB
9475 S=9
9750 S=9+30dB
9865 S=9+25dB

0200-0300 English
  648 Dushanbe-TJK 1000 AS/CIS-CeAS/NE/ME
  927 Dushanbe-TJK 300 CIS-CeAS, NE/ME/CIS
  972 Dushanbe-TJK 1000 AS/CIS-CeAS/NE/ME
 1377 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 1000 NE/ME/CIS/Caucasus
 7250 Armavir Tbilisskaya 500 NoAM, CeAM
 7290 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 NoAM CeAM
15630 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky 250 Western NoAM, ALS, CAN
17665 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky 250 Western NoAM, ALS, CAN
17690 Vladivostok 250 Western NoAM, ALS, CAN

Spanish
 6135 St. Petersburg 800 SoAM
 7210 Moscow 500 SoAM
 9395 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 500 CeAM
 9475 Dushanbe-TJK 500 SoAM
 9750 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 500 SoAM
(Wolfgang Büschel, UT Dec 31, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Voice of Russia 1/1 2013 English schedule is now on their web site:  
http://english.ruvr.ru/engradio/ 
Only DRM to Europe and only one frequency to Latin America 2200 to 
0400: 9395 from 2200 to 2400 and 7290 from 0000 to 0400 UT; nothing to 
west coast anymore (Peter Hansen, Dec 30, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 
1650, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA [non]. 7290, Jan 1 at 0159, V of Russia with frequency 
announcement in English, including MW, and also web info. Poor signal 
here and nothing heard on 7250 any more. According to the updated 
English schedule
http://english.ruvr.ru/engradio/
broadcasts to North America have been terminated! The end of an era. 
And remaining English reduced. This is a result of the closure of some 
transmitter sites in a large budget cut. 

However, 7290 was already designated for Latin America rather than 
North America, and we can continue to hear that, altho it would seem 
English is more of a North American language, but hey, Guyana, 
Trinidad and the other islands are more of a priority than we are!

7290 has been on a 296 degree beam with 500 kW from PRIDNESTROVYE, 
while 9395, not previously in English, is registered as 500 kW, 305 
degrees from ARMENIA, neither for any CIRAF less than 10 = Mexico.

LATIN AMERICA
Time (UTC) Meter bands Frequencies (kHz)
2200-0000 31 9395
0000-0400 41 7290

Another remaining VOR English broadcast we can overhear is 9560 at 11-
15 to Asia, which previously in HFCC was Novosibirsk, 250 kW, 145 
degrees at 11-14.

7290 was off the air at 2306 Dec 31, but it had been on at 2115 with 
usual predecessor Radio PMR in Russian (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF 
RADIO 1650, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA. VoR - Spanish to Europe cancelled? No signal on 5940, 6090 
and 6120 at 2000. Regards (Jean-Michel Aubier, France, 2006 UT Dec 31, 
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

At 2220...2230: On 7240 only Chinese music which should be safe for 
listlogging as Lhasa, so no transmission from Tbilisskaya. On 9395 
some English interview, noted a mention of recent press conference of 
Vladimir Putin; Gavar with Voice of Russia in English instead of 
Russian?? On 9750 some transmission with rather muffled audio / 
modulation, could be Gavar with Voice of Russia in Portuguese as used 
to be the case until the day before.

Monte Ceneri 558 went off more or less exactly at 2100. Wachenbrunn 
1323 went off to the second at 2200, uncovering BBC World Service in 
English, so another transmitter (Zygi) that has less than three months 
to go from now.

So of the doomed Voice of Russia outlets only Scheppau 630 and 
Wilsdruff 1431 are still on air in this moment (Kai Ludwig, 2248 UT 
Dec 31, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Voice of Russia in Russian as of Jan, 1st
http://m.ruvr.ru/data/2012/12/28/1283023680/raspisanie.jpg
(via Alex Diadischev, open-dx via Leo, Moldova, dxldyg via DXLD) Viz.:

** RUSSIA. [and non: ARMENIA/GERMANY/MOLDOVA/TAJIKISTAN]

Winter B-12 schedule of Voice of Russia Moscow.
Russian language service schedule in B-12, Version-B.
Updated and compressed on January 1, 2013

UTC
language - program
kHz TX location kW target area remarks

0000-0100
Russian (GR)
1503 Dushanbe-TJK 500 CIS-CeAS

0100-0200
Russian (GR)
1395 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 1000 NE/ME/CIS
1395 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 500 Caucasus
1503 Dushanbe-TJK 500 CIS-CeAS

0200-0300
Russian (GR)
1395 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 1000 NE/ME/CIS
1395 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 500 Caucasus
1503 Dushanbe-TJK 500 CIS-CeAS
12070 Moscow 250 CIS-CeAS

0300-0400
Russian (GR)
1395 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 1000 NE/ME/CIS
1395 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 500 Caucasus
1503 Dushanbe-TJK 500 CIS-CeAS
12070 Moscow 250 CIS-CeAS

0400-0500
Russian (GR)
1395 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 1000 NE/ME/CIS
1395 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 500 Caucasus
1503 Dushanbe-TJK 500 CIS-CeAS
1548 Grigoriopol-MDA 1000 UKR/MDA
1548 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 EUR

0500-0600
Russian (GR)
999 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 EUR, UKR/MDA
1395 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 500 Caucasus
1503 Dushanbe-TJK 500 CIS-CeAS
1548 Grigoriopol-MDA 1000 UKR/MDA
1548 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 EUR

0600-0700
Russian (GR)
693 Oranienburg Germany 125 EUR
999 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 EUR, UKR/MDA
1395 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 500 Caucasus/NE/ME/CIS
1503 Dushanbe-TJK 500 CIS-CeAS
1548 Grigoriopol-MDA 1000 UKR/MDA
1548 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 EUR

0700-0800
Russian (GR)
693 Oranienburg Germany 125 EUR
999 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 EUR, UKR/MDA
1395 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 500 Caucasus/NE/ME/CIS
1503 Dushanbe-TJK 500 CIS-CeAS
1548 Grigoriopol-MDA 1000 UKR/MDA
1548 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 EUR

0800-0900
Russian (GR)
693 Oranienburg Germany 125 EUR
999 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 EUR, UKR/MDA
1395 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 500 Caucasus/NE/ME/CIS
1503 Dushanbe-TJK 500 CIS-CeAS
9625 DRM ch#2 Kaliningrad Bolshakovo 15 EUR

0900-1000
Russian (GR)
999 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 UKR/MDA
1395 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 500 Caucasus/NE/ME/CIS
1503 Dushanbe-TJK 500 CIS-CeAS

1000-1100
Russian (GR)
999 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 UKR/MDA
1395 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 500 Caucasus/NE/ME/CIS
1503 Dushanbe-TJK 500 CIS-CeAS

1100-1200
Russian (GR)
999 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 UKR/MDA
1395 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 500 Caucasus/NE/ME/CIS
1503 Dushanbe-TJK 500 CIS-CeAS

1200-1300
Russian (GR)
999 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 UKR/MDA
1395 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 500 CIS/Caucasus, NE/ME
1503 Dushanbe-TJK 500 CIS-CeAS
9625 DRM ch#2 Kaliningrad Bolshakovo 15 EUR
12055 Moscow 250 CeAS, CIS-CeAS, AUS/NZL/PAC

1300-1400
Russian (GR)
999 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 UKR/MDA
1026 Novosibirsk 500 ME, CIS-CeAS
1395 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 500 CIS/Caucasus, NE/ME
1503 Dushanbe-TJK 500 CIS-CeAS
9625 DRM ch#2 Kaliningrad Bolshakovo 15 EUR
12055 Moscow 250 CeAS, CIS-CeAS, AUS/NZL/PAC

1400-1500
Russian (GR)
999 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 UKR/MDA
1026 Novosibirsk 500 ME, CIS-CeAS
1395 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 500 CIS, NE/ME
1395 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 500 Caucasus
1503 Dushanbe-TJK 500 CIS-CeAS
1503 Dushanbe-TJK 500 ME/NE
12055 Moscow 250 CeAS, CIS-CeAS, AUS/NZL/PAC

1500-1600
Russian (GR)
999 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 UKR/MDA
999 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 SoEaEUR
1026 Novosibirsk 500 ME, CIS-CeAS
1395 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 500 CIS, NE/ME
1395 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 500 Caucasus
1503 Dushanbe-TJK 500 CIS-CeAS
1503 Dushanbe-TJK 500 ME/NE
12055 Moscow 250 CeAS, CIS-CeAS, AUS/NZL/PAC

1600-1700
Russian (GR)
999 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 UKR/MDA
999 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 SoEaEUR
1026 Novosibirsk 500 ME, CIS-CeAS
1143 Kaliningrad Bolshakovo 150 Baltics, Belarus
1143 Kaliningrad Bolshakovo 150 EUR
1170 Armavir Tbilisskaya 1200 NE/ME/CIS
1395 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 500 CIS, NE/ME
1395 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 500 Caucasus
1503 Dushanbe-TJK 500 CIS-CeAS
1503 Dushanbe-TJK 500 ME/NE
6110 Moscow 250 NE/ME, Caucasus
6110 Moscow 250 CeAS, CIS-CeAS, AUS/NZL/PAC

1700-1800
Russian (GR)
999 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 UKR/MDA
999 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 SoEaEUR
1026 Novosibirsk 500 ME, CIS-CeAS
1170 Armavir Tbilisskaya 1200 NE/ME/CIS
1395 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 500 CIS, NE/ME
1395 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 500 Caucasus
1503 Dushanbe-TJK 500 CIS-CeAS
1503 Dushanbe-TJK 500 ME/NE
6110 Moscow 250 NE/ME, Caucasus
6110 Moscow 250 CeAS, CIS-CeAS, AUS/NZL/PAC
9790 Moscow 250 CeAS, CIS-CeAS, AUS/NZL/PAC

1800-1900
Russian (GR)
999 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 UKR/MDA
999 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 SoEaEUR
1026 Novosibirsk 500 ME, CIS-CeAS
1143 Kaliningrad Bolshakovo 150 Baltics, Belarus
1143 Kaliningrad Bolshakovo 150 EUR
1170 Armavir Tbilisskaya 1200 NE/ME/CIS
1215 Kaliningrad Bolshakovo 1200 EUR, Baltics, Belarus
1395 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 500 CIS, NE/ME
1395 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 500 Caucasus
1413 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 UKR/MDA
1413 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 SoEaEUR
1503 Dushanbe-TJK 500 CIS-CeAS
1503 Dushanbe-TJK 500 ME/NE
6110 Moscow 250 NE/ME, Caucasus
6110 Moscow 250 CeAS, CIS-CeAS, AUS/NZL/PAC
9790 Moscow 250 CeAS, CIS-CeAS, AUS/NZL/PAC

1900-2000
Russian (GR)
612 Moscow Kurkino 20 Moscow area, EUR
693 Oranienburg Germany 125 EUR
1143 Kaliningrad Bolshakovo 150 Baltics, Belarus
1143 Kaliningrad Bolshakovo 150 EUR
1170 Armavir Tbilisskaya 1200 NE/ME/CIS
1215 Kaliningrad Bolshakovo 1200 EUR, Baltics, Belarus
1395 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 500 CIS, NE/ME
1395 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 500 Caucasus
1413 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 UKR/MDA
1413 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 SoEaEUR
1503 Dushanbe-TJK 500 CIS-CeAS
1503 Dushanbe-TJK 500 ME/NE

2000-2100
Russian (GR)
693 Oranienburg Germany 125 EUR
1143 Kaliningrad Bolshakovo 150 Baltics, Belarus
1143 Kaliningrad Bolshakovo 150 EUR
1170 Armavir Tbilisskaya 1200 NE/ME/CIS
1215 Kaliningrad Bolshakovo 1200 EUR, Baltics, Belarus
1395 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 500 CIS, NE/ME
1395 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 500 Caucasus
1503 Dushanbe-TJK 500 CIS-CeAS
1503 Dushanbe-TJK 500 ME/NE

2100-2200
Russian (GR)
612 Moscow Kurkino 20 Moscow area, EUR
999 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 UKR/MDA
999 Grigoriopol-MDA 500 SoEaEUR
1215 Kaliningrad Bolshakovo 1200 EUR, Baltics, Belarus
1395 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 500 CIS, NE/ME
1395 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 500 Caucasus
1503 Dushanbe-TJK 500 CIS-CeAS
1503 Dushanbe-TJK 500 ME/NE

[nothing at 22-23??? gh]

2300-2400
Russian (GR)
1314 Yerevan Gavar-ARM 1000 Caucasus/NE/ME/CIS  (Voice of Russia 
website, adapted by wb Dec 27 to wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, Dec 30 via DXLD)

** RUSSIA [and non]. TURMOIL OVER AMERICA'S RADIO VOICE IN RUSSIA
THE MASS FIRING OF RADIO LIBERTY JOURNALISTS PROMPTED A PROTEST BY 
HUMAN-RIGHTS ACTIVISTS IN MOSCOW.
By JOHN O'SULLIVAN --- OPINION December 30, 2012, 7:43 p.m. ET
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323320404578211454109934528.html

A few years ago Peter Pomeranzev, an Anglo-Russian journalist, found 
himself in a Moscow taxi where the radio was playing Radio Liberty, 
the U.S.-financed station that transmits uncensored broadcasts in 
Russian. As a boy Mr. Pomeranzev had been taken to hear his father, a 
Russian poet in London, deliver regular broadcasts to a closed Soviet 
Union. But that was another era. Why, in 2009, would a Moscow taxi 
driver listen to Radio Liberty?

The driver replied that he had listened to Radio Liberty throughout 
the Cold War. After 1991 he switched to easy listening. Now Vladimir 
Putin was snuffing out media freedom.

The driver concluded: "I've got to start listening to it again."

Agence France-Presse/Getty Images [caption:] A pro-Radio Liberty 
protester is detained by a Moscow police officer, Oct. 9.

That sentiment is worth keeping in mind when considering the 
continuing drama at Radio Liberty, a drama that began in September 
with the mass firings of RL's Moscow journalists by parent company 
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. The firings, at the direction of 
RFE/RL President Steven Korn and Vice President Julia Ragona, saw the 
journalists barred from their offices, directed to a law firm and 
asked to resign for modest severance.

RFE/RL also closed Radio Liberty's medium-wave radio broadcasts, 
reduced programming, announced that RL would be run from Moscow 
instead of Prague, and hired journalists allegedly better equipped for 
the digital age.

Even without the style of the firings, Russians would have been upset 
by the purge of a rare news outlet outside the control of the Kremlin 
and its compliant oligarchs. Mikhail Gorbachev was among the first to 
protest, saying that the dismissals looked "especially strange" given 
Mr. Putin's moves against independent journalism in Russia.

Soon the Moscow community of human-rights and democracy activists 
erupted in opposition. Ten distinguished members — including Lyudmilla 
Alexeeva of the Moscow Helsinki Committee and Sergei Kovalyev of the 
Sakharov Foundation — wrote to the U.S. Congress calling for an 
investigation. Four other RL journalists resigned in sympathy with the 
37 dismissed. Some formed an organization that they named Radio 
Liberty in Exile.

What has prolonged the crisis is the weakness of the case for the 
firings advanced by RFE/RL managers. They first explained that a new 
Russian law restricting foreign media ownership forced them to give up 
RL's medium-wave license. But other foreign stations work with a 
Russian partner. Were partners vigorously sought? If so, how many? If 
the partnering option failed, why not continue broadcasting and compel 
Mr. Putin to close down the bureau rather than spare him embarrassment 
by pre-emptive compliance? Finally, why move the main body of Radio 
Liberty to Moscow where it is plainly vulnerable to a Kremlin that is 
relentlessly hostile to the media? It doesn't add up.

The managers' second explanation is that the firings and hirings were 
the necessary result of switching RL content from radio to a 
multimedia Internet platform. But even after roughly 60 radio 
affiliates in Russia ended their relationship with RL under official 
pressure, radio still accounts for about half of RL's total audience. 
Some Russians listen to the radio programs through the Internet, but 
now many of those programs will be axed. Having radio as an in-house 
partner gave RL's website an advantage in Russia's competitive digital 
environment. Above all, if strengthening RL's digital presence was the 
strategy, why jettison RL's successful website team?

In reality, long before Mr. Korn arrived in June 2011, some RFE/RL 
senior managers wanted major programming changes to make Radio Liberty 
livelier, more contemporary, less political and more attuned to a 
younger audience. Well and good, but those aims have to be reconciled 
with the organization's mission statement: "RFE/RL's mission is to 
promote democratic values and institutions by reporting the news in 
countries where a free press is banned by the government or not fully 
established."

Jefim Fistein, currently an RFE/RL senior adviser, managed just such a 
balancing act as director of the Russian service until last May. Radio 
Liberty improved its news reporting and expanded the range of topics 
covered while maintaining high standards of political and cultural 
debate. It pioneered the live-streaming of court trials and street 
demonstrations. Increasingly, RL set the news agenda for what remained 
of Russia's independent press. Two external critics invited to 
critique RL — a BBC World Service veteran and a Daily Telegraph 
Internet pioneer — concluded that the service was doing the right 
things.

The outsiders' verdict annoyed those managers who wanted more popular 
fare. But the managers were bureaucrats, not program-makers. They 
needed a simpatico editorial vision. They found it in Masha Gessen, 
the Radio Liberty director appointed by RFE/RL President Korn after 
the September housecleaning.

"I want to do a kind of journalism that no one is doing at the moment. 
I would describe it as normal journalism," she told the Moscow Times 
shortly after her appointment. "Something that's not polemical, like 
opposition media, and something that's not controlled by the Kremlin." 
In practice this journalism has turned out to be softer news features 
in which liberty is likely to mean sexual liberation (with 
illustrations) rather than "political" aspects of human rights.

Five years ago when young Russians were alienated from politics, there 
might have been a case for Radio Liberty to take that approach. But 
other news outlets are doing such journalism in Moscow today — with 
Mr. Putin's blessing. As for normality, well, normal journalism in an 
environment of worsening authoritarianism surely includes the kind of 
"opposition media" that Ms. Gessen disdains.

Her style of journalism is also ill-timed. Russia's young people are 
no longer so disaffected from politics. They are taking sides. New 
dissidents are joining old. Four of the dismissed journalists have 
since won awards for crusading human-rights reporting. Radio Liberty 
could be providing a platform for a coalition of dissidents young and 
old.

