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Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 1746 CONTENTS: *DX and station news about: Afghanistan non, Algeria non, Australia, Canada, China, Cuba, France, Greece, India, International Vacuum, Iran, Japan, Korea North non, Myanmar, Netherlands non, North America, Oklahoma, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Sarawak non, South Carolina non, Taiwan non, Tromelin, UK, USA SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1746, Nov 6-12, 2014 Thu 0430 WRMI 9955 [1745 replayed] Thu 1330 WRMI 9955 [confirmed; also on Global 24 9395 this time] Thu 2201 WRMI 9395 via Global 24 [new] Fri 0030 WRMI 9395 via Global 24 [new] Fri 0427v WWRB 3185 [no show] Fri 2130 WRMI 7570 & 15770 Sat 0730 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 1000 WRMI 5850 [instead of Sunday; change or mistake??] Sat 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 1830 WORLD RADIO NETWORK via satellite [time as shifted] Sun 0231 KVOH 9975 [confirmed] Sun 2300 WRMI 11580 [confirmed] Mon 0400v WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Area 51 [confirmed] Mon 2201 WRMI 9395 via Global 24 [confirmed] Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 Wed 0401 WRMI 9395 via Global 24 [new] Wed 0730 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Wed 1415 WRMI 9955 Wed 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v Wed 2201 WRMI 9395 via Global 24 [new] Thu 0430 WRMI 9955 [or 1747 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: 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 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. On a completely unrelated non-MW tip. If you want to hear internal command and control communications within the Taliban, try 6645 kHz. I spotted this frequency on a transceiver read-out filmed as part of a BBC Panorama programme about the Taliban. The frequency was being used simplex during local daylight presumably for medium range comms - I presume that VHF is not very helpful in Afghan terrain. 73 (Steve Whitt, York, UK, Oct 24, MWCircle yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1746, DXLD) ** ALBANIA. 7425, Radio Tirana at 0230 signing-on with music, ID, schedule - Weak Oct 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) 7464.982 kHz heard at 2030 UT on Oct 30th RT German service, but only far away in northern Europe U.K./IRL and Scandinavia. far behind the national borders of the central European German-speaking countries. Selection of 7 MHz channel towards Switzerland, Austria and Germany is far too high tonight. RT Shijak 7465 kHz transmission signal skips(!) over our head in German speaking countries TONIGHT! Comment: 6 MHz selection frequency usage would be the better choice tonight. 7464.982 kHz exact frequency footprint logged at 2101 UT during the Radio Tirana English service to GB and Ireland. And signal strength was much reliable of S=9+20dB or -49dBm strength measured at 2107 UT. News at 2106 UT heard, "students in Africa and Nigeria item...". 2108, end of news reading. 2108-2111, review of news paper. 2111-2114 girl singer with Albanian flavor. 2114, "World Bank" analyse report comment on Albanians banks. 2117-2122, Landscape report feature on "Laguna Carrera(?)", greatest and biggest lagoon in Albania. 2122, Flute music started, into girls singer pop music with Albanian/Balkan area flavor. 2126:50, End of English program. Radio Tirana interval signal jingle theme started. 2126:33, sudden cut-off Shijak transmitter, midst on IS theme music. 7 or 6 MHz frequency selection of Radio Tirana transmissions into central European target zone? When using only a single frequency band for Radio Tirana, such a question is occurs now and then. Therefore one must draw for a few days the situation of large sunspots into consideration. The unnecessary skipping the 7465 kHz signal in France, Italy and German-speaking countries can be repeated in the coming weeks, or not even occur again? (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 30, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7389.979, footprint this Oct 31 at 0830-0850 UT morning, when checked for short time slot piece, the Radio Tirana Shijak transmission in Albanian. Endless interview talk of a lady in 0830-0840 UT slot. Comment of steep angle antenna transmission on Oct 31: Nothing real heard on Moscow, Scandinavia, Ireland and U.K. posts, like greater 2000 kilometers distance. Belgium S=8 or -84dBm at Guido Schotmans' location unit. Italy S=9+25dB -51dBm near Bologna, Rimini, also at Verona, same signal strength between Naples, Apulia, Sicily. Netherlands S=9+20dB -58dBm in all Holland places... Poland S=9+10dB -74dBm in Warsaw. Germany, Switzerland, Austria S=9+15dB -64dBm, same level also here in Stuttgart Germany (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews 5 Nov via DXLD) [and non]. 7465, Oct 31 at 0020, I am now checking R. Tirana`s Albanian hour to North America. Very poor carrier, can`t make anything out altho there is no interference, so this is just as bad as the 0230 English on 7425. 7425, Oct 31 at 0240, again a very poor carrier, unreadable; adjacent Iran in Spanish on 7420 is better at poor level and can be heard with concentration. (Tirana`s successor on 7425, DW in Swahili via RWANDA, has sufficient signal at 0328) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) > 7389.979 footprint this Oct 31 at 0830-0850 UT morning, when checked for short time slot piece, the Radio Tirana Shijak transmission in Albanian. Endless interview talk of a lady in 08.30 - 08.40 UT slot. Comment of steep angle antenna transmission It's on the same curtain antenna as the evening/night transmissions. Only limited antenna switching is in place at Shijak and the second Chinese transmitter, with which transmissions on the HQ antenna have been run, has been retired from regular operations. Maybe they thus also can not transmit on 49 metres anymore. Tonight the 7465 kHz signal was quite good here. Of note was a hum that sounded like a ground loop somewhere before the limiter / compressor in the audio chain. (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Nov 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7424.980, footprint of Radio Tirana Shijak transmission via Western Europe 1st hop, towards North America target zone 7-9, heard here from tune-in on SDR unit at 0240 to 0259:00 UT, Oct 31. Transmission was well powerful observed of S=9+30dB or -47dBm signal level on North Sea coast of the Netherlands. No QRM of adjacent 7420 kHz Iran channel on excellent SDR equipment. Comment: on adjacent and nearby channel coverage at 0230-0300 UT. Other free channel nearby was former Greece radio used channel 7475 (also adjacent free 7470/7480) kHz too. 7420 IRIB Kamalabad in Spanish to Latin America at 259 degrees, powerful S=9+40dB or -35dBm. 7460 Rádio Payeme-Doost (Bahai) in Persian via Grigoriopol Moldova, S=9+20dB or -53dBm strength. Splatter also on 7455 and 7465 kHz. Checked also various remote receivers in Ireland, U.K., Netherlands, Belgium, North Western Germany, noted with same signals. 0253 UT "Good Bye" from Radio Tirana, followed by Flute music and local Albanian pop singer female/girl till 0257:36 UT. Radio Tirana interval signal till 0258:40 UT, when DWL Kigali Rwanda interval signal started/heard underneath. 0259:00 UT on Oct 31 switch OFF transmitter in Shijak (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 31, via DXLD) R Tirana on 7465 khz from 2110 UT tune-in on 1 November. Very weak signal and struggling to make out very much. Was about to give up and go elsewhere when at 2115 a very brief interruption and a snatch of R Tirana IS, then back with much better signal. I'm now enjoying some folk music played on the clarinet. Very nice! Maybe still time to catch it at 0245 UT (on Saturday 2 November 7425 kHz in N America). (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ALGERIA. 252 LW, R Algérienne, Tipaza, 0030, Oct 17, noted a powerhouse 1000 Hertz test tone on remote SDR unit in southern Italy. S=9+45dB, tremendous signal. RTA Algerian 252 LW refurbished in past months, a new solid state LW unit of TranRadio/ former Telefunken Berlin Germany unit and rebuilt also LW antenna by Ampegon Schifferstadt Germany (Wolfgang Bueschel, Oct 17 via DSWCI DX Window Oct 29 via DXLD) The 2000 Hertz tone is caused because the new transmitter transmits on 250 instead of 252 kHz (Jens Christian Seeberg, Kalundborg, Denmark, and Erik Koie, Holte, Denmark, DSWCI DX Window Oct 29 via DXLD Kai & Wolfy, Is this correct that the ALG transmitter is on 250, not 252 kHz, as in DSWCI DX Window? (Glenn to them, via DXLD) I send a question to Erik last week; he was on sightseeing 243 Denmark site and met together Mr. Seeberg. But Erik denied this odd channel 250 kHz observation, that was fault, Algeria's Telefunken TransRadio new unit is - and was - real on even channel 252 kHz. 73 wolfy (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) The old tube transmitters run at times indeed on 250 kHz, in all likelihood not intentionally at all, cf. https://www.google.de/search?q=tipaza+250+252 But in this case the transmission of a 1 kHz test tone had been reported, which is certainly easy to tell apart from a 2 kHz one. So I guess not only Erik but also the other mentioned gentleman is misquoted here and the old story of the 2 kHz deviation got messed up with the first tests of the new transmitter with a sine wave tone as modulation. While I'm writing this there is only Ireland in the clear on 252 kHz. So quite likely the Tipaza transmitter is not on air right now, thus the new gear apparently still not accepted yet (Kai Ludwig, Nov 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, I know it has been a while since I've sent any loggings, but had to send this one. Although it is presumed, it is my first trans- Atlantic longwave broadcast logging. The box loop adds a lot of front- end selectivity, and lowers the noise floor considerably. 252, RTA Chaîne 3 (presumed), November 2 0520-0545 UT with 23322 signals. Could make out French-language conversation between two people. However, no positive identification. SAH also noted; presumably Ireland, but no recovered audio from them. Found Chaîne 3 stream on internet and the program sounded the same as the conversation on 252. Thanks to Rumen Pankov, Wolfgang Bueschel, et al. for tips on RTA's revived Tipaza transmitter activity (Steve Zimmerman, Milwaukee, WI. Receiver: ICF-7600GR with a 36" squaare box loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ALGERIA [non]. Holy Qur`an Radio - Algeria --- Hello DXers, Around 0458 UT I noticed an Arabic station with a religious chanting on 5865 kHz. Went off the air followed by a carrier on with a test tone followed by Algerian national Anthem, ID ``Huna Algazaier idhaat al Quran Alkareem min Algazaier``. I checked Aoki but sounds like this one is not listed. Best 73 (Tarek Zeidan, Cairo, Egypt, Nov 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Tarek, Aoki Nagoya list is n o t fully updated yet for new B-14 season. But 5865 Issoudun is included in Aoki attached hfcc file of Oct 30. I use Aoki Oct 31, and then click into 8th included spread- sheet tab page on the bottom line, move into hfcc sheet... .. but I see actually now, new Aoki of TODAY Nov 3rd has this ISS 5865 item included too. So reload your aoki file to replace on your pc. 73 wolfy (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) Monitored schedule of Radio TV Algerienne on Nov. 4/5: 0400-0458 on 5865 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf Arabic Holy Quran px 0500-0558 on 5865 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf Arabic Holy Quran px 0500-0505 on 7295 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf French news bulletin 0505-0558 on 7295 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf Arabic Nat. Chaine 1 0600-0605 on 5865 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf French news bulletin 0605-0658 on 5865 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf Arabic Holy Quran px 1800-1900 on 11985 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf Arabic Holy Quran px 1900-2000 on 11775 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf Arabic Holy Quran px 1900-1905 on 11985 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf French news bulletin 1905-1958 on 11985 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf Arabic Nat. Chaine 1 2000-2100 on 9380 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf Arabic Holy Quran px 2000-2005 on 11775 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf French news bulletin 2005-2058 on 11775 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf Arabic Nat. Chaine 1 2100-2200 on 6145 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf Arabic Holy Quran px 2100-2105 on 9380 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf French news bulletin 2105-2158 on 9380 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf Arabic Nat. Chaine 1 2200-2205 on 6145 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf French news bulletin 2205-2258 on 6145 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf Arabic Nat. Chaine 1 16 videos from Nov.4/5: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/11/monitored-schedule-of-radio-tv.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1746, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANGOLA. 4949.745, Rádio Nacional Angola, in Portuguese, poor signal into Germany at 2300 UT on Nov 1, S=6-7 or -80dBm strength (Wolfgang Büeschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DXLD) ** ANTARCTICA. 15476, LRA36 presumed at 2121, a weak carrier was detectable, but never any audio, carrier went off between 2143 and 2144 - Oct 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) re 14-44: LRA 36 reception. Walt, - Quite interesting --- the fascination with LRA-36 from Antarctica is clearly a distance phenomena, not a programming orientation. It takes good, clear reception to make the distinction (Rich D'Angelo-PA-USA, DXplorer Oct 30 via BCDX 5 Nov via DXLD) LRA36 no show 4 Nov --- Darn my luck. Having just rounded Cape Horn, I was hoping to hear 15476 at good levels. Instead, an open carrier started at 1838:30 and continued for a while before cutting off. I never heard any audio today. I won't have time tomorrow as we'll be in Port Stanley on the Falklands, which I'm truly looking forward to. 73, (Walt Salmaniw, Nov 4, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ARGENTINA. Cruising down the west coast of South America last week I noticed a very powerful station on 1710 heard throughout the evenings over several days. Most powerful off southern Perú and northern Chile, and much weaker by Santiago. Does anyone know who this is? I'm assuming he's a pirate or less than legal broadcaster. I did record some of the transmissions. 73, (from the MS Veendam, Walt Salmaniw, Nov 4, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hello Mr Walter: The station is Radio Imagen from Castellar, Buenos Aires province, Argentina. More information here: http://gruporadioescuchaargentino.wordpress.com/2014/03/15/radio-imagen-transmite-ahora-en-1710-khz/ 73! (Claudio Galaz, Chile, ibid.) Thanks, Claudio! But why so strong off Chile, and not heard off the southern and eastern coast of S America? (Walt, Nov 5, ibid.) Hello. I guess that is the azimuth. I have not information about this. Greetings from Chile (Galaz, ibid.) ** ARGENTINA. 15345, Radio Nacional Argentina, November 2 at 2345. Local pops "música popular" and talk in Spanish. Good signal with only slight fading. Time pips on the hour and half-hour. Frequent Radio Nacional ID's, with full ID just after the top of the hour. Still there at 0020 (Jim Andrew, Houston, Texas - Funcube Pro+ SDR, SPR-4, amateur band vertical, dxldyg via DX LISTENIING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA [and non]. New Michigan DU catch this morning! 612 was noted this morning with a fair level carrier. By 1210 UT the level grew until faint modulation traces could be seen on the SDR and heard through the slop from 610. At this point I'm scrambling to look up the web stream for ABC Brisbane as I was now hearing some very faint music with female vocals. The signal continued to build slightly and was coming in well enough to match music heard on the Perseus to ABC Brisbane's live web stream. An announcer break between songs also helped when making the parallel. So 612 4QR ABC Brisbane, Australia is a new log here this morning that I'm excited with at a distance of 8,993 miles! 738 Tahiti was also in a bit earlier with weak audio, but good enough to parallel against their web stream. Weak carriers also noted on 702 & 747 during local sunrise but they never developed into audio. 73, (Tim Tromp, West Michigan, Perseus SDR + phased southwest BOGs, 1449 UT Nov 1 ABDX via WORLD OF RADIO 1746, DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. 11945, Oct 31 at 0604, I catch R. Australia with news in French at new time; 0605 back to English before I can tell whether 13630 and 15240 were also in French. Maybe 0600 M-F only like the previous 0310 scheduling, and does that still exist? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) B-14 changes of Radio Australia between 0600-0700 & 0900-1000 UT 0600-0605 9660 BRN 025 kW / 010 deg NPac English 0600-0605 11945 SHP 100 kW / 100 deg SPac French Mon-Fri, ex 0300-0315 0600-0605 11945 SHP 100 kW / 100 deg SPac English Sat/Sun 0600-0605 12080 BRN 025 kW / 080 deg EPac French Mon-Fri, ex 0300-0315 0600-0605 12080 BRN 025 kW / 080 deg EPac English Sat/Sun 0600-0605 13630 SHP 100 kW / 050 deg EPac English 0600-0605 15240 SHP 100 kW / 030 deg NPac French Mon-Fri, ex 0300-0315 0600-0605 15240 SHP 100 kW / 030 deg NPac English Sat/Sun 0600-0605 15415 SHP 100 kW / 355 deg EaAs English 0600-0605 17750 SHP 100 kW / 329 deg SEAs English 0600-0605 21725 SHP 100 kW / 329 deg SEAs English 0605-0630 9660 BRN 025 kW / 010 deg NPac English 0605-0630 11945 SHP 100 kW / 100 deg SPac English 0605-0630 12080 BRN 025 kW / 080 deg EPac English 0605-0630 13630 SHP 100 kW / 050 deg EPac English 0605-0630 15240 SHP 100 kW / 030 deg NPac English 0605-0630 15415 SHP 100 kW / 355 deg EaAs English 0605-0630 17750 SHP 100 kW / 329 deg SEAs English 0605-0630 21725 SHP 100 kW / 329 deg SEAs English 0630-0700 9660 BRN 025 kW / 010 deg NPac Pidgin Mon-Fri, ex 0730-0800 0630-0700 9660 BRN 025 kW / 010 deg NPac English Sat/Sun 0630-0700 11945 SHP 100 kW / 100 deg SPac English 0630-0700 12080 BRN 025 kW / 080 deg EPac Pidgin Mon-Fri, ex 0730-0800 0630-0700 12080 BRN 025 kW / 080 deg EPac English Sat/Sun 0630-0700 13630 SHP 100 kW / 050 deg EPac English 0630-0700 15240 SHP 100 kW / 030 deg NPac Pidgin Mon-Fri, ex 0730-0800 0630-0700 15240 SHP 100 kW / 030 deg NPac English Sat/Sun 0630-0700 15415 SHP 100 kW / 355 deg EaAs Pidgin Mon-Fri, ex 0730-0800 0630-0700 15415 SHP 100 kW / 355 deg EaAs English Sat/Sun 0630-0700 17750 SHP 100 kW / 329 deg SEAs Pidgin Mon-Fri, ex 0730-0800 0630-0700 17750 SHP 100 kW / 329 deg SEAs English Sat/Sun 0630-0700 21725 SHP 100 kW / 329 deg SEAs Pidgin Mon-Fri, ex 0730-0800 0630-0700 21725 SHP 100 kW / 329 deg SEAs English Sat/Sun 0900-0930 5995 BRN 025 kW / 010 deg NPac Pidgin Mon-Fri, ex 1000-1030 0900-0930 5995 BRN 025 kW / 010 deg NPac English Sat/Sun 0900-0930 6080 SHP 100 kW / 005 deg NPac Pidgin Mon-Fri, ex 1000-1030 0900-0930 6080 SHP 100 kW / 005 deg NPac English Sat/Sun 0900-0930 6150 SHP 100 kW / 030 deg NPac Pidgin Mon-Fri, ex 1000-1030 0900-0930 6150 SHP 100 kW / 030 deg NPac English Sat/Sun 0900-0930 9475 SHP 100 kW / 030 deg NPac Pidgin Mon-Fri, ex 1000-1030 0900-0930 9475 SHP 100 kW / 030 deg NPac English Sat/Sun 0900-0930 9580 SHP 100 kW / 080 deg EPac English 0900-0930 9710 SHP 100 kW / 355 deg EaAs Pidgin Mon-Fri, ex 1000-1030 0900-0930 9710 SHP 100 kW / 355 deg EaAs English Sat/Sun 0900-0930 11945 SHP 100 kW / 100 deg SPac English 0900-0930 12080 BRN 025 kW / 080 deg EPac Pidgin Mon-Fri, ex 1000-1030 0900-0930 12080 BRN 025 kW / 080 deg EPac English Sat/Sun 0930-1000 5995 BRN 025 kW / 010 deg NPac English 0930-1000 6080 SHP 100 kW / 005 deg NPac English 0930-1000 6150 SHP 100 kW / 030 deg NPac English 0930-1000 9475 SHP 100 kW / 030 deg NPac English 0930-1000 9580 SHP 100 kW / 080 deg EPac English 0930-1000 9710 SHP 100 kW / 355 deg EaAs English 0930-1000 11945 SHP 100 kW / 100 deg SPac English 0930-1000 12080 BRN 025 kW / 080 deg EPac English Videos between 0600-0700UT http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/11/b-14-changes-of-radio-australia-between.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9580, Oct 31 at 1227, again this Friday, RA is airing `The Naked Scientists` from ABC RN during this hour, and after 1300 rock/rap music from Triple J (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Australia, 9580, 10/31/14, 1205 UT with `Naked Scientist` program. Today's program had science stories about diabetes, space weather, simple Ebola tests, and civilian space travel. ID at 1227 UT (Larry Zamora, Garland, TX. DX LISTENING DIGEST) Fridays only ** AUSTRALIA. B14 schedule for Reach Beyond Australia (ex HCJB Australia) in English: 0100-0115 s...... As 17760 (Spotlight) 0730-0800 Daily Au 15490 0800-0830 Daily Au 15490 1115-1130 smt.t.. As 11590 (Spotlight) 1130-1145 MMs As 11590 (Spotlight) 1330-1400 M..f. As 11590 (Hindi/English) 1405-1500 Daily As 12115 1500-1530 Daily As 12115 [these smtwtfs entries with dots between them are liable to get messed up in editing, best avoided --- gh] (Nov BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) ** AUSTRIA. 17605, Nov 5 at 1431, Horn of Africa music, poor with flutter, as AWR Afar via Austria is back here for B-14 season at 1430- 1500. To our ears, the music has no Christian or even Adventist tinge, but maybe it does to the Afars (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BAHRAIN. 9744.996, 0012, R Bahrain. Arabic songs, fading weak/fair, 17/10 (Giampiero Bernardini, Milan, Italy, Elad FDM-S2, ANT T2FD 15 m long, Nov BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) 9745, 0431, R Bahrain. Reactivated already [for a?] week, Boney M’s Rasputin song [sic], 353, 12/10 (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, Sony ICF2001D & VEF201, Ant Folded Marconi 16m, Nov BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) [and non]. 9745, Radio Bahrain heard Nov 3rd from Perseus site in Scotland from 2251 UT tune with nice signal but heavy co-channel QRM from Han Sheng, Voice of Kuanghua - normally the Han Sheng transmitter is fading by 2200-2230 UT but not so today - remained very much in play past 2300 while Bahrain was fading between S2 and S4. Contemporary ME vocals with recorded program ID by man at 2253 UT as "98.4" followed by short Arabic announcements and back into music. Recorded announcement by man with echo at 2320.5 followed by man in Arabic to 2321 UT. SINPO 3V4/3/5/3/3. The "98.4" I believe refers to a relay of the Shabab (Youth) FM broadcast which would explain the contemporary style music (Bruce W. Churchill-CA-USA, DXplorer Nov 4 via BCDX 5 Nov via DXLD) ** BANGLADESH. 15105, Bangladesh Betar, Oct 31 1229-1241, 34443, English, IS, Time announce, Opening music, Opening announce, Theme music, News (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) 15105, Radio Bangladesh Betar, Dhaka, Nov/02/14, 1235 UT, English, poor-fair, // to live web feed for news; but web feed news appeared to be a taped version that starts when you go to the webpage, not in direct //. Same Female reading same news, however!! Female with English news items at 1235 tune In. String music interlude. Local vocal music 1247-1250. Female spoke 1250-1255. Instrumental music to 1259. Female with ID and off air at 1300 (Rob Ross, Ont., ODXA yg via DXLD) 15505, Nov 4 at 1400 I am straining to hear BB and its mistimesignal. Instead of modulated pips, I do only hear six tix ending at 1400:07.5 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BELARUS. The winter frequencies for Radio Belarus external service are expected to be the same as last year 6155 and 11730 kHz with English from 2000 to 2200 UT. Radio Belarus confirmed on 27 October with German at 1800 UT on 6155 (co channel India) and 11730 (very weak). (ed, Nov BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) International Radio "Belarus": Frequencies: Winter - 2015 (from 10.26.2014 on 28.03.2015) In the HF band: from 14:00 to 02:00 local time (1100-2300 GMT) at a frequency of 11730 from 20:05 to 02:00 local time (1705-2300 GMT) at a frequency of 6155 In the midrange: from 19:00 to 21:00 local time (1600-1800 GMT) at a frequency of 1170 In FM-range: Brest 96.4 MHz Grodno 96.9 MHz Svislach (Grodno region) 100.8 MHz Geraneny (Ivie district of the Grodno region) 99.9 MHz Braslaw (Vitebsk region) 106.6 MHz Myadel (Minsk region) 102.0 MHz Broadcasting in FM-band around the clock (from 14.00 to 02.00, repeat unit with 02.00 to 14.00) (Evgeny Kovalchuk, Department Head, Radio Belarus via RusDX Nov 2 via DXLD) November 1st. Belarusian radio (first national channel) accept from 0600 UT on frequency of 7255 kHz. SINPO: 55444. Receiver: Degen 1103 Antenna: Telescopic (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx, ibid.) QSL received from the radio station "Belarus" for the reception at the Russian on 11730 kHz. At the radio station reported to Belarus by email. Wrote on radiostation-belarus@tvr.by But the answer came that QSL sent and future write to another address. "Please note that our email address has changed: now the emails sent to the address radio_belarus@tvr.by" Report on October 4 (Konstantin Aseev, Kursk, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" via “RUS-DX” #792 Nov 2 via DXLD) ** BHUTAN. 6034.96, Bhutan B.S.: Oct 29 1246-1256, 33433-33432, vernacular, talk and Bhutan music, // Confirming the parallel streaming Oct 30 1140-1150, 33432, English, Talk, // Confirming the parallel streaming Oct 31 1220-1229, 33432, Vernacular, Talk and Bhutan music, // Confirming the parallel streaming (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) ** BOLIVIA. 4409.8, 2237-2247, 31/10, R. Eco, Reyes., Castilian, songs, ID at 2244. Adjacent utility QRM, 24331, CGS 4409.8, 2324-2333, 02/11, R. Eco., Cast, songs., 25331 (Carlos Gonçalves, SW coast of Portugal, JRC NRD-545DSP & DRAKE R8-E; Advanced ReceiverResearch amp.; 20 m T2FD, 45 m inv. V, 30 m 180º/0º mini-Bev., 80 m 300º/120º Bev., 200 m 270º/, 90º Bev., 270 m 145º/325º Bev., 300 m 225º/45º Bev., raised, 4 loop-K9AY, radioescutas yg via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 5580.34, 0210-0220 30.10, R San José, San José de Chiquitos (presumed), Spanish talk, 25232 (Anker Petersen, I listen as usual in Skovlunde on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, Denmark, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 5999.16, 2205-2220, 03/11, R. Guaíba, Pt.º Alegre RS, Futebol program. Adj. QRM., 43432 (Carlos Gonçalves, SW coast of Portugal, JRC NRD-545DSP & DRAKE R8-E; Advanced ReceiverResearch amp.; 20 m T2FD, 45 m inv. V, 30 m 180º/0º mini-Bev., 80 m 300º/120º Bev., 200 m 270º/, 90º Bev., 270 m 145º/325º Bev., 300 m 225º/45º Bev., raised, 4 loop-K9AY, radioescutas yg via DXLD) Beware of the RNA extra transmitter which when on is not that far below 6000.00 (gh, DXLD) 6000, Radio Guaiba, Porto Alegre, 0730-0749. Nov 04, Portuguese, News, "5 y 32", "bom día", at 0735 Brazilian songs. Identification "Radio Guaíba". 24322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Log in Playa Blanca, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Tecsun PL-880, antenna: Tecsun AN- 05, 7 meters wire antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 9819.88, Rádio 9 de Julho, São Paulo, SP, 0514-0540, Oct 25, religious songs, program "Com a Mãe Aparecida", 34433 (Méndez). Also heard at 0825-0830, Oct 15, “Oração pela Família” Paula Fernandes, ID, now frequency is up, but I feel it has been drifting a little again, I think transmitter isn't conducted good maintenance, 24332 (Tomoaki Wagai, Wakayama, Japan, DSWCI DX Window Oct 29 via DXLD) So did Wagai also report it on exactly 9819.88? We`ll never know with this kind of editing (gh, DXLD) 9629.96, R. Aparecida, Oct 28 0700-0718, 35433-34433, Portuguese, ID and Cries of chicken at 0700, Music, // 11855 kHz 9819.87, R. Aparecida, via R. 9 de Julho Oct 28 0643-0659* 35443 Portuguese, Talk, ID at 0647, etc, // 9629.96, 11855 kHz 9819.87. R. 9 de Julho, Oct 28 *0659-0709, 35443, Portuguese, ID at 0659, Chorus music [in other words, same transmitter switched from Ap to 9J programming surely without turning off and on --- gh] 9819.88, R. 9 de Julho, Oct 31 0728-0738, 35443-33443, Portuguese, Music, ID at 0731 (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) ** BRAZIL. 11780.12, R. Nac. de Brasília via RNA, Oct 28 0610-0624, 35433 Portuguese, Talk and music, ID at 0612 11780.14, R. Nac. de Brasília via RNA, Oct 30 0605-0622, 35433, Portuguese, Music and talk, ID at 0619 (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) 11745 & 11815, Oct 30 at 0619, extremely distorted spurs from 11780 RNA during EBC ID and music; a little stronger than before but not yet blasting. Any such signals are unacceptable. 11745 & weaker 11815, Oct 31 at 0607, scratchy spurs from 11780 RNA are still outgoing. 11745 & 11815, Nov 1 at 0512, distorted music spurs from 11780 are still here, and the lower one stronger. I was not hearing them about 4 hours earlier, maybe due to different receiver, antenna, local noise level. 11745 & 11815, Nov 2 at 0615, distorted spurs from RNA 11780, which is the SSOB on fundamental; 11855 ZY Aparecida is also audible. 11825 WRMI BS has weakened so that it no longer interferes with the 11815 spur. 6000-, Nov 2 at 0623, very weak het under RHC on the lo side, presumably the other RNA transmitter reactivated as reported 5 days ago by Wolfgang Büschel on 5999.582. 11745, Nov 3 at 0626, distorted spur from 11780 RNA is still audible 11745 & 11815, Nov 4 at 0639, distorted spurs from musical 11780 RNA are still audible. And Nov 5 at 0635. And Nov 6 at 0706. Atenção, colegas brasileiros: tenham a bondade de informar mais uma vez à EBC que precisam de eliminar tais ruidos! Obrigado (Guilherme Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. Brasilien: Folgende Kurzwellenstationen konnten laut DX Listening Digest und BC-DX im Oktober 2014 international (# nur) in Amerika bzw. in den Stunden um Mitternacht auch in Europa (*) gehört werden: #3365 ZYG855 R. Cultura, Araraquara SP [3375 ZYF276 "Rádio Municipal de São Gabriel da Cachoeira, ZYF 276, 3375 kHz Ondas Tropicais, ZYH 287, 600 kHz, Ondas Médias" im September, aber nicht im Oktober gemeldet] [4775 ZYG207 R. Congonhas, Congonhas MG im September, aber nicht im Oktober gemeldet] #4805 ZYF273 "Rádio Difusora do Amazonas", Manaus AM #4818 Rádio Difusora de Londrina, Londrina PR #4845 ZYF278 R. Cultura Ondas Tropicais, Manaus AM #4865 R. Verde[s] Florestas, Acre *4875 ZYG810 R. Roraima, Boa Vista RR #4885 ZYG362 R. Clube do Pará, Belém PA [4885 "Radio Difusora Acreana", Rio Branco im September, aber nicht im Oktober gemeldet] [4894.9, ZYE200 R. Novo Tempo, Campo Grande MS im September, aber nicht im Oktober gemeldet] [4905 ZYG683 Rádio Relógio, Rio de Janeiro RJ im September, aber nicht im Oktober gemeldet] #4915 ZYF360 R. Difusora Macapá, Macapá AP #4925 ZYF271 R. Educação Rural, Tefé AM [4965 R. Alvorada, Parrintins AM im September, aber nicht im Oktober gemeldet] #5035 ZYG853 R. Aparecida, Aparecida SP *5035.05, R. Educação Rural, Coari AM #5940 R. Voz Missionária, Camboriú SC #5970 ZYE523 Rádio Itatiaia "A Rádio das Minas"; Belo Horizonte MG *6000 RN do Amazonas *6000.05, R. Guaíba, Porto Alegre RS *6010 ZYE521 R. Inconfidência, Belo Horizonte MG *6080 ZYE726 "Radio Marumby onda media e onda curta", Curitiba PR [6105 R Cultura Filadélfia, Foz do Iguaçu PR im September, aber nicht im Oktober gemeldet] #6135 ZYE954 R. Aparecida, Aparecida SP *6180 ZYE365 "Rádio Nacional da Amazônia, a sua voz na rádio brasileira", Brasília DF #9565.085 ZYE727 SRDA Super Deus e Amor, Curitiba PR *9585 ZYE969 Super Rádio Deus é Amor, São Paulo SP *9630 ZYE954 R. Aparecida, Aparecida SP #9645 ZYE957 R. Bandeirantes, São Paulo SP *9664.369 ZYE890 R. Voz Missionária, Camboriú SC ``a melhor estação, Rádio Voz Missionária`` *9819 R. Nove de Julho, São Paulo SP *11765 ZYE726 Super Rádio Deus é Amor, Curitiba PR *11780 ZYE365 R. Nacional da Amazônia, Brasília DF *11855 ZYE954 R. Aparecida, Aparecida SP *15190 ZYE522 R. Inconfidência, Belo Horizonte MG Das Fehlen der angemerkten und weiterer Sender kann damit zusammenhängen, dass der portugiesische Empfangsexperte Carlos Gonçalves, der die Szene sonst auch beobachtet, offenbar keine Logs angefertigt hat (Mauro Giroletti 9.,16.10., Thomas Nilsson 12.10., Manuel Mendez 15.10, Wolfgang Büschel 17., 18.10.2014 DXLD) (ntt aktuell November 2014, Prof. Dr. Hansjörg Biener, red., Neulichtenhofstr. 7, DE 90461 Nürnberg, Hansjoerg_Biener @ yahoo.de via DXLD) Note the absence of the spurs from 11780 I have been reporting again and again on 11745, 11815. Another editor who thinks these don`t matter? (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** BRAZIL. Obs. OC 30/10 a 04/11. Pelo volume, principalmente, tornou- se-me inviável compôr uma relatório em mensagem, pelo que aqui fica algo mais sintetizado: Continuo a registar a ausência da R. Brasil Central, tanto em 11815 como em 4985. Em 9630, a R. Aparecida esteve fora do ar num dos dias observados; enfim, fora do ar, pelo menos, desde o fim da tarde até cerca das 0000 HUC. Nos 25 m, foi impossível captar a R. Bandeirantes 11925.2, mercê da "interessantíssima" QRM adjacente da Arábia Saudita, igualmente presente nos 11820, com a mesma ementa. A "vizinha" de faixa, R. Gaúcha, nos 11915, pareceu estar fora do ar, mas a QRM quase permanente poderá ter bloqueado algo. Nos 19 m, a Inconfidência continua a ter de lutar com a emissora de propaganda religiosa da Guiné Equatorial [non]. Nos 60 m, continua o mesmo: há emissoras Brasileiras que surgem hoje, mas não no dia seguinte, como que a comprovar que a regularidade não será o seu apanágio. Bons DX e melhores 73 (Carlos Gonçalves, PORTUGAL, Nov 5, radioescutas yg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. BRAZIL TO EXTEND FM BROADCAST BAND Southgate November 1, 2014 The FM Radio Data System (RDS) site reports that some countries are planning to extend the FM broadcast band. It appears that Brazil intends to extend it down to 76 MHz while Beijing is considering a lower limit of 64 MHz. The RDS post says: Question about FM Band extension in Brazil and elsewhere: On a question raised by one of the Forum members, the Brazilian regulator ANATEL was contacted, who confirmed the planned extension of the FM band down to 76 MHz. This was in fact agreed already. It was remarked that there will be a problem with RDS then in the range 76-87.5 MHz, with no AF codes being defined for that range. With RDS 2.0 this problem could be solved however. It was also remarked that China plans to use FM radio down to 64 MHz, a matter also to be followed up for RDS 2.0. Read the RDS post at http://www.rds.org.uk/2010/2014-Forum-Meeting.htm http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2014/november/brazil_to_extend_fm_broadcast_band.htm#.VFbF341ybDc Posted by: (Mike Terry, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Hi Mike and others, I assume you saw my earlier post on this. Interesting about RDS codes. As Japan has used 76 to 90 MHz for many years, I assume they don't use RDS, or perhaps they use their own proprietary system. Maybe one of our Japanese members knows. Regarding China, Tecsun radios tune from 65 to 108 MHz. The lower frequencies are used for low power transmissions at universities, etc., and it is known as College band. Not sure if college band extends all the way from 65 to 87 MHz though. Regards, (Gareth, Sent from my iPad, ibid.) ** CAMBODIA [non]. CLANDESTINE: 9945, CMN Khmer R., Oct 28 *2300-2310, 35333, Cambodian, 2300 sign on with opening music, Opening announce, 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) ** CAMBODIA [non]. CLANDESTINE: 17860, V. of Khmer M'Chas Srok, Oct 30 1150-1159*, 35333, Cambodian, Talk, URL announce at 1158, 1159 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) ** CANADA. Glenn, Peut-être que vous ne saviez pas que la station sur 990 à Montréal était originellement sur 980. Leures lettres étaient CKGM, et ils jouaient du rock en Anglais. Je ne sais pas dans quelle année ils ont changé à 990. Je sais ça parce que quand j’étais étudiant à l’école des aveugles à Batavia, New-York, nous avions un copin qui vennait de Messena, New York, sur la rive du fleuve Saint- Laurent, pas loin de Montréal. Il nous racontait toutes les nouvelles des stations du Québec, lesquelles nous interessaient beaucoup (Tim Hendel, AL, 1 novembre, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Tim, Pardon my English, but my French is slower and I`m always pressed for time. You don`t say, but I wonder if this was prompted by the new CHRF Radio Fierte having come up on 980 instead of 990 where CKGM was. No, I don`t recall it being on 980 before. So about what year was that, or was your acquaintance at Batavia even then referring to historical info? (Glenn to Tim, via DXLD) Glen[n], yes, my letter was in direct response to the 990 to 980 item on WOR; I thought the history might interest you. I would say CKGM came on to 980, playing rock, in English, in about 1960-62, in there. I graduated from Batavia in 1963, and this was definitely contemporary, not historic. Wish I could hear the new 980 (Tim Hendel, ibid.) ** CANADA. 