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Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 1664 headlines: *DX and station news about: Australia, Azerbaijan, Canada, China, Cyprus?, East Turkistan, Eritrea and non, Indonesia, International Vacuum, Japan, Korea North and non, Korea South, Mexico, Myanmar, Pakistan, Peru, Pridnestrovye, Romania and non, Russia, Sarawak non, Saudi Arabia, Serbia non, Sudan, Taiwan, Tatarstan non, USA SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1664, April 11-17, 2013 Thu 0330 WRMI 9955 [confirmed on webcast; jammed on 9955] Thu 2100 WTWW 9479 [confirmed] Fri 0328v WWRB 3195 [confirmed] Sat 0130v WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Area 51 [confirmed on webcast] Sat 0630 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 1500 WRMI 9955 Sat 2330v WTWW 9930 Sun 0400 WTWW 5830 Sun 2315v WTWW 9930 Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 Wed 0630 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Wed 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Thu 0330 WRMI 9955 [or maybe 1665 if ready in time] Latest edition of this schedule version, including AM, FM, satellite and webcasts with hotlinks to station sites and audio, is at: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html or http://schedule.worldofradio.org or http://sked.worldofradio.org For updates see our Anomaly Alert page: http://www.worldofradio.com/anomaly.html WRN ON DEMAND: http://www.wrn.org/listeners/#world-of-radio WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS VIA WRN: http://www.wrn.org/listeners/customize-panel/addToPlaylist/98/10:00:00UTC/English OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO: http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html or http://wor.worldofradio.org DAY-BY-DAY ARCHIVE OF GLENN HAUSER`S LOG REPORTS: Unedited, uncondensed, unchanged from original version, many of them too complex, minutely researched, multi-frequency, opinionated, inconsequential, off-topic, or lengthy for some log editors to manage; and also ahead of their availability in these weekly issues: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Hauser DXLD YAHOOGROUP: Why wait for DXLD? A lot more info, not all of it appearing in DXLD later, is posted at our yg without delay. When applying, please identify yourself with your real name and location, and say something about why you want to join. Those who do not, unless I recognize them, will be prompted once to do so and no action will be taken otherwise. Here`s where to sign up: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dxld/ ** ALBANIA. 9850, April 5 at 0129, R. Tirana again VG strength and no QRM, but with IS which is extremely distorted (does anyone have a better quality recording of it from the old days before RT`s own tape wore out?). 0130 Klara signs on with completely correct English schedule including UT days of week, but instead of program summary a minute or so of music, then joining the news apparently in progress, first about numerous government ministers being dismissed and replaced with new ones: quite a shakeup in the Albanian government. Second story: USA recognizes Kosov@ as an independent nation; just now? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) It was February 18, 2008, when USA and many other nations recognized it as soon as it declared independence, so not clear what the new news about this may be (gh) ** ARGENTINA. La de 1700, Radio Fantástico, afortunadamente salió del aire. En cualquier momento me voy a pertrechar adecuadamente y voy a empezar como el enajenado que gobierna Corea del Norte a amenazar a todas las radios truchas para volarlas por el aire (Arnaldo Slaen, condiglista yg via DXLD) So José Kucher could DX XEPE-1700 at 0700 UT En estos momentos se escucha en Neuquén en AM 1700 una emisora con música de chamamé; no es la Fantástico por que no es la programación que sale online de esa emisora. Hay fading; trataré de indentificarla (Alejandro D Alvarez LU8YD, 7 April, ibid.) Debe ser Radio Juventud, Florencio Varela, Provincia de Bs As que tx en paralelo con 90,1 mhz (Enviado desde mi BlackBerry de Personal, Arnaldo Slaen, ibid.) ** ARGENTINA. Evening Hilltopping 6/4/13: 30689.8v, RAE, 2 x 15345v, poor, 1843 UT (Tim Bucknall, Congleton, UK, RDR54D1 + CLP5130, 1940 UT April 6, harmonics yg via DXLD) Hilltopping: DXing from a better QTH than at home ** AUSTRALIA. R. Symban (presumed), 2368.48 kHz, 1040-1047 April 7 -- just shreds of audio here for a few minutes right at my local sunrise. Male announcer and some music, but not strong enough to tell if it was Greek. A little stronger today than yesterday. I'm hoping that becomes a trend and praying for the magnetic field to stay quiet (Art Delibert, Maryland, NRD-535D, Pennant antenna with DX Engineering pre- amp, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. 11945, April 7 at 1412, R. Australia English is still on here // much stronger 9580, and 11945 with CCI --- contrary to the RA A-13 schedule supposedly effective today, from Nigel Holmes, quoted in DXLD 13-13 showing 11945 reduced to 1100-1300, and toward Asia instead of Pacific. The beam change I could believe. Something surely needs to go, as even without RA, there is a collision between BBC Singapore in Burmese, and Romania in Arabic, which are in HFCC, unlike absent Australia. Is RA maybe just late in making the change until tomorrow? 6150, April 8 at 1316, R. Australia on new frequency so the A-13 changes are finally in effect. Good here initially, // 9580, and missing from 6020 and any other 49m channel as well as 11945, as expected. 1332 show about apps, and I notice there is some hum on 6150, unusual for Shepparton, but it`s synchro with 9580, so must be from there. Before 1300, 6150 will be colliding with Cuba`s only 49m channel in the mornings! {Yet another example, Arnie & Nigel, why you should not boycott HFCC.} At 1343 I also detect a JBA RA signal on 5940, also // 9580. 6150 is off after 1400, but 5995 is audible poorly at 1404. Finally find replacement for 11945, which is 12065, VG at 1408 with documentary about Indonesia. What I am hearing correlates with the A-13 sked version 1 in DXLD 13- 13, excerpts: 5940 1300 1700 43,44,50,51,54,55,58N SHP 100 334 D En AUS ABC 5995 1400 1800 51,55,56,61,64,65,76,77 SHP 100 30 D En AUS ABC 6020 GONE FROM THE RA SCHEDULE COMPLETELY; see JAPAN 6150 1100 1400 51,55,56,61,76,77 SHP 100 30 D En AUS ABC 9580 1000 1500 56,60-63 SHP 100 70 D En AUS ABC 12065 1000 1530 56,60-63,65 SHP 100 70 D En AUS ABC [and non]. 6150, April 9 at 1231, R. Australia`s new frequency is atop co-channel RHC, which will continue for another semi-hour or so. I told Nigel Holmes about this, but of no concern there as long as RHC does not QRM in SW Pacific target. Aoki assumes Cuba 6150 is on 160 degree antenna toward S America. Meanwhile, RA in the clear on much weaker 6080 which is aimed north; but we still have much better 9580 and new 12065 anyway (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1664, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. 15400, April 6 at 1459, HCJB is playing Celtic music, what else, in a service from Oz to S Asia? Into `Focus on the Family` episode including topic ``should your marriage put up with mediocre sex?`` Hmm, who would answer, yes? Is this appropriate for such an audience? I suspect there is plenty of sex of some kind going on in the world`s largest trination, Indipakidesh. Quite strong reception, but fluttery, and after 1500 there is some weak CCI underneath. BBC ASCENSION is just starting its lengthy 15400 relay, and too, Iran`s Bengali service is at 1430-1530, following the earlier sesquihour collision in Urdu. I can`t imagine that KNX is going to stay on 15400 under such circumstances, unless they`ve decided to take the bullying RHC-approach, drive the competition away from the frequency which they should have by priority (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AZERBAIJAN. [Re 13-14, New schedule for Voice of Justice:] A Talysh-speaking colleague has now listened to the inaugural broadcast (as on YouTube) of Voice of Talyshistan / Talyshtan / Talisistan / Toliston / etc., and reports that it announces that it broadcasts at "0800, 1200, 1300 and 1500". If this is GMT, the 1200 and 1500 times match what was reported below. This was last week, before the time changes. The situation is now complicated by the fact that, while Azerbaijan (the target area, where "Talyshistan" is located) observes DST, Nagorno-Karabakh (where this station is based) does not. The new station says it is based in Susa (a.k.a. Shusha, Shushi) in Nagorno-Karabakh. My colleague also reminds me that, in the chaos after the collapse of the USSR, there was a short-lived "Talysh-Mughan Autonomous Republic" in 1993 before Azerbaijan asserted control over the region. The one- time "president" of the Talysh-Mughan Autonomous Republic, Alikram Hummatov, now lives in exile in the Netherlands (Chris Greenway, UK, April 5, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1664, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Thanks to Victor Rutkovsky for linking to these Russian articles about the new radio station "Voice of Talyshistan". The first one is an interview with a Yerevan professor who seems to lead the students that produce the programs. Unsurprisingly, the feel of the articles is quite different in Armenia and Azerbaijan. Here is a translation of both articles: ------------------------------ http://www.golosarmenii.am/ru/20384/world/25661 (The "Voice of Armenia", a Yerevan newspaper) ------------------------------ March 20, 2013 - At 19:00 on the eve of the traditional Iranian holiday Nowruz, which marks the beginning of the new year, the radio station "Tolyshistoni Sado" - "Voice of Talyshistan" started broadcasting in Shushi in the Talysh language, but also in Azeri. This is the world's first daily radio program in the language of the Talysh people. Every day at this time - and repeated several times a day - an hour of Talish language, poetry and songs can be heard on AM 9677. Judging by comments, the broadcast generated the a very positive reaction both in the Talysh region (in southern Azerbaijan), as well as among the Talysh living abroad. We asked the well-known Armenian orientalist Professor Garnik Asatryan to comment on this important event. He is one of the most respected experts on the history and culture of the Iranian peoples in the region, which includes the Talysh people. - Mr. Asatryan, how was the idea born for this interesting project? - The creation of the Talysh radio broadcast should not be viewed as a separate abstract fact, seen without the broader context. Previous events have led to this. In interviews, I have repeatedly talked about the Armenian humanitarian tradition that arose in ancient times, at the dawn of the Armenian alphabet. Our ancestors have always had a characteristic deep interest in the culture of their neighbours. This is reflected in the monuments from Armenian ancient and medieval times, and later in the academic tradition in the modern sense. Sufficient to say that several peoples of the wider region were first mentioned and described in Armenian chronicles. This tradition by and large was never interrupted, and in recent history - in the independent Republic of Armenia - it gained even more impetus. It's no secret that the only Kurdish radio station in the USSR was located in Armenia, as well as a Kurdish newspaper. In 1990, a radio station for the Yezidi people started working, as well as a Yezidi newspaper. And this is only the superficial level, a result of the Armenian tradition. Our colleagues in different countries often emphasize the contribution of our school for Iranian Studies in the preservation and development of the cultures of many nations in the region, in particular of such nations without a country of their own, including, for example, the people of Zaza, the Tats, the Kurds and others. Thus, the radio program "Voice of Talyshistan" is a natural continuation of the traditions that have emerged in Armenia from ancient times. - That is, the "Voice of Talyshistan" is part of such a program? - Certainly. Back in May 2005, we organized the first international conference on Talysh studies involving scientists from different countries, as well as representatives of Talysh intellectuals. The result of the conference was a collection of articles, "Essays on the history and culture of the Talysh people". One of the goals mentioned in the final communiqué of the forum was to continue Talysh studies and to prepare activities aimed at preserving the unique culture of the Talysh. At the same time, the possibility of a Talysh radio was considered. Since then we have been actively working in this direction. At the Department of Iranian Studies at Yerevan State University, a master's program for Talysh studies was set up; the preparation of specialists began. The result of years of research was a joint monograph of the department published in 2011, "Introduction to the history and culture of the Talysh people" which was, by the way, awarded the President's Award of Iran "Book of the Year" in the category "Best foreign publications on the history and culture of the Iranian people." The book was presented during the Second International Conference on Talysh studies in 2011, jointly with the center "Modus Vivendi". The creation of a radio station was the logical result of the program to preserve and promote the unique culture of the Talysh and to strengthen the friendly relationship between our two nations, linked together for centuries in history. - A Talysh radio station raises many questions, everybody is interested in the details ... - That's why I decided to dot the i. I hope that our conversation does end the time of understatement. In general, I expected that, like any pioneer project, the Talysh radio would cause a lot of gossip - ranging from the desire to politicize the event to attempts to cash in on its profits. Already today there are people talking about this, not being informed on the matter. Therefore, I would like to make clear what the scope of the project is and who takes part in it. The Talysh radio is merely a cultural project. If you will, is our gift to our Talysh brethren. It is part of our academic humanitarian strategy for the conservation of the culture of the peoples in the region. We believe in our roots and traditions, and we will never give them up. I see this as a humanitarian mission of our people in a large multi- ethnic region. At a recent conference on the autochthonous peoples of the Caucasus-Caspian region in October 2011, a coordinating council was formed with scientists and representatives of indigenous peoples. The goals and objectives of the council are set out in the final memorandum of the conference. About the creators of "Voice of Talyshistan": It is a joint project of the Caucasian Center for Iranian Studies and center "Modus Vivendi". Technical support is provided by the radiostation "Impuls", for which we are very grateful to its professional staff. The team of the "Voice of Talyshistan" are Talysh people, speakers of different dialects, as well as employees of our department of Iranian Studies at Yerevan State University, who work in Talysh and Azeri studies. I am happy to say that my students, young and talented scientists and graduate students, are doing an excellent job with this new activity. - Please comment on another aspect of what is happening: the inappropriate response to the creation of the radio station in Azerbaijan. On Azerbaijani web sites we can read that they supposedly will jam the transmissions... - In general, we are used [to] inadequate response from Azerbaijan to a number of our projects. We have been accused of politicizing our conferences, cultural events, publications, and so on. Of course, the same accusations will be heard in connection with this new project. Mostly, Azerbaijan cares an absurd question - why do we study the culture of a people who do not even live within the territory of Armenia. Leaving aside the absurdity of the question in an academic perspective - what else should we study in Iranian studies, if not the Iranian peoples? I want to simply return the question to those who ask it. Why are there no conferences on Talysh studies, why is there no Talysh radio and television in the country where representatives of this ancient Caspian people do live? I do not think it makes sense to jam anything today. That will rather cause an even more positive response among the Talysh people which would be very undesirable for the Republic of Azerbaijan. First, the radio has a Web site, and each new transmission is instantaneously made available on Youtube. So with the current technical possibilities jamming of a radio station is a relic of the Cold War. Gayane Sarmakeshyan ------------------------------ And from Azerbaijan: http://www.vesti.az/news/152147 (vesti = "News") ------------------------------ A Talysh radio station started broadcasting in occupied Shusha In the Azeri city of Shusha, occupied by Armenia, a radio station "Tolishy Syado" started broadcasting. It transmits news, social and political messages in the Talysh language. modern.az reports that based on the pronunciation of the speakers, the station's employees are Iranians. In social networks, the news about this radio stations was met with indigation by Azeri Talyshs. ------------------------------ I can't read Azeri, so I can't check what modern.az wrote. Note that Shusha is the Azeri name of the same town in Nagorno-Karabakh that the Armenians call Shushi. It had a joint Armenian-Azeri heritage and was badly damages during the Armenian-Azeri conflict in 1988-1992. The Azeri part of the population fled in 1992 when it was conquered by Armenian forces. It is just 10 km (6 miles) from Stepanakert, the region's capital. 73, (Eike Bierwirth, Leipzig / Germany, April 5, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1664, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AZERBAIJAN. Summer A-13 schedule of Voice of Justice: 0600-0628 9677.6 SPK 010 kW / non-dir to CeAs Azeri Wed/Sat, confirmed 1400-1428 9677.6 SPK 010 kW / non-dir to CeAs Azeri Tue/Fri, confirmed (DX RE MIX NEWS #774 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, April 5, 2013, via DXLD) Summer A-13 schedule of Voice of Talyshistan: 0900-0959 9677.6 SPK 010 kW / non-dir CeAs Talysh Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri/Sat http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPbfKwx56NI - 0902 UT Mar 23 in Troyan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etiIhXXPwLI - 0918 UT Mar 23 in Troyan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrFJOxcpaM0 - 0955 UT Mar 23 in Troyan 1200-1259 9677.6 SPK 010 kW / non-dir CeAs Talysh Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri/Sat http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azKEs9JfDPQ - 1230 UT Mar 23 in Troyan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Klr6oVckhuc - 1239 UT Mar 23 in Troyan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP6l2OxaEbs - 1253 UT Mar 23 in Troyan 1500-1559 9677.6 SPK 010 kW / non-dir CeAs Talysh Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri/Sat http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZtVnHPZMHw - 1538 UT Mar 23 in Troyan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suJaNNnsf1c - 1558 UT Mar 23 in Troyan But surprisingly there was no broadcast on Wed March 27 0900-0959 / 1500-1559 and on Fri March 29 1200-1259. Also on Fri March 29 1500- 1549 not 1500-1559. Voice of Talyshistan was not on air Sun/Mon, confirmed on March 31/April 1 (DX RE MIX NEWS #774 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, April 5, 2013, via DXLD) Today Tuesday April 9: AZERBAIJAN [KARABAKH REP], 9677.734, Voice of Justice, heard today Apr 9 at 1410-1422 UT, with S=9+5dB signal here in southern Germany. Commentary by woman in - probably - Azeri, and often "between play" break interlude as "Dr. Schiwago" [Zhivago] music theme. Next check on 1433 UT showed no program audio, but empty TX only, still on air till 1500 UT. Report say end of program on 1428 UT. Unit wandered a little 10 Hertz up, measured at 1450 UT on frequency 9677.744 kHz. 9677.744 at 1500 UT, Tolishstoni Sädo Radio started with 3 time pips, and ID at 1500:03, Frequency announcement, some local Persian music, but distorted audio, compared to VoJ broadcast at 14 UT (Wolfgang Buschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Apr 9, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1664, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Ed. Note.: For ease of retrieval, I plan to keep filing news about this under AZERBAIJAN, whether or not that be debatably correct. Previously sometimes under N for Nagorno-Karabakh, or even under ARMENIA (gh, DXLD) ** BANGLADESH. 4750, 1638 4/4, Hindisong. S7 (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, April 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Why do you wait a week or two (in this case 6 days) to post one day`s logs? (gh, DXLD) ** BANGLADESH. 15505, Bangladesh Betar: Apr 05 1412-1430*, 35333- 25332, Urdu, Music, ID at 1415 and 1429, Closing announce at 1429, 1430 sign off. Apr 06 1406-1429*, 35333, Urdu, News and music and talk, Closing announce at 1429, 1429 sign off. Apr 06 1514-1534 35333 Hindi, IS, ID, Opening music, Opening announce, News and music (Kouji Hashimoto, Japan, RX: IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT: 70m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15505, April 5 at 1400, BB theme and opening Urdu, good strength and instead of the humbuzz now there is more of a crackling sound impeding the audio; it`s always something. I was enjoying the Firedrake so much on 15870 that I missed the timesignal, if any on 15505, jarred back to reality when 15870 cut off at 1400* 15505, April 6, again I am too late tuning in BB a few sex past 1400 to hear the timesignal – NOT! Here it comes, conveniently about 58 seconds late after the prolonged IS. Still with the hum, vying with the other buzz exactly 6 MHz higher from Saudi Arabia. After 1410 the BB Urdu service is mostly music; is this the best way to spend taxpayer money? Is Pakistan really in need of music from Dhaka? And is it in Bengali or Urdu? Do the lyrix score political points? 1429 sign- off employs English terms ``meter band`` and ``program``, which apparently don`t exist in Urdu. When talk stops just before 1430, so does the hum, and a clean carrier stays on a few sex longer until 1430:15* as the transmitter site demonstrates that the hum comes that way from the studio. 15105, April 9 at 1237, Bangladesh Betar, English service is still too poor to hear much except the humwhine. 15505, April 9 at 1358 nothing yet from BB; *1358:50 with IS and crosstalk, from some talk modulation in unknown language, distorted, cutting on and off but ruining its intentional modulation: one tone at 1359:55 maybe remnant of timesignal, Urdu service theme under the crosstalk, unusable! Maybe mistuned studio-transmitter link? This was far worse than the usual hum up with which we must put. 15505, April 10 at 1358, Bangladesh Betar on with IS, crosstalk but not quite as bad as yesterday; fast timesignal to 1359:48.5 [not 1358:48.5 as I typoed originally], theme and opening Urdu mostly with hum, but also with those parasitic buzzes peaking about 4.4 kHz above and below (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BELARUS. Belaruskaye Radio 1, 279 kHz, QSL letter in 1 day for e- report to radio1 @ tvr.by --- v/s Anton Vasyukevich, Chief Director (Artur Fernández Llorella, April 6, HCDX via DXLD) ** BELARUS. [re 13-14:] Belarusian radio in the morning shifted from 7255 to 11930 kHz. Here they heard very little bad + modulation, so that the music can still make out, but it is very dull, especially for men (Alexander Yegorov, Kiev, Ukraine / "deneb-radio-dx" via RusDX 7 April via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 4864.59, Rádio Verdes Florestas with full ident in Portuguese, 0935 30 March including MW and tropical band frequencies. Fair signal with soft vocals and talk may have been religious feature (Bryan Clark, Mangawhai NZ - AOR7030+ & EWEs beamed to North, Central & South America, April 5, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4864.6, R. Verdes Florestas (presumed), Cruz.º do Sul AC, 2211-..., 05/4, texto, mas nem o idioma pôde ser identificado, tais as condições, pelo que poderá nem tratar-se de uma estação brasileira; 13341, QRM de CODAR. 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 6000, Rádio Guaíba heard again at poor level in Portuguese, 0818 on 21 March with “Guaíba” ident (Bryan Clark, Mangawhai NZ - AOR7030+ & EWEs beamed to North, Central & South America, April 5, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 6180, Rádio Nacional da Amazônia, Brasília, 2057-2120, 05- 04, male, Portuguese, "A música popular brasileira", identification: "Rádio Nacional", at 2100: "Nacional informa, Rádio Nacional da Amazônia, a sua voz na rádio brasileira". 24422 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Sony ICF SW 7600 G, cable antenna, 8 meters, Logs in Reinante, Lugo, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. 6180, April 8 at 0558 tune-in, ID for ZYH707, 980, 300 kW from EBC, and no mention of SW. I wonder if at any hours any more 6180 and 11780 transmit any separate Amazonian programming? No more neighbor XEPPM 6185 which now closes an hour earlier circa 0500 UT due to imposition of DST in the other DF (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Até onde eu sei as retransmissões da Rádio Nacional AM pela RNA são durante as madrugadas ou quando há transmissão de jogo de futebol, quarta feira à noite, sábado e domingo à tarde. Eu não tenho certeza, mas as vezes que eu a ouvi a retransmissão da Rádio Nacional pela RNA se dá após as 0500 UT. Eu acredito que isso possa ser alterado por algum motivo extraordinário. 73 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Regarding my query whether 6180 & 11780 ever carry any Amazonian programming any more, Jorge Freitas in Feira de Santana, Bahia replies in translation: ``As far as I know, the relays of R. Nacional AM on RNA are during the early mornings or when there are football games, Wednesday evenings, Saturday & Sunday afternoons. I`m not sure, but the times I heard RN relayed by RNA were after 0500 UT. This could be altered by something out of the ordinary.`` Manuel Méndez in Reinante, Lugo, Spain, also recently logged 6180 thus at 2100 UT April 5: [as above] (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 11855-, April 5 at 0118, weak Portuguese sounds like a preacher, i.e. the 1 kW Catholic, R. Aparecida, seldom heard here, slightly on the lo side. 11765 SRDA stronger but too overshadowed by 11760 RHC while 11780 RNB/RNA is inbooming as usual (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BULGARIA. Long and medium waves in Bulgaria from April 8, 2013: Sofia 5-Vakarel 261 kHz / 075 kW 0000-2400 HS-1 Horizont Vidin 2-Gramada 576 kHz / 400 kW 0000-2400 HS-1 Horizont Salmanovo 747 kHz / 010 kW 0000-2400 HS-1 Horizont+Turkish* Samuil 864 kHz / 010 kW 0000-2400 HS-1 Horizont+Turkish* Blagoevgrad 3 864 kHz / 075 kW 0300-2100 R. Blagoevgrad-regional Kardjali 2 963 kHz / 050 kW 0000-2400 HS-1 Horizont+Turkish* Doulovo 1161 kHz / 010 kW 0000-2400 HS-1 Horizont+Turkish* Targovishte 1161 kHz / 010 kW 0000-2400 HS-1 Horizont+Turkish* *schedule of Turkish transmissions: 0500-0600; 1200-1300; 1730-1830 (DX RE MIX NEWS #774 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, April 5, 2013, via DXLD) BNR "Horizont" was heard with good signal already yesterday, 6 April 2013, on 963 kHz. Thanks to Georgi and Ivo for providing the details. Until 2200 UT, BNR was behind CRI German from the doomed Pori site (this relay ends on 15 April). After CRI's sign-off at 2201, Horizont's news and weather report for 'centralna Bulgaria' etc. was heard with SINPO 53533 (Tunisia in the background), a clear ID jingle "Horizont" at 2204. I couldn't check the other frequencies because this was a specific recording of 963. I had already heard Horizont on 576, however, on 23 March 2013 at 1130 UT (very weak in Leipzig, but a decent signal on a remote Perseus in Austria). 73, (Eike Bierwirth, Leipzig / Germany, Perseus SDR + DX-10 Pro Active antenna, April 7, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) It should be noted that 963 kHz is a different story due to the minority broadcasts in Turkish which are on mediumwave only. Otherwise BNR would perhaps have terminated these outlets, too. Concerning 576 kHz: Last evening it had here in Germany the new Vidin/Gramada/Vodna transmitter on top of other signals which should have been Algeria and Spain, i.e. it was not completely clear here. Programming of course // 261 kHz, here over/under Radio Rossii. Btw, I understand that the last day of transmissions from Pori will be April 14 (Kai Ludwig, Germany, ibid.) ** CANADA. Interesting film project. http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/spectres-of-shortwave (Myke D Weiskopf > www.myke.me http://www.facebook.com/shortwavemusic http://www.soundcloud.com/shortwavemusic http://www.twitter.com/mykedotme DX LISTENING DIGEST) Indeed, about Sackville! By Amanda Dawn Christie, from Moncton. This is fund-raising site, with 5-minute video sample (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. CKUA [580, Edmonton AB]: they have filed the application to relinquish their AM transmitter. Their application letter makes interesting reading, as they obviously are hoping for a direct transfer to South Fraser, without triggering a call for other applications, something I can’t see the CRTC agreeing to. They also claim to have estimated their AM audience at .001% of their total audience. If we take their total audience at 500,000 (wildly generous I suspect), that means they have 5 listeners on AM. It will be interesting to see if the CRTC questions them on that, as either their math skills are lacking, or they truly have no idea how many AM listeners they actually have. Arctic Radio in Manitoba has been given approval to move three stations to FM (590 CFAR Flin Flon, 610 CHTM Thompson, and 1240 CJAR The Pas); however in this case the AM outlets will remain on the air as repeaters (Nigel Pimblett, April CIDX Messenger via DXLD) ** CANADA. 1610 kHz, April 5 at 0621 UT, heavy drama in Spanish from NE/SW, briefly ascendant over the KATZ IBOC noise, presumably CHHA, Voces Latinas, Toronto (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. 6030, CFVP, 0314-0348, April 8. Monday (UT) is supposed to be the best day to hear Calgary relaying CKMX (AM 1060), as R. Martí signs off about 0300, unfortunately even when that happens the jamming by Cuba continues; fortunately today CFVP was coming through the jamming fairly well; country & western songs; many IDs. Remarkable for only 100 watts! https://www.box.com/s/ftjh7gtonci4kgi5ba85 contains MP3 audio with nice ID for “Classic Country AM 10 - 60” and was indeed heard // 1060 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. Another big skip target going away: CKND-TV-2, ch. 2 Minnedosa, Manitoba today filed to go digital on channel 9 (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, April 2, WTFDA via WORLD OF RADIO 1664, DXLD) Often seen here in the summer by sporadic E; hope it`ll still be on channel 2 at least part of this year (Glenn Hauser, OK, ibid.) ** CANADA. FM DXers take note - format change for CJFX. For its 70th birthday - CJFX - the former 580 flamethrower confined to FM for the last 10 years by its own choice - has changed from a more or less 50/50 blend of oldies and new music to 100% oldies. For the first week they were calling themselves "989 The Nish, Nothing but Hits" but for the last few days 'The Nish' seems to have gone the way of the dinos. Their new website really looked goofy - with the FM band starting way below 88 and going well up into the air band. And, forgetting their 10 kW repeater on 102.5 as well. CJFX really bucked the 'flippin to FM' trend in Canada - most AM to FM flips resulted in either increases in profitability or at least holding the status quo, but CJFX, while highly profitable on AM, has been a break-even proposition on FM. That's what happens when you are a small town station with a massive coverage area, then throw away the coverage area with FM. Here is the new website: http://www.989thenish.ca/ Take note of the goofy FM dial [expanded FM band, lol] and the lack of a dot for their 10 kW repeater on 102.5. I will say their oldies library seems huge. In other FM news from my part of the world, 97.9 CKEZ New Glasgow [NS] is still not on the air - taking a lot of time considering there is an existing tower, studios etc. (Phil in PEI Rafuse, April 7, ABDX via DXLD) ** CANADA [non]. Bible Voice Broadcasting, Summer 2013 MIDDLE EAST 1 15215 Khz; 19 meter band; 100 Kw; Wertachtal Sunday 1700-1900 English Tuesday 1700-1715 English Thursday 1700-1730 English Friday 1700-1715 English Saturday 1700-1900 English MIDDLE EAST 2 9430 Khz; 31 meter band; 250 Kw; Nauen Sunday 1815-1845 English Saturday 1800-1815 English MIDDLE EAST 4 9735 Khz; 31 meter band; 250kw; Wertachtal Thursday 0500-0530 Arabic Friday 0500-0515 Arabic MIDDLE EAST 5 13810 Khz; 22 meter band; 100 Kw; Wertachtal Sunday 1700-1800 Arabic Monday 1655-1800 Arabic Tuesday 1655-1745 Arabic Wednesday 1655-1800 Arabic Thursday 1655-1800 Arabic Friday 1655-1800 Arabic Saturday 1700-1715 Arabic MIDDLE EAST 6 13580 Khz; 22 meter band; 250 Kw; Issoudun Monday 1700-1720 Arabic Tuesday 1700-1720 Arabic Wednesday 1700-1735 Arabic Thursday 1700-1720 Arabic Friday 1700-1720 Arabic MIDDLE EAST 7 96355 [sic] Khz; 31 meter band; 100 Kw; Wertachtal Sunday 1830-1915 English MIDDLE EAST 8 7310 Khz; 41 meter band; 125 Kw; Nauen Monday 0300-0315 Arabic Tuesday 0300-0315 Arabic Wednesday 0300-0315 Arabic Thursday 0300-0315 Arabic Friday 0300-0315 Arabic Saturday 0300-0315 Arabic Sunday 0300-0315 Arabic MIDDLE EAST 9 13720 Khz; 22 meter band; 125 Kw; Wertachtal Monday 1700-1715 Arabic Tuesday 1700-1715 Arabic Wednesday 1700-1715 Arabic Thursday 1700-1715 Arabic Friday 1700-1715 Arabic Saturday 1700-1715 Arabic Sunday 1700-1715 Arabic MIDDLE EAST 10 9460 Khz; 31 meter band; 125 Kw; Nauen Monday 0430-0445 Arabic Tuesday 0430-0445 Arabic Wednesday 0430-0445 Arabic Thursday 0430-0445 Arabic Friday 0430-0445 Arabic Saturday 0430-0445 Arabic Sunday 0430-0445 Arabic MIDDLE EAST 11 5930 Khz; 49 meter band; 250 Kw; Nauen Monday 2000-2015 Arabic Tuesday 2000-2015 Arabic Wednesday 2000-2015 Arabic Thursday 2000-2015 Arabic Friday 2000-2015 Arabic Saturday 2000-2015 Arabic Sunday 2000-2015 Arabic IRAN 1 11855 Khz; 25 meter band; 100 Kw; Nauen Sunday 1830-1900 Farsi Tuesday 1830-1900 Farsi Thursday 1800-1900 Farsi Friday 1800-1830 Farsi Saturday 1800-1815 English IRAN 2 7535 Khz; 41 meter band; 100 Kw; Nauen [missing from HFCC, lists instead 13590 from Wertachtal] [Correct time is 1600-1800, not 1530-1730 – Ivo Ivanov] Sunday 1530-1730 Farsi Monday 1530-1730 Farsi Tuesday 1530-1730 Farsi Wednesday 1530-1730 Farsi Thursday 1530-1730 Farsi Friday 1530-1730 Farsi Saturday 1530-1730 Farsi IRAN 4 9410 Khz: 31 meter band: 100 kw: Nauen Sunday 0400-0430 Luri Monday 0400-0430 Luri Saturday 0400-0430 Luri IRAN 5 9440 Khz: 31 meter band: 125 kw: Nauen Sunday 0330-0345 Farsi Wednesday 0330-0345 Farsi Thursday 0330-0345 Farsi Friday 0330-0345 Farsi Saturday 0330-0345 Farsi IRAN 6 15320 Khz 19 meter band: 250 kw: Wertachtal Sunday 1600-1615 Farsi Wednesday 1600-1615 Farsi Thursday 1600-1615 Farsi Friday 1600-1615 Farsi EAST AFRICA 1b 17515 Khz; 16 meter band; 100 Kw; Nauen Sunday 1600-1630 Oromo 1630-1800 Amharic 1800-1830 Somali 1830-1900 Tigringya Monday 1600-1630 Oromo 1700-1730 Tigringa 1730-1800 Amharic Tuesday 1700-1800 Amharic 1800-1830 Tigringya Wednesday 1700-1730 Tigrinya 1730-1800 Amharic Thursday 1600-1630 Oromo 1700-1800 Amharic 1800-1830 Tigringya Friday 1600-1630 Oromo 1700-1730 Tigrinya 1730-1900 Amharic Saturday 1615-1700 Oromo 1700-1730 Amharic 1730-1800 Amharic 1800-1830 Somali 1830-1915 Amharic Egypt 1 17545 Khz; 16 meter band; 125 Kw; Wertachtal [NOT in HFCC] Friday 0900-1000 Arabic INDIA 1 17495 Khz; 19 meter band; 250 Kw; Wertachtal [HFCC says Issoudun] Sunday 1400-1500 English Saturday 1430-1500 English INDIA 2 15215 Khz; 19 meter band; 125 Kw; Wertachtal Sunday 1630-1645 Tamil Friday 1630-1645 Tamil INDIA 4 9490 Khz; 31 meter band; 250 Kw; Wertachtal Sunday 0100-0115 English Saturday 0100-0115 English INDIA 5 17600 Khz; 16 meter band; 100 Kw; Nauen Friday 1530-1600 Urdu Saturday 1530-1600 English WEST EUROPE 1/UK 5945 Khz; 49 meter band; 100 Kw; Wertachtal Sunday 0700-0745 English Saturday 0700-0745 English EAST EUROPE 1/RUSSIA 6130 Khz; 49 meter band; 100 Kw; Nauen Sunday 1800-1900 English Tuesday 1800-1830 Russian Thursday 1800-1815 Ukrainian Friday 1800-1815 Russian Saturday 1830-1845 English CHINA 1 7470 Khz; 41 meter band; 125 Kw; Tashkent [HFCC lists 15270 Trincomalee instead] Sunday 1100-1130 English 1130-1157 Japanese Monday 1115-1130 Mandarin Tuesday 1100-1115 Cantonese Wednesday 1100-1115 Cantonese Thursday 1100-1115 Cantonese Friday 1115-1145 English Saturday 1100-1157 English KOREA [not accesible on website, but HFCC lists 15180 Trincomalee as in B12, now 1300-1400 Sundays, 1300-1330 Mo-Sa, presumably all in Korean] North Africa 1 11655 Khz; 25 meter band; 125 Kw; Nauen Sunday 0600-0615 Arabic Monday 0600-0615 Arabic Tuesday 0600-0615 Arabic Wednesday 0600-0615 Arabic Thursday 0600-0615 Arabic Friday 0600-0615 Arabic Saturday 0600-0615 Arabic North Africa 2 9515 Khz; 31 meter band; 250 Kw; Nauen Sunday 2030-2045 Arabic Monday 2030-2045 Arabic Tuesday 2030-2045 Arabic Wednesday 2030-2045 Arabic Thursday 2030-2045 Arabic Friday 2030-2045 Arabic Saturday 2030-2045 Arabic Source: http://www.bvbroadcasting.org/listings as of 9 April 2013 with own comments in [brackets] (Eike Bierwirth, Leipzig, Germany, April 9, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Both of You, as usual, in each season a lot of bad entries on their BVB Canada website occur. Examine every transmitter, schedule and program detail with great responsibility and sensitivity. 73 wolfy (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) GERMANY, New unregisterd frequency of Bible Voice Broadcasting (BVB): 1600-1800 NF 7535 WER 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Farsi, ex 13590 registered (DX RE MIX NEWS #774 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, April 5, 2013, via DXLD) ** CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC. SON OF PARTNER STAFF MEMBER KILLED IN AFRICAN COUP As the situation unfolds in the Central African Republic where a coup took place on March 24, the situation with HCJB Global’s partner in the country shows that the news is worse than originally thought, including the fatal shooting of an ICDI staff member’s son. Listen to the Beyond the Call radio feature on the story. http://www.hcjb.org/podcasts/beyond-the-call/beyond-the-call-2013/central-african-republic.html?utm_source=HCJB+Global&utm_campaign=8c1b4a055e-Impact_Update_4_9_20134_9_2013&utm_medium=email (HCJB newsletter via DXLD) 1+ minute summary of previous info (gh) ** CHINA [and non]. 