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Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 1688: *DX and station news about: Afghanistan non, Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia non, Canada, China non, Cuba, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Europe, Germany, India, Iran, Korea North, Luxembourg, Malawi, Mexico, Peru, Slovakia, Somaliland, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, USA, unidentified SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1688, September 26-October 2, 2013 Thu 0330 WRMI 9955 [confirmed on webcast] Thu 2100 WTWW 9479 [confirmed] Fri 0326v WWRB 5050 [confirmed at 0329] Sat 0200v WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Area 51 [confirmed] Sat 0630 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 1500 WRMI 9955 [confirmed on webcast] Sat 2330v WTWW 9930 [confirmed at 2329] Sun 0400 WTWW 5830 [confirmed] Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 Wed 0630 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Wed 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Thu 0330 WRMI 9955 [or maybe 1689 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/ ** AFGHANISTAN [non]. 11895, Sept 22 at 0140 ``Sohl music`` like used to be played on Radio Sohl, not surprising, since this is US BBG`s Deewa Radio, Pashto for the Afgo-Paki border area. Good but with heavy flutter, much like 11905 SLBC --- not surprising, since this is via SRI LANKA, too, Iranawila at 01-03, per Aoki switching to Kuwait at 03-04. Do site changes on the hour rather than half-hour imply it`s more for Pakistan than Afghanistan? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ALASKA [and non]. 7355, Sept 20 at 1205, after remarking that I hardly ever hear KNLS` English hour, here it is, poor with deep fades in gospel rock; 1207 YL ID as ``New Life Station, KNLS``, bit about Androids, consult FTC website for info about security (in China??); ACI from 7360 can be avoided. 1208 another capsule, `American Highways` about I-94 around Miles City MT, movie locations, bucking horse sale. Having hooked listeners with secular stuff, segué to bit about Sampson killing 30 men, as per Judges, on `True Stories from the Bible in Contemporary English`. Yeah, sure. 1212 another ID; reception is deteriorating (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also MADAGASCAR ** ALBANIA [and non]. 9850, Sept 22 at 0125, R. Tirana IS makes 8 bars on the DX-398 meter with external antenna plugged in; not bad but nearby 9860 WHRI is full-scale. Yet RT is not getting QRM now, but less modulation at 0130 sign-on does have some splash; accurate schedule of the remaining two English broadcasts, program summary, 0131 news, 0142 music; now weaker but so is WHRI, slightly (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANTARCTICA. LRA36 Radio Nacional Esperanza tonight played similar music selection on 15476.00 kHz, traced at 1945-1955 UT, Friday Sept 13 (Wolfgang Buschel, Sept 13, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 24 via DXLD) 15476, LRA36, R Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, ATA Base Esperanza, 1915-1942 17-19-24 Sept, mx local, px better LSB, 13222 (Mauro Giroletti, Swl 1510, IK2GFT, JRC525Nrd, Lowe HF150, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) 15476.006, LRA36 R Nacional San Gabriel, tiny S=3-4 on threshold. [and non]. 15479.957 at 1910 UT BBC Arabic via Al Dhabbaya UAE, S=7-8 fluttery in Germany (Wolfgang Büschel, Sept 24, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews via DXLD) Buonasera; LRA36 15476 con buon segnale e ottima musica. 73 de GIROLLA! (Mauro Giroletti, Swl 1510, IK2GFT, JRC525Nrd, Lowe HF150, playdx yg via DXLD) probably 2012 UT Sept 24 per timestamp in UT+2 (gh) ** ARGENTINA. 11710.93, Radiodifusión Argentina al Exterior, 9/11/2013 0231 Program "Latin American Overview", talk about international news stories affecting Latin American countries, rift between US and Brazil over NSA, ID as RAE at 0238, rock song, discussion of poverty, ID in Spanish "Radiodifusión Argentina al Exterior" at 0256, choral music with piano, time pips over song, another ID in Spanish, then English, then into French program; // online at http://radionacional.com.ar/vivo/4-rae.html (Ralph Brandi, Middletown NJ, Perseus and QS1R SDRs, 300 foot mini- Beverage, T2FD, NASWA Flashsheet Sept 22 via DXLD) Music of the Twenties like Raabe's Palace Orchestra; 15345.184 kHz, hopping up on x.187 kHz. RAE Buenos Aires on Italian language service [time? 19-20 UT] (Wolfgang Büschel, Sept 13, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 24 via dxldyg via DXLD) And tonight Sept 24: 15345.041, RAE Buenos Aires S=8 at 1900 UT, TIME pips, nx on "Argentine Papa" (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) 6060, RAE, 25/09 2248 UT. Noticias sobre las próximas visitas de los presidentes latinoamericanos y los últimos sucesos en la ONU. Señal reactivada con QRM de otras emisoras, las que no son relevantes con SINPO: 54454. También agregar que cuando está en frecuencia, no hay espurios en el resto de la banda // 15345 con SINPO: 54444 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: Beverage de 20 metros con balun 9:1, QTH: Centro de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** ARGENTINA. Volvió a transmitir LRI227 Radio Antares en 1650 khz PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES --- 1650, LRI227, Radio Antares, Pilar, Provincia de Buenos Aires, volvió a transmitir luego de muchos meses de ausencia. Esta estación, cuyo eslogan es ``la emisora de la familia`` fue reportada el pasado 22 de septiembre con música folklórica argentina y avisos comerciales de Pilar y zona. Dirección: Martitegui 598. Pilar, Buenos Aires Teléfono: 02304 373150 Dirección de correo electrónico: info @ am1650antares.com.ar Web: http://www.am1650antares.com.ar/ (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, Sept 23, radioescutas yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. The audio & signal strength from Radio LMS 2368.5 kHz seem to be a little louder past couple of days. That said, it's still not strong, but given that it's been buried in the mud past several weeks, it maybe a dx opportunity for some. 73's (Ian Baxter, NSW, Sept 20, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Thanks Ian. Not even able to detect an open carrier through Sept 20. So for all of August and September nothing heard on 2368.5 kHz, with checking from about 1200 to 1430 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach (near Monterey), Calif., dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. Surprisingly good reception from VL8K on 2485 this morning. It went from being inaudible at 1130 to intelligible audio at its peak just after local sunrise at 1210 UTC. || to VL8A on 4835, which is much stronger and in the clear after WWCR sign off at 1200. Programming consisted of an OM announcer with music, including the Yardbirds. Nothing heard on 4910, and I forgot to check 2325 (Tim Rahto, Luther IA, Sept 23, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 2485, VL8K Katherine NT, 1100 tune in, 1105 pop music, 1120 pop rock music, 1117 announcer, 1130 still in this // 2325 Australia, VL8T Tennant Creek NT -- 2325 had slightly weaker signal (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, S Florida, NRD 535D, 746Pro, R8, R7, Sony 2010XA; Long Wave Pre Amplifier, Ferrite Antennas, 120/90/60 meter dipoles, and XM, Cedar Key, NRD 525D, R8A, E5, Sept 24, cumbredx yg via DXLD) Date? ** AZEREBAIJAN. Venerdì 20 settembre 2013, 2129 - 9677.5 Blank carrier. SF/BN (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) So they leave the transmitter on all the time, only a few hours a day of programming? 9677.58, V. of Talishistan (probable), 0116-0130+. Just getting a weak carrier but definitely there. QRM from both sides; 9675 CRI in English, and 9680 R. Free Asia. Went off at 0147:52, so never did get anything more. (22 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DXLD) Voice of Justice and Voice of Talyshistan again on shortwave: Voice of Justice noted on Tue/Wed, Sept. 24/25 0600-0630 on 9677.6 SPK 010 kW / non-dir to CeAs Azeri Wed/Sat 1400-1430 on 9677.6 SPK 010 kW / non-dir to CeAs Azeri Tue/Fri Voice of Talyshistan noted on Mon/Tue, Sept. 23/24 0900-1000 on 9677.6 SPK 010 kW / non-dir to CeAs Talysh Mon-Sat 1200-1300 on 9677.6 SPK 010 kW / non-dir to CeAs Talysh Mon-Sat 1500-1600 on 9677.6 SPK 010 kW / non-dir to CeAs Talysh Mon-Sat -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BAHAMAS. 4045-USB, Great Inagua, 1055 sailing vessel with weather information 23 September (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, S Florida, NRD 535D, 746Pro, R8, R7, Sony 2010XA; Long Wave Pre Amplifier, Ferrite Antennas, 120/90/60 meter dipoles, Sept 24, cumbredx yg via DXLD) ** BANGLADESH. Now almost totally in clear evenings 7250. Just < 18 UT daily all last week (Derek Lynch, Ireland, Sept 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BANGLADESH. 15505, Sept 19 at 1357 JBA open carrier from BB, then adding IS, I think, but just too weak to make out a timesignal if any circa 1400. 15505, Sept 20 from *1357:30 JBA carrier, BB too weak to detect any TT, IS or TS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15105, Bangladesh Betar, Sep 21 1251-1300* 34443, English, Bangladesh music, Closing announce at 1259, 1300 sign off (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) 15105, Sept 23 at 1229, very pleased to hear the BB IS, as I`ve not been able to get their English broadcast in months; usually band is still dead this early. Maybe the due north/south equinox terminator is helping. But it`s only very poor, heavy flutter but good modulation. Will they open with an off-time signal on the half hour too? Yes! Ends at 1229:54; sign-on with same theme as for 1400 Urdu; 1239-1243 ``news commentary`` about taxes and reluctance to pay them, 1243 ``This is the external service of Bangladesh Betar``, vocal music; 1250 talk punxuated by same music bits, unsure topic but mentions Supreme Court; 1253 mentions ``something special`` but what? 1257 suggests washing hands with soap & water. 1258 song; 1259 YL sign-off with P O Box until next English transmission on 7250; brief tone, open carrier and off 1300*. Today I should have a chance to compare the off-timesignal for the 1400 broadcast; will it match? 15505, on at 1356 with VP signal worse than 15105 was today, then tone; 1357:43.5 starts IS; but NO timesignal, opening Urdu at 1359:47.5 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15105, Bangladesh Betar. 1232-1237 English national and international news by W, subcontinental music bridge, then commentary by M to 1244. Subcontinental music and canned voice over ID announcement by deep- voice M as "This is the external service of Bangladesh Betar". 1244- 1249 W announcer with ID and sports intro and immediately into sports news. 1249 M announcer with song announcement and into subcontinental music. A bit of hum to the signal and stronger when no audio present. Not the best ever but a nice signal and always a pleasure to hear them. (25 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) 15505, Sept 25 at *1355:25 with carrier, 1356:00 tone, 1357:47 IS, 1359:55 sign-on in Urdu from Bangladesh Betar, and skipping an off- timesignal again! Maybe my critiques have got thru to them, that any station which can`t consistently broadcast an accurate timesignal should not even try to. Better reception than usual today, S9+12 and not too fluttery (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 3310, Radio Mosoj Chaski, Cochabamba, 0950 tune in with YL in language, fair signal with fading 19 September (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, S Florida, NRD 535D, 746Pro, R8, R7, Sony 2010XA; Long Wave Pre Amplifier, Ferrite Antennas, 120/90/60 meter dipoles, and XM, Cedar Key, NRD 525D, R8A, E5, Sept 24, cumbredx yg via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. CHASQUI DX PFA – SETIEMBRE 2013 --- CQ, CQ, CQ…Aquí Pedro F. Arrunátegui para compartir algo con los que disfrutan y aman el DX latinoamericano, todas las horas son UT. Desde la tierra de los incas, les informo mediante este Quipus lo siguiente: La recepción la he efectuado del 25/08 al 19/09 en compañía de mi sabueso Icom IC R72 acompañado del Mizuho KX-3, una antena de hilo largo de 12 metros y una antena loop. Muchos 128´s PFA 3310.00, R. Mosoj Chaski, Cochabamba, 19/09 2308-2335, 22222 programa en quechua, música, ID "Radio Mosoj Chaski", news mx ads. 4699.96, R. San Miguel, Riberalta, 17/09 2338-0005, 22222, news varias con regular ruido; informan convocatoria sindical de los diferentes departamentos sobre un proyecto ley, ads, varios programas, La voz, el noticiero boliviano más completo, ID "A través de Radio San Miguel…" 6134.80, R. Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, 4/09 0147-0205, 44444+, música tropical andina, ads, ID “No importa donde vaya, nunca olvide de su radio, Santa Cruz una radio que sabe acompañar…” música, ID “Escuche Radio Santa Cruz, la primera", ID “970 kHz onda media, 6135 kHz banda sonora, 92.3 MHz frecuencia modulada, trasmite Radio Santa Cruz desde Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia”. Al s/off dicen “Un día más ha transcurrido y al terminar nuestra jornada, Radio Santa Cruz se despide de ustedes, con el deseo de que la paz y la alegría permanezca en sus hogares; mañana nuevamente estaremos con ustedes, acompañándolos en el hogar, en el trabajo y en toda su vida, Radio Santa Cruz, emisora del Instituto Radiofónico Fe y Alegría, trasmite en su frecuencia de 970 kHz onda media, 6135 kHz banda de 49 metros onda corta, sus oficinas están situadas en el barrio en el Flores (escuchar grabación adjunta); 0205 s/off (Pedro F. Arrunáteugi, Lima, Chasqui DX Setiembre, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 4451.13, Radio Santa Ana, Santa Ana de[l] Yacuma 2350 to 2355 noted with fair signal on 17 September, noted 2320 to 2333 on 20 September (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, S Florida, NRD 535D, 746Pro, R8, R7, Sony 2010XA; Long Wave Pre Amplifier, Ferrite Antennas, 120/90/60 meter dipoles, Sept 24, cumbredx yg via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 4699.9, Radio San Miguel, Riberalta, 0950 to 1015 OM and YL chat, weaker signal than Bolivia on 4716 but in every morning, noted 2350 to 0005 with weak signal 19/20 September (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, S Florida, NRD 535D, 746Pro, R8, R7, Sony 2010XA; Long Wave Pre Amplifier, Ferrite Antennas, 120/90/60 meter dipoles, and XM, Cedar Key, NRD 525D, R8A, E5, Sept 24, cumbredx yg via DXLD) 4700, R. SAN MIGUEL, 19/09 0205. Avisos de la emisora en español, avisos comerciales de automóviles traídos desde Brasil y avisos del departamento de Beni. SINPO: 33333. 73 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL- 660, Antena: 5 metros de cable de cobre. QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 4717, R. YURA, 19/09 0201 UT. Música serrana de origen peruano en español. Señal con poco QRN, baja modulación y SINPO: 34444. 73 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: 5 metros de cable de cobre. QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) 4716.65, Radio Yatun Ayllu Yura, Yura, 1004 to 1016 weaker than usual signal, 2348-0003 with Bolivian music, stronger signal in local evening. 19/20 September (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, S Florida, NRD 535D, 746Pro, R8, R7, Sony 2010XA; Long Wave Pre Amplifier, Ferrite Antennas, 120/90/60 meter dipoles, Sept 24, cumbredx yg via DXLD) 4717-, Sept 21 at 0056, Yura is back and/or still on the air later than some nights, very poor with talk; 0103 music; Sept 22 at 0120 still on with music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISGTENING DIGEST) 4717, R. YURA, 21/09 0131 UT. Música tropical de los años 60’s con avisos locales con SINPO: 33333 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: 5 metros de cable de cobre, QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 5952+, Sept 19 circa 0100 and for several previous evenings, Radio Pio Doce has been missing from usual spot; off earlier or off completely? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5952 [sic], Pio XII, Siglo Veinte 1025 to 1028 with YL and weak signal on 19 September (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, S Florida, NRD 535D, 746Pro, R8, R7, Sony 2010XA; Long Wave Pre Amplifier, Ferrite Antennas, 120/90/60 meter dipoles, Sept 24, cumbredx yg via DXLD) 5952.5, 20/09 0031 UT, R. PIO XII. Avisos de problemas ecológicos en español. Asimismo avisos de eventos de bailables en idioma quechua, para el fin de semana en una localidad cercana a Oruro. Posteriormente dan música en quechua. Señal con SINPO: 54444. 73 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: 5 metros de cable de cobre. QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) 5952+, Sept 20 at 0052, R. Pio Doce must be back with carrier on distinctive frequency, but too much noise now, and pointless Cuban jamming encroaching from the hi side. 5952+, Sept 21 at 0059, R. Pio Doce is inaudible again, altho by comparison, 6135-, R. Santa Cruz has a sufficient signal. Next night, Sept 22 at 0102, 5952+ is on but poor vs senseless Cuban jamming on hi side, and 6135- goes off only a few minutes later since it`s UT Sunday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5952.4, R. PIO XII. 22/09 0138 UT. Mujer habla en quechua sobre un concurso que se hace en un concierto que está transmitiendo la emisora. SINPO: 54454 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: 5 metros de cable de cobre. QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) 5952.44, R. Pio Doce, 0955 nice signal with talk by W in Quechua, then ad/promo block mostly in Spanish with at least one mention of Pio Doce. One with wind blowing SFX. 1001 choral NA and voice talk by M with nice ID and mention of "comunicación Pio Doce". Checked the webstream and it was 7 seconds behind. Clearest I've heard a while. (24 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 6025, 0854, Radio Patria Nueva opening 21/8 with apparent prayer, orchestral theme, SS ident & sung anthem, fair (Bryan Clark, Mangawhai, Northland, North Island, New Zealand, AOR7030+. EWEs to NAm, CAm, SAm Drake SPR4 with Alpha Delta Sloper, Sept NZ DX Times via WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DXLD) 6025, Radio Patria Nueva (La Paz), 0317 UT 18 Sept. Se escucha música en español cantada por una mujer; luego locutor indica hora y sigue canción. Después, locutor contesta llamadas de oyentes del programa en el que llama una mujer que indica que vive en La Paz, Bolivia. Se escucha bastante interferencia de los 6020 khz de Radio Internacional de China transmitiendo en Mandarin [via Albania] y en los 6030 de Radio Marti. SINPO: 54545 (Marcos Cox, Vicuña, Chile, Receptor: Degen DE1103 + Antena Cable Largo 3 Metros, condiglist yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DXLD) Tough in NAm, with 6020 and 6030 even stronger (gh, ibid.) ** BOLIVIA. 6155, R. FIDES, 21/09 0155 UT. Música en español con tonos de cambio de hora a las 02, cuando sale de frecuencia. Señal con SINPO: 43333 con leves siseos de AIR en la misma frecuencia (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: 5 metros de cable de cobre, QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 3375.1, Brasil, Rádio Municipal São Gabriel da Cachoeira, 0955 to 1000 OM in Portuguese under thunder storm QRN. 19 September, 1020 to 1023 music under t-storms (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, S Florida, NRD 535D, 746Pro, R8, R7, Sony 2010XA; Long Wave Pre Amplifier, Ferrite Antennas, 120/90/60 meter dipoles, and XM, Cedar Key, NRD 525D, R8A, E5, Sept 24, cumbredx yg via DXLD) 3375.07, R. Municipal, 0959-1008+ ZY Pops with occasional talk by M announcer in Portuguese. Strong enough to tell it was Portuguese, but not strong enough to ID. There was a slight buzz to the signal. Audio sounds like that of a Pirate with homebuilt transmitter. (21 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 4765.00, BRASIL, Tentativo, R. Integração, Cruzeiro do Sul, 2/09 0938-1005, 22222, mx, muy buenos días (la intensidad de la señal varia y se acompaña de fuerte ruido), ads, atención amigo de Cruzeiro do Sul usted puede encontrar todo los artefactos necesarios para su casa en… [sic, translated or really in Spanish?] NOTA: coloco Ten por no haber escuchado ID correspondiente. 4865.00, BRASIL, R. Verde[s] Floresta[s], Acre, 26/08 1105-1136, 33333, saludos y mensajes, ID “A nuestros amigos de Radio Verde Floresta” [sic; translated?] news de Brasil, comentarios sobre la situación política de Brasil, mx. 4885.00, BRASIL; R. Dif. Acreana, Rio Branco, 1/09, 1105-1134, 33333, mx, news. NOTA: durante este trimestre se ha presentado mucha dificultad para captar las estaciones de Brasil, apena audibles. 4925.20, BRASIL, R. Educação Rural, Tefé, 17/09 0010-0035, 22222, news y ads, varios ID, Usted sintoniza… Educação, ID “Está usted en sintonía de Radio Educacao Rural…” [sic, translated?]. Escuchar grabación adjunta con audífonos” (Pedro F. Arrunáteugi, Lima, Chasqui DX Setiembre, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 4805, Brasil, Rádio Difusora do Amazonas, Manaus, 1000 to 1015 OM in Portuguese under t-storm racket 19 September - Noted every morning (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, S Florida, NRD 535D, 746Pro, R8, R7, Sony 2010XA; Long Wave Pre Amplifier, Ferrite Antennas, 120/90/60 meter dipoles, and XM, Cedar Key, NRD 525D, R8A, E5, Sept 24, cumbredx yg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 4815, R. DIFUSORA, LONDRINA, 19/09 0151 UT. Hombre predica sobre la vida eterna con SINPO: 44444 con CODAR de fondo. 73 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: 5 metros de cable de cobre. QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 4865.02, R. Verdes Florestas. Caught middle of canned full ID at tune-in at 0936. Religious program with M host and religious choral music. Full ID again at 0954 at end of program. Nice clear strong signal with the ute off. On earlier than yesterday morning. (19 Sept.) 4865, R. Verdes Florestas. 1003 into news program "Jornal Difusora" with M anchor. Good and fairly clear. Didn't have the full canned ID over ToH. (20 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 4874v, R. Difusoras Roraima, 0935 playing the "Bom Dia" song, and ZY Pops with M announcer DJ, taking phone calls. Rooster crowing during song. Really drifting around fast between 4873-4875. Sometimes as much as 1 kHz in 30 seconds!! Impossible to keep tuned. (19 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DXLD) 4873.9, Brasil, Rdif Roraima, Boa Vista RR, 1000 to 1012 OM with "Bom Dia" difficult in SSB, good in AM synchro with NRD535D. - 2353 OM romantic vocal good signal 19 September (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, S Florida, NRD 535D, 746Pro, R8, R7, Sony 2010XA; Long Wave Pre Amplifier, Ferrite Antennas, 120/90/60 meter dipoles, Sept 24, cumbredx yg via DXLD) 4874, R. Difusoras Roraima. Noticed it went off the air at least once at 1013. (20 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) 4877.6, R. Difusora Roraima, 0937 end of talk and into ZY pops. The signal just looks like a blob when zoomed in on the Perseus. (22 Sept.) 4881.7v, R. Difusora Roraima, 0021 horribly distorted signal but could barely make out Portuguese by M. About 5 kHz higher than what it was this morning. (23 Sept.) 4884.8v, R. Difusoras Roraima. Extremely distorted and drifting all the way up here at 1008, nearly covering R. Clube do Para. 8 kHz higher than where it was yesterday at this time. (23 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 4915, Brasil - Rádio Daqui, Goiânia, GO - - tentative - - 2350 OM vocal, then "mais música`` by OM, then under rtty, 19/20 September (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, S Florida, NRD 535D, 746Pro, R8, R7, Sony 2010XA; Long Wave Pre Amplifier, Ferrite Antennas, 120/90/60 meter dipoles, Sept 24, cumbredx yg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 4925.2, Brasil, Rádio Educação Rural, Tefé, AM, 1020 to 1030 fading out in Portuguese under thunderstorm noise and het from Korea 19 September (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, S Florida, NRD 535D, 746Pro, R8, R7, Sony 2010XA; Long Wave Pre Amplifier, Ferrite Antennas, 120/90/60 meter dipoles, Sept 24, cumbredx yg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 9665v, 0510, Voz Missionária good with Portuguese religious feature all alone, // to 5939.87 fair. The 31 metre frequency wandered from 9665.26 up to 9665.65 by 0545 but had tracked down to 9665.10 when rechecked at 0552 - 23/8 (Bryan Clark, Mangawhai, Northland, North Island, New Zealand, AOR7030+. EWEs to NAm, CAm, SAm Drake SPR4 with Alpha Delta Sloper, Sept NZ DX Times via DXLD) 9665, R. VOZ MISSIONARIA, 22/09 0111 UT. Hombre predica casi gritando con música cristiana en portugués de fondo. Señal con mucho QRN, pero sin QRM de ninguna otra emisora en el canal. No obstante con SINPO: 33333 // 5940 con SINPO: 54444 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: 5 metros de cable de cobre. QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 9820, R. 9 DE JULHO, 19/09 0302 UT. Programa “com a mãe aparecida” desde la Rádio Aparecida com SINPO: 43343. 73 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: 5 metros de cable de cobre. QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 11915+, Sept 22 at 0117, enthusiastic Braziguese, maybe futebol, surely R. Gaúcha, slightly on the hi side. Aoki [not EiBi as in original item: EiBi never shows powers or azimuths!] says its 10 kW are aimed 310 degrees across Brasil, so also USward. Poor and much weaker than 11905 Sri Lanka, q.v., stronger than 11925, probably Bandeirantes, weaker than Catholicizing 11855, Aparecida which is second only to 11780 RNA, by a long shot (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 11925, R. BANDEIRANTES, 25/09 0515 UT. Noticias sobre São Pablo [sic] y de la política de control de alimentos de Curitiba con SINPO: 44444 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: Beverage de 20 metros con balun 9:1, QTH: Centro de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. Re 13-38: ``Amigos, eu postei no Youtube mais alguns videos das radios piratas de São Paulo, no seguimento 87.5 Mhz e 87.7 MHz seria usado pelas radios comunitárias, mas estas são com certeza piratas:`` 87.5, New Life é outorgada e licenciada, para Carapicuíba-SP. Estranho é que se você está em São Paulo, não poderia estar captando-a. Afinal, considerando que ela pode irradiar a no máximo 1km de raio conforme a Lei 9612. Tenho parentes em Carapicuíba em bairro afastado e já ouvi ela lá com sinal ruim, normal pela distância do QTH da emissora e onde eu estava. Tudo bem, sabemos dos trambiques.. Mesmo assim, atravessar Osasco e chegar a SP apesar das outras emissoras, tem que ter potência na "botina" (Bruno Caldeira, Malacacheta/MG Sept 20, radioescutas yg via DXLD) Bruno, essa New Life está em São Paulo mesmo, passa propagandas do bairro de Pirituba, inclusive o prefixo do telefone da radio é daquela região, pode ser que houve uma mudança de QTH, mas se na licença da emissora está como Carapicuiba essa que estou recebendo é pirata mesmo. 73's (Fran Jr., São Paulo SP, ibid.) Pessoal, A diferenciação se a emissora é pirata ou não está na identificação. As oficiais e comunitárias (as oficialmente regulamentadas, não as que se auto-proclamam como tal), identificam se com o prefixo, por exemplo: ZYN364 Radio XYz, São Paulo, ... e depois um slogan que elas escolhem. As que não fazem isso, são pirataças mesmo querendo passar uma imagem de oficial. Outra coisa, o espectro das oficiais começa em 88.1 MHz, o que estiver abaixo, salvo se for uma concessão de comunitária (na condição de oficial e prefixada), são todas piratas também, aquelas que saqueiam o espaço público, ganham com seus comerciais, e não pagam impostos, quer dizer, durma com um barulho desses. Se alguém tiver alguma informação para contribuir, ou para corrigir (por conhecimento na área), seria interessante participar. 73, (Rudolf Grimm, São Bernardo SP, ibid.) Rudolf, resumidamente você exemplificou tudo o que está acontecendo, até agora em 87.5 MHz que seria a frequencia autorizada para as comunitárias em São Paulo nunca ouvi uma identificação oficial com prefixo da emissora, e pelas minhas gravações de todas as piratas que fiz de 87.5 a 108 Mhz só interesses visando lucro e com potencia muito acima do permitido para uma suposta comunitária. 73´s (Fran - São Paulo SP, ibid.) Olá, Rádios comunitárias podem funcionar em 87.5, 87.7 ou 87.9. 73 (Lucio Haeser, Brasília, Sept 24, ibid.) ** CAMBODIA [non]. 13850, Sept 23 at 1307, Cambodian here with fair signal, apparently RFA ex-13845, so now it causes ACI instead of CCI to weaker 13845 WWCR. I was checking 13845 earlier at 1231, finding it clear of QRM, but not yet noticing any 13850; yet there were several good signals from China on 22m. 13850 presumably still via SRI LANKA. Perhaps someone at WWCR and/or IBB noticed my several reports last week of the collision, tho no one will ever acknowledge this. 13850, Sept 24 at 1240, checking again for RFA on its shifted frequency to avoid WWCR 13845, but on 13850 only a JBA carrier. By 1253 check now a good signal has built up (or come on late?), in Khmer and stronger than WWCR; presumed SRI LANKA site. Today`s Aoki (Sept 24) still has it on 13845 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. Not heard CFRX, Toronto on 6070 kHz for a while, possibly they are off, but did catch CFRB 1010 kHz this morning at 0545 UT with "Newstalk 1010" ID. Good peaks. 73's (Nick Rank, Buxton UK, Sony ICF2001D & long wire 2112 UT Sept 22, BDXC_UK yg via DXLD) ** CANADA. 6160, CKZU/CKZN, 0903 getting an echo of the CBC Radio One news at this time, obviously due to both stations coming in. Broke away to own programing at 0904. CKZN has now gone below CKZU. CKZN 6159.964, and CKZU 6159.974. Just 10 Hz separates them and close enough not to hear a het. While doing a screenshot, noticed CKZN is drifting by a couple Hz. (21 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DXLD) 6160, CKZU, Vancouver, 0400 24 Sept, px nx "CBC news", 23222 (Mauro Giroletti, Swl 1510, IK2GFT, JRC525Nrd, Lowe HF150, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) Maybe, but how do you know it wasn`t CKZN? (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** CANADA. Sabato 21 settembre 2013, 0447 - 6745-USB kHz, TRENTON VOLMET. Mistake or change? 6754 empty. Segnale buono. Domenica 22 settembre 2013, Possibile che una stazione utility *professionale*, per trasmettere digiti una frequenza manualmente? :-O --- 0457 - 6754-USB kHz (Sept 21st - 6745). TRENTON VOLMET (Canada), Segnale buono (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) ** CANADA. CKSB started testing on 88.1 FM, Sept 18 2013. They are moving there from both 1050 AM and 90.5 FM. Checked on my car stereo and they are not stereo just like the are not stereo on 90.5. All 3 frequencies 88.1, 90.5 and 1050 all parallel each other. Must be only place in Canada where one city has the same station on 3 frequencies on two bands?? 73 Best of DX (Shawn Axelrod, VE4DX1SMA, VEPC4SWL, Winnipeg MB, amfmtvdx at qth.het via WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DXLD) Despite the calls, CKSB (Saint-Boniface) is the CBC = SRC first network station for the Winnipeg market, formerly a private French station (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) What about Fredericton, where CKHJ is on 1260 (its main signal) and two outlying FM relays that can both be decently heard in most of the area? :) s (Scott Fybush, NY, NRC-AM via DXLD) That's certainly not unknown in the US. I can sit in my car and receive the same programming from either of two distinct religious networks on as many as 4 FM channels fairly regularly under dead band conditions, so that's a distinction I guess for Canada in that those include an AM (Russ Edmunds, 15 mi NNW of Philadelphia, Grid FN20id wb2bjh, ibid.) ** CANADA [non]. Article: QSL of Radio City --- E-QSL of Radio City come within 1 hour after emailed reception report today September 21, 2013, 0800-0900 UT, 9510 kHz. Just finished an article of details on programme, songs and images, uploaded on my blog: http://jshort.blog.163.com/blog/static/209715289201382193144318/ (Jonathan Short, China, Sept 21, dxldyg via DXLD) Sabato 21 settembre 2013, 0831 - 9510, R. CITY MORE CARS-IRRS (ROMANIA), English, IDs e musica. MB (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) ** CHAD [and non]. 6165-, Sept 19 I tune in too late at 0058 as RHC carrier is already on, with lo hum and weak CCI, so I suspect RNT is back on after missing yesterday. Another check at 0511 detects a LAH with talk under RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Chad, 6165, N'Djamena. Sep 19, 2013 Thursday. 2204-2220. French, OM's talking, sounds newsy. Poor, barely readable, almost at noise level. Jo'burg sunrise 0400 (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6165-, Sept 20 at 0056, undermodulated music on fair signal, RNT back again all-night, as also heard past previous signoff by Bill Bingham, RSA (who is mainly checking for Zambia), at 0001-0015; of course, RHC not yet up on 6165 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Chad, 6165 N'Djamena. Sep 20, 2013 Friday. 0001-0015. Looks like another all-nighter for Chad, still on air with continuous afro music. Good. Jo'burg sunrise 0400. Radio Chad, 6165 N'Djamena. Sep 21, 2013 Saturday. 0235-0310. Two OM's talking, with some mentions of “Chad”, but no formal ID heard. Into Afro music at 0246. Back to French talk at 0303 with OM and YL, Afro music on top of it. Brief echo effect at 0306. OM mentioned “N'Djamena” at 0307. Good, apart from atmospheric noise, seemingly mostly lightning QRN from further north. Turkey came on at *0300, along with rapid SAH; Turkey itself barely audible at first. However, the QRN, strengthening Turkey and the SAH conspire to make Chad increasingly difficult to read after 0300. Jo'burg sunrise 0359 (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) [non]. 6165, Sept 23 at 0050, no RNT tonite, but a JBA carrier: Aoki shows on the air at this time: CNR6 Beijing (too late), Myanmar (maybe), R. Logos, Bolivia (not believed active on this frequency) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re: I notice that Bill Bingham in RSA hardly hears any QubaRM on 6165 when he gets Chad. HI Glenn, Possibly a function of the antennas in use? EiBi lists Cuba as targetting Central North America, and Aoki lists its azimuth at 340 degrees, which fits well for that purpose. Whilst Aoki lists an azimuth of 65 degrees for Chad, this seems a bit unlikely to me (although I'm definitely open to contradiction here). Most of the population of Chad resides in the south, not the north, much of which is desert. Hence, assuming their transmitter really is at N'Djamena (which is north of the main populated areas), their antenna is surely more likely to be non-directional? Then it would also catch the neighbouring Francophone countries such as Niger, Cameroon and Central African Republic, to name but a few. And, perhaps not surprising, EiBi also lists Chad as targetting Central Africa. As I said, I'm definitely open to contradiction. Regards, (Bill Bingham, RSA, ibid.) From our POV, the azimuth of Chad hardly matters when Cuba comes on with extremely stronger signal (gh, DXLD) 6165-, Sept 24 at 0046, good signal but low modulation with music, presumed RNT back on all-night. Offset frequency is low by about the same amount, as CKZN below 6160, making almost same pitch on 5-kHz BFO steps. 0101-0102+, 6165 still in clear with RHC not on yet, hilife music tho previously I have heard ID and news atop this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6164.94, Rdif. Tchadienne/R. Djamena. 0007 found a big signal here with Afro hi-life music. 0015 about 45 seconds of deadair between songs. Into a romantic song then. More hi-life and even one reggae song. Audio during one song at 0048 was very low. Could hear M talking at 0112 under Cuba. Incredibly strong sometimes peaking to S9+20!! Oddly on late or all night. Cuba came on at 0059:22, but it was still easily audible under the OC. (25 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) ** CHINA. Sabato 14 settembre 2013, 2120 - 5890, FIREDRAKE + traces of RFA. BN/SF (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) Firedrake [non] CNR1 jamming September 19 before 1400: 17080, very poor at 1348; none in the 16s 15570, poor at 1349 with flutter 15540, very poor at 1349 15115, fair at 1350 with usual CCI; none in the 14s, 13s 12370, JBA at 1350 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 17900, CNR1, Sept 21, 2345. Monolog by M in Chinese. VG (Rick Barton, El Mirage, AZ, Drake R8, Grundig Sat 750, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 10960, CNR-1, Sept 22, 1245. M in Chinese, very strong. Checked band for other // out of band CNRs, none heard. No Firedrakes. Don't know about 10 and 11 UT hours this morning, I was lazy and slept in to 5 A[M MST = 12 UT] (Rick Barton, El Mirage, AZ, Drake R8, Grundig Sat 750, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Firedrake [non] CNR1 jamming Sept 22 after 1300: none in the 17s, 16s, 15s, 14s, 13s, 12s, except inbanders: 15265, poor at 1308 with Sunday-night western classical music show 15115, fair at 1308 with same but heavy CCI here from victim (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6145, Firedrake, Sept 22, 1430. Chinese traditional music, apparently having a run at RTI Chinese service (Rick Barton, El Mirage, AZ, Drake R8, Grundig Sat 750, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Firedrake Sept 23, before 1300: 7470, poor at 1247 with CCI; the best bet for it now; rest CNR1 jam: 13830, fair at 1235 with CCI; none in the 12s, 14s, 15s, 16s, 17s, 18s (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 17730, CNR1, Sept. 23, 2400. Pips and ID by M in Chinese, presumed targeting RFA. VG (Rick Barton, El Mirage, AZ, Drake R8, Grundig Sat 750, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Firedrake [non] CNR1 jamming Sept 24 before 1300: 17900, fair at 1247 with flutter, first noted here; signal much like CRI Kashgar/Urumqi, East Turkistan on 17490, 17560, 17630, 17650 16920, fair with flutter at 1249 15550, poor at 1250 with flutter, het on hi side 15250, poor at 1249 with echo and het/tone jamming 15195, fair at 1249 with flutter, CCI and noise jamming; no 15115 13830, fair at 1253 with flutter; none in the 14s 13605, fair at 1250 with flutter 12980, poor at 1254 with flutter 11640, fair at 1256 with CCI; none in the 10s After 1300, but no full research: 15540, fair with flutter at 1320, het on hi side; no longer 15550 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also TIBET [non] 12500, CNR1, Sept 25, 0945. M in Chinese to ToH, pips, and abruptly off. 11555, Firedrake, Sept 25, 1245. Crashing and banging over RFA Chinese service, via Tinian - Mariana Islands. Dialog M and F under the music (Rick Barton, El Mirage, AZ, Drake R8, Grundig Sat 750, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 12085, CRI, 24/09 2341 UT. Avisos en idioma mongol y música interpretada en chino mandarín con SINPO: 44343 // 9810 está ocupado por los siseos de CNR-1 jammer en 9805. [and non]. 