DX LISTENING DIGEST 14-36, September 3, 2014 Incorporating REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING edited by Glenn Hauser, http://www.worldofradio.com Items from DXLD may be reproduced and re-reproduced only if full credit be maintained at all stages and we be provided exchange copies. DXLD may not be reposted in its entirety without permission. Materials taken from Arctic or originating from Olle Alm and not having a commercial copyright are exempt from all restrictions of noncommercial, noncopyrighted reusage except for full credits For restrixions and searchable 2014 contents archive see http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html [also linx to previous years] NOTE: If you are a regular reader of DXLD, and a source of DX news but have not been sending it directly to us, please consider yourself obligated to do so. Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 1737 CONTENTS: *DX and station news about: Australia, Bhutan, Bolivia, Brazil, Burma non, China, Cuba, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Europe, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Malaysia, México, Mongolia non, Morocco, Netherlands non, Nicaragua, North America, Papua New Guinea, Russia non, Sarawak non, Spain, Switzerland SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1737, September 5-11, 2014 Thu 0330 WRMI 9955 [confirmed on webcast] Thu 1230 WRMI 9955 [confirmed, with France via Taiwan QRM] Thu 2330 WRMI 11580 [NEW, confirmed 1737] Fri 0330 WWRB 3185 [confirmed at 0327] Fri 2130 WRMI 7570 & 15770 [confirmed but 1735 replay] Sat 0630 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sun 0100 WRMI 5950 [off the air temporarily] Sun 0131 KVOH 9975 [confirmed] Mon 0300v WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Area 51 Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 [still with France via Taiwan QRM?] Wed 0630 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Wed 1315 WRMI 9955 Wed 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v Thu 0330 WRMI 9955 [or 1738 if ready in time] Latest edition of this schedule version, including AM, FM, satellite and webcasts with hotlinks to station sites and audio, is at: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html or http://schedule.worldofradio.org or http://sked.worldofradio.org For updates see our Anomaly Alert page: http://www.worldofradio.com/anomaly.html WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS HAVE RESUMED starting with #1730: Tnx to Dr Harald Gabler and the Rhein-Main Radio Club. http://www.rmrc.de/index.php?option=com_podcast&view=feed&format=raw&Itemid=156&lang=de or directly via: http://bit.ly/1xD5yyn Also via [but still not back in service]: http://tunein.com/radio/World-of-Radio-p198/ AND NEW ALTERNATIVE, tnx Stephen Cooper, because RMRC was down: http://shortwave.am/wor.xml OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO: http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html or http://wor.worldofradio.org DAY-BY-DAY ARCHIVE OF GLENN HAUSER`S LOG REPORTS: Unedited, uncondensed, unchanged from original version, many of them too complex, minutely researched, multi-frequency, opinionated, inconsequential, off-topic, or lengthy for some log editors to manage; and also ahead of their availability in these weekly issues: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Hauser DXLD YAHOOGROUP: Why wait for DXLD? A lot more info, not all of it appearing in DXLD later, is posted at our yg without delay. When applying, please identify yourself with your real name and location, and say something about why you want to join. Those who do not, unless I recognize them, will be prompted once to do so and no action will be taken otherwise. Here`s where to sign up: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dxld/ ** AFGHANISTAN. Radio Tamadoon, the British army's psychological operations station in Helmand Province (90.6 FM + relays), closed down at the end of August, as part of UK forces' withdrawal from Afghanistan (Chris Greenway, UK, Sept 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AFGHANISTAN [non]. ARMENIA, 9590, R. Sadaye Zindagi via Armenia Aug 25, *1459-1510, 33433-32432, Dari, 1459 sign on with IS, Opening nnounce, Talk (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN. RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellit 750, DE-1121; ANT, 130m Sloper Wire, 303WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ALBANIA. 9845, Aug 28 at 0130, R. Tirana poor with flutter in degraded propagation, but apparently without the modulation problems of last night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ALBANIA. Powerful signal of CRI via non-directional Cërrik antenna 0900-0957 on 7285 CER 150 kW / non-dir to SEEu Romanian 0900-0957 on 9440 CER 150 kW / non-dir to SEEu Romanian 1100-1157 on 7220 CER 150 kW / non-dir to SEEu Bulgarian 1200-1257 on 7345 CER 150 kW / non-dir to SEEu Serbian 1500-1557 on 7345 CER 150 kW / non-dir to N/ME Turkish 1500-1557 on 9565 CER 150 kW / non-dir to N/ME Turkish Powerful signal of medium waves transmitters in Fllake: 1900-1930 on 1395vFLA 500 kW / 330 deg to CeEu Polish TWR Europe 1900-2000 on 1458 FLA 500 kW / non-dir to CeEu Hungarian CRI http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/08/powerful-signal-of-medium-waves.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #869 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Sept. 1, 2014, via DXLD) ** ALGERIA [non]. FRANCE, 11985, R. Algerienne via France, Aug 24 0643-0659*, 25332, Arabic, Koran and talk, ID at 0652, 0659 sign off (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN. RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD- 345, Satellit 750, DE-1121; ANT, 130m Sloper Wire, 303WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7295, Sept 2 at 0554, RTA via FRANCE in Arabic with reverb/echo and flutter, as often the case now. This is very strange, considering that other European signals, altho admittedly at different azimuths and from different sites, display no such characteristix, e.g. TWR Polish via AUSTRIA about to finish on 7320 --- steady signal with no echo. I again suspect that ISSoudun is running *two* slightly unsynchronized transmitters on 7295, and I mean both in audio feed and in frequency, causing echo and SAH rather than propagational fading. HFCC shows 04-05 at 162 degrees and 05-06 at 194 degrees. Possibly instead of turning off the first transmitter at 0500, it is staying on too (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS. 4760 aug25 1625 AIR Port Blair (tent.), här hördes sång och slagverksmusik samt prat med dålig modulation. Inget ID, men sändningen fortsatte efter 1630, och musiken efter 16:40. Bör alltså ha varit Port Blair, och inte Leh. Även aug26 med lite bättre signal, men samma programinnehåll vid denna tiden. HR 4760, Aug 25 1625, AIR Port Blair (tent.), Was heard with song, percussion music and talk with poor modulation. No ID, but the transmission continued after 1630, and the music after 1640. Therefore ought to be Port Blair, not Leh. Also noted on Aug 26 with slightly better signal and the same program content at this time (Hans Östnell, Vardö, Norway, SW Bulletin Aug 31, translated by editor Thomas Nilsson for DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hello Glenn, Note that it is propably Leh on 4760.0 and Port Blair still on their old 4760.01 as both carriers are visible. 73 (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden, DX LISTENING DIGEST) And see KASHMIR ** ANGOLA. 4949.7, R Nacional, Canal A-Mulenvos, 2224, 29/08/2014, Comentarios, Por, 24232 (Antonio Madrid, QTH: Moraleda (Granada) - España/Spain, Coordenadas: 37º 08' 48'' N-003º 56' 42'' O; Altitud: 625 Mts; RX: Kenwood R5000, ANT: Dipolos de 100 mts y 60 Mts, WWW: http://www.elradioescucha.net Hecho con Log-Report: http://www.log-report.tk playdx yg via DXLD) ** ANGUILLA. 11775, Sept 3 at 1346 check, Caribbean Beacon is AWOL (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANTARCTICA. 15476.00 [sic], 2025-2045 21.8, R Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, Base Esperanza, Reactivated. Mostly Spanish talk, music, best in USB because of weak CWQRM in LSB, 14221. Best 73, (Anker Petersen, a few loggings I made on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire here in Skovlunde, Denmark, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) 15475.975, LRA36 (Wolfgang Büschel, Aug 27, Perseus measurement, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 29 via DXLD) 15475.9+, Aug 29 at 2131, after confirming WOR on WRMI 15770 & 7570, it`s a reminder to look for LRA36 as this has been widely reported signing off in the next few minutes. Yes! I can detect a JBA carrier slightly on the low side of 15476, so I keep on it and time its cutoff today at 2139:43*, which I expect to match anyone else`s report. Of course, modulation may have stopped a bit earlier, but I couldn`t hear any. Nevertheless, I am confident this was LRA36, another just-barely catch based on precise frequencing and timing. This was on the DX-398 on the porch with random wire around the eaves. Apparently it is starting now around *1930 M-F (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re.: "I`m not sure how accurate this is: earlier photos showed all the Base buildings bright red (for visiblity in blizzards, I assume) but on the cake they are orange! (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1736, DXLD)". Orange --- or bright red. It depends on the surrounding contrasts See this photo of the radio station personnel in front of the building. 73 (Attachment(s) from Horacio Nigro, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Their clothing is oranger than the buildings (gh, DXLD) ANTARCTICA. ARGENTINA [sic], 15476, R. N. SAN GABRIEL, 1/9 2014 UT. Música hasta las 2020 aprox. Después habla una voz femenina. SINPO: 25222. La señal no es muy clara. Sólo es identificable en modo USB (Claudio Galaz, RX: Tecsun PL-660, ANT: Hilo de 30 metros, QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** ARGENTINA. [MW News is crammed with impressive European MW logs especially of S America that we never get in N America, largely due to blockage of all frequencies by scads of domestic stations, so here we only pick some X-banders which might have a bit of a chance, at least by off-frequency hets --- gh] See also PERU 1629.84, LRM991, Radio Melody, San José; Spanish male announcer, NA of Argentina; 0304 ID Cadena tres ann; personal first; tnx to Henrik Klemetz for help with the ID; also 252 0300 2/7, 252 0319 23/7, 242 0300 29/6 (Max van Arnhem, Hoenderloo, The Netherlands. Perseus, AOR7030plus, KAZ antennas 35, 70, 160, 250, 290 and 340 degrees, Sept MWC MW News via DXLD) But another name in another log: 1629.83, LRM991, R América, San José; “Ésta es la transmission de AM América, frecuencia 1630 desde San José, Entre Rios, República Argentina”; on 18/8 ID “AM 630 Radio Rivadavia” on this offset, W[eak?], 0301 3/7 (Paul Crankshaw, Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland, Perseus SDR, EWE antenna (300 degrees), RPA-1 preamp, Sept MWC MW News via DXLD) 1629.83, LRM991, Radio Melody, San José; SS, ID, mx; personal first 333 0328 24/7 (Christoph Ratzer, Golling, (Salzburg) Austria. Remote station in State Salzburg. Winradio Excalibur PRO, RF-Space Net-SDR, 78m HARI windom, PA0RDT Mini-Whip, Sept MWC MW News via DXLD) 1630, LRM991, Radio Melody, San José, Argentina; “Desde la cuña [sic] de la colonización entrerriana, transmite Radio Melody, .. 1991, San José, Entre Ríos, Argentina”; actual 1629.844 kHz, Fair, 0400 17/8 (Andrew Brade, Holme-on-Spalding Moor, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK, AOR AR 7030 plus and Perseus SDR, Wellbrook phased array 290 , 305m beverage at 220 . Recording on Sony MZ-NH1 minidisc + Total Recorder, Sept MWC MW News via DXLD) 1700, Radio Juventud, Florencio Varela, Argentina; Spanish ID “... Radio Juventud Dans Rey 742 ... Florencio Varela”; at 0302 “Desde Florencio Varela y para la toda la provincia Buenos Aires, Radio Juventud”; actual 1700.421 kHz. Fair peaks, 0258 9/6 (Martin Hall, Clashmore, Sutherland, Scotland, UK, Perseus SDR, RPA-1 preamp, MFJ- 1026 phaser (modified), beverage: 460m at 236 , terminated, Sept MWC MW News via DXLD) 1710.165, Radio Imagen; Spanish male shouting, Argentinian music; at 0300 NA; personal first, 252, 0258 29/6 (Max van Arnhem, Hoenderloo, The Netherlands. Perseus, AOR7030plus, KAZ antennas 35, 70, 160, 250, 290 and 340 degrees, Sept MWC MW News via DXLD) 1710.11, R Imagen, Buenos Aires; raucous promo for event on 21 September matching webcast; tnx to Mike Westfall [Chile] for suggestion of R Imagen; personal first, W, 0500 19/8 (Paul Crankshaw, Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland, Perseus SDR, EWE antenna (300 degrees), RPA-1 preamp, Sept MWC MW News via DXLD) ** ARGENTINA. 15345.346, RAE (Wolfgang Büschel, Aug 27, Perseus measurement, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 29 via DXLD) 11710.723, RAE Buenos Aires, Japanese service logged at powerful S=9+25dB or -58dBm level in southern Germany, at 0122 UT Aug 28. Endless boring speech of male announcer in Japanese. But suffered a lot on lower side, 11684 to 11705 kHz covered broadband by China mainland scratching White Noise jamming audio against RFA Tibetan sce on 11695 kHz from Al Dhabbaya-UAE relay at 0125 UT on Aug 28 (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 28, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Sabato 30 agosto 2014 (VR5000DSP): Sempre un po' di instabilità propagativa. 0455, 11710.68, RAE, Int/sig, jazz, IDs multilingue. SF- BN (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, G.C. 44 21' 06.89" N / 09 13' 30.94" E, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) 15345.3, Radio Nacional at 2252 in Spanish, interview, time pips to top-of-the-hour, then news - Fair improving to Good Aug 30 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, listening in my car, parked by the lake, with the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. Last year’s recordings found not just a new station but a whole new network, RED FM which has about a hundred FM outlets throughout the west as well as 3 MW stations on 747 kHz! I logged RED FM on 747 kHz on the 7/8/13 at 1903 UT. Not sure of which location though. Here is a link to the web site: http://www.redfm.com.au/home/frequency-map Anyway, happy days (John Schache, visiting Darwin? Sept Australian DX News via DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. 2368.467, Radio Symban / R. La Manamea Samo, Peats Ridge NSW, noted with annoying NARROW BAND AUDIO like a WW I telephone line quality, hi. At 1030 UT by male announcer, followed by short 2 minutes news read by Greek language lady, about UN NY matter. Aug 30, via remote SDR units downunder in Queensland and Sydney. Is that originating really from Australia, or program is copying some Greek local program from Europe into Australia? (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC- DX TopNews Aug 30, listen attached recording, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALILA. 2325, VL8T Tennant Creek NT, 1025 YL in English, 1028 music then return to talk between OM and YL, 1035 back to OM announcer on 26 August // 2485 Australia, VL8K Katherine NT (XM, Cedar Key, Florida, NRD 525D, R8A, E5, via Wilkner; and Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, various wire antennas; and DX LISTENING DIGEST) VL8K, Northern Territories Service, 2485, 1100 UT. VL8K was louder this morning than I had ever heard them before, holding at a steady S9 on the Perseus and the Palstar. VL8T was solid, but not as loud on 2325. No trace of Radio Symban or Hot Hits FM. Maybe someday (Tim Rahto, IA, Aug 28, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 2325, Aug 31 at 1215, VL8T is audible with talk, // much stronger 4835, VL8A, but not synchronized, 4835 slightly ahead. Then at 1217 Aug 31, also find 2485, VL8K poorly audible and it`s slightly ahead of 4835. Enid sunrise 1202 UT today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. 3210, Vintage FM, Sydney. Usual format, signal seemed down a bit on the last activation, oldies 1250, 21/8. Not able to be heard at re-check 0530 on 31/8 (Craig Seager, VK2FEAE, Bathurst NSW (Icom 746, Perseus, EWE x 2), Sept Australian DX News via DXLD). ** AUSTRALIA. 6150, Friday Aug 29 at 1251, R. Australia TV news soundtrack with Suzy on phone from Rabaul describing the volcanic eruption there, lots of ash and sonic booms reminiscent of WW II bombing. 1258 wrapping up until a ``new World`` on Monday --- then why does RA wait until Tuesday to resume this program?? News doesn`t matter on Mondays, let alone weekends, when as everyone knows, nothing ever happens? Anyhow, this calls for monitoring of the SW station in Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, Radio East New Britain on 3385! Now we know why its moniker is ``Maus Bilong Tavuvur`` per WRTH – but name of volcano should be Tavurvur per news stories such as this: http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-incidents/qantas-reroutes-flights-as-pngs-rabaul-volcano-erupts-20140829-109utz.html It seems the city of Rabaul is in the caldera, not a good site plan. At 1305 I`m retuned to 9580 & 12065 for best signals from RA, expecting to hear the Friday-only hour `Keys to Music`, classical appreciation which I found on the online schedule checked Aug 25, and still on it today --- but instead hear `Sound Quality` from RN, which is interesting listening but not classical, rather ambient, ``soundscapes``, exploring boundary between noise and music. Starts with ``Sun Dust`` from Norway, 1314 something on ``treated flute``. Nor is `Sound Quality` on the current A-Z roster of RA programs. So we go to the RN roster: http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/soundquality/ It so happens 11 pm Friday = 13 UT is its original RN airtime, so RA is just plugged into that. The missing program, `Keys to Music`, originates with another network, ABC Classic FM, but we may listen to it via: http://www.abc.net.au/classic/program/keystomusic/ While I chided RA for skipping the TV news hour on Mondays, I`m glad that the `Science Show` is available instead! Sept 1 listened from 1230 to 1300 on 9580, first about retrieving fossils from Antarctica, http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/scienceshow/the-story-of-scott-and-stopes/5706644 and then about how essential reforestation is: http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/scienceshow/richard-st-barbe-bakere28099s-environmental-fears/5706672 RA is certainly the #1 SW source left for intelligent programming, and it isn`t even for us, but for a tiny audience in the central Pacific, beyond which we happen to lie, luckily enough (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1737, DX LISTENING DIGEST) RADIOTONIC - ABC RN --- Kafka Unchained - An Acoustic Comic Kafka Unchained began as a comics art exhibition to celebrate both the 90th anniversary of Kafka's death and the centenary of the writing of "The Trial" for the year 2014. The success of the exhibition inspired its curators, Malgorzata Zerwe and David Zane Mairowitz, to produce a "radio comic" featuring the three exhibition artists: Chantal Montellier from France, Robert Crumb from the USA and Jaromir 99 from the Czech Republic. The exhibition also inspired Jaromir 99 to create the Kafka Band from Prague. Their first CD, Das Schloss, is a compilation of texts from Kafka's "The Castle" set to music and features throughout Kafka Unchained. (55') http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/radiotonic/kafka-unchained/5607938 (My note: Radiotonic is a challenging, innovative radio program, "a heady mix of fiction, non-fiction, essays and drama from writers, artists and radio makers, brought to you by RN’s Creative Audio Unit." It's probably not the best workout companion as it requires more attention than the average. Nonetheless, it treats radio as an art form in itself -- something quite rare and, consequently, to be appreciated.) (John Figliozzi, NY, Podding Along #15, dxldyg via DXLD) Radio Australia issued some small program schedule changes for remaining A-14 schedule. Here the original text item by Gary Baxter and accompanied new RA graphical PDF-format file. Please find attached a revised operational schedule (A14 v2.0) for Radio Australia's shortwave services. The changes relate to the scheduling of the Tok Pisin and Burmese language programs. Essentially, the former 0900-1100 UT Tok Pisin program has been replaced with two slots, one at 0730-0800 and the other at 1000-1030 UT. The Burmese language program (broadcast via offshore HF Relay provider) has changed from 7 days per week to Monday to Friday only. This revision replaces the previous (A14 v1.1) schedule. 2325 0830 2130 55 TEN 50 0 975 Mul AUS ABC 2485 0830 2130 55 KTH 50 0 975 Mul AUS ABC 4835 0830 2130 55 ALI 50 0 975 Mul AUS ABC 4835 2130 0830 55 ALI 50 0 975 Mul AUS ABC 4910 2130 0830 55 TEN 50 0 975 Mul AUS ABC 5025 2130 0830 55 KTH 50 0 975 Mul AUS ABC 5940 1300 1700 49,50,51W,54E,55 SHP 100 334 206 Mul AUS ABC 5955 2300 2330 49NW DHA 500 85 146 Mya UAE BAB 5995 0800 1200 51,64,65 BRN 25 10 145 Mul AUS ABC 5995 1200 1400 51,64,65 BRN 25 10 DRM 145 Mul AUS ABC 5995 1400 1800 45,51E,55E,56,60 SHP 100 30 150 Mul AUS ABC 6080 0900 1100 50,51,54 SHP 100 5 206 Mul AUS ABC 6080 1100 1300 50,51,54 SHP 100 5 206 Mul AUS ABC 6080 1730 1800 50,51,54 SHP 100 5 206 Mul AUS ABC 6080 1800 2030 50,51,54 SHP 100 5 206 Mul AUS ABC 6140 1100 1300 49 SNG 100 13 146 Eng SNG BAB 6150 0900 1400 45,51E,55E,56,60 SHP 100 30 150 Mul AUS ABC 7410 0700 0900 45,51E,55E,56,60 SHP 100 30 150 Mul AUS ABC 9475 0700 0900 42,43,44,45,51-64 SHP 100 353 902 Mul AUS ABC 9475 0900 1100 6,7,10,45,51E,56,65 SHP 100 30 150 Mul AUS ABC 9475 1100 1700 18,27,28,39,40,44-54 SHP 100 329 211 Mul AUS ABC 9475 1700 1900 18,27,28,39,40,44-54 SHP 100 329 211 Mul AUS ABC 9540 1600 1630 49 SNG 100 340 145 Eng SNG BAB 9580 0800 1000 6,7,10,56,60N,62 SHP 100 80 216 Mul AUS ABC 9580 1000 1500 6,7,10,56,60N,62 SHP 100 70 216 Mul AUS ABC 9580 1700 2100 6,7,10,56,60N,62 SHP 100 70 216 Mul AUS ABC 9660 0000 0800 51,64,65 BRN 25 10 145 Mul AUS ABC 9660 2100 2400 51,64,65 BRN 25 10 145 Mul AUS ABC 9710 0700 1100 42,43,44,45,51,50,64 SHP 100 355 211 Mul AUS ABC 9710 1800 2000 6,7,10,45,51E,56,65 SHP 100 30 150 Mul AUS ABC 9820 1700 2030 29,42,43,44,45,51-64 SHP 100 353 902 Eng AUS ABC 9850 1500 1700 51E,54E,55E,56 SHP 100 40 216 Eng AUS ABC 9855 2200 2400 49 DHA 500 90 216 Eng UAE BAB 9900 2200 2300 54 DHA 500 105 218 Eng UAE BAB 9965 1300 1430 43E,44W HBN 100 318 146 Eng USA BAB 11650 2000 2200 6,7,10,45,51E,56,65 SHP 100 30 150 Mul AUS ABC 11660 1900 2100 6,7,10,51E,56,61-65 SHP 100 65 902 Mul AUS ABC 11695 2030 2330 18,27,28,39,40,44-54 SHP 100 329 216 Mul AUS ABC 11780 0100 0130 49NW SNG 100 340 147 Mya SNG BAB 11880 1530 2000 6,7,10,51E,56 SHP 100 50 216 Mul AUS ABC 11945 0600 0800 45,56,60,62,63,83 SHP 100 100 216 Mul AUS ABC 11945 0800 1000 45,56,60,62,63,83 SHP 100 100 216 Mul AUS ABC 12005 0000 0030 49NW SNG 100 340 147 Mya SNG BAB 12065 1000 1530 6,7,10,56,60N,62 SHP 100 70 216 Mul AUS ABC 12080 0000 1100 51,56,60,62 BRN 25 80 146 Mul AUS ABC 12080 1100 1200 51,56,60,62 BRN 25 80 DRM 146 Mul AUS ABC 12080 2000 2400 51,56,60,62 BRN 25 80 146 Mul AUS ABC 12085 1100 1300 18,27,28,39,40,44-54 SHP 100 329 216 Mul AUS ABC 12085 1300 1500 18,27,28,39,40,44-54 SHP 100 329 216 Mul AUS ABC 12085 1500 1730 18,27,28,39,40,44-54 SHP 100 329 216 Mul AUS ABC 13630 0500 0800 6,7,10,51E,56,62,63,77 SHP 100 50 216 Mul AUS ABC 13630 2100 2300 6,7,10,51E,56,61,64,65 SHP 100 65 902 Mul AUS ABC 15160 0100 0500 6,7,10,56,60-63 SHP 100 65 902 Mul AUS ABC 15240 0000 0900 6,7,10,45,51E,56,65 SHP 100 30 150 Mul AUS ABC 15240 2200 2400 6,7,10,45,51E,56,65 SHP 100 30 150 Mul AUS ABC 15300 0300 0600 6,7,10,51E,56,60-63,77 SHP 100 70 216 Mul AUS ABC 15415 0000 0700 42,43,44,45,51,50,64 SHP 100 355 216 Mul AUS ABC 15415 2030 2200 42,43,44,45,51,50,64 SHP 100 355 216 Mul AUS ABC 15415 2200 2400 42,43,44,45,51,50,64 SHP 100 355 216 Mul AUS ABC 15515 2000 2300 6,7,10,51E,56 SHP 100 50 216 Mul AUS ABC 17750 0000 0700 29,42,43,44,50,51W,54E SHP 100 329 216 Mul AUS ABC 17750 2330 2400 29,42,43,44,50,51W,54E SHP 100 329 216 Mul AUS ABC 17795 0000 0300 6,7,10,51E,56,60-63,77 SHP 100 50 216 Mul AUS ABC 17795 2300 2400 6,7,10,51E,56,60-63,77 SHP 100 50 216 Mul AUS ABC 17800 0400 0500 54 HBN 100 270 147 Eng USA BAB 17840 0100 0300 6,7,10,51E,56,60-63,77 SHP 100 70 216 Mul AUS ABC 17840 0300 0500 6,7,10,51E,56,62-63,77 SHP 100 50(!) 216 Mul AUS ABC 17860 0000 0100 6,7,10,51E,56,60-63,77 SHP 100 70 216 Mul AUS ABC 17860 2100 2400 6,7,10,51E,56,60-63,77 SHP 100 70 216 Mul AUS ABC 19000 0000 0100 6,7,10,51E,56,60-63,77 SHP 100 65 902 Mul AUS ABC 19000 2300 2400 6,7,10,51E,56,60-63,77 SHP 100 65 902 Mul AUS ABC 21725 0500 0700 29,42,43,44,50,51W,54E SHP 100 329 216 Mul AUS ABC Alternate season registrations, n o t really on regular service: 6020 0900 1400 45,51E,55E,56,60 SHP 100 30 alt 150 Mul AUS ABC 6080 1400 1800 49,50,51W,54E,55 SHP 100 334 alt 206 Mul AUS ABC 7240 1400 1500 51E,54E,55E,56 SHP 100 40 alt 216 Mul AUS ABC 7240 1500 1700 51E,54E,55E,56 SHP 100 40 alt 216 Mul AUS ABC 9475 1900 2200 18,27,28,39,40,44-54 SHP 100 329 alt 211 Mul AUS ABC 9500 1700 2030 29,42,43,44,45,51-64 SHP 100 353 alt 902 Mul AUS ABC 9500 2030 2200 29,42,43,44,45,51-64 SHP 100 355 alt 211 Mul AUS ABC 9700 2000 2230 29,42,43,44,45,51-64 SHP 100 355 alt 211 Mul AUS ABC 9710 1600 1800 6,7,10,45,51E,56,65 SHP 100 30 alt 150 Mul AUS ABC 11660 1530 1730 18,27,28,39,40-54 SHP 100 329 alt 216 Mul AUS ABC 11660 2100 2200 6,7,10,51E,56,61-65 SHP 100 65 alt 902 Mul AUS ABC 11880 2000 2100 6,7,10,51E,56 SHP 100 50 alt 216 Mul AUS ABC 11945 1000 1530 6,7,10,56,60N,62 SHP 100 70 alt 216 Mul AUS ABC 11945 1100 1300 18,27,28,39,40,44-54 SHP 100 329 alt 216 Mul AUS ABC 12035 1500 2000 6,7,10,51E,56 SHP 100 50 alt 216 Mul AUS ABC 12065 0730 1100 28,39,40,43,44,50-54 SHP 100 329 alt 216 Mul AUS ABC 12080 0000 0600 18,27,28,39,40,44-54 SHP 100 329 alt 216 Mul AUS ABC 12080 1800 2400 18,27,28,39,40,44-54 SHP 100 329 alt 216 Mul AUS ABC 13630 0400 0500 6,7,10,51E,56,62,63,77 SHP 100 50 alt 216 Mul AUS ABC 13630 0800 0900 6,7,10,51E,56,62,63,77 SHP 100 50 alt 216 Mul AUS ABC 15160 0500 0800 6,7,10,56,60-63 SHP 100 65 alt 902 Mul AUS ABC 15300 0100 0300 6,7,10,56,60-63 SHP 100 65 alt 902 Mul AUS ABC 15515 0200 0300 6,7,10,51E,56,60-63,77 SHP 100 70 alt 216 Mul AUS ABC 15515 0300 0600 6,7,10,51E,56,60-63,77 SHP 100 70 alt 216 Mul AUS ABC 15515 2300 2400 6,7,10,51E,56 SHP 100 50 alt 216 Mul AUS ABC 17715 0000 0300 6,7,10,51E,56,60-63,77 SHP 100 70 alt 216 Mul AUS ABC 17715 2300 2400 6,7,10,51E,56,60-63,77 SHP 100 70 alt 216 Mul AUS ABC 19000 0100 0300 6,7,10,51E,56,60-63,77 SHP 100 70 alt 216 Mul AUS ABC 21725 0200 0300 42,43,44,45,51,50,64 SHP 100 355 alt 216 Mul AUS ABC 21725 0300 0500 42,43,44,45,51,50,64 SHP 100 355 alt 216 Mul AUS ABC 21740 0000 0100 6,7,10,51E,56,60-63,77 SHP 100 70 alt 216 Mul AUS ABC 21740 2100 2400 6,7,10,51E,56,60-63,77 SHP 100 70 alt 216 Mul AUS ABC (RA, Gary Baxter-AUS, Sept 3; via ADDX Andreas Volk-Munich Germany; transformed and condensed by wb via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 3, dxldyg via DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. Hier die uebliche RA Sommer Schedule downunder, also unser (noerdlicher) Winter ab Oktober 2014: [column with some negative numbers means degrees of slewing to reach the desired azimuth --- gh] 2325 0830-2130 55 TEN 50 0 0 975 Mul AUS ABC 2485 0830-2130 55 KTH 50 0 0 975 Mul AUS ABC 4835 0830-2130 55 ALI 50 0 0 975 Mul AUS ABC 4835 2130-0830 55 ALI 50 0 0 975 Mul AUS ABC 4910 2130-0830 55 TEN 50 0 0 975 Mul AUS ABC 5025 2130-0830 55 KTH 50 0 0 975 Mul AUS ABC 5940 1300-1700 49,50,51W,54E SHP 100 334 -15 206 Mul AUS ABC 5955 2300-2330 49NW DHA 500 85 0 146 Mya UAE BAB 5995 0800-1200 51,64,65 BRN 25 10 0 145 Mul AUS ABC 5995 1200-1400 51,64,65 BRN 25 10 DRM 0 145 Mul AUS ABC 5995 1400-1800 45,51E,55E,56 SHP 100 30 0 150 Mul AUS ABC 6020 0900-1400 45,51E,55E,56 SHP 100 30 0 150 Mul AUS ABC 6080 1800-2030 50,51,54 SHP 100 5 15 206 Mul AUS ABC 6080 0900-1300 50,51,54 SHP 100 5 15 206 Mul AUS ABC 6080 1400-1800 49,50,51W,54E SHP 100 334 -15 206 Mul AUS ABC AF06 6080 1730-1800 50,51,54 SHP 100 5 15 206 Mul AUS ABC 6140 1100-1300 49 SNG 100 13 -12 146 Eng SNG BAB 6150 0900-1400 45,51E,55E,56 SHP 100 30 0 150 Mul AUS ABC 7240 1400-1500 51E,54E,55E,56 SHP 100 40 -30 216 Mul AUS ABC AFEB 7240 1500-1700 51E,54E,55E,56 SHP 100 40 -30 216 Mul AUS ABC 7410 0700-0900 45,51E,55E,56 SHP 100 30 0 150 Mul AUS ABC 9475 0700-0900 42,43,44,45,51 SHP 100 353 0 902 Mul AUS ABC 9475 1900-2200 18,27,28,39,40 SHP 100 329 -13 211 Mul AUS ABC AF 9475 0900-1100 6,7,10,45,51E SHP 100 30 0 150 Mul AUS ABC 9475 1100-1900 18,27,28,39,40 SHP 100 329 -13 211 Mul AUS ABC 9500 1700-2030 29,42,43,44,45 SHP 100 353 0 902 Mul AUS ABC 9500 2030-2200 29,42,43,44,45 SHP 100 355 13 211 Mul AUS ABC 9580 1000-1500 6,7,10,56,60N SHP 100 70 0 216 Mul AUS ABC 9580 0800-1000 6,7,10,56,60N SHP 100 80 30 216 Mul AUS ABC 9580 1700-2100 6,7,10,56,60N SHP 100 70 0 216 Mul AUS ABC 9580 1600-1630 49 SNG 100 340 0 145 Eng SNG BAB 9660 0000-0800 51,64,65 BRN 25 10 0 145 Mul AUS ABC 9660 2100-2400 51,64,65 BRN 25 10 0 145 Mul AUS ABC 9700 2000-2230 29,42,43,44,45 SHP 100 355 13 211 Mul AUS ABC AF 9710 1800-2000 6,7,10,45,51E SHP 100 30 0 150 Mul AUS ABC 9710 1600-1800 6,7,10,45,51E SHP 100 30 0 150 Mul AUS ABC AFEB 9710 0700-1100 42,43,44,45,51 SHP 100 355 13 211 Mul AUS ABC 9820 1700-2030 29,42,43,44,45 SHP 100 353 0 902 Eng AUS ABC 9850 1500-1700 51E,54E,55E,56 SHP 100 40 -30 216 Eng AUS ABC 9855 2200-2400 49 DHA 500 90 0 216 Eng UAE BAB 9890 2200-2330 54 DHA 500 105 15 218 Eng UAE BAB 9965 1300-1430 43E,44W HBN 100 318 0 146 Eng USA BAB 11650 2000-2200 6,7,10,45,51E SHP 100 30 0 150 Mul AUS ABC 11660 2100-2200 6,7,10,51E,56 SHP 100 65 0 902 Mul AUS ABC AFEA 11660 1900-2100 6,7,10,51E,56 SHP 100 65 0 902 Mul AUS ABC 11660 1530-1730 18,27,28,39,40 SHP 100 329 -13 216 Mul AUS ABC AF 11695 2030-2330 18,27,28,39,40 SHP 100 329 -13 216 Mul AUS ABC 11780 0100-0130 49NW SNG 100 340 0 147 Mya SNG BAB 11880 2000-2100 6,7,10,51E,56 SHP 100 50 0 216 Mul AUS ABC AF 11880 1530-2000 6,7,10,51E,56 SHP 100 50 0 216 Mul AUS ABC 11945 0600-1000 45,56,60,62,63 SHP 100 100 30 216 Mul AUS ABC 11945 1100-1300 18,27,28,39,40 SHP 100 329 -13 216 Mul AUS ABC 11945 1000-1530 6,7,10,56,60N SHP 100 70 0 216 Mul AUS ABC 12005 0000-0030 49NW SNG 100 340 0 147 Mya SNG BAB 12035 1500-2000 6,7,10,51E,56 SHP 100 50 0 216 Mul AUS ABC AF11 12065 1000-1530 6,7,10,56,60N SHP 100 70 0 216 Mul AUS ABC 12065 0730-1100 28,39,40,43,44 SHP 100 329 -13 216 Mul AUS ABC AF11 12080 2000-1100 51,56,60,62 BRN 25 80 0 146 Mul AUS ABC 12080 1100-1200 51,56,60,62 BRN 25 80 DRM 0 146 Mul AUS ABC 12080 1800-0600 18,27,28,39,40 SHP 100 329 -13 216 Mul AUS ABC AF 12085 1100-1300 18,27,28,39,40 SHP 100 329 -13 216 Mul AUS ABC AF11 12085 1300-1800 18,27,28,39,40 SHP 100 329 -13 216 Mul AUS ABC 13630 0800-0900 6,7,10,51E,56 SHP 100 50 0 216 Mul AUS ABC AF 13630 2100-2300 6,7,10,51E,56 SHP 100 65 0 902 Mul AUS ABC 13630 0500-0800 6,7,10,51E,56 SHP 100 50 0 216 Mul AUS ABC 13630 0400-0500 6,7,10,51E,56 SHP 100 50 0 216 Mul AUS ABC AF 15160 0500-0800 6,7,10,56,60-63SHP 100 65 0 902 Mul AUS ABC AFEA 15160 0100-0500 6,7,10,56,60-63SHP 100 65 0 902 Mul AUS ABC 15240 2200-0900 6,7,10,45,51E SHP 100 30 0 150 Mul AUS ABC 15300 0300-0600 6,7,10,51E,56 SHP 100 70 0 216 Mul AUS ABC AFEB 15300 0100-0300 6,7,10,56,60-63SHP 100 65 0 902 Mul AUS ABC WF 15415 2000-0700 42,43,44,45,51 SHP 100 355 13 216 Mul AUS ABC 15515 2300-2400 6,7,10,51E,56 SHP 100 50 0 216 Mul AUS ABC AFEA 15515 0300-0600 6,7,10,51E,56 SHP 100 70 0 216 Mul AUS ABC 15515 2000-2300 6,7,10,51E,56 SHP 100 50 0 216 Mul AUS ABC 15515 0200-0300 6,7,10,51E,56 SHP 100 70 0 216 Mul AUS ABC AFEB 17715 2300-2400 6,7,10,51E,56 SHP 100 70 0 216 Mul AUS ABC AF19 17715 0000-0300 6,7,10,51E,56 SHP 100 70 0 216 Mul AUS ABC AF19 17750 2330-0700 29,42,43,44,50 SHP 100 329 -13 216 Mul AUS ABC 17795 2300-0300 6,7,10,51E,56 SHP 100 50 0 216 Mul AUS ABC 17800 0400-0500 54 HBN 100 270 0 147 Eng USA BAB 17840 0300-0500 42,43,44,45,51 SHP 100 355 13 216 Mul AUS ABC 17840 0100-0300 6,7,10,51E,56 SHP 100 70 0 216 Mul AUS ABC 17860 2100-0100 6,7,10,51E,56 SHP 100 70 0 216 Mul AUS ABC 19000 2300-0100 6,7,10,51E,56 SHP 100 65 0 902 Mul AUS ABC 19000 0100-0300 6,7,10,51E,56 SHP 100 70 0 216 Mul AUS ABC 21725 0300-0500 42,43,44,45,51 SHP 100 355 13 216 Mul AUS ABC 21725 0500-0700 29,42,43,44,50 SHP 100 329 -13 216 Mul AUS ABC 21725 0200-0300 42,43,44,45,51 SHP 100 355 13 216 Mul AUS ABC AFEB 21740 2100-0100 6,7,10,51E,56 SHP 100 70 0 216 Mul AUS ABC (RA winter schedule [B-14] via BC-DX 29 Aug via DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. QSL === TRIAL OF INTERNATIONAL RADIO FOR DISASTER RELIEF via SHEPPARTON, 21,890. Full-data, including site, color map card with the Jakarta Media Summit site and shortwave transmitter sites indicated, in 2 months. Report was sent to info@hfcc.org. Card has colorful Czech stamps (Wendel Craighead, Prairie Village, Kansas, USA, Aug 30, cumbredx yg via DXLD) 21890?? It was on 21840, from this and several other sites; your typo or theirs? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BANGLADESH. 15505.0, Bangladesh Betar, Dhaka-Khabirpur, 1528, 31/08/2014, Musica Popular, Hindú, 34333 (Antonio Madrid, QTH: Moraleda (Granada) - España/Spain, Coordenadas: 37º 08' 48'' N-003º 56' 42'' O; Altitud: 625 Mts; RX: Kenwood R5000, ANT: Dipolos de 100 mts y 60 Mts, WWW: http://www.elradioescucha.net Hecho con Log-Report: http://www.log-report.tk playdx yg via DXLD) ** BERMUDA. VSB-11 Bermuda to Cease Operations "Mike B." via email from Chris Dunne. It's the first item on their newscast. http://vsb.bm/vsb-tv-channel-11/ (Mike Bugaj, Enfield, CT USA, WTFDA via DXLD) Due to declining ad revenue; several people lose their jobs; VSB Radio will continue as usual. Will re-evaluate, streamline, implying may eventually come back on air. What will NBC do for an affiliate there? (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** BHUTAN. Both the BBS transmitters (50 & 100 kW) are back on air, thanks to the AIR engineer who's at Bhutan now. Gautam Sharma from Abhayapuri, Assam heard them loud & clear on 6035 kHz, 0414 UT onwards in Nepali today (Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, Aug 30, DX_sasia yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1737, DXLD) Anything further? Is the other transmitter on another frequency, like 5030? 73, (Glenn Hauser, Sept 2, ibid.) Mauno Ritola writes on the WRTH Facebook group, 2 September 2014: Bhutan Broadcasting Service is operating again on 6035 kHz with 50 kW between 0000-1300. They welcome possible reception reports via their web form on http://www.bbs.bt/news/?page_id=7576 (Posted by: Mike Terry, Sept 2, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1737, DXLD) 6035, BBS. Thanks very much to Gautam Sharma for the tip that BBS's transmitter is now fixed; Sept 2 with their unique repetitive indigenous music 1223-1230; conversation in vernacular (clearly not PBS Yunnan's Chinese or Vietnamese!) 1230-1257. BBS many times stronger than PBS Yunnan, which at times was heard very faintly underneath BBS; intermittent heavy adjacent QRM. Measured today by Ralph Perry on 6034.96 (a great catch for Ralph!), who confirmed audio // website - http://www.bbs.bt/news/radio-wan.html Wonderful to hear this one again! https://app.box.com/s/ss1cd24jvusgxmh6eqnf contains audio (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, E1 & CR- 1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1737, DX LISTENING DIGEST) The following is the response to my reception report sent to Mr. Tshering, with link to my audio. Did not ask for QSL, as I already had a nice QSL letter from him several years ago. Ron ``Dear Mr. Ron Howard, As always, thank you very much. Our shortwave transmitter was down for a long time. It broke down and we could not get it back up and running till recently. We managed to do so only with the help of a shortwave transmitter expert from the All India Radio. Thank you once again. Regards Kaka Tshering General manager Radio service Bhutan Broadcasting Service Chubachu Post box 101 Thimphu`` (Ron Howard, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 3310, Radio Mosoj Chaski, Cochabamba, 0955 to 1015 music and talk with good signal during band scan 27 August (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, various wire antennas, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 4409.8, Radio Eco, Reyes, 0105 to 0112 locutor en español under thunderstorm crackle 23 August, silent same time 24 August, 0025 noted in Spanish fair signal 28 August (XM, Cedar Key, Florida, NRD 525D, R8A, E5, via Wilkner; and Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, various wire antennas, WORLD OF RADIO 1737, DX LISTENING DIGEST) In Germany only tiny peak visible on 4409.780 kHz, but next some powerhouse digital like multi-tone signal on range 4410.4 to 4413.3 kHz, S=9 -75dBm. 0142 UT on Aug 28. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1737, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 4716.65, Radio Yatun Ayllu Yura, Yura, 2330 to 2344 good signal with music 24 August (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, various wire antennas; and XM, Cedar Key, Florida, NRD 525D, R8A, E5, via Wilkner, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 6025, Red R. Patria Nueva, La Paz. Believed to be this (although no ID heard) at 1035 on 2/8 in Spanish with mainly talk between two announcers and occasional music. No sign of PBS listed here. Light QRM from 6030 Martí and China but easily managed by listening in LSB mode. Couldn't get a decent ID at 1100 as both stations on 6030 kHz burst into music, obliterating it for about a minute. Finally faded around 1120. I've been watching out this one every night since Craig Seager (Bathurst, NSW) reported it on 25/4 (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn, VIC (Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Double Bazooka antennas for 80 and 40m, Par EF-SWL End Fed antenna, BHI NEIM1031 Digital Noise Eliminating Module, MFJ-1026 Noise Cancelling Module, ATU), Sept Australian DXN via DXLD) *6025, RED PATRIA NUEVA, 30/8 0201 UT. Avisos del gobierno boliviano, ID de ``Red Patria Nueva``, avisos de avances en obras públicas y planes sociales hasta las 0204, aprox. Después música en español i.e.: Los Prisioneros - Estrechez de corazón, et al. Señal con QRM de CRI desde 6020, vía Cerrik en chino y R. MARTÍ en 6030 (Claudio Galaz, RX: Tecsun PL-660, ANT: Hilo de 30 metros, QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 6105.4, R. Panamericana, La Paz. Tough listening under RTI and jammer at 1050 until their s/off 1100, then in the clear with mainly news and reports, occasional IDs. Fair signal and monitored till 1150 f/out on 30/7. Then again on 8/8 with news and on-location reports at 1115, fair signal. Rarely heard here in recent years. (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn, VIC (Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Double Bazooka antennas for 80 and 40m, Par EF-SWL End Fed antenna, BHI NEIM1031 Digital Noise Eliminating Module, MFJ-1026 Noise Cancelling Module, ATU), Sept Australian DXN via WORLD OF RADIO 1737, DXLD) 6105.48, Radio Panamericana, La Paz, 1055 to 1110 weak signal noted 27 and 28 August; 1120, surprised to hear it this late; still audible with Andean music 30 August(Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, various wire antennas; and XM, Cedar Key, Florida, NRD 525D, R8A, E5, via Wilkner, WORLD OF RADIO 1737, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. Lunedì 25 agosto 2014, 0208 - 6134.8 kHz, R. SANTA CRUZ, Spagnuolo, ID OM, forse inno e portante muta. Segnale buono! Aparecida (Brasile) assente o già spenta (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, G.C. 44 21' 06.89" N / 09 13' 30.94" E, R7, bcnews.it yg via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. Venerdì 29 agosto 2014, 0350 - 6155.1, R. FIDES, Purtroppo solo portante muta. SF-IN (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, G.C. 44 21' 06.89" N / 09 13' 30.94" E, R7, bcnews.it yg via DXLD) ** BONAIRE. BONAIRE: 50 YEARS OF SPEAKING HOPE TO LATIN AMERICA August 14th, 2014 Bonaire was a magnet during the past weekend, drawing TWR leaders, alumni staff members and ministry supporters to the little Caribbean island for a special celebration. From Aug. 9 to Aug. 11, 2014, the invading off-islanders joined with local residents to mark the 50th anniversary of TWR broadcasting from a powerful AM transmitter on the southern end of Bonaire to a sizable portion of Latin America. That transmission footprint is slated to grow substantially as the result of a power-upgrade campaign launched in tandem with the yearlong anniversary commemoration. [PJB, 800 kHz] "We are thankful for God’s provision over the years, and it was wonderful to celebrate the 50th anniversary with TWR staff, alumni and the Bonairean people," said Joe Barker, station director of TWR Bonaire. "Everyone enjoyed a great weekend of fellowship, reminiscing, and meeting old and new friends as well as looking to the exciting future that God has in store for TWR Bonaire." The weekend celebration kicked off Saturday evening with a dinner, followed by an insider update by TWR President Lauren Libby on the international media ministry’s outreach to Cuba and the rest of Latin America. A celebratory worship service took place Sunday afternoon, and an open house on Monday provided the opportunity for tours of the TWR Studio Building in the island capital and for tours of the transmitter building several miles away. The celebration closed Monday evening with a dinner at the International Bible Church. Wednesday, August 13, 2014, marks exactly 50 years since the Bonaire transmitter officially went into action for the first time. Among the special guests in attendance were Bill Mial, a semiretired TWR missionary who was the transmitter facility’s first director, and Tom Lowell, who succeeded Mial in the director’s position and now serves as chairman of the ministry’s international board of directors. Joining Mial, Lowell and Libby in addressing the attendees were Tim Klingbeil, TWR international director for the Americas; Ray Alary, director of TWR Canada; and Lucy Totorici-Ellis, program producer of Women of Hope in Papiamentu, the officially recognized regional language of Bonaire. Although the main purpose of the weekend gathering was to look back and praise the Lord for a half century of providential faithfulness, a sharp focus on the future also pervaded the events as the project to boost the transmitter’s power from 100,000 watts to 450,000 watts was repeatedly cited. The $3.8 million upgrade of the transmitter would enable a strong, clear signal to carry Bible-based programming northward across all of Cuba and southward deep into Brazil. National partners of TWR in Latin America have already pledged $390,000 as a challenge gift. TWR has issued a call for people who have a heart for reaching this region to join the drive to reach millions more for Christ (TWR Press Release via Sept Australian DX News via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 4765, R. Rural, Santarém. Has only been heard occasionally this year, noted on 30/7 at 0945 with a weak signal (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn, VIC (Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Double Bazooka antennas for 80 and 40m, Par EF-SWL End Fed antenna, BHI NEIM1031 Digital Noise Eliminating Module, MFJ-1026 Noise Cancelling Module, ATU), Sept Australian DXN via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 4805, Brasil, Rádio Difusora do Amazonas, Manaus, 0105 to 0115, returned after 4 or five days silent on 23 August, 2335-2340 on 24 August, 0925 to 0930 in Portuguese 27 August (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, various wire antennas; and XM, Cedar Key, Florida, NRD 525D, R8A, E5, via Wilkner, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 4864.3, Aug 29, 2356, Tentative R Alvorada de Londrina with unstable carrier and weak audio. Drifting +/- 20-50 Hz and not stable on the frequency. TN 4865.022, Aug 29, 2359, R Verdes Florestas with sign on between 2305 and 2325, frequency when I started recording at 2326 their freq. was 4865.0 and then slowly drifting up to 4865.028 at 0056 (Thomas Nilsson, Ängelholm, Sweden, SW Bulletin Aug 31 via WORLD OF RADIO 1737, DXLD) ** BRAZIL. And now let's talk about the absences noted here. R Inconfidência, Belo Horizonte (MG), is not on air on 6010 kHz. That's a shame, because the mining station has an excellent program in late afternoon, called The Hour Farmer, who has several relevant information to the farmer, besides the good roots music. Another noticeable absence is the frequency of 11925 kHz, Radio Bandeirantes, São Paulo, SP. The station, however, has been monitored here in 6090 and 9645 kHz [both variable off-frequency --- gh] (from http://www.romais.jor.br/blog/ via SW Bulletin Aug 31 via DXLD) ** BRAZIL [and non]. 6135, R. APARECIDA, 31/8 0111 UT. Rezo del Rosario en portugués y avisos de la emisora. SINPO: 43533 con QRM de R. Santa Cruz con SINPO: 53433 que se cruza cada 2 minutos superponiéndose una a otra. Al parecer, en esta banda hay buena propagación desde Bolivia, al contrario de otros días en que Aparecida se superpone por sobre 7 minutos a R. Santa Cruz (Claudio Galaz, RX: Tecsun PL-660, ANT: Hilo de 30 metros, QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 6180, Aug 28 at 0125, RNA is back here after missing for two nights, very excited announcer, maybe ballgame. 6180, Sept 1 at 0552, RNA signal is rather weak; underpowered or propagation? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. Sabato 30 agosto 2014 (VR5000DSP): 0507, 9629.96, R. APARECIDA in // 11854,98 (SF) + 6134,96 (SF-BN) 0509, 9664.78, VOZ MISSIONARIA (B), Canzone OM. SF 0510, 9818.56, R. 9 DE JULHO (B), Canzone OM. SF-IN Segnale / Signal : IDs via blogs JBA - Solo portante / Just carrier IN - Insufficiente / Poor SF - Sufficiente / Fair BN - Buono / Good MB - Molto Buono / Very Good - R7: Misurazione frequenze; PL-660: Autoscansione canali attivi (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, G.C. 44 21' 06.89" N / 09 13' 30.94" E, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 11735, RTM, 31/8 1920 UT. Hombre habla sobre las primeras experiencias de radiodifusión en el país y de los Radioham. Así como de los fabricantes brasileños de receptores. Desde las 1928 en adelante comienza `Amigos do rádio`, hasta las 1933. Y luego avisos de una Iglesia Bautista y el Ministerio público federal. SINPO: 44444 11735, RTM, 1/9 1955 UT. Noticias acerca de conferencias de Iglesias, a realizarse prontamente en algunos lugares del Amazonas e informaciones internacionales sobre la situación de cristianos en Iraq y Nigeria. SINPO: 55544. Salida del aire a las 20 (Claudio Galaz, RX: Tecsun PL-660, ANT: Hilo de 30 metros, QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) Clearing for the last hour of ZANZIBAR (gh) ** BRAZIL. 11855.0, Aug 30 at 0545, Brazuguese religious interview, good signal, R. Aparecida not usually heard this late/early; good signal and much stronger than 11765 SRDA but much weaker than 11780 RNA. Variable but now close to right-on frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, via WORLD OF RADIO 1737, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 15190.129 kHz, Rádio Inconfidência (Wolfgang Büschel, Aug 27, Perseus measurement, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 29 via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. Emissoras de São Paulo com RDS --- Amigos, fiz um levantamento em video das emissoras de FM que no momento estão transmitindo com Radio Data System: 89 FM A Radio Rock - 89.1 Mhz - São Paulo SP - RDS http://youtu.be/M4uxxagRmZY Nova Brasil FM - 89.7 Mhz - São Paulo SP - RDS http://youtu.be/OoZuiqNy5uQ CBN FM - 90.5 Mhz - São Paulo SP - RDS http://youtu.be/RAJfvDiEI0A Disney FM - 91.3 Mhz - São Paulo SP - RDS http://youtu.be/ckTn3ZLqQUA Feliz FM - 92.5 Mhz - São Paulo SP - RDS http://youtu.be/InJPOJacyEs Estadão FM - 92.9 Mhz - São Paulo SP - RDS http://youtu.be/hvDSc7NKygU USP FM - 93.7 Mhz - São Paulo SP - RDS http://youtu.be/fLxPgPndADU . Bradesco Esportes FM - 94.1 Mhz - São Paulo SP - RDS http://youtu.be/bP0TBN0NwjI Antena 1 FM - 94.7 Mhz - São Paulo SP - RDS http://youtu.be/sutnGR2LdCI Nativa FM - 95.3 Mhz - São Paulo SP - RDS http://youtu.be/392Dniduriw Mundial FM - 95.7 Mhz - São Paulo SP - RDS http://youtu.be/LcHkZNviG-M Band FM - 96.1 Mhz - São Paulo SP - RDS http://youtu.be/8yOxlqYVmEI Vida FM - 96.5 Mhz - São Paulo SP - RDS http://youtu.be/sL2EIICmbqA Band News FM - 96.9 Mhz - São Paulo SP - RDS http://youtu.be/H8CTPtTAm1s Energia 97 FM - 97.7 Mhz - São Paulo SP - RDS http://youtu.be/OxxDwOBSymw Iguatemi Prime FM - 98.1 Mhz - São Paulo SP - RDS http://youtu.be/t3bPHsy4Op4 Metropolitana FM - 98.5 Mhz - São Paulo SP - RDS http://youtu.be/lB92tOpgnFo Transamérica FM - 100.1 Mhz - São Paulo SP - RDS http://youtu.be/-kbEeArchNA Jovem Pan FM - 100.9 Mhz - São Paulo SP - RDS http://youtu.be/Sw-2yGbsMuQ Kiss FM - 102.1 Mhz - São Paulo SP - RDS http://youtu.be/rwoslVW5Zis Cultura FM - 103.3 Mhz - São Paulo SP - RDS http://youtu.be/edSN35mSs_s Top FM - 104.1 Mhz - São Paulo SP - RDS http://youtu.be/mICxTZxgTPY Dumont FM - 104.3 Mhz - Jundiaí SP - RDS http://youtu.be/TyLvMGBZmdQ Transcontinental FM - 104.7 Mhz - Mogi das Cruzes SP - RDS http://youtu.be/YJk0gooemks Nossa Radio FM - 106.9 Mhz - São Paulo SP - RDS http://youtu.be/VKQ-Enfpw9Y Eldorado FM - 107.3 Mhz - São Paulo SP - RDS http://youtu.be/pLLPdCswUjQ Tropical FM - 107.9 Mhz - São Paulo SP - RDS http://youtu.be/oWnb0eh00ZU 73´s (Fran Jr. - São Paulo SP, 31 Aug, radioescutas yg via DXLD) He previously compiled the numerous FM pirates in SP; I guess these are all, or mostly non-pirates? Without crosschecking (gh, DXLD) ** BULGARIA. The two frequencies earmarked for private stations in Bulgaria are 963 kHz (not 828 as reported last month) and 1161 kHz (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, Sony ICF2001D & VEF201, Ant Folded Marconi 16m, Sept BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) ** BURMA [non]. DEMOCRATIC VOICE OF BURMA ENDS RADIO BROADCASTING Burma News International 28 August 2014 At the end of October, the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) will stop producing its ethnic language radio program after 21 years of broadcasting, a decision revealed yesterday during a meeting of staff members from DVB’s Ethnic Groups’ Program. “Because there are more and more magazines and journals [being distributed] in the country, the audience [listening through] short- wave radio has become smaller. We broadcast the news at six in the morning and nine in the evening, but at those times the audience has demonstrated a preference for newspapers and journals instead of waiting for us,” said DVB editor U Khin Maung Soe. According to a US-based group which collects data on short-wave radio audiences in Burma, the DVB’s short-wave radio programs only attract 2% of the Burmese exile radio station audience, the smallest percentage among the four exile stations. Due to such small audience numbers, DVB donors have suggested that the organization stop broadcasting radio programs and produce TV media programs instead. However, changing from radio to TV broadcasting may pose challenges and difficulties for those in charge of the DVB’s Ethnic Groups’ Program. “Although at the previous meeting it was mentioned that TV training would be conducted, and assistance for any necessary technical training would be provided, nothing has been implemented yet. And now, in the past 1-2 months the situation has changed and we haven’t had time to prepare,” said the director of the Karenni ethnic program. During yesterday’s Ethnic Groups’ Program online meeting, broadcast directors from the DVB’s Ethnic Groups’ Program discussed common difficulties posed by TV production. For example, given the fact that the directors live on the Thai-Burmese border they find it difficult to obtain video footage and voice recordings. They also mentioned the lack of video-editing devices and materials as well as technical IT knowledge. The DVB’s current ethnic language radio program is broadcast in Kachin, Karenni, Karen, Chin, Mon, Rakhine, and Shan languages. Full article here ... http://www.bnionline.net/index.php/news/imna/17383-dvb-ends-radio-broadcasting.html The Democratic Voice of Burma is a non-profit media organization based in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Run by Burmese expatriates, it makes radio and television broadcasts aimed at providing uncensored news and information about Burma (also known as Myanmar), the country's military regime, and its political opposition. In July 1992, DVB began broadcasting programming into Burma via shortwave radio. According to DVB, these broadcasts reach millions of listeners. On May 28, 2005, DVB expanded its programming and began satellite television broadcasts into the country. The organization stated that it hoped to reach some ten million Burmese through this new effort (which it claims is the first free and independent Burmese language television channel), which was funded in part by non-governmental organizations such as Free Voice of the Netherlands, the National Endowment for Democracy, and the Freedom of Expression Foundation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Voice_of_Burma (via Mike Terry, Aug 28, dxldyg via DXLD) At the end of October the Democratic Voice of Burma will stop transmissions on shortwave after 21 years of broadcasting. Current schedule: [DB = Dushanbé, Tajikistan] 2330-0030 on 11595 DB 100 kW / 125 deg to SEAs Burmese 1430-1530 on 11560 DB 100 kW / 125 deg to SEAs Burmese Videos from Aug. 30 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lsFzxyuxXk&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7__DpILIJ4&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azRDWh7-Beo&feature=youtu.be (DX RE MIX NEWS #869 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Sept. 1, 2014, via WORLD OF RADIO 1737, DXLD) ** CANADA. Hi Phil & Glenn, CBGA-1 [540 QC] will go dark once IRC gets Matapedia and Pointe-à-la-Garde on the air - whenever that will be. a (Andy Reid, Ont., Aug 31, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. 6030, CFVP, Calgary at 2302 with comedian, at 2329 IDs as “The all new 10-60 Funny A-M.” and “10-60 AM Comedy Tour” - Poor Aug 30 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, listening in my car, parked 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) ** CANADA [non]. CANADIAN FORCES NETWORK EUROPE CLOSURE ANNOUNCEMENT Announcement on CFN Facebook group today Canadian Forces Network Europe 3 hours ago As the result of a recent decision the Canadian Forces Network will end broadcast service for good at the end of September 2014. The move comes as a result of budgetary considerations across the Government of Canada. If listeners have CFN stories or anecdotes they wish to share and have read on air they can be e-mailed anytime to info@cfneurope.com or you can post comme...nts to our Canadian Forces Network Europe Facebook site. The final broadcast will end at 12:00 CET on the 30th of September. I hope you will tune in to join me in saying goodbye. Annonce de fermeture du réseau des Forces canadiennes À la suite d’une décision récente, la diffusion du réseau des Forces canadiennes se terminera à la fin du mois de septembre 2014. Ce mouvement est le résultat de considérations budgétaires au sein du gouvernement du Canada. Si les auditeurs ont des histoires ou des anecdotes du réseau des Forces canadiennes qu’ils souhaitent partager et les faires lire en onde, ils peuvent être envoyés par courriel en tout temps à info@cfneurope.com ou vous pouvez poster vos commentaires sur notre site Facebook du réseau des Forces canadiennes Europe. La dernière diffusion se terminera à (à déterminer) le 30 septembre. J’espère que vous serez à l’écoute avec moi pour dire au revoir. À la suite d’une décision récente, la diffusion du réseau des Forces canadiennes se terminera à la fin du mois de septembre 2014. Ce mouvement est le résultat de considérations budgétaires au sein du gouvernement du Canada. Si les auditeurs ont des histoires ou des anecdotes du réseau des Forces canadiennes qu’ils souhaitent partager et les faires lire en onde, ils peuvent être envoyés par courriel en tout temps à info@cfneurope.com ou vous pouvez poster vos commentaires sur notre site Facebook du réseau des Forces canadiennes Europe. La dernière diffusion se terminera à 12h00 HEC le 30 septembre. J’espère que vous serez à l’écoute avec moi pour dire au revoir. Olaf Guillaume, Network Manager CFN Europe, Directeur du Réseau RFC Europe (via Mike Terry, Sept 1, dxldyg via DXLD) WTFK? Countries? ** CHILE. 7550, RCW, 30/8 0215 UT. Programa `Frecuencia al día`, con audio algo sobremodulado y bajo. SINPO: 25522, con señal variable y sin mucha fuerza (Claudio Galaz, RX: Tecsun PL-660, ANT: Hilo de 30 metros, QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) Hola Claudio! Sabes cuando sera la nueva o proxima transmision de RCW? Gracias (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, ibid.) Mr. Slaen: Me parece que mañana a la misma hora que ayer, después de que apague la AIR en 7550 ó cerca de las 01 UT. Hoy no transmitieron; ya que los busqué en las dos frecuencias y nada. Cualquier cosa avisaré a la lista. 73 (Galaz, Ago 30, ibid.) Buen día Claudio! Ayer, sobre las 22 UT (apróximadamente) capté una transmisión en 6925 kHz que llegaba, algo mejor, en modo USB. Sin embargo, no podia entender lo que se decía que era en español. Sabés si Radio RCW estuvo en el aire y en esa QRG? Gracias y saludos! (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina, Sept 1, condiglista yg via DXLD) Mr. Slaen: Efectivamente estuvo al aire: https://www.facebook.com/pages/RCW-Radio-Compa%C3%B1%C3%ADa-Worldwide/578178758867184?fref=ts (Galaz, ibid.) No obstante, no me fue captable. 73! (Slaen, ibid.) 6925-AM, 2/9 2143 UT. Música. Sólo es perceptible una portadora cuando se elige el modo USB. Y a ratos hay picks [sic] de señal que permiten oír alguna modulación. Al parecer, mi QTH está en una zona de salto. Sin embargo, Sergio Carrazana desde Quilpué-Chile, la escuchó con un SIO: 444, RX: Sangean ATS-909 y Antena telescópica (Claudio Galaz, RX: Tecsun PL-660, ANT: Hilo de 30 metros, QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** CHINA. ("NON") checking the bands from 9 to 18.2 MHz, 1030 and 1130 UT showed no opera [sic] music jammers or CNR1 off band (used as jammer). 73 and Good Listening! (Rick Barton, El Mirage AZ, mostly listening from XYL`s truck, Grundig Satellit 750 & (passive) NewTronics 1C-100S antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Date missing; from his reverse chrono order of logs, probably 8/24, but maybe 8/25 (gh) 7445, CNR 1, 8/26, 1200. Pips, Chinese fanfare music and ID. Good. Got on channel late, so don't know if they started jamming RTI Taiwan's Chinese service early today, as they sometimes do. Noted no OOB CNR transmissions at 10 or 11 o'clock hours this morning. No opera [sic] music jamming. 73 and Good Listening! (Rick Barton, El Mirage AZ, mostly listening from XYL`s truck, Grundig Satellit 750 & (passive) NewTronics 1C-100S antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Opera is vocal music, and Firedrake is totally instrumental, so cannot be considered opera, in any language (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) 12980, CNR1, 8/27 1130, M in Chinese. Poor. Pips at ToH, to close. 24443. Heard station earlier (1033) on 14870, but not able to determine if SOH or CNR1 jammer. Excellent // on 6970. 6970, CNR1, 8/27, 0945. M and W in Chinese, what sounded like spots toward the ToH and off after pips. Fair-Poor. 73 and Good Listening! (Rick Barton, El Mirage AZ, mostly listening from XYL`s truck, Grundig Satellit 750 & (passive) NewTronics 1C-100S antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [and non]. CNR 1 jamming vs R. Japan NHK World in Chinese to EaAs 1543 Aug 27 on 9540 Ibaragi-Koga-Yamata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqVf1Fd_K94&feature=youtu.be (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via via WORLD OF RADIO 1737, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Is this new? Did not realize the ChiCom were jamming Japan; maybe due to recent rough relations over silly little islands (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1737, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. COLLISIONS ON THE AIR, part 2: 1300-1330 on 17575 secret / hidden site to CHN Chinese CNR-1 Jamming 1300-1330 NF 17575 SLA 250 kW / 010 deg to CeAs Uzbek Wed-Fri/Sun BBC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcJy64nb72I&index=25&list=UUOkdLTbNeM6g6w8oqkXYtsw (DX RE MIX NEWS #869 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Sept. 1, 2014, via DXLD) 9230, Sept 2 at 1336, CNR1 jammer, poor, // 11785; none in the 8s. 9230v was one of numerous Sound of Hope frequencies in an Aug 8 bandscan by Wolfgang Büschel and also May 20 by Sei-ichi Hasegawa. 10960, Sept 2 at 1338, CNR1 jammer, good, about 2 seconds behind 9230 12870, Sept 2 at 1340, CNR1 jammer, good // and synch with 10960. None in the 13s, 14s, 16s, 17s, 18s, 19s, and the 15115-15195-15265 batch are very poor to poor today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 4939.963, Voice of Strait, Chinese, odd frequency footprint, 1000 UT Aug 30, S=9+68dBm (Wolfgang Büschel, via remote SDR units downunder in Queensland and Sydney, aligned unit against 3330 CHU Ottawa CAN and 5000 WWVH Kauai Hawaii, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 30, DX LISTENING DIGEST) This is consistently the best 60m signal from China here, audible just about any morning, and I rarely bother to log it (gh, OK, DXLD) ** CHINA. 6125, CNR1 on Aug 28 at 1202, with special live coverage of the Nanjing Summer Youth Olympic Games closing ceremony; presented in French, English and Chinese. Probably was a TV audio feed? Brief audio attached (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 9810, Aug 31 at 1315, fair with flutter, triumphal choral music seemed Soviet style, but it`s really CNR1 as // 11785. But, get this, unlike 11785, 9810 is a legit non-jamming frequency! Per Aoki, 150 kW, 155 degrees from Nanning 954 site at 1300-1805 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 9860, CRI, 30/8 2250 UT. Avisos, en esperanto, acerca de las universidades chinas y la enseñanza de este idioma. Luego a las 2352 hay avisos del servicio en esperanto, como la lectura de la página web y e-mail de contacto. Así como de las frecuencias y horarios. SINPO: 55444 // 7315 con SINPO: 53453 con QRM de CNR-2 en la misma frecuencia. 9860, CRI, 1/9 2227 UT. Locutor lee un poema en esperanto con temática sobre el humor, el humor y las figuras literarias utilizadas, tal como los crisantemos. Posteriormente habla de unos poetas esperantistas de Eslovenia y otro de Indonesia. SINPO: 55454 // 7315 con SINPO: 54454 con leve QRM de CNR-2 en la misma frecuencia (Claudio Galaz, RX: Tecsun PL-660, ANT: Hilo de 30 metros, QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** CHINA. China Radio International --- You can often come across traditional Chinese music broadcast in most language services of CRI – but for some reason not in English language programmes. Some years ago, this question was asked of CRI in their (now defunct) Listeners' Garden programme – the reason given was that there was no available slot in their schedule for such a programme. Perhaps it’s time to ask again – the Sunday slot of World According to Words would be ideal! An example is 16 August, where I start the evening with a random scan and settle on 11895 kHz (via Xian) at 1845 UT where there is some traditional Chinese music to enjoy with a little talk in a local language (listed in EiBi & AOKI as Chaozhou). An enjoyable ten minutes until the transmission ended at 1857 (perfectly timed transmitter off immediately after the CRI theme). Thirty seconds later the Kashi transmitter comes on air on the same frequency with CRI in (listed) Cantonese. Following a (presumed) news bulletin, the broadcast continued with a programme of Chinese modern ballads. Again – an enjoyable programme, and so much more enjoyable (for me) than the bi-lingual Global Chinese Music in the English service which is really just a rundown of the latest "Top Twenty" hit parade with snippets of the songs. The China Radio International website is, unfortunately, a bit of a mess – it’s very difficult to navigate, and this is not helped by the various branding being used by different parts of CRI. You would think that at the very least there would be an easy to find shortwave programme schedule – but no. There is one, labelled as "Program Schedule for AM1008 in Beijing", but it’s both incomplete and out of date. So here is my monitored 24/7 programme schedule (actually not quite monitored for 24/7 – I have had to make a few assumptions – but I think it’s accurate). CRI English broadcasts consists of 4 different blocks of 1 hour programmes each day as follows: All Broadcasts 00-05 Daily: News 05-55 Daily: Features – see below 55-59 Daily: Chinese Studio [language lesson; dispensable for transmitter switching --- gh] Block A 05-30 Sun: Global Chinese Music Mo-Fr: People in the Know Sat: Heartbeat 30-55 Sun: Horizons Mon: Frontline Tue: Postcard Wed: In the Spotlight Thu: Voices from Other Lands Fri: Life Up Close Sat: Biz Buzz Block B 05-55 Mo-Fr: The Beijing Hour 05-30 Sa-Su: News and Reports 30-55 Sat: World According to Words 30-55 Sun: World According to Words (rpt) Block C 05-55 Daily: China Drive Block D 05-55 Daily: Roundtable These 1-hour programming blocks are repeated throughout the day as follows: 0000: A 0100: B 0200: A 0300: B 0400: A 0500: B 0600: A 0700: B 0800: A 0900: B 1000: A 1100: B 1200: A 1300: C 1400: D 1500: B 1600: C 1700: D 1800: A 1900: B 2000: C 2100: D 2200: A 2300: B The Sunday edition of The World According to Words is a repeat of the Saturday edition; recently however these have all been repeats of programmes first aired in 2012 and 2013 and I’m not sure if there have been any new programmes produced for some months now. Global Chinese Music is presented in English and Chinese and was introduced a few months ago replacing the second weekly (Sunday) edition of Heartbeat. China Horizons was renamed Horizons at around the same time. I haven’t listened much to CRI’s weekday programming for some time, concentrating mostly on the weekend programmes. Horizons remains my favourite weekend programme. I’ll try and make time over the next couple of months to listen to more of their weekday programming and review them later in the year. Do you listen to any of CRI’s programmes, whether that is in English or any of the other language services? If so please let us know what you like (or dislike) about their programmes. I would be very interested to hear from you! (Alan Roe, Sept BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) ** CHINA [non]. ALBANIA (non [sic]) Powerful signal of CRI via non- directional antenna in Cërrik 0900-0957 on 7285 CER 150 kW / non-dir to SEEu Romanian 0900-0957 on 9440 CER 150 kW / non-dir to SEEu Romanian 1100-1157 on 7220 CER 150 kW / non-dir to SEEu Bulgarian 1200-1257 on 7345 CER 150 kW / non-dir to SEEu Serbian 1500-1557 on 7345 CER 150 kW / non-dir to N/ME Turkish 1500-1557 on 9565 CER 150 kW / non-dir to N/ME Turkish Videos on August 28 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/08/powerful-signal-of-cri-via-non.html (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) Axually, this item is either ALBANIA --- OR --- CHINA [non], not ALBANIA [non] (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** CHINA. [Re 14-35:] Glenn, Now I can't imagine that FM pirates in China would use equipment - transmitters with proper output filtering - that would necessarily keep out of band emissions down to the low levels to not potentially create problems to aircraft bands above 108. And a lot of aircraft receivers aren't that good either. My observations of pirate FMs in several countries is that they are pretty "RF dirty" in a lot of cases. Which is why government regulators should get off their tushes and bust them! bfd3 (Ben Dawson III, WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** COLOMBIA. 5910.1, Alcaraván Radio, Puerto Lleras: 0616, 31/08/2014, Música Latina 'Me voy pal [sic] pueblo', Spa, 34232 2226, 29/08/2014, Música Salsa, Spa, 24332 0624, 30/08/2014, Música Latina, Spa, 34333 6010.0, Voz de tu Conciencia, Puerto Lleras, 0630, 30/08/2014, Música Melódica, Spa, 24332 (Antonio Madrid, QTH: Moraleda (Granada) - España/Spain, Coordenadas: 37º 08' 48'' N-003º 56' 42'' O; Altitud: 625 Mts; RX: Kenwood R5000, ANT: Dipolos de 100 mts y 60 Mts, WWW: http://www.elradioescucha.net Hecho con Log-Report: http://www.log-report.tk playdx yg via DXLD) Venerdì 29 agosto 2014, 0337 - 6009.9, LV DE TU CONCIENCIA, Spagnuolo, riflessioni OM. SF (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, G.C. 44 21' 06.89" N / 09 13' 30.94" E, R7, bcnews.it yg via DXLD) [and non]. 6009.89, Aug 30, 0003, LV de tu Conciencia drifting up and down round 6010. This time on the low side. I also noted a very weak tentative CNR on exactly 6010 signing off at 2359 (Thomas Nilsson, Ängelholm, Sweden, SW Bulletin Aug 31 via DXLD) ** CUBA. 1140, R. Surco, Morón, AUG 25, 0359 - Over/under WRVA; choral national anthem already in progress, then canned ID, "Transmite CMIP Radio Surco, desde Ciego de Ávila, capital de la locución cubana." Then time signal and anthem popped up from co-channel R. Cadena Agramonte. SEP 4, 0359 - Over/under R. Rebelde; choral national anthem followed by canned ID (Bruce Conti, WPC1CAT, Nashua NH; WiNRADiO Excalibur, MWDX-5 phasing unit, 15 x 23-m variable termination SuperLoop antennas at 60 north and 180 south, NRC IDXD 5 Sept via DXLD) ** CUBA. 9155, HM-01 ## station 8/24, 1030. Caught in progress on random bandscan. VG, with odd extra chirping noise along with usual digital hashing. // transmission on 5855, but not in sync; with 9155 being about 3 seconds behind 5855. Everything suddenly went off at 1150. 12180, HM-01 ##, 8/26, 1030. Numbers station broadcast, was open carrier on recheck at 1053, then "X"ed at 1055. Good signal. 73 and Good Listening! (Rick Barton, El Mirage AZ, mostly listening from XYL`s truck, Grundig Satellit 750 & (passive) NewTronics 1C-100S antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9240, HM01 Spy. 0902 August 31, 2014. Five digit female count, almost no audio went to none but OK carrier. Talk about leaving a spy out in the cold (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 14295, Aug 28 at 0128, R. Progreso, poor signal // 4765 of which this is the third harmonic. Tnx to tip from John Carson who was also hearing this in OK. Quite a bit weaker later. Only on circa 0030- 0400 UT [WORLD OF RADIO 1737] 12140, Aug 28 at 0130, JBA carrier from RHC 2 x 6070, vs CODAR. Propagation is generally degraded tonight 6000, Aug 28 at 0525 check, RHC English is AWOL again from this frequency only, but audiblizing 6005 BBC. 6000, Aug 30 at 0551, RHC English is AWOL again from this frequency, still on the others (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15370, RHC, 31/8 2229 UT. Comienzo del gong e ID: ``Radio Havano Kubo`` con lectura de las frecuencias y horarios de emisión del servicio en esperanto. A las 2233 hay saludos de la emisión del domingo 31 de Agosto, a cargo de Maritza Gutiérrez. A las 2235 se lee una reseña acerca de la poesía afro-cubana, del poeta cubano Nicolás Guillen y un poema suyo leído en esperanto sobre los afrocubanos hasta las 2240. Después hay comentarios sobre la necesidad de traducción de literatura cubana al esperanto, y avisos de la ``Kuba Esperanto Asocio``, junto a la página web: http://Ameriko.org Posteriormente se emite una canción hablando de ``Esperante`` [adverbially], con temática de la esperanza sobre el esperanto hasta las 2247. De esta hora, se sucede una entrevista acontecida en una actividad de la sociedad esperantista local hasta las 2252. Luego, se pasa a una canción de temática romántica, del artista Jomo hasta las 2254, cuando se pasa a leer correspondencia dirigida a este servicio (São Pablo y París, Francia), junto a alusiones al servicio de esperanto de CRI [see CHINA]. A las 2357 se nombra al responsable del servicio y del nombre de la locutora, a quien se le oye decir: Ghis revido! [gis revito, with circumflex over the g which MSWord will not produce --- gh] . SINPO a las 2229 es 45343, a las 2245 SINPO: 45444 y desde las 2251 SINPO: 45454 hasta su fin, a las 2257 (Claudio Galaz, RX: Tecsun PL-660, ANT: Hilo de 30 metros, QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) 6000, Sept 2 at 0557, RHC closing an English hour, but with SAH from a second transmitter, still such when ``news`` restarts at 0601. Then at 0602, I find that 6100 is missing, so once again, RadioCuba have erred in putting the 6100 transmitter also on 6000, causing self- interference (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 18210, Sept 3 at 0139, RHC is very poor // 6070, third harmonic, but not audible now on 12140, second (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1737, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [and non]. 7210-LSB, Sept 1 at 0123, intermittent music jamming N1NR and/or friends discussing comunistas (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** DIEGO GARCIA. 4319-USB, AFN, 2346 to 2355 with music per Mark Coady tip 24 August, 0005 popular music just before ute began at 0006 29 August (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, various wire antennas, DX LISTENING DIGEST) AFN Diego Garcia, 4319 kHz loud: http://youtu.be/-O67k5BxX2M Much stronger than ever heard on 12759! 73 (Nick VK2DX Hacko, NSW, 1532 UT Sept 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ECUADOR [non]. 6050, Aug 29 at 0026, JBA carrier in the huge splash from 6055 Spain which lasts until about 0055. HCJB back? Did not get around to checking later. Only other thing in HFCC is Malaysia, very unlikely to propagate at this hour. EiBi says Malaysia isn`t really on until 0200, full daytime. EiBi and Aoki also have Tibet, 100 kW at 290 degrees; possibly over gray or dark path (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1737, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Venerdì 29 agosto 2014, 0344 - 6050.0, HCJB, sempre spenta (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, G.C. 44 21' 06.89" N / 09 13' 30.94" E, R7, bcnews.it yg via DXLD) Ekuador: Ab dem 12. August 2014 haben sich im Großraum der ekuadorianischen Hauptstadt Quito zahlreiche große und kleine Erdbeben ereignet, so dass in der folgenden Woche nicht nur viele Menschen mit gepackten Koffern neben ihren Betten schliefen, sondern auch alle Wochenendevents wie Konzerte und Fußballspiele abgesagt wurden. Tatsächlich verstummte auch die Radio HCJB Quito verbliebene regionale Kurzwelle 6050 kHz, die mit 10 kW von Quitos Hausberg Pichincha aus ausgestrahlt wird. Als weiteres Beispiel der Abkehr von „Reach Beyond“ (ex HCJB Global) von seinen rundfunkhistorischen Wurzeln versteht der US-amerikanische Kurzwellenexperte Glenn Hauser (in seinem DX Listening Digest 20. August 2014) die Tatsache, dass auf dessen Webseiten das Schicksal von Radio HCJB Quito unerwähnt bleibt. Allerdings ist auch auf den Seiten von andenstimme.org und hcjb.de kein entsprechender Hinweis bzw. keine Aufklärung verzeichnet, obwohl die Kurzwellensendungen eine Initiative der verbliebenen deutschen Redaktion sind. http://radiohcjb.org/ nennt nur die Mittelwelle 690 kHz und die UKW-Frequenzen Pichincha 89,3 MHz, Manabí 92,5 MHz, Tungurahua und Cotopaxi 96,1 MHz und Esmeraldas 98,3 MHz (Dr. Hansjörg Biener, ntt aktuell, September) Google translation: As of 12 August 2014 have occurred numerous large and small earthquakes in and around the Ecuadorian capital of Quito, so that in the following week not only many people with bags packed slept next to their beds, but all weekend events such as concerts and football matches canceled were. In fact, the Radio HCJB Quito trailed remaining regional shortwave 6050 kHz, which is broadcast at 10 kW of Quito Pichincha mountain from. As another example of the shift away from "Reach Beyond" (ex HCJB Global) from its broadcasting historical roots understands the American shortwave expert [sic] Glenn Hauser (in his DX Listening Digest August 20, 2014) the fact that on its websites the fate of Radio HCJB Quito is not mentioned. However, no corresponding message and no explanation can be found on the pages of http://andenstimme.org and http://hcjb.de although the shortwave broadcasts are an initiative of the remaining German editors. http://radiohcjb.org/ mentions only the medium wave 690 kHz and FM frequency 89.3 MHz Pichincha, Manabí 92.5 MHz, 96.1 MHz Tungurahua and Cotopaxi and Esmeraldas 98.3 MHz (Dr. Hans Jörg Biener ntt, up to date, September via WORLD OF RADIO 1737, DXLD) ** EGYPT. 9965, August 28 at 0131, R. Cairo, Arabic music, fair with flutter, and constant whine 9315, August 28 at 0131, R. Cairo Spanish service, but open carrier, no modulation audible, poor signal level with flutter 11710, August 28 at 0132, R. Cairo Spanish is on making het with but much weaker than 11711- Argentina 12070, August 28 at 0133, R. Cairo Spanish, very poor signal for a change, with flutter, only humroar audible. 9965, Aug 29 at 0031, R. Cairo Arabic, poor with flutter, whine, music 9315, Aug 29 at 0031, no signal from R. Cairo, Spanish 11710, Aug 29 at 0032, JBA carrier presumably Cairo hetting LRA 11711- 12070, Aug 29 at 0032, R. Cairo Spanish, horrible distortion, fair sig 9965, Aug 30 at 0125, R. Cairo Arabic, just barely modulated, whine, fair 9315, Aug 30 at 0128, R. Cairo Spanish, open carrier/dead air, fair 11710, Aug 30 at 0131, R. Cairo Spanish absent, no het with 11711- LRA 12070, Aug 30 at 0128, R. Cairo Spanish, humroar and modulation at spikes only, good signal 9965, Aug 31 at 0110, R. Cairo Arabic, VG signal but just barely modulated, whine-buzz 12070, Aug 31 at 0116, R. Cairo Spanish, good level but breaking up, whine-hum 11710, Aug 31 at 0119, R. Cairo Spanish, no signal 9315, missed checking this one Aug 31 9965, Sept 1 at 0112, R. Cairo Arabic, good with flutter, undermodulated and whiny 12070, Sept 1 at 0115, R. Cairo Spanish at very good level but extremely distorted 9315, Sept 1 at 0122, R. Cairo Spanish is just open carrier/dead air on fair signal; 11710 unchecked. 