15900, Firedrake, 1125 against SOH with S5, together with a noise jammer. Also on 17450, 30 March (Zacharias Liangas, Greece, delayed report, DX LISTENING DIGEST) EAST JAMMERSTAN: 11765, Crash & Bang Chinese Music Jammer; 2131, 4- Apr; No obvious A13 targets (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) Firedrake noted April 4: 6030 at 1336 against listed SOH; // 6240. Question: Why in the world would SOH pick a frequency that was already dominated by CNR1 broadcasting here? Firedrake noted April 5: 6110 at 1250, along with CNR1 program jamming against VOA. Again on 6030 at 1259 and 1310 against SOH (Ron Howard, California, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Steve Handler`s 4-5-13 Firedrake Log --- Hi Glenn, Firedrake was very active today; I heard them on 19 different frequencies. Interesting switch over at 1230 on 15605. -Steve 12230 excellent signal 1254 12320 poor signal 1325 13130 fair-good signal 1147 13850 excellent signal 1144 13920 excellent signal at 1253 and 1325 and 1348 with good signal 13970 good signal 1145 14980 poor signal 1252 15560 good signal 1252 15570 good signal 1349 15605 Firedrake 1229 good signal, then at 1230 audio switched to CNR-1 15870 excellent signal 1327 and 1349 15900 good signal 1229 with good signal and at 1251 15970 fair-good signal 1327 and at 1350 with a good signal 16250 poor-fair signal 1251 and 1350 16360 good signal 1229, 1250, 1328 and 1350 16920 excellent signal 1228, 1250; 1326 poor signal; 1350 fair signal 17080 good signal 1328 and 1351 17170 good signal 1228 and 1250; and 1329 and 1351 with fair signal 17250 fair signal 1228 and 1250 (Steve Handler, IL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6135, April 5 at 1238, not only CNR1 jamming against Taiwan`s new frequency, but also propeller noise. 6970, April 5 at 1233, good open carrier with flutter until 1240*. Very likely a Firedrake transmitter but apparently never needed to modulate with a no-show from a Sound of Hope 100-watt nuisance unit. Firedrake April 5 before 1300: 11970, fair at 1237, as I tuned up 5 MHz from the carrier on 6970 12230, very good at 1257 12670: see TAIWAN 13920, very good at 1256 14980, good at 1256 15560, fair at 1251, het on lo side from V of Tibet, Tajikistan 15900, very good at 1253 16250, poor at 1253 16360, very good at 1253 16920, very good at 1253 17170, fair at 1254 17250, very poor at 1254 Total: 10 heard at once, maybe 11 Before 1400: 17080, fair at 1334 16360, very good at 1337 16250, very poor at 1337 15970, very poor at 1341; none in the 14s 15870, very good at 1341, -1400* 15570, fair at 1353, het on lo side, ex-15560; bothering KBS 15575 15560, poor-fair at 1340 13920, very good at 1344 12320, very poor at 1344; none in the 11s, 10s Total: 8 heard at once (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Really strong signal of Chinese Firedrake this morning on 14980 15900 and 16980 at 1445 UT. 73 (Gilles Letourneau, Montreal, Canada, April 5, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Firedrake April 6: 7470, poor at 1305. Aoki reveals the target is RFA in Tibetan via MONGOLIA at 11-14, which you won`t ever find in HFCC, nor will RFA acknowledge this secret UB site on its own skeds or QSLs. This pretense will of course keep our friends the Mongolians out of trouble with the ChiCom. 11970, good at 1338; none in the 12s 14980, very poor at 1346; none in the 13s 15570, fair at 1349, ACI to KBSWR 15575; and stays on past 1400 15900, very good at 1346; none in the 16s or 17s (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Steven Handler's April 7, 2013 partial Firedrake log: 11500 Good 1151 and JBA 1222 12370 Fair 1151 off at 1200 12500 fair 1151 13820 Good 1152 14750 Good 1153 15900 Good 1245 16360 Poor 1154 16920 Poor 1154 and 1520 17170 JBA 1155 17250 Fair 1155 17300 Good 1225 and poor 1249 17370 Fair-Good 1225 and fair 1245 (Steve Handler, IL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Firedrake April 7: 15570, fair at 1414, het on lo side with V. of Tibet, Tajikistan. None in the 17s, 16s, 14s, 13s or 12s at 1416-1418; but some maybe still in top-of-hour hiatus. Firedrake April 8, before 1400: 17300, very good at 1348 like CRI EAST TURKISTAN 17560 17630 17650 17250, good at 1348 17170, very good at 1348 17080, fair at 1349; none in the 18s or 19s 16920, very poor at 1349 16360, very good at 1349 15970, fair at 1351 15900, very good at 1351 15610, fair at 1351 under WEWN 15570, fair at 1352 with noise jam too, het on lo side from V of Tibet 14700, very poor at 1353 13530, very good at 1353; none in the 12s That`s a total of 12 at once. Shooting for 13 sometime. After 1400: 15525, good at 1410 atop something not in Chinese co-channel, no hets but flutter. I.e. V. of Tibet via MADAGASCAR at 1400-1428 in HFCC Before 1500: 12670, very good at 1441 13920, good at 1441 14700, very poor at 1442 15970, poor at 1442 16160, very good at 1443 17250, good at 1443 17300, good at 1443 with flutter; none in the 18s (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) A couple to add for this morning. It was more than 13 today, beside those you list, I have: 13970 fair 1338 15565 good along with the propeller jammer and a het at 1339 15605 good with het at 1339 17080 Fair 1326 17370 Poor 1327 You listed 15610, fair at 1351 under WEWN and 15570, fair at 1352 with noise jam too, het on lo side from V of Tibet. I am puzzled. I had 15565 good along with the propeller jammer and a het at 1339 and 15605 good with het at 1339. I am sure of the frequencies as the R-75 was set to the "narrow" filter and I checked for signal strength 5 kHz above and below my measurements. I am puzzled. Thoughts? (Steve Handler, April 8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Steve, I am also sure of 15570 and 15610 when I heard them, a few minutes different from your logs. The ones against split-frequency V of Tibet often change at odd times (since VOT does), see Aoki which tries to keep up with them. I was referring to a dozen at once, not including shifts during the timespan. 73, (Glenn to Steve, via DXLD) OK, let`s make the assumption that both of us know how to check frequencies and that we are both correct on our frequency measurements. How do you explain this? I just checked Aoki and saw that they report that there is a shift by VOT from 15607 to 15608 kHz at 1333 as well as a shift from 15567 to 15568 kHz at 1333. As to whether this happens at 1333 or slightly later doesn't make much difference. When VOT operates on 15607 or 15567 the logical place for Firedrake to be (since they do not operate on splits) would be 15605 and 15565 which would be only 2 kHz off rather then operating on 15610 or 15570 since that would be 3 kHz off. However when VOT changes to 15568 and 15608 the logical place for Firedrake to be would be 2 kHz above since that would be closer than remaining three kHz below. I checked my A-13 Season loggings from 1300 to 1359 GMT. I noticed that I have heard 15565 used by Firedrake at 1323 and 1339 but not after. I have heard Firedrake on 15570 at 1349. This, along with today`s observations by both of us raises the possibility of a frequency switch by Firedrake from 15565 to 15570 kHz somewhere after 1339 but before 1349 GMT. As to 15605, during A-13 I have heard Firedrake at 1319, 1324 and 1339 both times along with propeller jammer. This, along with today`s observation raises the possibility of a frequency switch by Firedrake from 15605 to 15610 kHz after 1339 but before 1351 GMT when you heard them on 15610. Thoughts- (Steve Handler, IL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. Firedrake April 9, before 1300: 15800, fair at 1234 (not 15795 where jamming against AIR Chinese would be expected, but nothing audible), 15800 vs SOH 100-watt nuisance. No further search at this time. Fellow FD fanatic Steve Handler in IL questioned my frequency measurements yesterday of 15610 and 15570 at 1351 and 1352 since a few minutes earlier, he had them on 15605 and 15565. I pointed out that these ones against V. of Tibet split frequencies often jump around, as documented in Aoki. So today finding FD in progress at 1341 on 15605 and 1342 on 15565, I keep monitoring. 15605 is badly squeezed by RTTY on lo side and WEWN on hi side, so I stay on 15565, which is fair with VOT het on the hi side. FD stops on 15565 at 1345, and carrier cut a few sex later, altho VOT carrier continues on 15568. Then I check 15605 and it is also off. Back to 15570 waiting for that to cut on, which it does at *1348, on and off, back on and 1349 adding FD modulation which also stops and starts again, then stays going. At this time WEWN is too strong on 15610 to tell if the other FD is under it now like yesterday. Back to bandscanning for others before 1400: 13970, very good at 1355; none in the 14s, 12s, 11s 15970, good at 1350 16160, very poor at 1351 16360, good at 1350 16600, very good at 1350 17250, poor at 1351 17450, very poor at 1351 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, I solved the Firedrake mystery. Monitored 15565 and 15605 kHz this morning. I heard Firedrake on 15565 from 1343 until 1345 sign off. At 1349 Firedrake signed back on using 15570. Also heard Firedrake along with the propeller jammer on 15605 from 1343 until Firedrake's sign off at 1345 and the propeller jammer signed off nine seconds later. At 1349 Firedrake signed on using 15610 (Steve Handler, April 9, ibid.) 11728, 11736, 11744, 11752, 11768, 11776, 11784 --- April 9 at 1310, they`re baaaack! The panoply of 8-kHz spurs from the ChiCom jammer on 11760, as we figured out last year. Quite weak carriers, but 11752 and 11768 the strongest. Most obvious by the hets some of them make with even-frequency stations on 11735, 11745, 11750, 11775, 11785, the last two with identical 1-kHz hets but on opposite sides. But what`s to jam on 11760? CRI English via Kunming is scheduled in HFCC! The answer needs Aoki, a hi-power Sound of Hope too: 11760*SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng 0900-1100 1.....7 Chinese 300 325 Tanshui 11760*SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng 1300-1500 1234567 Chinese 300 325 Tanshui TWN 12125E 2511N SOH a13 Jamming content here is probably CNR1 rather than Firedrake. Of course, 11760 itself remains dominated by Habana here. These were last heard on November 19, 2012 as in DXLD 12-47. Wolfgang Büschel and Ivo Ivanov also found a bunch of other frequencies at different dayparts with the same 8-kHz constellations, surely from the same wacko transmitter (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1664, DX LISTENING DIGEST) more below Hi Glenn, An interesting [Firedrake] day today, 4/10/13: 12500 good signal at 1429 12670 good signal 1429 and 1436 13530 good signal 1155 13970 excellent signal 1323 14700 good signal 1156, excellent signal at 1323 14980 fair signal at 1156 15605 poor signal 1227 15970 poor signal 1157, JBA signal 1227 16160 poor signal 1157, JBA signal 1228, fair signal 1432 16360 excellent signal 1157 and 1229 16920 fair signal 1158 and 1229 and 1428 and 1432 16980 Fair signal 1229 17080 fair signal 1158, poor signal 1325, JBA signal 1428 and 1432 17170 fair signal 1325 17250 poor signal 1158 and 1229 17300 fair signal 1325 and 1428 17450 excellent signal 1158 Note that due to lightning, my radio was shut down for a while during the above periods (Steve Handler, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 17510, April 10 at 1306, CCI between Chinese and something else, and maybe a third signal. The CC is // 11785 CNR1 jammer. I bet this is BBC`s Uzbek service at 1300-1330, which the ChiCom jam anyway, interfering in the internal affairs of Uzbekistan. Yes! HFCC A-13 shows ``17510 1300 1330 30S,40NE SLA 250 10 0 146 1234567 310313 271013 D 13650 Uzbek OMA BBC BAB 5515 UZBKA`` So that`s via OMAN; and whence else? 15330 from Oman and 17735 from Thailand. 11752 & 11768, April 10 at 1311, JBA carriers from the 8-kHz-spur- producing CNR1 jammer on 11760, but none audible further out; despite VG CNR1 jammer signals including 11785; must be from quite different site or azimuth. [see above] Firedrake April 10, after 1300: 6030, poor at 1317 over some other audio, i.e. per Aoki, Sound of Hope at 13-14 only, 100 kW, 325 degrees from Tanshui, TAIWAN. Firedrake April 10, before 1400: 13970, very good at 1354; none in the 12s, 11s, 10s 14700, very good at 1352 14800, very good at 1352 14970, JBA at 1354 15570, good at 1349 15610, good at 1349 over WEWN also with noise; by 1358 under WEWN 15800, very good at 1347 16160, very good at 1346 16920, very poor at 1346 17080, poor at 1351 17170, very poor at 1351 with flutter 17300, fair at 1351; none in the 18s Again totaling at least a dozen transmitters at once (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 5075, Voice of Pujiang via Shanghai, 1219-1233, April 4. Chatting in Chinese; 1227 - spot in English (“A smile is the sunshine after the rain . . . Let’s Smile”; interview with “Michael”; fair. MP3 audio at https://www.box.com/s/36j8de0gnsps10b1y1dx Am grateful to Timm Breyel (Malayasia) for his excellent work establishing the following contact information! Please see Timm’s website: http://shortwavedxer.blogspot.com/2012/12/want-qsl-from-voice-of-pujiang.html Sent off a report of my reception to victor.pujiang @ gmail.com along with my box.com audio reference. Also told him how I miss visiting the old Xiangyang Market (which was across the street from Xiangyang Park that I often visited), where they use to sell fake designer goods (closed 2006). Received this reply: “Thank you for your reception report! I have listened to the record. I confirm you were listening to Voice of Pujiang, please find the QSL- letter in the attachment. When I was a high school student, many of my classmates went to the Xiangyang Market to get some cheap stuff. :) If you have another change to Shanghai, you are most welcome to come to our station, the address is shown on the QSL letter, or we can have a coffee together, I am also a DXer. Have a nice weekend!” https://www.box.com/s/dffglzuqo0erpr53jb80 contains a copy of the attached QSL letter. Have listened to this station for many years and am very pleased to finally have a very nice confirmation of reception (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 17398-USB, Guangzhou Coast Radio Station, *0300-0305*, April 8. In Chinese with assume marine weather. Website: http://www.gzrdo.com/ and for frequencies “(SSB)” see: http://www.gzrdo.com/intro.asp MP3 recording posted at https://www.box.com/s/131ghz0iecqs9z52tw9c The email address used to QSL the Guangzhou Coast Radio Station by Takahito Akabayashi in DXLD 12-29 is no longer in operation (this is NOT active - gzrdo @ gzrdo.com ), even though it is still shown on their website ( http://www.gzrdo.com ). I searched the Web and found the appropriate email address that does work. Sent off a reception report in CHINESE to lmb @ gzrdo.com (including a reference to a recording of my full reception at box.com, which was actually listened to). Received an e-QSL in CHINESE in just two hours from Mingbiao Luo, the same person that Takahito heard from. QSL confirms my reception. Here is a translation: Dear Ron Howard: How are you? First of all, thank you for listening to our station's broadcast on safety information at sea. We confirm you heard our station's weather forecast at sea on Monday, 8 April, 2013, between 11:00 AM CST – 11:05 AM CST (Beijing Time), on 17398-USB kHz. Guangzhou Coast Station was established to participate in the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) and to fulfill the responsibilities and obligations under the International Maritime Organization (IMO). It provides safety information to ships at sea on distress alert, safety, rescue communication, ship-to-shore public communication, weather forecast on China marine waters, and navigational warnings. Every year we receive reception reports from radio listeners around the world. What makes us especially pleased is our signals are heard as far as in the United States. We really appreciate you providing us with this information. It is encouraging. We hope you will continue to follow our broadcasts with interest. A 24-hour continuous report would be most ideal. We will try to provide the best services to ships at sea. Guangzhou Coast Station is located in Guangzhou city, which is in Guangdong Province of China. Guangzhou is a beautiful city. We hope you will be able to visit Guangzhou some day. Wish you great success and good health. Mingbiao Luo, Guangzhou Coast Station (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, April 9, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1664, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Ron, Where would one find a list of these frequencies?? Nice catch (Mark Davies, Anglesey, ibid.) per DX LISTENING DIGEST 12-29 (Ron Howard, ibid.) ** COLOMBIA. Para escuchar Señal Clásica, sólo hay que entrar a la página http://www.radionacionaldecolombia.gov.co y buscar en la parte de arriba a la derecha el aviso de “Señal Clásica Al Aire”. Al hacer clic, podrá disfrutar inmediatamente delo mejor del repertorio universal (de la página web de la radio) (GRA blog via DXLD) ** COSTA RICA. 930, but audible here on webcast only, TIRCR, Radio Costa Rica, with Berny Solano`s new show, 0300-0400 UT Sunday April 7. He has been recruiting contributors in the DX world, but not really about DX. First episode started with Héctor Pino in Chile talking about his bout with colon cancer; then Henrik Klemetz in Sweden, about cultural differences, such as punxuality which he came to understand during his years in Colombia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Previous info about this: El próximo sábado 06 de abril de 2013, de 9 a 10 pm hora de Costa Rica (03 a 04 UT [domingo]) estaré iniciando un programa llamado "Mundo Sorprendente" en una sencilla emisora denominada Radio Costa Rica 930 AM y http://www.radiocr.net La idea es hacer un programa variado sobre la Vida, la Radio, la Tecnología, Misterios y Enigmas, etc. Es un programa sin fines de lucro, yo mismo pago el espacio y es por la pura pasión de hacer radio. Es un proyecto experimental porque no tengo experiencia (Berny Solano Solano, WORLD OF RADIO 1663, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [and non]. 5040, R Havana Cuba, Bauta, 2336-2400, Mar 23, English program with feature on stamp collecting and Arnie Coro with Science and Technology feature. IS at 0000 and Spanish program. Good. They verified an electronic report with an electronic e-mail reply from Prof. Arnaldo Coro Antich * AKA Arnie Coro *, Senior Advisor/Consultant to the Director General, Frequency Manager, Senior science and technology editor of R Havana Cuba in one hour. Arnie notes that “I enjoy very much sharing my time between engineering and journalism, as the Senior Advisor/Consultant to the Director General of the station and the senior science, technology and the environment journalist of RHC.” (Rich D’Angelo, PA, Mar 24, DSWCI DX Window April 3 via DXLD) 6100, April 5 at 0058, RHC Spanish has finally moved here from 6120, as per their A-13 schedule supposedly effective April 1 when a few other changes were really made. No doubt assisted by my several reminders in reports surreptitiously viewed by frequency mis-manager Arnie Coro. So now WYFR and RTI have no ACI on 6115. 15200-15260, April 5 at 0105 checking the defective RHC transmitter on 15230: now center channel has some crackling, and the buzz field as follows on the hi side, probably matching on the lo side: this time there is no clear segment right next to the fundamental, but buzz out to a peak around 10 kHz, diminishing to just about gone by 20 kHz away; but as I listen, it must fade up a bit, as now I am hearing the buzz up to 25 kHz, to the margin at 30 kHz. 15215-15245, April 5 at 1338, the RHC buzzmitter on 15230 is now accompanied by weak noise out to this range (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15220, 06/Apr 2355, RHC in Spanish. Music and OM and YL talk, ID. According to Glenn, spurious frequency. Fair with many QRM unidentified. At 0000 full ID. On 15230 signal local, but with a bit of distortion in the modulation. Also on 15240, weak with many QRM unidentified. 73 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7405, UT Monday April 8 at 0554, astounding to hear NO jamming, and of course no Radio Martí during its 6-hour Monday-morning break. But the DentroCuban Jamming Command is still at least pulsing away on other RM frequencies not in use: 7365, 6030, 5980. 15210-15230, April 8 at 1256, buzz from defective 15230 RHC transmitter audible in this range, and would be on plus side too if not blocked by other signals. Missing frequencies April 8 at 1411: 15340, 17580; still on 17730, 13780 with hoary old Fidel speech, `Voces de la Revolución`. 9885, April 9 at 0101, wall-of-noise jamming from the Cubans clueless that VOA Spanish is kaput, and if it were still active, would have signed off at 0100 anyway. With BFO an undercarrier is detected, presumably RFA Tibetan via Tajikistan or more likely the ChiCom jamming already upon it. Every little bit helps. 11680, April 9 at 0105, this RHC transmitter suffers from a squeal, à la WEWN Spanish. 6060 is tonight`s missing frequency from RHC English, April 9 at 0526; thus leapfrog over 6165 is also missing from 6270 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6165, RHC, 0340, April 9. Weekly show “Focus on Africa”; erroneous announcement - “special frequency of 11,880 kHz. beamed directly to the African continent” “on 49 meter band”(?); nothing at all heard on 11880, with 6165 being the only frequency heard on 49m band. What did he mean? MP3 audio at https://www.box.com/s/40jwxirra12t75taozki (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) He must have been referring to the recently added service to Africa at 23-24 UT on 11880 (Where it`s mostly after midnight local.) I think the `Focus on Africa` program is really on all the English broadcasts (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) 9490, April 10 at 0519, the DentroCuban Jamming Command is still pulsing, also with continuous noise, altho not full-bore. Just in case R. República decides to broadcast at any time other than 0000-0200 via France, not likely! 15340, April 10 at 1403 tuning by RHC, caught end of frequency announcement claiming ``hasta las 16 UTC``, so we know it`s still outdated info, as for the past month the morning broadcast has been ending at 15 on all frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CYPRUS. 21630-21655 or so and same sound on 21698-21723, OTH radar pulsing presumed from here, April 5 at 1407: the lower one QRMs BBC Hausa via ASCENSION on 21630, but nothing vs the upper one. Recheck a couple minutes later and the lower one is off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CYPRUS. BBC WORLD SERVICE’S CYPRUS SHORTWAVE RELAY STATION CLOSED By Peter Stevenson Published on April 6, 2013 http://www.cyprus-mail.com/bbc-world-service/bbc-world-service-s-cyprus-shortwave-relay-station-closed/20130406 THE BBC World Service’s Cyprus shortwave relay station closed on April 1, meaning listeners are no longer able to listen to the famous World Service broadcasts. Shortwave broadcasts of World Service Arabic will also end by the end of April. The closure of the Cyprus shortwave relay station will see the loss of 26 jobs. These are Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Babcock employees who are funded by the World Service. Peter Horrocks, director of the BBC World Service, said that the changes reflected listening trends, as audiences increasingly embrace TV, mobiles and the internet over shortwave radio. “The changes are in line with our overall strategic aim of ensuring that we are able to respond to changing audience needs and invest in the way audiences consume news,” he said. “Shortwave audiences are declining as radio audiences come to rely increasingly on medium wave and FM, and there has been a rapid growth of television and digital media.” The UK government`s 2010 Comprehensive Spending Review set the World Service the target of saving £42m by April 2014. It has already achieved nearly £30m with the loss of five language services and around 480 jobs. According to the BBC, World Service English shortwave transmissions will be reduced to six hours a day [PER REGION], with 1.5m listeners likely to be lost as a result. Currently, there are between seven and 19 hours of shortwave depending on region. The distribution changes - which include cuts to medium wave transmissions - are designed to save £4.8m in 2013/14. It's a large chunk of the £12m savings the World Service is targeting in its third phase of cuts as a result of a 16% reduction to its grant-in-aid. The World Service first set-up in Cyprus in 1957 when it established the British East Mediterranean Relay Station (BEMRS) in Limassol, which was one of the most powerful broadcasting stations on the island (via Kevin Redding, ABDX via DXLD) ** CYPRUS [non?]. Glenn, A long time since I've been in contact but I did catch World of Radio last week. Further to comments in WOR 1663 about the BBC World Service no longer being on 1323 from Cyprus, I can confirm that I am still hearing the BBCWS on 1323 coming from somewhere but only from 2100-2300. The signal is weak but clear here in Nigeria. 1323 doesn't appear in the online schedules. I came across an announcement on the Middle East stream (via satellite) saying that listeners could still listen on mediumwave, but only 1413 and 702 were mentioned. As an avid World Service listener, I am saddened by the recent reduction in shortwave hours. I was fortunate that between the West and East Africa streams I used to be able to listen all day on shortwave. Now the absence of transmissions between 0800 and 1500 means it is impossible to hear any of the weekday science or documentary/interview programmes on shortwave. Although I am often able to listen via satellite, I miss the convenience of listening by radio wherever I am, especially during weekends. Keep up the good work (James MacDonell (Niger State, Nigeria), April 9, WORLD OF RADIO 1664, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Relay by Radio One in Tanzania? (Chris Greenway, UK, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) That`s listed as a 10 kW domestic service in Swahili No, strong also here in Finland on 1st April with bells s/on at 2059 and s/off at 2259:30 (Mauno Ritola, April 11, ibid.) Apparently not a mere coincidence that the very same transmission does appear in the first BBC A13 schedule that was forwarded by Alokesh Gupta: -- begin quote -- 1323 07:00 09:00 smtwtfs BBC CYPRUS 200 150 English 38E,39W 1323 21:00 23:00 smtwtfs BBC CYPRUS 200 150 English 38E,39W (As per schedule received on 15th March 2013) via Alokesh Gupta New Delhi -- end quote -- 73, (Eike Bierwirth, Leipzig / Germany, ibid.) Hi Glenn, I spoke to a colleague. 1323 is indeed still from Zygi, but only as a very temporary measure, to tell mediumwave listeners to move. It should be gone by next week, perhaps even by this weekend (Chris Greenway, April 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** DIEGO GARCIA. 12759-USB, April 5 at 0052, JBA broadcast talk and music, i.e. AFN. Still hoping for another opening boosting it to readable level. 12759-USB, April 6 at 0112, AFN is barely audible instead of just barely audible, with a sports segment mentioning Sacramento, from USA Radio Network; 0113 to song, 0117 YL DJ announcement, maybe ID but too weak, on to another rock song in the local wake-up show in the tropix where with yearound DST they pretend it`s 7+ am. I suppose it helps to get the crews up early for those long bombing runs (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EAST TURKISTAN. 1730 UT, 27520 kHz, CRI English program, 2 x 13760, heard via the Enschede University SDR receiver. At the same time 5B4CY from Cyprus was heard on 28220 kHz. vy 73 de (Juergen Lohuis, Germany, April 8, harmonics yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1664, DXLD) 13760 site per HFCC: Kashgar, E Turkistan, English at 16-19. 73, (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) ** ECUADOR. 6050, April 5 before 0100, I am standing by with BFO for the dead giveaway HCJB timesignal. Otherwise there is nothing readable on frequency, but something very weak --- yes, there it is, four plus one, the final pip prolonged. HCJB recently told its German listeners that because of some transmitter problem they were on reduced power. WRTH 2013 shows nominally it was only 8 kW, and it`s just another domestic station, #08 in Pichincha Province, furthermore with a blank in the callsign column, but HCJB in the station name column. Does that mean that HCJB is no longer its real callsign? Since it`s operated by Vozandes Media, not exactly the same corporately as the old World Radio Missionary Fellowship in Colorado Springs, now known as HCJB Global. 6050, April 7 at 0105, must be HCJB, with Andean music, poor signal; however, better than nothing but the timesignal I recently detected at 0100 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EGYPT. 13855, April 5 at 0111, huge hummy and fading open carrier, the SSOB, with some clix, occasional traces of talk or music modulation trying to break thru but to no avail. Of course, it`s another totally useless R. Cairo transmission, now per HFCC: 2330-0200 Arabic and Spanish, 250 kW, 286 degrees from Abis to Mexico, Central America and Caribbean. 13620, April 5 at 0113, another open carrier, with some fades and no modulation at all, quite weaker than 13855, but also of course, R. Cairo: 0045-0200 Spanish, 250 kW, 241 degrees from Abis to S America. A few minutes later, however, there is some musical modulation on 9720, presumably also Spanish service which should have been //, i.e. 0045-0200, plus English 0200-0330, 250 kW, 330 degrees from Abu Zaabal to C & W North America (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11890, Radio Cairo (presumed); 2150-2202+, 10-Apr; W in English with mix of talk & music. Almost copyable distorted sig before 2200; after 2200, distortion seemed to increase. S7 sig. Do they not care? 15710, Radio Cairo (presumed); 2041-2055*, 9-Apr; Tune in to Afro- chant with rusty horn & wash tub accompaniment; M commentary in Arabic mentioning "CIA" many times. Off abruptly during music. SIO=333 with occasional ute rumbles; slight distortion in voice. Not // 11540 if them; listed as on at this time, 9855, 11560, 11890 & 15210 not heard (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15480, 07/Apr 0015, R Cairo in Arabic. Local music. At 0017 YL talk. The best modulation I've ever heard of Radio Cairo. This is the same frequency broadcast in Portuguese. Tomorrow I will see how is the modulation of the program in Portuguese. 45433. 73 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Summer A-13 changes of Radio Cairo: 0200-0700 NF 13850 ABS 250 kW / 315 deg to NoAm Arabic, ex 9905 1015-1215 NF 17830 ABZ 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Arabic, ex 17480 1300-1600 NF 15535 ABS 250 kW / 241 deg to WeAf Arabic, ex 15800 1530-1730 NF 17840 ABZ 250 kW / 170 deg to CEAf Swahili, ex 17810 1600-1800 NF 15735 ABZ 250 kW / 090 deg to SoAs Urdu, ex 17585 1800-1900 NF 9490 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu Italian, ex 9655 1800-2100 NF 15710 ABS 250 kW / 241 deg to WeAf Hausa, ex 9900 1900-2000 NF 9685 ABS 250 kW / 005 deg to EaEu Russian, ex 9885 1900-2000 NF 12050 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu German, ex 11560 2000-2115 NF 12050 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu French, ex 11560 2000-2200 NF 15225 ABZ 250 kW / 110 deg to AUS Arabic+, ex 9855 (DX RE MIX NEWS #774 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, April 5, 2013, via DXLD) ** ERITREA. 9705.04, VOBME, Asmara on 27 March at 0406 with talk & HOA vocals, // 7185, both frequencies poor to fair reception. Both blocked by heavy jammers at 0513 recheck. (Bryan Clark, Mangawhai NZ - AOR7030+ & EWEs beamed to North, Central & South America, April 5, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1664, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ERITREIA, 7175 Voz das Massas, Selai Dairo, 1738-1755, 05/4, árabe, música, rubrica de notícias de futebol, às 1746; 45433. 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Voice of the Broad Masses, Eritrea, banging in here at 0309 UT on 9705 kHz 07 April 2013 with reggae style and Horn of Africa music. Hanging steady at S9+. Mixing it up pretty good. Occasional transmitter fault- offs and they were on with a guitar interval signal with male / female announcements before scheduled sign on at 0300 (Al Muick, Whitehall PA USA, Microtelecom Perseus / Wellbrook ALA1530P active loop dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1664, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hello, Voice of Broad Masses, Asmara on 7175 and 9705 heard at 1722- 1745 (07/04), language? Arabic, Somali?? Best on 9705 (SINPO 43433) many ham on the other frequency. Receiver Kenwood R600, antenna longwire 10 meter (Nicolas (France) Delaunoy, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1664, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ERITREA [non]. BULGARIA, Frequency change of Radio Shorouq/Radio Sunrise from April 3: 1600-1657 NF 11610 SOF 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Arabic Mon-Fri, ex 11600* * to avoid Radio Libya also in Arabic on April 1/2, re-ex 11620 for B-12! (DX RE MIX NEWS #774 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, April 5, 2013, via WORLD OF RADIO 1664, DXLD) ** ERITREA [non]. CLANDESTINE, 15245, R. Assenna, Apr 05 *1700-1710, 33433-32432, Tigrigna, 1700 sign on with ID, Opening announce, Talk (Kouji Hashimoto, Japan, RX: IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD- 345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT: 70m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ERITREA [non]. MADAGASCAR, 11560, Dimtse R. Erena via Madagascar, Apr 04 *1700-1715, 25322-25332, Tigrigna, 1700 sign on with opening music, ID, Opening announce, Talk (Kouji Hashimoto, Japan, RX: IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT: 70m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See DXLD 13-05 for discussion of this station. It is primarily clandestine for Eritrea (gh, DXLD) ** ETHIOPIA. ETIÓPIA, 1359 kHz, Voz da Revolução do Tigrê, Mekelle, 1833-1852, 07/4, dialecto local, teatro radiofónico; 34322; // 5950 com SINPO de 45433. 5950, Voz da Revolução do Tigrê, Geja Dera (ou Geja Jawe?), 1732-1749, 05/4, dialecto local, texto; 45433; pràticamente inaudível em 1359 Mekelle. 6090, Voz do Estado de Amara, Geja Jawe, 1735-1750, 05/4, amárico, texto intercalado por acordes abexins; 44433, QRM da NIG, em 6089.9. 6110, R. Fana, Geja Jawe (ou Geja Dera?), 1839-1853, 07/4, oromo (cf. listas), texto, chamadas de ouvintes; 45433. 