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Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 1786 CONTENTS: *DX and station news about: Bangladesh, Belarus, Brasil, Canada, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia non, Greece, Indonesia, Italy, Korea North, Korea South, Kurdistan non, Mongolia, Netherlands, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Sarawak non, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sudan, Tibet non, Turkey, USA, unidentified SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1786, August 13-19, 2015 Thu 1130 WRMI 9955 Thu 2100 WRMI 7570 [confirmed] Fri 2130 WRMI 15770 [confirmed] Fri 2130 WRMI 7570 [confirmed] Fri 2330 WRMI 5850 [confirmed] Sat 0630 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM Sun 0315v WA0RCR 1860-AM [confirmed from 0318] Sun 2300 WRMI 11580 [confirmed] Mon 0300v WBCQ 5110v Area 51 [confirmed from 0323] Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 [confirmed] Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 Wed 0630 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Wed 1315 WRMI 9955 Wed 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio [please check: not heard last week on UTwente] Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v 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/rmrc-service/podcast/glenn-hauser-wor ALTERNATIVE PODCASTS, tnx Stephen Cooper: http://shortwave.am/wor.xml AND ANOTHER PODCAST ALTERNATIVE, tnx to Keith Weston: http://feeds.feedburner.com/GlennHausersWorldOfRadio Also via [but still not back in service]: http://tunein.com/radio/World-of-Radio-p198/ OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO: http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html or http://wor.worldofradio.org DAY-BY-DAY ARCHIVE OF GLENN HAUSER`S LOG REPORTS: Unedited, uncondensed, unchanged from original version, many of them too complex, minutely researched, multi-frequency, opinionated, inconsequential, off-topic, or lengthy for some log editors to manage; and also ahead of their availability in these weekly issues: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Hauser DXLD YAHOOGROUP: Why wait for DXLD? A lot more info, not all of it appearing in DXLD later, is posted at our yg without delay. When applying, please identify yourself with your real name and location, and say something about why you want to join. Those who do not, unless I recognize them, will be prompted once to do so and no action will be taken otherwise. Here`s where to sign up: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dxld/ ** AFGHANISTAN [non]. 15360, Radio Mashaal, Yerevan-Gavar, 0450-0500, escuchada el 11 de agosto de 2015 en pastú a locutor con comentarios, ID "Mashaal Radio..Pastho...Pastho..", cuña de la emisora anunciando correo electrónico, locutor con noticias con referencias a "Europa y Turquía", segmento musical, SINPO 35543 (José Miguel Romero, Sacañet (Castellón), España, Yaesu FRG 7700, Sangean ATS 909, Antena hilo 10 m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also KYRGYZSTAN ** ALASKA. RADIO EVENT HONORS COAST GUARD’S 225th August 4th marked the 225th anniversary of the United States Coast Guard. To commemorate the day, the Ketchikan Volunteer Rescue Squad set up its communications van to broadcast from the site of a former Coast Guard high-frequency radio station [NMJ]. . . http://www.krbd.org/2015/08/05/radio-event-honors-coast-guards-225th/ (via José Miguel Romero2, Spain, dxldyg via DXLD) ** ALASKA. 7355, Aug 11 at 1200, KNLS is opening English hour, fairly good signal at first, unlike many mornings when it`s inaudible (if on; beamed westward from Anchor Point anyway, so anything here is bonus). Lucy Grant host for the Tuesday show of `Alaska Calling`, introduces co-host Rob Scobey; they are both relentlessly expressive, upbeat and clearly enunciating for the ESL folk targeted. I could hardly believe my ears when the first of the items billboarded by Rob was: ``If you think Alaska`s capital has long winters, you`re right. How do Anchorage residents cope? Find out on Postcard from Alaska`` --- Hey Rob, Anchorage is NOT the capital of Alaska, but Juneau (tho Anchorageans have long coveted the title; shortly after statehood there were several initiatives, all defeated, to move it closer to Anchorage, even Wasilla), and Juneau in the Panhandle is considerably milder than the rest of the state. A major gaffe, since these ``Alaskans`` are really in Franklin, Tennessee near Nashville, HQ of World Christian Broadcasting. Have they ever even been to Anchor Point, let alone Anchorage or Juneau? It`s unusual for a SW station to identify so much with its remote transmitter site rather than studio location thousands of miles away. I reconfirmed this by listening to the first couple minutes of today`s (Aug 11) broadcast: http://knls.org/today-broadcast.html After a 1206 item about Dick Van Patten passing at age 86; at 06:47 into the file, Mike Osborne with Postcard from Alaska which I could somewhat hear on already fading 7355 at 1207: Anchorage is NOT referred to on the segment itself as the capital. At 1210, `True Stories from the Bible` --- sez who? Faith required. By 1239, 7355 reception has degraded to very poor; it has an adjacent on 7360 but not 7350. As always, this magazine-style hour from KNLS hooks `em with secular features, rock music (in stereo on the web), then hits `em with stealth evangelism segments mixed in, including the retrograde anti- science `Creation Moment` nonsense, which most religious stations feel obligated to propagate. Will God ever get `em for that? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) This is standard operating procedure for many evangelists. Notably Rod Hembree on WBCQ presents material that appears to have some basis in real science but is mixed with awful pseudoscience, pseudohistory, and pseudoarchaelogy such as creationism. The old shows he did called "Science Rocks" and "Radio Weather" were notorious for using what you rightly call stealth evangelism. Lw (Larry Will, MD, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANGOLA. [re 15-31] Thanks to Henrik for the 1290 Angola detailed reception info. I added a note to my inactive MW radio countries list. I checked SDR RF spectrum captures from the Prince Edward Island DXpedition November 2014. While 945 Angola was received with a good signal, I didn't observe anything showing up on the FFT display at or near the 1289.805 offset frequency, so I can't confirm whether or not it was on the air at the time. 1290 Angola will definitely be a DX target for the upcoming season and next DXpedition. -- (Bruce Conti, Aug 7, mwmasts yg via DXLD) ** ANTARCTICA [non]. 15476v nothing on LRA36 on weekends; closest station is AWR in Arabic, on 15480.005 kHz from Talata Volondry Madagascar at 1905 UT (Wolfgang Büschel, August 8, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ARGENTINA. 11710.44, Aug 7 at 0032, carrier here presumed variable RAE vs crackling spur circa 11713 from BRAZIL, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15345.078v kHz, Radio Nacional, Buenos Aires, news 19 UT, noticias in Spanish, weather report at 1902-1903 UT, S=7-8 in Germany SDR unit (Wolfgang Büschel, August 8, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) R. Argentina al Exterior, 11710.8 kHz, 0304 12 AUG - in ENGLISH from GENERAL PACHECO. SINPO = 14211. Spanish, male announcer, deep voice. Sf 102.9, a 8, k 2, geomag: quiet. 100 kW, beamAz 335deg, bearing 136deg. Sangean ATS505 with Kaito KA33 in west facing window. Received at Las Vegas, United States, 9797 km from transmitter at General Pacheco. Local time: 2004. 73s (--Rodney Johnson, NV, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ARMENIA. 7510, IBRA Radio, Yerevan-Gavar, 1745-1750, escuchada el 11 agosto de 2015 en Silte a locutores con comentarios, SINPO 45433 (José Miguel Romero, Sacañet (Castellón), España, Yaesu FRG 7700, Sangean ATS 909, Antena hilo 10 m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ASCENSION. 11985, HCJB, Radio Akhbar Mufriha, Ascensión, 2145-2150, escuchada el 11 de agosto de 2015 en pulaar, sintonía, locutor con presentación e ID, comentarios y segmento música interpretado por instrumento de cuerda, SINPO 35433 (José Miguel Romero, Sacañet (Castellón), España, Yaesu FRG 7700, Sangean ATS 909, Antena hilo 10 m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. THE NAZI SPY WHO MAY HAVE USED ABC RADIO TO SEND ENCODED MESSAGES BEFORE WWII ... The Nazi spy who infiltrated ABC radio http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-11/annette-wagner-sydneys-most-famous-nazi-spy/6685996 (via Kim Elliott, dxldyg via DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. Re: Australia's 9580 showing its age? Now there's an added feature to 9580 transmission: a slow motor-boating type thud along with the modulation. Still listenable but hardly the crystal clarity of days of old! Have a listen right now on the frequency or listen to my video linked below. 9580, 1250 9 AUG - RADIO AUSTRALIA in ENGLISH from SHEPPARTON VIC. SINPO = 54553. Male announcers discussing violence and general history of various world religions. Slight QRM from AIR on 9575. Transmitter side squealing now accompanied by a slow motor-boating type of repeating thud. // 12065 kHz, no signal detected while 12085 was weak signal but clear modulation. At 1305z there was a short period of dead air and the motor-boating was not present, but returned when audio returned so it seems relayed to modulation stage of the transmitter. Video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=OTzkQWijAM0 sf 122.4, a 12, k 3, geomag: unsettled. 100 kw, beamAz 265deg, bearing 45deg. Sangean ATS505 with Kaito KA33 in west facing window. Received at Las Vegas, United States, 13008 km from transmitter at Shepparton VIC. Local time: 0550 (Rodney Johnson, NV, http://swldx.tumblr.com/ dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) R. Australia, 9580 was back to (ab)normal this morning with the side squealing present, but the motor-boating was gone. Good strong signal but audio peaks show a little distortion that was very evident during some sitar music around 1315z. 73s (Rodney Johnson, NV, Aug 10, http://swldx.tumblr.com/ dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I've been hearing the same thing here in Houston on RA's 9580 frequency during checks between 1200 and 1330 on both August 8 and 9. The "thuds" average about two per second, although they disappear during short stretches of dead air. The squeal is very noticeable and constant. However clean signals on both 12065 and 12085 at the same time, although of course, weaker. Earlier on the same dates I did NOT find the "thud" problem on 17840 during checks around 0000, 0400, and 0500, so assuming a different transmitter in use for that. You would think with the reduction in transmitter hours for RA that Broadcast Australia could simply rotate in a different unit. However on the weekend there may not be any humans at the (automated?) Shepparton site, so the issue goes unnoticed. We'll see what happens on a weekday (Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas, ibid.) Thanks for the confirmation, Steven. As I listen this morning the side squeal is still present but no motor-boating. I'm still hearing slight distortion on the audio peaks. 73s (Rodney, Aug 10, ibid.) 9580 // 12065 // 12085, RA, 0900-0905, August 10. In French, which is a language I rarely hear on SW anymore; 0905 suddenly into English; fair (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) R. Australia on 9580 was very strong this morning and when the program audio is strong and constant the side squeal is drowned out. Also I didn't detect the distortion on the peaks like I had heard before. Are they at least trying to get their act together over there? (Rodney, Aug 11, ibid.) R. Australia on 9580 this morning [Aug 12] still shows the side squeal, but the distortion on the audio peaks seems to be gone. So it doesn't appear they changed transmitters, just fixing the one they have (and corrected the gain structure of the audio to it)? 73s (-- Rodney Johnson, NV, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. Hi listeners of Reach Beyond Australia --- I just wanted to let you know that we will be closing down this email soon. Can you please send all future reception reports and other correspondence to radio@reachbeyond.org.au Happy listening! Blessings, Shelley Martin Reach Beyond Australia Listener Correspondent - You can use the online form station: http://www.reachbeyond.org.au/contact/Contact-Information (via Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Russia, QSL world, RusDX Aug 9 via DXLD) ** AZERBAIJAN. ISMAYILOVA SUGGESTS AZERBAIJANI COURT RUSHING TOWARD VERDICT Khadija Ismayilova has been jailed in a pretrial detention facility since her arrest in December. (file photo) Related Articles Open Season On Azeri Journalists The fatal beating of an Azerbaijani reporter may reflect a growing sense of impunity over attacks on the country's independent journalists. Long Prison Terms Sought For Yunus Couple Azerbaijan's state prosecutor has asked a court in Baku to sentence human rights defender Leyla Yunus to 11 years in prison. By RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service August 11, 2015 BAKU -- A Baku court has pressed ahead with the trial of Khadija Ismayilova, shrugging off the absence of the investigative journalist's lawyers and her call for a slower pace. Ismayilova, an RFE/RL contributor who has won awards for her coverage of official corruption in oil-rich Azerbaijan, is being tried on charges of embezzlement, tax evasion, and abuse of power that she says are politically motivated. Some of her lawyers did not show up for the hearing on August 11, prompting a warning from the judge that they would be "punished." Ismayilova protested, saying the attorneys had told the judge in advance that they would be unable to attend due to commitments in other cases. She also suggested the court was rushing toward a verdict, saying that daily hearings on weekdays were preventing her from getting the two hours of exercise outdoors to which she is entitled by law. Ismayilova, who has reported extensively on the financial dealings of President Ilham Aliyev and members of his family, has been jailed in a pretrial detention facility since her arrest in December. The trial began on August 7 after preliminary hearings in July. The courtroom has been crowded every day, but Ismayilova told the judge that it was packed with people who do not have anything to do with the case or with her personally... http://www.rferl.org/content/azerbaijan-khadija-ismayilova-trial-court/27183347.html (via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, DXLD) ** BAHRAIN. 9745, August 6, 2015, 0454-0501, RADIO BAHRAIN, continual, traditional instrumental Middle East music and romantic music with no commercial breaks. Program announcement at 0558. SINPO 44334 (Ed Sylvester, Baghdad, Iraq, Drake R8B, Indoor Pixel Magnetic Loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Should be on USB only with some carrier (gh, DXLD) ** BANGLADESH. 13580, Betar at 1847-1854 s/off. Aug. 9, American pop music including Bryan Adam’s “Never let go” and Madonna’s “This use to be my playground.” ID at 1854, close with man asking for reception reports, comments, given street address and email. Betar usually comes in with a nice signal, late afternoons in Spain. But SIO 444 was incredibly strong this Sunday on bedside Sangean 606P with outboard antenna 73 (Marty Delfín (Fuencarral-El Pardo, Madrid, Spain) Sony ICF-SW77, Eton 750, and Sangean 606P, telescopic and outboard antennae, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1786, DXLD) 13580, Bangladesh Betar, 1747. Aug. 12. English news by woman, heavy spillover from Chinese on 13570, even with Sony sync, until 1800. (Glenn, you are right, their clocks are running minutes behind over there!) Full multi-language ID at 1803 with Qu´ran readings. Clearer signal but broadcast suffered a great deal modulation. Usually we get a good if not strong signal from Betar in the middle of the unbearable Madrid summer. By 1840, they were playing “Great Balls of Fire” and other American pop music. Nice culture clash. Finally, a nice mild summer afternoon in what for the last month has been a cauldron in the Spanish capital. 73s, (Marty Delfín (Fuencarral-El Pardo district, Madrid, Spain), Sony ICF-SW77 telescopic antenna, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1786, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Timesignals on the 1230 and 1400 BB broadcasts used to be a few seconds fast, but haven`t been able to hear them for months (gh, DXLD) ** BELARUS. 