DX LISTENING DIGEST 14-09, February 26, 2014
Incorporating REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING
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WORLD OF RADIO 1710:
*DX and station news about: Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Canary
Islands non, Cuba, Czechia, Europe, Germany, India, Japan, Korea North
non, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nigeria, North America, Perú, South Africa,
Spain, Sudan and non, Ukraine, UAE/UK non, USA, Zanzibar, unidentified
SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1710, February 27-March 5, 2014
Thu 0430 WRMI 9955 [repeated 1709]
Thu 1330 WRMI 9955 [confirmed]
Thu 2201 WTWW 9475 [confirmed]
Fri 0426v WWRB 3195 [confirmed]
Sat 0730 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Sat 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Sun 0030 WRMI 9495 [confirmed replay of 1709]
Sun 0030v WTWW 5085 [confirmed]
Sun 0501 WTWW 5830 [confirmed]
Mon 0400v WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Area 51
Tue 1200 WRMI 9955
Wed 0730 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Wed 1400 WRMI 9955 [on northwest antenna]
Wed 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Thu 0430 WRMI 9955 [or 1711 if ready in time]
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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:
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** AFGHANISTAN [non]. USA(non) Frequency changes of IBB: Deewa Radio
0100-0400 NF 9765 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg WeAs Pashto ex 9370 from Feb 10
Radio Ashna, the 3rd change from 17580 to 11595/from 11595 to 17580:
1500-1530 11595 BIB 100 kW / 085 deg WeAs Dari, ex 17580, re-ex 11595
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/02/frequency-changes-of-ibb_26.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Feb 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AMSTERDAM ISLAND. Photos of the FT5ZM DX-pedition:
http://www.taaf.fr/Fin-de-la-mission-de-radio-amateurs-FT5ZM-sur-l-ile-d-Amsterdam
(via Juan Franco Crespo, Spain, DXLD)
** ANGUILLA. 11775, University Network (presumed); 2142, 21-Feb; Dead
Dr. Gene on a roll, shouting at me. DDG sed that "tithing" starts at
20%. (Wouldn't that be bitithing, twentithing or icosithing?) SIO =
4+4+4- with slight 11780 splash; // 13845 via WWCR (presumed), S30
(Harold Frodge, Midland MI, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW &
180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real
time! DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ARGENTINA. Dear Glenn, RAE, 11711, Radio Argentina Exterior, 0230
UT 21 Feb. English. Commentary on condoms. Music in between. SIO 433.
(Manikant Lodaya, Hubli, Karnataka, South India, Feb 22, Sent from
Yahoo Mail for iPhone, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Radio Argentina Exterior, General Pacheco, 11711 kHz. 0239 UT Feb 21.
Off frequency (11710.50 kHz.). Talk and very good music by OM in
English. This is my favorite station of the very few that are left.
Only fair signal. S5 (Nick Rumple, Kannapolis, North Carolina,
Receiver: Yaesu FRG-100, Drake R8; Antenna: 220 ft. Inverted L
Longwire, Homebrew 1 Meter MagLoop, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD)
11710.85, R. Argentina Exterior, Pacheco, 25-02-14 0457 Mandarin talks
and nice ID by female strong signal and good audio, 34443 (Maurits Van
Driessche, Belgium, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
** ARGENTINA [and non]. Poor conditions all day, but I decided to
record 31.x late afternoon to see if & what shows up. I got the weak
RAE harmonic and surprisingly around that time a few Asians / Chinese
came up. Poss. in the S. Atlantic. At the same time dxmaps showed 10m
to ARG / BRA. Earlier around noon I heard a few also when beaming
south.
[not clear whether any besides RAE were broadcasts; or 2-way --- gh]
UT + 1:
12:11, 32925 Chinese dir=South
12:13, 31100 Chinese dir=south
14:09, 31725 Chinese?
17:26, 31775 Asian, along with ARG RAE
17:34, 30690 ARG Radio Argentina Exterior, Buenos Aires, 2 x 15344.4
17:46, 31950 Chinese, along with ARG RAE
18:30, 30870 harmonic, in AM, weak, along with ARG RAE
(Jurgen Bartels, Suellwarden, N. Germany; Ant. hor: 29-45 MHz 7-el,
45-87 MHz 11-el, FM 15.11, Band-3: 13-el, UHF: 48-elements
TV: Winradio G305 / Fly2000 + video noise filter & variable IF BW
FM: Downconverter + Perseus + Speclab as WFM demod.
MW: 30 x 4m EWE 320 with JB-terminator, Winradio & Perseus
http://zeiterfassung.3sdesign.de/station_list.htm
http://dx.3sdesign.de/tv_offset_list.htm
Feb 20, vhfskip yg via Tim Bucknall, Congleton, UK, Social Media Co-
ordinator #KresySiberia, harmonics yg via DXLD)
** ARMENIA. 9400, IBRA Radio/Radio Sadaye Zindagi, 1458:40 Feb 22,
instrumental music started, 1500 s/on in Dari with a couple of “salám”
(hello), presumed news by man at 1501. Poor (Harold Sellers, Vernon,
British Columbia, Listening in my car, by the lake, with the Eton E1
and Sony AN1 active antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ASCENSION. BBC, 6005 kHz --- Ya ni la BBC es la de antes: audio
sobremodulado y un ruido de 50 ciclos, como casi todas las madrugadas
se escucha en la transmisión del Servicio Mundial desde Ascension en
6005 kHz:
http://youtu.be/j2NnIfIRpS8
-- (Rodolfo Tizzi, Uruguay, Feb 24, condiglista yg via DXLD) Hora?
Yes, at least one of the English Bay transmitters does this (gh, DXLD)
** AUSTRALIA. Hey Sydney members!!! Fill me on on this Vintage FM
thing!!! 3210: Using my big 80 mb double bazooka antenna, this thing
starts to fade/in around 0710. By 0830 it's around S9 on the meter,
and by 1100 it runs at 15 dB over S9. Only 100 W of AM power? Hmmm;
not sure about that! Either it's running more power, or the
transmitter location is exceptional. They are not saying anything
about this outlet on their website. Do any of the Sydney members have
more info on this one?????
Well boys, far more interesting to me than Vintage FM and its 60's-
80's playlist of pretty woeful almost-hits and miss-hits is
BRAZIL!!!!!!!!! [q.v., 6080, 6136+, below] :-) On right now!! Cheers,
(Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Vic., Feb 20, ARDXC mailing list via DXLD)
Rob, Formerly known as OzyRadio (started 2011, from memory). Has used
2355, 5050 in the past. Vintage FM is only the content provider. ACMA
database shows:
1185062
Client: Craig Allen
Status: Issued
Licence Type: Broadcasting
Licence Category: HF Domestic Service
Callsign: AXA225
Date of Effect: 12-OCT-13
Date of Expiry: 11-OCT-14
Special Conditions
(1) The propagation mode during transmissions authorised by this
licence will be Near Vertical Incidence Signal (NVIS).
(2) The continuation of authorisation under this licence is
conditional on the successful completion of both Australian and
International co-ordination. In the event of harmful interference
operation will be required to cease.
NOTE: There may be additional text attached to the assignment
associated with this licence.
Licence Number 1185062
Access ID: 1811077
Client: Craig Allen
Site: Vertel site, 75 Mount Hercules Road, RAZORBACK RANGE
Operating Mode: Transmit
Access Status:
Date Approved: 15-FEB-07
Coverage: Regional
Hours of Operation:
Frequencies
Assigned 3.21 MHz
Lower 3.207 MHz
Carrier
Upper 3.213 MHz
Device and Antenna details
Device ID: 2227958
Emission Designator: 6K00A3E
EIRP: 0
Transmitter Power: 1000.00 pX
Antenna ID: 13278
Antenna Height (AGL): 0 m
Antenna Polarity: Vertical
Antenna Azimuth:
Antenna Tilt: 80
(via Craig Seager, ibid.)
Also has link to Client Craig Allen showing he has 19 other licenses,
no frequencies given:
http://web.acma.gov.au/pls/radcom/client_search.client_lookup?pCLIENT_NO=1219405
Only one of which is ``HF Domestic Service`` with callsign VKD963 on
5050, same site. Why would these two stations have totally different
calls, not even same prerix? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1710,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
My Feb 19 reception on 3210 was during a day of very good propagation.
Feb 20 was a day of mediocre conditions, so 3210 reception was below
threshold level from 1130 till about 1430, when I was able to make out
some music, but too weak to even tell what type it was. So today was
unusable! Will take another day of excellent conditions for any
reception of this 100 W station (Ron Howard, Feb 20, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
3210, assume Vintage FM relay, 1410-1507, Feb 22. Best reception so
far since this low powered station relocated the tx; almost all 1950s
ballads; glad to finally be able to ID a song - "The Tennessee Waltz."
Not a bad reception for a 100 W transmitter, but with QRN. Monterey
local sunrise was at 1447 UT; by 1515 was completely unusable (Ron
Howard, Asilomar State Beach, near Monterey, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Ron, Re 3210 kHz 'Vintage FM' reception. The power is actually now
250 Watts - this info direct from Craig himself today. Still, that's
great reception with that power and that frequency from your locality
- well done, mate. More exciting info very soon :-) (Ian Baxter, NSW,
Australia, Feb 23, ibid.)
Thank you, Ian, for the updated power info. Great news! Maybe that
would explain why on Feb 20 and 21 (still at 100 W?) I had an
unusable, below threshold level, open carrier on 3210; also with
poorer conditions than my initial Feb 19 reception. The boost in power
did a make a significant difference today. Poor quality audio at
https://app.box.com/s/utuk5eoxqi8u4ycy7etz
containing the best portion of Feb 22 music; best heard with
headphones. Look forward to perhaps more power increases in the near
future! (Ron, California, ibid.)
3210, Vintage FM relay, 1331-1453, Feb 23. By far my best reception
yet! Enjoyable listening to all 1950s songs; ballads, rock & roll,
etc. ("Dream Lover," "Those Were The Days," etc.); many brief IDs
between songs for what sounded like "Listen to Vintage FM." My best
audio so far at
https://app.box.com/s/dz2uqoncebzvqjksv9wu
starting with ID and then "Those Were The Days" song (still best with
use of headphones). The latest news seems to indicate that the power
used is varying from between 100 to 300 watts. Very respectable signal
for that kind of power! (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, near
Monterey, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1710, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
New SW transmissions on 3210 kHz --- For those that can recall, the
earlier test transmissions on 3210 kHz were from Aussie broadcaster -
OzyRadio as operated by owner Craig Allen. These transmissions
emanated from a place known as Schofields, an outer Sydney suburb in
the north west near Richmond, NSW.
The Schofields SW transmission site has long since been dismantled,
but as many of you will be aware the transmissions on 3210 kHz resumed
last week. This time under a new station name & from a new transmitter
site.
Craig is still the owner of the licence and still owns the
transmission equipment; however a new leasing arrangement between
Vintage FM and Craig currently sees Vintage FM programming carried on
some of Craig's FM licences and just this last week on 3210 kHz SW.
The new transmitter site is located in an area I best associate as the
township named Picton, NSW - just past the outer fringes of south west
Sydney.
I recently caught up with Craig and some of the ARDXC lads, where we
enquired further about Craig's recent SW broadcasting developments &
licences.
Craig tells us that the current power on 3210 kHz is around 250 W and
that when he corrects a SWR problem with the antenna he'll hopefully
increase the power in the near future. Like most SW broadcasters these
days, rising electricity costs is a hindrance and it's an issue with
Craig as well.
We asked about the program he currently has on 3210 kHz. Craig has a
license lease arrangement with Vintage FM on 88.7 MHz from the same
site that he is broadcasting with on 3210 kHz. Vintage FM has been
operating is a LPON 1 Watt broadcast station operating from studios in
the Penrith area for around 5 years and broadcasts a 50's - 60's music
format of well known hits and radio dramas from that era. Currently
3210 kHz is broadcasting 24 hours a day.
DXers have enquired about the former licence and frequency of 5050 kHz
that was used a couple of years ago by Ozyradio. Craig is well aware
that this SW channel is rather congested and does want to change the
frequency to another nearby 60 mb frequency. To do that he needs to
find another SW frequency and lodge an application with the ACMA for a
frequency change.
Craig wants feedback and suggestions from the SWL and DXer community!
1. Craig is thinking about usage of 5045 kHz as an alternative to 5050
and welcomes comments regarding this possible choice of frequency or
welcomes other nearby suitable frequency suggestions. There is also a
local Australian issue whereby some Shortwave outback 2-way telephone
services are using frequencies in or about the 60mb. Anyway please
give Craig your suggestions or send via my email. The sooner we get
this issue sorted the sooner we'll get to hear Ozyradio back on 60
meters :-)
2. Craig intends to have other programming, (other than Vintage FM)
carried on 60 meters. Craig is keen to know what kind of programming
that you as a SWLer/dxer would listen to and find appealing.
3. Craig is pondering with the idea of having a DRM transmission on 60
meters and would welcome comments. Craig is all too well aware of the
lack of DRM receivers on the market and the fact that most DXers use
SDRs for DRM.
It was interesting speaking with Craig. He tells us that so far All
India Radio have not received a single application to their released
tender for the manufacture of DRM receivers. My own personal thoughts
on this issue was that the world has hoping that India's drive towards
DRM would drive and entice radio receiver manufacturers to start
producing some DRM portable and table top SW/MW DRM receivers.
In the issuing of QSL's or eQSLs by OzyRadio, several of us got
involved on this topic. I understand that any reception reports sent
to Vintage FM for 3210 kHz reception will be passed onto to Craig.
Hopefully in the not too distant future we will be able to organise
something for DXers. It's still early days. And if you haven't yet
guessed, Ozyradio on SW is very much a hobby interest for Craig. He
has other work commitments and it does cost money to operate the
station.
I hope to be able report more throughout 2014 about the station. For
the moment please show your support with program and reception
feedback on 3210 kHz and PLEASE provide your feedback suggestions for:
1. Clear Frequency on 60mb and if 5045 kHz is suitable in your area?
2. Program format or program suggestion for future 60mb outlet,
something that you would like to listen to.
3. Your thoughts about DRM usage on 60 mb; I could only imagine that
this would only be heard in Australia or possibly NZ at best (Ian
Baxter, NSW, Feb 24, shortwavesites yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1710, DXLD)
Hi Glenn, Craig Allen (owner of the station on 3210 kHz) thanked me
for my report. "Good to see we are making it to the USA. We are
running 200 watts (licenced for 1 kW). When we improve our antenna, we
may increase the power. We will try to get a frequency change from
5050 to 5045 or 5055." He asked what I thought best and I responded
that either 5045 or 5055 would be 100% better than his former 5050.
This due to the fact that I hear China (fairly strong) and India
(weak) currently mixing together on 5050 during my listening from
about 1230 to 1500 UT. Think either frequency would be fine (Ron
Howard, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1710, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
[non log]. 3210, Vintage FM relay, random checking 1330 to 1515, Feb
24 and 25 found totally unusable, open carrier, below threshold level;
what a difference from my decent Feb 23 reception (Ron Howard,
Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BAHAMAS. Gospel on 810 kHz last night - could this have been ZNS3?
Saul mentioned previously of hearing a Gospel program on 810 last
night. I heard what I suspect was the same programing in the evening.
I brushed it off as 810 WSJC Magee, Miss. But I now suspect that WSJC
is off the air. Can anyone confirm or deny that WSJC is back on.
I recorded about 10 minutes, beginning at 0003 UT on 810 before moving
on. I should have reviewed my recording sooner! The Gospel preachers,
both male and female have very noticeable Caribbean accents. There are
mentions of people at the service from Long Island (there is a Long
Island in the Bahamas) and some came from Grand Bahama island!
Could this have been ZNS3? If so it was the best I have ever heard
them! I should have stayed on 810 longer! There was no WCCO (only
Norco, Louisiana), no WGY or WHO, WJR was weak. There were good
southern conditions at this time (Tom Jasinski, Joliet, IL, Feb 24,
IRCA via DXLD)
You indeed had 810 in Grand Bahama: I was thru Magee Friday night;
they are off the air. Presently they have an STA for 1 kW day (Jerry
Kiefer, Feb 25, NRC-AM via DXLD)
A relog, but rarely heard inland here. Thanks to Jerry Kiefer for the
suggestion, and for word that WSJC is not currently on the air. Input
from all of you appreciated (Saul Chernos, Burnt River ON, Feb 26,
IRCA via DXLD)
Conditions to the South must be improved the last couple of nights.
ZNS3 810 an easy log here tonight around 9:45 PM Central time on the
car radio. Heard calypso style music, followed by local ad for
Freeport business. New one here. -- 73, (Les Rayburn, N1LF, Maylene,
AL, EM63 UT Feb 26, ibid.)
** BANGLADESH. 4750, 1625 19 Feb, with discussions and talks by man.
Language seems Bangla. Audio is here:
http://www.ipernity.com/doc/zliangas/30553323
(Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, Feb 23, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BANGLADESH. 15105 Bangladesh Betar:
Feb 16 1251-1259*, 34443, English, Bangladesh music and talk, ID at
1258, 1259 sign off.
Feb 19 *1228-1238, 25432, English, 1228 sign on with IS, Opening
music, Opening announce, News (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)
** BENIN. The programmes aired on 1566 TWR that have Radio ELWA in
their contact info are actually produced by our Nigerian brothers in
Jos. Radio ELWA which was based in Monrovia for many years, used to
broadcast via SW from Liberia, and their partner Radio ELWA studios in
Nigeria produced programmes that were aired for many years on that
station. However, today the only programmes we are aware of aired on
1566 that would have Radio ELWA in their contact details, are the ones
produced at Radio ELWA in Jos, Nigeria. The Radio ELWA Director in
Nigeria is Rev. Peter Salawu, e-mail elwaonair@ecwang.org (Karen
Barkhuizen, Audience Relations, TWR Africa Region, via NRC IDXD Feb 21
via DXLD)
OK, but apparently she is unaware that ELWA is indeed back on SW 4760
(gh, DXLD)
** BOLIVIA. 3310, R. MOSOJ CHASKI, 26/02 0900 UT. Comienzo de la
emisión en idioma quechua, con anuncio del programa "A través de la
Biblia" en el mismo idioma con una voz masculina hablando de la vida
de José. Posteriormente, se comienza un espacio musical en el mismo
idioma. SINPO: 55454 (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: Hilo
largo de 5 metros, QTH: Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región,
Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD)
** BOLIVIA. 5952.43, Radio Pio Doce, 0227*, Feb 26. Off with the
unique and easy to ID, even with a weak signal, distinctive whistling
“Colonel Bogey March” (commonly known as the River Kwai March), along
with ID followed by chimes (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón
E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BOLIVIA. 6025, R. PATRIA NUEVA, 21/02 2355 UT. Noticias sobre Oruro
y después un noticiero en idioma quechua con resumen de los
acontecimientos en Venezuela con SINPO: 43433 con QRM de PBS en Tibet.
A las 00 del 22/02 SINPO: 33333 con QRM de R, Martí (Claudio Galaz,
Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: Hilo largo de 5 metros, QTH: Barraza Bajo,
Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD)
** BOLIVIA [and non]. 6134.821 Feb 19 rather Radio Cadena Deportiva, R
Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia acc GH, exact 6134.828
kHz on Feb 21 (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 19/21,
dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1710, DXLD) Time? circa 0920/1030,
presumably remote rx; see also BRAZIL: Aparecida (gh)
This appears to be developing into a good Latin night! Not bad for
summer! 6134.82, R. Santa Cruz. S/on at spot-on 0900 with IDs,
announcements and then into music around 0905. Caused a het with
Brazil 6136.60 but easily separated using SSB. Quite a respectable
signal and similar strength to the Brazilian. Feb 20. Hmmm: I wonder
what else is around! Damn this electrical hash! Will try 60 mb shortly
(Rob VK3BVW Wagner, Vic., ARDXC mailing list via DXLD)
6134.8, R. SANTA CRUZ, 22/2 2218 UT. Música en castellano como salsas
y bachatas e ID. SINPO: 53453 con QRM de R. Aparecida que está fading
y que produce una especie de QRM de burbujas (Claudio Galaz, Rx:
Tecsun PL-660, Antena: Hilo largo de 5 metros, QTH: Barraza Bajo,
Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD)
6134.819, R. Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, 24-02-14 2300, ID as Santa Cruz,
phone number and web address, 33222 (Maurits Van Driessche, Belgium,
Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
6135-, Feb 25 at 0101, R. Santa Cruz, on low side, and no het from R.
Aparecida, Brazil on the hi side, which must already be off (Glenn
Hauser, OK, X LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Glenn, Feb 25 on 6134.79, heard decent reception from Radio Santa
Cruz with usual sign off announcements starting at 0205; giving ID,
frequencies, etc. and ending with the usual "Radio Santa Cruz" song
till 0210*, and yes, as you say, no het noted (Ron Howard, California,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
6134.80, R. Santa Cruz, 0208*, Feb 26. Usual sign off format; almost
fair; no het (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Spanish program heard on Wed Feb 26 at 0930 UT on 6134.823 (Wolfgang
Buschel, Germany, [remote rx?], wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Feb 26 via DXLD)
** BRAZIL. 4885, Feb 23 at 0643, music in Portuguese, fair signal and
better than usual, no doubt from the 24h station, R. Clube do Pará,
Belém, and not Acreana. Only other detectable ZY 60m signals are
making low audible heterodyne on 4915 from Macapá and Goiânia (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 4914.97, 2325-2335 19.02, R Daqui, Goiãnia [sic], GO
(presumed), Portuguese hymns and orchestra music, 24232. Heterodyne
presumed from R Dif. Macapá on 4915.00. Best 73, (Anker Petersen,
Denmark, back home to my AOR AR7030PLUS and 28 metres longwire, via
Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD)
** BRAZIL. On right now!! 6080, R. Marumby - Curitiba. Weak with a
music program and Portuguese announcements at 0840. First time heard
in 2014. The clear channel helps here!! Feb 20 (Rob VK3BVW Wagner,
ARDXC mailing list via DXLD)
6080.03, R. Marumby, Curitiba, 22-02-14 0650, Nice Brazil songs and
Portuguese talks by man but no ID heard, 322222 [sic] (Maurits Van
Driessche, Belgium, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
VOA English via São Tomé is also on 6080 at 04-07, maybe faded out by
now. Also Cuban pulse jamming against nothing; but this? (gh, DXLD)
** BRAZIL. Well boys, far more interesting to me than [AUSTRALIA]
Vintage FM and it's 60's-80's playlist of of pretty woeful almost-hits
and miss-hits is BRAZIL!!!!!!!!! :-) [6080 above] AND::
6136.60, R. Aparecida. It's a strong signal with announcements, IDs
and music, 0850. Frequency is up quite high from its registered
assignment. Bugger! Someone switched on something and it's pretty well
covered up now with hash. Feb 20 (Rob VK3BVW Wagner, ARDXC mailing
list via DXLD)
Radio Aparecida well appearance on all three channels: 9629.711/.745,
and 11854.847 kHz, nothing on 5035 kHz, at 1120 UT Feb 19.
And VERY ODD 6137.942 - 6137.962 kHz varying a lot of 50 to 100 Hertz
around on Feb 21 at 0920 UT. Tiny peak on 5035.002 and heard also
11854.844 kHz at 1030 UT Feb 21 (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews
Febr 19/21, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1710, DXLD)
[and non]. 6137.4, Feb 21 at 0015, R. Aparecida has varied further up;
could it be deliberate to avoid 6134.8 Bolivia? They are certainly
more separable now, especially since R. Santa Cruz is quite weak by
comparison. This should also keep it a safe distance from Romania 6145
after 0100 in English. Otherwise might as well go to 6140 where there
is nothing at all here in the evenings. Then I check the other
Aparecida frequencies: // 9629.76 approx. at 0023 is best, mentioning
flagship show ``Com a Mãe Aparecida``, but less flutter on // 11854.82
approx. 5035: too much QubaRM.
[and non]. 6134.8, Feb 26 at 0057, big collision tonight, not only R.
Santa Cruz, BOLIVIA, but another equal-strength signal almost on same
frequency, close enough to cause a rumbling low audible heterodyne
past 0111. Strongly suspect it`s the widely-varying R. Aparecida,
which had been as high as 6137+, but now attempting to confront RSC
head-on? Or just here by chance? With main receiver DX-398 on 6134.8,
second receiver G8 tuned to 11855 which is audible at 0101, and by
0113 can barely make it // during talk from Aparecida, while RSC is in
music (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1710, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See
also BOLIVIA
** BRAZIL. 9665.6 approx., Feb 26 at 0122, sound like a national
anthem, but unfamiliar, with full orchestra, good signal. I was
speculating on North Korea until 0124 Brazilian announcement. So R.
Voz Missionária has varied back up to the hi side of nominal
frequency; nothing around to het it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) See also UNIDENTIFIED 5999.65
** BRAZIL [and non]. 10000, Feb 22 at 0633, time beeps every
dekasecond, and unreadable talk in between, but surely PPE Rio de
Janeiro as per its format, barely audible under WWVH`s good signal,
while WWV on this frequency is even more JBA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Glenn, Brazilian Observatorio Nacional' s station uses AM with the
lower side band suppressed. Perhaps you have a bit better copy using
USB (Huelbe Garcia, Brasil, ABDX via DXLD)
If only WWVH were LSB --- but I have heard PPE better before; and
after:
10000, Feb 24 at 0619, ``Observatório Nacional, 3 horas, 19 minutos,
20 segundos``, beeps every dekasecond, etc., confirming that Brasil is
back on standard time, during no-tone minute from WWVH which is much
stronger, but this time, PPE announcements are readable; however I do
not hear any in the seconds preceding 0620:00, when WWV would be
announcing but not audible either (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. RÁDIO TRANSMUNDIAL PROGRAMA AMIGOS DO RÁDIO
Apresentação Carlos Felipe
Participação: Célio Romais e Ulysses Galletti
Horário: Sábados ás 4:30hs e 23:30hs
Domingos às 16:15hs e 20:15hs
Horário de Brasilia (Galletti, radioescutas yg via DXLD)
UT -3 now so UT: Sat 0730, Sun 0230, 1915, 2315; how long, 15 minutes?
WTFK? 11735, 9530, 5965; all active? (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
** BRAZIL. 28486-USB, Feb 22 at 2134, ZZ80SP with quick contacts in
English and QRZs --- sounds like a special-event station, with those
two digits in the middle, and I bet the SP stands for São Paulo. All
about it here, which may require login:
http://www.qrz.com/db/ZZ80SP
It`s the 80th anniversary of LABRE, the Brasilian ARRL, and they have
ZZ80## stations in each state, callsign suffix being the standard two-
letter abbrs. for them. Only one central address for diploma or QSLs
in Brasília, so no info on exactly where this and the other stations
are located! The event lasts thru Feb (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** BURMA [non]. CLANDESTINE, 6225, Dem. V. of Burma via Tajikistan,
Feb 16 *1430-1435 35443 Burmese, 1430 sign on with opening music, ID,
Opening announce, Talk (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-
525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellite 750, DE-1121, ANT, 70m Sloper
Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. And if I may, another one on the same notion
http://www.cbc.ca/undertheinfluence/season-3/2014/02/22/radio-is-dead-long-live-radio-2/
This week on Under The Influence, an encore performance of "Radio Is
Dead: Long Live Radio" where we look at the incredible creativity
happening in radio advertising around the world today.
Many advertisers think radio is yesterday's medium, but judging by the
work being done today, the opposite is true. We'll tell the story of a
German music school that used radio to recruit top music students by
making their email address invisible to all but those with perfect
pitch, how an entire country's radio stations switched formats one
morning to sell a chocolate bar and how the country of Colombia used
radio to send a coded message of hope out to kidnapped soldiers.
Radio isn't dead, it's hotter than ever.
Because I co-founded a company based on radio advertising, and because
I host a national radio show that explores the advertising industry, I
am often asked the same question over and over again:
What's going to happen to radio?
I'm always amused by that question, because the subtext is that radio
is in trouble.
To that I say - radio is the ultimate survivor.
It was the first-ever broadcast medium, and it went on the air way
back in the 1920s, both in Canada and the United States.
Warren Harding was the first American President to speak on public
radio in 1922, and Prime Minister Mackenzie King was the first
Canadian leader to be broadcast in 1927.
Radio seemed like a miracle - because it the first time an entire
country could hear a live sound at exactly the same time.
Since then, radio has survived the competition of motion pictures,
television, VCRs, PVRs and now, the internet.
If I had to put my finger on why radio has survived, I would have to
say because it is such a "personal" medium.
Radio is a voice in your ear. It is a highly personal activity. People
rarely listen to radio in groups, the way an entire family might sit
in front of the television, or go to a theatre to see a movie.
Radio is local. It broadcasts news and programming that is mostly
local in nature. And through all the technological changes happening
around radio, and in radio - be it AM moving to FM moving to satellite
radio and internet radio, basic terrestrial radio survives into
another day.
And in the world of advertising and marketing, radio continues to be
incredibly innovative (via Eric Flodén, 24 Feb, IRCA via DXLD)
CBC Radio; Radio Is Dead. Long Live Radio. --- Some interesting ideas.
http://www.cbc.ca/undertheinfluence/season-3/2014/02/22/radio-is-dead-long-live-radio-2/
Sent from my iPad abdx (Dennis Gibson, Feb 24, ABDX via DXLD)
Host Terry O'Reilly is correct. Radio is most certainly not dead.
Want to fascinate someone under 25? Tell them there is a way that
everyone can listen to the exact same thing all at once. Step up the
claim. Add: All you need is a five dollar RADIO. Really? No. Wow! How
does that work? No wi-fi?
The challenge is to get the big station groups to understand that
greed doesn't lead. Just think how your audience would grow if you
actually tried to serve it with something other than a robot computer
and a morning show that subsists on crank phone calls.
And just think, you still have a huge audience in cars, dawn and dusk,
who could easily be yours. What a huge waste of potential.
In the United States, the LPFM movement is showing that radio is
really alive. A local group nearby is using a transmitter with a 1.8
watt ERP and Internet delivery. The entire town is listening to them.
Why? THEY ARE LOCAL. They serve their audience. What a concept.
I hope the message gets across to the big boys. Hey, I can dream...
(Karl Zuk, N2KZ, Katonah, NY, ibid.) Continued under U S A
** CANADA [and non]. 6070, Feb 20 at 0634, can`t make out any signal
from CFRX: hope they aren`t gone again. Never has regained usual
strength they enjoyed before last crash. Need to keep an ear on 6070,
especially just before Cuba blox around 0000 UT.