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA. 6030, Radio Oromiya (very tentative), 0308-0314, April 8. If it was them, then they have an earlier sign on time than normal. Sounded like repetitive HOA singing (certainly not R. Martí [had already signed off] or Calgary); by 0314 was lost to Canada and the Cuban jamming (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. CLANDESTINE, 17870, R. Freedom, Apr 05 1608-1629*, 35333-35433 Somali, Talk and Somali pop, ID at 1617, 1629 sign off. GERMANY, 17630, R. Freedom via Germany, Apr 06 *1600-1629*, 25432- 35433, Somali, 1600 sign on with opening music,ID, Opening announce, Koran, Talk (Kouji Hashimoto, Japan, RX: IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD- 515, NRD-345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT: 70m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Did the ID say Freedom or Xoriyo? HFCC has 17630 as Issoudun Tue & Sat only, an unID MBR service. It has no entry for 17870 at 1600. R. Xoriyo previously reported to switch frequencies and sites depending on day of week (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** FINLAND. I understand that the last day of transmissions from Pori [963 kHz formerly relaying China] will be April 14 (Kai Ludwig, Germany, April 7, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FINLAND. Nuntii Latini, a News Broadcast in Finland, Unites Fans of Latin - NYTimes.com --- The New York Times April 8, 2013 LATIN MAKES AN APPEARANCE ON FINNISH RADIO. NEWS AT VI. By JOHN TAGLIABUE http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/09/world/europe/nuntii-latini-news-broadcast-in-finland-unites-fans-of-latin.html?ref=world&_r=0 HELSINKI -- Leah Whittington, an English professor at Harvard, catches the news bulletins on her iPod while strolling to classes. Daniel Blanchard, a professional countertenor in Paris, used to listen on shortwave radio, but now he uses an iPod, too. The BBC? NPR? No, it's a weekly summary of world events and news broadcast by Finnish state radio -- not in Finnish, but in classical Latin. Nobody knows exactly how many listeners the Latin program reaches. "Tens of thousands is my wild guess," said Sami Koivisto, a reporter in the station's news department. But it seems clear that the Internet is injecting new life into a language often described as dead. No, there are no traffic reports from the Appian Way, nor does the station assign a political reporter to the Forum. But, on Friday evenings before the main news broadcast, the Finnish Broadcasting Company presents five or six short news stories in Latin. In recent weeks, the subjects have included the financial crisis in Cyprus, an unusually brilliant aurora borealis and the election of Pope Francis. "There are no scoops," Mr. Blanchard, 37, said recently, over coffee. "But it is a great way to hear the news." A request to the French national broadcaster to do something similar, he said, failed to produce a response. Not even Vatican Radio, which broadcasts some prayers each day in Latin, reports the news in the ancient tongue. Tuomo Pekkanen, a retired professor of Latin who helped start "Nuntii Latini," or "Latin News," as the program is known, said the language is very much alive for him and for many educated Finns of his generation deeply influenced by Edwin Linkomies, his Latin professor at Helsinki University and prime minister during the difficult years of World War II. For them, Latin was a part of Finnish identity as well as of a sound education. "In order to be educated," said Mr. Pekkanen, 78, who is proficient in not only Latin but also ancient Greek and Sanskrit, "it was once said that a real humanist must write poetry in Latin and Greek." Mr. Pekkanen helped start the news program almost on a lark, then saw it steadily gain popularity. "Picking the subjects, that is the most difficult part of it," said Mr. Pekkanen, who in his spare time has translated all 22,795 verses of the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala, into rhymed Latin verse. "One principle is that we don't want to count the bodies of how many were killed in this or that country," he said. "That is dull." It may be no coincidence that the broadcast began in 1989, the year Communism collapsed in Eastern Europe and the Finns turned toward Western Europe. For educated Finns, Latin had long been the country's link to Western culture, and they were required to study the language in school. "It's a brilliant idea," said Jukka Ammondt, a university lecturer in English and German who dabbles in Latin and regularly tunes in to the broadcasts, even though he confesses that he cannot understand everything. Mr. Ammondt, 68, has certainly done his part to promote Latin -- and Finland. After a difficult divorce two decades ago, he turned increasingly to the songs of Elvis Presley, an idol of his youth, for consolation. For the fun of it, he began singing them in Latin. Now, in addition to teaching, he gives occasional concerts like one last summer when he swayed a crowd at the Finnish Culture Center in St. Petersburg, Russia, east of here, with his renditions of "Tenere me ama," ("Love Me Tender") and "Ursus Taddeus" ("Teddy Bear"). While the broadcasts once went out over the airwaves, with shortwave reception for listeners outside Finland, more and more listeners tune in to the program's Web site, through podcasts and MP3 downloads. It also reinforces a global trend among lovers of Latin to try to speak it, not just read it. In Paris, Mr. Blanchard, an avid Latin speaker, helps run the "Circulus Latinus Lutetiensis," or "Paris Latin Circle," whose members meet monthly to converse, produce works of theater or just play cards, all in Latin. "We use the Internet to chat, in Latin," he said. Antti Ijas, 27, a graduate student writing a thesis on Old English poetry, helps Mr. Pekkanen translate news spots and field e-mails from listeners across the world. "We do get linguistic feedback," he said, "especially from Germany," where Latin studies have a deep tradition. Most comments, he said, focus on pronunciation. There are endless debates about how Cicero would have sounded as he addressed the Senate -- and about the choice of words for modern things like "golf course" ("campus pilamallei") or iPad (they haven't found one). "I don't use an iPad myself," Mr. Pekkanen said with a chuckle, adding: "We quarrel with the Germans." But many listeners think the criticism is largely unfounded. "I'm often struck when I'm listening how well structured it is, how idiomatic, how precise the vocabulary is," said Ms. Whittington, the Harvard professor. The most common complaint about the broadcast is that at five minutes, it is far too brief. Mr. Pekkanen demurs. The choice of subjects and translation, he said, "takes much time." "In my opinion, five minutes is quite suitable," he said. Joonas Ilmavirta, a graduate student in mathematics and a regular listener, understands the challenge. "It's very labor intensive," he said. Mr. Ilmavirta, 25, who studied Latin in high school and occasionally helps Mr. Ammondt translate Elvis, keeps up his Latin by reading comic books in the language. He only occasionally dips into serious authors. "If I could pick one, it might be Catullus," he said, referring to the earthy Roman poet. Many Finns know the broadcast because it precedes the popular Friday evening news, even though most these days cannot understand it. Mr. Ilmavirta acknowledged that few of his contemporaries share his passion for Latin. "I don't really know of young people interested in Latin," he said. "And by young, I mean under 40." Mr. Ammondt, the Latin Elvis, said numbers did not matter. "Latin is the basis of Western culture," he said. "That is why it is very symbolic." This article has been revised to reflect the following correction: Correction: April 9, 2013 An earlier version of this article incorrectly identified the individual in a photo cation [sic]. The person reading the news on a Latin-language radio program is Virpi Seppala-Pekkanen, not Tuomo Pekkanen (via Mike Cooper and Gerald T Pollard, DXLD) ** FINLAND. 6170, 2230-2355, Friday 05.04, Scandinavian Weekend R, Virrat. English ID, requested reception reports to P. O. Box 99, FI-34801 Virrat, Finland; pop music, 34433, QRM CRI in Portuguese 6175. 11690 not heard AP-DNK 6170, 0430-0440, 0940-1050 and 1510-1520, Saturday 06.04, Scandinavian Weekend R, Virrat. Finnish ann and songs at 0430, 22422 (QRM 6165 Russian and 6175 Vietnamese), else 25332. 11720 only weak in the afternoon (15121) (Anker Petersen, Denmark, on my AOR AR7030PLUS and Bonito RadioJet 1102S here in Skovlunde, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** GERMANY. NACHRUF DR. ANTON J. KUCHELMEISTER DK5TL Im Alter von nur 62 Jahren ist der langjaehrige AGDX-Vorsitzende Dr. Anton J. Kuchelmeister nach langer und schwerer Krankheit am 18.03.2013 verstorben. Mit ihm verliert nicht nur die AGDX, sondern viele Hobbyfreunde aus nah und fern, einen hoch gebildeten, klug ueberlegenden und in seiner Bescheidenheit grossen Menschen. Geboren wurde er am 25.01.1951 in Oberschwaben. Er wuchs mit sieben Geschwistern auf. Um die Jahre 1969 bis 1972 studierte er in Stuttgart und erwarb 1969 die Amateurfunklizenz mit dem Rufzeichen DK5TL. Seit diesem Jahr gehoerte er dem DARC Ortsverband Stuttgart P11 an. Massgebend war er am auf Aufbau der Amateurfunk Klubstation an der Uni Stuttgart beteiligt und der Gruendung des Uni AKAFUNK Funkerklub DK0SU im Jahre 1974. Anfang 1981 zog er berufsbedingt nach Muenchen um. In die Assoziation junger DXer e.V. (adxb-DL) trat er im Jahre 1970 mit der Mitgliedsnummer 096 ein. Seit 1992 gestaltete er als stellvertretender Vorsitzender engagiert und mit seinem Wissen die Geschicke des Vereins mit. Mitte der 90er Jahre beteiligte er sich aktiv an der Betreuung des Standdienstes auf der Messe HOBBY+FREIZEIT in Augsburg, an dem die adxb-DL mit einem Stand vertreten war. Massgebend war Anton an der Erstellung des adxb-DL Mitteilungsblattes "qso" beteiligt und wenn es noch weisse Flecken gab, Anton schaffte es immer sie mit wertvollen Informationen zu fuellen. Ihm war es stets wichtig, dass die adxb-DL ein eigenes vierteljaehrliches Mitteilungsblatt an die Mitglieder herausgibt. Auf der AGDX Delegiertenversammlung am 15. Juni 1996 in Bad Homburg uebernahm er den Vorsitz der Arbeitsgemeinschaft DX e.V. (AGDX). Im Positionspapier "Quo Vadis AGDX" wurden Weichen fuer die Zukunft gestellt, an denen Anton massgebend beteiligt war. Durch sein zielstrebiges Wirken war eine Aufbruchsstimmung spuerbar. Waehrend seiner Amtszeit zeigte er Praesenz in seiner Eigenschaft als AGDX- Vorsitzender bei diversen Veranstaltungen, wie der adxb-OE Mitgliederversammlung, dem SWLCS Camp in Merchweiler, bei der Ham Radio in Friedrichshafen, usw. und war dort ein beliebter Gespraechspartner. Dabei ging es ihm zu hundert Prozent um die AGDX, seine Person stellte er dabei stets in den Hintergrund. Schnell wurde klar, Anton war zur richtigen Zeit an der richtigen Stelle. Er lebte die AGDX. Wuerde ohne sein Wirken die AGDX noch existieren? Als im Dezember 1998 die AGDX-Zeitschrift "weltweit hoeren" nach 25 Jahren das letzte Mal erschien, war Anton an den schwierigen Verhandlungen mit der ADDX ueber die Herausgabe einer gemeinsamen Zeitung beteiligt. Mit sein Verdienst war es, trotz des starken gegenseitigen Misstrauens, ein Ergebnis zu erzielen, das einem Burgfrieden glich. Die Herausgabe von "Radio-Kurier mit weltweit hoeren" ab 1999 war der Beginn einer engen Kooperation zwischen ADDX und AGDX, die trotz anfaenglicher Bedenken und auch kritischer Stimmen, seit 14 Jahren anhaelt. Anton, als verlaesslicher Partner und Vorsitzender der AGDX, hat massgeblich zu dieser positiven Entwicklung beigetragen. Ihm ist es verdanken, dass sich AGDX und ADDX bei der Herausgabe von "Radio-Kurier weltweit hoeren" auf einer Ebene bewegen und die AGDX ueber die Jahre als starker und zuverlaessiger Partner vom Vorstand der ADDX geschaetzt wird. Das gewinnen von neuen Mitgliedern lag ihm am Herzen. Ihm war wichtig, bei einer Anfrage eines Interessenten es nicht nur bei einem Kontakt zu belassen, sondern eine Mitgliedschaft in einem der AGDX Klubs schmackhaft zu machen. Auch innerhalb des EDXC, in dem die AGDX einen Beobachterstatus hat, brachte sich Anton mit Ideen, Vorschlaegen, auch mit kritischen Anmerkungen, ein. Im letzten telefonischen Kontakt, waehrend seiner schweren Krankheit, hatte Anton immer noch die Hoffnung, dass es ihm gesundheitlich wieder besser geht und betonte immer wieder, dass wir weitermachen, immer weiter. Es war sein ausdruecklicher Wunsch, seine Krankheit nicht nach aussen zu tragen, da er die grosse Hoffnung hatte, wieder gesund zu werden. Anton war sehr weltoffen und unternahm viele Fernreisen. In Haiti lernte er seine Frau kennen. Er hat viele Fremdsprachen gelernt, u.a. Hebraeisch, Indonesisch und (Haiti-) Kreolisch. In seiner Freizeit war er ein wahrer Musikliebhaber, vor allem der Jazz hat es ihm sehr angetan. Der Jazzmusiker Sun Ra und sein Arkestra, wie auch Miles Davis waren seine liebsten Musiker. Aufgrund der Musik von Sun Ra fand er hier viele Gleichgesinnte mit denen er im Raum Muenchen einen persoenlichen Kontakt pflegte. Die Trauerfeier fand am 25.03.2013 in Muenchen-Moosach beim Westfriedhof statt. Die Beisetzung findet nach der Einaescherung einige Wochen spaeter im engsten Familienkreis statt. Anton hinterlaesst seine Ehefrau Colette, seine Kinder Isabelle und Martial, seine Mutter und sieben Geschwister. In der Trauerkarte steht es treffend ... ein Kaempfer warst Du alle mal ... im Leben, als AGDX Vorsitzender und in der Zeit seiner schweren Krankheit. Anton, Ruhe in Frieden, eine Bereicherung warst Du fuer uns. vy73 de (Wolfgang DF5SX, END, BC-DX April 9 via DXLD) AJK was an occasional contributor to DXLD, e.g. Haiti early 2012 (gh) Obituary: Dr. Anton Kuchelmeister In Memoriam. --- by OH6001SWL We are very sorry to inform you, that Dr. Anton Kuchelmeister -- Chairman of the AGDX in Germany for many years -- passed away at an age of 62 years. He was born 1951 in Baden-Württemberg, Germany and he had 7 (seven) brothers and sisters. He became Chairman of the AGDX in 1996 in Bad Homburg / Germany. From 1969 until 1972 he studied in Stuttgart and in the year 1969 he became Ham-radio owner with the call-sign : DK5TL. 1998 the AGDX-magazine "weltweit hören" was published at the last time. Anton took strong command in negotiations with the ADDX organisation and the re-formation of this magazine into: "RADIO- KURIER, weltweit hören". Anton also liked to organize new members for the DX-hobby.The AGDX was during many-many years Observer Member of the EDXC. Anton was active within the EDXC, especially at the end of late 90's, when Risto Vähäkainu was the Secretary General at the EDXC and his assistant was Arto Mujunen. Anton criticized EDXC matters and decisions many times, and usually for good reasons. But... Risto Vähäkainu is also very thankful for the help from Anton. Anton created the very first EDXC website and we believe, he did it on the right way, simple and informative. The co- operation in this matter went very well. The undersigned -- Tibor Szilagyi -- met Dr. Anton Kuchelmeister personally at 2 / two / occasions. First I met him at the EDXC Conference in Lyngby--Copenhagen in Denmark in 1999. Our second meeting was during the EDXC Conference in Koenigstein--Germany, in 2003. I also had many encouraging E-Mail correspondence with him. In every E-Mail message Anton showed extremely goal-minded and straight forward attitude regarding EDXC matters. I still remember the Banquet Dinner at Lyngby-Copenhagen conference. Anton and I -- and also the Finnish DX-er Jarmo Salmi -- we were sitting at the same table. We made an extra effort to entertain Anton -- I with my Central-European jokes, and Jarmo with his special Scandinavian / Finnish jokes. Anton was laughing hearty at our jokes during the whole evening... This is my light / bright picture about Anton, which I would like to keep in my memory: Anton relaxed and laughing at our jokes in Lyngby- Copenhagen. Rest in peace, Anton. Stockholm / Sweden, April 12, 2013, Tibor Szilagyi, Former Secretary General at the EDXC (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) ** GERMANY. 6190, Hamburger Lokal Radio heard weakly with Easter special transmissions opening at 0600 in German on 29, 31 March & 1 April. Best reception on 31 March when followed till 0633 (Bryan Clark, Mangawhai NZ - AOR7030+ & EWEs beamed to North, Central & South America, April 5, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6190, Aoki table 'Bremen' entry is wrong. Real location is Goehren close to Schwerin - Parchim in northern Germany Mecklenburg- Vorpommern. Distance is 189 kilometers away... (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) ** GERMANY. Again no show of Hamburger Lokalradio on Wed April 3: 0600-0800 on 7265 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu USB+carrier 0600-0630 Wed/Sat Hamburger Lokalradio German 0630-0700 Wed/Sat GH's World of Radio English 0700-0800 Wed/Sat Hamburger Lokalradio German 0800-1100 on 6190 GOH 001 kW / non-dir to CeEu USB+carrier 0800-1100 Wed/Sat Hamburger Lokalradio German 1100-1500 on 7265 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu USB+carrier 1100-1430 Wed/Sat Hamburger Lokalradio German 1430-1500 Wed/Sat GH's World of Radio English (DX RE MIX NEWS #774 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, April 5, 2013, via DXLD) Again no show of Hamburger Lokalradio on Sat Apr. 6 + on Wed Apr. 3 0600-0800 on 7265 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu USB+carrier 0600-0630 Wed/Sat Hamburger Lokalradio German 0630-0700 Wed/Sat GH's World of Radio English 0700-0800 Wed/Sat Hamburger Lokalradio German 0800-1100 on 6190 GOH 001 kW / non-dir to CeEu USB+carrier 0800-1100 Wed/Sat Hamburger Lokalradio German 1100-1500 on 7265 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu USB+carrier 1100-1430 Wed/Sat Hamburger Lokalradio German 1430-1500 Wed/Sat GH's World of Radio English (DX RE MIX NEWS #775 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, April 08, 2013 via DXLD) ** GHANA [non]. AUSTRIA: 11955 Adventist World Radio; 2110-2119+, 5- April; English feature on migraine headaches to 2115 bumper & AWR ID with Ghana address; "AWR Ghana" SID at 2118 into English huxterage. SIO=3+53 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUAM. 13362-USB, AFN. April7 found they did not switch away from this daytime frequency to their usual nighttime 5765-USB; this has happened a few times recently; 1140 and subsequent checking till 1332; TV audio feed; military PSAs; promo for “AFN Prime Tuesday”; fair-good (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUAM. 12105, April 5 at 1257 and 1345 chex, KSDA Chinese in the clear, WTWW Russian not on the air today Friday. 15430, Friday April 5 at 1401, open carrier with some hum until 1401:45*. HFCC shows it must have been KSDA`s Thai broadcast at 1330- 1400, except on days 5 and 7 in Lao, and day 1 = Sundays a day of rest (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA [non]. 11600, Monday April 8 at 0056, talk in unknown Asian language, I bet it`s a sermon, very good with flutter over some CCI; continued past 0103 when I thought I heard ``po-russki`` mentioned, so central Asian? Apparently not, as Aoki shows TWR India is scheduled here, 100 kW, 131 degrees from Tashkent, UZBEKISTAN, in Bhojpuri M-F, Hindi on Sunday, and Nepali on Saturday. What about the understation? Nothing else in Aoki, or EiBi, but HFCC has a registration for R. Pakistan, 0045-0215, 250 kW, 118 degrees from Is`bad --- but lots and lots of those are wooden. Are they really on 11600 too? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA [and non]. "We" now have a big DRM blob on 11620. If AIR I'm not sure what service it's carrying as I hear English in AM at 1330, but DRM later. I agree with your sentiments that these transmissions should be OOB, or at least on the edges of. The worst one here is REE 9780 which often has noise and hash 40 kHz wide. 73 from (Noel Green, NW England, April 6, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. 11670, All India Radio; W in English with native music program; BoH ID and music continued. SIO=353+; // 11620, SIO=252 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15040, April 9 at 1243-1255+, S Asian vocal music, good with flutter, i.e. AIR Burmese service, 500 kW, 60 degrees from Bengaluru at 1200- 1315 per HFCC. Really starts at 1215 per WRTH 2013 with site listed then as Delhi. Some ACI from CHR VOLMET on 15034-USB. BTW, I see in HFCC that the Sinhala service on 15050 at 1245-1500 from Delhi is still shown as D = not DRM which noise only for Victor Goonetilleke`s decoding we often hear! Really starts at 1300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 3325, RRI, Palangkaraya, 1312 Indonesian, woman speaking to man on telephone, 1314 promo or program intro with marching band music, followed by bit of orchestral music and into talk by woman. Good strength and getting stronger, Apr 10 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, Listening beside the lake, in my car with the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 4749.96, RRI Makassar, 1245-1315, April 9. Yes, yet another Tuesday with Kevin and Ana presenting the weekly KGI (Kang Guru Indonesia) show; one of their better receptions with minimal QRM; frequent singing KGI jingles and several pop songs (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. (not!), RRI Wamena, 4871 kHz. Haven't heard even a het from this one for a couple weeks now, despite good signals from some of the usual 90-meter PNG stations. Does anyone know if they're still on the air? I hope the recently reported activation of RRI Fak-Fak on 4790 wasn't a prelude to the elimination of RRI Wamena (Art Delibert, Maryland, April 7, NRD-535D, Pennant antenna with DX Engineering pre- amp, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) Atsunori Ishida http://rri.jpn.org/ observations of RRI domestics including: no Wamena in the local evenings this month, and no Fak2 since March 15 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1664, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4870, R.R.I., Wamena, 1245-1302 Indonesian, soulful, contemplative songs in Indo., woman announcer at 1156. Poor-fair Apr 10 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, Listening beside the lake, in my car with the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 9526-, April 5 at 1247 with flutter, VOI speaking its usual slow or even spe-cial Japanese, as if from a script by a non- native, undermodulated, but at least there is something audible, so I am hopeful to hear English in the next hour. At 1301 heavy flutter, undermodulation, 1302 dead air past 1308! Or so little mod that I cannot detect it; 1327 now there is some mod, seems English intonation, but the flutter-sound is louder, so give up (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9525.90, V. of Indonesia, Apr 05 1328-1338, 33443, English, News and talk, ID at 1330 (Kouji Hashimoto, Japan, RX: IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT: 70m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9526-, April 6 at 1309, VOI is axually modulating audibly in English altho nowhere near 100%! It`s almost readable, aided by the clarity of the announcer`s enunciation; progress, but not there yet. While being 4 kHz from ACI on 9530 was a killer in B-12, now being 6 kHz from much less ACI on 9520 is helpful in A-13 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9525.89. V. of Indonesia, Apr 06 1341-1355, 44443, English, Music, ID at 1352. 9525.89, V. of Indonesia, Apr 07 1203-1214, 33443, Japanese, News, ID at 1207 and 1211 (Kouji Hashimoto, Japan, RX: IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT: 70m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9526-, April 8 at 1314, VOI English is modulating better than usual, but still insufficient for full readability. 1325 & 1328 she announces the three imaginary frequencies ``15150, 9525, 11785`` both before and after `News in Brief`. Geez! They haven`t used 15150 or 11785 at all for years and years. On to `Indonesian Wonders` --- I wonders why VOI can`t ever get their act together? 9526-, April 9 at 1300, it`s Tuesday, and VOI is audible! Almost sufficient modulation level, fair with flutter. Whee! Get to hear ``Exotic Indonesia`` hookup with RRI Banjarmasin. Hmm, still in Japanese, running a little late with ID, song; 1302 still in Japanese but at least employing English words with contact info. 1303 dead air pause: here we go. No, 1304:20 back with more Japanese, 1306 news sounder and spe-cial Japanese slow news; 1314 and 1323 chex, still Japanese. Grrrr! Over to KOSU special, but rerecheck at 1339, now VOI sounds like English intonation, but weakened. *1356:15 CRI cuts on 9525.0 putting an end to any hope of hearing VOI. Atsunori Ishida http://rri.jpn.org/ agrees that Japanese ran way late, English started sometime in the hour, but Indonesian started on-time at 1400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1664, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9525.9, Voice of Indonesia. April 9 (Tuesday) I was also listening to this about the same time as Glenn was; 1326 was equally surprised to hear Japanese instead of English; by 1335 had joined “Exotic Indonesia” in progress with long segment till 1351 telling about South Kalimantan (mosques, etc.); 1351 YL in Jakarta studio chatting with YL at the RRI Banjarmasin studio about the desire to increase tourism to South Kalimantan; 1355 said “Good Bye” (end of “Exotic Indonesia”); almost fair (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9526, Voice of Indonesia, 1302 song underway, 1305 English program opening with ID, frequencies, program lineup and news. Poor, about 80% understandable Apr 10 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, Listening beside the lake, in my car with the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active antenna. Editor of World English Survey and Target Listening, available at http://www.odxa.on.ca dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9526-, April 10 at 1309, VOI has managed to get English on air instead of Japanese yesterday at this time; fair signal but undermodulated and with flutter, insufficient (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA [non]. ALEMANHA, 3985, Voz da Indonésia via Kall (p), 1824-1900, 07/4, programa em alemão, com notícias e informações sobre a Indonésia; 45333, // 9525.9 Cimanggis. Às 1900, a retransmissão encerrou, passando a emissão para uma das estações alemãs que utilizam esta freq. 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) So it`s axually synchronized with the direct 9525.9 transmission?? That could be a problem if the timings slip as much as they do around 1300 (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM [non]. Welcome to YURI'S NIGHT INDIA at Birla Science Centre, Hyderabad April 12th, 2013 Dear Friends, We are pleased to inform you that National Institute of Amateur Radio jointly with Dhruva Space and Vinoothna Geetha Media are organising Yuri’s Night (not-for-profit event), a global celebration of humanity’s past, present, and future in space. Yuri’s Night events are held around the world each year in the month of April commemorating the day of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin’s first manned spaceflight on April 12, 1961 and the inaugural launch of NASA’s Space Shuttle on April 12, 1981. Dhruva Space has signed an MoU with Yuri’s Night to bring the space party to India. The main event is organized in Birla Science Center, Hyderabad on 12th April 2013 from 4:00 PM onwards. The event has talks/demos by Space Masters from India, Germany and Spain, amateur radio communications besides Star Gazing, satellite tracking, Music and element of surprise etc. Yuri’s Night shall be celebrated in prestigious institutions across India such as IIT Delhi, IIT Banaras, BITS Goa, UVCE Bangalore. This annual event of celebration of human spaceflight attracts over 100,000 people in over 75 countries on all 7 continents, while tens of thousands more watch the 12-hour live Yuri’s Night Global Webcast and participate online in the virtual world. We also request you to make it convenient to attend the programme and register your participation at http://www.yurisnightindia.net Thanking you. Yours sincerely, S. Ram Mohan, VU2MYH Director, NIAR (via Jose Jacob, VU2JOS National Institute of Amateur Radio Raj Bhavan Road, Somajiguda Hyderabad 500082, India cell +91 94416 96043 Off: +91 40 2331 0287, +91 40 6516 7388 April 9, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I had never heard of this, but quite widespread around the world. See http://yurisnight.net/#/home Including many cities in the USA. See: http://yurisnight.net/find-a-party/ (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. Please note that from April 25th, WRN will no longer be available on SiriusXM satellite radio in the USA and Canada. If you subscribe to SiriusXM and enjoy listening to WRN, please contact SiriusXM and let them know how you feel. You can contact them here http://www.siriusxm.com/contactus WRN is pleased to offer a free desktop Widget http://www.wrn.org/listeners/tools/ that streams all of the WRN radio services. To find out more, visit the tools section on the WRN website. http://www.wrn.org/listeners/tools The WRN website http://www.wrn.org/listeners/ hosts an extensive range of on-demand programming and provides schedule http://www.wrn.org/listeners/schedules/ and ways to listen information http://www.wrn.org/listeners/ways-to-listen/ as well as details about our partner broadcasters including links to their websites. If you would like to contact us, please send email to contactus@wrn.org Why not subscribe to our Twitter feed http://twitter.com/WRNEnglish and receive updates on the latest English networks news and developments (WRN Newsletter April 5 via WORLD OF RADIO 1664, DXLD) Well, Sirius/XM is giving me one more reason to drop my subscriptions entirely. My smartphone and unlimited broadband contract with Verizon makes this entirely possible (John Figliozzi, Sarasota, FL, Sent from my iPad, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I think WRN is hinting people may protest this decision. Have subscriber objexions ever turned around a carriage decision at Sirius or XM? John had much more to say about this elsewhere: (gh) Glenn Hauser reports that Sirius/XM satellite radio is dropping the World Radio Network from its line-up on April 25. WRN currently occupies channel 120. There's no word on what Sirius/XM plans to replace this channel with, if anything; but I know I don't need another spotlight artist music channel. WRN is a unique service relaying a range of international broadcasters. While it is available via smartphone and the internet, having it via satellite to the car and to Eton E1-XM receivers does serve as a partial replacement for direct shortwave reception. It also serves to diversify Sirius/XM's offerings and set it apart from conventional terrestrial AM/FM radio. As both an investor and subscriber, I have registered my strong objection to this decision with Sirius/XM. Their response has been to point out to me (cluelessly) that if I want international news, I can listen to BBC World Service on channel 118 with (sic) "Europe Today", "The World Today" and "World Business Report". (These programs have been discontinued by the BBC.) If you are a subscriber and disagree with this decision, my suggestion is that you register your objection with Sirius/XM and suggest to them that they are no longer serving your listening tastes by doing so. As for me, I am seriously reconsidering continuing with my subscriptions. (John Figliozzi, Swprograms mailing list via WORLD OF RADIO 1664, DXLD) So, with the possibility of governments blocking internet access private service providers not providing the service is another example of how the arguments that there are plenty of platforms to replace shortwave radio just don't hold water (Mark Coady, ODXA yg via DXLD) Couple thoughts here: 1) Sirius/XM is available only in the USA and Canada, right? Neither government appears to be at risk of blocking incoming Internet access. However, the loss of Worldspace was something that likely impacted more audiences where alternate voices were needed. 2) In the USA, doesn't Sirius/XM have a license to offer its signals courtesy of the FCC, which needed to authorize its combination satellite / terrestrial transmitter scheme? I would think the FCC and members of congress ought to be copied on any letters of protest. Perhaps the FTC should also be copied, as the subscriber has a contractual obligation to pay for services, does Sirius/XM have a contractual obligation to provide them? 3) Any idea how much Sirius/XM paid WRN for the right to retransmit their audio (if anything)? Perhaps WRN had gotten a bit greedy in its rights fees. I'll be the first to admit I like having platform choices for international broadcasting; and the loss of any platform - whether brought on by the broadcaster themselves or by the intermediary such as WRN - means there will be a smaller possible audience...and that's unfortunate. If I were a Sirius/XM investor I'd be nervous anyway. Car manufacturers are bringing on models offering Internet audio as part of their "car radios" - which eats directly into Sirius/XM' s market. Alas, no car manufacturer offers an in-dash shortwave radio (Rich Cuff, ODXA yg via DXLD) Of course, everything you say here is true. In my case, I am fortunate to be grandfathered (but for how long?) on an unlimited mobile data plan, so in theory this does not affect my listening options in any material way (unless I happen to be too great a distance from a cell tower). In my experience, the S/XM terrestrial transmitters are either no longer in use or very poorly maintained. The one we had in Albany is no longer functioning and numerous notices to the company have gone unanswered. The satellite license and approved agreement to merge are separate documents. The latter did impose (or, rather, the merged company "agreed to") some content requirements, but these were mostly for Spanish language listeners. The license agreement you (mandatorily) sign with the company as a subscriber gives no warranty of specific services to be provided. On the contrary, it gives the company carte blanche to change virtually anything, other than perhaps your fee if you have a longer term agreement. However, copying the agencies you mention with any letter of protest is not a bad idea. There was controversy over the merger and there are still some people around that might be prompted to try and undo it if too much of this sort of thing happens. Longshot to be sure, but one brick at a time. It is possible that this is a situation akin to cable television where a program provider is insisting on payment that is in excess of what the distributor wants to pay. It is WRN that has broken this news; S/XM is always silent on these changes even after they happen! However, I doubt WRN has any clout in this matter so also doubt they perpetrated this situation. In time, the subscription fees that go to S/XM may be going to the internet provider for both access and bandwidth, as well as perhaps the content provider. As far as being an investor is concerned, my theory (subject as always to Murphy's Law) has been that it is the satellite licenses that are the real value here and those being a scarce commodity renders some sort of value from which an investor might profit regardless of the underlying service provided through them. But who knows? Thanks for contributing grist to the mill (John Figliozzi, ODXA yg via DXLD) That is indeed a shame as WRN carries Hauser at 1:30 pm Eastern Time Saturday and Keith Perone at 1:30 pm on Sunday - sad news indeed (Chris Lobdell, MA, NASWA yg via DXLD) SIRIUS XM AND SATELLITE RADIO 3.0 Sirius XM (SIRI) announces that the company is now offering full integration between Sirius XM Satellite Radio and Sirius XM Internet Radio in 2014 model year cars with Ford (F), GM, Chrysler, Toyota (TM), and Nissan (NSANY.OB). The merging of satellite and Internet delivered content will allow subscribers to experience a more robust service capable of delivering features such as On-Demand, station refinement through My SXM, and the ability to create play-lists of programming for playback at any time. The satellite radio technology is unique in that it can deliver the best attributes of both satellite and Internet delivered content. From the company's satellite constellation, subscribers will receive unparalleled signal coverage, while the Internet feed will deliver the types of customization that today's consumer demands. The default listening setting with Satellite radio 3.0 is the feed from the company's orbiting satellites. When a user wants customized features, the software will make the switch to an internet feed automatically so that from the consumer point of view the switch is seamless. Please note. Everything written above is a fabrication. It sounded great though didn't it? That is where, in my opinion, this company needs to get to solidify its place in the world of audio entertainment. Sirius XM satellite radio has many great attributes. Sirius XM Internet Radio has many great attributes as well. Combine the two into a seamless environment and you have some pretty compelling attributes. The reason we want to see this sooner rather than later is that the dashboard is getting mighty crowded these days. It is no longer AM, FM, and Sirius XM. Pandora (P), Slacker, iHeart, Aha Radio, Spotify, HD radio, and others are vying for their own respective space in this game. While Pandora has remained pretty much a simple music service, companies like Slacker have stepped up in the content world to offer news, sports, and more. In the case of Aha, a platform has been created for audio entertainment companies making it the home for 30,000 stations, pod-casts, and more. In fact Slacker is available on the Aha platform. The significance in this is that Aha has been busy adding automakers to its line-up. Ford, Chrysler, Honda (HMC), Toyota and six other automakers all boast the Aha platform now. Essentially, while Aha and HD Radio are announcing more deals with new car makers, Sirius XM is announcing a concentration in the used car market. Source: http://seekingalpha.com (via Jaisakthivel, ADXC, Tirunelveli, India, dxldyg via DXLD) ** IRAN. 13750, April 10 at 0523, YL in Russian, flutter; soon found weaker // 15480 at 0524, ID, i.e. VIRI at 0500-0530. 13750 is 500 kW, 321 degrees from Kamalabad; 15480 is 500 kW, 320 degrees from Sirjan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN [non]. 9760, April 6 at 0521, good signal with dense ME pop music, what? 0524 Persian announcement; sure, it`s R. Farda as now scheduled 0230-0530, 100 kW, 108 degrees via Lampertheim, GERMANY (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRELAND. ÉIRE, 252 kHz, RTÉ, Summerhill, 1223-1254, 07/4, inglês*, discussão sobre o Médio Oriente, ao que se seguiu tema sobre o abuso do álcool; 44444, QRM da Argélia, por vezes, mesmo imperceptível. *) é neste idioma que, diria, uns 99% da programação da RTÉ-R.1 é feita, mas posso (oxalá!) estar enganado; não deixa, isto de usarem uma língua estrangeira, ser algo aberrante para os ouvidos de muitos, pois o Éire *tem* uma língua. Não entendo como um país tão cioso da sua história, das suas tradições, do chamado "espírito irlandês" (que, quanto a mim, nada mais é que um mito) se socorre de um idioma que, no fundo, nem é o seu. Peço que não entendam este "comentário" como desprestigiante para com os irlandeses - não é este o tom que desejo transmitir, de todo -, mas apenas uma constatação do que, em boa verdade, acaba por soar como algo estranho, pelo contraditório. 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ISRAEL. 11595.09, Kol Israel: Apr 05, 1405-1412, 33433, Farsi, News, // 9985 kHz. Apr 06 1355-1406, 24332-35333, Farsi, IS, ID, Opening music, Opening announce, News, // 9985 kHz (Kouji Hashimoto, Japan, RX: IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT: 70m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ISRAEL. 15850, Galei Zahal (presumed); 2129, 29-Mar; Weak vocal music, sounding Arabish. Have not heard this for quite a while. Nothing on Tuned back @2157 & nothing there (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15850, Galei Zahal, Apr 05 1433-1503, 35333-25332, Hebrew, Talk and music and news, ID at 1458, SJ at 1457 and 1459 and 1503 (Kouji Hashimoto, Japan, RX: IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT: 70m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN. 9595, April 5 at 0129 poor signal with Japanese music, must be R. Nikkei, unusual time to be getting it here across the noon meridian if not long-path (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN [and non]. 6020, April 8 at 1330, very weak carrier presumably Shiokaze on latest new frequency, as heard yesterday by Ron Howard, ex-6135. It was clashing with Australia then, but not any more, see AUSTRALIA! Coordinated? Just too weak now almost a sesquihour after sunrise here. The BI-Newsletter page from which one may access the Aoki schedules, also has linx to lots of other interesting stuff, not all of it current, some in English via the 1 thru 5 numbers at the lower left of http://www1.s2.starcat.ne.jp/ndxc/news.htm Including this background on page 5: ```"Why Yamata transmitters can not broadcast the program of “Furusato no Kaze”?" Currently 3 programs “Shiokaze”, “Furusato no Kaze” and “Nippon no Kaze” are broadcast towards North Korea from VT Communications, and only “Shiokaze” is transmitted from Yamata. Why Yamata transmitter can not send the message of “Furusato no Kaze” towards North Korea? Japanese law on broadcasting says only NHK can broadcast “international service”. And government controlled the license of broadcasting – it is quite difficult to get the permission (license) of broadcasting promptly. At the opening announcement of Shiokaze, they announce call sign as JSR. Exactly speaking, JSR is not call sign for “general” radio stations. Shiokaze got a license for “special utility broadcast” – same as Traffic Information Service Radio on 1620 kHz – not for “general broadcast”. In the case of “Furusato no Kaze”, they get neither the license of “utility broadcast” nor “general broadcast”. And NHK reject the proposal of Japanese government to broadcast “Furusato no Kaze” within the program of Radio Japan. Thus Yamata transmitter can not send message of “Furusato no Kaze.”