6080, August 2, 2015, 1933-1936, BELARUSKAYE RADIO 1, Two Female Announcers in Belarussian. SINPO 43444 (Ed Sylvester, Baghdad, Iraq, JRC NRD-535D, Indoor Pixel Magnetic Loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11730, Radio Belarus, Minsk-Kalodzicy, Belarus, 2140 03-Aug. I heard YL English ID as Radio Belarus. I heard faint tones followed by a short music interlude; then the YL started to speak again. The signal appeared to be good, but the modulation was weak; there was a constant drone similar to R. Cairo. The YL spoke very softly so it was difficult to understand. I did hear English words and the YL mentioned R Belarus at least two more times. At 2146 pretty folk music, two flutes sounds like English folk tune. At 2152 heard OM Tx LL [talk in unknown language]; the YL English appears to be translating. At 2159 Heard OM EE and music, followed by another OM English. At 2200 the station switched to different LL (Vance, MI, MARE Tipsheet via WORLD OF RADIO 1786, DXLD) 11730, S=9+15dB at 1135 UT, Radio Belarus and THEIR AWFUL TERRIBLE accompanied spurious signals of S=7-8 audio level: 11669-11681 11697-11708 11752-11763 11780-11791 kHz (Wolfgang Büschel, Aug 11, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1786, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BERMUDA. BBC on AM 1160 --- I don`t know if this has ever been logged in the US or how much power it runs, but it appears the Defontes Media Group owned signal which simply rebroadcast BBC World Service programming is off the air. Checking the VSB Bermuda/Defontes Media Group Facebook page, there's a few posts from early July asking "for the BBC to be brought back, we miss it". https://www.facebook.com/pages/DeFontes-Group-VSB-Bermuda/553485991363679 (Paul walker, TX, August 8, dxldyg via DXLD) I have logged it numerous times, but not in the last couple years. I think it went off after a Hurricane last year and has not returned. Funny you mention this as, while listening to 1160 last night I did log the Caribbean Radio Lighthouse from St. John's Antigua and was wondering if Bermuda ever came back on. The Bermuda signal broadcast the World Service of BBC, continuously without an ID (Juan Gualda, Fort Pierce, FL, ibid.) Not surprised there was no ID or any local content. I think it was probably an AM signal that Defontes had and they had no idea what to do with otherwise. 1280 from Bermuda is owned by them and broadcasts BBN Radio from Charlotte, NC (Paul Walker, ibid.) It’s often been logged by the east-coasters; apparently got out relatively well. I think it was 1 kW (Randy Stewart, Arts Producer, KSMU, 901 S. National, Springfield MO 65897, NRC-AM via DXLD) I've heard them giving a local ID, though it was several years ago - the 2001 clip is on Interval Signals Online http://intervalsignals.net (David Kernick, dxldyg via DXLD) Not reported by Niel Wolfish in his recent Nova Scotia DXpedition report even though the other Bermuda channels 1280 and 1450 were. 1280 Bermuda is usually in a 'scrum' with WADO-NY and Brazil here with occasional intrusions by Puerto Rico, MA, ME, and QC stations. 1450 I think I've had tentatively in jumble with WPGG, WNBP, CFAB, and others but no firm ID (Mark Connelly, WA1ION, South Yarmouth, MA, IRCA via DXLD) Yes. I don't recall hearing BBC on 1160 when I was in Nova Scotia at the beginning of June. Depending on the recording, 1160 was a mix of Puerto Rico, Antigua, the two New Jersey stations and the Maine station (Niel Wolfish, Toronto, NRC-AM via DXLD) I went through my logbook on line and I did get VSB-3 from Hamilton Bermuda from our DX location at Valhalla Beach, Manitoba. We would have had beverages out so that would have been a big help. Not sure of the date but it would mostly likely the mid 1990's -- Remember on a Clear Day You Can Hear Forever (Shawn Axelrod, VE4DX1SMA, Winnipeg MB, Canada, ibid.) I was on a cruise ship about 40-50 miles south of Bermuda in mid-April and noted all three Bermudans on (1160 1280 1450) at approximately the same signal strength. 1450 had the best (loudest?) audio processing. No FMs heard at all (Pete Taylor, Tacoma, WA, Aug 9, IRCA via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 6134.8, Aug 7 at 0048, as soon as I tune in, another frequent ID from ``Radio Santa Cruz, La Primera``, fair signal. The NRD-545 easily notches out het from weaker R. Aparecida, Brasil, circa 6135.2. I am really enjoying a notch filter again, since my HQ-160 was ``decommissioned`` about 28 years ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 4805 KHZ RÁDIO DIFUSORA DO AMAZONAS REATIVADO - MANAUS, AMAZONAS --- Prezado amigo Daniel, Comunicamos que colocamos hoje o transmissor de radiodifusão em ondas tropicais no ar. Espero que a sua audiência permaneça. Favor nos informar como está nos recebendo. Abraços, Eng. Genival José de Paula ==== Ajude a enviar informes e comentarios de 4805 kHz nesse email genival.paula@yahoo.com.br Para manter a emissora no ar. DW (Daniel Wyllyans, Brasil, August 10, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) 4805 kHz, R. dif. do Amazonas, Manaus, presumed to be the Brazilian heard weakly at 0930, in accord with Daniel Wyllyans's report that the station has been reactivated (Delibert, 8/11). Even though we're about 500 feet from the saltwater, the signals are better here. And the noise level is a lot lower than it is at home! (Art Delibert, Vineyard Haven, Mass., AR7030+, Wellbrook 1530 loop, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via WORLD OF RADIO 1786, DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 6060 kHz, 15000 (Power), ZYE726, PR, 00:00-00:00 Super Radio Deus é Amor (SRDA) http://www.superradiodeuseamor.com.br/ Reactivated, heard the 1532 UT Anns e transmissão ao vivo direto da Fundação Reviver, YLs Ereni Miranda / Debora Miranda, sinpo 35222, Day 08/08/2015. RX: Tecsun S-2000 Antenna: Long wire 400 Meters Horizontal (Daniel Wyllyans, Nova Xavantina MT, Brazil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 11745 & 11815, Aug 6 at 0518, crackling spurs from 11780 RNA/RNB, the latter overcoming R. Brasil Central, which ought to be raising a stink about this, Goiás state government vs the Feds. 11806-11820, 11733-11752, August 7 at 0030, approx. range of filthy crackling spurs out of 11780 RNA/RNB, peaking around 11814 ruining RBC, and around 11746. Also weaker one about 11713 vs ARGENTINA, q.v. 11610 approx., Aug 9 at 0550, horrible crackling spur with peaks matching // 11780 RNA/RNB, way down here ~170 kHz below, i.e., fifth order of spurs spaced at about 34 kHz intervals, also audible around 11644, 11678, 11712, 11746, 11814, 11848, 11872, 11916, and 11950 which is 170 kHz above, but not as strong as on the lower side. The closer ones are worst, 11712 to 11814, each spreading up to 10 kHz wide (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1786, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also NEW ZEALAND [and non]. 6180, Aug 11 at 0048, I`m wondering if RNA is ever active on this frequency even with low power, and there is a JBA talker here, but not // huge 11780 music + spurs all over the 25m band, so this 6180 is something else, such as CRI English, southward from Kashgar, EAST TURKISTAN at 00-02 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also USA: 6180, KBUF x 6 ** BULGARIA. SECRETLAND, Brother HySTAIRical, End Times Coming, FG Radio via Secretbrod: Brother HySTAIRical TOM: 1200-1600 21800 050 kW / 306 deg WeEu English 1600-1835 21800 050 kW / 306 deg WeEu English Sat+FG Radio from 13600 1600-1855 21800 050 kW / 306 deg WeEu English Tue-Thu/Sun 1817-1845 13600 050 kW / 195 deg SoAf English, ex till 1900, see FG R 1817-1900 13600 050 kW / 195 deg SoAf English End Times Coming: 1800-1830 12075 100 kW / 090 deg WeAs English Sat/Sun+FG R from 13600 FG Radio, Famagusta Gazette: 1800-1815 13600 050 kW / 195 deg SoAf English 1845-1900 5900 100 kW / 306 deg WeEu English Sat // freq 13600 050 kW / 195 deg SoAf English Sat, instead of TOM http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/brother-hystairical-end-times-coming-fg.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. Ontario will lose another AM station --- CJCS 1240 kHz Stratford has been approved to move to FM 107.1. The format will also change from oldies to rock. Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2015-365 http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2015/2015-365.htm (via Andy Reid, Ont., Aug 11, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1786, DXLD) ** CANADA. When checked today Aug 6th at 0750 to 0810 UT in NJ, Carolina, Florida, Vancouver Island, and Alberta remote units, heard only two Canadians: CKZN St. John`s 6159.949 kHz CKZU Vancouver 6159.975 kHz exact footprint. wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldydg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 13740, Firedragon, 8/1, 0945. VG. No other //s heard this hour. 13740, CNR1, 8/1, 1045. M and W in Chinese over crowd in background, as if from live sports event. VG, and w/ a VG // 13980. 9745, Firedragon, 8/1, 1700. Just about the only thing left on the band, dying with onset of late morning to midday. VG. 9230, CNR1, 8/2, 1040. M and W in Chinese. VG, with VG // on 7200. Nothing else heard, but condx are very LAME at the moment. 9660, Firedragon 8/2, 1115. VG. 9660, Firedragon 8/3, 1145. VG. Also with // 7200 (Good), 7470 (VG). 10870, CNR1 8/4, 0945., W and M in Chinese. 11100, CNR1 8/4, 1045. M in Chinese. //7200 (G), target sta hrd under. Also 9230, Armchair. 7470, The Firedragon, 8/4, 1120. Usual pots and pans. //s 7200 (VG), 9660 (F/G). 13740, Firedragon 8/5, 0930. (VG). Noted, // 15465 (F/G). 12870, CNR1, 8/5, 1045. M w in Chinese, (G). 13130 (VG), 7200 (G). 7470, Firedrake 8/5, 1100. Started up right at ToH. VG. // 7200 (Armchair plus), 9660 (VG). (Rick Barton, El Mirage AZ, Drake R8, outdoor Slinky; Grundig Satellit 750, indoor wire, Radio Shack SW- 2000629, barefoot, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Continued --- 9745, Aug. 5, Chinese jammer at 1725 with Firedragon music blocking Radio Free Asia’s signal. Despite all that drum-banging and scratchy tunes, RFA was still audible in Chinese. 73 (Marty Delfín (Fuencarral- El Pardo, Madrid, Spain) Sony ICF-SW77, Eton 750, and Sangean 606P, telescopic and outboard antennae, dxldyg via DXLD) 7470, The Firedragon, 8/6, 1100 VG. // 7200 (VG), 9660 (VG). Off promptly at 1200. 7445, CNR1, 8/7, 1200. Wiping out Chinese service of RTI, but no //s heard even after 1230. (G). (Rick Barton, El Mirage AZ, Drake R8, outdoor Slinky; Grundig Satellit 750, indoor wire, Radio Shack SW- 2000629, barefoot, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNKNOWN (possibly Tinian-non), 9355, August 7, 2015, 1905-1914, RADIO FREE ASIA, Male Announcer in Chinese Mandarin. Broadcast jammed by much stronger continual traditional Chinese string music (likely from China). SINPO 31332 (Ed Sylvester, Baghdad, Iraq, Drake R8B, Indoor Pixel Magnetic Loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) SAIPAN site per HFCC (gh) 7445, CNR1, 8/8, 1157. Started up right on time at diminished signal level due to poor conditions. Do they know that RTI is on? Or do they just start this up regardless at this time? (RTI Chinese service normally commences at 1200 [see also TAIWAN). (Rick Barton, El Mirage AZ, Drake R8, outdoor Slinky; Grundig Satellit 750, indoor wire, Radio Shack SW-2000629, barefoot, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 13690, August 9 at 1320, CNR1 with traditional music in Sunday-night serious concert hour, best here, but also audible on several other jammers: 15265, 15115, 11785, 11640, 11605, 9680, but no out-of- banders heard at the moment (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. Temporary inactive frequencies of China Radio International from August 3 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/temporary-inactive-frequencies-of-china.html (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, Aug 11, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) No work ** CHINA [non]. 1520, August 6 at 1233 UT, CRI English mixing with Radio Oklahoma Network via KOKC OKC; almost zero-beat. CRI relay being KYND Cypress TX (near Houston), 25 kW daytimer mostly aimed eastward but not protecting KOKC, so always a problem here around SR/SS, worsened by KOKC`s QRP (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** COLOMBIA. Harald Kuhl writes that Radio Sutatenza was among the first radio stations that he received from Latin America in the 60-m- Band. He discovered a website telling the story of this famous educational station, also with audio files and photographs. “In 1947, the priest José Joaquín Salcedo started from the small parish of Sutatenza, a town in the heart of the valley of Tenza (Boyacá Department, Colombia), a project of radio schools under an organization called Action Cultural Popular, ACPO that he maintained a significant presence between 1954 and 1978 and ended in 1989 when Caracol Radio bought the station”. http://www.banrepcultural.org/radio-sutatenza (Open to Discussion with David Morris, August BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) ** CUBA. 820, Aug 10 at 0135, harmonious duet in Spanish, as good as WBAP which must be in a fade, on the NRD-545 and fixed N-S wire antenna, but better than on PL-880 which I can rotate to null WBAP. Then ``that Cuban sound`` M&W announcers in scripted text, mentioning Cuba. Meanwhile, not // 4765 Progreso or 5025 Rebelde, which is to be expected since uplooked later the closest 820 Cuban is R. Ciudad de la Habana, 10 kW CMBU in Arroyo Arenas; however, there are two Radios Progreso also listed further on 820 in Ciego de Ávila, and way off in Moa, Holguín. Axually, WRTH 2015 lists *two* Radios Progreso on 820 both in Ciego de Ávila, CMIB and CMBC; all 10 kW except Moa 1 kW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) So that's the Spanish station I hear splattered on WBAP (Glenn Blum, [near Killeen TX], dxldyg via DXLD) Splatter normally refers to something from an adjacent frequency (gh) ** CUBA. 880, Radio Progreso, Mantua, Pinar del Río. 1507 August 9, 2015. Cuban folk vocals, good. Listed at a weird 12 kW (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 11840, Aug 7 at 0029, open carrier/dead air from RHC. 6165, Aug 7 at 0345, RHC English is off, but still on 6000. See TURKEY 9545-9550, Aug 10 at 0123, buzzing noise I think is coming out of 9535 RHC transmitter which sounds OK but undermodulated as usual on fundamental. The buzz ``modulation`` seems to correlate with peaks on the 9535 [not 9550 as in original report] modulation. Also on the lo side 9525-9520, but obscured by splash from 9520 Romania. Also some pulse jamming around 9530. 6100 & 5040, Aug 12 at 0506, only RHC English frequencies with sufficient signals on the PL-880 to overcome noisy computer which is running later than usual. Forget 6000, 6060 and 6165 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [non]. 5950, Aug 12 at 2320, JBA carrier on presumed new AWR service from and to Cuba via WRMI. Assuming it`s really on the air, must be on a hi-angle, short-range antenna just right for max signal into Cuba, not here. At least I detect no jamming, either. 5850 WRMI on its NW antenna is much better but still only poor this early. I`ve yet to check for the other AWR 5950 broadcast at 1100-1130, but that must have been Mark Taylor, Wisconsin`s poorly audible unID in the NASWA Flashsheet. Or rather, a full hour each for System H per WRMI frequency grid; maybe extra reserved for expansion or some other program? 5950, Aug 12 at 1112, WRMI with AWR Cuban service in Spanish, algo ``de la Biblia`` mixed with music; poor signal here but at least something copiable unlike the 23 UT broadcast (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CYPRUS [non]. BULGARIA, 13600, Famagusta Gazette Radio, Kostinbrod, 1807-1810, escuchada el 10 de agosto de 2015 en inglés a locutor y locutora con comentarios, previamente tema musical de Frank Sinatra; la emisión va acompañada de un molesto pitido intermitente que asemeja al morse, SINPO 33443 (José Miguel Romero, Sacañet (Castellón), España, Yaesu FRG 7700, Sangean ATS 909, Antena hilo 10 m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EGYPT. [Re 15-31, harmonic on 3280] ERTU from Egypt is well audible on its fundamental 819; it's "Egyptially" undermodulated and audibly distorted, but the carrier is absolutely solid and on the exact frequency (compared it against other known stations, there is no more than a few Hz of offset, if any). I also checked for the reported 4th harmonic but there was no trace of a carrier, neither on 3276, nor 3280, or in the vicinity. So this reported harmonic may have been an exceptional signal, but having checked this ERTU 819 QRG for propagation reasons many times this year, I cannot report any irregularities in terms of their carrier frequency. Best regards (Tobias, Germany, Aug 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EGYPT. Radio Cairo on Aug 3 - strong signal, distorted modulation: 1900-2000 on 9665 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu German 1900-2000 on 9685 ABS 250 kW / 005 deg to EaEu Russian http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/radio-cairo-on-aug3-strong-signal.html Radio Cairo on Aug 4 - strong signal, distorted modulation: 1700-1900 on 9280 ABS 250 kW / 005 deg to N/ME Turkish 1800-1900 on 9490 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu Italian http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/radio-cairo-on-aug4-strong-signal.html (DX RE MIX NEWS # 922 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, August 10, 2015, dxldyg via DXLD) 15535.064, plus additional +/minus 50 and 100 Hertz tone peaks, Radio Cairo is scheduled here at 1300-1600 UT, very low modulation of less then 5% or rather at nothing? At 1538 UT on Aug 6 (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 6, dxldyg via DXLD) 12070, Aug 7 at 0026, R. Cairo at S9, just barely modulated in scheduled Arabic until 0045 (then Spanish). (// 11935 doesn`t come on until 0045). 