6070-, Feb 20 at 2357, checking for CFRX Toronto: yes, it`s there, but
poor signal, and also storm noise from nearby. After ads, ``In-depth
radio, News-Talk 10-10, CFRB, Toronto``. Also has splatter from 6060
Cuba, especially when IS plays at 0000. CFRX talkshow runs past
hourtop, 0000:40 Feb 21 on to news and weather, but RHC 6070 carrier
*0000:55 blots it, starting weakly and rapidly ramping up to full
power, adding modulation at 0001:40 from the music-fill hour. See also
CUBA.
6070, Feb 22 at 0627, CFRX with fair signal, interviewing a stand-up
comedian; 0628 ACI starts from 6075 Vatican bells but not too bad;
also has splash from strong second-adjacent 6060 RHC, even tho its
total blocker, 6070, is off by now.
There is also a LAH on 6070, as CFRX is now the blocker of something
even weaker. Aoki shows two other 24-hour stations, 25 kW ND Radio
Channel 292 in Germany, and 7.5 kW ND R. Capital, Rio de Janeiro
(which is another one really overtaken by Super Rádio Deus é Amor).
CFRX also audible at 1305, fair but clear, ``News-Talk 10-10`` IDs,
ads. Still seems strange to hear real commercials on N American SW,
rather than just survivalist stuff on US stations.
Just once, I`d love to hear a `News-Talk 60-70`` ID! I bet 99% of 1010
CFRB listeners are not even aware there is a SW simulcast; is it
*ever* mentioned on air? Searching the website on CFRX, it`s only
mentioned here for QSLing, without explaining where or what it is:
http://www.newstalk1010.com/contactus.aspx
Searching separately on 6070 gets *zero* hits.
At 0627 I was apparently hearing the `Humble & Fred` show at 12-2 am
ET including Saturdays, not 24/7 Comedy. Here`s the program schedule,
which defaults to the current day of week:
http://www.newstalk1010.com/schedule.aspx
Lots of variety but too many of the shows are merely named for the
host with no info about subject matter, politix, etc. They also carry
some stuff from CTV; and from CBS-TV including `60 Minutes` at 0000 UT
Mondays (but RHC will block that), and radio`s `CBS Weekly World News
Roundup` at 5-6 am Saturdays (10-11 UT), when only co-channel is North
Korea. No doubt all programming will shift one UT hour earlier already
March 9 with the far-too-soon advent of DST, as ordered by the USA!
As for the weaker signals I have been getting, Karl Zuk commented at
2119 UT Feb 20: ``CFRX 6070 still in a full blaze of glory in signal
strength about 45 miles north of NYC``. Proximity counts, but maybe
also more direxional now? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1710, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
In the not so distant past, there used to be an hourly or bi-hourly ID
at 25 and 55 that gave a brief announcement regarding CFRX. Station
audio would switch to a pre-recorded cart. Went something like this:
"You are listening to CFRX 6070 Toronto, Canada re-broadcasting CFRB
1010. QSL requests and reception reports should be sent to the Ontario
DX Association (then address.)" I haven't heard this once since the
repair (Karl Zuk, NY, Feb 22, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Yes, I recall hearing about the CFRX IDs, and maybe heard it sometime.
Trouble is, they would rudely interrupt automatically whatever
programing was in progress. I think the CFRX canned IDs were dropped
quite a while earlier, following one or two previous repairs. (gh)
** CANADA. Radio Canada International – 69 today – what next?
RCI Action Committee February 25, 2014
Sixty-nine years ago today Canada’s Prime Minister William Lyon
Mackenzie King spoke the first words on Canada’s Voice to the World.
There was so much hope about how our international broadcaster would
serve our country (link below to listen to this).
As the service evolved and became a dependable, innovative source of
Canadian news and culture, its worldwide audience grew.
In 2012, our domestic national broadcaster CBC/Radio-Canada which had
been hit by a 10% budget cut, decided Radio Canada International was
not a priority service, and cut our budget by 80% and took us off
radio and satellite, and kept only our web service.
What the future holds, is anyone’s guess.
Thank you for sharing our struggle all these years to maintain a real
international broadcast presence. We will not give up.
To hear our first broadcast please go to here:
http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/arts-entertainment/media/radio-canada-international-canadas-voice-to-the-world/broadcasting-to-the-world.html
http://rciaction.org/blog/2014/02/25/radio-canada-international-69-today-what-next/
Medium: Radio
Program: CBC Radio Special
Broadcast Date: Feb. 25, 1945
Guest(s): Howard B. Chase, William Lyon Mackenzie King, Louis St-
Laurent
Duration: 10:57
1945: CBC shortwave service begins broadcasting to the world
The Second World War is winding down in Europe, but Canada's new
international shortwave radio service is just getting started. From
its studios in Montreal and a web of shortwave transmission towers in
Sackville, N.B., the service targets both Canadian and foreign
listeners. In this inaugural broadcast, Prime Minister Mackenzie King
says the International Service of the CBC will extend Canadian ideals
of equality and freedom to the world.
King is joined by Justice Minister Louis St-Laurent, who addresses the
audience in French, and by Howard B. Chase, chairman of the CBC board
of governors. The three talk about the service's goal of reflecting
Canada beyond its borders. The International Service will broadcast to
the United Kingdom and western Europe in three languages -- English,
French and German -- with a signal that is strong and clear
In February 1945, the "Voice of Canada" spoke to the world for the
first time. The CBC International Service was founded to broadcast to
Canadian Forces overseas in the Second World War. At war's end the
radio service focused on telling the world about Canada in over a
dozen languages. Despite budget cuts and critics who accused it of
employing communists or operating as a government mouthpiece, the
service now called Radio Canada International has persevered. CBC
Archives looks back on RCI's six decades on shortwave.
• International broadcasting from Canada was proposed as early as the
1930s, and studies by the CBC's board of governors concluded that
Canada should be sending its point of view abroad by radio.
• As the Second World War continued in Europe, it also became apparent
that Canadians serving overseas needed a source of news from home.
• The CBC International Service was created by an order-in-council of
the federal cabinet in September 1942.
• The CBC was responsible for setting up and maintaining the new
service, but funding came from direct parliamentary grants.
• The final authority for the service rested with the Department of
External Affairs. Unlike the rest of the CBC, broadcast material was
subject to review by the department's "policy editor."
• According to a departmental memo written a month before the launch,
External Affairs regarded the International Service as "virtually a
new Wartime Information Office abroad."
• It should have taken about six months to make the shortwave station
operational. Due to delays in obtaining the necessary equipment and
construction, almost 29 months passed before the official launch.
• Engineers chose to erect the service's transmitters on a salt marsh
called the Tantramar marshlands just outside Sackville, N.B. The
site's proximity to the east coast, its low elevation and the
conductive powers of its soil made it an ideal location for shortwave
broadcasting.
• Right from the beginning, the new service was dubbed "The Voice of
Canada." Watch a Canadian Army Newsreel describing the construction in
Sackville.
• Montreal was chosen as the site for the studios and headquarters of
the International Service because both English- and French-speaking
staff members were on hand to host and produce programs.
• The service's first offices were in a former garment factory that
had more recently been used as a brothel.
• Though Feb. 25, 1945, was the official launch date, the
International Service had been carrying out test transmissions since
December 1944.
• On Christmas Day 1944, the service broadcast a Christmas special for
Canadian servicemen in English and French.
• This clip says the service began broadcasting in three languages
(English, French and German). However, it also began testing Czech-
language broadcasts in February and Czech was on the schedule
beginning in March 1945.
• Psychological warfare against Germany was a priority before the war
ended. German-language news shed a new light on Nazi leaders and told
Germans what was happening in their own country.
• German prisoners of war, held in Canadian prison camps, were
encouraged to record messages that would be heard at home. The
messages were used as "listener bait" to encourage German audiences to
tune in.
http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/arts-entertainment/media/radio-canada-international-canadas-voice-to-the-world/broadcasting-to-the-world.html
(via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)
** CANARY ISLANDS [non?]. 5780.01, 2150-2225, CNR [sic], 16.02,
Atlantis FM, Tenerife, English ann, pop songs for tourists, 2200 ID,
news, ad, 2203 pop songs, 35243 // live streaming on
http://www.atlantis.fm Best 73, (Anker Petersen, Denmark, back home
to my AOR AR7030PLUS and 28 metres longwire, via Dario Monferini,
playdx yg via DXLD)
5780, 16/2 2045, Atlantis FM Tenerife - English ID e rock musica,
buono (Roberto Pavanello, Vercelli / Italia via Roberto Scaglione,
shortwave yg via DXLD)
5780 kHz, Horizon FM again heard with good signal here in Germany now
at 2020 UT (21 Feb 2014). English pop songs; SW transmission some
seconds ahead of otherwise // stream http://www.horizon.fm
2024 UT, IDs and ads, back to pop songs. Location of the SW tx really
Isla de Tenerife? Shortwave transmission here is around 40 seconds
_ahead_ of the webstream. 2100 UT Sky News. 73 (Harald Kuhl, Germany,
BDXC-UK yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1710, DXLD)
Appears to be active only on weekends, correct? (Glenn Hauser, WORLD
OF RADIO 1710, DXLD) Viz.:
The relay of Horizon FM is back on 5780 kHz, lots of fading at this
time though. Tuned in at 0750 UT (Russ Cummings, AOR7030+, 60ft long
wire, North Ferriby, East Yorkshire UK, Sat Feb 22, BDXC-UK yg via
DXLD)
Here in Germany the signal on 5780 kHz went almost completely down
around 0840 UT. Is it still readable in the UK or Ireland? 73 (Harald
Kuhl, ibid.)
No, the signal has virtually disappeared here in East Yorkshire at
0916 UT. That part of the band is very noisy this morning (Russ, North
Ferriby, ibid.)
Here in Denmark I make a recording to 0912 UT; there was the signal
OK. 73*s (John Vinther Nielsen, ibid.)
Domenica 23 febbraio 2014, 0640 - 5780 kHz (PL-660), HORIZON FM,
English, ID OM e musica pop. Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente (Luca
Botto Fiora, Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, G.C. 44 21' 06.89" N / 09
13' 30.94" E, playds yg via DXLD)
Horizon FM (Tenerife) coming in well here on 5780 kHz, currently
(Sunday 23 Feb 1830 UT) with Vodafone Big Top 40
http://www.horizon.fm/schedule.html
SINPO 45434 (Alan Pennington, Caversham, UK, AOR 7030plus, longwire,
BDXC-UK yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1710, DXLD)
** CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC [non]. 17500, Feb 20 at 1726 check, very
poor carrier and some modulation audible from presumed R. Ndeke Luka,
reactivated target broadcast via UAE site back to the CAR. That`s
progress. Meanwhile, 17540, R. Impala from Madagascar to Rwanda has a
good signal onward & hereward at 1700 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CHILE. 7093-LSB, FARO PUNTA PANUL, 22/02 0517 UT. Activación como
parte del fin de semana de faros sudamericanos [ILLW] con información
de la cantidad de faros por países, dada por el Grupo DX de Bahía
Blanca, Argentina, dado por el informe del comienzo del ejercicio
diario de la red de Federachi en 7080-LSB:
http://grupodxbb.com.ar/faros2014/listado.php
Contacto entre CE3NLU en Punta Panul, cercana a San Antonio, V región
y un radioaficionado de Rawson, Argentina. Asimismo de Angol y otras
ciudades del sur chileno. CE3NLU con señal muy fuerte (Claudio Galaz,
Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: Hilo largo de 5 metros, QTH: Barraza Bajo,
Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD)
** CHINA. Radio Station BPM (Time Signal), Shaanxi. 10000 kHz. 1125 UT
Feb 22. Time pips and CW ID with voice station ID and Time
announcement by YL. Amazingly strong, on top of WWV & WWVH. Good
Signal. S8 (Nick Rumple, Kannapolis, North Carolina. Receiver: Yaesu
FRG-100, Drake R8; Antenna: 220 ft. Inverted L Longwire, Homebrew 1
Meter MagLoop, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD)
** CHINA. EAST JAMMERSTAN: 9455 crash & bang Chinese music jammer;
2033, 20-Feb; // 9355; no other audio on either (Harold Frodge,
Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft.
center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Increase in Chinese jamming due to Dalai Lama's visit with USA
President? Hi Glenn, Seeing as the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of
the Tibetan people, will be meeting today (Feb 21) with President
Obama, as part of his three week visit to the USA, perhaps we will see
another burst of all out jamming by China. This to block any coverage
of these events, as happened when the Dalai Lama last visited the USA
in 2011. The Dalai Lama will be visiting here on Saturday (Ron Howard,
San Francisco; see DXLD 11-28, July 14, 2011; dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
9465-9490, Feb 22 at 1440, approx. range of filthy distorted FMy spurs
presumably out of the 9450 CNR1 jammer, instead of on the low side;
but totally blasted amid by 9475 WTWW SFAW. If WTWW is not a problem
for 9475 R. Australia, the spurs will be, over there.
9425-9440, Feb 23 at 1405, CNR1 distorted blob around here today
rather than hi side of 9450; victimizing now FEBC Chinese on 9430
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 4940, Voice of Strait with "Focus on China," 1517, Feb 22
(Saturday). Today`s show in English dealing a lot with cross-Strait
relations (China-Taiwan); many IDs; good reception (Ron Howard,
Asilomar State Beach, near Monterey, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
4940, Voice of Strait, 1511 Feb 22, English, news about China, ID “You
are listening to ‘Focus on China’...Voice of Strait…”. Good. Ron
Howard was listening in California at the same time and also reported
good reception (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, Listening in
my car, by the lake, with the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active antenna.
Editor of World English Survey and Target Listening, available at
http://www.odxa.on.ca dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. China National Radio 1, Beijing 572, 11960 kHz. 0201 UT Feb
21, OM and YL with Chinese news broadcast. What sounds like a
commercial ad at 0203. Not very strong but very clear. S4/5.
It seems that the Chinese are taking over the shortwaves. There are
many more Chinese stations (CRI, CNR, PBS, etc.) than I have noticed
before. Many people say that shortwave is dead or dying; the Chinese
don't think so (Nick Rumple, Kannapolis, North Carolina, Receiver:
Yaesu FRG-100, Drake R8; Antenna: 220 ft. Inverted L Longwire,
Homebrew 1 Meter MagLoop, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD)
Keith Perron often wonders how long CRI can keep deceiving their
Communist Party masters in funding operations at the present level.
Operating on multiple frequencies in the same band, like Radio Moscow
used to do, makes no sense these days (Mark Coady, Ont., ed., ODXA YRX
Feb 24 via DXLD)
** CHINA. DIARIO DEL VIAJE A CHINA (CONCURSO PERCIBIR CHINA NOROESTE)
NINGXIA DICIEMBRE 2013
El Miércoles 26 de febrero de 2014 12:48, "abel@natureduca.com"
escribió: Juan, ahí van los dos primeros capítulos:
http://www.natureduca.com/radioblog/diario-del-viaje-china-concurso-percibir-china-ningxia-2013-1/
http://www.natureduca.com/radioblog/diario-del-viaje-china-concurso-percibir-china-ningxia-2013-2/
CORDIALES SALUDOS / GOOD LUCK (JUAN FRANCO CRESPO, E-43800 VALLS-
TARRAGONA (ESPAÑA-SPAIN-ESPAGNE-SPANIEN), Feb 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. Una curiosidad: cada vez hay menos estaciones
latinoamericanas en SW y realmente no se entiende como Cuba se empeña
a transmitir en canales ocupados por otras emisoras del continente
(habiendo muchos otros canales disponibles): ya lo hizo en 5025
perjudicando la sintonía de R. Quillabamba y en 5040 con R. Libertad y
ahora en 6060, donde era muy difícil escuchar las transmisiones de
fútbol de R. Nacional de Argentina (desde Mendoza! !!!) tapada por la
transmisión de R. Habana Cuba. 73's (Miguel Castellino, Argentina, Feb
24, condiglista yg via DXLD)
That`s what you get when you pile up these factors: being a bully,
incompetent frequency ``management``, not to mention incompetent
transmission, and oh yes, jamming (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Al parecer las frecuencias de RHC que ocupan por sobre las
sudamericanas están dirigidas hacia Norteamerica. No obstante, no han
tenido cuidado de ver el rebote de ondas (Claudio Galaz, Chile,
condiglista yg via DXLD)
6070, Feb 21 at *0000:55, RHC carrier blots out CFRX, starting weakly
but rapidly ramping up to full power, adding modulation at 0001:40
from the music-fill hour. RHC had been on 6060 before 0000 but at 0011
I notice that RHC is off 6060, leaving LRA(?) and a het; but by 0034
it`s back on // 6070 music. Now 6060 has QRMadrid from 6055 and also
CCI.
070, Feb 21 at 0523, RHC Spanish is still on here; I seldom monitor
before 0600, but had thought it finished at 0500, opening up 6070 then
for CFRX. Ivo Ivanov also thought it unusual they were on past 0500;
but WRTH 2014 shows 6070 at 00-06. Meanwhile, CFRX manages to cause a
weak LAH against RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1710, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.:
Unscheduled frequency of Radio Habana Cuba on February 21:
from 0500 on 6070 HAB 250 kW / 315 deg to NWAm Spanish, SINPO 35543
// frequency 5040 QVC 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish, SINPO 45544
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/02/unscheduled-frequency-of-radio-habana.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30
m. long wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) No trace on other three frequencies
in Spanish 9810, 11840 and 15230 (DX RE MIX NEWS #839 from Georgi
Bancov and Ivo Ivanov. Feb. 22, 2014, via DXLD)
RHC on 5010 --- Noted at 0033 forward in English. Spanish now on
recheck 0155. 30 kHz spur from 5040 or something new? WWCR blocked
5070 earlier. Now open with a weak carrier on sweeps (Terry Krueger,
Feb 22, WORLD OF RADIO 1710, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
As I have explained, leapfrog mixing product of 5040, over 5025
Rebelde transmitter at same site, another 15 kHz down. Also the other
way, Rebelde can be heard on 5055. You won`t hear either unless both
5025 and 5040 are on. A.k.a. intermodulation. 73, (Glenn to Terry, via
WORLD OF RADIO 1710, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
5025, Feb 22 at 0622, R. Rebelde is off again, and along with it any
possible leapfrogs with 5040 RHC upon 5010, 5055.
5025, Feb 23 at 0640, R. Rebelde hasn`t turned off the carrier like
most nights lately, but has turned off the modulation --- except for a
lite whine. This means that RHC modulation still appears on 5010, as
5040 leaps over the 5025 carrier fulcrum. And likewise there is still
a very weak carrier but no Rebelde modulation, on 5055 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Re intermodulation: and that means, both NVIS antennas at Quivican
very same transmitter site were in use at this hour 73 wb (Wolfgang
Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes, of course (gh, ibid.)
5025, Feb 24 at 1401, R. Rebelde is JBA before fade-out, ``la emisora
de la revolución``, and carrier is slightly unstable (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 5980, Feb 24 at 0623, wall-of-noise jamming against
nothing, likewise on 6030, despite it being the Monday-morning silent
period of R. Martí, and WONJ normally not ``needed`` on other nights
before *0700 on 5980. Wacky DentroCuban Jamming Command, incompetent
but injurious, wasting precious energy/costs while countless Cubans
try to survive on inadequate rations and salaries; meanwhile
reaffirming all over the SW bands that Communist Cuba remains an
outlaw nation which cannot tolerate free speech. See USA [non] 6080
6165, Feb 25 at 0055, RHC carrier is already on, as I expected after
hearing the 4775 mix with local KCRC, 1390 kHz lower (Glenn Hauser,
Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15340, Feb 25 at 1502:10, live (?) RHC announcess asserts it`s
``exactamente las 10, ante meridiano en todo el territorio nacional``
--- ``exactly`` 130 seconds off! Undercurrent from HCJB Reaching
Beyond Australia also audible, and an hour earlier, the QRMelbourne
was worse.
15230, Feb 26 at 0627, very poor signal with music. Suspect it`s RHC,
failing to turn off this transmitter at 0500. There`s no other Spanish
frequency to compare it with, all the others on 5, 6 MHz in English
service music and not //. But at 0630 I detect a few words of Spanish,
so that`s it.
6060, among the RHC English frequencies at 0641 Feb 26 is very
undermodulated, and 5040 is somewhat undermodulated (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. Numbers Station article in Miami Herald
CUBAN SPIES RECEIVED SECRET MESSAGES BY OLD-TIME SHORT-WAVE
http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/02/16/3939953/cuban-spies-received-secret-messages.html
(via Jill Dybka, Feb 21, NASWA yg via DXLD)
RE: Cuban jamming vs 5980, 6030 and 6080 kHz (not to mention 7405 and
7480 as previously mentioned) -- I have a few questions:
1) Can a transmitter be 'rigged' (or set up or whatever the proper
verb is) to deliberately produce a "spur" at + or - 50 kHz from a
primary frequency (such as 6030 kHz)? If so, Cuba is apparently doing
it. Note that the 6080 spur sometimes messes with my reception on 6070
(which by itself messes with RHC on 6060, rendering both broadcasts
almost useless with my lack of receiver sensitivity).
GH: I don`t think it`s deliberate on 6080, but a defect. One might
figure it`s a mix of 5980 over 6030, except 6080 is on when 5980
jamming is not (gh)
2) As for the 7480 jamming being a spur of 7405, has any jamming been
noticed at 7330 (or 7405 - 75) kHz (which might confirm a deliberate
spur per my logic above)? I have not noticed such jamming near the BBC
broadcast on 7325 @ 05 - 06 UT (it would be especially noticed during
CRI's broadcasts on that frequency if either of them can be monitored
in North America or elsewhere).
GH: No, no jamming on 7330. Symmetric matching spurs are often the
case, but not with these, which is one reason I pointed them out (gh)
3) Alternatively, could the "primary" jamming frequency be at 7480
kHz, the lower spur at 7405, and the higher spur at 7555 (which 'just
happens' to be a frequency of WEWN [to MEX at 05 -12 UT] and KJES [02
-0330 UT with a change in signal direction for its last half hour from
NE to NW America]). Could some of WEWN's "squeal" actually be the
result of such Cuban jamming? And is KJES's signal rather weak due to
such jamming effects? (Note: I have not monitored this station, so I
have no idea as to its strength or not.) (Shawn From Flushing NY (the
guy still waiting for HM01 to change its numbers, etc. now going past
the three week mark), dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
GH: 7480 is not primary. It is very weak by comparison. There is no
jamming on 7555. Squeals on WEWN have nothing to do with Cuban
jamming; it`s internal, and 7555 is their least- or non-squealy
transmitter. Jamming would not make another station weaker, and 7555
KJES is not weak here (gh)
** CYPRUS. 21785-21810, Feb 21 at 1445, OTH radar pulses, presumed
from here, in typical 25-kHz bandwidth.
First log after scheduled local power outage started, to replace a
pole, from 1442 UT lasting until 1840. Line noise level is somewhat
lower, but still hardly quiet, and punxuated by occasional blasts as
the crew must be messing with the nearby live wires. At least I know
that all the household devices are definitely off, while I`m running
the FRG-7 on its D-cell battery pack, backed up by the DX-398 with its
AAs. Once installed, line noise level is no lower than before (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CZECHIA. The above [DXLD 14-08] information is probably no longer
valid. We have a few days old information, that there is 90% chance
for continue transmission from Topolna site on 270 kHz!! It said
director of Czech radio! Please read with google translator this
article:
http://www.digizone.cz/clanky/vysilac-topolna-pravdepodobne-prezijerozhlas-chce-nadale-vyuzivat-dlouhe-vlny/
(Jiri Pazout via mwcircle via ARC)
- - - -
This mighty facility shows up very well in Google maps
http://maps.google.com at 49.1233, 17.5160 (WGS decimal coordinates of
the transmitter house). As usual the shadows of the masts show up much
better than the masts themselves (Olle Alm, ARC mv eko Information
Desk Feb 17 via WORLD OF RADIO 1710, DXLD)
Re. 270 kHz: The approach to simply cut the carrier at the agreed time
is in use here since the overnight break has been introduced two
decades ago, when the transmitter was already slated for closure. At
this time an announcement had been made immediately before the hour,
but not so anymore.
No dedicated audio circuit (on which something special could be
inserted) to Topolna is in use anymore. The audio source is now
http://de.kingofsat.net/tp.php?tp=1253
as the absence of a delay (besides the slight ones from different
receiver models/softwares) shows. The same goes for FM, at least the
Bukova hora transmitter. And the SID 8022 signal in this mux is
likewise the feed to the mediumwave transmitters (it is silent while
the transmitters are off overnight).
The 270 kHz signal nowadays sounds distorted to me. But this could
also be caused by the harsh, shrill audio processing, the same as in
use on all remaining Czech MW transmitters now. It all sounded much
better in the old days, with the original Tesla limiter/compressor
(Kai Ludwig, Germany, Feb 22, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Topolna 270 kHz stays in operation: CZECH REPUBLIC --- It will be
officially announced on February 27 or 28 that the longwave
transmitter Topolna 270 kHz will stay in operation even after February
28 (Karel Honzik, CZECHIA, Feb 24, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via WORLD
OF RADIO 1710, DXLD)
Thank you. Good news. I never know what music they will broadcast in
the evening, so I always tune by. Good signal all day, excellent at
night (Brock Whaley, County Limerick, Ireland, dxldyg via WORLD OF
RADIO 1710, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 1640, R. Juventus Don Bosco, Santo Domingo, FEB
18, 1059 - National anthem faded over the pile of co-channel HAR/TIS
stations. New log. mp3 audio clip uploaded to the online logbook at
http://www.bamlog.com/2010decadebook.htm
(Bruce Conti WPC1CAT, Nashua NH; WiNRADiO Excalibur, MWDX-5 phasing
unit, 15 x 23-m variable termination SuperLoop antennas 60 northeast
and 180 south, MWDX yg via DXLD)
** ECUADOR. 6050, HCJB, 24/02 0320 UT. Música de canto latinoamericano
de carácter no religioso i.e.: León Gieco, Facundo Cabral, et al. Sin
ID, ni anuncios a las 0330, sólo pitidos horarios y continuación de la
misma música hasta las 0358, cuando se identifica la emisora, hora
local y espacio de música cristiana contemporánea. ¿Transmisión sin
programas por las elecciones municipales? SINPO: 45444.
6050, HCJB, 26/02 0920 UT. Noticias en idioma quechua acerca de un
"culto de acción de gracias", a realizarse el 2 de Marzo, a cargo de
las iglesias evangélicas indígenas de Pichincha. SINPO: 54444 (Claudio
Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: Hilo largo de 5 metros, QTH: Barraza
Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD)
``cult`` not so pejorative in Spanish, or not at all? (gh, DXLD)
** ECUADOR [non]. 9530, ASCENSION, HCJB, heard at 2213 GMT on 2/18/14,
talks by a man in listed Pulaar. ID at 2214 - the Andes were mentioned
- then off at 2215. Fair (Bob Brossell, Pewaukee, WI, JRC NRD-545;
Eton E1; Sony ICF SW77, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD)
** EGYPT. 15205, R. CAIRO, 21/02 2220 UT. Mujer habla en idioma
francés con audio sobremodulado. SINPO: 45554 (Claudio Galaz, Rx:
Tecsun PL-660, Antena: Hilo largo de 5 metros, QTH: Barraza Bajo,
Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD)
Radio Cairo, Abu Zaabal, 15290 kHz. 1905 UT Feb 21. OM chanting in
Arabic(?). Talk by OM in English at 1912. Modulation is better during
this time slot. Fair signal. S6/7.
Radio Cairo, Abu Zaabal, 15345 kHz. 1720 UT Feb 23. Talk by YL in
English followed by Middle Eastern Music at 1724. Mentions of "Radio
Cairo" by YL in English at 1730. Weak with very muffled audio. Just
above the noise. S4 (Nick Rumple, Kannapolis, North Carolina,
Receiver: Yaesu FRG - 100, Drake R8, Antenna: 220 ft. Inverted L
Longwire, Homebrew 1 Meter MagLoop, Cumbre_dx via DXLD)
Wasn't it due to the distorted transmissions of Radio Cairo that the
Homebrews were driven out of Egypt? (Harold Frodge, ed., MARE Tipsheet
21 Feb via DXLD)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA [non]. 17790, Feb 21 at *1450, WRMI seems to have
just come on air with carrier, and R. Africa Network undermodulation
by 1452. Don`t know whether momentary interruption, or not on air at
all from scheduled *1400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ETHIOPIA [and non]. CLANDESTINE: The following two transmissions of
NEXUS-IBA IRRS Shortwave via Radiocom already are jammed with white
noise like broadband DRM
Radio Xoriyo:
1500-1530 on 15515 TIG 150 kW / 175 deg to EaAf Somali Fri
Radio Warra Wangeelaa-ti:
1500-1530 on 15515 TIG 150 kW / 165 deg to EaAf Oromo Sat
UNIDentified broadcast of NEXUS-IBA IRRS Shortwave after R. Xoriyo:
1530-1600 on 15515 TIG 150 kW / 175 deg to EaAf Arabic on Fri,
February 21. This broadcast is not jammed with white noise like
broadband DRM (DX RE MIX NEWS #839 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov.
Feb. 22, 2014, via DXLD)
** ETHIOPIA [non]. BULGARIA: ESAT Radio, Kostinbrod (Sofia) 15360 kHz.
1742 UT Feb 23. Horn of Africa music with talk and possible station ID
by OM in Amharic at 1745 UT. Station ID by OM and s/off At 1800 UT.