6070, CFRX November 1 at 1100. Fair signal, up and down with propagation. "Saturday Morning with the Motts" talk show (Jim Andrew, Houston, Texas - Funcube Pro+ SDR, SPR-4, Quantum Loop+, amateur band vertical, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I had a nice logging this morning EDT Saturday November 1, 2014 of CFRX Toronto, Canada on 49 meters. 6070.000 kHz. CFRX. November 1, 2014 at 1110 UTC. SIO 444. Relaying CFRB 1010 kHz programming. 1200 UT ID, SIO 433. 1230 UT, SIO 333. 1300 UT, ID, SIO 232. 1316 UT, fade out thanks to the D layer. Unlike this morning, during the bottom of a solar cycle when there is much less daytime ionization and therefore less absorption in the D layer, CFRX is audible 24/7 here in central Florida. Take Care, (Thomas F. Giella W4HM, Lakeland, FL, USA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. 6070, Nov 3 at 0633, CFRX has no QubaRM at this hour, but instead, it`s underneath Vatican Latin mass now also on 6070 at 0630 and making SAH of about 6 Hz. HFCC shows 0630-0715 daily with two transmitters, 100 kW at 326 degrees for France, Spain and British Isles (but also carrying on to N America! including Toronto); and 250 kW, 4 degrees for France and Germany. Previous B-seasons, VR was on 6075, why shift? Nothing scheduled at this time on 6075. 6070 also registered for VR at 1940-2015 in Latin, 2140-2200 in Arabic, both also with two transmitters each. If VR doesn`t care about QRM from/to CFRX, you`d think they would be concerned with the 25 kW, 24-hour German now registered for 6070 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1746, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also VATICAN ** CANADA. JIAN GHOMESHI: MORE WOMEN COME FORWARD WITH SEXUAL VIOLENCE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST EX-CBC HOST http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/30/jian-ghomeshi-cbc-sexual-violence-allegations (via Brock Whaley, Ireland, DXLD) ** CAYMAN ISLANDS. 344 kHz, (Aero NDB) ZIY, George Town, Grand Cayman. 1450 October 30, 2014. Fair 415 kHz, (Aero NDB) CBC, Cayman Brac. 1452 October 30,2014. Poor (Terry L Krueger, remotely at Honeymoon Island State Park using an ICOM IC-R75 with an active loop or 200 feet random wire on ground beach-side, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 6140, 2032, Firedrake jammer. Usual music targeting R Free Asia, 333, 08/10 (Keith Knight, Henley on Thames, Oxon, UK, Sony ICF7600G, Eton mini SW rx / random longwire, Nov BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) 9745, Firedrake/CNR1 Jammer; 1753 24-Oct, I heard non-stop Asian music with lots of clanging and banging, (I think it's the Firedrake), the signal is fair but steady; I do hear OM talking under the music. The other station is most likely Radio Free Asia (Gary Vance, Grand Ledge MI, MARE Tipsheet Oct 31 via DXLD) 14700, CNR 1, 10/30, 1130. M in Chinese. Poor. Bandscan didn't turn up any related transmissions. 73 and Good Listening (Rick Barton, El Mirage AZ, Hammarlund HQ-140x, Slinky antenna, Drake R8, Grundig Sat 750, random wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 13605, Oct 30 at 1314, CNR1 jammer, good signal, mixing with Cuban pulse jamming against non-Martí, Commies v Commies, but gone at recheck 1316: that`s because target was AIR Chinese via Bengaluru which ends at 1315, tho inaudible here. 6045, Oct 30 at 1353, Chinese with fast SAH, probably CNR1 jammer against IBB Mandarin now scheduled 12-14 at 30 degrees via THAILAND, also toward North America. If it`s // the radio war on 7385, it`s far out of synch (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) EAST JAMMERSTAN: 9455, Chinese Music Jammer; 2123, 30-Oct; Crash & Bang lite at tune-in, but quickly picked up the pace. Well over co- channel; 2146 found // 9355 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9200, Oct 31 at 1334, CNR1 jammer, fair with flutter; none in 10s, 11s 12500, Oct 31 at 1342, CNR1 jammer, poor with flutter; none in the 13s, 14s, 15s, 16s, 17s, 18s. See also MYANMAR Sunday-evening serious Chinese concert becomes the jammusic on CNR1: 7545, Nov 2 at 1310, CNR1 jammer, good with flutter, CCI (HFCC: vs IBB Chinese via Tinang; Aoki: Cantonese from VOA) 7445, Nov 2 at 1310, CNR1 jammer, fair with flutter 7470, Nov 2 at 1310, CNR1 jammer, fair with flutter (HFCC B14 has nothing here: because per Aoki it`s secret RFA Tibetan via Mongolia) 9350, Nov 2 at 1313, CNR1 jammer, fair with flutter (vs IBB Tibetan via Tajikistan) 9500, Nov 2 at 1317, CNR1 jammer, fair with flutter (HFCC shows only CVC in Hindi here so why jam this?? Because per Aoki it`s a non-jammer CNR1 frequency, imagine that! Merely a collider? But no CVC in Aoki) 9530, Nov 2 at 1317, CNR1 jammer, fair with CCI 9660, Nov 2 at 1317, CNR1 jammer, fair 9680, Nov 2 at 1317, CNR1 jammer, fair with heavy CCI 9810, Nov 2 at 1319, CNR1 jammer, fair 9825, Nov 2 at 1319, CNR1 jammer, fair with Chinese CCI CNR1 jammers; I still see various logs on frequencies like these of ``Sound of Hope`` by people ignoring the far more likely CNR1 jammers against them. It`s possible SOH will make it thru with a jammer missing, but not without any evidence of that. 10960, Nov 4 at 1344, CNR1 jammer, very poor // 9200 9200, Nov 4 at 1344, CNR1 jammer, poor // 10960 11655, Nov 4 at 1349, CNR1 jammer with CCI, about 2 seconds behind 9200 & 10960. Per Aoki, 11655 victim is VOA Chinese via Thailand 12-14 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. 5010.00, 0005-0015, 5.11, Voice of China trying to jam R Taiwan Int., which closed at 2400*! Chinese talks and jingles 45344 // 4800 (45444) (Anker Petersen, I listen as usual in Skovlunde on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, Denmark, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) 11500, Nov 5 at 1440, CNR1 jammer, good with flutter 10960, Nov 5 at 1440, CNR1 jammer, 2 seconds behind 11500 12045, Nov 5 at 1441, CNR1 jammer, good with flutter // 11500 None found from 13 to 19 MHz; BTW, RFA Tibetan via Kuwait is no longer on the 18-19 MHz band (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** COLOMBIA. 1170, Caracol, Cartagena, Bolívar. 1028 November 1, 2014. Reporter, singing Caracol jingle, ad string. Excellent, and on frequency (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, FL with JRC NRD 535, IC-R75, roof dipole, active loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** COLOMBIA. 6010+, Nov 5 at 0645, poor signal during song ``Can`t Help Falling in Love with You``, but in this case You is probably Jesus. 0649 Spanish announcement sounds devotionalish, but poor signal, no doubt the Voice of Thy Conscience. Slightly on hi side compared to MW 1010 stations. Checked here after finding no signal on 5910v, sibling station Alcaraván Radio missing much of the time. I wonder if they have only one transmitter operational and take turns? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 380 kHz, (Aero NDB) UCY, Cayabo, Pinar del Río. 1451 October 30, 2014. Fair (Terry L Krueger, remotely at Honeymoon Island State Park, FL, using an ICOM IC-R75 with an active loop or 200 feet random wire on ground beach-side, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 1170, CMKS, Maisí, Guantánamo. 1058 November 1, 2014. Female news items, mostly Guantánamo province items. Do they ever use the Trinchera Antiimperialista slogan any longer? I never hear it. On frequency (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, FL with JRC NRD 535, IC-R75, roof dipole, active loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 6165, R. Habana Cuba, Oct 31 0625-0635, 35333, English, Talk and Cuba music, ID at 0632 (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) 3365, Nov 2 at 0119, no signal from RHC, but Arnie Coro plans to test here before long, so keep an ear on it. I already saw a log of 3365 somewhere, which I thought might be an image, but can`t find it now, so may have already fired it up. [see below: it was on 3355] RHC will be making its always-late B-14 frequency changes shortly, not including courteously getting off CFRX`s 6070; still detectable way under RHC at 0133 Nov 2 check. Blasting away small stations not registered with ITU is just an excuse for bullying and ignoring the real world (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re previous report about RHC not being heard yet on 3365, but already reported somewhere --- I found the item I was thinking of; could not find it by searching 3365, since it was really 3355: (gh, DXLD) 3355, RHC, at 1127, on 21 Oct. A female announcer was talking on a live feed with a male speaker and another male talking in the background. A male announcer started talking at 1128 stated Cuba several times then a male and a female talked to each other. Fair (John Cooper, Lebanon, PA; Equipment: Winradio-G33DDC, CommRadio CR- 1A, RF Space-SDR-IQ, Sangean ATS-909X w/ Clear Mod, Grundig Satellit 750, Wellbrook ALA 1530+, Super Sloper Tuned All Band Antenna, PARS- SWL End Fed x 2, NASWA Flashsheet Oct 26 via DXLD) How do you conclude this was RHC? Was there an RHC ID? Was it // known RHC frequencies? RHC is planning to test on 3365, so maybe this was a pre-test (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn, In reference to Cuba, 3355, there was a station ID at the bottom of the hour by the male announcer. I was going for a Unidentified, and actually had that logged until I heard the station ID. There was no jingle with it, just a few words in Spanish by the male announcer after the station ID. It did not get on the report I submitted to NASWA when I cut and pasted my weekly log, but I did note it on my computer logging for the week. I would not have submitted it since it was a weird frequency unless I had a real ID, because I know you would have been all over it. If you really don't believe me shoot an e-mail to Arnie. I heard what I heard. By the way, you just have to send me a copy of your Worldwide Shortwave Police Academy graduation certificate, and your appointment letter from all concerned. Hi! Thanks, (John Cooper, PA, Who dares, wins, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Good. When you get a definite ID on something strange like this, it`s important to say so (gh, ibid.) 5040, Nov 3 at 0632, this RHC English frequency is now running an hour later, and unlike all the others has some crackling on the audio. Mailbag, acknowledging a July letter from Wisconsin which just arrived. And new frequencies are about to go into effect. However, at 1419 check, 12010 still running, not 11950 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1746, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15370, Nov 2 at 1329, RHC is absent, but audible on 15230; by 1425, 15370 is on. DST is now off in Cuba, lapdog of USA dates, and Spanish programming has shifted one UT hour later: 1435 starting `En Contacto` DX program with radio anniversaries including Radio Taíno and Radio Enciclopedia, ``para los principiantes`` about the tropical bands, including 3900-4000, which strictly speaking is not a tropical(only) band but used in temperate zones of Japan, Europe. We expect RHC to make seasonal frequency changes; today the old ones are still running. 15370 is // and synchro with 9550, 11760, 11860, 15230, 17580, 17730; // but an echo apart from the other site on 9820 & 12010. 5040, Nov 4 at 0647, RHC English still has some crackle only on this transmitter, not the 6 MHz ones. Unshift from daylight time Nov 2 in step with Yanqui Imperialism means this 5040 English hour has moved one UT hour later, altho full RHC frequency schedule changes are not due until Nov 9. 17730, Nov 4 at 1403, RHC Spanish missing here while 17580 is the SSOB along with 17775 KVOH. 6000, Nov 5 at 0642, RHC English is missing here. 5040 still on with lite crackling (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Change news arrived from Arnie Coro radio amateur CO2KK at La Habana - host of "DXers Unlimited" program, Radio Havanna Cuba. Oct 31. "We will change to the B-14 registration at the ITU Geneva on Nov 9 at 0500 UTC." see below. 73 wb Radio Habana Cuba B-14 finally. Radio Habana Cuba - Horarios, Bandas y Frecuencias Periodo del 9 de Noviembre de 2014 a 4 de Abril de 2015. ZONAS GEOGRÁFICAS FRECUENCIAS HORARIOS - UTC TRANSMISIONES EN ESPAÑOL - PERIODO B-14 Zonas Geográficas Beam to: NoCe/Sudamérica 6000 kHz 1200-1400 UT 11760 kHz 1200-1600 UT y 2200-0300 UT Nueva York 6060 kHz 0000-0500 UT 11860 kHz 1200-1500 UT San Francisco 15370 kHz 1400-1600 UT Chicago 9850 kHz 1200-1400 UT América Central 9820 kHz 1200-1600 UT 9550 kHz 1400-1500 UT 9535 kHz 2200-0500 UT [WORLD OF RADIO 1746] Antilles 9710 kHz 2200-0600 UT 9640 kHz 1200-1600 UT Río de Janeiro 11670 kHz 2400-0600 UT 17730 kHz 1200-1600 UT 11760 kHz 1600-1900 UT Buenos Aires 15230 kHz 1200-1600 UT y 2400-0700 UT 11950 kHz 1200-1400 UT 13740 kHz 2200-0500 UT Chile 11840 kHz 2200-0600 UT Europa 17730 kHz 2200-2400 UT Tropical Band NVIS antenna 5040 kHz / 60 mb 2200-2400, 0200-0600, y 0700-0800 UTC to Cuba, Caribe, Sur de E.U./USA, Canada, México, América Central y Norte de Sudamérica. Mesa Redonda Internacional [probably Monday-Friday night special] Washington 6000 kHz 2400-0100 UT Chicago 11950 kHz 2400-0100 UT Radio Habana Cuba - Horarios, Bandas y Frecuencias TRANSMISIONES EN VARIOS IDIOMAS Periodo del 9 de Noviembre de 2014 a 4 de Abril de 2015. Zonas Geográficas Beam to: TRANSMISIONES EN IDIOMA INGLÉS (English) Río de Janeiro 11760 kHz 2000-2100 UT New York 6060 kHz 0500-0700 UT San Francisco 6100 kHz 0500-0700 UT Chicago 6165 kHz 0100-0700 UT Washington 6000 kHz 0100-0500 UT 6000 kHz 0500-0700 UT Banda Tropical 5040 kHz 2400-0100 UT 0600-0700 UT Africa 11880 kHz 2200-2300 UT TRANSMISIONES EN IDIOMA FRANCÉS (FRANÇAIS) Europa 17730 kHz 1930-2000 UT Río de Janeiro 11760 kHz 2000-2030 UT [incorrect; it`s 2100-2130 -wb] Africa 11880 kHz 2100-2130 UT Sudamérica 15370 kHz 2230-2300 UT - except Sun. Banda Tropical 5040 kHz 0130-0200 UT TRANSMISIONES EN IDIOMA PORTUGUÉS Europa 17730 kHz 2000-2030 UT Africa 11880 kHz 2130-2200 UT Buenos Aires 15230 kHz 2300-2400 UT Río de Janeiro 15370 kHz 2330-2400 UT TRANSMISIONES EN IDIOMA Árabe (Arabic) Río de Janeiro 11760 kHz 1900-1930 UT Europa 17730 kHz 2030-2100 UT TRANSMISIONES EN IDIOMA ESPERANTO, Sunday only San Francisco 6100 kHz 0700-0730 UT NoCe/Sudamérica 11760 kHz 1600-1630 UT Sudamérica 15370 kHz 2230-2300 UT - see French weekdays. TRANSMISIONES EN IDIOMA CREOLE NoCe/Sudamérica 11760 kHz 1930-2000 UT Buenos Aires 15370 kHz 2300-2330 UT Banda Tropical 5040 kHz 0100-0130 UT TRANSMISIONES EN IDIOMA QUECHUA Buenos Aires 15370 kHz 2400-0030 UT (Arnie Coro-CUB CO2KK RHC - Radio Havana Cuba, via wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 31 via DXLD) For example instead of 4 x 4 dipoles, 0.8 at 340 degrees azimuth, the schedule says "Chicago", because that is the center of the beam!!! We are using the nice HR 4x4, 0.8 curtain of dipoles with passive wires reflector antenna at the Bauta site that is aiming at Río de Janeiro azimuth, BECAUSE it happens to provide a very good coverage to the Antilles too, especially the islands like Martinique where both French and or Creole are spoken! [Arnaldo Coro told me also, Creole and French on 11760 kHz channel at Río de Janeiro mainlobe azimuth is meant mainly for French Antilles, Caribbean French speaking countries, French Guiana etc. Transmission originates from (older) Bauta, Cuba, site. Not from Quivicán Titán site. --- wb] 6070 is not going to be used by RHC at this B-14. Although, if you check both HFBC of the ITU Geneva registration and HFCC, 6070 kHz is NOT registered by Canada, and the same holds for 6185 Mexico's Radio Educación and the leftover, of the real, now non existent [sic] HCJB in Ecuador for 6050 kHz. English ends at 0700 UT, but we keep Spanish running via the Internet, and the propagation analysis hinted me that 60 meters was going to be in good shape during the winter season at that time. So it was a good idea to keep the 100 kW on 5040 kHz Tropical Band outlet on the air. That will be from 2 to 3 AM Local Time in La Habana. BTW, it seems likely that I will be able to test on 3365 kHz 90 meters Tropical Band Frequency that we once registered for Radio Rebelde. This time when we do the test it is going to be with a 50 kW transmitter of the same type used for Radio Progreso 4765 kHz in 60mb, that will stay on that frequency all along the B-14 ITU period. The timing of the 90 meters band test will be announced and a special QSL is in the works. Do not expect 3365 kHz tests until later this year, but they will be done, as I am looking forward to a very bad tail end of solar cycle 24 and a worst than ever in radio history cycle 25. So it is a good idea to have a 90 meters Tropical Band Frequency too. At the request of many listeners, and despite the big workload I am pleasing them by doing a 5 minutes segment on the EN CONTACTO program, that deals with HF propagation and technical topics. I used to do it, but had to quit because of it requires a days in advance recording session. Anyway I am doing the recording on Friday, so the HF propagation update can be located closer to the day the program goes on the air (Prof. Arnie Coro Antich, CO2KK, via Wolfgang Büchel, Oct 31, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews via DXLD) ** CUBA [and non]. 13820, Oct 30 at 1315, lite pulse jamming against nothing, just in case R. Martí should resume this abandoned frequency. Also more Cuban pulse jamming on 13605 mixing with ChiCom jamming against India, altho R. Martí does not open until 1400 [RM did resume 13820 ex-13605 from Nov 2] 11930, Oct 30 at 1319, wall-of-noise jamming now atop R. Martí as the DCJC has finally realized that this RM frequency opens an hour earlier than in A-14. 7405, Nov 3 at 0629, R. Martí is again on the air Monday morning for the second week after abolishing its silent period, and totally clear VG signal with no jamming, mentions ``(entre paréntesis)``, maybe program title; 0630 ID, and ``Mil ochocientos online``, a toll-free call-in? Surely that would not work from dentro-Cuba. Then check // 6030 with much weaker signal but no jammer there either (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [non]. FRANCE, 9490, R. República, Nov 4 0143-0147, fair signal with other station audible underneath. Talk about commerce in Cuba in Spanish with some English. Both Aoki and EiBi B14 suggest transmitter in France but sounds similar to R. Martí. Checked back at 0255, station gave multiple IDs with frequency/schedule information with s/off at exactly 0300, carrier dropped a few seconds later. Does anyone have more info about this station? 73 (Mark Clark, Reinholds, PA, Tecsun PL-880 with built-in whip. Tecsun PL-380 with built-in whip and 20 ft/6 meter extender wire clipped to whip, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Altho there seems to be no link to it from http://www.directorio.org/ this is the organization sponsoring R. República. Searching the site will find some press releases such as this: http://www.directorio.org/desdecuba/note.php?note_id=4110 and yes, it is via site in France. Formerly was on WRMI, and still brokered by RMI (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** DENMARK. VISIT TO KALUNDBORG RADIOSTATION On Oct 18, nine Danish members of the DSWCI and 3 wives visited Kalundborg Radiostation and had an excellent presentation by our member Jens Christian Seeberg. Jens and his Philippine wife Editha started with a delicious lunch. The transmitter site at Gisseløre point west of Kalundborg was selected in 1925, because it has a central location in Denmark, is surrounded by seawater and had good telephoneline connections to the studio’s in Copenhagen. Thus a LW transmitter on 245 (later 243) kHz and a MW transmitter on 1061 (later 1062) kHz were built at Gisseløre. The first one was a 5 kW British transmitter which was inaugurated on Aug 29, 1927. It was replaced by a 60 kW Standard Electric LW transmitter in 1934 which could reach the Faroe Islands and Iceland, the latter was also Danish at that time. It was manned by 25 employees. During the Nazi-German occupation of Denmark in 1940-1945, it had the highest priority for the Germans to control the Danish transmitters, so that only texts written or approved by them were broadcast to the Danes. In 1950 a new 300 kW Telefunken transmitter was purchased. In the same decade an extensive FM-network was build in Denmark. In 2011 a modern Canadian 50 kW LW transmitter took over. It mainly has an audience of Danish maritime and Danes travelling in Europe. Today the transmitter is unmanned and remotely controlled. Reception reports on 243 kHz LW are welcomed by Jens Christian Seeberg, Teracom, Banestrøget 19-21, DK 2630 Taastrup or jens.seeberg@teracom.dk and verified by a beautiful QSL-card (Anker Petersen, DSWCI DX Window Oct 29 via DXLD) > In 1950 a new 300 kW Telefunken transmitter was purchased. Back then it was a 150 kW Marconi. The 250/300 kW Telefunken gear was its replacement, installed in 1982 (one MW, one LW transmitter and an aux that could be operated on either LW or MW, a feature regularly seen only on Russian transmitters as far as I know). When the current Nautel came in it had been stated that one Telefunken rig will be kept. Perhaps Erik can give us an update if this is (still) the case (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Nov 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EAST TURKISTAN. Dear DX-friends, Last night I checked the 75 and 60 mb's and found that Xinjiang PBS is back on all its ordinary winterfrequencies, as usual! 3950.00, 2320-2330, CHN, 4.11, Xinjiang PBS, Urumqi. Chinese report with other people speaking 45444 // 5060 (45444) AP-DNK 3990.00, 2325-2335, CHN, 4.11, Xinjiang PBS, Urumqi. Uighur ann, folkmusic 55444 // 4980 (45344) AP-DNK 4850.00, 2350-2400, CHN, 4.11, Xinjiang PBS, Urumqi. Kazakh talk with piano in the background, 2359 jingle and timesignal, ID: "Sinkiang khale" 55344 // 6015 (45444) which was disturbed by R Romania Int. until 2356* AP-DNK 6190.00, *2340-2350, CHN, 4.11, Xinjiang PBS, Urumqi. Mongolian talk and song, 43443 - not heard on // 4500 before *2345 (late sign on!) (45444) (Anker Petersen, I listen as usual in Skovlunde on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, Denmark, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** ECUADOR [non]. ASCENSION, 9530, R. Akhbar Mufriha via ASC, Oct 31 *2145-2215*, 45444, Fulfulde and French, 2145 sign on with IS, ID, Talk, ID and IS and frequency announce and address announce at 2159 and 2214, 2215 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) ** EGYPT. 9905, Oct 30 at 0617, R. Cairo, fair with flutter, JBM in Arabic, lite RTTY QRM. This is obviously the B-14 replacement for A- 14`s 13850 with same characteristics; HFCC shows 02-07, 250 kW, 315 degrees from Abis to W Europe and C&E N America (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9900, Radio Cairo at 2133 in English, woman with news to 2139, then Arabic song - Fair Oct 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) 12080, Nov 1 at 0107, very poor signal, still R. Cairo? 12035, Nov 1 at 0107, good signal level, certainly R. Cairo, with extremely distorted presumably Spanish modulation 9965, Nov 1 at 0117, R. Cairo music, whine, fair-good level 9860, Nov 1 at 0120, R. Cairo, suppressed and distorted modulation at peaks only, presumably Spanish. 9860, Nov 2 at 0113, R. Cairo, good signal but distorted with Arabic music in Spanish service 9965, Nov 2 at 0113, very good signal in Arabic, whine, fairly good modulation, not very distorted --- BUT at 0131 splattering over 9975 KVOH and me, q.v. 12035, Nov 2 at 0116, R. Cairo, good signal but very distorted and undermodulated music in Spanish service 12080, Nov 2 at 0116, R. Cairo, good signal, open carrier/dead air in Spanish disservice 9905, Nov 2 at 0207, R. Cairo, very good signal, but only trace of modulation, and lite RTTY QRM, ex-13850 and succeeding one of the 12 MHz transmissions (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Now Global 24, 9395 has started relaying R. Cairo. Details already in the dxldyg and next week`s DXLD (gh) ** ERITREA [non]. CLANDESTINES Nov 1: Radio Assenna: 1700-1800 on 11720 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Mon/Thu/Sat Eritrean Forum EYSC: 1700-1800 on 11720 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Tue/Fri/Sun 1700-1800 on 11720 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Arabic Wed 1800-1900 on 11720 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Arabic Sat (DX RE MIX NEWS #879 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Nov. 3, 2014 via DXLD) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. GERMANY(non) Frequency change of Voice of Oromo Liberation from Nov. 2: 1700-1730 NF 17630 ISS 100 kW / 125 deg to EaAf Oromo Wed, ex 13810 1730-1800 NF 17630 ISS 100 kW / 125 deg to EaAf Amharic Wed, ex 13810 1700-1800 NF 17630 ISS 100 kW / 125 deg to EaAf Amharic Sun, ex 13810 Videos from Oct. 29 and Nov. 2: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/11/frequency-change-of-voice-of-oromo.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Nov 3, dxldyg via DXLD) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. CLANDESTINES: Radio Xoriyo: 1600-1630 on 17870 ISS 500 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Somali Mon/Fri (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, Nov 4, dxldyg via DXLD) CLANDESTINE stations on Nov. 5, part 3: Oromo Voice Radio, Raadiyoo Sagalee Oromoo 1600-1630 on 17850 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Oromo Mon/Wed/Sat Voice of Oromo Liberation: 1700-1730 NF 17630 ISS 100 kW / 125 deg to EaAf Oromo Wed, ex 13810 1730-1800 NF 17630 ISS 100 kW / 125 deg to EaAf Amharic Wed, ex 13810 1700-1800 NF 17630 ISS 100 kW / 125 deg to EaAf Amharic Sun, ex 13810 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EUROPE. Hi Gents: Lots of pre-Halloween pirate activity to he heard! PIRATE-EURO. Radio Abu Dhabi-Holland, 6300 AM, 2200-2215+, 10-24-14, SIO: 343. Song "Right Down The Line" by Gerry Rafferty, talk by OM, mention of Johnny Tobacco, into C&W music. [Lobdell-MA] PIRATE-EURO. Mustang Radio-Holland, 6925 AM, 2211-2236+, 10-24-14, SIO: 444. Tunes by Basshunter, Guru Josh Project, Ina. English talk by OM announcer, greeting listeners posting on Iann's Chat. So strong it could be mistaken for a North American pirate. [lobdell-MA] PIRATE-EURO. Cupid Radio-Holland, 21460 AM, 1800-1859*, 10-26-14. SIO: 444. Nice signal with band open to Europe! Operator Rinus talking about Halloween, playing tunes by Steppenwolf, Stone Temple Pilots, the Killers. Sent SSTV image 1818. ID and sign off info 1853 (Chris Lobdell, Box 80146, Stoneham, MA 02180 USA, Receivers: Eton E1, NRD- 545, Aerials: G5RV, 40 Meter Dipole, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EUROPE. 6005, 1210 0900, Atlantic 2000 Int, F, ID, She is a lady, Coldplay, new, Peace, Four Tops, Elton John, Beach Boys, 24322 (Silveri Gómez, Fraga, Ponent Catalan, RX ATS 909 Antenna 16 mt [small part of October pirate log summary] via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** EUROPE. [Laser Hot Hits logs in October, as per 0210 etc., dates; all frequencies originally ending in ,00 presumably default rather than transmitted and measured to such precision --- gh:] 4026, 0210 2100 LHH, E, ID, Steve Miller Band, ID; Ventura Highway, Time is tight, Sound of silence 24232 4026, 0310 2125 LHH, E, ID, jingle, pop dance girl, ID, electro dance 24232 4026, 0410 2120 LHH, E, talks, ballad girl, jingle ID 24322 4026, 0510 2035 LHH, E, popds, disco, ID 24232 4026, 0610 2130 LHH, E, jingle, disco funky, chart, ballad 24322 4026, 0710 2125 LHH, E, ballad girl 24332 4026, 0810 2120 LHH, E, pops ballad rock 24222 4026, 0910 2055 LHH, E, electrodance, ID, talks 24322 4026, 1010 2115 LHH, E, Elvis Presley, ID, ballad, Tina Turner 24232 4026, 1110 2055 LHH, E, Diana Ross, ID, R,Caroline jingle, Mr Tambourine man 24332 4026, 1210 2045 LHH, E, dance, jingle, email, ID, electrodance 24232 4026, 1410 2100 LHH, E, ballad girl 24322 4026, 1610 2100 LHH, E, instrumental, ID, pops 24232 4026, 1710 2115 LHH, E, talks, ID funky, news 24322 4026, 1810 2110 LHH, E, pops, jingle, dance, ID freequencies, Sunshine reggae 24232 4026, 2010 2150 LHH, E, talks, rock, ID, ballad 24232 4026, 2110 2105 LHH, E, ballad girl, ID, rock 24232 4026, 2310 2105 LHH, E, rock girl, ID, ballad 24322 4026, 2510 2110 LHH, E, Give me some of loving, ID, ballad, 24232 6200, 0110 2045 R. Magic Int, E, Roxy Music, jingle, ID, rock, The Cure, funky 24332 6200, 0210 1729 R. Magic Int, E, jingle, ID, rock ballad 32332 6200, 0310 1838 R. Magic Int, E, pop dance 24332 6200, 0410 2015 LHH via R. Magic Int, E, electro dance, ID, talks, Gloria, 24332 6205, 0510 1533 LHH via R. Magic, E,talks, tock ballad, pop dance, hotline, email, dance 24332 6205, 0610 2125 R. Magic Int, E, electronic music, jingle, funky 24332 6205, 0710 2117 R. Magic Int, E, Roxy Music, pop rock, ID; jingle, ballad 24322 6205, 1010 1800 R. Magic Int, E, electro dance, pop dance 24332 6205, 1010 2105 LHH via R. Magic Int, E, danc, jingle, Vengaboys 24332 6205, 1110 1555 LHH via R. Magic Int,E, Cyndy Lauper, Shocking Blue, funky, jingle, ID 24332 6205, 1210 1555 LHH via R. Magic Int, E, Kraftwerk, Procul Harum, jingle, ID, funky girl 24332 6205, 1310 1710 LHH via R. Magic Int, E, pops rock, jingle, ID ballad 24322 6205, 1510 2105 LHH via R. Magic Int, E, pop dance, electro dance, jingle ID, funky 24322 6205, 1710 1605 LHH via R. Magic Int, E, ballad, reports, ID funky pops, ID from Candem studio, jingle,funky 24332 6205, 1810 1535 LHH via R. Magic Int, E, talks, ID ballad 24322 6205, 1910 1720 LHH via R. Magic Int, E, disco, Michael Jackson, Queen 24332 6205, 2010 2145 LHH via R. Magic Int, E, Sade 24322 6205, 2210 1750 R. Magic Int, E, funky, ID, pops, jingle Locomotion 24322 6205, 2310 1810 R. Magic Int,E, funky,pop, Dance little sister, ID, Dionne Warwick, pops 24322 6205, 2410 2140 LHH via R. Magic Int,E, pops, George Harrison, ID, website, posp, Bad Company 24232 6205, 2510 1720 LHH via R. Magic Int, E, Boney M, pops jingle ID 24322 15700, 2610 1600 LHH, E, ID; email, frequencies in use, dance 24332 (Silveri Gómez, Fraga, Ponent Catalan, RX ATS 909 Antenna 16 mt [small part of October pirate log summary] via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) 15700, 26/10 1610, Laser Hot Hits - English ID e música, buono (Roberto Pavanello, Vercelli / Italia, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) ** EUROPE. 6220, 09/10 1750 Ukrainske R via R. Sluwe Vos, Ukr, pop ballad, talks on studio, ID, pip time, news 24332 6220, 19/10 1640. R. Sluwe Vos, E, D, rock, Rivers of Babylon, jingle, Fisher Z, greets to Norway, Bandolero, 34333 (Silveri Gómez, Fraga, Ponent Catalan, RX ATS 909 Antenna 16 mt [small part of October pirate log summary] via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** EUROPE. 6239, 10/10 1803, R. Marabu, G, ballad, ID, email, website, jingle 24332 6239, 1110 1500, R. Marabu, G, instrumental, ballad, jingle, ID, funky 24322 6239, 1210 1500, R. Marabu, G, ballad, jingle, pop rock ID 34333 (Silveri Gómez, Fraga, Ponent Catalan, RX ATS 909 Antenna 16 mt [small part of October pirate log summary] via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** EUROPE. [Logs during October as from 0510 = 5 October] 6235, 0510 1745 R. Tango Italia, It, tango non stop 34433 6245, 2510 1800 R. Tango Italia, It, tango non stop 34333 6255, 1110 1705 R. Tango Italia, It, tango non stop 34443 6255, 1210 1730 R. Tango Italia, It, tango non stop 35443 6255, 1710 1815 R. Tango Italia, It, tango non stop 24322 6255, 2510 1715 R. Tango Italia, It, tango non stop 33433 6265, 0410 1735 R. Tango Italia, It, tango non stop 34333 6265, 2510 2120 R. Tango Italia, It, tango non stop 24222 (Silveri Gómez, Fraga, Ponent Catalan, RX ATS 909 Antenna 16 mt [small part of October pirate log summary] via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** EUROPE. 9300, 26/10 0900, FRSH, E, G, 34th anniversary celebrations, jingle, Box Herten, jingle, pop rock, funky 24322 (Silveri Gómez, Fraga, Ponent Catalan, RX ATS 909 Antenna 16 mt [small part of October pirate log summary] via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** EUROPE. 11401, 18/10 1455, RWI, F, E, pop dance, ID, DJ Philippe, Bruno Mars, jingle, country music show, 24332 (Silveri Gómez, Fraga, Ponent Catalan, RX ATS 909 Antenna 16 mt [small part of October pirate log summary] via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** EUROPE [and non]. BULGARIA/IRAN/USA EU News Network: 5925, Bad frequency selection on hfcc conference, both outsourced Spaceline Kostinbrod Sofia entry 5925 kHz, EU News Network 1845-1900 UT Saturdays English 100kW 320degr. Kostinbrod (Sofia) BUL EUNN as well as on co-channel: VO ISLAMIC REP. IRAN Albanian at 1820-1917 UT Telefunken 500 kW units at Sirjan, 500kW 300degr. Our News Review programme is transmitted to the United States, South America, Caribbean, Europe, North Africa and the Middle East on the following wavelengths [sic] [all WRMI u.o.s.] From To Days Frequency (kHz) 2300 2315 Mon 11580 1015 1030 Tues 5850 2300 2315 Tues 11580 1300 1315 Wed 9955 2100 2115 Wed 15770 + 7570 0145 0200 Thur 9955 1845 1900 Sat 5925 <<< Kostinbrod Sofia BUL relay 2115 2130 Sat 11580 2115 2130 Sun 15770 + 7570 0100 0300 Fri 9395 - Rendezvous, via Global24 (Wolfgang Büeschel, Nov 2, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DXLD) ** FINLAND. 