9965.15, approx., Aug 7 at 0036, R. Cairo S9+20 in Arabic music, undermodulated (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) EGIPTO, 11935, Radio Cairo, Abis, 0047-0052, escuchada el 7 de agosto de 2015 en español a locutora con comentarios presentando tema de “…a continuación música árabe”, segmento musical, mala modulación, SINPO 25442 (José Miguel Romero, Sacañet (Castellón), España, Yaesu FRG 7700, Antena hilo [wire] 10 m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Cairo, 9965, 0331 8 AUG in ARABIC from ABIS. SINPO = 34322. ?Arabic Language?, weak modulation on strong carrier. male announcer, sounded like he was giving a speech, sometimes women could be heard interrupting him, but he carried on. 0334z carrier ends abruptly, but program resumes at 0335 with same modulation problems. Sf 122.3, a 20, k 2, geomag: quiet. 250 kW, beamAz 5deg, bearing 30deg. Sangean ATS505 with Kaito KA33 in west facing window. Received at Las Vegas, United States, 11736 km from transmitter at Abis. Local time: 2031 (Rodney Johnson, NV, http://swldx.tumblr.com/ dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 12070, August 10 at 0116, R. Cairo, S9+ but just barely modulated, distorted presumed Spanish 11935, August 10 at 0116, R. Cairo only S4 here, but modulation sounds about the same as 12070 9315, August 10 at 0117, R. Cairo, S9 but sounds weaker than 12070, JBM and distorted 9965, August 10 at 0117, R. Cairo, S9+25 with whine in Arabic, JBM but not very distorted (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [Re 15-31:] Hello DXers, Been following the notes about the reception of Radio Cairo and decided to pass all of them to an email I got for Radio Cairo. Yesterday I got a call from the engineer responsible for the frequency manager and she informed me that she passed all the comments to the manager and they had a meeting about these e mails. I may have a meeting with her and try to know more about the reason of this muffled audio transmissions. In the meantime she asked me to check with you about the reception of the following transmissions: 9965 kHz from 2300 to 0430 UT 9315 kHz from 0045 to 0200 11935 kHz from 0045 to 0200 9315 kHz from 0200 to 0330 Looking forward to hearing from you and your reports are highly appreciated. Best 73 (Tarek Zeidan, Cairo, Egypt, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1786, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 12070, Aug 13 at 0042, R. Cairo is S8 with Arabic music, and not very distorted, so that`s an improvement; but 11935 is JBA at S1-S2; 9965 is S9+ with whine and no other modulation; 9315 at 0047 is open carrier/dead air at S9+. Tarek Zeidan in Cairo has forwarded complaints about these to station and may meet with them about identifying or solving the problem; further reports wanted. Well, I`ve been logging this mess several times a week for months, so how much more do they need? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1786, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9965 kHz, 0228z tune in: Young lady singing, into man talking at 0230z. Laughing and talking by man and lady by 0232z. Continue with man and woman talking (only) by 0240z. Signal S6-S9 over an S4 noise floor. Steady signal. Intelligibility affected by continuous middle range/pitch hum. This is normal for Radio Cairo in my opinion. Wellbrook 330 loop at 30' into a Ten Tec RX340 (Rich Ray, Burr Ridge, IL (about 30 miles southwest of downtown Chicago, IL USA) UT Aug 13, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EGYPT. [Re 15-31:] RESULTS OF MY MONITORING PROJECT CONCERNING http://www.egradio.eg The official web site of ERTU also provides audio streams of Arabic and foreign language programmes. To activate the online channels you have to push the on button in the headline of a table. After that you cann choose from the table the following channels: QuranKareem&ChnName=1 (Holy Quran programme) pernamegaam&ChnName=2 (General Programme) SootArab&ChnName=3 (Voice of the Arabs) habawreada&ChnName=4 (Youth and Sports) harkawsat&ChnName=5 (Middle East) ElBernamegElOrobi&ChnName=6 (European Programme = domestic service in English and French) ElBernamegElMouusekey&ChnName=7 (Music Programme) ThakafayProg&ChnName=8 (Cultural Programme + domestic service in German and other languages) ElSawaheely&ChnName=9 (International service in Swahili and other languages, // online channel 10) Faressy&ChnName=10 (International service in Farsi and other languages, // online channel 9) SootMasr&ChnName=11 (Voice of Egypt) Aghany&ChnName=12 (another cultural programme) English&ChnName=13 (English not online) After clicking, the channels will start with a small delay, except channel 13 for English. 1. External Services in English and other languages http://www.egradio.eg/radio.php?PubPnt=English&ChnName=13 (English) did not carry any signal at any time checked, not even the 1 kHz test tone. http://www.egradio.eg/radio.php?PubPnt=ElSawaheely&ChnName=9 (Swahili) and http://www.egradio.eg/radio.php?PubPnt=Faressy&ChnName=10 (Persian) are in parallel and carry a number of foreign language services. The observed schedule in UT: 0000 Arabic, 0045 Spanish "servicio internacional", 0200 English "North American service of Radio Cairo beaming to the Western Coast", 0330 1 kHz-tone, 0400 KiSwahili, 0600 1 kHz-tone throughout the morning, 1215 English "Asia service", 1330 Farsi, 1530 1 kHz-tone, 1600 KiSwahili, 1800 Hausa, 2100 1 kHz-tone, 2215 Portuguese, 2330 Arabic. 2. Domestic Services in English, French and other languages Egypt does not observe summer time in this year and the coming years, but has in some previous years. So times are given in Cairo Time (UT +2). Domestic programmes in English (including a BBC News Hour at 1500 LT) and French are found at http://www.egradio.eg/radio.php?PubPnt=ElBernamegElOrobi&ChnName=6 The observed schedule: Sign on at 06.00 Local Time (UT +2) English, 09.00 LT French, 13.00 LT English, 19.00 LT French, 22.00-02.00 LT English. European languages are also heard at http://www.egradio.eg/radio.php?PubPnt=ThakafayProg&ChnName=8 Sign on at 11.00 Local Time (UT +2) unidentified language, 12.00 LT Greek, 13.00 LT Italian (including features provided [by] Rai International), 14.00-15.00 LT German. For comments on the programming see the post one week ago (Dr. Hansjoerg Biener, Aug 10, WORLD OF RADIO 1786, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. Hi Glenn, re my logs of R Nacional, Bata [5005] from DX-Window in June which you picked up in DXLD --- I see there is some scepticism about these. I haven't read DXLD for a few weeks so have just become aware of this. Unfortunately I deleted the mini-disc recording of the log of 13 June. I can't claim to be sure what this was; I only assumed it to be Bata. It was around dawn local time in South Africa so ideal for reception of Bata and the signal was excellent (as reported with S:4). It could quite possibly have been something else although I can't think of anything that could deliver such a good signal here at the southern tip of South Africa. I'm pretty sure the occasional, brief announcements were in Spanish and the signal held up well until after sunrise. The pop songs were also not indigenous English music but likely Spanish too. Then I heard a similar format on the evening (local time) of 15 June (1636z), just after sunset with a weaker signal. I should perhaps have been more diligent and retained the recording. Over the years I've been quite used to this transmitter being active/inactive so didn't really think it was that big a deal. It crossed my mind that the good signal strength and long stretches of music might indicate a new/repaired transmitter and that this was a test transmission. But that was just idle speculation on my part. Will keep on tuning in the hope of a reprise. Best 73 (Graham Bell, Simonstown, South Africa, August 8, WORLD OF RADIO 1786, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ERITREA. 7175, Voice of Broad Masses 2, Asmara-Selea Daro, 1646- 1653, escuchada el 10 de agosto de 2015 en idioma africano sin identificar, locutor y locutora con comentarios y breve fragmento de música étnica; sufre fuerte interferencia de señal digital ¿jaming?, me pregunto su procedencia, la chequeo durante varios minutos por si desaparece, SINPO 22332. 7175, Voice of Broad Masses 2, Asmara-Selea Daro, 1734-1740, escuchada el 10 de agosto de 2015 en idioma sin identificar a locutor con comentarios, la extrana señal a desaparecido, esporadicamente se escucha señal en morse, SINPO 34433 (José Miguel Romero, Sacañet (Castellón), España, Yaesu FRG 7700, Sangean ATS 909, Antena hilo 10 m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ERITREA [non]. Clandestina: 7235 Voice of Eritrea, Addis Ababa- Gedja [ETHIOPIA], 1817-1820, escuchada el 10 de agosto de 2015 en tigriña a locutor con comentarios, probablemente noticias, menciona "Sudán"; no capto señal en 9566, SINPO 35433 (José Miguel Romero, Sacañet (Castellón), España, Yaesu FRG 7700, Sangean ATS 909, Antena hilo 10 m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. Radio Abisinia is a new broadcast in Amharic to Ethiopia Saturdays at 1600-1800 on 15470 via IRRS (transmitter site in Romania). Started 25 July. Web http://www.radioabisnia.com E-mail radioabisinia@yahoo.com Postal address: Radio Abisinia, PO Box 56533, Washington, DC 20040, USA (WRTH / Dave Kenny, Aug BDXC-UK Communication via WORLD OF RADIO 1786, DXLD) ITALY/ROMANIA, IRRS Shortwave, relay new station Radio Abisinia on August 8: 1600-1757 15470 TIG 150 kW / 165 deg to EaAf Amharic Sat, poor signal http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/irrs-shortwave-relay-new-stn-radio.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Aug 8: IRRS Shortwave relay Radio Abisinia in Amharic to EaAf 1700 on 15470 Tziganeshti https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GEN6UCgVw0&feature=youtu.be IRRS Shortwave relay Radio Abisinia in Amharic to EaAf 1730 on 15470 Tiganesti https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClLNBCb1B3w&feature=youtu.be IRRS Shortwave relay Radio Abisinia in Amharic to EaAf 1744 on 15470 Tiganesti https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eyW1v62XS8&feature=youtu.be IRRS Shortwave relay Radio Abisinia in Amharic to EaAf 1755 on 15470 Tiganesti https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxqn7cV3L-c&feature=youtu.be (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. ITALY/ROMANIA, IRRS Shortwave relay Radio Warra Wangeelaa on August 8 1500-1527 on 15515 TIG 150 kW / 165 deg to EaAf Oromo Sat, weak signal http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/irrs-shortwave-relay-radio-warra.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA [and non]. Ascolti AM (orari UTC) - Mercoledì 5 agosto 2015 *1730 - 17630, V of OROMO LIBERATION - Nauen (GERMANY), Talk OM sotto il jamming IN[sufficient] Una volta il jamming (rumore bianco che occupa circa 10 kHz) entrava in funzione dopo l'inizio della trasmissione, stasera ad esempio c'era già dalle 1723 (SWL I1-0799GE, Luca Botto Fiora, QTH Rapallo (Genova) - Italia, G.C. 44 21' 06.89" N, / 09 13' 30.94" E, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) ** FIJI. 558-Fiji Rocking On at Rockwork 4 --- Thanks for your comment, Walt. There has been a lot of discussion about 558-Fiji among the DXpeditioners this summer, especially about its anemic signal in June. Apparently it has restored its 10 kW transmitter to full power, providing a signal similar to the old 639-Radio Fiji One (Gary DeBock, WA, IRCA via DXLD) ** FRANCE [and non]. Frankreich: Das WRTH 2015 gibt für die Mittelwellenübertragung von Radio Maria France (laut Website: 230 rue Marc Delage, 83130 La Garde, andere Adresse als im WRTH) auf 1467 kHz (40 kW) die Sendezeit 05.00-19.00 Uhr Weltzeit an, was sich auf die Verhältnisse im Winterhalbjahr bezieht. Der katholische Sender sendet seit 2007 06.00-20.00 Uhr Ortszeit über eine Sendeanlage in den Bergen oberhalb Monacos, während abends die seit einiger Zeit fast durchweg arabischen Sendungen des protestantischen Trans World Radio auf 1467 kHz (1 MW) vom Hochleistungsstandort Roumoules in den Westalpen kommen. Abgesehen von der Mittelwelle 1467 kHz für die „Région PACA“ --- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, vgl. http://www.regionpaca.fr/ --- wird auf der Website von Radio Maria France für den terrestrischen Empfang noch die UKW-Frequenz Monaco 88.2 MHz angegeben. Ansonsten ist die Hörerschaft des katholischen Senders auf die Übertragung im Internet bei http://www.radiomaria.fr/player/ (merkbare Verzögerung gegenüber der Mittelwelle) bzw. über Apps für mobile Endgeräte angewiesen (Dr. Hansjörg Biener 5.-7.8.2015) France: [It seems that two items in the WRTH concerning Radio Maria France need to be corrected]. According to the WRTH 2015, Radio Maria France (address according to web site: 230 rue Marc Delage, 83130 La Garde, not the address given in the WRTH) broadcasts 0500-1900 h UTC on 1467 kHz (40 kW). In reality, the Catholic station has been broadcasting 0600-2000 h local time on 1467 kHz since its inaugural broadcast in late 2007. [So there needs to be a reference "in summer one hour earlier".] The transmissions on 1467 kHz are meant to cover the "Région PACA" --- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. See http://www.regionpaca.fr/ --- According to the web site http://www.radiomaria.fr there is only one more frequency for terrestrial reception: Monaco 88.2 MHz. Otherwise, the audience of the Catholic radio station is dependent on transmissions via the internet at http://www.radiomaria.fr/player/ (noticeable delay in comparison with terrestrial reception) or via apps for mobile devices (Dr. Hansjörg Biener 5.-7.8.2015, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FRANCE. New address for RFI --- A recent card from RFI states that they have changed their address to 80 Rue Camille Desmoulins, 92130 Issy Les Moulineaux, France (Allen Dean, Aug BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) ** GERMANY. Bayerischer Rundfunk MW 801 & 729 to be ceased for ever, on Sept 30 at 1045 UT / 12.45 CEST. Information Abschaltung Bayerischer Rundfunk MW 801 & 729 kHz Sehr geehrter Herr Kreuzinger, ich habe heute erfahren, dass die MW-Abschaltung am 30.9.2015 gegen 12.45 Uhr stattfinden soll. Mit freundlichen Gruessen Manfred Schmitz Bayerischer Rundfunk Rundfunkplatz 1 80335 Muenchen Produktions- und Technikdirektion HA Planung Stv. Ltg. Technische Information (via Frank Kreuzinger-D, A-DX July 31) Dann ist dort noch mehr Geschichte: (Christoph Ratzer-AUT OE2CRM, (via Wolfgang Büschel, mwdx yg via DXLD) ** GERMANY [and non]. Charlie-Prince: On the air since 30 years! For 30 years "Funky Sounds 4 Central Europe" are presented in the Charlie-Prince show! Guest appearances - for example at Radio Batida, Radio 101, Radio Telstar International in eastern Belgium and RTN in Northern Germany - made this anniversary possible. In order to make the JOY broadcast on this anniversary a surprise, you are invited to send your regards - as mp3 sound file or written via email. Please send your contributions exclusively to radiojoystick@gmail.com - and you probably will be on the radio yourself :-) ! Audible by demand on the Internet at http://www.radiojoystick.de The Charlie-Prince-show is produced for syndication. We offer the shows FREE to stations that may easily and efficiently add their own jingles! (Charlie Prince, Radio Joystick, Aug 9, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** GERMANY. 9560, DPO7 [sic] Seefunk, Kall Krekei, 0751-0755, escuchada el 12 de agosto de 2015 en alemán a locutor con comentarios, parece dar datos meteorológicos, SINPO 25442 (José Miguel Romero, Sacañet (Castellón), España, Yaesu FRG 7700, Sangean ATS 909, Antena hilo 10 m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. Athmee Yatrahe GFA, instead of Voice of Oromo Liberation on August 12, 1748 & 1757 on 17630 NAU 250 kW / 135 deg to EaAf SoAsian lang, instead of Amharic Wed http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/athmee-yatrahe-gfa-instead-of-voice-of.