Inevitably, reports filtered into Washington that the RL "brand" was 
damaged by the firings. All audience measures were down, and Russia's 
democratic activists had been alienated. In mid-December the 
Broadcasting Board of Governors (the official agency overseeing U.S. 
international broadcasting) took action — thanks in large part to the 
terrier-like insistence of one governor, Victor Ashe, a former U.S. 
ambassador to Poland knowledgeable about Eastern Europe. The governors 
announced an investigation to be completed in six months, but 
according to multiple sources they also asked Mr. Korn to resign, 
perhaps as early as Dec. 31.

Mr. Korn did not respond to an email request to comment for this 
article, and his telephone was not accepting messages.

If he does depart, any investigation should be handled by the new or 
interim head of RFE/RL. That person, someone experienced editorially 
and internationally but detached from recent BBG politics (former NPR 
president Kevin Klose would be ideal), can determine what went wrong 
in the course of putting it right. The board's sole advice should be: 
Rehire the journalists dismissed in Moscow to such loud effect.

Mr. O'Sullivan, former Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty executive 
editor (2008-11) and vice president (2011), is the author of "The 
President, the Pope, and the Prime Minister" (Regnery, 2006).

Editor's Note: On Dec. 31, the RFE/RL board of directors accepted 
President and CEO Steven Korn's resignation, effective Jan. 25, 2013.

A version of this article appeared December 31, 2012, on page A15 in 
the U.S. edition of The Wall Street Journal, with the headline: 
Turmoil Over America's Radio Voice in Russia (via David Cole, DXLD)

** RWANDA. Hi everyone, This is all I can hear around our local mid-
day in Jo'burg on 19, 22 and 25mb. Deutsche Welle relay. 15275 Kigali 
// 15700. Dec. 30, 2012. Sunday. 1026-1036. Swahili, OM's talking, 
sounds like regional news. Mentioned "Kenya Broadcasting Corporation" 
at 1028, "Nairobi" at 1029 (thrice). Continued through BoH. From 1033 
to 1036, still Swahili, OM's now discussing Somalia. 15275 fair-poor. 
15700 much better, would qualify as "fair". Jo'burg sunset 1703. 
Regards, (Bill Bingham, RSA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Isolated 

** RWANDA. 6055, R. Rwanda, 0316-0406 Dec 29. Afro tunes to 0330, then 
talks by YL in lang. to ToH; canned ID at 0400, then more talk; tuned 
out at 0406. Good signal, as has been the case lately (John Wilkins, 
Wheat Ridge, Colorado, Drake R-8, 100-foot RW. dxingwithcumbre yg via 
DXLD)

6055, Radio Rwanda, *0255, Jan 1. Open carrier noted at 0248; started 
with pop African song; no announcements; 0258 started their usual 
segment of almost religious sounding slow tempo singing; heard past 
0416; mostly fair in either French or vernacular (Ron Howard, Asilomar 
State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SARAWAK [non]. PALAU, 15360, Radio Free Kenyalang, very very weak 
signal heard in East Asia via remote SDR unit around 0920-0930 UT Dec 
27, talk of two men in Iban ? Malay ?. Nothing heard on all European 
remote unit places, nor even on shorter distances in Finland - or - 
Moscow Russia (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 30 via DXLD)

** SARAWAK [non]. Re 12-52: NEXUS-Int'l Broadcasting Association test 
to SE Asia, Fri. Dec 28 --- "If you are in the target area we welcome 
your reception reports for this broadcast..." Guess no reason for me 
to even attempt hearing. 73, (Kraig, KG4LAC, Krist, Manassas, Virginia
USA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

?? Since when is a station`s intention any impediment to DXing it? 
(gh, DXLD)

This test audible here with excellent signal - SIO 444 from 1300 s/on 
today. IDing as Radio Free Kenyalang - the new Sarawak clandestine 
station. In vernacular (Iban language). Presume IRRS via Romania. 73s 
(Dave Kenny, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)

15325, 29/Dec 1318, No signal of Radio Free Kenyalang in 15325, here 
in my local or a remote radio in Holland (Jorge Freitas, Feira de 
Santana, Bahia-Brazil, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

[A-DX] LOG.IRRS-Test --- auf 15325 khz testet IRRS gerade in Richtung 
SE Asia. Die Sendung ist in einer mir unbekannten Sprache, habe nur 
verstanden Radio Free.... und geht noch bis 14.00 Uhr. Bei mir 
erstaunlicherweise mit 45444 zu empfangen, wobei das Fading leicht
stärker wird. gesendet wird mit 300 kW von? vy 73 (Peter Vaegler, Dec 
28, QTH: Stralsund, Germany:  13 6´10´´ E; 54 16´23´´ N, RX: mod.DEGEN 
DE 1103, Ant: Teleskop/TG 34, A-DX via Büschel, DXLD)

Hi Peter, zu 99% aus Tiganeschti Rumänien, provider IRRS Mailand. In 
Amberg, England und Italien S=9+30dB mit 1. Hop. Nahe ROU in der 
Steiermark mit starkem Echo, schon leicht Reflektion somewhere.

In Moskau auf der Seitenkeule auch etwas Echo bei S=9+10dB, auch in 
Hamburg. In Australien mitten in der Nacht S=8, dagegen im nördlichen 
Japan NIL. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, via DXLD)

Far from the target zone, but I'm receiving a good signal here in 
Romania on 15325 kHz at 1340 UT. Program in Asian language. Are they 
using any of the Radiocom transmitter facilities in Romania for this 
broadcast? (Tudor Vedeanu, (Gura Humorului, Romania), dxldyg via DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

Tuned in shortly after 1350: Boaaar, it was booming into Germany at a 
local-like level, making one suspect that Tiganesti churned it out on 
a 307 degrees curtain by mistake.

Asian music, then in noticeably poorer audio quality the promised 
closure announcement in American-sounding English, with RRI interval 
signal from the other transmitters bleeding in (ooops). Then similarly 
degraded Aida fragment until the carrier had been cut (Kai Ludwig, 
Germany, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1650, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

IRRS-Shortwave test on Dec. 28 on 15325 kHz to SE Asia: yes, 99% 
coming from Tiganesti Romania, provider IRRS Nexus Milan. At Amberg 
Germany, England and Italy S=9+30dB 1st Hop. But closer towards 
Romania on Austrian-Hungarian border with strong echo effect. On 
Moscow unit at sidelobe S=9+10dB, also in Hamburg. In Australia midst 
in nightime S=8 signal, in contrast on various Japan remote units: 
TOTALLY NIL. 

Surprise at 1358:50 UT: heavy US accented Nexus ID, and Aïda triumphal 
march, BUT RRI Bucharest pause ID signal just 3-4 tone signals ... put 
on air by the engineers ! TX cut off at 1400:18 UT. 73 wb (Wolfgang 
Büschel, ibid.)

15325, Dec 28 at 1259, JBA carrier as I am checking out the one-day 
test by IRRS to SE Asia at 13-14 that Ron Norton had told us about 
yesterday. Not rechecked until 1331, and now it has come up to a fair 
signal with music, sad song; 1334 talk in presumed Iban, mentioning 
``Radio Kenyalang`` twice, ``Radio Free Kenyalang`` once, and berita 
(news); 1334 back to music. Has some deep fades. Presumed ROMANIA site 
tho never to be acknowledged by IRRS. Compared it to known RRI 15170 
signal which was no better at 1300, but at 1331, 15325 was really a 
bit stronger, which doesn`t make sense since 15170 is aimed USward, 
300 kW at 290 degrees from Galbeni, while 15325 is presumably the 
usual 300 kW from Tiganeshti aimed toward Sarawak.

Tudor Vedeanu inside Romania at Gura Humorului reports a good signal.

Kai Ludwig says, ``Tuned in shortly after 1350: Boaaar, it was booming 
into Germany at a local-like level, making one suspect that Tiganeshti 
churned it out on a 307 degree curtain by mistake. Asian music, then 
in noticeably poorer audio quality the promised closure announcement 
in American-sounding English, with RRI interval signal from the other 
transmitters bleeding in (ooops). Then similarly degraded Aïda 
fragment until the carrier had been cut.``

Wolfgang Büschel was also monitoring 15325 in Germany and with remote 
receivers. He`s 99% sure it`s via Tiganeshti. It was 30 over 9 in 
England and Italy; 10 over 9 in Moscow with some echo; heavy echo 
closer to Romania, backscatter; S8 in Australia where it`s the middle 
of the night; inaudible in northern Japan (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF 
RADIO 1650,DX LISTENING DIGEST)

IRRS carried R. Free Kenyalang in Iban on Dec. 28. The reception in 
Japan was confirmed only in DXing cottage of DFS.
http://youtu.be/e6lAVus4qlA
Will R. Free Kenyalang plan broadcast from IRRS? (S. Hasegawa, Japan, 
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Not so far, afterwards (gh)

see MALAYSIA in this issue for more SARAWAK [non]

** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, Dec 16 1045 SIBC mycket svag. Har hörts 
tidigare i november men aldrig till räckligt stark för att kunna följa 
programmet. 1-2. OB

5020, Dec 16 1045, SIBC very weak. Has been heard earlier in November 
but not strong enough to be able to follow any program details. 1-2. 
OB (Olle Bjurström, Norrtälje, Sweden, SW Bulletin Dec 25 translated 
by editor Thomas Nilsson for DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOMALIA [non]. 15700, Radio Damal, con transmisión para Somalía, 
0410, Diciembre 30, Vernacular, muy clara identificación por locutora, 
bonita música africana, 2.4.4.4.2 (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, dxldyg 
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOMALILAND. 7120, Dec 29 at 1304 JBA carrier, and as usual much 
better to fair level by 1350 with pop music not especially HOA; 1357 
announcement, 1357.5-1359.5* usual NA which starts with 4-notes-up, 4-
notes-down, 4-notes-up, 4-notes-down (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

7120, 30/Dec 0332, Somalia, R Hargeysa in Somali. Reading the Qur`an, 
song. At 0335 Om talk emphatically. At 0345 Om talk and the 0349 quick 
local music. Fair, but signal degrading in my Degen. Good signal from 
remote radio in Nederlands. At 0350 one commentator external (Jorge 
Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil, Degen 1103 
- All listening in mode of filter Narrow the 6 kHz. Dipole antenna, 16 
meters - east/west, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Radio Hargasya, Somaliland, 7120, excellent S-10 copy with clear 
modulation at 0415 on the east coast of USA. Nice local music also.  
very good all week up to 0500 UT for me. 12-30-12 (Steve Price, 
Pennsylvania, USA, ibid.)

7120, Radio Hargeisa. transmitiendo desde la región autónoma de 
Somalilandia, 0330 UT, Diciembre 30, vernacular. Himno o marcha 
militar con la apertura de la transmision, identificacion por OM, 
anuncio y Rezo del Santo Cor`án. A continuación se escucha un boletín 
de noticias. 2.3.3.3.2. Debo señalar que jamás pensé en poder escuchar 
esta emisora desde la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires pero realmente 
me ha sorprendido no sólo haber podido captarla sino fundamentalmente 
la muy buena y clara recepción (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, dxldyg via 
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. Anything that's better than him!
Walterboro, S.C. (USA), 9625 kHz, Brother Stair, 1909-1913 UT. Poor to 
Terrible, compared to // 9370 kHz [WWRB] which is fair to good. Where 
the CBCNQ Service once was, now he's heard there. It would better if 
another station was heard like the Voice Of Nigeria or IRRS. Any of 
them but Stair! (J.K. Johnson, GA, Dec 30, dxldyg via DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

Missing from HFCC for some reason but Aoki shows due east from 
ARMENIA:
9625 The Overcomer Ministry 1700-2000 1234567 English 300 90 Yerevan-
Gavar ARM 04511E 4025N TOM b12 Oct. 4- 
(Glenn Hauser, DXLD)

9625, ARMENIA, Overcomer Ministry (relay), Gavar. *1700 December 26, 
2012. Carrier noted here moments before 1700 tune-in. I left the radio 
room but kept the NRD-535 on the channel, eventually noticing audio of 
Brother Ralph Gordon Stair around 1740 when passing by, clear and 
fair, only a couple of brief gospel vocal interludes and the Bro 
ranting across the 1800 hour. Presumed country site per EiBi, beamed 
to the throngs of eagerly-listening Muslim populace in the Mid-east 
(Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, Pile of junk used: JRC 
NRD-535; ICOM IC-R75; Hammarlund HQ-180A; Sony ICF-7600GR; Sangean PR-
D5; Aqua Guide 705 RDF Marine Radio; GE Superadio III; JPS NF-60 Notch 
Filter; JPS ANC-4 Noise Phase; 1 X roof dipole; 1 X room random wire; 
Terk Advantage non-active portable loop, dxldyg via DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** SPAIN [and non]. Göran Norstedt: Ett litet bidrag från Skåne, inte 
Hard Core precis, men ändå..., gör vad du vill med det...

REE meddelar ikväll, den 12 dec 2012, att utlandssändningarna på 
kortvåg är åter, om än temporärt, i luften efter den plötsliga 
"blackout" (deras egen benämning) som den 25 november drabbade 
utlandssändningarna vid REE.

Anledningen till fristen är, enl radiomannen på REE, citat: 
"Kortvågsantennerna behövs för att sända ut (reläa) de spanska 
fotbollsreferaten till olika delar av världen". Man säger sig "ha
fått en temporär frist tack vare de stora pengar som är i omlopp inom 
fotbollen. - Football makes the world go around."

Dessutom, ett kuriosum:

I kvällens 12/12 REE lästes bla en lyssnarrapport upp från vår, dvs 
jag deltog, senaste lyssnarträff inom MKVK i Saxtorp den 24 nov, dvs 
dagen före "the blackout".

Undertecknad är också en av de fem på fotografiet från lyssnarträffen, 
som Christian bifogade denna sin rapport.

Dessutom är jag en av de tre som omnämns använda en laptop som 
radio... ' Annat var det förr när jag lyssnade på kortvåg', tyckte 
radiomannen.

(Jag var helt ovetande om detta inslag när jag slog på REE ikväll för 
att bli underhållen medan frugan är på glöggfest och jag skriver 
julkort.)

Talar du inte spanska, rekommenderas den dagliga engelska sändningen 
från Madrid på 9665 kHz, kl 19-20 på vardagar, programmen är spanskt 
lättsamma och intressanta.

Tycker jag, den forne spanske reseledaren och arbetskompisen med Johan 
Berglund på Fritte i Palma på det glada 70-talet. Det var Johan som 
smittade mig med 'den spanska sjukan' som gör att jag ännu efter 40 år 
regelbundet lyssnar på REE, ibland på SS ibland på EE. Ja, ja det
hör väl inte riktigt till saken.

Göran Norstedt: A small contribution from Skåne, not Hard Core 
exactly, but still ... do what you want with it ...

REE announced tonight, December 12, 2012, that foreign broadcasts on 
shortwave are back, albeit temporarily, on the air after the sudden 
"blackout" (their own term) as on 25 November affected foreign 
broadcasts at REE.

The reason for the respite is, according to the radio man on REE, 
quote: "The shortwave antennas are needed to send (relay), the Spanish 
football commentaries to various parts of the world. "They say they" 
have received a temporary respite period due to the large amounts of 
money in circulation in football. - Football makes the world go 
around." Additionally, a curiosity:

In tonight's Dec 12 REE was read among others one listener report from 
our latest MKVK [Malmo DX Club] DX gettogether in Saxtorp on Nov 24, 
where I attended, i.e. the day before "the blackout". I am also one of 
the five in the photograph from this listening meeting, which 
Christian enclosed with his report.

I am also one of the three mentioned using a laptop as a radio: “It 
was different in the old days when I was listening to shortwave”, 
thought the radio man.

(I was completely unaware of this feature when I turned on REE tonight 
to be entertained while my wife is drinking mulled wine at some 
friends and I am writing Christmas cards.)

If you speak no Spanish, I recommend the daily English broadcast from 
Madrid on 9665 kHz at 19-20 on weekdays, the programs are Spanish 
light-hearted and interesting. 

This is how I think, being a former Spanish tour leader and working 
with my friend Johan Berglund at Fritte in Palma in the happy 70's. It 
was Johan who infected me with the 'Spanish flu' that makes me even 
after 40 years regularly listen to REE, sometimes in Spanish, 
sometimes on English. Yes, yes this belongs not quite to the point.

Some explanations are needed:
Skåne = Scania the most southern landscape of Sweden
MKVK = Malmö Kortvågsklubb (shortwave club)
Saxtorp = a small village some 50 km north of Malmö
Christian = one of the members in MKVK
Fritte = Fritidsresor (a Swedish Travel agency big in Spain since long 
time back) (translated by editor Thomas Nilsson, for WORLD OF RADIO 
1650, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Additional transmissions of Radio Exterior de España from Dec. 4:
0900-1100 on 15585 NOB 050 kW / 060 deg to WeEu Spanish Daily DRM
1900-2000 on  9665 NOB 250 kW / 038 deg to WeEu English Mon-Fri
2300-2400 on  6055 NOB 250 kW / 290 deg to NoAm French Daily
(DX RE MIX NEWS #761 from Georgi Bancov & Ivo Ivanov, Dec. 30, 2012 
via DXLD)

9630, Dec 29 at 0056, REE DRM is not blasting in as usual via COSTA 
RICA, this being the only Spanish broadcast supposedly remaining to 
NAm at 00-02. In fact tho there is some noise around the frequency, am 
not sure the DRM is on the air at all. REE direct on 9620 & better 
9535 AM provide good signals.

17595, Sat Dec 29 at 1428, REE is back with VG signal from Noblejas 
which is missing on weekdays, and apparently aimed at NAm rather than 
SAm. But it`s in French!! African music and talk about history of 
Zimbabwe. Maybe it`s a co-produxion with a station in France as heard 
previously, except REE supposedly blew off anything but own originated 
shows. I kept expecting some Castilian to be mixed in, but stays only 
in French, 1445 on to Chinese music; and at 1455 into Chinese lesson 
presented in French! 