15230, CRI 25/09 0444 UT. Vía Xi’an. Mujer habla en idioma cantonés con SINPO: 44444; // 15160 Vía Jinhua-Youbu, con SINPO: 54454 con otro transmisión por debajo ¿CRI usada como jammer? // 9790 vía La Habana con SINPO: 33333 con la misma programación (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: Beverage de 20 metros con balun 9:1, QTH: Centro de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** CHINA. Venerdì 20 settembre 2013, 2059 - 10000, BPM (CHN), IDs CW e YL. SF (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) ** COLOMBIA. 1040.00, R. Colmundo, Bogotá, 25/08 0505-0530, 22222 ID “Colmundo Radio, mejor cadena de Colombia``, mx, ID “En Bogotá 1040 Colmundo, la radio de música romántica”, mx romántica LA. (Escuchar la grabación adjunta con audífonos). (Pedro F. Arrunáteugi, Lima, Chasqui DX Setiembre, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** COLOMBIA. 5910, ALCARAVAN RADIO, 22/09 0123 UT. Música instrumental con avisos de la emisora. SINPO: 43343 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL- 660, Antena: 5 metros de cable de cobre. QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) Logged this morning Sept 25 at 07-08 UT in MA and FL: 5909.940 kHz footprint Alcaravan CLM in Spanish - and some pieces ENGLISH sermon in between. and 6010.218 Spanish lang weak signal station, on the upper side of that channel. S=7 at 0730 UT (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Compare to Ron`s log of R. Mil, MEXICO on 6009.97 (gh, DXLD) ** CONGO DR. 5066.3, R. Candip not heard recently, though regular checks around 1700-1900. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Münster, Germany, http://africalist.de.ms Sept 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [and non]. Martedì 17 settembre 2013: 0525 - 6125, R. HABANA CUBA English, modulazione debole. BN 0530 - 6060, R. HABANA CUBA EE + strong buzz!!! SF 0532 - 5040, R. HABANA CUBA EE, modulazione 100%. BN (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) 6060, Radio Habana Cuba with English, Arnie Coro doing the midweek edition including news of Wayne Greene's (W2NSD) death, as well as other news mostly about ham radio. Then commentary and into News and more comments, and sports after the ToH. In well as usual, 55554+ (modulation a bit over-driven. Backing off on the RF gain helped, but they were still a bit 'muddy' because of overdrive) They also started to 'skip' -- something going on with their recording where erratically a fraction of a second would be 'cut' out meaning a syllable or word would be cut and the announcers sounded like they were 'jumping' around. MOST distracting! 0530-0615, 18/Sep (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Williamston MI, MARE Tipsheet Sept 20 via DXLD) 6165, Sept 19 at 0058, RHC carrier is already on earlier than usual, blocking presumed Chad, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5040, RHC. 19/09 0324 UT. Programa “voces de la Revolución” con discurso de Fidel Castro, del año 2001, sobre la ecología y los usos de suelos que se han dado en Cuba, y el beneficio económico del mismo. Señal con QRN y siseos de Aparecida en 5035 y SINPO: 43343 // 6060 con SINPO: 43333 con siseos de S. R. DEUS E AMOR en la misma frecuencia; // 6100 no se escucha, // 9810 no se escucha; // 11760 con SINPO: 43343 con QRM de AL-QUDS TV en la misma frecuencia; // 11840 con SINPO: 54454. // 15230 con SINPO: 54444, escuchándose por detrás CRI en idioma chino. 73 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: 5 metros de cable de cobre. QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) 6000 & 5040, Sept 19 at 0512, RHC has Spanish on these two instead of scheduled English, which remains on 6060, 6125, 6165. 0513 closing credits for `Sonido Cubano` very nice music show, the same one heard during the ``buffer`` hour at 23-24 on 13780, 6000. 6000, Sept 19 at 1136, RHC Spanish modulation is quite suppressed; wiggle that patchcord! 13780, Sept 19 at 1354, RHC with buzz on modulation, not so on 11760. Re RHC`s ``new`` frequency 11960, as reported by Ivo Ivanov at 11-15 UT. I previously contradicted this, saying I could not hear it at all. Then Wolfgang Büschel had me doubting my own ears: ``Glenn, checked La Habana on 11960 kHz today Sept 18 via various remote units in USA and Canada, around 1155 UT and this broadcast is a REAL BROADCAST - non mixing product today, same strength like 11690, 11760, and 11860 kHz!!!!!!! Heard all transmission frequencies except 17730, noted on Sept 18. 73 wb`` So I keep trying to hear 11960 again on Sept 19: altho 11690, 11760 and 11860 are strong as usual, nothing more than a JBA carrier audible here on 11960 at 1134, 1220, 1310, 1355. Nothing else is scheduled on 11960 anywhere near this hour in HFCC, EiBi or Aoki. Now I am beginning to wonder if the remote SDRs they are using produce an imaginary signal on 11960 from RHC, perhaps internal mixing of 11760 & 11860? Is anyone else hearing RHC on 11960 with their *own* (preferably analog) receiver with their *own* ears? It would not be the first time remote receivers have ``heard`` something that`s not really there. 6060, Sept 20 at 0515, RHC English is totally obliterated by self- imposed big buzz on this frequency only. Couldn`t happen to a nicer person than Arnie Coro with a non-DX propaganda piece, but still clear on the overkill quartet of 5040, 6000, 6125, 6165. (Arnie claims they really need 5 frequencies to reach nearby North America.) 9500.0, Sept 20 at 1149, today`s RHC spur is on exactly this frequency atop an Asian station instead of usual 9505 or so; // 9540 but an echo apart from 9550. There could also be one matching on 9580 but buried under Australia. Amazingly, modulation on 9500 is good enough instead of extremely distorted that it could be taken as intentional. The 9500 victim is only another of the countless totally dispensable CNR1 frequencies, per Aoki; Commies vs Commies! 11960, Sept 20 at 1228, another fruitless check for alleged new RHC frequency, nothing but a JBA carrier despite bigsigs from 11760 and 11860. Have Ivo or Wolfy --- or anyone --- heard 11960 again? 6165, Sept 21 at 0059, RHC open carrier is already on with hum. In this case some hum may be caused by CCI from CHAD which is significantly on the low side to produce a LAH, but MUCH weaker than RHC here. I notice that Bill Bingham in RSA hardly hears any QubaRM on 6165 when he gets Chad. 11960, Sept 21 at 1136 & 1238, no sign of RHC on alleged new frequency, unless it`s the JBA carrier despite very strong RHC signals on 11760 and 11860. No further reports of 11960 received from Ivo or Wolfy or anyone. Possibly was a one-shot; there is after all a spare transmitter which was taken off 17730 a few weeks ago, and that might also account for my hearing RHC on 9500 yesterday morning, but not today, assumed to be a spur from 9540. Arnie playing games? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11435, (Utility/Broadcast), HM-01 Numbers, Sept 21, 1620. Fair-good. Note: HM refers to "Hybrid Mode", as the broadcast mixes digital with spoken voice audio. 12180, (Utility/Broadcast). Sept. 21, 1030. HM-01 type ## station (Rick Barton, El Mirage, AZ, Drake R8, Grundig Sat 750, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 17540, HM01 - ATENCION - CUBAN SPY NUMBER. 21/09 2308 UT. Lectura de números acompañada de transmisión de datos. Señal clara con SINPO: 54555 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: 5 metros de cable de cobre, QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) Domenica 22 settembre 2013: 0509 - 6125, RHCUBA EE, 100% modulation but low buzz here. BN 0510 - 6060, RHCUBA EE, today here no buzz. MB (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) 11760, Sunday Sept 22 at 1208, not Arnaldo Coro but Arnie Coro, Science Editor with a `Breakthru` bit in English, something about Ecuador, which I don`t listen to but instead immediately check out all the other RHC frequencies whether any others are in the wrong morning language: No, all Spanish: 17580, 15230, 11860, 11690, 9850, 9550, 9540, 6000 (and still nothing on alleged 11960). 1211, Arnie already finishes, but ``back next week, same time, same frequencies``, which I seriously doubt as RHC slopperation is not so predictable. BTW, 11760 has a slow SAH of 40 per minute = two thirds of one Hz, i.e. vs CRI English via Kunming, Commies vs Commies. 1244 check, 11760 in music, but not // Spanish with other music. 1300 check, 11760 still in English. 1314 still separate music. 15340, Sunday Sept 22 at 1307, RHC is missing, audiblizing HCJB Australia with subcontinental music, heavy flutter, unusual for them. 15230 RHC always weaker but certainly audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11530, (Broadcast/Utility), HB-01 type ## station, Sept 22, 1730. Good. 11635, (Broadcast/Utility) HM-01 ##, Sept 22, 2130. Usual in progress, found on random dialscan (Rick Barton, El Mirage, AZ, Drake R8, Grundig Sat 750, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Frequency change of Radio Habana Cuba. First noted on September 17: 1100-1500 NF 11960 HAB 100 kW / non-dir to CeAm Spanish, ex 17730 //: 1100-1500 9540, 11690, 11760, 11860, 15230, 17580 1100-1300 6000, 9550, 9850 1300-1500 11750, 13780, 17580. Using a remote receivers in Nottingham, New Hampshire and New Hartford (Litchfield County), Connecticut, USA (Ivo Ivanov, DX RE MIX NEWS #799, September 20, 2013 via DXLD) As already discussed, 11960 was either a test or more likely an 11760/11860 leapfrog mixing product; never could hear it here (gh) RHC La Habana log of Sept 23 at 1145-1205 UT: 11960 kHz, no new frequency, NO REAL TX broadcasting channel today! Only tiny spurious program 'fog' on S=2-3 -115dB level, spur of 11860/11760 fundamentals, visible on Perseus remote screen in NY / MA / Toronto target. Very tiny little SCRATCHY spur on 9497 to 9502 kHz, maybe some intermodulation of 9540/9550 kHz channels at the transmission site ... 6000 and 9550 kHz, S=9+15dB 9540, less, only S=7-8 level. 9850, S=9+15dB in Eastern North AM. 11690, S=7-8 in Eastern North AM. 11760, S=9+15dB in Eastern North AM. Bust most disturbed RHC channel of all, hit heavily by CRI English sce co-channel frequency. 11860, S=9+30dB strongest signal in North AM. 15230, tiny S=6 backlobe in Eastern North AM, little stronger at Toronto CAN target. 17580, S=9+10dB, much stronger than 15230 19 mb outlet. vy73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15230, Sept 23 at 1228, RHC with big buzz atop Spanish audio which also seems to be breaking up, hard to tell. Same if not worse at 1327, 1352 chex; hasn`t anyone at the station noticed they have a slight problem with this transmitter? Of course not! 11760, Sept 23 at 1249, RHC back in Spanish today instead of English yesterday. Still nothing on 11960, and now Wolfgang Büschel has followed up: [as above] No, if those two [9540 and 9550] were intermodulating, there would be an echo on the spur; presumably from separate sites so IM not possible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Cordial saludo, Don Glenn, Quiero preguntarle si la frecuencia 12120 kHz es una frecuencia "real" de Radio Habana Cuba; hoy los estoy escuchado desde las 0030 aprox. debajo una fuerte señal de RTTY a 800 Hz. Podría ser una Armónico de 6060? Pero en esta frecuencia no los escucho (Rafael Rodríguez, Colombia, 0146 UT Sept 25, WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Saludos, Don Rafael, Esto acontece de vez en cuando. Muy fuerte acá con RTTY abajo a las 0250. Y nada en 6060. Los ingenieros de Radio Cuba han mal-sintonizado el transmisor para irradiar en dos veces la frecuencia normal. Es armónico, pero en vez de la frecuencia fundamental, y no un poco de la potencia escapando en 2x. 73, (Glenn to Rafael, via DXLD) Hace 3+ meses en DXLD 13-23: ``CUBA. 12120, RHC, Junio 01 a las 0025 UT. Curiosa frecuencia en que está transmitiendo RHC con una transmisión de datos (RTTY) de manera residente, el cual se puede oír por debajo del audio normal. ¿Nueva forma de transmitir mensajes? SINPO: 34444. 73! (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660; Antena: Coaxial de 5 Ohms de 20 Metros; QTH: Centro de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1672, DXLD)`` and MORE 12120, Sept 25 at 0243, RHC Spanish VG here and missing from 6060, so once again RadioCuba has mistuned this transmitter to its second harmonic; this is not just an additional leakage on 2x, but a replacement! Tnx to inquiry from Rafael Rodríguez in Colombia, who was hearing this from 0030, underneath strong RTTY. 12120 almost always is dominated by RTTY, but here it`s underneath RHC. Will RHC still be on 12120 after 0500 in English? No, back to 6060 at 0523 check. Last time this happened was June 1 as discussed in DXLD 13-23: http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1323.txt (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DX LISTENING DIGEST) RHC log at before/after 1300 UT Sept 25: 6000, S=9+35dB in FL, S=7 in MA 9540, S=9+5dB (CRI Chinese QRM) 9550, S=9+20dB 9850, S=9+20dB 11690, poor S=5, surprisingly suffering signal, also ute QRM RTTY 11687/11688 [NAA] 11760, S=8-9 (co-channel terrible CRI word jamming and SOH Taiwan) 11860, S=9+5dB 13780, S=9+20dB - best channel of all. 15230, S=6 very poor non-dir ? 17580, S=6 73 wb dxldyg (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 13780, RHC. 25/09 2313 UT. Evo Morales habla sobre la reivindicación boliviana por la salida al mar de aquella nación, como parte del discurso en la ONU. Señal con un poco de QRN y SINPO: 44444 // 6100 con SINPO: 33333; 9810 SINPO: 22222 con QRM de CNR-1 jammer en 9805; 11680 con SINPO: 33333; 11840 SINPO: 44444 con bajísima modulación // fuera de aire: 11760, 15230, 17705 y 17720 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: Beverage de 20 metros con balun 9:1, QTH: Centro de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** CUBA [non]. 9490, R. REPUBLICA, 22/09 0155 UT. Vía Issoudun, Francia. ID como R. República “por [¿para?] que la libertad sea nuestra” y otros avisos con Cuban Noise Jammer de fondo con SINPO: 44343 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: 5 metros de cable de cobre. QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** CUBA [and non]. 6030, R. MARTI, 20/09 0039 UT. Entrevista en “Las noticias como son” a una dama de blanco por una participación en una reunión en Santiago de Cuba y de las demostraciones de apoyo. Señal con SINPO: 44444 con Cuban Noise Jammer // 7365 con muchísimo QRM del Cuban Noise Jammer, e incluso con burbujas, con SINPO: 43343. 73 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: 5 metros de cable de cobre. QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** CUBA [non]. TV MARTÍ TRANSMITTER PLANE, GROUNDED BY SEQUESTER, STORED FOR $79,500 PER YEAR (updated). Posted: 18 Sep 2013 Update: Sun Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale), 16 Sept 2013, editorial: "Radio Marti began in 1985 with high hopes that its broadcasts would circumvent the government-controlled media and, by exposing Cubans to freedom and democracy, prompt the overthrow of Castro. It didn't work. The island nation still isn't free, and TV Marti's signal has been jammed almost since the start. Surveys show that fewer than 1 percent of Cubans have seen its programming, yet Congress refuses to kill funding for the plane, which helps transmit the signal. ... With a simple stroke of a pen, Congress can end this absurdity by taking Aero Marti out of the federal budget and mothballing the plane for good. Radio and TV Marti are Cold War relics whose time has come and gone. It is time to close the book on this failed experiment." (kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD) -- The people of Cuba are not getting complete and reliable news about Cuba and the rest of the world from their domestic media. It is appropriate for the United States to provide such a news service. It should be a comprehensive, balanced news service, not a "gotcha" bad- news-about-Cuba news service. And it should be rebranded (Kim Andrew Elliott, ibid.) ** EAST TURKISTAN. Hi Glenn, PBS Xinjiang, China was heard on 7260 at 2300 s/on with The East is Red on Sept. 17. Hadn't heard that since the old Radio Peking days. Chinese talk followed, SIO 343 (Marty Delfín, Madrid, Spain, Realistic DX-440 with telescopic antenna, Sent from Marty's iPad, Sept 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ECUADOR. 920.00, R. La Democracia, 8/09 0735-0800, 33333, mx, ID "Democracia", mx, ID “Democracia música romántica LA” [sic as in Colombia item] (Ligera interferencia de RPP de Cusco), mx criolla. 939.98, R. Difusora de la Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana, Quito, 8/09 0805-0828, 33333, música romántica LA, ID "Radio Difusora de la Casa de la Cultura ecuatoriana", músicas varias, ID “Radio Difusora de la casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana, la primera radio Cultural del país”. 1270.00, R. Universal, Guayaquil, 25/08 0538-0605, 33333, música pasillo y vals, varios mx por Julio Jaramillo, ID “Universal… la mejor” (Pedro F. Arrunáteugi, Lima, Chasqui DX Setiembre, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ECUADOR. 4781.665, Radio Oriental, Tena, 9/18/2013 2352 Lots of talk by OM, ID at 2359, abruptly off (Ralph Brandi, Middletown NJ, Perseus and QS1R SDRs, 300 foot mini-Beverage, T2FD, NASWA Flashsheet Sept 22 via WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DXLD) 4781.6, Radio Oriental, 2356-0000* Sep 18, man announcer with Spanish talk. Another male announcer with presumably canned closing ID as signal terminated immediately. Poor (Rich D'Angelo, Wyomissing PA 19610, Ten-Tec RX-340, Drake R-8B, Eton E1, Eton E5, Alpha Delta DX Sloper, RF Systems Mini-Windom, Datong FL3, JPS ANC-4, NASWA Flashsheet Sept 22 via WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DXLD) 4781.6, Radio Oriental, Napo, 1110 to 1123 OM in rapid español good signal the last station to fade out mornings, 20 September (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, S Florida, NRD 535D, 746Pro, R8, R7, Sony 2010XA; Long Wave Pre Amplifier, Ferrite Antennas, 120/90/60 meter dipoles, and XM, Cedar Key, NRD 525D, R8A, E5, Sept 24, cumbredx yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DXLD) ** ECUADOR. 6050, HCJB Again noted that there was only a carrier with the "clicking" effect today at 0932. (19 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) 6050, HCJB. 21/09 0144 UT. Música instrumental y avisos de la emisora sobre Ecuador. Asimismo con parte de un discurso de Rafael Correa, acerca la Amazonia con SINPO: 54454 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: 5 metros de cable de cobre, QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) 6050, HCJB, 0833 got their audio fixed and was hearing opening with M announcer over instrumental music. Fair but QRM from Marti jammer. (21 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) ** EGYPT. 15480, R. CAIRO, 21/09 2320 UT. Música árabe y presentaciones en portugués. Señal con cierto buzz de fondo. No obstante, se puede identificar lo transmitido e incluso lo hablado, siendo la modulación medianamente aceptable con SINPO: 43343 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: 5 metros de cable de cobre, QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** ETHIOPIA. External Service drifting constantly upwards, recently around 7236.5 // 9566.5. Very low audio on most occasions. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Münster, Germany, http://africalist.de.ms Sept 24, WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. 17630, FRANCE. Radio Xoriyo, 9/14/2013 1600 Talk in presumed Somali over intro music, ID at 1600, into talk by OM, music at 1602; station jammed, sporadically effective (Ralph Brandi, Middletown NJ, Perseus and QS1R SDRs, 300 foot mini-Beverage, T2FD, NASWA Flashsheet Sept 22 via DXLD) ** EUROPE. PIRATE, 6209.95, R. Borderhunter. End of song and ID/song announcement at 0023 tune-in. Songs "Odia", "Brown-Eyed Girl", "Black Magic Woman", "Nights in White Satin", 0054:40 song announcement. 0100 announcement said was midnight 3 hours ago, 0101:25 short ID. 0102:45 song announcement, ID. (22 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) ** EUROPE. Vasily's Weekend pirate (?) on 6238 --- Vasily Strelnikov with "Vasily's Weekend," 6238, Russian/English bilingual, claiming to be a pirate station. Now at 1733 UT. Heard via University of Twente SDR receiver in the Netherlands: http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/ (Kim Andrew Elliott, DC, KD9XB, Sept 21, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Was V. of Russia, etc., announcer (gh) 6238 kHz. Vasily's Weekend. Pirate Station. September 22. Just took in Minsk frequency 6238 kHz. On the air - well-known radio Basil Strel'nikov. Typically, it is broadcast to their audiences through the "Podcasts" (regular) or sometimes through a live broadcast on the Internet. Today, one of his students included the unit and relayed it to the SW (modulation: AM, not SSB). Taken on a street in Minsk. From the house it was not possible to take (including through my antenna on the roof) and I went for a walk :) In the air was the transfer of "Pirate Radio. Vasily's Weekend". Contents: High-quality foreign music from the 80s to the present day, as well as interactive with the Internet audience, chatting, sending greetings. Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYk8FKU9o_Q Can someone also took? (Evgenij T. (Minsk, Belarus / “deneb-radio-dx” & “open_dx” via RusDX Sept 22 via DXLD) I had an appointment. Initially thought to be working R. Mustang. Then the DJ started talking in Russian. Spotted them around 1700, but the signal was weak. Then he went to the frequency of a few times. The best method was about 1850 until 1915. Degen took on the outer (full- time) 10 m antenna with 6 floors, windows to the north (Alexander Golovihin, Togliatti, Russia, ibid.) GLOSSARY: Take, took = receive, hear, pick up. It`s amazing how many other words are just not quite right in this translation program (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) Today, after I had sent a short mail to Vasily (who replied by mail and read my message live on the air), I received this further message. Looks like a rebroadcast from Sluwe Vos, a regular Dutch hobby pirate. 73 Andy ``Thank you very much for your reception report. Good to know you enjoyed the broadcast! It was a surprise for me to learn that we were being simulcast on shortwave from Holland. This was never in our plans, as we are a weekly, live internet based radio show from Moscow for Russian language listeners around the world. Imagine the look on my face, when I got the news that we were heard on 6238 Khz all over Europe. Nevertheless, thanks to our friends in the Netherlands for making this transmission possible. Perhaps we will soon be back on the Pirate Bands. You never know… Our internet show is on Saturdays, starting at 16:00 UTC, at http://bigpodcastradio.com and http://bigpodcastradio.ru Check out our air check page http://strelnikov.ru/pirateradio/ I have forwarded your reception report to Sluwe Vos Radio in Holland, as the transmission originated from there. Included, please find, some Big Podcast artwork for your collection`` (Andrea Lawendel, Italy, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FRANCE. Frequency change of Radio France Internationale from September 1: 0600-0658 9790 ISS 500 kW / 204 deg to NWAf French, ex 13695 / 185 deg (Ivo Ivanov, DX RE MIX NEWS #799, September 20, 2013 via DXLD) et al.? ** FRANCE. QSL: TDF/Radio Algerienne, via Issoudun, 7295, QSL in 8 months for report to 106 Avenue Marx Dormoy, 92541 Montrouge Cedex, France. Sent mint stamps. v/s Kathy Steffen (Artur Fernández Llorella, Catalonia, Spain; You can see some images in my blog: http://maresmedx.blogspot.com.es/ Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** FRANCE. QSL: 15630, IBB/VOA Radio Farda [sic], Tajik Broadcast to Asia via Issoudon Transmitter. Full data (with site) Media Broadcast e-mail .pdf QSL Response with accompanying E-mail response letter in 15 days. V/S Walter Brodowsky, Head of Short wave, Senior Expert Sales (Edward Kusalik, Alberta, Canada, Sept 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Did they really mention R. Farda or VOA? Tajik broadcasts are only from R. Liberty, as in Aoki, 15-16 via FRANCE (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. WACHENBRUNN AND REICHENBACH TRANSMITTERS DEMOLISHED The Kvadrat antenna at Wachenbrunn, used until 31 Dec 2012 on 1323 kHz, has today (19 Sep 2013) been blown up at 14:55 local time. Photo gallery: http://www.mdr.de/thueringen/sued-thueringen/wachenbrunn_sprengung_sendemasten100.html And it just emerged that the Reichenbach mediumwave facility, which by mistake (silence detection put the satellite signal on air) was the last one in Saxonia that carried regular programming at all, has been demolished already on 22 July. Photos: http://www.radiomuseum.org/forum/rundfunksender_reichenbach_oberlausitz.html Also historical ones, including the original 5 kW transmitter, moved in 1946 to Golm for the newly founded Landessender Potsdam. And further down, labelled "Stark´sche Sender", the 3 kW equipment delivered in the fifties by a company called Stark. It is pretty likely that this transmitter remained in use until 1998. Gossip has it that the removal of the mediumwave equipment started last week at Wiederau, too. And soon to be demolished as well is the 1539 kHz facility at Mainflingen (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Sept 19, mwmasts yg via DXLD) Germany - Wachenbrunn damaged --- On September ,19,the Mediumwave transmitter in Wachenbrunn was http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLEM2abBue8&feature=youtu.be Goodbye forever (Wellenreiterbn, Sept 20, mwdx yg via DXLD) WIEDERAU MEDIUMWAVE ANTENNAS REMOVED, TOO. See http://radioforum.foren.mysnip.de/read.php?8773,58299,page=6 22. September 2013 18:13 shows the remains of the 51 metres mast that could be used with up to 20 kW and had been kept as aux. 18:16 are the remains of the Dreieckflächenantenne (I keep forgetting how this design is called in English). Gossip has it that the 1539 kHz antenna at Mainflingen will be next, due in the first week of October. At Wilsdruff there is a problem with some nasty people who insist on observing the preservation order that has been issued back in the nineties. No word yet about the fate of the transmitters. But I would not be surprised if they have been / will be junked, no matter that such transmitters (783/1044/1188 = Ampegon M2W, 1539 = Ampegon S7HP, others = Transradio TRAM) are still being made. Btw, I hear that Nautel folks cringed at the statement, made by Deutschlandradio engineering staff, that AMPFET transmitters can be used only on the frequency they have been built for: For Deutschlandradio it was obviously no option at all to purchase the parts to modify the ex-Hof transmitter for another frequency. And there does not appear to be any connection whatsoever between Europe and the North American market for used mediumwave transmitters. Perhaps of interest these photos (for this English-language environment direct picture links rather than the German-language articles they originally belong to): Berlin-Britz, looking out of the control room (with the most interesting feature above the window) at the TRAM and AMPFET transmitters with the set-up for the closure: http://www.radioeins.de/etc/medialib/rbb/rad/programm/medienmagazin/b/091.file.jpg Berlin-Britz, still with both masts and the 6005 kHz quadrant: http://www.radioeins.de/etc/medialib/rbb/rad/programm/medienmagazin/b/065.file.jpg Wachenbrunn, killing 882 kHz on 4 July 2011: http://www.radioeins.de/etc/medialib/rbb/rad/programm/medienmagazin/w/035.file.jpg Wachenbrunn, 1323 kHz Kvadrat antenna with building of the TRAM transmitter to the right: http://www.radioeins.de/etc/medialib/rbb/rad/programm/medienmagazin/w/037.file.jpg Another view of the Kvadrat at: http://www.radioeins.de/etc/medialib/rbb/rad/programm/medienmagazin/w/027.file.jpg Wachenbrunn, Kvadtat detail with Großer Gleichberg and Kleiner Gleichberg hills: http://www.radioeins.de/etc/medialib/rbb/rad/programm/medienmagazin/w/038.file.jpg Wachenbrunn, Kvadrat close-up: http://www.radioeins.de/etc/medialib/rbb/rad/programm/medienmagazin/w/036.file.jpg Wachenbrunn, left to right old antenna field with 882 kHz facility, buildings of Leningrad-made 1323 kHz transmitters, old buildings from the fifties. No idea how this looks today, just two years later... http://www.radioeins.de/etc/medialib/rbb/rad/programm/medienmagazin/w/039.file.jpg And from the other side, further showing why there was no other choice than putting the Kvadrat antenna 800 metres away from the transmitter buildings: There was simply no place left for another large antenna. http://www.radioeins.de/etc/medialib/rbb/rad/programm/medienmagazin/w/040.file.jpg The Reichenbach transmitter in all its glory: http://www.radioeins.de/etc/medialib/rbb/rad/programm/medienmagazin/r/074.file.jpg Wiederau still with the mediumwave antennas as in use from 1999 til 2013: http://www.radioeins.de/etc/medialib/rbb/rad/programm/medienmagazin/w/030.file.jpg Kind of a standard shot: http://www.radioeins.de/etc/medialib/rbb/rad/programm/medienmagazin/1/022.file.jpg (Kai Ludwig, DX LISTENING DIGEST) BERLIN-BRITZ PHOTOS The S 4001 transmitter as it still sits in the transmitter room that otherwise has been cleared of its mediumwave brothers (the S 4003, abandoned in 1995, for 990 kHz and the S 4002, replaced by the AMPFETs in 1988, for 855 kHz): http://www.radioeins.de/etc/medialib/rbb/rad/programm/medienmagazin/b/087.file.jpg 1951 vintage transmitter, at the request of the photographers with Deutschlandradio director Willi Steul. Note how the console is still powered 17 months after the ultimate failure: http://www.radioeins.de/etc/medialib/rbb/rad/programm/medienmagazin/b/089.file.jpg And taken not by yours truly but by Deutschlandradio photographer Bettina Straub this pre-failure view of the PA tubes: http://www.radioeins.de/etc/medialib/rbb/rad/programm/medienmagazin/b/090.file.jpg (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Sept 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. Dear Shortwave Rock listener, The next broadcast of Shortwave Rock will be on September 29th between (0900-1000 UT) on 6045 kHz. We hope you will be able to listen. Please email your reports to: phil @ shortwaverock.com Best regards, Phil Mitchell From: shortwaverock.com (via Tom Taylor, DXLD) Site? HFCC has 6045 09-10 Sundays only as 100 kW Nauen (gh, DXLD) RockLiveRadio Sunday 6070 kHz --- From R. 6150: At the time being we are OFF AIR, due to working on the energy line. But there will be special broadcasts for RockLiveRadio: ... on Sunday, Sept. 22nd, from 16 to 20 hours UT, and on Sunday, Sept. 29th, from 13.30 to 17.30 hours UT on 6070 kHz. http://www.rockliveradio.de/ The guys from RLR would be glad if they get some reception reports! willi @ rockliveradio.de http://www.radio-6150.de (via WRTH - World Radio TV Handbook on Facebook 21 Sept 1145 UTC via Alan Pennington, BDXC-UK yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DXLD) As it seems Willi (willi@rockliveradio.de) is the boss of the radio, so he should know about their coming shortwave broadcasts ;-) http://www.rockliveradio.de/?kontakte Until now RLR has been a webradio only. 73 (Harald Kuhl, ibid.) ** GERMANY. Giovedì 19 settembre 2013, 0810 - 7310, R. 700 // 6005 (D), Supremes (good old Motown era!) BN/SF (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) ** GERMANY. Just a reminder that Nord AM will be active again on the wavelengths of Radio 700 tomorrow (Sunday): 1400-1410 UT on 6005 kHz 2000-2100 UT on 3985 kHz http://www.shortwaveservice.com/?page_id=27&lang=de I like their selection of music. As it seems there will be also some "radiogram" tests towards the end of the program. 73 (Harald Kuhl, Germany, Sept 21, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Nord AM program on 6005 kHz was running much longer than announced (till 1530 UT?) So, maybe the transmission on 3985 kHz later today will be longer too? btw: I already have a strong carrier on 6070 kHz (Radio 6150 preparing for Rock Live Radio?) 73 (Harald Kuhl, Germany, 1544 UT Sept 22, ibid.) Good signal from Rock Live Radio (via Radio 6150) on 6070 kHz since tune-in at 1930 UT. 73 (Dave Kenny, 2014 UT Sept 22, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Good reception here of RockLive Radio tonight on 6070 kHz. SIO 343/344 until abrupt carrier off at 2012 UT a few seconds into a Jerry Lee Lewis record. Reception improved during the evening; I'd say they were SIO 242 at 1630. 73's (Nick Rank, Buxton UK, Sony ICF2001D & long wire 2112 UT Sept 22, BDXC_UK yg via DXLD) LOG: 6005 kHz NordAM 15.27z O=4-5 Radiogram MFSK32+MFSK16 German station "NordAM" via Classic Broadcast from Kall (6005 kHz/1 kW) http://www.classicbroadcast.de/frequencyplan.html transmitted radiogram: http://www.rhci-online.de/6005kHz_NordAM.htm 73+55 (roger, Germany, 1702 UT, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. 7375, UT Sunday Sept 22 at 0107, The Mighty KBC, Netherlands via Nauen is back this week with VG signal, rock music. Kraig Krist explained what happened last week: ``Mighty KBC September 15, 2013 problems --- As many probably already know, the Mighty KBC went off the air abruptly at 0010 UT on September 15, 2013, 7375 kHz via Nauen, Germany. According to Eric van Willegen, the reason for the outage was due to thieves stealing cables at Nauen. Transmitters were automatically shut down. The outage also impacted 6095 kHz as the broadcast wasn't able to begin on time. 73, (Kraig, KG4LAC, Krist, Manassas, Virginia, USA, dxldyg too late for WOR 1687, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Cables are fixed and everything is a "go" for September 22, 2013 0000-0200 UT 7375 kHz via Nauen, Germany (Kraig, KG4LAC, Krist, 1305 UT Sept 20, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DX LISTENING DIGEST)`` ** GERMANY. 15350, Athmeeya Yatra, 1258 M with contact info in apparent Punjabi with IDs, e-mail, and mailing address and mention of "radio program", then into next program at 1300. Fair. (25 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) ** GERMANY. QSL: 15390 & 15620, The Overcomer Ministry via Nauen Transmitter. Full data (with site) Media Broadcast e-mail .pdf QSL Response with accompanying E-mail response letter in 15 days. V/S Walter Brodowsky, Head of Short wave, Senior Expert Sales (Edward Kusalik, Alberta, Canada, Sept 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. DEUTSCHE WELLE'S DEPARTING DIRECTOR ON THE ROLES ON SHORTWAVE, INTERNET, TELEVISION. Posted: 25 Sep 2013 The Times of India, 19 Sept 2013, Deutsche Welle director general Erik Bettermann as interviewed by Debasis Konar: "The importance of shortwave has decreased dramatically almost everywhere, largely due to increasing dominance of the internet. That's why Deutsche Welle (DW) has reduced its shortwave radio programmes significantly and invested more resources into its online presence and television activities. ... Despite the increasing importance of the Internet, radio is still a vital source of information in many regions, where Internet access is limited. In sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Asia, DW not only distributes its radio content via shortwave, but also via partner stations. We provide our users with audio files and podcasts in a variety of languages. Many young people are accessing DW's audio offerings through mobile devices even." (kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD) -- Erik Bettermann's term as director general of DW ends on 30 Sept. See previous post (Kim Andrew Elliott, ibid.) ** GERMANY. Novinite.com Sofia News Agency, 20 Sept 2013: "Deutsche Welle, Germany's international broadcaster, was the target of [a] protest in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, because it sacked without explanation the journalists Ivan Bedrov and Emi Baruh. The self- proclaimed 'anti-government online information agency' condemned the dismissal of journalists Ivan Bedrov and Emi Baruh from Deutsche Welle (DW) It appears that both were sacked from the media without any explanation." (kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD) ** GREECE. 