12070, Sept 3 at 0111, R. Cairo Spanish extremely distorted with humwhine, good signal level 11710, Sept 3 at 0116, no signal from Cairo, just Argentina 11711- 9965, Sept 3 at 0117, R. Cairo Arabic is undermodulated but not distorted, with humwhine, higher pitch than on 12070 9315, Sept 3 at 0122, R. Cairo Spanish is dead air, except for a ringing hi-pitched whine, good-fair signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA. Venerdì 29 agosto 2014, 0400 - 7234.3. V of PEACE AND DEMOCRACY), talk OM. BN (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, G.C. 44 21' 06.89" N / 09 13' 30.94" E, R7, bcnews.it yg via DXLD) ** ETHIOPIA. Radio Ethiopia changes name to EBC --- As expected, Ethiopia's state broadcaster has now implemented the recent law mandating a change in its name from the Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency (ERTA) to the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC). For some brief background, see http://www.ertagov.com/news/component/k2/item/3021-ebc-making-%E2%80%98paradigm-shift%E2%80%99.html and http://allafrica.com/stories/201407010695.html The TV and radio are now identifying themselves on air as "Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation" or "EBC", replacing the previous "ETV" (Ethiopian Television) and "Radio Ethiopia". On an historical note, I remember them changing from "Voice of Revolutionary Ethiopia" to "Voice of Ethiopia" in 1987, and then to "Radio Ethiopia" in 1994! (Chris Greenway, England, Sept 1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1737, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EUROPE. Free Radio Service Holland is blasting through the airwaves on 7700 kHz right now from 1800 through to 2100 UT, Sinpo 45554 and it`s their 34th anniversary. Reports and comments welcome to FRS- Holland, POBox 2702, 6049 ZG Herten, The Netherlands. You can send an electronic mail to frs@frsholland.nl (Nick Rank, UK, 1816 UT Aug 31, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) FRS is just starting to come through at 1905 UT on 7700 kHz, quite a few static crashes, SIO 343. Normally this frequency provides good reception, propagation seems a bit strange tonight. 73's (Russ Cummings, AOR7030+, 60ft long wire, North Ferriby, East Yorkshire, UK, ibid.) FRS blasting in here! SIO 544, at 1940 GMT; never heard a pirate this strong, what an earth is their equipment?! (Jonathan Kempster, London E14, Yaesu FT897, vertical helical, ibid.) Blasting in here as well (SE London), 1945 GMT (Gareth [Foster?], Degen DE 1103, telescopic whip, Sent from my iPad, ibid.) Viz.: Dear FRS Friends, Next Sunday it will be exactly 34 years ago that FRS officially started broadcasting on short wave. As it doesn't happen that many times that August 31st coincides with a Sunday, we felt this was a good opportunity to do 'something special'. Listen out for yourself next Sunday !! And: go tell your friends. The broadcast starts at 1752 UT/19:52 CEST and will last just over three hours. At just over 2100 UT a full repeat will start. Freqs will be 7700 // 9300 kHz. A special QSL will be issued; more information next Sunday! All the best, 73s, FRS Crew a Balance between Music & Information joined to one Format. FRS-Holland POBox 2702 6049 ZG Herten The Netherlands e-mail: < frs@frsholland.nl> (Aug 29, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Now reported to be on 7700 until 2100; no mention of 9300 yet (Glenn Hauser, 1919 UT Aug 31, forwarding above to the dxldyg, via DXLD) This notice resulted in no reports from North America. I tried both frequencies later with no results (gh, DXLD) AUDIOCLIP 34th YEARS OF FRSH 7700 KHz 31/8 20.45 7700 FRSH, special tx for 34 years of broadcast, ID in 4 languages, music. The audioclip is available here: AUDIOCLIP FREE RADIO SERVICE HOLLAND SPECIAL TX OF 34th BIRTHDAY su radioascolto http://blog.libero.it/radioascolto/12938891.html AUDIOCLIP FREE RADIO SERVICE HOLLAND SPECIAL. Il Free Radio Service Holland (FRSH) costituisce una delle realtà più longeve e continue nel panorame delle radio pirata che imperversan (Francesco Ceccone, QTH: CENTRAL ITALY, RX: ICOM R71, ANT: 100mt LW, radioescutas yg via DXLD) ** EUROPE. HOLANDA PIRATAS [note some are in-band 49m]: 5830.0, Black Bandit, 2145, 29/08/2014, Dutch Music / Saludos, Eng, 34333 6168.0, Radio Flying Dutchman, 2029, 30/08/2014, Mx / Greetings, Eng, 34443 6170.0, Mustang Radio, 2143, 29/08/2014, Musica YES, Eng, 34333 6255.0, Telstar South, 2200, 29/08/2014, Com Om / Rock, Eng, 34333 6850.0, Radio Arcadia, 2110, 29/08/2014, Mx Jazz, Eng, 24332 (Antonio Madrid, QTH: Moraleda (Granada) - España/Spain, Coordenadas: 37º 08' 48'' N-003º 56' 42'' O; Altitud: 625 Mts; RX: Kenwood R5000, ANT: Dipolos de 100 mts y 60 Mts, WWW: http://www.elradioescucha.net Hecho con Log-Report: http://www.log-report.tk playdx yg via DXLD) And that log-report program evidently adds .0 unless overridden (gh) ** EUROPE. PIRATES: Black Bandit/Bandito Negro-Holland, 5830 AM, 2228- 2324+, 08-29-14, SIO: 343. Black Bandit with IDs in Spanish and English with shout out to Jari in Finland, play C&W tunes, Dutch Polkas. Blank Bandit-Holland, 5825 AM, 2315-2355*, 08-30-14, SIO: 343. C&W tunes, talking by BB, IDing as "BBR" Radio. UNID Pirate-Euro: 6300 AM, 2252-2317*, 08-29-14, SIO: 232. pop tunes, oldies, including "Proud Mary" by CCR at 2253. Too weak to ID although some were given. Radio Powerliner, 6290 AM, 2335-0021+, 8-29/30-14, SIO: 343. Lots of Dutch polka, beer drinking tunes, IDs mostly in Dutch by OM announcer. Radio Tango Italia-Italy, 6244.5 AM, 2239-2314+, 08-30-14. SIO: 232. Tango vocal tune, ID by OM, into instrumental tangos (Chris Lobdell, Box 80146, Stoneham, MA 02180 USA, Receivers: Eton E1, NRD-545, Aerials: G5RV, 40 Meter Dipole, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EUROPE. Laser Hot Hits: "The shortwave transmitter on 4015 kHz has been off the air for most of this month [July]. This is due to circumstances beyond our control and frustratingly happened around the time the reduced power fault was fixed. We shall try to return to the 76m band just as soon as possible. In the meantime our Internet streams continue 24 hours a day and we can still be heard around 6950kHz at various times but most likely on Sundays. There may be some tests on 48m too so please keep tuning around." (from http://www.laserhothits.co.uk/ 24 July via Alan Pennington, Sept BDXC- UK Communication via WORLD OF RADIO 1736, DXLD) Laser noted back on shortwave, but on 4026 kHz, on 23 August, and still on 4026 today. They did move to 4015 originally because of utility interference on 4026, though seems clear at present (Alan Pennington, 26 Aug, ibid.) Giovedì 28 agosto 2014, 0053 - 4026, LASER HOT HITS - Oldie rock. SF- BN (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, G.C. 44 21' 06.89" N / 09 13' 30.94" E, R7, bcnews.it yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1736, DXLD) ** FINLAND. 3960.00, 0350-0410 and 1755-2205 25.8, R Gramox, Hämeenkyrö (50 Watt). New station Finnish talks and laughter, traditional and romantic Finnish songs when best 35343, but only audible in LSB, because of DRM noise from 3965 (Anker Petersen, a few loggings I made on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire here in Skovlunde, Denmark, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** FRANCE. Visit to TDF Allouis - Besuch in Allouis. Wo wir gerade bei Sendemasten sind: Hier ein 20-minuetiger Beitrag des franzoesischen Rundfunks ueber die Sendeanlage Allouis und auch ein bisschen ueber Sendetechnik bei Radio France allgemein, von 1966. Au revoir, (Daniel Kaehler-D, A-DX Aug 20 via BC-DX 29 Aug via DXLD) ** FRANCE [and non]. Frequency changes of Radio France Internationale from Aug. 31: 0600-0630 NF 11995 ISS 500 kW / 170 deg to WCAf Hausa, ex 15340 // 0600-0630 on 13750 ISS 500 kW / 170 deg to WCAf Hausa 1200-1300 NF 21690 ISS 500 kW / 185 deg to WCAf French, ex 17620 // 1200-1300 on 17620 ISS 500 kW / 200 deg to NWAf French 1200-1300 on 17660 MEY 250 kW / 342 deg to CeAf French 1200-1300 on 21580 ISS 500 kW / 155 deg to CeAf French 1500-1600 NF 15630 ISS 500 kW / 065 deg to SEAs Vietnamese, ex 17810. Videos: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/09/frequency-changes-of-radio-france.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) ** GERMANY [and non]. 7365, HLR, Weenermoor. Overcomer Ministry [WHRI] mix from 0700 on 22/8 (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF2001D, Folded Marconi ant 16 meters long), Sept Australian DX News via DXLD) 7365 Weenermoor is HCJB Germany, not Hamburger Lokalradio, which is on 7265 from Göhren site (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** GERMANY. Deutschland: Das Kurzwellenzentrum Kall, das zeitweise weitere auswärtige Programme in seinen Programmablauf integriert, strahlt im September/Oktober 2014 auch Programme der Voice of Mongolia aus. Voice of Mongolia in Englisch: 1430-1500: 7310 1730-1800: 6005 1900-1930: 3985 Uhr Weltzeit (+2=MESZ) Frequenz (Sender) Programm Empfangsberichte werden erbeten an Voice Of Mongolia, English Section, C.P.O.-Box 365, Ulaanbaatar-13, Mongolia, Vom_en @ yahoo.com Dadurch ergibt sich folgender Gesamtsendeplan: 3985 kHz (1 kW) 0000-2400 Radio 700 - Schlager & Oldies, darin: 0330-0345 Mo-Sa Missionswerk Freundesdienst 0530-0545 So Missionswerk Freundesdienst 1000-1015 Missionswerk Freundesdienst 1500-1600 Radio Slowakei International in Deutsch, 1530 Französisch 1630-1645 Mo-Sa Missionswerk Freundesdienst 1700-1730 Radio Slowakei International in Französisch 1830-1900 Radio Slowakei International in Deutsch 1900-1930 1.9.-5.10.2014 Voice of Mongolia in Englisch 6005 kHz (1 kW) [note power, elsewhere listed as 100 kW! --- gh, WOR] 0600-1800 Radio 700 - Schlager & Oldies, darin: 0600-0800 Radio Belarus in Deutsch 0800-1200 2. So 14.9.2014: Radio Mi Amigo 0900-1000 4. So Radio Gloria International 1000-1015 Missionswerk Freundesdienst 1500-1600 Radio Slowakei International in Deutsch, 1530 Französisch 1630-1645 Mo-Sa Missionswerk Freundesdienst 1700-1730 Radio Slowakei International in Französisch 1730-1800 1.9.-5.10.2014 Voice of Mongolia in Englisch 7310 kHz (1 kW) 0600-1600 Radio 700 - Schlager & Oldies, darin: 0900-1000 4. So Radio Gloria International 1000-1015 Missionswerk Freundesdienst 1430-1500 1.9.-5.10.2014 Voice of Mongolia in Englisch 1500-1600 Radio Slowakei International in Deutsch. 1530 Französisch (Christian Milling 29.8.2014 A-DX/BCDX, http://www.shortwaveservice.com/empfangen/programmplan/?lang=de 29.8.2014 via Dr. Hansjörg Biener, ntt via DXLD) see MONGOLIA [non] ** GERMANY [non]. Came from R. Santec for 08/10/2014 from 1500 UT, 15190 kHz (white dove on blue background + black short their pen, sticker boar from the TV series Lost and bukletiki in English.) - Info # radio-santec.com (Andrew, Tomsk, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" via RusDX 31 Aug via DXLD) via IRRS via ROMANIA site ** GERMANY [non]. DW via Outernet: see INTERNATIONAL VACUUM ** GREECE. 9420, Helliniki Radiophonia, Avlis. Music programming at 0340, fair signal but improved greatly by 0530 on 8/8 (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn, VIC (Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Double Bazooka antennas for 80 and 40m, Par EF-SWL End Fed antenna, BHI NEIM1031 Digital Noise Eliminating Module, MFJ-1026 Noise Cancelling Module, ATU), Sept Australian DXN via DXLD) Same: ¦ 21/8 at 0300 full ID "Elliniki Radiophonia Ertopen Vefteron Programa" (they say "Ertopen" as one word) (vefteron=2nd). The used nickname "rebels’ for them is not so right – their trade union is official according to the Scourt [Supreme?] there (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF2001D, Folded Marconi ant 16 meters long), Sept Australian DX News via DXLD) 9420, Aug 31 at 0113, ERTOpen is on, VG with Greek music, and no QRM from Iran, q.v., which has moved to 9510; but not on 9935 for a change; not heard on 15630, 15650 tho one could have been on air and not propagating. Not on 7450 or 7475 which would have been heard if on; last frequency checked, 11645, finds ERTOpen // on this one, oddly for this daypart, fair but with very heavy flutter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Probably Avlis Greece ERT-open rebells on duty on the transmission center this morning. Heard EMPTY carrier on all three channels, when checked at 0840 UT: 9420.004 11645.003 15630.035 kHz signals heard all over European posts And now ERT-open really on air, when checked at 18 UT Aug 31 9420.004 QRM IRIB Iran co-channel. 9935.003 15650.034 kHz signals heard all over European posts (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 31, dxldyg via DXLD) 9935, Sept 1 at 0113, ERTOPen on tonight with Greek talk, // stronger 9420. Nothing on 11645 this time, but JBA signal on 15630 vs noise level, probably this. At 0545 Sept 1, Greek music and talk still on 9420 good, 9935 fair (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) At 1650 UT Sept 2nd ERT-open ON AIR, 9420, 9935, and 15650 kHz. 73 (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9420 and all other ERTOPen frequencies are absent at 0138 check September 3 --- and now 9420 is no longer occupied by Iran either after 0030, moved to 9510 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUATEMALA. 4055, Radio Verdad, 1100 to 1110 in English with "This Hour of the Bible” 26 August (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, various wire antennas; and MR, Vero Beach, South Florida, NRD 515, Drake R8B, Timewave ANC-4, Quantum Phaser, via Wilkner, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4055, Aug 28 at 1025, R. Verdad fair signal going from Swedish to Japanese IDs; a little station which really appreciates the reach of shortwave (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** HAITI. 840, Radio 4VEH is back on the air after being off for an extended period. Facebook status update on September 2; "Please pray for the Lord's help for Tim Zook, engineer with HCJB, who is arriving in Cap-Haitien today to work with 4VEH technicians Jonathan and Danny to fix our broken transmitter so we can broadcast again on 840 AM." Facebook status update September 5; "Praise the Lord! The AM transmitter has been fixed, and we are broadcasting on 840 AM again! Continue to pray for the Towers for Jesus team, making good progress in laying concrete etc. in preparation for putting up the new towers. Thanks so much for your prayers!" (from http://www.facebook.com/radio4veh via NRC IDXD 5 Sept via DXLD) ** HONDURAS. 630, Radio América, Choluteca or La Ceiba. 0905 August 30, 2014. Political discussion, fanfare from 0920, "Buenos días América... en San Pedro Sula... Radio América..." Into long ad string. Excellent, and no trace of the unidentified seemingly Catholic station from the previous morning (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 630, UNIDENTIFIED, 1048 August 29, 2014. Nonstop inspirational talk by man in Spanish over slow guitar strumming until 1101, then announcer but impossible to ID as local WDAE 620 was up with iBOC from 1057. Not the same format as the news format Honduran Radio América. Pointing south of Mexico, and would like to think it could be YSLN Radio Santa Sion, San Salvador. No trace of Radio América this day, and only weak Radio Progreso present and nulled (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [Later:] The station I thought may be separate from Radio America, Honduras on 630 with the inspirational talk by a man over guitar strumming every day in the GMT 1030-1100 range is in fact Radio America (so please update my previously-sent unID log). Heard today with the same format from 1049, brief female religious vocal, canned ID (attached) at 1100 into news magazine (Terry Krueger, Sept 4, ibid., with a clip: ID is for 610 kHz, from flagship station in Teguci (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** INDIA. New AIR India MW transmitter info http://www.nautel.com/solutions/digital-radio/high-power-drm-mw-am-transmitters-air/ includes a map with details of each site. Info summarized as follows: The first transmitter to ship was an NX200 on August 27, 2013. This flagship installation on 819 kHz in Delhi went on air May 30, 2014. AIR is currently installing NX300 systems at Jammu, Jalandhar, Lucknow and Rajkot, as well as an NX100 system at Panaji. August 2013; NX200 shipped to Delhi (819 kHz). August 2013; three NX300's shipped to Jammu (990 kHz), Jalandhar (873 kHz), and Lucknow (747 kHz). December 2013; four NX100's shipped to Vijayawada (837 kHz), Tiruchirapalli (936 kHz), Patna (621 kHz), and Varanasi (1242 kHz). January 2014; four NX200's shipped to Chennai (720 kHz), Bengaluru- Bangalore (612 kHz), Dharwad (765 kHz) and Ajmer (603 kHz). March 2014; four NX100's shipped to Mumbai A (1044 kHz), Mumbai B (558 kHz), Panaji (1287 kHz) and Pune (792 kHz). April 2014; three NX300's shipped to Dibrugarh (567 kHz), Rajkot (810 kHz) and Suratgarh (918 kHz). June 2014; five NX200's shipped to Kolkata A (657 kHz), Ahmedabad (864 kHz), Jabalpur (801 kHz), Siliguri (711 kHz) and Itanagar (675 kHz). July 2014; three NX100's shipped to Kolkata B (1008 kHz), Ranchi (549 kHz) and Pasighat (1062 kHz). -- (Bruce Conti, *¡BAMLog!* http://www.bamlog.com Aug 28, mwmasts yg via DXLD) Members, Thanks to Bruce for quickly forwarding this news which I picked up this morning (UK time). A few questions need to be answered over the coming months on this. I will do my best to check each week on DX-India run by Jose Jacob. It would be fantastic if Alokesh Gupta could keep us advised on the "deployment`` of the new transmitters. I will need to know which are in AM mode and which in DRM. I recall seeing a list of unusual frequencies devoted to DRM use which had been allocated to the planned new Nautel units. There is no longer mention of these frequencies as far as I can tell on DX-India. Maybe the new transmitters will use the standard 9 kHz slots. There might turn out to be some changes in AM power once this all settles down so I will need to keep in touch on this issue. 73 and 88 (Dan Goldfarb, ibid.) ** INDIA. The sked of AIR's Special broadcast for Indian Haj Pilgrims in Saudi Arabia in Urdu this year is as follows: 6 Sept to 4 Nov 2014 0530-0600 UT 11670 Aligarh 250 kW 15210 Panaji 250 kW 15770 Delhi 250 kW Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India, Mobile: +91 94416 96043, http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos dx_india yg Sept 1 via WORLD OF RADIO 1737, DXLD) ** INDIA [and non]. COLLISIONS ON THE AIR, part 3: 1700-1757 13640 URU 500 kW / 308 deg EaEu Russian CRI 1615-1730 13640 BGL 500 kW / 300 deg WeAs Farsi All India Radio 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also a bunch more filed under KOREA NORTH [and non] 13710, AIR (Bengaluru), 8/27, 1445. Sitar and drum music to news items read by M presenter in English. Good. 73 and Good Listening! (Rick Barton, El Mirage AZ, mostly listening from XYL`s truck, Grundig Satellit 750 & (passive) NewTronics 1C-100S antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) No CCI from CRI? Normally the case after 1400 here (gh, OK) ** INDIA. 15795-DRM, AIR Bangalore. Chinese 1311, SNR to 22.1 dB, very steady signal indeed. On-screen display "SPT Bangalore", 5/8 (Craig Seager, DX-Pedition to Berry Creek, NT with Perseus, EWEs, Sept Australian DX News via DXLD) So how does DRM fare against ChiCom jamming compared to analog? (gh, DXLD) ** INDONESIA. 3325, RRI Palangkaraya http://youtu.be/Vl4ZDddCxUQ Station ID at 14:36. Loud! Perseus + SAL30. 73 (Nick VK2DX Hacko, Sept 1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1737, DX LISTENING DIGEST) As always at the end of August, RRI Palangkaraya starts appearing here at my QTH for an hour or so around 1600 UT: http://youtu.be/Za-2TgRrw3Y (Tudor Vedeanu, (Gura Humorului, Romania) dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1737, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3325, RRI Palangkaraya. For all of August they played the patriotic song “Dirgahayu Indonesiaku” at the end of the 1200 Jakarta news, as they normally do during the month of their independence, so Sept 1 was expecting the return of the patriotic song "Bagimu Negeri," but they surprised me by playing the patriotic song "Garuda Pancasila." Not very often that they play this song, so was a treat to hear it again at 1233; news and "Garuda Pancasila" // RRI Wamena (4869.90). BTW - RRI Makassar (4749.96) remains silent (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1737, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA [and non]. 4870-, Aug 29 at 1152, very poor carrier maybe with traces of modulation, slightly on the lo side compared to 9870 India; in the clear, no doubt RRI Wamena, the only Indonesian remaining on 60m; almost sunrise here, and surprised to find it still audible at 1247 (when 4835 NT Australia is in quite well). Atsunori Ishida shows Wamena reliably active every day in August from before 1000 to closedown varying around 1500; and also in mornings from opening varying widely after 2000. What is the real power of this? Aoki says only 300 watts; WRTH 2014 is noncommittal in the Indonesia listings, but 10 kW in the frequency roster. I`d have to lean toward the latter. Exact frequency last reported by Ron Howard as 4869.90; by Kouji Hashimoto as 4869.92 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1737, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I would expect Wamena to be better heard here if anywhere near 10 kW (Craig Seager, NSW, Sept Australian DX News via WORLD OF RADIO 1737, DXLD) As in WRTH, suggested rather than lower end 300 watts to OK (gh, DXLD) 4869.921, RRI Wamena, Propinsi Papua, Bahasa Indonesia, 1010 UT Aug 30, weak S=6 signal, -88dBm (Wolfgang Büschel, via remote SDR units downunder in Queensland and Sydney, aligned unit against 3330 CHU Ottawa CAN and 5000 WWVH Kauai Hawaii, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 30, WORLD OF RADIO 1737, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4870-, Aug 31 at 1202, presumed RRI Wamena with talk, lower modulation level than 4755 PMA, but roughly equal signals (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 9525.90, V. of Indonesia, Aug 23 1306-1322, 33443, English, News, ID and URL announce at 1320 (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN. RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellit 750, DE-1121; ANT, 130m Sloper Wire, 303WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) But low modulation? 9525.89, VOI. Amazingly good reception with equally good modulation on Aug 28. Anomaly of French at 1050; at 1144 in Chinese; at 1201 in Japanese. Believe this was just due to unusually good conditions; about the best I have ever heard them. Audio at https://app.box.com/s/4b59zy7b1alsfgzm6exe (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9525.89, VOI. Recent anomalies with their language schedule: 1050, Aug 28, in French instead of English. 1220, Aug 30, in English instead of Japanese; "Today in History," "Indonesian Wonders," etc.; had changed to Japanese by 1234 (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 9680, Aug 28 at 1033, Indonesian songs, VG with no QRM. Nice to hear RRI before the China radio war ruins the frequency after 1100. Much better than the so-called external service VOI on 9525.9, much weaker signal and very undermodulated during its supposed English hour. At 1107, RRI is still atop the CCCCCCI making only a SAH, but that`s built up to the usual horrible collision by 1300. Which domestic program is it on 9680? WRTH says Pro 4 (Proempat), educational and cultural (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL INTERNET. Hello everyone, If anyone is interested I will be hosting a live shortwave video feed via google hangouts starting at 1900 UT and it will last about 2 hours http://youtu.be/bhtD1QWMJ5s You can send questions and comments on the hengout page via the Q&A and also here: officialshortwaveradio@gmail.com If you missed it, it will be available to view on my youtube channel. Hope to see you 73 (Gilles Letourneau, Montreal, Canada http://www.youtube.com/officialswlchannel 1835 UT Aug 29, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I, for one, did not see the notice till it was over (gh, DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL INTERNET. DX EXTRA IS BACK AFTER 6 YEARS! It is with great excitement to release the latest DX Extra No.9 to the world wide web! In this fortnight's podcast: - Democratic Voice of Burma ends broadcasts - Pirate radio disrupts Chinese aviation safety - Special FRS Holland broadcast - Voice of Russia returning to short wave - Jamming the airwaves --- China National Radio From the archives - Radio Cochiguaz To hear it go HERE: http://hriradio.podomatic.com/enclosure/2014-08-30T23_00_02-07_00.mp3 Blog is at: Hobart Radio International http://www.dxextra.blogspot.com.au (via ODXA yg Aug 30 via DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. DW MAKING NEWS AVAILABLE VIA OUTERNET German international broadcaster Deutsche Welle has signed an agreement with the newly-launched Outernet to carry its programming into countries, free from censorship and free of charge. Outernet is a new platform designed to bridge the digital divide and penetrate censored markets by beaming the best content from the Internet via a constellation of orbiting nanosatellites down to every citizen on earth, free of charge. DW Director General Peter Limbourg said: "Outernet and Deutsche Welle share many of the same values and goals. It is a clear message to all who wish to censor or restrict access to the Internet." Mr Limbourg said that because reception was quite easy to access and because the use of many small satellites would make it quite difficult to obstruct signals through jamming, DW's cooperation with Outernet would be able to "contribute to net neutrality and circumvent censorship". Thane Richard, head of User Engagement at Outernet, said: "Deutsche Welle represents a very exciting step for Outernet in bridging the global information divide by providing quality news along with other relevant content to our users." Outernet is making use of a network of small satellites to transmit selected data - audio, video, text and applications - to simple receivers that users can either purchase or build themselves. All software and hardware required to access Outernet is open source. Once the receiver has the signal, it is rebroadcast locally and content can be viewed on any Wi-Fi enabled device. "No other information channel allows for such a wide variety of content or broadcasts on a genuinely worldwide scale," Mr Richard added. Outernet recently officially launched its service in test phase and during this early stage, content will be available in North America, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. DW content will be available throughout the entire test phase (Sept Australian DX News via DXLD) ** IRAN. Letter from Russian service of Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran: "Good day, Listen to our programs on cell phones. Friends, you can now easily enjoy listening to Russian service Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran on cell phones using an application for mobile phones. These broadcasts are free to listen to the "LIVE" or to download from our archives. Russian service of Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran will not take with you any amounts for listening. You only have to bear the costs of an internet connection to download the data. http://russian.irib.ir/glavnaya/mobile-application Best wishes Russian service Giri" (Editor Anatoly Klepov, RusDX 31 Aug via DXLD) ** IRAN. 12025, Aug 30 at 0129, VRII Spanish service is audible here poorly // 9860 during music; 12025 seems to be irregularly on air. 11760 blocked by RHC. 9510, Aug 31 at 0112, something new here, sounds Arabic, very poor. Not in Aoki, but HFCC shows IRIB just started an Arabic broadcast from Aug 30 at 0030-0230, 500 kW, 289 degrees from Zahedan. This replaces the last two hours of the 9420 transmission which remains at 1630-0030 --- escaping some of the GreeQRM, so that`s now in the clear when on; and 9510 is also much weaker than 9500 OMAN, q.v. 12025, Aug 31 at 0117, VRII Spanish, music, // 9860; modulation sounds quite different on these two, tho both listed as Kamalabad; fair signals (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1737, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 12025, Sept 1 at 0116, VRII Spanish is poor but better than // 9860, flutter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN. Frequency change of Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran IRIB from August 30: 0023-0220 NF 9510 ZAH 500 kW / 289 deg to NEAf Arabic, ex 9420 to avoid ERTOpen Upcoming frequency changes of Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran IRIB: 1753-1850 NF 7230 KAM 500 kW / 304 deg EaEu Russian, ex 7350 // 5920 1923-2020 NF 11985 SIR 500 kW / 313 deg WeEu English, ex 7315 // 9400, 9715, 11885 (DX RE MIX NEWS #869 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Sept. 1, 2014, via WORLD OF RADIO 1737, DXLD) 11680, IRIB, 2/9 1914 UT. Música en idioma árabe y una mujer habla en hausa hasta las 1919, en donde una voz de locutor habla por 1 minuto hasta su salida del aire a las 1920. SINPO: 45343 (Claudio Galaz, RX: Tecsun PL-660, ANT: Hilo de 30 metros, QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** IRELAND. REMEMBERING ATLANTIC 252 - 25 YEARS ON Radio Today 1 September 2014 http://radiotoday.ie/2014/09/remembering-atlantic-252-25-years-on/ It’s exactly 25 years ago since Atlantic 252 first signed on the air, and in celebration here’s a tribute of the long wave giant. It was an official tribute created and broadcast as the station closed on Thursday 20 December 2001, created by Eric Murphy and Enda Caldwell, commissioned by Atlantic 252's Managing Director John O’Hara. Looking back, former presenter Robin Banks said: “I didn’t realise until years later that I was a part of a radio revolution that people still ask me about today… I’m so proud to have been involved with the real and original Atlantic 252. During my time there I can honestly say I worked with the best, Sandy, Nicksy, Dusty, Charlie and a load more who made Atlantic the biggest commercial radio station in the world.. on Long Wave! It taught me a lot and I realised there was a lot more to this animal called radio than I thought… thanks 252.” The station launched at 8am September 1st 1989 and stayed on-air across Europe from Trim, County Meath till 2002. The frequency is now used for RTÉ Radio 1. Presenter Gary King launched the station saying: “Mine is the first voice you will ever hear on Atlantic 252.” This was followed by a specially produced pre-recorded introduction tape that introduced everybody employed by the radio station on its launch day. Today Gary King said: “Atlantic was one of those disruptive game changers. A great station with a piratical edge. Heady days, exciting times, I’ll always be proud of what we did in Trim.” The station was home to Charlie Wolf, MaryEllen O’Brien, Andrew Turner, Nicky Schiller, Henry Owens, Al Dunne, Tony West, John Ryan, Jeff Graham, Dusty Rhodes, Sandy Beech, Robin Banks, Bam Bam, Steve Hayes, Simon Nicks, Rick O’Shea, Dan Harper, David Dunne, Matt Finlay, Tony Dibbin, Lois Lane, Cliff Walker, Derek Flood, Paul Kavanagh, Enda Caldwell and many many more. Simon Nicks: “25 years ago today – Long Wave Radio Atlantic 252 began broadcasting. First song being Tears For Fears – Sowing The Seeds Of Love – with the voice of Gary King coming out of the radio! I listened on that day and was lucky enough to be part of the history of this station a couple of years later, when I arrived in Trim Co Meath. Was an amazing baptism in radio, and was surrounded by creative, passionate and good people, all with the aim to make a great radio station. “I thank Kavo for giving me this opportunity, and have a special place in my heart for Kevin Palmer Dusty Rhodes Robin Banks Carl Kinsman Charlie Wolf and rest of the team – one of whom is sadly not with us anymore – but I’m sure Henry Owens is having a drink up there – like!” Here’s a video report http://www.rte.ie/archives/2014/0811/636376-radio-tara/ of the problems the station caused with putting its 900 foot high transmitting mast up in Carkstown (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) ** IRELAND. SUNDAY MISCELLANY - RTE Radio 1, June 22, 2014 "Its new radio essays and occasional poetry followed by complementary music* capture our times, passions and curiosities. The contributor led content is selected from open submission and commissioned writing presented by new voices and established names. Reportage, appreciations, memory pieces, poetry, travel writing and personal accounts of events and happenings are the stuff of Sunday Miscellany. The programme is part of Sunday mornings since 1968. It is essential listening to thousands across Ireland and the world." [from the RTE Radio 1 program web page] Freewheeling by Michael O’Loughlin Fire by Carmel Cummins Handbags by Katy Hayes Coming Home for Good by Denis Sampson The Telegraph by Henry Bacík http://www.rte.ie/radio1/sunday-miscellany/programmes/2014/0622/625635-sunday-miscellany-22-june-2014/ (*Due to rights restrictions, the music portions are available only on the live radio version.) (John Figliozzi, Podding Along #13, dxldyg via DXLD) ** ISRAEL [non]. ARMENIA, The broadcasts of TWR Israel are now Saturdays - Thursdays in Hebrew and on Fridays in Russian and seems the Saturday's program in English was replaced by in Hebrew. 1846-1916 on MW 1350 1000 kW Gavar site (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria on 26 August 2014, RusDX 31 Aug via DXLD) ** JAPAN. 3925, RN1, 8/26, 1045. Geisha house vocal music and male presenter. Very good signal on my modest equipment (using portable and passive NewTronics antenna due to local T-stm activity). Must be near- armchair with a longer wire & desktop receiver. 73 and Good Listening! (Rick Barton, El Mirage AZ, mostly listening from XYL`s truck, Grundig Satellit 750 & (passive) NewTronics 1C-100S antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN [and non]. CNR 1 jamming vs R.Japan NHK World in Chinese to EaAs 1543 Aug 27 on 9540 Ibaragi-Koga-Yamata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqVf1Fd_K94&feature=youtu.be (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1737, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Is this new? Did not realize the ChiCom were jamming Japan; maybe due to recent rough relations over silly little islands (gh, WORLD OF RADIO 1737, DXLD) ** JAPAN [non]. 11745, JAPAN, NHK R Japan, 8/27, 1200. Opening in English, taking heavy splash from DPRK station on 11735. 32333. 73 and Good Listening! (Rick Barton, El Mirage AZ, mostly listening from XYL`s truck, Grundig Satellit 750 & (passive) NewTronics 1C-100S antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ? Should be 11740 via SINGAPORE, accounting for the worse splash than on 11745 (gh, DXLD) ** KASHMIR. 4760.0, Aug 30, 1625 Tentative, AIR Leh? According to Alokesh Gupta's blog, AIR Leh is back (first noted on 19th Dec 2013) after staying on 4660 kHz for almost two & half years so here. Thus it is necessary to ensure getting a clear ID. Today unfortunately only a mere S3 signal. There is a weaker signal on 4760.01, which is the frequency AIR Port Blair has been reported using (Thomas Nilsson, Ängelholm, Sweden, SW Bulletin Aug 31 via DXLD) See ANDAMAN ISLANDS ** KASHMIR. INDIA, 4950, AIR-Kashmir (Presumed), Aug 25 1346-1358*, 45443, Kashmiri, Talk, Theme sound at 1350, Was saying "Kashmir" frequently, 1358 sign off (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN. RX, IC-R75, NRD- 525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellit 750, DE-1121; ANT, 130m Sloper Wire, 303WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [and non]. COLLISIONS ON THE AIR, part 3: 1500-1600 11710 BEI 100 kW / 285 deg CHN Chinese CNR-1 1500-1557 11710 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg NoAm English Voice of Korea 1500-1557 15245 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg WeEu English CRI 1500-1557 15245 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg WeEu English Voice of Korea 1600-1657 13760 KAS 500 kW / 308 deg WeEu English CRI 1600-1657 13760 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg WeEu French Voice of Korea 1500-1557 12015 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg EaEu Russian Voice of Korea 1530-1600 12015vU-B 250 kW / 116 deg EaAs English Voice of Mongolia 1700-1800 15245 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg EaAf Tigrinya Mo/Th/Sa R Assenna 1700-1800 15245 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg EaAf Tigrinya Tu/Fr/Su Erit Forum 1700-1800 15245 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg EaAf Arabic Wed Eritrean Forum 1700-1750 15245 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg WeEu Korean KCBS Voice of Korea 1700-1757 12015 BEI 500 kW / 318 deg WeEu English CRI 1700-1757 12015 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg EaEu Russian Voice of Korea Videos: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/09/collisions-on-air-part-3.