Oh, oh, this isn`t REE at all, but they must be relaying CRI by 
mistake, and it`s not // 21610. 1500 two pips, and ID as Radio Chine 
Internationale, into informations, but by 1503 it`s finally REE in 
Spanish, as someone woke up and switched to proper input. Now it`s // 
21610, but strangely, 21610 is echoing slightly behind 17595 tho both 
are surely Noblejas; different feed routings? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD 
OF RADIO 1650, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

9625-9630-9635, Dec 30 at 0140 check, REE DRM noise via COSTA RICA is 
definitely on tonite unlike last nite.

17595, Sunday Dec 30 at 1446, REE is again on air with good signal in 
NAm, presumed USward, with own Spanish programming instead of 
mistakenly relaying China in French as 24 hours earlier, and still at 
1518. This frequency is absent weekdays. 

BTW, David Williams, California, reported to the dxldyg finding times 
for the co-official language broadcast (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF 
RADIO 1650, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.:

17595, Dec 29 at 1616, Good signal (improving since 1500), Lenguas 
vernáculas: Informativos Gallegos (Gallego?) until 1621, RNE País 
Vasco (in Spanish) until 1628 followed by Heliotropo. 21610 also good, 
with usual echo. 15125 [COSTA RICA] much weaker (David Williams, 
Sacramento, CA, Etón E1, dxld yg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

11680, Dec 31 at 2120, festive classical music, Portuguese 
announcement, more music, 2124 & 2126 Castilian REE IDs, amid more 
music.

9535 stronger than // 9620, Dec 31 at 2258 REE IS as it`s almost 2013y 
there, so no coverage of the preliminaries, but accurate timesignal at 
2300 and 12 chimes of some clock marking the New Year, ``Feliz Año``, 
M&W screaming over crowd noises, 2303 ``Very Merry Christmas`` spoken 
in English just a week late; from 2305 a rock concert, including rap 
in English with refrain ``W- T- F-`` over and over too many times to 
count, except each word was spoken fully; 2312 something about a 
``fine guy from Seattle``, but enough of that. I enjoyed last year`s 
NY music a lot more. Anyhow they`re having a good time in Madrid 
tonight, despite the dire situation.

Meanwhile, I also checked 6055 for the French service: 2258 it is also 
in REE IS but not synch with Spanish frequencies; 2300 opening in 
French as if it`s an ordinary night. There is CCI under 6055 from 
algo, maybe R. Nikkei, JAPAN, on grayline but I can`t be sure it`s in 
Japanese; could also be in French, i.e. RWANDA on very late.

11815, Jan 2 at 1330, REE with usual poor signal via COSTA RICA since 
it is aimed to SAm with NAm abandoned, mentioning that `La Hora de 
Asia` will resume on 7 January (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SRI LANKA. FEBA heard in Tamil on 873 from Sri Lanka at 0132-0202 
today 30 Dec 2012. It is broadcast only on Sundays according to the 
announcements heard. It is the same transmitter used by TWR on 882 
till 0130. No other programs are noted on 873 lately from Sri Lanka.
Some time back FEBA used SW 9770 for this broadcast on Sunday 
mornings. FEBA program via AIR Hyderabad on Sundays in Telugu at 0205 
on 4800 & 738 is not heard lately. Happy New Year! -- Thanking you, 
Yours sincerely, Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur 
Radio, Hyderabad, India, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Morning  Transmission 0000-0100 UT (0530-0630 SLT) - 50 KW "NAUTEL" 
1125 kHz Sunday, Monday, & Tuesday

Evening Transmission 1330-1430 UT (1900-2000 SLT) - 50 KW "NAUTEL" 
1125 kHz, Sunday, Monday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday

Morning  Transmission 0130-0200 UT (0700-0730 SLT) - 200 KW "NAUTEL"
Saturday & Sunday. The 0130-0200 transmission is on 873 kHz 290 [sic] 
kW, same transmitter as TWR. Regards (Victor Goonetilleke, Sri Lanka, 
Dec 30, ibid.)

** SRI LANKA. SLBC Ekala played Elvis song on 9770.204 kHz very odd, 
S=9+5dB noted in Germany at 0247 UT Dec 31 (Wolfgang Büschel, 
Stuttgart, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 30, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Wolfy, why did you feel odd for 9770.204 SLBC? Yes, it`s only a 10 kW 
Phillips transmitter but on a curtain antenna, ex NHK stuff from 
Ekala, // 15745 and 6005 (Victor Goonetilleke, Sri Lanka, ibid.) 

By odd, he means it`s way off-frequency, altho only a few Hz off is 
enough for him to find it odd (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)

11750, Radio Sri Lanka, 1730, Ekala, Sri Lankan pop song, 1735 male 
announcer, then on phone with a caller. Fair Dec 28  (Harold Sellers, 
Vernon, British Columbia, Listening in my car with the Eton E1 and 
Sony AN1 active antenna on the car roof, dxldyg via DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** SUDAN [non]. 9940, Miraya FM, transmisiones para Sudán. 0357, 
Diciembre 30, Vernacular, reportada con Afropops, 2.4.3.3.2

13720, EDC, Sudán Radio Service, 0415, Diciembre 30, Vernacular (Arabe 
sudanés???), noticias o comentario por OM; 3.4.4.4.3

13800, Radio Tamazuj, 0400, Diciembre 30, Vernacular. Muchas y muy 
claras identificaciones. Anuncios identificatorios, 4.5.4.4.4. Muy 
pobre recepción en las frecuencias de 7315 y 11940 en las cuales 
transmite en paralelo. Titulares de noticias y desarrollo de noticias 
(Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TAIWAN [and non]. Five new 300 kW DRM compatible shortwave 
transmitters for Asia --- Reading all this gloom & doom on the 
shortwave front here's something to cheer up for 2013...
http://www.ampegon.com/news/?id=6
 
No info on where these txers are headed for but my wild guess is 
Taiwan; yours ? With season's greetings, (Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, 
Dec 29, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

> RIGID antenna page 7 right of
> http://www.ampegon.com/files/ampegon_antenna_systems.pdf
> also image of DRM RTL Junglinster non-dir antenna. [LUXEMBOURG]

Actually modestly directional, with comparatively steep elevation. 
This antenna aims at Berlin, it was an attempt to achieve the best 
possible coverage of Germany on 6090/6095 which they intended to use 
for that paltry "national radio station for Germany" which, as it 
seems, could soon be replaced by some new program output from Berlin, 
considering that they applied for a new licence there.

But what's this on the left side of this PDF page, also further up on 
PDF pages 4 and 5? Kashi? [EAST TURKISTAN]

Btw, the penultimate PDF page shows very likely the antenna of one of 
the new 800 kW mediumwave outfits at Al-Dhabbaya [UAE], in particular 
the 1539 kHz one I think.

> My guess
> -- that could be also fit to South Korea?

To where they just delivered a high power mediumwave system (972 kHz, 
1500 kW, as replacement for an existing tube transmitter). So this 
indeed appears to be a hot tip (Kai Ludwig, dxldyg via DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

On page 4: economical Rigid antenna
undoubtedly according a video taken of 25 Jan 2010,
markable yellow coloured feeder line poles, shaft is lemon emergency-
yellow coloured, feeder line is set inside of white tube, to protect 
against sand storm:
KWT_IBB KUWAIT Thomson rotatable 1.1km feed, 2 x250 kW
29 31'24.32"N 47 40'20.71"E
http://binged.it/VqBinC

like similar but different design
at R Kuwait Kabd
29 08'32.99"N 47 45'14.88"E
29 08'11.77"N 47 45'38.11"E

like at DWL Sines Portugal [defunct]
37 56'26.23"N 08 46'25.28"W and
37 56'16.91"N 08 46'05.52"W

like at TRT Çakirlar [TURKEY] [now off the air]
39 58'41.95"N 32 40'45.25"E

like at Al Dhabbaya UAE
24 11'17.22"N 54 14'54.26"E

like at different 2 x 2 dipols design at
TWN_Kuan-Yin SW 9745 Rigid Thomson antenna
25 02'19.84"N 121 06'14.26"E and

25 02'09.48"N 121 05'48.58"E for 6105 kHz, image 20 Sept 2009

That's not a pure ALLISS antenna type. There are new fixed RIGID dipol
elements in use, but the accompanied transmitter is not placed on
the shaft mast, like at other Thomson made installations at
Issoudun France, Nauen Germany, Montsinery French Guiana, and
Qiqihar Heilongjiang in China [of April 2003], but signal is fed
by more than 1 kilometer distance long feeder line from TX house, like 
in Sines Portugal and Abuja Nigeria implemented.

Similar "Thomson RIGID dipole antenna" erected worldwide, like 2x at 
Sines Portugal, RTL Luxembourg Junglinster, not real Radio Pakistan
Karachi {planned since 2006], Abuja Nigeria; and Turkey revolving at 
Emirler and Çakirlar sites.

On page 5 and 7, same twin line 'feeder line' design like UAE antenna 
Al Dhabbaya, BUT NOT same Dipole design !
I guess strongly is Radio Kuwait Kabd installation at
29 09'10.61"N 47 45'42.18"E
http://binged.it/10AlpBF

like similar type Sabrata Libya
32 35'55.12"N 12 20'18.21"E

or BBC Seela Oman
21 55'18.41"N 59 36'53.10"E

or Emirler Turkey antenna
39 24'17.15"N 32 50'38.92"E

or Abuja Nigeria antenna
08 58'04.81"N 07 21'55.19"E

different feeder line design Sines Portugal at
37 56'23.14"N 08 46'06.33"W

"Thales News" #14 of winter 2003 mentioned delivery of
13 x [exThomcast] Thales TSW2500 transmitter and
a single ALLISS antenna, taken at
Qiqihar Heilongjiang in China [of April 2003]
47 20'47.09"N 124 16'07.32"E

vy73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

If you look at the photo source in the press release, the filename
actually has "Taiwan" in it!
<http://www.ampegon.com/index.php?rex_img_type=large&rex_img_file=300kw_kw_taiwan__diagonal_3.jpg>

-Fibber <www.drmna.info> <www.drmlog.com>
(Christopher Rumbaugh, WORLD OF RADIO 1650, ibid.)

** TAJIKISTAN. 4765.072 / 14295.217, Harmonic Tajik R1 Dushanbe Yangi 
Yul. Und auch wieder um 0910 UT Dec 28, 14295.217 kHz S=9+10dB 
strength Rundfunkversorgungslevel on Moskau remote Perseus unit.

3 x 4765.058 = harmonic 14295.174 kHz. 4765.058 Tajik Radio #1 from 
Yangi Yul, weak at 1500 UT Dec 26. \\ Langwelle Dushanbe 252 kHz 
seemingly scheduled 2300-2000 UT, except a break on 10-11 or -12 UT.
(Wolfgang Büschel to German DARC amateur radio Bandwatch, Dec 28,m 
wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 30 via DXLD)

** TIBET. 4905, PBS Xizang, 1600 Tibetan music and woman in Tibetan or 
Chinese, then man followed by woman with ID “This is Holy Tibet...” 
beginning this English program. Poor, // 4920, 6110, 6200. As 4905 
declined, 6200 improved, but never better than poor. Dec 28 (Harold 
Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, Listening in my car with the Eton 
E1 and Sony AN1 active antenna on the car roof, dxldyg via DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** TIBET [non]. New B-12 of Voice of Tibet, according to monitoring 
Dec. 23-26:
Chinese
1200-1230 NF 11528 DB  100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs, ex 15 MHz
1300-1345 NF  7547 DB  100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs, ex 15 MHz
1345-1400 NF  7553 DB  100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs, ex 15 MHz
Tibetan
1230-1240 NF 15502 DB  100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs
1240-1308 NF 15508 DB  100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs
1308-1330 NF 15517 DB  100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs
1330-1430 NF 11518 DB  100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs, ex 15 MHz
1400-1430 NF 15400 MDC 250 kW / 045 deg to CeAs, new transmission
1430-1500 on 17535 MDC 250 kW / 045 deg to CeAs
1530-1600 on 15485 MDC 250 kW / 045 deg to CeAs (DX RE MIX NEWS #761 
from Georgi Bancov & Ivo Ivanov, Dec. 30, 2012 via DXLD)

17535, 27/12 1440, MDG, Voice of Tibet (tentative), via Talata-
Volondry, Tib. OM/YL: talk. Forte sinal de jamming. Por sorte os 
intervalos entre as enfadonhas músicas do jamming permitiam o sinal da 
comunicação por OM/YL. Enviado um IR para os endereços eletrônicos 
mencionados no site da Voice of Tibet Foundation http://www.vot.org/ 
As frequências ali mencionadas não coincidem com a frequência desta 
escuta, porém mesmo assim solicitei a devida confirmação, 22422 RWG. 
Rx: Icom IC-R75, Ant.: Horizontal 20m. 73, (Rudolf Grimm, São Bernardo 
SP, http://dxways-br.blogspot.com DX Clube do Brasil
http://www.ondascurtas.com  radioescutas yg via DXLD)

Was on here in A-12, but supposedly not in B-12? (gh, DXLD)

** TURKEY. UNIDENTIFIED, 5890, Turk/Azeri language family signal. Nice 
Turk singer performance. At 2121 UT ID in French language. Sure, is a
intermodulation spurious signal from TRT Emirler.

See TRT schedule
5970 2030-2130 27,28W     500 290 FRENCH
6050 2030-2130 37,38,46   500 247 FRENCH

Spur formula 5970 minus (2 x 6050) = 5890 kHz. TRT Ankara Interval 
signal at 2124 UT and sudden cut-off very early (Wolfgang Büschel, 
wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 30, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1650, DXLD)

** TURKEY. Voice of Turkey sent two very nice items by p-mail, without 
comment but apparently my prizes for correct answer to a Question of 
the Month: a small zippered pouch/purse, about 4 x 6 inches, with 
stunning fabric design including TSR Voice of Turkey www.trt-world.com 
on one side, different design with no logo on the other side. Golden 
threads really glitter, not done justice in these scans, nor the 
richer color of the red. Enlarge for a close look at the fine weave:
http://www.w4uvh.net/TRTpouch1.jpg
http://www.w4uvh.net/TRTpouch2.jpg
This belongs in a museum case, not in my pocket!

Also, a 3.5 x 3.5 inch coaster (?) illustrating Cappadocia, where 
churches were carved into rock faces but some of them look like human 
faces, à la Rushmore. Overlaying it is a grid of smaller squares, 
which reflect incident light in such a way that the light appears to 
hover above the picture, but it`s hardly 3-D. Closer inspexion, looks 
like circular diffraxion gratings, but no rainbow effects. Not sure 
what the reason for that is. In the scan you can barely see some of 
the patterns in the sky, but not the 16 points of light they reflect:
http://www.w4uvh.net/TRTCap.jpg

Has a thick, black non-magnetic backing. Thank you, VOT! The items 
were mailed 19.11 and received 27.12. They certainly encourage me to 
listen even more to VOT SW broadcasts. I previously won a different 
cap with TRT logo, as in for my head (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** UGANDA. 4975.964, Thanks the tip from Japan, Kampala Uganda heard 
in past days on our European nighttime. Heard an endless reading 
commentary male reader in English at 1734 UT Dec 24. Weak to fair at 
S=7 fluttery level. But modulation muffled a little bit (Wolfgang 
Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 30 via DXLD)

4975.98, 2055-2110 24.12, UBC R, Kampala reactivated! ann in UNID 
language, orchestra music and songs 25232 (Anker Petersen, from 
Skovlunde, Denmark, on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, 
via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD)

26/12, 4976, welcome back Uganda, 1902 with a rocksong, tribal song 03 
[?] then news sometimes mention of Uganda, S7, you are listening to … 
then with slow song and r/b [?] speaker is under modulated. Recordings 
here :
http://www.ipernity.com/doc/zliangas/14032077/
http://www.ipernity.com/doc/zliangas/14032073/
(Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** UGANDA. Listening from from remote radio in Nederlands: 4976 29/Dec 
2044, Radio Uganda in English (listed), but it seems some African 
language. Local pop music. At 2046 quick talk of OM, then reggae style 
music (African?). At 2048 OM back talk with another by telephone. At 
2051 clear African music. fair signal. End of transmission at 2106. 73 
(Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana Bahia. 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil, 
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

4975.95, UBC Radio (presumed), 0426, Jan 1. African songs; 0430 OM, 
but not quite able to tell the language; unusable by 0446. Seemed to 
have been an outstanding night for African reception! (Ron Howard, 
Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** UKRAINE. NATIONAL COUNCIL ON TV AND RADIO OF UKRAINE CHOSE THE 25 
COMPANIES FOR BROADCASTING ON RADIO FREQUENCIES 49

The national Council on television and radio broadcasting of Ukraine 
at the session of December 26, according to the results of the 
competition chose the 25 companies for broadcasting to 49 radio 
frequencies. On the competition for the broadcast was billed 69 free 
radio frequencies in all areas of claim (Sumy). On it informs IT 
Expert with reference to the press-service of the national Council.
The regulator decided to terminate the contest for obtaining a license 
to broadcast on 11 free radio channels due to lack of applicants. On 9 
frequencies of the winners has not been defined, because the 
applicants did not have the sufficient number of votes 
(itexpert.org.ua via OnAir.ru via RusDX 30 Dec via DXLD)

The results of the Ukrainian competition in the file
http://www.telekritika.ua/doc/images/news/77793/Konkurs_results_26.12.docx?
You can also read the comments on the
http://www.ukrtvr.org/novini/5595-pidsumky-konkursu-oholoshenoho-16-zhovtnia-2012-roku.html
(Serhiy1970, Chernihiv, Ukraine / “open_dx” via RusDX 30 Dec via DXLD)

** U K. Re London FM bandscan --- Here is a London pirate radio 
bandscan made on Christmas Eve I spotted on the Radio Necks forum:
http://www.radionecks.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2125
(Paul Watson, Dec 29, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)

** U K [non]. Cancelled frequencies of BBC from Jan. 1:
0500-0800 on 17640 CYP 250 kW / 173 deg to ECAf English
0700-1400 on 17640 SEY 250 kW / 270 deg to ECAf English
0800-1400 on 21470 SEY 250 kW / 240 deg to SoAf English
0830-0930 on 15710 DHA 250 kW / 045 deg to WeAs Pashto
0900-1630 on  6195 SNG 125 kW / 000 deg to SEAs English
0900-1630 on  6195 SNG 125 kW / 090 deg to AUS  English
0900-1630 on  9740 SNG 125 kW / 013 deg to EaAs English
0900-1630 on  9740 SNG 125 kW / 135 deg to AUS  English
0930-1030 on 15710 DHA 250 kW / 045 deg to WeAs Dari
1030-1130 on 15710 DHA 250 kW / 045 deg to WeAs Pashto
1600-1630 on  9790 SNG 250 kW / 315 deg to SoAs Hindi
2100-2200 on  9410 SEY 250 kW / 265 deg to ESAf English
2200-2300 on  5885 MEY 100 kW / 330 deg to WeAf English (DX RE MIX 
NEWS #761 from Georgi Bancov & Ivo Ivanov, Dec. 30, 2012 via DXLD)

! Some of these provided some service to NAm, notably SINGAPORE 6195, 
9740 (Glenn Hauser, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

9740, Dec 31 at 1458, BBCWS has good signal concluding a 2012 year-in-
review, 1501 news. This is supposed to be the last day for this 
SINGAPORE relay which has been inadvertently serving North America 
well; per DX Re Mix News, Bulgaria, gone from January 1:

0900-1630 on  6195 SNG 125 kW / 000 deg to SEAs English
0900-1630 on  6195 SNG 125 kW / 090 deg to AUS  English
0900-1630 on  9740 SNG 125 kW / 013 deg to EaAs English
0900-1630 on  9740 SNG 125 kW / 135 deg to AUS  English

The 13-degree beam we had been getting, even fed by a semi-
transmitter, crosses the USA from Duluth to Birmingham, to Habana, 
close enough at this distance to spread well into Oklahoma. 