13-9, All these logs with 1102 and basketena inside the house: 1008, 1404, 1260, 1512, are now the only frequencies from ERA; 729 are now off. 1188, Nicolas (Greek pirate), 2050 from Elata with oldies and song dedications, Fair. 1206, Zavoliaris (= trickery / Greek pirate signal S2 on R75) also with old ‘rebetiko’, Fair (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, Sept 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Observed radio stations in September 2013 IR = Independent Radio ; HR = Hellenic Radio ; PR = Pirate Radio MW kHz UT Type // On date 792 1707 PR 13/09 954 0045 HR // 1260, 1404HR, SWs 12/09 1008 1625 HR // 1260, 1404HR, SWs 13/09 1260 1625 HR // 1008, 1404HR, SWs 13/09 1386 1710 PR 13/09 1404 1625 HR // 1008, 1260, SWs 13/09 1404 1625 IR or PR 13/09 1476 0102 PR 12/09 1512 0045 IR 12/09 1566 1740 PR // harmonix 3132, 4698, 6265, 7830 13/09 1635 0015 PR // harmonix 3270, 4905 13/09 Note please: There are many other PR stations in X-band. SW 3132, 3270, 4698, 4905, 6265, 7830 – all PR and all harmonix from MW. 6210 and 6230 - intermodulations from 15650 & 15630 minus 9420. 7450, 7475, 9420, 9935, 11645, 15630, 15650 [fundamentals] (Balkan #1, 21.09.2013, Observed by Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, written on 21.09.2013, via DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also TURKEY ** GREECE. ERT, Voice of Greece seems to be playing diverse music these days instead of an all Greek format. Eydie Gormé and Elvis Presley songs heard on Sept. 18 0136 on 9420 (Marty Delfín, Madrid, Spain, Realistic DX-440 with telescopic antenna, Sent from Marty's iPad, Sept 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. 9420 // weaker 7475 and JBA 15650, UT Sunday Sept 22 at 0110, classical music, so Voice of Greece must be carrying the ERA3 network again. More classical music from Romania. q.v. on 9525 at same time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9420, Sept 23 at 0101, traditional ERA IS lives on, but ID as ``Ellenikí Radiophonía``, Beethoven`s Ninth downbeat and ID as Trita Programma, then classical piano music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Thessaloniki: From last Friday 88 MHz is occupied by a carrier stopping ERA Thessaloniki transmissions. Now 102 is vacant. Government is aiming now to liquidate the National Broadcaster and sell it under TAIPED http://translate.google.gr/translate?hl=el&sl=el&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsnow.gr%2Farticle%2F509895%2Fpolitirio-sto-radiomegaro-tis-ert.html (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Sept 22, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: In surrendering to TAIPED for sale, in the old Radiomegarou ERT, Agia Paraskevi, reportedly, allegedly directed the government According to the newspaper "Parapolitika ', this possible evolution is interpreted as a result of government reaction to the continued occupation of the building the Mediterranean. On the other hand, there is the idea of exploiting Radiomegarou not new, the only difference being that in the past, and before its closure, the benefit would have the benefit of the same ERT (via DXLD) ** GUAM. 5765-USB, AFN Barrigada 1100 to 1115 news items including "occurring last Saturday" ... and "comments on 18 September; 1100 to 1111 YL with news items good signal on 19 September (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, S Florida, NRD 535D, 746Pro, R8, R7, Sony 2010XA; Long Wave Pre Amplifier, Ferrite Antennas, 120/90/60 meter dipoles, and XM, Cedar Key, NRD 525D, R8A, E5, Sept 24, cumbredx yg via DXLD) 5765-USB, Sept 19 at 1137, AFN is JBA in storm noise level but enough to tell it is on. 5765-USB, Sept 20 at 1146 and 1301 chex, no signals audible from AFN. 5765-USB, Sept 21 around 1150 and 1237, nothing heard from AFN; fear it`s gone again, but no substitute RTTY either. 5765-USB, Sept 25 at 1248, nothing detectable from AFN, nor for the past few days; seems gone again. If no one hears it in another few days, perhaps further inquiries should be made (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUAM. News from KTWR A monsoon rainband continues to dump water on Guam, but the rate has eased a bit and enabled staff to make some headway in restoring TWR's broadcast transmitters to full operation. The international media ministry issued an urgent prayer request Friday as the staff battled rain, winds, floods and power outages to keep broadcasting gospel programming from its powerful shortwave transmitters on the Pacific island. "TWR was birthed and bathed in prayer from its earliest days," said John Summerville, TWR director of radio partnerships. "And TWR's prayer partners are critical to this worldwide ministry. We depend on a great and mighty God and the ardent prayers of His people. That has been especially true during the tumultuous and threatening weather Guam experienced. Sending out an alert to radio stations in the U.S. and the TWR donor base, people all over the globe prayed for the safety of our staff and equipment." Station Director George Ross reported Monday, Sept. 23, 2013, that most of the flooding of roads has subsided, and trees and brush have been cleared from roads and power lines. Power has been fully restored, although a few glitches occur from time to time. Water has not been restored at the transmitter site, according to Ross. Despite the siege by high winds and heavy downpour, the transmitter site lost only 20 minutes of airtime. Work to counteract the effects of the storm has already repaired the No. 2 transmitter, and disrupted programming was switched over to an alternate transmitter. Ongoing are repairs to an antenna guy wire, a drop line and a brake mechanism on antenna No. 3, Ross said. No casualties were cited in news reports about the Guam deluge, but some residents were still without power after five days. Others on the southern part of the island lost water service when an earthquake late last week off the coast of the capital caused three water lines to break (TWR blog, 23 Sept 2013 via BC-DX 24 Sept via DXLD) ** GUATEMALA. Escuchas de Onda Corta que realicé cuando se fue la electricidad algunas horas y escuché emisoras que hace tiempo no escuchaba y una que por primera vez como Radio Verdad de Chiquimula, Guatemala. 4055, Radio Verdad (Chiquimula, Guatemala), 0144 UT 18 Sept. Pasan muchas canciones instrumentales, parte de Espacio Musical en el que tocan música instrumental cristiana; luego cerca de las 02 UT empieza otro programa con mensajes cristianos en español, SINPO: 45434 (Marcos Cox, Vicuña, Chile, Receptor: Degen DE1103 + Antena Cable Largo 3 Metros, condiglist yg via DXLD) 4055, good signal Sept 19 at 1129, R. Verdad ending neat banjo piece with SFX, probably the ``Workin` on the Railroad`` theme to `Tren del Evangelio` in its regular spot, now propagating half a sesquihour before sunrise here. TGAV`s 700 watts nominal continue to provide an impressive signal, the only local SW broadcaster left in all of Central America, despite some occasional doubtful list-logs of other Guatemalans, Hondurans (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4055, Radio Verdad 1057 with OM English ID as Radio Verdad 19 September, 1203 Koo Koo chimes intro to YL Radio Verdad ID en español, 24 September (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, S Florida, NRD 535D, 746Pro, R8, R7, Sony 2010XA; Long Wave Pre Amplifier, Ferrite Antennas, 120/90/60 meter dipoles, Sept 24, cumbredx yg via DXLD) ** INDIA. This week Tamil DX Programme Radio World may listen on the following link. Ten minutes Bi-Lingual (Englis&Tamil) DX Tips were there in the end of the programme. This programme is produced in Gyanvani FM 105.6 Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India. Broadcast on Fridays at 8.30 PM (1500 UTC) and re-broadcast on Saturday at 8.30 AM (0300 UTC). You may also listen it on https://soundcloud.com/radioworld/radio-world-a-tamil-weekly-dx (Jaisakthivel, ADXC, Tirunelveli, India, dxldyg via DXLD Good that you have a Tamil DX program, but it seems the only English is of necessity to pronounce various websites, addresses, etc. (gh, DXLD) Does this programme have a printed QSL card? If so, how to contact? (Jonathan Short, China, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Jonathan, Greetings from California. Hope all is well with you in China. Found this address on the Web: T. Jaisakthivel, Radio World / Gyanvani FM, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, MS University, Abishekapatti, Tirunelveli – 627 012, Tamil Nadu, India You might try writing to him regarding the DX program and ask if he will QSL. Good luck! (Ron Howard, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. 4970.0, AIR Shillong, 1410-1430, Sept 18. Decent audio level; in English with YL & OM discussing education ("People participating at the community level in Nagaland"); frequency steady now. 4970.0, AIR Shillong, 1237-1314, Sunday, Sept 22. Very nice to have the audio level here back to normal after being so long with just open carrier; normal Sunday C&W show of songs in English. From 1341 to 1422 an interesting interview in English with Anjum Hasan, a Shillong born writer now living in Bangalore (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. 4990, AIR Itanagar, 1415-1425*, Sept 19. Usual news in Hindi followed by same news and local weather in English; audio ended 1425, but open carrier continued on (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) AIR Itanagar QSL received --- A full data QSL letter was received from AIR Itanagar 4990 kHz today by Speed Post. Report was sent by email to itanagar @air.org.in & airitanagar @ gmail.com and reply got in 18 days. The reply was received from: Mr. Rajesh Chandra Deputy Director (E) All India Radio Itanagar-791111 Arunachal Pradesh Now is the time to QSL AIR Itanagar --- direct. Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India, Mobile: +91 94416 96043, http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos Sept 23, dx_india yg via DXLD) 4990, AIR Itanagar, 1420-1425, Sept 23. "This is All India Radio Itanagar"; news in English; poor. My 1996 QSL received directly from Itanagar - https://app.box.com/s/bj9k2dxmusco9d9033t6 best viewed "Go full screen" and one of my best AIR letter QSLs! (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. Brief scan at 1404, Sept 23 just to see what could be heard: 4760 AIR Port Blair - yes 4775 AIR Imphal - no - still off the air [but see below] 4800 Two stations heard - assume AIR Hyderabad and CNR1 mixing 4810 AIR Bhopal - yes 4820 AIR Kolkata - yes - mixing with Tibet 4835 AIR Gangtok - no - unable to hear anything through ABC 4840 AIR Mumbai - yes 4850 AIR Kohima - no - off the air (only used for special events) 4860 AIR Shimla - yes 4880 AIR Lucknow - yes 4895 AIR Kurseong - assume mixing with Mongolia 4910 AIR Jaipur - yes (good that ABC is no longer here!) 4920 AIR Chennai - yes - mixing with Tibet 4940 AIR Guwahati - no - still off the air - only VOS heard 4950 AIR Radio Kashmir, Srinagar - yes - back on the air again today! 4970 AIR Shillong - yes 4990 AIR Itanagar - yes 5010 AIR Thiruvananthapuram - yes, but QRM 5040 AIR Jeypore - yes 5050 AIR Aizawl - no - only BBR heard, but AIR has been broadcasting here recently (still no hint of the return of Ozy Radio) (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) SEE ALSO KASHMIR ** INDIA. 4775, AIR Imphal. On Sept 23 confirmed off the air, but on Sept 24 heard station here just at threshold level at 1200 and 1335; was UNID. Thanks to Jose Jacob (India) for his confirmation that yes they have reactivated (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: 4775, AIR Imphal noted back from yesterday: heard sign off at 1700 and sign on today 0000, but weak/no modulation. Signal also weaker than in past. 4950 Srinagar not heard. Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India 0343 UT Sept 25, dx_india via WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DXLD) ** INDIA. AIR Bengaluru more DRM tests on 9870 --- Hello Glenn! Please look out for DRM tests from AIR Bengaluru on 9870 at :around 1245-1740 as follows: 20 Sept 2013 Full DRM 21 Sept 2013 Simulcast (look out on 2 frequencies one AM and another DRM on nearby frequencies) Reports to: AIR Bengaluru at the following email ID: sptairynk@rediffmail.com Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India, Mobile: +91 94416 96043, http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos 0416 UT Sept 20, WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Above was sent to me after I had closed for the night, instead of to the dxldyg, so too late to get it out ahead of time (gh) AIR Bengaluru testing on 9870 kHz. Thanks to the alert by Jose, Sept 20 noted sign on at 1242 with easy listening subcontinent instrumental music; in Hindi with ID and SW frequency; singing and subcontinent music till suddenly off at 1247; open carrier come on and off again a few times; 1253 on again with singing and subcontinent music for short time then went to DRM transmission till off at 1255. Later at 1315 could hear both DRM and AM audio. Unedited sign on audio at https://app.box.com/s/igmtwhdfnfxvxfe193sj (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach (near Monterey), California, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re: AIR Bengaluru testing on 9870 kHz. AIR Bengaluru was noted with DRM test yesterday 20 Sept 2013 at 1255 to 1430 UT (6.25 pm to 8.00 pm IST) on 9870 kHz. It was preceded and followed by broadcasts in AM Mode. Look out for more tests today at the same time (from 1245 UT) in simulcast mode (both AM mode and DRM mode on nearby frequencies) (Jose Jacob, India, Sept 21, WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. 11985, Sept 19 at 0057, AIR today very poor with flutter, hum, and talk rather than IS past 0058 as sometimes heard on this transmission, so really amid Sinhala? 11740, Sept 20 at 0103, weak music, maybe ME, with heavy QRM from TADIL-A bonker, brash `anvil` hammering, every tenth one prolonged (this number varies from one to another). HFCC has nothing on 11740 between 01 and 02, but Aoki does: AIR Sinhala, 0045-0115, 250 kW, 120 degrees from Panaji, GOA. Did not realize that should be the same programming as: 11985, Sept 20 at 0058, presumed AIR Sinhala service, 250 kW, 174 degrees from Delhi-Khampur site, but instead just a big hum overriding any hint of music let alone an IS as sporadically heard at this minute. If everything were working, this should be // 11740, but probably not synchronized. 11740 // 11985, Sept 21 at 0058, AIR presumed with music in Sinhala service, both working properly for once! Fair with flutter. On a single receiver, can`t tell if synchronized, but switching back and forth, certainly sounds like same music, and not the IS. Next night Sept 22 I am all set with a second receiver, the DX-375 I normally keep in the car, to compare the two, again sound like same music, but before I can evaluate properly, 11740 cuts off the air abruptly at 0100* and never comes back. (No TADIL-A bonker this time.) 11985 stays on with music, fair with flutter past 0105, and at 0116 check it`s playing a hi-pitched tone. This was supposed to be the Sinhala service from 0045 to 0115 on both 11740 Goa and 11985 Delhi- Khampur. 11740 & 11985, Sept 23 at 0055, I am all set again with both the DX- 398 and DX-375 on the porch with separate random wires, to compare the two frequencies of the AIR Sinhala service. Indeed they are not synchronized: 11985 is a couple words behind 11740 and 11985 also has hum. This time, instead of cutting off at 0100 sharp, 11740 continues along with 11985 during music. 11740 is GOA and 11985 Delhi-Khampur. So why is the program feed from Delhi studio getting to Goa first? 11740 & 11985, more anomalies from AIR, whose Sinhala service is supposed to run at 0045-0115 via Goa and Khampur sites respectively, and which axually happened correctly UT September 23 when in last report I confirmed that 11985 was a couple words behind 11740, before and after 0100. But tonight, UT Sept 24, the two are totally separate! 11740 at 0054, fluttery talk, intonation sounds French! And so do a few words. Is it possible that Sinhala could sound this way, or maybe the announcer is Franco-Sinhalese? AIR`s only known French broadcast is at 1945-2030 for Europe. 0059 into music which runs over hourtop (bottom to them). (No, there is no other station listed on 11740 at this time, let alone in French.) 11985 at 0054 is NOT // 11740, but a 1 kHz tone. At 0057 I am hearing a higher-pitched tone, 2 kHz? From 0058 AIR IS as if it`s the start of a service, not the middle of one, and I can still hear the tone under. 0100 IS stops and now I can hear the hi tone better; ID starts ``Yih All India Radio``. Or ``Yeh`` as in Hindi, per WRTH, but I again suspect this is the scheduled 0100-0200 Sindhi service on wrong frequency, wrong program feed plugged into 11985. Hey, maybe someone at master [sic] control is mixing up Sindhi and Sinhala since they start with the same three letters? RHC has some competition in the anomaly department. 11740 & 11985, Sept 25 at 0059 check past 0100, AIR is in // this time during music, presumably the correct Sinhala service, rather than totally separate 24 hours earlier, as I reported (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA [and non]. 13710, All India Radio, Sept 26, 1330. M and F with news in depth in English. Fair. Presumed, as ID was covered by CRI who started up their transmission a cupla minutes before the hour when they are scheduled to be on - also in English. Had nice music closer to the ToH (Rick Barton, El Mirage, AZ, Drake R8, Grundig Sat 750, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. All India Radio's special transmission for "Mahalaya" ; Date: 4th Oct, 2013 (Friday) Time: 2225-0015 UT (0355-0545 IST) "Mahalaya" is a special two hour tranSmission consisting of Sanskrit recitation & music orated by Late Shri Birendra Krishna Bhadra. All India Radio has been broadcasting this program since early 1930s. Count down of Indian festival of Durga Puja starts from the day of Mahalaya. Frequencies: SW 4760 - Port Blair 4810 - Bhopal 4820 - Kolkata 4835 - Gangtok 4880 - Lucknow 4895 - Kurseong 4940 - Guwahati 4965 - Shimla 9425 - Delhi (Khampur) 9470 - Aligarh MW 549 - Ranchi 603 - Ajmer 621 - Patna A 648 - Indore A 657 - Kolkata A 666 - New Delhi B 675 - Chattarpur 711 - Siliguri 729 - Guwahati A 747 - Lucknow A 756 - Jagdalpur 774 - Shimla 801 - Jabalpur 810 - Rajkot A 819 - New Delhi A 846 - Ahmedabad A 909 - Gorakhpur 918 - Suratgarh 954 - Nazibabad 981 - Raipur 1008 - Kolkata B 1026 - Allahabad A 1044 - Mumbai A 1125 - Tezpur 1179 - Rewa 1215 - Delhi 1242 - Varanasi 1260 - Ambikapur 1296 - Darbhanga 1314 - Bhuj 1386 - Gwalior 1395 - Bikaner 1404 - Gangtok 1458 - Bhagalpur 1476 - Jaipur A 1530 - Agra 1566 - Nagpur 1584 - Mathura 1593 - Bhopal A Observation by Jose Jacob during 2011 Mahalaya transmission by AIR (26 Sept ***2011y***): Sign on was noted at 5 different timings as follows: 2225 UT (3.55 am IST): Sign on 4760, 4820, 4835, 4880, 4940, 4965, 603, 657, 666, 747, 1386, 1395, 1404, 1476, 1530, 1584 2230 UT (4.00 am): Sign on 4895 2250 UT (4.20 am): Sign on 846, 1179, 1242, 1296 2255 UT (4.25 am): Sign on 4810 549?, 621, 648, 810, 1260, 1314, 1458, 1593 2300 UT (4.30 am): Sign on 801 Note: AIR National Channel on 1215, 1566, 9425 & 9470 cancelled their News broadcasts during 2230 to 2240 and carried Mahalaya programs. Related links: Mahalaya: Invoking the Mother Goddess A Once-a-Year Popular Radio Program http://hinduism.about.com/cs/audiomusic/a/aa092003a.htm Mahalaya - Audio & Video http://www.durgapuja-images.com/2008/09/mahalaya-listen-download-online-watch.html --- (Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, Sept 23, dx_india yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DXLD) ** INDIA. The Special Service in Urdu for Haj Pilgrims from India in Saudi Arabia is currently heard as follows: 0530-0600 UT 11670, 15770 (& 15210?) This service is available till the pilgrims season ends in mid October 2013. Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India, Mobile: +91 94416 96043, http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos Sept 23, dx_india yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DXLD ** INDONESIA. 4750, RRI Makassar, 1115 to 1150 // 4870 Indonesia RRI Wamena, Propinsi Papua seemingly, 1021 brief OM and YL chat, 1124 OM, 1130 vocalist, 1135 end music OM comment, 1137 music with vocalist, vocalist 1148. Parallel broke one time with second station on 4750. 20 September (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, S Florida, NRD 535D, 746Pro, R8, R7, Sony 2010XA; Long Wave Pre Amplifier, Ferrite Antennas, 120/90/60 meter dipoles, Sept 24, cumbredx yg via DXLD) 4749.95, RRI Makassar. 1117 Chinese-like vocal song, then ad/promo block, first by M with mention of Indonesia. Mention of Jakarta. Back to music at 1123. Getting a little distortion, possibly caused by the 4750 Chinese. Best signal yet. (22 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) ** INDONESIA. 4869.89v, RRI Wamena, 1232-1301, Thursday, Sept 19. Weekly Kang Guru Indonesia program with several pop songs; gave SMS numbers, email address and postal address; poor; had checked earlier, but they were off the air (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4869.92, RRI Wamena, 1007 end of news read by studio M announcer, usual post-news routine with RRI ID/promo over "Eye of the Tiger", then M mixed with music, and back to music program with song sounding like Englebert Humperdinck. 1125 mention of the program and site ID by studio M DJ. Really nice signal this morning but the annoying pulsing ute was right below. (23 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) ** INDONESIA. 7289.93, RRI Nabire (presumed), 0802 carrier showing up. 0817 could just barely hear the percussion in the music. Right at audio threshold. 0822-0825 kind of sounded like a speech. 0838 W announcer and then music. Went off sometime between 0839-0844. (21 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) 7289.95, RRI-Nabire (presumed), Sep 21 0804-0843*, 15221-25222-25332, Indonesian, Music and talk, 0843 sign off. 7289.97, RRI-Nabire, Sep 22 0752-0923*, 15221-25222-25332-35333, Indonesian, Talk and music, Koran from 0851, ID at 0902 and 0918, 0923 sign off (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) 7289.94, RRI Nabire, 0852 Koran, right on cue as the Sun was setting there. 0901:50 somber M with outro, then back to studio M announcer DJ briefly, and then 4 light Pop-like songs in row (0902, 0906, 0910, 0913). Some ham left his transmitter on and ran across the frequency twice at 0915. Finally, M DJ returned at 0917:14. Just a tad too weak to copy though. 0919 back to soft music. Went off in mid-song at 0923:07. Never really did improve in the half hour from 0852 tune-in. Wantok came on at 0924:55. (22 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) ** INDONESIA. Re 13-38, ``9525.892, Voice of Indonesia worldwide service, ID at 1028 UT, followed by economic report from chamber of commerce, about Indonesian products to foreign countries. S=8 signal in downunder, despite sidelobe of 26/30 degrees antenna azimuth at this hour. (wb, wwdxc BC - DX TopNews Sept 13) (Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany, dxldyg via dxld) So would make 108 Hz het with 9525.0 CRI Russian at 1400 (gh, DXLD)`` 9525.892, 890 to 900 Hertz het - against CRI Russian ALWAYS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (FROM Wolfgang Bueschel_DF5SX TO You, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Of course!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was figuring from the wrong frequency, shux. 108v Hz would be the het I hear against my BFO on 9526.0 before CRI comes on 9525.0 (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) 9525.90, V. of Indonesia, Sep 21 1307-1317, 45444, English, News, ID at 1312 and 1315 and 1316 (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) 9526.89, V. of Indonesia. Already on with programing at 0947. Kind of sounded like English but too weak. (22 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) ** INDONESIA. 9680.05, RRI Jakarta. 2313 definite talk by M and W. News?? Into music at 2316. 2323 music sounding Arabic. Too much slop QRM from 9685. Clear reception would have yielded a lot more. (22 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL. L'ONA CURTA AMB MUSICA Nº 65 SETEMBRE 2013 by RAFAEL MARTINEZ Catalunya DISSABTE 0800 R. CITY via IRRS Roumania – Repetició – 9510 0800 KBC RADIO 6095 1500 VOA “MUSIC TIME IN AFRICA” –Repetició–15580 17895 1635 CHINA RADIO INTL “CRI KONZERT” –Repetició 1735– 5970 7380 1835 CHINA RADIO INTL “CRI KONZERT” –Repetició 1935– 7395 11650 11775 1900 VOA “R&B ET ROCK” 17530 9815 2000 VOA “MUSIC TIME IN AFRICA” –Repetició– (4940 6080) 15580 DIUMENGE 0535 CHINA RADIO INTL “CRI KONZERT” –Repetició 0635– 17720 17820 0700 EUROPEAN MUSIC R. (3r DIUMENGE DE MES) –Repetició 0800 6005 9480– 7265 0800 KBC RADIO 6095 0800 R. GLORIA INTL (1r DIUMENGE DE MES) –Repetició– 9480 0900 XVRB RADIO (3r DIUMENGE DE MES) 6045 0900 SHORTWAVE ROCK (4rt DIUMENGE DE MES) 6045 0900 MV BALTIC RADIO (1r DIUMENGE DE MES) 9480 0900 R. GLORIA INTL (4t DIUMENGE DE MES) 6005 9480 0912 R. ROSSII “BALLOON” 13665 1000 R. JOYSTICK (1r DIUMENGE DE MES) 7330 1500 VOA “MUSIC TIME IN AFRICA” 15580 17895 1505 VOICE OF NIGERIA “MUSICAL HERITAGE” 15120 1635 CHINA RADIO INTL “CRI KONZERT” –Repetició 1735, 1835, 1935– 5970 7380 1705 R. LIBERTY “JAZZ TIME” 5995 9840 11845 1900 VOA “SOUL USA” 9815 17530 2000 VOA “DU BLUES AU JAZZ” 9815 15730 17530 2000 VOA “MUSIC TIME IN AFRICA” –Repetició– (4940 6080) 15580 2010 R. ROSSII “EXOTICA” 7215 DILLUNS 0405 R. LIBERTY “JAZZ TIME” –Repetició– 7435 9480 11965 2000 VOA “AFRICAN BEAT” (DILLUNS A DIVENDRES) 6080 15580 2010 RFI “COULEURS TROPICALES” (DILLUNS A DIVENDRES) 7205 9790 11995 2105 VOA “AMERICAN GOLD” 6080 15580 DIMARTS 2010 R. ROSSII “DOCTOR BLUES” 7215 2105 VOA “ROOTS & BRANCHES” 6080 15580 DIMECRES 1835 R.TAIWAN INTL “JADE BELLS & BAMBOO PIPES” 6155 2010 R. ROSSII “BALLOON” –Repetició– 7215 2105 VOA “CLASSIC ROCK SHOW” 6080 15580 DIJOUS DIVENDRES 0831 VOICE OF NIGERIA “TIME FOR HILIFE” 15120 1800 R. CITY via IRRS (3r DISSABTE DE MES) 7290 2012 R. ROSSII “ENDLESS APROXIMATION” 7215 2105 VOA “MUSIC TIME IN AFRICA” –Repetició– 6080 15580 DIES I HORES UT. LA SELECCIO DE PROGRAMES ES TOTALMENT PERSONAL I SUBJECTIVA --- Moltes emissores emeten via satèllit i alguns programes es poden escoltar als seus webs o descarregar el podcast. Més informació de programes musicals per Ona Curta en aquests enllaços (no actualitzats): http://dxing.ru/informatsija/54-muzyka-v-am-efire/1275-muzyka-na-kv-po-vremeni.html http://www.worlddxclub.org.uk/Listening-Post-Programme-Guide-B12-v1.pdf (Rafael Martinez, Catalunya, via Dario Monferini, Sept 24, DXLD) ** IRAN. 11660, AL-QUDS TV, 19/09 0231 UT. Vía Zahedan. Comienzos de transmisiones con el himno de Irán, y posteriormente una mujer habla en árabe, intercalada con música instrumental de fondo hasta algunas alocuciones coránicas con SINPO: 54454 // 11760 Vía Kamalabad con SINPO: 42242 con RHC dominante en el canal. 73 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: 5 metros de cable de cobre. QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, condiglista yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DXLD) 9550, IRIB, 19/09 0256 UT. Locutor habla de los programas de la próxima hora, y que incluyen un boletín de noticias y una exposición sobre el Islam como religión de la paz. Señal con SINPO: 54444. 73 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: 5 metros de cable de cobre. QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, condiglista yg via Chile, DXLD) Venerdì 20 settembre 2013, 2121 - 9910-9890 / 9770-9750 kHz, 20 kHz up and down distorted spurious signals from IRIB Albanian 9830 (9+30 dB!!!) (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DXLD) 9610, V.I.R.I., “Voice of Palestinian” (listed) 0333 Arabic, woman speaking, couple of brief music bridges, including “Chariots of Fire”, possibly news or news analysis. Fair, Sept 21 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, Listening beside the lake, in my car, with the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active antenna, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15240, Sept 23 at 1228, VIRI IS, very poor, weaker than e.g. Turkey 15450 with its own IS. 15240 had just completed the 1200 Hebrew broadcast, 500 kW, 259 degrees from Kamalabad. That should have been interesting: someone in Iran can speak Hebrew yet toe the anti-Israel line of the regime (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN [non]. A new clandestine broadcast has started, Mondays and Fridays at 1630-1700 UT on 15680, called Radio Mehr. It`s produced by the Iranian National Council in Paris. Not much known about it, nor transmitter site; nothing registered here in HFCC. Googling the name led to what is *probably unrelated*, a school in Shiraz teaching English and other languages: http://www.mehrradio.com/portal/music/index.php http://mehrradio.webs.com/about-us Here`s background on the INC, a ``nascent democracy group`` headed by the son of the ex-shah, so he`s not a monarchist? http://www.rezapahlavi.org/details_article.php?article=645 Please monitor noting language (anything but Persian?), content and speculate on transmitter site (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [later: confirmed and discussed further in the dxldyg; more next DXLD] ** IRELAND [non]. A reminder that the second of the finals, the All Ireland Football Final (Dublin v Mayo from Croke Park) is this Sunday (22nd Sept) on: Shortwave to Africa: In Africa, where many Irish people live and work, often in relative isolation with poor communications, RTÉ is providing special transmissions on shortwave radio. See details below. SHORTWAVE FREQUENCIES FOR AFRICA Both Finals throw in at 3.30pm [1430 UT] Irish Time Southern Africa - 7405 kHz (2pm to 6pm) [1300-1700 UT] East Africa - 17725 kHz (2pm to 5pm) [1300-1600 UT] East Africa - 11620 kHz (5pm to 6pm) [1600-1700 UT] West Africa - 7505 kHz (2pm to 6pm) [1300-1700 UT] http://www.rte.ie/sport/features/2013/0906/472698-all-ireland-finals-on-rte/ (Alan Pennington, England, Sept 20, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) And 17820! 17820, Sunday Sept 22 at 1536, stupid ballgame coverage with crowd going wild, fair and somewhat stronger than // 17725. This is the annual RTE special for the Football Final, via Woofferton UK and Meyerton RSA, respectively. No point here in even checking the lower frequencies. I see reports of the Hurling Final a fortnight ago saying that RTE mixed in news and ordinary programming during breaks, but I`m not putting up with this nonsense hoping to hear any such this time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) A-13 SHORTWAVE FREQUENCIES FOR AFRICA, final special heard on first txion hour 13-14 UT today at best S=9+30dB 17820 kHz 300 kW from Woofferton and 17725 kHz 250 kW from Meyerton. 11620 kHz MEY appears from 16 UT onwards. All Africa - 17820 kHz (2pm to 6pm) [13-17 UT] WOF 300 kW 160 deg Southern Africa - 7405 kHz (2pm to 6pm) [13-17 UT] MEY 100 kW 5 deg East Africa - 17725 kHz (2pm to 5pm) [13-16 UT] MEY 250 kW 5 deg East Africa - 11620 kHz (5pm to 6pm) [16-17 UT] MEY 100 kW 5 deg For info 17725 (250 kW), 7405 (100 kW) & 11620 (100 kW) are all from Meyerton, South Africa. 17725 kHz from Meyerton back to Europe at S=8- 9 signal level, 1409 UT. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Quite good reception of RTE at 1400 tune-in on 17820 (probably via Woofferton) and 17725 (via Meyerton) with news and adverts, parallel LW 252 kHz. 73s (Dave Kenny, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Excellent reception at 1644 on 17820 kHz. Was fair/good at best, then a few minutes ago, just suddenly became much stronger. One day event only. Glenn was correct with local ads and programming between the play by play and commentary. Still interesting to actually hear Irish broadcasting, though from Woofferton, in this case. 73, (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRELAND [non]. Caught the RTE football final on 17725 kHz at 1552 UT, SIO 343. Couldn't hear either of the 7 MHz channels, but 11620 was audible with me at 1632, but not as strongly as 17725 was. 73's (Nick Rank, Buxton UK, Sony ICF2001D & long wire 2112 UT Sept 22, BDXC_UK yg via DXLD) Heard both 17820 WOF and 11620 MEY still S=9+15dB to +20dB signals here in Europe tonight around 1635-1650 UT. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, Sept 22, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ISRAEL. Kol Israel again on shortwave on Sept 16 with strong signal 1510-1530 on 15760 ISR 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Persian. No signal on 13850 or alternative registered frequencies 6990, 9390, 9985, 11595, 11605, 17490. Currently shortwave schedule of Kol Israel in Persian: 1400-1530 on 15760 ISR 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Sun-Thu (1400-1525 Fri/Sat) (Ivo Ivanov, DX RE MIX NEWS #799, September 20, 2013 via DXLD) But did it continue beyond some holy day(s)? (gh, DXLD) ** ISRAEL. Martedì 17 settembre 2013, 0515 - 6885, GALEI ZAHAL, telefonata. SF/BN (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) 6885, Galei Zahal, 0351 UT 18 Sept. Transmiten música y esta sufre un pequeño corte pero luego sigue sin problemas. Después sigue un locutor hablando en hebreo, Señal estable y escuchable con poco ruido, SINPO: 45444 (Marcos Cox, Vicuña, Chile, Receptor: Degen DE1103 + Antena Cable Largo 3 Metros, condiglist yg via DXLD) ** ITALY. [with September dates in second column] 6205.00 0409 1800 unid, tangos non stop, no jingle, no ID, 24322 6210.00 0409 2120 unid, tangos non stop, no jingle, no ID, 24322 6210.00 0509 1755 unid, tangos non stop, no jingle, no ID, 24322 6210.00 0609 1815 unid, tangos non stop, no jingle, no ID, 24322 6210.00 0709 1855 unid, Spanish ballad, also tangos non stop at 2135, 24232 6210.00 0809 2039 unid, tangos non stop, no jingle, no ID, 24322 6210.00 0909 1745 unid, tangos non stop, no jingle, no ID, 24332 6210.00 1009 1801 unid, tangos non stop, no jingle, no ID, 24432 6210.00 1109 2200 unid, tangos non stop, no jingle, no ID, 24322 6210.00 1309 1750 unid, tangos non stop, no jingle, no ID, 24322 6210.00 1509 1710 R. Tango Italia, It, E, Sp, anthem, Marconi's talks, ID, tangos, milonga, 24332 6215.00 0809 1805 unid, tangos non stop, no jingle, no ID, 24322 (Silveri Gomez, Fraga Catalunya Norte Ocidental, Spain, RX: ATS 909, 16 mt antena hilo, playdx yg via DXLD) So it has also been on 6205 and 6215 besides 6210. He specializes in pirates and posts incredibly long lists of them; excerpted here only about this one. And they are *all* to .00 two decimal places, which is totally incredible. Familiarize with the concept of significant digits! Furthermore almost all are reported ending in -0 or -5, also unbelievable for pirates, so consider all his frequencies as only approximate. On the ATS 909, one may easily measure to 1 kHz, and with BFO clix down to 40 Hz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) And all remain below with R75: 6210, pirate? 2138 Sept 13 with old music. All songs played were of tango style. Found no ID though was listening for more than 30 minutes signal S4 (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See 13-38 Re: Radio Tango --- Da Roma, e se continua così credo ancora per molto poco.... :) (Roberto Scaglione, Sicilia, Sept 19, bclnes.it yt via DXLD) 6210, 21/9 2145, R. Tango Italia - ??? IT/EE/SS ID e tanghi, buono (terza pirata italiana senza alcun recapito!!! Ma perchè la gente mette su una pirata se poi si caga addosso!!!!!!) (Roberto Pavanello, Italy, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) beware naughty word Domenica 22 settembre 2013, 1830 - 6210.4, R. TANGO ITALIA - IDs II/EE/SS. SF/BN (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) ** ITALY [non]. International [sic] Radio Relay Service (NEXUS - IRRS) Salve, Vorrei chiedere se qualcuno è a conoscenza della località esatta dalla quale trasmette radio IRRS NEXUS-IBA. Sul sito c'è scritto Milano http://www.nexus.org ma mi chiedevo se qualcuno fosse in grado di darmi informazioni più precise. Grazie Cordialità (Domenico Caliendo, Sep 22, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) Ciao Domenico, le frequenze attive di IRRS, cioè 7290, 9510 e 15190 kHz, provengono dai siti di Saftica e Tiganesti in Romania. Che io sappia, non ci sono sul territorio italiano concessioni per impianti in onde corte che non siano del servizio pubblico. Roby (Robert Rizzardi, ibid.) Grazie Roberto. In realtà anche io sapevo così. Ma non capisco come mai sul sito ufficiale vengono date le previsioni di propagazione calcolate da Milano. http://www.nexus.org/NEXUS-IBA/Shortwave/maps/index.html Ad esempio: http://www.nexus.org/NEXUS-IBA/Shortwave/maps/1996/9611-75m-1400.jpg Anche sulle altre pagine del sito si parla di Milano. Forse tu mi sai spiegare? Grazie ciao (Caliendo, ibid.) a bit of disinformation (gh) Le previsioni di propagazione indicate sul loro sito si riferiscono a vecchie frequenze non più utilizzate: 3985 e 7120 kHz. Infatti in fondo alla pagina si può leggere la data d'aggiornamento che è il 1998! Se non ricordo male (dovrei andare a rivedere gli ascolti di quei anni) allora trasmettevano da Milano o provincia, ma senza avere avuto una vera e propria concessione e per non avere problemi hanno poi optato per l'utilizzo di altri trasmettitori al di fuori dello stato italiano. Un po' come avvenne per Adventist World Radio che aveva un sito di emissione da Forlì, ma che venne chiuso per le stesse problematiche. L'unica postazione dall'Italia utilizzata in certi periodi dal IRRS e quella dei 1368 kHz di Challenger Radio. Forse Roberto Scaglione mi potrà correggere o specificare se ho scritto qualche stupidaggine o no. Roby (Roberto Rizzardi, ibid.) Scusate ma non avevo visto che erano informazioni vecchie del 98. Ma poi si è mai saputo da che zona di Milano trasmetteva esattamente? E che fine ha fatto il trasmettitore Siemens da 10 kW? Grazie. Cordialità (Caliendo, ibid.) I Siemens erano due, S42043-S305, negli anni ha cambiato due siti nelle vicinanze di Milano, in giro per la rete trovi anche le foto, questo è uno degli articoli più recenti http://www.rwonline.com/Default.aspx?TabID=64&articleid=218188 (Roberto Scaglione, ibid.) ** JAPAN. 