``` (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN [non]. NHK WORLD Respuesta a mi consulta ----- Mensaje reenviado ----- De: NHK WORLD Enviado: lunes, 8 de abril de 2013 0:59 Asunto: NHK WORLD Estimado oyente: Gracias por su mensaje enviado via e-mail y por su informacion. En cuanto al caso de la nueva frecuencia, le informamos que basicamente no causara problema, ya que el horario de nuestra transmision es diferente de lo de Radio Alcaravan. Por lo tanto, no habra ninguna interferencia. Esperamos seguir contando con su fiel sintonia. Sin mas por el momento se despide con un afectuoso saludo, NHK WORLD RADIO JAPON URL: http://www.nhk.or.jp/spanish PD: Por favor no responda a este correo (puesto que podria haber problemas tecnicos). Tomese la molestia de escribirnos desde nuestra pagina web todas las veces que desee tener contacto con nosotros (via Ernesto Paulero, April 8, condiglist yg via DXLD) ¿Qué quieren decir? Cierto que Alcaraván Radio funciona entre las 0200 y 0430 TU si no las 24 horas. 73, (Guillermo Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Sí, realmente no tienen ni idea el horario de Radio Alcaraván; por eso la publiqué la respuesta (Ernesto Paulero, ibid.) 5975, April 5 at 0515, NHK English is poorly audible here on Woofferton UK relay, // but an echo apart from much better Issoudun, FRANCE on 11970, the only two frequencies left at 0500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6195, 07/Apr 0920, USA (Relay), R Japan in Portuguese. OM conversation and interview a YL in the studio. At 0928 pop Japanese music. The reception is much lower than the previous via [French] Guiana. 35333 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brasil, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11970, UT Sunday April 7, R. Japan via FRANCE to Africa, fair-good signal but heavy fading, `Friends Around the World` still exists, with mailbag segment including John Fisher and others from USA lamenting end of service to us. Solar flux zoomed to 135 on April 6, which no doubt helped (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH. I have serious receiver difficulties, so I cannot say much about the content. But I heard Radio Pyongyang this evening (April 5) 2200-2230 UT 15245/13760 (Derek Lynch, Ireland, April 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Over recent days, by far the best reception of Voice of Korea in English here in southern England has been at 1800 on 15245. It's also on 15245 at 1300 and 1500, but both have CRI co-channel, and at 2100, but is very weak then (Chris Greenway, April 5, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) DPR Korea 15245 kHz, 1800 UT, English to W. Europe --- Being received here in NW England at the moment but very poor signal and audio quality with a high static noise level and fading, Reception on Twente SDR is a little clearer. 73 (Tony Molloy, UK, April 9, ibid.) 11735, April 6 at 1340, VOK with cinematic-sounding fantasy orchestral music, then Chinese announcement. VG signal level, but lots of selective-fading distortion and traces of jamming crosstalk at transmitter site audible during pause. Much better here than on 11710 English squeezed by the other cultists on 11715. April 5 Aoki has nothing on 11735! Nor even Zanzibar so it`s still incomplete, but 11735 is a longtime N Korean channel. Arnulf Piontek`s new A13 schedule shows during this hour, 11735 VOK Chinese is at 238 degrees for SE Asia. 13760, April 10 at 0522, poor signal in Spanish about Corea del Sur, no doubt Voz de Corea del Norte (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) D.P.R.K. New summer A-13 for Voice of Korea, last updated on Apr. 8. All new frequencies are plus / minus 100 kHz from the older frequencies, for example: 9325/9335/9345/11535/11545 + 100 = 9425/9435/9445/11635/11645 & 9975/9990 -100 = 9875/9890. Exception: 15100 moved + 5 kHz to 15105 0300-0357 on 11735 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to CSAm Spanish 0300-0357 on 13650 KUJ 200 kW / 238 deg to SEAs Chinese 0300-0357 on 13760 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to CSAm Spanish 0300-0357 NF 15105 KUJ 200 kW / 238 deg to SEAs Chinese 0300-0357 on 15180 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to CSAm Spanish 0400-0457 on 3250 PYO 100 kW / non-dir to NEAs English 0400-0457 NF 9445 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs English, ex 9345 0400-0457 on 9730 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs English 0400-0457 on 11735 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to CSAm English 0400-0457 on 13650 KUJ 200 kW / 238 deg to SEAs French 0400-0457 on 13760 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to CSAm English 0400-0457 NF 15105 KUJ 200 kW / 238 deg to SEAs French, ex 15100 0400-0457 on 15180 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to CSAm English 0500-0557 on 3250 PYO 100 kW / non-dir to NEAs Chinese 0500-0557 NF 9445 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs Chinese, ex 9345 0500-0557 on 9730 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs Chinese 0500-0557 on 11735 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to CSAm Spanish 0500-0557 on 13650 KUJ 200 kW / 238 deg to SEAs English 0500-0557 on 13760 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to CSAm Spanish 0500-0557 NF 15105 KUJ 200 kW / 238 deg to SEAs English, ex 15100 0500-0557 on 15180 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to CSAm Spanish 0600-0657 on 3250 PYO 100 kW / non-dir to NEAs English 0600-0657 NF 9445 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs English, ex 9345 0600-0657 on 9730 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs English 0600-0657 on 11735 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to CSAm French 0600-0657 on 13650 KUJ 200 kW / 238 deg to SEAs Chinese 0600-0657 on 13760 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to CSAm French 0600-0657 NF 15105 KUJ 200 kW / 238 deg to SEAs Chinese, ex 15100 0600-0657 on 15180 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to CSAm French 0700-0757 on 3250 PYO 100 kW / non-dir to NEAs Japanese 0700-0757 on 9650 KUJ 200 kW / 109 deg to JPN Japanese 0700-0757 NF 9875 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to FERu Russian, ex 9975 0700-0757 on 11735 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to FERu Russian 0700-0757 on 11865 KUJ 200 kW / 109 deg to JPN Japanese 0700-0757 on 13760 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to EaEu Russian 0700-0757 on 15245 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to EaEu Russian 0800-0850 on 3250 PYO 100 kW / non-dir to NEAs Japanese 0800-0857 on 7220 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs Chinese 0800-0857 NF 9445 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs Chinese, ex 9345 0800-0850 on 9650 KUJ 200 kW / 109 deg to JPN Japanese 0800-0857 NF 9875 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to FERu Russian, ex 9975 0800-0857 on 11735 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to FERu Russian 0800-0850 on 11865 KUJ 200 kW / 109 deg to JPN Japanese 0800-0857 on 13760 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to EaEu Russian 0800-0857 on 15245 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to EaEu Russian 0900-0957 on 3250 PYO 100 kW / non-dir to NEAs Japanese 0900-0957 on 6070 KNG 250 kW / 109 deg to JPN Japanese 0900-0950 on 7220 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean KCBS 0900-0950 NF 9445 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean KCBS, ex 9345 0900-0957 on 9650 KUJ 200 kW / 109 deg to JPN Japanese 0900-0957 on 11865 KUJ 200 kW / 109 deg to JPN Japanese 1000-1050 on 3250 PYO 100 kW / non-dir to NEAs Japanese 1000-1050 on 6070 KNG 250 kW / 109 deg to JPN Japanese 1000-1050 on 9650 KUJ 200 kW / 109 deg to JPN Japanese 1000-1057 on 11710 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to CSAm English 1000-1057 on 11735 KUJ 200 kW / 238 deg to SEAs English 1000-1050 on 11865 KUJ 200 kW / 109 deg to JPN Japanese 1000-1057 on 13650 KUJ 200 kW / 238 deg to SEAs English 1000-1057 on 15180 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to CSAm English 1100-1157 on 3250 PYO 100 kW / non-dir to NEAs Japanese 1100-1157 on 6070 KNG 250 kW / 109 deg to JPN Japanese 1100-1157 on 7220 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs Chinese 1100-1157 NF 9445 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs Chinese, ex 9345 1100-1157 on 9650 KUJ 200 kW / 109 deg to JPN Japanese 1100-1157 on 11710 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to CSAm French 1100-1157 on 11735 KUJ 200 kW / 238 deg to SEAs French 1100-1157 on 11865 KUJ 200 kW / 109 deg to JPN Japanese 1100-1157 on 13650 KUJ 200 kW / 238 deg to SEAs French 1100-1157 on 15180 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to CSAm French 1200-1250 on 3250 PYO 100 kW / non-dir to NEAs Japanese 1200-1250 on 6070 KNG 250 kW / 109 deg to JPN Japanese 1200-1250 on 9650 KUJ 200 kW / 109 deg to JPN Japanese 1200-1250 on 11710 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to CSAm Korean KCBS 1200-1250 on 11735 KUJ 200 kW / 238 deg to SEAs Korean KCBS 1200-1250 on 11865 KUJ 200 kW / 109 deg to JPN Japanese 1200-1250 on 13650 KUJ 200 kW / 238 deg to SEAs Korean KCBS 1200-1250 on 15180 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to CSAm Korean KCBS 1300-1357 NF 9435 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to NoAm English, ex 9335 1300-1357 on 11710 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to NoAm English 1300-1357 on 11735 KUJ 200 kW / 238 deg to SEAs Chinese 1300-1357 on 13650 KUJ 200 kW / 238 deg to SEAs Chinese 1300-1357 on 13760 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu English 1300-1357 on 15245 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu English 1400-1457 on 3250 PYO 100 kW / non-dir to NEAs Russian 1400-1457 NF 9435 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to NoAm French, ex 9335 1400-1457 NF 9425 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to EaEu Russian, ex 9325 1400-1457 on 11710 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to NoAm French 1400-1450 on 11735 KUJ 200 kW / 238 deg to SEAs Korean KCBS 1400-1457 on 12015 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to EaEu Russian 1400-1450 on 13650 KUJ 200 kW / 238 deg to SEAs Korean KCBS 1400-1457 on 13760 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu French 1400-1457 on 15245 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu French 1500-1557 on 3250 PYO 100 kW / non-dir to NEAs Russian 1500-1557 NF 9425 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to EaEu Russian, ex 9325 1500-1557 NF 9435 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to NoAm English, ex 9335 1500-1557 NF 9890 KUJ 200 kW / 296 deg to N/ME Arabic, ex 9990 1500-1557 NF 11645 KUJ 200 kW / 296 deg to N/ME Arabic, ex 11545 1500-1557 on 11710 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to NoAm English 1500-1557 on 12015 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to EaEu Russian 1500-1557 on 13760 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu English 1500-1557 on 15245 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu English 1600-1657 on 3250 PYO 100 kW / non-dir to NEAs German 1600-1657 NF 9425 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu German, ex 9325 1600-1657 NF 9435 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to NoAm French, ex 9335 1600-1657 NF 9890 KUJ 200 kW / 296 deg to N/ME English, ex 9990 1600-1657 NF 11645 KUJ 200 kW / 296 deg to N/ME English, ex 11545 1600-1657 on 11710 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to NoAm French 1600-1657 on 12015 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu German 1600-1657 on 13760 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu French 1600-1657 on 15245 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu French 1700-1757 on 3250 PYO 100 kW / non-dir to NEAs Russian 1700-1757 NF 9425 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to EaEu Russian, ex 9325 1700-1750 NF 9435 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to NoAm Korean KCBS, ex 9335 1700-1757 NF 9890 KUJ 200 kW / 296 deg to N/ME Arabic, ex 9990 1700-1757 NF 11645 KUJ 200 kW / 296 deg to N/ME Arabic, ex 11545 1700-1750 on 11710 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to NoAm Korean KCBS 1700-1757 on 12015 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to EaEu Russian 1700-1750 on 13760 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu Korean KCBS 1700-1750 on 15245 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu Korean KCBS 1800-1857 on 3250 PYO 100 kW / non-dir to NEAs German 1800-1857 on 7210 KUJ 200 kW / 271 deg to SoAf French 1800-1857 NF 9425 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu German, ex 9325 1800-1857 NF 9875 KUJ 200 kW / 296 deg to N/ME French, ex 9975 1800-1857 NF 11635 KUJ 200 kW / 296 deg to N/ME French, ex 11535 1800-1857 on 11910 KUJ 200 kW / 271 deg to SoAf French 1800-1857 on 12015 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu German 1800-1857 on 13760 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu English 1800-1857 on 15245 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu English 1900-1957 on 3250 PYO 100 kW / non-dir to NEAs German 1900-1957 on 7210 KUJ 200 kW / 271 deg to SoAf English 1900-1957 NF 9425 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu German, ex 9325 1900-1957 NF 9875 KUJ 200 kW / 296 deg to N/ME English, ex 9975 1900-1957 NF 11635 KUJ 200 kW / 296 deg to N/ME English, ex 11535 1900-1957 on 11910 KUJ 200 kW / 271 deg to SoAf English 1900-1957 on 12015 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu German 1900-1957 on 13760 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu Spanish 1900-1957 on 15245 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu Spanish 2000-2050 on 3250 PYO 100 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean KCBS 2000-2050 on 7210 KUJ 200 kW / 271 deg to SoAf Korean KCBS 2000-2050 NF 9425 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu Korean KCBS, ex 9325 2000-2050 NF 9875 KUJ 200 kW / 296 deg to N/ME Korean KCBS, ex 9975 2000-2050 NF 11635 KUJ 200 kW / 296 deg to N/ME Korean KCBS, ex 11535 2000-2050 on 11910 KUJ 200 kW / 271 deg to SoAf Korean KCBS 2000-2050 on 12015 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu Korean KCBS 2000-2057 on 13760 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu French 2000-2057 on 15245 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu French 2100-2150 on 3250 PYO 100 kW / non-dir to NEAs Japanese 2100-2157 on 7235 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs Chinese 2100-2157 NF 9445 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs Chinese, ex 9345 2100-2150 on 9650 KUJ 200 kW / 109 deg to JPN Japanese 2100-2157 NF 9875 KUJ 200 kW / 271 deg to CHN Chinese, ex 9975 2100-2157 NF 11635 KUJ 200 kW / 271 deg to CHN Chinese, ex 11535 2100-2150 on 11865 KUJ 200 kW / 109 deg to JPN Japanese 2100-2157 on 13760 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu English 2100-2157 on 15245 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu English 2200-2257 on 3250 PYO 100 kW / non-dir to NEAs Japanese 2200-2257 on 7235 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs Chinese 2200-2257 NF 9445 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs Chinese, ex 9345 2200-2257 on 9650 KUJ 200 kW / 109 deg to JPN Japanese 2200-2257 NF 9875 KUJ 200 kW / 271 deg to CHN Chinese, ex 9975 2200-2257 NF 11635 KUJ 200 kW / 271 deg to CHN Chinese, ex 11535 2200-2257 on 11865 KUJ 200 kW / 109 deg to JPN Japanese 2200-2257 on 13760 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu Spanish 2200-2257 on 15245 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu Spanish 2300-2350 on 3250 PYO 100 kW / non-dir to NEAs Japanese 2300-2350 on 7235 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean KCBS 2300-2350 NF 9445 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean KCBS, ex 9345 2300-2350 on 9650 KUJ 200 kW / 109 deg to JPN Japanese 2300-2350 NF 9875 KUJ 200 kW / 271 deg to CHN Korean KCBS, ex 9975 2300-2350 NF 11635 KUJ 200 kW / 271 deg to CHN Korean KCBS, ex 11535 2300-2350 on 11865 KUJ 200 kW / 109 deg to JPN Japanese 2300-2350 on 13760 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu Korean KCBS 2300-2350 on 15245 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu Korean KCBS Cancelled transmissions (currently inactive transmissions) 0300-0350 on 3250 PYO 100 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean PBS 0300-0350 on 7220 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean PBS 0300-0350 on 9445 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean PBS 0300-0350 on 9730 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean PBS 0400-0457 on 7220 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs English off from Apr 2 0500-0557 on 7220 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs Chinese off from Apr 2 0600-0657 on 7220 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs English off from Apr 2 0700-0757 on 7220 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean PBS 0700-0757 on 9445 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean PBS 0900-0950 on 9875 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to ERus Korean PBS 0900-0950 on 11735 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to ERus Korean PBS 0900-0950 on 13760 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to EaEu Korean PBS 0900-0950 on 15245 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to EaEu Korean PBS 1000-1050 on 7220 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean PBS 1000-1050 on 9445 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean PBS 1200-1257 on 7220 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean PBS 1200-1257 on 9445 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean PBS 1300-1357 on 3250 PYO 100 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean PBS 1300-1357 on 9425 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to EaEu Korean PBS 1300-1357 on 12015 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to EaEu Korean PBS 1800-1857 on 3250 PYO 100 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean PBS 1900-1957 on 3250 PYO 100 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean PBS KNG=Kanggye KUJ=Kujang PYO=Pyongyang (DX RE MIX NEWS #775 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, April 08, 2013 via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH [and non]. 6600 & 6518, April 9 at 1229, assertive Korean from V. of the People, from the South, and *no* Juche jamming audible! 6348, April 9 at 1229, Echo of Hope, another SK cland to the north, is also jammingless. 6360, April 9 at 1230, yet another S-to-N cland, MND Radio has ute QRM but apparently no jamming either. What happened? Aoki shows the jammers are all 250 kW transmitters at Kujang, same site as VOK. 6600, 6518, 6348, 6015, April 10 at 1317, Juche jamming continuous noise has resumed after yesterday`s absence, burying the clandestines from Korea South (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. 9950, April 10 at 1325, in Korean laboriously spelling out websites ending in .jp, letters pronounced in English but not the punxuation, with musical background and then music only until 1330 switching to Japanese; better signal than adjacent 9955 WRMI. These are the abduxion-clandestines from Japan via TAIWAN, as in Aoki, 100 kW, 2 degrees from Taipei: at 1300-1330, Nippon no Kaze, a.k.a. ``Ilbon-e Baram`` [as spelt by WRTH, not Aoki], and then 1330-1357 Furusato no Kaze. See yesterday`s note explaining why they can`t broadcast from Japan, while Shiokaze can (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1664, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Answering my reception report of Dec. 11, 2011 I received a detailed letter signed by Yasuhiro TOGO from Policy Coordination Division, Headquarters for the Abduction Issue, Cabinet Secretariat, Tokyo, Japan. Written that they do not issue any verification cards (SWL/QSL card), and confirmed my report was their Korean program "il bon ue balam (Nippon no Kaze)". This program is provided by the Government of Japan to the Japanese people being abducted and still captive in North Korea. Suggest more information about this abduction issue and their radio program on http://www.rachi.go.jp/en/index.html http://www.rachi.go.jp/shisei/radio/index.html Also introduced the movie titled "MEGUMI", which is a documentary animation on the abduction of Japanese girl by North Korea http://www.rachi.go.jp/en/shisei/keihatsu/anime.html 73, (Tony Ashar, Indonesia, April 11, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. 6020 (ex-6135), Shiokaze/Sea Breeze/JSR via Yamata (Japan), *1330, April 7; schedule 1330-1430. I doubt that COMJAN changed frequency due to my email telling them of 6135 being jammed by CNR1; more likely was time for them to make a move anyway. Believe they have been on this frequency for several days now. 6020 is a poor frequency choice due to long established broadcasting till 1400 of both R. Australia and CNR8. In the past, after they signed off, was able to hear Voice of Vietnam 4, but that will now be blocked by Shiokaze till 1430. Once N. Korea finds them and starts jamming, this will be even a bigger mess! (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1664, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also JAPAN ** KOREA NORTH [non]. NEWS ALERT: Christian Broadcaster Boosting North Korea Programs Amid War Threat --- Thursday, April 11, 2013 (8:54 am) By BosNewsLife Asia Service with reporting by Stefan J. Bos http://www.bosnewslife.com/27768-news-alert-christian-broadcaster-boosting-north-korea-programs-amid-war-threat PYONGYANG/SEOUL (BosNewsLife)-- Global Christian broadcaster Trans World Radio (TWR) said Thursday, April 11, that is launching new programs aimed at North Korea to bring "a message of peace and hope" to "counter the swirling rumors of war" in the troubled region. TWR's announcement came after South Korea’s foreign minister warned that North Korea was expected to conduct a nuclear capable missile launch Thursday, April 11, a development that prompted that country and the U.S. to increase their military alerts levels. “Based on intelligence we and the Americans have collected, it’s highly likely that North Korea will launch a missile,” Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se said. Yun said North Korea has a medium-range missile known as the “Musudan” that has a range of about 3,500 kilometers (2,200 miles), which would make it capable of flying over Japan. Experts said the Musudan is mainly designed to reach the U.S. territory of Guam, where TWR has q 100,000-watt transmitter site, which it said "beams shortwave messages of Biblical reconciliation to people who are hungering for God’s love rather than political confrontation." In a statement to BosNewsLife, TWR said "the escalated saber rattling is spurring" it to "redouble efforts to air three new programs in response to the spiritual needs of North Koreans." CHILD EVANGELISM Together with its partner Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF) of South Korea, it will air 'Gospel Train for Children' to "help North Korean parents pass on the Good News." 'Let’s Talk About Something' will strive "to connect with nonbelievers and brand-new believers to promote a positive attitude toward hearing more of the Bible story via TWR broadcasts," the broadcaster added. 'Teacher’s Institute', produced by CEF-Korea, "will train Sunday- school teachers and other church leaders to teach the Bible to children.' The programs come on top of programs it already airs to North Korea, where at least some 100,000 Christians are believed to be detained in prison camps for refusing to follow the cult of the country's founder Kim Il-Sung. Christians outside the camps gather in underground churches, listening secretly to TWR, the broadcaster and other sources said. 'FINDING LIFE' "When we listen to your program every night, we are encouraged and find life worth living," TWR quoted a listener as saying in a message smuggled out of the Stalinist-run nation. "If not for the Word of God, and your love and devotion in the midst of our sufferings, our lives would be dark and hopeless,” the Christian reportedly said. Another listener reportedly said: "TWR’s Korean broadcasts help me keep the faith and understand God’s Word more and more. I never forget you and your team in my prayers, as you are serving God by broadcasting His Word to us, day and night. … Please do not stop these programs, for they give us the Hope of God." TWR's broadcasts come amid growing spiritual and physical hunger, the network and aid workers said. PRICES SKYROCKETING Open Doors, a nonprofit organization that claims to support persecuted believers around the world, quoted underground Christians as saying prices for food and other goods are "skyrocketing" as people stock up on emergency supplies. "I would like to thank the many brothers and sisters around the world for their continuous love and support," Open Doors quoted one North Korean believer as saying in a letter. "We know that our journey will not be an easy one, but we are sure that our faith, desperate hope and passionate desire will someday bear fruit. … Please pray for us.” TWR said it hopes to reach believers and those searching for Christ who it believes gives eternal life to everyone who believes in Him. Speaking fluently in over 200 languages and dialects, TWR's global media outreach "engages millions in 160 countries with biblical truth," the network said. 'RELEVANT PROGRAMMING' "Since 1952, God has enabled TWR to help lead people from doubt to decision to discipleship. Together with international partners, local churches and other ministries, TWR provides relevant programming, discipleship resources and dedicated workers to spread hope to individuals and communities around the globe." TWR uses both high-powered transmitters and other tools, including streaming content on the Internet to leave what it calls "a lasting spiritual footprint" around the world (via Mike Terry, April 11, dxldyg via DXLD) Butt out? Does ``boosting NK programs`` mean additional transmission time on KTWR and if so how about the details? Provoking any jamming? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA SOUTH. 15575, April 5 at 1347, KBSWR English is propagating on a Saturday, finally allowing me to listen to `Worldwide Friendship` after months of inaccessibility. Just finishing mailbag segment, then Jeff in Baltimore`s `Tech Tips` which are restricted to info about KBS only, and its web presence. I`m amazed that this extremely specialized idea was accepted for broadcast and goes on and on, but it must have appealed to the management. However, Jeff admits that to cover spring break vacations he`s doing ``retrospectives`` this week and next, about which of his previous talx have got the most hits, so it`s even more incestuous. Then from 1352, Christer Brunström`s monthly DX report from Sweden which has replaced Kevin O`Donovan from New Mexico, who used to be on every week, but now shared with others during the month. Christer complains about noise level at his home QTH but visited a friend at a quieter place and heard a bunch of good stuff: Somaliland 7120, Djibouti 4780, Brazil 11735, 15190; Germany 3985, 3995 – the latter at 2200 with HCJB`s Saturday DX show in German, maybe moving to 7205 in April; China 5050; and finally gh`s WOR at 2330 on new WTWW frequency 9930. Says he will be back in early May. He had a full five minutes, tho Kevin used to occupy only three, IIRC. The ditzy YLs cohostesses remark that they love his voice, rather than what he is talking about. Sexist. 1357 summary of KBS reception quality in various places, and I don`t think they mentioned this frequency or North America. Wrapup talks about one of them leaving the show after a year, or is it the show itself which is leaving??? Or both: because next week, it will be called `Listeners Lounge`. Neither one is mentioned by name at http://world.kbs.co.kr/english/program/ and it doesn`t fit into any of the five categories covered. Obviously of low priority. However, the English program grid at http://world.kbs.co.kr/english/about/about_schedule.htm indeed shows `KBS Listeners Lounge` now occupying the times formerly filled by ``WWF`` --- so is it just a name change and will the same mailbag and DX segments continue, or not? I.e., :25-:60 during the one-hour broadcasts on Saturday, and :10-:30 during the half-hour broadcast on WRN, and 2200 on 3955 Skelton – is that still on the air? Skelton sure isn`t, and there is now a one-hour direct to Europe on 11810 at 22-23, not on this schedule, apparently not fully updated. There also is an ``English program service 3`` for an hour consisting of nothing but `K-Pop Connection` 7 days a week, whose times I must remove from the DX Programs schedule, along with making the namechange as above (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1664, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15575, April 9 at 1234, open carrier already on from KBSWR; finally at 1255 starts IS with English & Korean IDs which talk over the music. Quite a waste of watts, and too bad they did not modulate before 1255, as by 1344, the English hour on 15575 has faded way down (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [non]. South Korea English booms in here at 22 UT on Woofferton 3955 (Derek Lynch, Ireland, April 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KUWAIT. 15540, April 5 at 2059, R. Kuwait is still propagating so I can hear the English sign-off announcement again. Yes, tho he has the frequency right at 15540, he is assigning it to the ``25 meter band``, which was what went with the former frequency 11990. I predict than in another few years this too may be corrected. You don`t have to know the first thing about SW to be an announcer on a SW station! 15540, April 6 at 2050-2052, R. Kuwait rock music keeps on playing, no break for news headlines as used to be the case; so this token has been dropped? 15540, April 10 at 2100, just tune in to R. Kuwait closing English as timesignal seems a few sex late; then check 17550 for Arabic, but no signal there; yesterday it was fairly good. MUF varies a lot depending on propagation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KYRGYZSTAN. 4795, *0000-0010, 06.04, Kyrgyz R 1, Krasnaya Rechka, Bishkek. National hymn by choir, Kyrgyz song to accordion 34333 // 4010 (54544) (Anker Petersen, on my AOR AR7030PLUS and Bonito RadioJet 1102S here in Skovlunde, Denmark, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** LESOTHO. Radio Lesotho, 639, Maseru. Apr 6, 2013 Saturday. 1920- 2025. SeSotho, OM talking, several mentions of “modern technology”. To YL singing in English at 1929, then other songs in English. All announcements in SeSotho by YL and OM; seems to be some sort of hit parade or old music chart list. Generally good (unusual), but some very deep fades. Radio Lesotho, 891, Maseru. Apr 6, 2013 Saturday. 1945-2025. English, YL introducing songs. Unusually good tonight. Jo'burg sunset, 1601 (Bill Bingham, RSA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LIBYA. Registered frequencies of Libyan National Channel, all inactive: 1200-1400 on 21675 SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to NEAf Arabic 1200-1600 on 21720 SAB 500 kW / 130 deg to ECAf Arabic 1400-1700 on 17540 SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to NEAf Arabic 1600-1700 on 15660 SAB 500 kW / 230 deg to NWAf Arabic 1700-1900 on 15670 SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to NEAf Arabic 1700-2000 on 11670 SAB 500 kW / 230 deg to NWAf Arabic 1900-2000 on 11855 SAB 500 kW / 180 deg to NEAf Arabic (DX RE MIX NEWS #775 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, April 08, 2013 via DXLD) ** MADEIRA. Daytime log: 1530, Posto Emissor do Funchal, Poiso, 1156- ..., 06/4, concurso, chamadas de ouvintes, conversa, música e anúncios comerciais; 45454. O sinal é moderado a forte, mas o impacto fica aquém do que poderia ser mercê da limitação de potência, de 10 para apenas 2~3 kW. 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALAYSIA. 9835, Sarawak FM via RTM at Kajang, 1314-1328, April 6. In vernacular with political speech; mentioned “full employment”; fair; // 11665 (Wai FM), which is unusual. Just this last Wednesday, the Parliament was dissolved and elections will be held in a few months. This means there should be even more special political coverage such as heard today. https://www.box.com/s/or8ukltw15tp75tp74p7 contains a MP3 recording of a portion of today’s speech (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MAURITANIA. MAURITÂNIA, 783, R. Mauritânia, Nuaquechote, 1407-..., 08/4, francês, noticiário; QRM adjacente, de Espanha. // 7245 inactiva, como igualmente inactiva à noite. 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 580, XEHO, Cd. Obregón, Son. MAR 31 1212 - Latino songs, canned "Máxima 97.7" slogans after each song, e.g. "Somos de la música, Máxima 97.7;" listened until 1231 and heard no live announcements or ads; faded away shortly after 1230. New slogan, ex-La Fuerza de la Palabra. Signal was generally fair with no sign of usual XEMU or XEFI (John Wilkins, Wheat Ridge CO; Drake R8, 4-foot box loop, NRC IDXD April 5 via DXLD) ** MEXICO. 600, April 9 at 1206 UT, several ads and government PSAs, jingle, all mentioning Sinaloa, 1209 ``Línea Directa``, call-in program. Momentarily has frequency to self at sunrise here. Cantú: 600 XEHW La Mejor + FM 102.7 Mazatlán, Sin. 5,000 1,000 See my previous circumstantial log of March 27 at same hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 630, April 5 at 0608 UT, Mexican NA by brass band, well- played, different version than usually heard, plays a few verses tho lyric-less; 0610 segué to ``Monterrey, Tierra Querida`` city anthem, ``entre montañas y tierra``. Heavy SAH with US talker nulled as much as possible. No doubt it`s usual XEFB, and then full ID at 0613 as ``La F-B, Romántica`` having flipped from news/talk a few months ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 650, April 5 at 1207 UT, presumed dominant Mexican here, XETNT, Los Mochis, Sinaloa, live ad for some store in the Mercado San Francisco, 5:06 timecheck, which fits for UT-7 until April 7 advance to UT -6, but then I double-take as he seems to say, ``Buenos días, Guerrero`` and into a song. Turns out there is a 650 in Chilpancingo, but I`m still sure it`s XETNT as there is a Mercado San Francisco in Los Mochis (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 700, April 5 at 0606 UT with WLW nulled, weak Spanish interview mentioning Guadalajara, which fits for XEDKR, but that one word is hardly sufficient to be sure, as it`s on the Radio Red network, 1/1 kW, tho I have IDed it before. 700, April 8 at 0605 UT I can achieve a deep null on strong WLW by precise positioning of the DX-398, and inhabiting it is a weak signal with classic rock in English: ``Diana``, 0607 fade during an announcement which I thought included ``98`` as in an FM frequency, but maybe not. ``You Are My Destiny`` next, and at 0610, Spanish timecheck ``en Radio Red`` plus another vocal in English. Cantú shows: 700 XEDKR Radio Red AM Guadalajara, Jal. 10,000 150 So really 150 watts now?? And maybe carrying their FM music service instead? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 710, April 5 at 1210 UT, full ID for XEDP and XHDP in Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, ``La Ranchera de Cuauhtémoc``, and 1211 switch to hymn and then Low German preacher, for the Mennonites around. A common catch, but it`s always neat to hear this strange language coming out of the middle of Mexico. By 1220 UT, it`s faded and KCMO/KGNC are regaining 710. Our sunrise was 1211 today, and no TP carriers heard (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1664, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 770, April 5 at 0558 UT, tune in to ``Grupo Fórmula`` network ID and choral NA, i.e. XEACH Monterrey NL, supposedly 200 watts at night, 5 kW day per IRCA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also UNIDs 810, 940 ** MEXICO. 1050, XEBCS, La Paz BCS, (10 kW at 1840 km/1144 mi), 1201 UTC 4/9/13. Receiver: Sony SRF-T615: XEBCS was heard with national anthem and sign-on in XEG's null. It faded out at 1204 (local sunrise), but not before twice identifying as "La Radio de Sudcalifornia". Because of the earlier sunrises, it's doubtful XEBCS will be heard here in the morning after this week until late summer. XEG was still audible, along with KLOH, past 1300. Good DX all (Richard Allen, near Perry OK USA, IRCA via DXLD) cf my log of same last week (gh, Enid) ** MEXICO. 1570, April 7 at 0613 UT, XERF YL in Spanish says this station is live 24 hours, her show until 5 am, and then mentions that the rest of Mexico, except certain states, is about to go on DST too. Border towns like Acuña had to shift when the US did a month ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO [and non]. 6185, April 10 at 0517, XEPPM still on with dead carrier as often after nominal 0500 sign-off during DST; amazingly, this is stronger than Brasil 6180, also tightly squeezed by Vietnam/WHRI on 6175 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MICRONESIA. 4755.52, Cross R., Apr 02 0857-0903, 33343, English, Music and talk, ID at 0859 (Kouji Hashimoto, Japan, RX: IC-R75, NRD- 525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT: 70m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MYANMAR. The sound cut starts with the Main signal on 7200.130v, then 7185.950 and 7214.360 All are //. Sorry, by the time I came to the 3rd frequency, program changed. This is just spuri up and down the main frequency. In the evening you might hear two programs, just that the old Myanmar transmitter site has poor screening and the audio creeps in from the other service: https://soundcloud.com/victor-4s7vk/7200-130-myanmar-4-5-2013-12 (Victor Goonetilleke, Sri Lanka, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Victor, Thanks for posting that nice recording! April 4 noted 7200.1 signed off at 1331, after their usual indigenous theme music. Also heard the lower spur, but did not think to check on the upper one. Is rare that I have heard it in the past, while the lower one is often heard here in California (Ron Howard, ibid.) Hi dear Victor and Ron, Re Rangoon Myanmar outlet today. Japanese remote rx are distance-wise too far away. I couldn't listen between 1300 and 1320 UT today April 5th, but on various remote units in the Far East Asia, I SEE VISIBLE two station peaks on 7200.085 and 7185.837 kHz; this is a spurious frequency distance of 14.248 kHz this UT afternoon. CRI Japanese service powerhouse covers 7215 kHz totally at 13-14 UT. BTW, Last week I saw in French #5 TV station a lot of violence, fire and political clashes in the western Muslim dominated province of Myanmar. vy73 de Wolfy df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Myanmar on two peaks of spurious 14.248 kHz, means real on 7200.085 fundamental, and 7185.837 kHz spurious signal of Rangoon unit. 73 wb (Büschel, harmonics yg via DXLD) On April 7 at 1225-1245 UT observed Myanmar Radio Rangoon again on remote SDR units in Tokyo and Nagoya Japan. 