3959.90, 0150-0200 30.10, R Gramox, Hämeenkyro (50 w). Finnish ann and lively Finnish songs: "Tralalala. ..", 0200 short ann, QRM digital noise, best heard in LSB, 35333 (Anker Petersen, I listen as usual in Skovlunde on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire, Denmark, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** FINLAND. SWR, Finland is on 11720 kHz at 0900 UT with their monthly broadcast, fair reception at this time, SIO 343, nothing heard on 6170 kHz (Russ Cummings, AOR7030+, 60ft long wire, North Ferriby, East Yorkshire , UK, UT Sat Nov 1, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) First UT Saturday of the month, starting 2 hours earlier at 2200 Fridays (gh, DXLD) ** FRANCE. 15180, Nov 4 at 1427, Russian fair with flutter, mentions Kitaya, so odds are it`s CRI, the #1 SW broadcaster in Russian (21 hours a day per WRTH 2014). But I am outfaked as HFCC shows this hour is really RFI from Issoudun (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Almost. Yes, registered as RFI, but not mentioned on their Russian website. This is in fact Radio Taiwan Int. via Issoudun. Their French relays are included in HFCC, but masked as 'RFI'. This is why it appears that long-gone English, German and Spanish RFI programs (and way too many Russian ones) are still listed in HFCC. No, it's not RFI doing the VoR, these broadcasts are real. Just not actually RFI. 73, (Eike Bierwirth, Germany, dxldyg via DXLD) ** FRANCE. Hi Glenn, the audio streaming for France Bleu Elsass (in Alsacian only in the morning on 1278): http://www.francebleu.fr/player/station/france-bleu-elsass 73’s (Christian Ghibaudo, Nice France, Nov 4, DXLD) ** FRANCE. FRANCE MEDIA: NATIONAL RADIO STATION CATCHES FIRE 31 October 2014 Last updated at 09:08 ET Maison de la Radio on fire, 31 Oct 14 Journalist Bernard Thomasson tweeted this photo of the fire A major fire has forced the evacuation of the French national radio building in Paris, interrupting programmes. Thick columns of smoke poured from Maison de la Radio just west of the Eiffel Tower, making the fire visible right across the French capital. Some reports spoke of explosions before firefighters got to the scene. There were no immediate reports of casualties. The French TF1 news website says France Info radio broadcasts were disrupted by the evacuation. Bernard Thomasson, a journalist for state-owned Radio France News, told the BBC: "It's only one area of the building that is affected. It's not the whole building. "I work in the building and we saw the first dark smoke and we were then evacuated. The whole building has now been evacuated. The radio house has been under renovation for the past 10 years and there was work happening on the 8th floor. That's where the fire started, so we think it's because of the work that has been happening there." More on This Story Related Stories See: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29848400 (via Chuck Albertson, WA, Oct 31, DXLD) HUGE FIRE BREAKS OUT AT FRENCH PUBLIC RADIO HQ (c) Mariem Lina Fahoum | Smoke rises from the Maison de la Radio in Paris's affluent 16th district [caption] Text by FRANCE 24 Latest update : 2014-10-31 The headquarters of French public radio network Radio France were being evacuated Friday after a fire broke out at the Paris building. Photos posted on Twitter showed large plumes of black smoke rising from several windows from the upper floors of the `Maison de la Radio', on the banks of the River Seine in the west of the French capital. The cause of the blaze is unknown, but the fire is believed to have started on the building's 7th floor where building work was going on, firefighters and security personnel said. The fire brigade said it had set up a command post and was tackling the blaze. At least nine of the network's stations were forced off air as the evacuation was being carried out. "We are forced to interrupt our programmes and evacuate," a journalist said on France Info radio. The building was safely evacuated around 1 pm according to Radio France journalist Corinne Audoin, interviewed on television i-tele. The building, nicknamed "The Round House" for its circular design, was built in 1963 and houses studios for some of France's most popular radio stations. Renovations have been ongoing for years, notably to modernize its anti-fire protections. (FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP, REUTERS) Date created : 2014-10-31 (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) Oct 31, 9:36 AM EDT FIRE CAUSES EVACUATION OF FRENCH STATE RADIO PARIS (AP) -- A fire at the Paris headquarters of French state radio is sending columns of thick black smoke out of more than a dozen windows. Photos of the scene Friday afternoon showed smoke pouring from the upper stories of the massive Maison de la Radio in the capital's 16th arrondissement. No one was hurt and the building was safely evacuated, fire department spokesman Gabriel Plus said on television i-tele. The fire was contained in the early afternoon and there was no risk of it spreading to other floors, Plus said. The fire started in a part of the building's eighth floor that was undergoing renovations and was not being used by radio personnel, Plus said. In a sign of the building's national importance, President Francois Hollande interrupted a news conference with Turkish President Recep Erdogan to address the incident. "The damage appears considerable," Hollande said, calling the fire "a great shock." The building, nicknamed "The Round House" for its circular design, was built in 1963 and houses studios for some of France's most popular radio stations. Renovations have been ongoing for years, notably to modernize its anti-fire protections (via Mike Cooper, WORLD OF RADIO 1746, DXLD) Glenn: By the way, fire at Maison de la Radio should have no effect on RFI, which moved to the Parisian suburbs a couple of years ago (Mike Cooper, WORLD OF RADIO 1746, DX LISTENNG DIGEST) Some RFI newscasts, French and Spanish, were still being produced and presented at la Maison de la Radio, at least up until last March when I visited. Some in the English service, such as former RFI English newscaster Catherine Galloway from the early 2000s, were combined with the international TV news station France24 when it took to the air some years back. But the RFI webpage is still being maintained and run from the 16th arrondissement (Marty Delfín, Madrid, WORLD OF RADIO 1746, DX LISTENING DIGEST) FRANCE-FIRE/ (UPDATE 2, TV, PIX) UPDATE 2-Fire at French public radio complex, staff evacuated (Adds fire brigade spokesman) PARIS, Oct 31 (Reuters) - UPDATE 2-Fire at French public radio complex, staff evacuated (Adds fire brigade spokesman) [. . .] Fire brigade spokesman Plus said that the fire broke out in a part of the complex where no staff were presented because of renovation work that in part concerned eradication of absestos. (Reporting by Ingrid Melander and Brian Love; editing by Mark John) 2014-10-31 13:19 (via Marty Delfín) My note: They were not only removing asbestos but remodeling the studios of France-Inter, France-Info, France-Culture, and building a new 1,460-seat auditorium, according to AFP (Marty Delfín, Spain, DX LISTENING DIGEST) incendie-France-médias-radio Paris, 31 oct 2014 (AFP) -Paris : spectaculaire incendie à la Maison de la Radio, siège des radios publiques françaises. Un spectaculaire incendie s'est produit vendredi à AFP1777 4 SUC incendie-France-médias-radio Paris, 31 oct 2014 (AFP) -Paris : spectaculaire incendie à la Maison de la Radio, siège des radios publiques françaises. Un spectaculaire incendie s'est produit vendredi à Paris à la Maison de la Radio, qui abrite les radios publiques françaises, provoquant une interruption des programmes et l'évacuation du personnel avant d'être rapidement maîtrisé , sans avoir fait de victimes. "L'incendie est maîtrisé, le feu est éteint (...) Il n'y a aucune victime à déplorer", a déclaré à 14H30 (13H30 GMT) un porte-parole des pompiers, le commandant Gabriel Plus. Selon les secours, le feu s'est déclenché au 8e étage, en cours de réfection, de ce bâtiment emblématique de l'ouest de Paris, situé sur les rives de la Seine et surnommé la "Maison ronde" parce qu'en forme de rotonde. Les travaux s'inscrivent dans le cadre d'un vaste chantier de rénovation en cours depuis 2009. Selon le commandant Plus, il n'y avait "personne à l'étage" lorsque le sinistre est survenu, ce qui explique qu'aucune alarme n'ait été mise en route. L'incendie a dégagé au-dessus de l'ouest de la capitale un gros panache de fumée noire, attribuée par les pompiers aux nombreux matériaux de travaux qui "ont certainement brûlés". Le personnel a été évacué et les programmes de plusieurs radios, dont France Inter et la station en continu France Info, ont été interrompus et remplacés par de la musique avant de reprendre vers 15H00 (14H00 GMT). La Maison de la Radio, construite il y a 50 ans, est en travaux depuis 2009 : sa rénovation est la plus importante d'un bâtiment occupé en France. Ce chantier pharaonique, d'un coût de 350 millions d'euros, doit s'achever en 2016 et il oblige le personnel à déménager régulièrement, pour procéder à des travaux par tranches. Il s'agit non seulement du désossage et du désamiantage des structures mais aussi de rénover 60.000 m2 de locaux et 38 studios d'antennes (France Inter, France Culture, France Info, France Musique, etc.), de construire un auditorium de 1.460 places et de mettre en place une vaste allée centrale traversant le bâtiment de part en part. La Maison de la Radio doit en principe rouvrir au public le 14 novembre pour l'inauguration de son nouvel auditorium (via Delfin, DXLD) France-Inter was still on live at 1500 UT on its usual 162 kHz longwave frequency following the fire that broke out at Maison de la Radio, in Paris, on October 31, which briefly disrupted some domestic programming. Heard here in Madrid with normal reception for that time of day (weak to fair; 162 booms in at night) on Eton Satellit 750 with rotatable ferrite antenna. Euronews TV network reported that remodeling work was being carried out inside the building, which also is home to Radio France Internationale RFI, where the fire gutted the top floors of the large s-shaped complex located in the 16th district (Marty Delfín, Spain, Oct 31, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn: By the way, fire at Maison de la Radio should have no effect on RFI, which moved to the Parisian suburbs a couple of years ago (Mike Cooper, GA, Oct 31, DX LISTENING DIGEST) France - Article published the Friday 31 October 2014 - Latest update: Friday 31 October 2014 Fire at French public radio headquarters in Paris Smoke rises from the upper storeys of the Maison de la Radio in Paris Reuters/Gonzalo Fuentes By RFI France's national broadcasters were forced off the air for over an hour on Friday when fire broke out at the Paris headquarters of France's public radio stations. RFI was based at the Maison de la Radio up until last year. News anchors interrupted their bulletins on national networks France Info and France Inter as the order to evacuate the building came through. Hundreds of journalists, technicians and other staff assembled on an island in the middle of the River Seine as thick smoke bellowed out of the top three floor of the huge eight-story building. IFRAME: //www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/x290s7p The heat caused several windows to explode but nobody was reported injured. Sixteen fire engines were rushed to the scene and France Info was able to restart broadcasts from an emergency studio shortly after 2.00pm with the fire under control although not extinguished. Police limited traffic in the streets around the building and on the major road heading for central Paris along the side of the river. The fire is reported to have started in an area where building work was being carried out. The gigantic, circular Maison de la Radio is a Paris landmark, built 50 years ago. It has been being renovated since 2009 in the biggest renovation scheme of a building while in use in France. The work is scheduled to be completed in 2016. A new 1,460-seat auditorium with state-of-the-art acoustics was due to be opened to the public on 14 November. The fire is an "extremely traumatic event", French President François Hollande commented during a joint press conference with visiting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, adding that it was a "symbolic" building. "I am watching this very carefully," the French president said. RFI was based there from its creation in 1975 until January 2013, when it moved to the Paris suburb of Issy-les-Moulineaux (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) ** FRANCE. In the meantime someone with more insight into France took a look at the matter of the Alsatian broadcasts: He finds it really remarkable how almost no written communication for these broadcasts in their language exists, since, as he put it, France has left behind the hey-day of deliberate marginalization of minority languages. Hee sees a theoretical scenario of these broadcasts being put on a low power FM transmitter in Straßburg that otherwise carries FIP since, as he states, such changes of programming on small FM outlets are not too uncommon at Radio France. But otherwise it would, if 1278 kHz really goes dark, indeed become a webstream-only service (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Nov 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. WERNER BADER GESTORBEN Der langjährige Direktor der deutschen Sendungen der Deutschen Welle, Werner Bader, ist am 4. Oktober gestorben. Während bei der Deutschen Welle keine Pressemitteilung zu finden war, wird in im Internet zugänglichen Nachrufen primär sein kulturelles Engagement für Brandenburg gewürdigt (Ostdeutscher Kulturrat, Landsmannschaft Berlin- Mark Brandenburg, Kulturförderverein Mark Brandenburg, Märkische Dichterstraße, Nachlassverwalter von Gustav Büchsenschütz, der die Brandenburghymne geschrieben hat). Nach der Zweiten Weltkrieg studierte Werner Bader von 1945 bis 1950 Geschichte, Zeitungswissenschaft und Slawistik an der Humboldt- Universität, ab 1948 an der Freien Universität in Berlin. Noch während des Studiums begann er 1946 journalistisch zu arbeiten; unter anderem leitete er 1948/49 das Berliner Büro des Spiegel. 1953 ging er zum Nordwestdeutschen Rundfunk (später Sender Freies Berlin). 1958 wurde er in Köln Chef vom Dienst in der Nachrichtenredaktion der Deutschen Welle und 1968 bis zum Eintritt ins Rentenalter 1987 Leiter des deutschen Programms. In dieser Zeit war er 1973 Mitbegründer und Präsident der Internationalen Assoziation deutschsprachiger Medien. 1995 zogen Werner und Karin Bader in das 1786 von Christoph Philipp Gerhard von Bredow erbaut Gutshaus in Görne (Landkreis Havelland, Brandenburg). (Dr. Hansjörg Biener, ntt aktuell November 2014, via DXLD) DWL Cologne German Service director and presenter - SK (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Obit ** GERMANY [non]. CEYLON, 17640, Deutsche Welle Pashto heard at 0825 UT and Dari/Persian service. Who wants to listen to, the investment of German Taxpayers' money into Trincomalee Sri Lanka relay site, how sounds great: 17640 kHz at 08-09 UT with DWL Bonn transmission in Pashto and Dari/Persian. And now the DWL public broadcaster - or - rather German Federal Government even pays for rent air time from SLBC Colombo Sri Lanka (Wolfgang Büeschel, Nov 2, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DXLD) ** GERMANY. 5930, Echo of Europe via Germany, Oct 31 *1930-1945*, 33333-34333-32332, French, 1930 sign on with opening music, ID, Opening announce, News, Closing music and announce at 1944, 1945 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) Winter schedule of Echo of Europe via Media Broadcast: 1930-1945 on 5930 NAU 125 kW / 230 deg to CeEu French/English Tue/Fri (Ivo Ivanov, Nov 5,dxldyg via DXLD) ** GERMANY [and non]. MV Baltic Radio and Radio Joystick on November 2 MV Baltic Radio 1000-1100 on 9485 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu German 1st Sun CUSB Radio Joystick 1100-1200 on 7330 MOS 100 kW / 283 deg to CeEu German 1st Sun http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/11/mv-baltic-radio-and-radio-joystick-on.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #879 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Nov. 3, 2014 via DXLD) ** GREECE. 9935, Oct 30 at 0245, ERTOpen is on, but strangely, poor and much weaker than good // 9420. Usually 9935 is only marginally weaker than 9420 so something has changed in power or azimuth (assuming there is not a sharp MUF between them, only 515 kHz apart) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ERT-open Avlis on air this morning at 06-09 UT on November 1st on 9420.003, 11645.005, 15630.018. Avlis transmission program NOT BE HEARD on Oct 31 - at all (Wolfgang Buschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 1st, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Happy Halloween, Glenn, Stayed home tonight instead of going out and waiting for the Great Pumpkin --- But got my treat anyway, listening to Greece: ERTOpen --- 9935, 01 November at 0011 UT, good signal here in Madrid, SIO 454 --- DX 440, telescopic antenna, indoors at home office (and set next to a computer!) --- all American music but Greek announcer (reminded me so much when I use to live in Cleveland, Ohio in late 1970s and tune to late night ethnic Sunday local FM radio broadcasts) --- "Wedding Bell Blues," "Feelings," "Speak softly love," "I can't stop loving you", etc. 73s (Marty Delfín (Madrid, Spain), DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9935, Nov 1 at 0117, carrier detectable from ERTOpen in huge sideband splash from 9930 WTWW-2 BS; 9420 very good with music, and 15630 with very poor signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1746, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ERTOpen on summer frequencies on November 1: from 0600 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Greek from 0600 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg NoAf Greek from 0600 15630 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg WeEu Greek ERTOpen summer frequencies November 2: from 0800 9415 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Greek, off air around 0910 from 0800 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg NoAf Greek, off air around 0910 from 0800 15630 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg WeEu Greek, off air around 0910 (DX RE MIX NEWS #879 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Nov. 3, 2014 via DXLD) ERT Open back on 9415 kHz (heard at tune-in 2020 UT 1 November), // 9935, with talk programme (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) GREECE was not on air around when checked at 18 UT tonight, Nov 1, but now also hear ERT-open on 15650 kHz on Brisbane remote SDR unit in Queensland Australia downunder, 2040 UT Nov 1st. Powerful signal. Re 15650 at 20 UT on air tonight. But now at 2150 UT check, I heard ERT-Open on 15630 kHz instead, so frequency move occurred at 2100 UT, on 105 degree or 285 degrees on 15630 now? 73 wolfy (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DXLD) 9415, Nov 2 at 0109, ERTOpen has shifted back here from normal 9420, YL with Greek song, very good signal, and poor // 9935 is again buried in sideblast from 9930 WTWW with Ted`s country music show. That`s the one which needs to shift away, like 9940 or 9945 at least (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1746, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9935 // 9415, Nov 2 at 0616, ERTOpen with Greek pop music, fair signals on both (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Rather international English language Hard Rock music from ERT-open Avlis heard this UT morning at 0720 UT on Nov 2. !9415! +4 Hz upperside 11645 +5 Hz upperside 15630 +17 Hz upperside All three channel transmissions suffer by bad audio in pause of rock music in spoken parts, from program feeder circuit this morning. Heard whistle audio on all channels, NOT a transmitter fault - with a loud high-pitched squealing tone accompanying the audio. At 0744 UT on Nov 2 noted popular Mexican music (Wolfgang Büeschel, Nov 1/2, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DXLD) ERTOpen on summer frequencies on Nov. 4 and 5 from 2030 9420*AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek from 2030 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek from 2030 15630 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek or 15650, not heard from 0900 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek from 0900 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek from 0900 15630 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek. Videos: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/11/ertopen-on-summer-frequencies-on-nov4.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) 9420, Nov 5 at 0628, ERT Open with Greek conversation, fair. Nov 5 at 1437, Greek song on 9420 // 15650, fair/poor (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Surprisingly broadcast of ERTOpen in English on Nov. 5: 1100-1800 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek 1100-1800 on 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek 1100-1800 on 15630 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek 1800-1808 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu English news 1800-1808 on 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu English news 1800-1808 on 15650 AVL 100 kW / 105 deg to SoAs English news Videos: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/11/surprisingly-broadcast-of-ertopen-in.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, dxldyg via DXLD) ** GUAM. Frequency change of KTWR Asia effective from Oct. 26 SINGAPORE/GUAM Frequency change of KTWR Asia effective from Oct. 26 1345-1415 NF 9325 TWR 100 kW / 335 deg EaAs Korean Sat, ex 11580 1345-1430 NF 9325 TWR 100 kW / 335 deg EaAs Korean Sun, ex 11580 1345-1500 NF 9325 TWR 100 kW / 335 deg EaAs Korean Mon-Fri, ex 11580 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) So no longer clashes with BS on WRMI 11580 (gh) ** ICELAND. 1713.0 kHz, 2312-2315*, 02/11, ISL, Vestmannaeyjar R, Vestmannaeyjar, Weather report, 35443 (Carlos Gonçalves, SW coast of Portugal, JRC NRD-545DSP & DRAKE R8-E; Advanced ReceiverResearch amp.; 20 m T2FD, 45 m inv. V, 30 m 180º/0º mini-Bev., 80 m 300º/120º Bev., 200 m 270º/, 90º Bev., 270 m 145º/325º Bev., 300 m 225º/45º Bev., raised, 4 loop-K9AY, radioescutas yg via DXLD) ** INDIA. All India Radio have a new "AIR World" website live at http://airworldservice.org/ However, I think (and hope) that it may still be "work in progress". There is a small archive of programmes (both audio and text) from "Destination India", "India on the Move", "Indian Heritage", "Legends of Indian Cinema" and "Vibrant India" - but currently all archives are for August 2014 only. There is also a "listen" button for Live Radio, but this only gives a relay of the FM Gold Service. Unfortunately, there is no complete programme or frequency schedule listings. The existing http://allindiaradio.gov.in/ continues, including details of frequencies for the external services (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, Oct 31, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1746, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Good find, Alan! I regularly browse AIR websites looking for more content. Might be worth tuning in to "Faithfully Yours" on Monday to find out if there are any plans announced for further development. (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA, NASWA yg via DXLD) I e-mailed AIR to ask about their new website, and received this prompt reply: "Thank you for your interest in the General Overseas Service. This, as you have rightly observed, is a soft launch and we will by and by have our audio transmission broadcast also for listening as well as other features. And please do spread the word!" (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, Nov 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11670, AIR November 2 at 2135. English language General Overseas Service. Fair signal with only slight adjacent-channel interference from (presumed) Radio Japan on 11665. Signal built to solid SIO 545 by the end of the hour. This apparently irritates RHC who started their regular service at 2200, though AIR held its own at times for the next 30 minutes. Parallel 9445 was there, but weak. It was actually easier to follow the program under RHC than on 9445 (Jim Andrew, Houston, Texas - Funcube Pro+ SDR, SPR-4, amateur band vertical, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1746, DX LISTENING DIGEST) But in B-14 now Cuba not supposed to open 11670 until 0000 (gh, ibid.) ** INDIA. AIR Jeypore is back on SW after a few weeks. They are on 5040 at 0025-0445 & 1130-1741. After some weeks they will be also be back on 6040 at 0446-0915. Reports to airjeypore @ rediffmail.com Their new FM transmitter has started operating on 103.6 MHz with 1 kW. Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India, Mobile: +91 94416 96043, http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos Oct 30, dx_india yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1746, DXLD) AIR Jeypore, Odisha footprint is 5040.003 kHz at 1310 UT on Thu Oct 30. Listened on remote SDR Brisbane Queensland unit. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) Re: 6030 Uttarnchal Program --- The service on 6030 is noted back at 0200-0230. Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India, Nov 2, ibid.) ** INDIA [and non]. INDIA/CHINA, Two stations co-channel hit each other by 63 Hertz buzz on: 4820.0 even frequency of PBS Xizang in Chinese, and 4819.937 kHz AIR Kolkata around 1525 UT on Nov 2. 4970.016, Very weak tiny signal of AIR Shillong in Hindi at 1530 UT on Nov 2. only -13dBm above noise level (Wolfgang Büeschel, Nov 2, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DXLD) ** INDONESIA. Indonesien: Der durch einen Kabelbruch verursachte Ausfall der 9525 kHz vom 28 September wurde schnell behoben. Im Winter 2014/15 hat die Stimme Indonesiens folgenden Sendeplan in Deutsch: 1800-1900 WZ: 9525. Wie Bernd Seiser aus dem Hörerklub von Radio Taiwan International berichtet, wurden „die Empfangsberichte vieler Hörerklubmitglieder [...] in den letzten Monaten zuverlässig bestätigt. (Bernd Seiser 9., 23.10.2014) (ntt aktuell November 2014, Prof. Dr. Hansjörg Biener, red., Neulichtenhofstr. 7, DE 90461 Nürnberg, Hansjoerg_Biener @ yahoo.de via DXLD) ``The failure caused by a cable break of 9525 kHz on 28 September was resolved quickly.`` What kind of cable break, where? (gh, DXLD) ** INDONESIA. Winter B-14 schedule of Voice of Indonesia: 1000-1100 on 9526vJAK 250 kW / 135 deg to AUS English 1100-1200 on 9526vJAK 250 kW / 010 deg to EaAs Chinese 1200-1300 on 9526vJAK 250 kW / 010 deg to EaAs Japanese 1300-1400 on 9526vJAK 250 kW / 010 deg to EaAs English 1400-1500 on 9526vJAK 250 kW / 010 deg to EaAs Indonesian 1500-1600 on 9526vJAK 250 kW / 010 deg to EaAs Chinese 1600-1700 on 9526vJAK 250 kW / 290 deg to N/ME Arabic 1700-1800 on 9526vJAK 250 kW / 290 deg to WeEu Spanish 1800-1900 on 9526vJAK 250 kW / 290 deg to WeEu German 1900-2000 on 9526vJAK 250 kW / 290 deg to WeEu English 2000-2100 on 9526vJAK 250 kW / 290 deg to WeEu French 9526v=9525.9, videos from 14-15 and 19-20 broadcasts: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/10/winter-b-14-schedule-of-voice-of.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Oct 31, dxldyg via DXLD) INDONESIA Ivo, at present 1300 UT on Oct 31 on air, 9525.891 kHz S=8 or -76dBm only poor signal observed in Brisbane Perseus network unit. INDONESIA RRI Jakarta Cimanggis, ABU entry. 9680.050 kHz 2200-1500 UT 51,54 JAK 250kW 75degr on antenna ITU#206 type, Indonesian, except - probably - English service "RRI Kang Guru Indonesia" 1000-1020 UT on Sun/Wed only. Wrong azimuth given in Aoki/Nagoya list; there mentioned 316 degree AS/EUR target instead (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 31, ibid.) 9526-, Nov 4 at 1342, not even a carrier from VOI during English hour. Atsunori Ishida was not hearing it after 1155* Nov 4, nor on Nov 5 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. SIRIUSXM CANCELS BOB EDWARDS SHOW, BUT WEEKLY PUBLIC RADIO SHOW WILL CONTINUE Published September 17, 2014 By Jon Kalish http://www.current.org/2014/09/siriusxm-cancels-bob-edwards-show-but-weekly-public-radio-show-will-continue/ After nearly 10 years on satellite radio, The Bob Edwards Show will cease production after Sept. 26, when the last of the original shows airs. SiriusXM plans to continue feeding rebroadcasts of the program to its subscribers. Bob Edwards Weekend, the Public Radio International series produced from a selection of SiriusXM interviews, will continue to run in repeats, according to the distributor. “The program will continue to be a compilation of interviews that Bob has conducted in the past,” said Julia Yager, PRI senior v.p. marketing, sales and distribution. “We have communicated [that SiriusXM is halting production of new episodes] to stations, and talked about it at the [PRPD] conference last week, so it shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone.” The weekly program airs on 153 stations. Edwards ends his decade-long satellite radio run reluctantly. “It certainly wasn’t my choice,” he told Current. “They think it’s a very expensive show. We have a staff of nine people in addition to me. They say that’s enormous. They have entire channels programmed by one guy. We’re doing entirely different things, but that doesn’t register with them. They just look at the costs.” Charlie Summers, a fan of Edwards who began subscribing to XM Satellite Radio in 2004 when the former NPR host joined its lineup, is angry about the cancellation. “I have listened to it every weekday short of being desperately ill or in the middle of the ocean,” said the systems analyst from York, Pa. He criticized SiriusXM for embracing shock jocks such as Howard Stern and Opie & Anthony. “I think the guys up at SiriusXM are more interested in midget tossing,” he said. SiriusXM did not respond to emails and phone calls seeking comment on the show’s cancellation. Edwards began producing the weekdaily Bob Edwards Show on a year-to- year contract in October 2004. Satellite radio was a new business then, and he signed on with XM, which offered him a new home after his ouster as host of NPR Morning Edition sparked an outcry from public radio listeners. He later paired with PRI to offer Bob Edwards Weekend for local public radio broadcasts. But satellite radio couldn’t sustain two competing companies, and Sirius Satellite Radio acquired XM in 2008. Over the years, many NPR alumnae joined Edwards on the production. His current staff of nine producers includes Chad Campbell, who worked on Talk of the Nation, and Ed McNulty, who was part of the Weekend Edition Saturday production team. A native of Kentucky, Edwards spent 30 years at NPR, where he co- hosted All Things Considered before being tapped to serve as sole anchor for Morning Edition at its 1979 debut. Edwards was replaced by co-anchors Steve Inskeep and Renee Montagne in 2004, and offered special correspondent status at NPR. In an acrimonious split, he left the network to launch a new show with XM. Edwards insists there is no bad blood between him and NPR, which he says he listens to regularly. “I’ve been over there a bunch of times, and I have a lot of friends over there. I still think of them as the New York Times of broadcasting. I’m a little biased. My wife works there as a news anchor.” Edwards is married to NPR newscaster Windsor Johnston. Though the audience for Edwards’ XM effort was a fraction of the size of Morning Edition’s, to his surprise the quality of guests willing to appear on The Bob Edwards Show did not fall off. “They remembered me and they asked for me, frankly,” Edwards told Current. And he found doing the long-form interview show was much easier than anchoring a daily two-hour newsmagazine. “It was an absolute joy,” said Edwards. “We did what we wanted to do. We had no orders from management. It was complete freedom, and I’m very grateful to have had 10 years of that.” Edwards estimates that he conducted some 5,000 interviews for his SiriusXM show and believes they comprise a valuable historical and cultural record. He has donated the archive to the Library of Congress. Among important Americans interviewed by Edwards but no longer alive are activist Father Robert Drinan, historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr. and playwright Wendy Wasserstein. “If you want long-form interviews with those people late in their career, there they are,” said Edwards. SiriusXM plans to retain one of Edwards’ producers to stay on and assemble shows from the archive. The Bob Edwards Show provides 10 hours of programming in each weekday feed of SiriusXM’s XMPR channel. When it goes into repeats, it joins another archive-derived program, Car Talk, which airs six hours a day on the same channel. If Sirius XM maintains that schedule, two-thirds of the channel’s programming each day will be devoted to defunct pubradio programs. For his final show, Edwards plans appearances by NPR’s Susan Stamberg, the Kitchen Sisters and Tavis Smiley. “I just thought that for the last show it would be appropriate to have some public radio people on,” he said. Edwards, who is 67, definitely wants to keep working. Would he like to return to public radio? “If someone wants me, that would be wonderful. I’ve got a lot left,” said Edwards (via Rich Cuff, Internetradio via WORLD OF RADIO 1746, DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. WORLD OF RADIO via WRN to North America is now on winter timing of 1830 UT Saturdays (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1746, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN. OTHR - Military radars: This morning 0850Z again: Iranian OTHR on 28000 / bandwidth 150 kHz, 28110 bw 20 kHz, 28470 bw 20 kHz on the same band at the same time! Two pulse rates, 310 & 870 Hz, alternating every 5 seconds, S7 in center of France. In view to this article 48: Shall we continue to report military undue transmission? re: Since long time all days somewhere. Real signal working BW is approx. 50-60 kHz, but the occupied BW is sometimes up to 100 kHz or more, also depending of signal strength. It is reputed to operate from EP [Iran = ham prefix]. Some sources are reporting that it has a detection range up to 3000 km or more. ITU CHAPTER VII Special Provisions for Radio / Article 48 of the ITU Convention that covers rules in regard to transmissions from the military. Installations for National Defense Services No. 202. §1 Member States retain their entire freedom with regard to military radio installations. That is the "carte blanche" for all such military systems :-( (Francis / F5MIU; intruderalert ng Oct 29 via BCDX 5 Nov via DXLD) OTHR 28 MHz. Bearings from the Netherlands: 94 degrees (Dick PA2GRU, intruderalert ng Oct 29, ibid.) ** IRAN. Tentative B-14 for The Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran VOIROI / IRIB winter schedule. 