3925, R. Nikkei-1, 1339-1345, Thursday, Sept 19. With business English; the weekly “Let's Read the Nikkei Weekly”; heard with the usual announcers of Noriko Tada (in Japanese), Gregory Clark (in English and Japanese) and Jeffrey Swiggum (in English); “This program has been presented by the Eiken Foundation of Japan”; fair- good (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3925, R Nikkei, Sept 19, 1340. Program on trade relations between US, Japan, and China, in English. Went to ID and Japanese lang at the Toh, with jazz music after the hour. Fair-poor, fading fast. Good // on 6055, where I listened to the program after 1345 (Rick Barton, El Mirage, AZ, Grundig "750" and Wilson CB antenna, listening from my truck, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3925, R. Nikkei, Sept. 23, 1330. Program with M-F hosts playing Aussie metal band AC/DC, very unusual to hear over SW bands, as was yesterday, when WWCR was doing conjunto/norteno music. VG signal (Rick Barton, El Mirage, AZ, Drake R8, Grundig Sat 750, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3945, RN2, 1345-1353, Sept 19. IDs in English ("RN2 brings you unforgettable summer"); unique revolutionary song by Gil Scott-Heron - -- "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" - audio https://app.box.com/s/y2dt163bqjkt47jhllor good. Forget about Radio Vanuatu reception during weekdays! (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3945, R. Nikkei 2, Sept 24, 1230. Pop music vocals, other than mixing with an early morning ham net, VG. ** JAPAN. 9760, R Nikkei-2, Sept. 22, 0600 M and F in Japanese, fanfare music and more talk. Good (Rick Barton, El Mirage, AZ, Drake R8, Grundig Sat 750, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN [non]. 5910, NHK. 25/09 0422 UT. Para América Central con una nota sobre una liga de futbol japonesa y su influencia en el sudeste asiático. Señal con leves interferencias de Alcaravan Radio que se escucha muy por debajo, aunque NHK es determinante con SINPO: 43343 // 12015 para América del Sur con SINPO: 33232 con un fading permanente (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: Beverage de 20 metros con balun 9:1, QTH: Centro de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) via FRANCE; is also way over HJDH here (gh, OK, DXLD) ** KASHMIR. 4950, AIR Radio Kashmir, Srinagar (presumed), 1358, Sept 23. Very nice to hear this one again, after being off the air this month; faint with subcontinent music. The only good thing about the Voice of Pujiang (Shanghai) leaving the air here is that I can now hear Kashmir! (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) [non-log]. 4950, AIR Radio Kashmir, Srinagar was heard Sept 23, but not the next day (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KENYA [and non]. VOA BOOSTS COVERAGE IN WAKE OF KENYA ATTACK WASHINGTON, D.C. - Voice of America is providing audiences in Africa and around the world with extensive coverage of the deadly terror attack and its aftermath in Nairobi, Kenya. Continuously updated reports are available on radio, television, the Internet, and mobile and social media platforms. The VOA Swahili Service has preempted its regular radio program for live coverage focused on the unfolding drama, including telephone interviews with local government officials, police, and eyewitnesses, as well as U.S. perspectives. VOA, which operates an FM station in Nairobi, has also added Swahili broadcasts to its regular English language program lineup, which has included wide-ranging analysis and comprehensive coverage of the attack, claimed by al-Shabab, the Somali-based extremist group. VOA programs, including Nightline Africa, have included President Obama's pledge of solidarity with Kenya, coverage of President Uhuru Kenyatta's address to the nation, interviews with Somalia's foreign minister in Washington and comments from Kenyan Muslim leaders repudiating the attack. From VOA's news bureau in Nairobi, reporters have been providing constant on-scene coverage plus a steady stream of interviews with Red Cross officials, Kenyan security analysts and terror experts. U.S.- based correspondents at the State Department, Pentagon, Congress and White House are supplying all VOA language services with the latest reaction from Washington. Voice of America's Somali Service has scheduled (Tuesday) a special call-in show focusing on ways to combat the influence of al-Shabab in light of the Nairobi attack. The program will include young people and U.S.-based religious scholars, who are expected to discuss the terror group's claim to be working on behalf of Somalis. VOA Swahili programs are also being fed by satellite to affiliate stations and added to the FM station in the South Sudanese capital of Juba. All of VOA's popular English language television programs to Africa will provide the latest news and analysis. In addition to radio, TV and the Internet, VOA reaches audiences throughout Africa on a variety of mobile phone services. For more information about this release, contact Kyle King at the VOA Public Relations office in Washington at (202) 203-4959, or write kking @ voanews.com For more information about VOA, visit the Public Relations website at http://www.insidevoa.com or the main news site at http://www.voanews.com (This release was originally published on insidevoa.com.)(VOA PR Sept 23 via gh, DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH. 2850, KCBS (Pyongyang), Sept 22, 1300. Long monologue with F in Korean. VG (Rick Barton, El Mirage, AZ, Drake R8, Grundig Sat 750, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 2850, Korean Central Broadcasting Station, 1020 carrier with weak audio, then 1105 to 1110 OM and yl chat and music 19 September; 1100 audio noted during band check 24 September (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, S Florida, NRD 535D, 746Pro, R8, R7, Sony 2010XA; Long Wave Pre Amplifier, Ferrite Antennas, 120/90/60 meter dipoles, Sept 24, cumbredx yg via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH [and non]. 3480, Voice of the People, Sept 22, 1250. M and F in Korean, very good over the hum of DPRK jammer. 4450, SOUTH KOREA, Voice of the People, SEP 19, 1130. Loud jammer, F in Korean barely heard under the noise. 4450, (Presumed) Sept 25, 1115. Loud jammer over (Presumed) Voice of the People. This is powerhouse level (Rick Barton, El Mirage, AZ, Drake R8, Grundig Sat 750, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. CLANDESTINE, 6003, Echo of Hope, 1001 alternating talk by M and W in Korean. W mixed with music later at 1015, then talk by M announcer. Jamming oddly reduced at 1000 allowing this to be audible. However the jamming was still there. (24 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH. Terrible spurious Korean jamming mixture spur on 7196.310 kHz at 1532 UT, \\ similar KOR/KRE jamming on 6348, 6518, 6600 kHz; heard on remote SDR unit in Tha Mai, Thailand. Formula 2 x 6600 = 13200 minus 6003 = 7197 kHz (Wolfgang Büschel, Sept 12, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 24 via WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DXLD) A.k.a. a leapfrog mixing product, 6003 over 6600, another 597 kHz higher (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. Frequency change, N Korea Reform Radio in Korean 1400-1600 NF 7595 TAC 200 kW / 070 deg KRE, ex 7585, re 7590 // 9380 TAC (Ivo Ivanov, DX RE MIX NEWS #799, September 20, 2013 via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. QSL: CLANDESTINE, Voice of Martyrs, 7515, full detailed letter in 14 weeks for e-report to tdillmuth@seoulusa.org v/s Pastor Tim Dillmuth (Artur Fernández Llorella, Catalonia, Spain; You can see some images in my blog: http://maresmedx.blogspot.com.es/ Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. 9950, Sept 25 at 1253 open carrier, good signal, much stronger than 9955 traces of WRMI. 1300 finally music and opening Japanese, I thought, but should have been Korean first, maybe with initial Japanese ID? Anyhow, it`s the pair as in Aoki, 100 kW, 2 degrees from Tamsui District, TAIWAN: 1300-1330 Nippon no kaze, in Korean a.k.a. Ilbon-e Baram, and 1330-1400 Furusato no kaze, really in Japanese (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA SOUTH [and non]. 6480, Korean MND Radio (Presumed), Sept 21, 1125. M in Korean heard behind wall of DPRK jamming. Did not hear ID; presumed as only known station here, other than the DPRK blocker (Rick Barton, El Mirage, AZ, Drake R8, Grundig Sat 750, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6550, MND R. 1038 very nice clear signal with M speaking in Korean. Went into "For Love" at 1054:30. (23 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) 5150, Korean MND Radio (Presumed) Sept 25, 1210. Long monologue by F in Korean. Choppy and audio not up with carrier level (Rick Barton, El Mirage, AZ, Drake R8, Grundig Sat 750, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA SOUTH KOREA. 7275, KBS World, 0854 talk by W in Japanese over instrumental music. // 6155 which was better. (21 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) 15575, Sept 24 at 1319, a good but fluttery day for KBSWR in English, W&M chatting about how no one likes to pay taxes. Still much weaker than VOA Korean on 15775 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KURDISTAN [non]. 11510, Sept 24 at 1330-1400, V. of Mesopotamia, allegedly via PRIDNESTROVYE (switching to Bulgaria at 1500), continuous traditional vocal music with lots of ululation, no announcements until just before 1400 timesignal ending one sesqui- second late, 4 pips, last one prolonged. Then continues talk. Heavy flutter on the music only adds to its remote mystique (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KUWAIT. 15515, Sunday Sept 22 at 2004, western pop/rock music, just like R. Kuwait ordinarily plays on 15540 during the English bisesquihour, but which is missing today! Little doubt this is RK on wrong frequency, but which is on their schedule at 05-10 in Arabic. R. Australia also starts 15515 at 2000, 50 degrees from Shep, but no CCI noted, and RA would not be playing music at TOH. As in DXLD 13-37, Manikant Lodaya, Karnataka, South India, also heard RK English on 15515 instead of 15540, Sept 6 at 1800. Kuwait`s correct Arabic frequency 17550 also audible poorly with ME Music now at 2005 Sept 22. 15540, Sept 23 at 2020, JBA carrier presumed Kuwait, back on nominal English frequency instead of 15515 yesterday; earlier at 1929 could not even detect 15540, let alone 15515 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Two broadcasts of Radio Kuwait of the same frequency on Sep. 25: from 0930 NF 21580 KBD 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Arabic, ex 21540 (0930-1800) from 1000 on 21580 KBD 500 kW / 084 deg to EaAs Tagalog Filipino (1000-1200) From 1200 R. Kuwait continued to use wrong frequency 21580, instead of 21540: 1200-1300 on 21580 KBD 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Arabic, co-ch RFI in French. from 1300 on 21580 KBD 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Arabic, please check till 18 -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LUXEMBOURG. /CHINA/ALBANIA, 1440, CRI Beijing German service extend on MW 1440 kHz. From 23 September CRI Beijing's German language service is extended on medium wave from Luxembourg Marnach 1440 kHz significantly far more than our regular two-hour program: You can then hear extend 06-11 UT and 18-23 UT. Remain unchanged our broadcasts from 16 to 18 UT on the frequencies 5970CER and 7380CER kHz, of 18-20 UT on the frequencies 7395KAS, 11650URU, and 11775KAS kHz and 05-07 UT on the frequencies 17720KAS and 17820URU kHz. [I doubt that CRI appended the transmitter site abbrs --- CER = Albania; KAS & URU = East Turkistan --- gh] Liebe Hoererinnen und Hoerer, hier noch ein Hinweis: Ab dem 23. September wird unsere bislang zweistuendige Sendung auf Mittelwelle 1440 kHz aus Luxemburg deutlich verlaengert: Sie koennen uns dann von 8 bis 13 und von 20 Uhr bis 1 Uhr MESZ hoeren. Unveraendert bleiben unsere Sendungen von 18 Uhr bis 20 Uhr MESZ auf den Frequenzen 5970 kHz und 7380 kHz, von 20 Uhr bis 22 Uhr MESZ auf den Frequenzen 7395 kHz, 11650 kHz und 11775 kHz sowie von 7 bis 9 Uhr auf den Frequenzen 17720 und 17820 kHz. Deutsche Redaktion von CRI (CRI via Michael Bethge-D, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 23 via WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DXLD) ** MADAGASCAR. 5014v not heard after mid-August. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Münster, Germany, http://africalist.de.ms Sept 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MADAGASCAR. [provoked by my log of KNLS, ALASKA, q.v.] == Hey, how is WCBC`s Madagascar World Voice project going? If ever on, we`re sure that will be much easier to hear from the nearly-antipodal other worldside, than Alaska is in the much closer Lower 48. Still stalled, apparently as unable to bribe appropriate official to let the three brand new Continental transmitters come in from the dock in Houston. How did the August elexion go, replacing the recalcitrant one? Here`s the Third Quarter 2013 Latest Update, http://www.worldchristian.org/Updates/LatestNews/updates.php so the Fourth should be along soon: ``Station MWV in Mahajanga, Madagascar, is ready to receive the last shipment from Houston and then broadcasting can begin to cover the rest of the world with the gospel. Four containers with three 100,000 watt transmitters and some security equipment are ready to be shipped once we receive permission from the minister of communication to begin broadcasting. From this station the 10/40 window will be our focus. 97% of the unreached people in the world live in this area (700 million Muslims, 750 million Hindus and 200 million Buddhists). India, South American and new areas of Russia and China will be able to receive our broadcasts. With 3 billion shortwave receivers available, we will be able to reach the entire world with the gospel. The Future --- Discussions are taking place about a second medical mission trip to Madagascar. We continue to help with projects to be a good neighbor to our community near Mahajanga. The Madagascar station will be broadcasting based on God’s timetable and not ours. Pray for courage and trust in God’s plan for this station. Pray for the elections in Madagascar in August and the one signature that we need for that last shipment. Keep Kevin and Nancy Chambers in your thoughts. There will be news coming soon about the beginning of Spanish, Arabic, Russian, Chinese and English for Africa broadcasts from a mega-website with many worldwide followers. Andy Baker`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALAWI. MALAWI PUBLIC BROADCASTER STREAMS ONLINE --- After being completely offline for several years, Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) has re-established a web presence at http://mbc.mw offering live streams of both their radio channels and MBC TV. Both Radio 1 and Radio 2FM are streamed live around the clock. Radio 1 broadcasts in English, Chichewa and other indigenous languages, whilst Radio 2 FM is presented in English and Chichewa. Recent observations show that Radio 1 no longer starts its broadcast day (at 0253 UT) with a "cock crow and rapid drum beat" as indicated in the current WRTH, just a brief [Christian] vernacular religious talk followed by a hymn. However, their long-established interval signals - the rapid drum beat and six-notes played on a xylophone-like instrument - can be heard preceding the 1600 UT English and 1700 UT Chichewa newscasts. Incidentally, previous editions of WRTH suggest that the apparent xylophone-type instrument is a "piksifon" or "pikisfon", neither of which Mr Google or Mr Bing have heard of. Anyone? (David Kernick, UK, Sept 19, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALAYSIA. 6050.0, Salam FM via RTM, via Kajang, 1500-1503*, Sept 22. Two time pips; “Salam FM” jingle; choral National Anthem (Negaraku – Lagu Kebangsaan Malaysia); Islamic programming; good. Brief audio attached (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7295, Traxx, 1631 Sept 21 with dance music. Sudden power offs with return of the signal (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, using mag loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7295, Traxx FM, 1118-1124 having technical difficulties continually going off and on and with some distorted audio. Usual pop music with M announcer DJ. Fair. (24 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) ** MALI. Giovedì 19 settembre 2013, 0807 - 9635, 99% [sure to be] RTV MALIENNE, solo portante. SF/IN (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) ** MEXICO. 550, Sept 19 at 1203 UT choral NA finishes, full ID for XEPL on 91.3 and 550, 24 hours, ``La Súper Estación``; 1204 consumer program with YL called `Radio Express`. Cantú: 550 XEPL La Super Estación + FM 91.3 Cd. Cuauhtémoc, Chih. 5,000 150 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 560, Sept 22 at 1151 UT, amid Mexican music, ID mentions Grupo Radio Centro, and I think an FM frequency with a 6 in it. I was hoping this would be enough to pin it down, but we have contradictory info. First thought is the DF station, XEOC, as googling matches up 560 with GRC in the DF; maybe it once was, but the GRC website now has an AM dial starting at 690. As for affiliates elsewhere, can`t find any listing of them on GRC website. IRCA Mexican Log 2012 has no GRC nets on 560. Cantú does not include nets on the by-frequency list, but has: 560 XEOC Radio Chapultepec México, DF 750 500 And so does WRTH 2013; really low-powered compared to the other DF stations! Other sources contradict that info: IRCA has XEOC as La Mejor with 5/5 kW, but in the PM - Promomedios group. Perhaps one of the seven other XEs on 560 now is a GRC station, but which? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 560, Sept 24 at 1201 UT, full ID, AM & FM for as in Cantú: 560 XESRD La Tremenda +FM 89.3 Santiago Papasquiaro, Dgo. 10,000 1,000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 660, Sept 23 at 0512 UT, partial ID includes an FM in .7 and maybe ``La Lupita``, but these point to two different possibilities in Cantú: 660 XEACB La Lupe + FM 98.9 Cd. Delicias, Chih. 3,000 1,000 660 XEAR La Mexicana + FM 101.7 Tampico, Tamps. 5,000 1,000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 670, Sept 19 at 1201 UT, XETOR, Torreón, Coahuila with full ID atop the channel but never very strong. Cantú: 670 XETOR Radio Ranchito Torreón, Coah. 1,000 250 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 680, Sept 23 at 1212 UT, PSA for something in Sinaloa, then SHVA ad or promo, 1213 ``Noticias en Punto``, 6:14 timecheck, ``en el valle del Yaqui``, then detailed estado del tiempo (weather report). So this is again: 680 XEORO La Mera Jefa + FM 93.7 Guasave, Sin. 1,000 500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 700, Sept 23 at 1205 UT, romantic music, ID thrice only as ``La Poderosa``, more music, dominant until 1215 fading down, 1218 gone, but right back up playing choral NA at very odd time, apparently very short version; 1219 bit of a song mentioning Chihuahua, but incomplete, IDs for XEGD 700 y XHGD 90.3, ``Sistema combo desde Parral``; ``Buenos días, con XEGB, La Poderosa`` singing ID, back to music. Cantú: 700 XEGD La Poderosa + FM 90.3 Hidalgo del Parral, Chih. 5,000 1,000. No, he shows the FM is really XHEGD, following the usual pattern if the added FM four-letter XH-- call is already assigned somewhere else. 700, Sept 24 at 1203 UT, big hum added to open carrier as often heard in mornings; station warming up for late sign-on, still hum at 1210; at 1211 some CCI in Spanish starts to appear underneath, could be KHSE TX. 1218 choral NA is in progress, 1219 full sign-on ID from XEGD, La Poderosa in Parral, i.e. as in Cantú: 700 XEGD La Poderosa + FM 90.3 Hidalgo del Parral, Chih. 5,000 1,000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 720, Sept 19 at 1144 UT, mentions Grupo Fórmula, SEP PSA, ad for ranchera CD to celebrate independence, 1146 a R. Fórmula full ID but too much QRM; includes an FM frequency with an 8 in it and 720 AM. Therefore per Cantú it can only be this one, sunrise now late enough for the east coast still to be propagating: 720 XEAVR Radio Fórmula 1er Cadena + FM 89.1 Veracruz, Ver. 10,000 250 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 720, Sept 23 at 1209 UT, low-key conversation, 1211 mentions Extremo 720, music break; Cantú still hasn`t corrected the extra zero on the night power: 720 XEJCC Extremo 7-20 Cd. Juárez, Chih. 1,000 1,0000 [sic] (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 770, Sept 20 at 1217 UT, dominant here instead of KKOB or KKOB is Spanish YL and sidekix, livening up a This-day-in-history segment with a quiz, guess the year? Pertaining to Zoroaster and Juárez, what a pair. Presumed this one per Cantú based on format and previous logs: 770 XEACH Radio Fórmula Primer Cadena Monterrey, N.L. 25,000 1,000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO [and non]. 780, Sept 21 at 1159 UT, KSPI OK open carrier on early as usual but no programming quite yet; with it nulled, there is romantic music, 1201 ID as ``La Poderosa`` on an FM frequency I could not copy twice, and 780 AM; automated timecheck twice as ``7 con 1 minuto`` so it`s certainly in the UT-5 zone CDT. The new 2013 NRC AM Log does not show any SS US station on 780. Last IDed XE on 780 was XEWGR in Monclova, Coahuila, and there are none further west or north, so I don`t see how this could be anything else, but IRCA Log shows it named ``Exa`` which is primarily on FM. Maybe ``poderosa`` is just an informal slogan, and 10 kW on AM could qualify if that mattered in Mexican terms, but their FM 101.1 is only 2397 watts. No other 780s are named Poderosa in IRCA or Cantú (but both show a second Exa not to be confused with this): 780 XEWGR Exa + FM 101.1 Monclova, Coah. 10,000 250 780 XEZN Exa + FM 104.5 Celaya, Gto. 5,000 1,000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 820, Sept 24 at 1206 UT a state anthem is playing under WBAP (which I never can null out completely), making slow SAH; 1208 CCI from a third station, but the anthem ends with a prolonged hi note, unlike the Coahuila anthem I previously linked to. No sign-on announcement audible immediately after the anthem. There is nothing from Coahuila or Chihuahua on 820, in deference to WBAP. Could it be Durango where there`s an 820, XEDRD? Official state anthem just premièred on July 8, 2013, as in: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFwVpGu7n6Q by children`s choir, certainly not the version I heard, and without the prolonged hi note at the end, tho that could be a certain singer`s show-off on another anthem. Ajá, the Sinaloa anthem does have that prolonged hi note finale: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydkuaKP7vYw It seems this too has just been adopted in April of this year, following a contest. So based on this somewhat tenuous connexion, I will make the log tentatively the only Sinaloan on 820, per Cantú: 820 XEUDO Radio UdeO (Univ de Occidente) + FM 89.3 Los Mochis, Sin. 1,000 250 Sinaloa of course is a hot-spot for SRS MW DX around here with many other stations logged, despite distance of almost a kilomile. 650 XETNT is a regular (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 850, Sept 23 at 1150 UT, Milenio Radio dominant with news, such that I can only hear KOA by nulling this; makes SAH about 5 Hz: 850 XEM Milenio Radio + FM 103.7 Chihuahua, Chih. 5,000 500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 870, Sept 21 at 1202 UT, opening in presumed Tarahumara language, several announcers introducing themselves in Spanish; 1205 live timecheck by YL DJ with many IDs in passing as XETAR and also as La Voz de la Sierra Tarahumara, Guachochi, Chihuahua; she sounds a bit sleepy (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 900, Sept 19 at 1206 UT, choral NA running late or a very long version, loops SW, 1207 full ID mentions Cuauhtémoc, 98.3, maybe ACIR Radio group, and maybe ``Radio Impacto``? Cantú has another but related slogan: 900 XEDT Hits FM + FM 98.3 Cd. Cuauhtémoc, Chih. 5,000 1,500 Googling XEDT leads to yet other names, possibly outdated: Radio Divertida, and La Reina. However, not on the ACIR station list at http://www.grupoacir.com.mx/cobertura_nacional.php nor any other in that city (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. XEQ 940 was noted this morning with ID “la Q”, la Q Mexicana”, “Q-940” and “XEQ-940” – the Bésame name seems to have been dropped. Their website http://www.xeqradio.mx and Fred Cantú agree. 73 (Andrew Brade, UK, Sept 21, MWCircle yg via DXLD) Still way off frequency, like 939.877 as in mwoffsets? (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Certainly, Glenn. I measure 939.866 kHz (Andrew Brade, ibid.) ** MEXICO [and non]. 960, Sept 23 at 0502 UT, during local KGWA Fox- hole of dead air, amid QRMix I hear the 4 descending chimes of XEW, previously matched to XEK in Nuevo Laredo; Cantú: 960 XEK La Estacion Grande Nuevo Laredo, Tamps. 5,000 1,000 0503 something playing ``Let It Be`` in instrumental band version, not necessarily XEK. I`ve continued to monitor the pentaminute KGWA Fox- hole which still happens almost every night, but hear the same old stuff, ABC news echoing, etc., from KGKL/KMA, so not reported. XEW/XEK chimes are rare enough to be notable (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 980, Sept 19 at 1209 UT, choral NA ends, either late or very very long version, long pause, and 1210 announcement does not seem like full ID but unreadable. Yet assuming it`s in the UT -6 zone, playing NA around 6 am local, Cantú shows only this: 980 XEDCH La Romántica + FM 102.1 Cd. Delicias, Chih. 1,000 1,000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 1630, XEUT, Baja [California] [del Norte], Tijuana. Finally, I hear sign-on to confirm that XEUT is the source of strong open carrier I've been hearing (For months, strong open carrier running hours at a time, later, around daybreak, am hearing XEUT). This session, caught Mexican anthem and s/on XEUT at 1310 (Rick Barton, El Mirage, AZ, Drake R8, Grundig Sat 750, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 1630, XEUT runs OC midnight to 6 AM PLT [07-13 UT now, 08-14 winter] when they aren't running their regular programming. I can hear Wyoming under the OC if I stay up that late (Martin Foltz, Mission Viejo CA, ibid.) ** MEXICO. Re: ``Has anyone heard XEOI R. Mil at any time recently? I never heard it for sure during latest reactivation on limited evening- only schedule when QRM is worst. At least RHC is out of the way now after 0500 (Glenn Hauser, OK DX LISTENING DIGEST)`` Hi Glenn, Sept 23, XEOI Radio Mil heard on 6009.97 from 0312 to 0359*; mostly YL and two OM chatting; ads and promos; suddenly off during choral National Anthem; QRN; poor; decent signal strength. Audio at https://app.box.com/s/d3k5x4p01hqra79kscbn 6009.97, Radio Mil, 0214-0314 and 0349-0417, Sept 25. Not many IDs ("Radio Mil México"); did not play much music; ads and promos; light QRM; poor. Sept 23 had heard choral National Anthem before going off at 0359*, but today did not play NA then, as they did not end their broadcast; still going at tune out at 0417 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. Martedì 17 settembre 2013, 0522 - 6185, Mexico's blank carrier (capita spesso). SF (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) 6185, XEPPM, R. EDUCACION, 20/09 0114 UT. Música mexicana típica i.e. “El Barzón” e ID de la emisora. Posteriormente música instrumental y avisos del fondo nacional de las artes, como de programas de la emisora. Señal con SINPO: 54444, estable con algo de siseo de RNA de Brasil en 6180. 73 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: 5 metros de cable de cobre. QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) Domenica 22 settembre 2013, 0507 - 6185, Oggi il Messico ha già spento (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) ** MICRONESIA. 4755.5, Sept 20 at 1157 music playing from PMA The Cross is chopped off at 1158:08.5* without any tones being audible. Next: SOLOMON ISLANDS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4755.5, Sept 21 at 1118, PMA The Cross very poor with sermon in English; 1157 music, till cutoff at 1158:06.5* about two seconds after the DTMF cue tones erupted (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4755.55, The Cross. 1130 canned ID and website by girl between Christian Pop songs. Fair but was quite good 15 minutes earlier. (22 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) [FSM - Federated States of Micronesia], 4755.54, Pacific Missionary Aviation, Cross Radio, Pohnpei on Sept 23 from 0652 UT tune. FamilyLife Today broadcast 0700-0723 UT with Dennis Rainey and Bob Lupine - I'm a little biased towards this FL program as my wife and I have just been accepted as Affiliate Staff for FamilyLife - nice to hear our mentors all the way from Pohnpei! Praise song by male & band "He Reigns" 0723-0728 UT, another praise song by what sounded like same singer to 0731 UT, ditto to 0735.5 UT, very clear English ID by man for "88.5 FM V6MA The Cross Radio" at 0735.5 UT. Program announcement and "Harvest" message to 0738 UT, then into more praise vocals to 0748. Another short inspirational msg by man and woman to 0749. "I'll Wait for the Lord" male vocal 0749-0752.5 UT, more male vocals to 0757, short instrumental music to 0758 then man with short English ID for "The Cross Radio". Into talk program with male host and female guest at 0758. Very nice signal with SINPO 3+5444, peaking to S4 from 0730-0800 UT (Pohnpei in gray zone). (Bruce Churchill, CA, DXplorer Sept 23 via BC-DX 24 Sept via DXLD) Noted Cross Radio today under RTTY ute ditter signal at footprint 4755.546 kHz, 13 UT (Wolfgang Büschel, BC-DX 24 Sept via DXLD) ** MOLDOVA. Photos of the 'Moldovan' DRM transmitter currently tested on 873 kHz http://www.mtic.gov.md/photos2012_eng/168099/ (Leo Barmaleo, Sept 22, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Now listen to the broadcast "Radio Moldova" can be not only in the analog system. In Moldova established the first transmitter to broadcast on medium wave that can carry digital signal. The head of "Radio Moldova" Alexander Dorogan sure of digital standard - future. But while digital radio afford not to all residents of Moldova. According to said the device while being tested. The State Enterprise "Radiocomunicat,ii" confident that digital broadcasting will reduce energy consumption by 2 times. The new signal will be different not only in the best quality, but also the wider network coverage. http://www.kp.md/online/news/1538160/ (Vasily Gulyaev, Astrakhan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx", Rus DX Sept 22 via DXLD) That's where a little bit more, but for some reason the international broadcasting in Moldova "Radio Moldova" will switch to international standards of digital broadcasting http://www.noi.md/ru/news_id/28118 September 20 I listen - to 873 kHz R.Moldova 1 operates in AM / / 1494 kHz. Previously, it was reported that tests at the CM is performed at night, after the end of the regular broadcast (Alexander Egorov, Kiev, Ukraine / "deneb-radio-dx" via RusDX via DXLD) ?? Now their audience will go from zero into the negative numbers (gh) ** MONACO. QSL: DP07 Seefunk, 8728 via Monaco Radio, QSL, sticker, info in 2 weeks for e-report to info@dp07.com (Artur Fernández Llorella, Catalonia, Spain; You can see some images in my blog: http://maresmedx.blogspot.com.es/ Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** MONGOLIA. 7469.875, R. Free Asia. 1114 found a nasty het. At first I thought R. Free Asia was the one on 7470, but it turned out to be the CNR1 jammer, and RFA was actually on 7469.875. CNR1 was the stronger and // 9845. (20 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) ** MOROCCO. 171, Medi 1, Nador, 2345 to 2350 yl noted with good signal, the rest of the band only carriers - 19 September (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, S Florida, NRD 535D, 746Pro, R8, R7, Sony 2010XA; Long Wave Pre Amplifier, Ferrite Antennas, 120/90/60 meter dipoles, Sept 24, cumbredx yg via DXLD) 9579.1, Medi 1 not heard for approx. three weeks, not back on 9575 either. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Münster, Germany, http://africalist.de.ms Sept 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MYANMAR. 5985.78, R. Myanmar. Popped on at 1131:21 with talk by M already in progress. (20 Sept.) 5985.76, Myanmar R. Popped on at 1136:12 with talk by M and W already in progress. 5915 was on early this morning at 1110. (24 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) 6165, Thazin Radio, 1430, Sept 23. Start of their segment in English; played pop songs; 1434-1443 news and weather; poor; extremely tough to make out under CNR6, which played non-stop songs (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. Re: Mighty KBC September 15, 2013 problems --- Cables are fixed and everything is a "go" for September 22, 2013 0000- 0200 UT 7375 kHz via Nauen, Germany. 73, (Kraig, KG4LAC, Krist, Sept 20, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NEW ZEALAND. 6170, Sept 19 1318, no signal from RNZI which is still supposed to start at 1300; despite sufficient signal still from 6150 Australia; RNZI must be off. However, DRM noise on 9885-9895 was strong back at 1137. BTW, NZ goes on DST already Sept 28-29, inevitably shifting relays of all that RNZ National programming one UT hour earlier. 9700, Sept 20 at 1152, RNZI is on as usual, tho only fair aimed away from us; but at 1300, no show again on next scheduled frequency 6170, despite plenty from Australia on 6150. Nothing found on the old or new websites about any such outage. There used to be a place warning about them. 9700, Sept 22 at 1220, noted RNZI is present with poor AM signal, in case it`s missing again after 1300 from 6170 --- but today it is not missing at 1326 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NICARAGUA. 8989-USB, "El Pescador Preacher", 2353 impassioned Preacher en español to 0000 on 17 September. Usually off by 0000 (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, S Florida, NRD 535D, 746Pro, R8, R7, Sony 2010XA; Long Wave Pre Amplifier, Ferrite Antennas, 120/90/60 meter dipoles, and XM, Cedar Key, NRD 525D, R8A, E5, Sept 24, cumbredx yg via DXLD) ** NIGERIA. Voice of Nigeria observations --- Hi Glenn, first a detailed update on this station. I did not observe the broadcasts presumably from Abuja, only the services 0500-0900 + 1500-1600 + 1730- 1800 on 15120 and 9690 1630-1730. Generally, I caught the station almost every day in three weeks, which is unusual this year. However until last Friday, Sept. 19, all transmissions suffered from rather low audio level with the usual hums and cracks. On this day at 1646 to 1648* I caught it with Af music and full, clean, well-modulated signal on 9690. *1651 back with slightly lower audio, also 15120 *1736-1738* and -1758* in best quality again. Next day music test until 0615, back to talk and later back to test music, but lower audio again. However, since then, being back to normal programming, the overall quality is somewhat better than before, but still far away from the quality they are able to produce during the tests last weekend, and again the usual noises and short breaks. Off today Sept. 24 again. What is that? Abuja or Ikorodu? My overall impression is still "sounds like Ikorodu". So it seems, they have really readjusted the old transmitter, more or less to the maximum that could be made under given conditions as observed in previous years (suboptimal audio feed from the studio with overall low level and hum)? I suggest that broadcasts via Abuja would sound much different (they do if they are produced in Abuja), even if they would produce programmes in Lagos and air them from Abuja. But I think it's quite likely they have still no proper audio link from Lagos to Abuja transmitters - what we observed recently absolutely sounded like typical IKO transmitter problems. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Münster, Germany, http://africalist.de.ms Sept 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) RE 15120 today morning, this morning Sept 24 I came across of a HUGE DRM signal from the new 2010 Abuja Ampegon Alliss installation. The 9690 kHz is also from Ikorodu and is always some Hertz odd LESSER frequency. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) You mean 15120-DRM for the 05-07 English transmission?? (gh, DXLD) That would be interesting to know - after 0800 at least there was nothing. The question is: Which 9690 transmission is from where?!? * 0800-0900 Hausa is usually reported off-frequency, but at the same time there is the 15120 irregular IKORODU-typical transmission, Hausa IDs as VON Abuja (at least I had the impression if I heard it quite a while ago - I don't try regularly), English as VON Lagos (in live segments). * 0900-1500 scheduled English is via the same transmitter or another one? If at all? Didn't note it for a while but don't try very often. * 1630-1730 is irregular and corresponds with surrounding 15120 transmissions including breaks and troubles. Sounds like IKO then, not known to be off-frequency * 2000-2100/2130 is there even if other transmission are missing, was offset in the past, but doesn't seem to be always. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Germany, Sept 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes Glenn, took shower around 0450 UT this morning, then afterwards, sure in DRM sometime in 5-8 UT range on Sept 24, 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) re Voice of Nigeria - Ikorodu --- Today Sept 25 in DISTORTED AM mode, and bad audio feed, listen to the recording of 0717 UT in French. 