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) So was it a mixup? (gh, DXLD) ** GOA. INDIA, 15409.979, Usual odd frequency outlet of AIR Goa Panaji broadcast center outlet, carrier only at 1115 UT on Aug 11, but AIR Goa Thai service started late at 1116:17 UT. S=5-6 poor audio, sidelobe signal into Germany (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DXLD) ** GREECE. If you want to listen to some Greek news on SW, there's something else than ERT one may try for (yet still too early for most of NA at least this time of year, I guess): SVO Olimpia Radio broadcasts news in Greek on 13134 kHz and 8776 kHz in USB before and around 2000z. Transmission usually ends a few minutes after 2000z. Greek news are also broadcast in SITOR2 (a 100 Bd RTTY mode with FEC, e.g. used for NAVTEX) around 2100 on 12603.5, 8424 and 4210.5 kHz. Best regards (Tobias, Germany, Aug 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GREECE. Voice of Greece AVL again Aug 4 after absence several days from 0745 9420 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Greek from 0745 11645 100 kW / 182 deg NoAf Greek, terrible audio, hum tone 0800-0805 9420 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Greek 0800-0805 11645 100 kW / 182 deg NoAf Greek, clear audio, no hum tone 0805-0812 9420 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Romanian/Serbian/Russian 0805-0812 11645 100 kW / 182 deg NoAf Romanian/Serbian/Russian 0812-0835 9420 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Greek, tx off/around 0830 UT 0812-0835 11645 100 kW / 182 deg NoAf Greek, clear audio, no hum tone 0835-0905 9420 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Greek, 0835-0905 11645 100 kW / 182 deg NoAf Greek, terrible audio, hum tone 0905-0909 9420 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Spanish/Albanian 0905-0909 11645 100 kW / 182 deg NoAf Spanish/Albanian 0909-1201 9420 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Greek 0909-1201 11645 100 kW / 182 deg NoAf Greek, clear audio, no hum tone 1201-1207 9420 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu English 1201-1207 11645 100 kW / 182 deg NoAf English,clear audio,no hum tone from 1207 9420 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Greek and off the air at 1325UT from 1207 11645 100 kW / 182 deg NoAf Greek and off the air at 1315UT http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/voice-of-greece-on-aug4-is-again-on-air.html (DX RE MIX NEWS # 922 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, August 10, 2015, dxldyg via DXLD) August 4: Voice of Greece in English to WeEu, NoAf 1201 on 9420, 11645 Avlis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CvGTjAzr3E&feature=youtu.be Voice of Greece in English to WeEu, NoAf 1203 on 9420, 11645 Avlis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UipU4bGqYWg&feature=youtu.be Voice of Greece in English to WeEu, NoAf 1205 on 9420, 11645 Avlis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAnf1h_bKa4&feature=youtu.be (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Voice of Greece, AVLis was back on air on August 4 after 1845 UT: 1851&1901 9420 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Greek, co-ch VIRI/IRIB in Arabic 1851&1901 9935 100 kW / 285 deg WeEu Greek, terrible audio, hum tone. No signal from Voice of Greece on August 5 at 0300, 0600, 0900, 1200 UT time slot http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/voice-of-greece-was-back-on-air-on.html Voice of Greece from 2102 UT August 5 until 0517 UT August 6: from 2102 9420 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Greek from 2102 9935 100 kW / 285 deg WeEu Greek, terrible audio, hum tone 0301-0506 9420 170 kW / 323 deg NoAm Greek 0301-0506 9935 100 kW / 323 deg NoAm Greek, not on 11645 from 0400 UT from 0506 9420 170 kW / 323 deg NoAm Serbian from 0506 9935 100 kW / 323 deg NoAm Serbian, terrible audio, hum tone from 0513 9420 170 kW / 323 deg NoAm Romanian and off the air 0517 UT from 0513 9935 100 kW / 323 deg NoAm Romanian and off the air 0515 UT http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/voice-of-greece-from-2102ut-august-5.html Voice of Greece on air Aug. 7 after 1800 on 9420 and terrible audio on 9935 -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) Voice of Greece on the air 14 hrs from 1800 UT, Aug. 7 till 0800 Aug 8 from 1813 9420 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Greek, co-ch VIRI IRIB in Arabic from 1813 9935 100 kW / 285 deg WeEu Greek, terrible audio & hum tone from 0700 9420 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Greek, both freqs off at 0800 UT from 0700 11645 100 kW / 182 deg NoAf Greek, terrible audio & hum tone No signal from Voice of Greece from 0800 UT, Aug. 8 until publishing this bulletin http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/voice-of-greece-on-air-14-hrs-from.html (DX RE MIX NEWS # 922 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, August 10, 2015, dxldyg via DXLD) Voice of Greece, 9935, 0340 8 AUG - in GREEK from AVLIS. SINPO = 23221. ?Greek?, guitar music with sometimes male, sometimes female, announcer. a loud ~200 Hz tone almost covers the weak modulation. Jamming or just a bad transmitter? sf 122.3, a 20, k 2, geomag: quiet. 100 kW, beamAz 285deg, bearing 31deg. Sangean ATS505 with Kaito KA33 in west facing window. Received at Las Vegas, United States, 10744 km from transmitter at Avlis. Local time: 2040 (Rodney Johnson, NV, http://swldx.tumblr.com/ dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Bad transmitter: we have discussed this a lot (gh, DXLD) Voice of Greece was back air August 10 probably after 1900UT: from 1945 9420 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Greek, co-ch VIRI/IRIB in Arabic from 1945 9935 100 kW / 285 deg WeEu Greek, terrible audio, hum tone. 0300-0400 9420 170 kW / 323 deg NoAm Greek 0300-0400 9935 100 kW / 323 deg NoAm Greek, terrible audio, hum tone. 0400-0505 9420 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Greek 0400-0505 11645 100 kW / 182 deg NoAf Greek, terrible audio & hum tone 0505-0600 9420 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Vary* 0505-0600 11645 100 kW / 182 deg NoAf Vary*, terrible audio & hum tone from 0600 9420 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Greek, both freq cut off at 0606 from 0600 11645 100 kW / 182 deg NoAf Greek, terrible audio & hum tone * 3-5 minutes news in Serbian, Romanian, Spanish, Russian, Arabic. MISSING languages Polish, Albanian, Italian. Till 0600 UT 11645 is totally blocked by Radio Dabanga http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/voice-of-greece-after-1900ut-aug10.html (Ivo, dxldyg via DXLD) V of Greece on air from 1930 on 9420, 9935 -- 73! (Ivo Ivanovo, Aug 11, dxldyg via DXLD) [and non]. 9935, Aug 11 at 0033, VOG is on tonight, and as usual with huge whine on this frequency, while // 9420 music is clear. At 0537, 9420 is still good with music (presumably a buffer between token foreign language news headlines), and 11645 Dabanga via Vatican is suffering rumbling CCI, presumably Avlis up from 9935 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9934.944 exact odd frequency. Annoying BUZZ whine tone accompanied the S=9+35dB ERT audio signal from Avlis here in southern Germany at 2103 UT on Aug 11. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] BUZZ signal like GARDEN FENCE showed in Perseus browser screen 13 times! x accompanied buzz spur peak signals - each sideband - peaks at 269 Hertz / 538 ... Hertz apart distance ... , each sideband. \\ Voice of Greece Avlis S=9+50dBm very powerful tonight at 2107 UT on fingerprint exact 9420.002 kHz (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 11, via WORLD OF RADIO 1786, DXLD) Voice of Greece, AVLis back on air from 1930 Aug 11 until 0605 Aug 12: from 1930 9420 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Greek, co-ch VIRI/IRIB in Arabic from 1930 9935 100 kW / 285 deg WeEu Greek, terrible audio & hum tone 0300-0505 9420 170 kW / 323 deg NoAm Greek 0300-0505 9935 100 kW / 323 deg NoAm Greek, terrible audio & hum tone 0505-0600 9420 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Vary* 0505-0600 9935 100 kW / 323 deg NoAm Vary*, terrible audio & hum tone from 0600 9420 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Greek, both freq cut off at 0605 from 0600 9935 100 kW / 323 deg NoAm Greek, terrible audio & hum tone * 3-5 minutes news in Serbian/Romanian/Spanish/Russian/Polish/Italian/Arabic. Today missing language is Albanian, yesterday missing Polish/Albanian/Italian http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/voice-of-greece-was-back-on-air-from.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) So the foreign language news block reverts to 05-06 instead of 0530-0630 (gh) Voice of Greece on air in this 18-19 UT slot. 9934.938 exact odd frequency. Annoying BUZZ whine tone accompanied the S=9+15dB ERT audio signal from Avlis on remote SDR in Moscow at 1815 UT on Aug 12. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] BUZZ signal like GARDEN FENCE showed in Perseus browser screen 13 times! x accompanied buzz spur peak signals - each sideband - peaks at 269 Hertz / 538 ... Hertz apart distance ... , each sideband. \\ Voice of Greece Avlis S=9+50dBm very powerful tonight at 2107 UT on fingerprint exact 9420.002 kHz (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 12, dxldyg via DXLD) 9420, ERT 1858, Aug. 12. Greek music, but usual “wobbly” broadcast. Full ID at 1900, followed by more fabulous music. // 9935 unusable with wicked hum that sounds like – the best I can describe -- a Florida Everglades boat fan engine. Still going at 1920. No doubt those “rebel” ERTOpen engineers at least knew what they were doing. 73s, (Marty Delfín (Fuencarral-El Pardo district, Madrid, Spain), Sony ICF-SW77 telescopic antenna, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1786, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Voice of Greece is on air again from 1800 UT on 9420, 9935 -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Aug 12, ibid.) Voice of Greece was back on air on August 12, probably after 1800 UT: from 1805 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Greek, co-ch VIRI/IRIB Arabic from 1805 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg WeEu Greek terrible audio/hum tone http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/voice-of-greece-was-back-on-air-on_13.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUAM. 15605.013, KSDA, AWR Guam program in Lushai language, spoken in Mizoram, Myanmar, Chittagong hill area. Noted at 1526 UT on Aug 6. S=9+5dB in sidelobe far behind, on remote SDR unit in southern Germany (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 6, dxldyg via DXLD) ** GUAM. Adventist World Radio KSDA with new language service to Asia from Aug 1, 1030-1100 on 17730 SDA 100 kW / 315 deg to EaAs Mongolian, instead of English: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/adventist-world-radio-ksda-with-new.html (Ivo Ivanov, Aug 12, dxldyg via dXLD) It seems the 7DAs have a big campaign going to overtake Mongolia, including FM stations in every city (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) http://www.awr.org A15 AWR Short Wave Broadcast Schedule (2015-03-29 to 2015-10-24) SDA 1030 1100 Mongolian N-China, Mongolia 17730 100 1234567 Regards, (Tony Ashar, West Java, Indonesia, dxldyg via DXLD) So has it really been in Mongolian since March 29 or are they merely back-dating it now? (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** GUAM. KTWR Guam DRM Test Date: 13th & 14th Aug 2015 (Thu & Fri) Time: 1445-1515 UT (8.15 - 8.45 pm IST) Power: 90 kW Language: English Frequency: 15450 kHz Azi: 285 Deg (towards Delhi) Reception reports appreciated. Regards, (Alokesh Gupta, 0734 UT Aug 13, dx_sasia yg via DXLD) ** HONG KONG. VRC, Hong Kong Marine Rescue Radio / 8414.5 kHz / 06.06.2015 0234 / ppc, letter / Reception mode: HF DSC. Reported to VRC Hong Kong Marine Rescue Radio, reply from Cape D'Aguilar Radio Station / Send regular mail [to] Hong Kong Maritime Rescue Co- ordination Centre, Harbour Building, 38 Pier Road, Central, Hong Kong, PR of China (Russian SWL / DX site, QSL album, Moscow, Russia, August 8, 2015, Author: ukidd102, Reception Location: Japan, Receiver: ELAD FDM-S2 | Antenna: Wellbrook ALA-1530S +, QSL World via RusDX 9 Aug via DXLD) ** HONG KONG. 6679, Hong Kong Volmet, USB mode, tentative, 1051 to 1055, no ID, but this agrees with the Internet, SINFO=2,5,4,4,2, graded down, because of the weak signal, a terminal weather forecast (aero weather conditions), the 1000A and the 42’ Windom antenna. 8/6/15 (John and Sandra Davis. Our listening post is located northeast of Columbus, Ohio in the USA. One inside antenna is a Windom which is 42’ long. The other is an end fed antenna 16’ long. The name of my large antenna is the “687’ horizontal array.” I also use my wife’s HVU-8 amateur radio vertical antenna, because it works extremely well of the shortwave broadcast bands. Our receivers include, but are not limited to a number of R-390As, R-391s, a Mackay 5050A, a Racal 6790, and a Watkins-Johnson HF-1000A. The Mackay 5050A was recently repaired by Fair Radio and works extremely well! Our portable receivers include a Kaito 1103, a Radio Shack 440, and a Sangean 803A, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) Not SWBC but nevertheless an interesting catch (Rich D`Angelo, FS sub editor, ibid.) What ``Internet`` --- could you be a bit more specific? THIS authoritative site shows frequency time-shared by four VOLMETs, and after 50 minutes past the hour, it`s Auckland, not HK: http://www.dxinfocentre.com/volmet.htm 6679, H+ 10, 40 JIA JPN TOKYO NEW TOKYO 35 44 00 139 51 00 15, 45 VRK HKG HONG KONG HONG KONG RADIO 22 12 54 114 14 58 20, 50 ZKAK NZL AUCKLAND AUCKLAND VOLMET -37 01 00 174 48 42 25, 55 KVM 70 HWA HONOLULU HONOLULU RADIO 21 19 23 -157 59 36 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. AIR Thiruvananthapuram, 7290, 0316 9 AUG - in MALAYALAM. SINPO = 15311. ?Asian Language?, male announcer. QSB=slow fade above and below noise floor, sometimes losing carrier completely. f/out at 0322z. sf 122.4, a12, k3, geomag: unsettled. 50 kW, beamAz 160deg, bearing 334deg. Sangean ATS505 with Kaito KA33 in west facing window. Received at Las Vegas, United States, 14935 km from transmitter at Thiruvananthapuram. Local time: 2016 (Rodney Johnson, NV, http://swldx.tumblr.com/ dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Nice catch: AIR regionals on their daytime frequencies are tough in North America. This starts at 0230 per Aoki, and it`s carrying Hindi programming of AIR Chennai. Sunrise there around 0045 UT per gaisma.com --- What else could it be? Certainly not the imaginary Yemen 7290 HFCC registration starting at 0300. But watch out for hams in the Americas in AM mode congregating around the top edge of 40m band, more so on 7295 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA [and non]. From Eastbourne, JOHN LANGLEY has written and thanks all at BDXC HQ for a ‘very interesting magazine’. Thanks go to Roger Bunney for his advice and guidance. John has been investigating jamming signals. Between 1600 and 1630 on 15140, a grating circular saw type noise appears to jam the Omani Arabic Service. [see below] On 15150 and 15550 Radio Dabanga has been jammed by an high pitched whistle. VOA from Botswana on 15580 has some sort of burbling noise at about 1800. What if Islamic State broadcast in English. Would our Government jam the broadcasts? (Open to Discussion with David Morris, August BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) I bet it`s merely DRM from India as scheduled on 15140, long a problem; altho recently DRM was reported to have been temporarily suspended. What was the date of this? Viz. from Aoki: ``15140 ALL INDIA RADIO(DRM) 1615-1715 1234567 Russian(Digital) 250 132 Delhi (Khampur) IND 2850N 07709E AIR a15`` This would not be the first time DRM has been mistaken for deliberate jamming! In fact, DRM mode seems to be used by ETHIOPIA for jamming. How do you defend that, Ruxandra? Furthermore, if DRM broadcasts were restricted to specific segments in the mostly vacant fixed utility bands, they could not collide with legitimate AM inband SWBC stations (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. 