26 Oct 2014 - 28 March 2015. ALBANIAN 0620-0720 13820kam 15490sir 1820-1920 5925sir 9420kam 2020-2120 5935sir 9655kam ARABIC 0220-0520 7370kam 7380kam 9895zah "Al-Quds TV" 0520-0820 13780kam 0520-1020 15360sir 0520-1420 15750zah 0820-1420 13750kam 1020-1120 13620kam 1020-1120 11905(x15630)sir 1020-1120 11905(x11760)ahw {- both syncronized ? } 1020-1650 13570kam 1420-1720 9870kam 1650-0220 6060zah 1720-2020 7285kam ARMENIAN 0250-0320 6145sir 7300sir 0920-0950 11825sir 15220sir 1620-1720 5945kam 7230sir AZERI 0320-0520 7305sir 1420-1650 7360zah BENGALI 1420-1520 7320sir 9800kam 11760kam 1620-1750 7375kam 9740kam BOSNIAN 0520-0620 13690kam 17540sir [Se-Cr] 1720-1820 6140sir 9850kam 2120-2220 5950sir 9590kam CHINESE 1150-1250 15140kam 15525kam 17560sir 17670sir 2320-0020 6090sir 6110sir 9490kam DARI 0250-0620 5900kam 11905ahw 0620-0820 15400kam 0820-1150 15300kam 0820-1420 13830ahw 1150-1450 11955kam ENGLISH 0320-0420 7325kam 9710sir "Voice of Justice" 1020-1120 17560kam 21510kam 1520-1620 11760kam 13785sir 1920-2020 6040sir 7350kam 13640sir 15460kam [English only: WORLD OF RADIO 1746] FRENCH 0620-0720 15450kam 17865kam 1820-1920 6135kam 9850sir 11955kam GERMAN 0720-0820 15250kam 17690sir 1720-1820 6205kam 7425sir HAUSA 0550-0650 17560sir 1120-1150 21520sir 21600sir 1820-1920 9570kam 12040sir HEBREW 0420-0450 9755kam 11780sir 1150-1220 13740kam 15240sir HINDI 0150-0250 6085sir 7280sir 1420-1520 12015kam 13790sir ITALIAN 0620-0720 15085kam 17660sir 1920-1950 6135kam 7450sir JAPANESE 1320-1420 9585sir 11600kam 2050-2150 5965sir 7365sir KAZAKH 0120-0220 6040sir 7430sir 1520-1620 7200kam 9850sir KURDISH 0420-0520 7350kam 9610sir Sorrani dialect 1320-1620 5920kam Kirmanji dialect MALAY/INS1220-1320 15450kam 17715sir 2220-2320 9490kam 11830sir PASHTO 0220-0320 6075sir 7250kam 0720-0820 11810sir 13730sir 1220-1320 7435sir 9790kam 1620-1720 5935sir 7345ahw RUSSIAN 0250-0320 deleted 0450-0520 deleted 0820-0920 17685kam 17820sir 21600sir new time 1420-1520 7340kam 9580ahw 11880sir 1650-1750 6110ahw 7375kam (delete 75 mb transmission) 1750-1850 6110kam 7305sir 1920-2020 6180kam 7425sir (delete 75 mb transmission) SPANISH 0020-0320 7420kam 0020-0220 9445kam 0520-0620 13865sir 15530kam 2020-2120 6165kam 7400sir SWAHILI 0350-0450 13680sir 15260sir 0820-0920 21510kam 21640sir 1720-1820 9820kam 11830sir TAJIK 0050-0220 5950sir 7260kam 1550-1720 6005sir 7290kam TURKISH 0420-0550 7400kam 9550kam 1550-1720 6175kam 7310kam URDU 0120-0220 6100kam 6140ahw 7360kam (delete 75 mb txion) 1250-1420 9715sir 11675kam 11730kam 1520-1620 5965sir UZBEK 0220-0250 6175kam 7300sir 1450-1550 6070kam 7350sir Saut Falestin "Voice of Islamic Palestinian Revolution" ARABIC 0320-0420 7250kam 9500sir IRIB German sce site shows the present B-14 winter time schedule IRIB Russian, I note the present B-14 winter time schedule IRIB Spanish, I note the ex A-14 summer time schedule (IRIB via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 16 via BC-DX 5 Nov via DXLD) 15530, VOIRI, Oct 30 0521-0533, 34443, Spanish, IS, 0523 ID, National anthem, Koran, Opening announce, Gongs at 0530, News (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) 11675, Oct 31 at 1338, good signal with flutter but some hum, ME music, undermodulated announcement. Aoki says VIRI, Urdu at 1250-1420, 500 kW, 178 degrees from Kamalabad. 13750, Oct 31 at 1345, in Arabic giving irib.ir which must be pronounced in English; similar signal to 11675 Urdu, but very good with flutter, to be expected since this is also 500 kW, 178 degrees from Kamalabad, at 0820-1420. 7430, Nov 1 at 0122, VIRI IS, poor with pulse jamming, ID as ``Burasi ---``? which would be Turkish but too early for that. HFCC shows instead it`s Kazakh, a Turkic language, 500 kW, 5 degrees from Sirjan at 0120-0220. VIRI is also on 7420 with Spanish from Kamalabad, but 7430 is somewhat stronger (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9445, V of Islamic Republic of Iran, Nov 4 0136 fair/strong signal with YL announcer in Spanish. Checked back at scheduled 0220 s/off to verify, but did not s/off until 0223. 73 (Mark Clark, Reinholds, PA, Tecsun PL-880 with built-in whip. Tecsun PL-380 with built-in whip and 20 ft/6 meter extender wire clipped to whip, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN [non]. 9430, Oct 31 at 0328, ME music, fair with slow fades. HFCC says it`s IBB in Farsi via Lampertheim, GERMANY, at 0200-0530, 100 kW at 108 degrees --- which means R. Farda. One of the best Eurosigs on 31m now (9420/9415/9935 Greeceless). 9430, Nov 1 at 0522, ME pop music, 0523 phone caller briefly on air, and announcer`s Radio Farda ID in passing, 0526 rock in English. Good signal altho less than 9420 Greece; 9430 scheduled 0200-0530 via Lampertheim, GERMANY, as also heard 26 hours earlier. 13800, Nov 4 at 1352, R. Farda music with good signal; it`s via Lampertheim, GERMANY at 11-15, and before that via Sri Lanka (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN [non]. Sedaye Radioye Mehr Iran: 1630-1700 on 15680 ISS 500 kW / 091 deg to WeAs Farsi Mon/Fri Radio Ranginkaman, Radio Rainbow: 1700-1730 on 7550 KCH 100 kW / 100 deg to WeAs Farsi Mon/Fri (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, Nov 4, dxldyg via DXLD) ** IRELAND / IRELAND NORTHERN. Hi Glenn! Church logs: Friday Oct 31 / 1200 UT 27751 kHz Church of the Sacred Heart Cloughmills, Co. Antrim, G Saturday Nov 1 (All Saints) / 1000-1200 UT 27365 kHz Our Lady of the Snows Church Broadford, Co. Limerick, IRL 27435 kHz St. Lachteen´s Church Grenagh, Co. Cork, IRL 27601 kHz Church of the Immaculate Conception Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny, IRL 27621 kHz St. Cronan´s Church Roscrea, Co Tipperary, IRL 27631 kHz St. Joseph´s Church Glenville, Co. Cork, IRL 27835 kHz St. John the Baptist Church Castlemahon, Co. Limerick, IRL 27911 kHz St. Comcille Church Churchtown South, Co. Cork, IRL Sunday Nov 2 / 1000-1100 UT 27161 kHz St. Anne´s Church Rathnure, Co. Wexford, IRL 27225 kHz Church of St. James, Horeswood, Co. Wexford, IRL 27275 kHz Holy Cross Church Kenmare, Co Kerry, IRL 27601 kHz Church of Immaculate Conception Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny, IRL 27611 kHz SS Peter & Paul Church Athlone, Co. Westmeath, IRL 27631 kHz St. Joseph´s Church Glenville, Co. Cork, IRL 27695 kHz St. Patrick´s Church Fermoy, Co. Cork, IRL 27811 kHz St. Patrick´s Church Ballinderry, Co. Tyrone, G Sunday Nov 2 / 1100-1230 UT 27651 kHz SS Patrick & Brigid Church Clane, Co. Kildare, IRL 27815 kHz Church of the Immaculate Conception Boherbue, Co. Cork, IRL 27835 kHz St. John the Baptist Church Castlemahon, Co. Limerick, IRL Monday Nov 3 / 1100-1215 UT 27601 kHz St. Munchin´s Church Clancy Strand/Limerick, Co. Limerick, IRL 27608 kHz St. Mary´s Church Ballyheigue. Co. Kerry, IRL 27611 kHz SS Peter & Paul Church Athlone, Co. Westmeath, IRL Tuesday Nov 4 / 1100-1215 UT 27601 kHz St. Munchin´s Church Clancy Strand/Limerick, Co. Limerick, IRL 27608 kHz St. Mary´s Church Ballyheigue. Co. Kerry, IRL 73, (Patrick Robic, Austria, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN. 5985, Nov 5 at 1343, Japanese with piano music, Shiokaze, poor signal, het on hi side from Myanmar; also Thu Nov 6 at 1330 I can barely tell she`s in English, plus het (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN. 9595, Thu Oct 30 at 1357, R. Nikkei I, fair with English lesson mostly in English, about Scottish separatism (topix based on almost-current events), ``that`s all for this week``, sponsored by Akin (? Sounds like) Foundation of Japan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN [non]. 13640, Nov 1 at 0514, NHK World Radio Japan via UAE, good signal but heavy flutter. // 9770 via FRANCE is better, no flutter, but selective fading distortion. About a music festival, 0515 an animé theme. 13640 is the SSOB, much stronger than 13765 Vatican and not much else: can`t hear Australia on 13630, nor on 15 MHz, where there`s nothing but very poor 15120 Nigeria, 15580 Botswana. BTW, this from Alan Roe, Teddington UK, Oct 30: ``Hi Glenn, Have been meaning to send this for some time: in your "DX\SWL\MEDIA PROGRAMS ON SHORTWAVE" webpage, Radio Japan no longer broadcasts "Media Watch" on Saturdays. However, there is "RJ Manual" on Tuesdays at approx. 0522, 1022, 1222, 1422 and 1822 (which is a "segment that tells you about the various services of R Japan") and the nearest R Japan has to a media program.`` So the next revision due shortly will reflect this info (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KASHMIR [non]. CLANDESTINE: 4870, V. of Kashmir, Oct 30 *1430-1443, 23432 Kashmiri, 1430 sign on with opening music, Opening announce, Koran, India music (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. Voice of Korea on 13760 in English 0400 onward on 11/2 UT. Very good reception with a Grundig G5 using whip antenna alone. Parallel frequencies 15180 (poor to inaudible) and 11735 (poor to fair). (Robert Gorsch, San Francisco, CA, location, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. 5985 recheck Oct 30 at *1329, sign-on Sea Breeze in English at 1330:10, still poor signal, past 1355 very poor. So English is still on Thursdays; no sign of a co-channel or het from Myanmar, but if it`s on, QRM for sure in Asia. Ivo had not yet found the correct new frequency at 1330, but lists these alternatives registered, some on the 41m band for a change which I think they have never employed: 5910/5985/6135/7220/7260; and at 1600-1700 which one of 5955/5975/6070/6110/6135/6165/6185/7240/7245? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1746, DX LISTENING DIGEST) As of Oct 30, Ivo says the 1600 frequency is none of those, but 5910 (gh) New frequencies of Shiokaze Sea Breeze from Oct. 26 1330-1400 on 5985 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE Japanese Mon 1330-1400 on 5985 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE Chinese Tue 1330-1400 on 5985 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE Japanese Wed 1330-1400 on 5985 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE English Thu 1330-1400 on 5985 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE Korean Fri 1330-1400 on 5985 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE Korean Sat 1330-1400 on 5985 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE Japanese Sun 1400-1430 on 5985 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE Japanese Mon 1400-1430 on 5985 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE Korean Tue 1400-1430 on 5985 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE Japanese Wed 1400-1430 on 5985 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE English Thu 1400-1430 on 5985 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE Korean Fri 1400-1430 on 5985 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE Japanese Sat 1400-1430 on 5985 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE Korean Sun alt. frequencies: 5910/6135/7220/7260 1600-1630 on 5910 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE Japanese Mon 1600-1630 on 5910 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE Chinese Tue 1600-1630 on 5910 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE Japanese Wed 1600-1630 on 5910 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE English Thu 1600-1630 on 5910 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE Korean Fri 1600-1630 on 5910 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE Korean Sat 1600-1630 on 5910 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE Japanese Sun 1630-1700 on 5910 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE Japanese Mon 1630-1700 on 5910 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE Korean Tue 1630-1700 on 5910 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE Japanese Wed 1630-1700 on 5910 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE English Thu 1630-1700 on 5910 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE Korean Fri 1630-1700 on 5910 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE Japanese Sat 1630-1700 on 5910 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE Korean Sun alt. frequencies: 5955/5975/6070/6110/6135/6165/6185/7240/7245 Videos: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/10/new-frequencies-of-shiokaze-sea-breeze.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Oct 31, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1746, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. TAJIKISTAN, Frequency change of Radio Free North Korea: 1230-1330 NF 9330 DB 100 kW / 071 deg to KRE Korean, ex 9320 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/10/frequency-change-of-radio-free-north.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Oct 31, dxldyg via DXLD) Now it`s capable of clashing with Brother Scare or whatever WBCQ may put on 9330 --- usually not on at this hour since Nov 2 (gh, DXLD) UZBEKISTAN, Frequency change of Radio Free Chosun: 1300-1500 NF 7557 TAC 100 kW / 070 deg to KRE Korean, ex 7560/7555 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/10/frequency-change-of-radio-free-chosun.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Oct 31, dxldyg via DXLD) So do they really change or vary it just about every day? How about even during the bihour broadast? (gh, DXLD) ** KOREA SOUTH. 15160, KBS program in Korean to foreign workers in NE & ME, powerful nice audiowise signal from Kimjae txion center. Heard at 0920 UT, close-down real at 1000 UT! Despite hfcc list shows extended Korean language service at 07-11 UT reservation, 250kW 290degr (Wolfgang Büeschel, Nov 2, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DXLD) ** KOREA SOUTH [and non]. KBS WR expands broadcasts? Look at the HFCC regs for KBS World Radio, NEW B-14 listings, many new transmissions including large English blox. Do any of these really exist? http://www.hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=B14&broadc=KBS (Glenn Hauser, Nov 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Global 24 has started relaying some KBS transmissions (gh, DXLD) ** KURDISTAN [non]. CLANDESTINE: 9400, V. of Kurdistan: Oct 31 1309-1317, 33433, Kurdish, News and Kurdistan music, ID at 1312 Oct 31 1402-1422, 44433-44444, Kurdish, News and Kurdistan music, ID at 1411 (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) Updated schedule of Denge Kurdistan: 0400-0800 on 9400 KCH 300 kW / 130 deg to WeAs Kurdish 0800-1200 on 9400 ERV 300 kW / 192 deg to WeAs Kurdish 1200-1600 on 9400 KCH 300 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Kurdish 1600-2000 on 9400 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish (DX RE MIX NEWS #879 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Nov. 3, 2014 via DXLD) 9400, Nov 3 at 1417, Denge Kurdistan with Kurdish ululations, fair signal and clear now that FEBC PHILIPPINES is off after 1400; via PRIDNESTROVYE. Not as good as used to be on 11510. 9400, Nov 4 at 1332, Kurdish music with heavy flutter, 1335 talk from Denge Kurdistane, but without CCI from FEBC Philippines, which normally lasts until 1400; poor FE propagation today? 9400 via PRIDNESTROVYE is stronger than G24 9395, and HSK9 9390. 9400, Nov 5 at 1430, Kurdish music and low audible heterodyne slightly on the hi side, poor signal. Maybe a second transmitter is slightly off frequency (like Bulgaria has been but only after 1800) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KUWAIT. 15515, R. Kuwait, Oct 30 0541-0605, 25432-25332, Arabic, Arabic music and talk and news, Theme music at 0600 (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) ** KYRGYZSTAN. KYRGYZIA. 4010.037, Kyrgyz Radio from Bishkek Krasnaya Rechka site, ID at 1515 UT on Nov 2. Central Asian music heard before and after 1515 UT. Between 1635 and 1650 UT noted wandered signal to 4010.044 kHz, only S=5-6 fair signal in Germany. In July 2014 summer transmission wandered up to 4010.075 kHz, so this unit is not very stable frequency-wise. 5130v, Radio Maranatha in Pashto/Dari, also from Bishkek Krasnaya Rechka site, n o t heard tonight (Wolfgang Büeschel, Nov 2, wwdxc BC- DX TopNews, dxldyg via DXLD) 5129.36, 1712, SW Relay Service, Bishkek, (presumed) – YL sings (hymn?), then YL talk in VV [vernacular or Vietnamese??] (but relaying which station?) 151, 14/10 (Alan Pennington, Caversham, Berkshire, England, UK, AOR 7030+ / LW, Beverage, ALA1530, / Sony 7600GR, Nov BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) ** LAOS [non]. CLANDESTINE: 11570, Suab Xaa Moo Zoo, Oct 30 *1130- 1140, 35443, Hmong, 1130 sign on with opening music, Opening announce, 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) ** LIBERIA. 4760, ELWA Radio, Monrovia, (presumed), 2200-2215, Nov 02, English, male, religious comments and songs. 14321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Playa Blanca, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Tecsun PL-880, antenna: Tecsun AN-05, cable 7 metros, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LUXEMBOURG. LUX: New SV imagery - Junglinster --- Finally the Street View imagery for LUXEMBOURG is available. Must have been gov bureaucracy responsible for delay in release of imagery for this country as imagery is old, dated back to 2009. That's five years ago. Example: Junglinster SW site now viewable. Google Maps http://goo.gl/maps/kaWz7 (Ian, Nov 4, SWSites yg via DXLD) ** MADAGASCAR. 5010.993, Tentatively Radio Madagasikara, weak on threshold level at 1540 UT on Nov 2 (Wolfgang Büeschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DXLD) Someone else also had it almost 1 kHz hi (gh) ** MEXICO [and non]. 540, Oct 31 at 0609, Mex NA ending, ``Cuarenta`` and top 40 music, i.e. XEWA San Luís Potosí, SLP. Had to null CBK to hear it, a welcome and rare situation. Still doubt XEWA is anywhere near 150 kW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 710-, Nov 2 at 0145 UT, haven`t heard the off-frequency-low audible heterodyne for a while, but here it is again vs KCMO, looping SW, as I get a null on both allowing Cuba thru, and therefore XEDP, Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, on its off-frequency unit, listed 100 watts night, and 185 Hz low per the IRCA Mexican Log 2014 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 1170, XERT, Ke Buena, Reynosa, Tamaulipas. 1104 November 1, 2014. Anthem beginning at tune-in, male, "XERT... cinco mil vatios... Zamora... Colonia Beatty... Reynosa, Tamaulipas, la Ke Buena, la Ke Buena... Ke Buena 1170 AM..." into Mexi-tune. On frequency (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, FL with JRC NRD 535, IC-R75, roof dipole, active loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MICRONESIA. 4755.58, Cross R., Oct 31 0750-0803, 35443-34443, English, Music and talk, ID at 0759 (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) 4755+, Oct 31 at 1158, JBA carrier until cutoff at 1159:46*, i.e. PMA The Cross. May be last time I check this for a while as it will seem a local hour earlier once we are off DST (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MONGOLIA. RFA Ulan Bataar 125 Hertz down tonight. 7459.875 kHz heard a signal tonight Oct 30 at 21-22 UT time slot, seemingly(?) IBB RFA Korean service from Ulan Bataar, on odd frequency 125 Hertz downwards lower side (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews 5 Nov via DXLD) 12084.876 kHz - original transmission in Mongolian from Ulan Bataar, tiny poor signal today into southern Germany, free channel at 0938 UT Nov 2 (Büschel, ibid.) What a coincidence, also 124 Hz down (gh) ** MOROCCO. 9575. R. Medi Un: Oct 28 0718-0733, 45444, French, Music and news, ID at 0723 and 0725 Oct 31 0636-0645, 44444, French, Talk and music, ID at 0637 and 0639 (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) 9575, Radio Medi Un at 2254, announcers in French, playing Western pop music, 2300 announcement, fanfare and into news in French, with headlines first - Fair Oct 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) ** MYANMAR. 7345, Oct 31 at 1245, weak signal, music with flutter, suspected Thazin Radio as certainly unsounds like CNR1; while CRI Japanese on 7325 is inbooming. B14 Aoki is now up at http://www1.m2.mediacat.ne.jp/binews/us/bib14.txt where we find an x by CNR1 frequency meaning not currently on the air: 7345xCNR 1 0800-1805 1234567 Chinese 100 175 Beijing 572 CNR1 b14 and unlikely to be CRI Serbian via Albania: 7345 CHINA RADIO INTER. 1200-1257 1234567 Serbian 150 ND Cerrik ALB leaving only this at this hour: 7345 Thazin Radio 1230-1330 1234567 Mon 50 356 Naypyidaw 1652N 09610E Ron Howard could confirm this from Asilomar State Beach if he weren`t on holiday from DXing in Shanghai (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1746, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. 6095, logs of KBC in October: 0410 1410 E, Rock&Roll Saturday Show, Beach Boys, Elvis Presley, jingle, ID; promos 45444 1110 1410 E, Hello Mary Lou, R&R Saturday Show, ballad, juingle, blues Everly Brothers 45544 1210 1435 E, Rock & Roll Rewind, pops, Queen, Be my baby 45444 1810 1405 E, Let's twist again, Gloria, R&R Saturday show, jingle ID, promos 45544 1910 1445 E, Rock & Roll Rewind Show, House of rising sun, orquestral, ID promos 45544 2510 1410 E, Rock & Roll Saturday,show, Otis Reding, Across the line, Roy Orbison, Del Shannon 45544 2610 1535 E, A whiter shade of pale, jingle, R&R Rewind, Georgia on my mind, jingle, promos 44444 (Silveri Gómez, Fraga, Ponent Catalan, RX ATS 909 Antenna 16 mt [small part of October `pirate` log summary] via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) CHINA/GERMANY, CRI English to ME vs Mighty KBC Radio English to WeEu: 1500-1600 6095 KAS 500 kW / 269 deg to N/ME English China Radio Inter. 0900-1600 6095 NAU 100 kW / 240 deg to WeEu English Sat/Sun Mighty KBC http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/11/cri-english-to-me-vs-mighty-kbc-radio.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #879 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Nov. 3, 2014 via DXLD) Mighty KBC on demand studio quality audio now available for the Sunday 0000-0200 UT broadcasts at my website, http://www.kg4lac.com in the "Mighty KBC" section. 73, (Kraig, KG4LAC, Krist, VA, Oct 31, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1746, DX LISTENING DIGEST) GERMANY: 7375, The Mighty KBC via Nauen with Uncle Eric's Giant Juke Box. The usual mix of things like rock oldies, Deep Purple's ``Smoke on the Water`` as I tuned in, Kim Elliott's Digital text minute: Some recent news about shortwave, also know as "high frequency" "The [U.S.] Department of Veterans Affairs plans to build a nation-wide high-frequency radio network to connect its medical facilities in case of an emergency that knocks out other forms of communications — applying century-old technology to current needs. "The network will include an undefined number of high-powered 'backbone' stations equipped with 200-watt transmitters designed to receive amd automatically relay communications from 125-watt stations located at approximately 200 Veterans Health Administration facilities, VA said." Full text: http://bit.ly/1CU31CD Sending Pic:122x80; Thanks to The Mighty KBC. I assume that 'high power 200 watt transmitter' is a typo. 200 kW sounds much -- maybe supposed to be 2 kW? I don't think I'd call that particularly 'high power' either, but --- Also had Peter Jones with DX headlines programme about Numbers stations, ads for SuperCove and KBC, and more oldies like one from Kool & the Gang's ``Hollywood Swing`` (I LIKE that group) and the usual shtick from Uncle Eric. 5554+4+ with just a titch [sic] of selective fading keeping this from being all fives. SUPER strong: PEGGING the S-meter. 0127-0200* 26/Oct (Ken Zichi, Williamston MI & in the air, MARE Tipsheet Oct 31 via DXLD) Just a reminder --- On the Mighty KBC "Giant Jukebox" November 2, 2014 0000-0200 UT, 7375 kHz via Nauen, Germany, broadcast "Forgotten Song" segment I feature a singer born in 1944 in Galveston, Texas and raised in Los Angeles, CA, who, to me, is one of the definitive sounds of the 1970's. Hope you'll have the time to join me for the "Forgotten Song". Also, remember, the Mighty KBC "Listener Appreciation Contest" ends in December, 2014. Details at http://kbcradio.eu Qualify for the contest before it's too late. 73, (Kraig, KG4LAC, Krist, Nov 1, dxldyg via DX LISENING DIGEST) 7375, UT Sun Nov 2 at 0132, The Mighty KBC via Nauen, GERMANY, with Radiogram beeps; VG signal tonight, but competing with even better signal and more exotic music from `Song of India` on WRMI 7570, which is more to my taste. 0150 I retune for Kraig Krist`s Forgotten Song, but instead Uncle Eric plies us with another ``fart song``, i.e. Yankee Doodle, embellished with rubbing balloons, overblown tubas, or real farts? Hee, hee, hee. Not to be confused with VOA despite the beeping earlier. 0151 into ``I Do, I Do, I Do`` by ABBA (sorry, no backward Bs available in this font). 0154 next is Peter with two minutes of DX headlines, not ham expeditions for a change but all-too-brief piece on number stations, episode 2. 0157 usual wrapup with Eric presenting long list of listeners heard from in past week, many of the names repeats (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1746, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NEW ZEALAND. 6170, Radio New Zealand Int'l, Rangitaiki; 1233 24- Oct. I heard “Morning Report”, a YL interviewed John Vickers, the brother of Kevin Vickers, the Canadian parliamentarian sergeant-at- arms who put an end to the kook who attacked the War Memorial in Ottawa. At 1258 heard drumbeat, then OM announced Radio New Zealand Int'l is now closing on this frequency. In a few moments we will be opening transmission on 6170 kHz in the 49 meter band. BTW that was the frequency I had been hearing them on for the last half of an hour. At 1259 I heard RNZI birdcall intro. At 1300 pips and tones followed by ID and News. Good signal, no heterodynes, slight QSB towards the TOH (Gary Vance, Grand Ledge MI, MARE Tipsheet Oct 31 via DXLD) Frequency change of New Zealand International: 1551-1745 NF 9700 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg to Cooks/Samoa/Niue/Tonga AM mode, ex 9765 (DX RE MIX NEWS #879 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Nov. 3, 2014 via DXLD) ** NICARAGUA. 539.836, Radio Corporación, Managua. 0010 October 31, 2014. Rustic campesino vocals with accordions, 0016 male, "... de correo de la noche..." then female, back to folk songs. Very good copy (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, FL with JRC NRD 535, IC-R75, roof dipole, active loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA. 15120, V. of Nigeria, Oct 31 0704-0714, 35433, French, News, ID at 0711 (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) 15120.000, Nigeria logged with a kindergarten Radioplay around 0920- 0930 UT on Nov 2. Scheduled 09-10 English. Loud high-pitched squealing tone accompanying the audio (Wolfgang Büeschel, Nov 2, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DXLD) ** NORTH AMERICA. Re: YHWH and his power level. YHWH uses less than 1 kW; his normal levels are between 200 and 600 Watts PEP, and about 200 Watts of carrier. He is off the power grid and runs solar, generator, and battery power, and the power level he is using at any one time is driven by which he is on at the time. Also, the letters he reads are not from listeners, but rather papers he has written himself. Yes, he does call them letters, but he continually refers to himself as "this author" in relationship to those "letters". Regardless, he does not claim them to be letters form listeners. T! (TOKEN, Mojave Desert, California, USA, Oct 29, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1746, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11600, YHWH, Mojave Desert CA, 0300 10/25 - Tuned in during YHWH's weird sign-off song "Hard Life" to find the creepy sounding theme interrupted by a live station operator who told the audience that he had "talk-back capability" and encouraged anyone listening to join in after he signed off the air. The music continued and finished with the usual "Goodbye" and "I love you, Station YHWH now signing off the air" and carrier turned off at 0304. Some seconds pass and YHWH comes back weaker, still in AM mode and says "Hi Doctor Benway, this is Y-H-W-H here." Benway (Undercover Radio) replies but there's no copy on his signal here. YHWH replies with "Hello to you, what country are you in? What country are you in, Doctor?" YHWH then replies with his location and explains the reason why his power dropped off is because he's turned off his generator and was now operating off from batteries. YHWH continues with "Do you want to switch to upper sideband? Do you have upper sideband capability? Over." At this point I jumped on a remote receiver to clearly hear both sides of this bizarre pirate "QSO". The Edmonton, Alberta remote Perseus SDR had a clear copy on both. Both are now in USB mode and clearly heard at 0307. The QSO continues with an exchange of locations, Benway obviously more cautious to reveal his location than YHWH (who seemed to freely give it out without hesitation). Benway would only say their distance apart as several thousand miles. YHWH almost giddy with excitement exclaims to Benway "How cool is that!" followed by a burst of almost psychotic laughter. Benway goes on to ask YHWH if it's true that he is "off the grid". YHWH confirms this and says that when he shuts his generator off, his signal drops by "1 db or so". Benway responds with "I just wanted to say hello; my style of broadcasting is a little bit different than yours." YHWH then asks Benway, "What station do you have so that I can listen to your program? What are your call letters or whatever?" Mellow toned Benway proceeds to explain his station "Undercover Radio" and where it can be heard. Fast talking YHWH op responds with "Oh yeah. I've got homemade antennas here that I'm running". YHWH then explains his antenna made from chain-link fence pipe which is suspended in the air from wire. Benway goes on to tell YHWH that "I can tell you for a fact that a lot of people are listening night after night". YHWH responds to this with "Yeah, it's the same stuff, I don't have anything else new, it's just the same stuff". Fast paced YHWH then asks Benway how much power he runs and that he does "375 watts peak envelope power". YHWH then tells Benway that he would like to stay in touch. Because YHWH apparently has no internet access, YHWH offers Benway his mailing address over the air with "I could give you my mailing address. You want something like that, or no?" Benway politely refuses. Feeling a mutual connection at this point, the YHWH operator freely gives out his first name to Benway. I suspect Benway is trying to figure out how to politely exit this bizarre exchange at this point. Blue Ocean Radio (another pirate) now breaks in, probably to the relief of Benway, with a heavy Canadian accent. YHWH now engages BOR with "Blue Ocean Radio, this is Y-H-W-H. Are you out in California too?" BOR responds with his general location for which YHWH reponds with "Oh Really!" followed by another burst of crazy laughter and "We got a whole 'nother cult thing going here, don't we!" The QSO wraps up with all three operators saying their goodbyes. YHWH finishes with "Y- H-W-H clear. I love you man". At no point during the exchange was religion ever brought up (Tim TROMP, [Muskegon?] MI and remote, MARE Tipsheet Oct 31 via WORLD OF RADIO 1746, DXLD) Now, THAT's a great log! (HF, ed., ibid.) Not that I doubt the story, but my personal assumption - based upon when and where I have heard him propagation-wise -, was that he was much further away from me than Mojave (Bob LaRose, [San Diego CA], dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. Hi Gents: Lots of pre-Halloween pirate activity to be heard! PIRATE-NA. Undercover Radio 1720, 0201-0211*, 10-27-14, SIO: 232. Dr. Benway with his Chupacabra Halloween story from 2005. [Lobdell-MA] PIRATE-NA. Liquid Radio, 6925 AM, 0048-0057*, 10-30-14, SIO: 121. Weak with dance tunes, ID just prior to sign off. [Lobdell-MA] PIRATE-NA. YHWH, 11595 AM, 0206-0240, 10-30-14, SIO: 121. The elusive YHWH finally heard with OM talking about scriptures. Very poor reception. No ID noted, ID based on logs on the hfunderground. [Lobdell-MA] PIRATE-NA. TCS-The Crystal Ship via TCS Relay Service, 6950 AM, 0000- 0050+, 10-31-14, SIO: 333. Halloween show with readings of Edgar Allan Poe, including "The Telltale Heart". Tunes by Doors, Alice Cooper, CCR, Blue Oyster Cult, Decemberists. Nice show. [Lobdell-MA] (Chris Lobdell, Box 80146, Stoneham, MA 02180 USA, Receivers: Eton E1, NRD-545, Aerials: G5RV, 40 Meter Dipole, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6965-AM, Nov 1 at 0101, pirate music on what has become an unusual frequency, fair signal and somewhat muddy modulation compared to 6935-AM Wolverine. 0123 still going with rock; 0126 some repetitive music, then at 0127 ``in C-Quam stereo, this is X-FM shortwave, X-FM, music to the power of X``. Live timecheck for 27 after 1 UTC, address xfmshortwave @ gmail.com and says will be on all night tonight [but not heard after 0500]. Since this is not frequency modulation at all, what does ``FM`` stand for here? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6935-USB, Nov 1 at 0101.6, just as I tune in, Wolverine Radio ID, into `Monster Mash` tune. 0125 still going with good signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, Happy Halloween! I logged Pirate Radio Station 'Wolverine Radio' on 6935 USB at 0200 GMT. They were playing old Halloween hits. Weak signal on Eaton Radio. Also heard them on Netherlands SDR site. Weak to fair also. 73's (Mike Stone, location unknown, UT Nov 1, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. "Undercover Radio" fair to good copy here just signing on 1710 kHz at 0525 UT with Halloween show. 73, (Tim Tromp, West Michigan, Nov 1, ABDX yg via DXLD) See also USA: 1710/1720 ** NORTH AMERICA. 6925-USB, Nov 2 at 0102, good signal with tears-in- beers country song, Hank Williams? 0103 segué to another, ``Honky- tonkin```. From the music, I immediately suspect it`s Whisk[e]y Redneck Radio, but never hear an ID as I am constantly tuning around. At 0118 on the PL-880, no carrier, but I get the clearest sound at about 6925.25. Stops at 0124 without announcement, so off the air, or just dead air? Can`t tell with USB, but still silent past 0126. Next check at 0143, some music is back, seems weaker, different station? But at 0200 I find the same frequency offset as above, a few words sounding like `Amos & Andy`; 0201 ``Just One Guitar``, DJ (or QRMer?) cuts in with ``Jukebox, you`re a wannabe``. Now to check the fora: ``Honky Tonkin`` was heard by several at 0038 as well as 0105, all as an unID since there was no talking. One measurement said 6925.04: http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,19214.0.html After 0130, Renegade Radio was mostly reported: http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,19218.0.html After 0150, Liquid Radio on 6925.23, but in AM mode not USB I heard: http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,19219.