So BBC`s gradual self-destruxion as a SW broadcaster proceeds. This 
year for the first time in recent memory, I did not even try to find 
an offbeam frequency for the arrival of 2013 at Big Ben.

9740 & 6195, Jan 1 at 1346, BBCWS is still here, altho poor on 9740, 
less than Taiwan 9735, and very poor on 6195. 1350 into a ``special 
edition`` of `From Our Own Correspondent`. Despite DX Re Mix News, 
Bulgaria info that these would be canceled as of Jan 1. Alan Davies 
explains to the DXLD yg,

``I'd assume the reported closure of the Singapore frequencies was 
based on HFCC registrations updated on the HFCC website on 27 Dec. 
There were temporary registrations with HFCC for 6195 and 9740 
extended until 1630 for the period 24-31 Dec rather than the usual 
1600 closedown, most likely to accommodate special Christmas/New Year 
programming. So perhaps not a closure from 1 Jan, but rather a return 
to the normal schedule closing at 1600 daily. Probably something 
similar would apply to at least some of the other frequencies 
mentioned in the report. Anyway the next update on the HFCC website 
should help to clarify`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. 7350-SSB, Dec 31 at 1425, a Navy MARS net is in 
informal roundtable, headed by NNN0RBD, with stations such as NNN0TWA; 
someone mentioning what channel 8 in Jonesboro AR said about the 
weather; NNN0UTE, weak in Memphis. NCS announced ``4H1B`` (all these 
in fonetix), presumably the net designator rather than a callsign, 
that there is no traffic today, so continue with comments. All these 
were atop a weak Chinese broadcaster, not enough to be a full BFO. 
HFCC shows CNR Tibetan service from Beijing site.

Googling on the calls, I find:
``Erskine D. "ED" Wyatt, KC4QYM/ NNN0RBD`` --- and ``EFFECTIVE 10 
AUGUST 2012 MR. ERSKINE WYATT, NNN0RBD, WILL ASSUME THE DUTIES OF 
STATE DIRECTOR FOR TENNESSEE AND IS AUTHORIZED TO USE THE CALL SIGN 
NNN0GBU IN THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES``. 

By his ham call, he is in Munford, TN
NNN0TWA is Jim, somewhere in Tennessee
NNN0UTE is Raymond, somewhere in Tennessee.
Maybe George McClintock knows them 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** U S A. A FARCICAL SPIN --- For members of AFGE Local 1812 who keep 
hoping against all hope that somehow, Agency management will come to 
its senses, its latest response to Radio World’s Dec. 12th story 
(republished by the TVTechnology website)is nothing short of "business 
as usual." We refer here to the article with the embarrassing 
headline: BBG Receives Ignominious Distinction
 
http://www.tvtechnology.com/news/0086/bbg-receives-ignominious-distinction-/217003)
 
Rather than acknowledge that its ill-fated decisions have had a 
disastrous impact on the Agency, those running the Agency offered 
Radio World the usual spin: VOA employees are not happy because of 
"budgetary pressures and economic uncertainty, an ongoing pay freeze 
and the widespread criticism of federal employees in public 
discourse." In other words, the fact that employees rated, yet again, 
the Broadcasting Board of Governors as the No. 1 worst place to work 
in the federal government, among mid-sized agencies, has nothing to do 
with the people who've been running the Agency for at least the past 
10 years.
 
Management repeated to Radio World the very tired argument that it 
remains "committed to making measurable improvements over the next 
year" in employee morale. Words don't cost anything. Deeds don't 
necessarily follow, as employees know only too well.
 
Nothing has changed at the Agency in the past several months. 
Management is still telling chums that the Voice of America's mission 
no longer matters, that there is no difference between what VOA 
provides, which is supposed to present the United States to the world, 
and BBG's surrogate radios, which are supposed to offer an alternative 
to local news to foreign audiences.
 
The VOA's English language newsroom remains eviscerated, and awaits 
more assaults, leaving language services in a void, since they neither 
have the time nor the means to write their own news as they scurry 
about trying vainly to do Radio/TV/Web/Twitter/Facebook/SMS on a radio 
budget.
 
The Agency is still focused on new media, to the detriment of the more 
efficient, more reliable "old", as they call it, media. A third of its 
employees are still contractors, many long-term, with no rights, no 
retirement, no health insurance, no nothing.
 
In its response to Radio World, Agency management notes that it has 
"engaged the Partnership for Public Service to help”, with a 
consultants' fee, of course. “The PPS facilitated a series of focus 
groups with employees and contractors and are working with senior 
leaders to develop an action plan to understand and tackle employee 
satisfaction issues.”
 
AFGE Local 1812 had hopes that the Partnership for Public Service 
might be a fair broker in this matter. That trust was rocked to its 
foundations by an article that appeared in the November 13th 
Washington Post featuring a fawning interview with the current VOA 
Director -- David Ensor -- conducted by Tom Fox, vice-president of the 
Partnership for Public Service (PPS). At a time when PPS employees 
were questioning Agency staff about the sources of their discontent, 
Mr. Fox could find little wrong to discuss with Mr. Ensor, choosing 
instead to accentuate the positive, and severely harming the PPS 
credibility with Agency employees in the process.
 
For so many tiresome years, Agency management had gone through the 
motions of pretending that it wants changes and improvement while 
staying focused on its goal to dismantle the tried, true and 
trustworthy Voice of America and replace it with a bastardized copy of 
CNN.
 
We have seen the results of such misguided policies not only in 
dropping BBG audience numbers, in sinking employee morale, but in the 
royal mess underway at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, where a prize-
winning and effective Russian service was pretty much destroyed in the 
name of multimedia change in less than three months, doing irreparable 
damage to U.S. foreign policy.
 
There is talk of replacing management at RFL/RL. We say it's time to 
change management at the Voice of America as well and we call again on 
Congress to put an end to this reform farce which is costing U.S. tax 
payers a fortune.

Posted: Friday, Dec 28, 2012 (AFGE Local 1812 via DXLD)

A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION --- The web site BBG Watch reports that 
the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) Corporate Board is 
planning to meet today Monday, December 31st, to discuss the crisis at 
Radio Liberty and personnel issues in the wake of Steven Korn’s 
expected resignation as RFE/RL president and CEO.

See:
http://www.usgbroadcasts.com/bbgwatch/2012/12/30/rferl-board-to-meet-monday-to-deal-with-radio-liberty-crisis-steven-korns-resignation-and-personnel-issues/
 
This is a step in the right direction. It is time for the members of 
the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), several of whom also serve 
as members of the RFE/RL Board of Directors, to regain control of one 
of the most vital tools of U.S. public diplomacy: international 
broadcasting to Russia. We can only hope that the BBG will reverse the 
catastrophic decision of the RFE/RL Director and at the same time, 
give Russians and other countries an unforgettable lesson in how the 
U.S. system of rights and responsibilities works as well as shedding 
light on the time-honored practice enshrined in the U.S. Constitution 
of the individual and collective right to petition for redress of 
grievance. This is a unique opportunity to repair the damaged 
reputation of Radio Liberty and also the United States in Russia.
 
Stunning damage has been done these past months to U.S. public 
diplomacy in the ongoing Radio Liberty Russian debacle. In a misguided 
attempt to apply the worst of private sector techniques to a public 
broadcasting agency, RFE/RL president Steven Korn, a former CNN 
employee, allowed what appears to have been an experienced, competent 
team of journalists to be fired and replaced with more pliable 
staffers who did not appear to mind covering "softer" stories. Stories 
anyone can find on the Internet, rather than solid stories about 
corruption, human rights violations and political cronyism, the 
crushing of opposition and punitive laws which appear increasingly 
rife in Vladimir Putin's Russia.
 
The fired journalists are "highly respected among supporters of 
democracy in Russia who rallied to their defense, including chairwoman 
of the Moscow Helsinki Group Lyudmila Alexeeva and former President 
Mikhail Gorbachev", added BBG Watch. A number of these fired 
journalists recently received prestigious journalism awards including 
the Sakharov Prize.
 
We encourage the BBG, once it is done trying to repair the damage at 
RFE/RL, to focus again on the damage being done to VOA and the Office 
of Cuba Broadcasting these past years by the Agency's management. The 
same techniques disastrously applied to RFE/RL have begun to apply to 
VOA. The damage can be stopped, it can be reversed.
 
But it's up to the BBG. It would be a worthwhile New Year’s 
Resolution. Posted: Monday, Dec 31, 2012 (AFGE Local 1812, via WORLD 
OF RADIO 1650, DXLD)

BOARD ACCEPTS RESIGNATION OF RFE/RL PRESIDENT AND CEO STEVEN KORN
December 31, 2012

Washington, DC - The Board of Directors of Radio Free Europe/Radio 
Liberty (RFE/RL) today accepted the resignation of RFR/RL's President 
and CEO, Steven Korn, to be effective January 25, 2013. The Board 
thanked Mr. Korn for his service and noted his work to enhance RFE/RL 
operations.

"We appreciate the passion and energy Steve devoted to RFE/RL through 
a difficult time of change in the global media landscape, including 
strengthening its presence on digital platforms," said Michael Lynton, 
presiding governor of the Broadcasting Board of Governors. "He was 
crucial to negotiating a new lease for our Prague headquarters and 
establishing a Journalists in Trouble fund, among other important 
advancements. Steve's background in the private sector, especially in 
broadcasting, made him our top choice, and he brought innovative 
approaches to his leadership. With his resignation, we will 
immediately begin a search for a replacement."

Korn was appointed in June 2011 and had previously worked for 17 years 
for Turner Broadcasting Systems, Inc., serving as Vice President, 
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. From 1996 to 2000, he was 
Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of CNN.

Interim leadership will be announced shortly, and the Board voted 
today to establish a search committee led by Governors Susan McCue, 
Michael Meehan, Victor Ashe and Dennis Mulhaupt (BBG PR via Clara 
Listensprechen, Dec 31, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1650, DXLD)

This press release had also been posted to the BBG website. As 
evidence see the snippet right now still showing up in the Google 
search engine for the URL 
http://www.bbg.gov/press-release/board-accepts-resignation-of-rferl-president-and-ceo-steven-korn/ 
which now just produces a generic "about" page.

What's this? Do these people in Washington have nothing else to do on 
New Year's Eve (they must have done it at some point between 5 PM last 
night, when they sent out this press release, and 2 PM today, when I 
noted that the text has been deleted from their website)? Should one 
yell "Get at life!" at them?

OK, it may be expected in Washington now, considering all the "fiscal 
cliff" sand box games, but still one has to wonder if they even 
remotely think of the communications disaster they make worse and 
worse here.

Here's the "resignation" in all its glory:
http://www.rferl.org/content/pressrelease/24813049.html

And here's a response:
http://www.usgbroadcasts.com/bbgwatch/2013/01/01/victor-ashe-welcomes-resignation-of-steven-korn-as-necessary-for-rferl-to-survive/
(Kai Ludwig, Jan 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. Frequency change of Radio Liberty in Russian:
1500-1600 NF 9840*BIB 100 kW / 063 deg to EaEu, ex 15130
* not 9480 (cf. DX RE MIX NEWS # 760)  (DX RE MIX NEWS #761 from 
Georgi Bancov & Ivo Ivanov, Dec. 30, 2012 via DXLD)

** U S A [non]. 5890, Dec 28 at 1257 I hear some `Star Spangled 
Banner` but it`s just part of it as background music to VOA Korean, 
via TINIAN. Standard rant about lack of respect for our national 
anthem, also exemplified by WINB which talks over it, and no other US 
SW stations, public or private, ever known to play it (Glenn Hauser, 
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1649 monitoring: second airing 
confirmed UT Friday Dec 28 at 0431 on WWRB 3195, but 5050 was off the 
air again --- you never know from one week to the next. This followed 
a respectful 34-second pause after Pastor Larry Cain of Anderson SC 
exclaimed ``amen & amen!``. Once a hum starts up in the dead air, it`s 
a good sign that WOR playback is about to start.

Next: UT Saturday 0230v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB. 
Saturday 0630 AND 1630 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265 (not 6190)
Saturday 0900, 1600, 1830, Sunday 0900, 1630, Monday 0530, Tuesday 
1200, maybe Thursday 0430 on WRMI 9955
UT Sunday 0500 on WTWW 5830
Saturday 1830 on WRN via SiriusXM 120

WORLD OF RADIO 1649 monitoring: confirmed on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-
CUSB, UT Saturday Dec 29 ending by 0258, so must have started about a 
minute earlier than 0230. 5110 is weaker than usual tonight, but also 
on webcast. 

Next: UT Sunday 0500 on WTWW-1, 5830.
Sunday 0900, 1630, Monday 0530, Tuesday 1200 on WRMI 9955.

This week/next year, Hamburger Lokalradio has a special broadcast 
Wednesday January 2 including WOR at 0630 and 1630 on 7265. However, 
Noel Green reports that 7265 is blocked by CRI at 1630 just like 6190 
was. How about picking frequencies without China, if they can find 
any? 

WORLD OF RADIO 1649 monitoring: confirmed UT Sunday Dec 30 at 0500 VG 
on WTWW-1, 5830. Again opening is interrupted for ID. Remaining 
chances on WRMI 9955: UT Monday 0530, Tuesday 1200, probably Thursday 
0430 unless new 1650 is ready. On HLR 7265: Wednesday 0630 & 1630 

WORLD OF RADIO 1649 monitoring: confirmed on WRMI 9955, UT Monday Dec 
31 at 0531. Initially signal is sufficient, about equal to the jamming 
if you try to ignore it; by 0553, however, we are under the jamming. 
Tnx a lot, Arnie! Next tries: Tuesday 1200, Thursday 0430. For Europe, 
special airings from Hamburger Lokalradio 7265, Wednesday 0630 & 1630. 

WORLD OF RADIO 1650: ready in time for first airing on WTWW-1, 9479, 
Thursday January 3 at 2200; next: 0430v UT Friday on WWRB 3195 (and 
maybe 5050? Not last week); 0230v UT Saturday on Area 51 via WBCQ 
5110v-CUSB; 0500 UT Sunday on WTWW-1 5830.

On HLR 7265: Sat 0630 & 1630
On WRMI 9955: Sat 0900, 1600, 1830; Sun 0900, 1630; Mon 0530; Tue 1200
On WRN via SiriusXM 120: Sat 1830

WORLD OF RADIO 1650 monitoring: confirmed first SW broadcast Thursday 
January 3 at 2200 on WTWW-1 9479. This time it and the canned ID 
started about the same time at hourtop, the ID overriding WOR audio 
until it was finished. I am so far resisting the temptation to re-open 
WOR *after* the theme with my name and program number. Repeat is UT 
Sunday 0500 on 5830.

Also confirmed on WWRB, both 3195 and better 5050 on the air this 
week, UT Friday January 4 from 0432 or so; after dead air, WOR opening 
at 0431 was heard only in a few bursts, bad connexion, but patchcord 
wiggled and picked up at 0432 during first item about Angola. May have 
started over? As ended at 0502 when 5050 abruptly cut off the air as 
soon as I said ``next week``. 

Instead of Pastor Larry ``Amen & Amen`` Cain from Anderson, South 
Carolina before WOR, from tune-in at 0419 until 0430, a nice primitive 
organ concert was playing apparent hymns altho I did not recognize 
them. Is Cain gone for good, or music filling for him in another 
playback problem?

Further WOR chances: UT Sat 0230v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB; on 
WRMI 9955: Sat 0900, 1600, 1830; Sun 0900, 1630; Mon 0530; Tue 1200; 
and probably Thu 0430 unless a new one is already ready. On HLR 
Germany 7265: Sat 0630 & 1630. On WRN via SiriusXM 120: Sat 1830 

Complete WORLD OF RADIO schedule has been updated:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

And so has DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS, January 5:
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5085, Dec 30 at 0140, WTWW-2 Saturday night show with Ted 
Randall is now in a ``QSO`` interview asserting that traffic axually 
flows faster in CW than in speech (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

Looks like NHK [GUIANA FRENCH] wasn't the only ones sleeping/partying. 
WTWW is broadcasting dead air/open carrier as of 0409 UT on 5830. 73, 
(Jeramy W5XTL, OK, UT Dec 31, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

5830, Dec 31 at 0627, WTWW-1 is in open carrier/dead air. This was 
noticed earlier by Jeramy Ross, W5XTL in Lawton OK: ``WTWW is 
broadcasting dead air/open carrier as of 0409 UT on 5830.`` Still so 
at 1346, I notice, so has it been mum all-night? Frequency change 
circa 1400 was accomplished without adding modulation then either; 
1407 still OC on 9479. Now I leave a receiver on it, and still no mod 
at 1501, 1524; then at 1524:45 a canned ID, but back to dead air 
again. 1535, finally joining SFAW programming.