Good signal. S7 (Nick Rumple, Kannapolis, North Carolina, Receiver :
Yaesu FRG - 100, Drake R8, Antenna: 220 ft. Inverted L Longwire,
Homebrew 1 Meter MagLoop, Cumbre_dx via DXLD)
** EUROPE. Hearing Vasily Strelnikov and his Vasily's Weekend now on
6210 kHz (Dutch pirate, I think) via
http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/
(Kim Elliott, DC, 1656 and 1718 UT Sat Feb 22, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
6210, 22/02 1715- Vasily - ??? English/Russo ID e musica, buono
(Roberto Pavanello, Italy, playdx yg via DXLD)
** EUROPE. LOG: 12257.2 kHz, WRI, 0835z, O=3-4, IC-R75/Dipol --- WRI -
The nostalgia-station is on the air again. Here in the south of
Saxony-Anhalt/Germany fading between O = 3 - 4. 12257.2 kHz as usual
with good modulation and beautiful bass (ICOM-R75 ==> STUDIO1 ==>
AUREONXFIRE8.0HD ==> Sennheiser headphones ....) (roger, Germany, Feb
23, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1710, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE. RADIO FRANCIA INTERNACIONAL PONE EN VALOR SU SITIO EN
INTERNET --- El sitio Internet en francés de Radio Francia
Internacional http://rfi.fr lanzó este 10 de febrero una nueva
diagramación que incluye una nueva versión para teléfonos inteligentes
y tabletas digitales.
http://gruporadioescuchaargentino.wordpress.com/2014/02/24/radio-francia-internacional-pone-en-valor-su-sitio-en-internet/
(GRA blog via DXLD)
** GERMANY. 6069.992v, Channel 292, Rohrbach Waal. Moin, hier ein
Ausschnitt einer Mail von Channel 292. Keine Ahnung, wie real das ist,
oder ob es nur "wishful thinking" ist:
Liebe Freunde von Radio Channel 292, heute wollen wir uns mit einem
kurzen Zwischenstand melden. Die Arbeiten am 2.5 kW Reserve- und 11 kW
Hauptsender gehen voran, der Reservesender ist fast fertig, aber
einige Arbeiten sind immer noch nicht abgeschlossen. Daher sind wir
zur Zeit nur mit ca. 50 Watt 24/7hrs/d on air (via Martin Elbe,
Germany, A-DX Feb 16 via BC-DX 25
Feb via DXLD)
** GERMANY. From: MS Media Rotterdam | Marcel Strücker
Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2014 8:07 AM
The next broadcast of Shortwaverock will be on
February 23 2014 (1000-1100 UT) on 6045 kHz*
Please send us your reception reports at studio @ shortwaverock.com
(via Dave Kenny, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)
Good signal here at 1030 tune-in on 6045 (via Nauen)
(Dave Kenny, UK, Feb 23, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)
** GERMANY. 7480, 23/2 0935, R. Thunderbird - c/o SRS Germany -
Postfach 101145 - 99801 Eisenach - Germania, English ID e musica,
buono (Roberto Pavanello, Vercelli / Italia via Roberto Scaglione,
shortwave yg via DXLD)
** GERMANY. 15116 and 15265, spurs from R Japan 15445 at 1818 Feb 19.
Program Theatre music (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, Feb
23, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Site: Nauen, Germany at 17-19 in Japanese. Don`t see how these could
be mixing products; unusual for Nauen to spur (gh, DXLD)
** GERMANY. Tip, single day operation as follows:
15215 Annual Transmission from Radio Oeoemrang via MBR.
Friday 21 February 2014: Annual SW broadcast of Radio Oeoemrang from
Amrum Island, German North Frisian Islands.
Schedule in 2013 was 1600-1659 UT on 15215 kHz via Media Broadcast in
Frisian dialect, German and English (Wolfgang Büschel, Feb 20, dxldyg
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
However, this year if they stick to that schedule and nothing is done
to compensate, will collide with KSDA GUAM first semi-hour, and with
Austria third quarter-hour, Fridays only, per HFCC B-13:
15215 1600 1630 41 SDA 100 285 -30 218 1234567 271013 290314 D 13700
Eng USA SDA FCC 2499 x204
15215 1630 1645 41S MOS 125 95 10 218 6 271013 290314 D 15300
Mul AUT MBR MBR 3382 X.ind_p
However, the 1630-1645 broadcast is not in Aoki or EiBi so probably
already imaginary (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1708, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
1630-1645 on 15215 Friday/Sunday via Moosbrunn is wooden registration
for BVB in Tamil/English (Ivo Ivanov, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
I now (Feb 21) have Radio Oeoemrang weak but readable with English
announcement and ID at 1602 UT on 15215 kHz AM. Greetings in German
too. 73 (Harald Kuhl, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)
Station could be heard as VOA via Thailand signed off. Coming in
strong here with some QRM. English and German commentary. Request for
donations for transmission. SINPO 1610 42443 (Mike German, Hayfield
UK, ibid.)
Giant signal here with English commentary setting up discussions in
what I presume to be Frisian. No selective fading or noise. Where is
the transmitter? A beautiful signal. 21 Feb 1630 UT. Thanks (Brock
Whaley, Limerick, Ireland, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
I am not sure where MBR transmitter is? Is it Nauen or Wertachtal?
1645 UT and signal still strong QRM has reduced. There is a free
mixture of languages, English, German and Frisian (Mike German,
Hayfield UK, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)
The Radio Öömrang broadcast was via Nauen (per Diary on
http://www.bdxc.org.uk The Media-Broadcast Wertachtal site is
currently moth-balled (like Skelton in the UK) - all relays were
transferred to Nauen in May 2013.
I think the Radio Öömrang broadcast is one of the most bizarre - a lot
of laughter in the group interview being broadcast, but despite the
English translation, I didn't understand any of the jokes, as it was
in Frisian. Pity also it was cut abruptly at 1658 before any closing
announcement. Are transmitter operators so hard-up for cash they cut
programmes prematurely? Or maybe it's cut automatically? Good
reception though here. SINPO 44444 (Alan Pennington, Caversham, UK,
AOR 7030plus, ALA 1530 loop, ibid.)
Here in Egypt the first 30 minutes had a severe QRM from Guam, mainly
talks in German with some comments in English; after the sign off of
Guam, the transmission is a bit clearer, SIO 333. All the best from
Cairo (Tarek Zeidan, Egypt, Sent from my iPad, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15215, Feb 21 at *1559 strong open carrier after very weak signal
earlier, presumably VOA English via Thailand. 1559:15 a bit of music,
back to dead air; 1600:06 English sign on by Radio Öömrang for its
annual broadcast; mentions 500 kW using dynamic amplitude modulation
because it is very economic. Credits for funding and producing the
show. It`s mainly for New York, where there are now more immigrants
from the Frisian Islands than in the home territory.
The hour mixes High German, passable English, and some segments in the
Frisian dialect(s). Host says it`s an annual tradition, now it its
ninth year. Mostly interviewing local people, and explaining in
English what they are talking about. Says needs donates due to the
high cost of the broadcast; address in Nebel. Interviews woman with
theatre group; 1619 some facts about tourism: because of high demand,
people need to book rooms a year in advance; 1626 about the tradition
of burning on a woodpile a straw puppy (puppet?), made by children
(which should be tonight); later discusses an accordion group`s trip
to New York 25 years ago, usw., usw. Abruptly cut off the air at 1658*
after fragment of a song.
Site is of course, Nauen, GERMANY. They might have managed with one of
the cheaper 100 kW units, or better yet, to just reach NY and eastern
NAm, WRMI at a-dollar-a-minute. There was no problem here from co-
channel KSDA GUAM at 1600-1630 daily, but it was a big problem in
Cairo, says Tarek Zeidan. I recorded the opening and parts later, may
availablize them if someone else doesn`t (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF
RADIO 1710, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
(emissione in onda solo il 21 febbraio): 1630 - 15215 kHz (PL-660
SYNC-U), RADIO ÖÖMRANG (Germania). Conversazione o conferenza in
frieslan. In alcuni momenti è sembrato ci fossero anche annunci in EE.
Possibile o sono somiglianze della lingua frieslan? Segnale
sufficiente-buono. Tra le 1600 e le 1630 la ricezione non era
possibile per la presenza sul canale di AWR Guam; QRM BSKSA 15205 +
15225 kHz (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, G.C. 44
21' 06.89" N / 09 13' 30.94" playdx yg via DXLD)
No, Frisian is not at all comprehensible to English speakers (Glenn
Hauser, DXLD)
15215, Radio Oeoemrang single day operation on Feb 21, 1600-1658:06 UT
transmitter off:
MBR Nauen site proper signal on 15215 kHz S=9+25dB like a North
American local station heard on target in NY and FL-USA remote SDR
receiver units.
3rd best 19 mb signal at 16-17 UT slot, only WWCR 15825 S=9+35 and
EWTN 15610 S=9+30dB had similar strong signals. A similar signal also
15530 UNID HoA music station with S=9+10dB, like former Somalia hours
from BBC? Help, any ideas? [R. Dabanga, VATICAN --- gh]
All others from worldwide only S=4/S=5 or S=7 much weaker in NAm
target. In Europe heard a little co-channel signal of AWR KSDA Guam in
English till 1630 UT, but only in southern Europe in Tessin and Italy
Riviera. Remote units in Manchester and Blackpool showed some S=8
signal out of Nauen, which location is too short for first skip
reception in Cumbria. And in Stockholm Sweden nice S=9+20 signal, no
QRM here at all.
All talks on Radio Oeoemrang program were translated also from German
to Frisian/Amrum dialect and English too. Talk at 1605 UT about
theatre group and Frisian lessons. Later also Firebrigade journey from
Amrum island to NY-USA. A lot of laughter (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Ciao! Radio Oomrang 15215 kHz - reply with QSL electronic in 5 days.
V/s : Michael Puetz. Email: QSL-Shortwave @ media-broadcast.com con
QSL elettronica allegata in 5 giorni. MEDIA BROADCAST GmbH, Erna-
Scheffler-Strasse 1, D-51103 Cologne, GERMANY.
http://www.media-broadcast.com
(Roberto Pavanello, Italy, Feb 26, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via
DXLD)
Dario headlines this ``Clandestine`` -- I don`t think so! The QSL pdf
is merely the Media Broadcast form which they use to proxy QSL any
other client; it would have been much nicer to get a real QSL direct
from the station (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
** GOUGH ISLAND. ZD9M, Gough Island - Pierre, ZS1HF takes up the
position of radio technician on Gough Island (AF-030) after the
passing of the current radio technician. The polar supply ship will
hopefully depart Cape Town for Gough during the week 19 to 21 Feb
2014. QSL Manager is ZS1A. More details soon. Pierre's previous tour
of duty was as ZS8M on Marion Island during 2010 / 2011. [DX World]
73 and Good DX! (Dave Raycroft, VA3RJ, I.C.P.O. Bulletin (21-28
February 2014), "Islands, Castles & Portable Operations" via ODXA yg
via DXLD)
** GREECE. 11645 kHz, I have just been tuned to ERA 5 Greece. I have
noted the following, 11645 kHz at 0900 UT till 0908 UT Greece. ERA 5
relay via Rhodes island presumed, in Greek with the News, then some
commercials, mentions of a station ID and mentions that some times the
broadcasts are relays and thanks to the collaborators by woman
announcer. Then suddenly off at 0908 UT. Not sure if there was a
transmitter problem. Dead air in the background, or scheduled to
broadcast till 0900 UT. sio 444 (Costa Constantinides, Cyprus, Feb 17,
wwdxc BC-DX TopNews 25 Feb via DXLD)
ERT shortwave:
Voice of Free and Open ERT (Fone tes Eleutheres & Anoichtes ERT)
(Feb 24, BC-DX 25 Feb via DXLD)
ERT rebels from shortwave Avlis Greece not on air, Feb 20 at 0645 UT.
vy 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
I suppose that DR is now occupying other ex-ERA outlets. Didn’t test,
20 Feb
1314 Tripoli!!! 2123 is back now with Dimosia Radiofonia // 729
Liangas, 23 Feb; Hmm (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, Feb 26,
DX LISTENING DIGEST) The Tripolis in Greece is in Pirgos (gh, DXLD)
Observations of ERT from 0530 to 1430 UT: Feb. 17
from 0530 on 7475 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg NoAf Greek
from 0530 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Greek
from 0530 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg WeEu Greek
Change of frequencies has been made between 0900-1000
from 1000 NF 15650*AVL 100 kW / 260 deg CeEu Greek, instead of 11645
from 1000 on 7475#AVL 100 kW / 182 deg NoAf Greek
from 1000 on 9420^AVL 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Greek
* co-ch Radio Farda in Persian till 1200
# co-ch Radio Liberty in Tajik from 1400
^ co-ch China National Radio 13 in Uyghur from 1100
The broadcasts has been stopped immediately at 1428
Feb. 18:
from 0530 on 7475 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek
from 0530 on 9420^AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek
from 0530 on 11645*AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek
^ co-ch China National Radio 13 in Uyghur from 1100
* co-ch Voice of America Mandarin Chinese 0900-1100
The broadcasts has been stopped immediately at 1258
Feb. 19:
from 0530 on 7475 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek
from 0530 on 9420^AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek
from 0530 on 11645*AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek
^ co-ch China National Radio 13 in Uyghur from 1100
* co-ch Voice of America Mandarin Chinese 0900-1100
The broadcasts has been stopped immediately at 1313
Feb. 20 no signal from 0530 on 7475, 9420, 11645 (15650)
Feb. 21:
from 0530 on 7475 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek
from 0530 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek
from 0530 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek
The broadcasts have been stopped immediately at 0743
Feb. 22:
from 0530 on 7475 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek
from 0530 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek
from 0530 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek
The broadcasts have been stopped immediately at 0708 (DX RE MIX NEWS
#839 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov. Feb. 22, 2014, via DXLD)
9420, Voice of Greece; 2147-2203+, 21-Feb; 2 men in Greek with very
low-key discussion and pop tunes -- one in English! (sung by GK dude?)
IDs by M&W in Greek after tune at 2202 as Elliniki Radiofonia.
SIO=554- (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85
ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on my receiver,
in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. RE 14-08: ``NERIT will start broadcasts in two months`` ===
Which begs the question: Exactly what have we been listening to on
shortwave from Greece lately??? (John Figliozzi, Sarasota, FL, Feb 21,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
We have been listening to "ERTOpen" which is the occupiers of the
various stations (and presumably the transmitter at Avlis). I know no
Greek but at the hour, and sometimes between the hours, there is an
interval signal with the identification of "Ert-Open." It will be
interesting to see how the Greek government, through NERIT, moves in
on Avlis in the next two months (Philip Hiscock, ibid.)
9420, Feb 23 at 0650, operatic tenor solo from Avlis, not the usual
Byzantine chant on Sunday mornings (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
This is my reception report for Sunday and Monday, February 24, 2014
SUNDAY 2/23 | MONDAY 2/24
1900 2000 2100 2200 2300| 0000 0100 0200 kHz Az kW Station
00000 00000 35333 45444 XXXXX|XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX 7450 285 100 1
XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX 55555|55555 55555 55555 7475 285 100 1
00000 00000 00000 00000 00000|XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX 15650 105 100 2
XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX|15241 15241 15241 15630 285 100 2
15241 25242 35333 45455 55555|55555 55555 55545 9420 323 170 3
(John Babbis, Silver Spring, MD, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUAM. 15190, KTWR, 1417, Feb 24. Very brief opening with preaching
in English; quickly became unusable (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach,
CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** HAITI. Just FYI, a thread from the 160m Top Band reflector
regarding some future MW plans in Haiti (Don Moman, AB, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) Viz.:
Gentlemen: I have been reluctant to ask for help which did not relate
directly to our reflector. But today I got up my courage, so here
goes. I have been invited to lead a group of amateurs to help build an
AM tower in Haiti.
Two things that may relate to some of our readers:
1. I will be returning to Haiti in November to build a 240foot AM
broadcast tower. I know there are many AM broadcast engineers on this
list and would like to have your advice. Specifically we are searching
for a large conical base insulator. Sometimes when a tower rusts, they
are discarded or thrown on a pile somewhere. We would like to buy one,
and possibly a tower as well.
2. In December of this year, I am organizing a small group to go to
Haiti and participate in the 160m contest (this of course is dependent
on the tower being built.)
I am particularly pleased that amateurs have been invited to help.
Sometimes broadcast engineers do not have the highest opinions of
amateur installations. So we do want to do it right. We have a 9-acre
parcel of land along the ocean and part of the area is a salt-water
marsh. I think there hasnt been any serious 160m activity from Haiti
for a number of years. This location would present a nice opportunity
for a serious lowband operation.
If you have any information about base insulators/towers, or if you
would like to join a 160m DXpedition to Haiti, please respond off the
reflector to n3bna1@gmail.com Thanks for your time (Dale - N3BNA -
Long, Feb 25, topband via Don Moman, DXLD)
I would be especially mindful of corrosion issues in tower planning in
the Caribbean. There was a recent article in the Contest Journal on
the ever difficult tower corrosion experienced at PJ2T.
I thought a bit more about this… while a beachfront/salt marsh
location might be ideal for building an international broadcast
facility, if you were building a station for domestic Haitian
audiences you would probably prefer a high location reasonably far
from the sea and its corrosive effects. Or perhaps you might design a
tower primarily as a support structure and utilize easily replaceable
vertical dipoles with coated wire as the radiators. Without extensive
maintenance a tower might last a relatively short period of time and
have conductivity issues (Ashton Lee, ibid.)
Gentlemen: Thanks for all the responses. I will respond individually
to messages sent to my gmail account. The suggestion to re-locate made
me laugh (no offense, let me explain).
Haiti is another world, and cannot be easily understood. Most land is
not for sale. But the big thing is that all land registration papers
were lost in the earthquake. Many landowners died. Even if you can
find an owner and he would agree to sale, there are no legal
mechanisms to purchase property. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE. There is no "title
insurance" and no proof of ownership. We (the church radio station)
own this land. Other land is not for sale. It will be a great location
for lowband activities and is ideally located to cover the major
population centers for AM broadcasting. The people who planned this
national radio system showed great foresight in purchasing this site
many years ago. We as amateurs are fortunate to get such an invitation
to use this great location. I hope that we can make some people happy
on topband.
An important point about Haiti and radio. Radio is king of the
communication world. Most people have no color TV, do not have
internet, and have no newsprint. In North America we listen to radio
as the last choice (in the car) when other things are not available.
In Haiti, radio is their contact with the world, news, emergency
communications, public health and in our case Christian programming.
(not pushing it, just being honest). In rural areas, AM broadcast is
the only game in town, and there are very few in the area.
We are aware of corrosion concerns. Ideally we would like a tower made
of flat stock rather than tubular towers. But we want to get on the
air and will use whatever tower we can find. There is a source for
locally made tower at low prices but the quality is not good enough
for a 240 foot tower. The licensed frequency of our station is 660 Mhz
so the tower is very short, but we have a tuning house and big tuning
equipment. And we have done this before. Initially we will be using a
German-made 1 KW transmitter and hopefully move to a 5 KW one.
There is nothing there now but some damaged buildings and empty land
with marsh near the ocean. We will make this project happen! Thanks
for your interest. Thanks again for all suggestions and ALL are
appreciated. Sorry for any off-topic comments. I will limit my
responses here on the reflector, Vy 73, Dale - N3BNA - Long, Feb 26,
Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/topband
(all via Don Moman, AB, DXLD)
So after all this, we have no hint of the frequency, location, or
ownership of this MW station (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. AIR Kolkata SW gets lifeline --- Some good (or bad?) news on
AIR Kolkata SW: The summery of info from Joseph Martin about AIR
Kolkata flashed in in facebook is as follows:
The SW transmitter at Kolkata was scheduled to close down on 22 Feb
2014 as per orders from AIR HQ dated 11 Feb 2014. However due to
protest from AIR technical employees union (Association of Radio & TV
Engineering Employees), the same has been deferred. So AIR Kolkata SW
operating with 50 kW on 4820 & 7210 kHz has got a life line for the
time being.
The correspondence is available in their website (including report
received from Australian listener!):
http://www.arteeindia.org/
Maybe the same case with other AIR SW Regional transmitters.
Signs of the times. Note: An article on vist to AIR Kolkata SW site by
IDXCI members is available in:
http://www.idxci.in/a-visit-to-the-heritage-transmitting-sites-of-air-kolkata-at-amtala-and-chandi/#.UwdjMYWfjjY
AIR Kolkata was heard at around 6.25 am (0055 UT) today on 4820 with
severe cochannel interference from China. On 7210 at around 8.00 am
(0230 UT) only a carrier came on and went off many times. Later it
also stopped. Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute
of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India, Feb 21, dx_india yg via WORLD OF
RADIO 1710, DXLD)
Jose, how can I write a protest? what address. I went to the page and
saw the letter etc.; but how to post a protest? (Victor Goonetilleke,
Sri Lanka, via Jacob, ibid.)
** INDIA. 4970, AIR-Shillong, Feb 20 1300-1321, 35433, English, Music,
ID at 1316, English program (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)
** INDIA. Do you ever hear All India Radio via shortwave, and if so,
when and where? Thanks, (Karl Zuk, NY, Feb 22, WORLD OF RADIO 1710, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Sure, AIR GOS is currently best heard here in the afternoons on 11670.
At least in the 21-22 UT period more or less. Sometimes // 9445, 7550,
but those are not so good past deep winter. And there is a lot of
variation day to day on these transpolar paths. 73, (Glenn to Karl,
via WORLD OF RADIO 1710, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Glenn: Huge signals from AIR here on all three frequencies. At 2200
UT, 9445 is best at my QTH although all are armchair copy above S9.
Thanks for your direction. Amazing (Karl Zuk, Feb 22, ibid.)
** INDIA. DRM Digital Radio Mondiale: The Future of Indian Radio –
Business Opportunities for Stakeholders, on February 28th 2014
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), in co-operation with the
DRM Consortium, is organising a one day National Seminar on the
opportunities offered by the current roll-out of digital radio to the
Indian industry. "DRM: The Future of Indian Radio - Business
Opportunities for Stakeholders" will be held on the 28th February 2014
at Hotel Le Meridien, Sovereign I, New Delhi. This is going to be a
ground-breaking event, the first of its kind on DRM in India,
involving technology specialists and representatives of Government and
industry. The event is sponsored by a number of companies from India
and abroad.
The aim of the event is to energise the Indian receiver manufacturing
industry so that with the support of the government, broadcasters and
interested Indian stakeholders, digital receivers and platforms can be
made available to a greater number of Indian listeners. The
introduction of digital radio broadcasting opens new business
opportunities and sources of revenue for radio receiver manufacturers,
distributors, retailers, exporters and public as well as private
broadcasters. The development of cost effective digital radio
receivers in the form of standard desktop set, car radio, mobile
phones, or dongles (front-end) for mobile phones, PCs and tablets for
domestic and exports market now needs national interest and support.
There are already manufacturers working on the development of radio
receivers and they will take part in the event.
All India Radio is in the process of replacing and/or converting 72 MW
transmitters to digital ones across the country which should increase
coverage to 70% of the Indian population, representing some 800
million people. Four SW transmitters are also being replaced by DRM
transmitters. DRM technology provides the listeners with enhanced
audio quality, service reliability, added data services, emergency
warning alerts, targeted advertising and a more efficient transmission
system that greatly lowers the power costs. The Indian listeners will
enjoy their preferred radio programmes wherever they are in the
country, with no fading or other sound distortions.
An expert committee led by Dr Sam Pitroda, Advisor to the Prime
Minister of India on Public Information, Infrastructure and
Innovation, was constituted by the Ministry of Information and
Broadcasting, Government of India to consider profound changes that
could lead Prasar Bharati into the future. The report
http://www.prasarbharaticommittee.in/report
submitted last month by the group endorses the adoption of DRM by AIR.
The group has observed that,
"In the current landscape, FM is the most popular audio transmission
system as it has both private and public participation. However, FM
reaches to only 43% of the population. The needs of the Public
Broadcaster are met by AM through MW and SW transmission. MW and SW
together reach to 99% of the population but fail to provide stereo
quality output to the listener as provided by FM. The Group
understands that Prasar Bharati has adopted transitioning of AM to DRM
to improve the quality of output and endorses the transition. However,
the Group on Technology feels that the receiver eco-system of DRM is
not fully developed. Therefore, it is critical to have necessary
directives and implementation strategy for transition.
Further to increase the uptake of DRM and develop the receiver
eco-system, it is critical for private sector to participate. The
additional capacity generated by transitioning to DRM can be utilized
by the private players to provide more variety to audience...
..Given the popularity of the FM, AIR should continue to increase the
coverage of FM from 43% to 65%. Once the DRM eco-system is stabilized,
AIR can consider migration of FM to DRM+."
For the DRM Consortium`s full summary of the committee's
recommendations, please read more here.
The CII seminar has a rich agenda and a number of objectives: to
create visibility of the DRM standard amongst the stakeholders; to
showcase and discuss the features and benefits for transmitters and
receiver manufacturers; to flag the opportunities available to Indian
industry in designing, developing and manufacturing cost effective DRM
receivers for the domestic and exports markets; to understand the
potential of the 'value-added` services that can be made available on
DRM receivers and facilitate further interaction and business meetings
between the developers/ manufacturers and technology providers as well
as the vibrant private broadcasting sector.
According to Mr Vinod Sharma, Chairman, CII National Committee on
Information, Communication, Technology and Electronics (ICTE)
Manufacturing: "the National Policy on Electronics (NPE) 2012 has the
vision to create a globally competitive electronics design and
manufacturing industry to meet the country' s need and serve the
international markets. The Policy provides for several incentives for
encouraging R&D, manufacturing and exports. India's transitioning to
the digital radio broadcasting based on the DRM standard - provides
business opportunities for design and development and the,
manufacturing of a range of DRM receivers, including low cost
affordable sets, for the average consumers on various platforms useful
for catering to the domestic and export markets."
Ms. Ruxandra Obreja, DRM Consortium Chairperson, believes that: "while
the DRM infrastructure is being rolled out in the country, getting
closer to the Indian broadcast manufacturing industries is now vital
and of the highest priority. The DRM standard is excellent; it is open
and available, ready to be used. It would also enable private
broadcasters to expand the reach of their programmes. It is being
perfected by Indian specialists for the production of Indian
receivers. It will benefit millions of Indian radio lovers and DRM is
ready to serve the whole country with new FM-quality services today."
For more information and DRM updates please visit www.drm.org or
subscribe to DRM news by writing to pressoffice@ drm.org. Read the
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Site for DRM: http://www.drm.org (Press Release via Alokesh Gupta, New
Delhi, Feb 26, dx_india yg via DXLD) Hype, hype, falling for it (gh)
** INDONESIA. Feb 20, from 1230 to 1300, another Thursday on 4869.88v,
with RRI Wamena broadcasting KGI program; too weak to get much meaning
out from this English program, but clearly them; IDs for both "Kang
Guru Indonesia" and "Kang Guru English"; Greg's distinctive voice
heard and today with a young girl throughout the show (Ron Howard, San
Francisco, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9525.88, V. of Indonesia, Feb 21 1307-1317, 33433-32432
English, News, ID at 1311 and 1314 (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) Still worthless here (gh, OK)
Winter B-13 schedule of Voice of Indonesia:
1000-1100 on 9526vJAK 250 kW / 135 deg to AUS English
1100-1200 on 9526vJAK 250 kW / 010 deg to EaAs Chinese
1200-1300 on 9526vJAK 250 kW / 010 deg to EaAs Japanese
1300-1400 on 9526vJAK 250 kW / 010 deg to EaAs English
1400-1500 on 9526vJAK 250 kW / 010 deg to EaAs Indonesian
1500-1600 on 9526vJAK 250 kW / 010 deg to EaAs Chinese
1600-1700 on 9526vJAK 250 kW / 290 deg to N/ME Arabic
1700-1800 on 9526vJAK 250 kW / 290 deg to WeEu Spanish
1800-1900 on 9526vJAK 250 kW / 290 deg to WeEu German
1900-2000 on 9526vJAK 250 kW / 290 deg to WeEu English
2000-2100 on 9526vJAK 250 kW / 290 deg to WeEu French
9526v=9525.9 (DX RE MIX NEWS #839 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov.
Feb. 22, 2014, via DXLD)
** INTERNATIONAL INTERNET. Found another webcast station carrying
`Relevant Tones`, the New Music show from WFMT, i.e. Yellowstone
Public Radio, mostly Montana, Monday at 18-19 UT; webcast habitually
runs about 5 minutes behind. Meanwhile, PublicRadioFan.com added RT to
database after my report of KCSC-FM, Sundays at 22-23 UT, plus four
more:
Friday 00-01 WABE
Saturday 23-24 WFMT [tho we found it on their sked as Wed 23-24]
Sunday 04-05 KWAX
Sunday 19-20 WXXI-FM
See my previous report under OKLAHOMA. All times shift one UT hour
earlier from March 9 for DST (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INTERNATIONAL WATERS. "Radio Caroline: The True Story of the Boat
That Rocked" --- Interview with Ray Clark about his excellent new book
7 minutes into the show
https://audioboo.fm/boos/1916301-the-radio-today-programme-feb-12th-2014#t=6m46s
(Mike Terry, Feb 25, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
[non] Radio Caroline North to return on FM for 50th birthday.
The former offshore "pirate" will broadcast from 31st March to 27
April 2014 on 87.7 MHz FM and online http://CarolineNorth.Com from a
lightship anchored in Liverpool's Albert Dock. In the mid 60s
pioneering Radio Caroline and its successor Radio Caroline North
broadcast on mediumwave from a few miles off the Isle of Man, and was
heard well in Liverpool and the rest of NW England. Further info from
Radio Today's website at http://tinyurl.com/mre39mb
(David Kernick, UK, Feb 26, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. 7260, IRIB Azeri service distortion. TOTALLY DISTORTED audio
signal on 7260 kHz logged at 0507 UT Feb 19, scheduled 0320-0520 UT.
Distorted audio peaks up to 19 kHz wide.
Carried Azeri service from Sirjan site via older 500 kW Telefunken
unit beasts from 80ties (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, Feb 19, wwdxc BC-
DX TopNews 25 Feb via DXLD)
15525, Feb 21 at 1534, very poor signal with talk, ACI from 15530 now
that Dabanga has moved down 5 kHz. HFCC shows this can only be IRIB in
English at 1520-1620, 500 kW, 105 degrees from Kamalabad.
11720, Feb 23 at 1409, VIRI in Urdu, fair signal with flutter, so I
check the // 11675: much lower modulation level and a reverb apart,
but then improves somewhat. Both are listed as Kamalabad, on different
azimuths toward Pakistan and UAE. Suspect that 11675 may have been
suppressed by open carrier from next VIRI site on that frequency,
Sirjan, for Russian to start USward at 1420 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** ITALY. 15000-USB, Italcable, 1610 samba music, FSK tone, S4 mixed
with local BPL (??) carrier, Feb 16 (Zacharias Liangas, Greece, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Associazione "Amici di Italcable" 10+15 MHz
Martedì 25 febbraio 2014
1558 - 10000 MHz (BN-SF)
1601 - 15000 MHz (SF-IN)
ASSOCIAZIONE AMICI DI ITALCABLE - Viareggio (I). Musica e segnali di
tempo *perfettamente* sincronizzati con BPM in isofrequenza dalla Cina
ed RWM -4 kHz dalla Russia (Luca Botto Fiora, Rapallo (Genova) -
Italia, G.C. 44 21' 06.89" N / 09 13' 30.94" E, playdx yg via DXLD)
Saranno pure amici di Italcable, ma sono di certo nemici della radio
(Roberto Scaglione, Sicilia, blcnews.it yg via DXLD)
Il 24/2, Italcable era su 9999.993 kHz (con RWM perfettamente in
frequenza su 9996.000), quindi non a standard. Il segnale orario, a
orecchio, era effettivamente ben sincronizzato con DCF77, ma non ho la
strumentazione per verificarlo con accuratezza. Ricevuta a Forlì con
Perseus e loop Wellbrook ALA-1530.