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 1580, Nov 2 at 0140 UT, cheatin` KREL Colorado Springs CO sports talk [see USA log], but not game, can be fully nulled, audiblizing instead a stupid football game involving Kansas State, leading 21-7, but never hear the other team mentioned! One could look it up if one cared. Nearing end of first half. I`m suspecting it`s KOKB Blackwell, running more than the 49 watts licensed at night, like 1000 watt day power, non-direxionals; one of the Triple-Play stations operating out of Stillwater, usually // but now not // 1020 KOKB & 105.1 KOSB Perry which are // each other. Blackwell is right near the Kansas border which may explain why they would split to carry K-State (not referred to as such) even if not playing someteam in OK. At 0203 UT, KOKB is confirmed by ad for Communication Federal Credit Union, a familiar Enid/OK business (but elsewhere too?), and promo for OSU football on the Cowboy Sports Radio Network, sponsored by Homeland groceries. 0205 UT `College Scoreboard` from some national net (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 1600, Nov 1 at 1525 UT tuning caradio on way to Enid Hamfest, surprised to hear Indian chanting; 1529 break for 4-H PSA in English, 1530 back to chanting. Certainly not KRVA Vietnamese Metroplex, but our nearest station from the little town east of Enid serving as the big oil pipeline terminal and storage facility, KUSH Cushing. Yes, it`s `Native Air with Hugh Foley`, Native American News, Music and more! At 10-11 AM [CT] Saturdays, one of the few specific programs shown at http://1600kush.com/index.php?section=7 {live streaming available with Silverlight installed} What about the CP for power increase from 1 to 5 kW? Certainly still sounds like 1 kW. FCC shows no info about it being LIC yet for that output, but there was a Consummation of Transfer of Control on July 14, 2014. The confusing FCC info also shows it`s presently ND-1 with 70 watts at night, while the CP calls for ND-2 still with 70 watts at night. Yet, it`s one tower, and surely non-direxional at all times. Direxionality in the daytime might have been a requirement for higher power but not so indicated (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1746, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OMAN. Radio Sultanate of Oman, Muscat B-14 schedule registrations Oct 28, 2014 a lot of 'wooden registrations' as alternative. 6085 0200 0400 39N,40W SEB 100 320 141 Arb OMA RSO 6085 2000 2200 39SW,48 SEB 100 240 146 Arb OMA RSO 6190 1800 2000 39SW,48 SEB 100 240 146 Arb OMA RSO 7260 0400 1000 48,53 THU 100 220 205 Arb OMA RSO 7360 1400 1730 48,53 THU 100 220 205 Arb OMA RSO 7375 0600 0800 48,53 THU 100 220 205 Arb OMA RSO 7435 0430 1030 48,53 THU 100 220 205 Arb OMA RSO 9500 0000 0200 28,39N THU 100 315 218 Arb OMA RSO 9515 0400 0600 39N,40W SEB 100 320 141 Arb OMA RSO 9540 0200 0400 48,53 THU 100 220 205 Arb OMA RSO 9545 0000 0200 28,39N THU 100 315 218 Arb OMA RSO 9740 2200 2400 28,39N THU 100 315 218 Arb OMA RSO 9845 0400 1000 48,53 THU 100 220 205 Arb OMA RSO 11630 1800 2400 48,53 THU 100 220 205 Arb OMA RSO 11650 2200 0200 28,39N THU 100 315 218 Arb OMA RSO heard 11760 0000 1000 48,53 THU 100 220 205 Arb OMA RSO 12050 0400 1000 48,53 THU 100 220 205 Arb OMA RSO 12050 1730 2200 48,53 THU 100 220 205 Arb OMA RSO 13600 0400 1000 48,53 THU 100 220 205 Arb OMA RSO 13620 0400 1000 48,53 THU 100 220 205 Arb OMA RSO 13640 0600 1400 39N,40W SEB 100 320 141 Arb OMA RSO 13675 0600 0800 48,53 THU 100 220 205 Arb OMA RSO 13775 1700 2300 48,53 THU 100 220 205 Arb OMA RSO 13800 1700 2300 48,53 THU 100 220 205 Arb OMA RSO 15140 1400 1500 28,39N THU 100 315 218 Eng OMA RSO heard 15140 1400 2200 48,53 THU 100 220 205 Eng OMA RSO heard 15140 1500 2200 28,39N THU 100 315 218 Arb OMA RSO heard 15350 1800 2000 48,53 THU 100 220 205 Arb OMA RSO 15355 0200 0300 48,53 THU 100 220 205 Arb OMA RSO 15355 0300 0400 48,53 THU 100 220 205 Eng OMA RSO 15355 2200 2400 28,39N THU 100 315 218 Arb OMA RSO 15375 1400 1800 39SW,48 SEB 100 240 146 Arb OMA RSO 15560 1400 1600 48,53 THU 100 220 205 Arb OMA RSO 15630 1400 1730 48,53 THU 100 220 205 Arb OMA RSO 15640 1600 2200 48,53 THU 100 220 205 Arb OMA RSO 15700 1400 2200 48,53 THU 100 220 205 Eng OMA RSO 15760 1400 1730 48,53 THU 100 220 205 Arb OMA RSO 15780 1500 2200 28,39N THU 100 315 218 Arb OMA RSO 17565 1400 1600 48,53 THU 100 220 205 Arb OMA RSO 17580 0600 0800 48,53 THU 100 220 205 Arb OMA RSO 17590 0400 0600 48,53 THU 100 220 205 Arb OMA RSO 17595 0600 0800 48,53 THU 100 220 205 Eng OMA RSO 17700 0400 0600 48,53 THU 100 220 205 Arb OMA RSO 17825 0400 0600 48,53 THU 100 220 205 Arb OMA RSO 17830 2000 2200 48,53 THU 100 220 205 Arb OMA RSO 17870 1800 2000 48,53 THU 100 220 205 Arb OMA RSO (Wolfgang Büschel, Oct 28, BCDX 5 Nov via DXLD) Radio Sultanate of Oman English service on traditional 15140 kHz frequency passed its usual 1500 UT s/off on 30 October and continued on until 1509 with relay of local FM "your nation station" with house, dance and soft rock music hosted by DJ Marcus. Arabic began in progress. SIO 443. Realistic DX440, telescopic antenna. 73s, (Marty Delfín (Madrid, Spain), Sent from Marty's iPad, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15140, Nov 1 at 0104, Qur`an on fair signal, and nothing on 9500, so RSO has again failed to QSY at 2200. Not on new/alternate 11650 either, where Dan Robinson heard it at least once this week. 11650, Nov 2 at 0105, open carrier/dead air, good with flutter, presumed RSO which is missing from 9500, 15140 and 15355; as IDed on this additional listed frequency several nights ago by Dan Robinson. Further chex still find no modulation at 0125; 0153 weaker (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAKISTAN. 15730, Radio Pakistan Islamabad appeared here with this faulty 250 kW transmitter in distorted terrible audio, scheduled 15730 at 0800-1104 UT, zones 18SE, 27-29 to Northern, Western and Central Europe. 250 kW, 313 degrees, Urdu English PAK PBC. But transmission ended sharp at 0900 UT on Nov 2. Pakistanian lady singer in 0850 to 0900 UT. Noel told me last week, that the remaining 100 kW SW unit at Islamabad is in better quality shape these days (Wolfgang Büschel, BCDX 5 Nov via DXLD) ** PERU [and non]. 5980, Nov 1 at 0057, JBA carrier in 5985 WRMI splash, and it`s very slightly on the hi side, so likely R. Chaski; by 0059 however, another JBA carrier is added, i.e. BBCWS via UAE, not on the hi side, so it`s really too tough to detect when Chaski goes off. I`m sure a lot of readers will be glad to see this, should it keep up (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PHILIPPINES. B14 schedule of PBS Radio Pilipinas as registered with HFCC: 0200-0330 ME English/Tagalog 15640-ph 17700-ph 17820-ph 1730-1930 ME English/Tagalog 9905-ph 12120-ph 15190-ph (Nov BDXC-UK Communication via WORLD OF RADIO 1746, DXLD) ** ROMANIA. 7340, R Romania via Galbeni per HFCC with English // 9470. Environmental show, talx with author of a mystery novel, Romanian language lesson and my favourite "The Cooking Show" with a recipe for pickling green tomatoes (they use 1.5 tablespoons salt per litre of water and put tomatoes in with garlic, mustard seed, horseradish, etc., as desired -- sounds good!) "All that Jazz" started at 0445 and had a selection of YL vocal jazz. S/off with addresses. This channel IS listed in the HFCC but NOT in the RRI webpage, which shows 6020 and 7305, neither of which was heard. Their web page is ALL messed up! This is new for B-14. 4+4+443+ up to 454+44 by 0440. 0410-0456* 26/Oct 9470, R Romania via Tiganeshti AND Galbeni per HFCC with Spanish YL talx and music in Romanian? like "Dust in the Wind" etc. s/off with ID and OM & YL reading Spanish sked, then IS starting at 0356 to ToH into English news. Getting worse after ToH--very hard to understand. The RRI website shows them changing to B-14 TOMORROW not on today, but they don't have English at 0400 during A-14, and the Spanish was in the B-14 HFCC sked. Their Spanish website lists the B sked as starting today the 26th and shows the hour before English was Spanish on this channel and 7345. The English // I did manage to find at 0400 was 7340 and it was much better at that hour than 31 metres: 4+4+443+. VERY confusing! 45342+ just noisy. 0340-0410 26/Oct new for B-14 (Ken Zichi, Williamston MI & in the air, MARE Tipsheet Oct 31 via DXLD) 13660, Oct 30 at 1314, as soon as I tune in, ID ``Huna Bucharest, Sautu - Rumania`` or something like that, RRI in Arabic, still on correct frequency instead of originally typoed 13560. In my previous report I mixed up which broadcast was shown as 13560: this one, not the Chinese at 1330 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7340, UT Sunday Nov 2 at 0206, unfamiliar but classical music on RRI Romanian service, very good here // weaker 5910 to S America despite HJDH, but no het, so maybe off. Before 0200 they were playing pop music, so with winter time, Saturday night classical show has shifted one UT hour later (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1746, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. FRANCE/ROMANIA, 17850 bad signal mixture co-channel on that channel. Two transmissions hit each other here even in sidelobe Europe. RRI Galbeni is here on Sundays only, and hit RFI Issoudun broadcasts co-channel. Soooo many free channels available on 16 mb these days. Bad registration finding. RRI Galbeni Sundays special in Romanian underneath 300 kW meant 110 degrees to Arab peninsula, ME and S Asia, RFI Issoudun French to all-Africa at 155 degrees, to zones 37E,38W,46E,47,52,53W,57N. RRI Romanian: 0800-0856 UT 15370T 15430G 17850G 17860T Suns only "Curierul romanesc" (Wolfgang Büeschel, Nov 2, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DXLD) 9595-9600-9605, Nov 4 at 0638, DRM noise is QRMing 9595 R. Nikkei I, JAPAN. And again Nov 5 at 0629. It is of course, RRI English, now 9600 DRM at 0630 to UK, and consequently North America beyond. Another prime example of why DRM should be banned from the SWBC bands. There`s plenty of room in fixed utility bands for noisy modes where they can`t interfere with AM broadcasts! HFCC still hasn`t figured out how to show which transmissions are DRM in country skeds: http://www.hfcc.org/data/schedbyfmo.php?seas=B14&fmor=ROU but this should show as `N` in one of the columns of the by-frequency skeds. That means `numérique`, French for digital instead of ``digitale``. All the other entries as `D` mean analog, but not sure what French word that would be. And why isn`t it NRM = Numérique Radio Mondiale? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. 576, R. Rossii, Oct 29 1210-1214, 44444-43443, Russian, Talk and music, ID at 1212 and 1219, // 810 kHz 738, R. Radonezh, Oct 29 1144-1210, 1256-1300* 43443 Russian, Music and talk, 1200 and 1203 and 1258, 1259 Closing music, 1300 sign off, 810, R. Rossii-Primor'e, Oct 29 2010-2021, 54444, Russian, ID at 2010 and 2014, Russian pop and news, Local program from 2010 810 R. Rossii, Oct 30 0744-0801, 43443, Russian, Talk, ID at 0757 and 0800, SJ at 0758 (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) ** RUSSIA. Novosibirsk (NSB) destruction update --- Viewing of recent GE imagery reveals that quite a bit of 'felling` of the SW towers at the Novosibirsk (city) NSB site had occurred throughout June & July 2014 (Ian, Nov 4, SWSites yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1746, DXLD) ** RUSSIA [non]. USA, Radio Svoboda (Liberty). B14 broadcast schedule Indeed c 26.10.2014 UTC / kHz 0200-0300 - 1386 0300-0400 - 7435 9635 17770 0400-0500 - 7435 9635 17770 0500-0600 - 7435 17530 17770 0600-0700 - 7435 17530 17770 0800-0900 - 12025 17770 0900-1000 - 12025 17770 [1000-1200 siesta? gh] 1200-1300 - 9360 15130 1300-1400 - 9360 15130 1400-1500 - 9840 11840 15130 1500-1600 - 11840 11 890 15 130 1600-1700 - 9790 11840 11890 1700-1800 - 9790 11840 11890 1800-1900 - 1386 7225 7295 9840 1900-2000 - 7225 7305 7475 2000-2100 - 5925 7475 2100-2200 - 1386 (via Shukhrat Rakhmatullaev, Uzbekistan / "deneb- radio-dx" via RusDX via DXLD) 7435, Nov 4 at 0645, very poor signal in Russian. HFCC shows it`s R. Liberty, 03-07 UT, 100 kW, 55 degrees from Lampertheim, GERMANY, so presumably well heard circa Moscow. Not jammed yet, but how much longer can Putin tolerate a free press from outside the borders? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RWANDA. 17800, Nov 1 until 2030*, AWR with good signal in French as I nap, 295 degrees from Kigali; better than 17790 R. Africa via WRMI, and nothing else on band (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RWANDA [non]. CLANDESTINE on Nov. 1, Radio Inyabutatu: 1600-1700 on 17605 ISS 100 kW / 144 deg to EaAf Kinyarawanda Sat (DX RE MIX NEWS #879 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Nov. 3, 2014 via DXLD) November 1: Radio Inyabutatu in Kinyarwanda to CeAf 1600 on 17605 Issoudun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYLbjjdAzWg&feature=youtu.be Radio Inyabutatu in Kinyarwanda to CeAf 1655 on 17605 Issoudun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6_sgku9jXU&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RWANDA [non]. CLANDESTINE Nov 5: Radio Impala/Radio Mara: 1700-1800 on 17540 MDC 250 kW / 310 deg to SoAf Kinyarawanda/French Videos: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/11/clandestine-stations-on-nov5-part-3.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SAAR. Hi Glenn, Re 14-44: About the postal address for Europe 1 in Saar. Here are two used some months ago: Europaïsche Rundfunk und Fernseh GmbH, Postfach 1365, 66713 Saarlouis, Germany and transmitter address: Ittersdorfer Strasse 101, 66802 Überherrn Germany. 73’s (Christian Ghibaudo, Nice, France, Nov 4, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SARAWAK [non]. UNMASKED! The Agent Hired To Jam R Free Sarawak: [Ludo Maes, BRB] http://www.sarawakreport.org/2014/10/unmasked-the-agent-hired-to-jam-rfs/ (via Keith Perron, WORLD OF RADIO 1746, DXLD) UNMASKED! The Agent Hired To Jam RFS ---- Radio Sarawak & Ludo Maes - The top Story of the Year. This report is causing ripples in ABC. I have never thought that such things are real (Frank Thierry, France, Nov 3, WORLD OF RADIO 1746, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hmm, it seems the video/audio aren`t really there. And in the Malay, Iban versions no linx to them either. [LATER:] I did get the 7+ minute audio/video to play. Ludo denies everything over and over and insists RFS does not have permission to record or photo him. The text on the site is more or less transcribing what is on the audio/video plus the ``evidence``. Russians told RFS that Ludo had tried to hire airtime for his Disco/DRM program on the same frequency as RFS. What`s next? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1746, DX LISTENING DIGEST) CLANDESTINE: 15420, R. Free Sarawak, Oct 29 1130-1144, 45444-44444, Iban, Talk, ID at 1133 and 1135 (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) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 15120, BSKSA, Oct 30 1325-1335, 35433, Bengali, Talk, ID at 1325 (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) 17628, Oct 31 at 1348, BSKSA blob is still here instead of 17625, while 17615 is not a blob, but poor signal and undermodulated (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Awful modulation of BSKSA, videos http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/10/faulty-transmitter-of-bsksa-from-riyadh.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire Oct 31, dxldyg via DXLD) November 2: BSKSA Radio Riyadh Holy Quran in Arabic, awful modulation 1008 on 17617.7 Riyadh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvNFtakRiGk&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 17615, Nov 4 at 1425, open carrier/dead air, fair with flutter, no doubt BSKSA without its companion 17628 blob after 1400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SLOVAKIA [non]. 9955, WRMI with R Slovakia relay in English. 'Saturday roundup' with features about things like C-Sections, the "Bridge of the Red Army", a.k.a. "the old bridge" over the Danube in Bratislava, ID as Radio Slovakia Int'l at 0315, into talx re poverty in Slovakia. IS at 0327, then into Spanish music to BoH and a Bob Zanotti-read WRMI ID at BoH, then a rather strange collection of religious music – everything from a kid singing "Jesus Loves Me" to an EZL/Elvis-y interpretation of "Just a Closer Walk with Thee" and the same guy singing "We'll understand it better by[e] & by[e]". It was kinda like a car wreck -- I had to keep listening -- until the good old boy started preaching anyway! 554+54+ splatter gone, SLIGHTLY weaker S9+25dB instead of pegging the needle! and a little tiny bit of static sneaking in because of that but still no sign of jamming. I could get used to this! 0305-0337 26/Oct (Ken Zichi, Williamston MI & in the air, MARE Tipsheet Oct 31 via DXLD) So that was some other g.h. program after 0330. Per current sked, however, at 0430 UT Sundays is Encontro DX, Portuguese DX program; and R. Slovakia International in English at 0400 is only on UT Sun & Mon, but at 0130 UT Tue-Sat (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, SIBC, Oct 31 0803-0813, 35443, Pidgin, News, ID at 0805 and 0806 and 0807 and 0812 (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) ** SOMALIA [non]. CLANDESTINE: 17845, R. Ergo, Oct 30 *1159-1259*, 35333-35433 Somali, 1159 sign on with IS, ID, Opening announce, Talk and Somali pop, Frequently ID as "Radio Ergo", 1258 closing announce, 1259 Closing music, 1259 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) ** SOMALILAND. SOMALIA. R. Hargeisa on 7120 kHz, Times of sign off: Oct 01 1900* Oct 02 1902* Oct 03 1902* Oct 04 no check Oct 05 1901* Oct 06 1900* Oct 07 1900* Oct 08 1900* Oct 09 1902* Oct 10 1902* Oct 11 no check Oct 12 1902* Oct 13 1901* Oct 14 1900* Oct 15 1900* Oct 16 no check Oct 17 1900* Oct 18 1900* Oct 19 1901* Oct 20 1900* Oct 21 1900* Oct 22 1901* Oct 23 no check Oct 24 1902* Oct 26 1859* Oct 27 no check Oct 28 no check Oct 29 1900* [see below, contradixion:] Oct 30 1901* Oct 31 1909* (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) 7120, 29/10 1855-2000* R. Hargeisa, Somalia, end of broadcast, good (Giampiero Bernardini, RX: Perseus & Elad FDM S2, ANT: T2FD 15 meters long, QTH: Milano city playdx yg via DXLD) Cf above; maybe he`s an hour off still thinking of summer time or CET? It`s easy to do thanks to the stupidity of messing with clox (gh, DXLD) ** SOUTH AFRICA. 6155, Channel Africa via Meyerton with English s/on by YL including frequency announcement with the WRONG info (mentioned 3345 which they do use, and 5980 which was last season's channel and did NOT mention this frequency!). English News and morning show features on "Africa Rise & Shine". Not as easy to hear as the olde R RSA was, but still a good way to keep up with African news. Rough copy -- kinda noisy with my local QRM & HF het from something (India perhaps? [or Bolivia --- gh]) but no modulation heard other than some splatter from 6165 [Cuba] occasionally. Will have to try from the lake -- I bet in a quieter environ this would be decent copy. 4+3+543 0302- 0342 28/Oct (Ken Zichi, Williamston MI & in the air, MARE Tipsheet Oct 31 via DXLD) 15255, Channel Africa: Oct 28 0624-0634, 25332-25322, English, Talk and News, Theme music at 0629 and 0630 Oct 31 0557-0610, 25432-35333, English, Music, 0600 Opening music, ID, Opening announce, News (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) Channel Africa heard with better than expected signal, SIO 444 on 15235 kHz at 1727 UT, beamed for Western Africa on 30 October. Live phone interview with US State Department official Scott Nathan about the upcoming US-sponsored Global Entrepreneurship Summit to be held in Morocco. On their first attempt, the phone connection was cut off. Reception hasn't normally been good from Meyerton lately. Sony ICF77 and DX440, both with telescopic antennas. 73s, (Marty Delfín (Madrid, Spain), Sent from Marty's iPad, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH AFRICA. SOUTH AFRICA FACES DELIBERATE POWER CUTS FOR THE NEXT WEEK, AT LEAST: In an impromptu press conference that took place on Sunday, the Eskom executive team said the “collapse” of one of its coal storage silos at its newest power station, the Majuba power station in Mpumalanga, has forced Eskom to cut power across the country and introduce new load- shedding schedules. . . http://newsletters2.mg.co.za/servlet/link/6026/456691/6505046/2412136 I am not sure what effect this will (or will not) have on transmissions from Meyerton, but the last time we had major power cuts like this, there was considerable disruption there (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA, Nov 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 9370, WWRB, Manchester TN; 2138-2144+, 30- Oct; Bro. Hystairical enumerating all the lies that the gov't is perpetuating about ebola. B.S. sed that collaidal [sic -- HF] silver, grapefruit extract and peroxide will kill ebola. B.S. also offered that eating healthy will help, including organo [sic -- HF} oregano. B.S. also that "ebola is a bio-engineered virus just like HIV was". S30 peaks (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow- tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9980, WWCR, Nashville TN (presumed); 2150-2205+, 28-Oct; Bro. Hystairical on a rant; sed that joining a church is like fornication - - something about joining, "pulling out" (churchus interruptus?) and being filled with another body. No ToH ID into Scourby readething the Bible, into more B.S. about not praying for America; took a swipe at Billy Graham. S30 peaks with weak random beeps. I was hoping for some B.S. comments about the Pope's statements that the big bang and evolution are real (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) Brother Scare changes: see USA: WBCQ, WTWW 9330+CUSB, Nov 2 at 0619, Brother Scare still on WBCQ, poor-fair with deep fades; also at next check 1313. Now that he`s been back on WBCQ for a couple days, what does his homepage show? http://www.overcomerministry.org/ NO 9330, of course, but long outdated frequencies like 5015, 5950, 9690, 11730 from WRMI! Link to ``complete shortwave radio list`` page ftp://www.overcomerministry.org/RadioSchedule/Short%20Wave%20Radio.html is even worse, still showing WRMI on 6875, three defunct WHRI listings, etc. Still no BS on the WBCQ 9330 schedule either: http://schedule.wbcq.com/main.php?fn=sked&freq=9330 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1746, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5890, Nov 6 at 0705 I notice that Brother Scare on WWCR is completely different (not just out of synch) than the BS on WRMI, 5015, 5850, 7455, 7570, 11580, 11825. Yes, with TruNews now ending at 0700, from 07 to 10, BS occupies 8! WRMI transmitters, 15770 also scheduled, and 9955 – except at 0707 fill music is playing on 9955 instead, much more pleasant. See also WTWW for lack of BS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SPAIN. Hello and welcome to Listening Post for November. RADIO EXTERIOR DE ESPAÑA Another month passes, and another month requiring us to say goodbye to an old friend on shortwave: this time Radio Exterior de España has left the shortwave bands heading to internet only broadcasts. I am sorry to see this station leave shortwave as they often have interesting and enjoyable programmes. I have noticed over the last few months an increase in repeated items in their broadcasts and also more and longer musical items than perhaps before. I have no statistics on this, but that was my perception. I suspect that this arose following the departure of Frank Smith, who I believe was forcibly retired, leaving just Alison Hughes and Justin Coe (above) as the only two REE staff presenters in the English section. However, the quality of their programmes remained high. For example, on 7 October (at 1915 UT on 11615 kHz) was a very interesting feature on a 16th century Spanish composer, Francisco Guerrero. I had no previous knowledge of this composer, so was interested in the brief biographical details, including: Francisco Guerrero [9], who lived from 1527 to 1599, spent most of the time in Spain, with only a short stay in Rome. However, he has been described as having "a travel bug" and his life reads like a book of adventures. A much desired trip to the Holy Land when he was 60, where he visited Damascus, Bethlehem and Jerusalem, took a dramatic turn when, on the way back to the French port of Marseilles, the ship was attacked twice by pirates. Not only did Guerrero lose all the money that he'd made in Italy by publishing his music during the robbery but he was also forced to pay ransom for his life. Once back in Spain and utterly destitute, Guerrero spent a stint in debtors' prison; the Seville Cathedral bailed him out. Of most interest in the programme was the extensive clips of his sacred/choral music. The music probably accounted for at least half of the 35 minute programme. Feature items on shortwave are so often just short items of 10-15 minutes, at most (often less), that it was great to sit back for a proper examination of his life and work and to hear extended clips of music. As their shortwave broadcasts neared their end, the broadcast of 13 October featured their last Listeners’ Club programme, appropriately featuring many letters and e-mails from listeners saying goodbye and ending with the song “Thank you for being a Friend”. At least the REE management gave the hosts a chance to say goodbye. The 14 October 0000 UT repeat thus became the last English shortwave transmission to North America. Not quite so for Europe/Africa where we heard their final transmission at 1900 UT on 14 October, but if we expected some final acknowledgment of the shortwave switch-off, then not so. After the news as normal (read by Alison Hughes), there was an airing of North by SouthWest and a feature item with Alison “inaugurating a new space [9] dedicated to books.” I guess that this was a repeat feature. Following this was the usual canned sign-off of times and frequencies. The first web-only broadcast began with an excerpt from the 3rd movement of Chopin’s Sonata for Piano No. 2, otherwise known as The Funeral March, before continuing for the whole (shortened) 30 minute broadcast with a feature on a performance at Madrid's National Auditorium of Handel's opera Alcina, with Joyce DiDonato singing the title role. REE’s foreign language broadcasts are now streamed live overnight on their website (and are available on-demand as downloadable podcasts) as shown below. Broadcasts are Monday to Friday only (Tuesday to Saturday after 0000 UT). 2200: RNE News in Spanish 2205: REE Arabic 2230: REE English 2300: RNE News in Spanish 2305: REE French 2330: REE Russian 0000: RNE News in Spanish 0005: REE Portuguese 0030: REE Arabic 0100: RNE News in Spanish 0105: REE English 0130: REE French 0200: RNE News in Spanish 0205: REE Russian 0230: REE Portuguese 0300: RNE News in Spanish 0305: REE Spanish http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/emision-en-ingles So, each language gets two broadcasts, with broadcasts at xx05 being 5 minutes shorter. In the case of English the shorter broadcast is achieved by simply fading out the programme after 25 minutes. I assume that the same applies to the other languages. There is also a weekly French programme called Kantara 0405-0500 UT Saturdays which Jean-Michel Aubier in DXLD Yahoo Groups writes is: “a 55-minute Mediterranean international programme which is a cooperation between REE, Radio Tunis Chaîne Internationale, France Bleu, Frequenza Mora, Radio Algiers (3rd channel), Chaîne Inter (SNRT Morocco) and Radio Cairo.” I assume that all these times will be one-hour later after 26 October, however I guess that most listeners will be listening to the on- demand/podcast files. I would like to think that I’ll continue to tune to REE’s programmes in forthcoming weeks and months via the web. But will I? For some time now, I have tuned into internet podcasts and live streaming as a means of either catching up on missed programmes, or to listen to a programme where the live shortwave transmission really is too poor to enable anything meaningful to be heard. However, I do not regularly schedule in time to listen via internet – I like my radio too much to do that. For a while after their passing to the other side, I used to listen quite often to internet broadcasts of Radio Prague, to Radio Slovakia International, Radio Ukraine International and Radio Bulgaria, but the call of what’s available on shortwave is still considerable and so gradually, internet station by internet station, I leave them behind and return to shortwave, albeit to ever diminishing returns (Alan Roe, Nov BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) ** SPAIN. Hola; Éstas son las últimas novedades que ha publicado blogAER sobre REE: ------------------------------ ¿Qué vale la palabra de un presidente? http://aer.org.es/archivos/1752 De nuevo, la sección sindical de UGT en RTVE ha hecho pública hoy una nueva hoja informativa Unión cuyo contenido reproducimos a continuación, por su interés: El Presidente de la CRTVE, en el Consejo de Administración de hoy, y en relación a la denuncia y a la movilización que desde UGT y distintos grupos políticos y […] ------------------------------ +2.000 Firmas a favor de la OC de REE http://aer.org.es/archivos/1748 Tras la creación de la Plataforma en Defensa de la Onda Corta de Radio Exterior de España, se han superado las 2.000 firmas recogidas. La AER agradece todas y cada una de las firmas y, además, anima a todas aquellas personas que no hayan firmado a favor del restablecimiento de las emisiones por onda corta de Radio Exterior […] ------------------------------ Crecen los apoyos a la Plataforma en Defensa de la Onda Corta en Radio Exterior de España http://aer.org.es/archivos/1764 La Plataforma, a la que entre otras organizaciones, pertenece la Asociación Española de Radioescucha (AER) ha hecho público el siguiente comunicado: Colectivos de toda España y del extranjero se suman a la Plataforma en Defensa de la Onda Corta en Radio Exterior de España La plataforma sigue creciendo y recibe con esperanza las últimas declaraciones [. . .] ------------------------------ Cómo apoyar a la Plataforma en Defensa de la Onda Corta en Radio Exterior de España Si alguna organización/club/asociación de radioescuchas, radioaficionados o diexistas quiere apoyar a esta Plataforma, sólo tiene que mandar un correo a plataformaondacorta@gmail.com indicando que la entidad (poner claramente su nombre y país) apoya la Plataforma en Defensa de la Onda Corta en Radio Exterior de España. Gracias. Un saludo cordial Pedro Sedano, Madrid, España COORDINADOR GENERAL coordinador@aer-dx.es ASOCIACIÓN ESPAÑOLA DE RADIOESCUCHA (AER), Oct 30, noticiasdx yg via DXLD) Estas son las últimas novedades de blogAER: ------------------------------ El director de Radio Exterior repondría la emisión «ahora mismo» si así lo decidiese el ente http://aer.org.es/archivos/1772 Después de andar concediendo entrevistas en las que justificaba la decisión, ahora el director de Radio Exterior de España, afirma que si se lo ordenan, restituye la onda corta. De esta manera entra en contradicción y no se da cuenta de que recibe ordenes y que no se puede negar a ello o quizá no quiere ser el malo de [. . .] (Pedro Sedano, noticiasdx yg Nov 1 via DXLD) La Xunta pide que se reconsidere la supresión de la onda corta de Radio Exterior de España http://aer.org.es/archivos/1793 Rosa Quintana solicita al Gobierno que se replantee el cierre » El PSOE advierte de que la clausura afecta a 35.000 marineros FARO DE VIGO, redacción/agencias | vigo/madrid 04.11.2014 | 02:30 La conselleira do Mar, Rosa Quintana, abogó ayer en declaraciones a la prensa, por “repensar” el cese de la emisión por onda corta de […] (Sedano, Nov 5, ibid.) REE: SALVEMOS LA ONDA CORTA (UGT RTVE) La dirección de RTVE cerró el pasado 15 de octubre las emisiones en onda corta de Radio Exterior de España, dejando en silencio a los hombres y mujeres de la mar, a los cooperantes y misioneros, y a miles de emigrantes o hijos de emigrantes que han perdido la voz que les acercaba a su país y su gente. Desde UGT en CRTVE nos hemos dirigido a los grupos parlamentarios porque son también responsables y no pueden permanecer impasibles ante esta agresión a los colectivos más vulnerables por parte de la dirección de RTVE, de su Consejo de Administración, y del Gobierno del Partido Popular. http://vimeo.com/109996421 (via Horacio Nigro, CX3BZ, "La Galena del Sur" Montevideo, Uruguay Oct 30, condiglista yg via DXLD) New post on EDXC: Support AER’s Platform in Defence of the Spanish Foreign Radio/Radio Exterior de España (SFR/REE) short wave by OH6001SWL Dear EDXC friends, From the platform in defence of the Spanish Foreign Radio/Radio Exterior de España (SFR/REE) short wave, we ask you to support us. So, you simply need that you respond this mail with copy to plataformaondacorta@gmail.com stating that you support our effort to achieve that they replaced the REE shortwave broadcast and that you will share with all your collaborators, partners, donors and volunteers the link to sign the change.org platform: http://www.change.org/p/a-los-ministros-de-educaci%C3%B3n-y-cultura-y-de-asuntos-exteriores-queremos-que-radio-exterior-de-espa%C3%B1a-ree-vuelva-a-emitir-en-onda-corta With your support by email, we can tell that you add to our efforts, so that we will gain more weight that allows us to press more RTVE to restore a public service which was the only channel of information which had aid workers, sailors and Spaniards who perform their functions around the world; as well as to all those interested in Spain, its people and culture. As you know, the REE online emission only is accessible in a few cases, since our work leads us to places in the world where the technology is still very precarious. The platform is composed of the following organizations: FAPE, EPHF, AER, ORPAGU, CEPESCA and multitude of regional coordinators of development NGOs, associations of journalists, collective of guilds. Yesterday, October 28, we created the platform and we have now requested audience with the Vice-President of the Government and the President of Parliament and the President of RTVE. Your support is essential to get us to be heard. For its part, the AER has created a miniblog on this issue: http:ree.aer.org.es Thank you friends for your collaboration, greetings from Spain ------------------------------ Pedro Sedano, Madrid, Spain GENERAL COORDINATOR coordinador@aer-dx.es ------------------------------ ASOCIACIÓN ESPAÑOLA DE RADIOESCUCHA (AER) (via Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) ** SRI LANKA. 11905, Nov 2 at 0114, SLBC carrier and musical prélude, change music at 0114:37, mistimesignal ending at 0115:19, SLBC sign on, fair signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN [non]. CLANDESTINE: 15550, R. Dabanga, Oct 31 0538-0557*, 25332, vernacular, talk, IS and SJ at 0540 and 0545 and 0550 and 0556, 0557 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) ** SWAZILAND. 9585, TWR-Swaziland, Oct 30 *1453-1500, 34433-35433, Malagasy, 1453 sign on with IS, IS and ID, 1455 Opening music, Opening announce, Talk 15360, TWR-Swaziland, Oct 30 *1358-1415*, 35443, Urdu, 1358 sign on with IS, IS and ID, Opening music, Opening announce, Talk, Closing announce at 1413, Closing music, 1415 IS, 1415 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) ** TAIWAN. 