7200.085 kHz fundamental frequency, S=6 just above threshold level, but Burmese tonal language could be noted easily. But spurious today 14.241 kHz apart, on 7185.844 and 7214.326 kHz. 73 wb df5sx (Büschel, dxldyg via DXLD) ** MYANMAR. Anomalies for Myanmar Radio on April 8: 5985.00, Myanmar Radio, random checking from 1206 to 1320, April 8. Has been over a year since I last heard this tx instead of the normal 5985.83 tx; reception much stronger than 5985.83 tx; in vernacular and indigenous singing; BoH usual theme music (their local ToH). Assume this exact frequency tx is newer than the old off frequency tx! 7200.07, Myanmar Radio. April 8. At 1330 became // 5915 with a lecture in vernacular (Distance Learning Service) till 1337*; running slightly past their normal 1330*. 9730.85, Myanmar Radio at 1222 clearly // 5985.00 (unusual to be //); not the normal “PadaukMyay Radio” service via Myanmar Radio; signed off about 1227 on April 8 (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1664, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. Mighty KBC April 7, 2013 summary Very strong signal during the April 7, 2013 broadcast 0000-0200 UT on 7375 kHz via Nauen, Germany. SIO 544 with slight QRM from a utility on 7373 kHz. Funny opening with "Are we on the air or are the Germans still sleeping?". Classic KBC jingles, "What are listeners doing to stay fit?", "Today In History", Eric has "trouble" pressing the right buttons!, digital text, "Hello to Listeners" and more digital to end the broadcast. Results of the digital text: **************************************************** 2013-4-7 0131 UTC MT63-2000 long interleave centered on 1500 Hz Hello Eric and shortwave listeners, On VOA Radiogram this weekend, the featured mode will be MT63. All days and times UTC: Sat 1600-1630 17860 kHz Sun 0230-0300 5745 kHz Sun 1300-1330 6095 kHz Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz More information at http://voaradiogram.net Thanks to The Mighty KBC **************************************************** 2013-4-7 0159 UTC MSFK32 centered on 1500 Hz Sending Pic:129x70C; with white KBC letters on blue background see image here http://misc.kg4lac.com\2013-4-7-MightyKBC-7375kHz-0159UTC-MSFK32.jpg **************************************************** Thanks to The Mighty KBC is keeping shortwave alive and fun too! 73, (Kraig, KG4LAC, Krist, Manassas, Virginia, USA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Dear Daniel and Glen[n]: the Mighty KBC Radio will be moving in May 2013 to 9925 kHz for the Summer time. Best regards, (Richard Lemke, Alberta, Canada, April 7 2013, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes, HFCC shows last broadcast on 7375 as 30 April, and first on 9925 on 5 May. Like Croatia used to do. In fact, HFCC still has conflicting registrations for defunct Croatian relay via Nauen making the same change from 9 May to 10 May 2013 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR. 6160+, April 6 at 0104, surprised to encounter weather forecasts for Newfie and Lab, so CKZN, with lite het, presumably de CKZU or something else propagating this early on 6160. No time to measure the frequency but reported recently as 6160.7; audible in clear only tnx to late cut-on of RHC 6165 at *0105.5 joining English in progress. Note: 4-5 minutes past the hour is the best time to hear local announcements from CBC stations (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NEW ZEALAND. A-13 of Radio New Zealand International, RANgitaiki from April 1: 0459-0758 on 11725 050 kW / 000 deg AM All Pacific 0459-0758 on 11675 025 kW / 000 deg DRM All Pacific 0759-1058 on 9700 050 kW / 000 deg AM All Pacific 0759-1058 on 9890 025 kW / 000 deg DRM All Pacific 1059-1159 on 9890 025 kW / 000 deg DRM All Pacific 1059-1259 on 9655 100 kW / 325 deg AM Timor, NW Pacific 1300-1550 on 6170 050 kW / 000 deg AM All Pacific 1551-1650 on 6170 100 kW / 035 deg AM Cook Isl, Samoa 1551-1650 on 7440 035 kW / 035 deg DRM Cook Isl, Samoa 1651-1750 on 9700 100 kW / 035 deg AM Cook Isl, Samoa, Tonga 1651-1750 NF 7285 035 kW / 035 deg DRM Cook Isl, Samoa, Tonga ex 7440 1751-1850 on 9700 100 kW / 035 deg AM Cook Isl, Samoa, Tonga 1751-1850 NF 7285 035 kW / 035 deg DRM Cook Isl, Samoa, Tonga ex 9890 1851-2150 on 11725 050 kW / 035 deg AM Niue, Fiji, Samoa 1851-2150 on 15720 025 kW / 035 deg DRM Niue, Fiji, Samoa 2151-0458 on 15720 050 kW / 000 deg AM All Pacific 2151-0458 on 17675 025 kW / 000 deg DRM All Pacific (DX RE MIX NEWS #774 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, April 5, 2013, via DXLD) 9655, April 8 at 1313, RNZI is still on here instead of scheduled 6170 after 1300. Confused by going off DST yesterday? 9655 would propagate better for us, except it`s obviously still aimed at Timor instead of Pacific. Fair signal with flutter, interview about something medical. Checked 6170 at 1315 but no signal there, altho it would be about to fade out anyway. 1329, must be an off-week for `Mailbox` as something else is on 9655 this fortnight, narration with music mentioning Upper Hutt. Thought RNZI might switch to 6170 an hour late at 1400, but no, timesignal and continues 9655 with news, first I`d heard that Thatcher died; next stories about rheumatic fever and Christchurch quake damaged property problems. Yes, RNZI website today still shows 6170 at 1300-1650. 9655, April 9 at 1258:05* RNZI cuts off mid-word, back to correct schedule after staying on 9655 past 1400 yesterday. 6170 comes on with Bell Bird at *1258:50 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA. 7254.95, Voice of Nigeria tuning signal at 0729 on 25 March. From 0730 till 0759 broadcast in UNID African language, possibly Hausa. After closing, same transmitter appears to switch to 9694.95 for Hausa from 0800. Irregularly heard during March. 9689.92, Voice of Nigeria with ‘talking drums’ tuning signal 0759 on 2 April and opened in Swahili at 0800, fair (Bryan Clark, Mangawhai NZ - AOR7030+ & EWEs beamed to North, Central & South America, April 5, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15120, V. of Nigeria: Apr 05 1544-1557* 35333 English, Talk, Closing announce at 1555, ID at 1556, IS from 1557, 1557 sign off. Apr 06 0804-0814 35433 English, News and music, ID at 0805 (Kouji Hashimoto, Japan, RX: IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT: 70m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. Just wondering - how often would you say you get a DX catch under a local station when the local is briefly not modulating (between commercials, host waiting for caller to speak, between songs, etc.)? And got any memorable examples of those? :) (Stephen pianoplayer88key, ABDX via DXLD) OK, pardon the self indulgence, but my memorable example is this: Back in the mid 1970s I was doing the morning newscast on KLEC (now KQCV), 800 kHz in Oklahoma City. At the time, that station was a 250 Watt daytimer with a Pre Sunrise Authority of 38 Watts. During the Winter, we could easily hear XEROK from Ciudad Juárez on the air monitor and in our headphones during pauses in our programming. I got real good at inserting my name such that it precisely connected with the XROCK 80 jingle that ran for the top of the hour ID. I always wanted to be on XROCK 80; it was great fun! 73, (Mike, NM7X, ibid.) ** OKLAHOMA. 960, April 9 at 0500 UT tune-in for the KGWA Fox-hole allowing DX thru the hummy open carrier for a pentaminute --- but not tonight! Big mixup at Williams Broadcasting, with self-promotion audio overlapping loop with tone and ``Dial Global, AMC-9, transponder 23. To authorize your receiver, contact Dial Global network operations, 720-873-5177 from 8 am to 5 pm Eastern time.`` This alone kept going not only past 0505 but past 0530. So KGWA tuned to wrong satellite channel, or the right one but failed to renew their authorization. May have gone on all night; should have been good as a defacto but ID-less DX test (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 1120, April 6 at 1256 UT, more than an hour after a Tulsa daytimer could be on the air, KEOR, R. Victoria is not: nothing there with still audible KMOX nulled. Maybe someday I`ll catch when it come on, but is there at 1718 UT check (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 1390, April 10 at 0533 UT, KCRC Enid is in open carrier/dead air, but nulling it as best I can, nothing readable underneath the remaining hum, just traces of understations. Still OCDA past 0600; normally with ESPN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 21550-23550, April 5 at 1330 I am still getting that new constant noise source, which has a sharp cutoff below 21550, and can be heard barely up to exactly 2 MHz higher; along with chirps/beeps averaging 10.5 per minute. At 1406 the noise is still there, but not the chirps. Sounds rather like an auto idling with bad sparx, but surely not for this extended period and repeatedly; some other stationary bad motor in the neighborhood, perhaps. We are uncomfortably close to an industrial zone. Still haven`t spotted any electric fences. Fortunately there are very few broadcasters above 21550 to bother, and even so it is not extremely strong, but quite a mystery. 21550+, April 5 at 2057, no local noise for the next bimegahertz, as I have been hearing in the mornings from unknown nearby motor (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 91.7, KOSU and webcast: I continue to resent KOSU`s flip from classical to Okie indie music (for lack of a better term), 10 hours a night, and mostly avoid it, but I must admit that late Saturday nights I`ve been groovin` to bits of techno on this show at 9 pm - midnight CT = 0200-0500 UT Sundays; from KOSU`s schedule: ``SpyLab --- Katie Wicks. Katie Wicks is our resident international superstar DJ. She hosts SpyLab, a dance mix show on Saturday nights and co-hosts the largest weekly dance party in OKC, Robotic Wednesdays. She has had two original dance songs chart in the World Top 100 Beatport charts. She has been hired to DJ in L.A., NYC, Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas, Portugal, Spain and Costa Rica`` 91.7, KOSU Stillwater with monthly interview show `The Living Room` with Gerry Bonds: often promoted for 8:30 am Tuesday, but good thing I turned on, tuned in early at 1324 UT after giving up on Indonesia, as it was starting early, flexible due to pledge breaks, so they could get another one in afterwards before 9 am. This edition interviewing curators of OK`s major art museums, OKCMOA and Philbrook in Tulsa; and second half about new OSU art museum under construxion in Stillwater in a former post office building, to open late this year. Recommended! Visuals and audio of this and previous programs: http://www.thelivingroomgb.com/ (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OMAN. Radio Sultanate of Oman, Muscat, good 2 April at 0306 with English news headlines, short anthem and into Breakfast Show. Now heard regularly with western pops, headlines from Muscat newspapers, listener competitions till closing abruptly around 0400. Weak CRI Tamil service in the background (Bryan Clark, Mangawhai NZ - AOR7030+ & EWEs beamed to North, Central & South America, April 5, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) {probably 13600 kHz at 03-04 UT, wb.} Weak CRI Tamil service {from Kunming-CHN, wb.} in the background (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) 15560, R. Sultanate of Oman, Apr 06 1431-1442, 35333, English, News, ID at 1438 (Kouji Hashimoto, Japan, RX: IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD- 515, NRD-345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT: 70m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAKISTAN. 17710, April 5 at 0109 as I am bandscanning 16m, there are a few signals, including a het on the hi side of strong RHC 17705; it`s very weak vs the heavy splash, with Qur`an or perhaps some other chanting. HFCC shows: R. Pakistan in Urdu at 0045-0215, 250 kW, 118 degrees from Islamabad. Nice springtime propagation; see also SRI LANKA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Pakistan Radio is gradually coming back on air - Thursday I heard their World Service to Gulf & ME 1330-1530 on 17520 and 15235 followed by WS to West Europe 1700-1900 on 11570 and 15265. They put up a list of frequencies and registrations late last week on the HFCC site - better late than not at all I guess. I had - until last weekend - been hearing their News transmission again at 1600-1615, but cannot locate it now. Perhaps it was on specially for some reason or other. 73 from (Noel R Green, NW England, Friday April 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Monitoring yesterday and today (the 4th and 5th) now reveals a new Radio Pakistan schedule for A-13. This is for the two 250 kW units API-5 & 6 only - nothing has been heard of the services to S Asia, Afghanistan and Iran via the two remaining 100 kW units API-3 & 4. Maybe someone in the target area can take a listen. To East Asia 0045-0215 not monitored - can anyone hear this service? Freqs registered are 11580 11600 15490 15590 17710 and 17895. To Gulf & ME 0500-0700 on 17835 and tent on 15725 (something very weak sounds like them) 15100 used from March 31 not audible. To West Europe 0830-1104 on 17720 and 15725 - this latter ex 15100 which has been used since March 31. Chinese service 1200-1300 on 17720 and 15730 - the latter replacing 15700 heard by Eike Bierwith via remote in FE To Gulf and Middle East 1330-1530 on 15235 and 17520 English News 1600-1615 Not heard. The only frequency I have so far seen listed is 7530 To West Europe 1700-1900 on 11570 and 15265 Most of the transmissions are in Urdu. English news is at 1100 but other former English news bulletins at 0905 and 1700 have not yet been checked. 73 from (Noel R. Green (NW England), April 5, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Pakistan: 0045-0215 on 11580 ISL 250 kW / 118 deg to SoAs Urdu 0045-0215 on 17710 ISL 250 kW / 118 deg to SoAs Urdu (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, ibid.) You probably saw the Pakistan schedule via Ivo Ivanov yesterday - mine was more up to date. And I can confirm now that the service at 0500- 0700 is using 15725 instead of 15100, and the parallel channel has moved down from 17835 (adopted last Sunday) back to former 17830. I'm beginning to think that the English News 1600-1615 is no longer broadcast, although I did hear it prior to the changeover (Noel Green, April 6, ibid.) Day after day different frequencies: Radio Pakistan on April 7: 0500-0700 NF 15725 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg to N&ME Urdu, ex 15100 0500-0700 NF 17830 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg to N&ME Urdu, ex 17835 -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) Radio Pakistan on April 7 0830-1105 NF 15725#ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu Urdu, ex 15100 0830-1105 on 17720#ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu Urdu -- 73! (Ivo, Sofia, Bulgaria, Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, ibid.) On April 7: 1200-1300 15730 ISL 250 kW 70 deg to EaAS Chinese. 1200-1300 17720 ISL 250 kW 70 deg to EaAS Chinese. Both S=8-9 signal here in Germany. 73 wolfy (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) Yes Wolfgang. 15730, 07/Apr 1214 Good signal with modulation a bit distorted. // 17720 also with modulation a bit distorted and lower signal. Listening in SDR, Twente. No signal in my QTH. 73 (Jorge Freitas, Brasil, ibid.) When Ivo heard the transmission in Chinese at 1200-1300 on 15725 my guess is that the transmitter engineer had forgotten to re-tune up 5 kHz after the World Service to West Europe at 0830-1104, which is using 15725. 15730 is the correct frequency. And as Ivo reports, World Service to Gulf & ME 0500-0700 has now returned to their long used frequency 17830 from 17835 which they began to use from March 31. Oman has registered 17830 with the HFCC at 0600-1000, but I don't hear it (Noel R. Green (NW England), ibid.) To Gulf and Middle East 1330-1530 on 15235 and 17520 kHz in Urdu. Yes, also observed on these channels on April 7 at 1400-1430 UT, both straight S=9 signals. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) Summer A-13 schedule of Radio Pakistan: 0045-0215 on 11580 ISL 250 kW / 118 deg to SoAs Urdu 0045-0215 on 17710 ISL 250 kW / 118 deg to SoAs Urdu 0500-0700 on 15100 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg to N&ME Urdu 0500-0700 on 17835 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg to N&ME Urdu 0830-1105 on 15100#ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu Urdu 0830-1105 on 17720#ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu Urdu 1200-1300 on 15700 ISL 250 kW / 070 deg to EaAs Chinese 1200-1300 on 17720 ISL 250 kW / 070 deg to EaAs Chinese 1330-1530 on 15235 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg to N&ME Urdu 1330-1530 on 17520 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg to N&ME Urdu 1700-1900 on 11570*ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu Urdu 1700-1900 on 15265*ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu Urdu # incl. English news bulletin 0900-0910 and 1100-1105 * incl. English news bulletin 1700-1710 (DX RE MIX NEWS #774 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, April 5, 2013, via WORLD OF RADIO 1664, DXLD) DX RE MIX 774-correction: Radio Pakistan 1200-1300 on 15725 ISL 250 kW / 070 deg to EaAs Chinese, not 15700 1200-1300 on 17720 ISL 250 kW / 070 deg to EaAs Chinese 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, Sony ICF-2001D 30m long wire, ibid.) 15235, Pakistan? 1338 4/4, with Hindi song and mentions of Pakistan in Urdu S7, somehow overloaded audio and relatively bassy (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, April 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 17520, April 5 at 1403, distorted talk in SW Asian language, poor and fading. HFCC shows both Cairo eastward in Pashto and Pakistan westward in Urdu; incomplete Aoki as of March 31 listed neither; and EiBi dated April 5 which was 90% complete as of April 3 lists only Egypt. So that was my conclusion until reading Noel Green`s R. Pakistan monitoring report of April 4-5, confirming this one as: ``To Gulf and Middle East 1330-1530 on 15235 and 17520`` And also as reported by Ivo Ivanov (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. LTS logs from EC Iowa April 5 --- Wishing to DX some of those Papuans this morning, I went through my regular routine. At 1100, on April 5 UT, I noticed a carrier on 3380.08. At 1101, heard a faint female voice. I need some help with this UNID. At 1125, April 5, 3384.995 R East New Britain was weakly audible in Pidgin. This was the strongest carrier of the usual suspects, and for several mornings, not even a carrier from the usually reliable 3905 R New Ireland. Are they off the air? Ron? I fear that second prong of this weak solar maximum I have seen predicted is going to happen this summer at the height of the storm season (Mike Gilchrist in rural EC Iowa, with Less Than Stellar logs, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3384v, April 8 at 1055, R East New Britain, 33233 female in Pidgin with some of the same programming as NBC 3260v, but NOT simulcast -- different announcers. 1158 same guitar vocal, ahead by a few seconds of 3260. Off air suddenly at 1201. 3260v, April 8 at 1130, R Madang, 33233, male in Pidgin. 1136 carrying same music as NBC R East New Britain 3385v, but not announcer, with a few seconds delay. 1151 different song than other NBC. Woman reading world news started at 1202. Signal peaked after my sunrise and was one of the strongest from this area in some time. Suddenly off at 1207. Missing:: 3905, R New Ireland. for a few days has been missing, without even a whisper of a carrier visible. It usually is the strongest Papuan here in EC Iowa. I fear they are off the air (Mike Gilchrist in rural EC Iowa, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU [and non]. 4747, April 9 at 0055, JBA carrier here detectable, so answering my previous query, apparently R. Huanta 2000 is still active, tho much weaker than the other ``station on the sevens``, BOLIVIA 4717, the latter typically achieving some musical modulation audibility. Huanta may sign off about 0100 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU [and non]. 5025, April 10 at 0103 after my Chaski-check, notice that R. Rebelde is absent, but a very weak carrier can be detected in the approaching storm noise level; probably R. Quillabamba, Perú, normally covered by CMBA. Notified DXLD yg of it right away, but at my next check 0142, Cuba was back. Someone got it! ``Ciao from Italy, I am at Bocca di Magra village with Dario Monferini for our BOC 29 DX nights. Radio Rebelde was off air this night till 0105. So we could tune on 5024.917 with Excalibur Pro Radio Quillabamba, Cusco. ID at 0101. 73 Giampiero Bernardini`` Rebelde was off again in the morning: Mike Gilchrist in rural East Central Iowa reports: ``130410, 1030, 5024.923. R. Quillabamba (presumed), Perú, Rebelde off air??? 130410, 1047, 5025, Rebelde, Cuba, Off air, and Peruvian (?) with talk in Spanish until 1047 back on with hum on audio.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU [and non]. 5980, April 5 at 0050, I start my eveningly ritual of Chaski-chasing on the porch with the DX-398 on battery power, few meters of external wire. It`s much more comfortable now with the rain over and clear skies, enough dusklight to see what I am writing in the log for half a sesquihour, not needing the porch light. However, again I am losing contact with Urubamba: no carrier audible at first and the noise level is unreasonably hi in this part of the band. I think residual off-schedule Cuban jamming against non-Martí is part of it, as there is some weak pulsing among it. At 0057 now I can barely make out a carrier with BFO. On to check other stuff, including the HCJB timesignal at hourtop, Cuba finally on 6100. But when I get back to 5980 at 0101, no more carrier vs the noise, and still nothing changes at 0102:33.5 when it is projected to cut off. Maybe R. Chaski has just reset their turn-off timer again to be closer to 0100, or off the air for some other reason, or just not propagating; however, the Bolivians on 5952+ and 6135- are at their usual sufficient levels. Until next night - 5980, April 6 at 0059.5, straining to hear the R. Chaski carrier under the noise/hash, with BFO there are two extremely weak carriers on slightly different frequencies. One of them goes off about 0059:55* and the other is still on past 0103. Was the first one Urubamba with their timer reset? Maybe we`ll see if that one lasts 5 sex later the next few nites if any propagation hold up. Our streetlite with a clear sky at sunset now fires on at *0102.5. 5980, April 7 at 0056, once again a typical weak Chaski carrier is observable in the noise level and splash from 5990 CRI/Cuba. Even bits of modulation. From 0059 I monitor continuously and the single carrier goes off at 0102:46.5* which fits the Chaski pattern. Last night`s absence must have been anomalous. 5980, April 8 at 0048, usual weak carrier from R. Chaski audible with BFO in the noise level; no modulation copyable but cut off at 0102:52* which amounts to 5.5 sex later than last nite, approx. 5980, April 9 at 0054, R. Chaski carrier is JBA with BFO vs noise level. (It`s 73 degrees and cloudy so my streetlite fires on with initial additional noise burst at 0100, a few minutes earlier than it would have with a clear sunset. Fortunately, once the starter has finished, that noise abates.) By 0101, the splash from CRI/Cuba 5990 is off, and now a bit of modulation is detectable from 5980; carrier cut at 0102:57* which is 5 seconds later than last night. 5980, April 10 at 0059, R. Chaski carrier still detectable in the noise level and splash from 5990, which is off after 0100. Then I time the Chaski cutoff at 0103:02* which is another five seconds later than last night, like clockwork. In fact, it is clockwork, but it slips (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1664, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 9674.85, Radio Pacífico, Lima regularly heard during late March, good at 0357 on 1 April with ads, station promos in Spanish mentioning Pacífico Radio, Voz Cristiana and la Voz de la Amistad. Clear past 0500 (Bryan Clark, Mangawhai NZ - AOR7030+ & EWEs beamed to North, Central & South America, April 5, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PRIDNESTROVYE. MOLDOVA, Zero signal of Radio PMR from April 1: 2100-2115 on 9655 KCH 300 kW / 309 deg to WeEu English Mon-Fri 2115-2130 on 9655 KCH 300 kW / 309 deg to WeEu German Mon-Fri 2130-2145 on 9655 KCH 300 kW / 309 deg to WeEu French Mon-Fri 2145-2200 on 9655 KCH 300 kW / 309 deg to WeEu English Mon-Fri Also no signal 2000-2100, 2200-2300, 2300-2400. Maybe cancelled (DX RE MIX NEWS #774 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, April 5, 2013, via DXLD) sic 9655 --- meant 9665 (gh) Re PMR Pridnestrovye, Die Sendungen gibt es weiterhin, und zwar 2300- 2400 UTC Sun-Thu (i. e. 0100-0200 CEST) auf 9665 kHz (nicht 9655). Beobachtet am 4. und am 7. April (nach UTC). Auch der Programmablauf hat sich geaendert: 2300-2316 En, 2316-2332 Fr, 2332-2348 Ge, 2348-2400 mx. Die Wiederholung der englischen Sendung faellt also weg, und Deutsch und Franzoesisch haben die Plaetze getauscht. Als Zielgebiet wird "Europa und Amerika" angesagt. (Hans Weber-D, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 9) Translated: The programs of PMR Pridnestrovye are still there, namely 2300-2400 UT Mon-Fri (i.e. 0100-0200 CEST) (on 9665 kHz, not 9655). Observed on 4 and 7 April (for UT). Also, the program flow has changed: 2300-2316 English, 2316-2332 French, 2332-2348 German, 2348-2400 music. The repetition of the English mission falls so away, and German and French language sections have swapped places. As a target area is announced "Europe and America" (Hans Weber-D, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 9) (Wolfgang Büschel, WORLD OF RADIO 1664, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PRIDNESTROVYE. 9665, April 9 at 2310, Radio PMR in English, same big hum as with Voice of Russia relay after 0000. Ex- 21-22 UT M-F for PMR. The question is, according to previous practice, whether this is really in effect on UT Sunday-Thursday, since at 2300 UT it`s Monday- Friday local time. Need to check whether it exist on UT Friday (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1664, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PRIDNESTROVYE. PREDNESTROVIE [sic --- the third letter is a backwards N which should be transliterated as I, not E --- gh] 02 April 2013 Radio Prednestrovie took in Russian on the frequency 999 kHz (Grigoriopol, 500 kW) from 0300 to 0333 UT. After 0330 began to try again. Reception - 45433. Morning block consists of four half- recurring transfers. New E-mail Radio Pridnestrovie: radio1pmr @ gmail.com http://www.radiopmr.org/about/23/Kontakty - Yesterday sent the report, and today (April 6) received a confirmation e-mail letter from Radio Prednestrovie reception in Russian --- 05.04.2013, 0300-0330 at the frequency of 999 kHz (Receiver: Degen 1103, Antenna: Internal, ferrite, Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" via RusDX 7 April via DXLD) ** ROMANIA. Hi Glenn, listen to the 9810 kHz recording here in Stuttgart Germany on April 8. Both RRI French and Romanian services on equal signal strength level, HIT EACH OTHER TREMENDOUSLY. Checked 31 mb at 1600-1656 UT, noted 9690 and 9850 kHz totally free channels, also less adjacent signals though. 73 (Wolfgang Büschel, WORLD OF RADIO 1664, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. 15435, April 7 at 1318, some weak music vs pileup of hets and other jamming, as RRI is scheduled in Chinese at 1300-1330, 300 kW, 67 degrees from Tiganeshti. So much for the once-great Sino- Romanian alliance. We should check whether all RRI`s other Mandarin frequencies be jammed; per HFCC A13: http://www.hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=A13&broadc=RRO where Romania is RRO to avoid confusion with Indonesia, and Chinese = zho: 1300-1330 also on 17860; 0400-0430 on 17780, 21540 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1664, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11945, April 8 at 1405, RRI in Arabic now in the clear with fair signal, as Australia has moved to 12065. Not hearing the other HFCC- scheduled 11945 collider, BBC Burmese via Singapore (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA [and non]. [ARMENIA/GERMANY/MOLDOVA/TAJIKISTAN] A-13 Voice of Russia Moscow schedule 31 March - 31 Aug / 01 Sept - 26 Oct 2013. [i.e. first column is current frequency; second from 1 Sept but really NO changes! This format must be a relic of the past --- gh] UT kHz location, kW, target area, remarks To Asia, Pacific, Oceania CHINESE 1000-1100 15300 15300 Novosibirsk 250 Asia 1000-1100 13805 13805 Irkutsk 250 Asia 1000-1100 6075 6075 Vladivostok 100 Asia 1000-1100 648 648 Ussuriisk 500 Asia 1100-1200 15300 15300 Novosibirsk 250 Asia 1100-1200 13860 13860 Irkutsk 250 Asia 1100-1200 13805 13805 Irkutsk 250 Asia 1100-1200 6075 6075 Vladivostok 100 Asia 1100-1200 648 648 500 Asia Ussuriisk 1200-1300 13860 13860 Irkutsk 250 Asia 1200-1300 13805 13805 Irkutsk 250 Asia 1200-1300 6075 6075 Vladivostok 100 Asia 1200-1300 1080 1080 Irkutsk 500 Asia 1200-1300 648 648 Ussuriisk 500 Asia 1300-1400 13860 13860 Irkutsk 250 Asia 1300-1400 13805 13805 Irkutsk 250 Asia 1300-1400 648 648 Ussuriisk 500 Asia ENGLISH 0600-1000 21800 21800 Irkutsk 250 Australia, New Zealand 0600-1000 21820 21820 Novosibirsk 250 Australia, New Zealand 0700-0900 21820 21820 Novosibirsk 250 Asia 0700-0900 21800 21800 Irkutsk 250 Asia 0700-0900 17500 17500 Novosibirsk 250 South East Asia 0700-0900 13785 13785 Irkutsk 250 Asia 0900-1000 21820 21820 Novosibirsk 250 Asia 0900-1000 21800 21800 Irkutsk 250 Asia 1000-1100 12030 12030 Vladivostok 250 South East Asia 1000-1100 11530 11530 Dushanbe 500 Asia 1100-1200 15670 15670 Novosibirsk 250 South East Asia 1100-1200 12030 12030 Vladivostok 250 South East Asia 1100-1200 11530 11530 Dushanbe 500 Asia 1200-1300 15670 15670 Novosibirsk 250 South East Asia 1200-1300 11530 11530 Dushanbe 500 Asia 1300-1400 15670 15670 Novosibirsk 250 South East Asia 1300-1400 12030 12030 Vladivostok 250 South East Asia 1400-1500 15670 15670 Novosibirsk 250 Asia 1400-1500 12030 12030 Vladivostok 250 South East Asia 1400-1500 11530 11530 Dushanbe 500 Asia 1400-1500 4960 4960 Dushanbe 100 Asia 1400-1500 648 648 Ussuriisk 500 Asia 1500-1600 6185 6185 Irkutsk 250 South East Asia 1500-1600 4960 4960 Dushanbe 100 Asia 1600-1700 9490 9490 Novosibirsk 250 Asia 1600-1700 6185 6185 Irkutsk 250 Asia 1600-1700 6070 6070 Novosibirsk 250 Asia 1600-1700 4960 4960 Dushanbe 100 Asia 1600-1700 801 801 Dushanbe 500 Asia 1700-1800 9820 9820 Irkutsk Asia DRM 15 1700-1800 9490 9490 Novosibirsk 250 South East Asia 1700-1800 6185 6185 Irkutsk 250 South East Asia 1700-1800 6070 6070 Novosibirsk 250 South East Asia 1700-1800 4960 4960 Dushanbe 100 Asia 1700-1800 801 801 Dushanbe 500 Asia 1800-1900 4960 4960 Dushanbe 100 Asia 1800-1900 927 927 Dushanbe 300 Asia 1800-1900 801 801 Dushanbe 500 Asia 2200-2300 648 648 Ussuriisk 500 Asia HINDI 1300-1400 11530 11530 Dushanbe 500 Asia 1300-1400 9445 9445 Irkutsk Asia DRM 15 1300-1400 7585 7585 Dushanbe 100 Asia 1500-1600 9445 9445 Irkutsk Asia DRM 15 1500-1600 7585 7585 Dushanbe 100 Asia 1500-1600 801 801 Dushanbe 500 Asia JAPANESE 1200-1300 7340 7340 Petro-Kamchatsky 250 Asia 1200-1300 7235 7235 Irkutsk 100 Asia 1200-1300 720 720 Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk 1000 Asia 1300-1400 7340 7340 Petro-Kamchatsky 250 Asia 1300-1400 7235 7235 Irkutsk 100 Asia 1300-1400 720 720 Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk 1000 Asia MONGOLIAN 1300-1330 6075 6075 Vladivostok 100 Asia cr. Sun 1300-1330 1080 1080 Irkutsk 500 Asia cr. Sun 1330-1400 6075 6075 Vladivostok 100 Asia cr. Sun 1330-1400 1080 1080 Irkutsk 500 Asia cr. Sun RUSSIAN (GR) 0000-0200 1503 1503 Dushanbe 500 Middle Asia (CIS) 0200-0400 9860 9860 Moscow 250 Middle Asia (CIS) 0200-0400 1503 1503 Dushanbe 500 Middle Asia (CIS) 0400-1200 1503 1503 Dushanbe 500 Middle Asia (CIS) 1200-1500 15585 15585 Moscow 250 Central Asia (CIS) 1200-1500 1503 1503 Dushanbe 500 Middle Asia (CIS) 1500-1600 15585 15585 Moscow 250 Central Asia (CIS) 1500-1600 1503 1503 Dushanbe 500 Middle Asia (CIS) 1500-1600 1026 1026 Novosibirsk 500 Central Asia (CIS) 1600-1900 15585 15585 Moscow 250 Central Asia (CIS) 1600-1900 5925 5925 Novosibirsk 250 Central Asia (CIS) 1600-1900 1503 1503 Dushanbe 500 Middle Asia (CIS) 1600-1900 1026 1026 Novosibirsk 500 Central Asia (CIS) 1900-2000 1503 1503 Dushanbe 500 Middle Asia (CIS) 2000-2300 1503 1503 Dushanbe 500 Middle Asia (CIS) URDU 1400-1500 9445 9445 Irkutsk Asia DRM 15 1400-1500 7585 7585 Dushanbe 100 Asia 1400-1500 801 801 Dushanbe 500 Asia VIETNAMESE 1200-1300 12030 12030 Vladivostok 250 South East Asia To Near East, Middle East, Central Asia ARABIC 1600-1700 12110 12110 Dushanbe 500 Middle East 1600-1700 1314 1314 Yerevan 1000 Middle East 1700-1900 12110 12110 Dushanbe 500 Middle East 1700-1900 7540 7540 Dushanbe 100 Middle East 1700-1900 1314 1314 Yerevan 1000 Middle East 1900-2000 12110 12110 Dushanbe 500 Middle East 1900-2000 9900 9900 Yerevan 500 Middle East 1900-2000 7540 7540 Dushanbe 100 Middle East 1900-2000 1314 1314 Yerevan 1000 Middle East 2000-2100 12110 12110 Dushanbe 500 Middle East 2000-2100 9895 9895 Yerevan 500 Middle East 2000-2100 1314 1314 Yerevan 1000 Middle East DARI / PASHTO 1200-1400 4960 4960 Dushanbe 100 Middle East 1200-1400 801 801 Dushanbe 500 Middle East 1200-1400 648 648 Dushanbe 1000 Middle East ENGLISH 0100-0200 1314 1314 Yerevan 1000 Middle East 0100-0200 648 648 Dushanbe 1000 Middle East 0100-0200 1314 1314 Yerevan 1000 Middle East 0100-0200 972 972 Dushanbe 1000 Middle East 0100-0200 648 648 Dushanbe 1000 Middle East 0300-0400 1314 1314 Yerevan 1000 Middle East 0400-0500 15760 15760 Dushanbe 500 Middle East 0400-0500 1314 1314 Yerevan 1000 Middle East 1300-1400 972 972 Dushanbe 1000 Middle East 1400-1500 9900 9900 Yerevan 500 Middle East 1400-1500 4960 4960 Dushanbe 100 Middle East 1400-1500 927 927 Dushanbe 300 Middle East 1400-1500 648 648 Dushanbe 1000 Middle East 1500-1600 9900 9900 Yerevan 500 Middle East 1500-1600 4960 4960 Dushanbe 100 Middle East 1500-1600 927 927 Dushanbe 300 Middle East 1600-1700 4960 4960 Dushanbe 100 Middle East 1600-1700 801 801 Dushanbe 500 Middle East 1700-1800 4960 4960 Dushanbe 100 Middle East 1700-1800 801 801 Dushanbe 500 Middle East 1700-1800 648 648 Dushanbe 1000 Middle East 1800-1900 9900 9900 Yerevan 500 Middle East 1800-1900 4960 4960 Dushanbe 100 Middle East 1800-1900 927 927 Dushanbe 300 Middle East 1800-1900 801 801 Dushanbe 500 Middle East 1800-1900 648 648 Dushanbe 1000 Middle East KURDISH 0500-0600 15760 15760 Dushanbe 500 Middle East 1500-1600 12110 12110 Dushanbe 500 Middle East PERSIAN 1500-1700 7525 7525 Dushanbe 100 Middle East 1500-1700 1377 1377 Yerevan 1000 Middle East 1500-1700 648 648 Dushanbe 1000 Middle East RUSSIAN (GR) 0100-1800 1395 1395 Yerevan 500 Caucasus (CIS) 1800-2000 1395 1395 Yerevan 500 Caucasus (CIS) 1800-2000 1089 1089 Krasnodar 1200 Caucasus (CIS) 1800-2000 171 171 Krasnodar 1200 Caucasus (CIS) 2000-2100 1395 1395 Yerevan 500 Caucasus (CIS) 2000-2100 1089 1089 Krasnodar 1200 Caucasus (CIS) 2100-2400 1395 1395 Yerevan 500 Caucasus (CIS) 1600-2100 1503 1503 Dushanbe 500 Middle East 1600-2100 1395 1395 Yerevan 500 Middle East 1600-2100 1170 1170 Krasnodar 1200 Middle East 1600-2100 1089 1089 Krasnodar 1200 Middle East 2100-2200 1503 1503 Dushanbe 500 Middle East 2100-2200 1395 1395 Yerevan 500 Middle East 2100-2200 1170 1170 Krasnodar 1200 Middle East 2200-2300 1503 1503 Dushanbe 500 Middle East 2200-2300 1395 1395 Yerevan 500 Middle East 2300-2400 1395 1395 Yerevan 500 Middle East TURKISH 0100-0300 1377 1377 Yerevan 1000 Middle East 0300-0500 1350 1350 Yerevan 1000 Middle East 1300-1400 1350 1350 Yerevan 1000 Middle East 1400-1500 1350 1350 Yerevan 1000 Middle East 1400-1500 1314 1314 Yerevan 1000 Middle East 1500-1600 1314 1314 Yerevan 1000 Middle East 2100-2230 1314 1314 Yerevan 1000 Middle East To Europe, Belarussia, Baltic states CHECHEN 0500-0600 657 657 Groznyi 50 Caucasus (CIS) 0500-0600 171 171 Krasnodar 1200 Caucasus (CIS) 1200-1300 657 657 Groznyi 50 Caucasus (CIS) 1200-1300 171 171 Krasnodar 1200 Caucasus (CIS) 2000-2100 657 657 Groznyi 50 Caucasus (CIS) RUSSIAN (GR) 0300-0500 1548 1548 Grigoriopol 500 Europe 0600-0800 693 693 Oranienburg (Germany) 250 Europe 0800-0900 9850 9850 Kaliningrad Europe 15 DRM (channel number 2) 0800-0900 693 693 Oranienburg (Germany) 250 Europe 1200-1400 9850 9850 Kaliningrad Europe 15 DRM (channel number 2) 1700-1800 1548 1548 Grigoriopol 500 Europe 1700-1800 999 999 Grigoriopol 500 Europe 1800-1900 1413 1413 Grigoriopol 500 Europe 1800-1900 1143 1143 Kaliningrad 150 Europe 1900-2000 1413 1413 Grigoriopol 500 Europe 1900-2000 1143 1143 Kaliningrad 150 Europe 1900-2000 693 693 Oranienburg (Germany) 250 Europe 2000-2100 1143 1143 Kaliningrad 150 Europe 2000-2100 999 999 Grigoriopol 500 Europe 2000-2100 693 693 Oranienburg (Germany) 250 Europe 2100-2200 999 999 Grigoriopol 500 Europe 0300-0400 1548 1548 Grigoriopol 500 Ukraine, Moldova 0400-0500 1548 1548 Grigoriopol 500 Ukraine, Moldova 0400-0500 999 999 Grigoriopol 500 Ukraine, Moldova 0500-1700 999 999 Grigoriopol 500 Ukraine, Moldova 1700-1800 1548 1548 Grigoriopol 500 Ukraine, Moldova 1700-1800 999 999 Grigoriopol 500 Ukraine, Moldova 1800-2000 1413 1413 Grigoriopol 500 Ukraine, Moldova 1800-2000 1089 1089 Krasnodar 1200 Ukraine, Moldova 2000-2100 1089 1089 Krasnodar 1200 Ukraine, Moldova 2000-2100 999 999 Grigoriopol 500 Ukraine, Moldova 2100-2200 999 999 Grigoriopol 500 Ukraine, Moldova 1800-2000 1143 1143 Kaliningrad 150 Belarus 2000-2100 1143 1143 Kaliningrad 150 Belarus 2000-2100 999 999 Grigoriopol 500 Belarus 2100-2200 999 999 Grigoriopol 500 Belarus To Africa / Near East ARABIC 1600-2100 12110 12110 Dushanbe 500 Africa ENGLISH 1800-1900 9900 9900 Yerevan 500 Africa FRENCH 1600-1800 11635 11635 Grigoriopol 500 Africa 1600-1800 9900 9900 Yerevan 500 Africa 1800-2100 11635 11635 Grigoriopol 500 Africa To Europe ENGLISH 0600-0800 11830 11830 Moscow 40 Europe DRM 0800-0900 11830 11830 Moscow 40 Europe DRM 0800-0900 9850 9850 Kaliningrad Europe 15 DRM (channel number 1) 0900-1000 11830 11830 Moscow 40 Europe DRM 0900-1000 9850 9850 Kaliningrad Europe 15 DRM (channel number 2) 1000-1200 9850 9850 Kaliningrad Europe 15 DRM (channel number 2) 1200-1400 9850 9850 Kaliningrad Europe 15 DRM (channel number 1) FRENCH 1800-1900 9880 9880 Kaliningrad Europe DRM 15 GERMAN 0900-1200 9850 9850 Kaliningrad Europe 15 DRM (channel number 1) 0900-1200 693 693 Oranienburg (Germany) 250 Europe 1500-1900 693 693 Oranienburg (Germany) 250 Europe ITALIAN 1700-1800 9880 9880 Kaliningrad Europe DRM 15 2130-2230 1548 1548 Grigoriopol 500 Europe POLISH 1700-1800 1143 1143 Kaliningrad 150 Europe PORTUGUESE 2100-2200 6155 6155 Moscow 40 Europe DRM RUSSIAN (GR) 0300-0500 1548 1548 Grigoriopol 500 Europe 0600-0800 693 693 Oranienburg (Germany) 250 Europe 0800-0900 9850 9850 Kaliningrad Europe 15 DRM (channel number 2) 0800-0900 693 693 Oranienburg (Germany) 250 Europe 1200-1400 9850 9850 Kaliningrad Europe 15 DRM (channel number 2) 1700-1800 1548 1548 Grigoriopol 500 Europe 1700-1800 999 999 Grigoriopol 500 Europe 1800-1900 1413 1413 Grigoriopol 500 Europe 1800-1900 1143 1143 Kaliningrad 150 Europe 1900-2000 1413 1413 Grigoriopol 500 Europe 1900-2000 1143 1143 Kaliningrad 150 Europe 1900-2000 693 693 Oranienburg (Germany) 250 Europe 2000-2100 1143 1143 Kaliningrad 150 Europe 2000-2100 999 999 Grigoriopol 500 Europe 2000-2100 693 693 Oranienburg (Germany) 250 Europe 2100-2200 999 999 Grigoriopol 500 Europe 1800-2100 1215 1215 Kaliningrad 1200 Baltic States 1800-2100 1143 1143 Kaliningrad 150 Baltic States 2100-2200 1215 1215 Kaliningrad 1200 Baltic States SERBIAN / CROATIAN 2000-2130 1548 1548 Grigoriopol 500 Europe SPANISH 2000-2100 6155 6155 Moscow 40 Europe DRM To Americas ENGLISH 0000-0400 9665 9665 Grigoriopol 500 Central America 2200-2400 9465 9465 Yerevan 500 Central America SPANISH 0000-0100 9465 9465 Yerevan 500 Central America 0100-0500 9435 9435 Yerevan 500 Central America 0000-0100 12060 12060 Yerevan 500 South America 0000-0100 9465 9465 Yerevan 500 South America 0100-0500 12060 12060 Yerevan 500 South America 0100-0500 9435 9435 Yerevan 500 South America PORTUGUESE 2200-2400 12060 12060 Yerevan 500 South America Last modified: 28/03/2013 (Voice of Russia April 4, via Vadim Alexeew-RUS, DXing.ru, Google translated Russian/English, and transformed from xls to txt file format by wb., wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, March 28 / April 4 updated) via wb DXLD) ** RUSSIA. 