Per il resto, concordo con Roberto: emissioni non a standard di
campione di tempo e frequenza sono fuori luogo sulle frequenze
destinate a servizi che devono avere caratteristiche tecniche di
elevatissima precisione. Va benissimo fare sperimentazione, le
frequenze radioamatoriali sono là per questo. Poi, sui 5 MHz si sente
ben di peggio e si assiste a emissioni che con le TS non sono nemmeno
lontanamente correlate; gli Amici di Italcable almeno ci provano. E'
la mia opinione, ovviamente. 73 (Fabrizio Magrone, Italy, Feb 26,
bclnewes.it yg via DXLD)
** JAPAN [non]. Frequency changes of clandestine Shiokaze Sea Breeze:
1330-1430 6135 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg KRE, ex 5910 Japanese Mon/Wed/Thu
1330-1430 6135 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg KRE, ex 5910 Chinese/Korean Tue
1330-1430 6135 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg KRE, ex 5910 English Fri
1330-1430 6135 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg KRE, ex 5910 Korean/Japanese Sat
1330-1430 6135 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg KRE, ex 5910 Japanese/Korean Sun
1600-1700 5910 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg KRE, ex 5975 Japanese Mon/Wed/Thu
1600-1700 5910 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg KRE, ex 5975 Chinese/Korean Tue
1600-1700 5910 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg KRE, ex 5975 English Fri
1600-1700 5910 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg KRE, ex 5975 Korean/Japanese Sat
1600-1700 5910 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg KRE, ex 5975 Japanese/Korean Sun
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/02/frequency-changes-of-shiokaze-sea.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO
1710, DXLD)
** KASHMIR. AIR Leh is not heard on 4660 when I checked last night and
today. Maybe they have gone back to 4760? Sign off is at 1630 UT.
Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur
Radio, Hyderabad, India, Feb 20, dx_india yg via DXLD)
Hi Jose, Feb 23 was hearing a good level open carrier (no audio as
usual) on 4660 at 1518. Suspect the return of AIR Leh? Can you
confirm? Thank you so much for all your comments and observations
from India (Ron Howard, California, USA, ibid.)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. New alternate frequency of 6135, Shiokaze/Sea
Breeze via Yamata, *1330 + 1430*, Feb 20. Ex-5910; in Japanese with no
jamming (yet!); fair (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA,
Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
[non non]. 5910 on Feb 22, after three days here without Shiokaze (now
on 6135 from *1330 to 1430*), they still have the pulsating jamming
here, leaving 6135 clear for Shiokaze; noted at 1323 (Ron Howard,
Asilomar State Beach, near Monterey, CA, Etón E1, dxldy via WORLD OF
RADIO 1710, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
6135, Feb 21 at 1406, very poor signal in noise, but I can make out
the typical sounders of Sea Breeze, and intonation sounds like English
as normally on Fridays. New/reactivated frequency, ex-5910 as first
reported by Ron Howard yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) See also JAPAN
** KURDISTAN [non]. 11510, Feb 20 at 1415-1430, Denge Kurdistan is in
better than usual during concert hour, always enjoyable, much better
than e.g. 11550 WEWN. Wish I knew for sure whether 11510 is coming
short- or long-path from PRIDNESTROVYE. Anyone around here with a
rotatable beam? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. Radio Kuwait 15515 kHz Arabic service noted at 0705 UT Feb
20, S=9+5dB on sidelobe in Europe
15515 0500-0900 43,45 CeAS KBD 250kW 59degr 271013 300314 Ara KWT RKW
MOI 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Observations of R. Kuwait on Feb. 19/20 after several day of absence
0200-0900 5960 KBD 250 kW / non-dir N/ME Arabic Gen. Sce, no signal
0500-0900 15515 KBD 250 kW / 059 deg EaAs Arabic Gen. Sce, confirmed
0800-1000 7250 KBD 500 kW / non-dir WeAs Persian, unconfirmed
0920-1610 11630 KBD 500 kW / 230 deg CeAf Arabic Holy Quran, unchanged
0940-1605 21540*KBD 500 kW / 310 deg WeEu Arabic Gen. Sce, x 0940-1800
1000-1200 21580 KBD 500 kW / 084 deg EaAs Tagalog, back air
1050-1605 9750 KBD 300 kW / 286 deg NEAf Arabic Gen. Sce, back on air
1615-1800 15540 KBD 300 kW / 100 deg SoAs Urdu, back air
1610-2100 6050 KBD 300 kW / non-dir N/ME Arabic Gen. Sce, back on air
1650-2000 13650 KBD 500 kW / 350 deg NoAm Arabic Gen. Sce, confirmed
1800-2100 15540 KBD 500 kW / 310 deg WeEu English, back air
2000-2400 17550 KBD 500 kW / 350 deg NoAm Arabic Gen. Sce, no signal
*no signal on this frequency Feb 20; noted REE in Spanish from 1100.
Feb.20 21540 is back on air from 1205 UT.
Start and end of each broadcasts of each frequency vary from 5 to 15
minutes
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/02/radio-kuwait-on-feb1920-after-several.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Feb 20, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Observations of R. Kuwait Feb. 19-21 after several days of absence:
0200-0900 5960 KBD 250 kW / non-dir N/ME Arabic Gen. Sce, confirmed
0500-0900 15515 KBD 250 kW / 059 deg EaAs Arabic Gen. Sce, confirmed
0800-1000 7250 KBD 500 kW / non-dir WeAs Persian, unconfirmed
0930-1600 11630 KBD 500 kW / 230 deg CeAf Arabic Holy Quran, confirmed
1000-1200 21580 KBD 500 kW / 084 deg EaAs Tagalog, back air
1100-1600 9750 KBD 300 kW / 286 deg NEAf Arabic Gen. Sce, back air
1200-1600 21540 KBD 500 kW / 310 deg WeEu Arabic Gen. Sce, x 0940-1800
1600-1800 15540 KBD 300 kW / 100 deg SoAs Urdu, back air
1600-2100 6050 KBD 300 kW / non-dir N/ME Arabic Gen. Sce, back air
1700-2000 13650 KBD 500 kW / 350 deg NoAm Arabic Gen. Sce, confirmed
1800-2100 15540 KBD 500 kW / 310 deg WeEu English, back air
2000-2400 17550 KBD 500 kW / 350 deg NoAm Arabic Gen. Sce, no signal
Probably 1 x 500 kW transmitter is damaged at present and programs are
reduced. Start and end of each broadcasts vary 5-15 minutes (DX RE MIX
NEWS #839 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov. Feb. 22, 2014, via DXLD)
15540, Feb 25 at 2055, JBA carrier, no doubt R. Kuwait`s English
broadcast at 18-21, which little by little, should become more and
more audible with springtime oncoming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** KYRGYZSTAN. KNR Home Service was noted at 0150 on 4821.0 kHz on Feb
20th, // 4010 but nothing on 4795 here was (Rumen Pankov, Sofia,
Bulgaria, Feb 23, WORLD OF RADIO 1710, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 1 kHz off,
so a way to distinguish it from Tibet, India (gh, ibid.)
** LIBERIA [non]. See BENIN
** MALAYSIA. 7295, Traxx FM via RTM, 1350, Feb 22. In English with DJ
giving ID per brief attached audio; slight audio distortion; fair-
good, but periods of ACI (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, near
Monterey, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MALAYSIA. 9835, RTM Sarawak today is heard with signal S7 on 16xx
19 Feb, times though still narrowband reception is required due to S10
signal from 9840 R L in Russian. Retested at 1900+ with signal only S5
max (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, Feb 23, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 720, XEZX, R. Noticias/La Voz de Usumacinta, Tabasco, ex-
860 kHz (from http://www.zxradiotv.com via ARC via NRC IDXD Feb 21 via
DXLD)
** MEXICO. 1300, Feb 23 at 1354 UT, música and ``Radio Trece, La Más
Grande``, from XEP Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Mexican log update --- For all those who have the 2013 IRCA
Mexican Log, here are a few changes.
1030, XESDD slogan back to "La Tremenda 10-30 AM" per loggings by me
1050, XEBCS slogan is "La Radio de Sur California" per loggings by me.
Seems to have increased power.
1050, XED slogan is "Radiorama Siglo 21" per loggings by me. Haven't
heard "W Radio"
1350, XEZD slogan is "La Incondicional" per website
1470, XEHI slogan is "La Consentida" per loggings by Glenn Hauser and
also on website
Add the following network:
Grupo Mi Radio, http://www.grupomiradio.mx
790, XEFE La Pegajosa
920, XELE La Preferida
1090, XEMCA La Grande de las Huastecas
1310, XEAM La Mandona
1340, XEMT Nostalgia
1350, XEZD La Incondicional
1470, XEHI La Consentida
(Martin Foltz, CA, IRCA Mexican Log Editor, Feb 20, ABDX via DXLD)
** MEXICO. HIMNOS Y BANDERAS DE MEXICO - YouTube --- Just found this
playlist on YouTube. The videos use the same background with the flag
of the state CGI'ed on it, but at least you get to hear the hymns of
each of the Mexican States.
http://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6CA310CE18DB0E1E
I have bookmarked this playlist for cross-reference. 73 & Good DX,
(Steve Ponder, N5WBI, Houston, TX, Sent from my iPhone, Feb 20, ABDX
via DXLD)
** MEXICO. 6185, XEPPM: Recent days prolonged service until 0800.
Mostly QRM from 6180 RN Brasilia (Walter Eibl, Germany, Feb 14, Feb
WWDXC DX Magazine via DXLD)
Radio Educación, on 6184.96 kHz at 0234 UT, with classical music, at
0252 Spanish comments with ID. After this nice Mexican music. The
audio was just above the noise, signal was good. Perseus and Vertical
antenna. 73, (Maurits Van Driessche, Belgium, Feb 22, Hard-Core-DX
mailing list via DXLD)
6184.980, XEPPM, R. Educación, 25-02-14, 0432 Spanish comments by
female about Mexico, 22222 (Maurits Van Driessche, Belgium, Hard-Core-
DX mailing list via DXLD)
** MONGOLIA. I can confirm Pankov, Bulgaria, suggestion that VOM is
off. I heard it early January but not in February. There wasn't even a
carrier, so I assume it is really off air. Sad because new timing last
year gave English at 0900 UT best audio and reception in years during
2013 (Derek Lynch, Ireland, Feb 14, WORLD OF RADIO 1709, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
I checked Mongoliin [sic] R on 4830 and 4895 at *2300-2310 on Feb 09
and neither domestic service was heard.
However, on Feb 17 at 1040, the Voice of Mongolia on 12085 was back
with Japanese programme, 35343 (Anker Petersen, Skovlunde, Denmark,
DSWCI DX Window Feb 19 via WORLD OF RADIO 1710, DXLD)
4895.00, 2305-2345 19.02, Mongoliin [sic] R, Murun, Mongolian talk,
music and songs, 25222. Was off the air 09.02, but now back, but 4830
Altay not heard. Best 73, (Anker Petersen, Denmark, back home to my
AOR AR7030PLUS and 28 metres longwire, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg
via WORLD OF RADIO 1710, DXLD)
Following reports of V. of Mongolia not showing up on their scheduled
frequencies, during a check at 1030 s/on 2/19 I tuned to 12085 and
there it was with their tuning signal, into Japanese xmsn; SIO 242
(Joe Hanlon, NJ, Feb 23, WORLD OF RADIO 1710, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Their Home Service was observed at 0145 on 4895 and 7260 but not on
4830 on Feb 20 (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, Feb 23, WORLD OF RADIO
1710, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIQUE LOOK AT MONGOLIA'S ANTENNAS!! Although the Voice of Mongolia’s
International Service is currently off the air, there is a great
YouTube video by fellow ARDXC member Mark Fahey that is well worth
watching!! Also, I’ve added a bit of Google map research on exactly
where I think the antennas might be located. Read it/see it at the
Mount Evelyn DX Report.
http://medxr.blogspot.com.au/2014/02/voice-of-mongolia-antennas-youtube-view.html
The YouTube clip is about 18 months old, so I realise that some of you
may have seen it already. I'm just posting here now because there may
be others who have not viewed it yet. Have a great weekend, everyone!
(Rob Wagner VK3BVW, ARDXC mailing list via DXLD)
Thanks for finding my video on YouTube, Rob! I remember passing the
antennas like it was just yesterday - yes, you did find the right
location on itouchmap. Ulan Bator is only a short distance (about 20
minutes by train) beyond the point where I ended this YouTube video.
The video I posted on YouTube is actually only a short edit from a
much longer video I have that covers the whole journey from the
antenna farm all the way to Ulan Bator's railway station. I spent
almost a week exploring the Ulan Bator region before heading further
north into Siberia. This was all part of a great train trip - Beijing
to Helsinki via Moscow. The whole journey took three weeks, totally by
local and regional trains, jumping off often for a few days in any
interesting towns.
As for the Voice of Mongolia, they missed a few days broadcasts (I'm
not sure why?) last week but I notice they have already posted
tomorrow (Sunday's) broadcast on the web, so hopefully it will go to
air, they are certainly announcing the short-wave frequencies in the
program. If you want to be a time shifter and listen to tomorrow`s
broadcast a day early just surf to this URL:
http://vom.mn/en
Cheers, (Mark Fahey, Feb 22, ibid.)
Voice of Mongolia has a Mailbag programme on Mondays. The 17 February
edition, starting at 14:45 [into the half-hour audio file] reviews 1
letter and 1 email from Germany and 2 emails from India. That's their
contact from listeners for the week. 1 of the letters from Germany was
just chat and the other a report on internet reception. Both letters
from India were reception reports of 12085, the first on February 12
and the second reporting on programmes heard on 12085 February 8 and
February 16. The closing announcement gives their postal address but
no email, and I can't find one on the website. Opening and closing
announcements still mention the shortwave frequencies.
http://vom.mn/c/-1?t=4
(Mike Barraclough, England, Feb 23, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
I tried english @ vom.mn and info @ vom.mn but these emails are no
longer valid (Jean-Michel Aubier, France, ibid.)
This is very nice Mike! I heard the audio file on Feb. 17. But really
Voice of Mongolia is not active on shortwave! I checked today at 0900
on 12085 and nothing, no signal (Ivo Ivanov, Feb 23, Blgaria, WORLD OF
RADIO 1710, ibid.)
Today was heard IS of Voice of Mongolia at 0929 on 12085 kHz. It seems
the programme before 0929 was in English (Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria, Feb
25, WORLD OF RADIO 1710, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Voice of Mongolia is back on shortwave on Feb. 25:
0900-0930 on 12085 U-B 250 kW / 178 deg to SoAs English
Very strong signal on remote SDR in Hong Kong and Spain
There was no broadcasts yesterday Feb. 24.
Full shortwave schedule of Voice of Mongolia may be found here:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/02/b-13-schedule-of-voice-of-mongolia.html
(Ivo Ivanov, Feb 25, WORLD OF RADIO 1710, DXLD)
I heard what I assumed was Voice of Mongolia 12085, as there is
nothing else listed, S3 on the Broome, Western Australia Global Tuners
receiver at 1048 February 24 with speech, too weak to confirm
language, didn't check Hong Kong as someone was using it.
At 1048 February 25, 12085 is S9+40 on Hong Kong, S7 at Broome.
However there is some distortion on the modulation and they have now
gone off suddenly at 1057 part way through a local pop song (Mike
Barraclough, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
LOG: Voice of Mongolia, 12085 kHz, 0915 UT, Sinpo 35433, für mich ein
verdammt starkes Signal der Voice of Mongolia in Englisch, so habe ich
diesen Sender noch nie gehört. Modulation ist nicht allzu gut (Ralf
Urbanczyk, Feb 25, A-DX via Wolfgang Büschel, DXLD)
12085 VoM Japanisch. Um 1045 UT in Süddeutschland, Schweiz, Italien
eher dürftig schwaches Signal S=4. Dagegen in Finland, Stockholm und
Moskau S=7-8, und in Tokyo Japan S=9+10dB, aber dort praktisch als
Lokalsignal hört man die Schwäche der Modulation / Übertragung, ein
ganz unsauberer kratzender und clippender Feed. Da gehört entweder die
Senderöhre mal erneuert oder der Zuführungsfeed liegt neben dem Kanal.
73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, Feb 25, ibid.)
12085 VoM Japanese. At 1045 UT Feb 25 in southern Germany, Switzerland
and Italy rather tiny weak signal S=4. Despite NORTHERLY in Europe in
Finland, Stockholm Sweden, Denmark and Moscow rather S=7-8 signals.
And in Tokyo Japan proper S=9+10dB, but there is virtually as a local
signal you can hear the weakness of the modulation / transmission,
quite unclean scratching and clipped feed signal. As part of either
the transmitting tube should be renewed once or feed signal is
"adjacent to the channel" of the microwave line. 73 wolfy (Büschel,
ibid.)
12084.876: Their carrier already on air when I tuned-in at 0852 UT Feb
26. At 0859:23 sweet nice Chimes interval signal played, into station
ID in Mongolian at 0859:50 UT followed by ID in English language -
"This is the Voice of Mongolia", both read by male announcer. Then the
Voice of Mongolia broadcast schedule given, read by female. Only S=4-5
poor signal noted here in western Europe. News read ended at 0908:15
UT. Followed by a local girl singer folk song (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc
BC-DX TopNews Febr 26, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1710, DXLD)
Very weak. fading into the noise here. 0900-0910 (Brock Whaley, County
Limerick, Ireland, Feb 26, ibid.)
12084.89, V of Mongolia - Khonhor. This station has returned after an
absence of some weeks. First noted here on Feb 26 with IS at 0859,
then full ID at the start of the English transmission, followed by the
news. The signal was at a fair level and the audio was of a reasonable
quality. But there was considerable splash from the very strong RA-
Brandon (12080 kHz) which also s/on at 0900. Good to see it back in
business! 73's (Rob Wagner VK3BVW http://www.medr.blogspot.com ARDXC
via DXLD)
Voice of Mongolia, 12085, in Mongolian (presumed) to Asia, 0929 Feb
26. Interval Signal in Mongolian, short piece of music. Then
(presumed) News Bulletin, announced by a man, with some recorded
voices of people talking in Mongolian. Strong signal (here his usual
to listen strong signals from Eastern Asia at our mornings) but many
noises and perturbations. SINPO: 54333 Nice to listen VOM back on the
air! (Eduardo PEÑAILILLO, Santiago, Chile, South America. Brigmton BT-
360, reel antenna, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1710, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Voice of Mongolia Antennas, Khonhor, Mongolia
Yes, Ulan Bator are back on Feb 23 too (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX
TopNews Feb 25 via DXLD)
** MYANMAR. 5985.00, Myanmar Radio, 1250 through random subsequent
checking till 1517. Slightly better reception with the newer
transmitter than the older off frequency tx (Ron Howard, Asilomar
State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Feb 24 or 25
** NETHERLANDS [non]. LOG: KBC Radiogram, 23 Feb: MFSK64 7375 kHz
0131z O=2-3
The KBC Radiogram on 7375 kHz from 0130 UT (2:30 CET - Central
European Time) I had recorded with the recording scheduler of HDSDR
and just decoded with STUDIO1 + FLDIGI. The reception here was not
very good; O = 2-3. It was a mixture of groundwave and backscatter.
Thus, the decoding rate of MFSK64 was only 60%; on the picture was
nothing to see. I think even in North America, the reception situation
is critical and MFSK-64 is too exaggerated. Effective here would be a
two-track transmission simultaneously with image / text in MFSK16, at
most in MFSK32. The reconstructed content of the message was:
WINTER SWL FEST
The forums for the Winter SWL Fest, 14-15 March near
Philadelphia, have been scheduled. Topics include...
Internet radio
Radio's future
Scanners
Archiving shortwave broadcasts
Ionosounders
North Korean media
Ham radio tools for SWLs
Digital radio
Loop antennas
Remote receivers
I will be there to demonstrate VOA Radiogram and the decoding of
text and images via shortwave broadcast. More information at
swlfest.com Thanks to The Mighty KBC
(roger, Germany, Feb 23, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEWFOUNDLAND. 6159.980, CKZN St. John`s, Canada, 25-02-14 0430 News
from Canada by female, poor, 32222 (Maurits Van Driessche, Belgium,
Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
** NEW ZEALAND. 11725, Feb 22 at 0650, looking for lullabyes, I settle
on the good signal from RNZI, during `Saturday Night With Peter Fry`
from RNZ National. Great selexion of requested music; I doze off
mostly asleep, but perceive ``Oxygène IV`` by Jean-Michel Jarre until
more awakened by sign-off at 0758*. Complete playlist is here:
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturdaynight
The total show is 7-11 pm [0600-1000 UT during DST] but RNZI SW
schedule names it only after 0808, while from 0600 shows generic ``RNZ
National`` which in fact also contains `Saturday Night`, and news on
the hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NICARAGUA. 800, Radio 800, Managua. 2358 February 20, 2014. Spanish
male announcer, 4 + 1 time sounders ending at 2359:20, "Radio 800,
desde Managua, Nicaragua" at 0000, into news items (Terry L Krueger,
Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NICARAGUA [and non]. “LA RADIO DE LOS MIL TIEMPOS” RECUERDA A RADIO
SANDINO === by gruporadioescuchaargentino
El espacio La radio de los mil tiempos de Radio 5, de España, que
dirige y presenta Luis Zaragoza, ha preparado una edicion espcial dias
pasados acerca de Radio Sandino.
Esta emisora fue la voz del Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional
mientras luchaba contra la dictadura de Somoza. Aunque el FSLN tardó
en utilizar este medio de comunicación, fue 13 años después de
comenzar su actividad cuando fundó Radio Sandino. En 1975 los
sandinistas pusieron en marcha el primer intento de transmisión a
través de una plataforma de un camión cerca de la frontera de
Honduras. Dos años después, en 1977 nació Radio Sandino. Emitía desde
Costa Rica y con una antena de dos metros erigida en lo alto de un
árbol, solo se escuchaba en la zona fronteriza. Su retransmisión
duraba como máximo 20 minutos, ya que se corría el riesgo de quemarse.
El FSLN estaba dividido, carecía de recursos económicos y de apoyo
popular. Pero a partir de mediados de 1978 se intensificaron las
acciones guerrilleras y las cosas empezaron a cambiar. En 1979, la
dirección compró un transmisor más potente y amplió la programación de
la emisora. La mezcla de información y propaganda incluía la
divulgación de las actividades sandinistas y alentaba a participar de
la lucha. La música era muy importante y se pinchó con gran frecuencia
el disco Guitarra armada de los hermanos Mejía Godoy. En sus letras
explicaba como armar y desarmar los fusiles, como comportarse en la
guerrilla o como fabricar bombas caseras. El 17 de junio, unido con la
mayoría de las formaciones opositoras, se creó el Gobierno de
Reconstrucción Nacional y un mes después Somoza se exilió en EE.UU.
Radio Sandino dejó la clandestinidad y continuó siendo la voz oficial
del FSLN. La unidad del gobierno se rompió muy pronto y en unos meses
estalló una guerra civil, que se reflejaría también en la radio.
Pueden escuchar a demanda, a traves del sistema de podcast de Radio
Nacional de España, el programa especial sobre Radio Sandino preparado
por Luis Zaragoza en “La radio de los mil tiempos” haciendo click en
http://www.rtve.es/radio (GRA blog Feb 23 via DXLD)
** NIGERIA. 11769.9, Feb 20 at 2136, surprised to hear African
language on a strong and loud a signal as adjacent 11775 Anguilla,
mutually QRMing each other unless sidetuned; previously could barely
pull this frequency. As the Fribbath has started, sounds like a
sermon, often mentioning Allah, occasionally breaking into Qur`an-like
song, but briefly {violating separation of mosque and state}. 2157
switch to another speaker, still not in English, but mentioning Voice
of Nigeria, Abuja, a bit more music and cut off before 2158 is
reached. Aoki shows the language this hour as Arabic, but sure didn`t
sound like it to me. Probably Hausa, tho WRTH has an hour of Fulfulde
at 21-22, but on 7255. EiBi doesn`t have this 11770v broadcast at all,
tho it has been heard for several weeks now (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD
OF RADIO 1710, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15120, V. of Nigeria, Feb 15 0658-0710, 35333, French, IS from 0658,
ID and opening announce at 0659, News (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)
15120.000, Seemingly a hardware test program from somewhere in
Nigeria, carried VON English service for few minutes with short breaks
in 0900-0919 UT slot, when I monitored that test series. Feb 19.
S=9+25dB here in southern Germany (Wolfgang Büschel, Feb 19, wwdxc BC-
DX TopNews 25 Feb via DXLD)
** NORTH AMERICA. Undercover huge on 6925-USB now (Terry Krueger,
Clearwater FL, 0206 UT Feb 22, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
6925-USB, Feb 22 at 0227, tnx to Terry Krueger tip, Undercover Radio
pirate is heard, good signal requiring some attenuation vs pumping;
promoting black or white T-shirts of the station from
http://www.booster.com/undercoverradio or booster.com/undercoverradio2
--- Dr Benway has learnt from Radio Free Whatever, which used it for a
new transmitter, that booster.com is a good way to raise money,
apparently anonymously, but in this case the proceeds to go to
``wounded warriors`` --- is that generic, or a specific charity? Dr
Benway is mostly talking and checking orders in real time for the T-
shirts, trying to reach the 20 minimum required by the T-shirt printer
to energize the order for white ones; black ones have already 37
signed up. If minimum is not reached, says money will be refunded, $15
each. Says he doesn`t touch the money. Takes two weeks to get orders
out, so hurry if you want to wear one to the Winterfest, as he
suggests. While black ones may be ``cooler`` now, they certainly won`t
be come summer.
BTW, if referring to symmetrical T-shirts, always capitalize the T!
IDs every so often as ``Undercover Radio, from the middle of
nowhere``, and at 0230 says is getting ``all the way to California``
which implies UCR is in eastern North America! Then into a story about
spring, with musical accompaniment: he was looking for a new
transmitter site, leading to adventures; by 0235 it`s `cello
strumming, SFX, and about looking at the stars with a night-vision
scope, and how about converting the visible to the audible?
At 0245 starts to play an old announcement from 2004(?) with the
Merlin maildrop address, but interrupts it since Merlin has closed;
now use e-mail only. 0256, starts playing recording of twentieth
anniversary broadcast, which must have been 1996y since refers to
starting in 1976. And I need to move on, as it`s time for Sting on
PBS. Was the 20-white-T-shirt goal reached? Yes, per website at 1734
UT Feb 22, now at 23, with goal now of 100; and linx to beneficiary:
http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1710, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. UNDERCOVER RADIO: 6925/USB, 0130-0139+, 17-Feb; Dr,
Benway with T-shirt offer at booster.com/undercoverradio for a white
shirt or add a 2 at the end for a black T-shirt; all proceeds go to
Wounded Warriors. Mentioned his 20th anniversary show in 2006.
undercoverradio@gmail.com SIO= 3+54+! (Frodge-MI)
6925/USB, 0433-0451:23*, 17-Feb; Dr. Benway sez he can see molecules;
15$ T-shirt offer. Told story about his early mobile broadcasts and
his escape from "the white van". SIO=4+54+! (Harold Frodge, Midland
MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed
RW, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
6925-USB, Undercover Radio, 0208 and random subsequent checking till
0307, fair Feb 24 with the Booster Undercover Radio T-shirt campaign
https://www.booster.com/undercoverradio2
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. Dear radio friend, The Crystal Ship Official Station
T-Shirt, now available at
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Own and wear a piece of pirate radio history! The TCS T-shirt will be
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coming year.
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** NORTH AMERICA. 6935-USB, Feb 26 at 0104, very dense music, so very
hard to pinpoint frequency until there was some voice. Off at 0120
recheck. Many logs here agree it was XLR8 until 0111*:
http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,15543.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. Feb 24 (Monday UT) heard "radio station YHWH" on new
frequency 5785 at 0204. Usual format of reading from some document and
commenting on it; sounded like a repeat of an earlier show; 0232 usual
music/song before sign off; "Thank you so much for tuning into station
YHWH. Goodbye and I love you. Until next time. Station YHWH now
signing off the air." He never stays on the same frequency for very
long (Ron Howard, CA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
YHWH, 14350 kHz USB, 2345 02-25-14 --- Heard this coming home from
work on my Alinco DX-R8T so no recording to upload. OM with religious
talk with many mentions of Yahweh over the protests of a few amateur
radio operators. Did a preliminary search on Google and he seems to
favor the ham bands [sic]. Signed off at 0005 UT (Vince Havrilko,
Mountain Home, ID, WinRadio Excalibur / Perseus / Icom R-75 / MFJ-956
/ 65' sloper / 66' off-center fed dipole / ANC-4,
http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,15546.0.html
via WORLD OF RADIO 1710, DXLD)
5730, "radio station YHWH" (religious pirate), random checking from
0239 to 0335*, Feb 26. Tuned in at 0239 to hear the theme music/song,
so I must have just missed the actual sign on (*0235?), as I had tuned
by not too many minutes earlier and heard nothing here. Surprised to
hear this for three consecutive days! Now daily? Identical program as
heard yesterday also on 5730; I should mention this pirate is in
AM+USB+LSB; starts and ends with same music/song; fair (Ron Howard,
Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1710, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. On an unID, the question arose whether KSIW 1450 Woodward
OK might have flipped away from sports. Not when I check it on
caradio; at 90 miles away I can barely hear it on groundwave, but Feb
25 at 1917 UT, sports talk and WWLS ID in passing. It`s getting a
boost from defacto powerline beverage radiation I happen to be stopped
under; otherwise it`s about as weak as co-channel KGFF Shawnee OK at
the same distance, which is playing Elvis and gives its own ID at 1924
UT. The two make a SAH of 220/minute = three and two-thirds Hz.
Possibly there is an even weaker third station in the mix, the under-
powered KWHW Altus OK. On a portable second radio I am also comparing
1450 to WWLS 98.1 and to KWPN 640, all of which mostly ID as ``WWLS,
The Sports Animal``. 1450 definitely not // 640, 98.1 definitely not
// 640, but maybe 1450 // 98.1 but far out of synch.
Then I check the website http://www.thesportsanimal.com --- nothing
there about the several stations around OK relaying it. No hits with
direct internal searches on KSIW, or separately on 1450.
There is, however, a link to Babe of the Day, like WCKY and several
other sports radio stations, WWLS feeling the responsibility to
proffer soft porn to its ``animals``, adding a much-needed visual
aspect: here, bare butts are OK but not breasts.