12560, 1348, Soh Xi Wang Zhi Sheng. Chinese px, 444, 17/10 (Paul Price, Cardigan, UK, Ceredigion FRG7000, Sony ICF2001D & DX934, lw, Nov BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) What is your basis for IDing this as SOH rather than its total opposite, CNR1 jamming which is far more likely to be heard? Whatever the original report may have said, one can hardly evaluate a detail limited to ``Chinese px`` (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** TAIWAN. New GE imagery of the RTI Baozhong site shows new transmitter building and 3 new Alliss type antennas to the far south of the site replacing at least 3 rhombics. Appears to be many more antennas planned or insitu on site [sic], but not seen or clearly noted due to cloud cover in Aug 2014 imagery (Ian, SWSites Yahoo Group NOV 4 via DXLD) ** TAIWAN [non]. PCJ RETURNS WITH THE SONG OF INDIA TODAY NOVEMBER 1ST TO SHORTWAVE FOR A WIDER COVERAGE! Listen to the Song Of India 1300-1358 [Sat] on 13720 kHz. We are beaming more to India than SE Asia this time at 5 degrees from former 45 degrees, 125 kW from Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. Still we should get through fine in East Asia and reasonable in SE Asia, and we hope to get to India better. Propagation charts show a reasonable signal into Europe and long path to South America. Tell us how you receive us. pcjqsl@pcjmedia.com Send us sound clips of 30 seconds or less MP3 fine, no need to send huge files. We wish you good listening. Enjoy! (Victor 4S7VK Goonetilleke, Sri Lanka, Frequency Manager PCJ, 0626 UT Nov 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Victor, checked and enjoyed this music program at 1259 to 1340 UT this afternoon on worldwide SDR receiver network. SRI LANKA 13720: 1319 UT heard Bonnie M song "Daddy Cool" of 1976 year, 25 dBm S=6 above noise level in Nagoya Japan, and around 1329 to 1333 UT listened to a WEDDING song, with sweet S Asian girl singer and flute performance in between. Presenter with Hollandese accent? TX Trincomalee on air 1259:45 UT. Best signals logged in far northern Sweden, in southerly Calabria Italy too, and at Nagoya Japan SDR unit. I guess central Europe lies on a sidelobe 90 degree GAP of Trinco antenna. 13735 kHz, IBB RFA Burmese from Marianas were much, much stronger. Sweden best on SM2GHI Haparanda, on border to northern Finland location. Russia St.P. and Moscow tiny poor -98dBm just -8dBm over noise threshold level, poor and tiny. Ireland S=3-4 on threshold level, poor and tiny, not usable! U.K. NIL, nothing traced on this channel in various GB rx sites. Germany S=4 tiny poor in north western Germany. Rather NIL non- existent in southern Germany Frankfurt/M., Nuremberg - even like on the best professional ham radio antenna gear, Stuttgart, Poland, Italy and Switzerland. Spain NIL, nothing heard in Madrid and Benidorm. USA / CAN NIL, nothing observed in MA Boston US east coast, nor in CA and BC-CAN Vancouver mainland. S=6 or -87dBm signal in Brisbane, Queensland, AUS. Mostly not usable in Japan, S=1-2 on threshold level, Osaka and Tokyo. -3dBm above threshold noise level. BEST on JA2GGZ Nagoya Inazawa Japan place, G5RV antenna in use there. vy73 de wolfy df5sx wwdxc germany (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) 7570, UT Sunday Nov 2 at 0100, WRMI transmitter preëmpts Brother Scare for `Song of India` from PCJ Radio International. This time it`s one hour instead of two from 0000 UT a month ago. Excellent signal with the 315 antenna aimed right at us, much, much better than e.g. the new Global 24 on 9395 at 355 degrees. Keith Perron plays mostly Indian music which is what we want to hear, but says any request is eligible. At 0105 Keith says the earlier Saturday broadcast [via Sri Lanka] has moved from MW 1125 to SW 13720 for better coverage, even to Europe. There had been a lot of uncertainty which frequency this would end up on. I think he said the time was 1330 to 1358 but that would be less than half an hour. 0113 outro Herman`s Hermits tune. A lot is going on at the same time, so I`m constantly tuning back and forth and switching from one receiver to another. Why does everyone do their music shows at the same time on Saturday nights? 0158 scratchy but neat old 78 recording of someone singing ``Oklahoma!`` which I took as a greeting to me, hi, tho not clear whether from Taiwan or fill from Okeechobee; anyhow, it had to be cut short at 0159:33 for a canned Bob Zanotti ID, and rejoin BS in regress. Also not clear whether this broadcast will stay weekly or on an occasional basis (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1746, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [not the following week] ** TAJIKISTAN. 4765.07, Tajik R., Oct 31 1317-1328, 35433, Tajik, talk, ID at 1325 (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) 4765.055, Tajik R1 from Dushanbe Yangi-Yul, observed S=8-9 signal this late afternoon at 1520 UT on Nov 2. Children singer chorus, also Central Asian flute, guitar string instrumental and drums music. Heard also at 2307 UT on Nov 1st, but bad reception due to powerful ute broadband signal on adjacent channels in range 4753.7 to 4760.5 kHz (Wolfgang Büeschel, Nov 2, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DXLD) ** THAILAND. Radio Thailand, 9390, 10/31/14, 1233 UT heard with fair reception. Man and woman announcer giving national news; 1241 with a number of commercials for Bangkok Air, Thai tourism, and a Bangkok restaurant. Continued at 1243 with Global news (Larry Zamora, Garland, TX. DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9390, Oct 31 at 1248, R. Thailand with world news in American English by W&M anchors, about Hong Kong, Malaysia, Israel, Xinjiang, India, Russia, etc. 1258 ad for hotel?/nightclub?, ID as ``Radio Thailand FM 88`` until cutoff at 1259.6*. Back on a few seconds later with much weaker signal, 1300 timesignal, chimes, English ID as Radio Thailand World Service and into Japanese. The Udorn antenna has just switched from 132 to 54 degrees, which you would expect to improve the signal here at 21 degrees from Udorn. Why not? Maybe strange sidelobes. I`ve made a point of listening to what is defacto the best R. Thailand English broadcast audible in North America, since from tomorrow, the new Global 24 service from WRMI will be on 9395 and likely to blow 9390 away; could be worse if on 315 antenna like 11825, 7570, but WRMI schedule shows 355, almost due north from Okeechobee, which eventually will also cross close to Udorn (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [9395 turned out to be quite weak here at this hour!] ** TIBET [non]. TIBET(non) Winter B-14 schedule of Voice of Tibet: 1200-1215 on 15542 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 1215-1230 on 15548 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 1230-1245 on 15557 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1245-1300 on 15563 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1300-1315 on 15548 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 1300-1315 on 15563 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1315-1330 on 15542 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 1315-1330 on 15568 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1330-1345 on 15542 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 1330-1345 on 15568 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1345-1400 on 15548 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese 1345-1400 on 15562 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1400-1415 on 15525 MDC 250 kW / 045 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1400-1415 on 15568 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1415-1430 on 15530 MDC 250 kW / 045 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1415-1430 on 15568 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1430-1445 on 15592 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1445-1500 on 15598 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan All frequencies are jammed by China on xxxx0 / xxxx5 Changes between frequencies vary from 3 to 5 minutes http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/11/winter-b-14-schedule-of-voice-of-tibet.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Nov 3, dxldyg via DXLD) ** TROMELIN. FT4TA, TROMELIN ISLAND. The members of the F6KOP Team and Lyon DX Gang are now active as FT4TA from Tromelin Island until November 10th. They plan to have 4 stations on the air for 10 days, on 160-6 meters using SSB, CW and RTTY. An online log will be available during the DXpedition at: https://secure.clublog.org/charts/?c=FT4TA An OQRS will be available by ClubLog. QSL via F1NGP. QSLing details can be seen at: http://www.tromelin2014.com/cartes-qsl For more details, visit the following URLs: http://www.tromelin2014.com/en/news/last-update/ http://www.tromelin2014.com https://www.facebook.com/tromelin2014 https://twitter.com/tromelin2014 (Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1187, November 3, 2014, Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW, Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio) via Dave Raycroft, ODXA yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1746, DXLD) 14185-USB, Nov 5 at 1346 I`m looking for the FT4TA DX-pedition lasting until Nov 10, on one of its nominal frequencies. Instead hear an obviously domestic QSO between K7MX and K5GJ about dog fences and a chain link fence used a counterpoise for a stepped vertical antenna. And no one is asking them to QSY. How about 15m? At 1357 Nov 5 on 21285, I find a CQ from W1AES, but a pileup on 21280, so maybe Tromelin is down 5 on 21275 instead. The pileuppers utter nothing but their own callsigns over and over, so one can only guess they are trying to reach FT4TA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) AUDIOCLIP: FT4TA TROMELIN ISLAND 1/11 1505, 18130, FT4TA DXpedition from Tromelin Island. SSB operation. The audioclip is available here: http://blog.libero.it/radioascolto/13005149.html 73's de francesco Cecconi, QTH: CENTRAL ITALY, RX: ICOM R71, ANT: 100mt LW, Nov 5, radioescutas yg via DXLD) ** TURKEY. 12035, Oct 30 at *1326.1 VP carrier from TRT, back here for 1330 English as always in B-seasons; I had just been hearing their IS running late at 1324-1325* on 17755 following the German broadcast with fair to good signal. Same old story: both are 310 degrees to W Europe, but for reasons unknown, over full-day path, TRT thinx they have to drop down over 5 MHz for English which would also be reaching N America if it stayed on 17 MHz. {And everything else being equal, Germany is closer than UK, so ought to be on a lower band if not the same.} The full VOT B-14 English schedule: 1230 on 12035, 1730 on 11730, 1930 on 6050, 2130 on 9610, 2300 on 5960, 0400 on 9655 & 7240 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1745, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UKRAINE. Two sub-harmonics from Vysoky Zamok, Lviv --- Dear All, not sure of the terminology for subharmonics but I assume these count as "3rd subharmonics" 65.75, Telekanal Ukrainian TV Audio 3rd sub harmonic of R9 audio 76.4, unID with very local election coverage, 3rd sub harmonic of R12 audio (Tim Bucknall, Congleton, UK, Executive Committee Member & Social Media Co-ordinator, #KresySiberia, Oct 31, harmonics yg via DXLD) It seems to be a leak in the multiplier stage, i.e. not well filtered. I have seen that with FM transmitters also, like 3 x 35.9 = 107.7 (Buenos Aires). Whether the internal fundamental frequency is 35.9 or even lower is hard to tell, as long as the transmitter circuit diagram is unavailable. You may check your local 250 kW transmitter to see if you get something weak when standing next to it (Jurgen Bartels Suellwarden, N. Germany, http://zeiterfassung.3sdesign.de/station_list.htm http://dx.3sdesign.de/tv_offset_list.htm ibid.) As usual, Tim leaves it to us to figure out the math: the WRTH 2014 is not very helpful: on page 610 it shows channel R9 video is 199.25 MHz, but the table of systems at the top stops at N, no R! So what is the visual/sound separation for this one? 3 x 65.75 = 197.25 which does not match! R12 video is 223.25 MHz, and 3 x 76.4 = 229.2 which is close to +6.0 MHz, but what are they really? Most but not all system TV audio is FM, but some is AM. Were these FM? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) They were FM TV sound. If you x them by 3 you get pretty close to the band 3 audio frequencies. Jurgen Bartels suggests leakage in the Multiplier stage of the TV transmitters. Vision/sound spacing is 6.5 MHz. Excuse the undetailed posts, you have absolutely no idea how utterly beyond exhausted I was. I crammed everything into that weekend and have only just recovered. I wouldn't have been able to manage it without the assistance of the City Authorities. I expect 65.75 to be blocked by proper signals during E skip, but 76.4 may be receivable in the UK. There was also unlisted TV sound in Kyiv 91.75 but I can't work out the maths (Tim Bucknall, ibid.) ** U K. Where do I find the current B14 BBC English frequencies? All BBC web site entries seem outdated. 73, (Erik Køie, Copenhagen, Nov 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2x9tqt6mc05vB2S37j8MWMJ/global-short-wave-frequencies (Peter W Hansen, ibid.) ** U K. IN AN AGE OF DICTATORSHIPS JAMMING THE INTERNET, SHORTWAVE BROADCASTS MAY REGAIN A PLACE IN INTERNATIONAL DIALOGUE. http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/nov/02/guardian-view-future-world-service-jewel-bbc-crown This from The Guardian once The Manchester Guardian. Cheers 73, (Bob Wilkner, FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: When Fran Unsworth becomes director of the World Service on 8 December, she will take control of an institution at its most important crux since the BBC and the government took the great leap of faith required to continue overseas broadcasting in 1946, after the immediate exigencies of the war had melted away and in harsh austerity conditions. The World Service finds itself at such a moment because at the BBC’s last charter renewal, negotiated over just nine days in 2010, the then director-general, Mark Thompson, agreed the BBC should take over its funding from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. That change – largely unremarked and undebated – came into effect in April this year. The World Service is no longer paid for by the government but by British licence-fee payers. This change may look like a mere glide of the bureaucratic pen. It is not. It has several important consequences. First, the World Service must now compete for (ever-tighter) funds within the BBC, making its claims against those of drama, comedy, local radio and the rest. Second, the director of the World Service has less clout internally than hitherto; Ms Unsworth’s predecessors had the standing associated with those who had direct dealings with the foreign secretary, and most sat on the executive board of the BBC. The World Service these days looks more and more like a department of BBC News rather than a distinct entity with its own culture and ethos. Third, the World Service has to justify itself to licence-fee payers. The penny-watching citizen, faced with a bill of £145.50, might well ask why she or he should pay (by way of example) for a Hausa-language service in Nigeria. In short, unless a case for its particular purpose is made before the next charter renewal (which must occur before 1 January 2017), there is a risk that the World Service will disappear into the great soup of BBC international newsgathering. You could argue that if this were to happen, it would not matter. That the romantic Bush House days of eastern European exiles, wreathed in cigarette smoke and earnestly debating Soviet politics, are long gone. That the era in which a shortwave World Service transmission was the listener’s only possible access to accurate reporting is over. That the World Service is an outmoded remnant of Britain’s imperial past. This would be an astonishingly shortsighted view. For many of its 191.4 million-strong audience, the World Service simply is the BBC – carrying the best of Britain to the world beyond its shores, and revered to an extent unimaginable inside the UK, where government suspicion of the BBC is amplified by noisy hostility from the rightwing press. The World Service has a reputation and brand that other nations would kill for as they strive to increase their soft power by any means possible. For £245m per year, that looks a bargain when countries such as China are pouring billions into overseas broadcasting, while only last week the Kremlin-backed Russia Today began its UK television channel, available to British households via Freeview. Perhaps more subtly, but no less crucially, is the effect of the World Service’s relationship with its overseas audiences on the BBC as a whole. Take that Hausa service as an example. The BBC has one foreign correspondent in West Africa. Its Hausa service has 28 staff. They bring a special depth and understanding to the BBC’s coverage of the region – from which all licencefee payers benefit. It was World Service Hausa journalists who broke the story of the abduction of Nigerian schoolgirls by Boko Haram. Far from being an tired vestige of empire, this multinational workforce mirrors the multicultural, polyglot Britain of the 21st century. Historically, the BBC has been hugely imaginative and ambitious in its understanding of the possibilities of overseas broadcasting. Now is the time for it to show that same mettle again. It must put the World Service at the heart of its charter-renewal negotiations, and to forcefully argue its case as a public good. The government in turn needs to rise above political arguments about the fairness or otherwise of the licence fee and recognise the value of the World Service to Britain’s national interest. There are endless possibilities for a refreshed and strengthened BBC World Service in the digital age. Innovations such as its Ebola information service for West Africa on WhatsApp may help point the way. Now, more than ever, the world needs a signal amid the noise; truth amid the dross. We must not let the World Service slip carelessly through our fingers (via Bob Wilkner, Ricky Leong, WORLD OF RADIO 1746, DXLD) ** U K O G B A N I. BBC via Internet: BBC seems to have made big changes to its audio feeds and iPlayer. URLs I had for BBCWS live streams no longer work. The iPlayer Converter web site appears to have been rendered useless. Lots of complaints about the new system at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/posts/Introducing-Platform-API (Mike Cooper, Oct 31, DXLD) ** U K [non]. 5875, Oct 30 at 1352, BBCWS in English, poor, but better earlier. Now scheduled at 12-15 daily, 25 degrees via THAILAND, which is also good for N America. I hope they are no longer jumping to different frequencies by day of week in a futile attempt to confuse ChiCom jammers, instead confusing casual listeners (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K. Test transmission of BABCOCK was observed on Nov. 3: 0930-0950 on 12075, probably via transmitter in Woofferton http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/11/test-transmission-of-babcock-was.html BABCOCK, test transmission 0934 on 12075 Woofferton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfpopoZ9RD4&feature=youtu.be BABCOCK, test transmission 0940 on 12075 Woofferton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw96Tvn6Eo8&feature=youtu.be 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. QSL: WH2XDE-1, Victor NY; Full/data data card in 12 days for e-report to wh2xde@gmail.com Reception date & time + Info: MW experimental station; AM & digital modes; Ant full wave horizontal loop; 1750 kc; A1 MCW mode; 1 kW (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) QSLs: Rob Ross: Just received this Email from Jerry Whitney in response to my Reception Report for Experimental Station WH2XDE. From: Jerry Whitney Subject: RE: Reception Report for WH2XDE Date: 30 October, 2014 10:30:19 AM EDT To: "'Robert Ross'" ``Hi Robert, Thanks for the report. A QSL card is on the way. Although the ultimate goal is to work with the digital voice modes (DRM and others) we have been running AM on the transmitters to work out any "bugs". 73 Jerry Whitney`` (MARE Tipsheet Oct 31 via DXLD) Experimentals circa 1750 kHz: WH2XDE-1 Victor NY -2 Penn Yan NY -3 Middlesex MA -4 Chester PA -5 Fred[e]rick MD (currently inactive) (MARE Tipsheet Oct 31 via DXLD) AROs: 1750, WH2XDE, Penn Yan NY, Oct/26, 0128, English, FAIR-GOOD experimental station with 3 different operators in a round table discussion on AM. Talked about various digital modes of communication. Various test tones, carriers and digital squawks and squeals. Two of the Operators were Jerry & Joe, I think Jerry is in Penn Yan, NY? Joe in Victor NY? One op gave a Voice ID as "WH2XDE/2" and I also heard a CW ID as "WH2XDE/1". NEW STATION [to him], 1 kW to Vertical? [Jerry WHSXDE/1 in Victor NY is the one running the antenna tests] (Robert Ross, London ON, Drake R8B + 180' RW, MARE Tipsheet Oct 31 via DXLD) ** U S A. HIFER beacon "RR" received weakly on approx. 13563 kHz just before 1700 UT today. After Glenn's success receiving some of these, I've been listening at different times but at my QTH there are strong ISM carrier(s?). In this case they acted as a BFO so CW ID was audible even with the weak signal. HF Underground says this is 10mW in Mojave, CA (Bob LaRose W6ACU San Diego, Nov 5, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 25950/FM, KB99696, KTCL-FM, Wheat Ridge CO studio relay [ex- KOA relay]; 1754-1801+, 28-Oct; Lite pop music to 1759 "Channel 9-3-3" into weather and ad/PSA string, UofCO spot. Poor-Fair; not there at 1415 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! WORLD OF RADIO 1746, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 25990/FM, WQGY434, Eldorado TX, Oct/26 1425, English, VG, studio relay for KLDE- FM 104.9 Eldorado TX. // to Live Webfeed. Gospel music program called "The Sunday Sounds". Gospel Music with Host Johnny Stigler. Spot for Eldorado Elections (Robert Ross, London ON, Drake R8B + 180' RW, MARE Tipsheet Oct 31 via WORLD OF RADIO 1746, DXLD) 25990/FM, WQGY434, Eldorado TX, KLDE-FM studio relay; 1733-1746+, 27- Oct; Oldies & not-so-oldies; 1745+ ID as "The best of the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and beyond KLDE 104.9". Some scratch and QSBs; not there at 1400 and nothing on reported // 25910 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! WORLD OF RADIO 1746, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Note the following logs of same are on the other frequency, 25910: ** U S A. 25910, KLDE, USA, Eldorado TX, ??????, 1400 Nov1, px mx relay FM, 12122. 73! (Mauro Giroletti, IK2GFT-SWL1510, -JRC 525 NRD- LOWE HF 150-Elad FDM S2, -Antenna LOOP ALA100M-FLAG Antenna West direction, -Filter PAR Electronics BCST-LPF, bclnews.it yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1746, DXLD Ottimo ascolto, Mauro! Dovrebbero essere 10 watts link live broadcast da Eldorado KLDE in Texas, l`emittente ha cambiato formato da Oldies a Musica Mexicana Ranchera dato che si trova nella zona sud del Texas, non lontano dal confine con il Messico. http://radio-locator.com/info/KLDE-FM link audio L`emittente ha aperto un relay a Sant`Angelo e forse il link serve per operare il secondo trasmettitore. La FCC riporta 99 watts il secondo tx su 105.3 MHz. L`indirizzo riportato nel Facebook: 710 N US Highway 277, Eldorado, TX 76936, USA. In Agosto 2014 il link era stato segnalato dalla Australia!!!! sempre su 25910 kHz. Buoni monitoraggi! (Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) It`s about 45 miles from Eldorado to San Angelo; a link on the 25 MHz band with 10 watts, for broadcast relay might be possible, but quite unusual. Surely the translator could pick up the main signal on 104.9 much better. Or, why not microwave or 900 MHz STL band? I still think there must be some other explanation, pending anything definite from the station. Has anyone been in contact with KLDE about this? If it is STL, could 25910 and 25990 be for left and right stereo channels? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 25910 FM, WQGY434 Eldorado, TEXAS, Nov/01/14, 1913 UT, English/Spanish, FAIR-GOOD (Studio Link Transmitter [sic] for KLDE-FM 104.9). Male DJ with ID and mention of 104.9. SPANISH POP Music. Tex/Mex Music and Spanish vocals. English spot for the "Eldorado County Treasurer Elections". Another ad in English. Into more Spanish programming and music. // to 25990 Link (Robert S. Ross, London, Ontario CANADA, ODXA via WORLD OF RADIO 1746, DXLD) 25910, KLDE – Eldorado, Texas, 2020-2051, Nov 2. Noted with continuous Latin music once again which must be a weekend feature for the oldies station. At 2037 Spanish language ad followed by a man with canned “104.9 FM” station ID. Fair signal but sporadic deep fades (Rich D’Angelo, PA, NASWA Flashsheet via WORLD OF RADIO 1746, DXLD) ** U S A. The 2200 UT block on VOA that previously aired "Daybreak Asia" and "International Edition" has now morphed into a dual-anchor show called "VOA Global." This block repeats at least once, though I can't tell exactly what hours, since there does not appear to be a posted VOA English schedule (Mike Cooper, Oct 9 [sic but datestamped and received Nov 6], DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [non]. 7545, Oct 30 at 1355, good in Cantonese, but mostly advanced English lesson explaining that ``always glued to her seat`` is not to be taken literally. It`s IBB at 13-15 via Tinang, PHILIPPINES, VOA or RFA? Unseems jammed as the Han don`t consider Cantonese that important (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Am 31.10.2014 um 00:22 schrieb VOA Radiogram: [VOA_Radiogram_logo_blue_black_209x19.PNG] Hello friends, Last week's surprise mode was 8PSK-125. The 8PSK modes were added to Fldigi as of version 3.22.00. Most of you were unable to decode the 8PSK-125 transmission. I think this is because I used Fldigi 3.22.00 to produce the 8PSK-125 segment, and most of you installed Fldigi 3.22.01. There was a change to the 8PSK encoding scheme with version 3.22.01. This weekend, I will try another transmission in 8PSK-125, this time produced using Fldigi 3.22.01. If you do not already have Fldigi 3.22.01 installed, please download it from http://www.w1hkj.com/download.html. You will notice that 8PSK-125 is fast: 316 words per minute, versus 120 wpm for our usual MFSK32 mode. Despite its speed, it does have some forward error correction (FEC), so it might be able to withstand some of the degradations of shortwave propagation. http://www.rhci-online.de/VoA_Radiogram_2014-10-25.htm#8PSK-125 After this information I tried again and had great success. Where was my problem: The old version of Fldigi 3.22.00 I used on a old XP- machine, the new version Fldigi 3.22.01 on a new W7-computer. Hmmm, wrong combination. Well - with FLDIGI and 8PSK there are on a Pentium-IV significant performance problems, so it was not working with the correct version. With the compatible (old) version of the program all the letters came in a fantastic speed on the screen by using a W7-i5-laptop. I now correct my original opinion: 8PSK has "transatlantic potential" and this at a fantastic speed. Only disadvantage: The Pentium-IV for 8PSK is out of the race (roger, Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) VOA Radiogram during the weekend on November 1-2 will include a test of the 8PSK-125 mode. At 315 wpm, can it withstand the rigors of shortwave propagation? You will need Fldigi 3.22.01 to decode the 8PSK-125. And in our usual MFSK32 modes, news about the failed Antares rocket launch, solar power Tunisia will supply Europe, and a cleaner way to recycle e-waste in Ghana. Details: voaradiogram.net/post/101379852807/voa-radiogram-1-2-nov-2014-8psk- redux Patch the audio from your radio to your computer, and decode using Fldigi from w1hkj.com VOA Radiogram transmission schedule (all days and times UT): Sat 0930-1000 5745 kHz Sat 1600-1630 17860 kHz Sun 0230-0300 5745 kHz Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz All via the Edward R. Murrow transmitting station in North Carolina (Kim Elliott, Oct 31, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I listened to VOA's "International Edition" news program at 1705 today, only to find that it was a repeat of the 1205 edition I'd heard earlier. It's disappointing that VOA can't update its flagship news program more frequently (Mike Cooper, Nov 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 3185 // 5050, Oct 31 at 0242, WWRB is running Brother Scare on both frequencies. As alleged WOR time approaches, UT Friday 0330v: by 0327, 5050 is off and 3185 is still BS instead of the usual preacher, and continues well past 0330 with no sign of GH. Webcasts, however, both of them, are now running KJV Bibling, neither BS nor GH. Why don`t I pull WOR from WWRB permanently? Next: Friday 2130 on WRMI 7570, 15770 Saturday 0730 & 1530 on HLR 7265-CUSB UT Sunday 0131 on KVOH 9975 Sunday 1000 on WRMI 5850 Sunday 2300 on WRMI 11580 UT Monday 0400v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Tuesday 1200 on WRMI 9955 Wednesday 0730 & 1530 on HLR 7265-CUSB Wednesday 1415 on WRMI 9955 Wednesday 2200 on WBCQ 7490v 9975, Nov 2 at 0114, KVOH is already on with jazz prélude, fair-good signal; 0128 music with continuous heavy crackling QRM from overmodulated 9965 Cairo talk splattering. I compare 9975 with 9965 on both receivers to be sure that`s the source. No escaping it even by narrow bandwidth and side-tuning upwards, as WORLD OF RADIO 1745 starts at 0131, suffering this QRM. I had long been apprehensive about the proximity of 9965 Cairo, which until now had been the `best` of their defective transmitters, not bothering 10 kHz away. At 0208 check, there is less QRM during music than there had been during talk. Anyhow, from next week, WOR will be at 0231 UT Sundays (but Cairo will still be on 9965). From tomorrow, KVOH shifts all programming one UT hour later, opening at 0231 with `Wavescan` UT Mondays. Next for WORLD OF RADIO 1745: Sunday 1000 on WRMI 5850 Sunday 2300 on WRMI 11580 [with DST off, note following UT time shifts!] UT Monday 0400v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Tuesday 1200 on WRMI 9955 Wednesday 0503 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395 Wednesday 0730 & 1530 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB Wednesday 1415 on WRMI 9955 Wednesday 2200 on WBCQ 7490v WORLD OF RADIO 1745 monitoring: confirmed Sunday November 2 at 2300 on 11580, WRMI. Also confirmed UT Monday November 3 at deshifted time of 0401 UT on Area 51 webcast; however, inaudible on 5110v-CUSB WBCQ at 0427 check, not on the air? Next: Tuesday 1200 on WRMI 9955 (no longer with CCCCI from France/Taiwan) Wednesday 0503 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395 Wednesday 0730 & 1530 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB Wednesday 1415 on WRMI 9955 Wednesday 2200 on WBCQ 7490v WORLD OF RADIO 1745 monitoring: heard at surprise new time of 2201 Monday Nov 3 via Global 24 on WRMI 9395; same time on Wed Nov 5 and also scheduled then for Thu Nov 6 when new 1746 is ready to air. I think those timings will be sticking. WOR also confirmed on 9395 // 9955 WRMI, Wed Nov 4 at 1415 and Thu Nov 5 at 1330, which I understand may be temporary duplications. Also confirmed on WBCQ, 7490v, Wed Nov 5 at 2200, one minute ahead of the surprise airing on 9395 G24. WORLD OF RADIO 1746 expected times including new ones: Thu 1330 on WRMI 9955 & 9395 G24 Thu 2201 on WRMI 9395 G24 Fri 0030 on WRMI 9395 G24 Fri 0425v on WWRB 3185 (? No shows past few weeks) Fri 2130 on WRMI 7570 & 15770 Sat 0730 & 1530 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB Sat 1001 on WRMI 9395 G24 Sun 0231 on KVOH 9975 Sun 1000 on WRMI 5850 Sun 2300 on WRMI 11580 Mon 0400v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Mon 2201 on WRMI 9395 G24 Tue 1200 on WRMI 9955 Wed 0501 on WRMI 9395 G24 Wed 0730 & 1530 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB Wed 1415 on WRMI 9955 (& 9395?) Wed 2200 on WBCQ 7490v Wed 2201 on WRMI 9395 G24 Thu 0430 on WRMI 9955 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Glenn: If you have a chance, can you check our 11550 and 11580 frequencies, which are airing simultaneously from 1800 to 0000 UT? Here we are hearing some audio mixing between the two. But it's impossible to get a good idea here on the site; we need to have someone listen who's far away to see if you hear any secondary audio in the background on either or both of these frequencies. I realize they're not beamed in your direction, but maybe audible anyway? Thanks (Jeff White, WRMI, Oct 30, to gh, via DXLD) Jeff, Too much noise around the house, so I took the PL-880 out to lunch at a Sonic, outside on a nice day (except for ``Sonic Radio`` on the PA). Listened on and off 2040 past 2100 UT and could hear no crosstalk on either frequency. So will TruNews be on 11550 daytime too or just test audio source? (Glenn to Jeff, ibid.) Thanks, Glenn. That's good to know. Yes, TruNews has gone to a 6-hour format on three frequencies daily from 0100 to 0700 UT: 5850 to Eastern North America 7455 to Western North America 5015 to Latin America and from 1800 to 0000 UT daily on 11550 to Europe. The UT times will remain the same when the time change occurs in North America this weekend (Jeff White, ibid.) Updated schedule grid shows 11550 is transmitter #3, same one used on 5015. And Global 24, 9395 is on transmitter #1, here shown as on 355 antenna only, 24 hours. Remember, it inaugurates at 2300 UT Oct 31. Own website says full program schedule will not be up until Nov 1 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also THAILAND 9395 kHz, 31 October 2205 UT tune-in with classic rock music (safely presumed as WRMI) audible herewith fair/poor reception, ahead of the scheduled launch of Global 24 via Okeechobee at 2300 (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Currently hearing continuous music, which I assume is the start of Global 24 on 9395, SIO 343, tune in 2220 UT. No IDs heard though (Russ Cummings, AOR7030+, 60ft long wire, North Ferriby, East Yorkshire, UK, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) From their Facebook --- Tonight's Schedule October 31 UT 2300z - Democracy Now November 1 UT 0000z - Welcome to Global 24 0015z - Media Network Plus 0100z - The Rendez Vous 0200z - The Rendez Vous 0300z - Nelson Mandela Remembered 0400z - Radio France International - Relay More to follow.... (via Glenn Hauser, DXLD) My monitoring starting at 2300 appears further below (gh, DXLD) Varying between fair to good reception for the sign-on of Global 24 at 2300 on 9395. About what I expected being on the side of the beam here in Houston -- decent level, but not strong. WRMI ID into brief introduction of Global 24, then Democracy Now program. No interference to the frequency at my QTH (Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Very good signal into Ireland at 2343 UT. "Stuck in the Middle With You" played during a break in the Democracy Now program on GMO's in food. It will be nice if they plan on some entertainment programming as the signal is quite listenable. No co- or adjacent-channel interference at this time. 31 Oct (Brock Whaley, Ireland, ibid.) csvUserlistbrowser: Possible interference/QRM within +/-5 kHz for 9395.0 kHz; 0000-2400; 1234567; english; WRMI Global 24; Okeechobee, FL; NAm 9390.0; 1200-1215; 1234567; malay/baku; Radio Thailand; Udon Thani; MLA 9390.0; 1230-1300; 1234567; english; Radio Thailand; Udon Thani; Oc 9390.0; 1300-1315; 1234567; japanese; Radio Thailand; Udon Thani; J 9390.0; 1315-1330; 1234567; mandarin; Radio Thailand; Udon Thani; FE 9390.0; 1330-1400; 1234567; thai; Radio Thailand; Udon Thani; J 9390.0; 1400-1430; 1234567; english; Radio Thailand; Udon Thani; Oc 9390.0; 1500-1530; 1234567; bengali/bangla; IBRA Radio; Tashkent; SAs; Org: S 9390.0; 1530-1730; 1234567; farsi/iranian persian; Radio Farda; Biblis; IRN; Org: USA 9390.0; 1730-1800; 1234567; farsi/iranian persian; Radio Farda; Biblis; IRN; Org: USA 9390.0; 1800-1900; 1234567; thai; Radio Thailand; Udon Thani; Eu 9390.0; 1900-2000; 1234567; english; Radio Thailand; Udon Thani; Eu 9390.0; 2000-2015; 1234567; german; Radio Thailand; Udon Thani; Eu 9390.0; 2030-2045; 1234567; english; Radio Thailand; Udon Thani; Eu 9390.0; 2045-2115; 1234567; thai; Radio Thailand; Udon Thani; Eu 9400.0; 0400-0800; 1234567; kurdish; Denge Kurdistana; Maiac near Grigoriopol; ME; Org: CLA 9400.0; 0800-1200; 1234567; kurdish; Denge Kurdistana; Gavar; ME; Org: CLA 9400.0; 0900-1400; 1234567; mandarin; FEBC Manila; Iba; FE 9400.0; 1200-1600; 1234567; kurdish; Denge Kurdistana; Maiac near Grigoriopol; ME; Org: CLA 9400.0; 1400-2000; 1234567; english; Brother Stair; Sofia-Kostinbrod; Eu; Org: USA 9400.0; 1600-2000; 1234567; kurdish; Denge Kurdistana; Issoudun; ME; Org: CLA The list may contain multiple entries for different languages. Please save this file, if needed, before creating a new QRM file. It will be overwritten (via Roger, Germany, ibid.) USA/FRANCE [non]. New broadcaster Global 24 providing good reception since 0400UT tune-in on 1 November on 9395 kHz - and so good to be able to listen once again to R France International on shortwave - including Susan Owensby in "The Sound Kitchen" around 0450 UT. Global 24 is relaying R France Int from 0400 to 0800 UT on 9395 (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Excellent reception of Global 24 - 9395 kHz at 0555 with "Webwatch" followed by full ID and at 0600 a live relay of Radio France International in English. S9 - SIO 554, just some slight fading. 