73 wb (Büschel, ibid.) Yes, no comparison to previous days, both distorted and quite low overall audio level (Thorsten Hallmann, ibid.) ** NORFOLK ISLAND. VL2NI is the station on 1566 carrying Radio NZ National overnight. First observed by Bryan Clark on 8 September mixed with 3NE, with a significant time delay to NZL-based transmissions, so likely a satellite feed. Identity confirmed by VL2NI Station Manager to David Ricquish and published in 2013 WRTH [which I’d not previously noticed! BC]. 1566, VL2NI relatively easy catch with RNZ National relay at 0858 8/9 (Bryan Clark, Mangawhai, Northland, North Island, New Zealand, AOR7030+. EWEs to NAm, CAm, SAm Drake SPR4 with Alpha Delta Sloper, Sept NZ DX Times via DXLD) ** NORTH AMERICA. Partial India Radio --- 6925/USB, 9/14 0220-0245 with repeat of the programme from the 9th. In well 4+54+44 (Kenneth Vitoi Zichi, MI, MARE via DXLD) morphing into Pirate Radio Boston [below] 6925-USB, 9/14 0219-0244 Signal: 559 Partial India Radio making fun of Madonna and identifying at 0221 with complete email repeated and spelled phonetically haroldkrishnapir @ gmail.com 0222 Making fun of Glen[n] Hauser 02:23 either an Alien or Gandhi breaks in followed by an interview with the Cow and rooster from Radio Botswana's interval signal?? Bizarre stuff. 02:42 and I'm still copying it. Great signal this evening Christopher Friesen, location unknown, Free Radio Weekly Sept 20 via DXLD) ** NORTH AMERICA. QSL: USA PIRATE, 6925 USB, Pirate Radio Boston. E- mail response letter in eight hours after posting a e-mail report to the this address: pirateradioboston @ gmail.com As well, received a postal QSL card for their Special 20th Anniversary special Broadcast plus a note from Charlie Loudenboomer and Mister X. The Postal reply came by the Belfast address. Have the verification from their broadcasts from years ago (Edward Kusalik, Alberta, Canada, Sept 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORWAY. 25 September 2013, Svenn Martinsen writes on Facebook: Tomorrow Thursday Sept 26th LKB/LLE will be broadcasting on 1314 kHz MW and 5895 kHz SW USB from 1130 to @1400 UT. Reports as sound files in mp3 to: report @ bergenkringkaster.no (via Mike Terry, Sept 25, dxldyg via DXLD) ** OKLAHOMA. 780, Sept 19 at 1147 UT, open carrier as usual from daytimer KSPI Stillwater, after 1200 with local news instead of sports. Have not noticed their carrier in the nightmiddle lately, but always on way before LSR, which is officially 1215 in Sept (1230 in Oct). FCC AM Query shows KSPI does have a PSRA starting at 6:00 am of ONE WATT in Sept thru Feb, bumped up to 10 watts in March, and the full 250 rest of the year. This is NOT one watt or even ten (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA [non]. 1590, Sept 22 at 1756 UT, I`m in Fairview OK for a beekeeper meeting, so try to hear KWEY Weatherford OK, about 50 miles away instead of 75 in Enid: nope, still nothing but KVGB Great Bend KS on groundwave with ID at 1756 UT after ESPN programming. Still suspect despite unfavorable direxionality, KWEY is really not on the air. I was not expecting ESPN on KVGB, not among the numerous networks listed for it in the 2013 NRC AM Log, which finally arrived today after the USPS tore up the original envelope. Surely ESPN is nowhere near fulltime on it, maybe more on weekends (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 89.3, Sept 21 at 1758 UT, Radio 74 International gospel- huxter network, then local ID for KIEL and contact address P O Box 56, Loyal. Do they keep their Public File in the PO Box? No problem hearing it in Fairview, unlike in Enid vs local 89.1 translator. May have been back on the air for some time after last confirmed absence when I was closer to Loyal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 91.7, Sept 19 at 1321, KOSU`s `Morning Edition` host Ben Allen announces that he is leaving in two weeks for a similar job at WITF in Harrisburg (not Hershey?) PA. KOSU won`t be the same without his creative weather forecasts, and weather in PA is no doubt boring by comparison. He`s been quite a booster of KOSU`s brand new studio ``on Film Row`` in downtown OKC, which is inviting everyone to its grand opening tomorrow evening, including live music --- chamber music? Of course not! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OMAN. 9760, Sept 19 at 0102, RSO is back on after missing yesterday, with Qur`an, fair with flutter and stronger than 9770 Turkey (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Also hearing those improved signals from Oman. Wonder if they are using ex-BBC 250/300 kW? 15140. Sep 23, 14-15 English, news at 1430. 1500-late in Arabic (Derek Lynch, Ireland, Sept 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAKISTAN. 15490, R. Pakistan, Sep 22 0132-0212*, 35443-34443, Urdu, Talk, Theme music at 0159, News, ID at 0200 and 0206 and 0210, 0212 sign off (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) 15730, R. Pakistan, 1250-1258 Pop-like music, 1258 M announcer in Chinese including website, then usual choral NA to 1301:00, and off at 1301:37. Weak but clear. (25 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260 - Tentative - Radio Madang, Madang, 1130 to 1135 some audio with vocal music 18 September; similar log 0955 on 19 September (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, S Florida, NRD 535D, 746Pro, R8, R7, Sony 2010XA; Long Wave Pre Amplifier, Ferrite Antennas, 120/90/60 meter dipoles, and XM, Cedar Key, NRD 525D, R8A, E5, Sept 24, cumbredx yg via DXLD) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3385, Radio East New Britain, Rabaul, 1030 to 1040 with fair signal, 19 September (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, S Florida, NRD 535D, 746Pro, R8, R7, Sony 2010XA; Long Wave Pre Amplifier, Ferrite Antennas, 120/90/60 meter dipoles, Sept 24, cumbredx yg via DXLD) 3385, NBC East New Britain, Sept. 20, 1050. M in Tok Pisin to club music interval, M at ToH (sounded like sked announcement), woman after the hour. Local static level a little higher this morning, so hard to follow dialog) (Rick Barton, El Mirage, AZ, Drake R8, Grundig Sat 750, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3874v, 0900, Radio East New Britain, Rabaul discovered here early Aug // 3385. On 15/8 I found same signal on 2896 at weaker level. So ’spurs’ are about 490 kHz above and below 3385. Mystery is that 3385 never varies frequency like these 2 presumably rogue signals do. During Aug I have monitored them wandering 2894.74 to 2896.31 and 3873.85 to 3875.46 (Bryan Clark, Mangawhai, Northland, North Island, New Zealand, AOR7030+. EWEs to NAm, CAm, SAm Drake SPR4 with Alpha Delta Sloper, Sept NZ DX Times via DXLD) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 7324.94, Wantok R. Light. Signal on the air at 0925:00. Appeared they didn't put the audio up enough as it was barely audible after 0932-0935+. (21 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) ** PARAGUAY [non]. Radio ZP30, via HCJB Weenermoor [GERMANY], 3995, full detailed E-letter in 5 days for e-report to info@zp30.com.py HLR, 7265, QSL in 1 year for e-report to m.kittner@freenet.de (Artur Fernández Llorella, Catalonia, Spain; You can see some images in my blog: http://maresmedx.blogspot.com.es/ Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** PERU. CHASQUI DX PFA – SETIEMBRE 2013 --- CQ, CQ, CQ…Aquí Pedro F. Arrunátegui para compartir algo con los que disfrutan y aman el DX latinoamericano, todas las horas son UT. Desde la tierra de los incas, les informo mediante este Quipus lo siguiente: La recepción la he efectuado del 25/08 al 19/09 en compañía de mi sabueso Icom IC R72 acompañado del Mizuho KX-3, una antena de hilo largo de 12 metros y una antena loop. Muchos 128´s PFA 969.99, PERÚ, R. Líder, Cajamarca, 26/08 0305-0325, 22222, mxf, ID “Amigos de Radio Líder”, mx, ID “Lo mejor de la música por Radio Lider", mx, ID “Radio Líder, mejor compañía durante las 24 horas del día…" Programa `Mas allá de mi tierra`, saludos a nuestros amigos del distrito de los Baños del Inca. 1399.85, R. Nueva Campesina, Cajamarca, 4/09 0210-0322, 22222 (mxf se cruza con Radio Callao), ID "Esta es Nueva Campesina en los 1400 kHz", mxf varias, ID "Y ahora estamos a las 10 y 19, un saludo muy especial a toda la gente que están escuchando la programación de Radio Nueva Campesina, 1400 kHz, nosotros como siempre identificando con la calidad...” (tnx Tore) 4774.90, R. Tarma, Tarma, 7/09 2210-2245, 44444+, mx tropical andina, programa saludos y mensajes, ID "Aquellos que están en sintonía de Radio Tarma, siempre la primerísima, llámenos al 321510 y solicite la música que desea", mx, ID "Siempre en sintonía de Radio Tarma Internacional", mx, ID “Radio Tarma Internacional" NOTA: Ante 4774.95, ahora 4774.90. 4789.87, R. Visión, Chiclayo, 4/09 0115-0140, 33333+, intensiones de oración hacia sus seres queridos ID "Por Radio Visión desde la ciudad de Chiclayo" 4835.00, R. Ondas del Sur Oriente, Quillabamba, 4/09 2240-2310, 44444, px religioso, mx religiosa, ID “A través de Radio Ondas del Sur Oriente”. Todos unidos ante el dengue, acude al área de salud más cerca de tu casa. 5024.92, R. Quillabamba, Quillabamba, 17/09 1040-1105, 44444++, advs cooperativa agraria y crédito Quillabamba, le da el préstamo que usted necesita, programa La hora seis, ID ``Desde Radio Quillabamba", news. NOTA: Reportado antes en 5024.94, ahora 5024.92. 5039.20, R. Libertad, Junín, 2/09 1010-1040, 44444++, mxf huayno, programa por Vicente de los Milagros, ID "Ahora la repuesta es una sola Radio Libertad", ads medicina natural cubana. 6173.90, R. Tawantinsuyo, Cusco, 26/08 2220-2345, 44444, mxf, ID “Así amigo de Radio Tawantinsuyo… español y quechua”, mxf huayno, ID “En esta hermosa tarde estamos disfrutando de la buena música con Radio Tawantinsuyo, en esta oportunidad con los Apus del Perú", mxf Vivo en una casa muy pequeña, pero, sus ventanas se abren hacia un mundo muy grande (Pedro F. Arrunáteugi, Lima, Chasqui DX Setiembre, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 4747.09, R. Huanta Dos Mil. Beautiful fast slurred "R. Huanta Dos Mil" by M at 0919:54 as the live studio DJ ended an announcement and went into a campo song. Of course I wasn't recording unfortunately. So they really are still using the Huanta Dos Mil IDs. Fair signal but noisy. (19 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) 4747, Perú, Radio Huanta 2000, Huanta, Ayacucho, 1000-1012 en español with OM announcer, good signal on 19 September (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, S Florida, NRD 535D, 746Pro, R8, R7, Sony 2010XA; Long Wave Pre Amplifier, Ferrite Antennas, 120/90/60 meter dipoles, Sept 24, cumbredx yg via DXLD) R. HUANTA 2000, 20/09 0001 UT. Avisos comerciales de la cooperativa de ahorro Juan Pablo II y de la municipalidad. Señal con SINPO: 54454 con algo de sobremodulación. 73 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: 5 metros de cable de cobre. QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) WTFK??? Should be 4747v; often at least a carrier here (gh, OK, DXLD) 4747.09, R. Huanta Dos Mil. 1013 very nice pleasant slow Pop ID jingle song by W with "R. Huanta, Huanta Dos Mil" in chorus to end a very long ad/promo block then into OA campo music and stopped at 1015 for live M DJ including ID at 1015:55. Mixes Spanish and presumed Aymara. Many PSAs then. Nice campo music at 1020. Accurate (barely) TC by M during song, then live M and continued song briefly, and 2 ads at 1022. About 85% readable at this time. 1023:10 nice canned ID with music. Couple songs to 1031 with long talk by M but sudden fading quickly though. Seems to come on the air at 1000v with lower power and then brings it up after about 15 minutes. Although that could be a result of propagation too. (20 Sept.) 4747.09, R. Huanta Dos Mil. Played the "R. Huanta, Haunta Dos Mil" theme song jingle at 1014 ending the usual long ad block from 1000. (22 Sept.) 4747.09, R. Huanta Dos Mil, 1018 really nice signal but a CODAR was right on top. Nice ID by live M DJ as soon as I retuned at 1020. (24 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) ** PERU. 4775, R. TARMA, 19/09 0042 UT. Música serrana con saludos en español y quechua. SINPO: 43343. 73 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: 5 metros de cable de cobre. QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, condiglista yg via Chile, DXLD) 4774.9, Perú, Radio Tarma, Tarma, 1006 to 1010 strong signal, mentions de Peru en español, lively rustic music 19 September (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, S Florida, NRD 535D, 746Pro, R8, R7, Sony 2010XA; Long Wave Pre Amplifier, Ferrite Antennas, 120/90/60 meter dipoles, Sept 24, and MR, Vero Beach, South Florida, NRD 515, Drake R8B, Timewave ANC-4, Quantum Phaser, via Wilkner, cumbredx yg via DXLD) ** PERU. 4810, Perú, Radio Logos, Chazuta, Tarapoto, 0950 to 1010 with choral vocal and OM chat en español good signal 19 September (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, S Florida, NRD 535D, 746Pro, R8, R7, Sony 2010XA; Long Wave Pre Amplifier, Ferrite Antennas, 120/90/60 meter dipoles, Sept 24, and MR, Vero Beach, South Florida, NRD 515, Drake R8B, Timewave ANC-4, Quantum Phaser, via Wilkner, cumbredx yg via DXLD) 4810-, Sept 25 at 1047, Andean music with yipping, 1050 YL announcement unseems Spanish, 1058 music. Very poor signal but better than anything else on 60m from S America, just some carriers. 1101 still music but fading into noise level. Otherwise in clear, only slight occasional ute QRM, maybe a trace of CODAR swishes. Long after the demise of XERTA, surely this is the only American on 4810, R. Logos, in Chazuta, the new missionary station inaugurated a little over a year ago (and not to be confused with the previous R. Logos in Bolivia on 4865). WRTH 2013 strangely does not show the R. Logos name under Perú 4810, but instead ``Iglesia Evangélica Central de Chazuta``. I can usually hear the 4810 carrier in my evening monitoring around 0100, but the ute QRM on the hi side is heavy then, and I can never log anything from Chazuta. This time I awoke myself with a sneeze, so decided to make the best of it by tuning around 60m before resleeping. The pre-sunrise LA window many DXers inhabit, I normally miss; got to sleep sometime. This is very slightly on the lo side, compared to something on 810, probably WHB, which matches measurements the past few months by Chuck Bolland in Florida as 4809.975, .993, .976. Everyone else the past year seems to have rounded it off to 4810. However, an early log 13 months ago by David Sharp in NSW put it on 4810.03 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 4824.5, Perú, La Voz de la Selva, Iquitos, 2355 en español weak signal, noted daily 2330+ and 1040+ 19 September (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, S Florida, NRD 535D, 746Pro, R8, R7, Sony 2010XA; Long Wave Pre Amplifier, Ferrite Antennas, 120/90/60 meter dipoles, Sept 24, cumbredx yg via DXLD) 4824.4, LV de la Selva (presumed). Big signal just came on at 1019. Definitely a M announcer, brief music bridge, and now W at 1022:30- 1025. Clear flutes and W announcer in Spanish. First time I've heard audio here in ages. Can only hear the audio when its peaking and minimal to no CODAR or WWCR QRM. Would be pretty lucky to get an ID at the same time it was peaking. (23 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) ** PERU. 4826.5, Perú, Radio Sicuani, Sicuani, Cusco, 1000 to 104 [sic] weak signal, noted most days from 0950 or earlier - 2355 to 0000 noted on 19 September. Has been observed silent for periods up to five days or more since July~ (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, S Florida, NRD 535D, 746Pro, R8, R7, Sony 2010XA; Long Wave Pre Amplifier, Ferrite Antennas, 120/90/60 meter dipoles, Sept 24, cumbredx yg via DXLD) See also UNIDENTIFIED ** PERU. 4835, R. ONDAS DEL SURORIENTE, 19/09 0141 UT. Música serrana con avisos en quechua y español. Señal con SINPO: 43343. 73 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: 5 metros de cable de cobre. QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) 4835, Perú, Ondas del Suroriente, Quillabamba, 2350-0000 group vocal music, better than usual signal en español, 19 September (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, S Florida, NRD 535D, 746Pro, R8, R7, Sony 2010XA; Long Wave Pre Amplifier, Ferrite Antennas, 120/90/60 meter dipoles, Sept 24, cumbredx yg via DXLD) 4835, R. ONDAS DEL SURORIENTE, 22/09 0133 UT. Avisos sobre actividades en quechua y música serrana con sobremodulación y SINPO: 44444 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: 5 metros de cable de cobre. QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** PERU. 4940, R. SAN ANTONIO, 19/09 2348 UT. Música católica con anuncio de la hora local e ID de la emisora como perteneciente a la “Coordinadora nacional de radio”. Señal con SINPO: 44454 con algo de sobremodulación. 73 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: 5 metros de cable de cobre. QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) See also UNIDENTIFIED ** PERU. 4955, Perú, Radio Cultural Amauta, Huanta, 1034 "...muy buenos días, OM at 1035 to 1040 under thunderstorm noise 19 September (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, S Florida, NRD 535D, 746Pro, R8, R7, Sony 2010XA; Long Wave Pre Amplifier, Ferrite Antennas, 120/90/60 meter dipoles, Sept 24, cumbredx yg via DXLD) 4955, R. CULTURAL AMAUTA. 19/09 2334 UT. Hombre lee avisos en quechua. Señal estable con poco QRN y SINPO: 44444. 4955, R. CULTURAL AMAUTA, 21/09 0117 UT. Canciones en español y avisos de la emisora, especialmente de cooperativas de ahorro y crédito con SINPO: 44444 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: 5 metros de cable de cobre, QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** PERU. 5039.14, Perú, Radio Libertad de Junín, Junín, 1039 intro music then OM en español to 1042 on 19 September (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, S Florida, NRD 535D, 746Pro, R8, R7, Sony 2010XA; Long Wave Pre Amplifier, Ferrite Antennas, 120/90/60 meter dipoles, Sept 24, cumbredx yg via DXLD) 5039.18, R. Libertad de Junín, 1028 suddenly got a lot stronger than 10 minutes earlier. Beautiful campesina music, then long canned announcement starting with haunting flute at 1029 that sounded like a program intro "Con Grau ?? Nacional", and followed by the morning M DJ with mention of possibly his name Barrio Sánchez Cristóbal, and back to music at 1031, but had faded again. There was an accurate TC just as the canned announcement started. (24 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) ** PERU. 5980, R. CHASKI, 19/09 0035 UT. Avisos de Red R. Integridad y su señal FM, AM y OC en la zona de Cuzco, mediante R. Chaski. Además del Comienzo “El amor que vale” acerca de la vida de Adrian Rogers y su ministerio. Señal con SINPO: 55454 con buena modulación. 73 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: 5 metros de cable de cobre. QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) 5980, Sept 19 at 0054, VP carrier from R. Chaski with some modulation vs band, storm noise and 5990 Cuba splash, until cutoff at 0104:34* which is 5.5 seconds later than yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5980, R. CHASKI, 20/09 0020 UT. Sonido de interferencia, sin modulaciones por abajo, ni nada ¿Cuban Noise Jammer? No obstante, media hora antes estaba la programación normal de Red R. Integridad vía Chaski y con avisos de la misma. La cuál, también, es referida en 700 AM de Onda Media, vía Lima con SINFO: 43343. No obstante, en Onda corta, vuelva la programación cerca de las 0045 aprox. con SINPO: 54454, aunque con cortes momentáneos y sobremodulación. 73 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: 5 metros de cable de cobre. QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) 5980, Sept 20 at 0055, R. Chaski carrier detectable in noise, but did not get back to it in time to pinpoint cutoff, already off by 0105:10. It should have been at 0104:39.5* according to standard precession rate (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5980, R. CHASKI, 21/09 0020 UT. Ruido sobre la emisora. No obstante, se produce por algunos momentos largos, sin modulación por debajo o con tendencias leves a recuperarse. Además, llama la atención una revisión cercana a las 0011 UT, se encontraba tocando música instrumental, al igual que en 700 AM de Onda Media, e incluso con los, ya típicos, anuncios de la transmisión de R. CHASKI para la zona de Cuzco en Onda Corta. Posteriormente retorna al ruido característico, y por debajo se escucha una voz femenina con baja modulación desde las 0045, pero el ruido acaba a las 0048, para volver a las 0049. Y finalmente, a las 0050 vuelve de manera definitiva con una modulación aceptable con el himno: “Oh que amigo nos es Cristo” de manera instrumental con SINPO: 54454, distinto a Red R. Integridad que está transmitiendo el programa: “El amor que vale”. Y a las 0056 transmite alabanzas en quechua, muy parecidas a las que pone en las mañanas, y con salida del aire a las 01:04 aproximadamente (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: 5 metros de cable de cobre, QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) 5980, Sept 21 at 0055, R. Chaski carrier at usual very poor but detectable level in noise and splash; cut off at 0104:44.5* which is 10.5 seconds later than 48 hours ago, still averaging 5.25 seconds per day (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5980, R. CHASKI, 21/09 1226 UT. Música con temas cristianos en quechua y anuncios de la hora local por parte de un locutor que habla en quechua con algunas palabras en español. Señal con SINPO: 54444 y que tiene leves desvanecimientos cercanos a las 1255 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: 5 metros de cable de cobre, QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) 5980, R. CHASKI, 22/09 0032 UT. Programa “los grandes temas” de Salvador Dellutri, sobre el tema de los ángeles y la nueva era. A las 0102 comienza “Pensemos con R. Zacarías”, el cual es cortado a las 0104 aproximadamente, cuando la emisora sale del aire. Señal con cierta sobremodulación y SINPO: 54444 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL- 660, Antena: 5 metros de cable de cobre. QTH: Poblado de Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) 5980, Sept 22 at 0057, R. Chaski better than usual and no jamming for a change, so can make out some talk and music; to cutoff at 0104:49.5*, five seconds later than yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5980, R. CHASKI, 23/09 2301 UT. Avisos de la emisora, conjuntamente con la hora local. A las 2306 comienza el programa “El camino de la vida”. Señal con sobremodulación, y con momentos cortos de un poco de QRN, aunque mayormente con SINPO: 54444 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL- 660, Antena: Beverage de 20 metros con balun 9:1, QTH: Centro de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) 5980+, Sept 24 at 0048, R. Chaski carrier amid noise and splash from 5990 CRI via CUBA; slightly hi in frequency compared to the masters of precision on the Greatest of the Antilles. Clearer after 0100 without 5990 QubaRM, until self-demolition during music at 0105:00.5, which is 11 seconds later than last check 48 hours before. Having surpassed the 0105 mark, it shouldn`t be too long before the timer gets reset to slightly before 0100 to begin another precession cycle. The last reset was on July 21 as in DXLD 13-30 after it had reached 0105:44* on July 20, so if that pattern holds, it will be another 8 or 9 days till the next one; I had previously calculated it would be on October 4. I hardly need Aoki to tell me what I am hearing on 5980, but checking it now: 5980 Radio Chaski 2200-0103 1234567 Spanish/Quechua PRU 5980 Radio Chaski 1000-1500 1234567 Spanish PRU No attempt to publish power, azimuth, location or coördinates altho we know it`s in Urubamba. I wonder if he is advancing the sign-off time by one minute every 11 or 12 days according to my observations? If so, is a bit behind (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5980, R. CHASKI, 24/09 2321 UT. Señal con avisos de la emisora, aparte de la canción “Proclama Gloria al Señor” de Steve Green y comienzo del programa “El amor que vale”. Señal con sobremodulación y un poco de QRN, a veces dominante en el canal con SINPO: 44343 hasta 44444 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: Beverage de 20 metros con balun 9:1, QTH: Centro de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) 5980, R. CHASKI, 24/09 1029 UT. Retransmisión de programación de Red R. Integridad con ID de la misma y hora. Señal con QRN dominante y un poco de sobremodulación con SINPO: 43343 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: Beverage de 20 metros con balun 9:1, QTH: Centro de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) Since this item in original report followed the 24/09 2321 log, I suspect the correct date above may have been 25/09 (gh, DXLD) 5980, Sept 25 at 0100, R. Chaski audible with some modulation, until cutoff at 0105:06*, which is 5.5 seconds later than yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 6173.9, Perú, Radio Tawantinsuyo, Cusco, 1030 to 1040, difficult signal with OM in Spanish, 19 September and most other days same time, alas weak (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, S Florida, NRD 535D, 746Pro, R8, R7, Sony 2010XA; Long Wave Pre Amplifier, Ferrite Antennas, 120/90/60 meter dipoles, Sept 24, cumbredx yg via DXLD) ** ROMANIA. 9525, UT Sunday Sept 22 at 0112, RRI with a Beethoven symphony, nice to hear classical music both here and on ERA3 Greece 9420. RRI is strong enough, but fluttery and with selective fading distortion. This is the bihour Romanian broadcast to North America at 0000 via Tiganeshti (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. YAKUTSK, 7230, R. Rossii, 0809 ID by M in Russian, brief announcement by W, short period of traditional Russian song with W vocal, then discourse between different M and W. Fair and // 7320 (Magadan) which was much better. Yakutsk still well in daylight. (21 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. Minha Entrevista para a Radio Voz da Russia 12060 kHz, 25 metros, 300 kW, ontem 18/09/2013 http://portuguese.ruvr.ru/2013_09_19/onda-dx-de-18-de-setembro-4110 (Neto Silva, Brasília DF, radioescutas yg via DXLD) ** RUSSIA [and non]. Final summer A-13 SW schedule of Voice of Russia: 0000-0100 on 9465 ERV 500 kW / 296 deg to CeAm Spanish 0000-0100 on 12060 ERV 500 kW / 258 deg to SoAm Spanish 0100-0200 on 9435 ERV 500 kW / 296 deg to CeAm Spanish 0100-0200 on 12060 ERV 500 kW / 258 deg to SoAm Spanish 0200-0400 on 9435 ERV 500 kW / 296 deg to CeAm Spanish 0200-0400 on 9860 MSK 250 kW / 117 deg to CeAs Russian 0200-0400 on 12060 ERV 500 kW / 258 deg to SoAm Spanish 0400-0500 on 9435 ERV 500 kW / 296 deg to CeAm Spanish 0400-0500 on 12060 ERV 500 kW / 258 deg to SoAm Spanish 0400-0500 on 15760 DB 500 kW / 267 deg to WeAs English 0500-0600 on 15760 DB 500 kW / 267 deg to WeAs Kurdish 0600-0700 on 21800 IRK 250 kW / 152 deg to AUS English 0600-0700 on 21820 NVS 500 kW / 155 deg to AUS English 0700-0900 on 13785 NVS 250 kW / 180 deg to SEAs English 0700-0900 on 17500 IRK 250 kW / 180 deg to SoAs English 0700-0900 on 21800 IRK 250 kW / 152 deg to AUS English 0700-0900 on 21820 NVS 500 kW / 155 deg to AUS English 0900-1000 on 21800 IRK 250 kW / 152 deg to AUS English 0900-1000 on 21820 NVS 500 kW / 155 deg to AUS English 1000-1100 on 6075 VLD 100 kW / 270 deg to EaAs Chinese 1000-1100 on 11530 DB 500 kW / 155 deg to SoAs English 1000-1100 on 12030 VLD 500 kW / 230 deg to SEAs English 1000-1100 on 15300 NVS 250 kW / 120 deg to EaAs Chinese 1000-1100 on 13805 IRK 250 kW / 180 deg to EaAs Chinese 1100-1200 on 6075 VLD 100 kW / 270 deg to EaAs Chinese 1100-1200 on 11530 DB 500 kW / 155 deg to SoAs English 1100-1200 on 12030 VLD 500 kW / 230 deg to SEAs English 1100-1200 on 15300 NVS 250 kW / 120 deg to EaAs Chinese 1100-1200 on 13805 IRK 250 kW / 180 deg to EaAs Chinese 1100-1200 on 13860 IRK 250 kW / 152 deg to SEAs Chinese 1100-1200 on 15670 NVS 250 kW / 145 deg to SEAs English 1200-1300 on 4960 DB 100 kW / 180 deg to WeAs Dari/Pashto 1200-1300 on 6075 VLD 100 kW / 270 deg to EaAs Chinese 1200-1300 on 7235 IRK 100 kW / 110 deg to EaAs Japanese 1200-1300 on 11530 DB 500 kW / 155 deg to SoAs English 1200-1300 on 12030 VLD 500 kW / 230 deg to SEAs Vietnamese 1200-1300 on 13805 IRK 250 kW / 180 deg to EaAs Chinese 1200-1300 on 13860 IRK 250 kW / 152 deg to SEAs Chinese 1200-1300 on 15585 MSK 250 kW / 117 deg to SoAs Russian 1200-1300 on 15670 NVS 250 kW / 145 deg to SEAs English 1300-1400 on 4960 DB 100 kW / 180 deg to WeAs Dari/Pashto 1300-1400 on 6075 VLD 100 kW / 270 deg to EaAs Mongolian 1300-1400 on 7235 IRK 100 kW / 110 deg to EaAs Japanese 1300-1400 on 7505 DB 100 kW / 137 deg to SoAs Hindi 1300-1400 on 11530 DB 500 kW / 155 deg to SoAs Hindi 1300-1400 on 12030 VLD 500 kW / 230 deg to SEAs English 1300-1400 on 13805 IRK 250 kW / 180 deg to EaAs Chinese 1300-1400 on 13860 IRK 250 kW / 152 deg to SEAs Chinese 1300-1400 on 15585 MSK 250 kW / 117 deg to SoAs Russian 1300-1400 on 15670 NVS 250 kW / 145 deg to SEAs English 1400-1500 on 4960 DB 100 kW / 180 deg to WeAs English 1400-1500 on 7505 DB 100 kW / 137 deg to SoAs Urdu 1400-1500 on 9900 ERV 500 kW / 192 deg to EaAf English 1400-1500 on 11530 DB 500 kW / 155 deg to SoAs English 1400-1500 on 12030 VLD 500 kW / 230 deg to SEAs English 1400-1500 on 15585 MSK 250 kW / 117 deg to SoAs Russian 1400-1500 on 15670 NVS 250 kW / 145 deg to SEAs English 1500-1600 on 4960 DB 100 kW / 180 deg to WeAs English 1500-1600 on 6185 NVS 250 kW / 180 deg to SEAs English 1500-1600 on 7505 DB 100 kW / 137 deg to SoAs Hindi 1500-1600 on 7525 DB 100 kW / 240 deg to WeAs Farsi 1500-1600 on 9900 ERV 500 kW / 192 deg to EaAf English 1500-1600 on 12110 DB 500 kW / 267 deg to WeAs Kurdish 1500-1600 on 15585 MSK 250 kW / 117 deg to SoAs Russian 1600-1700 on 4960 DB 100 kW / 180 deg to WeAs English 1600-1700 on 5975 NVS 250 kW / 240 deg to CeAs Russian 1600-1700 on 6035 NVS 250 kW / 180 deg to SoAs English 1600-1700 on 6185 NVS 250 kW / 180 deg to SEAs English 1600-1700 on 7525 DB 100 kW / 240 deg to WeAs Farsi 1600-1700 on 9490 NVS 250 kW / 145 deg to CeAs English 1600-1700 on 9900 ERV 500 kW / 192 deg to EaAf French 1600-1700 on 12110 DB 500 kW / 267 deg to N/ME Arabic 1600-1700 on 15585 MSK 250 kW / 117 deg to SoAs Russian 1700-1800 on 4960 DB 100 kW / 180 deg to WeAs English 1700-1800 on 5975 NVS 250 kW / 240 deg to CeAs Russian 1700-1800 on 6035 NVS 250 kW / 180 deg to SoAs English 1700-1800 on 6185 NVS 250 kW / 180 deg to SEAs English 1700-1800 on 7540 DB 100 kW / 240 deg to WeAs Arabic 1700-1800 on 9490 NVS 250 kW / 145 deg to CeAs English 1700-1800 on 9900 ERV 500 kW / 192 deg to EaAf French 1700-1800 on 12110 DB 500 kW / 267 deg to N/ME Arabic 1700-1800 on 15585 MSK 250 kW / 117 deg to SoAs Russian 1800-1900 on 4960 DB 100 kW / 180 deg to WeAs English 1800-1900 on 5975 NVS 250 kW / 240 deg to CeAs Russian 1800-1900 on 7540 DB 100 kW / 240 deg to WeAs Arabic 1800-1900 on 9900 ERV 500 kW / 192 deg to EaAf English 1800-1900 on 12110 DB 500 kW / 267 deg to N/ME Arabic 1800-1900 on 15585 MSK 250 kW / 117 deg to SoAs Russian 1900-2000 on 7540 DB 100 kW / 240 deg to WeAs Arabic 1900-2000 on 9900 ERV 500 kW / 192 deg to EaAf Arabic 1900-2000 on 12110 DB 500 kW / 267 deg to N/ME Arabic 2000-2100 on 9895 ERV 500 kW / 192 deg to EaAf Arabic 2000-2100 on 12110 DB 500 kW / 267 deg to N/ME Arabic 2200-2400 on 9465 ERV 500 kW / 296 deg to CeAm English 2200-2400 on 12060 ERV 500 kW / 258 deg to SoAm Portuguese DRM transmissions 0600-1000 11830 MSK 040 kW / 260 deg WeEu English 0800-0900 9850 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg WeEu English Ch 1 + Russian Ch 2 0900-1200 9850 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg WeEu German Ch 1 + English Ch 2 1200-1400 9850 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg WeEu English Ch 1 + Russian Ch 2 1300-1400 9445 IRK 015 kW / 224 deg SoAs Hindi 1400-1500 9445 IRK 015 kW / 224 deg SoAs Urdu 1500-1600 9445 IRK 015 kW / 224 deg SoAs Hindi 1700-1800 9820 IRK 015 kW / 224 deg SoAs English 1700-1800 9880 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg WeEu Italian 1800-1900 9880 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg WeEu French 2000-2100 6155 MSK 040 kW / 260 deg SoEu Spanish 2100-2200 6155 MSK 040 kW / 260 deg SoEu Portuguese The Russian government’s international radio broadcasting service Voice of Russia/Golos Rossii will stop its shortwave broadcasts from January 1, 2014 (Ivo Ivanov, DX RE MIX NEWS #799, September 20, 2013 via DXLD) Cannot assume above sked is ``final`` for A-13; there could well be further cuts before end of season (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** RWANDA. 6055, Radio Rwanda, 0322, Sept 25. African songs; 0331 ID ("Radio Rwanda") and into news in vernacular; poor (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RWANDA [non]. Hi Glenn, I attach an MP3 recording (2.4 MB) of the opening of tonight's (Sept 21) Radio Inyabutatu. Not as clear as on previous evenings, and the opening seems more amateurish; there are three attempts at getting the correct opening music, and when they do get it right it is soon cut off! Also several mentions of "Inyabutatu". Regards, (Bill Bingham, 1742 UT Sept 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST via dxldyg with mp3 attached) 1700 Sat only on 17870 via Bulgaria? France? France / Bulgaria?? Radio Inyabutatu, 17870 Issoudun / Kostinbrod? Sep 21, 2013 Saturday. *1700-1704. They managed to get the correct signature tune and song at the third attempt. It was played briefly before being abruptly cut off, then into introduction by OM in KinyaRwanda, with IDs and web address. At 1702 another OM joined in. I tuned in again for the close off, to once again hear the OM apparently being cut off in mid sentence at 1759*. More fadey and distorted than on previous occasions, but still a strong signal around s7 to s9 and quite readable. Less than an hour after our local sunset, which is only about three minutes later than last week when reception was very good. When I tuned in again at 1757, reception had improved. Jo'burg sunset 1604 (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RWANDA [non]. 17870, R. Inyabutatu via Bulgaria, Sep 21 *1700-1709, 25332-25322 Kinyarwanda, 1700 sign on with IS, 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) ** SEYCHELLES [non]. U.K.(non) Frequency change of FEBA Radio: 1400-1445 NF 11875 DHA 250 kW / 060 deg to SoAs Urdu, ex 11880 (Ivo Ivanov, DX RE MIX NEWS #799, September 20, 2013 via DXLD) ** SLOVAKIA. Following email received from Radio Slovakia International. Maybe, just maybe the tide is starting to turn. Attached to the email was a photo of the English section as mentioned in the email. 