You may wonder how an FM station in OK, 375 miles from the nearest
bend of the Mississippi near Greenville, could have a W- call? 640 was
originally a grandfathered legacy call WNAD, at the University of
Oklahoma in Norman, which stupidly sold off its educational AM station
to commercial interests. It became WWLS on Dec 7, 1981. At some point,
the city of license shifted north a notch to Moore. I don`t know the
real story, but it would seem the new owners convinced the FCC that in
view of its history, this station deserved to retain a W-call. That
lasted until April 4, 2012, when it changed to KWPN. Meanwhile, the
same owners had acquired the 98.1 FM facility and made it WWLS-FM on
Oct 23, 2006. It took another 5.5 years for the AM side to be demoted
to KWPN (not KEPN as I misrecalled in my original report: I never can
remember the calls since it still non-IDs as ``WWLS``, and I avoid
listening to stupid sportstalk as much as possible). Also, 640 remains
infested with IBOC, but only during daytime, and sometimes turned off
unpredictably.
Meanwhile, it would take several years for OU to get back into the
public radio field, and by then, no full-power FM channels were
available (or affordable), so KGOU became a class-A on 106.3, and had
to add another one on 105.7, KROU in Spencer, just the other side of
OKC, in order to cover the city adequately. Despite its low power,
105.7 would make it to Enid if it were not for a local translator on
105.5 which KGOU has refused to challenge; meanwhile, further-flung
towns like Woodward get their own OU relay station, KWOU 88.1, 23.5 kW
ERP, which needs some tropo enhancement to make it to Enid vs another
station in Moore, 50 kW KMSI, Oasis Network.
Regarding my ``Sports Animal`` monitoring concerning KSIW 1450
Woodward, along with WWLS-FM 98.1 The Village [OKC], and KWPN 640
Moore (mostly? separate with ESPN net), and my finding nothing about
affiliates on the website http://www.thesportsanimal.com --- Larry
Russell in Michigan, MARE Tipsheet points out that there is a
different `Sports Animal` in eastern OK:
``1550 KYAL Sapulpa OK 2:30am Sports. Heard mention of OSU & website:
http://sportsanimalradio.com/ Website lists 2 FMs at top of
page & 2 AMs way down at bottom of page, including AM-1550 Tulsa. [AM
doesn't matter anymore.] rare catch. 2/17 (Russell)``.
The other AM on the site is 1490 Muskogee, i.e. KBIX, which Bruce
Winkelman, driving near the site, has repeatedly found to be silent,
last report from late December. No Babe gallery on the Tulsa version!
Not clear whether these also simulcast local animalistic sports talk
out of OKC, but maybe not, considering civic rivalries. Another one is
KPGM 1500 Pawhuska/Bartlesville, i.e. closer to Tulsa, but not sure to
which group it may affiliate, nor do I care except for the purposes of
DX identification (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1520, KOKC Oklahoma City OK – granted STA for U1
5000/5000 from auxiliary transmitter after main 50 kW transmitter had
catastrophic failure on January 27 (NRC DX News 81/20 via ARC Mv-Eko
Feb 17 via DXLD)
** OKLAHOMA. 1640, Feb 20 at 2056 UT, I check local KZLS Enid again on
its second day of all(?)-talk format. Running a string of PSAs, which
means unsold commercial time; looks bad --- and they keep going until
2101.5 UT, meanwhile dual audio duel after 2100 UT from the Blaze
Network news! (That`s a thing of the wacko Glenn Beck.) Finally goes
to a real commercial, probably from the network, for Allegra, but
that`s cut off incomplete; 2103.5 UT, apparent local ads for
beyourownbuilder and a concrete company. 2104.5 UT, ``Discover
Oklahoma Minute with Dino Lalli`` PSA of upcoming events. 2105.5 UT
music fill. 2106 UT hard rock intro to the Schnitt show. KZLS
certainly does not have its new far-right act together.
We were wondering what would be on KZLS after 8 pm = 0200 UT, as
missing from the talkshow list: UT Friday Feb 21 after that hour, I am
still hearing music; at 0245 it`s ``On Broadway``, 0250 string of
PSAs, 0254 still IDing in this daypart as ``KZLS, the True Oldies
Channel``. So that will confuse DX listeners. I assume they will
eventually change this too to talk, and there could be no better
pickup than the rational, middle-of-the-road `Jim Bohannon Show`,
which is much in need of an OK outlet, i.e. at 9 pm-midnite = 0307-
0559 UT. But no doubt it`ll be another rightwing extremist. Tonight
there is more TOC after 0307.
As we already discovered last night, `Red Eye Radio` is now on 1640
after 0607 UT, but still also on 1520 KOKC. The RER affiliate list
http://www.redeyeradioshow.com/common/page.php?pt=Red+Eye+Radio+Affiliates&id=301&is_corp=0
still doesn`t show KZLS, just KOKC and one other OK station, a
Woodward FM.
Also it`s still unknown what will happen on the weekends, but we may
safely assume some silly ballgames will continue to pre-empt whatever.
1640, Sunday Feb 23 at 1349 UT check, KZLS Enid is playing music
suitable for True Oldies format; haven`t checked it till now over the
weekend, but total conversion to talk format is obviously not yet
complete, just gabbing weekdays except 0200-0600 UT, I think.
1640, Feb 23 at 2104 UT check, KZLS Enid/OKC ending `news` from Glenn
Beck`s Blaze network, but this being Sunday, 2105 UT onward to True
Oldies Channel music. I checked the Blaze talkshow lineup and none of
those were on the publicized KZLS weekday schedule. After 0605 UT
Monday, back to talk, with `Red Eye Radio`, from WBAP; see also 1650
log.
1520 KOKC & 1640 KZLS, Feb 25 at 0650 UT check are running same
trucker ad, but probably not synchronized, both still with `Red Eye
Radio`. KOKC has been reported with a 5 kW STA because of damage to
their 50 kW transmitter, but I can`t really tell any difference here
(Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1650, Feb 24 at 0638 UT, after noting that 1640 KZLS is
back to talk after midnight Monday morning with anti-government `Red
Eye Radio`, same show also heard on 1650 a few seconds later. No 1650
stations listed at
http://www.redeyeradio.com/Stations.php
which I got direct with a Google search, but outdated and should be
removed, so back to current homepage
http://www.redeyeradioshow.com/
which leads to a totally different station finder with a map, which
goes right to a single 1650 entry:
KWHN 1320 AM / 1650 AM Fort Smith AR
KYHN 1320 AM Fort Smith AR
where they are obviously still confused (like a year ago? when I
checked), as the 1650 station is KYHN, not KWHN, and RER is surely not
on both 1650 and 1320; and furthermore of course, 1650 is really in
OKLAHOMA. Thus one may conclude that RER station list adds but does
not remove ex-affiliates.
1650, Feb 26 at 0647 during `Red Eye Radio`, KYHN Sallisaw is running
25 seconds behind same on 1640 KZLS, which in turn is about 5 hateful
words behind 1520 KOKC (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 99.1, Feb 24 at 2116 UT, big hum on open carrier. From a
mall parking lot in western Enid, only a block from the former
``WECS`` Part 15 at the Emmanuel Christian School kilochurch which was
on 97.7, but gone for at least a sesquiyear altho its abandoned mini-
antenna is still visible on a roof tripod; more likely to be an RF
feeder left on, in someone`s parked car nearby. And it fades out as
soon as I pull out of the lot. If I had a bit more time, I might have
located the exact car and requested a QSL; possibly a ppc would be
required, under the wiper? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OMAN. 15140, R. Sultanate of Oman, 1441-1451, Feb 24. Nice signal,
but light het; in English with “Herbs and Health” program all about
the benefits of eating dates; “90.4 FM” IDs (Ron Howard, Asilomar
State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, R. CHASKI, 19/02 2245 UT. Hombre predica en idioma
quechua con música de coro de mujeres en el mismo idioma con buena
modulación. SINPO: 34443.
700, RED RADIO INTEGRIDAD, 21/02 1000 UT. "Son las 5 horas" con el
comienzo del programa "Nuestro Pan Diario" en la voz de Rodolfo
Soto con el tema central de la flojera como pecado capital. SINFO:
44343 sin ningún qrm, o sea, señal limpia y con poco fading.
5980, R. CHASKI, 21/02 0101 UT. "Son las 20 horas" y saludos a los
auditores de Cajamarca, Cusco y Lima, junto al ID de RED RADIO
INTEGRIDAD con saludo del cuarto aniversario de la emisora. Cierre
cerca de las 0102 aprox. SINPO: 54444 // 700 RED RADIO INTEGRIDAD, Vía
Lima con 22 segundos de adelanto. SINPO: 43454.
5980, R. CHASKI, 21/02 1100 UT. Hombre habla en quechua, junto a
música en el mismo idioma con SINPO: 33333 con QRM de CNR-8 en 5975 y
Martí en la misma frecuencia de Chaski.
700, RED RADIO INTEGRIDAD, 22/02 0316 UT. Vía Lima. Programa "Gracia a
Vosotros" con el tema de las congregaciones poco sacras y sus malas
prácticas, casi siempre influenciadas por el movimiento carismático.
Junto a consejos para el creyente fiel. SINFO: 44343
5980, R. CHASKI, 22/02 2307 UT. Aviso de Red Radio Integridad con
himnos cristianos y un devocional basado en Romanos V. SINPO: 54444
con sobremodulación.
5980, R. CHASKI, 23/02 0028 UT. Programa "los grandes temas" con la
temática de los mandamientos de Dios. SINPO: 55454 con algo de
sobremodulació n y 50 segundos de atraso frente a 700 AM, RED RADIO
INTEGRIDAD con SINFO: 44444 con poco QRM de LV3.
5980, R. CHASKI, 23/02 2343 UT. Programa "Jungla Semántica" con el
concepto de niñez espiritual devenido de las epístolas pastorales y
universales del Apóstol Pablo. El concepto es citado en griego koiné y
su contexto cultural hasta las 2355, cuando se pasa a un pequeño
espacio con himnos i.e.: "Alma bendice al Señor", et al. SINPO: 55444;
// 700 AM, Vía Lima, RED RADIO INTEGRIDAD con SINFO: 43343 y 63
segundos de adelanto.
5980, R. CHASKI, 25/02 0050 UT. Final del programa "El amor que vale",
con himno, ID, hora local: "Son las 20 horas" y pequeño devocional,
con buena modulación aunque con cierto siseo no determinado. SINPO:
45444 // 700 AM, RED RADIO INTEGRIDAD, Vía Lima, SINFO: 44444 con 3
minutos de adelanto (Claudio Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: Hilo
largo de 5 metros, QTH: Barraza Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región,
Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD)
[and non]. 5980, Feb 25 at 0053, presumed R. Chaski carrier amid heavy
splash from 5990 CRI/Cuba. It`s been a full week since my last check
of cutoff time, which was Feb 18 until 0103:01*, so I am expecting it
to occur now circa 0103:38. The signal weakens slightly at 0103:42 but
there`s still a carrier. In meantime, some otherstation may have
started up on 5980 during this period; BBC had already been using it
from 0130 via UAE. Nothing showing up yet in HFCC or Aoki at 0100.
5980, Feb 26 at 0052, R. Chaski, Urubamba, Cusco, is unusually strong
enough to provide some Spanish modulation, vs. T-storm crashes in the
distance, and abetted by the absence of modulation from bigsig 5990
CRI via CUBA, still the case past 0101. 5980 still on at 0103 when I
think I detect a light SAH from a second station, but the stronger
Chaski signal quits at 0103:47*, 5 seconds later than yesterday,
leaving the weaker one, which is whence?? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF
RADIO 1710, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.:
Frequency changes of BBC in Hindi: 0100-0130 NF 5980 DHA 250 kW / 070
deg to SoAs, ex 6165* // 7325, 11995, 15510 * to avoid Thazin Radio
Regional Service in Karen
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/02/frequency-changes-of-bbc-in-hindi.html
(Ivo Ivanov, Feb 26, WORLD OF RADIO 1710, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. 7305, R Romania International, via Tiganeshti with English
"Listener's Letterbox" programme with lots of letters from the people
who don't listen to SW any more in Europe & North America (and a few
other places) and Romanian traditional bumper music. Into Romanian
folk music programme. S/off announcements at :55 IS and carrier off.
4+4+54+4+ 0430-0456* 7/Feb (Ken Zichi, Williamston MI, MARE Tipsheet
21 Feb via DXLD)
** RUSSIA. 25900 kHz, Radio MTUCI at 1215 UT puts a splendid S9-Signal
into Germany today (Friday, 21 Feb 2014). Russian program with studio
talking. Every now and then ID as Radiostation Moscow Technical
University (in Russian) playing some beautiful Motorhead songs :-)
The band is wide open with countless Russian AM / FM pirate
communications channels heard from 25 MHz up to 28 MHz and above. 73
(Harald Kuhl, Germany, Feb 21, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)
Good afternoon, Excellent signal from MTUCI from tune in at 1220 UT,
chat between two YLs plus music; at 1240 heard Ace of Spades by
Motorhead from 1980 and chat by OM. SIO 544. 73's (John Hoadd,
Faversham UK, NRD-515 + ALA1530LF, 1252 UT Feb 21, ibid.)
At 1256 UT conditions between my QTH (Goettingen/Germany) and Moscow
collapsed and the signal quickly went down into the mud. Before. it
was very strong with really good audio quality. 73 (Harald Kuhl,
ibid.)
QSL: Radio “Zeleny Glaz” ("Green Eye") started to send QSL-cards by
mail. Received acknowledgment for the station in 2013.
31.03.2013 / 25900 kHz
31.12.2013 / 1584 kHz
On the card lists all these radio stations, Including location,
transmitter power and antenna type used for broadcasts. Also
interesting is place for printing QSL. Mailing address: 115326,
Moscow, Pyatnitskaya str., 25, b.1, RBT Ltd.
E-mail: arb@radiostation.ru
WEB: http://www.radiostation.ru http://www.cqf.su
Plant manager Sergey Komarov said:
"The station is in the Air: On Fridays from 1200 to 1500 UT.
Frequency 25900 kHz AM - until the end of March. Then there will be a
change of frequency - we are running out temporary permit for her"
(Anatoly Klepov, Editor, RusDX Feb 23 via DXLD)
** RUSSIA [non]. USA(non), Radio Liberty from March 1 1700-1800 NF
9790 LAM 100 kW / 055 deg to EaEu Russian, ex 9435 1800-1900 NF 9790
LAM 100 kW / 055 deg to CeAs Russian, ex 9590 2000-2100 NF 9490 UDO
250 kW / 022 deg to FERu Russian, ex 5885
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/02/frequency-changes-of-radio-liberty.html
(Ivo Ivanov, Feb 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RWANDA. 6055, Radio Rwanda, 1501, Feb 25. Listening to hear if they
re-instated the multi-language news headlines, but they have not. Just
news in detail (assume Kinyarwanda) from 1501 to 1508, followed by
series of ads and into pop African songs. Via long path. I miss the
headlines in English! (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RWANDA [non]. MADAGASCAR, Last night heard this station. Radio
Impala, 17540 kHz at 1658-1722 UT, in Kinyarwanda, Swahili, English,
and French.
1658, carrier then slowing signing on.
1658, Drums beating then singing.
1703, Woman talking, then station ID, then introduction, "you are
listening to Radio Impala, frequency 17.540 MHz. Our programmes are
for the Great Lakes region. We are promoting, democracy, peace and
security, and human rights..."
1705, Music till 1712.
1718, Woman giving station ID in Swahili ...
1720, male announcer giving station ID, then "you are listening to
Radio Impala...".
1722, station ID in French. SIO 444. 17 Feb 2014 (Costa
Constantinides, Cyprus, Feb 17, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Feb 25 via DXLD)
Costa, since you are exposed to a deception. Such an idea to serve
Rwandan people target locally by a 16-meter-band signal from Kigali
former DWL site - now by Babcock company - is an illusion, signal
would skip over their head. But the distance Madagascar to Rwanda is
right about 2700 kilometers and fits shortwave propagation properly.
Putting under MADAGASCAR header is much correct. Maybe they produce
radio studio is in Rwanda itself?
is also spoken in Uganda, Burundi around etc.
(Wolfgang Büschel, Feb 18, ibid.)
MADAGASGAR: Radio Impala, Talata-Volondry, 17540 kHz. 1728 UT Feb 22.
Lots of African style music here. Station ID and info at 1733 by OM in
English, followed by talk by YL in unknown African dialect. Fair with
fading, S5. Done some checking on this one. The AOKI database has this
one broadcasting from Madagascar, but their website places their site
as Kigali, Rwanda. Don't know which is correct (Nick Rumple,
Kannapolis, North Carolina. Receiver: Yaesu FRG-100, Drake R8;
Antenna: 220 ft. Inverted L Longwire, Homebrew 1 Meter MagLoop,
cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) Site is certainly Madagascar (gh)
** SARAWAK [non]. CLANDESTINE, 15420, R Free Sarawak via Taiwan [sic]:
Feb 15, 1147-1206, 35433, Iban, Talk, ID at 1104,
Feb 19, 1207-1222, 35443, Iban, Talk, ID at 1221 (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) Isn`t it still via
RVA, PHILIPPINES? (gh)
** SERBIA [non]. BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA: Radio Serbia International,
Bijeljina, 6100 kHz. 2158 UT Feb 21. Interval signal and program
starts at 2201 with Station ID and news about Serbia by OM in English.
Good signal with muffled audio. S8 (Nick Rumple, Kannapolis, North
Carolina, Receiver: Yaesu FRG-100, Drake R8; Antenna: 220 ft. Inverted
L Longwire, Homebrew 1 Meter MagLoop, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD)
** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 9545, SIBC, Feb 16 0800-0817, 35443, Pidgin, ID
and IS at 0800, News (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)
9545, S.I.B.C., 0730 Feb 20, with Radio Australia’s Country music
program, 0751 a song by ABBA followed by a song from the Islands, 0756
Pijin announcements, 0801 “SIBC” ID and into news in English. Poor
(Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, Listening in my car, by the
lake, with the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active antenna, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
[non-log]. 9545, SIBC. Checking on Feb 25 after 1328 could not hear
the normal open carrier. Have they actually stopped leaving the tx on
after programming ends at 1200? Would think doing so would save them
considerable money? (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH AFRICA. Business as usual at SABC? As usual! Article. Public
Protector's (Ombudsman's) critical report to be ignored by SABC.
http://newsletters2.mg.co.za/servlet/link/6026/353784/6505046/1919138
(Bill Bingham, Johannesburg, Feb 21, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1710,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH AFRICA. 11790.040, RFI Swahili service, but much distorted
audio feed noted today Feb 19 0530-0600 UT, transmitter faulty on
relay via Meyerton-AFS site. On Perseus SDR screen visible 5 spur
peaks either side, 5x lower side, 5x upper site, each separated
300/600/900/1200/1500 Hertz away (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX
TopNews 25 Feb via DXLD)
** SOUTH AFRICA. 15255, Channel Africa, Feb 21 0629-0656*, 35333,
English, Talk and news, Theme music at 0630 and 0645 and 0656, 0656
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)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 7490, Feb 21 at 0643, BS via WHRI but also
with a LAH. Suspect WBCQ`s off-frequency carrier is still on to QRM.
See also USA: WRMI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
More and more canceled broadcasts of Brother Stair on shortwave:
1600-1800 on 5895 SCB 050 kW / 306 deg to CeEu English DRM mode
1600-1800 on 6000 SCB 100 kW / 306 deg to CeEu English
2000-2200 on 5895 SCB 100 kW / 306 deg to CeEu English
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/02/more-and-more-canceled-broadcasts-of.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
USA, Cancelled transmissions of Brother Stair via WRMI Okeechobee FL:
0300-1300 on 9495 YFR 100 kW / 181 deg to CARR. No signal from Feb 17
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/02/dx-re-mix-news-839.html
(DX RE MIX NEWS #839 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov. Feb. 22, 2014,
via DXLD)
** SPAIN [and non]. 21630, Friday Feb 21 at 1445, REE is back here
instead of 21640 which it had been using for a couple weeks.
Presumably for the entire broadcast including resuming collision with
BBC Ascension in Hausa at 1400-1430. Yes, Ivo Ivanov also noted this
during the clash. So now the WRTH Update is `wrong` again, because REE
can`t keep its act together, and just stay on 21640 where it will not
collide with BBC or WHRI or anything. Spain runs until 1700, while
WHRI is registered 16-18 daily, plus 15-16 weekends (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WORLD OF RADIO 1710, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Confusion with frequency of Radio Exterior de España on Feb. 21:
1300-1600 NF 21630*NOB 250 kW / 272 deg to CeAm Spanish Mon-Fri, ex
21640 * co-ch BBC in Hausa 1400-1430
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/02/confusion-with-frequency-of-radio.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Radio Exterior de España on 21630 / 21640 till mid of February:
1300-1600 on 21630 NOB 250 kW / 272 deg to CeAm Spanish Mon-Fri
1300-1700 on 21640 NOB 250 kW / 272 deg to CeAm Spanish Sat/Sun
Radio Exterior de España on 21640 from mid February, including Feb. 20
1300-1600 on 21640 NOB 250 kW / 272 deg to CeAm Spanish Daily
1600-1700 on 21640 NOB 250 kW / 272 deg to CeAm Spanish Sat/Sun
(DX RE MIX NEWS #839 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov. Feb. 22, 2014,
via DXLD)
21640, Sat Feb 22 at 1342, REE is back on clear frequency after
lapsing to 21630 yesterday. Good thing too, as on Saturday, BBC Hausa
via Ascension 21630 has started earlier instead of 1400 weekdays. (Not
in Aoki, but in HFCC as expanding to 1230-1500 only on Saturdays).
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1710, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN [non]. MADAGASGAR: Radio Dabanga, Talata-Volondry 1, 11940
kHz. 0440 UT Feb 22. Talk by OM in Arabic(?). Several mentions of
Radio Dabanga and musical "Radio Dabanga" song station ID. Good
signal. S7 (Nick Rumple, Kannapolis, North Carolina. Receiver: Yaesu
FRG-100, Drake R8; Antenna: 220 ft. Inverted L Longwire, Homebrew 1
Meter MagLoop, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD)
Is this broadcast on three frequencies from three sites, as in Aoki?
Also 7315 Vatican, 15530 UAE (gh, DXLD)
CLANDESTINES: 15530, R. Tamazuj via UAE, Feb 21 0417-0430*, 35433,
Arabic, Talk, ID at 0418, etc, 0430 sign off.
15530, R. Dabanga via UAE, Feb 21 *0430-0441, 35433, Arabic, 0430 sign
on with IS, IS and SJ and ID, Opening announce, Talk (Kouji Hashimoto,
JAPAN, RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellite 750,
DE-1121, ANT, 70m Sloper Wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
15530, Feb 21 at 1531, R. Dabanga in presumed Sudanese Arabic,
mentions of Darfur, and finally of Dabanga at 1533.4, an unusually
long interval with no passing ID, and still not a sung ID. Is via
VATICAN, ex-15535, leaving the tone jammer barely audible here on the
old frequency; only a matter of time till they catch on. Any other
reason for moving? At least it`s all standard now, as Ivo Ivanov
reports for this and preceding allied R. Tamazuj: on 15530 in the
mornings 0400-0600 via UAE, and evenings 1500-1630 via Vatican, ex-
13800 and 15535 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1710, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** SUDAN [non]. CLANDESTINE: Frequency changes of R. Tamazuj & R.
Dabanga in Sudanese Arabic
Radio Tamazuj
0400-0430 15530 DHA 250 kW / 240 deg to EaAf, ex 13800 // 11940MDC,
7315SMG
1500-1530 15530 SMG 250 kW / 150 deg to EaAf, ex 15535 // 13800MDC
Radio Dabanga
0430-0600 15530 DHA 250 kW / 240 deg to EaAf, ex 13800 // 11940MDC,
7315SMG
1530-1630 15530 SMG 250 kW / 150 deg to EaAf, ex 15535 // 13800MDC
(DX RE MIX NEWS #839 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov. Feb. 22, 2014,
via DXLD)
** SWEDEN. DRM+ test transmission on air in Sweden --- Today [? What
day?] the first test transmissions with the new digital radio system
DRM+ went On-Air in the Stockholm area. The test trial is run with a
DRM+ transmitter on the 97.0 MHz FM band with a power of 500 Watts
(ERP). The first six months of test trials are made in consultation
with the Post- and Telecom Authority in Sweden (PTS). This first phase
will create the basis for an initial technical evaluation and a second
phase will comprise a more detailed evaluation.
Digital Radio Sweden (DRS) is a financially independent and
politically neutral non-profit organization. The DRS' objective is to
present alternative or complementary technologies to DAB and thus
facilitate competent and well-informed policy decision making before
switching from analog to digital radio.
The aim of DRS is to increase public awareness of digital radio.
Today, the general assumption is that digital radio is synonymous with
DAB technology. But digital radio is a common concept for digital
distribution technologies for wireless broadcasting of which DAB is
just one of four internationally recognized standards. We believe in
the importance to invest in technologies that are future-proof and
optimal also for small-scale broadcasters such as local commercial or
community radio stations.
Furthermore, it is important to efficiently utilize the limited
resources of the frequency spectrum. DRS want to safeguard public
expenditure and protect consumer interests by promoting efficient
spending of public funds (taxes and/or TV licenses).
For more information about Digital Radio Sweden and the Stockholm DRM+
field trials, please contact the board chairman Gunnar Bergvall (+46
708 158800) or for
technical matters Lars Liljeryd (+46 707 331102). Also visit
ww.digitalradiosweden.se
(Press Release) Digital Radio Sweden http://digitalradiosweden.se
(via Alokesh Gupta via Drita Çiço, Feb 24, DXLD)
Frequency modulation is not broken! Why mess with it? (gh, DXLD)
** SWEDEN [non]. 17500, IBRA in Sango (not Singo) is heard as S9.
Audio clip at 1709 is available here
http://www.ipernity.com/doc/zliangas/30553327
and here (SW lang database)
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/cfpsctegor369g9/Sango.mp3
The name of the language in swdx
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.gr/2014/02/new-broadcast-of-ibra-radio.html
is misspelled as there is a language
named Sango the primary lang of CAF. Look at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singo
And
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sango_language
(Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, Feb 23, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN [non]. Keith Perron writes on Facebook: ``Coming soon. Hold
on to your suspenders. The 2014 SW schedule from PCJ. Just to give you
a sneak preview. Special DRM programs, special editions of Happy
Station in French, Spanish and Japanese, more live programs with
audience participation, and much more. All will be reveled soon! :):)
Let's put the fun back in shortwave`` (via mIke Terry, Feb 21, dxldyg
via WORLD OF RADIO 1710, DXLD)
Keith Perron writes on Facebook: ``March 12th there will be a special
PCJ transmission. This is a Wednesday. The reason? It is PCJ Radio
International founding and the 5th Anniversary of the return of the
Happy Station Show`` (via Mike Terry, Feb 24, dxldyg via WORLD OF
RADIO 1710, DXLD) What time? (Stephen Mason, ibid.)
** THAILAND. Winter B-13 schedule of Radio Thailand (HSK9):
0000-0030 on 13745 UDO 250 kW / 006 deg to NEAm English
0030-0100 on 13745 UDO 250 kW / 030 deg to NWAm English
0100-0200 on 13745 UDO 250 kW / 038 deg to NEAm Thai
0200-0230 on 13745 UDO 250 kW / 006 deg to NEAm English
0230-0330 on 13745 UDO 250 kW / 006 deg to NEAm Thai
0530-0600 on 12015 UDO 250 kW / 308 deg to WeEu English
1000-1100 on 17630 UDO 250 kW / 300 deg to N/ME Thai
1100-1115 on 5875 UDO 250 kW / 144 deg to SEAs Vietnamese
1115-1130 on 5875 UDO 250 kW / 144 deg to SEAs Khmer
1130-1145 on 5875 UDO 250 kW / 030 deg to SEAs Lao
1145-1200 on 5875 UDO 250 kW / 276 deg to SEAs Burmese
1200-1215 on 9390 UDO 250 kW / 154 deg to SEAs Bahasa Malay
1230-1300 on 9390 UDO 250 kW / 132 deg to SEAs English
1300-1315 on 9390 UDO 250 kW / 054 deg to EaAs Japanese
1315-1330 on 9390 UDO 250 kW / 030 deg to EaAs Mandarin
1330-1400 on 9390 UDO 250 kW / 054 deg to EaAs Thai
1400-1430 on 9390 UDO 250 kW / 132 deg to SEAs English
1800-1900 on 9940 UDO 250 kW / 321 deg to WeEu Thai
1900-2000 on 9965 UDO 250 kW / 321 deg to WeEu English
2000-2015 on 9535 UDO 250 kW / 321 deg to WeEu German
2030-2045 on 9535 UDO 250 kW / 321 deg to WeEu English
2045-2115 on 9535 UDO 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu Thai (DX RE MIX NEWS
#839 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov. Feb. 22, 2014, via DXLD)
? Have there been any changes since beginning of B-13? (gh, DXLD)
** TIBET [non]. Frequency changes of Voice of Tibet from Feb 15 to 17:
1200-1215 on 15543 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese no change
1215-1230 on 15537 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese no change
1230-1245 on 15568 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan no change
1245-1300 NF 15562 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15573
1300-1315 NF 9332 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 9318
1300-1315 NF 15553 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15573
1315-1330 NF 9338 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 9323
1315-1330 NF 15553 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 11517
1330-1345 NF 9338 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 9323
1330-1345 NF 11527 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 11513
1345-1400 NF 9343 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 9328
1345-1400 NF 11538 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 11513
1400-1415 NF 11543 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 11507
1400-1415 on 15520 MDC 250 kW / 045 deg to CeAs Tibetan no change
1415-1430 NF 11543 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 11507
1415-1430 on 15515 MDC 250 kW / 045 deg to CeAs Tibetan no change
All frequencies are jammed by CNR-1 on xxxx0 or xxxx5
Changes between frequencies vary from 3 to 5 minutes (DX RE MIX NEWS
#839 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov. Feb. 22, 2014, via DXLD)
** UKRAINE. 11980.10, 0815-0825 09.02, Dniprovska Khvylia,
Zaporizhia, Ukrainian talk mentioning Ukraine, song by choir, 25232.