9635, Aug 10 at 0120, poor S5 signal with ME? music, as good as Brasil 9630 altho I usually don`t hear anything on 9635. HFCC has registered: AIR via Aligarh, 250 kW, 282 degrees in Sindhi at 0045- 0200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 9525.93, Voice of Indonesia returned to the air August 12 (Wednesday), after being silent since March 1; tuned in at 0944 to UNID open carrier; 1000 first positive audio; in English; sounded very much like the "Exotic Indonesia" program that in the past was always only on Tuesday and Thursday; many segments of chatting, along with usual back and forth banter; poor reception and at times unable to make out any audio; 1100 ID and station slogan; into stilted Chinese; 1204 also noted in Chinese; 1300 Chinese ID, as well as English ID & slogan; continuing on in Chinese. Brief audio clip - https://app.box.com/s/1aogtt82vdn90206fvdalrx7zvi306yv So their first day back was certainly not their typical schedule; would have been normal for English 1000-1100, but "Exotic Indonesia" program would have been an anomaly for Wed. in the past. Reception after 1300 was at times almost fair, so if they go back to 1300-1400 in English, this could perhaps be reasonably heard? Of course Atsunori Ishida ( http://rri.jpn.org/ ) also has reported this reactivation. With the poor reception, hard for me to get a very accurate measurement, so perhaps Wolfy or others can determine a truer measurement (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1786, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Voice of Indonesia on 9526.0 [sic] at 1815 UT Aug 12, very, very low modulation, language is Chinese, instead of scheduled 1800-1900 in German to WeEu. 73! (Ivo Ivanov, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1786, DXLD) Voice of Indonesia was back on shortwave on August 12, after more than five months absence from around March 1. But on August 12 with very low modulation: 1815-1855 9526 JAK 250 kW / 290 deg to WeEu Chinese, instead of German From 1900 nominal frequency 9525 kHz is totally blocked by CRI in Russian. My last video of Voice of Indonesia on Feb. 12 - good modulation and strong signal: Full summer A-15 schedule of Voice of Indonesia by languages is here. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/voice-of-indonesia-was-back-on.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re 9525.977 kHz finger print at 18 UT on Aug 12, Voice of Indonesia back, S=9+15dB signal strength in southern Germany, level little stronger on remote SDR unit at Moscow, Russia. BUT MODULATION IS VERY UNDERMODULATED this nighttime. Had to switch- OFF AGC to OFF option ! - to understand Chinese language program. Instead of scheduled 15-16 UT, heard Chinese now at 18-19 UT hour (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1786, DXLD) From 1900 until 2100 on nominal 9525 is CRI in Russian to EaEu with powerful signal from Beijing transmitter site -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1786, DXLD) ** IRAN. 15430, August 1, 2015 at 0546-0601 UT, VOIRI, Female announcer in Spanish. “Tierra de la Luz” program. #48 episode, Credits for this show, including Director, Producer, Sound, etc. Religious program about Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), based on an episode that occurred in his life. Middle Eastern guitar music in background. SINPO 44344 (Ed Sylvester, Baghdad, Iraq, Drake R8B, Indoor Pixel Magnetic Loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN. VIRI very odd frequency via defective transmitter in Zahedan 1653-0020 9421vZAH 500 kW / 289 deg NEAf Arabic instead of 9420 Aug 3 0023-0220 9510 ZAH 500 kW / 289 deg NEAf Arabic, not checked Aug.4 0223-0520 11660 ZAH 500 kW / 289 deg NEAf Arabic, exact freq. Aug.4 0523-1420 15750 ZAH 500 kW / 289 deg NEAf Arabic, exact freq. Aug.4 1423-1650 11985 ZAH 500 kW / 289 deg WeAs Azeri, not checked Aug.3 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/viri-irib-on-very-odd-frequency-via.html (DX RE MIX NEWS # 922 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, August 10, 2015, dxldyg via DXLD) August 3: VIRI IRIB in Arabic to NEAf 1810 on 9421 Zahedan, instead of 9420 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7NPVfjctCE&feature=youtu.be VIRI IRIB in Arabic to NEAf 1830 on 9421 Zahedan, instead of 9420 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixsntGIPpZE&feature=youtu.be VIRI IRIB in Arabic to NEAf 1902 on 9421 Zahedan, instead of 9420 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyIvuipDkVk&feature=youtu.be VIRI IRIB in Arabic to NEAf 1932 on 9421 Zahedan, instead of 9420 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4ZubR6jhZ4&feature=youtu.be (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9400, August 7, 2015, 2018-2022, VOIRI, Female Announcer in English with discussion about racism in the US and Palestine, with a focus of Zionist efforts to wipe out Palestinians in Gaza. SINPO 44434. 9420, August 7, 2015, 2122-2135, VOIRI, Male Announcer in Arabic with discussion about racism in Palestine (similar to counterpart English broadcast on 9400). Schedule of program announced at 2027. Revolutionary chant at 2029. ID by male announcer at 2030. News headlines about region at 2031. SINPO 43433. QRM from Voice of Greece on same frequency (Ed Sylvester, Baghdad, Iraq, Drake R8B, Indoor Pixel Magnetic Loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN [non]. MOLDOVA, Strong reception of Radio Payem e-Doost: 1800-1845 on 7480 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Persian Maybe same tx relay Denge Kurdistan 1900-2100 on 11600! http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/strong-reception-of-radio-payem-e-doost.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAQ. IRAQI CHRISTIAN RADIO REACHES MILLIONS AMID ISIS THREAT http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2015/August/Iraqi-Christian-Radio-Reaching-Millions/ WASHINGTON -- Iraq is considered one of the most dangerous countries in the world for Christians. Some two-thirds of its once large Christian population have fled the country in the past 12 years alone. And even in cities not controlled by ISIS, like Baghdad, Islamic jiahdists have placed a bullseye on the backs of believers in Jesus. Most of Baghdad's Christians have fled the endless violence. But one Iraqi pastor has not only stayed behind -- he's leading Iraq's first Christian radio station. "When we started this project, it was a pioneering project," Pastor Maher Fouad told CBN News. "No one ever applied for a radio station in the history of Iraq, especially a Christian radio station." Pastor Maher leads Baghdad's New Testament Baptist Church. He told CBN News he founded 102.9 FM in Baghdad a decade ago to reach Iraqis with the Gospel. "During the time, violence was a major problem in Baghdad, with the sounds of explosions and car bombs," Pastor Maher said. "And out of all these radio stations that broadcast violence and negative news, our radio station appeared broadcasting the Gospel and the Good News of Jesus Christ." Since then, the violence hasn't stopped -- and neither has Pastor Maher. The station's daily programing now reaches up to 8 million people in and around Baghdad. "I pray publicly on our radio station so all the Iraqis will hear it." he said. "Not only Christians but also Muslims call us live on the air requesting that we pray for them." His bold stance has brought countless death threats -- and with ISIS declaring war on Christians, things have only become more dangerous. "The situation here in Baghdad is not only bad, it is very bad," Pastor Maher told CBN News. "When ISIS occupied Ramadi, we became in danger because Ramadi is not very far away from Baghdad. On one side, we have ISIS threatening us. And the second danger we face is from car bombs and explosions." But Pastor Maher remains on the air and he's spreading the message beyond Baghdad. In 2010, with the help of U.S.-based High Adventure Ministries, he established another Christian radio station in Basra, in southern Iraq. That station can be heard as far away as neighboring Kuwait and Iran. "We rejoice because many, many people are listening and receiving the message and are responding to the message of the Gospel," Pastor Maher said. In the meantime, he says he has no plans to leave Iraq. "The Lord protected us," he declared. "And I believe the Lord will protect us also in the coming days." He says thousands of Iraqi Christian refugees need aid -- and he's praying the U.S. government and the American Church will step up to help as ISIS continues to wreak havoc. Posted by: (JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO, dxldyg via DXLD) ** IRELAND [non]. SOUTH AFRICA, RTE Radio One via BABCOCK Meyerton on Aug 3: 1930-2000 on 5820 MEY 100 kW / 000 deg to SoAf English Mon-Fri http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/rte-radio-one-via-babcock-meyerton-on.html (DX RE MIX NEWS # 922 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, August 10, 2015, dxldyg via DXLD) ** IRELAND NORTHERN [non]. Dear Glenn, Last night's (Sunday) 2100 UT is being repeated again on 6070 kHz via c292 [Germany] today [Monday] at 1700 UT due to a slight problem when my broadcast was played late last night. Best regards, (Jordan Heyburn, Aug 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Northern Ireland observed today (10 August 2015) on 6070 kHz at 1700-1800 UT via Channel 292 in Germany. The broadcast started and finished with their 'Lincolnshire Poacher' interval signal and was a rock music show presented in English, featuring Rory Gallagher, Pink Floyd et al. Followed at 1800 UT by Radio DARC. Reception was good via a remote receiver in Twente, Netherlands (David Kernick, Interval Signals Online, dxldyg via DXLD) ** ITALY [and non]. Well, I'm actually writing in regarding some MW news (for me at least) here in Europe. I happened to stumble across "IRRS Shortwave" on MW 846 kHz recently. They are in parallel to 1368, the 10 kW Challenger Radio outlet. Despite mostly being somewhat weaker here in Central Europe, the 846 channel is pretty much in the clear (unless you're close to Ireland). I then remembered having heard the IRRS on another odd channel, 1611 kHz, back on 2015-03-28 around 2230z. Back then, I was then pleasantly surprised that they sent the VOA English news, followed by - World of Radio! So I tried again Saturday nights but never heard this one again since. But the new channel 846 reminded me that IRRS may be carrying WOR at times, and consulting their online schedule actually revealed a couple of airings based on CET (UTC=CET-2 during summertime / UTC=CET-1 during wintertime) - Sunday: 01:30 Streaming + 1368+846 kHz English IPAR - World of Radio [=> UT Saturday 2330z] - Sunday: 23:00 Streaming + 1368+846 kHz English IPAR - World of Radio [=> UT Sunday 2100z] So I tried listening in this past Sunday before 2100 UT (2300 Local) despite heavy static QRN but all there was consisted of a station announcement followed by some "Feature Story News". Yet after a few moments, the news faded, and a second station ID followed, and the news started over again. So I began to doubt WOR was going to be broadcast at all or later during this time. But to be sure, I tuned in again at 2110z and there it was, the latest edition of WOR on MW in Europe! I continued listening for a while and heard you mention the 4th harmonic of ERTU Egypt 819 kHz. Since "you" were so close frequency-wise, I decided to tune down to check on 819 kHz. Then back to Glenn on 846. Then tried 1368 and after properly tuning the loop antenna, World of Radio appeared there, too! There is an inaudible heterodyne of about 3 Hz, but the beat is audible as noise going up and down rapidly on this channel. A few moments later, I tuned up 1 channel to 1377, Radio France Info from Lille, giving some information and a clear ID at 2315z in the file). Directly after, I tuned back down to World of Radio on 1368 - but it was gone! "From Darkness To Light" began at this time on IRRS. Back to 846 and the same had happened there, too! Finally back to 1368 and it's clearly in parallel, so no more World of Radio heard from that point! What a shame! The 846 channel is not yet listed in the EMWG, there were some postings on Mediumwave.info, though. Who knows where they're broadcasting from, with which power and antenna? Lessons learned / conclusions and a few other items worth mentioning: There is a possibility to hear at least parts or WOR in Central Europe on Medium Wave, but don't trust the IRRS schedule nor that they complete what had been started, even in a time-shifted. I wish they'd stick to their schedule and/or provide a "safe" time to listen to WOR on MW in Europe, because their transmitters do fine, and things should be a lot better toward fall / winter when the static and daylight hours are much less. Another Italian MW station even better audible in Central Europe is "I AM Radio", broadcasting mostly disco and dance tracks 24/7 (I guess) on 1350 kHz, a channel vacated by France some time ago. Each Saturday evening at 2000z, they carry an informative almost 30 minute DX program in Italian. This past weekend, they had an odd program interruption which resulted in a(n automatic?) computer voice ID announcement. It strongly reminded me of "Medjugorje Network", a station I had heard testing with a very similar computer voice on 1476 back in early March, but with added test tones. Best regards (Tobias, Germany, Aug 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ITALY. It’s the end of the world as we know it --- and it’s not even easy to forecast which new world is moving forward. On the same day the horrifying news of the end of medium and longwave broadcasting by Radio France spread, the Italian Senate passed a bill which officially opens the way to private broadcasting on medium wave. That the Italian Senate has dealt with medium waves is by itself remarkable. But again in the same day, RAI’s Director General, while announcing the launch of three new DAB+ stations, invited the Italian Government to fix a switch off date for FM! So it is quite clear that, apart from tearing down the existing system, governments, broadcasting authorities and other powers don’t know what to build on the ruins. One thing is clear: when you have to persuade listeners to move away from AM/FM to DAB, there’s something wrong at the start. After all, nobody had to be persuaded to quit wall-mounted telephones, and there was no need of a switch off date for huge desk calculators. That said, many things happened on the Italian digital radio scene in the past month. First of all, as announced by RAI’s DG, Webradios 6, 7 and 8 are to change formats as from next summer. The first will be launched on August 6th, and will represent a total change from the present Webradio 8. Rock and progressive music will give way to Radio 8 Opera, a continuous programme of operatic music performed by Italian and world conductors and singers. The other two will start on September 7th. Radio 7 Live will broadcast live concerts and other programmes of pop and rock music, ending the non-stop airing of pop music produced by Radio 2 which is today’s Webradio 7. Radio 6 Teca, formerly Webradio 6, “teca” meaning showcase, or archive, will actually delve into RAI archives to broadcast documentaries, theatre, variety shows, even news bulletins from the past. I presume that Radio 7 Live will continue to produce a new Monday programme called Musica Med, which features Mediterranean music and is jointly produced by RAI Sardegna, France Bleu Radio Corse Frequenza Mora, Morocco’s Chaîne Inter, Radio Algerienne Chaîne 3, Radio Tunisienne and Radio Nacional de España. On the private side, Eurodab Italia didn’t remain inactive. While RTL 102.5 Classic became RTL Best (the playlist being more or less the same, great classic pop hits), a brand-new, full-fledged station started in July, RTL L’Italiana, whose format is Italian pop music of the last 50 years, two disc jockeys chatting, and the news, traffic and weather every 30 minutes, at :00 and :30. This has replaced RTL Italian Style, which was a non-stop-music channel without either DJs or news. In South Tyrol, station’s name of the German Service of RAI “Sender Bozen” has been abandoned and is now “RAI Südtirol” which on your DAB display may appear as “RAI SUEDTIROL” or “RAI SUDT”, depending on receiver. I received it on many FM frequencies including 91.1, 95.5, 97.2 and 98 MHz, and on channel 10B. This is the “RAS1-DAB” multiplex, which, along with German and Swiss stations, carries RAI Südtirol and Radios 1, 2 and 3 to areas not yet covered by “RAI TAA” transmitters (typically, valleys with only or mainly German-speaking listeners). “RAI Trentino Alto Adige” on channel 12B presently serves only the Bozen area with the usual 10 national radio programmes, plus RAI Südtirol (Southern European Report with Stefano Valianti, August BDXC- UK Communication via DXLD) ** IVORY COAST [non]. CÔTE D’IVOIRE, 15220, August 2, 2015, 1947-1949, ADVENTIST WORLD RADIO, Male Announcer in French. Biblical discussion, SINPO 54555 (Ed Sylvester, Baghdad, Iraq, JRC NRD-535D, Indoor Pixel Magnetic Loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Site is AUSTRIA; service probably originates in I.C. and gives out address there. I.C. has not had any SW of its own for many years; Abidjan was on 4940 and 11920 in the XX Century. BTW, this gives me another rare opportunity to point out the absurdity of insisting that the country name be expressed in French, even when writing in English. So we should insist the French write UNITED STATES OF AMERICA always, instead of États-Unis???? I believe you will even find USA alfabetized under E in multi-national conferences (Glenn Hauser, Oklahomme, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN. 3945, RN2 (via Chiba / Nagara), lively pops to jazz vocal, scat singing. English ID by M: "RN2". Slight QRN ; F/G (Rick Barton, El Mirage AZ, Drake R8, outdoor Slinky; Grundig Satellit 750, indoor wire, Radio Shack SW-2000629, barefoot, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Just curious, what was the time of reception for RN2? Weekends signs off early (0900*), but perhaps your reception was on a weekday? Thanks (Ron Howard, San Francisco, ibid.) HI RON, thank you for writing. IdK how that cut out of there, but the log of R Nikkei 2 was from a listening session from AUG. 4 (Tuesday) at 1115 Z. I'll put in a correction. R Nikkei 1 and 2 are favorites of mine just for casual listening. Quite the eclectic mix of music. Never know what you're going to hear (Rick, ibid.) Thanks, Rich. Appreciate the feedback. Yes, I also find RN2 to indeed be very enjoyable listening. Like their many IDs in English, plus the music (Ron, ibid.) ** JAPAN [and non]. 