12030, April 6 at 1333, English discussion about N/S Korea including views of a Russian expert; continuous humwhine. I would have expected better from the Vladivostok site listed for VOR in HFCC, 250 kW, 230 degrees at 1000-1500. Aoki clarifies the English portions are 10-12 & 13-15 with Vietnamese in between, and shows power as 500 kW. Anyhow, it`s almost sufficient here since 50 degrees = off the back; we have to take whatever we can get from another station which has abandoned North America (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. Hi everyone, Interesting, 15720 kHz Radio New Zealand with a good signal, but, there was a het. There seems to be a numbers station on 15721. I will post a video on my channel. Heard at 0404 UT (Gilles Letourneau, Montreal, Canada, http://www.youtube.com/officialswlchannel UT April 8, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) More info with the YT ** RUSSIA. Moscow student radio station (possibly) heard in Montreal area --- The student radio station of Moscow Technical University of Communications and Informatics (MTUCI) which was reported in DXLD as conducting weekly AM broadcasts on Fridays at 1200-1500 UT on 25900 kHz may have possibly been heard in the Montreal region this morning by Alan Roberts, of St-Lambert, Quebec. Alan just contacted me to say that on 25900 kHz in AM mode, at 1345 UT, he detected an open carrier. At 1357 he heard traces of a female voice. The female voice was heard again at 1417 followed by a pop song by a female singer up to 1423 fade-out. As of 1450 he was still detecting carrier but no further audio. The signal was weak and not clear enough to detect the language of the broadcast. Alan is using a Lowe Europa receiver with a 25 MHz dipole antenna (Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec, for Alan Roberts, St. Lambert, Quebec, April 5, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1664, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Unexpected afternoon Hilltopping log 31/3/13: 25900 Weak carrier, deep QSB -- (Tim Bucknall, Congleton, UK, RDR54D1 + CLP5130, harmonics yg via DXLD) No time; apparently circa 1400 UT 25900 solved --- The unID BC logged last week, turned out to be Radiostansiya MTUCI from Moscow with 400 watts (Bucknall, April 9, ibid.) Radio station "Mayak" on frequency 25900 kHz testbroadcasting: 06/04/2013 Radio Mayak (29500 kHz) AM/DRM 1000 - 1100 (UT) 06/04/2013 - DRM 1100 - 1200 (UT) 06/04/2013 - AM 0000 - 0100 (UT) 07/04/2013 - DRM 0100 - 0200 (UT) 07/04/2013 - AM Please, send a reception report: ops.trcefir @ gmail.com technical director Ltd. "GTRS" ShumilkinRoman http://www.dxing.ru (via RusDX 7 Apr via WORLD OF RADIO 1664, DXLD) Moscow. 1100-1200 UT, 29500 kHz. SINPO - 55555 Rx : DEGEN DE1103. Telescopic antenna (Anatoly Klepov, editor, ibid.) ** SAINT HELENA. Hi. Have just noticed that the St Helena Broadcasting Corporation's 'Radio 1' has just started broadcasting over the internet. http://www.sams.sh/ (Rob Wilson, April 10, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SANDY ISLAND [non?]. Pacific Island, Bigger Than Manhattan, Vanishes --- by Robert Krulwich, March 15, 2013 9:04 AM http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2013/03/13/174203234/pacific-island-bigger-than-manhattan-vanishes (via CGC Communicator via Kevin Redding, ABDX via DXLD) ** SARAWAK [non]. PALAU, 15400, R. Free Kenyalang via Palau, Apr 06 *0900-0910, 45433, Iban, 0900 sign on with opening music, ID, Opening announce, Telephone talk back (Kouji Hashimoto, Japan, RX: IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT: 70m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15400, 07/Apr 0910, PALAU (Relay), R Free Kenyalang in Iban. OM conversation with other by phone. 35433. 73 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brasil, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SARAWAK [non]. New frequency 15430, Radio Free Sarawak (site?), 1213-1219, April 6. Ex-11600; in assume Iban; many IDs; noted 1300* (unlike their former frequency of 11600, did not end the audio at 1257); fair to good; as good as former 11600. https://www.box.com/s/fiyr1j97ffq0juszxuj8 contains a MP3 recording (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15420, R. Free Sarawak via Sri Lanka, Apr 07 1132-1152, 45444 Iban, Talk, ID at 1138 and 1139, Frequency changes?? (Kouji Hashimoto, Japan, RX: IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT: 70m Sloper Wire, WORLD OF RADIO 1664, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Ex-15430 ex-11600 as I also heard 15420 next days. Ivo Ivanov says it`s now via TAIWAN (gh) TAIWAN/SARAWAK, Frequency change of Radio Free Sarawak from April 7: 1100-1300 NF 15420 TAI 100 kW / 200 deg to SEAs Iban, ex 15430, re-ex 11600 (DX RE MIX NEWS #775 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, April 08, 2013 via WORLD OF RADIO 1664, DXLD) 15420, April 8 at 1253, speech in an echoey chamber (longhouse?), fair with flutter; 1259.5 no other announcement but some music until 1300, and carrier on until 1300.6*. R. Free Sarawak in Iban, ex-15430, as logged yesterday by Kouji Hashimoto, Japan with IDs at 1138 & 1139, presumed still Sri Lanka site at 11-13, but not listed. Today`s Aoki does not have it on either frequency, nor is there anything in HFCC April 5. EiBi as of April 5 had it on 15430. RFS itself is confused about what frequency they are on! Title of http://radiofreesarawak.org/ says 11600, but content on homepage says 15430. Listening to last two minutes of the April 8 audio file matches what I heard on 15420. 15420, April 9 at 1233, R. Free Sarawak is still here for the third day, poor with Iban talk, and nothing on 15430. Checking the website http://radiofreesarawak.org/ sometime between 1430 and 1520 the April 8 audio file was replaced with April 9, but still did not correct the frequency displayed instead of 15430. Ivo Ivanov assumes the site for this is now 100 kW, 200 degrees from Tainan, TAIWAN; rather than Sri Lanka (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1664, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Taiwan is correct site for Radio Free Sarawak, not Trincomalee-Sri Lanka. Taiwan is registered in HFCC database (under WRN), but later was deleted (Ivo Ivanov, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1664, DX LISTENING DIGEST) However, WRN often register more than one site for same time and frequency on a contingency basis (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) 15420, April 10 at 1258, R. Free Sarawak is still here, nothing on 15430, with speech like yesterday, 1259 a bit of music fill until 1300*. Still as of 1614 UT April 10 their website http://radiofreesarawak.org/ thinx they are on 11600 or 15430 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1664, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SAUDI ARABIA [and non?]. 17705, April 5 at 1335, weak BSKSA is accompanied by bird-chirping sounds out to plus/minus 10 kHz, like a springtime nest in the air-conditioner. Could be local but I doubt it; this particular sound only heard in this area. 17705, April 10 at 1302, like my April 5 log, weak BSKSA accompanied by chirping-sounds, irregular averaging three per second, and more on the hi than lo side; with BFO, no specific carrier; not there at 1313 recheck (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SAUDI ARABIA. Saudi Broadcasting Corporation gears up for DRM broadcasts: http://www.drm.org/?p=1992 (Source : DRM India Chapter Newsletter, April 2013 via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, dxldyg via DXLD) Viz.: Saudi Broadcasting Corporation update 1. The Saudi Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) had adopted the DRM system for digital transmission in all over the kingdom for MW and SW transmitting systems. 2. In the last five years SBC executed some MW and SW transmitting system, (all are DRM ready), as follows : • Gazan Transmitting Station: It has one MW transmitting system, consists of two TXs (one main of 100 Kw and a second TX as a hot-standby). This system is DRM ready. • Taiba Transmitting Station: It has three MW transmitting systems, each consists of two TXs (one main of 50 Kw and a second hot-standby). The systems are DRM ready. • Hafr elbatin Transmitting Station: Same as Taiba transmitting station. • Abha Transmitting Station: Same as Taiba transmitting station. • K-29 transmitting station : It has three MW transmitting systems, each consists of two TXs (one main of 200 Kw and a second as hot-standby). Each system (including antenna) are DRM ready with 18 KHz bandwidth for simulcast mode or full DRM mode in future. • SW transmitting Systems at Al-khumra station (near Jeddah city) : It has four SW TXs each of 250 Kw output power, and four wideband fixed Curtain antenna systems with all other equipment. The systems are DRM ready with 20 kHz bandwidth for simulcast mode or full DRM mode in future. Preliminary Acceptance tests will be performed for this project in the near future. 3. New Projects: SBC in planning to execute two projects in Afif and Layla (Al-aflag ), each will have three transmitting systems (20 kw main TX with another 20 kw as a standby TX for each system). Third project will be at Duba transmitting station, which will have two new transmitting system, each consists of 200 kw main TX with another TX of 50 kw as a standby. And a fourth project in Riyadh SW station, to replace old SW transmitters (500 kw each) with new advanced SW TXs of the same power All of the new projects will be DRM ready (DRM via WORLD OF RADIO 1664, DXLD) But will they really employ it??? (gh, DXLD) ** SERBIA [non]. 9685, UT Sunday April 7 at 0105, IRS is on in English! Contrary to their own new schedule, http://voiceofserbia.org/program-schedule but in accordance with what they have really been doing --- shifting English half an hour later than other nights on UT Sundays only. This is because priority Serbian programming variations require bumping English around. Criticising `` Washington`s full support for Pristina``, i.e. breakaway Kosovo. International Radio Serbia ID [yes, still sic, words not in any other order as sometimes mis-reported]; 0106 sports segment; 0107 odd repetitive ``stay tuned`` ID sounder. Usual huge signal via Bijeljina, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1664, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5019.9, SIBC in presumed Tok Pisin at 1054 with a man with barely discernible talk then definite island music from 1059 to 1102 and into Radio Australia news in English // 9580 - Very Weak Apr 5 (Mark Coady-ON, dxingwithcumbre yg via DXLD) 5019.88, SIBC, Apr 02 0847-0857, 35343, Pidgin, Talk, ID at 0848 (Kouji Hashimoto, Japan, RX: IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD- 345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT: 70m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5019.88, April 8 at 0941 UT, SIBC stronger than usual, and listenable when the overmodulated Rebelde on 5025 is NOT playing music. Usually when I have a strong signal here, it means the Papuans will be coming in strong in a while (Mike Gilchrist in rural EC Iowa, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) q.v. ** SOMALILAND. 7120, R. Hargeisa, Apr 05 1715-1727, 35333, Somali, Talk and HOA music, ID at 1716 (Kouji Hashimoto, Japan, RX: IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT: 70m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) SOMALIA, Radio Hargeisa, 7120, full data transmitter/studio card in 12 days for English report and US $5 return postage. V/s Baldur Drobnica, Consultant. Address used: Radio Hargeisa, C/o Konsularische Vertretung of the Republic of Somaliland, Zedernweg 6, D-50127 Bergheim, Germany. I have also seen one or two reports where the station has email QSL'ed directly. If the Republic of Somaliland ever gets recognized by the rest of the world, we may be able to send reports directly to the station. As it stands right now, I think anything sent directly to Somalia through the post will disappear and never be seen again. 73 (Al Muick, Whitehall PA USA, Microtelecom Perseus / Wellbrook ALA1530P active loop, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH AFRICA. BBC WS relay, 3255 and 6190 Meyerton. Apr 7, 2013 Sunday. 1705-1715. Both AWOL. Should have come on air at 1600, but both are carrying nothing but strong, hummy and occasionally clicky, carriers. Both on air at 1729. Why did I wait? It`s only "Sportsworld" after the BOH news. Jo'burg sunset, 1600 (Bill Bingham, RSA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SPAIN. Euskadi Irratia to close MW from 1st May --- Basque EITB Euskadi Irratia will close its medium wave service [on 1476 1386 1197 963 819 and 756 kHz] from 1st May 2013 due to economic problems. Full article: http://www.deia.com/2013/03/26/ocio-y-cultura/comunicacion/eitb-deja-de-emitir-via-satelite-en-europa-y-abandona-la-frecuencia-de-onda-media (via Alvaro Lopez, Spain in Play DX No.1586 4-Apr-13, via Alan Pennington, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Re WRTH 2013, powers of these Radio Euskadi channels are: 756 10 kW 819 10 kW 963 5 kW 1197 50 kW 1386 50 kW 1476 50 kW Euskadi Irratia on 1386 even causes interference locally to LPAM Blast 1386 at Reading College at night, so its closure will help reception further afield on this UK LPAM frequency (Alan Pennington, Caversham, UK, April 9, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) ** SPAIN. 21515, April 5 at 1332, REE is back on clear frequency today, out from under SSOB 21540 Kuwait where it reverted yesterday. Maybe it depends on different operators getting the message at Noblejas about what to put where. Still audible on 21515 at 1409 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 17595, April 5 at 2100, fair signal from REE (Noblejas to S. America) with Portuguese program. Heavy interference with some sort of swirl/bubble sound, which seems to sweep through frequency. Jamming? (David Williams, Sacramento, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 21515, April 8 at 1345, REE is very poor here, but out from under KUWAIT 21540. Will REE stay on 21515 now? They were uncertain last week (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11615, 08/Apr 1905, ESPANA, REE in English. OM presents newscast. At 1906 ID. 35443 (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14´S 38 58´W - Brasil, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11795, UT Tuesday April 9 at 0106, big open carrier already on from REE prior to weekly Sephardic to South America at 0115. I could barely detect the first broadcast around 1430 Monday on 15385 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SRI LANKA. 12115, April 5 at 0114, weak conversation in Burmese. HFCC shows IBB at 0030-0130, 250 kW, 57 degrees from Iranawila. However, this is not on the new VOA A13 schedule, which does have Burmese before and after this on other frequencies, ergo by elimination this hour must be R. Free Asia, a needlessly wasteful duplication of effort as I am sure Kim Andrew Elliott would agree (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) IBB Sri Lanka, 12150, QSL in 6 months for e-report to svanderkoen @ sri.ibb.gov --- v/s William S. Martin, Station Manager (Artur Fernández Llorella, April 6, HCDX via DXLD) ** SRI LANKA [and non]. 11905, April 5 at 0118, nice S Asian vocal music, fair with flutter; must be SLBC, Hindi service, which HFCC shows as the 300 kW Ekala transmitter at 350 degrees. Despite not being a low-power unit, it`s very nice to hear some programming originating in Sri Lanka, rather than all the relays of something else. 11620, April 5 at 0122 also has S Asian vocal music; it`s the All India Radio Urdu service with a stronger, clearer signal altho listed as 250 kW, 334 degrees from Delhi; but I`m still going back to 11905. 11905, April 6 at 0110 tone test with flutter, no doubt SLBC. Hope to catch their sign-on but when exactly will it be? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN. Summer A-13 of Radio Omdurman Sudan: 0230-0400 NF 7205 ALF 100 kW / 210 deg to CeAf Arabic, ex 7200 1430-1600 NF 7205 ALF 100 kW / 210 deg to CeAf Arabic, ex 7200 1900-2100 NF 7205 ALF 100 kW / 210 deg to CeAf Arabic, ex 7200 Summer A-13 of La Voix du Soudan, without frequency changes: 0400-0700 on 9505 ALF 100 kW / 110 deg to EaAf Arabic/French/Swahili 1600-1900 on 9505 ALF 100 kW / 210 deg to CeAf Arabic/French/Swahili (DX RE MIX NEWS #774 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, April 5, 2013, via WORLD OF RADIO 1664, DXLD) ** SUDAN [non]. 11650, April 9 at 0517, R. Dabanga good signal via VATICAN, but with het on lo side about 11648, suspect jamming. And below that much weaker Greece on 11645. 11650, April 10 at 0521, R. Dabanga in the clear with ID in passing, which they do so frequently, via VATICAN, and no het/jamming, unlike last night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 12160, Dabanga, 0550 4/4 with talks in Arabic, S2. At 0555 with seemingly preaching and a HOA song, ID Dabanga at 1556, off then (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, April 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Really? Which time is correct, 0550/0555 or 1556?? None of the schedules show it on 12160 at either time; EiBi has Dabanga on 11650, 15400, 15550 at 0430-0600; 1530-1630 on 15150, 15725. Maybe he wrote 12160 instead of 15150? How about PROOFREADING? But the off-time implies it was really the morning broadcast (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** SWAZILAND. 15360, April 7 at 1415, TWR music box IS heard once, then open carrier; was tail of their 1400-1415 daily Urdu service, only attempt to reach Asia, and also a best bet here, way off-target (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN. 7688, April 5 at 1240, Chinese numbers by YL, 1242 announcement and stops, but carrier stays on; some SSB ACI on lo side. 1244 also some weak CW circa; 1300 resumes with flute music, 1302 more Chinese numbers, weakening but still audible at 1327. Aoki reminds us: 7688 XingXing guangbo diantai 4 1200-1230 1234567 Chinese 10 ND 7688 XingXing guangbo diantai 4 1300-1330 1234567 Chinese 10 ND Kuanyin TWN 12109E 2502N Random numbers b12 H3E If the numbers are really random, the whole thing is pointless. If they are coded messages, they are anything but random. H3E means full carrier, single sideband; I did not notice which SB was absent. XingXing means StarStar. There are also versions 1, 2, and 3 at other times (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1664, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN. 9774, Fu Hsing BS (presumed) at 1204 on April 7 with Chinese programming. Very nice to see this back again; had seen a few recent logs of this, after they were off for maybe about a year. Helps that they are on this unique frequency! (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN. 12670, April 5 at 1258, weak talk and music, fading out. Presumed a Sound of Hope that Firedrake missed today! Where FD only has often been heard before. Neither audible at 1344 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN. [A-DX] Taiwan Sendestelle Huwei --- Die Sendestelle Huwei von Radio Taiwan Int. wird geschlossen: The transmitter site of Radio Taiwan International, Huwei, is closed: http://blog.rti.org.tw/english/2013/04/05/rtis-branch-station-in-huwei/ Sehr eindrucksvolle Antennen. Very impressive antennas (via Michael Stevenson, Facebook) 73 via Christoph Ratzer, April 6, -- http://remotedx.wordpress.com A-DX via Wolfgang Büschel, DXLD) Real closure of this site in rural area of Taiwan, why? Or: budget or moderate organizational merger with Bau Jong site ONLY? 8 curtains at Hu Wei, Junlin-Yun Lin. 23 43'35.06"N 120 25'01.92"E antenna installations look like most modern. http://goo.gl/maps/obuK5 http://binged.it/12tAarM vy 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) The branch station in southern Taiwan will be merged with other branch stations due to budget cuts. The Huwei branch station is tasked with sending signals to South Asia on 9440 kHz (Paula Chao, April 5, RTI site above via DXLD) ** TAJIKISTAN. Ovozi Tajik in Russian as before with 0800-1000 UT on nothing has changed now confidently accept them at a frequency of 7245 kHz (Shukhrat Rakhmatullaev, Tashkent, Uzbekistan / "deneb-radio-dx") via RusDX 7 April via DXLD) ** TATARSTAN [non]. 15110, Tatarstan Wave/GTRK Tatarstan, via Samara, *0410-0459*, April 9. Tuned in to open carrier 0359; 0402-0407 test tone; started with IS and the usual two IDs (one in assume Tatar and one in Russian: “V efirye programa na volnye Tatarstana”); excellent programming of folk songs and ballads; very entertaining; fair. https://www.box.com/s/1quikqyr8blnlms0ksnr contains recording of intro and music (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1664, DX LISTENING DIGEST) This same station was also at good strength on 9690 around 0630 today (April 9) at my location in NW England and playing more "up-beat" songs. And BTW - Samara is still registered for these transmissions, but I seem to remember reading that the station had, or was going to, close down (Noel R. Green, England, ibid.) Decided to check Tatarstan Wave as well here in Houston: Fair and quite readable signal on 15110 April 10. IS and opening announcements at 0410, then male talking (news?) followed by female talk at 0415. Couple of short announcements, then song at 0421. Male talking at 0425, but at this point the signal started to rapidly deteriorate; pretty much down in the noise floor ten minutes later. Had heard only a weak flutter on some previous attempts to hear TW, so this reception was a nice surprise. Despite the overall demise of SW in recent years, there are still a few gems to pull out of the airwaves (Steve Luce. Houston, Texas, ibid.) ** TUNISIA. 7335, April 8 at 0552 open carrier as IWT is warming up; circa 0556 music modulation is brought up // 7275, as usual a few minutes before nominal *0700 per their own skeds meaning really *0600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TURKEY. 11698+, April 8 at 0543, good signal with ME music, what`s this? Makes big het against 11700 FRANCE, but that`s much weaker and can be avoided by tuning to the low side of 11698, which is just very slightly on the hi side. Soon obvious it`s Turkish music, as intended usual frequency of TRT, 11980, is missing! Must have slipped when punching frequency into keypad, and not likely to recur. Ivo Ivanov also noticed this, and it was gone after 0600, the usual close-time in summer of 11980. In B-season it was always easy to match the // of 9700 on weaker 9820, but where is the second frequency now at 04-06? 6040, no good here that late (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Voice of Turkey in Turkish on April 8: 0400-0555 NF 11698*EMR 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu, instead of 11980 // 6040 EMR 250 kW / 138 deg to N/ME *strong co-ch RFI in French on nominal 11700 -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Rather an operator`s keyboard slip/glitch of a single '6' press ... 11980 0400-0600 EMR 500 310 TURKISH EUR/AM Now at 0635 UT all three on even frequency, strong with S=9+50dB signal strength here in Germany: 11750 0600-0900 EMR 500 97 TURKISH AS 11955 0600-1155 EMR 250 150 TURKISH AF/AS 13635 0600-1300 EMR 500 310 TURKISH EUR/AM 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) 11980, April 9 at 0516, TRT music and Turkish talk is back on its proper frequency tonight, ex-11698 mispunched last night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UGANDA. 4975.98, Radio Uganda with English news at poor level 1907 on 30 March (Bryan Clark, Mangawhai NZ - AOR7030+ & EWEs beamed to North, Central & South America, April 5, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4976, R. Uganda, Kampala, 1834-1857, 05/4, dialecto local, transmissão de espectáculo em directo ou diferidom canções, anúncios; 45433. Sinal muito bom em 07/4, 1830, progr. em suaíli. 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. 21780, Deutsche Welle via Dhabayya good & clear at 0636 on 1 April with ident in Hausa for West Africa (Bryan Clark, Mangawhai NZ - AOR7030+ & EWEs beamed to North, Central & South America, April 5, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K [and non]. GREAT BRITAIN: 9915 BBC; 2056...2108+, 5-Apr; English News Hour; program notes & ID before ToH, then English continued. SIO=433 with hiss QRM -- SSB no help; // 12095 via Ascension after 2100. At 2100, 9915 switches from G.B. to Ascension -- no sig change detected. 12095 about 1 second behind 9915, despite both from Ascension after 2100 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. SEQUESTRATION PROMPTS ATTEMPT TO SILENCE U.S. RADIO BROADCASTING http://t.co/0ZLNpnf0GB (from https://twitter.com/Obama_Clock/status/321822807124221952 via Bruce MacGibbon, OR, April 9, DXLD) Has Obama_Clock anything to do with Obama? Leads to Heritage: (gh) SEQUESTRATION PROMPTS ATTEMPT TO SILENCE U.S. RADIO BROADCASTING Helle Dale April 8, 2013 at 11:43 am The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) recently informed its workforce about sequestration cuts to Voice of America’s (VOA) shortwave and medium-wave broadcasting. Ironically, the Board is cutting the most cost-effective part of its organization: radio. It would be more rational to cut the bloated management and administration of the International Broadcasting Bureau, which accounts for over 36 percent of the 2013 BBG budget request. Television broadcasting would also be a good place to look for savings, being far more expensive to produce and highly variable in terms of ratings. Last year, however, the BBG declared in its “Strategic Plan” that radio is a “legacy medium,” a hold over from the past compared to television and the Internet. Now a golden opportunity has presented itself for the BBG staff. Thus, under the guise of complying with sequestration, the board has moved ahead with plans to cut radio, plans that have been fought by Members of Congress and heavily criticized by supporters of U.S. public diplomacy for several years. One vocal critic was former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, no less. During her Benghazi testimony in January, Clinton had harsh words for the BBG. Clinton bemoaned the fact that the U.S. government has “abandoned broadcasting to the Middle East,” and stated that the BBG, which is responsible, is “a defunct agency.” While this is hardly true in terms of budget, it is in terms of leadership. Under sequestration, the BBG must cut $37.2 million out of its total budget of $720 million. The announced cuts in shortwave and medium- wave broadcasting are a drop in the bucket, a mere $5.3 million. While efficiencies should certainly be part of the budget picture, decimating the agency’s core mission—broadcasting—should not. Moreover, management has made it clear that these cuts are permanent and not reversible. In a letter (obtained by the Heritage Foundation) dated March 26 and addressed to “all employees,” Richard Lobo, director of the International Broadcasting Board under the BBG explained that “we’ve done everything we can to avoid furloughs under sequestration, but to do so, costs other than salaries have to be reduced.” So, employees will be protected, but their work products will not. A few days later, employees were handed a document summarizing the cuts in broadcasting. It means deep cuts in broadcasting in Cantonese to China, Dari and Pashto to Afghanistan, English to Africa and Asia, Khmer to Cambodia, and English-learning programs around the world. It further means elimination of medium-wave and shortwave broadcasting in Albanian, Georgian, Persian, and Spanish, as well as in English to Afghanistan and in English to the Middle East. The document notes that national FM and television affiliates will continue to carry VOA broadcasting. The catch is that local affiliates are subject to the whims of the host countries, with all the vulnerabilities and complications that entails. Again, the BBG has demonstrated why it is a broken institution, unfit to handle the U.S. government’s most important public diplomacy tool: its broadcasting complex. Congress needs to act, soon, to give U.S. international broadcasting a leadership with the proper priorities. Posted in American Leadership (Helle Dale, The Foundry, Heritage Foundation via DXLD) ** U S A. DENNIS MULHAUPT LEAVES THE BBG BOARD April 9, 2013 Dennis Mulhaupt [caption] Washington, DC - BBG Board member Dennis Mulhaupt today informed the White House and his colleagues that he is leaving the Board. Mulhaupt had been serving as alternate presiding governor, chair of the BBG Governance Committee and chair of the board of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. "Dennis Mulhaupt has been tireless and selfless in his service to the BBG," said the Board's presiding governor, Michael Lynton. "He passionately believes in the mission of U.S. international broadcasting, has approached his role with the utmost integrity, and has earned widespread respect in Washington, Prague and beyond. We will miss him greatly as a colleague on the Board, but would welcome his continued contribution to our work." Mulhaupt is the founder and managing director of Commonwealth Partners, Inc., a firm that provides advisory services to philanthropic institutions and families. He began his career working in an investment bank in London and subsequently established the West Coast international political and economic risk advisory department at a major U.S. financial services company. After 15 years in various corporate roles, he turned full-time to the non-profit sector. Before founding Commonwealth Partners, he served as executive vice president at KCET in Los Angeles, the West Coast flagship public broadcaster. Other roles in higher education administration have included positions as Vice President at Claremont McKenna College; Associate Vice President at Stanford University; and Senior Associate Dean in the College of Letters, Arts & Sciences at the University of Southern California, where he also taught undergraduate courses in international relations. Like his fellow appointed governors, Mulhaupt was appointed to the board on July 2, 2010 to a term expiring on August 13, 2011. By law, any member whose term has expired may serve until a successor has been appointed and qualified. His departure leaves the Board with five members, including Secretary of State John Kerry, who serves as an ex- officio member. Here is the letter that Mulhaupt sent to President Barack Obama: April 9, 2013 The President The White House Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President: I write to submit my resignation from the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) effective today. Over my tenure I, along with some of my board colleagues, have consistently advocated for necessary and far-reaching reform of the governance structure and organization of U. S. international broadcasting (USIB). My belief in the importance and need for these reforms has only grown stronger the longer I have served. I hope that the administration and Congress will address soon the urgent issues facing USIB and the BBG, the components of which do such vital work advancing freedom and human rights in many countries throughout the world. I am beyond grateful for having been given the opportunity to serve our country through my role on the BBG. In addition, I want to express my thanks to you and Senator McConnell for your confidence in indicating to me I would be re-nominated for an additional term. Finally, I would like to pay tribute to the thousands of men and women of USIB throughout the world who do such important and all too often dangerous work in support of a free press in more than 60 countries around the world. I am honored to have served with them. Respectfully, Dennis Mulhaupt (BBG PR via Clara Listensprechen, DXLD) MEANWHILE SHORTWAVE MAKES IT INTO OBAMA'S BUDGET PROPOSAL Building upon the previous efforts to evolve international broadcasts from shortwave radio into more effective and less expensive digital tools (satellite and Internet radio, mobile phone technologies, and Internet based social media) that reach today's technologically savvy audiences, the budget proposals support shortwave radio broadcasts in regions that lack access to digital technologies, such as in Darfur, North Korea, and Tibet. Read more at: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/barack-obama-hikes-american-aid-to-pakistan-by-40-per-cent/1/261636.html (via Thomas Horton, dxldyg via DXLD) ** U S A [and non]. 11905, April 5 at 0518, English clips, 0519 ``Denge Amerika`` so VOA Kurdish ID in passing, fair signal. It`s yet another relay via VATICAN, 0500-0600, 250 kW, 113 degrees from SMG. According to http://www.hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=A13&broadc=IBB IBB relays via SMG Vatican add up to 58 hours per week while SMG relays via IBB Greenville, Tinang and Tinian make 63:47 hpw http://www.hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=A13&broadc=VAT Thus Separation of Church and State is a farce. Would it take a FOIA to find out exactly what the arrangement is between the supposedly secular USG and the Holy See? 12075, April 6 at 1335 rather far-out jazz, must be `Jazz America` from VOA, surviving on SW Sat & Sun 13-14. Yes, // weaker 12150. HFCC shows 12075 is TINIAN, 12150 is Tinang, PHILIPPINES, and both are active this hour only on weekends for this particular program. Would that VOA give such priority to classical music, essentially banned from any broadcast at all, or just not in the mindset of the music director. 17885, April 7 at 1418, very strong and steady open carrier, as a typical Greenville pre-check, but not scheduled from here any later: just BBC Ascension after 1800. Saudi Arabic was on 17885 until 1400, but too close for that. Presumed a test-only GB frequency, well prior to VOA 1730 broadcast on 17895, since the latter is now occupied by Saudi Arabia until 1500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Summer A-13 of Radio Martí: 0000-0300 on 6030 GB 250 kW / 205 deg to Cuba Spanish 0000-0300 on 7365 GB 250 kW / 183 deg to Cuba Spanish 0300-0400 on 7365 GB 250 kW / 183 deg to Cuba Spanish Tue-Sun 0300-0900 on 6030 GB 250 kW / 205 deg to Cuba Spanish Tue-Sun 0400-0700 on 7405 GB 250 kW / 183 deg to Cuba Spanish Tue-Sun 0700-0900 on 5980 GB 250 kW / 174 deg to Cuba Spanish Tue-Sun 0900-1000 on 5980 GB 250 kW / 174 deg to Cuba Spanish 0900-1200 on 6030 GB 250 kW / 205 deg to Cuba Spanish 1000-1300 on 9805 GB 250 kW / 183 deg to Cuba Spanish 1200-1400 on 7405 GB 250 kW / 205 deg to Cuba Spanish 1300-2000 on 13820 GB 250 kW / 174 deg to Cuba Spanish 1400-2400 on 11930 GB 250 kW / 183 deg to Cuba Spanish 2000-2400 on 9565 GB 250 kW / 174 deg to Cuba Spanish (DX RE MIX NEWS #774 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, April 5, 2013, via DXLD) Corrects the 0700 entry to non-daily, as I outpointed (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1663 monitoring. Confirmed on WWRB 3195 (but no 5050), UT Friday April 5 at 0329, as first checked on webcast from 0315; this time our lead-in was Dave`s favorite big-band music filler. Next: UT Saturday 0130v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB; Sat 0630 & 1430 on HLR 7265-CUSB; Sat 1500 on WRMI 9955; Sat 1730 on WRN via SiriusXM 120; Sat 2330 on WTWW 9930; UT Sun 0400 on WTWW 5830; Sun 2315 on WTWW 9930, usw. WORLD OF RADIO 1663 monitoring: confirmed UT Saturday April 6 starting at 0141.4 on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB. Ivo Ivanov reports that Hamburger Lokalradio was missing again from 7265-CUSB on Wednesday April 3 when WOR 1662 would have aired at 0630 & 1430; was it back on Saturday at same times? Presumably first WRMI 9955 airing, Sat at 1500, but not confirmed; checked at 1530, a JBA carrier here tho no jamming; yet 2 hours earlier Wavescan was well audible. Next: Sat 2330 on WTWW 9930; UT Sun 0400 on WTWW 5830; Sun 2315 on WTWW 9930. WORLD OF RADIO 1663 monitoring: new time on WTWW-2 9930 did not eventuate at 2330 Saturday April 6: instead checked at 2340, it`s hymn-singing `Martha Garvin`s Musical Memories`, but 2342 dead air, 2344 start `Moments of Inspiration` which had been appearing a semihour earlier. 0004 recheck UT April 7, 9930 is still on, and WOR has started! So I hasten to notify my ygroupies. Normally QSY to 5085 at 0000. 0027 rerecheck, now 9930 is off but 5085 is on weakly, and it`s // 12105 WTWW-3 with Spanish Bible! 