Best 73, (Anker Petersen, Denmark, back home to my AOR AR7030PLUS and
28 metres longwire, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD)
** UKRAINE [non?]. 6305, 19/02 1950-, R. Mir/R. Pirates for Peace -
piratesforpeace@hotmail.com English/Ucraino ID, musica e talk sulla
lotta per la democrazia in Ucraina, buono (Roberto Pavanello, Italy,
playdx yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1710, DXLD)
** UKRAINE. Radio Ukraine International online are broadcasting
excitedly in Ukrainian at 2000 UT, the time usually set aside for
their English Service. I will continue to monitor. Radio Ukraine
International is carrying domestic channel 1 (Martin Reynolds, Roberts
Stream 205, Nantwich UK, 1428 UT Feb 21, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)
Today the media politics programme of Deutschlandfunk mentioned that
they tried to contact Radio Ukraine International which, as they said,
"we came up against in our research" (which nicely illustrates an
inconvenient truth: outside the DX scene nobody knows these foreign
radio services at all): German service staff said that they have been
ordered from up in the hierarchy not to talk to foreign journalists.
(Kai Ludwig, Germany, Feb 22, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Listening to RUI on-line at 0000 shows them co-channel with the 1st
National Channel (NRCU 1). That's interesting, since the opposition
has pretty much totally taken over in most parts of the country. I was
expecting some new programming, but nothing yet. Just a cultural
program about Tatar invaders from ancient times. Meanwhile, the TV
channels on-line are full of showing the excesses of the deposed
president (a lot like Saddam Hussein, IMHO). 24 Kanal, 5.ua, and
Radiosvoboda.com, Spilno-TV all have 24/7 video feeds. Fascinating to
watch! (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, UT Feb 23, ibid.)
FYI, Leonid Cultuclu in open_dx:
MW PB-#496 transmitter Chernivtsi 657 kHz closed in January 2014
already. [PB = RV in Roman]
# # # # #
automatic translation:
EVZ capital. Ukraine in the war with the radio! Romanian programs were
suspended from RUI.
As of January 29, 2014 under the direction of Taras Avrahov, CEO of
The National Radio Company of Ukraine were suspended Romanian language
broadcasts of radio station "Ukraine-International" which was
broadcast on medium wave frequency of 657 KHz.
After several attempts to liquidate the Romanian editorial in Kiev
during the optimization and reorganization of the State National Radio
Company of Ukraine in 2013, Avrahov managed to strike this group of
Romanian journalists and editorial reduce four employees, while other
newspapers remained complete.
Romanians like salt loves Avharov an eye!
Attempts to abolish editorial NRCU Romanian language started since
last fall, when the company's management addressed a letter to the
State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine with
a request to be transferred to this editorial from Chernivtsi Regional
State in the Company television and radio, where there is already a
Romanian newsroom, and the second would be superfluous, to be
gradually abolished. Then he addressed the country's leadership
editorial staff asking to intervene to resolve the problem created
positive.
To locate faults, Taras Avrahov, who loves Romanian and conspicuous,
signed an order that delegated the head of the security service of the
National Radio Company of Ukraine and his deputy to come to Chernivtsi
and to pursue what time Romanian journalists come to work and you go
home. Psychological and emotional attacks on Romanian journalists who
come "hidden" from Mr. Avrahov led to several journalists wish to
resign, can not support the regime imposed by this character, and
intimidation on his part.
He made "economy" budget
In \\ he continued efforts to dismantle Romanian broadcasts. Without
announce editorial staff, general manager NRCU addressed a letter to
the corporation broadcasting and television-radio from Kiev, demanding
closure PB-#496 transmitter that broadcasts on medium wave
transmitting 657 kHz, including radio broadcasts "Culture" and of
editorial programs in Romanian radio station "Ukraine -
International". Thus, allegedly, would make large budget savings.
As of January 29, 2014 was off the transmitter and thus were suspended
2 hours, 25 minutes shows in Romanian. Basically, NRCU reduced by 60%
its programs in Romanian language radio station "Ukraine-
International". The staff editorial is outraged and concerned that the
country's leadership fails to stop these transgressions invented and
made by the Director General of NRCU.
official protests
Reaction and the decision of the State Committee of Ukraine television
and radio remains misunderstood by Romanian journalists in Ukraine. In
these situations, when the day Romanians in Ukraine are increasingly
downtrodden and restricted rights by some officials who are in charge
of such institutions, collective editorial appeals to President Viktor
Yanukovych, and the bodies in charge of audio - visual, to stop the
persecution of journalists Romanian (via Wolfgang Büschel, DXLD)
Thanks for that translation, Wolfy! Seems like a bit of a power
struggle within RUI. By 2300 23 Feb, still no signs of RUI, only relay
of NRCU 1st channel. Hopefully as the democratic forces increase their
control of the country (which is still tenuous in many parts of the
east, south, and Crimea), things will return to some semblance of
normal. Who knows (probably wishful thinking), but perhaps they might
even return to SW! 73, (Walt Salmaniw, Feb 23, WORLD OF RADIO 1710,
DXLD
Radio Ukraine International Online has returned. I'm just listening to
the 1300 UT English broadcast. No news or commentaries. Just a
programme talking about the history of Ukraine accompanied by rousing
nationalistic music (Reggie Strummer [a.k.a. Martin Reynolds], UK,
1310 UT Feb 24, BDXC-UK yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1710, DXLD)
Just checked on-line at 1529 UT and RUI is back with German
programming. Suspect they will be solidly on the side of the temporary
government, since the dismissal of the former regime. NRCU 1 is
carrying the Verkhovna Rada (parliament). NRCU 2 is IDing as "Promin
on-line", and also are carrying programming about the change of
regimes. NRCU 3 is also carrying information about the Kyiv Maidan.
Solidly behind the present government now. 73, (Walt Salmaniw, BC, Feb
24, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1710, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [non]. Frequency changes of BBC in Hindi: 0100-0130 NF 5980 DHA
250 kW / 070 deg to SoAs, ex 6165* // 7325, 11995, 15510 * to avoid
Thazin Radio Regional Service [MYANMAR] in Karen
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/02/frequency-changes-of-bbc-in-hindi.html
(Ivo Ivanov, Feb 26, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1710, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) This now makes QRM to R. Chaski; see PERU (gh)
ASCENSION: 12095, BBC; 2118-2132+, 26-Feb; M in English interviewing
Eugenia Timoshenko, daughter of woman vying for Ukraine president.
I've heard this interviewer before and he doesn't let anything
questionable pass without a challenge. I'd love to hear him
interviewing [President] Obama. BBC spot at 2129, into English news.
SIO=453. // 11810 also via ASC, SIO=453 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI,
Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All
logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K. Skelton - New Pics Added? Maybe new pics added to this site
since I last looked? Anyway, have a look.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/russell_w_b/sets/72157603792430482/
(Ian Baxter, NSW, Feb 23, shortwavesites yg via DXLD)
** U K. At one time, there was an annual publication put out by the
BBC called "The BBC Handbook". It was an excellent primer on how to
organize, operate and manage a prototype public service media
enterprise. Today, the BBC seems intent on demonstrating how one
destroys a former prototype public service media enterprise across
multiple platforms. Is it merely coincidence that all of this
"(un)creative destruction" began to emerge as the BBC's management
became infiltrated by those who formerly worked for commercial media
corporate entities--many of which were abject failures--and who had no
understanding nor respect for the unique governing principles of
public service vs. "let's throw anything out there as long as it makes
money" commercial "values".
One thinks not. A sad end for a once great institution now shepherded
by small minded, untalented hacks (John Figliozzi, FL, Sent from my
iPad dxldyg via DXLD 14-08, via WORLD OF RADIO 1710, DXLD 14-09)
The biggest threat I see to BBC World Service is not the additional
loss of shortwave services, but instead is the recent decision to
include commercial breaks in their programs. BBC on shortwave has been
absent for a long time here in the USA. Instead many in the USA get
their BBC fix via a local FM outlet that carries BBC World service on
their HD2 channel and translators that receive the HD2 channel
programming and rebroadcast the program material on old fashioned
analog FM. Such is the case here in Palm Beach County Florida.
FCC rules will not permit the airing of commercials on stations
licensed as non-commercial stations. I wonder how BBC intends to
filter out commercials from feeds to such stations. Failure to come up
with a plan will result in the loss of many USA listeners to BBC World
Service (Joe Buch, swprograms via DXLD)
Since the loss of shortwave and the advent of the iPad I do all of my
BBCWS listening on the TuneIn radio app, which works very nicely (Mr.
Sandy Finlayson, Director of Library Services & Professor of
Theological Bibliography, Westminster Theological Seminary,
Philadelphia, PA, "Google can bring back a hundred thousand answers.
A librarian can bring you back the right one." –Neil Gaiman,
swprograms via DXLD)
I said a long time ago but was panned for it, but when a "Radio"
station ceases to broadcast, it s no longer is a "Radio" station. It
seems to me that in many cases they hang on as a streaming outlet but
case in point, Radio Netherlands has almost nothing to offer anymore
(Doc Mark F. Tattenbaum, MFA, ibid.)
I choose not to be persnickety in my use of the term radio. To me
it's the notion of content provided on a "one-to-many" basis that
defines radio, not the fact that I receive a direct over-the-air
signal. And, as the list policeman, co-founder, and list owner, I'm OK
with others using that definition here. And I think RNW would agree
with you that they no longer directly produce "radio" programs.
(Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA, ibid.)
Sadly RNW does not produce much of anything anymore! (Doc, ibid.)
That`s being monolinguist. They do produce half an hour of Spanish at
0100-0130 Tue-Sat via WHRI on 9895; presumably shifting back to 0000-
0030 in A-14, or already March 11 due to DST in Cuba, aping the USA
dates. I can`t say I have ever cared to listen to the entire program,
but information-starved Cubans might (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
** U K [and non]. FCC rules will not permit the airing of commercials
on stations licensed as non-commercial stations. I wonder how BBC
intends to filter out commercials from feeds to such stations. Failure
to come up with a plan will result in the loss of many USA listeners
to BBC World Service (Joe Buch, Swprograms mailing list via DXLD)
What I understand the BBC will do, depending on geography, is insert
underwriting announcements at the bottom (and likely top) of each
hour, just like APM does today on the BBCWS feed that US public radio
stations get. Those are regarded as "commercials" by the BBC. Note
that the BBC itself doesn't receive revenue directly from those APM
inserts, though the BBC does receive revenue from APM itself.
These commercials, underwriting announcements, or whatever you wish to
call them, will not be heard by listeners in the UK on the Radio 4
rebroadcast or, one assumes, if they listen to the live stream via the
iPlayer. This is because the BBC cannot air commercials in the UK as
part of the regulations surrounding the Licence Fee.
The FM relay of the World Service that airs in Berlin has carried
these commercials on an experimental basis, and listeners were then
surveyed regarding their impressions...apparently the results were
encouraging to BBC management.
I suspect that those using the Internet stream, either directly or
indirectly (e.g. TuneIn) will hear commercial inserts based on their
IP address - so we won't be necessarily hearing ads for Tennant Lager
when we stream the World Service.
However, some of the ads aired via shortwave might be interesting, if
the BBC places them based on the intended target region. This topic
will come up on this weekend's "Over To You", which first airs 2350 UT
Saturday (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA, ibid.)
Joe: Good comments, but the FCC long ago allowed for "image"
advertising on non-commercial stations. So if the BBC follows that
type of advertising model, I'm afraid we'll be hearing it. However, it
will necessarily change the financial model. Stations may wish to be
reimbursed for airing the commercials, which opens another can of
worms (Daniel L. Srebnick, ibid.)
Maybe
http://criticaldistance.blogspot.ca/2014/02/will-bbc-world-service-raise-8-million.html
"As from April 1st 2014, funding switches from the UK Foreign Office
to the BBC Licence Fee payer in the UK. And that's where the quest for
8 million may be a false priority, especially when they have no
experience in commercial radio." (Daniel Say, BC, Swprograms mailing
list via DXLD)
** U K. TX Factor airs on Friday (today) February 21, 2014
Southgate February 20, 2014
The UK's first TV show dedicated entirely to Amateur Radio launches
just after midnight on Friday.
Petrol heads have their Top Gear, fans of antiques and cookery shows
are spoilt for choice, but for far too long there has been nothing on
TV for radio enthusiasts.
That all changes on Friday, February 21, 2014 with the launch of TX
Factor - a half-hour show produced by broadcast professionals who are
themselves radio amateurs.
Hosted by Bob McCreadie G0FGX, Mike Marsh G1IAR and Nick Bennett
2E0FGQ, the show will explore all aspects of the diverse and
fascinating hobby which is amateur radio.
Nick Bennett has been employed in broadcast media all his working life
and now brings that wealth of professional experience to the TX
Factor: "I'm passionate about amateur radio and have always wished
there was a high-quality TV show about my favourite subject, and as
the main broadcasters haven't yet produced one we decided to make our
own!"
The programme is free to view via http://www.txfactor.co.uk/ and will
stream to a smart TV, PC, tablet or phone, adapting the quality to the
speed of the connection. If the broadband is fast enough viewers can
watch in full HD, but it also looks great on portable devices via 3G.
The show is sponsored by ML&S Martin Lynch and Sons Ltd, and Yaesu
Musen Co, Japan. Martin G4HKS says: "When I saw the pilot version of
TX Factor I was delighted to see our wonderful hobby at last given its
own quality TV show and I knew I wanted to support this exciting new
development. I think all hams will really enjoy the show and the
opportunities it offers to promote the wide variety of interests
within amateur radio."
Bob McCreadie G0FGX agrees it's great to have such well-respected
sponsors associated with the TX Factor: "Just as with normal
commercial TV our programmes are supported by advertising, but are
completely editorially independent. TX Factor will aim to entertain
and inform the amateur radio community with features on every kind of
ham activity, new equipment reviews and developments from around the
world."
The first episode includes a feature on Marconi's Atlantic leap, some
hilltop SOTA activity and a report by Mike Marsh G1IAR from The Norman
Lockyer Observatory Radio Group in Sidmouth, east Devon.
Mike is very keen on getting viewers involved with the show: "Clubs
are a very important part of the radio scene in the UK and we hope to
receive lots of news from clubs and individuals around the country on
their exciting radio activities which will inspire features for future
shows. This is very much a show for hams, by hams!"
Episode 1 of TX Factor will be available to view from Friday, February
21, 2014 at http://www.txfactor.co.uk/
The show is totally free and doesn't require any kind of login or
registration.
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2014/february/tx_factor_airs_on_friday.htm#.UwesSjbivDc
(via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)
I see nothing above about it being ON TELEVISION, just internet (gh)
** U S A [and non]. 7345-USB, Feb 22 at 1447, apparent Navy MARS net
discussing schedules with net designators but not revealing
frequencies; among calls mentioned fonetikally, NNN0TWA, and from Air
Force, AFA4PM. Also with very weak AM carrier, presumably a non-jammer
CNR1 Beijing per Aoki. I also heard NNN0TWA last August on 7345 at
1313 and searched him out to be Jim in Tennessee. AFA4PM is also in TN
per an exhaustive roster via http://www.marsregionone.org/ (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. New York aviation weather has been restored - listening at
1500 UT on 6604 (Karl Zuk, NY, Feb 20, WORLD OF RADIO 1710, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
You've probably had it reported or noticed yourself, but VOLMET New
York Radio seems back to normal. All the "missings" are now "missing,"
and we are now hearing current forecasts and observations. (Mike
Cooper, 1901 UT Feb 22, WORLD OF RADIO 1710, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. VOA Radiogram during the weekend of 22-23 February will
include MFSK32, MFSK64, and MFSK64L, as well as several images and a
greeting to the WinteRFest in Perry, Iowa.
Details at
http://voaradiogram.net/post/77385104042/voa-radiogram-22-23-feb-2016-includes-mfsk32-64-64l
VOA Radiogram transmission schedule
(all days and times UTC):
Sat 0930-1000 5745 kHz
Sat 1600-1630 17860 kHz
Sun 0230-0300 5745 kHz
Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz
All via the Edward R. Murrow transmitting station in North Carolina.
(Kim Elliott, Feb 22, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
VOA Radiogram (and KBC) this weekend
Kim Andrew Elliott writes:
Hello friends, Last weekend's experiment with the simultaneous
transmission of MFSK32 text and an MFSK64 image was fairly successful.
We still need to determine the best combination of modes and audio
frequencies for simultaneous text and image transmissions.
This weekend we will resume more conventional sequential text and
image transmissions. MFSK32, MFSK64L, and MFSK64 will be used.
Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram, 22-23 February 2014, program 47
1. 1:40 MFSK32: Program preview
2. 2:55 MFSK32: Greetings to WinteRFest in Iowa, with images
3. 6:03 MFSK32: Winter SWL Fest forums, with image
4. 7:24 MFSK32: Lasers for space communication, with image
5. 12:09 MFSK64L: Restrictions on Turkish media, with MFSK64 image
6. 19:19 MFSK64: Independent bookstores in USA, with image
7. 26:35 MFSK32: Closing announcements
Please send reception reports to radiogram@voanews.com
VOA Radiogram transmission schedule
(all days and times UT)
Sat 0930-1000 5745 kHz
Sat 1600-1630 17860 kHz
Sun 0230-0300 5745 kHz
Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz
All via the Edward R. Murrow transmitting station in North Carolina.
The Mighty KBC, with studios in the Netherlands but leased
transmitters in Germany, will transmit a minute of MFSK64 Saturday at
about 1230 UTC on 6095 kHz, and again Sunday at about 0130 UTC
(Saturday evening 8:30 pm EST) on 7375 kHz. The 6095 kHz is usually
not audible in North America except via this SDR receiver in the
Netherlands: http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/
Please send reception reports to Eric at themightykbc@gmail.com
The Winter SWL Fest will be 14-15 March 2014, near Philadelphia. I
will be there to demonstrate VOA Radiogram and the decoding of text
and images from shortwave broadcast. Information at swlfest.com.
With VOA Radiogram program 47 now produced, I will begin answering
your emails (Kim Andrew Elliott, Producer and Presenter, VOA
Radiogram, http://voaradiogram.net dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
http://air-radiorama.blogspot.it/2014/02/voa-radiogram-22-23-feb-2014-mfsk32.html
(via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD)
As of last week there was a Noise Jammer on 17850 kHz against a
program with target area ====> Africa.
The USB side of 17860 - VOA remained undisturbed.
Otherwise, the receiving and decoding was as usual.
http://www.rhci-online.de/VoA_Radiogram_2014-02-22.htm
At the end of my HTML a few EASYPAL-images of a radio amateur from the
South West of Russia:
RN6LDT (?????? ???????????? ???????, ??????? ??????, ??????????????
?????, ?????????? ???????) [Mikhail Vladimirovich Zubenko, Krasnaya
Polyana, Peschanokopskiy district, Rostov region]
(roger, Germany, ibid.)
** U S A [non]. 6080, Feb 24 at 0307, 3-tone Cuban jammer atop weaker
talk station, which HFCC shows is VOA English via VATICAN during this
hour, and also at 04-07 via São Tomé. Assume this is a stray, running
all(?) the time on 6080, rather than a deliberate attack on VOA
English to Africa, but if it helps to mess up the Yanqui Imperialists,
so much the better (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See CUBA
** U S A [non]. Frequency changes of IBB: Voice of America
1400-1500 17740 LAM 100 kW / 075 deg CeAs Tibetan ex 9670 from Feb. 24
1600-1700 11850 PHT 250 kW / 283 deg SoAs Bangla, ex 9490 from Feb. 23
73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Feb 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
See also AFGHANISTAN [non]
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1709 monitoring: confirmed from 2200:55 UT
Thursday Feb 20 on WTWW-1, 9475, which seems to be its standard time
in the automation setup; excellent signal to completion by 2230. Next:
UT Friday 0426v on WWRB 3195
Saturday 0730 & 1530 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB
UT Sunday 0030 on WTWW 5085
UT Sunday 0030 on WRMI 9495 [or previous week`s show]
UT Sunday 0501 on WTWW 5830
UT Monday 0400v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB
Tuesday 1200 on WRMI 9955
Wednesday 0730 & 1530 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB
Wednesday 1400 on WRMI 9955
WORLD OF RADIO 1709 monitoring: NOT confirmed UT Friday Feb 21 at
0430v on WWRB, because 3195 is off the air, and so is the webcast, and
so is the only other frequency, 3185. Did not recheck before 0500;
however, at 0519, I find that 3185 is back on with BS, while 3195
would have signed off anyway. Good thing for our redundancy on four US
SW stations, as hardly a week goes by without one broadcast or another
missing for some reason. Next:
Saturday 0730 & 1530 on Hamburger Lokalradio, 7265-CUSB
UT Sunday 0030 on WRMI 9495 [or previous episode, like last week]
UT Sunday 0030 on WTWW 5085
UT Sunday 0501 on WTWW 5830
UT Monday 0400v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB
etc., etc.
WORLD OF RADIO 1709 monitoring: another missed airtime: UT Sunday Feb
23 at 0030, when WTWW-2 5085 keeps on playing gospel music, and 0057
switches to Brother Scare. So none of Ted Randall`s ham radio
programming either, such as Amateur Radio Newsline which normally
follows WOR. However, WOR 1709 is appearing at same time on WRMI-14,
9495 with fair signal, fading. And at 0501:05 UT Sun Feb 23 on WTWW-1,
5830 with VG signal. Next: UT Monday 0400v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-
CUSB; Tue 1200 & Wed 1400 on WRMI 9955; Wed 0730 & 1530 on HLR 7265-
CUSB.
WORLD OF RADIO 1709 monitoring: confirmed on Area 51 webcast, UT
Monday Feb 24 at 0412 about 9 minutes into the program, so must have
started at 0403; presumably also on WBCQ-(4?), 5110v-CUSB. Next:
Tuesday 1200 on WRMI-10 9955; Wednesday 1400 on WRMI-11 9955;
Wednesday 0730 & 1530 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB.
WORLD OF RADIO monitoring: 5085, UT Tuesday Feb 25 at 0057, surprised
to hear WOR on WTWW-2, about to end, and it`s from 5 weeks ago, #1705;
must have started circa 0030. Such additional plays are always
welcome, but news to me.
WORLD OF RADIO 1709: last best chance to hear it should be Wed 1400 on
WRMI-11, northwest antenna on 9955.
WORLD OF RADIO 1709 monitoring: confirmed after 1400 UT Wednesday Feb
26 on WRMI-11, 9955, VG signal to the northwest.
Hope to have WOR 1710 ready for first airing:
UT Thursday 0430 on WRMI-10, 9955 to the south-southeast. Then:
Thu 1330 on WRMI-10 9955
Thu 2201 on WTWW-1 9475
UT Fri 0426v on WWRB-1 3195
Sat 0730 & 1530 on HLR 7265-CUSB
UT Sun 0030 on WTWW-2 5085 [but not last week]
UT Sun 0030 on WRMI-14 9495 [could be previous show]
UT Sun 0501 on WTWW-1 5830
UT Mon 0400v on Area 51 via WBCQ-4 5110v-CUSB
Tue 1200 on WRMI-10 9955
Wed 0730 0& 1530 on HLR 7265-CUSB
Wed 1400 on WRMI-11 9955
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Glenn, I picked World Of Radio on 9955 kHz around 0440 UT today
with a fair reception here in Cairo, my first catch ever of WRMI after
so many years of DXing. Keep up the good work (Tarek Zeidan, Cairo,
Egypt, Sent from my iPad, UT Thursday Feb 27, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST) Was WOR 1709
** U S A. 9495, UT Friday Feb 21 at 0030, WRMI bonus frequency is
starting `Historias de Radio` from Daniel Camporini`s DX studio in
Argentina; good with no jamming.
9955, Feb 21 at 0525, WRMI at VG level with music fill, well over
jamming; 0529 Spanish ID, 0530 R. Slovakia International in Spanish.
Meanwhile, 9840, the BS frequency at 0525 is dead air past 0529. By
0636, both are in BS, 9955 weaker, with 9840 JBA. See also EQUATORIAL
GUINEA [non]
9955, Sat Feb 22 at 0636, WRMI VG in Spanish about history of radio in
Ecuador, so probably the `Historias de Radio` show if not another one
from Argentina, `La Rosa de Tokio` --- despite Brother Scare
supposedly scheduled seven days a week from 0600 on 9955. Just another
anomaly from Okeechobee. Meanwhile BS is really on 9840 and presumably
7570.
9955, Sat Feb 22 at 1323, interesting feature about a piano-maker,
from R. Prague, but cut off incomplete at 1329.5 by Bob Zanotti`s ID
still skipping the dot after www (and the nine syllables of www are a
waste, since it`s optional before wrmi.net), in order to start 1330
preacher on time, listed as `Tell the World Ministry` until 1345 `Viva
Miami`. Seems R. Prague will not always fit into the 24.5 minutes
allotted for it Mon-Sat following the pentaminute `End Times Coming`
daily at 1300-1305 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Two new registered frequencies of Radio Miami International:
0000-2400 on 5030 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg to CeAm English from March 9
0000-2400 on 5950 YFR 100 kW / 181 deg to CARR English from March 9
Other registered frequencies of Radio Miami International, not active:
2200-1100 on 5850 YFR 100 kW / 355 deg to NEAm English from Dec.23
2200-1100 on 7730 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg to MEXI English from Dec.23
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/02/two-new-registered-frequencies-of-wrmi.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Feb 25, WORLD OF RADIO 1710, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
* both are new Radio República program outlets to come via RMI
broadcasting center? v5950 kHz is an old Radio República channel.
Bad action. Is a very bizarre and arrogant channels selection by Jeff
White, in order to jam adjacent Radio Rebelde Quivican Cuba 5025 kHz
broadcast? Another US Uncle Sam estrangement. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Don`t jump to conclusions: specified as English, and unlikely to be
used for 24 hour spans, just covering possibilities. 5030 would be
inadvisable, but not ``jamming`` 5025, while Cuba directly jams RMI
frequencies 9955 and 9490, has done so for many, many years, so why
would it be ``arrogant`` for WRMI to return the favor? WYFR never
used 60m band, and figured antennas would not handle it; now modified?
(gh, DXLD)
In this regard (using 5030 to jam against 5025), is Jeff and Co.
planning on actually USING 5850 to jam against the HM01 Cuban NUMBERS
STATION during its 05-06 broadcast UT SU, M, W, F (or have they
already done so)? Such info might explain why my reception of 5855 has
recently been best on my wacky radio on 4945 on the 60 meter band (its
image at - 910 kHz from primary frequency) due to some apparent
jamming source -- Cuba or otherwise -- which sounds deliberate as
opposed to random static???? Just a thought from (Shawn From Flushing
NY Fahrer (the guy who is still waiting for HM01 to change its number
sequences from February 2 through the present -- it is now over three
weeks and counting with the same numbers being transmitted day after
day after day after day....), dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Unscheduled broadcasts of WTWW-3 observed Feb. 15/18/22:
Probably this unscheduled broadcasts are temporarily on air Sat/Tue??
0500-0600 on 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg to ENAm Portuguese
0600-0900 on 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg to ENAm Yoruba
0900-1200 on 12105*TWW 100 kW / 040 deg to ENAm Chinese
1200-1400 on 12105#TWW 100 kW / 040 deg to ENAm Russian
* co-ch KTWR Guam in Chinese 1115-1145 Mon-Fri, 1145-1200 Sat
# co-ch Radio Free Asia in Burmese from 1230
Current winter B-13 schedule of WTWW-3 1400-0500, non daily:
1400-1500 on 12105!TWW 100 kW / 040 deg to ENAm Russian
1500-2100 on 12105^TWW 100 kW / 040 deg to ENAm Arabic
2100-2400 on 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg to ENAm French
0000-0300 on 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg to ENAm Spanish
0300-0500 on 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg to ENAm Portuguese
! co-ch Radio Free Asia in Burmese till 1430
^ co-ch Radio Dialogue in English/Shona/Ndebele 1600-1700
Changes between languages vary from 4 to 7 minutes (DX RE MIX NEWS
#839 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov. Feb. 22, 2014, via DXLD)
Re: ``5085 & 5830, Feb 13 at 1308, WTWW-2 and WTWW-1 are both off. At
1432, 9930 WTWW-2 is still off, but 9475 WTWW-1 and 12105 WTWW-3 are
both on now. Wonder if only two funxional transmitters are being moved
around to five different frequencies.``
WTWW with severe pump water leaks on #1 & 2. Now solved (George
McClintock, WTWW, Feb 23, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9331.34 approx., Feb 21 at 0027, WBCQ is way off-frequency,
with preaching presumed from usual GFRN. Very poor signal, reduced
carrier wobbling a bit + USB. Also with storm QRN. For several days
I`ve noticed a degraded signal here, unsure if only due to
propagation. Now looks like they may be running a backup transmitter
on 9330+.
9330.0-CUSB, Feb 22 at 1316, WBCQ is back on-frequency, following my
report a sesquiday earlier of 9331.34; usual GFRN preaching, only a
poor signal. Switched back to main transmitter, or adjusted the
backup? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
[and non]. 15420.14, WBCQ, 1808 Feb 19 mixed with BBC. Talks with
intense wording intonation (as like someone speaking letter or number
groups in spy stations) Listen:
http://www.ipernity.com/doc/zliangas/30553325
(Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece, Feb 23, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Which I have dubbed ``anapaestic, androgynous``; from the preachperson
in Fence Lake NM (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) another reference to it:
15420, WBCQ, Monticello ME (presumed); 2135, 21-Feb; Aggressive
Christianity huxtress NOT in sing-song mode. How does she decide which
mode to use?; using Olympic swimming analogies and mentioning the
flesh & carnality (at least she didn't mention athleticism, though
some forms of carnality require significant athleticism). SIO=453+
with QRN. At 2026, 23-Feb, she was in sing-song mode. Maybe the
difference is whether she's reading or orating (Harold Frodge, Midland
MI, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW,
All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. Feb 20 at 0629: 7555 WEWN is back, poor with flutter; 7490
WHRI BS also poor with flutter, quite subnormal for them, whilst 7570
WRMI BS remains very good from its southern advantage.
Even lower frequencies are attenuated: 5085, Feb 20 at 0632, WTWW BS
is fair with flutter; 5830 WTWW poor; 5890 BS & 5935 DGS WWCR also
poor, while other nights they can blast in.
After sunrise Feb 20, the Tennesseans are still way weak on 9 MHz, in
fact at 1411, no signal on 9980 from WWCR BS, suspected off; 9930 WTWW
BS is however poor-fair and improving; 9475 WTWW SFAW rather than
blasting, is about equal to weak R. Australia CCI. On 25m, WEWN is
also unusually very weak on 11550 & 12050.
12050, Feb 20 at 2012, WEWN Spanish has VG signal, but very
undermodulated and distorted; // 13830 is somewhat better but also
undermodulated and distorted; ``Por su dolorosa pasión`` monomaniac
taking phone call from someone needing consoling.
15610, Feb 25 at 1501 UT, no signal from WEWN English, nor on filthy
spurs normally accompanying, peaking circa 15592, 15601, 15619, 15628.