9750, NHK World / R Japan, 8/7, 1330. Dialogue with two M in Japanese and in major collision with PBS / CHINA, Mongolian service, W in listed Mongolian (Rick Barton, El Mirage AZ, Drake R8, outdoor Slinky; Grundig Satellit 750, indoor wire, Radio Shack SW-2000629, barefoot, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) = Aug 7 ** JAPAN [non]. 5910, August 12 at 0507 tune-in, surprised to hear NHK news in English until cutoff at 0507.5*. So the NHK Japanese relay via FRANCE at 0300-0500 ran over, but not long enough to carry the complete 0500 English semihour which is supposed to be only on 11970 via Issoudun --- was that off until now? (and 5975 via Woofferton). 5910 is for Central America but heard well enough in North America (and no sign of Colombia 5910 tonight, nor for quite a while now) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KASHMIR [non]. 50 ANIVERSARIO DE LA EMISORA CLANDESTINA RADIO SADAI KASHMIR Con motivo del 50 aniversario de la guerra indo pakistaní y el nacimiento de la emisora clandestina Radio Sadai Kashmir, son varios los artículos que han dedicado articúlos a dicho acontecimiento. 19 May 1965 A clandestine radio station calling itself Sadai Kashmir (The voice of Kashmir) starts broadcasting calling for uprising against Indian occupation. 8 August 1965 http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/15150/8/08_chapter%204.pdf In the expectation that by 8 August 1965 large scale damage would have been caused in Kashmir, announce on 8 August 1965 over a 'new' radio station called 'sadai Kashmir' (the voice of Kashmir), purported to be located within Kashmir (though actually located in Pakistan occupied area), that, on the occasion of the anniversary of the arrest of Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, the people of Kashmir had risen in revolt against the government, describing the terrorists activities of the infiltraters as 'peoples' uprising; announce also that a revolutionary council had been established by the people which had decided to cancel all agreements with India. DAWN http://www.dawn.com/news/1199304 Kashmir Life http://www.kashmirlife.net/batamaloo-blaze-issue-21-vol-07-2-83161/ Nazaria-i-Pakistan Trust http://www.nazariapak.info/Our-Pakistan/war.php Articulos históricos de la epoca. Chicago Tribune Aug. 12, 1965 http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1965/08/12/page/57/article/india-reports-killing-of-84-infiltrators Gettysburg Times 11 Ago 1965 https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2202&dat=19650811&id=2CcmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Kf4FAAAAIBAJ&pg=2541,1658136&hl=es The Saratogian August 10, 1965 [lost URL] Kabul Times 8 august 1965 http://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2127&context=kabultimes Posted by: (JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO, Aug 11, dxldyg via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH. 15420, Aug. 6, Voice of Korea in French, 1425-1455 s/off. Fair to good signal. Little fading but great music. Switched suddenly at 1455 to CRI in Chinese-language lessons in progress. Better signal, but made it impossible to listen to VOK’s English broadcast on 15425, bad splatter from CRI, even with sync on Sony ICF- SW77. 73 (Marty Delfín (Fuencarral-El Pardo, Madrid, Spain) Sony ICF- SW77, Eton 750, and Sangean 606P, telescopic and outboard antennae, dxldyg via DXLD) 15420 and 15425 are not known frequencies of VOK; suspect he meant 15245, which is on the new schedule for French from 1430. When there is a typo/transposition, there is always a possibility it was the station operators who punched up the wrong frequency, in which case monitors should point this out explicitly. However, CRI too is on 15245 in English from 1500 via Kashgar (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH. 11710, Aug 12 at 1304, the presumed NK NA is playing on VOK, strident choral music with distortion and flutter, yet one of the strongest signals on band except Cuba; during brief pause at 1305, jamming bleed is audible, announcement not in English? More martial choral music; 1308 English starts, YL with heavy accent; maybe previous bit was really English too. Big news out of NK this week is that on Aug 15, timezone will be retracted to UT +8:30 instead of +9 as another way of distancing itself from Japan and Korea South. Will this affect the timings of VOK? Possibly, but probably not, while domestic relays on SW will certainly shift, if anyone should care. [VOK DID shift everything half an hour later --- details next DXLD or already in the DXLD yg] The UT+9 timezone should cover exactly 127-30 to 142-30 east, which means on an hourly basis, P`yongyang really belongs in the UT+8 zone between 112-30 and 127-30 east. Hey, why not be really different with some odd minutes instead of an even half-hour change? At 125-45 east, P`yongyang local mean time would be UT +8:53 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1786, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See WORLD OF HOROLOGY! ** KOREA NORTH KOREA. On August 15 North Korea is to move its time zone back by 30 minutes so that local time will be UTC +8.5h. Videos with announcement in Russian/English 1500&1518 on 9425 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to EaEu Russian Voice of Korea 1500&1518 on 12015 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to EaEu Russian Voice of Korea 1600&1618 on 9890 KUJ 200 kW / 296 deg to N/ME English Voice of Korea 1600&1618 on 11645 KUJ 200 kW / 296 deg to N/ME English Voice of Korea http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/on-august-15-north-korea-is-to-move-its.html (DX RE MIX NEWS # 922 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, August 10, 2015, dxldyg via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. August 5: Radio Free North Korea in Korean to NEAs 1320 on new 15640 Dushanbe, ex 15590 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtLz1mzPTu0&feature=youtu.be Radio Free Chosun in Korean to NEAs 1435 on 11570 Tashkent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVGulIWhcGk&feature=youtu.be T8WH Angel 5 relay Furusato no Kaze in Korean to NEAs 1430 on 9960 Palau https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVD378Y0Dcw&feature=youtu.be North Korea Reform Radio in Korean to NEAs 1445 on 11550 Palauig Zambales https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koznJK2Nqg0&feature=youtu.be T8WH Angel 5 relay Nippon no Kaze in Korean to NEAs 1500 on 9975 Palau https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqgqNSdQp6g&feature=youtu.be T8WH Angel 5 relay Nippon no Kaze in Korean to NEAs 1530 on 9965 Palau https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wKKD5_s5B4&feature=youtu.be T8WH Angel 5 relay Furusato no Kaze in Korean to NEAs 1600 on 9960 Palau https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APWu0tR75bk&feature=youtu.be (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. CLANDESTINE broadcasts to NORTH KOREA, part two: Radio Free North Korea from 1320 on 15640 DB 100 kW / 071 deg to NEAs Korean Furusato no Kaze from 1430 on 9960 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs Japanese from 1600 on 9960 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs Japanese Radio Free Chosun from 1435 on 11570 TAC 100 kW / 070 deg to NEAs Korean, see KURDISTAN(non) North Korea Reform Radio from 1445 on 11550 PUG 125 kW / 010 deg to NEAs Korean Nippon no Kaze from 1500 on 9975 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs Korean from 1530 on 9965 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs Korean http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/clandestine-broadcasts-to-north-korea.html (DX RE MIX NEWS # 922 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, August 10, 2015, dxldyg via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. Furusato no Kaze (Taiwan Relay). 9950, 1337 11 AUG - (CLA) in JAPANESE from TANSHUI. SINPO = 34233. Japanese, female interviews male over phone. 1338z musical interlude and female announcer continues with occasional short jingles. Sf 109.0, a 9, k 2, geomag: quiet. 100 kW, beamAz 2deg, bearing 310deg. Sangean ATS505 with Kaito KA33 in west facing window. Received at Las Vegas, United States, 11005 km from transmitter at Tanshui. Local time: 0637 (Rodney Johnson, NV, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9950, 1332 12 AUG - (CLANDESTINE) in JAPANESE from TANSHUI. SINPO = 24322. Female announcer interviewing male over the phone. weak modulation. sf 102.9, a 8, k 1, geomag: very quiet. 100 kW, beamAz 2deg, bearing 310deg. Sangean ATS505 with Kaito KA33 in west facing window. Received at Las Vegas, United States, 11005 km from transmitter at Tanshui. Local time: 0632 (--Rodney Johnson, NV, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. August 4: Shiokaze Sea Breeze in Korean to NEAs 1758 on 5985 Yamata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwHPomnkAMI&feature=youtu.be (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 1758?? Not supposed to be on at that time, also shown on YT (gh) JAPAN, Reception of Shiokaze Sea Breeze after end transmission of CRI 1630-1700 on 5985 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Korean Tue, co-ch CRI in Swahili http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/reception-of-shiokaze-sea-breeze-after.html (DX RE MIX NEWS # 922 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, August 10, 2015, dxldyg via DXLD) ** KOREA SOUTH. 15575, KBS World 8/6, 1330. (Presumed). Formerly at take-it-for-granted armchair level, very lame of late. Including today. Probably not going to be better with onset of Dog Days and Fall. Poor (Rick Barton, El Mirage AZ, Drake R8, outdoor Slinky; Grundig Satellit 750, indoor wire, Radio Shack SW-2000629, barefoot, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1786, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15575, August 8 at 1354, can`t hear the Saturday DX news from whoever is appearing this week on KBS World Radio, as signal has collapsed to a JBA carrier. WWV K-index at 12 and 15 was 3; solar flux the day before was a respectable 122. At 15, `` No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours``; but at 12, ``Space weather for the past 24 hours has been minor. Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level occurred``. The storms had long been predicted, and over this marginal path, it doesn`t take much to knock out KBS; under normal conditions it is gradually deteriorating with decreasing insolation over the hi- latitude path, peaking just south of Nome, more and more into total darkness. Yet they always stick to this unusable band all winter! Judging from reception reports they quote, KBS is well aware of this, but the powers that be keep them on 19m anyway. Latin Americans merit a USA relay in Spanish, but not North Americans in English! I`m not the only one reporting this: further west with a somewhat lower-latitude path, peaking over the mid-Aleutians near Unimak, Rick Barton in El Mirage AZ tells the DXLD yg: ``15575, KBS World, 8/6, 1330. (Presumed). Formerly at take-it-for-granted armchair level, very lame of late. Including today. Probably not going to be better with onset of Dog Days and Fall. Poor`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1786, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA SOUTH. 6015, KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1, 1001, August 7. Even with white noise jamming by N. Korea, was able to hear the music program "Pops Freedom"; in Korean with several IDs in English; the usual "Everyday English" language lesson ("Given the green light to steal a base"); pop songs in English ("All By Myself," etc.) (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1786, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA SOUTH. SEOUL RESTARTS PROPAGANDA BROADCASTS TO N. KOREA OVER MINES By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press Aug 10, 5:48 AM EDT SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea restarted propaganda broadcasts across the border with rival North Korea on Monday for the first time in 11 years in retaliation for the North allegedly planting land mines last week that maimed two South Korean soldiers. The anti-North Korean broadcasts over loudspeakers aimed across the world's most heavily armed border are sure to worsen already terrible ties between the Koreas and infuriate the North, which is extremely sensitive to any outside criticism of the authoritarian leadership of Kim Jong Un. . . http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_KOREAS_TENSION?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2015-08-10-05-48-05 (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) Not a hard distinxion here betweeen loudspeaker ``broadcasts`` and radio but which are mentioned later (gh, DXLD) SOUTH KOREA BLASTS PROPAGANDA INTO KIM'S NORTH Eagle Radio - ?8 hours ago? The cross-border propaganda battle - which also involved radio broadcasts, billboards and leaflets - was stopped in 2004, but the loudspeakers were restored and the radio programmes resumed after the sinking of a South Korean warship killed 46 sailors. http://www.964eagle.co.uk/news/world-news/1698302/south-korea-blasts-propaganda-into-kims-north/ SEOUL RESTARTS PROPAGANDA WAR ACROSS DMZ TO NORTH KOREA Al Jazeera America - ?9 hours ago? In 2010, South Korea restarted radio broadcasts and restored 11 loudspeakers as part of punitive measures taken after an incident earlier that year, blamed on North Korea, in which a warship was sunk, killing 46 South Korean sailors. But South Korea ... http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/8/10/seoul-restarts-propaganda-broadcasts-to-n-korea.html SOUTH KOREA RESUMES ANTI-NORTH KOREA BROADCASTS AFTER LAND MINE EXPLOSIONS Los Angeles Times - ?8 hours ago? In 2010, Seoul restarted radio broadcasts and restored 11 loudspeakers as part of punitive measures launched after it blamed North Korea for the sinking of a South Korean warship that killed 46 sailors earlier that year. But South Korea didn't go ahead ... http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-korea-land-mines-broadcast-20150810-story.html (all 3 via Artie Bigley, DXLD) ** KURDISTAN [non]. FRANCE, 11600, August 2, 2015, at 1820-1823, RADYOYA DENGE KURDISTANE, Male and Female Announcers in Kurdish. Discussion on recent Turkish military activity in Kurdistan. SINPO 43344 (Ed Sylvester, Baghdad, Iraq, Drake R8B, Indoor Pixel Magnetic Loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Denge Kurdistan, change of transmitter from Grigoriopol to Secretbrod till 1415 on 11600 KCH 300 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Kurdish, ex till 1300 from 1415 on 11600*SCB 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish, ex from 1300 * plus spurs on 11570 under Radio Free Chosun and 11630 under CNR-17. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/denge-kurdistan-change-of-tx-from.html (DX RE MIX NEWS # 922 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, August 10, 2015, dxldyg via DXLD) Aug. 5: Denge Kurdistan in Farsi to WeAs 1400 on 11600 Grigoriopol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDemobIVT9A&feature=youtu.be Denge Kurdistan in Farsi to WeAs 1414 on 11600 Grigoriopol, 1415 on 11600 Secretbrod https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F8E3GezLGE&feature=youtu.be (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11600, Aug 7 at 0358, Kurdish music, fair signal, but much better from this site, Issoudun, FRANCE, than any of the others used on 11600 by Denge Kurdistana. Note this is from the ``terrorist`` (or at least separatist) PKK faxion, now being attacked by Turkey (but at least it isn`t being jammed; too bad TRT closed the surplus Çakirlar SW site) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Extended schedule of Denge Kurdistan on 11600 added 1900-2100 probably Issoudun, effective August 1 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria 1945 UT Aug 7, dxldyg via DXLD) FRANCE [sic]. Extended schedule of Denge Kurdistan from August 1 1900-2100 on 11600 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish, videos: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/extended-schedule-of-denge-kurdistan.html (DX RE MIX NEWS # 922 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, August 10, 2015, dxldyg via DXLD) Later: NOT ISS Extended schedule of Denge Kurdistan from August 1 1900-2100 on 11600 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish, videos: https://www.youtube.com/embed/c5EBxUikKkQ https://www.youtube.com/embed/ko3hutIsIjE https://www.youtube.com/embed/dXPQZagRgCE https://www.youtube.com/embed/GHjzMOyCj1g Denge Kurdistan, change of transmitter site 1900 till 1900 on 11600 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish, typical tweet from 1900 on 11600 KCH 300 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Kurdish, not ISSOUDUN! http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/denge-kurdistan-change-of-transmitter.