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) Could it be because North Korea does not (is not allowed to?) participate in HFCC? Yet, all any frequency manager at the collidees would have to do is: turn on a radio! *or* read the DX press. Hear no evil, see no evil --- (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [and non]. NORTH KOREA STEPS UP INSPECTIONS OF CHINESE- MADE TELEVISION SETS --- Reported by Sung-hui Moon, RFA Korean Service, 2014-08-26 From Radio Free Asia: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/televisions-08262014143901.html Authorities in North Korea are stepping up inspections on households with television sets imported from neighboring China, specially targeting LCD sets with USB ports and remote control functions, in Pyongyang's latest attempt to prevent citizens from accessing foreign media, according to sources. North Koreans living along the Chinese border believe that such inspections are meant to block them from watching the Asian Games to be hosted by arch-rival neighbor South Korea. Imported television sets are capable of receiving foreign broadcasts. North Korea had earlier threatened to pull out of the Sept. 19-Oct. 4 Asian Games after Seoul refused to cover the cost of accommodating a large team at the event, but finally decided to send 273 athletes and officials tot he Games. As of mid-August, Pyongyang's censorship unit, known as "109 Sangmu," has been visiting "every" household in Yanggang province, which borders China, to inspect their television sets, a source told RFA's Korean Service, speaking on condition of anonymity. The source said censors had removed USB ports on the LCDs and deliberately broke equipment on the TVs so that viewers could not use remote-control devices. Aside from better display quality, LCD television sets have features that can link multiple external devices, including USB flash drives on which North Koreans illegally download South Korean soap operas and other entertainment as well as information on developments overseas. Foreign broadcasts and CDs and DVDs are prohibited in North Korea, where television is the most accessed media platform. Approved TVs and radios are programmed to receive only official channels in the reclusive country where there is effectively no Internet and the Intranet is tightly monitored. Unpopular move Sources said some residents had resisted the move by authorities to remove the USB terminals from the LCD sets. Some of them hid their TVs or just tried to fend off inspectors, said another source in Yanggang province, who also declined to be identified. The source said the government had more thoroughly inspected residents' LCD television sets than analog TVs because the former come with the capability for watching foreign programs while operating at a low voltage. "The price of a Chinese-made LCD television on the market varies from about U.S. $50 for a 5.5-inch (nearly 14 cm) portable set to about U.S. $500 for a 42-inch (107 cm) set," said a resident of North Hamgyong province. The source said that merchants secretly sold portable LCD television sets so viewers could watch foreign programs on the units. Elite privilege Those considered "elites" - people with political or economic influence and financial means greater than that of average citizens - usually have access to advanced types of media technology, including USB drives, according to the consultancy group InterMedia. Such technology makes it easier to access, conceal and share foreign content, especially for those who live along the border with China. Many North Koreans watch foreign programs saved on USB devices, which are compact and easy to conceal from government inspectors, said the InterMedia report, released in 2012 and commissioned by the U.S. State Department. Despite strict regulations and severe penalties, North Koreans - especially the elite - have had greater access to news and other media outside the government-controlled media. Although Internet access remains tightly controlled, access to radio and DVDs are commonplace along with television in border areas. The report also noted that more North Koreans had access to TVs sets capable of receiving outside broadcasts, despite official regulations that require televisions to be fixed only to certain national channels. Translated by Jina Lee. Written by Roseanne Gerin (via VOA Radiogram Aug 30 via roger, dxldyg via DXLD) ** KOREA SOUTH [non]. FRANCE, No test transmission of KBS World Radio in French on Sept. 1: 2000-2100 on 6145 ISS 250 kW / 182 deg to NWAf. Video on scheduled 5950: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnWjkczNCeE&feature=youtu.be (DX RE MIX NEWS #869 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Sept. 1, 2014, via DXLD) ** KURDISTAN [non]. CLANDESTINE, 11510 V. of Kurdistan: Aug 25 1300-1310, 25432, Kurdish, Talk, ID at 1300 Aug 26 1255-1305, 35433, Kurdish, Music and news, ID at 1301 (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN. RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD-345, Satellit 750, DE-1121; ANT, 130m Sloper Wire, 303WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Via PRIDNESTROVYE; how clandestine is this any more? (gh) ** KUWAIT [and non]. COLLISIONS ON THE AIR, part 3: 1400-1500 9750 KBD 300 kW / 286 deg NEAf Arabic General Sce R.Kuwait 1400-1500 9750 YAM 300 kW / 290 deg EaAs Japanese R. Japan NHK World 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also a bunch more filed under KOREA NORTH [and non] ** KYRGYZSTAN. Giovedì 28 agosto 2014, 0054 - 4010, BIRINCHI R., Canzone locale YL. SF-BN (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, G.C. 44 21' 06.89" N / 09 13' 30.94" E, R7, bcnews.it yg via DXLD) ** LESOTHO. Following reports in the South African press of radio jamming following an attempted coup in Lesotho yesterday (Saturday 30 August), a quick check this evening shows that Radio Lesotho and Ultimate FM are on air, and not jammed, at least on on medium wave. Lesotho. Radio Lesotho, 639 Maseru. Aug 31, 2014 Sunday. 1710-1720 SeSotho. YL talking, very animated. Good. Jo'burg sunset 1555. Lesotho. Ultimate FM, 891 Maseru // 1197 Aug 31, 2014 Sunday. 1710- 1720 English, pop / disco music “The Hot Ten, this is the sound of summer”. Good. Jo'burg sunset 1555. Lesotho. Ultimate FM, 1197 Maseru // 891 Aug 31, 2014 Sunday. 1710- 1720 English, pop / disco music “The Hot Ten, this is the sound of summer”. Poor due to local electrical QRN in Joburg. Jo'burg sunset 1555 (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D. dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Der staatliche Jugendsender „Ultimate Radio. The Heartbeat of the Kingdom“ wird auf UKW 99,8 MHz (Maseru, Morija, Roma, Ty) sowie den Mittelwellen 891 und 1197 kHz ausgestrahlt. Die Mittelwelle 1197 kHz, die bis 1999 für den BBC World Service und später bis 2012 für LM Radio und Family Radio eingesetzt wurde, wird im WRTH 2014 verzeichnet, nicht aber bei http://www.lnbs.org.ls/radio/radio.php auf der auch hinsichtlich der bei http://www.lnbs.org.ls/radio/radioles.php bzw. /ultimatefm.php angegebenen Privatsender veralteten Website der Lesotho National Broadcasting Services. Diese Website mit Copyright 2013, die in anderen Inhalten durchaus aktualisiert wird, findet sich nicht im WRTH, wohl aber http://www.gov.ls wo auch rechts unten auch die Webstreams beider Programme aufgeführt werden (Dr. Hansjörg Biener, ntt-1409 via DXLD) ** MALAYSIA. As of Sept 1, both Traxx FM (7295) and Asyik FM (6050) remain off the air, while all the other RTM SW stations are normal. Was disappointed on Aug 31 to find nothing special going on for their Merdeka/Independence Day; in fact Asyik FM and Traxx FM off the air that day (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1737, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 540, Aug 31 at 0603 UT Sunday, techno music from N/S, announcement in Spanish about this being overnight on Friday and Saturday nights. Probably XEWA SLP with W Radio; program grid for network is not that specific: http://www.wradio.com.mx/parrilla-programacion/ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Cantú still has 540 SLP listed as Los 40 Principales, which would be a match for techno music. 540 Monterrey is listed as W Radio (Bruce Conti, NH, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 779.93, XEWGR, Monclova, Coah., AUG 28, 1226 - Noted with talk by man announcer, occasional ads, CDT time checks; no ID heard. Fair at best and fading by 1300. Logged on this frequency a few times in 2009-2010, but last logged on exactly 780 in 2012. Semi-local 780 KCEG was off the air but are back on now (John Wilkins, Wheat Ridge CO; Drake R8, 4-foot box loop, NRC IDXD 5 Sept via DXLD) ** MEXICO. 780, XESFT --- If you get a la Poderosa slogan, it's this one which is still listed as la Triple T/la Caliente in Cantú and WRTVH listings. IDs include 103.7 FM refs, and found their FB page to additionally confirm: https://es-es.facebook.com/pages/La-Poderosa-780-San-Fernando-Tamps/208401075867066 This just for your IDing purposes since you and I seem to be the most Mexicanized on the band. Well now --- They've been this for a year. Found a log of my own! ``780 MEXICO XESFT la Poderosa, San Fernando, Tamaulipas. 1059-1140 October 11, 2013. Tune in to ending of national anthem, canned “XESFT, la Poderosa...” and FM and AM frequencies, into Mexi-tune. ID after each Mexi-tune mentioning “... punto 7... frecuencia modulada... 780 AM, la Poderosa” by man. Female time check “Son las 6 y 25” at 1125. FM frequency is presumably 103.7. Slogans listed as La Triple T/La Caliente on Cantú's online list and in the WRTVH-2013. This surely is Glenn Hauser's unID in IDXD 81-2. Another new XE for me here, if my list is correct`` (Terry Krueger, FL, Sept 1, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 780, XESFT, la Poderosa, San Fernando, Tamaulipas. 1059 September 1, 2014. Anthem in progress, 1100 male, "Escuche... estación la Poderosa... 103 punto 7 FM, 780 AM... watts frecuencia modulada... la cadena... México." Into Spanish ballad. Several more la Poderosa slogans and mentions of 103.7 FM. First noticed this slogan October 11, 2013 though it's listed as La Triple T/La Caliente in the WRTVH and on Fred Cantu's list (he quickly updated after I sent him an email). Signal held up until 1125 fade out (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 800, XEROK, Radio Cañón, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. 1000 August 30, 2014. Ending of anthem, " ... Radio Cañón... Chihuahua, México." Into Mexi-pop (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 820, XEUDO, Los Mochis, Sin., AUG 28, 1301 - National anthem in progress; ID by man at 1302 for XEUDO 820 AM and XHUDO 89.3 FM; heard both "Radio Universidad del Occidente" and "Radio U-D-O" slogans and MDT time check. Fair/poor with local noise problems (John Wilkins, Wheat Ridge CO; Drake R8, 4-foot box loop, NRC IDXD 5 Sept via DXLD) ** MEXICO. 830, XELN, La Caliente, Linares, Nuevo León. 1025 September 1, 2014. End of Mexi-tune, slogan and repeated each time after songs, anthem from 1059 recheck. Not to be confused with WFNO, the Norco, LA station coincidentally using the same format (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 970, Aug 28 at 1103 UT, Mexican NA to full ID by XEJ, Juárez, ``La Jota Mexicana``, so they are antheming at 5 am local instead of 6 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 6185-, Sept 3 at 0128 I am astounded to hear news in Spanish with good signal level and good modulation. Can it still be XEPPM? Yes, same transmitter slightly on the low side, but must have got a new modulation tube. It`s even much stronger than 6180 Brasil, but that`s partly due to the weakish signal it`s been sporting lately. This is great news, if only XEPPM can keep it up! News item at the moment is from Wáshington about ME affairs, including clips in English from USG spoxepersons, maybe originating with VOA? Next story about ébola (who decided that this neologism would be stressed on first syllable in Spanish, second in English??). 0131 wrapping up `Pulso de la Noche`, must be own produxion, some African song but lyrix sound at least partly Spanish, ``Yo soy ---`` this & that. 0133 ID ``Radio Educación desde la Colonia del Valle en la Ciudad de México``, next show ``Las Mujeres Contamos`` --- I guess that could be a play on words in Spanish --- women count as in they matter, but they also tell their stories. These programs match the MW, not SW program schedule at http://www.radioeducacion.edu.mx/carta-programatica-del-mes which is still labeled Mayo 2014, but just below it says Enero 2014. Furthermore the separate jpg SW schedule below that, if you hover over it, is dated Feb 2013! And is evidently no longer applicable. XEPPM surely remains México`s last and only SWBC station; 6010 has weak Spanish with a het at 0134, presumably Colombia & Brasil (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1737, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. A tease of sporadic E appeared on channel A2, antenna south toward Mexico, as I still leave the analog TV on a lot of the time for the snowstorm to be interrupted. At 1556 UT Sept 3, fade-in some weak Spanish video grafik and then audio, but gone in about a minute never to return. Too long to have been meteor scatter. Es MUF map for 6 meters showed a patch over Ciudad Juárez reaching 33 MHz. If that was it poking briefly up to 60 MHz, the area propagated would be around Sinaloa, common here during the season (Glenn Hauer, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MICRONESIA. 4755.5, The Cross Radio, Pohnpei. Music for program changeover at 1030, American religious show, fair 2/8 (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn, VIC (Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Double Bazooka antennas for 80 and 40m, Par EF-SWL End Fed antenna, BHI NEIM1031 Digital Noise Eliminating Module, MFJ-1026 Noise Cancelling Module, ATU), Sept Australian DXN via DXLD). Same ¦ English ID as "The Cross Radio, Pacific Mission Radio" at 1032 on 12/8, then more announcements and a song at 1034. Weak and very noisy (Dennis Allen, Milperra NSW (Icom IC-R75, longwire), Sept Australian DX News via DXLD) Same ¦ Very good at 0855 in English on 26/8 (John Adams, DX-pedition to Port Douglas Beach, Sony ICF-SW7600GR, 7 Metre Reel Antenna), Sept Australian DX News via DXLD) Same ¦ US preacher 0906, very robust signal on 3/8 (Craig Seager, DX- Pedition to Berry Creek, NT with Perseus, EWEs, Sept Australian DX News via DXLD) PMA The Cross, 4755.5, 1115 UT. Weaker than VL8K, but audible and gaining strength. Almost up to an S8 by the station ID around 1125. Was still gaining when it went off the air abruptly at 1145. Posted by: (Tim Rahto, IA, Aug 28, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4755.551, FSM - Federated States of Micronesia, PMA - Pacific Missionary Aviation, Pohnpei, The Cross Radio at 1025 UT on Aug 30. Rather tiny signal today at Sydney NSW Australia, S=6 -86dBm. (Wolfgang Büschel, via remote SDR units downunder, aligned unit against 3330 CHU Ottawa CAN and 5000 WWVH Kauai Hawaii, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 30, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4755.54 approx., Aug 31 at 1156, PMA The Cross, poor signal but better than usual, and much stronger than algo on 4750, with ``inspirational`` music; some lite almost co-channel SSB QRM, probably MARS. No DTMF tones heard and stays on the air, 1200 with English devotional announcement including a .org reference; 1222 still with music, 1225 English announcement, 1228 still there. Stepping 1 kHz back and forth on the zeroed BFO of the YB-400, I can tell that V6MP is slightly closer to 4756 than 4755 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4755.56, PMA-The Cross Radio. Through Sept 1, they continue to daily have very different closing times. Sept 1, tuned in at 1125 to find them already off the air. Aug 31, at 1155 with DTMF tones immediately followed by ID ("88.5 FM and it is eleven o'clock"); so Glenn's reception missed the tones by one minute, which are now heard daily, when they are still on at that time; 1200 and again at 1208 with inspirational one minute spot with "Insight for Living" with Chuck Swindoll ("www.insight.org"); 1204 and 1219 with one minute of James Dobson's "Focus on the Family"; still on at 1328 (running very late!). Aug 30, at 1155 usual DTMF tones/ID; 1159 inspirational minute by Joni Eareckson Tada. Fairly clear audio attached (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MONGOLIA [non]. GERMANY, Voice of Mongolia in English will be broadcast via Kall Krekel: 1430-1500 7310 KLL 001 kW / non-dir to CeEu from Sept 1 till October 5 1730-1800 6005 KLL 100 kW / non-dir to CeEu from Sept 1 till October 5 1900-1930 3985 KLL 001 kW / non-dir to CeEu from Sept 1 till October 5 (DX RE MIX NEWS #869 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Sept. 1, 2014, via WORLD OF RADIO 1737, DXLD) Is 6005 100 kW or 1 kW? Should be easy to perceive. WRTH says 1 kW on all frequencies including 6005, but HFCC and Aoki say 100 kW on 6005 (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1737, DXLD) MONGOLIA/GERMANY, Voice Of Mongolia via Kall Germany relay site. Schedule - Sendezeiten. Und hier, wie versprochen, die Sendezeiten der Voice Of Mongolia im "Geburtstagsmonat" 01. September 2014 - 05. Oktober 2014 3985 kHz 21:00 CEST (1900 UT) 6005 kHz 19:30 CEST (1730 UT) 7310 kHz 16:30 CEST (1430 UT) Empfangsberichte / RR digital per Oder analog: Voice Of Mongolia English Section C.P.O.-Box 365 Ulaanbaatar-13 Mongolia (Christian Milling-D A-DX Aug 29, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 29 via DXLD) See also GERMANY ** MOROCCO. 9575, Sept 3 at 0552, Médi 1 with rapid flutter, and the frequency is also wobbling, seeming Doppler effect; sounds rather like 7295 Algeria via France, which I hypothesized to be caused by something completely different; but they are in the same general area. Rafael Martínez, BDXC-UK Communication quoted on WORLD OF RADIO 1737 has some recommendations for Médi 1 music shows (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Medi 1 is a commercial station well heard in the Mediterranean countries on SW 9575 and LW 171, it offers a programming based on current affairs, news and culture programmes along with a Western and Arabic pop music mix formula, including some specialised music programmes. This is the correct schedule after monitoring of some of, from my point of view, most interesting music programmes offered by this station: Ritmo Latino, modern Latin dance music presented by Layla Belarbi (in French): Saturday 1503-1600. Jazz Session, jazz classics presented by Jawad (in French): Sunday 2304-0000. La Bossa Nova, Bossa Nova hits presented by Sanae (in French): scheduled Sunday 1815 but not noted at that time; shows can be heard anyway at http://www.medi1.com/musique/bossa/ La Musique Soufie, Sufi music presented by Ahmed Lekhligh (in Arabic): daily 1930-1958 repeated at 0300-0328. This programme has become one of my favorites; Wikipedia says "While all Muslims believe that they are on the pathway to God and hope to become close to God in Paradise -- after death and after the "Final Judgment" -- Sufis also believe that it is possible to draw closer to God and to more fully embrace the Divine Presence in this life. The chief aim of all Sufis is to seek the pleasing of God by working to restore within themselves the primordial state of fitra described in the Qur'an -- fitra is an Arabic word meaning "disposition", "constitution", or "instinct". In a mystical context, it can connote intuition or insight (...) --, in this state, nothing one does defies God, and all is undertaken with the single motivation of love of God". Some prominent Sufi musicians according to Wikipedia are Abida Parveen, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Sanam Marvi, all from Pakistan. La Musique Soufie is half hour of slow and smooth music, ideal for relaxing after a workday. For consulting the Medi 1 current programme schedule or listening to the newest or old shows visit http://www.medi1.com (Rafael Martínez, Spain, music listening tips, Sept BDXC-UK Communication via WORLD OF RADIO 1736, DXLD) ** MYANMAR. Today Aug 29 around 1425 UT heard three channels of Myanmar Radio. 5985.247 kHz measured, heard male voice program, but different program on 5915.0 kHz, and very same program content on 7200.000 kHz at 1420-1445 UT, latter signal strength S=9 or -73dBm on remote SDR unit at Brisbane Queensland Australia. 73 wolfy (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 29, dxldyg via DXLD) ** NETHERLANDS. Videos about Radio Nederland Wereldomroep from 1955, 1959, 1961, 1968 and 1972. Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid https://www.youtube.com/user/BeeldenGeluid/search?query=wereldomroep (via Mike Barraclough, dxldyg via DXLD) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. 9925, Aug 31 at 0145, Mighty KBC via GERMANY with ``Come Monday`` from 1974 by Jimmy Buffett, Kraig Krist`s Forgotten Song for this week, and it happens to mention Labor Day Weekend. 0156, Uncle Eric lists a bunch of faithful listeners, some with familiar names, and signing off announces that from next week, Sept 7, will be on 7375 instead. Plenty big sig so far on 9925. Too bad KBC has to compete with Wolverine Radio`s music programming on a theme; see NORTH AMERICA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1737, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also EUROPE: Pirates ** NEWFOUNDLAND. 2598-USB, Canada, St. John's, Newfoundland, 0007 to 0015 OM with weather broadcast 30 August (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, various wire antennas, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NICARAGUA [and non]. 720, Aug 28 at 1042 UT, more than one Spanish station with WGN nulled as much as possible. One requests, ``oremos, oremos`` (let us pray x 2), so I suspect it`s R. Católica in Managua; 1046 a mention of ``fútbol mexicano``, so is that an XE or non? Then a Radio Católica ID in passing. Listed as 25 kW, YNA3RC. It`s rare here to hear any LA on MW beyond Mexico and Cuba. Meanwhile the inimitable Órion Samuelson is on WGN talking with morning YL host, about going to some farm event in Decatur. She calls him twice ``Big O`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1737, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NICARAGUA. 8989-USB, "El Pescador Preacher" 2345 to 0000 agitated preacher with good signal in Spanish 24 August (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, various wire antennas, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA. 15120, V of Nigeria, Ikorodu. Very strong carrier and tummy [?] carrier but no audio at 0530. Suddenly at 0536 the English service sprung into life in the middle of a political report. Lilting music at 0540. Light QRM from CRI's Mandarin to Siberia, 8/8 (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn, VIC (Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Double Bazooka antennas for 80 and 40m, Par EF-SWL End Fed antenna, BHI NEIM1031 Digital Noise Eliminating Module, MFJ-1026 Noise Cancelling Module, ATU), Sept Australian DXN via DXLD) ** NIGERIA. VON, 15210 was heard at 0600 with loud audio but the usual whistle and whine. Off at 0650, back 0734 with weaker audio. The same old story. VON-DRM 15120 now often seems to sign on a few minutes after 1800. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Germany, Sept 1, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15120-AM, Sept 2 at 0532, fair signal from VON, first heard in quite a while, but it`s JBM, totally useless (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA [non]. 11955, AWR, 20/8 0505 UT. Vía Moosbrunn, Austria. Cantos corales y de tipo responsorial litúrgico en idioma hausa, con voces femeninas hasta las 0512; ya que, desde esta hora hay identificación de AWR, lectura de la frecuencia, horarios, página web y email: haulg[at]awr.org. A las 0513 hay cantos que repiten la palabra: Sabbath, debido a recordar el guardar el sábado dentro de la doctrina adventista. Desde las 0515 hay música y reflexiones. SINPO: 45444 (Claudio Galaz, RX: Tecsun PL-660, ANT: Hilo de 30 metros, QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** NORTH AMERICA. Old Time Radio pirate: 6770 AM, 1940 UT Aug 31. Various recordings from early radio, with classic commercials. Barely over the noise at 27 to 37 but easy to identify from previous evening sittings on this frequency. I've yet to hear an ID on this one. On continuously, and much improved with a 39 to 49 at 2100 when "The Six Shooter" with James Stewart came on. Signal up to 49 to 59 (still some summer static) by the start of "Wild Bill Hickok" at 2200 (Wil Lindsay, Reading, PA, Free Radio Weekly via DXLD) ** NORTH AMERICA. YHWH: 9605 AM, Aug. 27, 0305-0402+. Heard with a decent signal (about s4 to s5 reading), best heard in lower sideband to avoid a bad noise het. Consisted of quotes from scriptures, Christian’s morals, One World Order and the Line of David, Russia, Syria, Iran and Iraq; the forces of evil, 10 Commandments of Yahweh, etc. Throughout the broadcast the operator kept thanking for tuning in. 0358 music selection by female chorus, with chant-like tones. Seemed to be a repeat of similar broadcast, which I heard back in July, maybe a re-broadcast? Re-checked at 0420 and still here; still a decent signal dispite the noise level. 9600 AM, religious station YHWH was heard again last night (August 29th 14) from 0345 to 0352 sign-off. Heard transcript of Yehweh Personal Guidance for people who lead a normal life. Followed with the same haunting chant-like harpsichord selection. "Thank you for listening to YHWH, love you; and YHWH is now signing off...." at 0352. Nice signal tonight (Edward Kusalik, Alberta, Canada, Free Radio Weekly Aug 30 via DXLD) YHWH: 9605 AM / 0250-0405+ / SEP 04. Usual sermons about erroneous Christian beliefs and the use and lack thereof of the biblically proper and only name for God, YHWH. May have been two shows aired successively because usual ending of program with hymn led immediately into apparently another show. Did mention receiving a letter from a listener but never did hear any type of contact information. Poor-to- fair signal because of noise levels (John Sedlacek (Omaha, NE), ibid.) ** NORTH AMERICA. Pirates: Insane Radio, 6925 AM, 0022-0050*, 8-31-14, SIO: 343. Tunes "Wonderment" by High Ranking, "Big Bloody Booger On The Bathroom Wall" by The Meatmen, "Shut Up" by The Coathangers. OM with strange talking about Hipsters doing the Dub Step, cancer. ID loop at 0050, then off. Weird show. Radio Free Whatever, 6940 USB, 0010-0050*, 09-02-14, SIO: 454. Dick Weed and Stavin with a request show. Tunes by Death Cab for Cutie, Bastille, Black Lemon, Bob Mould, etc. Nice audio (Chris Lobdell, Box 80146, Stoneham, MA 02180 USA, Receivers: Eton E1, NRD-545, Aerials: G5RV, 40 Meter Dipole, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Northwoods Radio, 6925 USB, 0028-0120*, 09-03-14, SIO: 444. Played an old show from former Top 40 rocker CKLW's "Million Dollar Weekend". Tunes by Elton John, Beatles, Hues Corp, Carl Douglas, Kingsmen, off with "The Americans" speech by Gordon Sinclair, then Northwoods ID, loon noises (Chris Lobdell, Box 80146, Stoneham, MA 02180 USA, Receivers: Eton E1, NRD-545, Aerials: G5RV, 40 Meter Dipole, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6935-USB, Aug 31 at 0139, big pirate signal with ``Great Balls of Fire``, and 0143, ``Don`t Play with Me, `Cause You`re Playin` with Fire``; 0151 ``I`ve Seen Fire and I`ve Seen Rain`` --- must be Wolverine Radio with tunes on a theme, fire tonight, tho never caught an ID. Yup, numerous logs at hfunderground.com and Joe Farley caught this fiery SSTV image at 0218: http://i1049.photobucket.com/albums/s387/jFarley44/201408310218_zps6b8ea75d.jpg (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1737, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 800, KQCV, Oklahoma City. 1049 August 30, 2014. Surprised to catch this one, pastor talk, send cash to a CA address, IHeartRadio spot at 1054, "...800... in Oklahoma City... Bott Radio Network..." into another canned preacher block (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 1120, August 30 circa 15-16 UT on caradio, notice that KEOR Catoosa/Sperry/Tulsa is missing and it may have been for some days. However, it`s on with música de alabanza, Sept 1 at 1641 check. 1120, Sept 1 circa 1825 UT check on caradio, KEOR Catoosa/Sperry/Tulsa is AWOL again tho it was on a couple of hours earlier. Let`s call it extremely unreliable, which can`t be good for business. 1120, Sept 4 circa 1830 UT check, KEOR is on again with praise music in Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1270, Aug 28 at 0509 UT, Mexican music dominating and SHVA ID at 0510 UT as ``La Zeta 12-70 AM``, loops E/W while another with Spanish talk is in its null N/S. Same canned ID heard when I was awake at 1054 UT Aug 28. Zeta is of course KRVT Claremore OK (Tulsa market), not to be confused with ``La Que Buena`` format which moved to 1530 KXTD Wagoner, a daytimer cheating for a week all-night. 1270 is 5/1 kW U4, so legally on air at night, lobe to the WSW, but not a null toward Enid and Liberal like in the daytime. The other SS is KFLC Fort Worth, 50/5 kW U4. Zeta has rather negative connotations in the drug and gang world, but station must consider it positive? Googling on Zeta 1270 finds two others, WMIZ in Vineland NJ, and XEAZ in Tijuana (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. SLOGAN/IMAGE CHANGE OR UPDATE 1240 KOKL Okmulgee, OK “1240 The Brew” 1240 KOKL Okmulgee, OK was: Country; now: Classic Hits 1560 KEBC Del City, OK “Sportsradio 1560” 1560 KEBC Del City, OK was: Comedy; now: Sport (NBC) 1590 KWEY Weatherford, OK “1590 The Score” 1590 KWEY Weatherford, OK was: Country; now: Sport (FSR) (Sept MW News via DXLD) ** OKLAHOMA. When tropo is up I still scan the entire UHF dial occasionally, looking for analog signals, and I`m surprised to find one, Aug 30 at 1428 UT on channel 48 --- it`s Spanish from direxion of OKC, obviously 15 kW KOCY-LP; infomercials for madrecell.com, hotshapers; 1430 Estrella TV ID, more infomercials; fading down by 1448 UT. Had not seen any trace of this one for many months and had assumed it converted to DTV with reduced range. Maybe its NTSC had really been off the air, but now back? Last time I logged it was Nov 29, 2013, as in DXLD 13-49; at least tentatively with some NTSC video detectable on 48. Still has CP for DTV, per W9Wi.com. So I look for other OKC area LPTVs: RF 46, KOCM Norman, Daystar is semi-decoding, which it usually does not, at 1452 UT after 48 has faded down. Also BAD signal on 36 could be KUOK-CD; nothing on 17, 19, 21, 31-blocked, 41, 45, 54 (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OMAN. 15140, August 28 at 0147, very poor signal with music but presumed RSO`s frequency tonight, as not audible on 9500 or 15355. 15140, Aug 29 at 0036, JBA carrier, while none on proper 9500 or 15355, so presumed R. Sultanate of Oman again on wrong frequency. 9500, Aug 30 at 0129, no signal from RSO nor on 15355, but algo on 15140 {not ``also`` as in original report --- I like ``algo`` because it is only 40% as long as ``something`` tho it has just as many syllables}. 9500 heard again Aug 31 at 0113, good with Qur`an (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAKISTAN. The structure of the establishment / built up action at Hyderabad 1008 kHz - Aug 17 -, Peshawar 729 kHz - May 29 - and Dera Ismail Khan 711 kHz - Aug 7, 2014 - was already in place in 2013, but only now the plants were inaugurated. Hyderabad at Tando Hyder, 1008 kHz 100 kW, inaugurated 17 Aug 2014 25 23 58.85 N 68 25 46.84 E (Wolfgang Büschel, Aug 21, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 29 via DXLD) ** PAKISTAN. BBC World News: Pakistan national television has been taken off air after anti-government protesters stormed state broadcaster's offices. More to follow: http://bbc.in/1zZyHVP (via Drita Çiço, Albania, DXLD) Viz.: PAKISTAN STATE TV BACK ON AIR AFTER PROTESTERS STORM OFFICES 1 September 2014 Last updated at 10:54 ET Protesters cut cables and smashed broadcast equipment, as Shahzeb Jillani reports [caption] Pakistan's national television channel is back on air after security forces removed anti-government protesters from its headquarters in Islamabad. Troops were sent in to regain control from demonstrators who had forced their way into the PTV offices. . . http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-29009549 (via DXLD) With audio and video 1:54 ** PANAMA. Got a nice eQSL La Chispa Stereo. Special QSL for the 100 years of the Panama Canal. Took over the internet. http://programasdx.com/antenadx.htm The report sent to the address: lachispaestereo@hotmail.com Reply from: Victor Gutiérrez, Director, founder http://www.lachispaestereo.com (Editor Anatoly Klepov, RusDX 31 Aug via DXLD) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA [and non]. 3385, Aug 31 at 1149, no signal from RENB, Rabaul, normally the strongest NBC station here, so ``Maus Bilong Tavurvur`` knocked off by its namesake`s eruption Aug 29? Is anyone hearing it at any time? Of course, NBC stations come and go with much less impetus than that. I had heard 3385 last on August 25. Ron Howard reported 3385 went off at 1232* August 20. 3260 with talk, and 3275 carrier at least are audible at 1149 Aug 31 both gone by 1213; while no signals earlier on 3205, 3905 or any other PNG spots. 3320 has presumed Korea North and 3325 presumed Indonesia (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1737, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3260, NBC Madang, 1204*, Sept 1. Currently the strongest NBC station. Aug 30 with 1211*. 3275, NBC Southern Highlands, off about 1202, Sept 1. The weakest of all the NBC stations. Aug 30 off between 1213-1217. 3385, NBC East New Britain, Rabaul. Since Aug 29, the day of the eruption of the Tavurvur volcano, this station has been silent, through to Sept 1. A bit of volcanic history should be remembered here. In 1994, both the Vulcan and Tavurvur volcanoes erupted, destroying a major portion of Rabaul, which at the time was the provincial capital of ENB. As a result the capital of ENB was moved to it present location at Kokopo. The NBC website has finally been updated - http://nbc.com.pg/ with nice interactive map of their stations. BTW – Just for the record, I routinely check for the return of Radio Fly (3915 and 5960) and both continue their long standing absence (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1737, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Satellite pictures of the massive ash fallout from the Tavurvur volcano eruption in ENB (Ron Howard, ibid.) Linked: NASA satellite captures incredible extent of Tavurvur volcano ashfall NASA satellite captures incredible extent of Tavurvu... The Tavurvur volcano sent lava shooting into the sky, and ash billowed tens of thousands of feet above the city of Rabaul in Papua New Guinea on Sunday. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2014/09/03/nasa-satellite-captures-incredible-extent-of-tavurvur-volcano-ashfall/ (via Ron Howard, dxldyg via DXLD) Besides before & after satellite views, this story axually presents lots of Flickr shots by sailors nearby, as well as ground visits and beautiful diving views unrelated to vulcanism (gh, DXLD) 3260 and 3275, Sept 3 at 1200, two NBC carriers are on, but not 3385; one was off before the other a few minutes later but I lost track of which. Radio East New Britain, 3385 has not been heard since the volcanic eruption at Rabaul, but no news of exactly what happened to it, when it should be most needed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also AUSTRALIA ** PERU. 1540.5, OCU2X, R. Turbo Mix, Cajamarca, AUG 20 0400 - Het against 1540 domestics, measured 1540.507 kHz; slightly auroral reception conditions. The online mwoffsets.txt file from last November lists it at 1540.500 kHz. Coincidentally, Maurits Van Driessche of Belgium reported receiving this AUG 21 0400 on 1540.50 kHz. Reported AUG 28 by Paul Crankshaw of Scotland at 1540.505 kHz (Bruce Conti, WPC1CAT, Nashua NH; WiNRADiO Excalibur, MWDX-5 phasing unit, 15 x 23-m variable termination SuperLoop antennas at 60 north and 180 south, NRC IDXD 5 Sept via DXLD) Many more reports of this one from Europe, where they don`t have all our 1540 stations to overcome. Way to go from North America, detecting off-frequency signatures (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 4747.61, R. Huanta Dos Mil, Huanta. Noted this high (previously 4747.1v) at 1030 with talk, excited canned announcements, IDs and music. Excellent signal on 2/8, best signal in a long while (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn, VIC (Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Double Bazooka antennas for 80 and 40m, Par EF-SWL End Fed antenna, BHI NEIM1031 Digital Noise Eliminating Module, MFJ-1026 Noise Cancelling Module, ATU), Sept Australian DXN via DXLD) ** PERU. 4810, Perú, Radio Logos, Chazuta, Tarapoto, 0940 to 1000 vocalist with Andean music, good signal 23 August (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, various wire antennas, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 5980, R. Chaski, Urubamba, Cusco. Nice clear uninterrupted signal 1055 with instrumental flute music, ID and announcements at 1100, then into light orchestral and choral music. Preaching at 1117. Best I've heard this in a long time, 2/8 (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn, VIC (Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Double Bazooka antennas for 80 and 40m, Par EF-SWL End Fed antenna, BHI NEIM1031 Digital Noise Eliminating Module, MFJ-1026 Noise Cancelling Module, ATU), Sept Australian DXN via DXLD) 5980, Aug 29 at 0025, no signal from R. Chaski. I am monitoring earlier than usual tonight just in case it`s still active but closing earlier. I haven`t seen any other reports of it lately, but few closer DXers are willing to check and explicitly say if it is *not* on anywhen. [non]. 5980, Aug 31 at 0106, still no Chaski, but at least the DentroCuban Jamming Command provides some weak pulses against nothing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 6173.86, R. Tawantinsuyo, Cusco. Nice signal on a good Peruvian night at 1125 with Andean-style music programming. Usual QRM from CNR 1 6175 kHz, so best heard in LSB with filters, 2/8 (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn, VIC (Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Double Bazooka antennas for 80 and 40m, Par EF-SWL End Fed antenna, BHI NEIM1031 Digital Noise Eliminating Module, MFJ-1026 Noise Cancelling Module, ATU), Sept Australian DXN via DXLD) 6173.9, Perú, Radio Tawantinsuyo, Cusco, 1030 to 1047 in Spanish. Narrow filter, LSB needed and then only fair signal 29 August (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, various wire antennas, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PHILIPPINES. 9795, FEBC Radio at 1058 with ID/IS loop, repeating “This is F-E-B-C Radio broadcasting from Manila, Philippines”, 1101:10 sign-on in Vietnamese - Poor Aug 29 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, listening in my car, parked by the lake, with the Eton E1 and Sony AN1 active antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** POLAND [non]. HUNGARY, 1188 at 1100 UT Aug 19 real POLISH language program, read on list: HNG - MR4, various (100-300 kW) - 0700-1900 ethnic programs: 0700-0900 Croatian, 0900-1100 German, 1100-1200 Music, 1200-1230 Mon Slovene, Tue Ruthenian, Wed Bulgarian, Thu Greek, Fri Ukrainian, Sat Armenian, 1230-1300 (Mon-Fri) Gypsy/Roma, 1230-1300 (Sun) Polish, 1300-1500 Serbian, 1500-1700 Romanian, 1700-1900 Slovak; txs in Szolnok (non-dir 119 mtr mast - 100 kW) and Marcali (non-dir 126 mtr mast - 300 kW). Fuer die polnischen Camper am Balaton? (Wolfgang Buschel, Aug 19, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 29 via DXLD) Hungary 3800 Polish nationals ... No. Fuer die geschaetzt 10.000 Angehoerigen der polnischen Minderheit in Ungarn. (Patrick Robic-AUT, A-DX Aug 19, ibid.) Danke, Patrick, ich erinnere mich an regulaere RFI Polnischprogramme ueber die Mittelwelle France Info Lille Camphin 1377 kHz 300 kW Mon- Fri 1800-1830 UT - vor 3-4 Jahrzehnten ... u.a. damals fuer die Hunderttausende polnische Bergleute in Frankreich und Belgien bestimmt? (Wolfgang Büschel, Aug 19, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 29 via DXLD) Taken from Wiki: Polish people are the sixth largest national group in the European Union. Estimates vary depending on source, though available data suggest a total number of around 60 million people worldwide (with roughly 21 million living outside of Poland, many of whom are not of Polish ethnicity, but Polish nationals). There are almost 38 million Poles in Poland alone. There are also Polish minorities in the surrounding countries including Germany, and indigenous minorities in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Lithuania, Ukraine, and Belarus. There are some smaller indigenous minorities in nearby countries such as Moldova and Latvia. There is also a Polish minority in Russia which includes indigenous Poles as well as those forcibly deported during and after World War II; the total number of Poles in what was the former Soviet Union is estimated at up to 3 million. The term "Polonia" is usually used in Poland to refer to people of Polish origin who live outside Polish borders, officially estimated at around 10 to 20 million. There is a notable Polish diaspora in the United States, Canada, and Brazil. France has a historic relationship with Poland and has a relatively large Polish-descendant population. Poles have lived in France since the 18th century. In the early 20th century, over a million Polish people settled in France, mostly during world wars, among them Polish émigrés fleeing either Nazi occupation or later Soviet rule (via BC-DX 29 Aug via DXLD) ** QATAR. See SAUDI ARABIA [and non] ** ROMANIA. Radio Romania International, 17680, 9/2/14, 1143 UT with DX Mailbag followed by Romanian Encyclopedia program. Weak and fading reception. Some mornings nothing but dead air and noise (Larry Zamora, Garland, TX, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I assume by dead air here you mean no signal a tall, rather than unmodulated signal? (gh, DXLD) Technical error, wrong language of R. Romania International on Aug 28: 1400-1405 9520 SAF 100 kW / 270 deg SoEu Romanian, instead of Italian 1405-1426 9520 SAF 100 kW / 270 deg SoEu in Italian as scheduled Video: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/08/technical-error-wrong-language-of-radio.