Spanish frequencies 11550 and 12050 also absent. Weather Channel
lightning map checked a couple hours later shows zero strikes anywhere
in USA, just a bit on the Bahamas.
15610, 12050, 13830, Feb 25 at 2054, WEWN is still totally off all
frequencies. By next check 0632 Feb 26, all three are back on: 11520
English, 11870 & 7555 Spanish, with the usual squeals (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 17750-17785, Feb 20 at 1956 as I am stepping up the 16m
band, hear dirty splatter from 17775 KVOH, far beyond the bandwidth it
should be occupying, but it`s just before sign/off 2000*. Probably had
been bad for hours, altho it was slow to fade in after *1400.
17750-17790, Feb 21 at 1449, KVOH 17775 already up to VG level today,
and along with it the noise field almost reaching 17790 WRMI, but
worse to the low side, and especially during music.
17775, Feb 24 at 1430, KVOH is already propagating well, but
modulation is very distorted. Weakest-link syndrome. Announcer plugs
new show `Del Valle a la Nación` at 11 am Pacific time [1900 UT].
Aimed toward the Caribbean, KVOH presumably has very few listeners in
the Pacific zone (beyond groundwave to parts of LA?) so why confuse
them with local time, which anyway is going to shift an hour in a
biweek?
Slow-loading pdf program grid shows `Valle` show is only on Fridays at
1900-1930. Also shows that `Wavescan` is now on KVOH, UT Mondays at
0300-0330 on 9975; not surprising, since Ray Robinson has started
voicing segments of that show; sort of replaces the deleted airing on
WINB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. CALL CHANGES
FREQ OLD CALL CITY OF LICENSE NEW CALL
570 KSNM Las Cruces, NM KGRT
(IRCA DX Monitor Feb 15 via DXLD)
Ha, it was originally KGRT (``K-Great``) for years long before
changing to KSNM (which I think was originally an FM in another town,
Alamogordo?) on Oct 2, 2000; back to KGRT from Feb 4, 2014 (Glenn
Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 810, Feb 21 at 0700 UT, dominant signal is KLVZ Brighton-
Denver CO including one legal ID and several more with promo
variations on ``Where Love Lives``. Allegedly 430 watts at nite vs
2200 day; night pattern does have a little lobe SE toward us, while
day pattern goes SW.
As usual, nothing from WHB Kansas City, our daytime dominator, since
at nite it has a tight figure-8 to the NNW/SSE. I was checking 810 due
to recent reports of WQIZ, 5 kW daytimer in St George SC, on the air
at night QRMing WGY in the East. Which reminded me that I don`t think
I`ve ever heard historic WGY Schenectady in OK, despite its class I-A
status of 50 kW non-direxional day and night, supposedly requiring
everystation else to protect it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 960.04, KNDN, NM, Farmington – 2/3 0928 [EST = 1428 UT] –
C&W music; ad for I-phones; ID in English: "You're listening to the
all-Indian voice of the Four Corners 960 AM KNDN Farmington, New
Mexico." The "all Indian" claim must be taken with a grain of salt,
since the preceding C&W music, phone ad, and ID were all in English.
Navajo-language ads, however, did follow at 0933 [EST]. Operating on
this frequency for the umpteenth year in a row (John Wilkins, Wheat
Ridge CO, NRC DX News Feb 17 via DXLD)
** U S A. Myself and another DXer in Nebraska are hearing what sounds
like current Top 40 hits (including Katy Perry's "Roar" on 980 under
KMBZ [Kansas City MO]. He thought he heard a mention of "eastern New
Mexico's best music" in a liner, but Barry McLarnon's website shows
their format as oldies, and I can't get KICA to stream. Is anyone
close to that area who could check? Mike Westfall, where are you when
we need you? 73, (Rick Dau, South Omaha, Nebraska, Feb 21, ABDX via
DXLD)
I was thinking KICA had been silent. Never hear it in OK (gh, DXLD)
According to stationintel.com, KICA is now sports after being silent
for a while and ID's as 1010 ESPN radio which should mean // KTNZ
Amarillo, which makes sense since Tejas Broadcasting bought KICA
http://rbr.com/clovis-nm-combo-sold-out-of-receivership/
and owns KTNZ. 73 KAZ (Neil Kazaross, IL/WI, NRC-AM via DXLD)
Nope, Neil, it WAS KICA. Finally heard an ID myself of "...(Fly?)
98.3, eastern New Mexico's best music" at 2155 ELT after the song
"Love Somebody" by Maroon 5. KICA is the only thing on 980 that fits,
geography-wise, so either A) somebody at the station boo-boo-ed and
plugged in a simulcast of the FM when they weren't supposed to; or B)
the format change as mentioned at stationintel.com has yet to occur.
73, (Rick Dau, South Omaha, Nebraska, ibid.)
Yes, had to have been an FM simulcast. Also, per SI email I got, the
deal has not yet been approved by the FCC so they are operating on an
LMA. 73 KAZ hoping that this can make it here although KMBZ is brutal
on west antennas (Neil Kazaross, ibid.)
980, KICA, NM, Clovis – Silent since Oct 4 [2013], back on the air Jan
4 [2014] (AM Switch, NRC DX News Feb 17 via DXLD)
** U S A. 1020, Feb 21 at 0654 UT, semi-local KOKP Perry OK unusually
has some Spanish in its null with norteña music, so is it from
northern Mexico? No! Soon ID at ``La Nueva 10-20 --- de Omaha``. (It`s
been ``new`` for quite a while now.) This is how I would normally hear
it around sunrise once 50 kW day power is going, not 1.4 kW night
power. Pattern for both is an ellipsoid tangent to and aimed due west
from KMMQ Plattsmouth NE, so we should not be getting much signal day
or night to the SSW. Usually at night, KDKA makes it in the KOKP null
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1190, Feb 23 at 0704 UT, ``11-90 AM, NBC News and your
classic country favorites`` non-ID, dominant signal roughly east/west.
No clear match in the 2013 NRC AM Log, but I`m 99% sure it`s KQQZ St
Louis MO market, cheating: 10000/22 watts U4, De Soto MO/Belleville
IL, with day pattern at night to the SW. It is C&W, and with NBC News,
a.k.a. ``Hot talk and kool killer country``, http://kqqz1190am.com/
The classic country angle is more obvious here:
https://www.facebook.com/kqqz1190am
Previously heard mostly around sunrise. More about KQQZ (and KZQZ
1430) in DXLDs 13-36, 13-44 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Macedonian on 1440 WDRJ Inkster MI --- I was wondering why I
was hearing Macedonian on 1440. //ed it to WDRJ's web site. Language
sounded familiar - I am learning Serbian - but talk was re
"makedoniya" and the languages have similarities.
Anyhow, the music stands out, sounds a bit like Greek music, as might
be expected, so if you need it, this time every week; not sure when
the program starts or ends, but heard around 2200 EST [0300 UT
Sundays]. Normal format is Black Gospel, Rejoice (Saul Chernos, Burnt
River ON, Sat Feb 22, NRC-AM via DXLD)
** U S A. 1440, Feb 22 at 0500-0506 UT, tried for the underpublicized
DX test from WFNY, 1440, Gloversville in upstate New York, not
expecting to hear it, especially if on 0.5 kW night power N/S rather
than 5 kW ND day facility. And indeed not heard: 1440 dominated by an
ESPN station, presumably usual WGEM Quincy IL in same direxion; and
also by some Spanish, presumably KTNO The Metroplex TX, even tho it`s
allegedly only 350 watts at night.
WFNY test was not a no-show, as Steve Francis in Alcoa TN reported
``code heard at midnight!`` DXers in NJ, and even IL and NE also heard
the code (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Re: WFNY-1440 DX test: Two different pitches of Morse Code ID heard
here 0001-0003 ELT. Second new station from New York this season. 73,
(Rick Dau, South Omaha, Nebraska, 0505 UT Feb 22, ABDX via DXLD)
Re: [IRCA] WFNY-1440 DX test --- Hi, this is Curtis Mcmenamin in
Vacaville, California; was amazed to hear the DX test from here using
Sony ICF 2010 and Kiwa air core loop, coming in poor. Heard Morse code
at 9 PM Pacific time which would be 12 AM EST; heard also at 9:30 PM
Pacific time which would be 12:30 AM, and other bits and pieces of
Morse code at different times. Very shocked to hear them and the guy
at the radio station was amazed also (22 Feb, IRCA via DXLD) Did you
copy the Morse code as real WFNY IDs? (gh, DXLD)
Emails to the published WFNY email address keep bouncing back as
unknown. Just my luck :( 73, (Kraig Krist, VA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Kraig, I mentioned over on the IRCA listserver that an incorrect
domain was given out, and that in speaking in person to Mike Sleezer,
the guy who conducted the test, I learned the correct one. It's wfny @
frontier.com --- frontier.net won't work, as some folks are finding
out. 73, (Rick Dau, South Omaha, Nebraska, ABDX via DXLD)
** U S A. Fines: KBXD-1480 Dallas TX, fined $9,000 for failure to
maintain Emergency Alert System (EAS) equipment and logs;
KOMJ-1490 Omaha NE, fined $17,000 for not maintaining a studio or a
public inspection file; KOMJ has no employees or equipment at the
listed address in Omaha (the KMTV TV studios) but programs the station
entirely from Arizona (AM Switch, NRC DX News March 3 via DXLD)
** U S A. 1510-, Feb 24 at 0630 UT, ESPN station significantly off-
frequency to low side, making audible het against understation WLAC,
and het wavers slightly. It was ever thus with KCTE, Independence MO,
nominally 10 kW daytimer. No ID caught but others have been reporting
this daytimer cheating again, so I have no doubt. ``WLAC.com`` also
audible under after local weather at 0634 UT. I was also hearing the
het last night and figured this was it.
1510-, Feb 24 at 2120 UT, on caradio, even in the daytime I can hear
the het caused by off-frequency KCTE, Independence MO, as well as two
audios mixing weakly; presumably another peripheral, KNNS, Larned KS,
1 kW daytimer.
And Feb 25 at 0649 UT, sportstalk making audible het with 1510.0
stations, primarily WLAC; and the DF fits, so it`s 10 kW daytimer
KCTE, not only off-frequency, but again illegally on air at night.
Other reports of KCTE, Feb 23-24, via IRCA list:
``I am hearing KCTE 1510 Independence MO, a 10 kW directional daytimer
with a NNE/SSW pattern, on late below WLAC. The station, which has the
slogan "ESPN 1510", is ironically a carrying Yahoo sports talk at
present. 73 Bill Dvorak, Madison WI``
``I had traces of what I'm pretty sure was KCTE; it was considerably
low, on about 1509.83 or so. 73, Nigel Pimblett, Dunmore, Alberta``
``This guy's been off frequency for a couple years and on day rig at
night far too often. 73 KAZ`` = Neil Kazaross, IL/WI
``We've tracked KCTE's actual sign-off (and the concurrent
disappearance of the het). I should have an SDR mega-file somewhere.
Mark Durenberger On the Road``
``Yahoo Sports Radio is Boston and something on 1509.832 which this
site says is KCTE.
Rick Shaftan, NJ``
1509.8 approx., Feb 26 at 0649 UT, KCTE Independence MO for at least
the fourth night is on the air illegally after daytime with
sportstalk, and far out of frequency tolerance, big het upon poor
WLAC.
Did not hear any ID at 0700 UT; omitted? It`s one thing for the
automation failing to turn off transmitter at sunset (tho humans in
charge should have noticed immediately); quite another for program
feed still to be going into it and out of it when supposed to be off
the air completely (and there is no known FM simulcast), making this
less likely to be unintentional (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO
1710, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Day vs Night violations, and how to address them. Being a
longtime broadcaster I get that sometimes stuff happens, and power and
or directional pattern changes are late or forgotten. I go by the FCC
definition of wilful and or repeated as being, in my eyes a reportable
violation and I have yet to report any station to the FCC although
many deserve to be.
I have noticed lately some stations ignoring the rule to lower power.
Are they doing it on purpose? Is it ignorance? Only they know.
I was wanting to know everyone' s opinion on the best way to tell
stations about this. As you all know many do not have a full time
Engineer. Many hardly have a staff as it is.
It is of my opinion that informing the FCC should be a last resort ---
but what is the best way to handle it before it gets to that? (Juan
Gualda, Fort Pierce, FL, Feb 20, ABDX via DXLD)
** U S A. My radio is a Sangean PR-D5 and I use a Terk AM antenna. My
home base is Dallas, TX. New stations heard list [including:]
1670, KVMW, Mineral Wells, TX
(Ward Elliott, 21 Feb, IRCA via DXLD)
Good one! 1/10 of a watt per their website (Steve Francis, Alcoa,
Tennessee, ibid.)
Surely such a neat call would already apply to a *real* licensed
station? No, not in FCC AM, FM or TV Queries. Am I correct that FCC
keeps no track of Part 15s and makes no attempt to assign or
discourage pseudo-callsigns for them? And thus no guarantee they will
be unique? (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
** U S A. Nevada DOT's HAR address? Hi, I just came back from Las
Vegas [NV] and while being there I could listen to two HAR - Highway
Advisory Radios on 1700 kHz/WQPJ450 (one on the I15 North and a second
one at the JCT 215/515 hear Henderson).
As I try to QSL them I look for a working email address. All (former?)
email addresses of the NV DOT @dot.state.nv.us bounced back as
"blocked", even the one given on their web site. Did they change all
of their @s without updating their website? Or maybe they blocked all
no-US sender? (I tried two different .de accounts) So I need n US
email address to reach the NDOT? No .de address? If so, anyone could
forward?
Anyone has QSLed them before? Do the HARs QSL? The officers in charge
would be David Loar and/or the Mary Martini (which make aloar@ and
mmartini@ as the correct email prefixes, found on the net). Any help?
73, (Tom Rösner, Germany, Feb 25, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
I can`t imagine why they would bother to block non-US addrs (gh, DXLD)
** U S A. [Re 14-06:] 1710 1.2 0656 CANCEL? WQFG689 Jersey City NJ
(BIH) Jag ringde upp stationen angående avlyssningen och
stationsansvarig, James Wood, blev exalterad när han hörde om
mottagningen och passade på att slå på sin radio på kontoret. Då hörde
jag en del av den nämnda slingan direkt i telefonluren samtidigt som
James klagade över den dåliga mottagningen … MEN, dagen efter så får
jag ett email där samme James tyvärr inte kan verifiera att de kör den
testslingan..! Mystiskt. Antingen så finns det en TIS station till som
testsänder och hörs under samma typ av konditioner eller så kör
WQFG689 ett test med ytterligare en sändare parallellt med den
ordinarie sändaren men att olika program går ut över de bägge
sändarna. Flera rapporter från bla USA och Skottland visar på det
sistnämnda. Jag tror att James har fått kalla fötter och inte vill
veta av att testprogrammet hörs ända uppe i Sverige/Finland.
Orsak? Jo, i en ansökan jag hittat hos FCC som James skickat till FCC
om att få köra 100 Watt STA “Special Temporary Authority” för att de
hörs dåligt i delar av County´t Förmodligen så har han nu fått
tillstånd att testa med en högre effekt och att då offentligt erkänna
att de hörs långt bort i Sverige skulle säkerligen förstöra
möjligheterna att få fortsätta sända med den högre effekten.
I ansökan så har James gett fler exempel på då FCC tillåtit en större
täckningsarea. Med hans beräknade täckningområde med 2mV/m (100Watt)
skulle man inte kunna störa den planerade eventuella kommersiella
stationen WRCR–1700 som ska ligga norr om WQFG689 uppe i Rockford. Ur
brevet framgår också att man tydligen har tillstånd för sändare på
fyra andra platser men kostnaderna för att sätta upp dessa skulle bli
100 000-160 000 Dollar och vill istället ha en sändare på 100 Watt
istället. Man har lagt ned mycket arbete, beräkningar och säkert många
dollar på täckningskartorna som FCC skulle kunna förkasta som
felaktiga om våra rapporter på testsändningen blev officiell. Men som
sagt detta är bara spekulationer från min sida.
Roligt är ju också att James skriver i sin ansökan att det INTE finns
någon fler TIS station i fastlands USA på 1710kHz annat än WQFG689!
Jag svarade förresten på James emailsvar och tackade honom för att han
tagit sin tid med min inspelning och passade på att fråga hur det gått
med den ansökta effektökningen men han önskade att inte kommentera
det. Jag tänker inte dra detta längre utan nöjer mig med att veta att
jag förmodligen hört dem! BIH (ARC mv-eko 17 Feb via DXLD)
[Google translation:]
1710, 1.2 0656, CANCEL? WQFG689 Jersey City NJ (BIH) I rang up the
station on interception and station manager, James Wood, was excited
when he heard about reception and took the opportunity to turn on
their radio at the office. Then I heard a part of said loop directly
into the handset while James complained about the bad reception ---
BUT, the day after I get an email that same James unfortunately can
not verify that they are running the test loop! Mysterious. Either
there is a TIS station to which the test time and heard the same kind
of propagation or WQFG689 run a test with another transmitter parallel
to the regular transmitter but that various programs going out over
the two emitters. Several reports from countries including the USA and
Scotland shows on the latter.
I think James has got cold feet and did not want to know that the test
program is heard end up in Sweden / Finland. Reason? Well, in an
application I've found with the FCC that James sent to the FCC about
getting run 100 Watt STA "Special Temporary Authority" because they
heard bad in parts of County. Probably he has now been given
permission to test with a higher power and to then publicly admit that
they are heard far away in Sweden would certainly destroy
opportunities to continue sending with the higher power.
In the application, so James has brought more examples of when the FCC
allowed a greater coverage area. With his estimated coverage area of
2mV/m (100 Watt) would not be able to interfere with the planned
additional commercial station WRCR-1700 which will be located north of
WQFG689 reside in Rockford. From the letter also shows that
apparently has permission for transmitters at four other places but
the cost of putting these would be 100,000 to 160,000 dollars, and
instead wants to have a transmitter on 100 watt instead.
It has put a lot of work, calculations, and certainly many dollars on
coverage maps that the FCC could reject as false if our reports on
test broadcast was made official. But as I said this is just
speculation from my page.
Funny Board is that James writes in his application that there is NO
more TIS station in the continental United States on 1710 kHz other
than WQFG689! I replied by the way James email reply and thanked him
for taking his time with my recording and took the opportunity to ask
how it went with the applied power increase but he wished not to
comment on it. I am not going to drag this longer but content myself
with knowing that I probably heard them! BIH (ARC mv-eko 17 Feb via
DXLD)
Who and where is BIH?? (gh to Thomas Nilsson, via DXLD)
Hello Glenn, Hope everything is fine over there. BIH stands for Bernt
Ivan Holmberg. He is living in a city called Sala, located some 120 km
north west of Stockholm. He is a very skilled MW DX-er.
His blog is here http://dxpointzero.blogspot.se/
His sister has a farm where all antennas and equipment are located and
he is a remote DX-er. Sala is wellknown for their old silver mine,
nowadays out of production. Hope this is of help. 73 (Thomas Nilsson,
mv-eko ed., DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Other FCC News: Denied the application of Hudson County NJ to operate
TIS station WQFG689, 1710 at 100 watts or more. Not sure why they need
extra power; 10 watts even makes it across the Atlantic now and then
just fine! (AM Switch, NRC DX News [postdated] March 3 via DXLD)
** U S A. [continued from CANADA]. In the United States, the LPFM
movement is showing that radio is really alive. A local group nearby
is using a transmitter with a 1.8 watt ERP and Internet delivery. The
entire town is listening to them. Why? THEY ARE LOCAL. They serve
their audience. What a concept. I hope the message gets across to the
big boys. Hey, I can dream (Karl Zuk, N2KZ, Katonah, NY, ABDX via
DXLD)
I'd like to hear more about these LPFM stations, particularly their
audience size and churn, and how the owners get enough revenue to say
on the air. I'm deeply skeptical about the viability of using old
media for hyperlocal coverage.
Case in point: I live in one of the few markets with two competing
daily newspapers. One of them, the Missourian, is owned by the
University of Missouri School of Journalism, so the supply of student
journalists means it has overhead low enough to experiment. Around
2009, the Missourian launched Neighborhood News
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/neighborhoods
which were mini editions focused on one or more neighborhoods. Each
edition had one or two student reporters, whose job ranged from
interviewing residents to find interesting human-interest stories to
watching zoning requests for anything in or near those neighborhoods.
After a few issues, some of the editions were merged with others
because there wasn't enough worth writing about. Within two years, the
Missourian stopped publishing Neighborhood News altogether:
http://comoneighborhoods.wordpress.com/2011/05/22/we-want-to-hear-from-you-as-we-look-at-how-we-cover-columbia-neighborhoods/
I'm not surprised because I edit my neighborhood website
http://www.woodridgeneighbors.org
and most weeks, there's nothing worth writing about. I can't imagine
trying to program an LPFM station for multiple neighborhoods or
suburbs, let alone just one.
So I'd like to know how these LPFMs fill the day and drive enough
revenue to stay on their air. Are most labors of love that serve 1
percent of their target market? Are some of them attracting enough
listeners to be able to sell enough advertising so they're not money-
losing ventures? I'm not saying it can't be done. I just want to hear
how the successful ones are making a go of it (Tim Kridel, ABDX via
DXLD)
?? By design, USA LPFMs are NON-COMMERCIAL, so can`t be ``selling
advertising`` --- legally, that is. Tell that to now-defunct ``The
Rocket`` in Enid (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** URUGUAY. 1050, R. URUGUAY, 26/02 0537 UT. Programa "Efecto
mariposa" con noticias culturales de cine y música de los años 40's y
50's, además de conversación sobre el tema educativo, junto a un
experto. SINFO: 43433 con QRM débil de otra emisora sin ID (Claudio
Galaz, Rx: Tecsun PL-660, Antena: Hilo largo de 5 metros, QTH: Barraza
Bajo, Comuna de Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD)
So same thing would be heard on SW 6125, if still active? (gh, DXLD)
** VATICAN. 6075, Feb 20 at 0634, Vatican Radio, Latin+ mass, is very
poor; not long ago this was a bigsig, but getting too far east of the
terminator, coupled with propagation disturbances. We still have 3975
but that`s even more subject to daytime absorption. Vatican sunrise is
now earlier than 0600 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VIRGIN ISLANDS US. Per email from Three Angels Broadcasting Network
(3ABN), 1690 WIGT is owned by Three Angels Corporation, not 3ABN,
although 3ABN programs are broadcast on WIGT and sister station WGOD-
FM. Whether WIGT is actually on the air is in question, not reported
by any DXers including a listener in Puerto Rico (Mauno Ritola, NRC
IDXD Feb 21 via DXLD)
WIGT was upgraded from a construction permit to license granted by the
FCC on January 30. Not paying attention to detail, I misidentified
WIGT as a 3ABN owned station last week (Bruce Conti, ed., ibid.)
** ZANZIBAR. 6015, ZBC Radio, *0258, Feb 24. A little bit of history
here - For many years they always played their distinctive, repetitive
xylophone or marimba sounding IS just before 0300, but then in June
2012 they started to instead use an introduction of Spice FM audio
feed (pop African songs). Since 2012 has consistently been that
musical format that leads up to time pips at 0300. Today was a nice
surprise to again hear their IS instead. Great to have it back again,
as I guess I am a traditionalist at heart and enjoy the IS more than
the pop songs. After IS sounded like National Anthem. Doing well by
the usual 0359 drums; more time pips (5+1) and into the news in
Swahili; almost fair at times. So will the playing of the IS become a
regular feature now?
6015, ZBC Radio, *0258, Feb 25. Indeed another sign on with their
distinctive, repetitive xylophone or marimba sounding IS, as noted
being used for the first time in a long time yesterday; poor.
6015, ZBC Radio, *0256, Feb 26. No IS today, as heard the last two
days; instead back to Spice FM pop African music intro till 0300 time
pips; 0301 reciting from the Qur'an; almost fair (Ron Howard,
Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1710, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1110, Feb 20 at 1401 UT, with KFAB nulled, somestation
with ABC news, but can`t hold it long enough for an ID; discounting
ethnic KVTT The Metroplex, of the other three 1110s in neighboring
states, AR, TX and NM, the one with ABC affiliation, and still
propagationally possible is: KYKK Humble City (Hobbs) NM, a 5 kW ND
daytimer, and Feb sunrise there is 1330 UT (March 1300 UT), tho with
2.5 kW during Critical Hours, whenever those are. Note further 1300
kHz, XEP Juárez is still propagating past 1400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Re: UNID 3326-USB & 4986-USB with NOAA info
Feb 19, just received another email from NOAA:
"I spoke with Jeff Lorens - our Western Region Marine Program leader.
He said this is probably the broadcast from the US Coast Guard HF
Voice - and not originating from the NWS.
This link has more information and a list of the products that are
broadcast:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/ marine/hfvprod.htm
The Coast Guard at Pt. Reyes and in Honolulu are both broadcast
locations. The broadcasts are intended for mariners who are too far
offshore to hear coastal NOAA Weather Radio transmitters.
Hope this helps, Logan" [Logan Johnson - NOAA Federal ].
Interesting, but does not address the issue of the unusual frequencies
(Ron Howard, CA, Feb 20, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 5999.65, approx., Feb 26 at 0115, het upon the lo side
of RHC English 6000.0, and still there at 0637 during DXers Unlimited.
Something new I would have noticed before. Best bet is R. Guaíba,
Brasil, which may not have been active, or off-frequency? until now.
Please confirm its exact frequency in South America (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WORLD OF RADIO 1710, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Apparently not Guaíba but
EBC test from Brasília per later logs in next DXLD, already in yg (gh)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6867.4 - February 16, 0030-0045 – poor with bits of the
music from the number station Lincolnshire Poacher and man reciting
numbers and strange phrases like ‘vegetarian, non-vegetarian” and
“Saturday Sunday information Session”. Reports on HF Underground say
that it was “Bangalore Poacher”. No ID heard (Niel Wolfish, Toronto
ON, MARE Tipsheet 21 Feb via DXLD)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6925.10 (AM+USB+LSB) UNID pirate playing pop songs 0321-
0326*, Feb 24; went off to adjust frequency.
6924.94 (AM+USB+LSB) UNID pirate adjusted frequency and came back on
at *0327 with song "I Hate California"; 0339 tonal sounds and tx off
at 0341, but came back on for a few seconds with "Thanks for
listening"; fair-good (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1,
dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 8218-SSB, approx., Spanish 2-way, discussing quantities
of fluids on board and expended, such as hydraulic, and potable water
(note, in English it`s POE-, not POT-), repeating numbers clearly for
accurate copy; also mentions ``la plataforma`` so suspect it`s an oil
rig in the Gulf (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. UNIDentified unmodulated carrier was observed on Feb.
25 from 0730 on 12100. Very strong here in Sofia, Bulgaria
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/02/unidentified-unmodulated-carrier-on.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30
m. long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 12450, Feb 20 at 1430-1432, again no signal since my
unID Feb 17, nor on Feb 18, 19; suspected to be 2 x 6225 Democratic
Voice of Burma via Tajikistan. Have any Eurasians checked these out as
I requested? It seems that 12450 has never been reported as a Sound of
Hope/ChiCom jamming frequency per DXLD archive search (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15255, Feb 25 at 2125-2126* open carrier with flutter,
whence? Uplooked later in HFCC, the only thing around is VOA Bambara
via ASCENSION from 2130 weekdays --- so maybe it was testing and came
back on in time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Broadcast of NEXUS-IBA IRRS Shortwave via Radiocom on
Feb. 21: 1530-1600 on 15515 TIG 150 kW / 175 deg to EaAf Arabic Fri,
after R. Xoriyo
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/02/unidentified-broadcast-of-nexus-iba.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 17740-USB, Feb 20 at 1957, in routine bandscan I find
this intruder: series of alfanumerix in typical US military format,
but what`s it doing amid the international SWBC-only 16m band? Speaker
observes standard fonetix, and strict pronunciation (like ``fife`` for
five, to lessen confusion with ``niner``), but has a slight accent,
Asian? ``I say again`` the message I tuned into middle of, so surely
got it all copied right:
``2UMEY3 A2YDGA6NTWUX52W3E5QTVIBD. This concludes message of 30
characters. This is E3Q, out`` and off at 1958.5*. Rechecked a few
times but nothing more heard except a brief burst of noise at 2001.
This reminded me a lot of the secret messages regularly sent on USAF
frequencies like 15016-USB, so I retune there at 2002 and copy an
almost, but not quite identical message:
``2ZMEY3 --- stand by, message follows:
2ZMEY3 A2YDGA6NTWUX52W3E5OEVIBD, I say again [repeated]. This is
Washborn [? At first thought he said washboard], more to follow; stand
by.`` Then:
``Stand by, 2ZUCCC, stand by, message follows:
2ZUCCC Z5Z3XMWXZFP362PA5CYMIVTGXO, I say again [repeated]. This is
Washborn, out``. Lots of background noise, unlike the 17740 station.
Then at 2006 Feb 20, on to a different one on 15016: ``Skymaster, this
is Merck [? Kirk?] 62 on 15016 [twice, with background noise], in the
blind, one message of four groups follows: 63Z9``, etc. (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 28500-USB, Feb 21 at 2202-2206, pileup calling Elmo, but
of course never mentioning anything but their own callsigns, including
K2RD, K7RQ, W7RPT. Couldn`t hear Elmo on this or nearby frequencies;
anybody know who and where? I notice that even 6m was open from LU
Argentina to USA; difference of opinions whether F2 or TE propagation
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
UNSOLICITIED TESTIMONIALS
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
Still no contributions, dry spell for several weeks (Glenn Hauser,
WORLD OF RADIO 1710, DX LISTENING DIGST)
TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED FUTURELY:
Thanks to Ron Howard for a check to P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (gh)
Thanks to longtime listener in Spanish and English, with a very nice
letter, Moisés J. Corilloclla, New York, formerly Perú, along with a
check to P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (gh)
Greetings! With continuing appreciation for WOR! Peace & health! (Jim
Gershman, K1JJJ, with a contribution via PayPal, not necessarily in US
funds, to woradio at yahoo.com)
PUBLICATIONS
++++++++++++
DSWCI Contest
Hi Glenn, Today in the mail I received a diploma from the Danish
Shortwave Club International for my participation in the 4th
International DX Contest "The Grand Tour Across All Continents 2013."
Attached was a listing of all 32 participants. I was surprised that
the contest, open to all SWL'ers/DX'ers worldwide, drew only 32
participants, of which 4 were from the United States.