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, Aug 11/12, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1786, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Clandestinas: MOLDAVIA, 11600, Dengue Kurdistana, Kishinev- Grigoriopol, 0752-0820, escuchada el 7 de agosto de 2015 en kurdo a locutora con entrevista a invitado con referencias a “Irán, Iraní, Kurdistane y Turkía”, sintonía, locutor con titulares, referencias a “Rusia y Kurdistán”, música, ID, SINPO 34443 (José Miguel Romero, Sacañet (Castellón), España, Yaesu FRG 7700, Antena hilo [wire] 10 m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) August 7: Denge Kurdistan in Kurdish to WeAs, extended schedule 1939 on 11600 Issoudun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5EBxUikKkQ&feature=youtu.be Denge Kurdistan in Kurdish to WeAs, extended schedule 1959 on 11600 Issoudun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko3hutIsIjE&feature=youtu.be Denge Kurdistan in Kurdish to WeAs, extended schedule 2017 on 11600 Issoudun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXPQZagRgCE&feature=youtu.be Denge Kurdistan in Kurdish to WeAs, extended schedule 2059 on 11600 Issoudun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHjzMOyCj1g&feature=youtu.be (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KYRGYZSTAN. Reception of Kyrgyz Radio 1 on August 11: 1700 & 1725 on 4010 BI 100 kW / non-dir to CeAs Kyrgyz http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/reception-of-kyrgyz-radio-1-on-august-11.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KYRGYZSTAN. Reception of Afghan Christian Radio, R Sadaye Zindagi: 1658 & 1711 on 5130 BI 100 kW / non-dir to CeAs Dari http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/reception-of-afghan-christian-radio.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also AFGHANISTAN [non] ** MADAGASCAR. 6135, Radio Madagasikara, Antananarivo, 1907-1912, escuchada el 11 de agosto de 2015 em malagasy con emisión de música pop melódica, locutora con comentarios, SINPO 24322 (José Miguel Romero, Sacañet (Castellón), España, Yaesu FRG 7700, Sangean ATS 909, Antena hilo 10 m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALI. 17630, CRI, 1433 to 1455 with an ID at 1454, SINFO=2,5,3,3,2, the overall merit was reduced because of the weak signal, I heard part of the Beijing Hour, with a number of miscellaneous topics one of which was safety standards for swimmers, the 1000A and the 687’ horizontal array. 7/29 (John and Sandra Davis. Our listening post is located northeast of Columbus, Ohio in the USA. One inside antenna is a Windom which is 42’ long. The other is an end fed antenna 16’ long. The name of my large antenna is the “687’ horizontal array.” I also use my wife’s HVU-8 amateur radio vertical antenna, because it works extremely well of the shortwave broadcast bands. Our receivers include, but are not limited to a number of R-390As, R-391s, a Mackay 5050A, a Racal 6790, and a Watkins-Johnson HF-1000A. The Mackay 5050A was recently repaired by Fair Radio and works extremely well! Our portable receivers include a Kaito 1103, a Radio Shack 440, and a Sangean 803A, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) As I have had to point out again and again, the 14-15 CRI English on 17630 is via EAST TURKISTAN. Yes, some listings show Mali TOO, but reception is obviously the same as on other CRI 16m frequencies from E.T. If you want to hear CRI relay really via Mali, listen after 1500 when 17630 is supposedly Mali alone, eastward --- if it`s really on the air, with a much weaker signal over here (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: Good reception of China Radio International via Bamako Aug 11 from 1502 on 17630 BKO 100 kW / 085 deg to CeAf English, scheduled 1400-1600 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/good-reception-of-china-radio.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 690, XECS, La Mejor, Manzanillo, Colima. 1055 August 8, 2015. Spanish oldie sounding ballad, slogan, into national anthem at 1058. Presumed this was the 50 kW XEMA, Fresnillo, Zacatecas, but ID out of anthem at 1100, "... XHECS 96.1 frecuencia modulada... desde... la Mejor..." Another weak one underneath with anthem beginning at 1100. Jumped on to streema.com while the XECS anthem was playing, and indeed not parallel. They eventually began the anthem at 1102, followed by a brief inspirational prayer by man, time check with sounder and ID mentioning Grupo Radiofónico [B15?] (presumably Grupo Radiofónico B15) and 107.1 FM. 950, XEMEX, La Mexicana, Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco. 1058 August 9, 2015. Mexi-tune ending and the distinctive flute signature they often play between songs. 1090, XEMCA, La Grande de las Huastecas, Pánuco, Veracruz. 1106 August 9, 2015. Man and woman with some public affairs-type discussion program, slogan ID. Excellent level. 'Skynyrd would have loved this station for the calls. 1170, XERT Ke Buena, Reynosa, Tamaulipas. 1057 August 1, 2015. Truncated national anthem at 1059, "Radio... XERT... la..." (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 6185, XEPPM, Radio Educación, México DF. 1502 August 9, 2015. Weak traces of seemingly instrumental music and AM carrier, no doubt this one still on at 11:02 a.m. my local time (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. A bit of sporadic E NTSC DX lingers into August 8, UT: 1533 on 2, fade-in weak but steady video; drama, with illegible text bug in UR (Teleactiva? MasTV? Trece?) 1536 on 2, now I can make out character wearing tri-corn pirate hat, and a bit of Spanish dialog to match 1548 on 2, another brief fade-in, no more. A bit of sporadic E NTSC DX, August 12, UT: 1441 on 2, fade-in news in Spanish 1446 on 2, video with anchors, f bug in LR = Televisa Foro net-4 1554 on 2, another fade-in during Eagle Eyes infomercial till 1557, then other ads and fade-out. 1828 on 2, fade-in algo video, maybe Televisa-2 star bug glimpsed LR 1831 on 2, Spanish audio briefly, sounds like game show 1846 on 2, some video CCI; nothing more. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. RAYMIE`S MEXICO BEAT this week: Raymie, my recent reception of XHAO-4 Tuxtla reminded me of something I don't often think about. It happened during the three weeks of super tropo in May of 1998. One afternoon I had some Veracruz, Las Lajas, Perote stations. XHFM-2 Veracruz's audio had an echo. Did XHFM have a same-channel shadow somewhere? At that time, XHFM and XHAI-9 Las Lajas had separate schedules; unlike the way XHFM and XHAJ-5 are // (Danny Oglethorpe, Shreveport, LA, Aug 6, Raymie`s Mexico Beat, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) XHFM has no listed shadows. Even "XHFM" "equipo complementario" failed to turn up anything. My search turned up this from you, which ran in the DXLD in 2009. The reply is from Doug. He was sniffing out shadows and didn't know it! ``If echoing means two different transmitters, that means XHFM-2 Veracruz has (or has had in the past) a second transmitter. I heard an echo on XHFM-2 by tropo in 1998. XHFM-2 was running local programming, ads, and IDs at the time. I've never heard the echo via Es (Danny Oglethorpe, Shreveport LA, WTFDA via DXLD)`` I think I just found proof positive of translators not listed in the SCT PDFs. I found a document containing the COFETEL decision on an application by XHBG-13 (Uruapan, Mich.) to increase power to 12 kW. In a runon sentence that would have received a big fat F in my high- school English class, it says in part: "...no se garantiza una debida proteccion al equipo complementario de zona de sombra canal 13 en La Piedad, Mich., de la estacion de television principal XHMAS-TV Canal 12 en Cerro Culiacan, Gto...." In other words, XHBG's proposal to increase power will be denied because it would interfere with XHMAS's channel 13 translator in La Piedad. The only station in the SCT PDF files in La Piedad is on channel 10 and belongs to the state of Michoacán. XHMAS is a TV Azteca station. (And yes, there is a shadow XHMAS-13 La Piedad, Mich. 2.59 kW. The signal is strongly directional to the north and east, if the INE coverage map is any indication.) Michoacán has shadows of stations in five different states. There's XHMAS, from Guanajuato; XHXEM from Edomex in Cd. Hidalgo; XHSFJ (Guadalajara) in Jiquilpan; Lazaro Cárdenas has shadow XHIXZ-9 with a main station in Guerrero; and there are XHBZ and XHTEC shadows for good measure, both from Colima. "Es la televisión de Dios, porque nadie la ve." — Javier Castillo Castillo, El Universal (Raymie Humbert, Phœnix AZ, August 6, Raymie`s Mexico Beat, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) Thanks, Raymie. That one will remain a mystery. I sure wonder what caused that echo. I just vaguely remember that post. Doug always knew there was more going on with Mexico TV relayers than the simple lists provided by SCT at that time (Danny, Shreveport, LA, ibid.) More IFT authorizations: CHIHUAHUA XHCHU-TDT 20/intermittent, 22.09 kW XHCHD-TDT 20/intermittent, 146.17 kW COAHUILA Shadow XHX-TDT, Saltillo: 45 kW http://rpc.ift.org.mx/rpc/pdfs/160615-EQ_COMPLEMENTARIO-009997.pdf DISTRITO FEDERAL XHIMT-TDT: Power increase from 64 to 464.42 kW XHDF-TDT: Power increase from 63.920 to 468.03 kW (These are substantial increases in ERP and put the stations in the top 5 of most powerful TDTs) JALISCO XHSFJ-TDT: Power increase from 109.44 to 193.13 kW XHJAL-TDT: Power increase from 109.19 to 192.69 kW NUEVO LEÓN Shadow XHX-TDT 23, 23, Cerro El Mirador, Monterrey, 1 kW (there is also an XET shadow) http://rpc.ift.org.mx/rpc/pdfs/300615-EQ_COMPLEMENTARIO-010029.pdf QUINTANA ROO XHCHF-TDT 27 and XHCQR-TDT 29 Chetumal, 48 kW Last edited by Raymie; 08-07-2015 at 10:13 PM (Raymie, Aug 7, ibid.) Raymie, I like the way you give special notation to the shadows. Is there a XHX analog shadow at Mirador? (Danny, AUg 7, ibid.) Those aren't special notation, those are links. You can fetch any of these authorizations from the RPC. I'm not sure. XHX primary is on Cerro de la Silla, along with XET, XHMOY and XHCNL. But XEFB has always been on Cerro El Mirador (thus the need for shadow XEFB-59). (Raymie, ibid.) Raymie, I was talking about the fact that you use the word "shadow" in your listing. I was not talking about the links (Danny, ibid.) Radio listeners in Hermosillo have lost several stations to the expanding dispute between Radio S.A. and STIRT. As of today, Radio S.A. stations in Hermosillo and Santa Ana are broadcasting one song continuously and federal advertising. With salaries going unpaid, workers have been agitated for months, and today Carlos Quiñones took the stations off the air. The stations affected are XHEDL-FM/XEDL-AM, XHVS-FM/XEVS-AM, XHMMO-FM, XHEPB-FM and XHAB-FM. If you want a surreal experience, try listening to any of the stations. (XHEDL "Activa 89.7"'s stream works, though I'm having trouble with some others.) XHVS is apparently running a marathon of Turn Down for What. ——— Sometimes I find old stuff. Like this press release from Rohde & Schwarz from April. http://www.rohde-schwarz.com.mx/es/news_events/press/press_releases/press-Rohde_%26_Schwarz_provides_digital_high-power_transmitters_for_Mexican_public_broadcaster.html?tl=en It mentions how R&S provided transmitters to the Veracruz state network: "RTV contracted Rohde & Schwarz to equip the Coatzacoalcos, Ocozotepec, Las Lajas and Potroltepec transmitter sites, which now have transmitters with output powers ranging between 5 kW and 20 kW to support ATSC, analog TV and FM broadcasting. ... Rohde & Schwarz even took on overall responsibility for planning and carrying out the construction work at the Potroltepec site, as the entire station moved to a new location. The new transmitter building is situated in a rain forest and designed to match the RTV logo. It features a moisture and rainwater capture system to supply the location’s water needs." They even have a video about the project. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3mv-rWpITA This is likely XHVCA and signifies a move for the station, which was once on Cerro Crustepec which is nearby. I also wonder if there is now a digital facility at the site — it is not in the RPC, in the latest tables, or anywhere I can find technical information. Channel 36 is allotted and available in Cerro Azul. XHZUL-FM 106.5 should be here too. There is also a mention of a Cerro Ocozotepec. This is in Mecayapan and would support XHZOT-29 and XHOTE-FM 95.7. XHZOT does not have a digital authorization on the books. XHGV (26, not 50) and XHGVC transmit in digital. XHGVS technically has an authorization but I think it was bound up with XHGV. XHCDB in Orizaba (C. Macuilacatl) is authorized as well. None of the other transmitters have authorizations. ——— Line items: -They're saying that 700 MHz will be clear in October. http://www.mediatelecom.com.mx/index.php/radiodifusion/television/item/90245-despejar%C3%ADan-la-banda-700-mhz-tras-octubre That means getting 13 stations off the air. Stations in Coahuila (Cd. Acuña 58 and 64), Sinaloa (probably should be Sonora - Caborca 63 and Cananea 56), Nuevo León (Anáhuac 55, Monterrey 53, 59 and 64), Baja California (Ensenada 57), Edomex (Coacalco 54) and Mexico City are called out. (Not mentioned: Irapuato 66, though XHLGG's Guanajuato Gto. (analog 14) http://rpc.ift.org.mx/rpc/pdfs/270515-EQ-COMPLEMENTARIO-009848.pdf and Irapuato http://rpc.ift.org.mx/rpc/pdfs/100615-EQ_COMPLEMENTARIO-009932.pdf shadows got authorized for .5 and 5 kW, respectively.) -Buried in this item: the IFT is likely to change FM station spacing to 400 kHz later this year. http://eleconomista.com.mx/industrias/2015/08/06/ift-perfila-2500-competidores-257-estaciones-am-fm -The XHLGG shadow authorizations spurred me to look at Multimedios stations in the RPC. XHTAO-TDT 47, Gustavo Garmendia SLP, 1 kW http://rpc.ift.org.mx/rpc/pdfs/190515-EQ-COMPLEMENTARIO-009842.pdf (this is north of Ciudad Valles); XHVTU-TDT 50 Gómez Farias, Tamps. http://rpc.ift.org.mx/rpc/pdfs/100615-EQ_COMPLEMENTARIO-009931.pdf (never heard of the locality). Shadow hunting in the RPC is real, folks, at long last. And the documents contain complete technical parameters, where they exist — ERPs, coordinates, stuff even months ago I never imagined I would see for shadows. -But wait, there's more: XHBS-TDT 30 in Obregón, 200 kW. http://rpc.ift.org.mx/rpc/pdfs/260515-EQ_COMPLEMENTARIO-009891.pdf Last edited by Raymie; 08-09-2015 at 02:30 AM (Raymie, Aug 8, ibid.) What I said in other social networks: Carlos Quiñones is killing Radio SA. It's comprehensible the financial situation about XEDA when it shut off, but what is happening in Hermosillo is unjustified. I hope this situation doesn't exist in other cities (Gargadon, Ciudad Del Carmen, Campeche, Aug 9, ibid.) It's been so quiet I could hear a pin drop in here... [see for numerous embedded linx in the following item:] http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?9113-OPMA-is-changing&p=36516#post36516 So take a look at XHK's redone website. I like the new wavy "10" logo. They are working on digital transition (the authorization is sorta there! — they will be on channel 34) but are not on air yet. And look, there's always more when I go rooting through the RPC. Each of these is little more than a channel assignment. XHMET-TDT 34 XHSTA-TDT 46 XHVET-TDT 34 XHMZE-TDT 21 (get ready to fall out of your chair!) XHNDA-TDT 31 XHSYT-TDT 14 and 14 other such Telemax authorizations, most of them on...channel 14. (Exceptions were on 15, 31, 34 and 35.) The allocation of 14 to Telemax statewide is kind of smart, really, shying away from those repacking-prone allocations across the state. In Magdalena de Kino the allocation of 14 was also available in analog, put out for bid but never built. And some more substantial meals. I hope you like some comida chiapaneca this time, as four of these seven stations are in Mexico's southernmost state: XHWVT-TDT 32, 20 kW XHHUC-TDT 32, 40 kW XHVAC-TDT 28, 22 kW XHRCS-TDT 30, 10.2 kW (doubly noteworthy) XHSZT-TDT 32, 20 kW XHGWT-TDT 26, 30 kW XHCMZ-TDT 23, 32 kW XHGZG-TDT 24, 3.19 kW XHGPV-TDT 46, 23.37 kW (Jalisco state network) Last edited by Raymie; 08-11-2015 at 01:40 PM. Reason: added XHGZG/XHGPV (Raymie, Aug 11, ibid.) Good cake, this is how long it takes to get information on one of those new Zacatecas TV stations? Well, I'd like you to meet Mexico's newest TV station and 26th state network, set for broadcast on channel 24... XHZHZ-TDT! http://www.expresszacatecas.com/politica/gobierno/23653-avalan-el-canal-24-de-tv-abierta-para-zacatecas That callsign, which sounds like a Scrabble rack exploded, likely references FM sister station XHZH-FM 97.9. Full technical parameters are not yet available and the station is not in the RPC. See if you can spot the biggest error in that article... and let's see if we can get information on the other four stations the IFT awarded last month: "XHUJAT-TDT" (almost certainly), FCZ, IMVZ and Valores y Tradiciones de Mi Tierra. Meanwhile, the bottom could drop out soon at the Nuevo León state network, http://www.noticiasmvs.com/#!