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGST) ** ROMANIA [and non]. COLLISIONS ON THE AIR, part 3: 1800-1856 9500 TIG 300 kW / 285 deg WeEu Romanian R. Romania Inter 1800-1900 9500 MAN 100 kW / 013 deg EaAf English TWR Africa 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also a bunch more filed under KOREA NORTH [and non] ** RUSSIA. 6020, 1840, Adygeyskoye R, Russian Fed. Drama (presumed) in vernacular, music, 333 27/07 (Mike German, Hayfield, Derbyshire, England, UK, AOR AR5000A+3 Wellbrook ALA1530 loop, Sept BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) Received QSL-cards for admission Radio Adygea from KRTPTS - Krasnodar Regional radiotetevizionny Broadcasting Center. Transmitter: pos. Oktyabrsky, Tbilisi area, Krasnodar Krai. 11.08.2014, 1700-1757 UT, 7325 kHz, Transmitter RW-688, 100 kW, Antenna SGD 4x4RA, Azimuth of 188 degrees. Mailing address: 350038, Krasnodar, ul. Radio, 3-A, KRTPTS. Enclosed in an envelope color photo calendar KRTPTS antenna (Editor Anatoly Klepov, RusDX 31 Aug via DXLD) ** RUSSIA [non]. This is the Dmitri Savitski Jazz Time programme current schedule on Radio Liberty's Russian service: Saturday 1805-1900 on 5995 11760 9840 Sunday 0505-0600 on 9635 11850 17770 Sunday 1905-2000 on 5995 7455 9840 (Rafael Martínez, Spain, music listening tips, Sept BDXC-UK Communication via WORLD OF RADIO 1737, DXLD) ** RUSSIA [and non]. VOA Russian and Russian Affiliate Launch New Show about US-Russian Relations --- New VOA and RBC co-production, Cold War?, debuted Thursday, Aug. 28 WASHINGTON, D.C., August 28, 2014 - A groundbreaking TV show co- produced by Voice of America's Russian Service and the Russian Business Channel premiered live Thursday in a primetime slot to audiences in Russia. Cold War? connects VOA hosts in Washington and New York with Russian Business Channel's (RBC's) Moscow-based host for a candid discussion with in-studio guests about points of contention between the two countries. The first episode aired Thursday at 7:35 p.m. Moscow time, directly after RBC's evening news program, and featured guests Maria Snegovoaya, a columnist at Vedomosti, a major Russian language business daily, and Erica Marat, a professor at the National Defense University. The discussion was very blunt, as discussions often were in the days of the Cold War. In one exchange, the RBC host in Moscow, Andrey Reut, said that Western sanctions were ineffective and did nothing but increase President Putin's popularity. Marat responded that Putin's ratings aren't growing because of the sanctions, but because of propaganda in Russia's government-controlled media and the government's suppression of the opposition media. VOA Director David Ensor says Cold War? "comes at an absolutely critical time in U.S.-Russia relations and builds on a very successful partnership between VOA and RBC." Ensor added that it also marks the first-ever co-production between VOA and a major TV network within Russia. VOA Russia Service broadcasters Alexey Berezin (in Washington) and Michael Gutkin (in New York) co-host the weekly show along with RBC New York co-host Boris Koltsov and RBC Editor-in-Chief Andrey Reut in Moscow. For two years, VOA Russian has been providing popular daily 5- to 10- minutes interactives from the New York Stock Exchange that air live on RBC's evening business news show. Cold War? is the first full-length VOA program, however, to air on Russian TV since 2007, when the Russian government clamped down on its already restrictive media environment. Voice of America's Russian Service has since employed a successful digital strategy to inform and engage a Russian audience that is one of the most active social media communities in the world. The RBC has an audience share of 11 percent within the Russian Federation. For more information about this release, contact the VOA Public Relations office in Washington at (202) 203-4959, or write to publicrelations@voanews.com. For more information about VOA, visit the Public Relations website at http://www.insidevoa.com or the main news site at http://www.voanews.com (VOA PR Aug 28 via DXLD) ** RUSSIA [and non]. RUSSIA / PHILIPPINES / USA Radio station "Teos" updated site design: http://s.radioteos.ru/ (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan / "deneb-radio-dx" via RusDX 31 Aug via DXLD) Radio "Teos" - Petersburg Medium wave 1089 kHz, 20 kW, 0300-1900 UT, (daily) Location: St. Petersburg, ul. Michurinskaya 14 / 3-78 Address for correspondence: 190000, St. Petersburg, Box 110 E-mail: spb@radioteos.ru Tel. / Fax: 8 (812) 498-04-83 Radio "Teos" - Moscow Medium wave 1134 kHz, 5 kW, with 0300-1900 UT, (daily) Address: 123298, Moscow, ul. Berzarina, d. 16 E-mail: Moscow@radioteos.ru Tel. / Fax: 8 (499) 197-05-66 Radio "Teos" - Khabarovsk Medium wave 1188 kHz, 5 kW, 0700-1000 UT Address: 680030, Khabarovsk, ul. Pavlovicha, 3-b Tel. / Fax: 7 (4212) 450604 FEBC - Radio Teos SW 11650 kHz (Bokaue, Philippines), 100 kW, 323 degrees azimuth. 1500-1530 (daily), 1530-1600 (Mon-Sat) Address: FEBC Philippines, 62 Karuhatan Road, 1441 Valenzuela City, Philippines E-mail: info@febc.org.ph Address: FEBC Russian Ministries, P O Box 1, La Mirada, CA 90637, USA E-mail: febc@febc.ogr (from http://s.radioteos.ru/contacts.html «Radio in Russian" Spring - Fall 2014, RusDX 31 Aug via DXLD) ** SARAWAK [non]. Frequency change of Radio Free Sarawak in Iban Mon- Sat from Sep. 2: 1100-1230 NF 15430 TSH 100 kW / 250 deg to SEAs, ex 15425 June 23-August 30 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/09/frequency-change-of-radio-free-sarawak.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) Revised to: Frequency change of Radio Free Sarawak in Iban Mon-Sat from Sep. 2 1100-1145 15430 TSH 100 kW / 250 deg SEAs, ex 15425 June 23-August 30 1145-1230 15420 TSH 100 kW / 250 deg SEAs, ex 15425 June 23-August 30 (ibid. via WORLD OF RADIO 1737, DXLD) Ivo, Thanks for changing your original RFS schedule today. Sept 2 heard RFS with no jamming at all today, on new 15430, at 1106 and through subsequent checking till check at 1137, but at 1153 check they had switched already to 15420 and still there at 1203. They have gone back to what they did in the past - split up their program via different frequencies (Ron Howard, San Francisco, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1737, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Ivo, I've my doubts about the given Taiwanese Tanshui relay site, given for Malaysia's opposite program RFS. WRN brokery shows PUG Palauig The Philippines instead, is that a veiled entry to replace for real Tanshui TWN? 73 wb WRN broker frequency list 17860 1100 1200 49NE DB 200 125 238 1234567 Lao TJK WRN 15420 1100 1300 54NE PUG 125 222 146 1234567 Eng PHL WRN <<<<<<<<<<< 15430 1100 1300 54NE PUG 125 222 146 1234567 Eng PHL WRN <<<<<<<<<<< 9320 1230 1330 44NE TAC 100 76 902 1234567 Kor UZB WRN 11570 1230 1430 44NE TAC 100 76 902 1234567 Kor UZB WRN 11860 1300 1400 44NE PUG 125 10 215 1234567 Kor PHL WRN 7590 1300 1430 44NE TAC 100 71 618 1234567 Kor UZB WRN 7555 1300 1500 44NE TAC 100 70 238 1234567 Kor UZB WRN 15630 1300 1500 44NE DB 100 71 618 1234567 Kor TJK WRN reserve 11860 1400 1430 44NE PUG 125 10 215 1...... Kor PHL WRN 7595 1430 1530 44NE TAC 100 71 618 1234567 Kor UZB WRN 9500 1430 1530 44NE PUG 125 10 215 1234567 Kor PHL WRN 11695 1430 1530 44NE PUG 125 10 215 1234567 Kor PHL WRN 11570 1430 1630 44NE DB 200 71 218 1234567 Kor TJK WRN reserve 7550 1500 1600 44NE TAC 100 70 238 1234567 Kor UZB WRN 7540 1530 1630 44NE DB 200 71 218 1234567 Kor TJK WRN 9515 1530 1630 44NE TAC 100 76 902 1234567 Kor UZB WRN 15515 1530 1700 40 ISS 500 91 205 1234567 Mul F MBR X.iraf 7505 1600 1730 44NE TAC 100 76 902 123456. Kor UZB WRN 7515 1600 1730 44NE TAC 100 71 618 123456. Kor UZB WRN 9900 1600 1730 44NE TAC 100 76 902 1234567 Kor UZB WRN reserve 15680 1630 1700 40 ISS 500 91 217 1234567 Mul F MBR A.iraf 7550 1700 1730 40 KCH 100 100 216 .2...6. Far MDA WRN 11560 1700 1800 48NW SOF 50 156 216 1234567 Eri BUL WRN 11855 1700 1800 48NW SOF 50 156 216 1234567 Eri BUL WRN 5870 1900 2000 27,28 SOF 100 320 618 1234567 Eng DRM BUL SPC 5920 1900 2000 27,28 SOF 100 320 618 1234567 Eng DRM BUL SPC 7375 1900 2000 44NE DB 100 71 618 1234567 Kor TJK WRN 7375 2000 2030 44NE DB 100 71 618 ......7 Kor TJK WRN 7505 2000 2100 44NE DB 100 71 618 1234567 Kor TJK WRN reserve 7460 2300 2330 49NE TAC 100 123 902 1234567 Lao UZB WRN 7500 2300 2330 49NE TAC 100 123 902 1234567 Lao UZB WRN reserve 9445 2300 2330 49NE DB 200 125 238 1234567 Lao TJK WRN 9940 2300 2330 49NE TAC 100 123 902 1234567 Lao UZB WRN (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DXLD) ** SAUDI ARABIA [and non]. [Re 14-35]: re exact Saudi Arabian powerhouse locations Duba 594 and 1521 kHz 2000 kW, 702 kHz 100 kW non-dir at 27 26'42.49"N 35 35'35.16"E best G.E. image picture of 15 Jan 2012, see attachment https://goo.gl/maps/OhVS4 and built up in 2010 / 2011, ARS_new Jeddah Algwizain PC22711, combined "Al Kurnayash South" MW / SW site TX house 1512 kHz 1000 kW, 648 kHz 2000 kW 21 14'38.78"N 39 09'41.03"E best G.E. image picture of 17 May 2013 https://goo.gl/maps/cbqsX next to Jordan border, ARS_Guriat Quarayyat 549 kHz 2000kW 6 mast dir, 328deg towards Amman Beirut, Syria southern Turkey + ARS_Guriat_Quarayyat_765_900_1089 kHz 31 25'43.28"N 37 22'47.60"E best G.E. image picture of 11 Aug 2013 https://goo.gl/maps/B37bS and Qatar powerhouses at 26 03'50.09"N 51 05'08.80"E http://binged.it/1vA21Ej til 2006 year 6 mast Marconi 954 kHz 1500 kW, later Harris 954 kHz 1000 kW 4 mast sidefire antenna, and Transradio Germany 675 kHz 2x300 kW, single mast from March 2010. vy73 wolfy df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, Aug 31, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Wolfi, Mauno, All I can say is you guys have more patience (and possibly more time!) to search so diligently! BTW, the 4 mast trapezoidal array at Al Arish, Qatar was designed and commissioned by Ron Rackley and me. So I got to see the old Marconi "sideways Yagi" up close. It did not have a proper matching network at the base of the skirt fed driven radiator, and so reportedly suffered from arcing problems in the box coaxial transmission line feeder. I was also told that the driven mast had collapsed and been replaced at some time in the past. bfd3 (Ben Dawson III, Hatfield-Dawson, WA, via Mauno Ritola, DXLD) Not sure about time, but it sure helps a lot, that all sites, that were found by common effort in the past are listed with exact coordinates in Dan Goldfarb's mwmasts file in the respective Yahoo group! And Google Earth has this time continuum feature: Al-Arish shows nicely both the old and new antenna at about 26 04n 5105e. Best regards, (Mauno Ritola, cc to DXLD) ** SERBIA [non]. COLLISIONS ON THE AIR, part 3: 2000-2057 6100 XIA 500 kW / 292 deg NEAf Arabic CRI 2000-2030 6100 BIJ 250 kW / 310 deg WeEu German Inter. Radio Serbia Videos: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/09/collisions-on-air-part-3.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also a bunch more filed under KOREA NORTH [and non] ** SLOVAKIA. Anybody else having difficulty getting the English Section programs for the past few days from RSI to play? I get a ~13.3MB download like normal, but just a silent file, regardless of which audio player on my computer I try. [Later:] Apparently RSI switched from using MPEG-1 to MPEG-2, so I have to go looking around the internet for the proper codec. Any idea where to find the proper codec for Winamp? I did a google search, and the links are all to dodgy-looking download sites that list what as far as I can tell are a bunch of applications and not just a .dll I really don't want to have to switch applications just to listen to an audio file. :-( -- (Ted Schuerzinger, Aug 28, Swprograms mailing list via DXLD) Was using embedded player; past two days' programs did not play. URL: http://www.rtvs.sk/radio/relacie/detail/slovakia-today-english-language-current-affairs-programme-from-slovak-radio/archiv?date=27.08.2014&station=en.rsi When I went to the "podcast" page, I got the RSS info and MP3 enclosure links still appear, and the files themselves do exist, but they have no audio content. The last day's file to play was 8/25. So I believe it's a problem at their end with file encoding & content management; not necessarily a different format. The embedded QuickTime player found silence as well. If it was an encoding problem you'd get an error (Rich Cuff, ibid.) I kind of concluded that too. I sent the folks at the English Section an email telling them of the problem as well, so with any luck it'll get fixed soon. – (Ted S., ibid.) ** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 9545, SIBC, Honiara. Fair signal with deep fades at 0355 with some enjoyable island-style pop songs. ID at 0400 then news, 8/8 (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn, VIC (Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Double Bazooka antennas for 80 and 40m, Par EF-SWL End Fed antenna, BHI NEIM1031 Digital Noise Eliminating Module, MFJ-1026 Noise Cancelling Module, ATU), Sept Australian DXN via DXLD). Same ¦ Rare catch for us, 21/8 with pop show with DJ in English and songs by Annie Lennox, John Bon Jovi etc. at 0340-0405 (but never they send not any answers of my letters and rec rep-s) (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF2001D, Folded Marconi ant 16 meters long), Sept Australian DX News via DXLD) Same ¦ Fair with island singing etc., until 0500*, seems regularly on this schedule, 3/8 (Craig Seager, DX-Pedition to Berry Creek, NT with Perseus, EWEs, Sept Australian DX News via DXLD) 5019.88, Aug 25, 1915, SIBC seems to be back on their old frequency after being spot on 5020 for a while. Quite weak signal. On Aug 18 noted with decent audio on 5020.0 at the same time. On Aug 26 at 1915 noted using the other transmitter on 5020.00. Also on Aug 27 on 5020.00 signing on at *1858- (Thomas Nilsson, Ängelholm, Sweden, SW Bulletin Aug 31 via DXLD) 5020, even frequency again, SIBC Honiara --- back from old 'odd' 5019.878 transmitter, to new unit in use again. 5020.000, SIBC Honiara, "...Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation, Radio Happy Isles...", heard with easy listening songs on Aug 30 at 1001 UT. S=9+10dB -63dBm signal strength, via remote SDR units downunder in Queensland and Sydney. ID "Radio Happy Islands ..." at 1003 UT (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 30, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5020.0, Aug 31 at 1153, SIBC with some talk modulation audible, and frequency matching something on 6020, slightly off 1020 KOKP, but in this case I assume KOKP is the one off-frequency. After our last reports on 5020-, Wolfgang Büschel found SIBC back on 5020.0 again. Today I stick with MICRONESIA`s better signal past 1200 rather than timing the SI cutoff. 5020, Sept 3 at 1157, SIBC with talk, 1158 music maybe NA, cut off at 1159:52.5*; Cuban splash from 5025 is worsening with our latening sunrises. Very poor (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOMALILAND. SOMALIA, R. Hargeisa on 7120 kHz, Times of sign off: Aug 01 1903* Aug 02 1901* Aug 03 1904* Aug 04 1902* Aug 05 no check Aug 06 1903* Aug 07 1902* Aug 08 1902* Aug 09 1902* Aug 10 1901* Aug 11 1902* Aug 12 1901* Aug 13 1901* Aug 14 1901* Aug 15 1902* Aug 16 1900* Aug 17 1901* Aug 18 1901* Aug 19 1900* Aug 20 1900* Aug 21 1902* Aug 22 1902* Aug 23 1900* Aug 24 1901* Aug 25 1901* Aug 26 1900* Aug 27 1901* Aug 28 1901* Aug 29 1901* Aug 30 1901* Aug 31 1900* (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN. RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD- 345, Satellit 750, DE-1121; ANT, 130m Sloper Wire, 303WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH AFRICA. DIGITAL RADIO SET FOR SA DEBUT http://www.techcentral.co.za/digital-radio-set-for-sa-debut/50628/ Sentech, in partnership with the National Association of Broadcasters, will launch a digital radio trial within weeks and South Africans can tune in, provided they buy a receiver. By Regardt van der Berg. State-owned broadcasting signal distributor Sentech, in partnership with the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), will begin a digital radio trial in October using the digital audio broadcasting plus (DAB+) standard. A separate but related trial is under way using a technology called digital radio mondiale (DRM). DAB+ is meant as the digital replacement for analogue FM broadcasts and DRM is effectively a digital replacement of the medium-wave or AM band. “These technologies will not only deliver better audio quality for radio, but also additional data services which can be displayed on a radio screen, such as traffic, weather and news updates,” Sentech CEO Setumo Mohapi tells TechCentral in an interview. He says the digital radio pilots will run for as long as possible and will be conducted in partnership with the NAB and the SABC. “It’s a trial to make sure that we understand the technology and operational issues,” explains Mohapi. Digital radio makes more efficient use of spectrum and provides listeners with access to value-added services. Mohapi says digital radio is not intended to replace analogue radio outright. Indeed, the two will run in parallel. The benefits become clear when considering how the technology is able to squeeze more information over the same airwaves, ultimately allowing more broadcasters to have access and creating a diversity of voices. “Depending on the transmission characteristics, we’ll be able to get up to 18 radio services into one FM frequency used by one radio station today,” Mohapi says. Mohapi says no significant changes to Sentech infrastructure are needed as signals sent to transmitter towers are already digital. Broadcasters will have to package their output slightly differently to FM transmission, mainly to cater for additional data that will be carried on the broadcast signal. Other benefits of digital radio include improved power consumption and lower maintenance costs and an increase in the number of services that can be hosted on common infrastructure, says Mohapi. The Sentech tower in Johannesburg will be one of the high sites used for the digital radio trial [caption] The trials are free of charge to radio stations that want to participate and will take place in Gauteng using high-powered transmitters on the Sentech tower in Brixton and on the Kameeldrift tower outside Pretoria. Mohapi says trials in other parts of the country are possible, but Sentech is focusing on Gauteng for the first phase. The results of the trial will be provided to communications regulator Icasa, which must decide if and when digital radio licences will be issued. The trial is open to members of the NAB and the Southern African Digital Broadcasting Association, says NAB executive director Nadia Bulbulia. The organisations represent commercial radio broadcasters, the SABC, Sentech and other parties. Consumers hoping to tune into the digital broadcasts during the trial period can do so, but will need to buy either a DAB+ or DRM receiver. These can easily be bought from online retailers at relatively little cost for a basic unit. — © 2014 NewsCentral Media (via Bill Bingham, RSA, dxldyg via DXLD) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 11825, Aug 30 at 0130, WRMI is so strong this way that BS is splashing 11805-11845, and really bad 11810-11840 5050, Aug 31 at 0108, Brother Scare is breaking up badly with extraneous noises on WWRB; but it`s a BS problem as the same thing is happening on 7570 WRMI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see USA ** SPAIN. 17715, REE, 20/8 2205 UT. Programa `Tablero deportivo` con la transmisión del partido de futbol de Sevilla versus Espanyol. SINPO: 55454 // 17580 SINPO: 55444 (Claudio Galaz, RX: Tecsun PL-660, ANT: Hilo de 30 metros, QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) 17580?? Must be typo for 17850, extended an hour to 2300 on weekends. But 22 UT is imagined to be after midnight in Spain with DST of UT +2, so not live? Surely it`s time for cena by then (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. 21640 & 21610, Aug 29 at 1354, REE is poorly audible, while not audible on 17 MHz band, with QRM from my still unknown neighbor`s FM receiver radiating second harmonic of its IF, tuned to The Twister, 101.9 from OKC, with which I can barely match the extremely distorted and weak wideband FModulation heard on the SW radio. Covers roughly 21.55 to 21.65 MHz. Why isn`t this on 21.4 = 2 x 10.7 MHz, the common IF of FM receivers? Guess it`s something to do with the frequency deviation of the FM mode (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) REE: no changes --- yet. On Radio Exterior de España’s August 29 Listeners Corner program the hosts said that the REE schedule would remain the same for the first week of September. They mentioned that "The Bosses" had stated in July that program changes/reductions would be happening after September 1st, and shortwave might be eliminated in October; but they did not elaborate at the time --- and then "The Bosses" went "on vacation" during August! So it appears things are still up in the air at REE, though I suspect with the August holidays coming to an end, we (and the REE staff) might learn some definite future plans in the next week or two. Many emails and letters lamenting the possible demise of REE shortwave were read on the program. Earlier sunset is improving my reception of REE English at 0000 on 6055. Solid signal tonight (Steve Luce, Houston, Texas, 0041 UT Aug 30, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1737, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, I am a regular listener to Radio Exterior de España and am concerned about the future of its English shortwave service. I have been exchanging emails with the station and also spoke to Alison and Justin by phone this past Friday. From October 1, shortwave in English is very uncertain. However I am definitely under the impression that this may be a case where support from listeners can still have an influence on future decisions. Alison and Justin present a very professional program each evening, but also one with a very personal touch that recognizes individual listeners. It would be a terrible shame to lose it. I think letters of support to the English section would be very appropriate at this time, especially explaining the value of the shortwave service. The email address for the English service is: english@rtve.es Anyone who knows Spanish might want to contact senior management at REE more directly, and anyone who has not listened lately should definitely give REE a try (0000z on 6055 kHz). 73, (Gregg Bares in Mass., 0032 UT Sept 2, WORLD OF RADIO 1737, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Transmissions of Radio Exterior de España, which will be eliminated, probably from the end of the first week of September 0500-0900 9780 NOB 250 kW / 050 deg WeEu Spanish DRM mode 0900-1100 15585 NOB 250 kW / 060 deg WeEu Spanish DRM mode 1100-1300 13720 NOB 250 kW / 000 deg WeEu Spanish DRM mode 1400-1600 15585 NOB 250 kW / 060 deg WeEu Spanish Sat/Sun, see below 1600-1700 15585 NOB 250 kW / 060 deg WeEu Spanish Sat, see below 1600-1700 7275 NOB 250 kW / 050 deg WeEu Spanish Sun, see below 1700-1730 15325 NOB 250 kW / 068 deg EaEu Russian Mon-Fri, see below 1700-2200 7275 NOB 250 kW / 050 deg WeEu Spanish Sat/Sun, see below 1800-1900 9665 NOB 250 kW / 050 deg WeEu French Mon-Fri, see below 1900-2000 9665 NOB 250 kW / 050 deg WeEu English Mon-Fri, see below 2100-2200 9660 NOB 250 kW / 038 deg WeEu English Sat/Sun, see below 2300-2400 6155 NOB 250 kW / 050 deg WeEu French Sat/Sun. Videos Aug. 29-31: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yadbVCBf1xA&index=16&list=UUOkdLTbNeM6g6w8oqkXYtsw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqpvTTch-zc&index=15&list=UUOkdLTbNeM6g6w8oqkXYtsw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JVoYRUbyx0&list=UUOkdLTbNeM6g6w8oqkXYtsw&index=17 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNGrMlhzG0w&index=19&list=UUOkdLTbNeM6g6w8oqkXYtsw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq-fmDGIrGs&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSebn1oxpMQ&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyoknWTVdUo&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzWCDAk2vf0&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY85zEB0sgg&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irl8DHfhk28&feature=youtu.be (DX RE MIX NEWS #869 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Sept. 1, 2014, via WORLD OF RADIO 1737 [English], DXLD) Oi, notícia via Clube do Ouvinte da REE. Nova direção, ambiente caótico. Mudanças podem incluir apenas nova programação, mas exclusão das emissões OC não pode ser afastada. http://swling.com/blog/2014/09/radio-exterior-de-espana-new-management-and-possible-change/ (pu3hag huelbe garcia, radioescutas yg via DXLD) viz: RADIO EXTERIOR DE ESPAÑA: NEW MANAGEMENT AND POSSIBLE CHANGE Posted on September 1, 2014 by Thomas RadioExteriorDeEspana SWLing Post reader, David, writes from Barcelona: I would like to let you know that changes are coming to my country’s SW broadcast station, Radio Exterior de España. As they say in the latest “Listeners Club” program in the English Language broadcast, new bosses have come, the situation is chaotic now, and everything now is “up in the air”. They may simply undergo a simple schedule change, but there’s a strong possibility as well, that REE went completely off the air. I think it is news worth spreading. Here is a link to the latest “Listeners Club”, which includes comments on the issue: http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/emision-en-ingles/english-broadcast-listeners-club/2735360/ Many thanks, David. Please keep us informed if you hear any news. Keith Perron says: September 1, 2014 at 11:06 pm If REE was to go off air it would not be a major loss. After years of poor content and no focus it was never a major player. There audience is also to small. Broadcasters like REE and all of the Eastern European broadcasters should have changed their focus 20 years ago. The mistake they made was continuing to target regions of the world where SW audiences were in the decline. They should have targeted Southeast and East Asia where the numbers are still high, but they didn’t. So they got an audience that was dropping like flies and getting older and older. Jonathan Marks says: September 2, 2014 at 3:00 am To take up Keith’s point, I think RNE made a sensible decision to focus on satellite television, targeting Latin America, mostly with domestic programmes in Spanish. They were well ahead of the Northern European broadcasters who carried on with radio. REE has always had a poor offering in foreign languages, being mainly written talks and features read in front of the microphone. QSL and forget. (swlingpost comments via WORLD OF RADIO 1737, DXLD) USO DENUNCIA QUE RTVE SE ESTÁ CARGANDO RADIO EXTERIOR: CIERRE DE PROGRAMAS Y CENTROS DE EMISIÓN --- prnoticias 03/09/14 17:04 La sección sindical de RTVE en USO ha realizado un descarnado análisis de la actual gestión de Radio Exterior de España (REE). ‘Surrealista, dantesca, contradictoria y patética’ son los adjetivos que según USO definen la labor de gestión del nuevo director de Radio Exterior de España’ Antonio Szigriszt. Denuncian además el cierre del centro emisor de Noblejas por problemas económicos y el fin de las emisiones en onda corta. El sindicato critica en una carta abierta que la producción propia de la cadena se ha quedado en nada una vez que se sustituyeron programas emblemáticos y referentes como ‘Un idiomas sin Fronteras’ o ‘Paisajes y sabores’. Además, critican, se han cambiado formatos como ‘Eureka’, ‘Made in Spain’, ‘Línea España’ o ‘Lanzadera’, que ahora formarán parte de un contenedor. ‘El caso es eliminar lo que funciona y desmotivar al motivado’, indican. Advierten además de un ‘patético arranque de temporada’. ‘Baile de fechas, de equipos, de programas, de formatos y de contenidos a una supuesta semana de arrancar una improvisada e inconcreta programación. Ausencia de escaletas. Informaciones contradictorias. Propuestas y engañosas y, lo que es peor, sin ideas’, critican en USO. Informan además que el ‘nuevo director de REE se caracteriza por afirmar una cosa y su contraria, prometer cargos que luego no da y por comprometer llamadas y reuniones que luego no realiza. Estas actitudes no están favoreciendo la buena marcha de la emisora. La palabra de Antonio Szigriszt ha quedado muy dañada. Falla en las formas y en el fondo’. Denuncian además el ‘lamentable apagón de la emisora con más audiencia de RNE. Lamentable que se ponga fin a la brillante trayectoria e historia de Radio Exterior y su onda corta –entre 10 y 40 millones de oyentes según la BBC-. Lamentable la intención de cerrar el centro emisor de Noblejas. Nuestros directivos han puesto fecha de caducidad a esta emblemática emisora’. La dirección argumenta estas decisiones en la falta de recursos y los problemas presupuestarios. ‘Y esos ahorros ¿para qué?’, responden en USO, y se contestan: ‘para pagar a los amigos colaboradores de Radio 1 y para pagar a los contratados externos VIP que conducen algunos programas’. Leer más: USO denuncia que RTVE se está cargando Radio Exterior: cierre de programas y centros de emisión http://www.prnoticias.com/index.php/radio/184-rne-/20133576-uso-denuncia-que-rtve-se-esta-cargando-radio-exterior-cierre-de-programas-y-centros-de-emision#Red1lnmMTYO7Vnin (via Pedro Sedano, Madrid, España, COORDINADOR GENERAL, AER, noticiasdx yg via DXLD) Here`s a quick & dirty Google translation, shockingly poor, but will have to do unless I can find time to fix it up. Everyone in Spain must know what USO stands for and I`m sure it isn`t USE (gh, DXLD) now deleted, in favor of this: tnx, Marty Hi Glenn, Here is the translation to the prnoticias.com story, plus the readers' comments on the bottom -- done by me. 73s, Marty Delfin (Madrid, Spain). RTVE WEIGHS DOWN ON RADIO EXTERIOR WITH PROGRAM CANCELLATIONS AND TRANSMITTER SITE CLOSURE, DENOUNCES USO UNION (prnoticias.com September 3, 2014) The USO [Workers’ Trade Unionist Confederation] representing RTVE [Radio-Televisión Española] employees has come up with a grim analysis of the management at Radio Exterior de España. “Surreal, horrific, contradictory and pathetic” are just some of the words, according to USO, that describe the management skills of Radio Exterior’s director Antonio Szigriszt. The union also charged that the main transmitter site at Noblejas will close because of economic reasons, and shortwave broadcasts will end. In an open letter, the union denounced that the network’s original content was wiped out when flagship and brand-label programs such as “Un idioma sin fronteras [A language without bounds], and “Paisajes y sabores” [Landscapes and flavors] were replaced. At the same time, format changes have been made to other programs such as “Eureka,” “Made in Spain,” “Línea España and “Lanzadera,” which are now rubbish. “What’s happening here is that they are eliminating what did work while demotivating those who are inspired,” the union stated in its letter. USO representatives also criticized the “pathetic start to the broadcast season” with “sudden changes of dates, production teams, programs, formats and content during a suppose debut week,” which resulted in “improvised and ambiguous programming.” “Lack of program grids; contradictory orders; deceitful proposals; and, the worst thing of all, a lack of ideas,” is how the union officials described the situation. They also said that “the new director at REE is known for his demeanor by saying one thing and doing another thing to the contrary; promising positions that are never filled; and committing himself to returning phone calls or holding meetings, which never take place. These actions do not favor the rightful progress of the station. Antonio Szigriszt’s credibility has been greatly ruined – failures from his style and from deep within.” They also denounce the “unfortunate blackout of a station that has a larger number of listeners than RNE (Radio Nacional de España). “It is unfortunate they are putting an end to the brilliant career and history of Radio Exterior and its shortwave service – which has between 10 million and 40 million listeners, according to the BBC. It is unfortunate they want to close the main transmitter site at Noblejas. Our management has set a deadline date for the symbolic station.” Management at REE insists that the decisions were made because of lack of resources and budgeting problems. “And what is the need for those savings?” responded the USO, while answering its own question: “they are to go to pay the friends who are freelancers at Radio 1 and to pay outside VIP contractors who host some programs.” Comments on this story by PRnoticia readers -- Juan: For decades the REE transmissions from the shortwave broadcast center at Noblejas have been heard on five continents, with quality and interesting programs in various languages. At the center, an excellent team of technicians worked hard and maintained it. The programs were produced by excellent professionals. It has been a stupendous and irreplaceable image of Spain, her people and land for the entire world. To think that internet can replace this work is naivety and an embarrassing lack of professional knowledge. Now what will the fishermen listen to when they are out to sea? Or the aid worker in the jungle? Or the hundreds or thousands of people with a simple radio who listened to REE in every corner of the world? Observer: Juan, I am 100-percent in agreement with you, but this Rajoy government is very worried about where RNE is going (there have been such comments on this webpage) and that is why they are closing down REE. Lectus: They also canceled their own newscasts where the journalists enjoyed some freedom in the way stories were handled, and they have substituted them for those of Radio 1. The destruction of Radio Exterior is painful. Observer: Is this the new way to expand or introduce the “Made in Spain” brand, by closing Radio Exterior de España? Huh? Juan: The closing of the main shortwave transmitting center at Noblejas is one of the worst abominations that can be committed. Those who are responsible for this don’t know what they are doing – it is totally irresponsible. This is a strategic center, one that is capable in assuring communications abroad in case of with satellite transmissions or the internet. It reaches places where other media cannot reach. Broadcasts are heard in remote parts, in the middle of the ocean, etc. This is a complex and irreplaceable center, authentic national patrimony. Its destruction would an authentic attack. (via Marty Delfín, Madrid, DXLD) ** SRI LANKA. Iranawila Radio Farda mistake --- Listening to Radio Farda from 2330 GMT in the UK on 7585 with SINPO 54555, the signal suddenly cut off at 2358. This frequency should stay on until 0130 while 5860 should switch off and change from Iranawila to Sulalibiyah Kuwait. I kept hearing 5860 from Iranawila until 0003 when the signal suddenly weakened significantly to what I assumed was Kuwait with Iranawila now swiched off. At the same time Iranawila came back on 7285 and is still on that frequency. I listened to the same switch over last night which was with 7585 continuing straight through 0000 GMT and 5860 switching off at 2358 and coming back on with much weaker signal at 0000 GMT (Stephen Cooper, Southport UK, 0011 UT Aug 30, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SRI LANKA. 11905, Aug 31 at 0114, SLBC carrier is on; music prélude starts at 0114:45.5, timesignal ends at 0115:18, sign-on; fair with flutter. 11905, Sept 1 at 0114 carrier, 0114:43.5 music starts, 0115:17.5 timesignal ends, SLBC opening, poor with flutter. 11905, Sept 3 at *0114:13.5 carrier on; 0144:46.5 music starts; 0115:18 mistimesignal ends from SLBC, fair with flutter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SURINAME. 4990, UnID, possibly Suriname, Radio Apintie, Paramaribo, 0930 to 0955 on 23 August, same 0930 to 0945 with some audio on 26 August (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, various wire antennas, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SWEDEN. 3950, 1140-1150 and 1645 24.8, R Nord Revival, Ringvalla, Sala (5 kW) Reactivated station Swedish ann with occasional English ann, Swedish and English oldies, frequent R Nord ID's and ads, 45333 // 5770 and 6065. 5770, 0830-0955 23.8, R Nord Revival, The Castle, Vaxholm, Stockholm (0.5 kW), Swedish programmes of R Nord, including talk of first Swedish radioamateur transmission 100 years ago at Vaxholm, 45343 fading to 35232 // 6065. 6065.00, 0758-0955 23.8, R Nord Revival, Ringvalla, Sala (10 kW). Reactivated station. Swedish with occasional English announcements, Swedish and English oldies, frequent R Nord ID's and ads, 55555. Also heard on 24.8 and on 25.8 at 0430-0435, but not later, // 3950 and 5770 (Anker Petersen, a few loggings I made on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire here in Skovlunde, Denmark, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** SWITZERLAND. 765, Antenne Sottens gesprengt / blown up. Gestern wurde der neuere der beiden Masten in Sottens gesprengt. Etwa 2000 Zuschauer hat die Sprengung angelockt. (Sandro Blatter-SUISSE, A-DX Aug 21 via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 29 via DXLD) ** SWITZERLAND. Bob Zanotti writes on the Switzerland in Sound Facebook group: 1 September 2014 --- Hello All. I learned this afternoon that Bob Thomann suffered a brain hemorrhage a few days ago, and is currently in a rehabilitation clinic near Basel. This follows the death of his wife in July. I just spoke with Bob and he is doing very well and is receiving excellent care. He expects to return home in about 2 weeks. I asked if I might report the news, and he approved. If you'd care to send a card or note, which I think he'd appreciate, here's the address: Robert Thomann Reha Rheinfelden Zimmer 307 4310 Rheinfelden Switzerland 73, BZ Chrissy Brand wrote in 2010 on the DX International blog Switzerland in Sound is the website where some of Swiss Radio International migrated to when it left shortwave. I make no apologies for mentioning the site again. It’s full of excellent audio material including many vintage Swiss Shortwave Merry-Go-Round programmes and interviews by The Two Bobs: http://www.switzerlandinsound.com/ Switzerland in Sound has been running for several years now and a much welcomed associated site sprang up in the summer. You can now join a Facebook group for Bob Zanotti's Switzerland In Sound. Simply search Switzerland in Sound at: www.facebook.com/ There you can access new weekly broadcasts of Swiss Merry Go Round / Switzerland in Sound. What joy-a one hour broadcast about shortwave with Bob Thomann and Bob Zanotti. Also at: http://www.radio4all.net/ which is PCJ Media’s podcast site. http://dxinternational.blogspot.co.uk/2010_09_01_archive.html (all via Mike Terry, Sept 1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1737, DXLD) ** TAHITI [and non]. Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 9-1 Hello All, The new DX season started off with a bang here this morning as 738-Radio Polynésie somehow managed its best-ever audio here in the pedestrian DXing location of Puyallup. Although expectations were low for this first day of September (and the Asians seemed to live up to the low expectations), the signal from Tahiti was almost at ocean cliff strength -- quite a shocker. A check of the band at the 1300 start time revealed only a collection of anemic Asian big guns with intermittent audio on 828, 972 and 1566. Knowing that the "K" index was high I checked for South Pacific propagation, and as usual only 738-Tahiti was showing any sign of life from south of the Equator. Around 1315 Tahiti started going on a romp with its French disco music, reaching an unprecedented level (for this location) around 1318. This might be partially related to the larger 15" FSL antenna being used here this season, but in any case the signal was almost worthy of a "Cliffhanger DXing" session. The Asians never developed much energy here this morning, with only 1566-HLAZ reaching a fair level around 1305. There was a large collection of moderate Chinese carriers on 639, 936, 1017, 1323, 1377 and 1593 this morning but none of these could manage any audio. Overall it was strictly a 738-Tahiti show here this morning, and it will be interesting to know if some other DXers noticed its potent signal. 738, Radio Polynesie Mahina, Tahiti Strong French disco music at 1318; best signal ever heard here in Puyallup http://www.mediafire.com/listen/4jbuioeod8c6rj9/738-R.Polynesie-1318z090114PL380.MP3 73 and Good DX, (Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 7.5" loopstick Tecsun PL-380 Ultralight + 15" DXpedition FSL antenna http://www.mediafire.com/view/7bkbc9rzg2koq2k/15inchDXFSL-014.jpg IRCA via DXLD) ** TAIWAN. 16450, 1043, Sound of Hope. YL & OM with Chinese talk and music bridges, 232, 10/08 (Michael L Ford, Newcastle-u-Lyme, Staffs, England, UK, NRD515, NCM515, NRD545, 85' lw, Wellbrook 330ALA loop, Sept BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) Not really CNR1 jammer?? (gh) 7280, TAIWAN, Sound of Hope (presumed) heard at 1111 on 8/27/14. A conversation in Mandarin between two men. No listing in EIBI or Aoki for this time period. Good (Bob Brossell, Pewaukee, WI, Equipment: JRC NRD 545 (Godar DXR-1000 antenna); Eton E1; Sony ICF SW77, NASWA Flashsheet Aug 31 via DXLD) ** TAIWAN. 9745, Guanghua shi Sheng. *0755, strong level with anthem, ID etc., into news 0800, 3/8 (Craig Seager, DX-Pedition to Berry Creek, NT with Perseus, EWEs, Sept Australian DX News via DXLD) ** TAJIKISTAN. 4765.05, Tajik Radio: Aug 24 1403-1413, 35343, Tajik, Talk and music, ID at 1407 Aug 25 1249-1300, 35433, Tajik, Music and talk, ID at 1259 Aug 26 1335-1345, 35433, Tajik, Music and talk, ID at 1336 (Kouji Hashimoto, JAPAN. RX, IC-R75, NRD-525+RD-9830, NRD-515, NRD- 345, Satellit 750, DE-1121; ANT, 130m Sloper Wire, 303WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 19060, 1840, Tajik R Home Service. Folk songs // 4765 14295 not // 9530 [19060 is fourth harmonic of 4765 – ed] 252, 29/07 (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, Sony ICF2001D & VEF201, Ant Folded Marconi 16m, Sept BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) There is regular listening to Home Service of Tajik Radio - at night on 4765 kHz and all broadcasting times on their harmonics 14295 and 19060 kHz and rare on 9530 kHz. I didn't find a programme in Russian. May someone help me for times with programs in Russian? (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria on 26 August 2014, RusDX 31 Aug via DXLD) ** TANZANIA [and non]. At a time when we keep hearing from ersatz experts how useless radio and shortwave have supposedly become, here's a different take from a rural perspective. Lots of people all over the world live in rural areas and they're no less interested in life matters than urban dwellers. From the New York Times, 11/27/2013 (John Figliozzi, NY, Aug 29, 2014, dxldyg via DXLD) Viz.: IN TANZANIA, FARMERS REAP THE BENEFITS OF RADIO ARUSHA, Tanzania --- How do you share ideas – including potentially transformative ones – with people who do not have Internet access, are largely illiterate, and live far from paved roads? Even in today’s hyper-connected world, most farmers in Tanzania – who make up 75 percent of the country’s population of 48 million – have limited interaction with people outside their communities. Ideas, by extension, are slow to travel. Many small-scale farmers use outdated farming techniques when planting and harvesting their land, based on knowledge passed on from their ancestors. They also run the risk of being cheated in the market, if they do not have frequently updated price information for crops. Too often, this means that small-scale farmers experience low crop yields and remain trapped in a vicious cycle of hunger and poverty. Mobile technology, long the focus of international development efforts, is not always reliable for spreading information across rural Tanzania. Nearly 40 percent of the country’s population lacks a mobile connection. “Network coverage is not so good for mobiles in remote areas,” admitted Christopher Chiza, Tanzania’s minister of agriculture. Many farmers, he said “cannot really play around with these gadgets.” Infrastructure limits sharing ideas face to face with farmers in isolated villages. Despite being twice the size of California, Tanzania only has a third of the Golden State’s road network. Over 90 percent of rural roads are unpaved, making them especially difficult to traverse in bad weather. (Tour guides sometimes joke about the “Tanzanian massages” visitors receive – referring to the sensation of traveling on the country’s bumpy and uneven roads.) In this environment, there is one communication technology that is being harnessed to deliver important agricultural knowledge: the simple radio. Nearly 90 percent of rural Tanzanians have access to this inexpensive, centuries-old technology – and they use it frequently. “In the mornings, I listen to Christian music, and then the news,” said Onesmo Sumari, a cucumber farmer in Njoro, a village outside Arusha. “And my family and I listen every evening.” Around the world, farmers use the radio to get timely crop information and learn new techniques. In sub-Saharan Africa, four times as many farmers have access to the radio as to cellphones. In this vein, radio stations across Tanzania have developed shows that cover a range of agricultural issues, from the intricacies of cattle rearing to the nutritional value of orange-flesh sweet potatoes. The Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation, the country’s public broadcaster, has been airing shows for farmers since 1955. Community-based and privately owned radio stations have introduced agricultural programming more recently. Some shows have even added interactive elements to their programming, giving farmers the opportunity to learn from their peers. “The radio provides information that rural folks feel they can trust,” said Mercy Karanja, who advises the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on agricultural development in East Africa. “Farmers talk about the ideas to their fellow farmers. They can become agricultural innovators, and even champions.” In Arusha, a city close to Mount Kilimanjaro, the local station Radio 5 recently broadcast a program on kitchen gardens. The station invited a local horticulture expert, Digna Massawe, to explain how to grow these gardens and their nutritional benefits. In Swahili, Massawe explained the types of vegetables that could be grown near one’s home, their nutritional benefits, and how they could be attractively arranged. The program’s host, Clara Moita, paced the conversation and fielded the many incoming calls. In the middle of the show, Moita ran a text- based survey with listeners, asking whether they were previously familiar with kitchen gardens: 75 percent said yes. Moita has been working as a radio jockey for four years, and in that time, has met many of her listeners for the purpose of understanding their agricultural needs. “Most think I’m a good farmer, and that I can teach them something,” she said. Some of her listeners credit Radio 5 for their decision to grow new types of vegetables. Radio 5’s agricultural content is supported by a Canadian nonprofit called Farm Radio International (F.R.I.). It works with 10 stations in Tanzania, collectively reaching up to 40 percent of the country’s farmers. F.R.I. entered Tanzania in 2007 because it saw a substantial opportunity in the predominantly rural country. “Almost anyone can get a radio signal, usually in their own language,” said Kevin Perkins, F.R.I.’s country director here. “It’s also a listening and storytelling culture.” The organization began in the late 1970s, when a radio broadcaster named George Atkins traveled to Zambia. He had been hosting an agricultural show in Canada for the previous 25 years. Atkins learned that most agricultural programming in Africa at the time was intended for large commercial farmers. For instance, some shows talked about tractor maintenance, which was irrelevant for small-scale farmers who used oxen. African broadcasters from several countries told Atkins that they would welcome new radio content. Today, F.R.I. runs programs in 38 radio stations across seven African countries (they actually provide content to 490 stations, but don’t do hands-on work in all those locations). They work primarily with local stations like Arusha’s Radio 5, as opposed to national broadcasters, so they can tailor their messaging. “Farmers want information they can use now – if they’re planting, they don’t want information about harvesting,” said Karanja. “The national broadcaster may be aligned in some regions, but they’re not as aligned” as local stations. In the case of Radio 5, F.R.I. helps develop scripts of interest to small-scale farmers in the area. It also helped set up interactive software to allow listeners with mobile coverage to be part of the live shows. For instance, farmers can call the station during a broadcast, text the station to answer a survey, and record their conversations to play on the air. The focus on interactivity began after F.R.I.’s research arm published a study in 2010. They randomly assigned rural communities in five countries to one of three groups. The first, the “active participants,” gave feedback to the broadcaster before, during, and after the program. The other groups either passively listened to the broadcasts or remained unexposed to them (acted as the control group). Three years later, the researchers found that nearly 40 percent of the active participants had tried new farm techniques, compared with 20 percent of the passive listeners – and only 4 percent of the control group. Other studies corroborate F.R.I.’s findings. A group of researchers in Kenya found that women were especially likely to benefit from interactive broadcasts, as compared with “simply consuming information provided by others.” Researchers in India found that the addition of an answering machine to a radio program offered “the potential to considerably improve community engagement,” though they noted the challenge of introducing new technology to certain communities. To encourage dialogue, F.R.I. supports “listening groups” for the radio broadcasts. For instance, every Friday afternoon, a 65-year-old farmer named Elembora Esse joins 20 of her neighbors to listen to Radio 5 under a thatched hut in Malala village, about 15 miles outside Arusha. Esse said the group had been helpful because members discussed the radio show and practiced the techniques at their own pace. Around the hut, the group has planted a “model farm,” where members jointly grow leafy greens, eggplants and an organic pesticide called amaranthus. Many group members, including Esse, have successfully copied some techniques in their own farms. The group listens to the broadcast on a windup radio, which operates without electricity and is able to record voice. Members have recorded some of their conversations — in one they discussed their experiences producing and marketing vegetables — and Radio 5 has played this content on the air. “Farmers’ voices are always featured through phone-in programs, interviews and village debates,” said Perkins. “Listeners want to know that farmers like them have tried their approach.” To be sure, there are important limitations to interactive radio. Though the shows are inexpensive to produce and distribute, they require considerable care and expertise to produce well. Onesmo Sumari, the cucumber farmer, has different knowledge requirements than his neighbor Juliet Japhet, who rears poultry and has less formal education. To achieve the results of F.R.I.’s “active participant” group, radio producers must conduct substantial research and regularly integrate farmers’ feedback. In addition, the farmers who participate in interactive sessions are by necessity more connected. Listeners in areas without mobile coverage will be, at best, passive listeners of broadcasts – putting them at an immediate disadvantage. At a deeper level, radio shows may not be sufficient to spur sustainable behavior change. In contrast to F.R.I., the nonprofit One Acre Fund runs face-to-face training sessions with farmers in East Africa – also designed to introduce them to new ideas. At a recent session in Magulilwa village, in Tanzania’s Iringa district, farmers participated in lively role-playing to demonstrate the optimal space between seeds. Four farmers volunteered to act as seeds. They were asked to stand very close together and grow like maize. Audience members started giggling when their peers began squirming because they were packed too tightly. “It is a highly visual and memorable example that sticks with people,” said Andrew Youn,One Acre Fund’s founder. “It sure beats a more technical message of, ‘The optimal plant population is 20,000 plants on one acre of land.’” One Acre Fund enters villages with the intention of staying for several years. “Lasting change can require many years and in my opinion requires organizations that are committed to a region for the long haul,” said Youn. In his organization’s experience thus far, Youn has found agricultural radio to better serve as a “supplement to person-to-person contact,” preferably from a trusted community member. The deep engagement, however, implies that One Acre Fund has reached fewer homes to date than radio stations have. For the millions of farmers who are not yet touched by holistic interventions like One Acre Fund, radio can be an effective and inexpensive first step to introducing new ideas. It appears to be especially true in places like Malala village, where a group of farmers can meet and support one another as they try new innovations. “Learning to grow vegetables is important for me,” said Elembora Esse of the Malala group. “I can earn more money from my neighbors and friends.” (NY Times via John Figliozzi, dxldyg via DXLD) Thanks for drawing our attention to this worthwhile article, But - radio a "centuries-old technology"?! Posted by: (chrisgreenway, ibid.) Well, spans parts of three centuries (Glenn Hauser, XXI, DXLD) ** THAILAND. 8743.0, Bangkok Meterolog. Radio, Bangkok Volmet, 1849, 31/08/2014, con locutora, Eng, 24232 (Antonio Madrid, QTH: Moraleda (Granada) - España/Spain, Coordenadas: 37º 08' 48'' N-003º 56' 42'' O; Altitud: 625 Mts; RX: Kenwood R5000, ANT: Dipolos de 100 mts y 60 Mts, WWW: http://www.elradioescucha.net Hecho con Log-Report: http://www.log-report.tk playdx yg via DXLD) ** TRISTAN DA CUNHA. 04/09/2014: Paul, ZS1S (ZD9ZS) and a well known British operator (ZD9 call TBA) will visit and be QRV from Tristan da Cunha (AF-029) between early September and early October. They will travel on the South African Antarctic supply ship, the SA Agulhas II. She is due to leave Cape Town on 4 September and to arrive at Tristan da Cunha four to five days later, depending on weather and sea conditions. The return voyage is scheduled to start on 4 October. QSL ZD9ZS via ZS1S (see QRZ.com). Details will be made known in the next coming days. Website: www.qrz.com/db/ZD9ZS [425 DX News] (via I.C.P.O. Bulletin (29 August - 05 September 2014), "Islands, Castles & Portable Operations", via editor Dave Raycroft, ODXA yg via DXLD) How about for no extra cost, activating some transmissions which would qualify as Shortwave Broadcast??? (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** TROMELIN. FT4TA, Tromelin 2014 PRESS RELEASE - We have just passed the 100 days mark before the beginning of our FT4TA operation to the island of Tromelin. Since the last official press release many things have evolved well; we are extremely fortunate. Thanks to the strong mobilization around our project, we are relatively trustful in the fact of being able to gather the necessary budget. If we do not meet last minute problems, and if individual donations continue to flow at the current rate, we should balance our budget (after the expedition). Some partners have not yet validated their assistance, and we definitively count on them! In addition, several people in Japan have mentioned to us they encountered problems with the Paypal button on our website. In order to circumvent this problem, we invite people who would be in this instance to use our address (tromelin2014@orange.fr) directly from their Paypal account. Almost all of the equipment was gathered by the team. This equipment was lent, purchased or taken from our personal stations. We want to express our thanks to Spiderbeam (masts), Elecraft (radios), OM Power (amplifiers), Microham (interfaces), Messi and Paolini (coaxial cables), DX Engineering (phasing 80m) and DX World.net, which sponsors us the Internet access by satellite to let you use our on-line logbook and read daily news from the team during the operation. At the end of June, three pallets of equipment had been shipped to Reunion island. They have been transported last Sunday to Tromelin (by helicopter) by the logistics service of TAAF. This possibility was offered to us suddenly and was not in our initial plan. Although it induces very important expenditure, we could not let pass this opportunity because it will deeply modify the physiology of our operation. It would not have been possible for us to carry all this equipment on a small aircraft. This freighting marks the true point of no return! Our preliminary works with TAAF continue. Michel FM5CD and Seb F5UFX went at the end of May to Reunion to meet our interlocutors (TAAF, civil aviation, airline company). We want to highlight again the trusted relationship and the incommensurable assistance brought by TAAF. 2014 marks the 60th birthday of the first amateur radio activity from Tromelin. Prepared in collaboration with the philatelic service of TAAF, and drawn by an artist, a special stamp will be put on sale at the time of the Autumn Philatelic Exhibition in Paris (November 6th to 9th). During this event, an amateur radio station will be set-up on the TAAF booth by the radio-club of Provins, F6KOP. They will proceed to demonstrate and make contacts with FT4TA team twice a day. It's very important to promote our activity in such an exhibition. Our website evolves constantly. The pages known as "classical" are available since the beginning (operators, pilots, QSL manager, sponsors) and news articles appeared lately (historical, bandplan..). Others are in preparation and should be published soon (interview of FR5ZU and F6JJX, two ex- "Tromelin" operators, PowerPoint presentation). It is the ideal time to prepare your station to be ready. On October 30th point your antennas towards the Indian Ocean! In the meantime join us on Facebook & Twitter to follow our news and keep an eye on the Tromelin2014 website http://www.tromelin2014.com/ A surprise will be announced soon! [DX-World] (via I.C.P.O. Bulletin (29 August - 05 September 2014), "Islands, Castles & Portable Operations" via editor Dave Raycroft, ODXA yg via DXLD) How about for no extra cost, activating some transmissions which would qualify as Shortwave Broadcast??? (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** TURKEY. 9870, Aug 28 at 0131, VOT Spanish // stronger 9770, and 9870 without the rapid cutouts of yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UGANDA. Arthur Miller has again heard what he thinks was Dunamis Shortwave from Uganda on 4750 kHz with English religious programming at 1830 on 12th August. As there is nothing else that would broadcast English religious programmes on 4750, I’m sure his presumption is correct! (Alan Pennington, Sept BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) ** UKRAINE. 11980, 0600, R Dniprovskaya Khvylia. Tones to 0600, Ukrainian announcements. 232, 16/08 (Michael L Ford, Newcastle-u-Lyme, Staffs, England, UK, NRD515, NCM515, NRD545, 85' lw, Wellbrook 330ALA loop, Sept BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) ** UKRAINE [and non]. 21345.0 - 12 x 120 Bd BPSK - AT3004D from East Ukraine - daily! 21445.0 spurious -> Radio Free Asia on 21455.0 and spurious from Chinese jammer +/- 10 kHz. (daily 1000-1100 UT) 73 de Wolf [not Büschel], DK2OM, 2 Sept 1059 GMT, INTRUDERALERT http://iaru-r1.org/mailman/listinfo/intruderalert_iaru-r1.org -- (via Tim Bucknall, harmonics yg via DXLD) ** UKRAINE. For those interested in RUI Kiev's radio in Ukraine. For the ex-RUI Kiev listener, for 4 days now, the TV station "Ukraine Today" on air here in Europe. Another Ukrainian millionaire oligarch Igor Kolomojski opened his channel: With its own view from Ukraine compared to the strong "Russia Today" TV program on air. Eutelsat 13E degrees, 11623 MHz Vertical 27.5 see also (Wolfgang Büschel, Aug 27, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 29 via DXLD) ** U K. BBCWS DIRECTOR PETER HORROCKS TO STEP DOWN Greetings from Sactown once again, Glenn. Just read this article on Auntie Beeb's web site that BBC World Service Director Peter Horrocks will step down at years' end. http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-29009119 73s para (Sactown-n-KVMR broadcaster Ed Gardner, DX LISTENING DIGEST) BBC Media Centre 1 September 2014 http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/peter-horrocks Peter Horrocks, Director of the BBC World Service Group, today announced that he will be leaving the BBC in the new year. Peter Horrocks has been Director of the World Service since 2009 and has worked at the BBC for 33 years. Under Peter’s leadership weekly audiences for the BBC’s global news services - BBC World Service, BBC World News and BBC.com – have reached a record 265m. Peter has led the World Service through some of its most challenging times, responding to funding cuts by modernising the World Service for the digital age. He successfully oversaw one of the biggest changes in the history of the World Service as it moved from Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) funding into the licence fee, leaving its historic headquarters of Bush House for the BBC’s New Broadcasting House. BBC World News has undergone a creative renewal that is being appreciated by audiences around the world and bbc.com/news now regularly achieves one billion page views a month. BBC News is the most retweeted news source in the world. Peter Horrocks said: “It has been a privilege to be Director of the BBC World Service, which is loved and trusted by hundreds of millions of people around the world. I am hugely proud of the dedication, the creativity and the reinvention shown by my team. The World Service now has its largest ever audience, an expanding number of languages, and is modernised and transformed for a digital age. “Having overseen this recovery and taken the World Service into the new era of licence fee funding, it is time for me to move on to my next challenge. I will miss the BBC but am confident that the BBC’s global news services are in strong shape for the future.” Director-General of the BBC, Tony Hall, said: "Peter’s remarkable career at the BBC has spanned more than three decades. Starting as a News trainee, he established himself as the youthful editor of Public Eye before going on to lead teams that produced some of the BBC’s most important news programmes, including Newsnight and Panorama. He also edited general election programmes before running several News departments, latterly the World Service Group. “Those who have worked with him know of his energy, drive, his passion for journalism and his innovation but they have also come to appreciate his editorial integrity and his deeply rooted sense of BBC values. He leaves us as one of our most respected leaders. He is a force of nature and we will miss him.” Director of BBC News and Current Affairs, James Harding, said: “Peter Horrocks has been a defining figure in the modern history of the BBC World Service and global news. He has demanded the highest standards of its journalism, he has driven innovation in the ways we tell stories and deliver the news, he has opened the BBC to new voices and fresh ideas and he has presided over the extraordinary growth of the BBC’s worldwide audience. “His sharp intellect, open-mindedness and good judgment have shaped BBC News and Current Affairs for three decades. He has recruited and inspired hundreds of people here in the UK and around the world. And, like few others, he has set his stamp on both the programmes and the personality of the BBC. “Since I joined the BBC last year, Peter has been a constant source of good advice, organisational wisdom and personal support. Of course, I respect Peter’s decision to move on, but, both personally and as an organisation, we will miss him.” The BBC will advertise for Peter’s successor as Director, World Service Group. Notes to Editors: Peter Horrocks has worked in a wide variety of roles across BBC News since 1981. He has been editor of Newsnight and Panorama and produced TV election results programmes in 1992 and 1997. He has been Head of Current Affairs, Head of TV News and he created the BBC’s multimedia newsroom department in 2007. His role as Director of the World Service Group means he has responsibility for World Service English radio, multimedia services in 28 languages, BBC World News TV, BBC.com/news and BBC Monitoring. He also chairs the BBC’s international media charity BBC Media Action. BBC Press Office (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) ** U K [non]. New schedule, special Saturday BBC football programmes: 1300-1400 on 17830 MEY 250 kW / 032 deg to EaAf Somali Sat 1300-1400 on 21470 DHA 250 kW / 205 deg to EaAf Somali Sat 1330-1600 on 17780 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to WeAf Hausa Sat 1400-1500 on 17830 MEY 250 kW / 032 deg to EaAf Somali Sat 1400-1500 on 21470 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Somali Sat 1500-1600 on 17830 MEY 250 kW / 032 deg to EaAf Somali Sat 1500-1600 on 21470 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to EaAf Somali Sat Cancelled: 1130-1400 on 17600 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to WeAf Hausa Sat 1130-1300 on 17870 SLA 250 kW / 220 deg to EaAf Somali Sat 1130-1300 on 21660 DHA 250 kW / 205 deg to EaAf Somali Sat 1300-1400 on 15420 MEY 250 kW / 032 deg to EaAf Somali Sat 1300-1400 on 17870 MEY 250 kW / 032 deg to EaAf Somali Sat http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/09/new-schedule-for-special-saturday.html (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, Sept 2, dxldyg via DXLD) Is this for Premier League commentary? (Stephen Cooper, England, dxldyg via DXLD) Yes, Commentary in Hausa and Somali (Ivo, ibid.) ** U K [non]. BBCWS English, all jammed by China mainland White Noise Scratching co-channel: Nakhon Sawan-THAILAND, BBCWS English 0000-0100 9410. 13625 Tue/Wed/Fri, 13725 Mon/Thur, 13810 Sat/Sun. 15180 Wed/Sat, 15650 Mon/Tue/Thur, 15755 Mon/Fri. 0100-0300 15310 1100-1200 9740. 17720 Wed/Thur, 17760 Tue/Sun, 17830 Mon/Fri/Sat. 1200-1300 5875. 11750. 1300-1400 15150 Sun/Mon, 15310 Wed/Sat, 15660 Tue/Thur/Fri. 1300-1500 5810 Wed/Fri, 5830 Tue/Sat, 5875 Sun, 5895 Mon/Thur. 1500-1700 7465. 2300-2400 5875, 9890, 12010. Kranji Singapore, BBCWS English 1100-1200 15270 Wed/Thur, 15285 Mon/Fri/Sat, 15640 Tue/Sun. Al Seela-OMAN, BBCWS English 1300-1400 17720 Mon/Wed, 17790 Fri/Sun, 17845 Tue/Thur/Sat. Ascension Island, BBCWS English 2100-2200 9915, 11810, and 12095 kHZ, Mon-Fri only. Nakhon Sawan-THAILAND, BBC Uzbek service 1300-1330 17480 exc. Tue/Thur/Sat; 17735 only Tue/Thur/Sat. Al Seela-OMAN, BBC Uzbek service 1300-1330 15175 Mon/Wed/Sat, 15330 Fri/Sun, 15495 Tue/Thur. 17510 Mon/Tue/Sat, 17575 Wed/Thur/Fri/Sun. (Wolfgang Büschel, BDXC-UK Aug 25 via BCDX 29 Aug via DXLD) ** U K. GRAN BRETAÑA: 1035.0, Radio 1035, Crystal Palace, 2037, 29/08/2014, Con locutor / música Hindú moderna, Eng, 33333 (Antonio Madrid, QTH: Moraleda (Granada) - España/Spain, Coordenadas: 37º 08' 48'' N-003º 56' 42'' O; Altitud: 625 Mts; RX: Kenwood R5000, ANT: Dipolos de 100 mts y 60 Mts, WWW: http://www.elradioescucha.net Hecho con Log-Report: http://www.log-report.tk playdx yg via DXLD) ** U S A/UNIDENTIFIED. 3326-USB // 4986-USB // 8764-USB on Aug 28 again heard Coast Guard NOAA conditions along the Wash-Oregon coast at 1044 (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 12788-USB, Aug 28 at 1015, tropical weather info including Hurricane Cristóbal [note accent!]; 1019 lists a bunch of frequencies but I`m not ready to copy; concerning some operational change? Then ID as NMN, Chesapeake, phone for comments 1-800-742-8519, out at 1021. However, this frequency is listed for NMG New Orleans, apparently simulcasting NMN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) According to this page http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=cgTeleComm New Orleans LA is remoted to Chesapeake at this time. So whatever goes into or out of New Orleans apparently goes through Chesapeake VA (via coaxial cable?) prior to transmission by CAMSLANT (short for Communications Area Master Station Atlantic, I guess). Thus the ID actually makes sense. Posted by: (S S Fahrer, Aug 30, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I would say *comes from* Chesapeake (gh) ** U S A. 8992-USB. US AIR FORCE MESSAGES, 30/8 0605 UT. Lectura de números y letras. Las letras son leídas como: Uniform, Lima, Alpha, et al. SINPO: 45454 (Claudio Galaz, RX: Tecsun PL-660, ANT: Hilo de 30 metros, QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) EMERGENCY ACTION MESSAGES – WHAT ARE THEY? I was listening to the Web SDR at the university of Twente in the Netherlands at work last week when an EAM was broadcast by Mainsail on 8992 kHz and one of my colleagues asked me what on earth I was listening to. So it dawned on me that perhaps other listeners who had heard these messages might not know what they were. EAM stands for Emergency Action Message; the following is from the monitoring times website: "EAM: Though generally referring to a category of urgent messages from commanders to deployed forces, EAM is often used as a short-hand expression for a specially coded nuclear attack directive." From "Strategic Command, Control, and Communication - Alternative Approaches For Modernization"; John J Hare, Richard H. Davison, and Peter Tarpgaars; Congressional Budget Office (CBO); October 1981; Page 44: "....Proper coding and formatting of EAMs is of crucial importance, since nuclear forces are prepared to execute any messages they receive that meet rigid specifications. In addition to specific instructions contained in an EAM, proper coding provides the means by which a commander expresses his authority to release nuclear weapons and an officer controlling those weapons verifies that authority." Ibid, Page 12: "[In the December 94 issue of Monitoring Times] we talked about the U.S. military's Emergency Action Messages (EAM) broadcast. Here is an interesting explanation, taken from a U.S. Air Force manual, of what an EAM is. "Joint Chiefs of Staff Emergency Action Messages (EAMs) contain key instructions or information from high level authority and have predetermined formats (pro forma). Such messages are transmitted by various communications systems and normally carry FLASH precedence. They are vital messages of an extremely time-sensitive nature, and rapid processing is mandatory to obtain the fast reaction required by their content. Usage and handling procedures are of the highest classification and have been issued by the JCS only to those who have a need to know." (AFM-01-1-18, sub 3; amended 01 Jan 1990)." From the May 1995 Monitoring Times; Utility World column by Larry Van Horn; page 33; section titled "What are EAMs?": From a shortwave utility hobbyist's standpoint what are they? Park your HF receiver (set to upper side band mode) on 15016.0 kHz, 13200.0 kHz, 11175.0 kHz (the most productive for day to day monitoring of the U.S. military on HF), 8992.0 kHz (ideal for monitoring during North American nights), 6739.0 kHz , 6712.0 kHz or 4724.0 kHz. Eventually you'll hear ground stations of the USAF's HFGCS (led by ANDREWS or OFFUTT or MCCLELLAN, identified in the clear since 1992) broadcast one or more Emergency Action Message, or EAM. You will hear a six-character alpha-numeric string (known as the "preamble") read phonetically, repeated three times. This will be followed by the same 6-character string either by itself (as the entire message), or concatenated with additional alpha-numeric characters to produce alpha-numeric strings that total 28 characters (the most common length; 30-characters prior to 01 Oct 2000; 26-characters prior to 01 Oct 1998), or 22 characters (20 character prior to 01 Oct 2000), or strings with character-counts that can extend into the hundreds of characters (with the available character set universe consisting of all 26-characters of the English alphabet plus the numerals two, three, four, five, six and seven; with extremely rare exceptions there are no zeros, ones, eights or nines heard in these strings). Just to prove that even the USAF operators are human ; ) check out this recording of a recent EAM that didn’t go quite according to protocol: http://youtu.be/-_JqeU9TeT4?list=UUvtPMGlmMjs_0AzpzwJCLLg Sounds like to senior operator as taken the mike off this guy telling listeners to disregard the message! I often hear EAMs on 8992 kHz or "triple 1" 11175 kHz so please do keep an ear on the abovementioned frequencies and drop me a line with what you hear – where and when (John Volpato, ACT, Utility, Sept Australian DX News via DXLD) ** U S A. 7457-USB, Aug 28 at 1318, AFF4NC is calling stations in Florida, vs VOA Korean 7460-AM. AFF4NC is: Howard Estes, State MARS Director North Carolina (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 13555.6 MTI Hifer beacon, Stone Mountain GA; 1618, 24-Aug; random tones on about same frequency, 1415, 25-Aug; + pippers. 13557, MTI, Hifer beacon, Stone Mountain GA; 1437, 23-Aug; slow pipper on about same frequency, 1410, 26-Aug; MTI + random pips; 2205, 26- Aug; good sig; not there at all at 2148! (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 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. 13564-CW approx., Sept 2 at 1416, GNK beacon very poor but copiable only on the FRG-7 with longwire, which means I can`t pinpoint the frequency on the analog dial, but previously logged around here. Harold Frodge says it`s operated by KC9GNK in Madison WI, and some logs in HF Underground say it`s 3 or 4 milliwatts. QRZ.com listing for him says nothing about it: ``KC9GNK, Domenic R Bianco, 1113 E Johnson Apt 2, Madison, WI 53703 USA``. Also another even weaker CW beacon on a slightly different frequency I cannot copy. [Later:] After hearing it again earlier today at 1416 Sept 2 on 13564 as in previous report, found a website about the GNK beacon, via hfunderground.com http://kc9gnkbeacon.webs.com/gnkmedferbeacon.htm ``STATUS of GNK HiFER Beacon - ON THE AIR --- The GNK HiFER Beacon is also running 24/7 and CW from the same QTH on the frequency of 13.5640 MHz with 4 mW at about 10 wpm with a 1/2 wave dipole. Both the MedFER and the HiFER transmitters and antennas are home brew. You can send reports to kc9gnk@yahoo.com , LWCA at http://www.lwca.org/ or by snail mail, My address is on QRZ.com. I also have a 10 meter beacon located in Madison and can be found at http://kc9gnkbeacon.webs.com/index.htm All reports would be greatly appreciated, even ones from within Madison. Thank you. Domenic, KC9GNK, Madison, Wisconsin EN53`` Apparently only lists 13 MHz beacons currently active, including GNK: http://www.lwca.org/sitepage/part15/index.htm Yes, it`s very off-topic for longwave, but anyway --- very helpful as it also IDs some others I have been hearing: 13554.0, AZ is in Oro Valley, north of Tucson AZ, operated by KF7A 13558.510, AJO is indeed in Ajo, Arizona! Isolated town in southwest 13557.54, MTI is in Stone Mountain, Georgia, suburban Atlanta 13558-CW, Sept 3 at 0110 I am again hearing AJO, and it`s JBA. 13556-CW, Sept 3 at 0144, MTI beacon is JBA. Heard this after the unID on 13555. Frequency approximate, but it seems these are subject to variation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 13565 approx., Aug 28 at 0135-0141, JBA CW beacon K6FRC vs CODAR, DX-398 tuned to 13564-USB or 13566-LSB. So weak that I had to listen for 6 minutes to be fairly sure of all the characters, and fortunately find the K6FRC beacon was reported by someone in Arizona in April and May this year http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,16742.0.html If this call correlate with a licensed ham, he is per ARRL lookup: Shinn, Paul, K6FRC, Valley Springs, CA 95252 --- he does acknowledge it at qrz.com offering QSLs by p-mail only. And refers to http://www.k6frc.com for info about and views of his beacons: ``K6FRC HiFer: Patterson, CA Power (E.R.P.)- 0.001 watts Frequency- 13.565 MHz.