The diploma is printed on stock paper, Euro letter size, with a world
map in orange on a yellow background. Jaroslav Bohac, Contest &
Diploma Manager, noted that: "Ukraine was the most difficult station
to log in this year's contest, since the shortwave transmitter Luch
Mykolaiev Ukraine (SMF) was shut down some time ago, the only
available SW frequency is 11980 kHz, mentioned in WRTH 2014 on page
389 as a non-professional broadcasting station (R. Dniprovska Hyylia)
with 0.25 kW Sa/Su 0700-0900."
2014 will represent the 5th year this contest has taken place, and I
hope additional DXLD readers out there will participate this time
around.
The 2013 contest was held from Friday 29th November 2013, 0000 UTC, to
Sunday 8th December 2013, 2400 UTC. It is open to all shortwave
listeners, regardless to their membership in any DX club.
For more information, log on to: http://www.dswci.org/contest/
73's, (Ed Insinger, Summit, NJ, Feb 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
PopComm/CQ
So --- after all those promises that PopComm content would return as
part of an expanded version of CQ that all former PopComm subscribers
would begin receiving with the February issue... ...has anyone
received ANYTHING from them yet? I know I haven't. s (Scott Fybush,
NY, Feb 25, ABDX via DXLD)
I have yet to see my February issue of CQ. I have had to call them
every month to get an issue (Powell E Way III, W4OPW, Feb 25, ibid.)
Nothing! (John Sampson, ibid.)
Last issue rec'd here was the December issue. 3-days till March 1
(Jerry WW0E, ibid.)
I called them back in December over the missing December PopComm. I
was told that there was no "print" issue and they sent me a link to
the online December issue. My subscription was set to expire in
February. They converted that over to CQ extended that to April for my
trouble. Since then, NOTHING. Didn't they post links somewhere for
everyone to get the November and December online issues? There are a
few columns I'll miss, like Bruce Conti's AM column, Gerry Dexter's
SW, the Nostalgia column and so on. That said, I'm fed up enough with
the situation to let it all go. (Mark Clark, ibid.)
Yes. Mine came in about ten days ago. The supplement was about 60
pages long. I use Zinio which gave me a notification it was there. It
even had a column from Bruce Conti [lost credit source]
[NRC-AM] Fwd: Your February 2014 digital issue of CQ Amateur Radio
is here!
This is what I received on February 4th. I downloaded it onto my iPad
rather than this laptop (Allan Dunn, K1UCY, NRC-AM via DXLD)
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Your February 2014 digital issue of CQ Amateur Radio is here!
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 09:13:52 -0800 (PST)
From: CQ Amateur Radio Digital
Reply-To: deliveries@notification.zinio.net
Your February 2014 issue of CQ Amateur Radio in here! zinio
February 2014 CQ Amateur Radio is ready to read on Zinio!!
Hi Allan, Your new issue of CQ Amateur Radio has arrived. You can read
it instantly in your browser, or with Zinio's top-rated apps for
smartphone or tablet device. You'll find links to our latest apps
below. Happy reading! View your library now
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(via Dunn, ibid.)
I'm glad somebody got something. 30+ years as a PopComm reader, the
last 29 of those as a print subscriber, and I've received exactly zero
communication of any kind directly from CQ. It took multiple phone
calls from me to them to even get the November print issue of PopComm.
That is simply no way to treat loyal readers. I understand they
haven't treated their content contributors any better (Scott Fybush,
25 Feb, NRC-AM via DXLD)
I never got the November edition in print. But since I had subscribed
to the digital edition, it did not really matter to me. I did phone
about the December issue and was told various things by a personable
young lady.
> That is simply no way to treat loyal readers. I understand they
haven't treated their content contributors any better.
I know of one who said that, and also complained of lack of payment
for previous submissions. I have five years left on my subscription
somehow. But I do wonder if they will survive a fraction of that
(Dunn, ibid.)
LANGUAGE LESSONS
++++++++++++++++
Yoruba is a language spoken in the Niger Delta and Congo (Mark Coady,
Ont., ed., ODXA YRX Feb 24 via DXLD)
Really? Both Congos are pretty far from Nigeria. EiBi`s readme shows:
``YO Yoruba: Nigeria (20m), Benin (0.5m)``
Or is there a Nigerian state also named Congo? No, but I have not
researched it further (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)
CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
NEXT EUROPEAN DX CONFERENCE
EDXC News By OH6001SWL February 20, 2014
The next European DX Conference will take place in September 19-22 in
France, partly in Nizza and Tende. For the further information please
follow our blog. The direct link for this section is
http://edxcnews.wordpress.com/category/edxc-conference-2014/
If you want to start already searching for flights, you can find
direct connection to Nizza from many cities, but for example Torino
might be one option. There are some train connections between Italy
and France and some of them are going also to Tende!
http://edxcnews.wordpress.com/2014/02/20/next-conference/
(via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) In English and French it`s Nice (gh)
MUSEA
+++++
WAR ON THE SHORT WAVES
This 1941 book by Harold N. Graves, Jr. is now available to download
in electronic format. War on the Short Waves Contents:
I. Round the World on the Air Waves 7
II. The Story of International Broadcasting 11
III. Weapons in the Radio Armory 17
IV. The Tragedy of Paris-Mondial l9
V. The Nazis Tell the World 21
VI. The Axis Junior Partner 42
VII. The Soviet Enigma 48
VIII. The BBC Takes up the Cudgels 49
IX. What Is the Radio Weapon Worth? 60
Direct link to PDF file
https://archive.org/download/WarOnTheShortWave/WarOnTheShortWave.pdf
EPUB and Kindle formats at
https://archive.org/details/WarOnTheShortWave
---- (Trevor M5AKA, Feb 22, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)
PERSEUS CAPTURES FROM 1991
I finally got around to going through a box of VHS videotapes from the
late '80s / early '90s spectrum capture experiments, as originally
developed by Craig Healy (NG1U), and mentioned in this article:
http://chowdanet.com/markc/webpage/WA1ION/vcrdx.pdf
There were about 6 tapes in the box. Two of these, when played into a
receiver, had reasonable performance.
One of these was the tape Craig had originally supplied me. This was
made at his QTH near Providence, RI. The whole AM band is captured.
Sensitivity on the lower half was quite low so it's primarily the
local stations such as 630, 790, and 920. Some skip signals can be
heard on the upper half of the dial. I still have to review the tape
to determine the exact date and times of recording. Items on a news /
sports station, possibly with some Google follow-up, will nail down
the date. At some point in the recording there should be a time check
on one station or another. I looked into the lower shortwave spectrum
but noted little in the way of "real" (non-birdie) signals, so no CHU
or WWV assistance on the time.
The second tape was one I made at Billerica, MA in April 1991 during
the "wee hours" of the morning: 0643-1043 UT. Because 50 kW WRKO on
680 is only 2.8 miles / 4.5 km from the receiving site, a notch filter
for 680 was inserted ahead of the VCR input. Usable sensitivity for
the capture came in starting around 800 kHz and up.
One thing that must be kept in mind is that this primitive version of
spectrum capture had a rather small dynamic range: only about 30 to 40
dB from a hashy noise floor up to the level of a strong local on the
verge of causing distortion and spurs. The tapes, obviously, are not
going to produce much in the way of weaker signal DX.
Before the tapes have a chance to deteriorate, I'm porting at least
some of the contents over to Perseus files. This also gives a ready
method for sharing the experiment results with others. I reset the
computer date/time so that the Perseus time-stamping is relatively
close to the occurrence of the original recordings.
After I get all this stuff digitized, I'll go over it for any
interesting audio clips.
Though the "VCR DX" method became known to the MW DX world about a
quarter century ago, it is widely believed that, as far back as the
JFK administration, "spook" agencies such as the NSA were able to
store substantial RF bandwidths for later review. Broadcast studio
grade videotape, or something similar but custom-designed, was used.
Converters allowed any chunk of spectrum to be heterodyned to the
baseband range (0-3 MHz?) the tapes could accommodate. The late Gordon
Nelson (WA1UXQ) seemed aware of it. Maybe some tapes will show up at a
Fort Meade, MD fleamarket / yard sale so we can tune around and hear
stuff like Belize 834 and Bermuda 1235 once again, as well as
Murray-the-K on WINS proclaiming his status as the Fifth Beatle.
[Later:] I think that 2 MHz would be about the top of the baseband
range. Storing higher frequency blocks would require a downconverter
stage. That, as far as I know, was the NSA method employed at places
like Menwith Hill (UK), Resolute Bay (Canada), Thule (Greenland),
Incirlik (Turkey), the Aleutian Islands, and numerous other monitoring
outposts in the '60s as we snooped on the Russian bear (and probably
the ChiCom's too).
Regarding Craig's comment, I have identified that his recording starts
at 0859 UT on 1 MAY 1986. Lots of news about the Chernobyl nuclear
reactor accident a few days earlier. Fun to hear 1560 WQXR doing
classical, as well as hearing contemporary hit music and oldies on
numerous other stations that are now boring talk; aah, the good old
days! No TA's or Latin Americans, but what do you want with only about
40 dB of dynamic range? So, besides my 1991 stuff, now we have Perseus
files from 1986!
[Later2:] I have converted the two best spectrum capture videotapes
(1986, 1991) to Perseus files and then dubbed off a few ID's with
Total Recorder. This is what I have so far:
http://chowdanet.com/markc/dx_audio/id1_19860501_0500e.mp3
ID's 5 a.m. EDT / 0900 UT, 1 MAY 1986 from metro-Providence, RI (Craig
Healy VCR DX spectrum capture tape): WWKB-1520 NY, WTOP-1500 DC, WPTR-
1540 NY, WQXR-1560 NY, WCAU-1210 PA, WRCP-1290 RI, WHIM-1110 RI, WHJJ-
920 RI, WHN-1050 NY, WINS-1010 NY.
===
http://chowdanet.com/markc/dx_audio/id1_19910402_0500e.mp3
ID's 5 a.m. EST / 1000 UT, 2 APR 1991 from Billerica, MA (Mark
Connelly VCR DX spectrum capture tape): WHDH-850 MA, WCAP-980 MA,
WBZ-1030 MA, WADN-1120 MA, WNEW-1130 NY, WMJX-1150 MA (ID for FM),
WKOX-1200 MA, WEZE-1260 MA, WJDA-1300 MA, WRCA-1330 MA, WFEA-1370 NH,
WLLH-1400 MA, WXKS-1430 MA, WTOP-1500 DC, WSSH-1510 MA, WQXR-1560 NY.
=== (Mark Connelly, WA1ION, South Yarmouth, MA, NRC-AM via DXLD)
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Radio World: AM, You Want a Fix? I Got a Fix!
http://www.radioworld.com/article/am-you-want-a-fix-i-got-a-fix/223812
The author at work. “Allocation issues, especially at night, were the
primary reason IBAC would not work; yet what we call IBOC is,
essentially, IBAC and became the standard.” The author is chief
engineer of WLS(AM), a 50 kW Class A station in Chicago, and of sister
station WLS(FM). Opinions are his own and not necessarily those of his
employer.
In the fall of 1989, I was the assistant chief engineer for KSD(FM) in
St. Louis, then owned by Gannett Co. Inc. That year, transmission of
digital signals on FM started to become a reality, and I was lucky
enough to be one of the first field engineers to work on the project.
Our motto was “For the broadcaster, by the broadcaster.” As months
went by with some positive progress, a consortium of broadcasters
joined Gannett in helping to develop the technology.
It’s more than 24 years later, and radio is still as archaic as it was
then. I am not writing to go down memory lane but to vent my
frustrations as a longtime engineer who is passionate for the work and
industry in which I and many others have devoted our lives.
Many will recall the debacle of the FCC choosing a standard for AM
stereo; you may not be aware that the commission had the same issues
with digital. So the FCC seems a good place to start this conversation
and likely a good place to finish.
The fact that the commission failed to create or choose a standard has
been the primary issue with regard to the advancement of radio
technology. In AM stereo, receiver manufacturers weren’t interested in
investing in multiple standards — though Sony did build a very nice
tuner, the SRF-A100, which as far as I can recall was the only one
that supported multiple systems. I still have one.
But receivers were difficult to find, with manufacturers afraid to
invest in a technology that might not become a standard. Sound
familiar?
Digital radio faced similar issues as those confronting AM stereo; but
the technology also required broadcasters to pay a “license fee” in
order to participate. This created more of a chicken-and egg effect
than had been the case for AM stereo.
The burdens were piling up, but the development team was still trying
to figure out how to put a wide digital carrier in a voice spectrum of
narrower-than- optimum amplitude. The commission didn’t want to talk
about radio needing more spectrum; so the project’s scope of work was
guided by ancient rules and allocations that had not anticipated the
needs of today’s technology.
IBAC
For AMs, the thought of being able to transmit digitally and compete
with analog FM sound quality was a shot in the arm. This was around
the time AM began its big switch to talk programming. Managers felt AM
could not compete with FM quality and saw higher-quality digital
players hitting the market too. So AM would focus on voice, where
audio quality wasn’t deemed as important.
That’s the environment in which the digital development team was
working. But the AM band presents hurdles for digitally transmitting
audio. There are many factors: interference, antenna/transmitter
bandwidth, directional antenna complications with phasors/antennas and
the like, not to mention limitations deriving from AM’s 10 kHz
allocation.
I recall the AT&T/Lucent IBAC (in-band, adjacent-channel) demo in New
Orleans. We on the USA Digital Radio team knew this was not a solution
and subsequently hit the NAB Show floor, poo-poohing the whole idea.
Uh, do you know how your AM digital transmitter works today? See Page
4 of http://www.nrscstandards.org/SG/NRSC-5-B/1082sE.pdf
Allocation issues, especially at night, were the primary reason IBAC
would not work; yet what we call IBOC is, essentially, IBAC and became
the standard.
The FM system is basically the same in design in that the digital
carriers surround the analog carrier. (A history sidebar: The first
transmissions of IBOC were truly that. On WILL(FM) in
Champaign/Urbana, Ill., the first transmission of four phase-adjusted
FSK carriers in 1992 were superimposed on top of the FM signal, not in
sidebands. It worked, though not as well as what you hear today.)
FM digital’s saving grace was that there was sufficient bandwidth for
the added carriers, using the current technology, to be placed in the
existing mask. Again, the FMs benefited, while AMs have yet another
nail added to their coffin.
MY IDEA
Now, while AM HD Radio has languished, HDTV has become a de facto
household standard, in the same or less time. Why?
For one, you didn’t see the FCC constraining TV stations to allocation
rule adherences as they did radio. Why does radio continue to be the
bastard child? Why hasn’t the NAB been a better voice to the FCC for
radio?
Actually, temporary relocation and expected repacking likely will make
TV operations even better than before by allowing the commission to
apply new allocation standards in the repacking. Digital-to-digital
separations are much less tedious and critical compared to analog,
especially given our current state of technological evolution.
Many articles have raised attention to “AM revitalization.” Peter
Gutman and Ted Schober have written intelligently on this topic
elsewhere. Clearly there will be no revitalizing of the AM band with
any of these proposed ideas. Who does the commission think they are
fooling? Why isn’t the NAB all over this?
It’s time radio gets an opportunity to be fixed! No more “AM or FM.”
With the new HDTV repack coming, the FCC needs to take the old TV
Channels 5 and 6 and expand the radio broadcast band.
Start placing digital-only carriers in the low end of the spectrum and
work their way toward the existing FM band, using digital-only
separation requirements.
Move all of the AM stations into the new allocation first, then
transition the existing FM analog stations to digital-only, with a
plan to shut off the analog carriers.
Further, allocate the existing medium-wave “AM” band to local
communities, townships and cities to program public notices and other
public information on. Allocate them based on coverage needed — low
frequencies for the larger cities, higher frequencies for the smaller.
LEVEL THE FIELD
No more screwing around. It doesn’t take a brain surgeon to fix this
problem. The longer we wait to take the initiative to fix the problem,
the more death we’ll suffer.
The days of costly high-powered AM transmitters, complicated antenna
arrays, miles of copper buried in large plots of land and tons of
steel to maintain need to go. There are fewer and fewer engineers who
can maintain, let alone build, AM arrays; that number will continue to
drop.
Broadcast owners have suffered for years due to major change freezes
preventing them from improving their properties and the inability to
achieve technological competitiveness. Many realized higher costs of
operations for little return and, during the consolidation boom, wound
up paying 20+ times cash flow and then saw business opportunities
plummet with economic downturns.
It’s time AM owners are put on a level playing field, not only with FM
competitors but with the growing sources of mobile and home streaming.
You know, there’s been a lot of buzz about the FM chip in cellphones.
I see it as another nail in AM’s coffin. I also question whether this
helps the consumer during an emergency. Frankly, few markets have
news/talk FMs; and generally speaking, many FMs, in my opinion, don’t
have the personnel or procedures in place to be much benefit during
emergencies. I’d much rather get my information from a seasoned news
host than a minimum-wage disk jockey. (I won’t even get started on
EAS.) And what about HD reception in cellphones? Who’s talking about
that?
If the commission would react and provide radio broadcasters expansion
down to 76 MHz, we could see a great turnaround for the entire
industry. Let’s stop throwing garbage at the wall to see what will
stick and instead get to work on a solid solution (via Kevin Redding,
ABDX via DXLD)
He's only half right. There's no need for digital on FM, which has
great fidelity without HD. If you make all FM HD, you certainly do
provide a level playing field because many listeners won't be able to
hear any of it without buying new receivers.
Granted, if all FM was HD, stations could have 100 percent power on
one channel instead of taking up three channels. There's something to
that. But let's forget that technology with the expensive license.
Analog isn't inferior; HD is mostly a buzzword. But extra bandwidth is
necessary to put AM stations on FM, although that doesn't seem to have
much of a chance of happening.
And why start at channel 5? Doesn't Japan's FM band begin at 65 MHz?
We could do that. It would make sense. But "HD" doesn't need to take
over the band. It would be an even more level playing field without it
(Rick Lewis, ibid.)
No, Japan`s FM band does begin at 76 MHz, like on some receivers we
can get {and ends at 90 MHz}. You must be thinking of the `Soviet`
OIRT FM band, 66-74 MHz, which still exists in Russia along with the
`Western` band. 73, (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)
There are lots of facets to this story that could be commented on.
But one that is almost always neglected is the naïveté of broadcasters
about their compulsion to add extra channels. Business men in other
fields long ago came to understand that the more outlets you (and your
competitors) open, the sooner you reach a point where there’s not
enough business to go around. You can only split a pie up into so many
pieces. Broadcasters want to take a band that already suffers from
tremendous competition from other sources (such as online, satellite,
etc.), and split it up even further so that each station transmits to
an even smaller audience.
Isn’t that crazy? Most businessmen want to increase their customer
base, but radio operators actually want to decrease theirs. They
actually go to extra expense to create additional channels where they
can compete with themselves – not to mention having to compete with
the additional channels their competitors are also creating.
Not a very smart business model, in my opinion (Dick W., ibid.)
Yeah; Yet another proposal to "revitalize the AM band" by dismantling
it and moving the stations to a different band. Sigh (--Mike Westfall,
Los Alamos, NM,
US AM Database, updated daily:
http://mesamike.org/radio/cdbs/amdb.mvc
My Logbooks:
http://dxlogbook.gentoo.net/?account=mikew
Reception report and QSL manager for KRSN 1490, ibid.)
Funny that the author of the article, Chief engineer of WLS-AM, failed
to mention that. WLS-AM is the only 50 kW AM station in the country
still running C-QuAM AM-Stereo. It would have been nice if he
mentioned the reasons why he still prefers AM-Stereo! 73 - (Todd
WD4NGG Roberts, ibid.)
The author also failed to mention the failure of the industry to adopt
the AMAX standard, which would have greatly improved signal reception
and audio quality on AM (Dick W., ibid.)
Time marches on, unfortunately. The author's idea to move AM to TV
channels 5 and 6 (in digital format) isn't really a move - it's the
elimination of AM, as we knew you, and forever. That's a very sad
scenario.
Today's AM conglomeration of talk radio, Radio Disney, ESPN Radio, and
NPR outlets, smattering of farm reports and dwindling local format
would be heard, I suppose, but on a more line-of-sight path. He would
relegate the existing AM band to localized public service and
information broadcast (a longer range TIS?). I dare to guess even 20%
of AM outlets would survive a reallocation to TV channels. Too much
financial burden for the broadcaster, particularly the locally-owned
one.
I'm just glad I'm an old bugger and have witnessed my radio heyday of
the 1950s and 1960s. Lying under the covers with an All-American_ Five
as a teenager listening to the Wolf Man (Del Rio, TX!!, really in
Mexico) and other far-flung locations. Hearing Joe Adamov and Radio
Moscow's Mailbag on shortwave, the Eastern Block and Radio Havana
spewing cold war propaganda. Sad to say even shortwave is nearly gone
too. And those times will never be back. It seems the AM broadcast
band is next in line.
There's something just too "sanitary"; about digital. And forget
internet radio. It has its place as an information or music delivery
medium, but that's all it is. That old feeling of wonder isn't there,
at least for me (Bill, RADIO-TIMETRAVELLER
http://radio-timetraveller.blogspot.com ibid.)
I agree 100%. There is just something magical about listening to
voices from Hundreds, if not Thousands of Miles away mixed with the
crackle of a distant thunderstorm. That is also why I tend to hang out
in the AM Windows of the Ham Radio bands as well.
``There is no limitation to the fidelity of AM radio. From a
mathematical standpoint, AM does better in frequency response than FM
- Leonard Kahn`` 73, (Kevin Raper, KJ4HYD, CE WCKI WQIZ WLTQ, ibid.)
BITS AND PIECES
I haven't been doing much DXing lately. and I haven't been doing the
type of DXing that I want to do. I just bought 2 new radios, a new
Sony ICF-7600GR and a used Eton E1. For those who have Eton E1's is
there a way to modify the set to do an IF output for using a
downconverter for DRM? I bought a downconverter from a company in
Florida for use with my computer for a Grundig model S450DLX. And also
I bought a new Wellbrook antenna for the shack and a laptop computer
to pull everything together. The amazing thing is that things are
going to get a little bit better listening wise if I can find the time
(Rich Lewis, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
PROPAGATION
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BEST DAYTIME DX FROM MY NEW QTH IN IRELAND:
Daytime (10 AM-2 PM local) winter sky wave in terms of power:
702-NDR Info-Flensburg, Germany-5,000 watts at 754 miles
936-Gold-Naish Hill, England-180 watts at 296 miles.
Daytime (10 AM-2 PM local) winter sky wave in terms of distance:
639-CRo-Prague, Czech Republic-750 kW at 1022 miles
684-RNE Nacional- Sevilla, Spain-300 kW at 1063 miles
In terms of summer ground wave, 585 RNE Nacional- Madrid, Spain, with
600 kW is in around the clock all year.
The high band stations from Germany (1422), Luxembourg (1440), and
France (1377, 1404) are in day time year round.
On long wave, 171 Morocco with 320 kW in my direction from their 2,000
kW directional antenna at 1,236 miles is in all year and around the
clock, and alone now that Russia has closed down. It is weak and just
above the noise. Poland 225, and the soon to be closed down Czech
Republic on 270 have very good daytime signals here at 1,100 + miles.
I am inland. Not on the coast. Down by the sea, in Cork, Algeria 155
is on top of Germany on a consumer long wave portable (Sony SW-11)
with no external antenna at noon.
I love day time ground wave DX, and am still checking at the top of
the hour to ID some of the stations in the pile-ups on crowded
channels like 1548. Cheers, and 73's to all (Brock Whaley, County
Limerick, Ireland, 26 Feb, IRCA via DXLD)
AURORA WATCH
Dear Glenn: Nice time to watch the Olympics on TV from 10 PM and most
of the afternoon. What a week: the sun is very active again. Look at
the pictures http://aurorawatch.ca last couple of days. Now the sun is
active again. Go, Canada, Go. Good listening, (Richard, Alberta,
Canada, Feb 21, 2014, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
:Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2014 Feb 24 0820 UTC
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Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 17 - 23 February 2014
Solar activity reached moderate levels with two M-class flares
observed during the week. An M3/Sn was observed on 20 Feb at 0756
UTC from Region 1976 (S15, L=320, class/area=Cho/270 on 18 February).
A Type II radio sweep (estimated shock velocity 915 km/s), a Tenflare
(420 sfu), and an asymmetric full-halo coronal mass ejection (CME)
were observed with this event. Most of the ejecta with this cornal
mass ejection (CME) appeared to be directed westward with a minor
Earthward component. On the same day, Region 1982 (S10, L=207,
class/area=Ekc/570) produced a C3/Sf flare at 20/0335 UTC associated
with a Type II radio sweep (estimated shock velocity 1432 km/s), a
Type IV radio sweep, and an asymmetric full-halo CME with most of the
ejected directed eastward with a minor Earthward component. Region
1982 was the largest region on the disk during the week, the most
magnetically complex (beta-gamma), and the most productive. It was
responsible for 11 C-class events and 30 optical flares.
Old Region 1967 (S12, L=12) was responsible for a C7 flare at
22/1550 UTC and was at least partially responsible for a long-duration
M1 flare at 23/0610 UTC. During the M-flare, GOES-15 SXI imagery
suggested that old Regions 1967 and 1977 (S10, L=294) flared
simultaneously. Subsequent SOHO LASCO C2 coronagraph imagery showed
coronal mass ejections (CMEs) from both region locations with the
larger of the two coming from behind the west limb. Throughout the
week, old Region 1967 was the source of many CMEs while behind the
east limb.
In addition to the CMEs associated with the flares, a 45-degree
filament erupted from the southeast quadrant during 18/0015 - 0158
UTC associated with an Earth-directed, asymmetric, full-halo coronal
mass ejection (CME). Analysis of coronagraph imagery suggested the
ejecta was moving at 695 km/s, with most directed southward.
The greater than 10 MeV proton flux at geosynchronous orbit reached
the S1 (Minor) threshold at 20/0850 UTC, reached a peak of 22 pfu at
20/0925 UTC, and dropped below the S1 event threshold at 20/1125 UTC
as a result of the M3/Sn flare at 20/0756 UTC from Region 1976.
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit reached
high levels on 20/0906 UTC and again on 21/1700 UTC. High levels were
subsequently observed again on the 22nd and 23rd. Peak flux during the
week was 2780 pfu observed on 23/1455 UTC.
Geomagnetic field activity reached major storm levels as successive
coronal mass ejections battered the magnetosphere during the past week
and produced the most extended period of planetary major storm
conditions since June 29, 2013. ACE data indicated the arrival of a
CME at approximately 19/0309 UTC, likely associated with a faint full-
halo CME on Feb 16. Wind speed jumped from about 380 to 500 km/s with
the arrival and remained elevated for the rest of the period (peak 546
km/s at 19/1747 UTC). IMF Bt (total field intensity) increased from 8
to 15 nT with the CME arrival and remained enhanced for the rest of
the day (peak 18 nT at 19/0658 UTC), with a gradual decrease after
approximately 19/1500 UTC. The Bz component of the IMF was southward
at around -8 nT prior to the arrival, then became further southward
following the arrival (maximum reading of -15 nT at 19/0358 UTC). IMF
Bz remained southward until approximately 19/0830 UTC, then became
variable until approximately 19/1300 UTC, followed by mostly northward
Bz conditions. IMF Phi data indicated a variable solar-sector
orientation during the period. EPAM data showed a gradual increase
during the latter half of the day, likely indicating the approach of
the CME observed on Feb 18. In response to the arrival of the CME, the
magnetic field reached major storm conditions during 19/0300 - 1500
UTC, with severe storm levels detected at high latitudes. Activity
decreased to quiet to unsettled levels after 19/1500 UTC.
A second shock arrived at approximately 20/0251 UTC, most likely
associated with the filament eruption on 18 Feb. Solar wind speed at
the ACE spacecraft jumped from about 500 to 640 km/s and was
accompanied by a 6 nT increase in IMF Bt, and a southward turn of the
Bz component of the IMF (minimum -14 nT at 20/0507 UTC). Wind speed
peaked at 743 km/s at 20/0440 UTC with this CME passage, followed by a
gradual decrease to about 500 km/s by the end of the period. A
geomagnetic sudden impulse was observed at 20/0329 UTC (31 nT, Boulder
USGS magnetometer) associated with the CMEs arrival at Earth. Major
storm levels prevailed from 03-12Z, followed by a minor storm period.
Severe storm cinditons were recorded at some high-latitude stations.
Finally, the 20 Feb CME likely arrived around 23/0230 UTC. Solar wind
speed was initially steady in the 420 - 440 km/s range and increased
to around 520 km/s during transient passage. Total field strength
values were steady near 5 nT and began a slow rise to 11 Nt during CME
passage while the Bz component remained predominately north throughout
the period. The phi angle began the period in a negative (toward)
sector and underwent minor rotation and variability to a positive
(away) sector during transient passage. The CME arrival produced
unsettled to active geomagnetic conditions with minor to major storm
conditions for half the day at high latitudes.
FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 24 FEBRUARY - 22 MARCH 2014
Solar activity is expected to be at low to moderate levels, with high
levels of activity likely through 16 March, with the return of Old
Regions 1967 (S13, L=112) at the beginning of the period, and 1974
(S12, L=354) after 03 March. STEREO EUVI imagery suggests these
regions have maintained their levels of activity.
No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit, however, the
threat will increase during the transit of Old Region 1974,
particularly after 09 March.
The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is
expected to be at normal to moderate levels for most of the forecast
period. High flux levels are anticipated on 09-10 March in response
to a coronal hole high speed stream.
Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at quiet to unsettled
levels in the absence of any transient activity. There is a chance
for active conditions 28 Feb-01 March in response to a positive
polarity coronal hole high speed stream. A slight chance of active
levels exists on 09 March in response to another high speed stream.
:Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2014 Feb 24 0820 UTC
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# Issued 2014-02-24
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# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2014 Feb 24 175 10 3
2014 Feb 25 175 8 3
2014 Feb 26 175 5 2
2014 Feb 27 180 5 2
2014 Feb 28 175 15 3
2014 Mar 01 170 15 3
2014 Mar 02 165 5 2
2014 Mar 03 170 5 2
2014 Mar 04 175 5 2
2014 Mar 05 175 5 2
2014 Mar 06 180 5 2
2014 Mar 07 180 5 2
2014 Mar 08 180 5 2
2014 Mar 09 180 10 3
2014 Mar 10 175 5 2
2014 Mar 11 160 8 3
2014 Mar 12 145 5 2
2014 Mar 13 145 5 2
2014 Mar 14 150 5 2
2014 Mar 15 150 5 2
2014 Mar 16 150 5 2
2014 Mar 17 150 5 2
2014 Mar 18 155 5 2
2014 Mar 19 155 5 2
2014 Mar 20 155 5 2
2014 Mar 21 160 5 2
2014 Mar 22 165 5 2
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