73, Kraig, KG4LAC, Krist *** email follows *** Subject: News from Radio Slovakia International Dear Listener, This year Radio Slovakia International celebrates its 20th anniversary. To mark this occasion we’re reconnecting with some of our faithful listeners of the past, with you being in our database as a regular listener of days gone by. As you’re no doubt aware, we reduced our shortwave radio transmissions in 2009 due to budget restraints, with many listeners unaware of our switch to other broadcast methods, such as satellite radio and of course the Internet. Therefore, I have included a brochure attached with this email explaining our current global broadcast schedule, our show layout, and what you can expect to hear when you tune in on any given day. I have also included a photograph of us together in the English broadcast section, so you can get an idea of the names & faces behind the voices. On another note, I’m delighted to announce that we are currently in negotiations to increase our shortwave transmissions to include North America, with the help of Radio Miami International http://www.wrmi.net which already broadcasts our English & Spanish transmissions each day, directed towards South America. Seeing as we’ve not heard from you for quite some time, I would like to take this opportunity to invite you to tune in and reconnect with us and to see what is happening here in the modern day Slovak Republic. Not only that, but I also invite you to join the latest of our competitions about the history of Slovakia, where you can win some interesting Slovak-themed prizes. The latest round is about the eastern Slovak city of Košice being crowned as a European Capital of Culture for 2013: http://en.rsi.rtvs.sk/clanok/rubriky/competition/kosice-the-european-capital-of-culture-2013-first-round I wish you the very best for the rest of 2013, and hope you’ll tune in again soon. Yours sincerely, Gavin Shoebridge Mýtna 1, P.O. Box 55 817 55 Bratislava Slovakia Mail: Shoebridge@rtvs.sk Web: http://www.rsi.sk Phone: +421 2 3250 6622 Mobile: +421 919 246 602 (via Kraig Krist, dxldyg via DXLD) Doesn't help many of us in western North America if they only go via RMI. That channel is either blocked by Cuban jammers, or has a very poor signal. Once, years ago, they had an antenna beamed this way, but nothing for years since. Too bad (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, ibid.) They still do but may need some repairs; lack of business wanting to reach North America has been unmotivating. The way I read it, RSI may get WRMI to resume NAm antenna. That`s odd; the RSI German sexion is rather more certain they will resume their own broadcasts direct at the beginning of next year = (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Viz.: Awarded funds on RSI? RSI Radio Slovakia International will start 30 minute shortwave broadcasts via their Slovak Rimavska Sobota site again from Jan 1, 2014. Curiously, Radio Slovakia International for the year 2014 were awarded funds again for shortwave broadcasting, as the station announced, a move that appeared on the German editorial also surprised. It is also noteworthy that an explicit broadcast on shortwave in the standard DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale) is mentioned, a transmission system for digital broadcasting on short wave, medium wave and long wave, but which has so far found few followers. Only certain broadcasters in Europe use DRM, so it seems almost ironic that just the traditional financially strapped RSI makes a DRM transmission. Matching radio equipment for reception are also hard to come by, so a distribution on analogue shortwave would probably much more efficient. The German editors called on listeners to help to comment on these plans, and their opinions on the subject and DRM shortwave transmitter to transmit via The program of Radio Slovakia International is broadcast daily, 30 minutes in the German language via satellite Astra 3A (23.5 degr East), Astra at 19.2 degr and Hotbird 13 degr East (via WRN German), on the Internet and in Slovakia DVB-T. Approximated bring more into line according old B-09 schedule, SW should be on air in B-13 from 1 January 2014 again: English 0100-0130 North, Central, S America 6040, 9440 0700-0730 Australia, S Asia, Oceania 13715, 15460 1730-1800 Western Europe 5915, 6010 1930-2000 Western Europe, NE/ME 5915, 7345 Slovak 0130-0200 North, Central, S America 6040, 9440 0730-0800 Australia, S Asia, Oceania 13715, 15460 1630-1700 Western Europe 5915, 6055 2000-2030 Western Europe 5915, 7345 French 0200-0230 North, Central, S America 6040, 9440 1800-1830 Western Europe, NW Africa 5915, 6055 2030-2100 Western Europe 5915, 7345 Spanish 0230-0300 Central, South America 6080, 9440 1530-1600 SW/W Europe, NW Africa 9445, 11600 2100-2130 SW Europe, Latin America 9460, 11610 German 0800-0830 Western Europe 5915, 6055 1430-1500 Western Europe 6055, 7345 1700-1730 Western Europe 5915, 6010 1900-1930 Western Europe 5915, 7345 Russian 1400-1430 Eastern Europe, Asia 9540, 13625 1600-1630 Eastern Europe, Asia 6190, 7240 1830-1900 Eastern Europe, Asia 5915, 9485 B-13 RSI Rimavska Sobota 150kW 5915 0800-0830 28W 275 5915 1630-1830 27,28 275 5915 1830-1900 30-32 50 5915 1900-2100 27,28 275 6010 1700-1800 27,28,38N 285 6040 0100-0130 7-10 305 6040 0130-0230 7-10 305 6055 0800-0830 28NW 305 6055 1430-1500 28NW 305 6055 1630-1700 27,28,38N 285 6055 1800-1830 27,28,38N 285 6080 0230-0300 12-14 265 6190 1600-1630 29,30 65 7240 1600-1630 30-32 50 7345 1430-1500 27E,28W 285 7345 1900-2100 27E,28W 285 9440 0100-0300 13-15 245 9445 1530-1600 27 265 9460 2100-2130 12,13 245 9485 1830-1900 29,30 65 9540 1400-1430 29-31 65 11600 1530-1600 27 245 11610 2100-2130 12-15 245 13625 1400-1430 29,30 50 13715 0700-0800 41-45 75 15460 0700-0800 41-45 85 (RSI registration acc new budget, Sept 12, via BCDX via WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DXLD) Maybe just contingency That looks about the same as old schedule, but in meantime some frequencies may have been usurped (gh, DXLD) ** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020-, Sept 20 at 1159 carrier from SIBC in splash of 5025 Cuba autocutsoff at 1200:09.5*, 121 seconds after MICRONESIA, q.v. (90m had only a very weak 3385, untimed today) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOMALIA. RSF SAYS AL-SHABAB CONTINUES TO THREATEN SOMALIA JOURNALISTS | Text of report in English by Paris-based media freedom organization Reporters Sans Frontières on 25 September The bloody attack against the Westgate mall in Kenya on 21 September 2013 has brought to the international community's attention the cowardly and terrorizing methods used by the Somali militia Al- Shabaab, a long-standing "Enemy of freedom of information", according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Since relinquishing control of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, in August 2011 and suffering other military setbacks, Al-Shabaab, an enemy of information but apparently a Twitter aficionado, has fallen back on terrorist methods, including bombings and summary executions in which journalists and other news and information providers are too often the victims. RSF has counted more than 45 journalists murdered in Somalia since 2007, with most of these killings attributed to Al-Shabaab. So far, 2012 has been the worst year, with a total of 18 journalists slain. It left Somalia as runner-up to Syria for the title of the world's deadliest country for news providers. Somalia is ranked 170th out of 179 countries in the 2013 RSF press freedom index. Amongst the medias targeted by the militia, Radio Shabelle, Somalia's most respected privately-owned radio station and winner of the RSF press freedom prize in 2010, has paid the heavier price. Six of its collaborators have been assassinated since 2009. Six journalists have been killed in targeted attacks in Somalia so far this year. The latest is Ahmed Sharif, a state-owned Radio Mogadishu employee, who was gunned down outside his home on 17 August. Many of the fatal attacks on journalists have used the same method, with the victim being shot at close range by gunmen waiting outside his home. It is a method that Al-Shabaab often uses. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing of The Village, a Mogadishu restaurant frequented by journalists and politicians, on 7 September, two weeks before the first anniversary of a similar attack on the same restaurant that killed three journalists Liban Ali Nur of Somali National TV, Abdisatar Daher Sabriye of Radio Mogadishu and Abdirahman Yasin Ali of Radio Hamar (Voice of Democracy) and injured at least four other journalists. The next day, another journalist, Hassan Youssouf Absuge, was murdered by a militia combatant for having covered the attack on Radio Mantaa. Source: Reporters Sans Frontieres press release, Paris, in English 1200 gmt 25 Sep 13 (via BBCM via DXLD) ** SOMALILAND. 7120, R. Hargeisa not heard recently. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Münster, Germany, http://africalist.de.ms Sept 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [until today - v. Ron`s report et al.] 7120, Radio Hargeisa. Finally back on the air after last being heard on Sept 5. From tune in at 1337 to 1340, on Sept 24, sounded like the usual English segment; into presume Somali and some HOA music/singing; 1359* off during National Anthem; poor to almost fair; QRN. Audio at https://app.box.com/s/0u51niixyjvlp7pz3n1l Nice to have them back with their unique HOA music! (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) R Hargeisa su 7120 kHz dalle 1740 UT; mix musica e splatter ham. Ciao e buoni ascolti (Mauro Giroletti, Swl 1510, IK2GFT, Sept 24, playdx yg via DXLD) Back on R. Hargeisa, 7120, Sep 24 1850-1901*, 25332-23332, Somali, Talk, 1859 Closing music, 1901 sign off (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DX LISTENING DIGEST) R. Hargeisa on 7120 kHz, Times of sign off: Sep 01 1900* Sep 02 1859* Sep 03 1900* Sep 04 1859* Sep 05 1900* Sep 06 off air Sep 07 off air Sep 08 off air Sep 09 off air Sep 10 off air Sep 11 off air Sep 12 off air Sep 13 off air Sep 14 off air Sep 15 off air Sep 16 off air Sep 17 off air Sep 18 off air Sep 19 off air Sep 20 off air Sep 21 off air Sep 22 off air Sep 23 off air Sep 24 1901* (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) 7120, Sept 25 at 1331, JBA AM carrier, still at 1348, with almost constant CW QRM on the hi side from an N4- ham, surely no hand keyer, who doesn`t defer to intruders. R. Hargeisa is back! Per Kouji Hashimoto, Japan, who chex every night for the 1900v sign-off, it was last heard Sept 5, and resumed Sept 24. Ron Howard also heard it again Sept 24 at 1337-1359*, seemingly in English at first, scheduled 1320- 1340. We still need to check for resumption of *0330v, by far the best time for it here. Around 1330 by longpath, it`s a balancing game between signal increasing from the source as sundown approaches there, and diminishing at this end as the sun rises further (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH AFRICA. Article: ANC packs the SABC Board http://newsletters2.mg.co.za/servlet/link/6026/298808/6505046/1677528 (via Bill Bingham, dxldyg via DXLD) ** SOUTH AFRICA. 3320, R. Sonder Grense. 0115 pop music at tune-in. 0117-0129 long talk by M announcer in Afrikaans. 4 pop songs in a row. 0143 several canned announcements with mention of a website and September. 0144 into "Super Trouper" by Abba starting another block of songs to 0202. Then what sounded like the news by deep-voiced M. Alas, no official ID. (25 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. Domenica 22 settembre 2013, 1916 - 6295, BROTHER STAIR via REFLECTIONS EUROPE. SF/BN (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) 5890, Sept 20 at 1118 via WWCR, TOM service with cacophony of psychophants, praising lord, Jesus, etc., but also strange sounds like moos; are the cows getting in on the act too? Maybe they are human moans instead. Yet the voice of Brother Scare himself cannot be detected, what a respite. At 1302 I notice that 5890 is still on the air tho supposed to switch to 9980 at 1200! Not yet heard on WWRB 9370, nor WTWW 9930, but the latter cuts on at *1303. A long story about Brother Stair in the local newspaper has been making the rounds, must be showing up on aggregators, tho originally published in 2007y, significantly on Sept 16, and updated in 2012. Lou Gawab refers us to: http://www.postandcourier.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?avis=CP&date=20070916&category=ARCHIVES&lopenr=309169900&Ref=AR&template=printart It covers well his chequered history, including jail time, and makes one further wonder how he possibly gathers so much money to keep going on all those stations. The world is replete with suckers having a high tolerance for hoarse huxters (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SRI LANKA. 11905, Sept 22 at 0115, subcontinental music, good with heavy flutter, announcement in Hindi includes ``Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation`` pronounced in English, 0116 back to song. I have been wanting to hear this but usually end my circa 0100 porch monitoring session before 0115. Aoki shows SLBC scheduled 0115-0330, 125 kW, 345 degrees from Trincomalee, which is favorable for US. 0126 recheck however, it`s gone! Leave a receiver on 11905 and find carrier on and off: *0128-0129*, *0139 on and off and on and off, no modulation applied. Trinco must really be having problems with this transmitter abandoned by Deutsche Welle (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11905, SLBC. Nothing but an OC here at 0137. Stayed with it for a few minutes and nothing. (24 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) ** SRI LANKA. QSLs: PCJ Radio, 11835, E-QSL in 2 days for e-report to pcjqsl @ pcjmedia.com v/s Victor Goonetilleke. SLBC, 11750, E-QSL in 2 months for e-report to victor.goonetilleke @ gmail.com (both: Artur Fernández Llorella, Catalonia, Spain; You can see some images in my blog: http://maresmedx.blogspot.com.es/ Hard- Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** SUDAN. Radio Omdurman, 7200, full detailed E-letter in 3 days for an old report (2009). Report sent to bakhit02bb@yahoo.com v/s Adam Bakhit Bushra, Director of French Section (Artur Fernández Llorella, Catalonia, Spain; You can see some images in my blog: http://maresmedx.blogspot.com.es/ Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** SUDAN [non]. CLANDESTINE: 15550, R. Dabanga via UAE, Sep 21, 0448- 0501, 33333-32432, Arabic, Talk, ID at 0444 and 0458. 15550, R. Dabanga via UAE, Sep 22 0553-0557*, 23432, Arabic, Talk and music, SJ at 0554, IS and SJ and ID at 0556, 0557 sign off (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) Any jamming heard, such as tones? (gh) Domenica 22 settembre 2013, 0532 - 11650v kHz, Il jammer contro R. Dabanga mi sembrava fossero tamburi e invece si tratta di una specie di sirena elettronica bitonale, ovviamente sempre offset per creare battimento (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) 15400, Sept 22 at 0535, poor signal with continuous tone and SAH, hardly any modulation detectable from R. Dabanga under the jammer, out of order? Previously the tone jammer would stop around 0530 anyway while Dabanga continued. Hmm, maybe this time it`s the Dabanga signal I am hearing minus program modulation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN [non]. UAE, 13719.961, Odd frequency EDC - Sudan Radio Service Darfur - scheduled 0400-0530 UT in Sudanese Arabic logged at 0440 UT, S=8-9 sidelobe signal into Europe (Wolfgang Büschel, Stuttgart, Germany, Sept 15, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 24 via DXLD) See also UAE for discussion of their off-frequency transmitters (gh) CLANDESTINE: 13720, Sudan R. Service via UAE, Sep 21 0435-0448, 25332- 35332 Arabic, Talk, ID at 0443 (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) ** SYRIA. Much easier to hear Tartus 600 kW, 783 variable of late than in the past. I wonder if it’s more than the absence of German stations that closed here earlier. Some DXers hearing strong Syria-related Arabic on 1071 too. Sep 23 2013. 19h UT. When Spain nulled out, Syria on its own and surprisingly strong on 783v. Clear “Idhat-at-il Dimashq” ID. Arab music before top of hour, Spanish or Med music after (Derek Lynch, Ireland, Sept 24, WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SYRIA. QSL: Radio Damasco, 9330, E-QSL in 2 years for e-report to radiodamasco@yahoo.com. v/s Amalia Puga (Artur Fernández Llorella, Catalonia, Spain; You can see some images in my blog: http://maresmedx.blogspot.com.es/ Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** SYRIA [non]. 13-9, All these logs with 1102 and basketena inside the house: 1233, Syria? 2101 with signal just S2. I`m not sure if this is the transmission from RMC [CYPRUS] as noted in the news as the signal is very low but also the language is now truly Arabic (it is possibly Assyrian) and the transmission starts from 2030 till 2130 (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, Sept 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN. 7445, RTI, Sept. 19, 1140. "Eye on China", Natalie Tso. Much much improved signal this AM. I usually have to listen to this in narrow bandwidth because of the weak signal reconciled with the static, but now am able to listen comfortably with wide bw setting. Good (Rick Barton, El Mirage, AZ, Drake R8, Grundig Sat 750, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7445, RTI, Sept 25, 1150. Program of traditional Chinese music during English hour. Good today (Rick Barton, El Mirage, AZ, Drake R8, Grundig Sat 750, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non] 15265.15, R. Taiwan International, OC here way off frequency as early as 1250. 1300 CNR suddenly came on jamming the signal. Could just barely hear M announcer at 1301 briefly when a very short break in the CNR audio. Couldn't notch out CNR enough. (25 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) ** TAIWAN. Special transmissions of R Taiwan International from Tainan 1700-1800 9955 TNN 250 kW / 325 deg to WeEu German Thu-Sat Oct. 03-05 1700-1800 9955 TNN 250 kW / 325 deg to WeEu German Thu-Sat Oct. 10-12 1700-1800 9955 TNN 250 kW / 325 deg to WeEu German Fri/Sat Oct. 18/19 (Ivo Ivanov, DX RE MIX NEWS #799, September 20, 2013 via DXLD) ** TAIWAN. 9745, V. of Han (presumed), 1111 talk by W but can't confirm the language. Han has been off for a while and just returned the other day. First time to hear audio here in quite some time. (24 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) ** TAIWAN. 15374.985, Fu Hsing BS (presumed). 1132 found here finally after several weeks. W talking, can't get the language. 1138 MOR instrumental music. 1140 W briefly in what sounded like Chinese, then another instrumental very clear 1140-1145. Soft music with W voice- over 1146-1147. 1148-1150 soft flute music. 1150 W announcer again. 1200 W announcer once more at ToH, then talk by M. Really faded and barely audible by s/off. I got to the website and tried bringing up the webstreaming audio but it wouldn't work. (23 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) ** TAJIKISTAN. 7245, Test tone 0159-0200 UT and crash start into daily program start with National Anthem then, Tajik radio via Dushanbe, S=8 in Germany on Sept 16 (Wolfgang Büschel, Sept 16, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 24 via WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DXLD) Maybe our best chance also in N America to hear this external service, as long as Mauritania is missing [QRhaM permitting] (gh, ibid.) ** TAJIKISTAN. 7480.005, Open R. for North Korea (tentative), 2151 definite talk by W announcer. Too weak to tell the language. Slop QRM from 7490 WBCQ. VOA Kuwait signal popped on here at 2158:45, but since this signal was 5 Hz above, I could see it go off at 2200:07 as scheduled. Other Open R. for North Korea transmissions are blocked here. I think this will get better and better toward the solstice. (18 Sept.) 7480, Open R. for North Korea?? *2100-2200* Very weak at s/on, but took a big jump sometime between 2130 and 2140 and was right at audio threshold for the remainder. VOA came on at 2159. Way too much WBCQ splatter QRM. (22 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) ** THAILAND. 9795, Sept 19 at 1215, ``R. Thailand World Service`` ID in English stating transmitter site Udon Thani, but not acknowledging VOA`s rôle, and introducing Mandarin, right into it. Preceded by those mellow bells I never tire of hearing, bringing back memories of my 1969-1970 year in Thailand. Good signal, presumably slightly improved by beam change from 54 to 30 degrees after Japanese quarter-hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TIBET [non]. Frequency changes for Voice of Tibet made Sept. 13-15: 1200-1215 NF 15548 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 15602 1215-1230 NF 15542 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 15608 1230-1245 NF 15552 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15553 1245-1300 NF 15557 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15558 1300-1315 NF 15548 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 15542 1300-1315 on 15563 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1315-1345 NF 15542 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 15548 1315-1345 on 15563 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1345-1400 NF 15537 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 15542 1345-1400 on 15568 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1400-1415 on 15525 MDC 250 kW / 045 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1400-1430 on 15562 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1415-1430 on 15520 MDC 250 kW / 045 deg to CeAs Tibetan Changes between frequencies vary from 3 to 5 minutes. (Ivo Ivanov, DX RE MIX NEWS #799, September 20, 2013 via DXLD) 15525, Sept 25 at 1401, V. of Tibet via MADAGASCAR in the clear, fair signal. Around *1404, CNR1 jammer cuts on 15525, but somewhat weaker here. What will happen next? Ivo Ivanov in his penultimate DX Re Mix News, dated Sept 20 and covering monitoring Sept 13-15, issued a new schedule for VoT, showing 1415 as the time for it to jump from 15525 to 15520, but today it still happens at the previous time 1408, leaving the CNR1 jammer behind. Did not get back before 1430 to see whether the jammer ever followed it, but previously it did not, making this an effective countermeasure. Ivo does add, ``Changes between frequencies vary from 3 to 5 minutes`` --- but this is 7 minutes earlier than he now shows. This also applies to the many other frequencies via Tajikistan, at 1200-1430, all offset ending in -2, -3, -7 or -8 between 15537 and 15563, some in Chinese, some in Tibetan, all of which nominally change in quarter-hour segments, per Ivo. The CNR1 jammers can only operate on even -5 or -0 channels (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TURKEY. Turkey on MW kHz Site S/on at Heard till Programme 630 Chukurova 0258- (noted at 1800 also) Ankara in Arabic to Syria 702 Istanbul 0300-2200 TRT Tiurkiu 891 Antalya 0255–0300 and 0330-0430 TRT Antalya 891 Antalya 0300-0330 and 0430- ? TRT Haber 927 Izmir 0258-0555 TRT Haber 954 Trabzon 0258-0355 TRT Haber 1062 Diyarbakir 0255 - ? TSR (Balkan #1, 21.09.2013, Observed by Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, written on 21.09.2013, via DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also GREECE. Balkan #1 DX bulletin? Perhaps Rumen is taking up where Ivo is leaving off (gh, DXLD) ** U A E. Two of the 8 transmitters at Al Dhabbaya are known for their odd frequency services, about 40 to 60 Hertz apart in past transmission seasons. [so some of these are no longer in effect!] 6165.037, BBC Persian 0315 UT. 6180.056, FEBA Somali 1700-1730 UT. 9410.047, BBC Sudan Arabic 0320 UT. 9895.044, RTI Fr 1900 UT. 9895.046, RTI Fr 1940 UT. 11795.037, Radio Okapi, French/Lingala 1600 UT [still suspended?] 13719.961, SDRS 0400 UT. 13720.037, SDRS 0400 UT. [see SUDAN [non]] 13799.958, Radio Dabanga Ar, 0450 UT. 15479.957, BBC Ar 1940 UT. 15549.953, Radio Dabanga 0550 UT [so separate unit from next one?] 15550.033, R Tamazuj Sudanese Arabic 0420 UT. 17859.952, DWL Pashto 1330 UT. 21780.013, DWL Bonn Hausa 0630 UT. (Wolfgang Büschel, Sept 22, 2013 wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 24 via DXLD) ** U K [and non]. BBC changes: 1130-1400 17715 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to WeAf Hausa Sat, Sept. 21 only 1130-1400 17600 SEY 250 kW / 295 deg to EaAf Somali Sat, Sept. 21 only 1130-1400 21470 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Somali Sat, Sept. 21 only 2000-2100 NF 9915 WOF 250 kW / 170 deg to WeAf English WS, ex 12095 (Ivo Ivanov, DX RE MIX NEWS #799, September 20, 2013 via DXLD) ** U S A. 4755-usb, English, "Net will begin..." 2350 19 Sept. (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, S Florida, NRD 535D, 746Pro, R8, R7, Sony 2010XA; Long Wave Pre Amplifier, Ferrite Antennas, 120/90/60 meter dipoles, Sept 24, cumbredx yg via DXLD) MARS as also heard here (gh) ** U S A. SENATE CONFIRMS KENNETH WEINSTEIN TO BBG September 23, 2013 Kenneth Weinstein [caption] WASHINGTON - The United States Senate today unanimously confirmed Kenneth Weinstein to serve on the Broadcasting Board of Governors, which oversees all U.S. government-supported civilian international media. Weinstein has been President and CEO of Hudson Institute since 2011. Since joining Hudson Institute in 1999, he has held several other positions, including Senior Fellow, Director of the Washington Office, and Chief Operating Officer. From 1996 to 1998, he was the Director of the Government Reform Project at the Heritage Foundation, and from 1994 to 1996, he was Director of Research at the New Citizenship Project. He served on the National Council of the Humanities from 2006 to 2012 and was appointed to the D.C. Advisory Board to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights in 2010. Weinstein received a B.A. from the University of Chicago, an M.Phil. from the Institut d' Études Politiques de Paris, and a Ph.D. from Harvard University. During the coming days, he will be appointed by the President and sworn in. The Board's next public meeting is scheduled for October 23 (BBG PR Sept 23 via Clara Listensprechen, dxldyg via DXLD) VOA Boosts Coverage in Wake of Kenya Attack: see KENYA [and non]. ** U S A. For the second week in a row, I've listened to VOA English at 1430 UT to hear "Reporter's Notebook," only to hear the "International Edition" newscast heard in the same time slot on other days of the week. Curiously, the VOA Web site has a show from last week (Sept 13) available on demand, perhaps it aired during subsequent airtimes (Mike Cooper, GA, Sept 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. "HUNTING IS COMPLETELY CLOSED IN VOICE OF AMERICA." IN WASHINGTON. THE OTHER WASHINGTON. Posted: 25 Sep 2013 Peninsula Daily News, 19 Sept 2013, Lee Horton: "Bad news for pheasant hunters: There will be no hunting in the area known as Voice of America this year. In fact, there probably won’t be any hunting of any sort in the Dungeness Recreation Area in the near future. 'All hunting has been discontinued indefinitely,' Bryan Davidson of the state Department of Fish and Wildlife told me this week. There has been a big load of confusion about this because some of the hunting regulation pamphlets were printed with incorrect information. So, don’t believe everything you read, but do believe this: Hunting is completely closed in Voice of America. The area isn’t being stocked with pheasants as it has in the past. Apparently, the area’s lease ran out and it wasn’t renewed." (kimandrewelliott.com via DXLD) Pheasant are not very often seen in the corridors of the VOA headquarters in Washington. This article refers to a site in Washington state where, in the 1950s, a VOA transmitter site was planned until it came under the scrutiny of Senator Joseph McCarthy. See previous post. http://www.kimandrewelliott.com/?id=2724 (Kim Andrew Elliott, ibid.) ** U S A. VOA Radiogram, 21-22 Sept, includes Greek text and MFSK64/128 images --- VOA Radiogram this weekend will include a sample of text in Greek. And the VOA Greek Service logo as an MFSK32 image. New this weekend, for those who have Fldigi 3.21.76AB installed, will be images in MFSK64 and MFSK128. Images in these faster modes are not transmitted more quickly, but they do provide higher resolution -- if everything works correctly. Here is the lineup of modes: 2:53 MFSK16: Program preview 2:40 MFSK32: Sample of Greek text :49 MFSK32 image: VOA Greek Service logo 3:01 MFSK32: “Need to Protect the Internet†1:45 MFSK64: Radio Free Sarawak/Discovery Channel 2:23 MFSK64 image: “Duck Commander†:27 MFSK128: CNBC Saracens deal :48 MFSK128 image: CNBC logo :45 MFSK32: E-mail address 4:40 MFSK64: BBC Worldwide, Giglio TV, Voice of Greece, All India Radio 2:55 MFSK64/Flmsg: VOA News re Voyager Golden Record 2:17 MFSK32 image: Voyager Golden Record :33 MFSK32: Closing announcements More information: http://voaradiogram.net/post/61761530109/voa-radiogram-21-22-sept-2013-includes-greek-and VOA Radiogram transmission schedule (all days and times UT) Sat 1600-1630 17860 kHz Sun 0230-0300 5745 kHz Sun 1300-1330 6095 kHz Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz All via the Edward R. Murrow transmitting station in North Carolina. (Kim Elliott, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Great Reception tonight of VOA Radiogram 5745 0230 UT [1 Attachment] 100% copy tonight, and finally figured out how to use the FLMSG program. The RSID worked flawlessly changing modes as required. Nice images tonight as well: Inline image 1 The VOA Greek logo. Inline image 2 Duck Commander image! Here's the HTML doc, courtesy of FLMSG: (Walt Salmaniw, BC, with attachments in the dxldyg, not via DXLD) Decoded with: Fldigi 3.21.76AB http://www.rhci-online.de/VoA_Radiogram_2013-09-21.htm but: no longer available..... new now: fldigi-3.21.76AD_setup.exe http://www.w1hkj.com/alpha/fldigi/v3.21/fldigi-3.21.76AD_setup.exe or fldigi-3.22.0CK_setup.exe http://www.w1hkj.com/alpha/fldigi/v3.22/fldigi-3.22.0CK_setup.exe (but I have not yet tested) 73+55 (roger, Germany, ibid.) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1687 monitoring: confirmed on RMI webcast after 0330 UT Thursday Sept 19, and presumably also on WRMI 9955. Next: Thu 2100v on WTWW-1 9479 UT Fri 0327v on WWRB 5050 UT Sat 0200v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Sat 0630 & 1430 on HLR 7265-CUSB Sat 1500 on WRMI 9955 Sat 2327v on WTWW-3 9930 UT Sun 0400v on WTWW-1 5830 Tue 1100 on WRMI 9955 Wed 0630 & 1430 on HLR 7265-CUSB WORLD OF RADIO 1687 monitoring: confirmed Thursday Sept 19 starting at 2100:08 on WTWW-1 9479. Also confirmed on WWRB webcast, UT Friday Sept 20 at 0330, interrupting a screaming g.h. for a reserved gh after brief pause, no announcement; also confirmed at 0355 check on 5050, which is much weaker than neighbors on 5085, 5040. Next: UT Saturday 0200v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Sat 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB Sat 1500 on WRMI 9955 Sat 2330v on WTWW-2 9930 UT Sun 0400 on WTWW-1 5830 Full schedule including many more webcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, Just a note to let you know I heard your World of Radio last evening, 21 September 2013, at 0210 UT tune in on 5110 kHz. Reception here was very good at SINPO=45434. Thank you for the program tips. I have been wanting to log Radio Santa Cruz, Bolivia. 73's, (Ed Insinger, Summit, NJ, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WORLD OF RADIO 1687 monitoring: confirmed promptly at 0200 UT Saturday Sept 21 via Area 51 webcast and presumably also on WBCQ 5110v-CUSB; also VG Saturday Sept 21 at 2330:15 on WTWW-2 9930, taking over from hymns, sounded like Martha Garvin. Next: UT Sunday 0400 on WTWW-1 5830; Tuesday 1100 on WRMI 9955; Wednesday 0630 & 1430 on HLR 7265- CUSB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5110- CUSB, UT Tue Sept 24 at 0053, guy with strange accent and turning R`s into W`s keeps making anti-abortion points, refers to Matthew XXIV. Must be something new on WBCQ but not from Area 51. Yes: Mo 5110 08:00PM 09:00PM ET 0000 0100 UTC Christian Media Weekly News Mo 5110 10:00PM 11:00PM ET 0200 0300 UTC Christ Kingdom Ministries according to http://schedule.wbcq.com/main.php?fn=sked&freq=5110 but what about the hour in between? 0107 check, now it`s an unscheduled broadcast of `Marion`s Attic` and she is playing music boxes with no scratching! Rather than 78s, a polka and then something from 1877y. Wish I had time to keep listening, preferably online. Will this be reliable, or just an ad-hoc bonus filler at the moment? BTW, Larry Will of Area 51 notified me at 0205 UT Monday Sept 23: ``Extra airing of WOR 1687, Monday 0240 on 5110. Glenn, I have an extra 30 minutes or so this evening so WOR 1687 will get an extra airing at 0240 or so on 5110 this evening. Regards, Lw`` == Tnx, but unfortunately I did not see this until almost two hours later, so could not get the word out. Apparently `Pirates Week` nominally an hour from 0200 this UT Monday, ran short (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5085, Sept 24 at 0110, WTWW-2 is off; I know it was on with BS when I tuned across before 0100. Regarding my recent comments, George McClintock informed me Sept 22: US SW stations are not required to maintain a public file, because they do not have a City of License; no frequency or modulation monitors are required either, unlike AM stations, but most SW stations have them anyway. He maintains that the latest WTWW spurs I reported must have been receiver-produced, since he could not hear them within 0.5 to 1 mile of the site (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WWRB, 3185, full detailed E-letter in 1 day for e-report to radiostationwwrb@gmail.com v/s John DiNardo (Artur Fernández Llorella, Catalonia, Spain; You can see some images in my blog: http://maresmedx.blogspot.com.es/ Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** U S A. Updated WRMI schedule - 21 Sept 2013 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AivhtkIEGb3_dENObnZrMkt1YmtUWGxkbkd3TGNzOXc&hl=en#gid=0 (Akbar Indra Gunawan, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) WRMI may resume broadcasting to North America? See SLOVAKIA ** U S A. Voice of Hope QSL transmitter coverage map received in 8 days via Correos for their Sept. 7 test transmission on 9975 which was very weak with co channel interference (Marty Delfín, Madrid, Spain, Realistic DX-440 with telescopic antenna, Sent from Marty's iPad, Sept 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST) The Voice of Hope verified an electronic report with an electronic message in 7 days from Ray Robinson indicating a QSL will be on its way to me this week. He also mentioned that their website is now up and running at http://www.kvoh.net (Rich D’Angelo, PA, Sep 15, DSWCI DX Window Sept 18 via DXLD) QSL: KVOH card received Sept 22, for the 7 Sept test on 9975 at 0049- 0400, tnx v/s Ray Robinson; same map card as earlier for 17775 test, so now I have 100% of the restored KVOH`s frequencies QSLed, altho zero % of them are yet in regular service (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9975, KVOH Test broadcast. Received a full data (with transmitter site co-ordinates) QSL Card, in response to an e-mail report with MP3 audio file attachments. Reply in 15 days. V/S: Ray Robinson Operations Manager (Edward Kusalik, Alberta, Canada, Sept 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9980, Sept 22 at 1317, WWCR with huge open carrier/dead air --- not quite, with humbuzz, traces of modulation bleedthru from something, but not matching Brother Scare on 9370 WWRB or 9930 WTWW. September pdf program schedule of WWCR-4 shows ``signed off`` Saturdays & Sundays between 11 and 14. Well, not completely. On weekdays no break, continuous BS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 7555, KJES, NM, Vado, with Robo Kid ID in Spanish mentioning El Rancho del Dios [sic; should be del Señor --- gh] and into kids singing in Spanish and then doing the call and response thing with Bible verses in Spanish. More singing and then another 'little kid' ID with call and address at :28 and carrier dropped at :29:30. This is listed as being in English but nothing but Spanish heard. 35443+ 0159- 0230* 19/Sep (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Williamston MI, MARE Tipsheet Sept 20 via DXLD) 11715, KJES (via southern New Mexico), Sept. 22, 1630. Barely heard, responsive readings, with some kids being led by young adult. Barely above threshold (Rick Barton, El Mirage, AZ, Drake R8, Grundig Sat 750, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) too close in skip zone, offbeam [and non] 7555, Sept 22 at 0108, KJES is off; it had been pretty reliable for the 0100-0230 broadcast. You know, these out-of-band fixed frequencies authorized for US SWBC stations can be revoked at a moment`s notice if some priority US government/military service complains, or even a foreign utility user complains to the FCC. Now I am hearing some SSB in the 7552 area, but can`t demodulate it, apparently speech inversion, and the usual noisy ute from France unimpeded on the hi side. 7555, Sept 24 at 0106, KJES, The Lord`s Ranch, NM, is certainly still here and inbooming with Spanish kids praying and repeating. It was missing 48 hours ago and unchecked 24 hours ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 7506.486, WRNO New Orleans, noted S=8 in Germany, nearby frequency QRM by CW tone loop on 7505.006 kHz (Wolfgang Büschel, Sept 16, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 24 Sept via DXLD) 7506.5, WRNO, New Orleans, 0316 song, 0319 into DW News. Very good but distorted, as is normal, Sept 21 (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) 7506.45, WRNO, 0255, Sept 23. DW news in English; fair. Seemed slightly higher in frequency than recently heard (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. 