`` That`s ONE MILLIWATT --- may well be the lowest-power station I have knowingly logged. http://www.k6frc.com/images/HiFerbcn.jpg Thumbnail shows the antenna, but click on it and you see the transmitter box instead (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. AMATEUR RADIO EVENT - TIME TO "GET YOUR KICKS ON ROUTE 66" Nevada Ham Radio --- Nevada Amateur Radio Newswire It's been called the "Great Diagonal Way", the "Will Rogers Memorial Highway", the "Mother Road", the "Main Street of America, and the "Electric Highway". Of the 4 million miles of highways in the United States, none are more famous than the 2,451 miles that once made up U.S. 66, better known as "Route 66". Starting on September 6th you will have nine days to travel Route 66 once again, this time via the airwaves. Twenty one Special Event stations, each located in a city along the route, will join together for the 15th annual "Route 66 On The Air". The event, which was created by the Northern Arizona DX Club and is now organized by the Citrus Belt Amateur Radio Club of San Bernardino, California, allows the participants to traverse the route one more time, by radio. Beginning in 1926, millions of people travelled the road which began at Jackson Street and Michigan Avenue in Chicago and ended at 7th Street and Broadway in Los Angeles. In 1936 the road was extended to the intersection of Olympic Blvd and Lincoln Blvd. in Santa Mónica, California. Santa Mónica has also promoted the intersection of Ocean Blvd. and Santa Mónica Blvd and also the Santa Mónica Pier as the ending point, but Route 66 never ended at either of those places. The Dust Bowl of the 1930's saw 200,000 "Okies", "Arkies", and "Texies" loose their farms to the elements and to the banks. These plains dwellers, packed up their families and traveled Route 66 in search of agriculture jobs in California. Their westward migration began to create a need for travel services all along the road to the Pacific. Although in many places, U.S. 66 was little more than a single, 9 foot wide lane of asphalt, by the war years of the 1940's the route had spawned thousands of service stations, motor lodges, souvenir shops, and eateries. In 1940 the very first McDonalds opened along Route 66 at the corner of North E Street and West 14th Street in San Bernardino, California. But the distinction as the very first drive-thru restaurant goes to another Route 66 icon, "Red's Giant Hamburg" which was in Springfield, Missouri. "Get your Kicks on Route 66" was recorded by Nat King Cole in 1946. The song was written earlier that year by Bobby Troup who was inspired after a ten day trip on the road. Chuck Berry, the Rolling Stones, and a host of others have re-recorded the song over the years. By the 1950's Route 66 had become a neon highway. Even the most remote sections of the road held some recently added "landmark" designed to separate the many families travelling on vacation from their money. A family could spend the night in a genuine Indian wig-wam (although really shaped like a ti-pi and made of concrete) in two locations along Route 66, Holbrook, AZ and San Berna[r]dino, CA. Meteorite craters [sic], leaning water towers, the world`s largest ketchup bottle, Cadillacs planted nose first into the ground, a round barn, a giant orange, and the world's largest map were just a few of the thousands of attractions that dotted the landscape along Route 66. Every few miles one could see a freshly painted barn, courtesy of workers from the Meramac Caverns of Stanton, Missouri. Meramac would paint a farmer`s barn for free in exchange for being allowed to emblazon the roof and sides of the barn with ads enticing travelers to visit "Jesse James Hideout". In 1960 Hollywood took note of Route 66 with the creation of the television series of the same name. For four years two young men in a Corvette convertible sought adventure on the open road. While the '50s and '60s gave Route 66 it's most prosperous times, it was 1956 that began it's slow death. With the introduction, that year, of the Interstate Highway System, the narrow, little Route 66 began to be replaced by new super-highways. On June 27, 1985 the government decertified the highway and U.S. 66 ceased to exist. Today, many of the states operate sections of the original road as state routes. The largest portion in use is in Arizona, where you can still 'stand on the corner in Winslow, Arizona', pet dozens of wild burros as they beg handouts from the tourists on Route 66 in Oatman, view the petrified forest in the Painted Desert, and take a peak [sic] at that giant meteor crater. A beautiful certificate awaits those who work at least one of the 21 Special Event stations. Operations are planned for all modes and bands. Complete information is available on the Citrus Belt Amateur Radio Club website. http://www.w6jbt.org/ http://www.w6jbt.org/2013site/route-66-on-the-air/ http://www.nevadahamradio.com/ (via Mike Terry, Sept 1, dxldyg via DXLD) But Route 66 missed Nevada; calls to be 1 x 1 but no specifix: (gh) Operating Frequency Guidelines --- The Route 66 On The Air Special Event participating stations are likely to be found somewhere in the vicinity of the following frequencies. CW 3.533 7.033 10.110 14.033 18.080 21.033 24.900 28.033 50.033 SSB 3.866 7.266 N/A 14.266 18.164 21.366 24.966 28.466 50.166 DIGITAL 3.580 7.070 10.140 14.070 18.100 21.070 24.920 28.120 N/A ALL frequencies shown can be +/- due to QRM and other in use conditions (via gh, DXLD) ** U S A. 26110, CALIFORNIA, KMK282, KOVR, CBS 13, West Sacramento. 1653 August 31, 2014. Broadcast Aux NBFM mode, good on fade-ins with local weather (77 low, 96 high, 98 yesterday), fluff and patter local morning show hosts. Thanks D. Crawford for the alert (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. BBG Watch - Watching World Media | Voice of America TOP STORY Headline: PUTIN ASKS RUSSIA TO STOP MILITARY OPERATIONS IN UKRAINE http://bbgwatch.com/bbgwatch/voice-of-america-top-story-headline-putin-asks-russia-to-stop-military-operations-in-ukraine/ (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) Damning critique showing how this totally erroneous headline was put up and left up on the VOA website for some time. Best read in the original as linked (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** U S A. VOA, 17895, 9/1/14, heard at 1800 UT with news headlines and Africa News Tonight program. Good reception with a slight echo effect. Monitored next day, 9/2/14, with no echo in audio (Larry Zamora, Garland, TX, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Is Greenville, only English left; short/long path echo? If long path is really in play, the echo will be about as wide as possible considering how short the short path is to us. Or some defect (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** U S A. QSL: WC8VOA, 14248, USB. Received a full color QSL card from operator Mike KB8ZYE for a SWL report. Card depicts the Voice of America Bethany Relay Station building. Received in 13 days. Address: West Chester Amateur Radio Association, PO Box 913, West Chester, OH 45071 (Larry Zamora, Garland, TX, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. VOA RADIOGRAM, AUG 30-31, INCLUDES TIBETAN --- VOA Radiogram for the weekend of August 30-31 will start with a single straight vertical blue line. If the line is slanted, your sound card may be out of calibration. An adjustment in Fldigi software can correct for this. The program will also include a sample of Tibetan text. For this beautiful alphabet to display correctly, you need another adjustment in Fldigi. The program ends with a surprise-mode gray-scale photo commemorating Labor Day in the United States. Details: http://voaradiogram.net/post/96096466292/voa-radiogram-30-31-aug-2014-vertical-line-tibetan 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 North Carolina. *If you are in the skip zone for 17860 or 15670, try http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/ ***You can listen to this one direct and via http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/ Run two instances of Fldigi and compare results. The Mighty KBC will transmit a minute of MFSK64 Saturday at 1130 UT on 6095 kHz and Sunday at 0130 UT on 9925 kHz (Kim Elliott, Aug 30, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Or just add the cryptic characters in an HTML, as usual: http://www.rhci-online.de/VoA_Radiogram_2014-08-30.htm [+ received EasyPal images from radio amateur from Austria/Österreich] (roger, Germany, Aug 31, dxldyg via DXLD) ** U S A. 5830, WTWW, Lebanon. 0400 on 3/8, no more World of Radio by Glenn Hauser here, sorry! (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF2001D, Folded Marconi ant 16 meters long), Sept Australian DX News via DXLD) ** U S A. 9955, 08/28 0330 [Thu], WRMI, Okeechobee, in English; Glenn Hauser presents a excellent DX program "World of Radio"; many, many logs, 45443 (JRX_José Ronaldo Xavier (Cabedelo-Paraíba-Brazil), Hard- Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1735 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday August 27 at 2100 on WBCQ 7490 webcast. WORLD OF RADIO 1736 monitoring: confirmed first airing UT Thursday August 28 at 0331 on WRMI webcast, and presumably 9955; also confirmed next airing at 1230 UT Thu Aug 28 on 9955 --- almost without CCI from France in Chinese via Taiwan, but that`s only because propagation is degraded; can still hear the SAH from it during brief WRMI fades from otherwise good level. However, from *1254.5 Taiwan carrier squeezes from 9950; and at 1255 an unknown strong carrier comes on 9954, also with some intermittent noise bursts, utility? Awake earlier at 1109 Aug 28, I check 9955 and find it`s very poor, barely able to discern it`s `Frecuencia al Día` as scheduled on Thursdays. Same could happen to WOR on Tuesdays during same semihour when I usually sleep. Next WORs: UT Friday 0326v on WWRB 3185 (we hope; off air last week but webcast) Friday 2130 on WRMI 7570 & 15770 (so far repeating previous edition) Sat 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB UT Sun 0100 on WRMI 5950 (maybe repeating previous 1735) UT Sun 0131 on KVOH 9975 UT Mon 0259v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Tue 1100 on WRMI 9955 Wed 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB Wed 1315 on WRMI 9955 Wed 2100 on WBCQ 7490v WORLD OF RADIO 1736 monitoring: confirmed on WWRB, 3185, UT Friday August 29 at 0340 check; also from 0329 on webcast, with usual blasting start before modulation level adjusted downward. Sounds OK on 3185, but with lots of storm noise from Kansas. Next: Friday 2130 on WRMI 7570 & 15770, but may be previous #1735 instead Saturday 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB UT Sunday 0100 on WRMI 5950 (may be #1735) UT Sunday 0131 on KVOH 9975 UT Monday 0259v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5109v-CUSB; etc. On demand and podcasts also available: http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html WORLD OF RADIO 1735 monitoring: confirmed Friday August 29 at 2130.5 on 7570 & stronger 15770, following double WRMI IDs by Rudy & Ian. Yes, last week`s show is again repeating on the alternative frequencies instead of the latest show. Compared to 15190 WRMI RAN which has a hum, roughly equal signal level; but by 2140, 15770 has gained strength to VG level. Next, to WOR 1736: UT Sunday 0100 on WRMI 5950 (may also be 1735 instead of 1736) UT Sunday 0131 on KVOH 9975 UT Monday 0259v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5109v-CUSB, etc. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn, Again I can confirm the 0630 UT transmission of W.O.R. on H.L.R. 7265 USB today on 30 August [Saturday]. The signal is much weaker than usual. Conditions or lower transmitter power? Headphones needed to catch every word on all my receivers. Cheers, (Brock Whaley, Ireland, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WORLD OF RADIO 1735 monitoring: one more repeat confirmed, UT Sunday August 31 after 0100 on WRMI 5950, with het from 5952.4, Bolivia`s Twelfth Pius from its Twentieth Century. KVOH 9975: not on the air by 0126, nor at 0132, 0144, 0153 chex; just very weak signal from Uzbekistan. However at 0325 recheck it`s on with jazz, so another WOR airing missed, scheduled for 0130 Sundays. Next: UT Monday 0259v on Area 51 via WBCQ, 5110v-CUSB Tuesday 1100 & Wednesday 1315 on WRMI, 9955 Wednesday 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio, 7265-CUSB Wednesday 2100 on WBCQ, 7490v-CUSB WORLD OF RADIO 1736 monitoring: confirmed on WRMI 9955, at 1104 UT Tuesday Sept 2 as a storm awakens me briefly; fair signal, now atop SAH from France in Chinese via Taiwan, still co-channel. Next: Wednesday 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB Wednesday 1315 on 9955 (after the CCCCI finishes at 1300) Wednesday 2100 on WBCQ 7490v WORLD OF RADIO 1736 monitoring: confirmed at 1325 Sept 3 during the Wednesday 1315 airing on WRMI 9955, fair with no CCI but ACI from the omnipresent RTTY on hi side; recheck at 1349, WRMI seems to be off, or diminished to a JBA carrier. Hope WOR aired at least until 1344. WORLD OF RADIO 1737 monitoring: confirmed first SW broadcast UT Thursday Sept 4 at 0330+ on WRMI webcast and presumed 9955. I see on the graphic frequency schedule that another hour has been carved out of Brother Scare for alternative programming, this one on 11580 at 23-24 UT, including WOR Thursdays at 2330. I suppose it will still have to be last week`s show rather than the latest one. Next: UT Friday 0326v on WWRB 3185 Friday 2130 on WRMI 7570 & 15770 [probably last week`s 1736] Saturday 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB UT Sunday 0100 on WRMI 5950 [but 5950 missing Sept 3 & 4] UT Sunday 0131 on KVOH 9975 [we hope; off the air again last week] UT Monday 0259v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Tuesday 1100 on WRMI 9955 Wednesday 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB Wednesday 1315 on WRMI 9955 Wednesday 2100 on WBCQ 7490v (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. 5850, Aug 28 at 1026, WRMI extra transmission tacked on to TruNews multi-hour broadcast, now with `European News Net`, good signal. Sked now shows for 5850 at 1015-1030: `EuNews Net` on Tue & Thu (Tue being a repeat of last week?); `Viva Miami` (or Okeechobee) M/W/F. Also Sat 1000-1030 `Wavescan` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11825, Aug 30 at 2006, WRMI BS is off the air; but back on at 2009 check; meanwhile, 11820 Saudi Arabia is uncovered; 320 degrees USward at 500 kW is no match for WRMI, 315 degrees at 100 kW. Then checked some other WRMI frequencies: no signal on 9955 (tho it`s quite weak in the daytime anyway, unlike blasting BSing companions 9930 & 9980); at 2014, all on: 7570, 11580, 15770, 17790 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5950, WRMI, 30/8 0145 UT. Programa `Blues Radio International` con música soul, blues y otros estilos similares. SINPO: 44544 con leve QRM de R. PIO XII de Bolivia. 5950, WRMI, 31/8 0145 UT. Programa B de Family Radio con el espacio `La biblia habla` y luego cantos corales. SINPO: 43543 con QRM de pitido R. PIO XII de Bolivia. A las 02 UT hay avisos de la emisora y comienzo del programa `World Of Radio`, a cargo de Glenn Hauser, variando el SINPO: 44444 (Claudio Galaz, RX: Tecsun PL-660, ANT: Hilo de 30 metros, QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) Times must be one hour off?? Instead one hour earlier, but after that, silent on 5950 temporarily with transmitter subbing on 7730 (gh, DXLD) 5950, Sept 3 at 0135, WRMI-14 is inaudible and apparently off during the extra RMI programming hour; however, there`s enough weak signal from something to het 5952.4 Bolivia --- probably Iran in Tajik, northeastward from Sirjan. WRMI-3 still audible, weak as usual on 5015 with BS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7730, WRMI-FAMILY RADIO, 2/9 2314 UT. Programa de Fámily Radio con lecturas bíblicas. SINPO: 35433. No hay confirmación por parte del sitio oficial de WRMI acerca de esta transmisión en idioma español (Claudio Galaz, RX: Tecsun PL-660, ANT: Hilo de 30 metros, QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) 15770, 03/09 0238, CANADA, Bible Voice Broad., Okeechobee-USA, religion in English: The Bible preaching, 35443. Note: // 11580 kHz, 45433 (José Ronaldo Xavier, Cabedelo, Paraíba, Brazil, HCDX via DXLD) No, it`s just Brother Scare, as Jeff White confirms. Where did you get misinfo that BVB is on WRMI? (gh, DXLD) New European Newscast on WRMI --- As of today (September 3, 2014), WRMI is broadcasting a new French-language European newscast at 2300- 2315 UT on Wednesday and Thursday each week on 11580 kHz beamed to North America. We would appreciate reception reports on this new program, which can be sent to info @ wrmi.net or direct to the producers in France at contact @ echoofeurope.eu Radio Echo of Europe 09 rue de Sébastopol BP 21531 31015 Toulouse Cedex 6 France http://www.echoofeurope.eu (Jeff White, WRMI Radio Miami International, 10400 NW 240th Street, Okeechobee, Florida 34972 USA http://www.wrmi.net DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5110v-CUSB, Sept 1 at 0120, no signal from WBCQ during Area 51, but ops normal on 9330, 7490; none on 15420 either. Missed rechecking at 0300 for WORLD OF RADIO on 5110; was it on by then? 5110v-CUSB, Sept 3 at 0120, no signal from WBCQ, while 7490 and 9330 are nominal; was this transmitter off last night too when I couldn`t monitor due to thunderstorms? However, at 0127, `Allan Weiner Worldwide` is JBA, either faded in or late coming on, talking about transmitters but just too weak (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9370, Sept 2 at 2016, WWRB`s BS frequency is off; certainly not due to propagation as neighbor WWCR is blasting in on 9350. 5050, Sept 3 at 0122, this WWRB is off, but 3185 is on with fair signal and Tourette`s preacher. By 0243 check, 5050 is back on with BS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 12160, WWCR, 8/27 1915. Alex Jones, the usual. Strong signal, but still getting clobbered by CODAR much more than usual here at the moment. 73 and Good Listening! (Rick Barton, El Mirage AZ, mostly listening from XYL`s truck, Grundig Satellit 750 & (passive) NewTronics 1C-100S antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9980, Aug 29 at 1929, WWCR-4 is off, but still very much on 12160, 13845, 15825. Per current sked, 9980 runs 12-24 UT. A-14 online http://www.wwcr.com/transmitter-sched.html has also been updated as effective May 19-Oct 25, instead of only until Aug 31, implying they have decided not to make any changes Sept 1, altho I have not compared old and new versions to confirm this. The transmitter skeds do not take into account weekend program schedule variations when some available hours are axually off the air. 9980 is almost all Brother Scare (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 12105, Aug 28 at 0133, can barely tell that WTWW-3 is on with very poor English signal in propagation disturbance. 12105, Aug 29 at 1931, WTWW-3 is off again. At 0128 on again, dead air but just a pause by the preacher. 9475, Aug 31 at 0113, WTWW-1 presents open carrier/dead air, with some noise. Still dead at 0115; guess Ted is too busy doing his own music show on 5085 to notice that 9475 has crashed. As for 12105, very poor signal here, presumably WTWW barely propagating due to too-high frequency for night MUF, since nothing else is scheduled. 0152 check, 9475 now with music, from SFAW? Not // 5085. 5830, Aug 31 at 1235, WTWW-1 is off, and not on 9475 either, so Australia is still audible. 5085, WTWW-2 is still on with BS. 12105, Sept 1 at 0115, WTWW-3 is off; 9475, Sept 1 at 0119, WTWW-1 modulation is breaking up badly; very strong signal level also drops abruptly but not correlating with modulation. Still breaking up at 0129. Ted must be too busy with his music program on WTWW-2 5085 to notice the problem with WTWW-1; playing hymn ``Blessèd [allegèd] Assurance``. By 0135 check, 9475 not breaking up. 12105, Sept 1 at 1849, WTWW-3 with a new ``interval signal``, or is it just filler when programming crashes? Anyhow, a keyboard melody replays every 1 minute and 28.5 seconds from tune-in until 1900, jump- cut to same melody but overlain with Ted ID, and then into Spanish Bibling as now scheduled during this hour only. 9475, WTWW-1, meanwhile is off the air at 1849, but 9930, WTWW-2, is on with BS. 12105, Sept 2 at 2015, WTWW-3 is in English with PPP instead of PP = Portuguese: that`s because 9475, WTWW-1 is off the air, so its programming has bumped lower-priority Bibling off #3 unit. 9930, WTWW- 2 remains on with BS. Next check, 0111 UT Sept 3, 12105 is still with PPP but modulation breaking up badly, the crackle also audible out to plus/minus 10 kHz. At 0119, I find that 9475 is back on, and doing the same since it`s now // 12105, with music introducing `Saddle Up` show. Non-PPP announcer conveniently gives the date of show: May 27, 2014. Of course it`s non-PPP, as he was long dead by then. Normally during this hour, 9475 and 12105 have separate SFAW programming. Now WTWW-2 remains nominal, on 5085. 5085, Sept 3 at 0552, WTWW-2 BS service is still off, but 5830 WTWW-1 is on. 12105, Sept 3 at 1941, BS is again shifted to WTWW-3 and 9930 WTWW-2 is still off; 9475 WTWW-1 remains on. 12105, Sept 4 at 0127, someone is spelling W-A-L-T-E-R-B-O-R-O, as the signal is beginning to fade down, lose out to CODAR. 5085 is off; 9475 is on with SFAW and JBA crosstalk from Brother Scare but a slight echo apart from 12105 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Observations of WHRI Angel 2 programs from August 25 to 31: 0500-0600 11635 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg WeEu English Mon, as scheduled 0530-0600 11635 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg WeEu English Tue, ex 0500-0600 0530-0600 11635 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg WeEu English Wed, ex 0500-0600 0500-0600 11635 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg WeEu English Thu, as scheduled 0500-0515 11635 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg WeEu French Fri, as scheduled 0515-0600 11635 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg WeEu English Fri, as scheduled 0500-0600 11635 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg WeEu English Sat, as scheduled 0500-0600 11635 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg WeEu English Sun, as scheduled (DX RE MIX NEWS #869 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Sept. 1, 2014, via DXLD) ** U S A. 9265, Sept 3 at 1941 check, WINB is still on here but JBA as usual on its far too low frequency for summer daytime and not on 13570; contrary to 13570 appearing again on their program schedule and misleading Ivo into thinking they were back on it at 13-16 UT weekends instead of 13-16 EDT as was once the case. Checking HFCC A-14 we see no listings for WINB, but instead for KIMF, the imaginary station in Oregon, or is it Nevada (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Updated summer A-14 schedule of WINB from August 17: 1130-1300 on 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm English Sun 1300-1400 on 13570 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm English Sun [sic] 1400-1600 on 13570 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm English Sat/Sun [sic] 1600-1745 on 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm English Sat/Sun 1715-1745 on 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm English Tue 1745-2045 on 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm English Daily 2045-2100 on 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm Eng/Spa Mon-Fri 2045-2100 on 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm English Sat/Sun 2100-2230 on 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm English Daily 2230-2300 on 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm Spanish Mon 2230-2300 on 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm English Tue-Sun 2300-2400 on 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm English Daily 0000-0100 on 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm English Daily 0100-0130 on 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm English Sun-Fri 0130-0230 on 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm English Sat-Thu (DX RE MIX NEWS #869 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Sept. 1, 2014, via DXLD) ??? Well, the website http://www.winb.com as of Sept 3 still proclaims ``NOTICE Beginning March 1, 2014, WINB will broadcast the entire schedule on 9265 kHz.`` But this page: http://www.winb.com/schedule.htm states: ``Our Program Schedule by Time Frequency Schedule (EDT) 1300- 1600 13570 kHz`` No mention here of 9265! I suspect this ``13570`` is leftover from previous info which should have been deleted. 13-16 EDT = 17-20 UT. Since it would be on the air before 1600 UT only on Sat & Sun, this can`t yet be deconfirmed by monitoring (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. FWIW, HFCC still has no A-14 listings for WINB on 13570, but does for the imaginary station KIMF in Oregon (or is it Nevada?): 13570 0000 0400 11 IMF 100 108 0 901 1234567 300314 261014 D Spa USA IMF FCC 17311 13570 2100 2400 2-4 IMF 100 40 0 901 1234567 300314 261014 D Eng USA IMF FCC 17312 And also: 6065 0100 0600 10 IMF 50 138 0 901 1234567 300314 261014 D Spa USA IMF FCC 17309 9300 0800 1200 44 IMF 100 313 0 901 1234567 300314 261014 D Eng USA IMF FCC 17310 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Venerdì 29 agosto 2014, 0401 - 7505.2, WRNO - New Orleans, Gospel rock. SF-BN. Sopra i 9 MHz attenuazione diffusa tipo anomalia propagativa (Luca Botto Fiora, QTH Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, G.C. 44 21' 06.89" N / 09 13' 30.94" E, R7, bcnews.it yg via DXLD) ** U S A. 850, Aug 31 at 0130 UT choral music, and 0146 UT, with KOA nulled; own DF now fits for KFUO Clayton MO, tho no ID heard. Tnx to Todd Skaine for reminding me of that: KFUO has special dispensation to stay on until 9 pm = 0200 UT, so withdraw my earlier assumption that KJON was on late past 0130 UT cheating. These two are making slow 0.5 Hz SAH with each other, i.e. 30 fades per minute. 850, Sept 1 at 0134 UT, organ music ENE/WSW, better than KOA at the moment; no doubt LCMS` KFUO, Clayton MO, my ex-local station while at Washington University a semicentury ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1010-, UT Sat Aug 30 at 0144 UT, het on the lo side, no doubt like one week ago, WHIN, Gallatin TN, measured by Brandon Jordan then on 1009.772. Surely it`s always off-frequency, but noticeable once skywave sets in, aided by anomalous operation. Official sunset in August is an hour earlier, 0045 UT (September: 0000 UT). Licensed for 5000 watts day, 47 watts night, both non-direxional. They do have a PSSA of 23 watts every month of the year (so what`s the point? Less than night power!), in August until 0230 UT, September until 0200 UT. But it`s a safe bet that WHIN ``forgets`` to cut full 5 kW day power on Friday nights when there is supremely important high school football to broadcast (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1060, Aug 28 at 0507 UT, open carrier/dead air from KIJN Farwell TX on the NM border, making usual fast SAH with on-frequency stations. Same at 1052 UT recheck. So KIJN thinx it`s more compliant with its daytime-only license, no longer modulating all-night? Not good enough (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1310, Aug 28 at 0525 UT, promo/ad for a local event in Madisonville, Hopkins County, area code 270- --- Therefore it is WTTL in western Kentucky, 1500/500 watts U2, dominating frequency at the moment. Night pattern major lobe is SSW, with a null toward us, so may have been on ND day pattern (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) It is not uncommon to suspect WTTL running day power at night as they are often a pest on my southern antenna from here near Chicago. 73 KAZ (Neil Kazaross, IL/WI, ABDX via DXLD) ** U S A. New, Innovative Radio Format. Glenn: -- Several checks within the past few days (August 23-28), via a remote receiver in central Alabama have revealed an interesting new format heard over Birmingham's WENN/1320 -- Dead Air! Monitoring the signal became habitual for me in those few days, different times on different days. All checks of WENN showed the carrier on-air, with no modulation whatsoever! The advantages of such a format are obvious: 1) No pesky expenses, such as music-rights fees, or high-priced talent salaries, 2) Less chance of pissing off an audience with offensive program material, 3) Less wear-and-tear expense from usage of studio equipment, 4) Greatly reduced hassle from having to please demanding sponsors, 5) Less chance of operator error placing the wrong material on the air, and 6) On the technical side, easier and more accurate common-point readings taken by the transmitter operator-on-duty. (The FCC requires regular readings of an AM station's "common point", the standard flat-line amperage output of a transmitter. This must be measured during a pause in station modulation, no matter how brief, for greatest accuracy. No Modulation means an operator has only to glance at the amps-output gauge, in order to obtain an accurate reading, and thus satisfy FCC requirements.) Gotta hand it to those folks at WENN/1320 for streamlining their operation parameters! Very 73z – (GREG HARDISON, CA, Aug 30, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Call letter changes, old to new 1350, KWMO Washington, MO, to KRAP (Sept MW News via DXLD) Besides the strange choice of new calls! This one used to produce a third harmonic on 4050, in the middle of the night when supposed to be on peanut-power. See several of my logs in 2010, 2011; and first(?) reported in 2008y by David Hodgson http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld8133.txt (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1530, Aug 30 at 0138 UT, ``here on Fox Sports 1360``, huh??? Coverage of HS football, pair discussing Seahawks (isn`t that Seattle?), Forest Hill, Lakota West, Kettering Otter(?). VG signal ENE/WSW, so surely it`s only WCKY Cincinnati, which is ESPN, unblocked by cheaters and WCKY doesn`t have to on Friday nights! The announcers confused about which of the sibling stations they are on, 1360 Fox Sports being WSAI. They talk a lot about various players by name, but hardly mention the teams in this silly ballgame, which apparently resumes or starts at 0140 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1680 KRJO Monroe, LA Silent (Sept MW News via DXLD) ! As early as Aug 15 I widely reported this one reactivated. It had gone silent on June 12, per DXLD 14-27 (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** U S A. RADIOLAB - WNYC New York Public Radio --- Galápagos The strange story of a small group of islands that raise a big question: is it inevitable that even our most sacred natural landscapes will eventually get swallowed up by humans? And just how far are we willing to go to stop that from happening? We are dedicating a whole hour to the Galapagos archipelago, the place that inspired Darwin’s theory of evolution and natural selection. 179 years later, the Galapagos are undergoing rapid changes that continue to pose -- and possibly answer -- critical questions about the fragility and resilience of life on Earth. (63') http://www.radiolab.org/story/galapagos/ (John Figliozzi, Podding Along #14, dxldyg via DXLD) ** VANUATU. 7260, R. Vanuatu, Port Vila. Very good with English religious programme at 0825 on 27/8 (John Adams, DX-pedition to Port Douglas Beach, Sony ICF-SW7600GR, 7 Metre Reel Antenna), Sept Australian DX News via DXLD) same ¦ Weak 0751, just above threshold level with muffled talks. Wasn't there the previous day, 4/8 (Craig Seager, DX-Pedition to Berry Creek, NT with Perseus, EWEs, Sept Australian DX News via DXLD) ** VATICAN. In the morning hours on Thursday 8 May 2014, Vatican Radio medium wave antennas were demolished at Santa Maria di Galeria Transmitting Centre. An unexpected event ends an extraordinary history of radio broadcasting. Medium wave 1530 kHz ended broadcasting in 2011 but the transmitting plant including a four-tower directional antenna system had been saved until now for further use. The demolition abruptly occurred 13 years after accusations of electro-magnetic pollution were formulated. Vatican Radio medium wave covered Europe and the Mediterranean with a very good signal at night. The end of MW broadcasts deeply affected travellers as well as everyone not having access to the internet but also dramatically reduced any opportunity to make the Pope's message reach the world independently from other operators and connections (from http://portale.italradio.org via NRC IDXD 5 Sept via DXLD) ** VATICAN. CITY, Special live broadcast from the Chapel of the Annunciation of Palazzo Pio, Eastern Liturgy in the Byzantine - Ukrainian rite for the Feast of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary according to the Julian Calendar 0815-0930 on 9850 SMG 250 kW / 055 deg to EaEu Ukrainian 0815-0930 on 11740 SMG 250 kW / 058 deg to EaEu Ukrainian Videos on Aug. 28 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/08/special-live-broadcast-of-vatican-radio.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) Dormition?? = ``falling asleep`` euphemism for Death, an eastern rite Catholic/Orthodox thing. Can anyone go into dormition, or only Big Shots? (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) 11625, R. VATICAN, 30/8 0536 UT. Noticias en idioma portugués, acerca de Angola, Mozambique y otros países africanos, identificado como: ``Ãfrica global``. Después de las 0540 hay un relato histórico sobre África y la II Guerra Mundial, y acerca del racismo contra los afroamericanos en los Estados Unidos. SINPO: 45444 (Claudio Galaz, RX: Tecsun PL-660, ANT: Hilo de 30 metros, QTH: Ovalle, IV Región, Chile, condiglista yg via DXLD) ** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. ARGELIA, 1550.0, Saharawi Arab Dem. Rep. Nat. Rad, Rabouni, 0606, 31/08/2014, Cantos del Corán, Ara, 34333 (Antonio Madrid, QTH: Moraleda (Granada) - España/Spain, Coordenadas: 37º 08' 48'' N-003º 56' 42'' O; Altitud: 625 Mts; RX: Kenwood R5000, ANT: Dipolos de 100 mts y 60 Mts, WWW: http://www.elradioescucha.net Hecho con Log-Report: http://www.log-report.tk playdx yg via DXLD) ** ZIMBABWE [non]. The closure of SW Radio Africa leaves just VOA Studio 7 and Radio Dialogue specifically targeting Zimbabwe on SW. Radio Dialogue can be heard fairly well most days at 1600-1700 on 12105 kHz via Madagascar in English and Shona/Ndebele (Sept BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 960, Aug 31 at 0503 UT during local KGWA Fox-hole, thought I heard callsign like ``KOAB`` mentioned in passing. Checking last year`s NRC AM Log 960 listings, closest fuzzy match would be KLAD 5 kW in Klamath Falls OR --- remotely possible only if on ND day pattern instead of night into the Pacific (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 4750+, Aug 30 at 1230, JBA carrier slightly on the hi side compared to 9750, 11750, similar to my July 13 log at 1214. Assuming RRI is still off, would this be Bangladesh or China? Lots more carriers on 60m now, suitable for Tibet/China, such as 4800, 4920 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 7000-USB, Aug 31 at 0128, 0148, bits of music mixed with CW QRM from hams. More USB than LSB; seems like real music instead of radiograms. I habitually start my pirate-band scans downward from 7000, and got one tonight: see NORTH AMERICA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Hi out there, some news on one of my long time favourite (though recently "cold") DY [?] areas: 9705v: Thursday August 28, 1800+, no time to check after 1830: 9705.0 quite strong carrier with no audio, 9706.1 weaker carrier with probably some audio. Friday August 29, 0630, 9706.8 weak carrier Currently, Saturday August 30, 1657+, 9705.0 carrier, almost no or no audio as far as I can judge, fair. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Münster, Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) The prime suspects being Niger or Ethiopia (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) The UNID 9705 reported on Saturday closed down sometime around 1830, was neither heard 1700+ on Sunday nor this Monday morning. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Germany, Sept 1, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 13555-USB, Sept 3 at 0143, surprised to hear voice contact rather than beacons around here. American accent says ``send you my data --- QRX tomorrow same time`` and nothing further heard. Also Part 15? Unless the radiogram tones I then heard at 0145 around 13554 were related to this; these with a good signal, better than any voice or CW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 15534-USB, Sept 3 at 0141, INTRUDER net of two or three stations at least, laughing and conversing in colloquial something, maybe Spanishish; one with music in background (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ No, thanks were rendered for financial support on WORLD OF RADIO 1737 since none had come in during another week, via check or MO in US funds on a US bank to P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702; or via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com (gh) Dear Glen[n], Thank you for all the many years you've spent on the air informing shortwave enthusiasts, DXers, ham operators and broadcasters such as myself about the changing tides of DX radio operation. Your broadcasts are always informative and quite contemporary with what is really going on in the world of radio. As a ham operator, I am amazed at how many of my colleagues started with shortwave DX but no longer listen to the shortwave broadcast bands. My DX listening on medium wave and FM began in the early 1960's when XERF 1570 and the great 800, XELO, ruled the airwaves. Transworld Radio also at 800 kc with 500 kW would really sock it to us on the east coast. While listening in Seattle I heard Nanking, China on 662 kHz on November 22, 1977. I still have the tape. An old world radio log listed it with a carrier of over 2 million watts. One night in Pennsylvania in 1985, a 300 kW missionary stationary from French west Africa was quite audible on approximately 937 kc. About seven years ago in Weiser, Idaho, TV DX was in every afternoon in the summer months with KCTV channel 5 [Kansas City] and channel 3 from Clovis New Mexico [KENW Portales]. During that skip E season, Cedar Rapids, Iowa was constantly heard on 100.7 mc. Santa Clara, California was monitored on 94.5 with Denver as their signals would multi-path. During this period, on low frequency AM at 530 kc a very large Cuban radio station could be heard elevator music and some light standards with contemporary music. Glen[n], I've estimated this to be a 500 kW AM station. I've heard it throughout much of the US. Do you know to which Havana stations I am referring? Arnie Coro mentioned it to me in an email but I could never receive a follow up to email this interesting DX station. As a former broadcaster, it hurts to see the HF shortwave spectrum ignored by so many former great broadcasters. I'm sure even the return of VOR will help things out somewhat. At around 14 UT at 9580 my all time favorite is indeed Radio Australia. It used to be a great deal of fun to DX in the 1970's the Outback stations such as 3LO and 6 WF from Perth. The Australia broadcasters were wonderful to correspond with. Even responses from the ABC were possible. Is there any hope for the VOA or do you believe it will continue to implode? Well, Glen[n], keep up the good work. Hopefully, the World of Radio can return to WWCR when it can be monitored on the west coast at a convenient time slot. Till we meet again, sincerely yours, and thanks again for promoting our wonderful hobby (Tom Roberts, PhD, DD, KF7PKG, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Tom, Thanks for your comments and recollections. Not much chance of WOR back on WWCR. What do you consider a convenient time? Maybe some other station would do. 530 in Cuba is Radio Enciclopedia in Habana. I don`t think it`s superpower at all. World Radio TV Handbook lists 10 kW. But you can`t be sure about any such details concerning Cuba. It was originally put on the air to block clandestine broadcasts and may have used higher power for a while. It has the advantage of being on a mostly clear channel (except for HAR/TIS stations). It`s audible here any night, despite a very low power local at Vance AFB, but not a big signal. As far as SW goes, I don`t see VOA coming back. Nor is it by any means certain that VOR will. 73, (Glenn to Tom, via DXLD) Hi Glen[n], Thanks for your kind and informative response. The time slot you had on WWCR Saturday evenings at 10:00 MST worked great as the propagation opened up. Thanks for the info on the Cuban station at 530. Isn't it amazing that with a low channel that's nearly a clear status, it will propagate clear into Idaho? We do have some low power traffic stations in Washington on that frequency. As a teenager in Utah, the mighty 1520 KOMA would blow our doors off in Salt Lake City. Now with KXA from Everett and Oregon City being more directional at night, there's no chance of Oklahoma City being heard in Idaho anymore. KOMA was also heard at Q-5 levels clear up into Ontario, Canada. Is this still possible? Hopefully we can hear once again the Mighty 747 kc from Osaka, Japan with modulation this winter. All I could get on SSB was a carrier hetero-dyne last winter. By the way, at 1521 kHz even in Idaho, we can hear a small hetero-dyne which is separate from 1520. With no modulation, I can't tell if it is Saudi Arabia. What do you think? Thanks again for being a real brother in our great hobby. Sincerely, (Tom Roberts, ibid.) Tom, I guess you are referring to UT Sundays at 0400 which was on 5830, WTWW, not WWCR. I`d say it`s likely the het on 1520 is Saudi, of course if on 1521 kHz. See if you can get a bearing on it. You`re not missing much any more from OKC, 1520. KOKC is now just another talk station, while the KOMA oldies music format remains on FM 92.5. 