73's (John, Faversham Kent UK, Hoad, JRC NRD-525/10m random wire, Sent from my iPad Nov 1, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) I'm traveling on the South Island of New Zealand at the moment (near Christchurch), where it is nearing dusk on Saturday (7:30 pm local, 0630 UT), so there is now a path of darkness between here and Florida. I can hear Global 24 weakly on my hand-held portable with telescopic whip - SINPO 22332. The worst problem is co-channel interference from a Morse CW signal (Ray Robinson [of KVOH], Sent from my HTC One max on the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Excellent signal from Global 24 at 0800 UT tune on 9395 kHz; also hearing a weakish/fluttery signal from KNLS on 9615 kHz, SIO 343 (Russ Cummings, AOR7030+, 60ft long wire, North Ferriby, East Yorkshire, UK, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Global 24 on 9395 is heard at very good strength at 0805 UT tune in today (Nov. 1st). I found a news (international news) broadcast in progress which was sponsored by the Famagusta Gazette. At conclusion the source IDed as "EU News Network, part of Global 24, via WRMI...". Then followed an introduction to Global 24.....they cited two internet sites >aboutglobal24.com< and >qslsat24global.com< (hope I've copied them correctly !!!) for more information about the station and asking for reports which will be QSL'ed. An address for snail mail was given as 2719 Hollywood Boulevard, then a code which sounded like 3B16?, in Hollywood, Florida. Details of forthcoming programmes were given, including the RFI rebroadcast heard by Alan. NHK, Voice of Russia, Radios Prague and Slovakia were others, and there is to be a Mailbag at 0000 UT on Sunday. It seems that lengthy music programmes will also feature, including a Top 40 show. They are using a multi chime like IS and this was heard at 0827 followed by a broadcast of Media Network Plus. It's still going well at 0845 peaking to 20dB over 9, but with more fading now (Noel R. Green (NW England), DX LISTENING DIGEST) At 1000 UT (Nov. 1) I can hear Global 24 on 9395 kHz here in Romania, but the signal is very weak and there is strong interference from Denge Kurdistan on 9400 kHz (Tudor Vedeanu, Gura Humorului, Romania, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Very Pleased to hear 'World of Radio" on Global 24, WRMI 9395 kHz at 1000 UT. Well into daylight here and the signal is of entertainment quality on a 1956 tube (valve) Grundig radio as well as more serious DX equipment. [Sat] 01 November (Brock Whaley, Ireland, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Observation on Global 24 in English on November 1 0000-2400 on 9395 YFR 100 kW / 355 deg to ENAm. Videos: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/11/observation-on-global-24-in-english-on.html (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9395, Oct 31 at 2300, Global 24 signs on WRMI-1, right into news, unseems `Democracy Now` at first, but as per initial online program schedule, it does start by 2303. This is the erstwhile left-leaning news program, subtitled War & Peace Report, carried on Pacifica and many public and community radio stations, hardly commercial, but great finally to have it available everywhere via SW! [Others report 9395 was on air testing before 2200 but I missed that.] Comparing to other WRMI frequencies, 9395 is notably weaker than 7570, 11580 and 11825, as 9395 is aimed 355 degrees, about 40 degrees away from here. If they stay on this beam almost northward from Okeechobee, it will not be a blaster here like I expected, but some schedules showed them using 315 degrees half the day. Experimentation is expected. Also, will winter MUF support 9395 all night long? And how far will it go in the daytime? This is a very busy Hallowe`en and I can`t listen nonstop. Now UT November 1: 0000 European News Report runs past 0005 instead of scheduled `Welcome to Global 24` which I really wanted to hear, but I suppose someone recorded whatever may have appeared; next check 0017, Global 24 is asking for reports. 0038 there`s an ad for some magazine, then REE defunct IS, sounds like a Media Network Plus we`ve already heard. 0056 music fill. 0100 Global 24 ID and news. Now I compare signal to 9955 which is always 160 degrees away from us, and find the two about the same level, except 9955 additionally accommodates Cuban jamming while 9395 is clear. 0103 news outro as FS News, and did they say it was for viewers? 0103.7 starts `Rendezvous` a two-hour program from the European News Network; says the second hour is reserved for music and history items. Mixes songs with extended news features, at 0111 starting one about Sweden calling off the search for a Soviet(?) submarine in its waters. Still at 0136 mentioning an Alzheimers study, and at 0231 music. 0524 next check, still good signal with narrative in English, but dialogue in French. What`s this? Their own website is not being kept up to date, and there is still no full program schedule by 1800 UT Saturday. One post covering 23-08 UT shows nothing after RFI relay starting at 0400, so still that? They explain that internet bandwidth has not been sufficient to handle all the incoming program audio traffic, nor updating their website. Startup problems explained here: http://about.global24radio.com/says-shortwave-radio-dead/ We have to look at Facebook for a bit more info. I see that many listeners were having reception problems during the day on Saturday. But Brock Whaley in Ireland was pleased to hear World of Radio well at 1000 UT Saturday, which is one of the additional times I was expecting but awaiting confirmation. It was planned to start Sat Nov 8 at 1003, and also Wednesdays at 0503, both following news headlines. I assume this means following shows will not start until :32 since WOR is always 29 minutes long. 1247, my next check, I find that Global 24 is weak enough not to be a problem for adjacent 9390 Thailand as I had feared. It`s tightly squeezed between that and 9400 Philippines, requiring narrowed bandwidth. Turns out to be a Channel Africa relay from WRN, as outroed at 1259, WRN promo, cut to Global 24/WRMI ID, 1300 news, 1304 `Happy Station` from PCJ. At 1321 it`s still a tight squeeze between adjacents, and much weaker than 9955 WRMI at 160 degrees, so the 355 degree listed azimuth for 9395 is not so good here, but presumably better northward from Okee. At 1400 it`s just too weak. Next check 1644, only a JBA carrier! By now 9955 is also very poor. WWV says K-index was 3 at 1500, 2 at 1800, but ``no spaceweather storms`` past or future. At 1910 UT Nov 1, final check for this report, 9395 is still too weak to be usable. While initial identity on a single and unique new frequency, 9395, may be good for promotional purposes, it`s really ineffective use of shortwave for 24 hour coverage. The standard practice, and it is certainly justified, is to run a higher frequency in the daytime and a lower one at night (if not even more than two bands). For this area at least, 11 MHz day and 7 MHz night would be much better (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn, Thanks for the coverage and sharing. We are watching reception reports carefully. European listeners are telling us Denge Kurdistan is creaming us on 9400. We are reading all the reports very carefully as we look to make the best possible business decision for us. As for the programming schedule - we're still in "shakedown" mode and our internet issue is making it hard to release the schedule. Of course, we don't want to prematurely release a schedule and then not be able to stick with. Thanks for the help and spreading the word. We are reading everything everyone is writing while we experiment here. Thank you, (Phil Workman, Global 24 General Manager, Nov 1, DX LISTENING DIGEST) As expected, nothing heard in Jo'burg from Global 24 during our local daylight hours. Sadly, even after dark I could hear nothing that would make it worth getting up on a regular basis after our local midnight or in the early hours of the morning. A frequency (or azimuth?) shift is definitely needed if they wish to be heard in Africa (Southern, at least) at their stated optimal time of 2100-0500. Moldova, Denge Kurdistan, 9400, Maiac, Nov 1, 2014, Saturday, 1519- 1600, Kurdish music. Slow fade in, music only with no talk, almost unreadable. France, Denge Kurdistan, 9400, Issoudun, Nov 1, 2014, Saturday, 1600- 1800. Kurdish music. Sounded like news in Kurdish started at 1800. Fair-good by 1730, now after sunset here. USA ??, Global 24 ??, 9395, WRMI Okeechobee ??, Nov 1, 2014, Saturday, 2230-2233, OM talking, but unreadable. Very poor., Jo'burg sunset 1625. Global 24 ??, 9395, WRMI Okeechobee ??, Nov 2, 2014, Sunday, 0256- 0258. Sounded like classical music but too poor to even identify the instrument. Very poor. Jo'burg sunrise 0318. Global 24 ??, 9395, WRMI Okeechobee ??, Nov 2, 2014, Sunday, 0359- 0402. OM talking, unreadable and then suddenly wiped out at 0400 by ACI from Denge Kurdistan on 9400 (Moldova) coming back on air. Denge Kurdistan good, Global 24 very poor. Jo'burg sunrise 0318 (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D. dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9395, GLOBAL 24 via WRMI Okeechobee. FL. Nov/02/14 0128 UT, English, FAIR-GOOD. New Station on the air. Signal and Audio not near as good as I would have expected --- at least not here!! Jazz music program. Continuous jazz on piano, sax, trumpet, etc. ID on hour as "Broadcasting News Culture and Music, This is Global 24". Gave www Dot url. Into News by OM on hour. 2nd Day of Operation (I didn't want to jump on the bandwagon too soon!! HAHAHA) (Rob ROSS, ON, ODXA via DXLD) 9395, after becoming inaudible in the daytime Nov 1, by 0100 UT Nov 2, Global 24 has a good signal, but some deep fades, with `European News Net`. Yet, this frequency, apparently at 355 degrees from WRMI is much weaker than 7570 & 11825 aimed at us 315 degrees and blasting in on both lower and higher bands. 0108 jazz is in progress. Global 24 has been posting fragments of their schedule a few hours ahead of time on Facebook: ``Tonight November 2 - UTC 0000-0100 Polish Radio External Service 0100-0400 Jazz from the Left 0400-0500 Radio France International 0500-0700 The Rock Pile Please send reception reports: qsls@global24radio.com `` Apparently the initial programming is experimental, and what will be retained depends on listener reaxion. Since I`m not a big jazz aficionado, I mostly listen to other stations during this hour, and there`s a lot to choose from: KBC Radio 7375, Sound of India 7570, both with much better signals; pirates on 6925. At 0209 check, 11825 is still very good with BS while 9395 is poor, so MUF from Okeechobee to here is not the problem. 9395, Nov 2 at 0617, Global 24 via WRMI now has a VG signal during `The Rock Pile`, classic rock from 1969, and much stronger than 9955 WRMI. Could be they are experimenting with 315 degree antenna now on 9395 instead of 355. 9395, Nov 2 at 1315, next check, S Asian song, 1330 Keith Perron about Titanic songs, so it`s `Song of India` show from PCJ; only fair signal now and declining, squeezed between Asians on 9390 & 9400. 1400 starting NHK World Radio Japan relay; 1438 talk about nuclear weapons mentioning S Korea, so probably KBS World Radio relay; by 1450 it`s very poor and unusable, probably for the rest of the daytime like yesterday. As of 1548 UT Nov 2, I can`t find any listing of what was on between 07 and 18 UT, but do find a schedule starting at 1800 UT Nov 2 past 1200 UT Nov 3: http://about.global24radio.com/schedule-today-november-2-november-3-utc/ November 2 – UTC 1800 – Radio Sweden 1830 – Radio Slovakia 1900 – Polish Radio External Service 2000 – Deutsche Welle 2100 – Explorations. Exploring the Fukushima Disaster. 2200 – The Kelly Alexander Show 2300 – Media Network Plus 2330 – Chart Toppers – Name the songs to mailbag@global24radio.com 0000 – MLK Speeches 0100 – Radio Prague 0200 – The Happy Station Show 0300 – Blues Radio International 0330 – Chart Toppers 0400 – Radio France International 0500 – Rock Pile. Two Hours of Classic Rock. European Reception Reports Requested: qsls@global24radio.com 0700 – Media Network Plus. European Reception Reports Requested: qsls@global24radio.com 0730 – Chart Toppers – Name the songs to mailbag@global24radio.com European Reception Reports Requested 0800- 1100 – Jazz for the Asking. European Reception Reports Requested: qsls@global24radio.com 1100 – Radio Prague 1200 – NHK Japan It also seems G24 will be carrying all(?) the PCJ Radio International shows, probably multiple airings each: http://about.global24radio.com/eight-new-shows-announced-global-24-partners-pcj-radio-international/ Our initial understanding was that Global 24 would be ``commercial``. Altho various programs may be paying for airtime, most of them are non-commercial, with only a scattered spot ad here and there. And we wonder if RMI itself will be diminishing time for some of the same shows already on 9955 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1746, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn, We will begin adding more and more commercials into the mix in the next few days, including several tomorrow. We will also be announcing more than 12 new shows that are much more commercially oriented in the next couple of days; we are far behind on web updates. We also just announced this: http://about.global24radio.com/special-qsl-card-global-24-remembers-november-9-1989/ (Phil Workman, Global 24, Nov 2, DX LISTENING DIGESET) Global 24 Radio via WRMI Miami, 9395, 11/02/14 [Sunday], heard fair to good reception at 2320 with the Media Network Plus program. At 2330 with a radio contest during the Chart Toppers program -- music hits from 1983. ID at top of the hour (Larry Zamora, Garland, TX. DX LISTENING DIGEST) I'm hearing nothing on 9395 after 0500 Monday November 3. Transmitter off? At the same time the WRMI transmitter on 7455 is putting out severe splatter/spurs as low as 7433 and as high as 7472. BBC Ascension on 7445 overrides most of it, so still listenable, but Jeff White needs to do some work on the offending unit. Has anyone heard any "commercials" on Global 24? Still wondering how they're paying for the airtime (Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9395, Nov 3 at 0623, Global 24 via WRMI good signal with rock music on `Rock Pile`, this time equivalent to 9955 RMI level. A sesquihour earlier, Steve Luce, Houston TX, reported to the DXLD yg: ``I'm hearing nothing on 9395 after 0500 Monday November 3. Transmitter off?`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) All I can hear is Radio Thailand on nearby 9390, nothing on 9395. What do I need to do? (Jonathan Kempster, London E14. 2028 UT Nov 3, BDXC- UK yg via DXLD) Around 2045 UT all I can get is a JBA carrier on 9395 WRMI, but maybe it is on the air. Program schedule has been posted including a surprise airing of World of Radio at 2201: http://about.global24radio.com/november-3-4-utc-schedule/ November 3-4 UTC Schedule November 3: 2100 World News Headlines 2103 The Stuph File 2200 World News Headlines 2201 World of Radio 2230 World News Headlines 2235 The 1812 Overture 2300 Democracy Now! [November 4:] 0000 World News Headlines 0002 The Nazi Doctors 0100 Radio Prague 0130 Radio Slovakia 0200 Radio New Zealand International 0215 Israel Radio 0230 Radio Sweden (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST via BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) I have just heard it but very weak. Propagation is a bit up and down tonight (Mike German, Hayfield, UK, 2139 UT Nov 3, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Strange, I have very good reception here at 2144 UT. Signal is 10db over 9 some slight fading but otherwise very good. I think the signal hadn't faded in at 2028 yet (Jonathon, ibid.) CHU, Canada is a good indicator of N. American reception on 7850 kHz, that's currently audible SIO 343 whilst 14670 kHz is almost inaudible at this time (Russ Cummings, AOR7030+, 60ft long wire, North Ferriby, East Yorkshire, UK, 2153 UT Nov 3, ibid.) 9395, observations of the new Global 24 service via WRMI-1: 0637 UT Tue Nov 4, VG signal now with talk show; about same level as 9955 WRMI which is not always the case; 0649 UT, it`s `Democracy Now`, which has been airing earlier at 23-24 UT. Not sure if either of these times is firm yet. G24 has been posting advance portions of their schedule day by day, but no full schedule yet. 0019 UT Wed Nov 5, Bach classical music, altho special elexion coverage had been publicized for 5 hours; other reports say it was at least partly from Democracy Now 0503 UT Wed Nov 5, I missed checking for a WORLD OF RADIO time; I`m told it did not air this week but will subsequently 0652 UT Wed Nov 5, Radio France International relay 1433 UT Wed Nov 5, surprised to find WORLD OF RADIO 1745 in progress, synchronized with playback on 9955 WRMI, now at 1415 Wednesdays; both followed by Echo of Europe in French at 1445 2201 UT Wed Nov 5, WORLD OF RADIO 1745 is playing again as it did on Monday 1330 UT Thu Nov 6, once again 9395 has joined 9955 for WORLD OF RADIO, now new edition 1746. I understand this duplicating setup may be temporary. See WORLD OF RADIO monitoring in this log report for more (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Global 24 live elexion coverage Tonight: live election coverage November 5 UT from 0000 to 0500z on 9395 kHz. Let us know what you think of this kind of political coverage on shortwave --- Global 24 Facebook (via gh, dxldyg via DXLD) I wonder from what source, own origination only? Hmmm, at 0019 check I am hearing classical music instead (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) I can confirm the classical recital from observation but it shifted at 0028 to WRN's Radio Sweden feed. Feature Story News did a bottom of hour WRN bumper but I coulda swore FSN stopped most radio production. Kol Israel relay now. Whoa, sudden dump of WRN for other programming at 0050. Is this normal to just bop around multiple feeds randomly? (Stephen Michael Kellat, KC8BFI, Ashtabula Township, Ohio, EN91ou, ibid.) Yes, this evening they had really very good live coverage (from Democracy Now) of the US mid-term elections from Tuesday 2315 or so when I tuned in until just after 0000 when they started a mishmash of fragments of classical music, then fragments of IDs and feeds, finally settling on a quarter hour of Kol Israel and some more of Vatican Radio. Right now, at 0058 or so they seem to have returned to their classical music fragments. (No piece seems to last more than a couple of minutes.) At 0100 the Democracy now feed resumed (Philip Hiscock, Nfld., ibid.) And now we're back to Democracy Now again. I'm setting up a recorder and I'm just going to walk away in a bit. And a recording of Global 24 as monitored 0108 to 0205 can be found here: Global 24 -- 0108 to 0205. mp3 http://1drv.ms/1s1F1aC Reception is messy tonight (Stephen Michael Kellat, KC8BFI, ibid.) Global 24, 9395 heard in the Beagle Channel. I pulled my trusty Eton E100 out to check reception on the new Global 24. Very good reception all the way to the southern tip of South America at tune-in at 0006 UT Nov 3. Pleasantly surprised to get such good reception down here, but who is MLK? 73 (Walt Salmaniw, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) MLK would be Martin Luther King, Jr., American (baja-Canadian) civil rights leader of the 1960s. He now has a street or something named for him in most American cities (including even Enid), and with a name that long, the initials are often employed (gh, DXLD) Yes, I have it here in Germany too, very strong and good copy. BTW, at "your" time (0005z/06-Nov-2014) they send the Kelly Alexander Show see http://kellyalexandershow.com I tried to find their daily schedule on Global 24's website, but can't - where it is? PS: I'm not so familiar with these kind of US radio shows (as a SWL here in Germany). Would it make any sense to send reception reports to these "shows". Do they QSL too? 73 (Tom Rösner, dxldyg via DX LISTENNG DIGEST) Here, at 0110, with good carrier, but with low modulation, almost inaudibly (Jorge Freitas, Bahia, Brasil, UT Nov 6, ibid.) And the next few hours` sked has been posted: (I suppose Democracy Now will still be at 2300). Glenn November 6 – ** All Times UTC ** 0000 – News from FSN 0003 – The Kelly Alexander Show 0100 – News from EU News Network 0103 – The Rock Pile – Classic Rock 0200 – News from the EU News Network 0200 – The Rock Pile – Classic Rock 0300 – Explorations – Astronomy 0400 – Radio France International 0500 – Radio France International 0600 – Radio France International 0700 – The Rock Pile 0800 – The Rock Pile 0900 – Explorations - See more at: http://about.global24radio.com/#sthash.Jj6JFIk8.dpuf Posted by: (Glenn Hauser, dxldyg via DXLD) And have some key facts for the Global 24 project meanwhile emerged? The address [in Hollywood FL] belongs to leased office space where also the handling of mail etc. is being offered. In other words, it appears to be virtual (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Nov 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 15419.86 USB, PIRATE, October 31 at 2250. Unidentified pirate with special Halloween broadcast. Wolfman Jack songs and imitations followed by excellent section of oldies. Fair signal strength, but quite clear in Houston. Quite the odd frequency. [Later] Correction - the logging should likely be WBCQ. This makes much more sense and resolves the issue with the definitely un-pirate- like frequency (Jim Andrew, Houston, Texas - Funcube Pro+ SDR, SPR-4, Quantum Loop+, amateur band vertical, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9330+ CUSB, Nov 2 at 0108, WBCQ still Brother Scaring here, full extent of new schedule unknown; poor signal. 7490, Nov 2 at 0118, WBCQ with talk about socialism being demonized but an alternative to greed-based capitalism. Voice resembles Allan Weiner. 5110v-CUSB with separate musical programming; 0118 refers to Glenn Hauser`s yahoogroup where someone posted hearing a pirate last night on strange frequency of 15419.38-AM at 2300 with Wolfman Jack show, but it was really licensed WBCQ. Show now is `Lumpy Gravy`. Well, I wish someone had posted advance time and frequency for the WMJ show, as I wasn`t listening then. And I heard this on WBCQ about the DXLDyg item before finding it myself: [Andrew`s log above] (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. 5110 // 7490 // 9330 // 15420, Nov 1 at 0057, WBCQ is audible on all four frequencies: 9330 best by far, 7490 much weaker, 5110 even weaker, and 15420 barely audible. I`m looking for the Hallowe`en special tribute by Jason to Wolfman Jack, which Allan mentioned last week, but never heard which frequencies would carry it at what time. Instead they are all // and almost synchronized as `Allan Weiner Worldwide` is on as usual while he is telling a story. At 0112 I measure some of them compared to WWV: approx. 9330.36 and 7490.26. By next check 0134, 9330 is off, 7490 AW is talking about a ``transmitter goes down`` but I think it`s still from an old story, not what just happened; 5110 still on and weak, and 15420 barely audible. By 0231, music is playing on 7490 and 5110 but 15420 not audible. 9330+CUSB, Nov 1 at 1254, surprised to find WBCQ back on, and Brother Scare is back on it after a month hiatus. Much weaker than via 9370 WWRB but only an echo apart from it. Still considerably off-frequency to hi side and now making an appropriate het with something on 9330.0. Nothing registered in HFCC and surely not Syria, long gone from SW, forget it. But Aoki has it: R. Free North Korea, 1230-1330 via TAJIKISTAN. But 1322 recheck, 9330 is one bisecond behind 9370; what changed, internet buffering? At 1359, 9330 with organ music prélude to the Sabbath service from The Tabernacle; this Saturday-only time used to be only on 15420 but nothing audible there now. 1644 next check, 9330 is JBA but apparently still operative. By 1910 UT, 9330 is still on poorly with BS and still 2 seconds behind 9370. Looks like the new deal is for very long hours of BS on this WBCQ 9330, at least. Nothing such yet shown on the program schedule. 9330-CUSB, Nov 3 at 0624, no signal from WBCQ with BS, off or not propagating after two days of unlisted activity. They had a big snowfall already in northern Maine (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1746, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 3185, Nov 1 at 0116, WWRB in open carrier/dead air, while 5050 is BSing. 3185 also markedly weaker than neighbor 3215 WWCR. At 0129 check, 3185 now features a YL broadcasting ``for the weaker female gender`` and referring to ``Yahweh Almighty`` and some visitation/vision she had portending doom for the White House and America in general by a black hand and olive-skinned people, thinly disguised racism (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also WORLD OF RADIO Monitoring ** U S A. 7505+, Oct 31 at 0228, I notice that WRNO is still running strange-bedfellow newscasts from Deutsche Welle; variable times? Additional degrading humbuzz applied by WRNO, of course. Explosion in Texas, other world news, by British-accented YL, outro at 0232 as Thea? Walton? And ref to dw.de for more news, back to gospel huxtering (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 12050, Oct 30 at 1318, WEWN Spanish with considerable talk CCI which is lacking on // 11550. B-14 sked shows at 13-14, IBB Tibetan via TINIAN is also on 12050, which means ChiCom jamming as well (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. 12050, Oct 31 at 1341, WEWN Spanish es ASP (ausente sin permiso - AWOL), clearing channel for RFA Tibetan via TINIAN, poor, and/or ChiCom jamming, during this hour only. 11550 WEWN Spanish meanwhile is VG (Note that 11550 is now succeeded immediately at 1800 by WRMI/TruNews). 7555, Nov 4 at 0644, WEWN Spanish is gone (while 7570 WRMI BS remains inbooming) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. 9930, Nov 1 at 0115, WTWW-2 still here blasting BS, apparently intentional sked change until 0200* leaving 5085 clear until then, and also impossiblizing 9935 for ERTOpen which is only barely detectable on there tonight, see GREECE. 5085, Nov 1 at 1243, 5085 is off, and so is 9930; or rather at 1254, music from presumed T8WH, mostly active only on weekends, until 1400 on Saturdays, 1500 on Sundays. There will be quite a collision if these two are allowed to overlap. 12105, Nov 2 at 0126, very poor signal from WTWW-3 but can tell it`s PPPP; while -2 on 9930 and -1 on 9475 are still inbooming. 9930, Nov 2 at 1433, WTWW-2 is on but not with BS: instead // 9475 WTWW-1 with SFAW/PPP. 12105, WTWW-3 carrier is also on now, but dead air. More SNAFUs as they try to Transmit World Wide. Also, listening intently to 9930, I can barely detect some music underneath as this collides with T8WH Palau which is on until 1500 Sundays only. At 1628, 9930 is still PPP, and 12105 is still dead air! 9475 is much weaker than 9930 but still //. Maybe its #1 priority SFAW is running on 9930 because altho on the air, the 9475 transmitter can`t run at full power now. 5085, Nov 5 at 0643, WTWW-2 is missing, while WTWW-1 is still on 5830. Nov 5 at 1345, neither 5085 nor day frequency 9930 is on; 12105 is not on either in compensation. Nov 6 at 0700, 5085 still off, as the #2 transmitter has crashed, maybe also Nov 4 when I wasn`t paying much attention (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1746, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9830, Nov 1 at 0520, WHRI, VG signal with gospel huxter in English also splashing upon adjacents. I can detect a slight squeal, sign of deteriorating modulator section on this transmitter. Now registered 0430-0600 daily instead of 11635, but not necessarily in use during that entire span (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 4840, Nov 3 at 0637 UT, open carrier/dead air from WWCR-3, still so past 0641. `Inspirations Across America` is supposed to air at 12:00 AM CT Mondays --- per program schedule which as of Nov 3 is still dated Oct 26 and with extinct 5-hour time conversion to UT! When no one at WWCR is listening to their own output, how can they expect anyone else to? Dead air is all too common also on domestic stations, over-relying upon automation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 15550/USB, WJHR INT'L, Milton FL; Oct/29 1810 English, excellent, blasting in USB with wild preacher with anti-gay/anti-Obama diatribe! Complaining about the "Ellen Degeneres Show and Gays in general". Live Audience cheering him on! NEW Station for me (Robert Ross, London ON, Drake R8B + 180' RW, MARE Tipsheet Oct 31 via DXLD) ** U S A. 750, Oct 30 at 1256 UT, Univisión América mentioned, i.e. KAMA El Paso TX. It`s still obviously running 10 kW ND instead of licensed 1 kW and direxional westward day and night; it QRMs WSB any time of night, often dominating frequency, and has done so for months, tho I quit bothering to log it. No one cares, least of all WSB and FCC. {not that WSB 750 is deserving of any protexion or respect: it`s now just an appendage to 95.5 FM, and plies Georgians with such far-right anti-American wackos as Limbaugh, Cain, and Hannity, altho mostly in the daytimes.} (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1000, Oct 30 at 1259 UT, KKIM AM 1000 weather, ``New Mexico`s Christian Heritage Station`` making usual very slow SAH, almost zero-beat with KTOK OKC. Another one which appears to be cheating most or all of the time, 10 kW day power ND instead of 38 watts at night. In fact, it overrides KTOK here unless carefully nulled. Official Albuquerque sunrise in Oct is 1315 UT; November, 1345 UT. It also has a 42-watt PSRA from Sept thru March, limited by KOMO; yeah, right. Also commonly heard any time of night; sometimes hear Spanish on 1000 instead also making slow SAH with KTOK, which is XEFV in Juárez, per IRCA Log a 24-hour daytimer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Two Montana AM stations signing off Hi, Glenn, Here in Helena, Montana, we have four AM (MW) stations: KKGR - 680, 5kw-D - Oldies Rock&Roll KMTX - 950, 5kw, D-D/D-N - Adults standards format KBLL - 1240, 1kw-ND-D/.85kw-ND-N - Talk Radio KCAP - 1340, 1kw-ND - Talk Radio / ESPN From midnight Wednesday, November 5, 2014, these will be whittled down to only two stations; KKGR - 680 kHz and KCAP - 950 kHz (ex. KMTX). The new KCAP will carry a Talk Radio, not sure of ESPN yet. KBLL and KCAP had been running the same programming for the last month or so, so I knew something was up. Then, last Wednesday, the 29th of October, KCAP - 1340 went off the air. So far, apparently, never to return. New advertisements on KBLL and KMTX state that after election results on Tuesday that all KBLL/ KCAP programming will revert to the new KCAP - 950 kHz at midnight Wednesday morning. I always thought that four AM stations in a city with 30,000 people was overkill but, we have 19 FM stations! I guess that tells you where AM is going. Both KBLL-1240 and KCAP-1340 were broadcast from a single tower in the western part of Helena , the land had been up for sale for at least 4 years. It's a about a block from the Lewis & Clark County Fairgrounds. Basically prime real estate. More info at: http://www.kbllradio.com/News/6858218 Thanks, Glenn (Terry Palmersheim, KT7DX, Helena, MT, Nov 2, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1440, Oct 30 at 0631 UT, ad for something on I-470, which I soon find in the southeast corner of Kansas City MO --- but there is no 1440 station there, nearest being Topeka, which is too far for 1 kW at night. Googling quickly reveals that there is *another* I-470 loop around Topeka KS (and yet another around Wheeling WV; these loops get duplicated without enough different numbers in the inadequate decimal system, but surprisingly so close as KC and Topeka). So anyhow, this is KMAJ in Topeka KS, the Big Talker. Soon displaced by an ESPN station, likely common WGEM Quincy IL (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1540, Oct 30 at 0627 UT, R. Jalapeño (i.e. KEDA San Antonio TX) announces in Spanglish a new FM frequency, 87.7, back to tejana music. Similar but unseems // sibling 1700 KKLF Metroplex. Confirmed as 87.7 with top billing on https://www.kedaradio.com/ updating NRC AM Log 2014 listing as // K272EK on 102.3. Logo has call letters inside, what else, a green pepper. KEDA BTW may allude to ``quedarse`` = stay tuned. 87.7 of course has to be a Franken-FM, licensed as low-power TV. FCC TV Query shows http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?list=0&facid=40782 as KFLZ-LP on channel 6, 0.5 kW licensed, 3 kW application, owned by B COMMUNICATIONS JOINT VENTURE, Corpus Christi, and you`d never know it`s really to operate as an FM station of an AM station (and is it really on 87.70, 87.74, 87.75 or 87.76?). Correspondence Folder shows original application (for the power increase?) as of Aug 21, 2014, was mutually exclusive with KCWX DTV on ch 5 in Fredericksburg, to which KFLZ would cause interference. Nothing mentioned about Franken-FMing. I wonder what they are using for video? Pat Dyer could tell us (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Check of Radio insight I found: "I’m hearing many English songs on 1500 and 102.3 Radio Formula SA now, it’s as if their musical programming is bilingual. Most of it’s random songs like Guns and Roses’s “November Rain” and MGMT’s “Electric Feel”" dated February 2014 FCC still lists KEDA as the "Primary Station Call Sign" as of today. Wiki entry says KBRN started using K272EK in 2011 but earlier releases I had from other sources said KEDA. My next AM Switch column will reflect the K272EK change to KBRN. Another translator can of worms. 