At 1416 I also check 12105 for WTWW-3 which is usually off the air, 
but it`s on this Monday in Russian, and by 1527 in Arabic instead. So 
the Zimbabwe clandestine, R. Dialogue at 16-17, will have CCI today. 
Seems not only Saturdays but Mondays are more likely for WTWW to be on 
12105 in our mornings, as previously logged by Dan Sheedy on December 
17. BTW I recently misreferred to 5085 WTWW-2 as -3.

12105, Jan 1 at 1522, WTWW is on this Tuesday with Arabic. Modulation 
good here and improved on other WTWW frequencies too, less boomy than 
before (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. INTERNET PODCASTERS VENTURE ONTO SHORTWAVE FOR ONE NIGHT

As long as our "i"'s are dotted and our "t"'s are crossed, there will 
be a New Year's Eve special on WBCQ on 5110 from the production team 
at Erie Looking Productions in concert with the team behind the Ubuntu 
UK Podcast.

The Joint New Year's Eve Special will be airing at 7 PM Eastern on New 
Years Eve, 12 AM UT New Year's Day. The show is a variety hour with a 
retrospective on the world of Linux and Ubuntu more specifically, 
poetry and music by Ashtabula-area musician Mike Kellat, and a policy 
essay on global communications in the aftermath of the World 
Conference on International Telecommunications 2012 in Dubai. Other 
PSAs such as "Profile America" from the US Census Bureau and some 
silliness is included as well as a music break. Cleveland-area life 
studies artist Big Ed Kellatis assists Mike Kellat with the poetry 
reading.

The show is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 
3.0 United State License which is further explained at 
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/ with the show to be 
attributed with "Joint New Year's Eve Special" as title and "Gloria D. 
Kellat" as the responsible producer. Sharing and posting of airchecks 
is encouraged especially by sites like SWLing Post.

Erie Looking Productions produces "LISTen: An LISNews.org Program" at 
http://lisnews.org/podcast to cover the realm of library & information 
science as well as "Ubuntu Ohio - Burning Circle" at 
http://ohio.ubuntu-us.org/burningcircle to cover the activities of the 
Ohio Local Community team of the Ubuntu Linux project. The Ubuntu UK 
Podcast production team releases programs at 
http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/ 
covering the world of Ubuntu more specifically and Linux more 
generally. Gloria D. Kellat, producer at Erie Looking Productions, 
served as overall producer for the joint effort this year.

Much like last year's shortwave special produced by Erie Looking 
Productions alone, this is done to highlight the impact of dangerous 
trends towards a fractured and broken Internet that have grown ever 
larger since the start of the Arab Spring. It is far too easy in 
today's world for the Internet to simply go away whether by human 
intention or the intervention of natural circumstance as seen in the 
multiple failures of Netflix during 2012. This remains yet another 
drill to show that message content rather than transport medium is key 
to communications viability.

Shortwave is most certainly not dead yet...
http://www.erielookingproductions.info/the-air-staff/
(Stephen Kellat, Dec 30, shortwavelistening yg via DXLD yg) 

9330-CUSB, Jan 2 at 1326, open carrier/dead air from WBCQ during Good 
Friends Radio Network (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WRNO On 7505 now --- Dear Fellow Hobbyists: Just tuned to 
7505 on a hunch and sure enough, WRNO was coming in with better audio 
though drifty on 7505 at 0328 UT Dec 30 in English with pastor 
preaching a sermon in progress. 

I was expecting music similar to that during the old Costello era of 
The 80's when Gulf South Broadcasting owned this station. It is now 
owned by Dr. and Mrs. Maywire's Good News World Outreach In Fort 
Worth, Texas. Maranatha Radio is the show running now on WRNO. Fades 
in slowly, then back up to 56 to 66 db's of signal strength. Keep an 
ear out on 7505 for more. They could be playing more music here in 
time. 73's, (Noble West, Clinton TN, Tecsun PL380 DSP and Built In 
Telescopic Antenna extended fully, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

7506.40, WRNO, 0355-0401*, Jan 1. Still with good audio quality; 
Pastor JP Jones of Crossline Community Church at 23331 Moulton 
Parkway, Laguna Hills, CA 92653; “This is W-R-N-O Worldwide, 
broadcasting on a frequency of 75-05 kHz.” and suddenly off; mostly 
fair (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. DXing With Cumbre Observed on 7385 --- WHRI was heard with 
"DXing With Cumbre" hosted by Marie Lamb at 0000 UT in English. Date 
of Reception was UT Monday, December 31, 2012. 73's (Noble West, 
Clinton TN, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Ex-0100 UT Monday? (gh)

** U S A [non]. Family Radio Transmitter Sites --- Family Radio’s 
recent major reduction in transmitter sites prompted me to check my 
logs of this reliable and prompt verifier. By my count, in recent 
years they have broadcast from at least 29 transmitter sites, using 20 
sites as recently as season A-12. I have 23 Family Radio sites 
verified. On all of my cards for Taiwan the sites are indicated using 
the traditional English spelling of Chinese words (Bao-Zhong, Hu-Wei, 
etc.) rather than Pinyin (Paochung, Huwei) which is used in WRTH and 
most schedules (Wendel Craighead, Prairie Village KS, cumbre_dx yg via 
DXLD)

** U S A. 486 kHz: Heads up on an upcoming DX target 12/31 and 01/01
   [More to the DXLD 12-52 item under UNIDENTIFIED 486 kHz]

Here is an upcoming DX target on 468 [sic!] khz. FYSA and please 
socialize this as widely as possible. Brett Saylor got him over Xmas, 
did the research and we contacted the operator asking him for another 
broadcast. He's agreed to do one over new years. Details, below.
Chuck Rippel

I will put WG2XFQ back on the air the late afternoon of 12/31 through 
01/01 running the same X-Mass audio loop but add a voice note that 
this is a repeat of the 2012 X-Mass transmission for those who may 
have missed it. I will be QRV (on-the-air) at my local dusk (about 5pm 
or so) and will let it run until my local sunrise on Jan 2nd, 2013 
which will be about 13:00z.

So please post this to the AM DX reflector as you see fit.

Same operating conditions:
486 kHz
Heising AM
20W ERP
Antenna: Marconi-T at 70ft
Location: Forest, VA

Comments and reports welcome to: wa1zms@arrl.net
-Brian, WA1ZMS/4

The station is WG2XFQ on 486 kHz running 20 W ERP. QTH is grid FM07jj.

The exciter is a vintage home brew MOPA rig with a Heising AM 
modulator built into the power supply. The exciter will produce a few 
watts of AM and I use a modified Hafler audio amp to get the signal up 
to 200w of carrier power. The antenna is my 160m dipole being feed as 
a real Marconi-T antenna with a base loading coil and is feed against 
ground. Heising modulation is OK for negative peak AM but rather poor 
with positive peak AM. The result is only about 40% modulation if you 
keep to Heising's original design.

The purpose is to replicate the original Fessenden X-Mass eve 
transmission in 1906 where he read from the bible and played two songs 
on his violin. Fessenden used an Alexanderson alternator around 50kHz, 
but today it would be so much harder for people to hear anything but 
QRM at 50kHz, so went about 10 times higher in RF freq.

This is the 2nd time I have done this. Plan to do the same next X-Mass 
too. Upon request, I can run the audio loop again on New Years like I 
did year since a few of the 600m gang were away from home at X-Mass 
and missed it. WG2XFQ is QRT at this point.

I have also run the station on the Aniv. of the Berlin Treaty that 
helped establish 500khz as being the international distress calling 
frequency. I have also run the station on April 15th on the Aniv. of 
the sinking of the Titanic but that ship used Marconi gear and all 
Marconi stations used CQD rather than SOS as an emergency call. I run 
part of that loop with a sound clip of what a spark station would have 
sounded like sending CQD. I made the FCC aware of my use of CQD and no 
objection was noted as very few but real radio historians know what 
CQD was used for and who used it!

The freq I used is not part of any potential ham band so there is no 
confusion about this being related to the future 630 meter ham 
allocation.

-Brian, WA1ZM (all via Chuck Rippel, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD)

** U S A. 550, WQHK896, Port of Long Beach, 9:21 AM PST with 
announcement by woman and ID in each loop. fair. 29Dec12 (Martin 
Foltz, Mission Viejo CA, HQ-180A, 75' wire, ABDX yg via DXLD)
see also 1610-1620-1640

** U S A. 600, Dec 30 at 0630 UT, refers to ``New Country``, seemingly 
from WMT Cedar Rapids IA direxion, in null of currently dominant KTBB 
Tyler TX (see separate log). Has WMT a new format, ex-news/talk?? 0633 
refers to wmtradio.com, then Fox ``News`` minute. Later trying the 
website, with rising-sun rays, first much choose whether I listen to 
600 or 95.7. Very slow-loading 600 subsite
http://600.wmtradio.com/main.html
appears to be the same-old news/talk. Maybe the ``New Country`` bit 
came from KSJB in ND, ``Classic Country`` per NRC AM Log? (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 600, Dec 30 at 0631 UT, ad for a Tyler TX law firm, 0632 
back to `Texas Overnight` on the Texas State Network, so it`s KTBB, 
whose nite pattern has a lobe NW, close to us. Dominant over WMT. Show 
originates at KRLD 1080, which I eventually find is running 23 seconds 
behind its affiliate KTBB! So the big one has a better chance of 
hitting the censor button before a naughty word go out on 1080 (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 640, Dec 30 at 1351 UT, that deep-voiced weekend host of 
Coast to Coast, John B. Wells, surprised to hear him in broad daylight 
after sunrise here, but in null of KWPN Moore OK (né WNAD Norman, then 
WWLS), must be KFI Los Ángeles. C2C website claims KFI affiliate has 
it until 5 am PT 7 days, but link to KFI website shows Sundays only 
until 6 am, starting 10 pm Saturday. Would that be a second or third 
play of a previous hour? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** U S A. 750, Dec 28 at 1321 UT, M&W conversing in Ukrainian, which 
means 15 kW daytimer WNDZ in Portage IN (Chicago market), which I seem 
to log one morning per season, previously Oct 26, 2010, and Oct 18, 
2011, so I just barely made it this year. Latest official sunrises are 
in Dec and Jan at 1315, so just came up, from PSRA of 500 watts, which 
starts at 1230 in Dec, 1245 in Jan (not as early as 1200 except in 
March before DST starts, for some odd reason, as there is no 
``limiting station`` these months, not even WSB). Ukrainian is also a 
Manitoba language, but no 750s there (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST) 

** U S A. 760, Dec 30 at 0640 UT I axually listen for a few minutes to 
a stupid ballgame, since it`s really late for one to be on live from 
WJR Detroit, coming up on 2 am ET! We are at fourth down, 28 sex to go 
from the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl in Tempe AZ (ex-Sun Devils stadium? 
Not that I care). And the MSU Spartans beat the TCU Horned Frogs 17-
16! Whoopee. And it`s almost midnite even in AZ; why so late? Is it 
still too hot to play earlier in the evening in The Valley? Then at 
0651 I notice that 820 WBAP in Horned-Frogs-land had also been 
carrying the game from a different perspective, post-game show. How 
many brain injuries tonite? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 850, Dec 29 at 1332 UT, mass in English with voice-over 
translations to Spanish, in KOA null. No doubt KJON Carrollton TX 
(Dallas market), and sounds just like what`s on WEWN 11550 during this 
hour. The Guadalupe station is affiliated with EWTN, but can`t find 
any affiliate list for Spanish at EWTN website, just SW stuff, while 
there is an AM & FM affiliate list in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 880, Dec 28 at 1316 UT, local talkshow finally getting out 
phone number after fumbles as 501-492-5576, which means Arkansas, and 
website http://www.wethepeople.com Says he`s on Friday mornings only, 
without delays so no profanity, please. Is also E/W in null of KRVN so 
it`s 50 kW KLRG, Sheridan AR, now with own show instead of WTAN 
network. Re my observation yesterday of dead air/open carrier 
presumably from this, may have been due to widespread lingering power 
outages in AR following last week`s winter storm. But if you can`t get 
the programming to the transmitter, why keep burning kW at the site? 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 900, Dec 29 at 1340 UT, nostalgia music, ``Crazy``, ``Happy 
Face``, N/S, no doubt from KSGL Wichita, which at least on weekdays 
presents gospel huxters in the mornings, and more on Sundays. Program 
schedule is obviously incomplete, with nothing shown before 8 am CT 
Saturdays, 
http://www.ksgl.com/5.html
so perhaps defaults to more `Music You Remember` elsewhen. Daytime 
power boost to 250 watts from 28 at night should occur at 1330 UT in 
December, but 1345 in January; and it`s denied any PSRA because of XEW 
(which is no longer a dominant signal even at night) (Glenn Hauser, 
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 930, Dec 31 at 1300 UT, San Antonio mentioned, Fox `News`, 
so KLUP again; WKY easily nulled, still on STA of diminished 1.25 kW 
non-direxional night power instead of 5 kW N/S (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. I wrote the item last week on the big switch on 950 AM in 
Philadelphia, WPEN's sports format becoming WKDN with the return of 
Family Radio (Joe Hanlon, NJ, Dec 30, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Referring 
to the radioinsight.com post, apparently (gh)

** U S A. 980, Dec 30 at 0603 UT, Spanish gospel music and phone 832-
830-6563, looping N/S, which pins it on Houston TX, i.e. KRTX [not 
KRTZ as in original report], COL Rosenberg-Richmond, address in 
Pasadena. Do they pronounce that as in Spanish, or English? (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. 1000, Dec 29 at 0622 UT, preacher in English in 
KTOK OKC null; or rather, I have to null this to hear KTOK. No doubt 
it`s KKIM in Albuquerque NM again, 10 kW non-direxional day pattern 
rather than 38 watts at night! Making heavy slow SAH of 77/minute = 
1.3 Hz. Or rather it seems to be a Christian-counseling show than 
straight preaching, ``be obedient to the Word`` (which is risky 
considering The Word was written by mere humans with wild imaginations 
a bimillenium ago, then further flawed by faulty translations). Also 
when positioned to hear KKIM, some weaker Mexican music, likely XEFV 
Juárez, which when KKIM is behaving itself, occupies the KTOK null by 
itself (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1010, Dec 29 at 0628 UT, since I had heard CFAC 960 thru 
local KGWA earlier in the hour, checked here for ``CBR``, but 
dominated by Bible story in English, consecutively translated into 
Spanish, looping E/W, a sure sign of KXXT in Tolleson AZ (Phx market), 
as previously IDed, and no doubt also on day power of 15 kW rather 
than 250 watts night (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1010, Dec 31 around 0617 UT, live? religious call-in has two 
hosts moaning about problems with the delay circuit. At 0636, now a 
gospel huxter is praying, interrupting himself every few sex to 
exclaim ``Father God``. May have been Speaking In Tongues too as for a 
while I could not recognize a language, or maybe just bad elocution. 

It`s amusing how different preachers have different tics, which I 
truly believe are mental illness --- some keep interrupting for 
``Amen``, others for ``Praise God``, and now this. Oh yeah, I also 
have no doubt it`s KXXT Tolleson AZ once again with its cheating 
daytime signal at night, westward from here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1090, Dec 31 at 1328 UT, `Midnight Cry` broadcast concluding 
with how to order audio in four formats --- so am I hearing Australia, 
where it`s just past midnight in 2013y? No, probably KAAY Little Rock 
AR, neatly confirmed at 
http://www.midnightcry.org/broadcasts/radio.htm
showing only 5 widely-dispersed AM stations with KAAY at 7:15-7:30 am
altho not updated since 2010y copyright also showing times on WHR SW 
including defunct KWHR and never-funct ``KHRA``. I knew I had run 
across this somewhere on SW before. Speaking of defunct, website 
admits that applies to this preacher; another one of those ghouls.

However, before the 1328 minute was over, obliterated by another 
station popping on 1090 with Catholic programming in progress about 
the Komen Foundation and Planned Parenthood: Komen woman saying she 
was misrepresented by bad press in the recent clash over Choice. She 
too is interrupted clumsily at 1329 for a sign-on announcement from 
KEXS Excelsior Springs MO, the Catholic station I was expecting, YL 
saying 3400 watts, and back to Komen/PP stuff in progress (from EWTN, 
no doubt, obsessed with abortion, as an affiliate of it), seems part 
of a year-in-review. NRC AM Log however shows 8 kW daytimer, with 4 kW 
critical hours, and FCC AM Query agrees, so where does she get 3.4 kW? 
Maybe admitting true reduced power from decrepit transmitter? But 
plenty to overcome mighty KAAY (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** U S A. 1120, Dec 31 at 0604 UT, unusual dead air from KMOX, don`t 
know for how long, but started own newscast at 0604:20. Meanwhile, 
KEOR Oklahoma was QRM-free (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1130, Dec 30 at 0617 UT, Shreveport ad with distorted 
modulation, not selective fade, so KWKH has problems. Then QRM with a 
website as news1130.com --- guess what, that leads to CKWX, so logged 
under CANADA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1610, WQIX414, City of Ojai 9:24 AM PST with announcements 
by a man, poor with 1600 slop. 29Dec12

1620, WPMW407, CALTRANS, San Juan Capistrano CA 9:31 AM PST with 
announcements by woman, ID in each loop. poor with KSMH-1620 QRM. 
29Dec12

1640, WPKA209/WQKD624, City of Irvine CA, 9:32 AM PST with long 
announcement by man, IDs in each loop, very strong. 29Dec12 (Martin 
Foltz, Mission Viejo CA, HQ-180A, 75' wire, ABDX yg via DXLD)  PST = 
UT -8; see also 530

** U S A. 1670, Jan 1 at 1409 UT, non-Xmas music from the direxion of 
Madison WI. WTDY is history; now it`s WOZN, which everyone expects to 
join a CBS sports network, but not quite yet (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. MW Pirates: 

1710, "The Big Q" (pirate) - 0525-0529 UT 12/22/2012 - Signed
on with Rick Nelson's "Garden Party", "The Big Q" pro sounding jingles 
between songs, clever voice-overs, etc. Announcer "Midnight Man" 
talking up the GE Superadio, signal abruptly dropped giving way to 
Radio Celestial again, technical issue I assume. (TROMP-MI)
Complete 1710 recording:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K9IJ-Hfrbg>

1720 "The Big Q" (pirate) - 0808 UT 12/22/2012 - Noted back again, but 
on 1720, with massive AM carrier and high pitched test tones for 
several minutes, and unobstructed signal thanks to the clear channel.  
Christmas oldies, slick jingles, and very nice quality 20 kHz wide 
audio. Best signal I've heard from The Big Q since last year during 
this time. (TROMP-MI) Complete 1720 recording:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhFvByqc978>

1720 "The Big Q" - 0511 UT 12/23/2012 - Signed on at 0511 on 1720am 
with a huge carrier and then into oldies and lots of "Big Q" jingles.  
Strong S7-S9 signal. Moved down to 1710am at 0523 UT with Christmas 
themed show. Also heard this message aired throughout the broadcast:  
"Here's a special Big Q message for our friend Tim Tromp up in 
Fruitport, Michigan. Thanks Tim for the years of loyal listening and 
reporting. Consider this your over-the-air audio QSL card. And wishing 
you all the best this new year. For Tim and everyone tuned in, thanks 
for listening to the Big Q." Wow - very cool! Off around 1000 UT (Tim 
TROMP, MI, MARE Tipsheet via DXLD)

** U S A. 96.5 MHz, FLORIDA, WVVD-LP, East Tampa. 1750 December 25, 
2012. Fairly good on the Crosstown Expressway in Brandon, with Spanish 
covers of Christmas songs, Spanish announcer (seemingly all canned), 
accented but English male canned ID 1802.
 