0056 rererecheck, now it`s Ted Randall`s `QSO` show with interview about ham radio. I gather from Ted that he still intends to run WOR at 2330 Sats on 9930, but there was a problem downloading it in time, thus the program shuffling. However, Philip Hiscock in Newfoundland says the frequency change was made at 0007 amid World of Radio. Let`s hope for better luck Sunday at 2315v, when WOR has also been airing on 9930. The WTWW-1 airing of WOR at 0400.5 UT Sunday April 7 on 5830 recurred without problems (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1664, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WOR 1663 has just started at 2328 UT Sunday on WTWW 9930 (Glenn Hauser, 2328 UT April 7, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn: I am tuned in there at 2330 in English on WTWW. Decent reception noted. 62 db gain! Congrats,GH! 73's, (Noble West, Clinton, Tenn., USA, NSW Music And Media, Tecsun PL380 DSP with whip Extended, ibid.) Great signal into Montreal at 2334 UT, 9930 (Gilles Letourneau, Montreal, Canada, ibid.) Likewise quite strong at 2335 here in Newfoundland -- a susprise considering the azimuth is listed as heading out at 180 degrees, so I'm just off the rear of the signal. Of course Gilles is even more directly on the rear. No fade to speak of, but there seems to be a hum in the audio, 60 or 120 Hz AC hum, that makes the sound seem a little muffled. Listening on the Satellit 750 with its whip and a three-metre wire by the window (Philip Hiscock, ibid.) And very strong on the west coast too at 2343 (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, ibid.) WORLD OF RADIO 1663 monitoring: confirmed on WTWW-2, 9930, starting at 2328 UT Sunday April 7 (previously had been circa 2315); after a bit of music fill, 9930 cuts off at 0000, QSY to 5085 altho not checked until 0053 when Ted was playing oldies. Next: Tuesday 1100 on WRMI 9955; and maybe Wednesday 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265- CUSB altho it was missing last week, says Ivo Ivanov (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5085, April 9 at 0057, WTWW-2 is on with music, ballad/hymn, very strong carrier wobbling a bit, methinx. Unusual for this to be active on a Monday night rather than weekend. 9930, April 9 around 2100, WTWW-2 is on the air with music; seems considerably weaker than WTWW-1 on 9479. I understand from George McClintock, that #2 will be running more now, from as early as 1700 UT (altho still not on at 1720 April 10); and also after 0000 for a further while on 5085. If 9930 stays on an hour later in May, it will be a problem with The Mighty KBC on 9925 once a week. 9930 is available to WTWW between 12 and 24 UT. No more possible collision with IBB on 9930, but FCC has also availablized it to HBN = T8WH PALAU between 13 and 24 UT (but as with all WHR registrations, probably not in use for anywhere near the whole span). FCC A-13: http://transition.fcc.gov/ib/sand/neg/hf_web/A13FCC01.TXT In fact, Aoki, now linkable directly for daily updates, http://www1.m2.mediacat.ne.jp/binews/use/bia13.txt shows 9930 not in use by Palau after 1230, except weekends, and then only until 1400.) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9479, WTWW Lebanon TN; 1858-1910+, 10-Apr; Scriptures for America spots to WTWW spot at ToH; intro for Previously Perky but Permanently Passed-on Paster Peter Peters, but went into huxterage by Pastor Wiseman on racism. Sed that "The Establishment Media" gets more excited about racism than anything else. And here I thought it was the Kardashians. He eventually got around to evolutionism vs creationism & sed that "The media" are always cramming evolutionism down our throats -- there's an obvious logical counter to this comment! S20 sig (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5050-AM, UT Sunday April 7 at 0104, WWRB extra transmitter is on the air again // weaker 3195, with male hymn-singer, piano accompaniment, so maybe Martha Garvin`s guest? 5050 has not been on much lately, but you never know whether it will be (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5109.76, WBCQ Monticello, Maine with special offshore radio feature monitored 1 April 0501 and periodically through to 1000 signoff. Initially poor but good strength by 0930. Pre-publicity mentioned there would be a special address for DX reports but I didn't hear it (Bryan Clark, Mangawhai NZ - AOR7030+ & EWEs beamed to North, Central & South America, April 5, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9955, Sat April 6 at 1318, unfamiliar voice with promo piece about ``Oz-boo``, i.e. the Arab States Broadcasting Union, mentioning their activities in Damascus and Tunis. Jeff White outros as from an ASBU video, so was a `Wavescan` segment, one of its many airings on WRMI, Sat 1300; then, Yukiko`s monthly JSWC DX report with stale logs from a month ago, which are of little use, especially when a seasonal change intervenes. Fair signal and quite readable; followed at 1330 by another heavier Japanese accent from the Vicksburg evangelista (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9955, WRMI Radio Miami Int'l (presumed); 2116, 8-Apr; Ol' Gravel-Voice Bro Stair waxing away under B.S.-fearing Cubans, jamming away with wall-of-noise & pulse-buzzer (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 7385, UT Sunday April 7 at 0422, WHRI with music when `DXing with Cumbre` was once aired on different frequencies, but none found. Searching on `Marie Lamb` as program host, at http://www.whr.org/Program-Schedules.cfm#DETAILED_SCHEDULE_SEARCH indeed shows no airing at this time, but lists 56!!! times each week on all six transmitters (including Palau), most of which are imaginary, with the SW transmitters not really turned on, but maybe on the webstreams if not pre-empted or replaced by paid programming. Any observations of when DWC is really HEARD on SW in A-13 will be welcomed for accurate listing in my DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS page http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 13570, WINB Red Lion PA: 1922-1930+, 10-Apr; DX program! With W reading reception logs (non-WINB); WINB spot before BoH into English huxterage. SIO=252+ (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) It`s merely AWR Wavescan, added this one time on WINB a few months ago (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. 6970, WWCR Nashville TN (presumed); 2337, 9-Apr; Very weak, but unmistakable dulcet tones of Decidedly Defunct Dead Dr. Gene. Mixing product 13845 - 6875 = 6970. DDG on 13845; not on 6875 but also in English (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow- tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. while tuning the 160 meter ham band for signals, I came across New York Radio volmet with fair to good signal on 2000 kHz USB. I have seen it reported in a few places but it's actually the first time I receive it on that frequency. Heard the usual weather broadcast that ended at 0220 UT. 73 (Gilles Letourneau, Moontreal, Canada, UT April 8, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 690, April 8 at 0611 UT, once again dominant signal is open carrier/dead air from KGGF Coffeyville KS, atop talk probably KTSM C2C (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 870, April 5 at 0617 UT, hard to pull out from under WWL tonight, but Vietnamese music still here with a SAH, i.e. KFJZ Ft Worth TX daytimer cheating (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 930, April 7 at 0543 UT, dominant with WKY OKC nulled is a `Coast to Coast` station --- WTAD is an affiliate, but there could be others on 930; 0559 ad for QuincyJournal.com so it is WTAD Quincy IL again. I was never hearing this before a few nites ago, so think their nite power/tower must be askew. BTW, this one is pronounced Quinsy unlike ``Quinzy`` in Mass. 930, April 8 at 0559 UT, ID before news, ``heard around the world --- WTAD, Quincy IL``, as it`s still the dominant inhabitant of 930 when I null WKY OKC, and WTAD only started appearing last week. Note one of the four very deep nulls in WTAD`s night pattern is at 230 degrees, with four lobes in between: http://transition.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/305660-3646.pdf We are very close to that direxion. I bet it`s on ND day pattern and may well be on day power too of 5 instead of 1 kW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 960, KGWA Enid failed to provide a Fox-hole for a couple of nites at 0500-0505 UT but it`s back April 5; nulling its hummy carrier finds a stronger signal than usual, easily readable with ABC News at 0502-0505, presumed usual KMA Shenandoah IA, with a slight echo from another ABC affiliate. I even tried to copy what followed at 0505 despite KGWA resuming modulation with that annoying lawn-care commercial which opens with banging on a counter-desk bell, but too much KGWA. At 0538 the understation is still giving KGWA fits when nulled, so I again concentrate on trying to copy it; just national ads, but 0539, local ID! Sounds like ``Newstalk 960, KGAL`` ---? Uplooked later in the NRC AM Log, it must have been KGKL, San Angelo TX, which among its numerous network affiliations is A = ABC! It`s also close to the null direxion from KGWA, opposite from KMA. Could this be what I have been hearing all along? KGKL is 5/1 kW U2 while KMA is 5/5 kW U2, meaning both are non-direxional day, direxional nite. NRC Pattern Book shows KGKL has a deep null toward Enid & Shenandoah! So now it must really be on day pattern and perhaps even day power. KMA has a minor nite lobe toward Enid while KGWA protects it. When I am hearing an echo on the 960 midnite ABC news, I now think it`s KMA & KGKL rather than KNEB in Scottsbluff NE. I would love to have heard the listed slogan for KGKL, ``Voice of the Concho Valley``. I once considered moving to San Angelo for a while, but decided it was too dominated by Christians who even run the public radio station. 960, April 7 at 0501 UT in KGWA Fox-hole, some understation goes by with a W- ID, I think. Maybe not the same as: 960, April 7 at 0539 UT, some station with `Coast to Coast`, weekend host with deep voice, John B. Wells, recognizable despite local KGWA modulation. 960, April 7 at 0559 UT, my dream has come true! In a few-second pause before joining Fox `news`, KGWA dead air allows me to hear ``The Voice of the Concho Valley for more than 80 years, News-talk 960, KGKL, San Angelo``, the Texan I recently IDed thru KGWA, and where something must have just changed, like running day power/tower at night. Lots of stuff on the website http://960kgkl.com/ but no obvious program schedule; KGKL is however on the C2C affiliate list. 960, April 10 at 0500-0505 UT, KGWA Enid has repaired its Fox-hole after last night`s messup with the Dial Global satellite channel loop; now all I hear is ABC News with slight echo, no doubt from KGKL and KMA. Just before 0600, there is another pause in KGWA modulation, neatly audiblizing another full ID from ``The Voice of the Concho Valley``, KGKL San Angelo TX, also mentioning it`s with ESPN (but not all the time). (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1664, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1030, April 7 at 0602 UT, ABC news with VG signal looping NW/SE, certainly anomalous: 0605 ad for Price & Son Funeral Home, Garden City KS, so it`s KBUF, COL Holcomb KS. Night pattern is supposed to shoot to the southwest and normally not heard here, so must be on ND day pattern; power 2.5/1.2 kW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1330, April 7 at 1252 UT, some great country music riffs, hiliting fiddle, bass, steel guitar and other instruments, then ``KCKM, heard everywhere and online in stereo, KCKM.com`` So not in stereo on 1330? Why not? Guess not: no $ symbol in the NRC AM Log for this Monahans TX 12/1 kW U2 station (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1420, April 7 at 0611 UT, pause in `Coast to Coast` modulation when I hear ``on information radio, KTOE, Mankato``. I thought the C2C audio was from something else, but maybe not: KTOE in Minnesota is yet another affiliate. It`s 5/5 kW U2, with night pattern NE/SW, favorable for us (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1540, WDCD Albany NY is indeed back on. Some DXers are noting that it seems to be at reduced power. I would concur based on the relatively weaker signal than it used to be). (Saul Chernos, Ont., 1514 UT April 8, NRC-AM via DXLD) Here's the nice thing about being at the NAB convention: within an hour of seeing Mike's speculation about WDCD being at low power, I ran into the corporate director of engineering at Crawford - and yes, WDCD is at 10 kW for now. They'll file an STA request shortly. They didn't want to fire the transmitter back up at full power right away after it had been dormant for so long. No word yet on whether/when they go back to 50 kW (Scott Fybush, ibid.) Hello Scott, Is the format sill religion? Best wishes (Barry :-) Davies, Carlisle UK Lat.54:58: 50N. Lon.02:52:30W. PERSEUS, 3.7m x 10m Flag + FLG100 amp, ibid.) It is still religious, simulcasting WDCD-FM 96.7. Slogan is "The Light." (Scott Fybush, ABDX via DXLD) ** U S A. FCC denies deals for paired Indiana AMs | Radio & Television ... rbr.com › Broadcast News 2 days ago – Times filed to sell WHLY to I.B. Communications for $140K on 11/5/12; and Artistic filed to sell WDND to Fort Wayne Catholic Radio Group on ... FCC denies deals for paired Indiana AMs By dseyler on Apr, 3 2013 with Comment 1 FCC --- A pair of radio companies broke the rule against breaking up a paired standard band/expanded band set of AM stations when it consummated the sale of only one of the two. Now attempts by both parties to that deal to sell the stations to others have been shot down. Artistic Media Partners owns and operates 1620 kHz. WDND-AM South Bend. Times Communications Inc. owns and operates 1580 WHLY-AM, home to the portion of the AM band abandoned by WDND. Both were sold by Times to Artistic with the FCC’s blessings back in 1999. However, Artistic closed on WDND only, eventually citing environmental problems as the reason it didn’t take WHLY as well. As the standard band sister of WDND, WHLY was supposed to surrender its license and go out of business within five years – as the FCC reminded, the guiding motivation for creating the expanded band was to provide better facilities for operationally challenged AM stations while reducing crowding on the band in general. The split of the two stations, with Artistic getting one and Times retaining the other, should never have been allowed, and the FCC said it was never informed about the situation. Artistic said once it turned down the acquisition of WHLY, it assumed Times would turn in the license. It should have happened in 2006, but it never did. It came to a head late last year, however. Times filed to sell WHLY to I.B. Communications for $140K on 11/5/12; and Artistic filed to sell WDND to Fort Wayne Catholic Radio Group on 12/10/12. This brought the improper break-up of the paired stations to light. The FCC has now denied both sales – and said the only transaction it would honor would be one which brought the two stations back under common ownership. RBR-TVBR observation: We checked the FCC database, and WHLY, which by all rights should now be but a memory, is listed as operating on a license that does not expire until August 1, 2020. It would seem to put the station into some sort of AM band Twilight Zone script. Will the FCC honor its own faulty decision to grant life to the station at least until that date, or will the wheels go into motion to bring about the station’s demise, now about seven years overdue? Stay tuned. FCC Denies Sales Of Two South Bend AMs | http://www.allaccess.com › Net News 2 days ago – (filed in 2012) and also denied the sale by ARTISTIC MEDIA PARTNERS of WDND-A/SOUTH BEND to FORT WAYNE CATHOLIC RADIO The FCC has denied TIMES COMMUNICATIONS INC.'s applications to sell WHLY-A/SOUTH BEND, IN to ST. THOMAS MORE FOUNDATION, INC. (filed in 2006) and I.B. COMMUNICATIONS, LTD. (filed in 2012) and also denied the sale by ARTISTIC MEDIA PARTNERS of WDND-A/SOUTH BEND to FORT WAYNE CATHOLIC RADIO GROUP, INC. in a case that hinged on the expanded AM band and the rule that the owners, after a five-year transition period, were supposed to surrender one of the two licenses. In 1999, TIMES filed to sell both WHLY, at 1580 AM, and WDND, at 1620 AM, to ARTISTIC; WDND was the expanded band license created from WHLY. Only the WDLD sale closed, however, with ARTISTIC blaming environmental problems with WHLY's site, and ARTISTIC said it would keep operating WDLD although the five-year transition period from 1580 to 1620 was about to expire. Subsequently, TIMES filed to sell WHLY, first to ST. THOMAS MORE FOUNDATION in 2006 and then to I.B. in 2012 (the latter followed by a request to dismiss the first of the two sales), and in each case the Commission said that the applications did not note that WHLY was paired with WDLD and that one of the two licenses would have to be surrendered. The Commission concluded that "the only assignment application we will approve for (these stations) is one which will result in (both) being held by a single licensee." In addition, the Commission denied the Application for Review by MARY V. HARRIS FOUNDATION of the Media Bureau, Audio Division's denial of reconsideration of the grant of HOLY FAMILY COMMUNICATIONS, INC.’s mutually exclusive application to build a new NCE station at LANCASTER, NY and the dismissal of HARRIS' application for a new FM at WILLIAMSVILLE, NY. HARRIS asserted that it should get a threshold fair distribution preference for providing a second noncommercial educational service to 9.46% of the population within its proposed service contour, but the Commission stuck to the 10% requirement. The FCC also rejected an argument that an improper transfer of control of HOLY FAMILY had taken place (both via Artie Bigley, DXLD) ** U S A. The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival season is back, 13 episodes April-May-June like each spring recorded last year, leading up to the new July-August 2013 season in Santa Fe itself. See http://www.sfcmf.org/ Heard Monday April 8 at 17-18 UT on Yellowstone Public Radio; KCSC-FM 90.1 here in OK promotes it as Sundays 11 am = 16-17 UT. Episode details are here: http://blogs.wfmt.com/santafe/ Also on many other stations with a classical bent. http://www.publicradiofan.com/cgibin/program.pl?programid=4777 shows it on only 7 stations, not including the above two, but it must be on many more. These 13-week series alternate with three others during each year, hard to keep up with. In past years, some stations have run the SFCMF May-July (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. CLASSICAL RADIO RETURNS TO ST. LOUIS AIRWAVES By Sarah Bryan Miller http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/classical-radio-returns-to-st-louis-airwaves/article_d474fbd9-90e7-5dfe-8da8-6832a07e330c.html The studios are completely furnished. The lettering is on the door. The staff is at work. The library has been transcribed. Classical music is finally returning to the St. Louis airwaves, via the Radio Arts Foundation. The official start comes at 10 a.m. Monday, although those who tuned their radios to 107.3 FM last week discovered that the station is already live and on the air, allowing the staff to iron out wrinkles. It’s taken a long pull to get there. KFUO (99.1 FM), the classical station owned for 60 years by the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, was sold in July 2010 in a controversial deal that shut out classical music fans. Since then, the foundation, its bid to buy the station turned down, has quietly worked to get St. Louis a new classical outlet. For months, a deal seemed tantalizingly close. Succeeding starting dates were repeatedly announced last year, as the Federal Communications Commission lollygagged when it came to moving the process along. Now, finally, the wait is over. On Tuesday morning, most of the six-person staff was busy. Midday host Kathy Lawton Brown was on the air, cueing up music and announcing the name of a work by composer Erik Satie in flawless French. Morning host Jim Doyle was at a computer, touching up on his Wednesday programming. Production manager Brandon LaMew sat in the studio opposite Brown’s making “liners,” brief station identifiers. Executive assistant Debbie Robb handled paperwork as she answered the phone, “doing everything that’s not on-air,” she said. Station manager Jim Connett, visibly happier than he was last November when it seemed as if the FCC would never give the go-ahead, worked on the minutiae that a start-up requires. Only afternoon host Tom Sudholt was missing. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held Monday in the auditorium of the adjacent Centene Plaza building, attended by members of RAF’s board and advisory council, and distinguished guests. The power will be turned up, and the new station will be heard not just on FM, but online and on HD, at KIHT-HD2, 96.3 FM. CRUNCH TIME “We’re kind of in a crunch here,” Connett said Tuesday. The chores include working on the station’s musical database, ripping in new recordings and integrating music libraries. One, with 7,000 works, is from WRR-FM, Dallas’ city-owned classical station. Another, with 12,000, is a copy of the old KFUO library, shared by the Lutherans. The staff has had a steep learning curve when it comes to the equipment and software. “KFUO had very old software,” LaMew said. A professional musician (“guitar, drums, vocals”) who worked at KFUO, LaMew filled in the months after the station closed by performing and working at his parents’ race horse operation. He volunteered at RAF for a month before starting officially on March 1. “Configuring the library was the biggest challenge,” he said, because almost all of the data on KFUO’s recordings was off by two places. That meant that fields such as performers and CD numbers didn’t show up. That would be a hassle for an individual, but a disaster for a radio station. To complicate matters further, the programming software was designed for rock stations. Everything is set up for short songs in which the order doesn’t matter, not the more complex considerations of classical. (When we spoke, Doyle was fixing the programming for a Shostakovich symphony that had been spread out over an hour, its movements randomly placed.) LaMew has it mostly in shape now. Among other things, the software will keep the station’s log organized. “Everything was done manually at KFUO, on paper,” he said. “That’s why you would hear something played multiple times on a single weekend. You won’t hear that kind of overplaying now.” SIX PEOPLE, NOT 30 New technology will also allow the station to function with just six employees for now, in place of the 30 at KFUO. (“Growth is good,” LaMew said. “I hope to add staff.”) Everyone multitasks, selling ads, lining up interviews, working on fundraising and “traffic,” the meshing of music and advertising. Evening, nighttime and weekend programs will be handled via computer, with recorded voice tracks by the hosts. Much of it will come from Chicago’s WFMT, with concerts by orchestras from California to the East Coast and opera companies from the Metropolitan Opera in New York to Lyric Opera of Chicago to San Francisco Opera. Other programs will be locally produced. Robin Weatherall will bring back his “Classic Tracks” show from KFUO; St. Louis Chamber Chorus artistic director Philip Barnes will start something new with a choral music program called “Re-Choired Listening.” Plenty of interviews will feature local arts figures, including commentary from Opera Theatre of St. Louis general director Timothy O’Leary and chats with St. Louis Symphony Orchestra musicians, staff and guests. Doyle is an experienced radio host, and he likes the station’s new approach to selling advertising: Because RAF is a nonprofit, the number of ads that can be sold is severely limited. “We’re not going out in the street with nothing but a commission in mind,” he observed. “People are devoted to this music. They’re saying, ‘Sign me up!’” RAF staffers won’t read news, other than arts news, and they’re unlikely to worry about things like traffic reports. All that is available elsewhere, and they’re focused on the music. Much of that music will be long-form, with complete symphonies, rather than individual movements plucked out of context. Another thing listeners won’t encounter is the so-called “beg-a-thon” pledge drive approach to fundraising. “That uses your audience up,” Connett said. “It uses up their patience. If they don’t get the fact that we lost one (classical station), and we can’t lose this one, maybe we’ve done it wrong.” Instead, they’ll invite listeners to contribute. LaMew played a liner with Connett’s suggestion for support over Beethoven’s “Rage over a Lost Penny.” “Hopefully,” he said, “the product will be so good that we won’t have to ask.” With its de-emphasis on advertising and emphasis on more, longer and varied musical works, RAF won’t be KFUO Redux, but something better, Connett promised. Seated before the control panel and a trio of monitors, Brown, a professional mezzo-soprano whose contacts in the St. Louis arts community range from performers to granting agencies, said, “We’ve got 60 years of rich history with KFUO. I think Jim’s after a specific sound for this station: unofficious, friendly, welcoming. “We have such a depth in the tapestry of our arts scene here. That’s what we’re really here to celebrate.” (via Kevin Redding, ABDX via DXLD) ** U S A. AM RADIO: WELCOME TO THE CESSPOOL | Variety http://variety.com/2013/more/opinion/am-radio-welcome-to-the-cesspool-1200331990/ Next week’s NAB convention will include a panel on AM radio “revitalization,” exploring methods for “sustaining and enhancing AM radio as a unique entertainment medium.” To which one might say, “Staring into a cesspool, what’s to enhance – or sustain?” Radio is often viewed as the bastard cousin at NAB, the medium that doesn’t garner much attention alongside TV and new technologies. Yet its descent into ethical gray areas – particularly vis-a-vis advertising, which is frequently indistinguishable from the content – offers a warning of the path higher-profile media could follow as the desperation fueled by an ad-avoiding world takes its toll. Now to be fair, this comes through the prism of surfing the AM dial in Los Angeles, where there are a surplus of stations, many broadcasting in a language (Spanish) I don’t speak with any fluency. Nevertheless, the trends here – from the glut of nationally syndicated programming carried to the diminution of the newsradio outlets, both now owned by CBS – appear to represent an exaggerated take on what’s happening nationwide, as terrestrial radio claws to survive amid satellite and smartphone alternatives. AM’s most obvious excess would be its contribution to political polarization, in the form of talk hosts (most conservative, a la Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, but with a few high-profile liberals as well) who have helped foster the current endless-campaign environment. As Los Angeles Times theatre critic Charles McNulty summed it up recently, talkradio is a “boisterous realm in which innuendo substitutes for evidence and fear-mongering replaces analysis.” Moreover, the financial attractiveness of that model – requiring little more than a loud voice and amplifying megaphone – has become dominant in cable news. Much more insidious, though, is the relationship between stations and advertisers, where talent seamlessly segues from chatting about the NCAA tournament on sportstalk (every bit as shrill in its own way as politics) or President Obama to the merits of local lending institutions, owning gold, or the triumvirate of hair restoration, vision-correction surgery and health/dietary aids. (Listen to enough AM radio, and the prevailing image is of an audience that’s balding, obese, needs to refinance its mortgage and might be facing a drunk- driving conviction.) There’s no direct equivalent on TV, even in the murky realm of product-placement, since the dulcet voice listeners hear all the time begins pitching a product – without any visual cue to signal the shift. Just try to imagine CNN’s Anderson Cooper or Wolf Blitzer saying, “The North Korean border is certainly a gray area. And speaking of gray, while I’ve gotten used to my hair color, if you’d like to look younger, consider the good folks at Grecian Formula.” Even that, however, is less insidious than the poorly labeled infomercials that fill stations primarily on weekend mornings, often for questionable medical supplements or cures. Aside from a “host” who keeps mentioning the toll-free number, many of these ads feature “callers” who phone in with a question and, incidentally, testimonials about how well the magical stuff works for them. Despite Federal Trade Commission and Federal Communications Commission guidelines governing such disclosures, it’s clear advertisers have become adept at sidling up to the lines to disguise their messages. Ditto for “live read” endorsements, which can leave you guessing why the hosts are talking about that institution right up until they give out the number. According to the Radio Advertising Bureau, overall radio revenue grew slightly in 2012 – buoyed in part by the digital sector – to roughly $16.5 billion. Moreover, spending has been relatively flat the last three years, reflecting some stability after a steep decline in 2009 corresponding with the economic downturn. Everyone in media is under pressure, and it’s hard to completely blame beleaguered station owners and managers for grasping at lifelines, especially when the government appears so lax regarding enforcement measures. By the way, FCC commissioner Ajit V. Pai – a Republican appointee with a stated commitment to “a regulatory environment in which competition and innovation will flourish” — will conduct the aforementioned revitalization session. While that doesn’t sound like a prescription for asking tough questions, it would surely be poetic justice if somebody interrupts the discussion to deliver a non sequitur about the merits of buying gold (via Kevin Redding, ABDX via DXLD) I couldn't have summed up this article any better with the problem of content on the AM broadcast band. All the technical wizardry in the world won't improve AM unless broadcasters start making bold moves and putting real entertainment back on AM exactly like what's found on FM. (Darwin Long, Buras, LA, ibid.) "Exactly like what's found on FM?" If the stations in your area are like the stations in my area, even FM comes up sadly lacking. The stations in my area are largely jukeboxes. No network affiliation for national news, and no local coverage of local events, county councils, school board meetings, etc. Powell's WKDK, AM 1240, runs circles around all of the FM stations I can receive. Of course, that kind of work ethic lies in the current owner-manager who grew up with the station. When he finally retires and decides to sell out, I'm mighty afraid WKDK will join the proverbial cesspool. Broadcasting seems to be a lost art (Bob Smoak, Bamberg, S. C., April 8, ibid.) Coming from Los Angeles three years ago, FM stations here in New Orleans are FAR better; though that gamey "corporate flavor" still persists a bit on many. When I do listen to terrestrial radio for entertainment, I listen to WTIX 94.3 (100 kW from Myrtle Grove, LA). It's all oldies from 1950's thru the mid 1980's (frequently many songs that have only hit the bottom of the charts a time or two), plus Kasey Casem reruns and Breakfast with the Beatles. They have all live DJs all the time, day and night, plus news and traffic weekdays (the only exception being that mandated "public service" period early Sunday mornings). When WTIX plays a popular hit, they'll say "You heard it here on 'Tix' back when it was new, and you're hearing it right now". Stations like this are indeed far and few between, even on FM. That said, I'd listen to a "jukebox" format on AM anyday over canned probiotic ads, sports politics, and conspiracies from some washed-up rightie (Darwin Long, Buras, LA, ibid.) ** VATICAN [and non]. 11625, April 5 at 0520, ending one program of heavily-African-accented English, then ``news for young people`` announced by Festus Tarawali, starting with something about Pope Francis (who else? an old person); fair signal. A-13 ``July-October`` (but what about April-June) VR spreadsheet shows 0500-0530 English to Africa on 11625 SMG and 13765 Madagascar, while 0500-0530 separate English to Europe is supposed to be on local FM 93.3 only. Then I check European frequency 7250, and find the carrier already on the air, only poor signal. Sometimes it broadcasts the FM-only European English, or Albanian, but this time it remains open until some piano music of unknown provenance at 0525; 0529 cut to bells before 0530 Latin mass with multilingual opening. Now it`s // barely audible 5980, which suffers from WWCR 5890/5935 leapfrog another 45 kHz higher. See also USA [and non] for exchange hours with IBB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VIETNAM [and non]. 6175, Voice of Vietnam via WHRI good & clear in English, 2 April at 0346 with report on agriculture in Northeast Region. Identified as “Radio Voice of Vietnam” (Bryan Clark, Mangawhai NZ - AOR7030+ & EWEs beamed to North, Central & South America, April 5, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7435.50v, Voice of Vietnam 1 at 1258 on April 7. In Vietnamese and playing some music; // 5975 // 9635. Also had been noted off frequency by Glenn in DXLD 13-08 with UNID[non] on 7435.3 approx., Feb 14 at 1329 and by Wolfy on 7435.480 kHz., Feb 15 at 1240 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7435.509, Voice of Vietnam from Son Tay site in Vietnamese, S=9+5dB signal on remote unit in Japan. 1200-1210 UT on April 7. 7220.015, V of Vietnam in Mandarin around 1210-1220 UT on April 7. From Son Tay noted on remote SDR units in Tokyo and Nagoya. I guess heard Mandarin ahead, but underneath also typical Vietnamese sirene noise jammer audio co-channel - an intermodulation at Son Tay site. (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 7, dxldyg via DXLD) 12005, April 5 at 0116, VOV English news by YL announcer with heavy accent, Woofferton UK relay to eastern N America, sufficient, but with ACI from the wall-of-noise jamming the incompetent DentroCuban Jamming Command still spews against 12000, formerly occupied by the defunct Spanish service of VOA, not even R. Martí. Serves Vietnam right for being a jam-country itself against various western broadcasts. Which brings us to World Harvest Radio, happy to relay VOV via WHRI. Yet T8WH PALAU, a.k.a. Angels 3 & 4, a.k.a. HBN in HFCC, includes several broadcasts specified as in the Vietnamese language, which are surely religious or clandestine, on 9930, 9965, 15500, 17800, and the other WHR station is subject to being jammed by the same country it`s relaying to the Americas. So what? Clients pay the bills; the morality of this business is obviously not a problem. One broadcast to check for Vietnamese jamming is BRB`s Que Me Radio, scheduled Fridays only 1200-1230 on 9930 via Palau (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VIETNAM [and non]. 9930, Friday April 5 at *1157 open carrier, 1159 persecution.org ad, T8WH ID with QSL address Box 12, South Bend; 1200 starts the weekly BRB clandestine broadcast ``Que Me``. Good strength signal but the audio feed is corrupt, cutting on and off constantly during Vietnamese opening, finally heard mentioning ``Que Me`, and http://www.queme.net and Houston, Texas. I made a point of checking this following my rant yesterday about WHR relaying Voice of Vietnam, while Vietnam jams western broadcasts --- but not this one. No trace of jamming, while siren whooping against 9920 before 1300 continued there past 1300. Finally at 1221 recheck, 9930 dropouts have been fixed, during a speech in an echoey chamber. Per EiBi [beware: day 1 = Monday for him], 9920 bears FEBC Philippines, Fridays during the 1230 semihour in BHN = Bahnar, spoken in Vietnam by 170,000, and then the 1300 semihour in BT = Black Tai / Tai Dam, spoken by half a million Vietnamese minority people, so the Viet Commies are more concerned with blocking those, than Quê Me, which means Action for Democracy in Vietnam! Properly spelt, not only with a circumflex over the first e, but a dot under the other e, beyond my typographical capabilities. Its English website http://www.queme.net/eng/index.php linx to news from R. Free Asia and is pro-Buddhist, if not controlled by them (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. 1550.03 | ALGERIA | RASD Clandestine, Rabouni, APR 3 2303 - rustic North African male vocal and strummed string instrument; over WSDK-CT (religion). [Mark Connelly, South Orleans, Cape Cod, MA, USA, (GC= 41.7346 N / 69.991 W) (= 41? 44.08' N / 69? 59.46' W) (Town Landing / beach, off Route 28, 0.3 km N of Tar Kiln Road), Receiver: Microtelecom Perseus; Antenna: cardioid-pattern Micro-SuperLoop on car roof, square, 2 m per side, with 9:1 transformer on east bottom corner to speaker wire to 2:1 transformer to W7IUV transfer amp, and 9:1 transformer on west corner to speaker wire to 500 ohm null-adjust potentiometer. See for a similar antenna, NRC-AM via DXLD) OLonga/OMédia_obs. diurnas: CLANDESTINAS: 1550, Frente POLISARIO, Rabouni, Argélia, 1155-1302*, 06/4, árabe, música, IDs, SH [??] para as 1202 (!), começo do programa em castelhano, até às 1302, altura do fecho, após hino; 35443. A emissão vespertina em castelhano é entre as 1715v e as 1800v, oscilação esta de apenas escassos minutos. 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZAMBIA. Although ZNBC1 is present on 5915, there is still no sign of ZNBC2 on 6165. I note with some dismay that neither is listed in the A13 HFCC, and hope this does not bode ill. For the past couple of days I have been trying to access the ZNBC website to see if I can find a "contact us" link, but their entire website seems to be AWOL. ZNBC1, 5915, Lusaka. Apr 6, 2013 Saturday. 1750-1820. Luvale (an Angolan dialect) until 1800. After brief fish eagles, “The time is 20 hours. This is the national broadcaster, Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation”, followed by the news in English. At 1810 language changed to Tonga (a southern Zambian / northern Zimbabwe dialect) and announced as "Tonga" against a background of drumming. Good. ZNBC2, 6165, Lusaka. Apr 6, 2013 Saturday. 