1520 maybe to western Ontario, but it`s supposed to have a null toward Buffalo (Glenn to Tom, ibid.) Glen[n], I'm sorry I forgot WTWW. Yes, at 4 UT would have been a great time on the west coast. Could that spot be reopened on one of the other religious broadcasts at or near that time slot? The het is on 1521 kHz right on the dot which causes a second het on 1520 in SSB mode. What type of receiver do you DX most of the bands with? Do you like the top end Watkins, Johnson or commercial grade receivers? My old tube favorite is a 1950 R390 Collins military rig or a Hallicrafters 62A from 1955 to 1963. What do you like? (Tom, ibid.) Tom, I mostly don`t get to pick the times WOR airs. It`s when stations have an opening. Coming up at 0330v UT Friday is an airing on WWRB, 3185, altho I`m sure the signal would be much weaker out there (and it`s somewhat unreliable). I might like top end receivers but I don`t have any. Main rig is an FRG-7, also use DX-398, PL-880, ATS-909, YB-400, G8 and various other portables. I did have an R390ish years ago and still something like it, but it needs work. Rather hard on the wrists (Glenn to Tom, ibid.) PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ NOW UPDATED: SWL/DX/MEDIA PROGRAMS http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html WORLD OF RADIO SCHEDULE http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html ALAN ROE`s HITLIST OF SW STATIONS http://www.w4uvh.net/hitlist.htm (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) NEW BBC MONITORING WEBSITE BBC Monitoring, now licence fee funded, on Twitter today "Don't forget to check out BBC Monitoring's new public-facing website for media insight and analysis." http://www.bbc.co.uk/monitoring (Mike Barraclough, England, Sept 2, dxldyg via DXLD) Southgate September 2, 2014 BBC Monitoring have a new public-facing website for media insight and analysis. Among the stories BBC Monitoring highlight are: Interference leaves broadcasters in a jam http://www.bbc.co.uk/monitoring/interference-leaves-global-broadcasters-in-a-jam The future use of the UHF spectrum band between 470 to 790 MHz http://www3.ebu.ch/contents/news/2014/09/european-public-broadcasters-rea.html BBC Monitoring http://www.bbc.co.uk/monitoring Twitter https://twitter.com/BBCMonitoring http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2014/september/bbc_monitoring_website.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AmateurRadioNews+%28Southgate+Amateur+Radio+News%29#.VAb2ZY10zDc (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) ACTIVE TV CHANNELS 52-69 Although TV broadcasting stations have been cleared from channels 52 to 69, there are still active licenses for other types of low-power TV stations in this part of the band. These consist of studio-transmitter links, feeds for translators, etc. The list can be found here: http://dxinfocentre.com/TV_52-69.pdf (William Hepburn, Sept 2, WTFDA via DXLD) Much more analog than digital, and all USA. None near me. Licensed does not necessarily mean really on the air; please confirm any within your range (Glenn Hauser, OK, DXLD) CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2014 IRCA 50TH ANNIVERSARY CONVENTION – BILLINGS, MONTANA The 2014 IRCA 50th Anniversary Convention will be held in Billings, Montana on September 19th and 20th. John and Nancy Johnson of Mesa, Arizona are your convention hosts and will arrive a couple of days before the convention. The convention will be held at the Lexington Inn & Suites by Vantage located at 3040 King Avenue West. IRCA members are eligible to receive a special room rate of $95.00(US) per night plus 7% Lodging Tax & $1.00(US) TBID fees. A limited block of rooms have been set aside so you will want to make your reservations early. Please mention “IRCA-International Radio Club of America” when making your reservation for the special IRCA member’s rate. You may call them directly at 406-294-9090 or toll-free 1-877-488-4649. You will need to give them a credit card number and check-in and check-out dates. They do offer an airport shuttle. The parking area is quite large. With this rate you will enjoy the following COMPLIMENTARY top quality amenities to enhance your stay * A 100% SMOKE-FREE and PET FREE to ensure a healthy environment, * Guest rooms featuring beautiful furniture, sitting areas, spacious bright bathrooms, pillow-top mattresses, upgraded bed and bath linens and exceptionally quiet rooms, * New Panasonic flat-screen TVs, iHome radios, * Comfortable and well-lit workspaces with secure high-speed internet desk access, * Voice mail and free local calls within the (406) area code, * Free Internet – wired and wireless, * Indoor swimming pool with hot tub, changing room and outdoor patio, fitness center, * Hot continental breakfast. Some gluten items available for purchase. For more information about Lexington Inn & Suites by Vantage go to LexingtonBillings.com Radio station tours will be scheduled for Friday morning and afternoon. A tour of Connoisseur Media’s stations is almost finalized. Stations include News-talk KYYA-730, ESPN KBLG-910, Sky KRKX-94.1, The Zone KRZN-96.3, MY 105.9 KWMY, and KLPN-106.7 The Planet. Details will be updated as more tours are added. There will also be a tour of KTVQ 2.1 / Billings CW 2.2 on Friday evening to watch a live production of the 10 PM News. Tours are subject to availability of guides and may be subject to change. There will be several talks presented during the convention. Tentative Schedule (almost complete): Friday September 19 8:30 AM – Registrations 9:30 AM – Leave for station tour 11:30 PM – Open Lunch 1:30 PM – Leave for KGHL tour 3:30 PM – Open session 6 PM – Pizza Ranch – IRCA Goodie Factory picks up the tab 7:30 PM – John Johnson – Tower site presentation 8:30 PM – Leave for KTVQ tour, lasting through 10 PM Newscast Saturday September 20 10 AM – Mark Durenberger – D-CAS antenna 11 AM – Pat Martin – TP DX 12-2 PM – Open Lunch 2 PM – Nick Hall-Patch’s presentation by Phil Bytheway 3 PM – John Johnson reads – “Early IRCA History” by Larry Godwin 4 PM – IRCA Business meeting 5 PM – Open session 6 PM – Banquet – Montana Rib & Chop House 8 PM – Auction Hungry? You’ll discover Billings, Montana is filled with numerous places to eat. There is a Johnny Carino’s adjacent to the convention hotel. A few blocks away there is a Pizza Ranch where we will gather on Friday evening. IRCA will pay for this event. Pizza Ranch is a buffet facility featuring pizza and broasted chicken. You can even ask for them to make a pizza your way. The Saturday night convention banquet will be held at the Montana Rib and Chop House. Registration for club* members is just $35.00(US) (Does NOT include the banquet – details of the banquet will be announced later). Non- club member’s registration is $50.00(US) which includes a one year membership in the IRCA. (Hint: Save money, a one year membership in the IRCA is less than the increased registration fee for non-members. Join the IRCA now.) You may pay in advance by check or PayPal. If paying by PayPal, please add $1.00(US) to cover the $1.34(US) additional charges added on by PayPal. Use this PayPal address: john@johninmontana.com and include a message that the money if for the IRCA convention registration. If paying via check, make that out to John C Johnson and mail to 2922 S Olivewood, Mesa, AZ 85212-2923. * Club membership in IRCA, NRC, or WTFDA qualifies for the $35.00(US) registration fee. Non club members are encouraged to join the IRCA. Check out the IRCA Facebook site too! If you have any questions please contact John Johnson at john@johninmontana.com. (Phil Bytheway, IRCA President / Goodie Factory, Seattle WA, Drake R-7 / KIWA Loop, Sept 3, ABDX et al., via DXLD) SHORTWAVE RADIO MEETINGS [Eurasia, only!] During the remainder of the year the EDXC lists these: Dates: September 5-10 Location: Berlin, Germany Name: IFA Internationale Funkausstellung Description: Consumer Electronics Fair – Including Radios Dates: September 12-16 Location: Amsterdam, Holland Decsription: IBC 2013 More info: http://www.ibc.org/ Dates: September 19-22 Location: Tende/Nizza (Nice), France Description: European DX Conference, the annual meeting of EDXC Organization: European DX Council (EDXC) Expected attendance: 50 More info: http://www.edxc.org/ Dates: October 13-20 Location : Hoherodskopf, Germany Description: DX-Camp Organization: RMRC More info: mail@rmrc.de Date: October 15-19 Location: Holzerbachtal, Solingen-Wald, Germany Description: DX Camp Organization: Radiofreunde NRW More info: christof.proft@gmail.com Date: November 8 Location: Hannover, Germany Description: Interradio More info: http://www.interradio.info/ Dates: November 8-9 Location: Hyderabad, India Description: Ham Fest India 2014 http://edxcnews.wordpress.com/2014/02/16/shortwave-radio-meetings-2014/ (via Mike Terry, Sept 3, dxldyg via DXLD) MUSEA +++++ This Week in Radio History August 28, 1922 --- WEAF New York airs first commercial ("This program brought to you by...") Sent from my iPhone (source? via Dennis Gibson, ABDX via DXLD) Yeah, except this one is a myth. While the corporate folks who wanted to promote "toll broadcasting" managed to get this story publicized very effectively, the reality is that long before then, some stations had been taking money for advertising- - one of them, WGI in Medford Hillside MA (formerly known as 1XE) even got in trouble with the Radio Inspector for doing so -- in April 1922, the station' s management took money from a car dealer (Alvan Fuller) to advertise his new automobiles (Donna Halper, ibid.) CLANDESTINE RADIO IN THE 1980s Hi all, Would like to draw your attention and invite input on a new article on radiodx.com. http://www.radiodx.com/introduction-to-dxing/introduction-to-clandestine-dxing/clandestine-radio-wars-1980s/ Please note this is written from a New Zealand aspect and doesn't reflect the larger world of clandestine DXing at the time. Your comments, corrections and additions are very welcome. Please use the Comments box at the foot of the page. I must pay credit to the owners of the clandestineradio.com website where much of this information was checked against and augmented from. Regards, (Paul Ormandy, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) Yet brings back a lot of memories (gh, DXLD) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See AUSTRALIA; FINLAND; INDIA; NIGERIA; ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ SARAWAK non DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- IBOC +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ MATT SAMMON SEZ — HD RADIO CAN BE SAVED, IF SOMEONE CARES TO TRY http://mattsammonsez.tumblr.com/post/96221339294/hd-radio-can-be-saved-if-someone-cares-to-try (via Allan Dunn, K1UCY, Sept 4, WTFDA via DXLD) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV See also OKLAHOMA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ BENDOV: EFFICIENT SPECTRUM USE CALLS FOR RECEIVER STANDARDS Urges COFDM experimentation Source: tvtechnology.com WASHINGTON – The majority of TV stations operating today could be accommodated in a spectrum band ending at Ch. 37—if receivers were subject to performance standards. The point is made by Dr. Oded Bendov, one of the most respected engineers in broadcasting, in a filing on the Federal Communications Commission’s Incentive Auction Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. “Contiguous transmission on Chs. 14-37 and 7-13 is possible, subject to some modified rules and regulations that mandate minimal receiver performance and set the radio horizon as the limit of protected service,” Dr. Bendov wrote. “The two DTV bands, contiguous Chs. 7-13 and 14-37, are more than adequate to accommodate all TV stations.” He called receiver performance the “weakest link in the digital DTV chain.” Receiver performance is, to some degree, tied in with how a TV station’s coverage area is defined. Two analog-era propagation models are now used by the FCC to determine coverage areas, and both are inaccurate, Dr. Bendov said. Both calculate coverage areas with field- strength curves that assume reception at 50 percent of receiver locations, 90 percent of the time. With DTV, there’s virtually no variance—signals either come in all the time or not at all. And unlike analog signals, digital TV signals typically cannot be decoded by a TV set beyond the radio horizon, or line-of-sight. DTV signals are notoriously vulnerable to multipath interference—TV signals bouncing off buildings or terrain, creating reflected signals that also reach TV sets at different times. With analog signals and receivers, multipath interference produced ghost images. DTV sets are overwhelmed by multipath interference. That’s where receiver standards come in. Dr. Bendov explains how the implementation of tracking filters and linear decoding in TV receivers could improve reception such that contiguous packing of the TV spectrum is possible without introducing interference. “Modern DTV receivers have a ‘tuner-on-a-chip,’” he said. “The chip is inexpensive and fits in small devices. But the chip does away with the tracking filter that insulates the desired channel from undesired channels. In today’s environment, DTV channels are sparsely spaced and such chips have performed passably. That will no longer be the case if DTV channels are to be packed contiguously.” Dr. Bendov would have the commission set the radio horizon as the interference-protection limit, and set a minimum power level for reception in that area. Then let same-channel broadcasters in adjacent markets negotiate for higher radiated power levels as needed. “This should be the first step toward achieving spectral efficiency,” he said. He also suggested allowing broadcasters to experiment with coded orthogonal frequency division multiplexing, or COFDM. “During the standard-setting deliberations, the few who raised doubts about the proposed ATSC DTV standard on valid technical grounds were ignored,” Dr. Bendov said. “Speed was critical to the adoption of an American standard despite international tests that proved it to be inferior to other options. After the transition to DTV the extent of the problem became public.” Dr. Bendov said that by adopting ATSC alone without allowing for experimentation, “the FCC has blunted the effort to find a modulation format for suitable for consumers. There is no technical reason for this because experiments with new modulation formats that will not cause harmful interference to anyone can be designed and approved by the FCC.” See Dr. Bendov’s filing, “Spectrally Efficient UHF and VHF DTV Broadcasting,” in the FCC comment database. http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/view;jsessionid=WfhDRT2TKmtGK4gXs116cvygfzHfWnZLwWPRCkn3cQRRSBLvnbny!956499833!NONE?id=7022117651 (via Sept WTFDA VHF-UHF Digest via DXLD) LG TV vs Zenith STB I've been playing around with a new LG TV today (model 32LB5600) and comparing it to the good 'ole Zenith DTT900 box. Here's a preliminary review. Reception: First off, for most stations it's a tie. Signals come and go on both tuners almost simultaneously. It fact with the sound up, I can sometimes hear the 2 tuners taking turns filling in the missing audio of the other tuner. Really weird. For audio though, the LG has an overall edge in decoding as the Zenith has more audio dropouts. Video is tied. BUT (there's always a but) --- where the LG beats the Zenith hands down is in a strong-signal environment. When I aim directly at the CN Tower I can still get rock solid video from 94-mile ch 27 Peterboro', while the Zenith box barely registers the occasional yellow bar - and maybe a brief mangled decode. The low-power pirate on ch 22 Toronto comes in with a few breakups, while the Zenith box has nada - not even a yellow bar. My autoscan HDHR also wasn't decoding either of these. LG Pros: - It has manual tuning like the Zenith. - Seems to be handle strong-signal environments better. Cons: - The bar isn't as helpful. No indication of sub-decode bars (except in a few rare cases). - You can't see the signal strength until AFTER it tries decoding. - There is a pause during this attempt. - Just like the Zenith, the manual tuner mode will end after a while, although it will still try to decode that RF channel. - Not 100% sure yet, but it seems like you can't leave it unattended on a channel forever - the TV seens to eventually turn itself off. Will have to confirm this. - Very noisy on analog TV (with artifacts) and not useful for ATV DXing. Not even useful as a monitor feed by another ATV tuner as it will say "no signal". - No outputs for video captures or recording. So the LG TV is in my arsenal as another manual DTV tuner - in HD rather than SD ! I think this may help get some DX in high signal directions - W-N-NE - that otherwise might be swamped by overload or adjacent channel bleedover. In the two cases mentioned - channels 27 and 22 - there are no adjacent channels broadcasting from the CN Tower (but there is a 19, 20 and 25). I have had issues with the home- viewing TV with both TVO 19 and CBC 20. I think they bleed into each other and cause dropouts when aimed at the CN Tower. I hope this helps (Bill Hepburn, Grimsby Ont., Aug 30, WTFDA via DXLD) Update: The TV doesn't turn itself off - it sleeps. Hitting any button on the remote brings it back. Will have to see whether it retains the last DX catch like the Zenith. I suspect it will. wrh (ibid.) I've had an LG for several months, and I don't use it as a primary DX machine because (as with Digital TV's in general) there is no audio & video output for recording. Thanks for the info on "sleeping". I thought it was completely off; usually after about 15 minutes of no signal. I wonder: if an empty channel acquires a signal fade-up, will the TV wake-up?? I find that the LG seems to work better on channels where there is some interference, either from an adjacent powerhouse, or co-channel interference, even co-channel analog interference to an DTV station. However, I noticed right away that if there is a weakish signal all alone, it may come in fine on the STB, but the LG just won't decode. I've noticed this several times on W41DO during some tropo enhancement, yet the LG decodes WBMQ-50 and WNJN-51 next to local WRNN-48 better every time. All 3 of these stations are close in azimuth. Good news is, in most tough DX situations, there is some interference. I must say, I enjoy seeing some real DX in full screen HD. (Chris Lucas - Poughkeepsie, NY - FN31bs Insignia NS-DXA1-APT DTV Converter Antennas Direct 91-XG UHF antenna @ 25', w/ CPA19 pre-amp Winegard YA-1713 VHF-Hi antenna @ 21', w/Channel Master 7778 pre-amp. Winegard YA-6260 VHF-Lo antenna @ 14', w/Chromstar 2000 pre-amp. ibid.) If yours is like mine, go to settings -> time -> sleep timer and make sure it's set OFF. Also on mine the manual tuning mode times out after 40 seconds (Mike Bugaj, Enfield, CT, ibid.) Interesting, Chris; thanks. I haven't had it long enough to notice these quirks but will definitely look for them now. Will be nice to be able to monitor two RF channels again. I used to be able to do that until my flakely Humax tuner turned into a brick a couple of years ago (the one that searched for new stations while it was turned off). wrh (Hepburn, ibid.) Thanks for the review, Bill. It's always nice to know the pros and cons of the various brands of models of TVs. I wish I knew more details about the Panasonic Plasma HDTV I bought a while back. While it's got a really good tuner that compares well with my Insignia converter box, you can't add to the scanned channel list, either manually or by a supplemental scan. With stations coming in from several different directions, there's no way to get all of the stations into your channel list. If I had known that I wouldn't have bought it. The Home Run HD dual receiver that I own has lots of great features, including being able to scan the channels on a regular basis using a crontab It saves the resulting list as a text file, where it shows signal strength, signal to noise quality and resulting Siqnal Error Quality, which I really like. However, the receivers are not that sensitive and miss stations that show up fine on my Insignia converter box and Panasonic and Sony TVs. Speaking of my Sony, it has a decent tuner, but the Insignia and Panasonic are better, but it has a really nice feature that shows you the signal strength in Signal to Noise ratio dB in addition to the signal quality 0-100% bar. I like that feature! Thanks again for your report, Bill (Larry Kenney, San Francisco, ibid.) My TV Log: http://www.larrykenney.com/sfreceived.html Hi Larry, That stinks about not being able to do multiple scans that compile. Re the HDHR: On the advice of others, I purchased one of the original HDHRs with 2 coax inputs off of E-bay. It is more sensitive than the dual-tuner HDHR I bought new that has only 1 coax input. Apparently the internal splitter/amp circuit compromises the sensitivity. wrh (Hepburn, ibid.) RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ AM RADIO STRUGGLING TO KEEP LISTENERS http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-fi-am-death-20140902-story.html#page=2 (via Bill Harms, 2 Sept, dxldyg via DXLD) A re-hashed end of AM except for conservative talk with some sports radio saving the band reporting. Save to the perennial solar storm/global warming/hurricane/asteroid/etc // eschatological folder (Brandon Jordan, TN, ibid.) I understand, Brandon. However, the conservative talk and sports radio aside, what will AM radio offer to listeners in the future? My adult children, around 30 years old give or take, do not listen to AM radio and rarely if ever listen to FM radio. I know that my experience is anecdotal, but the ratings suggest that fewer and fewer young people are indeed listening to AM radio. I have to wonder what form AM radio will take in the next 15 to 20 years. And I love AM radio, and have for over 50 years (Bill Harms, ibid.) I think AM-BCB will take the form of 24/7/365 News Traffic / Weather / Sport, else it will perish. Localities without such might well be underserved for such, given the great distraction of the Social Media Network (it`s about me, and me gets the news from other me's. We used to call that gossip). I can easily envision the future without radio of any kind, unless it`s amateur radio. Billions pumped into the electric grid without an audience. I think that is the case NOW. And there's actually too many stations, all pumping out the same basic network feeds, not fully serving the local NTWS situation. So-called community radio has been pretty much on life-support for a long time. The revival of the Community Radio Station without network feed all day/nite does not appear forthcoming. The FCC has to stop listening to the wallet and actually take a stance; limiting liscensing, actually pronouncing a market saturation level, and raising the cost of doing business IF the entity is NOT a Community Radio Station. BTW, how many receptions of C2C can you get in one night? Just an example. It could easily be Rush, Alex, Savage, or a host of others. /MHO (Paul S. in CT FN31nl, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) As usual when the LA Times writes about radio, they didn't quite get it right. There were a couple of mistakes. I thought a serious omission was not saying anything about the difficulties with reception due to interference caused by devices found in many households; some LED lights, touch on lamps, dimmer switches and lots more. It mentioned the possibility of all digital AM. I think some of the proposals are for the lower VHF TV frequencies. I don't know how ducting would affect the digital signals. The AM radios we all have would be useless. Sent from my iPhone (Dennis Gibson, IRCA via DXLD) It's a fairly accurate article but skips a lot. The article starts with reasons for the decline in AM radio listeners that mostly included other media choices and then it mentions HD Radio as the savior. That's a major disconnect to me. HD Radio will not get the young generations to tune back to AM radio, they're media is the cell phone. You don't need a transmitter for cell phone reception. I also find it interesting that the plan to save AM radio is to move it to FM translators. That might save their business but it doesn't change the AM band at all. In fact it gives a failing AM station a reason to stay on the air to keep their FM translator. I used to listen to KFWB for news and traffic until KNX took that over. Unfortunately if you listen to KNX for 20 minutes that's all you need because the news stories just repeat. KFI is very popular because they are locally produced talk shows most of the time. Lots of ethnic stations including Korean, Cantonese, Mandarin, Spanish, and Vietnamese. Some of them have better programming than the English stations. The FCC needs to get rid of IBOC on AM, allow AM stations to move to FM if possible, let the remaining AM stations increase powers if needed for local coverage, and then let failing stations just die. Let the station figure out how to run a profitable business or go out of business. The FCC also needs to get back to enforcing the rules on electrical noise generation (Martin Foltz, ABDX via DXLD) FROM THE TRANSMITTER SIDE OF THE DXER'S EQUATION http://www.jameco.com/Jameco/workshop/MyStory/all-senses.html?sp_rid=MTgyNDYxMTM0MDgS1&sp_mid=10890201&spMailingID=10890201&spUserID=MTgyNDYxMTM0MDgS1&spJobID=343082989&spReportId=MzQzMDgyOTg5S0 Sorry, it's a bit a stinker of link (it's from Jameco's mailing list), but takes you to a retired engineer's story about finding out why his station's transmitter wouldn't start. He's retired now, so can tell you some secrets about how to troubleshoot a "hot" transmitter. best wishes, (Nick Hall-Patch, BC, IRCA via DXLD) PROPAGATION ++++++++++++ US-TO-VK TRANS-PACIFIC AMATEUR RADIO RECEPTION ON 630 METERS REPORTED Southgate August 27, 2014 The ARRL reports a radio amateur and medium-frequency (MF) experimenter in Australia has received a 630 meter (475.62 kHz) transmission from a radio amateur and Part 5 Experimental operator in Texas While the approximately 8710 miles covered is not a distance record nor a “first” for that part of the spectrum, it does represent the sort of accomplishments that the Amateur Radio community in the US might come to enjoy if a band at 472-479 kHz ever becomes a reality. John Langridge, KB5NJD, in Texas, who holds Experimental license WG2XIQ, told ARRL that having his WSPR signal heard in Australia on August 25 at 0952 UTC by David Isele, VK2DDI, was a “huge surprise.” Read the ARRL story at http://www.arrl.org/news/us-to-vk-transpacific-reception-on-630-meters-reported Also a report on the Long Wave Club of America August 25, 2014: Over 8600 miles with 5 watt WSPR-2 signal: David, VK2DDI reports reception last night of John Langridge's (KB5NJD) WG2XIQ WSPR2 transmission on 475.621 kHz, for a distance of 8628 miles. VK2DDI is near Berry Mountain in New South Wales, and WG2XIQ is in Duncanville, TX. The reception was on 25 August 2014 at 0950 UTC, with a WSPR-computed signal to noise ratio of -30 dB (2500 Hz BW). Transequatorial propagation at these frequencies is possible in late summer and late winter, narrow periods when the whole path is in darkness. As WSPR2 is not the very best of weak-signal modes, this reception is a significant achievement. (Report by John Andrews W1TAG) http://www.lwca.org/ (both via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) ROMANIAN PROPAGATION BULLETIN Chip Sufitchi, N2YO/YO3FWC sent a note about a Romanian propagation bulletin, which just published its five-hundredth edition. Chip wrote, "I wanted to inform you that the Weekly Propagation Bulletin hosted by the popular Romanian web site Radioamator.ro just released issue 500. One month ago the web site celebrated 10 years of continuous presence on the web by activating a special call sign (YR10RRO) and releasing a decennial award. The main section in the bulletin discusses some interesting propagation events occurring recently, including VHF/UHF if any, propagation facts during a recent major contest as reported by participants, or a forecast for the weekend's contest, if any significant one is scheduled. It does also inform readers about interesting articles with propagation/solar content found on the internet, or recent reported facts about the current solar cycle. The last section is a one week forecast for solar and geomagnetic activity, based on NOAA and IPS reports. Part of the bulletin is also the monthly propagation diagrams, generated on the first of each month, showing propagation in several directions centered on YO. The simulation is powered by VOAprop, a software tool created by G4ILO." The web site is here: http://www.radioamator.ro/misc/buletinepropagare.php You can use Google Translate to read it in English. After clicking on the link to any of the bulletins, just copy the URL and paste it here in the box: http://translate.google.com/#ro/en/ Of course you can select any language of your choice, and it at least gives you an idea of what the text is about. (QST de W1AW, Propagation Forecast Bulletin 35 ARLP035, From Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, WA August 29, 2014, To all radio amateurs, via DXLD) PROPAGATION OUTLOOK FROM P I G Solar activity forecast for the period August 29 - September 4, 2014 Activity level: mostly low X-ray background flux (1.0-8.0 A): in the range B1.0-B7.0 Radio flux (10.7 cm): a fluctuation in the range 90-135 f.u. Events: class C (0-12/day), class M (0-6/period), class X (0/period), proton (0-1/period) Relative sunspot number (Ri): in the range 20-105 RWC Prague, Astronomical Institute, Solar Dept., Ondrejov, Czech Republic e-mail: sunwatch(at)asu.cas.cz ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Geomagnetic activity forecast for the period Aug 29 to Sep 4, 2014 quiet: Sep 1 and 2 quiet to unsettled: Aug 29 and 30, Sep 3 unsettled: Aug 31 and Sep 4 active: 0 minor storm: 0 major storm: 0 severe storm: 0 Geomagnetic activity summary: geomagnetic field was quiet from Aug 22 to 26, quiet to unsettled on Aug 21, unsettled on Aug 27. RWC Prague, Geophysical Institute Prague, Geomagnetic Dept, Czech Republic ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Geomagnetic activity forecast for the period August 29 - September 23, 2014 Geomagnetic field will be: quiet on September 2, 5, 9 - 12, 18 - 21 mostly quiet on September 6, September 16 - 17 quiet to unsettled on September 3 - 4, 7 - 8, 13 quiet to active on August 29, 31, September 1, 22 active to disturbed August 30, September 14 - 15, 23 Amplifications of the solar wind are expected on August 31, September 1 - 3, 7 - 9, 14 - 15, 22 - 23 Remark: - Parenthesis means lower probability of activity enhancement. F. K. Janda, OK1HH, Czech Propagation Interest Group (OK1HH & OK1MGW, weekly forecasts since 1978) e-mail: ok1hh(at)rsys.cz (via Dario Monferini, DXLD) NEWS FOR ALL USERS --- SWPC NEW WEBSITE SURVEY AVAILABLE As the Space Weather Prediction Center prepares to make its new website operational near the end of September, we are pleased to announce the availability of a National Weather Service Product Survey to gather your comments. http://www.nws.noaa.gov/survey/nws-survey.php?code=NSWPCWS Since the debut of the Beta site in April, we have gotten many comments and suggestions. We have attempted to address most of those inputs, while adding content and data products. For example, we now have addressed size issues on the images and animations by adding “lightbox” functionality similar to Google and YouTube that allows you to maximize image and movie size. Additionally we have many product pages and “dashboard” pages focused on specific user groups. This includes the Space Weather Enthusiasts page http://origin-www.swpc.noaa.gov/content/space-weather-enthusiasts as a response to many who missed our Space Weather Now and Today’s Space Weather pages. We have added Data Access http://origin-www.swpc.noaa.gov/content/data-access where you can navigate to our Product Subscription service or navigate to directly retrieve text and image data. Finally, we improved mobile performance and added a Search box that many of you requested. Websites are never static, and so our site will continue to evolve and improve as we move through this operational deployment period. Our users are our partners in keeping the site not only relevant, but also exciting. So, please take the time to browse through the site and consider making it your primary Web access to SWPC versus our legacy site. And, of course, provide feedback through the Product Survey page http://www.nws.noaa.gov/survey/nws-survey.php?code=NSWPCWS (SWPC mailing list Aug 28 via DXLD) :Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts :Issued: 2014 Sep 01 0657 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # Product description and SWPC contact on the Web # http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/weekly.html # # Weekly Highlights and Forecasts # Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 25 - 31 August 2014 Solar activity was at low to moderate levels during the period. Moderate levels were observed on 25 August due to a pair of M-flares originating from Region 2146 (N07, L=344, class/area Dki/300 on 26 August). The first was a M2/1b flare at 25/1511 UTC with associated Type II (707 km/s) and Type IV radio sweeps, a Ten cm radio burst (150 sfu), and a coronal mass ejection (CME) primarily off the west limb in SOHO/LASCO C2 imagery beginning at 25/1548 UTC. The second flare was an M3 at 25/2021 UTC which also had a CME off the west limb in SOHO/LASCO C2 imagery beginning at 25/2048 UTC. Both CMEs were determined to be directed too far west to be geoeffective. The rest of the period was populated with numerous low to mid-level C-class flares, the majority of which were from Regions 2146 and 2149 (N09, L=284, class/area Dkc/280 on 31 August). An enhancement of the greater than 10 MeV proton flux at geosynchronous orbit was observed beginning at approximately 25/2125 UTC likely associated with the M-class flares from Region 2146. A peak flux value of 1.4 pfu (below S1-Minor) was observed at 25/2300 UTC and thereafter gradually returned to background levels by 27 August. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at normal levels on 27 August, moderate levels on 25-26 August and again from 28-29 August. High levels were reached on 30-31 August with the flux of 1,510 pfu observed at 30/1550 UTC. Geomagnetic field activity started at quiet levels on 25-26 August. By early on 27 August, total field increased from 5 nT to a maximum of 15 nT by 27/0848 UTC, solar wind speed slowly increased, and the Bz component went south for the majority of the day reaching a maximum of -14 nT indicative of the arrival of a pair of CMEs that were associated with flare activity from Region 2146 on 22 August. Solar wind continued to slowly increase through 29 August when it became variable between approximately 380 km/s to 480 km/s. Phi angle became mostly positive (away) by late on 27 August and remained so during the rest of the period. This was indicative of a slow transition from CME activity into positive polarity coronal hole high speed streams (CH HSS) by mid to late on 28 August. The geomagnetic field responded with mostly quiet to active conditions from 27 August through 31 August with isolated minor storm periods observed on 28-29 August. Periods of major storm levels were observed at high latitudes on 27-28 August and again on 30-31 August with an isolated severe storm period observed on 29 August. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 01 - 27 SEPTEMBER 2014 Solar activity is expected to be at low levels with a slight chance for M-class (R1-R2, Minor-Moderate) flaring from 01-09 September. Beginning on 10 September and lasting through the end of the forecast period, M-class flare probabilities are expected to increase to a chance as old Regions 2146, 2149, and 2151 (S08, L=253, class/area Cso/140 on 25 August) return to the visible disk. No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to reach high levels on 01-03, 07-09, and 27 September due to CH HSS influence. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to reach unsettled to active levels from 01-08, 13, and 25-27 September due to CH HSS activity as well as possible recurrent solar sector boundary crossings. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2014 Sep 01 0657 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # Product description and SWPC contact on the Web # http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wwire.html # # 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table # Issued 2014-09-01 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2014 Sep 01 130 12 4 2014 Sep 02 130 8 3 2014 Sep 03 125 8 3 2014 Sep 04 120 10 4 2014 Sep 05 115 8 3 2014 Sep 06 110 10 4 2014 Sep 07 105 8 3 2014 Sep 08 105 12 4 2014 Sep 09 105 5 2 2014 Sep 10 110 5 2 2014 Sep 11 115 5 2 2014 Sep 12 115 5 2 2014 Sep 13 115 8 3 2014 Sep 14 110 5 2 2014 Sep 15 110 5 2 2014 Sep 16 120 5 2 2014 Sep 17 130 5 2 2014 Sep 18 130 5 2 2014 Sep 19 130 5 2 2014 Sep 20 135 5 2 2014 Sep 21 135 5 2 2014 Sep 22 130 5 2 2014 Sep 23 125 5 2 2014 Sep 24 120 5 2 2014 Sep 25 115 12 4 2014 Sep 26 115 18 4 2014 Sep 27 125 15 4 (SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1737, DXLD) PROPAGATION OUTLOOK FROM P I G Solar activity forecast for the period September 5 - 11, 2014 Activity level: mostly low to high X-ray background flux (1.0-8.0 A): in the range B3.0-C1.5 Radio flux (10.7 cm): a fluctuation in the range 110-175 f.u. Events: class C (1-15/day), class M (0-5/day), class X (0-1/period), proton (0-1/period) Relative sunspot number (Ri): in the range 35-150 RWC Prague, Astronomical Institute, Solar Dept., Ondrejov, Czech Republic, e-mail: sunwatch(at)asu.cas.cz ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Geomagnetic activity forecast for the period September 5 - 11, 2014 Because of unsettled character of solar wind continuing and despite the negative Bz decrease, we expect unsettled geomagnetic condition during the next week. The first half, the local geomagnetic field at in the Czech Republic and Budkov observatory (IAGA code BDV) should be unsettled. From Sunday, September 7, we expect turn to quiet of geomagnetic field, the main expected degree is quiet to unsettled. Tomas Bayer Institute of Geopysics of the ASCR, Budkov observatory, Czech Republic ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Geomagnetic activity forecast for the period September 5 - 30, 2014 Geomagnetic field will be: quiet on September 10 - 12, 18 - 21 mostly quiet on September 9, 16 - 17 quiet to unsettled on September 7 - 8, 13, 25 - 26, 29 - 30 quiet to active on September 5 - 6, 22, 27 - 28 active to disturbed September 14 - 15, 23 - 24 Amplifications of the solar wind are expected on September 5 - 8, 14 - 15, 22 - 23, 26 - 29 Remark: - Parenthesis means lower probability of activity enhancement. Petr Kolman, OK1MGW, Czech Propagation Interest Group (OK1HH & OK1MGW, weekly forecasts since 1978) e-mail: kolmanp(at)razdva.cz (via Dario Monferini, DXLD) ###