Florida Low Power Radio Stations:
https://sites.google.com/site/floridadxn/florida-low-power-radio-stations
(Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** U S A. KURB 98.5 Little Rock AR having SERIOUS transmitter issues

Hearing nasty spurs from KURB 98.5 on 97.95 and 99.05. Seems the folks 
at KURB/Cumulus Broadcasting need to take a serious look, as these 
spurs are being heard 70 miles from the transmitter! KURB 98.5 came 
back on the air sometime last night after an absence due to being off 
the air because of a weather-related power outage (Fritze H. Prentice, 
Jr KC5KBV, Star City AR EM43aw, twitter.com/fritzehp 1027 UT Dec 28, 
DX LISTENING DIGEST) Ice on the antenna, I'm sure.  Nasty stuff. PB 
(Peter Baskind, TN, ibid.)

** VATICAN [and non]. 7250, Dec 28 at 0623, VR direct is still not on 
the air, unlike previous nights on air earlier than scheduled with 
Albanian.

7305, Dec 28 at 1119, big open carrier, with some hum, atop something 
in Chinese. Must be Greenville B already warming up for one of only 
two token broadcasts to the Americas left from Vatican Radio. No IS, 
but 1130 ``Laudetur Iesus Christus`` and into morning Spanish, naming 
a bunch of announcers and staff, then starting off with saint and 
martyr info for the date. Why don`t other stations honour martyrs?? 

The Chinese is CNR1, 37 degrees from Shijiazhuang 723 site per Aoki, 
which means it`s also aimed eventually at the Americas. Surely VR 
could have found a clearer 7 MHz frequency, but hey, it matches the 
same one used via Greenville at 0200-0245, so why not? Maybe no 
retuning necessary if idle in between.

9645, 7250, 6075, 3975, Dec 31 at 0630, VR opening Latin mass show 
with intros in English, Polish, Italian and something else Slavic. 
None of them noted on the air before 0630 today as sometimes happens 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VATICAN. [Re 12-52:] 11615, Dec 24 at 2253, ``Adeste, Fideles``, . 
. . presumed a special transmission by Vatican Radio, probably SMG 
site. Unfortunately, they delete special schedules as soon as they are 
over, but here`s what`s pending at French site when checked Dec 25:
http://fr.radiovaticana.va/trasm_spec.asp

Glenn, Vatican Radio's special transmission schedules are not deleted, 
just un-linked. They can still be accessed by adding the date to the 
URL, as in
http://fr.radiovaticana.va/trasm_spec.asp?cod=txs_2012_12_24_ing.asp
which gives you the frequencies for the transmission you heard. Best 
73, (Eike Bierwirth, AL, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Tnx; this was for western Africa, also on 9520 (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)

** VIETNAM [and non]. 5925 kHz VOV-2 --- V. of Zhonghua (CNR-5) of the 
same frequency stops. Clearing it can receive VOV-2 at 1430 UT on 
5925. Probably clearing it can receive LL [?] program from 1600. S/off 
at 1500 UT on 5925 kHz (S. Hasegawa, Japan, Dec 29, dxldyg via DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** ZAMBIA. 13590, Dec 29 at 1506, no signal detectable from CVC 
1Africa. They have announced that SW broadcasts will be terminated 
after Dec 31, but wonder if they are already off? Scheduled all the 
way from 06 to 22 UT, this 100 kW, 315 degrees from Lusaka for 
Nigeria, carries right on across North America unless a low MUF blox 
it. Another check Dec 29 at 1839: still nothing but CODAR. If we have 
to lose SW stations, let them be gospel huxters dedicated to depriving 
third-world citizens of their original religions. The transmitter 
could be employed for something more useful, like an unbiased news 
service, or classical music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Yes, at 1956-2002 on Dec 29, 13590 is silent in Jo'burg as well.  
Almost certainly off-air. Regards (Bill Bingham, RSA, dxldyg via DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

13590, 31/Dec 1259, No signal from CVC via Zambia. 73 (Jorge Freitas, 
Brasil, listening with remote radio in Netherlands, dxldyg via DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** ZANZIBAR. 11735, 1845-1915, TZA, 26.12, Zanzibar Broadcasting 
Corporation, Dole. Swahili talk about several African countries, 1858 
Afropop, 1859 drum IS, TS, news, 1910 short Muslism chanting, 1911 
Afropop 45444 (Anker Petersen, from Skovlunde, Denmark, on my AOR 
AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg 
via DXLD)

26/12, 11735, Tanzania 1915 with hot afro song “viva Tanzania!!!“, 
S20. At 2020 signal seems max to S9 (or is another station?) with an 
Arabic waltz music and talks in vernacular, 2030 an exotic afro melody 
(Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

6015, Voice of Tanzania, Zanzibar (tentativa), 0320, Diciembre 30, 
idioma africano, tal vez swahili. Comentario y "pops africanos", 
2.4.4.3.2 (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

11735, Dec 31 at 2120, music with fair signal, suspect ZBC on late for 
NYE, after local midnight across the year-line, and 2131 NY party 
noises, yells, seems Swahili, and some hum (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** ZIMBABWE. 4828, Voice of Zimbabwe (presumed), 0418, Jan 1. African 
Hi-life music and DJ in vernacular (?); poor. Is normal for me to hear 
an open carrier here, but it has been many years since I last had a 
strong enough signal to produce any audio. A very rare reception for 
me! At 0426 left this to check on Uganda (Ron Howard, Asilomar State 
Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ZIMBABWE [non]. Radio Dialogue? Ciao a tutti. Testando un nuovo 
modello di convertitore DRM mi sono imbattuto nella stazione in 
oggetto, o almeno, credo di averla identificata come Radio Dialogue 
(sono un po' arrugginito in quanto a capacità di identificazione). 
Sarei grato a tutti quelli che potessero illuminare: indirizzo email, 
postale, sito web, schedule ecc. Ho ascoltato l'emittente suddetta il 
29 dicembre dalle 1600 alle 1700 su 12105 kHz con apparecchiatura 
indicata in calce. Per facilitare l'help accludo una clip audio del 
signing off (Giovanni Lorenzi - IT9TZZ, Dec 29, 
QTH: Messina - Italy 38.11 N 15.32 E, Locator JM78SE
RX: Yaesu FRG-7000/Kenwood TS-440/Yaesu FT-897
RX SDR: Autocostruito, Ant: Longwire 25 m / Dipole
Down converter per DRM: homebrewing
Website: http://www.webalice.it/it9tzz
Ham info: http://www.qrz.com/db/it9tzz bclnews.it yg via DXLD)

Ciao Giovanni, dalla registrazione pare proprio che sia Radio 
Dialogue, ma non ho trovato in rete altri ascolti di questa emittente 
in onde corte tranne questo:
http://www.firstpost.com/topic/place/romania-radio-dialogue-12105-khz-video-0hqICXczoOA-523-11.html

L'ascolto si riferisce al 27 novembre scorso ed è stato effettuato con
un Degen sulla frequenza di 12105 kHz, ma non in DRM. Nulla nemmeno 
nella schedula delle emittenti in DRM. A quell'ora su quella frequenza 
dovrebbe esserci solo la WTWW da Lebanon. Nessun riferimento sul sito 
dell'emittente: http://www.radiodialogue.fr/
Roby (Roberto Rizzardi, ibid.)

Ciao a tutti. Solo per chiarire che la stazione in oggetto non è stata
da me ascoltata in DRM! L'ho captata mentre facevo dialing: il
convertitore, e più precisamente il software, (DReaM) permette di
ascoltare anche le stazioni che trasmettono in AM e questo mi consente
anche di registrarle direttamente in .wav. 

A proposito di DRM, i minuti di trasmissione totale in questo sistema 
sono ulteriormente diminuiti. Sarò più preciso nei prossimi giorni.
Buona serata a tuttti (Giovanni Lorenzi - IT9TZZ, QTH: Messina - Italy 
38.11 N 15.32 E, ibid.)

As has been explained in DX Listening Digest, this is a change of name 
from Zimbabwe Community Radio, clandestine transmitted from 
Madagascar. It has nothing to do with a station in France. 12105 is 
also a frequency change, despite WTWW, which however, is not on the 
air every day at that hour. 73, (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific carrier search performed Dec 28 at 1322-
1329 UT after first finding one on 747, stepping the DX-398 in USB 
with slightly offset BFO producing a low pitch to be recognized at 9 
kHz intervals not too covered by NAm signals, found all these: 585, 
594, 603, 693, 702, 738, 747, 774, 828, 873, 972, 1053, 1278, 1287, 
1314, 1323, 1332, 1566. Today`s Enid sunrise will be 1342, only two 
minutes from the latest of the year next week (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, 
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific 9-kHz carrier search Dec 29 at 1323+: 702, 
738, 747, 774, 828, 1566. 738 was briefly strongest, and more westerly 
than NW, as weaker 702 may also have been. Standard suppositions are 
that 702 is Australia, 738 Tahiti; 747, 774 and 828 the big NHK 
stations in Japan; and 1566 Korea South FEBC. These are all routine on 
the west coast, but it`s a major morning if we ever pull any audio 
from them here in deep North America (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 800, Dec 30 at 0647 UT, extremely distorted modulation, 
which we usually hear only around sunrise. Got a good DF on it, about 
195 degrees, separable from Bott gospel huxter OKC. Not much from 
XEROK which normally occupies the KQCV null; problems there? So the 
distortion again points to one of the northeast Mexicans, XEDD in 
Montemorelos NL, supposedly a daytimer, or more likely XEZR in 
Zaragoza, Coahuila, somewhat further west. I renew my call for DXers 
in the groundwave area of these to confirm which it is. It`s a 
recurrent if not constant problem. Where are you, Steve Wiseblood, 
when we need you? In the Philippines (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED [and non]. 870, Dec 31 at 1302 UT, forecast in the 20s 
with possible snow; 2012y ag weather discussed ``for the state``, but 
which?? Surely not WWL and not from the SE; and not KFJZ TX either 
since it`s too urban too and Vietnamese. 

Two possibilities in NRC AM Log, neither with an ag format, but might 
still do that in the mornings: WINU Shelbyville IL, religious, but 
that`s also too urban, really in St. Louis market. 

How about this? KAAN Bethany MO, oldies, ``Radio Can``, 930-watt ND 
daytimer airable once WWL`s sun rises. Is there a program schedule on 
their ad-cluttered website? Of course not, but there is a link to ag 
news from elsewhere, so it`s on their radar:
http://www.northwestmoinfo.com/
I don`t see a ``Radio Can`` on the website, but ``AMERIKAAN``, hee2.

Meanwhile, it`s losing out to Mexican NA at 1303, and XETAR Chihuahua 
in the opposite direxion dominant by 1305 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 960, Dec 30 at 0600 UT, ``In the Middle of the Night`` 
is appropriately playing, and seems to DF ESE/WNW or so, which points 
to WABG in Greenwood, Mississippi and its blues format, but never 
definitely IDed. During Fox-hole of dead air from local KGWA, which 
just before 0600 played a local intro to the non-existent Fox `News` 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 2660, Dec 31 at 1249 UT, very weak to JBA music, until 
fadeout around 1255. Likely another broadcast harmonic, 2 x 1330. For 
further checking earlier; hope it comes in stronger than 2910 has 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED [non]. 2910, Dec 28 at 1137, couldn`t sleep so gave up 
and turned on the radio, to find what must be a third harmonic of 
something on 970. Some music but never a complete song, mostly talk in 
Spanish; very weak but with BFO on to help, I devote my full attention 
to pulling something out of it. 1145 mentions ``de la salud``; 1153 
improving slightly but still very tough copy against the QRN and QSB. 
1200 mentions diciembre, but no Mexican NA which raises my hope it is 
beyond there in C America (or just USA). 1201 signal surges some more, 
during brief guitar and vocal music; occasional adjacent SSB QRM but 
otherwise clear frequency. 1203, clear timecheck as ``6 de la mañana 
con 2 minutos``, so it`s somewhere in the UT -6:01 zone, hi. At 1211 I 
compare it to North Korea which is much stronger on 2850. 

At 1220 it`s fading up again with YL in Spanish, mentions ``Colonia 
Salinas``(?), and a restaurante, phone numbers starting with 91-. 1226 
callsign in passing sounds like XEDP, but last two letters could be 
any fonetically similar combination, i.e.: B, C, D, G, P, T, V. 
Mentions cumpleaños, birthday greetings being typical morning fare on 
local Mexistations. 1229 TC for 6:29. 

I have two sets of headphones; so far I have been using one with 
boosted bass response, so I try the other one with less bass, more 
treble, but that means more noise overall, so back to the bass. 
Listening thru my stocking cap seems to help too in this extremely 
poor signal environment. 1241, SSB ACI again, and 2910 signal is 
weakening; by 1250 it`s a JBA carrier. This is still almost an hour 
before sunrise here, so indicates it`s in the eastern part of Mexico.

Later begins more research on above clues: First, the callsign. It so 
happens that the only phonetic match on 970 in IRCA and Cantú is:
970 XEVT VT + FM 104.1 Villahermosa, Tab. 10,000 5,000
IRCA shows 10/1 kW, but agrees station slogan is simply ``VT``. So 
does WRTH 2013 but power as 10/5.

Colonia? Finally found a list of them for Villahermosa, 180 of them 
with postal codes
http://www.guiapv.com/codigos_postales/index.php?t=bcid&sk=4&skt=Q2VudHJv&eid=27
and there is no Salinas, but maybe this is what I heard:
``Sabina Centro Tabasco 86153``

It seems there is a Colonia Salinas in Zacatecas where there is also a 
970 station, but that rules out its callsign: XEZAZ which also has a 
ballad/romantic music format, no fit. Can`t get anywhere looking for 
typical phone prefixes in either city.

As a DX resource we need a master list of colonias for all of Mexico 
(and beyond), but it would be monstrous if there are as many as 180 in 
a relatively small city like Villahermosa.

If I am ever awake again during these hours, must pursue 2910 further, 
but I hope others will too and get a definite ID.

2910, Dec 29 at 0559 UT, looking again for that presumed third 
harmonic of 970: JBA carrier. I leave the receiver tuned here to check 
again whenever I awaken --- which is 1226. Once again it`s the morning 
M&W chat show. Very poor signal, and all I can copy are ``la jota``, 
``estado del tiempo``, ``colonia``. Today there is a lot more SSB QRM 
on the hi side, diminished a bit by listening in LSB mode. And 2910 is 
fading by 1234, too weak at 1240. Need to listen from before 1200, and 
theoretically should also be audible in evenings. 

From yesterday I`m quite sure it`s a Mexican, prime suspect XEVT in 
Villahermosa, Tabasco. But are there any 970 stations which might be 
called ``La Jota``? Yes, XEJ in Juárez, but that`s on UT -7 while I 
was definitely hearing UT -6 timechex. There are two other Mexicans 
with a J in their 4-letter calls. Still not enough info. Of course 
there could be two harmonix on 2970, one being from XEJ, but the 
chances of that are remote.

Note, in yesterday`s report, I meant to mention that at one point Dec 
28 I compared 2910 to 970, but the fundamental was just a mishmash of 
signals, also bothered by ACI from local 960 KGWA.

2910, Dec 30 at 0141 UT, JBA carrier here from the presumed third 
harmonic of 970. Needed to oversleep past the 12 UT window today. 
Still waiting for anyone else to try IDing this.

2910, Dec 31 at 1150 UT I awaken early again, so make the best of it 
in another attempt to ID this presumed third harmonic of some Mexican 
on 970. Still it`s a threshold signal as I keep the BFO on it zero-
beat, to help a little, but unproductive as I only catch a few words 
here and there. Spanish talk at tune-in says ``buenos días``, and has 
SSB ACI again. 1152 a song, 1155 talk, timecheck, mentions Zaragoza, a 
common name which could be applied to anything, anywhere; ``amigos 
radioescuchas``, one or two OMs chattering, no YL. 1202 bit of music; 

1205 now the YL joins in with her own ``buenos días``; OM handles the 
TCs, ``6 de la mañana, 5 minutos`` = UT -6, and a song. 1209 ``fin de 
año`` which it certainly is. 1215 OM & YL alternate talk; 1218 ad, 
1219 mentions Juárez, same name remark. Ad for ``artículos 
navideños``, now no doubt discounted for clearance. Weather includes 
lluvias (rain). 1221, TC for 6:20; 1223 more OM & YL chat vs SSB ACI. 
1227, TC for 6:26. 1229 weakening and ACI still a problem. 1235 YL in 
long monolog, reading a news item? Brief OM, and back to YL monolog. 
1242 TC 18 minutos para las 7. 1245 fading down and I give up for 
today, but then tune around and find another harmonic on 2660, q.v. 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Finally I definitely IDed as 
XEVT, as in later reports already in dxldyg (gh)

UNIDENTIFIED. 4110, Dec 28 at 1246 UT, I make a point of looking for 
WGOH in Grayson KY, 3 x 1370 which Harold Frodge has heard in MI in 
the evening. 1245 is when they should start 5 kW non-direxional day 
power in December and January; until 2215 in Dec, 2230 in Jan. But all 
I get now is a JBA carrier, and SSB ACI. Nothing at earlier check 1218 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 4417, Dec 28 at 0549, very poor signal with talk in AM 
by one voice, occasionally another. Too weak to make out language, and 
does not sound like marine or aero weather, but conversation. Still 
going past 0600. A broadcaster? None listed here, but Radio Eco, 
Bolivia has been on 4409 or 4410 and could have varied (and also on 
all-night maybe for holidays?). Next check since I am unavoidably 
awake at 1110, reads S9+10 but just barely modulated, still at 1129; 
however, recheck at 1246, a carrier is still there, too late for 
Bolivia. Could be some other closer Latin American. This of course 
does not work out as a MW harmonic, unless the fundamental is way off 
frequency. Nor as a leapfrog or difference product between higher 
frequencies unless one of those too is not on a 5-kHz channel.