3985, SOUTH KOREA, Echo of Hope, Sep 19, 1045. Huge collision of EoH, a DPRK jammer, and ham traffic. For some unknown reason, the 80 meter ham band seems a lot more active this morning (Rick Barton, El Mirage, AZ, Drake R8, Grundig Sat 750, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) More under KOREA NORTH, SOUTH ** U S A. 17362 / USB (UTILITY), KLB // WLO simulcast. Sept 22, 1500. Female with maritime forecast and bulletin about missing vessel. VG. End at 1526: "End of broadcast" (Rick Barton, El Mirage, AZ, Drake R8, Grundig Sat 750, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Gary Vance has provided one of the best narratives in a MW log I've seen in a dog's age -- check out below. A lot of radio clubs and hobbyists don't 'get' this sort of detail, and try to suggest it is 'inappropriate' or 'unnecessary' but frankly, I LOVE it! It helps explain why in the world anyone would want to practice this hobby. There are all kinds of neat discoveries waiting on the radio bands, and most people don't 'get' that. One of my favourite stories is KSST [1230] in Silver Springs, TexaS that had a continuity announcer who whistled his "s"es. Mind you, Silver Springs is in eaSt TexaS and he used that exact phrase to tell you who he was over and over. I heard this in the car with my family and despite the fact they often think I am a bit 'crazy' with this hobby, for the 15 minutes we listened to this gem of local radio (they had a police report about an 80 year old woman who died when her truck rolled over her as she was under it working on the undercarriage – you just can't make this stuff up!), they for a brief time 'got' why this hobby might be interesting and even fun. Thanks for the log Gary! Do you have an interesting story like these? Don't be shy about sharing! (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Williamston MI, MARE Tipsheet Sept 20 via DXLD) 540, WKFN, TN, Clarksville, 0210-0300 14 Sept UT, HS Football. Gary provides the following narrative which is just too good not to include in toto! "I have to preface this log with an anecdote. Yesterday I noticed that I hadn't logged anything on 540 kHz yet. I made a resolution to correct that oversight. As the day progressed, I wondered why I haven't logged 540 kHz yet. I usually "Camp Out" on a frequency until I hear something that identifies my target. "I surmised that there was probably an ESPN Sports Talk station on the frequency and I have been ignoring it. I'm a sports fan, Lions, Wolverines, Red Wings and the Grand Ledge Comets. "I like my teams, I don't care about the "Whole Darn World of Sports". There is Nothing, I repeat, Nothing, more boring on the airwaves than nationally syndicated sports radio. I hate it --- Stop it. How’s that for a tangential rant? [Couldn't agree more -- play by plays can be fun, but what 'Jerry' from Outer Crump thinks about the Red Wings couldn't interest me less! -kvz === Kenneth Vito Zichi, ed.] "I went to bed with my Grundig G8, headphones and a quest: [this almost sounds a little kinky Gary! -- good thing WE understand! kvz] Log something on 540 kHz and go to sleep. I tuned to 540 kHz and found a station broadcasting a high school football game. "Thank God" I can get into this. I'll learn a lot about this community listening to this kind of game. The game was between the Vikings of Northwest High School, Clarksville, TN and the Yellowjackets of Springfield High School, Springfield TN. A guy named Osborn rushed for more than 300 yards, that's good --- real good. One of the announcers, was raised, "right under that water tower right over there." ... I guess he forgot he was on Rrdio, but that's the kind of stuff that makes small town radio so much fun to listen to. Twice I heard a commercial for Gary Mathews Motors, a Chrysler Dealership on New Ashland City Rd, Clarksville. I heard a commercial for Little Caesar's Pizza in Fort Campbell. "Final score, Springfield Yellow Jackets, 50 Northwest Vikings 26. "Clarksville, Tennessee is serious about their high school football; they have a "High School Football Radio Network" with reporters checking in updating the score of all local games whenever a point is scored. "The station only IDed as "ESPN Clarksville 100.7 FM & 540 AM", no callsign. After the game the station reverted back to the ESPN format. The kind that gives you no indication to where the station is. "This morning, I looked up the 540 kHz station in Clarksville TN. I was lucky; according to the information I found, I was listening to a station that used only 55 Watts night time power." (Gary Vance, Grand Ledge MI, MARE Tipsheet Sept 20 via DXLD) Don't necessarily believe they were actually USING that power Gary -- it is likely -- especially during a HS football game that they 'count' on for revenue -- that they often 'forget' to reduce power or have 'technical problems' that prevent the switch. Some of my 'best' MW catches have been because of such things! (Ken Zichi, ed., ibid.) ** U S A. 650, Sept 20 at 0525 UT, now we can`t depend on 650 Spanish music being somexican such as XETNT: WSM country song with Spanish lyrix, Gringo accent, back to English. BTW, there`s been an interesting thread on ABDX about how WSM`s coverage contracted drastically when they dropped AM stereo, even for those listening in mono. Of all the 50 kW AM big guns, WSM with its music format ought to bring AM$ back (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 670, Sept 22 at 1153 UT, KHGZ Glenwood AR is poorly audible as ``Hog Call Sports``, in southwest Arkansas, PSA urging conservation of electricity in the hot summer especially at 3-7 pm --- but, but, it`s no longer (very) hot, and it`s no longer summer. Routine check earlier around 0500 did not find them cheating this date vs WSCR & Cuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) {Oops, summer was still technically in effect with fall arriving later on Sept 22; mea culpa - so they must have killed it by now? -- gh} ** U S A [and non]. 870, Sept 19 at 1148 UT, dominant signal in Vietnamese, voice-overing someone in English, certainly KFJZ Fort Worth; fades out a few minutes later before XETAR takes over from *1200 with NA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 910, Sept 20 at 1133 UT, the distinctive voice of Orion Samuelson talking about farmers` markets, and the top ten states by number of them. (BTW it`s not like the Hunter, but ``OR-ee-un``). Break for national commercials, and for Dakota Agronomy, a clew. Show was `National Farm Report`, ending 1137 and ``91 Classic Country KCJB`` ID, which is Minot ND, 5/5 kW U4. Per 2005 NRC Pattern Book (still haven`t received the new 2013 edition), KCJB night pattern is mostly north; day pattern is a tangent circle favoring SW, but plenty also to the south. September sunrise for KCJB is not supposed to be until 1215 UT (October 1300). (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 950, Sept 22 at 0510 UT, classic rock dominating, then ``Cruisin` 9-50`` non-ID. NRC AM Log 2013 shows KRWZ Parker CO 5/5 kW U4 as ``Cruisin` Oldies`, surely close enough for a definite ID. It`s what was originally the legendary KIMN Denver, when oldies were newies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1010, Sept 19 at 1155 UT, YL preacher in English, Diane, loops NE/SW, fair signal and suspect KXEN as direxion and format fit; QRM increases but at 1159 I do make out a KXEN ID, not positively same station as earlier. In an article for IRCA DX Monitor Sept 14 about ``Your First Ten Missouri Stations``, Eric Bueneman in Hazelwood discounts 50 kW KXEN because it`s temporarily QRP: ``I did leave one 50 kW station off this list: KXEN 1010, licensed to Festus (in southern Jefferson County). This Christian teaching station is left off because it presently operates at very low power (375 watts day, 175 watts night) with a non-directional pattern. The station’s transmitter site, at Pontoon Beach, IL, was in the process of being sold at the time this was written.`` So it`s not really a Missouri station, anyway (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1190, Sept 24 at 1223 UT, YL national news of México, with subheadings interjected by OM, mentions ``la jornada``, ``electrónico de hoy``, 1226 fading a bit but program promo, 1227 definite TC as 5:27, and mentions Fórmula. That nails it as KNUV Tolleson (Phœnix market) AZ, 5000/250 watts, which is 24-hour newstalk with Grupo Fórmula, per NRC AM Log 2013, and except for local timechex, evidently fed out of the DF. ¡Viva Aztlán? There is only one real Mexican in the UT-7 zone, per Cantú, 250/100 watt XEMBC in Mexicali. This Fórmula is heard well as long as a Clear Channel Communications station in English is nulled from the N/S, presumably KFXR from The Metroplex? No, FCC shows that licensed to Capstar TX LLC. Yet bringing up all the 1190s in FCC AM Query, there is not a single one licensed to Clear Channel; Capstar may be a subsidiary or LMA deal. Here`s a story from two years ago which does include KFXR as a CCC station: http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2011/10/the_end_of_local_radio_reports.php More directly, the CCC website (whatever became of the .cc domain?) http://www.clearchannel.com/CCME/Pages/StationSearch.aspx shows 1190 KFXR as their *only* AM station in Dallas (and none in Fort Worth) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn, KFXR is a Clear Channel station. Keep in mind that individual stations or local groups will have ownership listed under the name of the local subsidiary, even though they are really just a part of,the overall corporate ownership. It's really all just business legalese. I suspect in a majority of cases the station employees are only vaguely aware (if at all) of the local business name, since payroll/benefits etc. are taken care of at the corporate level (Steve Luce, Houston, Texas, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1500, Sept 19 at 1215 UT, long relay of NOAA Weather Radio with usual degraded audio and robotic intonation; suspect KJIM Sherman TX rather than a TIS: yes, NOAA finally mentions something locally identifiable, ``North Texas`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Re my unID Spanish QRMing KOKC, neighbor Richard Allen says: ``Glenn: I've listened to 1520 kHz and believe the QRM is from KQQB not closing down at night. I heard them this morning in SS with references to San Antonio. I may be wrong, but KOKC is very difficult to hear at times. At times, I also hear Sport Radio 1520 from Rochester MN`` KQQB used to be C&W, 2.5 kW daytimer, COL Stockdale TX per last year`s NRC AM Log (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) And per this year`s --- must be very recent change (gh) Two new stations logged on my Sony SRF-T615 receiver. 9/20/13, 1142 GMT, 1520 kHz, KQQB, Stockdale TX (2.5 kW at 800 km/497 mi). Daytime only station broadcasting outside its authorized hours of operation. Spanish language talk and Mexican music, with references to San Antonio TX and the Alamo. San Antonio weather forecast with temperatures in English at 1148. Faded out at 1210. Signal completely covered nearby KOKC (50 kW at 117 km/73 mi). Station #1025 (barefoot #1012). 9/21/13, 1218 GMT 1520 kHz KYND, Cypress TX (25 kW at 723 km/449 mi). Heard under KOKC with China Radio International program. CRI news at 1301. Faded out at 1316. Station #1026 (barefoot #1013). KQQB has been operating overnight the past few days making KOKC very difficult to copy. It took me awhile to finally identify the source of the QRM. Luckily it was silent last night. Best wishes for a good DXing weekend (Richard Allen, near Perry OK USA, Sept 21, IRCA via DXLD) ** U S A. 1670, Sept 21 around 1330 and 2330 UT, I happen to be in the car and note WOZN Madison WI is loud & clear both times with CBS Sports; along with many other X-band and top-end skywave signals. Both in full sunshine at least an hour away from SR/SS here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1680, Sept 24 at 0017 UT on caradio, along another trip to and from squirrel haven, I`m hearing classic country instead of business radio. This X-band frequency is dominated around here by KRJO, so another format change from Monroe? Sometime last year they went from ``Old School`` soul music to Business, often // 1660 Kansas City with Bloomberg {but not synchronized}. Yes! After adstring including one mentioning John Kennedy, who is Louisiana State Treasurer, 0021 ID as ``Country Legends 16-80`` and also as Classic Country. Still dominant back on the porch with DX-398 at 0111, TennErn with ``16 Tons``, then ``Classic country is like salt & pepper --- makes everything better with just one shake --- Country Legends 16-80, KRJO``. Change since the 2013 NRC AM Log went to press in August, anyway. I suppose this is the source, altho it says nothing about on-air affiliates rather than webcasting: http://www.a1country.com/countrylegends.html Own website http://www.krjo.com/ is still named NEWS RADIO 1680 AM but the live streaming http://www.krjo.com/stream/live-stream.php does bring up country music and soon the same slogans I have just logged (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UZBEKISTAN. 6260, CVC Hindi, 1635 Sept 21, YL with religious talks providing number 00..77814886 in English. Quite good signal for near to HiFi reception! (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, using mag loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VATICAN. 17530, Sept 23 at 1352, VOA Somali again with short / longpath echo. Route of long path: skirts the Red Sea thru Port Sudan, exits Africa at Meregh, Somalia, all-water across the Indian and Pacific Oceans, near Macquarie Island south of New Zealand. We must be close to the boresight from SMG, maximizing the echo, yet more signal directly off the back (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VATICAN [non]. 7360, MADAGASCAR, Vatican Radio, 0258 IS, 0300 African song, 0301 ID and “Welcome to our daily half-hour program for Africa.” Fair, ham QRM, Sept 20 (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) No hams on 7360; MARS? ** VATICAN. Sabato 21 settembre 2013, 0833 - 9660 kHz, R. VATICANA 105 LIVE, Manutenzione tx Santa Maria di Galeria? ON-OFF a ripetizione. Segnale buono-sufficiente (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) ** VENEZUELA. JEDG sent a jpg of a newspaper clipping, but it`s too fuzzy to read, except for the headline, GUARULLA DENUNCIA QUE SILENCIARON A AMAZONAS So I asked him to summarize what it says, or link to it online (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: Saludos cordiales, amigo Glenn. Un fuerte abrazo. He tratado de buscar la info en internet con el link del periódico y no aparece; algo debe haber sucedido. Pero lo que dice en la información en si es lo siguiente: Gobernador del Estado Amazonas Liborio Guarulla denuncia que silenciaron al Edo. Amazonas con el cierre de las emisoras La Voz del Orinoco, Chamanica, La Voz del Pueblo, Deportiva del Sur y Radio Impacto. Todas las emisoras mencionadas son FM. Según Guarulla, La Voz del Orinoco estaba habilitada por Conatel. Sin embargo, Andrés Izarra, Ministro para el Turismo, dijo que esas radios son ilegales pero La Voz del Orinoco fue cerrada por llamar a la rebelión. También indicó Izarra que hasta la Cámara de Radio en Venezuela celebra el cierre de todas esas radios ilegales por parte de Conatel porque van en contra de la industria. Esto es forma resumida lo que dice la información aparecida en el Diario Universal de Venezuela. Un fuerte abrazo, amigo Glenn (José Elías Díaz Gómez, DX LISTENING DIGEST) As in DXLD 13-38 items (gh) ** VIETNAM. 7220.55, V. of Vietnam. Noticed a signal here going off and on a number of times around 1053. Then noted NA-like fanfare at 1057. Sounded familiar. Couldn't match it up with recording on Interval Signals Online but confirmed thanks to Ron Howard. North Korea was playing their NA at 1101 on 7220. Blasted by Hams on 7225. (22 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) 7220.55, VOV, 1226-1228*, Sept 22. Thanks to the alert from Dave Valko that they are off frequency now; in Chineses; audio off - just open carrier; *1230 into Russian; fair. 7435.5, VOV1 has not been heard recently during my mornings; am still hearing the usual 5975 // 7210 // 9635 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VIETNAM. 7906-USB, Vietnam Coast Radio Station, 1152 to 1155 noted on 18 September (MR, Vero Beach, South Florida, NRD 515, Drake R8B, Timewave ANC-4, Quantum Phaser, via Bob Wilkner, cumbredx yg via DXLD) OM in language with good signal 1055 to 1058 on 19 September (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, S Florida, NRD 535D, 746Pro, R8, R7, Sony 2010XA; Long Wave Pre Amplifier, Ferrite Antennas, 120/90/60 meter dipoles, Sept 24, cumbredx yg via DXLD) ** WESTERN SAHARA. 1550, R Nacional del RASD, ALGERIA, Rabuoni, 2005 19 Sept, px loc, 33333 (Mauro Giroletti, Swl 1510, IK2GFT, JRC525Nrd, Lowe HF150, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) ** ZAMBIA. ZNBC1, 5915 Lusaka. Sep 19, 2013 Thursday. 2155-2204*. Nyanja, talk by OM, ending with “Goodbye”, then into anthem and sign off at 2204*, four minutes earlier than last night. Jo'burg sunrise 0400. ZNBC1, 5915 Lusaka. Sep 21, 2013 Saturday. 0320-0331. Zambia is late again today, still not on by 0331. Nothing heard. *0340-0345. Faint talk heard from 0338. Increased to full power at *0340 when someone remembered the final switch. Good, when it finally got going. Jo'burg sunrise 0359 (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5915, R. One/ZNBC, 2149 studio M announcer talking with M phone caller. Possible mentions of Congo. Then M announcer mixed Afro Hi- life music at 2153. Abruptly switched gears and went into a slower MOR song at 2154. M returned at 2156 in vernacular with mention of Congo and information. 2158 slow African choral song, and immediately into choral version of the Zambian NA from 2200-2202, and signal off the air at 2202:30. Very fady. Too bad they don't have English at this time. (24 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) ** ZANZIBAR. 6015, TANZANIA-ZANZIBAR, ZBC Radio, 0300 s/on by man in Swahili, 0301:30-0308 Islamic prayer, 0308 announcements, possible news at 0309. Poor, co-channel splatter, Sept 21 (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) ZBC Radio, 6015 Dole. Sep 21, 2013 Saturday. 0320-0331. Swahili talk by OM, with some audience response. ID at 0330 “ZBC”. Fair. Jo'burg sunrise 0359 (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. I start my circa 0100 UT Sept 20 monitoring session on the porch with DX-398 on MW instead of SW, looking for TA carriers. First try 783 for Mauritania --- nothing there, but instead on 785?! I guess it`s a birdie, but how would it show right on 785.0 when all the major signals are on multiples of 10? KSPI Stillwater OK also used to put out spurs on 776 and 784, not heard in a long time now. At 0052-0055 a few real TA carriers are detected JBA on: 774, 1053, 1107, 1575. TA carrier search UT Sept 21 at 0050-0055: JBA on: 774, 783, 882, 909, 945, 1044, 1053, 1107, 1134, 1152, 1206, 1215, 1422, 1494, 1503, 1512. Quite a haul; now if I could only get modulation. TA carrier search UT Sept 22 at 0128, JBAs: 783, 882; resume at 0134 to find 945, 1125, 1134, 1179=could be Cuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. TP carrier search Sept 21 at 1139 UT: 747 and stronger 774, both surely NHK, and 1053, the S Korean jammer. TP carrier search Sept 22 at 1145-1150 UT: JBAs on 693, 747, 774, but not peaking at the same times. TP carrier search Sept 23 at 1158-1200 UT: JBA on 594, 693, 747, 774, 972, 1053: usual Japanese, Korean suspects. 774 was noticeably strongest but still not enough for audio. TP carrier search Sept 24 at 1158-1200: JBA on 747, maybe on 1008; not checked above 1200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Only one TP Signal was heard here this morning. 774 JOUB was heard briefly. The signal fading in at 1158, peaking at poor strength at 1204, fading out at 1207. Receiver: PL-310 with Quantum QX Loop (Richard Allen, near Perry OK USA, Sept 24, IRCA via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. ULR DX, 1060 KHZ in ARABIC??? Hi Guys: At 0145 EDT Sept 23 I have a station in KYW's null playing Arabic string/drum music. Male announcer in Arabic sounding language between selections. Not positive of Arabic; but at least similar sounding??? Who is this?? Could this possibly be XEEP Radio Educación in Mexico City??? I seem to recall other loggings of XEEP with Arabic Programming? Heard on a SONY SRF-T615 Ultralight Barefoot Robert S. Ross, VA3SW, London, Ontario, CANADA, Sept 23, ODXA yg et al., via DXLD) Robert, compare what you're hearing to 6185 kHz. If it's a match, then it's XEEP. Radio Educacion simulcasts on 6185. 73, (Rick Dau, South Omaha, Nebraska, NRC-AM et al. via DXLD) That used to be the case, but not any more. 6185 closes down around 0500 UT (but the carrier may stay on for half an hour or so), and furthermore the SW programming is not // 1060 when it is on. Note the two separate grids here, apparently not updated since July: http://www.radioeducacion.edu.mx/carta-programatica-del-mes XEEP certainly provides an eclectic music selexion, but would not expect any announcements in Arabic! You can always check their detailed advance playlist/schedule: http://www.radioeducacion.edu.mx/lunes-23-de-septiembre-de-2013 which at the time you were listening [in CDT] on 23 September certainly looks like it would fit: 00:41:26 AOC-0051 DANCES OF THE WORLD [with track numbers?] 01-Chohun & Gyamadudu 10-Llegada 08-Dance Of Mahasu 15-Vals 06-Acholi Bwala Dance (Glenn Hauser, DXLD et al.) Hello, I'd be more than happy to listen to that one if you have an audio file. 73 (Tarek Zeidan, Cairo, Egypt, Sent from my iPad, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I don`t think Rob reads dxldyg or DXLD (gh) XEEP has a live webcast; suggest you compare that to what you're hearing over the air. The live webcast is here: http://www.radioeducacion.edu.mx/radioonline/applet/flash.html (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA, ODXA yg via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 3319.54, strong carrier noted at 1030 on 19 September (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, S Florida, NRD 535D, 746Pro, R8, R7, Sony 2010XA; Long Wave Pre Amplifier, Ferrite Antennas, 120/90/60 meter dipoles, Sept 24, cumbredx yg via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 3364.93, 0950 to 1000 with some audio on 19 September (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, S Florida, NRD 535D, 746Pro, R8, R7, Sony 2010XA; Long Wave Pre Amplifier, Ferrite Antennas, 120/90/60 meter dipoles, Sept 24, cumbredx yg via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 3440: Received by a japanese DXer from Youtube: http://youtu.be/_1G2idqvdkc Any ideas? -- (Rodolfo Tizzi, Uruguay, Sept 23, dxldyg via DXLD) The intonation in the voice reminds me a bit of the announcer on the V24 numbers station. I think the frequency is new - at least I haven't seen it used in the last few years with respect to either of the Koreas. I've asked a friend to see if they can translate what is being said (Martyn, ibid.) UNIDENTIFIED. 4709.99, Getting some audio before 1000 but nothing substantial until the BoH. 1026 short canned announcement by M but just not strong enough to copy. Then stronger with usual ranchera music. Peaked around 1028 and then faded. So another teaser (20 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DXLD) 4709.94, 1045 to 1050 some audio but not enough for identification 23 September (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, S Florida, NRD 535D, 746Pro, R8, R7, Sony 2010XA; Long Wave Pre Amplifier, Ferrite Antennas, 120/90/60 meter dipoles, Sept 24, cumbredx yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 4759.44, 2350 to 2355 audio but distorted, 20 September (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, S Florida, NRD 535D, 746Pro, R8, R7, Sony 2010XA; Long Wave Pre Amplifier, Ferrite Antennas, 120/90/60 meter dipoles, Sept 24, cumbredx yg via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 4760.008, AIR Port Blair?? Getting a signal here at 1142. Definitely M announcer at 1144, and music, but it`s right at threshold. (24 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 4826.606, R. Sicuani?? A signal showing up here at 1017. Too weak and way too much WWCR slop QRM here to get any audio. Was drifting back and forth a little. (23 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 4875v, Sept 19 at 0056 as I am surveying the 60m band with BFO at 5-kHz steps from the DX-398 on the porch, here`s a ``banshee`` carrier which is slowly cycling up and down. Could be utility rather than broadcaster (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Later: it must be BRAZIL, Rdif. Roraima per many further logs, varying (gh) UNIDENTIFIED. 4939.94, Possibly --- Perú, Radio San Antonio de Atalaya, --- 0005 to 0010 poor to fair signal music -en español -?- needs more work 20 September (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, S Florida, NRD 535D, 746Pro, R8, R7, Sony 2010XA; Long Wave Pre Amplifier, Ferrite Antennas, 120/90/60 meter dipoles, Sept 24, cumbredx yg via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 4985.013, R. Brasil Central?? 0935 found the double ute here had gone off (it was there earlier) leaving a signal in the clear. Sounded like music at 0937 but already too weak. (21 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 5965, Had a signal here at 0932. Couldn't really get any definite audio but there was something here. I didn't stay with it long as I went on to check 6050 HCJB. (19 Sept.) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153’ vertical triangular Delta Loop, HCDX via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. Sabato 21 settembre 2013, 0515 - 9540, UNID Arabic. Sudan? 9505 empty. QRM RTAlgeria 9535. SF/BN (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH G.C. 09E13 - 44N21, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) R. Sultanate OMAN is scheduled here 06-10 per Aoki, maybe on early as their switchover times elsewhere have varied a lot (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ ACKNOWLEDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 1688: Note from Jim C. Shideler: Dear Glenn, I hope you receive this small contribution from a SWL/Ham in Stillwater! Your work is greatly appreciated. Jim, W5JCS Stillwater with a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com where some foreign funds may also be converted. One may also contribute by US$ check or MO to World of Radio, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ OFF AIR LOCAL TELEVISION MAREite John Veroort passes along the following link of note: http://www.global-cm.net/OFFAIRLOCALTELEVISION.html Click the state and it links you to a PDF listing by market the TV stations you should expect to see. NOT as comprehensive as the FCC database, but a lot easier to use. The data is somewhat 'out of date' but not in any predictable way. For example, it shows CHEX in digital from Oshawa which is a pretty recent change, but it also shows WHTV 'Jackson' from a transmitter in Okemos, which hasn't been the case since December (see below!). HOWEVER, all in all, a pretty cool site! (Ken Zichi, ed., MARE Tipsheet Sept 20 via DXLD) CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES +++++++++++++++++++++++++ EDXC, PORTUGAL Dear friends, We are back from a very successful European DX Council Conference held in the beach city Figueira da Foz, and Lisbon on September 06-09. 30 wellknown DX-ers (including spouses) from nine European countries and Japan did participate in this event, which brought us through interesting lectures on DX-ing, useful debates on current DX-subjects and visits to three radio stations. Further Mika Palo and João Gomes introduced us to that part of Portugal with visits to the university city Coimbra, to a Salt Museum, to a vineyard and wine museum, the traditional, excellent EDXC banquet with a local folkdance show and the next evening the traditional DSWCI dinner and EDXC farewell dinner at a local restaurant. In Lisbon the conference ended with a beautiful sightseeing tour (Anker Petersen, DSWCI DX Window Sept 18 via DXLD) MUSEA +++++ ALEGRÍA Y TRISTEZA A LA VEZ. Saludos amigos diexistas. Espero se encuentren muy bien. Ayer me fui con mi esposa a dar un paseo por la población de Puerto Piritu aqui en el Edo Anzoátegui, mas o menos como a 45 minutos de Barcelona. Les comento que todas las veces que ido he pasado por esa misma vía que queda justamente frente a la laguna de Puerto Piritu, pero nunca había visto el letrero que decía: Museo Antañeses Tulycar Puerto Piritu Fue mi esposa la que me dijo: oye, mira lo que dice ahí y hay una cantidad de radios antiguos. No lo pensé dos veces, me estacioné un poco mas adelante y me fui al lugar donde está el letrero que dice: Museo Antañeses Tulycar. La verdad es que iba muy alegre porque iba a ver a esos radios antiguos, pero la alegría me duró poco; cuando estaba frente al museo me pude dar cuenta que los pobres radios están como pidiendo auxilio, casi asfixiados por la cantidad de polvo, tierra y telaraña que tienen encima, el señor dueño de los radios me dijo que el polvero es un problema grave y que por eso los radios están asi. Amigos yo creo que esto es descuido del Sr que tiene la esperanza de tener un verdadero museo de antigüedades, si al menos pudiera quitar la tierra, el polvo y la cantidad de telarañas del lugar, seguro más gente se detendría a mirar estas joyas antiguas que son estos radios, pero las personas pasan frente al sitio y nada que ver. Estos pobres radios se están deteriorando o mejor dicho están ya muy deteriorados, pero me imagino que con un poco de cariño se les puede restablecer de alguna manera parte de su belleza aquella que les acompañó cuando estaban recién hechos. En estos días vuelvo al lugar a tomar otras fotos, ya que tenía al sol de frente y el reflejo en el vidrio hizo que muchas salieran malas. Por el momento les dejo estas cuatro imágenes hasta que vuelva al museo y tome fotos a los radios pero sin tener al sol entorpeciendo las capturas. Un abrazo para todos (José Elías Díaz Gómez, condiglist yg via DXLD) THE VOA DELANO CALIFORNIA STORY A oldie but a goodie from radio`s recent past. If you have ever had the chance to listen to the Voice of America Shortwave station that operated from Delano, California and can recall its booming signal up and down the West coast and out into the Pacific, here is the story of how it came about. Also the way it operated for 63 years and its final non-descript signoff at 0330 U-T-C on October 28, 2007. And there’s even an amateur radio tie-in when one of the station`s 200 kilowatt Federal Radio transmitters showed up on the ham radio airwaves calling CQ. We won’t spoil it by telling you more. Rather, make yourself a snack, sit back, relax and take your web browser to http://www.rwonline.com/article/last-of-voas-wartime-transmitting-stations-goes-dark/20235 Thanks to (Ray Crawford via WIA Newsletter, Sept NZ DX Times via DXLD) A DETROIT APEX STATION IN 1936 http://www.radioworld.com/article/a-detroit-apex-station-in-/221468 (via Dennis Gibson, WB6TNB, Sent from my iPad, Sept 23, ABDX via DXLD) Early ``hi fi AM`` in the 1500s, then 30-40+ MHz, eventually leading to FM (gh, DXLD) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See INDIA; MOLDOVA; NEW ZEALAND; NIGERIA; ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ RUSSIA; SLOVAKIA DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- IBOC See RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM below briefly +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ RADIO SHOW: FCC TO ACT ON AM http://www.radioworld.com/article/radio-show-fcc-to-act-on-am/221499 Sent from my iPad (Dennis Gibson, Sept 19, IRCA via DXLD) Viz.: To thunderous applause, FCC Acting Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn told attendees at the opening of the Radio Show in Orlando, Fla., that the commission will open a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on AM radio. The NPRM Clyburn says she’s begun circulating on the eighth floor of the Portals would do several things, including: opening a one-time application window for AM owners to file for an FM translator to fill- in their service area; relaxing AM daytime rules and modifying rules for antennas and directional antennas as well as relaxing nighttime community coverage standards. The commission proposes to eliminate the so-called Ratchet rule, which she said was supposed to reduce nighttime interference but really has had the opposite effect and the agency would allow wider implementation of MDCL. Radio World readers know this is a transmission scheme that can reduce a station’s power costs. Clyburn built up to her announcement, reading like an announcer, “Can the FCC revitalize AM radio? We’ll have an answer at the end of this speech!” Reaction was positive. Bryan Broadcasting co-owner Ben Downs told RW that opening a filing window so that AM owners can file for an FM translator is “huge” news, and will especially help stations in medium and small markets. Fellow Commissioner Ajit Pai, who’s championed AM’s cause since last year’s Radio Show, said AM radio is older than the FCC but faces many challenges. He’s heard from AM broadcasters and listeners from across the country asking the FCC to take action. He thanked Clyburn “for taking the first step in responding to those voices.” (via DXLD) Nothing about IBOC destroying adjacent channels. Reducing nighttime restrictions (pattern, power) will end up with most stations having a tiny coverage pattern, and everything outside of it will be mush. Seems like the nighttime restrictions are already optional for many stations (Jim Renfrew, Holley NY, IRCA via DXLD) Seems to me that if you relax protection requirements, relax stringency of patterns, and so on, that's exactly what you do. You increase the mutual interference, and the result is LESS coverage for everyone, not MORE (Russ Edmunds, 15 mi NNW of Philadelphia, ibid.) Totally agree, Russ. This is what happens when 'business interests' take over from 'public service', which is where 'radio' started -- a business serving the public interest on a regulated medium. My father, who worked as a CE for WILS [Lansing MI] for 25 years used to say, in its heyday, getting a radio license was like being given a license to print money. Times have changed. (Bill Whitacre, DC, ibid.) FCC AM radio Proposal About a year ago, FCC commissioner Ajit Pai stirred the waters on ideas to revitalize AM. Yesterday, acting FCC chairwoman Mignon Clyburn spoke before the Radio Show in Miami. To quote Inside Radio: Under the rulemaking, current AM stations could apply for one new FM translator apiece to fill its service area during a one-time special filing window. Clyburn said the FCC’s audio division has been expanding the inventory of translator stations and that by year’s end it will have increased the number of authorized FM translators by 28% to about 7,300. To give AM broadcasters more flexibility to make antenna site changes, the Commission would also relax its AM daytime and nighttime community coverage rules, which Clyburn said would help broadcasters find suitable sites and provide relief for towers and directional arrays. The FCC would completely eliminate the AM “ratchet rule,” which requires AM stations to throttle back their nighttime signal to reduce interference to other AMs. It has instead discouraged operators from upgrading their signals. Broadcasters would no longer need authorization or a waiver to reduce power consumption through “MDCL” control technologies; they’d just have to notify the agency. Finally the FCC would significantly adjust its AM antenna efficiency standards so that AMs could use shorter antennas. Positioning the notice as “the next major step” in the commission’s ongoing AM review, Clyburn said “it won’t be easy” and called on the industry to work together to “make sure that AM radio is a vibrant part of the broadcasting landscape.” Still in the circulation phase, the notice comes one year after commissioner Ajit Pai proposed an initiative to revitalize the band, which has been plagued by poor reception, rising interference, and a loss of listeners (via Brian Goodrich, Greensboro, NC, ibid.) AM broadcasters would be eligible to apply for an FM translator and have an easier time making antenna changes under a new Notice of Proposed Rulemaking circulated yesterday by FCC acting chairwoman Mignon Clyburn. Clyburn unveiled those and other proposed changes intended to help revitalize the struggling AM band during a warmly received keynote speech Wednesday at the Radio Show in Orlando. Positioning the notice as “the next major step” in the commission’s ongoing AM review, Clyburn said “it won’t be easy” and called on the industry to work together to “make sure that AM radio is a vibrant part of the broadcasting landscape.” Under the rulemaking, current AM stations could apply for one new FM translator apiece to fill its service area during a one-time special filing window. Clyburn said the FCC’s audio division has been expanding the inventory of translator stations and that by year’s end it will have increased the number of authorized FM translators by 28% to about 7,300. To give AM broadcasters more flexibility to make antenna site changes, the Commission would also relax its AM daytime and nighttime community coverage rules, which Clyburn said would help broadcasters find suitable sites and provide relief for towers and directional arrays. The FCC would completely eliminate the AM “ratchet rule,” which requires AM stations to throttle back their nighttime signal to reduce interference to other AMs. It has instead discouraged operators from upgrading their signals. Broadcasters would no longer need authorization or a waiver to reduce power consumption through “MDCL” control technologies; they’d just have to notify the agency. Finally the FCC would significantly adjust its AM antenna efficiency standards so that AMs could use shorter antennas. Still in the circulation phase, the notice comes one year after commissioner Ajit Pai proposed an initiative to revitalize the band, which has been plagued by poor reception, rising interference, and a loss of listeners. See more at: http://www.insideradio.com/Article.asp?id=2701332&spid=32060#.UjsTHT8xEpY ABDX via DXLD) I think that is a great idea to allow AMs to apply for one FM translator apiece. All the AMs in my area are happy campers who have their own FM translator. It fills in their local coverage area at night when they have to reduce AM power and gives their listeners a choice to listen to them in either AM or FM. Also I notice having a FM translator seems to encourage the AM side to have a music format with better quality sound. Also I like the idea of allowing local AMs to not have to reduce their power at night. My local AM is only about 2 miles away and sometimes I can't even hear it at night when they reduce power. Their signal is fine here though on the few times they forgot to reduce power after sunset. To me it is ridiculous to not be able to hear a local AM only two miles away after dark. Some people may complain that this will increase the interference levels at night but the graveyard channels are already a roar overnight so why not let local AMs override the roar to their local listeners at least? One other improvement I would like to see is require all AMs to lock their transmitter frequency to an atomic standard like GPS? Much of the nighttime interference is caused by so many stations beating with each other a few Hz off frequency. It causes all kinds of needless fading and fluttery signal effects. It would certainly quiet down the band at night if everyone was locked to within .1 or .01 Hz of each other, which is easily obtainable nowadays if you lock a frequency synthesizer to GPS. Many Hams do that already with easily obtainable parts, so AM radio stations should be able to do that also at a reasonable cost. Another benefit would be if all stations were locked within .01 Hz of each other, the "platform motion" effect would be pretty well eliminated for AM Stereo stations. It is other carriers mixing a few Hz off- frequency that cause the swishing and swimming platform motion effect using C-Quam. 73 - (Todd WD4NGG Roberts, ibid.) You've probably read about FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai's AM improvement initiative. To date, it's been all talk. At the NAB Radio Show in Orlando, on Wednesday Acting Chair Mignon Clyburn announced a formal Notice of Proposed Rulemaking has been circulated. I haven't seen the text of the NPRM yet, but in her comments at the show she said it includes: 1. A special filing window for new FM translators. Each existing AM licensee and each construction permit for a new AM station will be allowed to apply for one new FM translator in their service area. Some observers have interpreted this as a FCC guarantee that every AM station will get a FM relay. I'm pretty confident that interpretation is incorrect. The FCC is currently processing thousands of FM translator applications that are already on file. A filing window for new LPFM stations will open in a few weeks. By the time these two groups of applications are processed, I think most AM stations in urban areas will find there are no available frequencies for FM translators. However, Clyburn's proposal could be beneficial for AM stations in rural areas. 