1750-1820. AWOL. Jo'burg sunset, 1601. Regards, (Bill Bingham, RSA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZIMBABWE [non]. SOUTH AFRICA, 12105, R. Dialogue via Meyerton, Apr 05 *1600-1612, 35333-35433, English, 1600 sign on with ID, IS, Opening announce, Talk and Afro pop (Kouji Hashimoto, Japan, RX: IC-R75, NRD- 525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellite 750, DE-1121; ANT: 70m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 810, April 5 at 0558, XE NA going to a state anthem, but I can`t recognize which, among the many, many Mexicans crammed onto 810 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 940, April 5 at 0605 UT, soprano singing Chihuahua state anthem amid heavy CCI. Or so I thought I had recognized it, but there are no Chihuahuans listed on 940! Maybe it was Coahuila, XEYJ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 1370, April 7 at 0608 UT, solo hymn, 0610 program previews for something on W#LO, or WLO#? Only two fuzzy hits in NRC AM Log are: WLOV Washington GA, 1 kW daytimer, Nostalgia; and WLOP Jesup GA, 5/0.035 kW, Fox Sports. By religious format, maybe this one: WLLM, Lincoln IL, 1/0.035 kW. Hard to DF in heavy QRM but roughly E/W (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 5055-USB, April 5 at 0056, very poor Spanish two-way, YL saying ``adelante`` a few times, which means ``over to you`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. East Asia: Any ideas on unidentified Chinese – rapid fading, weak – 7125, 22-23 UT April 5? Out-of-band but pips made it sound like it was official Chinese (Derek Lynch, Ireland, April 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Nothing listed on 7125, but 22-23 is the only hour that Aoki has Sound of Hope on 7105, and of course jammed, so I suspect they jumped to 7125 (Glenn to Derek, via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. Utility/Military? Unidentified powerful pulse centered on 9220 but spread over 9170-9230 kHz, 2215 UT April 5? There were periodic gaps of about 5 seconds. All my SW radios (Drake R7A, ICF7600GR) either almost dead or gone dead!! First time like this w/ no properly functioning SW radio since 1972! I have just ordered an Eton G3 on Amazon, to arrive in May. So, don’t tell me anything bad about it (Derek Lynch, Ireland, April 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 11595, 05/Apr 2325-2345, UNID. Carrier with distorted modulation and unintelligible. Weak signal in my QTH. In SDR Twente, very good carrier without modulation (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12?14?S 38?58?W - Brasil, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11595: Sat April 6, 2013, *0021-0030*, from here in Indonesia strong signal; talk in SE Asian language mentioning Vietnam, sort of traditional music (Tony Ashar, ibid.) Already IDed as Democratic Voice of Burma via Armenia scheduled 2330- 0030; apparently with transmission problems (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) UNIDENTIFIED. 15332, April 8 at 1413, strong carrier cutting on and off about 24 times per minute, slightly irregularly; also could hear traces of Cuban jamming on 15330 against nothing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. [Re 13-14] 22770 thoughts --- if it was North Korea (5 x 4554) then it was the best most professional audio I've ever heard from that flea bag hell hole. The international news included mentions of Pakistan, fwiw. The fill between items was European Classical music. They went over the t.o.t.h and if there was an ID I didn't catch it. Audio was perfect with no sign of distortion, (that`s why I thought mis-keying instead of spur. No hum, no audio processing signatures that could lead one to make a guess. If Iran 21670 ran Korean instead of whatever "ms" is, that would have made sense. 21670 could easily become 22770 -- I'll be doing a little hilltopping after I attend the Katyn Memorial in Cannock on 13th April. I should be there around the same time 22770 was heard -- (Tim Bucknall (waiting for for a DPRK nuke on his house), Congleton, UK, RDR54D1 + CLP5130, harmonics yg via DXLD) > re whatever "ms" is ... I miss any reception time by Tim ... though Check against the 2nd Sirjan Iran outlet of Malaysian language Bahasa Melau. 17590 1230-1330 49,54 SIR 500 115 0 218 Malay=Melau in Turk languages 21670 1230-1330 49,54 SIR 500 107 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Buschel, ibid.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ ACKNOWLEDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 1664: Thanks to Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach CA, for a contribution to P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702. TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED FUTURELY: Tnx Will Martin, St Louis, for a check to P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ AOKI A-13 DIRECT As of April 10, the Aoki schedules are available by direct link: http://www1.m2.mediacat.ne.jp/binews/use/bia13.txt No longer needed to unzip. This is not the same as the B-12 with a change to a13 at the end. I can`t emphasize enough how important it is to consult the *current* latest version online (dated at the top, and updated every day), rather than some stale version used by various other reference sites, or a previous download you made. And how important it is to compare with EiBi and HFCC, and other references such as the DXLD archive when researching or making educated guesses about unIDs, logs. These and others are linked from the WOR homepage. Look for A13: http://www.worldofradio.com (Glenn Hauser, April 10, dxld yg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Desde el 10 de abril, los esquemas de la lista Aoki están disponibles por via de enlace directo: http://www1.m2.mediacat.ne.jp/binews/use/bia13.txt No es más necesario descomprimir un archivo. Este enlace lleva a una base de datos que no es la misma que la del período B-12 con una actualización a A13 al final. [what I meant was that the URL itself did not match the previous URL with a mere change to A13 --- gh] Insisto en la importancia de consultar esta *actualizada* última versión en línea (fechada en la parte superior y renovada cada día), más que en alguna versión no tan confiable utilizada por varios otros sitios de referencia, o comparado a una previa descarga de archivo que haya Ud. hecho con anterioridad. Y resalto la importancia de compararla con las otras listas de referencia, EiBi y HFCC, y otras como las del archivo DXLD cuando se esté buscando o ponderando algunas estaciones no identificadas, logs, etc. Estas listas de referencia están ubicadas desde enlaces en la propia página de World of Radio. Busque por A13: http://www.worldofradio.com Glenn Hauser, EE.UU via lista DXLD en YG, traducido y adaptado, via Horacio Nigro, Uruguay, abr 10. 73 (Horacio Nigro Geolkiewsky, Montevideo, Uruguay, condiglist yg via DXLD) The DOMESTIC BROADCASTING SURVEY 15 (DBS-15), April 2013 edited by DSWCI Chairman, Anker Petersen. ISSN 1399-8218 PRESS RELEASE FROM THE DANISH SHORTWAVE CLUB INTERNATIONAL (DSWCI) http://www.dswci.org NEW SURVEY AVAILABLE: The 56-year-old DSWCI, which counts experienced DX-ers in 29 countries all over the world as members, has just issued the 15th Edition of its annual Domestic Broadcasting Survey. This survey is divided into three parts: Part 1: The 41st edition of the Tropical Bands Survey covering all ACTIVE broadcasting stations on 2300-5700 kHz, including clandestines. Part 2: Domestic stations on international shortwave bands above 5700 kHz broadcasting to a domestic audience. Part 3: Deleted frequencies between 2 and 30 MHz which have not been reported heard during the past five years, but may reappear. This new Survey is based upon monitoring by our members, many official sources and DX-bulletins. A13 schedules are included when available. In order to make the DBS reliable, our own monitors around the world have checked throughout the period April 2012 – March 2013, if each of the 640 station frequencies is on the air. ACTIVE stations are marked with an A (”Regular”), B (”Irregular”) or C (”Sporadic”) in the list. D means ”Likely inactive”. A unique feature is the right column called ”Last log”. It shows the last month and year before DBS deadline on March 31, 2013 when the particular station was reported logged by a DX-er somewhere in the world. This is another way of indicating the current audibility of the station. To avoid inactive stations in this DBS, most frequencies which have not been heard during the past year, have been deleted and are moved to Part 3. No other frequency list has this feature! Other useful features for easy identification (ID) are the parallel frequencies and reference to Station ID slogans. Three sample extracts from the DBS-14 are shown on the next page. Reviews can be found on http://www.dswci.org All buyers of DBS-15 will get a username and password to the monthly updates on the tropical bands published as "Tropical Bands Monitor" on our website. The similar, historical data from 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 are available to anybody at http://www.dswci.org/tbm The 23 pages A-4 size DBS-15 is available by e-mail as pdf-format (about 400 kB). A limited number is also available printed on paper. It is sold by the treasurer: DSWCI, c/o Bent Nielsen, Egekrogen 14, DK 3500 Vaerloese, DENMARK E-Mail edition: DKK 35,00 or USD 7.00 or EUR 5,00 or GBP 4,50 or SEK 40,00 or IRC 3. Printed edition: DKK 70,00 or USD 14.00 or EUR 10,00 or GBP 9,00 or SEK 80,00 or IRC 6. Payment by cash notes are accepted whereas checks and postal money orders are not accepted. DSWCI Bank is Danske Bank, 2-12 Holmens Kanal, DK-1092 Copenhagen K. BIC/SWIFT : DABADKKK. IBAN: DK 44 3000 4001 528459. Danish buyers please use: Reg. 3001- konto 4001528459. If you have EURO as national currency, you are advised to pay to our representative in Germany, Andreas Schmid. Andreas Schmid, Lerchenweg 4, D-97717 Euerdorf, Germany. E-mail: schmidandy @ aol.com Account 2912472076 at Targobank BLZ: 30020900. BIC: CMCIDEDD. IBAN: DE24300209002912472076 . If you want to pay via PAYPAL, you have to contact Andreas Schmid, before you send your payment. Payment via PayPal only in US$ currency and only for persons, living outside the European Union (EU). Best 73, (Anker Petersen and Bent Nielsen, DSWCI, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 100000watts.com I see there's a 'new' 100000watts.com which appears to be a simple re- director providing links for different types of station stuff. I'm a bit surprised that the stationintel folks let that URL go (Russ Edmunds, 15 mi NNW of Philadelphia, April 9, IRCA via DXLD) CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES +++++++++++++++++++++++++ JEROME HIRIGOYEN OF TDF TO SPEAK AT NASB ANNUAL MEETING Jerome Hirigoyen, Head of Business Development and International Broadcasting at Télédiffusion de France (TDF), will be one of the speakers at this year's annual meeting of the U.S. National Association of Shortwave Broadcasters (NASB) in Birmingham, Alabama May 15-17. Hirigoyen will give a presentation about TDF's large shortwave transmission facility in Issoudun, France that is used by many of the major international broadcasters, including Radio France International. The meeting will take place at the headquarters of EWTN, the global Catholic television network which also operates shortwave station WEWN in the suburbs of Birmingham. Meeting participants will have the opportunity to tour the large shortwave station in a scenic mountaintop area, where station personnel will serve a barbecue lunch as well. Other speakers at the NASB annual meeting will include Dr. Dowell Chow, President of Adventist World Radio; A.J. Janitschek of Radio Free Asia; Mike Rosso and Dave Hultsman of shortwave transmitter manufacturer Continental Electronics; Mark Allen of Rohn Tower Company; and various representatives of EWTN/WEWN itself. Shortwave listeners, broadcasters and anyone with an interest in shortwave broadcasting is welcome to attend the meeting in Birmingham, which is free of charge, including a welcome reception and lunches on Thursday and Friday. More information, an agenda and other details on nearby hotel accommodations can be found at http://shortwave.org/meeting/meeting.htm The Holiday Inn Express in Irondale, Alabama will provide free transportation between the hotel and EWTN for the meeting. DEADLINE FOR NASB MEETING HOTEL RESERVATION Dear Colleagues: For those who are planning to attend the 2013 NASB Annual Meeting in Birmingham, Alabama May 15-17, we want to inform you that the deadline for making hotel reservations at the Holiday Inn Express-Irondale is next Tuesday, April 16. After that date, our room block will be released by the hotel, and any other reservations will be on a space-available basis and subject to regular hotel rates. The special NASB hotel rate is $75.00 per night plus tax. The Holiday Inn Express will provide meeting attendees with free transportation between the hotel and EWTN Television Network, where the meetings will take place. The hotel will also host a welcome reception on the evening of May 15. Also, we should note that the e-mail address for making hotel reservations has changed. The new address is: mcolon @ kanahotelgroup.com Please send the following information to that e-mail address: Name of Guest(s): Email/Phone Number: Check-in/Check-out dates: Estimated time of arrival: Preference of room type (King or Two Queen Beds): Number of People in Room: Method of Payment: (Do not provide credit card number with e-mail. The Holiday Inn Express will contact you later for that information.) You can find the meeting agenda and list of speakers on the NASB website: http://www.shortwave.org/meeting/meeting.htm Questions about the NASB meeting may be directed to nasbshortwave @ gmail.com. (Jeff White NASB Secretary-Treasurer 175 Fontainebleau Blvd., Suite 1N4 Miami, Florida 33172 USA Tel +1-305-559-9764 Fax +1-305-559-8186 http://www.shortwave.org April 8-9, DX LISTENING DIGEST) SDXF’S DX-PARLAMENTET IN GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN New post on EDXC News by OH6001SWL 9 April 2013 The Board of SDXF has decided to hold their annual meeting together with DX-Parlamentet (DX Parliament) in Gothenburg on 31 May - 2 June, 2013. The venue is the same (Apple Hotel) as in 2009 with accommodation, conference and food at one location and with good transport links to and from the hotel. More information (in Swedish) can be found here: http://www.sdxf.se/WP/?page_id=1525 (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) PRESENCIA DIEXISTA EN LA FONOTECA DE RTVC. Bueno, les envío el enlace a reseña de mi visita a la Fonoteca de la Radio Nacional y la realizada por el III Encuentro Diexista Colombo Venezolano. http://fonoteca.gov.co/index.php/home/historias-de-radio/item/785-el-diexismo-colombiano-en-renovaci%C3%B3n-evoluci%C3%B3n-y-proyecci%C3%B3n http://www.fonoteca.gov.co/index.php/home/actualidad/item/678-reflexiones-alrededor-del-diexismo-entre-colombia-y-venezuela (Rafael Rodríguez, Colombia, April 10, condiglist yg via DXLD) MUSEA +++++ VOICE OF VICTORY Interessante documentario, da Hallicrafters, da importancia do radio durante a 2ª Guerra Mundial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jps0_2adUvo (Dinan Rogerio PU2UIB/PY2162, April 7, radioescutas yg via DXLD) RETRO RADIO DIAL TEXAS USA 1963 Radio Heritage Foundation http://www.radioheritage.com April 10 2013 A fascinating look back 50 years ago to 1963 and what radio stations could be heard from Texas USA has just been released by the Radio Heritage Foundation at http://www.radioheritage.com As well as a complete list of AM & FM stations along the dial, the new feature includes the name of the radio station owners of that era, nearly all of which were local corporations and individuals in the days before mergers and acquisitions led to big changes in what Texans could listen to. Retro Radio Dial Texas USA 1963-2013 is the first of a new series that will explore all 50 US states in the coming months, as well as other parts of the world. The feature also includes the Top 20 music Hits of 1963, popular movies, arrivals and departures and other aspects of popular culture. The period was also important in wider US popular culture, and you'll find many good books about the era that add to the flavor of the AM & FM radio dial. The Retro Radio Dial series also includes features exploring radio as early as 1928 in California, Japan and Shanghai in 1941, Hawaii in 1961 and many new titles are currently in preparation. The Radio Heritage Foundation is an independent non-profit organization with no connections to the broadcasting industry or any government agency, and is supported by people worldwide who think it's important to protect radio memories for the future. Content at http://www.radioheritage.com is free. Come along and visit the Texas radio dial in 1963 with us. There's even a place for you to share your own radio memories of those times. Radio Heritage Foundation http://www.radioheritage.com The Global Radio Memories Project 'where today's people connect with yesterdays radio' (David Ricquish, RHF, April 9, DX LISTENING DIGEST) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See INDIA; NEW ZEALAND; RUSSIA; SAUDI ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARABIA DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ NOT OBSOLETE: FM TRAPS Viewing over-the-air digital television can be a challenge. Ever since the digital cut over in June of 2009, WPIX-DT 11 and WNET-DT 13 have been hard to get. I had presumed that this was caused by these stations switching back to their original high VHF analog operating frequencies. Most New York City stations broadcast digital TV on UHF frequencies. After the digital cut-over, WABC, WPIX and WNET all reverted away from temporary UHF assignments back to their old analog channels. Field strength analysis web sites, like http://dtv.gov suggested all three of these stations sent considerable signals my way. Why could I not bring them in? Since about the year 2000, I have been using a Channel Master CM4228A 8-bay bow-tie antenna for digital television reception. This antenna was originally purchased in 1985 and is now on its second house! Its simple design and low wind resistance make it very hard to kill. Using the CM4228A, Channels 11 and 13 often drop out and die at the worst moments, so I began experimenting for a solution towards better reliability. Poking around my attic, I discovered an old friend that I had nearly forgotten. Back in the good old days of analog TV, I had mounted a small TV antenna in my attic for use during power blackouts. My primary CM4228A used a phantom-powered antenna mounted pre-amplifier, so without power I could see nothing! Quickly switching to my backup antenna was a Godsend when watching battery-operated TVs sitting in the dark! It is a compact Finco VHF/UHF combo antenna designed for suburban use where strong signals reign. To give you an idea just how old this antenna is, I bought it while employed by Arrow Electronics back in 1975. Not bad for only 38 years old! Since it had never been mounted outside, the antenna is in great condition and still works well. Would it provide enough signal to resolve DTV all the way out at my QTH 45 miles from the transmitter? Amazingly, it did! One thing piqued my curiosity: I use an indoor distribution amplifier to boost the antenna to several TV sets in my house. When the FM trap switch was off, channel 11 and 13 disappeared. When the FM trap was switched in, reception reappeared like magic. But why? My little inexpensive pre-amp is certainly quite capable of creating good spurious images. My two strongest nearby FM stations are WHUD Peekskill 100.7 and WFME 106.3 Mt. Kisco. Multiply these frequencies by two and the results tell the story: 201.4 (right in the middle of TV channel 11 198-204 MHz) and 212.6 MHz (within TV channel 13 210-216 MHz.) Removing these FM signals before amplification make all the difference. Aha! The mystery of the elusive Channels 11 and 13 was solved! Aren`t FM traps a wonderful invention?!? With my compact antenna, snuggled up into the eaves of my attic with a bracket and a leftover length of PVC pipe, I can receive 30 unduplicated TV services all the way from New York City. Not bad! The moral of our story: The world is ever changing. Adapt to it! (Karl Zuk N2KZ, March 31, Tvfmdx mailing list via DXLD) Karl, It is interesting that you found that the local FM transmitter harmonics were causing the interference on CH 11 & 13. Just within the last week a "pirate" Spanish FM station came on the air on 87.70. When the transmitter is on without any audio feed, WPVI DT-6 decodes using a Zenith DTT-900 digital box. Once they turn on any audio feed, even just audio "hum" creates enough modulation of the signal to prevent WPVI from decoding. The WPVI signal at my location is at the top of the signal meter. Apparently it doesn't take too much interference from the FM signal to prevent decoding of the digital VHF signals. By the way, the Finco antennas were made to last even when they are mounted outdoors. I retrieved a Finco FM-4G antenna which was outside at least 25 years and everything is intact. One of the wingnuts for the antenna downlead connection had come loose and fallen off. The nuts on the U-bolt were rusted solid. Not bad for 25 years plus (Bob Seaman, Hazleton, PA, ibid.) FCC SHUTS DOWN 87.7 PIRATE The local Spanish pirate on 87.7 FM came on the air on Saturday March 23rd. I first heard it around 3:30 PM. A check of WPVI-DT 6 on the Zenith DTT-901 showed no signal decode and absolutely no signal on the meter. Prior to the interference from the 87.7 transmitter, their signal was at the top of the meter. I had an e-mail address for the engineering department at WPVI. I sent them an e-mail at that time. I sent an e-mail to the Philadelphia FCC Field Office the next day. The FCC came up to check the pirate on Wednesday April 3rd, and the pirate transmitter went off the air around 4:45 PM on April 3rd. The FCC sent me an e-mail the following day and they said that they "identified the FM pirate on 87.7 and ordered them to cease operation". Would they have acted so quickly because of the interference to WPVI- DT 6 in the area of the 87.7 FM transmitter? The area where the 87.7 transmitter is located is within the 28 dB service contours of WPVI. I was surprised that it was shut down that quickly (Bob Seaman, Hazleton, PA, April 8, ibid.) RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ OPENING REMARKS OF COMMISSIONER AJIT PAI AT THE NAB SHOW’S AM BAND REVITALIZATION PANEL LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, APRIL 8, 2013 http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2013/db0409/DOC-320038A1.txt (via Benn Kobb, DXLD) FCC NEWS BRIEFS o Confirming rumors, Julius Genachowski will soon step down from his post as Chairman of the FCC: http://tinyurl.com/JuliusGenachowskiStepsDown http://tinyurl.com/Remarks-of-FCC-Chairman http://tinyurl.com/PoliticoOnTheDeparture o Commissioner Robert McDowell joins Chairman Genachowski in exiting the FCC: http://tinyurl.com/McDowell-Exit RF EMISSIONS STANDARDS CHANGING o The FCC has issued a First Report & Order, Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making and Notice of Inquiry (one document) dealing with various aspects of the human exposure to radio-frequency emissions standard, including an inquiry into possibly rejiggering the standard itself. Big news: http://tinyurl.com/RFR-Update http://tinyurl.com/RW-on-RFR-Mod (all: CGC Communicator April 7 via Kevin Redding, ABDX via DXLD) FCC SEEKS TO REASSESS RF EXPOSURE LIMITS On March 27, the FCC released a First Report and Order, Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and a Notice of Inquiry (ET Docket Nos. 13-84 and 03-137). The documents seek to reassess the FCC's RF exposure limits and policies, as well as to propose changes to the FCC's rules regarding human exposure to RF electromagnetic fields. Source: The American Radio Relay League. Full article here http://www.southgatearc.org/news/april2013/fcc_seeks_to_reassess_rf_exposure_limits.htm (via Mike Terry, April 7, dxldyg via DXLD) ALINCO DX-R8 ARRIVES - FIRST IMPRESSIONS My Alinco finally arrived. Some early impressions, from the perspective of a MWDXer: 1. Come up with a "stylus" to push the buttons - they are way too small for North American male fingers. A "stylus" can be a pencil with an eraser - using a new or nearly new eraser tip, a rounded plastic end of a stick pen, a piece of wooden clothespin wrapped in electrical tape, a piece of small diameter wooden dowel, let your imagination go wild. What you need is a smooth, gentle end to avoid long term damage to the tiny rubber pushbuttons and some decent length to act as a slender finger. 2. It is very sensitive, yet very quiet between frequencies. Close your eyes, spin the somewhat wobbly tuning knob, and you think you are spinning a fine tuning knob on an analogue radio. You know what chuffing is like on older digital display / synthasized radios? The Alinco is the opposite - it is the anti-chuffer. 3. Very good longwave performance. I picked up something on every European LW broadcast channel - even in spite of those 'pesky beacons'. 4. The manual seems quite well written and it comes with a huge fold up schematic. Put away your jewelers loop - this is a schematic you can read with pleasure. 5. The tuning knob cannot it seems be programmed to act as an up / down tuning aid - rather, you have to use the buttons. Spin the tuning knob fast and you can cover some moderate ground; however, to really move around, grab the aforementioned stylus and use the up / down buttons or key in the frequency. 6. Build quality - main box is excellent - it looks commercial grade. Detachable front assembly is clearly consumer grade - quite OK for the price. It`s the opposite of the Icom R-75 which has a very nice front and knobs combined with a cheesy, I made this at home on the weekend and I didn't try very hard, back panel. 7. Display - bluish LED - dimable in many levels - very nice. 8. Selectivity - sloppy on wide as one would expect - it uses a tiny ceramic filter. Use the SSB filter in either SSB for ECSS or for AM narrow, and then the selectivity is pretty good. There are photos and reports on the internet that show that the stock wide filter can easily be replaced with a little Collins mechanical filter - it seems all 3 filter positions were designed for such filter, and it looks like a person with experience and good equipment for de-soldering and soldering could do this quite easily. I probably will at some point once the warranty is up. With, say, a 7 kHz mechanical filter for wide and a 3 or so kHz mechanical filter for SSB and AM narrow, this radio would really, really rock. I like the Alinco DX-R8 - it offers superb value - especially here in Canada at only $450. It brings true tabletop performance down to the range of an expensive portable. I bought mine from eradioworld in Toronto, which apparently keeps quite a few in stock. Durham Radio also carries them, but when I inquired was out of stock. I like both retailers. But, come up with a stylus as noted above. You will go mad trying to use your fingers around that big tuning knob, will end up relying on an extra long fingernail and that will damage the printed rubber buttons (Phil Rafuse, VY2PR, Stratford PEI, Canada, April 8, ABDX via DXLD) SW Call Signs Glenn, I was just wondering: when I was doing a lot of SWL back in the 70's and 80's I was a member of some club and I received call sign. Do you remember or know of anyone that still does that? I would like to get back into SWL and want to know if my call letters are still good? And I love your web site. I was doing shortwave before the PC was out, and now what a different with also using the PC. I enjoy looking at your website today and will make a donation next pay day. Regards, (Stephen Mason, April 4, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Stephen, Glad you like my website. I personally feel there is no need for a callsign unless you are operating a transmitter. However, if you are trying to QSL hams as an SWL, I suppose it helps to have some letters and numbers after your name. You certainly don`t need any calls to be an active SWL/DXer. The main one of long ago was Popular Electronics magazine, which issued WPE- calls on the same format as ham calls. Hank Bennett prolonged this some further years with WDX- calls. This was really a private for-profit venture. These things have no official or legal validity as far as the FCC or anything else is concerned, so if you ever had one and can remember/retrieve it, it no doubt is still ``valid`` and you may as well use it. Recently the concept has been revived by Popular Communications magazine, which is issuing WPC- calls. I`m sure you can find the details in the magazine or by googling around. I don`t know what they charge, but in any event for them it`s a promotional angle. 73, (Glenn, ---5---, to Stephen, via DXLD) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ THE LUXEMBOURG EFFECT – IONOSPHERIC CROSS MODULATION POLÓNIA, 225 kHz, Polskie R, Solec Kujawski, 1342-1358, 08/4, texto, música pop', noticiário das 1400; 24341, QRM adj. de FRANÇA, em 216, e do LUX, em 234. À noite, é comum captar-se esta emissão à mistura com a emissora bielorrussa em 279 Sasnovy, por via do fenómeno de modução cruzada causada pela ionosfera, ou seja, nada relacionado com o nosso equipamento; o sinal polaco surge misturado, mas sempre em segundo plano. Fenómeno igual regista-se com Marrocos em 171, que aparece em 153. Se notarmos que há um eixo entre o tx bielorrusso - o tx polaco - Portugal, por um lado, e outro eixo entre o tx marroquino (situado em Nador, nordeste do país) - o tx argelino e Portugal, por outro, compreende-se que, o fenónemo poderá nem existir, se txs de grande potência não estiverem em linha, como é o caso daqueles. 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) LONG-HAUL TRANS-EQUATORIAL FM DX, CARIBBEAN TO SOUTHERN BRASIL DOMINICA, MARTINIQUE, HAITI, GUADELOUPE, ST VINCENT [logs delayed processing from December 2012] Caros amigos, Seguem os dados das últimas escutas processadas: 106.1 08/12 0228 DMA Voice of Life, Marigot, várias citações bíblicas em EE 35343 106.2 08/12 0223 MRT Radio AS, Fort-de-France, mx w/ Barry White, jingle da emissora 45444 106.5 06/12 0223 HTI R. Planet Kreyol, Port-au-Prince, om tlk em Crioulo, px "Rap Rocher" 44444 106.6 07/12 0230 GDL RCI Guadeloupe, Pointe-à-Pitre, om citando a população de Capesterre 45444 107.1 07/12 0240 MRT Maxxi FM, La Trinité, yl em FF "Maxxi, Hot Tempo" 45444 107.2 08/12 0232 GDL NRJ Guadeloupe, Morne-à-Louis, om/yl tlk em FF 35343 107.5 09/12 0308 SVT NBC, Belmont, nx BBC abt República Democrática do Congo 22332 107.6 09/12 0225 MRT R. Nostalgie, La Trinité, jingle da emissora, versão em FF da mx "Hello" (Lionel Richie) 45444 107.8 08/12 0215 MRT R. APAL, Saint-Pierre, px w/ mx instrumental 33443 107.9 06/12 0228 DMA Kairi FM, Roseau, px de mx cristãs em diversos ritmos 35343 Além das emissoras informadas acima, duas não foram identificadas: 106.9 - Música nonstop 107.5 - Emissora em Inglês. Considerações finais: Com as escutas apresentadas acima encerro o processamento do que foi gravado em Apiaí/SP. Dos locais em que já fiz escutas de caribenhas em FM (Sorocaba, Garopaba, Ilha Comprida e Apiaí), Apiaí foi o melhor. É notório que a posição geográfica influencia na variedade e quantidade de escutas possíveis. Neste ponto eu diria que Apiaí e Garopaba estão em um patamar bastante equivalente. O que torna Apiaí disparadamente superior é a quase ausência de emissoras locais ou em um raio de 100 km, pois disponibiliza assim uma quantidade muito maior de canais em que é possível fazer novas escutas. Até mesmo a escuta de emissoras distantes por meteor scatter, modalidade que jamais havia explorado. Evidentemente podem existir outros locais iguais ou mesmo melhores. Basta que cada um demonstre interesse e busque novas escutas. Outro ponto a ser colocado é que por mais que em localidades propícias seja possível fazer boas escutas com antena telescópica, é óbvio que com uma antena externa muito mais escutas podem se tornar possíveis. Há alternativas no mercado nacional de nível razoável. Para quem quer colocar a "mão na massa", inúmeros são os projetos com os mais variados níveis de dificuldade. Eu mesmo há pouco mais de dois anos comecei a fazer algumas tentativas nesse sentido. Minhas primeiras tentativas resultaram em coisas tão horríveis que hoje não chamaria de antenas. A prática leva à perfeição e hoje posso dizer que consigo montar antenas com um nível de qualidade muito bom. Para encerrar, informo os equipamentos utilizados em tal DXCamp: Receptor Quicksilver QS1R Perses downconverter WB-80-120-TP Pré-amplificador Kitz Technologies KT-100VG Antena FM-5 73 (Ivan Dias Jr. - Sorocaba/SP http://ivandias.wordpress.com http://twitter.com/ivandiasjr radioescutas yg April 7, 2013 via DXLD) GEOMAGNETIC INDICES Compiled by: Phil Bytheway Geomagnetic Summary January 1 2013 through January 31 2013 Tabulated from email status daily (K @ 2100 UTC.) Flux A K Space Wx 1 118 1 0 no storms 2 119 2 1 no storms 3 129 2 1 no storms 4 143 2 1 no storms 5 145 3 1 minor, R1 6 145 3 1 no storms 7 142 3 1 no storms 8 156 2 1 no storms 9 169 3 1 no storms 10 174 3 1 no storms 11 172 3 1 minor, R1 12 169 3 1 no storms 13 156 8 3 minor, R1 14 154 8 2 no storms 15 140 5 1 no storms 16 137 5 3 no storms 17 137 5 4 no storms 18 115 9 2 no storms 19 107 7 2 no storms 20 107 10 0 no storms 21 107 9 1 no storms 22 110 1 0 no storms 23 105 1 0 no storms 24 103 1 0 no storms 25 101 4 2 no storms 26 99 17 4 no storms 27 98 7 2 no storms 28 98 4 2 no storms 29 95 2 0 no storms 30 97 2 0 no storms 31 103 1 1 no storms Sx – Solar Radiation Storm Level Gx – Geomagnetic Storm Level Rx – Radio Blackouts Level Geomagnetic Summary February 1 2013 through February 28 2013 Tabulated from email status daily (K @ 0000 UTC.) Flux A K Space Wx 1 104 4 2 no storms 2 112 9 1 no storms 3 111 4 1 no storms 4 107 4 0 no storms 5 105 2 0 no storms 6 104 2 1 no storms 7 103 6 1 no storms 8 104 7 1 no storms 9 108 3 0 no storms 10 106 4 1 no storms 11 105 4 1 no storms 12 102 4 2 no storms 13 100 11 4 no storms 14 100 10 1 no storms 15 100 4 1 no storms 16 103 8 1 no storms 17 106 8 2 minor, R1 18 105 4 3 no storms 19 112 6 1 no storms 20 114 5 1 no storms 21 109 6 2 no storms 22 107 9 3 no storms 23 100 6 2 no storms 24 95 3 1 no storms 25 95 3 2 no storms 26 99 5 1 no storms 27 102 4 1 no storms 28 106 7 3 no storms Sx – Solar Radiation Storm Level Gx – Geomagnetic Storm Level Rx – Radio Blackouts Level MODELING SUN`S INTERIOR NBC ran an interesting report this week about modeling of the Sun's interior on a supercomputer. Read it at, http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/04/17603918-suns-magnetic-heartbeat-is-discovered (QST de W1AW, Propagation Forecast Bulletin 14 ARLP014, From Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, WA April 5, 2013, To all radio amateurs, via David Raycroft, ODXA yg via DDXLD) :Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts :Issued: 2013 Apr 08 0354 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # Product description and SWPC contact on the Web # http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/weekly.html # # Weekly Highlights and Forecasts # Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 01 - 07 April 2013 Solar activity began the period at very low levels on 01-02 April. By 03 April, solar activity increased to low levels and continued at low levels through 04 April due to several low level C-class flares from Regions 1708 (N11, L=190, class/area Dao/090 on 29 March), 1711 (S19, L=158, class/area Cko/580 on 04 April), and 1713 (N10, L=175, class/area Dai/130 on 06 April). By 05 April, solar activity reached moderate levels with an isolated M2 flare at 05/1748 UTC from Region 1719 (N08, L=076, class/area Dsi/150 on 07 April). Earlier on 05 April, a long duration C2 flare was observed at 05/0650 UTC, also from Region 1719 as it began to rotate onto the east limb. An associated coronal mass ejection (CME) was observed off the east limb in SOHO/LASCO C2 imagery beginning at 05/0712 UTC, but was not Earth- directed. By 06-07 April, solar activity returned to low levels with the majority of the C-class flares from Regions 1718 (N20, L=109, class/area Dai/140 on 07 April) and 1719. No Earth-directed CMEs were observed during the reporting period. No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at high levels on 01-05 April and decreased to moderate levels by 06-07 April. The maximum weekly flux value of 5166 pfu was observed at 02/1735 UTC. Geomagnetic field activity was at quiet levels with isolated active periods at high latitudes mid-day on 01 and 07 April. Solar wind speed began the period decreasing from approximately 480 km/s to a low near 250 km/s by late on 05 April while the total field strength slowly increased from 2 nT to 6 nT. By Early on 06 April, solar wind speed started to increase to 340-370 km/s while total field strength increased to 5-7 nT. Solar wind speed was relatively constant near the 330-350 km/s range through the end of the reporting period. Phi angle was mostly negative (towards) through approximately 07/1500 UTC when a change to a more positive (away) sector occurred. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 08 APRIL - 04 MAY 2013 Solar activity is expected to be at very low to low levels with a chance for M-class flaring from 08-19 April as Regions 1713, 1718, and 1719 continue to transit across the visible disk. From 20 April until the end of the forecast period, very low to low levels are expected. No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at normal to moderate levels with a chance for high levels on 24 April-02 May due to recurrent coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS) effects. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be quiet to unsettled on 08- 09 April due to weak CH HSS effects. Mostly quiet conditions will prevail until another CH HSS moves into geoeffective position on 23 April. Quiet to unsettle conditions with a chance for isolated active periods are expected on 23 April with quiet to unsettled levels on 24 April. Another CH HSS is expected to become geoeffective on 25-26 April causing unsettled to active conditions with minor storm periods possible. Conditions are expected to return to mostly quiet levels by 27 April through the end of the forecast period. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2013 Apr 08 0354 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # Product description and SWPC contact on the Web # http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wwire.html # # 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table # Issued 2013-04-08 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2013 Apr 08 138 8 3 2013 Apr 09 135 8 3 2013 Apr 10 130 5 2 2013 Apr 11 120 5 2 2013 Apr 12 115 5 2 2013 Apr 13 115 5 2 2013 Apr 14 110 5 2 2013 Apr 15 105 5 2 2013 Apr 16 105 5 2 2013 Apr 17 105 5 2 2013 Apr 18 100 5 2 2013 Apr 19 100 5 2 2013 Apr 20 95 5 2 2013 Apr 21 95 5 2 2013 Apr 22 95 5 2 2013 Apr 23 95 12 3 2013 Apr 24 100 8 3 2013 Apr 25 105 18 4 2013 Apr 26 110 15 4 2013 Apr 27 115 5 2 2013 Apr 28 120 5 2 2013 Apr 29 125 5 2 2013 Apr 30 125 5 2 2013 May 01 125 5 2 2013 May 02 130 5 2 2013 May 03 130 5 2 2013 May 04 130 5 2 (SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1664, DXLD) ###