Klingenfuss 2002 book shows 4417 is/was channel 421 for SSB coast 
stations, QSX 4125, but doesn`t name any. Searching the UDXF yg, info 
not quite so old mentions IAR in Roma and Walvis Bay, Namibia on 4417; 
and US Navy Composite Warfare Net, but it`s unlikely these utes would 
be on AM instead of SSB.

4417, Dec 29 at 0031, mystery carrier is here, but no modulation 
detectable. I am beginning to wonder if what I heard yesterday was 
cross-modulation, i.e. imposed on the carrier by overload in the 
receiver from some other strong signal, like WWCR 4840. If that happen 
again, must look for //. Still audible at 0559 Dec 29; and at 1245, 
S9+10 and lite fading, but no modulation. 

EiBi lists one thing on 4417:
``4417 0000-2400 I Romaradio IAR I SEu r``, i.e. maritime station. 
Since no mode is mentioned, should we assume it`s voice on USB rather 
than AM? EiBi mixes in lots of utility stations with the broadcasters, 
but not necessarily exhaustively. Italy source would account for 
hearing it here around 00 and 06, but not 13 UT.

In the meantime I searched for other logs of 4417. There are several 
in NZ DX Times, including the latest issue, Dec 2012: 

``4417 0430 NZ Bluff Fisherman’s Co-op with wx; reas. signal 3/12 JW
Jonathan Wood, Mosgiel - FRG 7 and random longwire`` Mode not stated; 
could it be AM? No, per previous NZ logs:

``4417 0530 Bluff fisherman’s radio USB weather for the area fair 
signal 10/6 ABD
4417 0745 FAR NORTH RADIO USB weather reports for next three days 
s/off 0748 with ID and frequency. Vessel called in and reported 
heading into the Kaipara by the morning Fair to good 12/6 ABD 
Arthur De Maine Kakanui Drake R-8 and Icom R70 and a 25m EWE``
(June 2012 NZ DX Times)

An NZ source could account for the hours I hear it around 06 and 13, 
but not 00. I had previously logged it in 2012:

``UNIDENTIFIED. 4417, Nov 10 at 0021, fair and steady open carrier, 
wonder what? Probably North American ute, too strong for a South 
American broadcaster (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)``

And so had Chuck Bolland, Florida, a biyear ago:

``UNIDENTIFIED. 4417, have a weak signal at 0040. Don't know if this 
is a broadcast or a utility? Can hear a male in occasional comments. 
Language unknown and comments are not steady (Chuck Bolland, Clewiston 
FL, 26N 081W, WR-G31DDC, DX LISTENING DIGEST 11-02)`` 

Date lost, but would be early January 2011, or late December 2010. So 
someone else heard some modulation too. A long-standing mystery.

4417, Dec 30 at 0140, fair carrier, maybe just barely modulated? 
Another one which has needed identification for years (Glenn Hauser, 
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Hi Glenn, 4417 Unid carrier with considerable strength around 0100 on 
several nights. Very warm here, down to high 50s at night but in 70s 
otherwise. Best 73 (Bob Wilkner, SFL, Dec 30, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED [non]. 4900, Dec 29 at 1255, repetitive cadences in 
oriental language on AM, suspect numbers, Chinese or Korean. One 
frequent syllable was ``hà``, i.e. with descending tone. Nothing at 
all on 4900 in HFCC or EiBi, but surely Aoki will have it: No, just 
non-existent Ecuador and Guinea. So maybe something new.

4900 --- Re my log Dec 29 at 1255 of Korean numbers, tnx to Ron Howard 
for this:

``Hi Glenn, Have heard this several times this year, but my last
reported log was: KOREA SOUTH. 4900, Spy? 1206, April 28, 2011. Woman
announcer reading assume numbers, in Korean; fair (Ron Howard, 
Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) In 
past years the same was also heard on 5715 or 6215. Ron, San 
Francisco``

And also to Alokesh Gupta who found numerous references including from 
shortwave-listener-qsl-reports googlegroup:

'Tanshim' Korean Numbers Station "V24" on 4900 kHz @ 1136 UTC 28 July 
2011. S-Meter: Solid S9 with SIO 555 and Good Audio. Heard Female 
Voice in Korean giving Sets of Words {Numbers?} gone by 1339 UTC``

And: Korean Language Numbers Station "V24" --- search on 4900 at
http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

FYI - Old email received from shortwave-listener-qsl-reports 
googlegroups

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: ~ RHF <rhf-newsgroups@pacbell.net>
Date: Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 6:46 PM
Subject: 'Tanshim' Korean Numbers Station "V24" on 4900 kHz @ 1136 UTC
To: Shortwave Listener QSL Reports <shortwave-listener-qsl-
reports@googlegroups.com>


'Tanshim' Korean Numbers Station "V24" on 4900 kHz @ 1136 UTC -date- 
28 July 2011

S-Meter: Solid S9 with SIO 555 and Good Audio
 
Heard Female Voice in Korean giving Sets of Words {Numbers?} gone by 
1339 UT
 
Lovely Korean Lady
-flash- V24 and M94 Changes, 1st Mayo 2011
http://forums.radioreference.com/utility-listening/210742-v24-m94-changes-may-01-2011-a.html
-source- Radio Reference .Com
 
Korean Language Numbers Station "V24"
http://www.hfunderground.com/wiki/V24
-source- HF Under Ground.Com
 
"Spy" Numbers Station "V24" [Korean]
http://token_radio.home.mchsi.com/numbers_station_v24.htm
-source- Token Radio.Com
 
"Spy" Numbers Stations on the Korean Peninsula
http://www.abiweb.jp/ransu/ransu-e3.htm
-source- ABI Web.JP
 
Monitoring North Korea on Shortwave [HF] Radio
http://monitor-post.blogspot.com/2010/11/monitoring-north-korea-on-hf.html
-source- Monitor-Post Blog Spot.Com

Number & Oddities -aka- The Spooks Newsletter
http://www.numbersoddities.nl/n&o-157.pdf
-source- N&O -http://www.numbersoddities.nl/
.
Lovely Korean Lady "Tanshim" Rose-of-Sharon
http://www.matthewsata.com/Rose%20of%20sharon.jpg
saying all those wonderful Korean Numbers :
0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 -but-no- 10 :o)
*0* hana dul set net taseot yeoseot ilgop yeodeol ahop
-hey...-don't-they-have-a-word-for-'zero'-in-korean-/-
-maybe- *hong* -ro- *gong* for Zero [0]
 .
* That * Something * Extra *
* ENIGMA : The European Numbers Information
Gathering Monitoring Association [ENIGMA]
http://www.brogers.dsl.pipex.com/enigma2000/index.html
-source-of-the- ENIGMA Control List
-and- ENIGMA 2000 Newsletter

* Mystery Signals of [Spys on] The Short Wave Radio
http://www.brogers.dsl.pipex.com/index.html

* "Spy" Numbers Stations on Shortwave Radio
http://www.spynumbers.com/

* -wiki- Numbers Stations
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_station

* World Map "Spy" Numbers Stations
http://www.hfunderpants.com/wiki/Spy_Numbers_Stations

* Utility DXers Forum [UDXF]
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/udxf/

* Utility Monitoring : Info + Links + Groups/Clubs
http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Utility_Monitoring
-X- Worldwide Utility News [WUN] -defunct-2006-
 .
Yes Yes Yes - I Do Hear Numbers On-the-Radio
http://www.mediateletipos.net/archives/9028
Wondering... Are There Korean Number Stations ?
 .
yes - i heard it on the short-wavy ray-di-oh ~ RHF
Twain Harte, CA -USA- : http://tinyurl.com/2fn6xog
Grundig Satellit 800-M Receiver + ^Antenna^Info^
 .
Shortwave Listener QSL Reports : http://tinyurl.com/2d9qlq
http://www.google.com/group/shortwave-listener-qsl-reports
 .
- = 2FN6XOG = - & - = 2D9QLQ = -
(all via Alokesh Gupta, DXLD)

Thank you Alokesh. Found nice recording of a 6215 kHz. reception on 
Aug 3, 2010, made in California, at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIEL6Hilai8
(Ron Howard, San Francisco, Calif., USA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

That recording starts with song for first 3 minutes of 8+, so could 
easily be considered a broadcast station (gh, DXLD)

Korean Number Stn V24 ...
http://www.hfunderground.com/wiki/V24
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn7wmGZcwbQ
(Alokesh Gupta, ibid.)

UNIDENTIFIED. Heard the following in 60 mb around 1715-1815 UT Dec 24.
Nebendran auf 5057 kHz mischt noch ein russischer Sprecher mit
moeglicherweise einer Intermodulation mit einem MW Sender oder ute SSB
mode aeronautical service? (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 
30 via DXLD)

UNIDENTIFIED. 5821 to 5843 kHz at 2110 UT, bubble jamming broadband,
seemingly from North Korea D.P.R. against 5835 kHz VOA Korean via 
Tinang-PHL scheduled 19-21 UT, but worked overtime tonight/their 
morning (Wolfgang Büschel, Stuttgart, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 30, 
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 5890, Turk/Azeri language family signal. Nice Turk
singer performance. At 2121 UT ID in French language. Sure, is a
intermodulation spurious signal from TRT Emirler. See TRT schedule:
5970 2030-2130 27,28W     500 290 FRENCH
6050 2030-2130 37,38,46   500 247 FRENCH

Spur formula 5970 minus (2 x 6050) = 5890 kHz. TRT Ankara Interval 
signal at 2124 UT and sudden cut-off very early (Wolfgang Büschel, 
Stuttgart, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 30, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1650, 
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6077.155, Dec 17 2300*, UNID. This station has been 
there several days but always very weak. On Dec 16 at 2350 I was able 
to pick up usable audio for the first time. I sent a recording to 
Henrik Klemetz asking him if he had any associations with the type of 
Catholic mass that was heard. He says: Quite outrageously so. It may 
sound like a Catholic letania, but the question is if it is. It is 
also strange if it is this station that emits time pips on the hour.
Or is it someone who is just nearby? It's really frustrating not being 
able to contribute something tangible. The signal level is just below 
audibility. Perseverance wins - we'll crack this one! / Henrik

Another piece with weak talk was sent to Henrik and he says: This 
recording was a little better but I still hesitate if it's SS or PP. I 
asked yesterday about the time signal. --- Does it belong to this 
station? ----- In that case, we might be groping blindly. Time 
signals, and especially this type is not common in LA. China? 
Mongolia? Monks in Tibet? Yes, as you can see my thoughts are now 
wandering here and there. / Henrik

The time signal comes from CNR on China and blows over severely when 
the time signal comes. The recording from Dec 17 was even better and I 
managed to get some talk before the mass started. Henrik says: Well, 
now we will probably stop because it's probably PP! At the final part 
I thought I first heard "programación", but then maybe "Programação de 
hoje" and at 1:59 to 2:00, two interesting words come, both ending in
ará, the first maybe .. bara. Maybe it could be Ceará in the second 
case?, I'll run the last minute in the equalizer to see if it offers 
any more. But now it is beginning to get hot ...! / Henrik

Also the same piece of recording was sent to Mauricio Molano Sanchez 
and he says: yes, it is Spanish. At 00'48 I can hear a female voice 
saying "un informe de la .... deportiva", but not much more. /MMS

And Henrik says in another mail: I can’t find the section where it 
would be a woman talking. In any case, you know that I have long been 
irresolute about the language. Last year also. Sometimes one, 
sometimes the other. The "church" bit makes you believe that it still 
may be Bolivia. A Catholic priest can hold on and talk in a rather 
monotonous way, not just as a trained announcer. Isn’t it true that we 
almost lost track of Radio Juan XXIII? And Bolivian stations that 
retransmit mass programs may sign off very early and without any sign-
off procedure. / Henrik

Henrik has involved a couple of the LA Dx-ers in South America and we 
are still waiting for their comments. This station has also been 
noticed by Martien Groot and Arne Nilsson at several occasions.

The audio file was also sent to them and to Mauno Ritola who says: 
Unfortunately I can't say anything certain about the language, it is 
just not clear enough. What about Quechua; it often sounds exactly so 
incomprehensible? Hopefully Henrik or Mauricio can say something. I 
will be listening again tonight most probably. On Dec 19 s/off at 2322 
on 6077.15 kHz. But far from audio here. I checked it via about 20 
European and North American receivers, but the signal was far from 
audio on every single receiver. So you have an excellent setup for 
Latin America! (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden, SW Bulletin Dec 25 via DXLD)

The station was also noted on Dec 22 on 6077.052 from 2245 with until 
sign off at 2302 but weak audio. Dec 24 on 6077,092 still weak. TN 

More about the mystery station on 6077+ --- Recording from Dec 13 
showing drift around center frequency of 6076.659 and their sign off 
at 2302z.

Recording from Dec 17 showing that the station had drifted upwards 
starting on 6077.14 and during the recording drifting upwards to 
6077.160. This evening sign off at 2300z.

I have uploaded a recording here, a little more than 2 minutes 
starting at 2246z. At the end you can hear the mass start. Link: 
http://www.thomasn.sverige.net/6077,155-121217-2246z.mp3
The last days the station carrier has been visible but unfortunately 
no audio (Thomas Nilsson, with Perseus screenshots, SW Bulletin Dec 25 
via DXLD)

The mysterious station on 6077+ has been visible on my Perseus daily. 
Sign off at 2302z. They are drifting and tonight the frequency was 
6077.045. I also observed the signal on the Perseus site at DL0AO in 
Germany on his ALA100 antenna pointing E-W. TN (Thomas Nilsson, 
Sweden, Dec 29, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Glenn, Eu estava ouvindo em 7485 a Free North Korea, mas 
outra emissora com música pop estava interferindo. Em anexo segue a 
gravação da mesma. Sim, a escuta foi feita no radio remoto da Holanda. 
Você pode fazer a gentileza de Identificar a emissora? No segundo 29 
da gravção tem o OM divulgando a ID. Um abraço, (Jorge Freitas, 
Feira de Santana, Bahia-Brazil, Degen 1103-dipole antenna of 16 
meters-East / West, My blog http://www.ipernity.com/doc/75006
Dec 31, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Jorge, Very interesting! Says, ``You`re tuned in to the traditional 
New Year`s Eve broadcast of the Voice of the Netherlands and Radio 
East Coast (??) Holland. Stay tuned``. The ?? words might be ``Peace 
from`` or ?? I suppose it`s a pirate rather than a full-power relay.

Since there is a whine, I assume these are not on exactly the same 
frequency 7485, but which? This was at 1349 UT. One should be able to 
get an exact frequency readout from remote receivers (Glenn to Jorge, 
via DXLD)

7485, 31/Dec, 1331, UNID. Pop music in English, occasional talks of 
OM. In background I listen to Radio Free North Korea in clear Korean. 
At 1346 country music. Strong whistle due to overlap the carriers. At 
1353 ID by OM, but I did not understand, recorded in my blog 73 (Jorge 
Freitas, Brasil, listening with remote radio in Netherlands, dxldyg 
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Venerdì 28 dicembre 2012, Già di mattina si potevano osservare delle 
anomalie propagative: 1228 - 7490 Rock non stop. Test europirata? SF-
IN (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - 
Italia, bclnews. It yg via DXLD) Must be Freitas` unID too

UNIDENTIFIED [and non]. 9420-9430v, Dec 29 at 1309, the wandering 
banshee blob is moving slowly upward, but cuts off the air at 1310, 
uncovering FEBC English/Chinese sermon on 9430. First time I have 
heard it cut off at a certain point. Then not found elsewhere in the 
9.3-9.5 MHz range. Also had not heard it for a few days.

9450-9460, Jan 1 at 1342, the banshee blob is not moving much for a 
change, also with some hum.