73 (Wayne Heinen, Editor AM Radio Log, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1580, Nov 2 at 0140 UT, KREL Colorado Springs CO with 15 kW day signal inbooming at night instead of 15 watts, but nullable for KOKB to be heard close to 90 degrees away [see OKLAHOMA log]; 0144 UT KREL with golf course ad, then citing its legalese contest rules; 0205 into Fox Sports Radio rather than play-by-play any games on a Saturday night, leaving that to KOKB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1610, FLORIDA (MIS), WPLY701, City of Tarpon Springs. 1415 October 30, 2014. Long rap vocal on fire prevention, male ID with calls, URL, phone number, address and how to apply for city positions loop. Co-channel Tampa International Airport TIS (Terry L Krueger, remotely at Honeymoon Island State Park, FL, using an ICOM IC-R75 with an active loop or 200 feet random wire on ground beach-side, Florida Low Power Radio Stations: https://sites.google.com/site/floridadxn/florida-low-power-radio-stations DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1620, Nov 2 at 0149 UT, I`m looking for `Science Fantastic` with Prof. Michio Kaku on WTAW College Station TX, but only hear adstring including Guaca Maya Mexican Restaurant on 33rd St., which leads to Omaha`s KZON instead (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1650, FLORIDA (TIS), WQQY809, FDoT, Sunshine Skyway Bridge. 1510 October 30, 2014. One of the three weakly audible under the I-275 FDoT Tampa TIS. The farthest I've heard this one (Terry L Krueger, remotely at Honeymoon Island State Park, FL, using an ICOM IC-R75 with an active loop or 200 feet random wire on ground beach-side, Florida Low Power Radio Stations: https://sites.google.com/site/floridadxn/florida-low-power-radio-stations DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Pirates: 1720, UnderCover Radio, USA, Oct/27, 0200-0211* English, POOR-FAIR male DJ with scary Halloween story at 0200 Tune in. Complete with howling and blood curdling screams. Very noisy band. Possibly music at 0210. Appeared to sign off at 0211. Thanks to tip from Tim Tromp. NEW STATION [to him] (Robert Ross, London ON, Drake R8B + 180' RW, MARE Tipsheet Oct 31 via DXLD) 1720, Undercover Radio with rock music, Head East's ``There's never been any reason``, as I tuned in and "broadcasting from the middle of nowhere" ID at 0215, into Dr Benway tx [talx or transmission?] re new antenna then mentioning that he is usually on SW and offering to let all the new listeners find out what Dr Benway was all about. Then some of his "patented" 'stream of consciousness' stuff with mention of not being able to read his computer monitor, etc., and some middle-eastern sounding music in the background. Classic stuff. 0229 Grand Funk Railroad's ``We're An American Band`` and mention that this is the 20th anniversary of Undercover Radio at 0235. Mention that the first broadcast was in December 2002. 0239 Steve Miller Band: Fly Like an Eagle. Slightly different format than usual (pandering to the MW DX hoi polloi perhaps?). Beginning of s/off at 0242 and welcome to first time listeners and carrier off at 0243. Thanks to Tim Tromp for the heads up this was one! 34443+ with some long slow fades, but mostly above the noise floor, 0211-0243* 25/Oct (Ken Zichi, Williamston MI, MARE Tipsheet Oct 31 via DXLD) See also NORTH AMERICA ** U S A. There's about to be a huge shakeup in radio network news affiliations across the US at the end of the year. ABC Radio News has been distributed by Cumulus Media Networks (now merged into Westwood One), but that contract ends on 31 Dec 14. Westwood One will cease distributing all ABC products on that date, and it's also discontinuing "NBC Radio News" (which Westwood One produces under a licensing deal with NBC itself.) On 1 Jan 15, Westwood One launches a new news product called "Westwood One News." Many, but not all, ABC and NBC affiliates will be carrying Westwood One News, which will be produced out of Washington by many of the staffers who now produce NBC Radio News. (It will also feature audio from CNN, but will not carry CNN branding.) ABC Radio News will continue to be produced, but will be distributed by a different, smaller syndicator called Skyview. Some existing ABC affiliates may opt to continue with ABC via Skyview, but many will likely stick with the WW1 product. We don't have (and are unlikely to get) a full list of who's going which way. We do know that the stations Cumulus owns will switch from ABC to Westwood One News. Confusingly, this includes WABC, KABC, WLS, KGO and the rest of the stations that were formerly owned and operated by ABC, but have long since been sold off to Citadel and thence to Cumulus. Please share this widely; it will make a lot of the data now out there (especially in sources like the NRC Log) outdated as of 1 Jan 15, and we're all going to be scrambling to figure out who's on what team then. s (Scott Fybush, NY, Nov 2, NRC-AM via WORLD OF RADIO 1746, DXLD) ** UZBEKISTAN. 15755, Oct 30 at 1401, S Asian song, 1402 speech ending with Amen, sounds sorta Burmese. HFCC listed as TWR via Tashkent at 1300-1530 with no languages specified. Last year this was in Hindi (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VATICAN. 9560, Nov 1 at 0119, S Asian music, `Laudetur Iesus Christus`, slogan a dead giveaway for Vatican Radio, 0120 going from Tamil to Malayalam per HFCC. Fair-good signal, perceptiblizing some variable squealing on the modulation like also-Catholic WEWN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VATICAN [and non]. Tentative B14 schedule for Vatican Radio in English 0140-0200 Daily As 7410-ta 9560-va 0300-0320 Daily As 15470-md 0300-0330 Daily Af 9660-va 11625-md 0500-0530 Daily Af 7360-va 13765-md 0730-0745 .mtwtfs DomME 15595-va 0630-0700 Daily Af 11625-va 13765-va 0800-1100 irreg Af 21550-va (irreg -special events) 1130-1200 .....f. As 17590-va 21560-va (mass) 1530-1550 Daily As 11660-ta 15470-ph 15775-va-drm (Sat: Mass -1600) 1715-1730 Daily DomME 11935-va 1730-1800 Daily Af 11625-va 13765-va 15570-va 2000-2030 Daily Af 11625-va 13765-va (HFCC via Nov BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) va = SMG, VATICAN itself; ta = Tashkent, UZBEKISTAN; md = MADAGASCAR; ph = PHILIPPINES/RVA Palauig (gh, DXLD) ** VATICAN STATE [and non]. 6070 channel is now registered to Latin morning mass prayer of Vatican Radio via Santa Maria di Galeria site, at 0630-0715 UT in B-14. German audience discovered a terrible audio mixture this morning with co-channel German music hobby radio station called "ch292 6150 6070" etc. via Ingolstadt Rohrbach Waal. VR uses two transmitters in \\ on that channel, but syncronisation of the 100 kW 326 degree unit and the other 250 kW unit at 004 degree seemingly get difficult, audiowise in the northerly target (Wolfgang Büeschel, Nov 2, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DXLD) Is it really two at once, or alternates/backup? (gh, DXLD) See also CANADA [and non] ** VIETNAM [non]. CLANDESTINE: 9930, Que Me, Oct 31 *1200-1217, 45544, Vietnamese, 1200 sign on with opening music, Opening announce, 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) ** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. 1550.0, *1700-1802, 03/11, ALG, POLISARIO Front (cland.), Rabouni, Arabic, prayer, Castilian 1715, songs, IDs, Arabic again at 1800. 55444, CGS 1550.0, 1113-1302*, 04/11, ALG, POLISARIO Front - cland., Arabic, talks, music; Castilian program at 1200, songs, talks, pops, announced continuation in Arabic, but closed. 25342 (Carlos Gonçalves, SW coast of Portugal, JRC NRD-545DSP & DRAKE R8-E; Advanced ReceiverResearch amp.; 20 m T2FD, 45 m inv. V, 30 m 180º/0º mini-Bev., 80 m 300º/120º Bev., 200 m 270º/, 90º Bev., 270 m 145º/325º Bev., 300 m 225º/45º Bev., raised, 4 loop-K9AY, radioescutas yg via DXLD) ** YEMEN [and non]. IRAN/YEMEN, Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran IRIB vs Radio Sana'a 1823-1920 on 6135 KAM 500 kW / 304 deg to WeEu French 1800-1900 on 6135 ALH 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME English. Video: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/11/voice-of-islamic-republic-of-iran-irib.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire Nov 5, dxldyg via DXLD) ** ZANZIBAR. 6015, TANZANIA, ZBC Radio presumed at 0302, Islamic prayer to 0306 male speaker in presumed Swahili - Very poor Oct 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) ** ZIMBABWE [non]. 12115, MADAGASCAR, Radio Dialogue FM, carrier on at 1557, music began at 1559:30, 1600 man in Shona or Ndebele with announcements and talk over music until 1606:30, many “Radio Dialogue FM” IDs, then into music. Station targets Zimbabwe. Schedule reported to DXLD YG by Ivo Ivanov on October 30th - Fair Oct 31 (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) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific carrier search around sunrise Oct 30 at 1249-1254 UT: JBA carriers on 594, 702, 774, 864, 882, 972, 1053. Neighbor Richard Allen has been getting a lot of these lately with some audio via his souped-up ferrite antenna {plus much longer and earlier monitoring sessions} (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 612, Oct 31 at 1150, Trans-Pacific carrier search thru bottom half of the MW band finds only this weakie --- except I can`t null it, which implies it`s something else local --- yet it`s exactly on 612.0 as far as I can tell (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 1169.98, Central American. 0031 October 31, 2014. Pointing more Honduras/Nicaragua than Mexico. Spanish ballads, female DJ. WWVA slowly becoming problematic. Several other Latin Americans ruled out [COLOMBIA, CUBA, MEXICO] (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, FL with JRC NRD 535, IC-R75, roof dipole, active loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 3840-LSB, Nov 3 at 0639-0641+, bits of C&W music on and off randomly, not always QRMing a proper ham talking, but maybe intended to. This kind of thing draws FCC fines, theoretically. Found this exactly 1 MHz below the dead air from WWCR (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. UNKNOWNIA: 9575, 2120-2132+, 30-Oct; M in French with jazz; waiting to hear Voix du [sic] Amerique or Jazz America but no such announcement during lengthy talk from 2129. Nothing in the usual lists. SIO=433- with 9565 Cuba (presumed) splash (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9565 Cuba is jamming and R. Martí (gh) Harold, What usual lists? R Medi Un, Morocco is almost all there is on 9575, e.g. in Aoki (and don`t you believe it`s only in Arabic). 73, (Glenn to Harold, via DXLD) I've never heard Morocco that good (Harold Frodge, DX LISTENIN DIGEST) UNIDentified. Non-stop music was observed on November 5: 1602-1717 on 11695 after close of Vatican Radio transmissions to SoAs 1430-1600 on 11695 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg Hindi/Tamil/Malayalam/English Videos: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/11/unidentified-station-with-non-stop.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ ACKNOWLEDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 1746: Thanks for financial support from Tim Hendel, Huntsville AL, who sent a check to P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessairly in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com Thank you again, for the attention to detail you pay to the BDXC's publications, and for the work you do for the hobby in general. It is hugely appreciated by all, Best regards, (Stephen Howie, [log editor], Sent from my iPhone, British DX Club-UK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ Now fully updated for B14 and standard time seasons: DX/SWL/Media Programs: http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html WORLD OF RADIO Schedules: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html ALAN ROE`s HITLIST of SW Stations: http://www.w4uvh.net/hitlist.htm (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES +++++++++++++++++++++++++ ANOTHER IRCA TALK From the 50th get-together in Billings. Phil Bytheway presents Nick Hall-Patch&`s thoughts on DX-pedition down-sizing and noise factors; plus we hear Phil's personal thoughts on the state of computers. You'll find it, along with Patrick Martin's self-bio, at www-dot-durenberger-dot-com We suggest you download for later play using the "Save Page As" utility. It's 7.5 mb. Next posting will be Larry Godwin's recollections on the mid-sixties machinations. Cheers! (Mark Durenberger, MDXC yg via DXLD) The last of three 'talks' at the IRCA 50th Convention at Billings 2014 is now posted: http://www.durenberger.com The three are: PATRICK MARTIN on a life of DX-ing PHIL BYTHEWAY with Nick Hall-Patch's comments on 'miniaturizing' LARRY GODWIN on the beginning of IRCA Available for download as a free service of IRCA Cheers! (Mark Durenberger, NRC-AM via DXLD) PROGRAMACIÓN OFICIAL 2º ENCUENTRO DE DIEXISTAS Y RADIOAFICIO Saudações/Saludos, 2º Encontro de Dxistas e Radioamadores de Pernambuco DATA: 22 DE NOVEMBRO DE 2014 HORA: DAS 10H ÀS 17H (DAS 13H ÀS 20H UTC) LOCAL: MUSEU DO BARRO “ESPAÇO ZÉ CABOCLO”, (PÁTIO DE EVENTOS LUIZ LUA GONZAGA), PRAÇA CORONEL JOSÉ DE VASCONCELOS, nº 100, CENTRO, CARUARU – PERNAMBUCO – BRASIL PALESTRAS, FEIRA DE RADIOAMADOR, EXPOSIÇÕES DE QSL’s, RÁDIOS ANTIGOS E MATERIAIS RECEBIDO DAS EMISSORAS, PREMIAÇÃO DAS EMISSORAS E SORTEIO DE BRINDES Taxa de participação R$ 10,00 TEMAS E PALESTRANTES OS DESAFIOS DO RÁDIO NA ERA DIGITAL O RADIOAMADORISMO NO DIA A DIA DA POPULAÇÃO A IMPORTÂNCIA DO RÁDIO PARA A POPULAÇÃO AS NOVAS TECNOLOGIAS E O SISTEMA DIGITAL PARA AS EMISSORAS DE ONDA CURTA E TROPICAL A MIGRAÇÃO DAS EMISSORAS AM PARA FM A CONVIVÊNCIA DIÁRIA DO RADIOAMADOR MESA REDONDA [details:] http://www.dxclubesemfronteiras.com/eventos_2_encontro_2014.html Atenciosamente, (Antonio Avelino, Diretor/Jornalista (DRT 5597/PE), DX Clube Sem Fronteiras, Tel. 55 (81) 9741-3846 (TIM) 9257-1734 (CLARO) E-mail: antonioadx@yahoo.com.br dxclubesemfronteiras@hotmail.com noticiasdx yg via DXLD) WORLD OF HOROLOGY +++++++++++++++++ IT'S A MATTER OF TIME Jordan Chittley, CTVNews.ca Writer Published Wednesday, November 5, 2014 10:37AM EST Exactly seventy-five years ago, Canadian radio listeners first heard the famous tone that signals the exact time. The National Research Council Time Signal can still be heard on radio stations across Canada today, helping listeners set their clocks in sync. Many stations now just play the tone, but some may remember the constant phrase "Now from Ottawa, the National Research Council official time signal. The beginning of the long dash will indicate exactly 12 o'clock Eastern Standard Time." Today, many of the devices Canadians own, such as our cable boxes, computer and cellphones, automatically set their own clocks. They change the moment we switch from Daylight Saving Time to Standard Time, and even update themselves the moment we step off a plane in a new time zone, meaning we don't often have to think about getting the time right these days. RELATED STORIES Falling back: 10 things to know about Daylight Saving Time [sidebar] But, according to a statement from the National Research Council, which operates the precision clocks that disseminate the time signal, computers, GPS systems and stock exchanges all rely ensuring their clocks are millisecond-accurate. "Metrology and measurement standards lie at the heart of every industrial process, from research and product development to commerce and international trade," according to the NRC. The time at NRC is accurate to approximately 100 nanoseconds of the international time. The council uses atomic clocks, where the atoms vibrate at a consistent rate, to tell the time. "Over the decades, Canadians and Canadian businesses have depended on the long dash as the standard by which to set their clocks," said Minister of State for science and technology Ed Holder in a statement. "Our government will continue to support the NRC Measurement Science and Standards, which has important implications in radio astronomy, spectroscopy, geodesy, length measurement, voltage measurement, broadcasting and even electronics manufacturing-fields in science and industry that create jobs and prosperity for Canadians." Read more: http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/canada-s-official-time-signal-first-beeped-75-years-ago-today-1.2087778#ixzz3IDBfavMW Posted by: (Harry Van Vugt, Canada, dxldydg via DXLD) KNOWING THE RIGHT TIME I remember someone said: when you have one clock, you always know the right time. If you own two clocks, knowing the right time becomes more difficult. If you have many clocks, knowing what the time is can be a problem. Well, up to some time ago there was a foolproof method of knowing the right time: to switch on the radio on the hour. Now, with radio going digital, that’s no longer so true. I’ve tuned RAI Radio 1 simultaneously on medium wave, FM, DAB and on the web (to both vTuner and TuneIn on two different devices). Well, on MW/FM the time signal came in at :00, on DAB four seconds later, three seconds after DAB came TuneIn, and after one more second vTuner (according to other observations I’ve done, time lags between the two web applications can vary). So the time signal on vTuner came 8 seconds after MW/FM. And that brings to mind that the digital age is the age of the “almost good”: listening to mp3 is almost as good as being surrounded by a hi- fi system, reading a book on the tablet is almost as good as leafing through the pages, watching a film on the iPad is almost as good as going to the cinema (Southern European Report with Stefano Valianti, Nov BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) LANGUAGE LESSONS ++++++++++++++++ THE COLOMBIAN WHO TEACHES COLOMBIAN TO COLOMBIANS http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-29818050 (via Terry L Krueger, Clearwater FL, DXLD) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV See also ROMANIA; SARAWAK; VATICAN; USA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DEFAULT KSNV CHANGES One of our favorite digital low-VHF stations has made some changes. Earlier this year KSNV [Las Vegas NV] was sold to Sinclair Broadcast Group for $120 million upon the death of its owner, Jim Rogers. Rogers had been selling off his television stations for about a year or two prior, but KSNV was the last to go. The ownership situation is complicated as Sinclair owns KVMY and KVCW there as well; the purchase of KSNV apparently only includes non-license assets. A few days ago a notice asking antenna viewers to rescan their antennas on or after November 1 went up on the station's site. From TitanTV, it appears that KSNV and KVMY are swapping physical channels but not callsigns. There may be further changes but it's not terribly clear what's going on. Just a note because obviously KSNV is one of the more important low- VHF digital stations (Raymie Humbert, AZ, Oct 31, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) Well, it looks like there might be less of a chance of receiving KSNV here again. The first time I received the station was around August 2008 as KVBC on analog channel 3. At the time, KVBC overtook then- regularly received KOET channel 3, Eufaula, OK. When I first checked, there was a fluttery, but strong signal. The second time, I received the station again, as KSNV in digital, on June 1, 2013. I should have checked for the station earlier this year, but I only thought to check the FM stations for DX, and Mexico TV station DX, but did not think to check for Digital TV DX. It seems that I may have received KSNV for the last time (at least for what may be a long time). (Kegan, Northwest Arkansas, ibid.) The RF 2 signal is still on but they're simulcasting KSNV on their channel 21 multiplex (which appears to be headed for a divestiture given that it has subchannels unusual to Sinclair on it), and some of the subchannels have changed (Raymie, Nov 1, ibid.) Sinclair also owns KTUL channel 8 (virtual, and former analog channel, RF digital channel 10), Tulsa, OK, which I receive regularly. When companies like Sinclair do baffling or questionable changes to the stations it owns, I would hope that the affected stations will be sold to another owner (or other owners). < (My $0.02) (Kegan, ibid.) As of today RF 2 now has the calls KVMY. It is mapping to 21.x. Conversely RF 22 now has the KSNV callsign and PSIP of 3.x (Raymie, Nov 4, ibid.) When I received KSNV on DT 2, it was brief, possibly due to the analog channel 2 signals from Mexico. I suppose there may be a (probably slim and rare) chance I could receive KSNV again. If I do, that would probably be a record distance for me receiving a physical RF signal on UHF. I think having received KSNV on its now former physical VHF channel was probably a record distance for me receiving a VHF digital signal (Kegan, ibid.) ?? NO way you are going to get UHF DX from NV to AR (Except possibly EME!) In all my years TVDXing from OK, I never got even VHF hiband beyond eastern NM (Roswell, Clovis) --- never anything from Albuquerque despite Sandia Crest elevation, VHF, UHF nor FM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DXLD) Maybe I am reading this wrong; but from what I gather on this, is the following link a similar situation? [sic, truncated:] http://www.radiodiscussions.com/show...inko-quot-nigh Sounds as if a company which owns 2 or more TV stations in a market, of which one is a low-V "Big Four" DTV, will jump at any chance to pull the switch. cd (Chris Dunne, Pembroke Pines FL, ibid.) RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ STRANGE BIT OF ANALOG HISTORY See page 58 on this link for a bizarre story out of the analog TV era. http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1963/1963-10-28-BC.pdf Analog TV involved separate video and audio signals. The analog TV transmitter was a single unit, usually with a single power supply and frequency-determining components. But much of the rest was separate for audio and video. The outputs of the two sides of the transmitter would then be combined in a "diplexer" and fed up a single feedline to a single antenna. Except --- for one week in 1963 in South Carolina. WSPA-TV (ch. 7) held a permit to move from one mountain to another. One Sunday night, they shut down the visual transmitter and moved it to the new site, bringing it back on the air Monday morning. Leaving the aural transmitter behind (and operating) at the old site. They operated that way for a week -- with the picture transmitted from one mountain and the sound from a different one -- before moving the aural transmitter the subsequent Sunday. I have to think some strange things were heard on the TV sets of upstate South Carolina that week (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, http://www.w9wi.com Nov 4, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) Found it, page 54 that's cool wonder just what it was like. How would they get it there, two STLs, one for video and another for audio? SUPERPOWER ON MEDIUMWAVE, as the thread diverges On page 56 it says WGN tried to test a 750 kW signal! Any info on what happened with that? I know WLW was 500 kW don't know for how long though (JVL DXer, Janesville, WI - Kaito KA1103 & iPod Nano, ibid.) Oops: I meant page 58 by the way the original magazine numbered it. Adobe's impression of page numbers is different I wonder if there's a way to link into the middle of a PDF? STLs for analog TV stations generally used a subcarrier (same thing as the stereo MPX) for audio. I'm sure WSPA had separate STLs going to both mountains & just didn't bother to connect the aural STL output at the new site until the aural transmitter was installed. WGN never got approval to try 750 kW. WLW's 500 kW authority lasted from the beginning of 1934 until sometime in 1939. Initially the high- powered operation was experimental under the callsign W8XO, but they eventually received approval to operate the high-powered transmitter under the ordinary WLW calls. For much of the 500 kW period, WLW was directional at night, with two towers. At the time, Toronto's CFRB was on 690 and complained of adjacent-channel interference. IMHO, what sunk superpower operation before World War II was fear on the part of smaller stations that they'd lose their network affiliations. In those days before TV, there were radio networks similar to the OTA TV networks we have today (of course, there was no "cable radio" to compete with the OTA nets). Network stations in general were a LOT more successful than independents. A NBC affiliate in Columbus or Indianapolis or Fort Wayne or Louisville might fear that NBC would yank their affiliation to affiliate with WLW -- or that, even if the Louisville station kept its affiliation, many Louisville listeners would tune to WLW for network programs) As you saw there, stations continued to ask for superpower after the war. By then, TV had rendered the radio network pretty much obsolete. The problem for superpower was different. There was concern over "white areas" -- places where there was no radio service during the day. ("white areas", because someone took a black-on-white map of the U.S. and colored in the daytime coverage areas of existing stations. Areas not reached by a station didn't get colored in, and showed up white on the map) There were two ways to fix the "white area" problem. One was to increase the power of existing stations, the other to create new stations. Unfortunately, nobody was buying FM (which could have solved most of the problem). The two solutions were mutually exclusive. Using 650 kHz for a new station in Virginia would preclude a power increase at WSM -- allowing WSM to increase power to 500 kW (even only during the day) would preclude use of 650 in Virginia (even only during the day). (WSM won that specific round, the Virginia station in question ended up moved to 800 kHz). Allowing WCCO Minneapolis to increase to 750 kW might not displace the NYC daytimer on the same frequency, but it would mean the NYC station would never receive authority to operate at night. As you read the various old issues of Broadcasting on that site, you find that "a solution to the AM clear channel problem" was "just around the corner" for decades. The FCC never did really solve it. Stations of 500 kW or more are not particularly unusual in other countries. There's at least one 2000 kW station in Saudi Arabia. Ironically, the best-respected transmitters for this overseas superpower operation are made in Texas (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, http://www.w9wi.com ibid.) If this works you can indeed link to a specific page in a PDF. http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1963/1963-10-28-BC.pdf#page=54 (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, IBID.) I'll have to either change my internet settings or security settings or something related, as I cannot view the link, due to what could be incompatibility (Kegan, NW Arkansas, ibid.) The specific page link didn't work for me but I'm on an iPad (JVL DXer, Janesville, WI - Kaito KA1103 & iPod Nano, ibid.) BEWARE OF SHORTWAVE RAYS 17790, Radio Africa via WRMI: 1541-1600+, 28-Oct; 3ABN program Amazing Discoveries; pixie-sounding W in English explaining Earth history; said that God destroyed the Earth's hydrogen and water layers, exposing the Earth to the sun's ultra-violet and shortwave rays (Yes, she said, "shortwave rays"), and this caused men's lives to become shorter. (So --- exposing myself to WRMI's shortwave rays will shorten my life? I don't know what to make of that hydrogen layer thing; did that make all the early folks talk George Patton?) 1559+ ID as "The Radio Africa Network from the WRMI studios in Okeechobee FL", into The Seed of Abraham English huxter program. SIO=434- with transmitter? hum (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 125 ft. bow-tie; 85 ft. RW & 180 ft. center-fed RW, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ :Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts :Issued: 2014 Nov 03 0632 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 27 October - 02 November 2014 Solar activity was at moderate to high levels on 27 - 30 October before declining to low levels on 31 October - 02 November. Region 2192 (S12, L=248, class/area Fkc/2750 on 26 Oct) was the culprit for a majority of the activity through 30 October. Early on 27 October, the region produced an M7/3b flare at 27/0044 UTC. This was followed by an M6/2b flare at 27/1009 UTC. At 27/1447 UTC, Region 2192 produced the largest event of the summary period, an X2/2b. The region also produced a few weak M-class events on 27 October. 28 October saw three M-class events, the largest an M6 x-ray event at 28/0332 UTC. 29 - 30 October recorded a total of nine weak M-class and numerous C-class events as Region 2192 approached the west limb. Region 2192 was the largest observed sunspot region since 18 November 1990 and was responsible for a total of 73 C-class, 35 M-class and 6 X-class events. Remarkably, Region 2192 did not produce any radiation storms or any significant Earth-directed coronal mass ejections (CMEs) during it's transit across the disk. By the end of 30 October through 02 November, a majority of the activity originated from new Region 2201 (S05, L=086, class/area Cai/050 on 02 Nov). Numerous low to moderate level C-class events were observed from this region during that period, the largest a C7 x-ray event at 01/1646 UTC. Additional activity from Region 2201 included a C2/Sf flare at 30/1508 UTC with a Type II Sweep (1000 km/s), a C4/1n flare at 30 October with a Type II Sweep (691 km/s) and a C3 x-ray event at 02/1703 UTC with a Type II Sweep (1443 km/s). The period concluded with a C9 x-ray event from a location behind the NE limb. Other activity included a large filament eruption between 01/0410-0600 UTC. A Hyder flare, associated with a large filament eruption centered near S28E54, was observed in SDO/AIA imagery. The eruption resulted in a C2 x-ray event at 01/0534 UTC with an associated large CME off the SE limb, first visible in SOHO/LASCO C2 coronagraph imagery at 01/0500 UTC. Subsequent analysis and WSA-Enlil model output suggested the CME was directed well south and east of the Sun-Earth line. The greater than 10 MeV proton flux observed at geosynchronous orbit became enhanced after 01/1730 UTC and briefly reached the 10 pfu threshold a few times from 02/2210-2245 UTC, but never for a sustained period of time. At the time of the report, levels had fallen to the 5-6 pfu range. The proton enhancement is believed to be associated with the Hyder flare described above. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit reached moderate levels on 27-28 October and 01-02 November. High levels were exceeded on 29-31 October. Geomagnetic field activity ranged from quiet to active levels. The period began under the influence of a small, positive polarity coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS). The ACE satellite observed weak to modest solar wind speeds that ranged from about 325 - 450 km/s through 30 October. IMF Bt measurements recorded a steady field that generally ranged between 3-8 nT while the Bz component varied between +/- 7 nT. The phi angle reflected a mostly postive (away) orientation through 30/0737 UTC. From 27 - 30 October, geomagnetic activity was generally at quiet to unsettled levels with isolated active periods early on 27 and 28 October. A change in the phi angle orientation from a positive to a negative (towards) sector was observed at 30/0738 UTC. A steady negative orientation was maintained through 02/0151 UTC when phi varied between negative and positive sectors through the remainder of the period. With this sector change early on 30 October, Bt measurements indicated an overall increase in the field ranging from about 3 nT to a peak of 15 nT at 01/0630 UTC. Thereafter, total field gradually declined to end the period at about 6 nT while Bz generally ranged from +14 nT to -7 nT. Early on 31 October, wind speeds steadily increased from 325 km/s to a peak of near 550 km/s at about 01/0900 UTC and ended the period at about 490 km/s. From 31 October to 02 November, geomagnetic activity was generally at quiet levels with isolated unsettled periods. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 03 - 29 NOVEMBER 2014 Solar activity is expected to be at predominately low levels with isolated moderate activity through 10 November. The return of old Region 2192 (S12, L-248) on or about 11 November is expected to see an increase in activity to predominately low to moderate levels with isolated high level activity. This is expected to persist through about 23 November when old Reion 2192 exits the visible disk. A chance for a greater than 10 MeV proton event exists from 11 - 23 November due to potential significant flare activity after the return of old Region 2192. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be [cut off here in this and other versions at SWPC] Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be [sic, cut off incomplete] :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2014 Nov 03 0632 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 2014-11-03 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2014 Nov 03 115 5 2 2014 Nov 04 115 8 3 2014 Nov 05 110 10 3 2014 Nov 06 110 8 3 2014 Nov 07 105 8 3 2014 Nov 08 100 5 2 2014 Nov 09 115 5 2 2014 Nov 10 120 8 3 2014 Nov 11 125 8 3 2014 Nov 12 145 5 2 2014 Nov 13 150 8 3 2014 Nov 14 160 12 4 2014 Nov 15 170 12 4 2014 Nov 16 180 22 5 2014 Nov 17 180 15 4 2014 Nov 18 190 10 3 2014 Nov 19 200 8 3 2014 Nov 20 200 8 3 2014 Nov 21 195 8 3 2014 Nov 22 190 12 4 2014 Nov 23 170 12 4 2014 Nov 24 150 12 4 2014 Nov 25 135 8 3 2014 Nov 26 125 5 2 2014 Nov 27 105 5 2 2014 Nov 28 105 5 2 2014 Nov 29 100 5 2 (SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1746, DXLD) A reminder that the Taurids meteor showers are expected to peak on the 11 and 12th November (Mike Terry, bdxcuk yg via DXLD) GLENN`S PROPAGATION REPORT FOR MEDIA NETWORK PLUS AS OF NOVEMBER 6 Keith, IPS in Australia predicts maximum usable frequencies up to 15% above monthly values thru November 8th. NATIONAL RESOURCES CANADA predicted the most unsettled DRX date in the auroral zone would be November 8. Met Office UK sees a 20% chance for X-class solar flares; a chance of K indices of 4 on November 7th and 8th. F. K. Janda in Prague says Geomagnetic field will be: active to disturbed November 6, 17 mostly quiet on November 7, 10 - 11, 13 - 14, 16 quiet to unsettled on November 8, 12, 15, quiet on November 9, quiet to active on November 18 SWPC in Boulder says A and K indices will peak at 22 and 5 on November 16; also elevated two days before and after; Solar flux rising from 100 November 8 to 200 on the 19th and 20th, down to 100 again by November 29. For FMDX bursts, Mike Terry reminds us that the Taurid meteor shower peaks on November eleventh and twelfth. Bill Hepburn`s VHF UHF DX maps show extreme tropospheric ducting this week between Western Australia and Indonesia, and also between Arabia and India (gh, via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###