2. Relaxing the minimum signal strength required across the city of license during the day. 3. Relaxing the minimum signal strength required across the city of license at night. These two proposals would make it easier for AM stations to move to new sites. (as is often required when the land the station is on is more valuable than the station..) The station may not be able to find a site where they can erect an antenna system that would provide an adequate signal across their current city of license, and they may not be able to change their city of license due to various non-technical regulations. 4. Eliminating the "rachet rule". This rule requires an AM station making a technical change to reduce the interference it causes to other stations. 5. Making it easier to employ "MDCL" technology, where the station's transmitter power is continuously adjusted to be just enough to accommodate the volume of the program material at any particular moment. MDCL is more efficient, it reduces electricity costs. 6. Reduce the required efficiency of an AM transmitting antenna by about 25%. This will allow the use of shorter towers. ===== This is a notice of PROPOSED rulemaking, it doesn't mean any of these actions WILL happen. However, two Commissioners are obviously on board. There are only three Commissioners right now; I suspect we'll see most if not all of this happen. ===== And it is, IMHO, the wrong way to go. The goal, especially of points 2, 3, 4, and 6, is to prop up AM stations that would otherwise find it impossible to continue. In my opinion, the only thing that will truly save AM radio is to thin out the band, getting rid of as many stations as possible. (up to about 80% of existing stations) -- (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, Sept 20, NRC-AM via DXLD) Doug, Insightful as always. Could you also speculate on what effect the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking might have on DXing? Reduced minimum signals at night, and shorter towers will certainly cause some issues. I agree with your conclusions that these actions won't really help the AM Band, but thinning it out might. Additional FM translators and LPFM stations? You've got to be kidding. My wife and I run one of those crazy-Christmas lights displays in our yard, with synchronized lighting, etc. We have a small FM transmitter (Part 15) to feed the music to visitors in their cars. For years, we've operated that micro-transmitter on 107.3 FM, but had to move frequency last year because a new translator sprung up for one of the sports talk stations in Birmingham. It was nearly impossible to find even a semi-clear spot on the FM dial that our microtransmitter could compete with at a distance of 50 feet! 73, (Les Rayburn, N1LF, ibid.) But the "loss of listeners" is due to BAD CONTENT SELECTION, not necessarily bad reception. Better content will not just follow improved reception. AMs need to ACTIVELY LURE listeners back with the exact same programming found on FM. I don't want to hear 19 simultaneous RL or SH syndicated talk shows and 12 ESPN Radio outlets clearer, and only end up being able to tune in five more of each after the new rules go into effect (Darwin Long, LA, ABDX via DXLD) Darwin is right. Notwithstanding the technical problems of AM, a big part of the problem is content. And the content problem is very much related to the use of demographics in determining format. I don’t think there’s anything the broadcasters can do that will materially improve the problems of AM (Dick W., ibid.) I work for an AM station in addition to two big FM signals; and our AM station does OK. It was the FIRST radio station in a two county area 62 years ago. Just getting rid of AM signals to clear things up won`t make radio better. Radio sucks and stations are failing because owners don't care. They throw on a satellite feed and don't care if there's several seconds of dead air, if they re join the feed early or late, as long as something is on the air and they`re making money, they don't care. Every attempt at "fixing" radio has been through technical means. Yes, AM reception can suck sometimes, but overall, radio`s problem isn`t technical; it is programming. Our listeners don't quite know our AM is satellited adult standards, but they love it and we localize it as best we can and we don't allow any technical or programming issues to persist. Get station owners/operators/GMs to start caring and things will get better. That being said, the days of live local radio 24/7 are gone. It just can't happen for a number of reasons (Paul B Walker, PA, NRC- AM via DXLD) I'd like to, but Ms. Cat seems to believe the space in front of my keyboard belongs to her:) Ah, it's now bath time so I guess I get my keyboard back. Well, I think for the most part the problem for DXing is an opportunity lost. Without these improvement initiatives, one could count on an increasing pace of small AM stations going silent (and occasionally, some not-so-small stations like 910 in Bangor). With the initiatives, we're still going to be seeing AM stations go away but it won't happen quite so quickly. So the chances of any given one of your locals going away & opening the channel for DX are less than they would be without this NPRM. Proposals 2, 3, and 6 will mean more smaller AM sites. Fewer towers, shorter towers, probably some antennas that don't really look like AM towers. #4, on the other hand, will probably result in some power increases that weren't otherwise practical. I don't think it will lead to much *additional* interference -- even without the ratchet rule, you can't create *more* interference with a new facility. If MDCL is widely deployed, TA "hets" will be weaker and will exhibit more fading that currently observed. My gut feeling however is that most AM stations can't afford the technology upgrades necessary to deploy MDCL (basically, unless your transmitter is very new you'll need to replace it entirely to implement MDCL). > Additional FM translators and LPFM stations? You've got to be kidding. Well, MANY FM translators are being processed *now*. There are six FM translators in Nashville that weren't on the air a year ago, and there are permits for six more and applications for at least eight more beyond that. The LPFM window doesn't open until next month but the Commission is trying to guarantee some of the LPFM applications will succeed, by requiring the translator applicants to show granting their stations won't preclude LPFM. Again, I don't think Commissioner Clyburn's NPRM is going to create any new translators in any city of Huntsville size or larger. > My wife and I run one of those crazy-Christmas lights displays in our yard, with synchronized lighting, etc. We have a small FM transmitter Part of the problem there is that most of these microtransmitters are too wimpy to get past a wet noodle 400 kHz away. The legal emission limits on these things are REALLY low and a few years ago, the manufacturers started complying. – (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, ibid.) I also question how much real difference this will make. Some stations will be able to remain on the air where technical considerations or rules might have put them off, but how many is that really? Clearly those apply almost exclusively to directionals. I think there will continue to be AM's going off strictly for financial reasons. The audience for AM isn't going to grow except in a few places where FM may not be as viable signal coverage-wise. None of this will have any impact on the programming for a lot of these stations, and Doug is correct that some of the technology will be out of reach financially. This will be more sound bites than substance because it's way past time for changes to help preserve AM that would really have impact (Russ Edmunds, WB2BJH, ibid.) Absolutely. These proposals are not meaningless but they will affect a very small number of stations. And indeed, they will do nothing to create a larger audience for AM (as Russ says, it's simply far too late). I think we may see a bit of an acceleration of the conversion of Class B stations to Class D as moves to new tower sites that couldn't meet daytime coverage requirements under the old rules become possible. There are few if any places where FM coverage is worse than AM, as long as you're measuring coverage in terms of people and not square miles. Of course, advertisers don't buy square miles:) I believe that increasingly, what will continue on AM are: - The very largest signals. WGN, WABC, WTMJ, KFI, etc.. The few stations that have enough signal to be viable across most of their markets. Even these will probably adopt smaller FM relays. - Small stations targeting concentrated ethnic minorities not served by FM. In most markets this does NOT mean Hispanics, who are increasingly served by full-signal FM stations. It means stations like the one in Minneapolis serving the Hmong. It means the brokered ethnic stations in and around Chicago. It means the Mandarin station(s) near San Francisco. - "Hobby" stations operated by people who don't know any better and haven't yet learned that an AM license is a license to burn money, not to make money. Stations operated by preachers or small local churches that somehow believe if they just put the Word out there, someone will listen & be saved. – (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, ibid.) Perhaps the biggest problem is that most people Paul's age or younger hardly even know AM exists, and if they do, they think of the same ethnic or religious programming Doug mentioned, and that won't attract most younger people to check farther. But I can also remember this same discussion in the 1980's and 90's ending up with "It's the programming!" (Russ Edmunds, 15 mi NNW of Philadelphia, ibid.) This might be good for one time DX loggings if power not reduced anymore at night. Other than this, here comes a train wreck: the whole band will now be a giant graveyard. They forgot to notify the ionosphere about these proposed changes (Norbert Ansay, ABDX via DXLD) I've seen a few questions about this, so let me respond with my very limited knowledge. I'm pretty sure no one is proposing dropping sunset power change/pattern rules. When they mention the "ratchet rule", they're talking about an early 1990s FCC policy under which, if a station wished to *alter* its nighttime pattern or power, it would have to slightly *reduce* interference directed toward co-channel stations. Before that, if a station wished to *alter* its nighttime pattern or power, simply *not increasing* interference had been viewed as sufficient. I know that slightly understates the policy, that some stations are protected and other are not, etc., but think it's fairly accurate. Someone who knows more can contribute and further explain, but I'm pretty certain no one is proposing allowing across the board elimination of nighttime pattern changes and power reductions, or anything of the sort (Brian Goodrich, Greensboro, NC, ibid.) Have people stopped listening to AM because the programming stinks, or does the programming stink because there aren't enough people listening to pay the bills? Chicken? Egg? :) Yeah, the programming is a problem. Programming *will* attract listeners -- FM got launched by offering something you couldn't get on AM. But, for FM to attract listeners the way it did in the 1970s, it had to offer a reliable signal (note that the famed early progressive rockers were all on decent signals). For the most part, AM can't offer that reliable signal. You probably can with WKBI but thousands of AMs are not that lucky. – (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, WTFDA-AM via DXLD) In many major metros, including extended metros, AM is less than an afterthought aside from some ethnic, religious and phone-in formats. In rural areas, particularly those with terrain challenges, AM can still do well. Here, if I wanted really local news on the radio, I wouldn't find it except nestled between the syndicated talk programs on one AM. The same is true for local events coverage. Those stations which provided that in the past no longer do so, suggesting that the audience isn't larger enough to justify the expense involved, and I don't doubt that. Fifty miles W or NW or SW, that'd be a different story. But if I were to start thinning the herd, I'd start with the stations providing the least local content and/or the most syndicated programming (Russ Edmunds, WB2BJH, 15 mi NW of Philadelphia, Grid FN20id, ibid.) In Canada, the AM herd was thinned out a long time ago - and I could never figure out why the same thing didn't happen in the states. What's left on AM are big market 50 kWers with signals covering 50+ mile commuter routes, such as CFRB with talk (my wife's favourite station to listen to while driving to/from work)...or CFTR with all- news/traffic/wx format; or ethnics due to the lack of available FM channels. How on Earth can most of the 1000's of U.S. AM stations still be making any $? And if they aren't, why are they still on the air? --- to fund some odd US-style tax right-off scheme? Anyhow, I still don't understand why Canadian AM and American AM have devolved so differently over the past decade. AM DXing would actually be fun going after distant stations - as opposed to finding new ways to get past the regulars that clog the channels. If it wasn't for the 9 kHz international channels, my AM DXing time would be ~ zero (Bill Hepburn, Ont., ibid.) Regulation. In the U.S., the idea has always been that if a station is technically feasible, it will be authorized. When FM became economically feasible in the 1970s, all available frequencies were filled with stations (until, in 1990, the rules were changed to make more frequencies available; although in most cases, those new frequencies didn't provide full coverage). Today, if an AM station wishes to move to FM, a probably successful FM station must be sacrificed. In most Canadian cities, new FM frequencies were still available as recently as 3-5 years ago. Heck, new full-market FM signals have been created in places like Calgary, Vancouver, and Ottawa within the last year. If a Canadian AM station wished to go to FM, in most cases it could do so without having to sacrifice a successful existing FM. I think many of these AM operations haven't yet learned that they aren't financially viable. Someone buys a failed station with dreams of discovering the next great format that will make them a success, or imagining that preaching the Gospel the way *their* church believes it should be preached will bring in enough contributions to make things work. After a year or so, they run through all their money, the station goes dark -- and someone else buys it and tries again. The AM band will die when we run out of people who've lost their shirts trying to run an AM station :) – (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, ibid.) But IMHO, Canada went too far, too fast, and to my knowledge, they don't have any other grand plan for the bandwidth. To that point, in Canada, FM was comparatively underutilized vs the US. And even back then, Canada's AM saturation was also less, due mostly to much less population density. To the extent that more or more stable coverage was achievable via FM, Canada did it right, but to the extent that they just jumped in with both feet to force as much conversion to FM as possible without any tangible benefit (which may or may not be the case - I wasn't watching closely enough), then that would have been doing it wrong. The US clearly got it wrong with the great rush decades back to cram as many lower-power facilities into AM as they could, technology, practicality and coverage be damned, and now we are where we are, with AM over-crowded with a dramatically reduced audience, all the while the FCC made all of the same mistakes in the cramming of again as many low-power stations into FM. Very American, though - more just has to be better! (Russ Edmunds, WB2BJH, 15 mi NW of Philadelphia, ibid.) Maybe William knows otherwise but I don't know of anyone in government *forcing* FM conversion in Canada. FM conversions are something the Canadian regulatory scheme has made *available* to AM stations, but it's up to the stations to decide they want to move. (Russ, be aware "tangible benefit" means something completely different in the context of Canadian broadcast regulation :) ) -- (Doug Smith W9WI. Pleasant View, TN EM66, WTFDA-AM via DXLD) The tangible benefit was noise-free stereo sound; so music didn't sound like a gramophone! ;-) wrh (Bill Hepburn, ibid.) THE (D)EVOLUTION OF RADIO SHACK AM/FM RADIOS At some point, I'll find a way to post my shootout video of Radio Shack vs. GE and CCrane. Suffice it to say - Radio Shack is an interesting conflict between cost reduction driven to the extreme - and a genuine desire to make quality products. I have the sneaking suspicion that there is an engineering group at Radio Shack that is designing incredible DX radios. Then their design gets shipped to China, where cost reduction begins. The resulting product is better than average, but severely compromised from the original intent. I'll start with the 12-675. Amazing radio right out of the box, un- modified. It is a germanium transistor design, so if you stumble on one keep it out of the sun and away from heat! Tuned RF stage and four (not three) IF stages. The advent of AM ceramic filters has created the potential for more selectivity, but this is an amazingly selective radio for what it is. The case is large enough for a 200 mm ferrite bar, which really increases sensitivity. This is my first clue that Radio Shack is compromising on the cost, they could have put the larger ferrite bar in there right from the start. But I cannot fault this classic on the RF / IF design, the RF stage has a good amount of gain, the four IF filters make it really selective. On a par with the original GE Superadio (which is also 4 IF can). Radio Shack went on to introduce the 12-655. They definitely corrected the ferrite bar issue, although not all the way to 200 mm. They put in a high gain FET tuned RF, making this a very sensitive little radio. But ---- they put too much stock in the first AM ceramic filters. The single ceramic filter and two IF coils make this radio extremely prone to overload from nearby local stations. This radio is filled with innovative and quality construction - like an oversized three gang tuning capacitor, separate trimmers, one of the first usages of AM ceramic filter, and a larger ferrite bar than before. it also had an external antenna connection. Unfortunately, they put the radio in such a small cabinet that the speaker is constrained to a small size and the radio's sound is awful. My first mod on buying the radio was to tap the volume control for a line level out. Sound through a decent amplifier and speaker is really good. I should mention that the slide on/off switch broke months after I bought the radio, I put in a good C&K toggle instead. Perhaps this is also a solution for the GE Superadio power switches. Slide switches for power are a bad idea. Actually - slide switches in general are a bad idea. They have sunk many a radio I've owned. The 12-655 was the last AM DX portable they made - they began to combine with FM. The 12-650 is their next entry. The AM circuitry was derived from the 12-655 - but the FET was gone, replaced with an even better low noise bipolar transistor. It suffered from the same selectivity and overload issues as the 12-655, and the AGC time constant is strange. Still, the large cabinet size and large ferrite bar made this an excellent AM DX portable. FM performance was - frankly pitiful - even with a tuned FM RF stage. The problem was a combination of bad AFC and poor IF filter design. Sensitivity was there, but each station was almost 1 MHz wide and AFC would lock onto only the strongest stations. One narrow ceramic filter on FM completely erases this bad performance and makes the 12-650 into a credible FM DX portable. It is a shame Radio Shack didn't design it this way. The 12-650 is well worth picking up on ebay if you can do the ceramic filter FM mod - which I describe on my tech page for the radio. Radio Shack's last entries into the DX portable market is the 12-603 / 12-903 radios. These are obviously responses to the GE Superadio 3 - as they use the same varactor diode tuning technique. But - true to Radio Shack cost reduction - only two AM IF filters, and small ferrite bar (120 mm). The radio has enough room in the case for a larger ferrite bar, but doing the mod is a bit of a pain. An additional AM ceramic filter makes the selectivity better, but the radio still has a funny AGC characteristic where you have to turn up the volume very high to hear distant stations. Given that it uses the same IC as the C Crane EP, which doesn't have this problem - I am certain there is just a bad design choice on a resistor somewhere. I'll get to the bottom of it sometime - but the 12-603 and 12-903 are good buys on eBay if you can find them and do the mods yourself (Bruce Carter, TX, ABDX via DXLD) USE UNIDIREXIONAL CARDIOID PATTERN ANTENNAS Re: [NRC-AM] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, September 13-19, 2013 Glenn Hauser wrote: << Worse, it's almost opposite here from Chicago, making it hard to null in favor of WLS. >> That sort of thing is why many of us on the East Coast run cardioid- pattern antennas instead of (or in addition to) figure-of-8 ones. http://www.bamlog.com/superloop.htm NYC at 255 degrees and TA's at 75 degrees? No problem (Mark Connelly, WA1ION, South Yarmouth, MA, NRC-AM via DXLD) Only if you're north of 'the swamp.' Here in DC we have to right thru the swamp to get the gold! Not sure what kind of antenna that calls for. ;-) Sent from my iPhone (Bill Whitacre, ibid.) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ CELL PHONE PROPOGATION Is cell phone propogation possible? I'm vacationing on rural Cape Cod, in Wellfleet, where signal is tough to come by at the beach due to cliffs that block it from the land. It's tough even in the house with just 1-2 bars of 3G signal. I have an iPhone through Sprint and a droid through Verizon and tonight on the beach - both of them did something I have not seen before. Both fast forwarded an hour on their clock (to Atlantic Standard time) and a notification came up on my droid saying something to the effect of your plan does not include international data, would you like to roam? Is it theoretically possible that cell phone signals traveled from somewhere in Atlantic Canada to the beach and won out due to propogation? Or was that just some kind of fluke? Very interesting (Adam Rivers, in Wellfleet, MA, WTFDA via DXLD) Of course they propagate! Otherwise they would not work. What you mean is whether there can be *DX* propagation. Of course; they`re walkie- talkies (gh, DXLD) Cell phones are radio transmitters/receivers regardless of the high tech trappings that makes that mostly "transparent" to John Q. Public. It is of course possible. Being in a rural area, I notice this more often. Several years ago (2005), I "DX'd" WiFi nodes from the top floor of the Basin Park Hotel in Eureka Springs AR, and noticed early mornings, and night conditions were better. At the time, WiFi in the hotel was very limited. – (Fritze H. Prentice, Jr, KC5KBV, Star City AR EM43aw twitter.com/fritzehp facebook.com/SoutheastArkansasDXAndMediaReport ibid.) A long time ago (early 90s), when cellular phone transmissions were analog, I would pick up from time to time cell phone signals from towers as far as Southern VT/Central NY, out to 200-250 miles using a Realistic scanner hooked up to an home-made log periodic antenna! My two cents, (Charly Gauthier, QC, ibid.) Cellphone propagation is quite common actually. However, because most areas are entirely saturated with local tower signals, you don't notice it as often and usually have no way to notice it. You probably were receiving a cellphone signal from Yarmouth or Barrington, and at 230 miles, it's quite close. I suppose it's not particularly simple to just identify which tower you're receiving aside from such a roaming notification or time change. It's an issue I dealt with some years ago while DXing and never found an easy way to determine which tower was being received. But simply put, cellphone propagation takes place just as FM and TV DX do and they happen simultaneously. While working at the restaurant on the beach in Grand Haven, Mich., the most common complaint we received was that the clock on the wall was wrong (in fact, it wasn't) or that people's cellphones were reading the wrong time, and we were always asked why. We simply had to explain that because there was little to no cellphone service on the beach due to the 250-foot dune blocking reception from the Michigan towers, cellphone service along the beach came from Milwaukee and Chicago (generally 85-120 miles away), hence most cellphones reading an hour behind local time. In fact, a large majority of the time, the only "local" service along the beaches comes in from Wisconsin and Illinois --- and it's usually on roaming. Because of the time difference, it's easy to know, not to mention the fact that the closest point on the opposite shore (also the closest point using Central Time) is 85 miles to the west. Some service providers were notorious for this while others mustered an on/off one-bar signal that made it around the dune and even others picked up no signal whatsoever --- ever. T-Mobile, which at the time was most popular in Chicagoland but not widely used outside that area, almost always was reading an hour behind and most of the people using that service were Chicago area weekend residents, which comprised of most out-of-town visitors. Sprint often had no service at all. Verizon almost always was an hour behind. This situation repeats itself most heavily with strong lake inversions to Chicago and Milwaukee from late June to mid-August along the lakeshore - although often in spring and fall too - especially where dunes block tower access, allowing the distant tower signals to replace them (just as they do to local FM stations). I noticed this because every day before going into work, I would do a scan of the dial and keep detailed logs. On the days in which the entire dial was Chicago, Milwaukee, Madison, and Green Bay with only about 5 or 6 Michigan locals (mostly 10-20 mile stations) that could survive it, complaints about the wrong time on cellphones would go up drastically and continue throughout the night. I can't say how similar the situation is now as cellphone service has expanded with new towers, but 7 years ago, it was undeniable proof that cellphone signals do indeed travel the same as FM waves. So, in short, absolutely, cellphone propagation is very normal. As long as the local signals are blocked and you have a good line of sight across the water, both situations which seem to be present at your Wellfleet location, you should have little problem receiving cellphone DX (Chris Kadlec. Seoul, Korea, ibid.) I can't say how similar the situation is now as cellphone service has expanded with new towers, but 7 years ago, it was undeniable proof that cellphone signals do indeed travel the same as FM waves. So, in short, absolutely, cellphone propagation is very normal. As long as the local signals are blocked and you have a good line of sight across the water, both situations which seem to be present at your Wellfleet location, you should have little problem receiving cellphone DX. I second you on cell phone signals crossing Lake Michigan. I VERY often would see the clock on the cell phone shift to Central time when on the MI side of the Lake Michigan shoreline, and it coincided with UHF trop (like getting Chicago UHFs in Manistique with a paper clip as the antenna)? Frustrating thing was I tried to "ID" my cell phone DX back when I had detailed call billing (which would show what city a call was placed from). Every time I would call a number when the phone showed CDT, the call would not go through, even when the phone had 5 signal bars (my guess is that the distant cell tower received the MI location from my phone's GPS, and decided that there system was being "hacked". By the way, I would argue that cell phones could be MORE affected by daytime lake tropo than FM and TV. Daytime lake tropo is actually occurring directly above the surface of the lake. TV and FM are usually from taller towers, but the shorter cell phone towers (and the even lower height "tower" for the handset, 5.8 feet above ground) are right in the refracting layer (Robert Grant, ibid.) This is a very interesting discussion! I wonder if you could tell, if its a smart phone, by disabling the GPS and then accessing an app that utilizes geolcation. Wouldn't it then attempt to derive your location via cell triangulation? (Greg Coniglio - sent via mobile device, ibid.) THE SUN THAT DID NOT ROAR By KENNETH CHANG, The New York Times, September 23, 2013 This is the height of the 11-year solar cycle, the so-called solar maximum. The face of the Sun should be pockmarked with sunspots, and cataclysmic explosions of X-rays and particles should be whizzing off every which way. Instead, the Sun has been tranquil, almost spotless. As W. Dean Pesnell, the project scientist for NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, dryly noted, "We're not having much of a solar maximum." A week ago, a solitary sunspot blemished an otherwise blank yellow disk. In the ensuing days, a few more specks appeared, but even a small explosion, or coronal mass ejection, last Thursday seemed like the halfhearted effort of a slacker star. "The truth of it is there isn't a lot going on," said Joseph M. Kunches, a space scientist at the Space Weather Prediction Center. "It's been a bit of a dud. You look at the Sun today and you say, `What?' " For those who depend on Dr. Kunches's work, like satellite operators and power companies, that is actually good news. One of the worries in our highly technological 21st-century civilization is that a direct hit on Earth by a gargantuan solar storm could disable satellites and overwhelm wide swaths of power grids. A quiet Sun makes that much less likely. For scientists trying to understand the dynamics in the interior of the Sun, it has been a humbling experience enlightening them about how much they do not know. "If there's anyone who has figured it out, I haven't heard, that's for sure," said Douglas Biesecker, a physicist at the Space Weather Prediction Center and the chairman of a panel that had issued predictions about the solar cycle. They do have a basic understanding. Inside the Sun, flows of electrons and protons generate magnetic fields that undulate on roughly an 11-year schedule. The roiling of the fields create regions that are cooler and darker -- sunspots. The twisting magnetic fields within sunspots periodically snap, releasing enormous amounts of energy in solar flares and coronal mass ejections. But some solar cycles are ferocious while others remain calm. Why the cycle is 11 years is another mystery. This cycle, No. 24 since scientists started counting, has been befuddling from the start. Some expected an active cycle, similar to the ones of the recent past. Others predicted that this one would be quieter than usual; those predictions looked prescient as the lull of solar minimum stretched longer and deeper than expected. In 2008, the Sun was spotless on 266 days -- the blankest in half a century. The following year, when the percolating of sunspots should have picked up, the Sun was blank for 260 days. Solar activity picked up in 2010 and especially 2011. Then the number of sunspots started dropping again. That was not necessarily surprising. In some previous cycles the Sun's northern hemisphere became active first, and scientists expected a second peak in sunspots as the southern hemisphere entered its active period. The southern hemisphere indeed began to perk up, but then leveled off and has remained that way for the past year, leading to more head-scratching. "In all honesty, it really feels like the Sun can't make up its mind," Dr. Biesecker said. "It's just this flat mesa, and it's not budging." If there is no second peak, and solar maximum actually occurred two years ago, then Solar Cycle 24 would be extremely odd -- late to start and early to end. "What would surprise me is if it didn't pick up over the next year," Dr. Pesnell said. How far back do have scientists have to look back to find a solar maximum quite as weak? As far back as Chicago Cubs fans do for a World Series championship. Cycle 14 in the early 1900s was similarly quiet. (The Cubs won the 1908 World Series, about a year after the maximum of that solar cycle.) This time, solar scientists have Sun-watching satellites providing reams of data for them to analyze. "For the first time, we'll be looking at a solar cycle that's really different from the ones we've seen before," Dr. Pesnell said. Dr. Pesnell says it has already become apparent that the flow patterns within the Sun are more complicated than had been supposed. Despite the minimal sunspots, the Sun is still going through the rest of its cycle as usual. Its magnetic field is on the cusp of flipping, as expected. At solar maximum, the magnetic fields at the poles essentially disappear for a brief time, and when they re-emerge, they are pointing in the opposite direction. If you had a compass on the Sun's north pole and it were pointing north before solar maximum, it would be pointing south after solar maximum. (Actually, the compass would vaporize.) The north pole has already flipped; the south pole is behind but last month scientists at Stanford's Wilcox Solar Observatory said they expected the transition to be complete soon. "We do see indications that solar maximum is about now," Dr. Pesnell said. DCSIMG (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) :Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts :Issued: 2013 Sep 23 0325 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 16 - 22 September 2013 Solar activity was at low levels throughout the period. In all, nine C-class flares were observed this period, one from Region 1846 (S17, L=56, class/area Cso/210 on 21 September) and eight from 1850 (N08, L=29, class/area Dso/90 on 21 September), the largest of which was a C3 at 18/0315 UTC from Region 1846. Region 1843 (N01 L=127, class/area Dso/60 on 18 September) joined Regions 1846 and 1850 in being the most complex regions of this period, although it remained relatively unproductive, unlike Regions 1846 and 1850. An 8-degree filament eruption centered near S12E36 between 19/0231 - 19/0301 UTC resulted in a coronal mass ejection (CME) which is expected to make a glancing blow at Earth midday on 23 September, and was the only Earth-directed CME to be observed this period. No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at normal to moderate levels for 16 September through 19 September and increased to moderate to high levels for 20 September through 22 September. Geomagnetic field activity was at quiet to unsettled levels throughout this period. Quiet conditions were observed on 16 September and most of 17 September, although an isolated period of unsettled conditions was observed at 17/1800 - 2100 UTC with onset of weak coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS) effects. Quiet conditions prevailed on 18 September which gave way to quiet to unsettled conditions on 19 September due to peak CH HSS influence. A return to quiet conditions was observed on 20 September as CH HSS influence began to subside. An isolated period of unsettled conditions was observed on a predominately quiet 21 September due to CH HSS effects waning. The period ended with quiet conditions on 22 September. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 23 SEPT - 19 OCT 2013 Solar activity is expected to be at very low to low levels. No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at moderate to high levels on 23 September, 29 September - 01 October, 04 - 10 October due to coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS) effects. Normal to moderate levels are expected for the remainder of the period. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at quiet to unsettled levels for 23 - 24 September, 28 September - 02 October, 10 - 11 October, and 14 - 16 October with CH HSS effects. Predominately quiet conditions are expected for the remainder of the period, barring any transient activity. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2013 Sep 23 0325 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 2013-09-23 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2013 Sep 23 110 8 3 2013 Sep 24 108 8 3 2013 Sep 25 105 5 2 2013 Sep 26 105 5 2 2013 Sep 27 105 5 2 2013 Sep 28 100 8 3 2013 Sep 29 100 10 3 2013 Sep 30 100 8 3 2013 Oct 01 95 10 3 2013 Oct 02 95 8 3 2013 Oct 03 95 5 2 2013 Oct 04 95 5 2 2013 Oct 05 95 5 2 2013 Oct 06 100 5 2 2013 Oct 07 105 5 2 2013 Oct 08 100 5 2 2013 Oct 09 95 5 2 2013 Oct 10 95 8 3 2013 Oct 11 100 8 3 2013 Oct 12 105 5 2 2013 Oct 13 100 5 2 2013 Oct 14 95 8 3 2013 Oct 15 95 10 3 2013 Oct 16 90 8 3 2013 Oct 17 90 5 2 2013 Oct 18 90 5 2 2013 Oct 19 90 5 2 (SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1688, DXLD) ###