9465/9435, Jan 3 at 1400 the banshee spurblob is wobbling around 9465 
at first, then down to 9435 and wavering back upwards again (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 15150, 1306-1329* December 23, 2012. Continuous New Age 
piano solo until abrupt 1329:16 off. Very good. Suspect Iran, but no 
parallels found, and no trace of this one on the next re-check, 
December 25. EiBi shows IRIB in Mandarin but only until 1300 here. 
Testing? Default music bed on their audio board when no programming is 
scheduled and left on for 30-minutes in error? (Terry L. Krueger, 
Clearwater, Florida, USA, Pile of junk used: JRC NRD-535; ICOM IC-R75; 
Hammarlund HQ-180A; Sony ICF-7600GR; Sangean PR-D5; Aqua Guide 705 RDF 
Marine Radio; GE Superadio III; JPS NF-60 Notch Filter; JPS ANC-4 
Noise Phase; 1 X roof dipole; 1 X room random wire; Terk Advantage 
non-active portable loop, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS
++++++++++++++++++++++++

ACKNOWLEDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 1650:
Thanks to Will Martin, St Louis MO, for a check in the mail to P O Box 
1684, Enid OK 73702 (gh)

TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED FUTURELY:
Glenn, enclosed is a donation (Kent D Murphy, New Martinsville WV, 
with a check to P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702)

Thanks to Chuck Ermatinger for a contribution via PayPal (gh)

Glenn, Thanks very much for ALL you do (and have done) to promote the 
SWL hobby! Here`s hoping that the Core Fundamentals of the hobby will 
endure somewhat despite ever-changing alternate technologies (Joe 
Smith Jr, WPE1HRA, Sandown NH, with a contribution to P O Box 1684, 
Enid OK 73702)

Thanks to Henning Vahlbruch in Germany for a contribution in Euro via 
PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com (gh)

Hola, Glenn, agradeciendo la información que siempre he escuchado 
desde Radio Enlace de RNW y en World of Radio, quiero desearte un 
feliz año nuevo. Escucho onda corta desde muy joven y gracias por tan 
buenos programas e informes DX. Atte: Gustavo A. Cascante González,
Shortwave listener and Ham radio op. 73. (Gus Cascante, TI2ALF, Dec 
29)

La lectura del DXLD del grande de Glenn Hauser es otra rutina, aunque 
raramente me la leo completa por su extensión. Voy a la parte final, 
chequeo si aparece "Nigro" por ahí; Uruguay, y al final las 
misceláneas que coronan el notable... NOTABLE... esfuerzo "full time" 
de GH. El día que ya no pueda generar esos mamotretos semanales de 
información tan maravillosa, ahí sí para mi buena parte del DX, tal 
como lo conocí, habrá desaparecido (Horacio Nigro, CX3BZ, Uruguay, 
condiglist yg via DXLD) Tnx, Horacio, and Gus too. This is small part 
of an extensive thread discussing the future of shortwave (gh, DXLD)

PUBLICATIONS
++++++++++++

EXPANDED NDXC AUDIO ARCHIVES
Haven't looked up the Nagoya DXers Circle's Audio Archives page in a 
few years, but I have checked up on it today:
http://audio.ndxc.org

Note that there are more audio files from 2007-10; if you click the 
"Other" area on the site you will find more SW clips in the blog files 
from those years. Of course they have retained the historical SW 
recordings from the 80's and 90's, along with historic Japanese 
broadcasts such as programs with connections to NDXC and the Japan SW 
Club. With more stations leaving the air (Croatia and CVC-Zambia being 
the latest to end transmissions), these audio clips have lots of value 
to longtime listeners who wish to relive these memories of the days 
when the SW bands were alive with signals from every angle of the 
world (Joe Hanlon, NJ, Dec 30, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

NEW FREE DIRECTORY AND DATABASE OF RADIO STATIONS ON FM AND AM IN ASIA

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countrywide listing of reported or presumably active stations on 
longwave, mediumwave and shortwave, (closed or inactive, planned 
stations do not show up on the list, they are visible when logging in 
to the main FMLIST or MWLIST database). 

The FM section shows regional listings sorted by provinces or states, 
city or metro area listings are shown listing FM stations up to 160 km 
100 miles around a city or larger town. Especially concerning the FM 
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as this is a very convenient way to locate or identify a radio 
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--- (via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, Dec 30, dx_sasia yg via DXLD)

WORLD OF HOROLOGY
+++++++++++++++++

Happy New year everyone May 2013 be a good one. Here is my wish in 
music: Radio Philipinas on 11825 already playing Auld Lang Syne last 
night!!!!!!  
https://soundcloud.com/victor-4s7vk/9825-r-philipinas-12-30-2012-7
GVG (Victor Goonetilleke, Sri Lanka, Dec 31, dxldyg via DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

WORLD CLOCK SOFTWARE

This is off target butI found a new world clock software that works 
very well. And you can set this for 24 Hour display. It is called 
Advanced World Clock 6. If anyone is interested in trying this our the 
link is:
http://ehsanazizi.webs.com/advanced_world_clock_download.html
This is freeware. So you don't have to pay anything for it (Richard 
Lewis, Forest, MS, Dec 28, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Provided by a self-taught Afghan in Herat (gh, DXLD) And MS Word auto-
corrects Herat to Heart. Too smart for its own good (gh)

ABU SUPPORTS WORLD RADIO DAY 2013

Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union ABU Weekly News Digest (28 December 
2012)  (Email: publications@abu.org.my )  
 
13 February 2013 is the day proclaimed by UNESCO and endorsed by the 
United Nations General Assembly to celebrate radio as a strong, vital 
and necessary medium for society.

World Radio Day 2013 aims to improve international cooperation between 
broadcasters and encourage major networks and community radio to 
promote access to information and freedom of expression over the 
airwaves.

The ABU is part of the International Committee for the World Radio Day 
(WRD), constituted by agreement among the most representative 
broadcasting organisations that supported the implementation of World 
Radio Day within the UN and other international bodies.

In cooperation with UNESCO the WRD Committee encourages all countries 
to celebrate World Radio Day by planning activities in partnership 
with regional, national and international broadcasters, NGOs, the 
media and the public.

Center stage for the activities on 13 February 2013 is a web platform 
on which all public, private, online and community radio organisations 
together with radio professionals and listeners worldwide can exchange 
their views and support for radio. As radio is all about listening, 
everyone is invited to upload sound bites (one-minute maximum length) 
to this website and download others for broadcast.

More information on how it works is at  
www.wrd13.com/uploads/doc/wrd13.urti.org_Functioning_EN_FR.pdf

All radio organisations are also invited to ask their listeners to 
participate by publishing the promotional banners on their website or 
by sharing the link on Facebook or Twitter.

To download a WRD banner please click here:  www.wrd13.com/press  The 
International World Radio Day Committee consists:

ABU – Asia–Pacific Broadcasting Union
Academia Española de la Radio
AER – Association of European Radios
AIBD – Asia Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development
ASBU – Arab States Broadcasting Union
AUB – The African Union of Broadcasting
AMARC – World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters
BNNRC – Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication
EBU – European Broadcasting Union
IAB – International Association of Broadcasting
ITU – International Telecommunication Union
(via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)

LANGUAGE LESSONS
++++++++++++++++

PREPOSITIONS 101

We are so grateful for DXLD`s worldwide membership, including people 
whose native language is not English, but make the effort to 
communicate with us! Prepositions in English can be very difficult to 
master, as cognates in their own language may well be misleading. 
Native speakers don`t think of rules, or try to formulate them; we 
just know what sounds right and what does not. Here are a few basics:

from --- a beginning time, day or date
to --- an ending time, day or date
at --- a time (by itself)
on --- a frequency, a day of the week or a numbered date of the month
on --- can also mean about, dealing with, concerning 
in --- a language, a geographical area, a mode (such as AM, SSB), a 
month and/or a year, a publication, list or group
(Glenn Hauser, in OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

MUSEA
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RADIO CLANDESTINE 

Timtron played a Radio Clandestine tape from circa 1979-1980 at 0100 
UTC Sunday, December 23 on WBCQ 5.110 MHz. He said that this 
particular show never made it to being aired on free radio. The show 
runs about a half hour. An air check is available at
http://radionewyorkinternational.com/archives/index.php?path=radio-clandestine/  
(Larry Will, MD, Free Radio Weekly via Joe Talbot, DXLD)

DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See also RUSSIA; SPAIN; TAIWAN; ZIMBABWE;
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM

DRM LOG

DXLD family, I wanted to share <http://www.drmlog.com> with you. The 
site is basic, it aggregates the Twitter hashtag #drmlog into an 
easily viewable collection. It is simple to use for viewing DRM 
loggings. There is nothing to log into, just go there and choose the 
#drmlog link at the top of the page.

I realize that not all DXLD folks are DRM lovers, but I hope those of 
us that are interested in DRM can make use of the site and share it 
with others with similar inclinations. Best regards and Happy New 
Year! (Christopher, admin for <drmna.info> and <drmlog.com> dxldyg via 
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Nevertheless, DRM logs are also welcome here especially when there is 
something new or changed, something wrong, or in advance of a new test 
scheduled (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)

RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM
+++++++++++++++++++++

SUMMARY OF SW, MW CUTS FROM 1 JANUARY

Below is a summary of various SW and MW transmitter closures which are 
are mostly due to take effect from 1 January. This is summarised from 
reports which will be in January Communication (DX News and Medium 
Wave Report):

Croatia
Voice of Croatia is dropping SW, but continuing on MW 1134 kHz

Germany
Voice of Russia is dropping MW relays on 630 (Königslutter/Schepau), 
1323 (Wachenbrunn), and 1431 (Dresden Wilsdruff). Only remaining 
German relay freq is 693 kHz (Berlin Zehlendorf)

Hungary
MR6 Régió Rádió closed on 22 December. A new station Radio Danko is 
using former MR6 frequencies of 1116, 1251, 1350 kHz with Hungarian 
and gipsy folk music and rural news (similar to Antena Satelor in 
Romania).

Norway
NRK Rost 675 kHz is closing - a planned closure announced some time 
ago.

Russia
-St Petersburg SW/MW site is closing (including MW 1494 kHz)
-Samara SW site is also reported to be closing.
-Mayak is closing on MW/LW throughout Russia
-Voice of Russia is reducing some of its SW/MW output across its 
language services following budget cuts.

St Helena
Radio St Helena (MW 1548 kHz) closed on Christmas Day.
It will be replaced by St Helena Broadcasting Corp on FM only.

Zambia
CVC 1Africa is dropping SW. (Had been scheduled on 13590 at 0600-2200 
but 13590 has not been heard for several days, I suspect it has 
already been switched off)

The above is fairly grim news for short wave, though on the positive 
side there have been a couple of stations reactivating on SW recently 
- Radio Uganda on 4976 kHz and Bangladesh reactivated with a new SW 
transmitter earlier this year (Dave Kenny, BDXC, 29 December 2012)

> 693 kHz (Berlin Zehlendorf)

Beware: The transmitter plant is located at the small village of 
Zehlendorf, east/northeast of Oranienburg. Berlin has a district of 
the very same name (a rich one in former West Berlin), which has 
nothing to with this village. I already noted confusion in this 
regard, thus I would urgently recommend to not specify the 177/603/693 
site as "Berlin" although it serves the city.

> Hungary
> MR6 Régió Rádió closed on 22 December. A new station Radio Danko
> is using former MR6 frequencies of 1116, 1251, 1350 kHz with
> Hungarian and gipsy folk music and rural news

So not a mediumwave cut in particular. What should be noted here is 
that no programming from the local studios is broadcast on these 
frequencies anymore, or have their slots been retained? (Could in 
theory be the case, since Danko Rádió is also on other distribution 
platforms, in particular 98.6 MHz in Budapest.)

> -Voice of Russia is reducing some of its SW/MW output

For Russian and German I would put it "eliminating most of its", and I 
see no reason to assume that it will be any different in the other 
language services, including English where I expect that all shortwave 
outlets for Europe and North America will disappear, too.
(Kai Ludwig, Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Here's a description of the Swiss site. Can't compete with yours, 
Thomas ;-) Enclosed to this mail a few fotos of the radio site at
reute/AR (receiving site only). Former Head End of a cable TV-company, 
perfect infrastructure with electrical power, antenna masts and 
internet connection. Rack space is available for hams who want to run 
their own equipment up there… At the moment, there are 6 receivers 
running up there, a few more people will connect soon. For good 
fortune, the government has decided to bring the whole area around the 
station in a drinking water protection zone, so no more new buildings 
in the vicinity, no pedestrians, no cars etc. but good ground with 
high humidity. The log-periodic can be controlled via web by the 
listener. Maybe it was to wrong direction, I didn't try to turn it, 
because I didn't have any signal. Here are also some photos. 73, 
(Mauno Ritola, Finland, SW Bulletin Dec 25 via DXLD) Re the below: 

SWITZERLAND’S FIRST AMATEUR RADIO INTERNET REMOTE BASE
http://www.radiohill.ch/ 
by Jürg Schleutermann HB9AZT

As a free service, you can listen live to the radiohillaudio here and 
tune the receiver. When the receiver comes up, just click the desired 
figure on the frequency dial and use the arrow-keys to change 
frequency and mode. You can use all receiver oriented controls on the 
panel. Please be aware that there is an audio latency of 5-10 seconds, 
so don't be impatient when you change the frequency and don't hear the 
change. Be also aware, that the sensitivity of the receiver can be low 
due to a untuned antenna tuner which can only be operated by full 
privileged users. Tuning-feature will be interrupted, as soon as a 
registered user is using the station. Public audio monitoring is still
possible. Please do not try to exchange skype-contact-data, skype is
open for registered users only (SW Bulletin Dec 25 via DXLD) 

THREAD ON LEAKING BATTERIES, CORROSION

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ABDX/messages/59245?threaded=1&m=e&var=1&tidx=1
(ABDX via DXLD)

CRYSTAL PALACE SLOPER MEDIUMWAVE TRANSMITTING ANTENNAS

Members, DXers are by their very nature rarely parochial. It is the 
Festive Season so I am taking that as an excuse to talk about Crystal 
Palace in London. It has been a mystery which has troubled me for 
years. For clarity I repeat the questions which I asked. The answer 
came from an editor of the mb21 website run by Mike Brown. I have the 
personal agreement of that person (who does not wish to be named) to 
repeat his fascinating reply. The text follows:

"I know that Crystal Palace is possibly the most intensely studied
broadcasting tower in the country. As the person running mwmasts Yahoo
Group I know that there are 3 MW services coming from the TV/FM tower 
by using slopers.

1) How can so many different channels i.e 558, 720, and 1035 run from
one tower. If there is only one sloper, how do the signals separate - 
is this something to do with differing electrical heights?

2) 558 and 1035 are directional with an azimuth of 325 degrees. How 
can this be done from a sloper? I hope that the engineers amongst you 
can help me out. I am pretty sure that there are either none or hardly 
any other slopers used for multi-frequency MW."

The reply is:

"I suppose you're looking at Ofcom data. If so, then I suspect the 
Radio 4 data has not been completely filled in and the directional
properties still exist on that service. The antenna itself is nothing 
more than a wire of a certain length (1/4 wave probably on 1035 KHz) 
attached to a pair of support wires which itself is attached to the 
tower and a concrete block some distance away from the tower with the 
antenna in the middle.

A antenna break insulator can clearly be seen in the MB21 pictures 
showing the antenna to be near vertical to this point with a sloping 
section going to another insulator nearer the tower. Shame the 
pictures don't show the antenna in full.
http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/gallerypage.php?txid=1&pageid=711

Directional properties will be due to the tower itself and the design 
of the tower and its effect upon the given frequency. The structure 
itself is probably acting more of a reflector than anything else and 
the gaps between the frame which make up the structure and general 
layout of the structure have a different effect upon each frequency.

At the feed point will be nothing more than three transmitters being 
combined/matched into the common antenna. Each service will have a 
different impedance for its given frequency. Not a complicated setup.
m"

Do other slopers carry multiple outlets? I cannot think of any. Also 
how many other slopers use the angle of the TV/FM tower to produce a 
directional beam? I wish all my members an excellent New Year. 73's 
and 88's (Dan Goldfarb, mwmasts yg via DXLD)

UNITED KINGDOM --- Other FM / TV sites in the UK have had a 'sloping 
wire' of some kind from the guys or the tower for AM/MW use - Crystal 
palace is probably the most widely known. The BBC used a wire off the 
North Hessory Tor VHF mast for a DRM trial on 855 kHz in 2007, and I 
know in early 1996 NTL (network operators) had a 558 kHz transmitter 
at the Litchfield VHF & TV site near Birmingham (Litchfield was NTL's 
regional engineering base, so this may have been just for test 
purposes too). I am not aware of any engineered to have a directional 
beam. Do others know of any similar installations in the UK? Are any 
still operational? 73 to all contributors for the New Year (John G0JLF 
Flowers, near Bath, UK, ibid.)

G'day Guys, For those interested in further reading about Slant DAs, 
there are some excellent articles posted to the Web:

Communications Technologies, Inc
http://www.commtechrf.com/downloads.asp
(1) New AM broadcast antenna designs having field validated 
performance from NAB 1995
(2) An Innovative AM Radiator Design Employing Radiating Guy Wires and 
AM Antenna System Technology Update from NAB 1997

Continental Electronics
http://www.contelec.com/kb.htm
GUY-WIRE REFLECTOR CONFIGURATIONS IN MEXICO

Australia has a small number of slant DA`s; the Penrith HPON on 1476 
comes first to mind. Regards to all for 2013 (Sam Dellit, VK1DXA, 
Canberra, Australia, ibid.)

PIRATE STATION JAMS CAR LOCKS!

http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/state/Pirate-radio-station-disables-electronic-keys-locks-out-dozens-of-car-owners-in-Hollywood-Florida
First time I have heard of anything like that happening! 73, (Kit, 
W5KAT, ABDX via DXLD) WTFK? This story axually gives the pirate`s! 
104.7, so do some car lox operate on a harmonic of that? (gh, DXLD)

PROPAGATION
+++++++++++

P.I.G. Bulletin 121230

Solar & Geomagnetic activity forecast
for the period December 31 - January 26

Solar activity will continue to fluctuate at solar flux levels between 
100 - 120 s.f.u. in next few weeks, depending on present activity of 
regions on solar disc (high about January 10, next low about January 
29). Occurrence of C class is possible, hardly ever M class flares, X 
flares are unlikely.

Geomagnetic field will be:
quiet on January 1 - 4, 7 - 9, 17 - 19, 22 - 26.
mostly quiet on January 6, 20 - 21.
quiet to unsettled on December 31, January 10 - 12, 14 - 16.
quiet to active on January 5.
active to disturbed on January 13.

High probability of changes in solar wind which may cause
changes in magnetosphere and ionosphere is expected
on December 31, January 4, between 12 - 16, 18, 23 - 24.

Remark:

- Present type of development in solar active regions and its
configuration reduces the reliability of predictions.

F. K. Janda, OK1HH, Czech Propagation Interest Group
(OK1HH & OK1MGW, weekly forecasts since 1978)
e-mail: ok1hh(at)rsys.cz (via Dario Monferini, WORLD OF RADIO 1650, 
DXLD)

Sunspot Count for December 2012

The average sunspot count for December was 40.3, considerably lower
than for November and the lowest since the peak about a year ago.  
This indicates that we are now into the decline which should bottom 
out around 2017 or 2018, which will then be followed by two more 
similarly low sunspot cycles and then a third with almost no activity 
during a phase reversal.

A chart displaying the measured sunspot activity since the early 17th
century and my calculated prediction is available at:
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~christrask/Solar%20Activity%201600-2100.pdf

It's interesting to note that while various predictions from NASA and
ARRL have been modified, altered, changed, and updated in recent 
years, mine has remained unchanged since I finalized it about three 
years ago (Chris Trask, N7ZWY / WDX3HLB
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~christrask/
SWL mailing list via DXLD) ###