/noticias/podria-tv-publica-de-nuevo-leon-perder-concesion-antes-el-ifetel-736.html and there are warnings that TVNL could lose its concessions due to a lack of resources to make the digital transition. Yikes. (Raymie Humbert, Aug 12, ibid.) ** MONACO [non]. 702 kHz has been vacated by CRI via MCO (this has already been posted on the very informative Mediumwave.info site in early August), so the channel is now open for DX. There is at least one station audible in our local evenings, probably from North Africa or the Mid-East, but not identified as of yet. Best regards (Tobias, Germany, Aug 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MONGOLIA. Tuesday, August 11, 2015 Frequency change for Voice of Mongolia effective from August 1 MONGOLIA Frequency change for Voice of Mongolia eff. from August 1: 0900-0930 NF 12014.9#U-B 250 kW / 178 deg SEAs English, ex 11999.9 0930-1000 NF 12014.9#U-B 250 kW / 116 deg EaAs Mongolian, ex 11999.9 1000-1030 NF 12014.9 U-B 250 kW / 116 deg EaAs Chinese, ex 11999.9 1030-1100 NF 12014.9 U-B 250 kW / 116 deg EaAs Japanese, ex 11999.9 # co-ch Radio Japan NHK World in Japanese on 12015.0 Full summer A-15 schedule of Voice of Mongolia here. (??????????? ?? Observer ? 7:34 PM via WORLD OF RADIO 1786, DXLD) ** MONGOLIA. 7460, Radio Free Asia, Ulaanbaatar, 2130-2135, escuchada el 11 de agosto de 2015 en coreano a locutor con titulares acompañado de segmentos musicales, locutor con entrevista a invitado, SINPO 34443 (José Miguel Romero, Sacañet (Castellón), España, Yaesu FRG 7700, Sangean ATS 909, Antena hilo 10 m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) RFA suppresses info about this relay site: not in HFCC, nor will it be QSLed as such; but it`s an open secret, e.g. in Aoki. I suppose the Mongolians want to maintain deniability, lest their SW site be nuked (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MOROCCO. Radio Medi 1 is not on air on shortwave 9575 1300-1700 UT: till 1300 9575 NAD 250 kW / 110 deg NoAf Arabic/French 1300-1700 9575 NAD 250 kW / 110 deg NoAf no signal several days! from 1700 9575 NAD 250 kW / 110 deg to NoAf Arabic/French, more videos later http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/radio-medi-1-is-not-on-air-on-shortwave.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, 10 Aug, dxldyg via DXLD) Radio Medí on air now --- Radio Medi in French with news, rap music, on 9575 at 1623 August 10. News at 1630 about Pakistan, attack on U.S. Consulate in Turkey, Spanish soccer league news. Commercials 1634. Signal fair in Madrid. 73s (Marty Delfin (Madrid, Spain), Sangean SG606' outboard antenna, ibid.) Radio Medi 1 is not on air on SW 1300-1600 UT, Aug. 10, update (Ivo, ibid.) Radio Medi 1 is not on air on shortwave 9575 1300-1700 UT: till 1300 9575 NAD 250 kW / 110 deg to NoAf Arabic/French 1300-1700 9575 NAD 250 kW / 110 deg to NoAf no signal several days! from 1700 9575 NAD 250 kW / 110 deg to NoAf Arabic/French Videos will be added later today [Aug 10] -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Medi 1 is not on air on SW 1300-1600 UT Aug. 10, but 1300-1700 UT, Aug. 9: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/radio-medi-1-is-not-on-air-on-shortwave.html (Ivo, ibid.) Radio Medi 1, Fair to poor signal with much fading and noise this morning Aug. 11 in French on 9575 at 0656 before Arabic broadcast at 0700, with news, interviews, sports roundup, mentions of Barcelona soccer club, commercials at 0710. Checked against live webcast, which has a three-minute delay. Returned to French at 0715, with program Carte Blanche, hosted by man and woman. Still on past 0900 UT, in Arabic with Arabic music. 9575, commercials, ID, Now picking it them up with my office Roadstar TRA-2350P radio with telescopic antenna. Fair signal, but fading is frequent. 73s (Marty Delfín (Madrid, Spain), (Fuencarral-El Pardo Madrid, Spain), Sony ICF-SW77, telescopic antenna, ibid.) No signal from Radio Medi 1 on 9575 at 0900 August 12. Radio Medi 1 off air on frequency 9575 at 0730 August 13! 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NEPAL [non]. Transmissions of Bible Voice Broadcasting, Canada, to Nepal are cancelled: 1530-1630 on 9400 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg to SoAs Nepali, no signal from July 15. My last 2 videos on June 20 on 9500 and then was change on June 24 on new 9400. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/transmissions-of-bible-voice.html (DX RE MIX NEWS # 922 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, August 10, 2015, dxldyg via DXLD) ** NEPAL [non]. GUAM, Special emergency SW transmissions of KTWR Agana to Nepal are cancelled: 1400-1500 on 15280 TWR 100 kW / 290 deg to SoAs Nepali/English, eff. from Aug. 1. My last video on July 30, during DXPedition in the remote village of Patreshko: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/special-emergency-sw-transmissions-of.html (DX RE MIX NEWS # 922 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, August 10, 2015, dxldyg via DXLD) ** NETHERLANDS. On might suspect, that with the end of NPO 5 Radio Nostalgia’s broadcasting from Zeewolde (747 kHz), Groot Nieuws Radio (1008 kHz) transmitting from the same site might also leave. The station is in a summer mode („Zomer Radio“) with a new schedule to start on 31 August. From September, the station will be available on Dutch digital radio, DAB+, so listeners on medium wave may indeed be in for a bad surprise. On the other hand, there is no hint on their web site http://www.grootnieuwsradio.nl/ (Dr. Hansjoerg Biener 7.8.2015, WORLD OF RADIO 1786, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NETHERLANDS. A new venture, ClassicRadio675 want to use 675 kHz in the Netherlands, the frequency being vacated by Radio Maria on 1st September. They would broadcast a similar format to NPO Radio 5 on 747 kHz which is also vacating its frequency on 1st September. ClassicRadio675 would like a licence extension of 10 years from 2017 though, as just a two year licence would cause uncertainty with backers. ClassicRadio 675 is a divsion of Quality RTV. The man behind the initiative is Ruud Poeze who already operates Radio Paradijs on 1584 kHz. Full report from mediamagazine.nl (in Dutch) August 6 here: http://www.mediamagazine.nl/classicradio675-wil-uitzenden-op-middengolffrequentie-radio-maria/ (via Alan Pennington, August 7, BDXC-UK yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1786, DXLD) Classic in what sense? (gh) ** NETHERLANDS [and non]. Germany / Netherlands, Hollands Palet (Dutch Palette) presented by Wim Zonneveld and Ger Kruger is broadcast every week on Vahon Hindustani Radio on 1566 kHz and is being relayed on SW 6005 kHz via the facilities of Funkhaus Euskirchen in Kall-Krekel, Germany at 1800-1900 UT on Sundays from 12 July to 13 September according to the Funkhaus Euskirchen website. The programme plays Dutch and Flemish music of the past 50 years. Reports are welcome to: hollandspalet@muurkrant.nl (from http://hollandspalet.muurkrant.nl/ via Alan Pennington, Aug BDXC UK Communication via DXLD) ** NEW ZEALAND [non]. 11725, August 6 at 0517, no signal from RNZI: must be another Thursday maintenance break. R. Australia is the SSOB on both 15240, 17840-with squeal. 11725, Aug 8 at 0604, RNZI on as usual, very good signal during silly sports news segment, back from absence 48 hours earlier. Only by sheer luck is RNZI escaping the horrible crackling spurs emanating from Brasília 11780 on both sides of it circa 11713 and 11746 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Wrong frequency announcement of RNZI on August 11: till 1550 on 6170 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg to All Pacific English, video from 1551 on 5975 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg to Cooks/Samoa, not recorded, weak signal http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/wrong-frequency-announcement-of-rnzi-on.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) So what did they say? No one has time to listen to all your audio - videos, tho good to have them all archived if really needed (gh, DXLD) ** NEW ZEALAND. Auckland VOLMET: See HONG KONG ** NIGER. Niger AM --- Ongoing research into the status of MW radio in Africa found this info about Niger as entered in my inactive MW radio countries list: *1125 NIGER* *ORTN*/*La Voix du Sahel*, Niamey (20 kW) - Listed inactive, 2015 *WRTH*; moved to 91.3 FM. July 2014 report by Daily Trust indicated that the Niger AM radio station was to resume transmission after about 14 years off the air. BizWatch Nigeria , July 2014, reported "Niger AM radio to commence transmission in August." (2014) Neither of the news articles indicate the frequency. The last known MW radio station in Niger was at 1125 kHz, listed inactive in the 2015 WRTH. The ORTN website doesn't list frequencies. -- (Bruce Conti, Aug 9, mwmasts yg via DXLD) Minna is in Nigeria, capital of Niger state. Is there some confusion here? (Colin Miller, ibid.) That would explain why the report was in BizWatch Nigeria. Thanks. -- (Bruce Conti, ibid.) ** NIGERIA. Good reception for Voice of Nigeria on Aug. 4: 1800-1930 on 9689.9*AJA 250 kW / 248 deg to WCAf English * QRM CRI Bulgarian on 9695, R.Cairo in Russian on 9685: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/weak-reception-for-voice-of-nigeria-on.html (DX RE MIX NEWS # 922 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, August 10, 2015, dxldyg via DXLD) Voice of Nigeria, 9690, 0600 6 AUG - in HAUSA from ABUJA-LUGBE. SINPO = 35233. African Language?, male announcer s/on with ID & frequencies at 0600z, long pause between 0601z and 0602z followed by male announcer. Musical interlude (similar to interval signal, squeaky woodwind instrument) at 0609z followed by male announcer remote interviewing another male. (// 7255 sinpo=15321) sf 111.5, a 6, k 2, geomag: quiet. 250 kW, beamAz 7deg, bearing 62deg. Sangean ATS505 with Kaito KA33 in west facing window. Received at Las Vegas, United States, 12242 km from transmitter at Abuja-Lugbe. Local time: 2300 (Rodney Johnson, NV, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9690- & 7255-, August 9 at 0554 open carriers, 0555 traditional music starts as prélude to VON Hausa service. Both very good signals tonight, some of the best on each band (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. Weak signal of Voice of Nigeria this morning, August 11: from 0645 on 9689.9 AJA 250 kW / 248 deg WCAf Hausa, scheduled 06-07 Belarusian Radio was heard on another frequency of Voice of Nigeria: till 0700 7255.0 MNS 125 kW / 072 deg to EaEu Belarussian Home Sce 1 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/weak-signal-of-voice-of-nigeria-this.html (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) [altho Ivo groups them together below, Dandal Kura and Manara Radio are not related --- gh] ** NIGERIA [non]. Aug. 3: Dandal Kura in Kanuri to WeAf 0705 on 15480 Woofferton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds0bogn_G7E&feature=youtu.be Manara Radio in Hausa to WeAf 0730 on 15440 Issoudun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcQ5hxA8ZUs&feature=youtu.be (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Dandal Kura (Ascension Island Relay), 7415, 0531 5 AUG - DANDAL KURA (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA) in KANURI. SINPO = 25212. African Language?, male announcer interviewing male over the phone. Sf 106.8, a 7, k 2, geomag: quiet. 250 kW, beamAz 55deg, bearing 90deg. Sangean ATS505 with Kaito KA33 in west facing window. Received at Las Vegas, United States, 11498 km from transmitter at Ascension Island. Local time: 2231 (Rodney Johnson, NV, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Aug. 6: Dandal Kura in Kanuri to WeAf 1855 on 11830 Ascension https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG_H06DDuvM&feature=youtu.be Manara Radio in Hausa to WeAf 1630 on 17765 Issoudun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th_Do_jzRzo&feature=youtu.be (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Manara Radio and Dandal Kura this morning August 7 Manara Radio 0730-0830 on 15440 ISS 150 kW / 170 deg to WeAf Hausa Dandal Kura 0700-0800 on 15480 WOF 300 kW / 165 deg to WeAf Kanuri http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/manara-radio-and-dandal-kura-this.html (DX RE MIX NEWS # 922 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, August 10, 2015, dxldyg via DXLD) Aug. 7: Manara Radio Hausa on 15440 Issoudun and Dandal Kura Kanuri on 15480 Woofferton at 0730 UT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQh9fO7PvdQ&feature=youtu.be Manara Radio Hausa on 15440 Issoudun and Dandal Kura Kanuri on 15480 Woofferton at 0756 UT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D0vubAfDqM&feature=youtu.be (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7415, ASCENSION, Dandal Kura, 0550, 8/8/15, in Kanuri. Woman interviewing a man, man announcer, off 0559, then back on at 0600 with same male announcer, correspondent report, 0603 ID into woman announcer with interview, same male announcer when I tuned out. Apparently an anti Boko Haram program produced in Nigeria and broadcast back to Nigeria from Ascension with information derived from some investigation in DX Listening Digest. Fair to good (Mark Taylor, Madison, Wisconsin, Perseus, SDRPlay, Eton e1, Grundig Satellit 800 & G3, Sangean 909X with clear mod, Tecsun PL 660; 40 meters dipole, RF Systems Mk 2, Flextenna, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6955-USB, Aug 10 at 0143, heavy beat music, S8 peaks, DJ talks over music but no ID made out, more music, techno; 0152 another talkover, ``live from the bunker, just like in the old days``, autotune. This thread says it was R. Free Whatever: http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,22909.0.html on as early as 0058, and until 0228* but I was not hearing anything in an earlier pirate bandscan around 0110. 6925.1-AM, Aug 10 at 0147, JBA signal from another presumed pirate. At 2210 Aug 9 on 6925.16, Liquid Radio was reported: http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,22906.0.html And much later logs closer to mine at 0133 and 0205 assumed it was still the same (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 1120, Aug 6 at 1832 UT, KETU/KEOR carrier seems to be on from Sperry/Catoosa/Tulsa, via BFO-less caradio, but no mod, until recheck after 1900 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1360.5, Aug 6 at 1828 UT, KCRC ID during Cards BB, also on 1419.5, i.e. plus/minus 29.5 kHz spurs from my strongest local KCRC 1390 Enid, as constantly heard, but frequency/hets vary slightly as does 1390 itself. Not much KTJS Hobart OK or KULY Ulysses KS to het on 1420, but on 1360 with the NRD-545 notch and PBS (passband tuning), I can separate KCRC lower spur from EWTN El Dorado KS on groundwave at hi noon (no longer KAHS but KPHN after call swap) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. Looking thru EiBi`s readme.txt abbr. listings, I find hw for transmitter site of KWHW Altus OK. Yes, this graveyarder has made the Big Time as a USA SW station, in the A-15 EiBi frequency list: ``2900 0000-2400 USA KWHW Country Altus, OK E CNA hw`` All because of our monitoring the 1450 x 2 second harmonic for a few days this May, but I am afraid it is currently inactive, as I occasionally check the frequency (which was really off- to the lo side). Let`s keep it listed for a while longer in case of a relapse (Glenn Hauser, OK, Aug 12, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. New LP in Enid, FYI . . OK Enid 100.9 CP KWQT-LP (Bill Hale, TX, Aug 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Supposed to be a real ``community`` station with emergency management participation. So they finally got the calls straightened out, instead of a W- call originally granted! Still far from reality? (gh, DXLD) ** OKLAHOMA. 104.5, August 11 at 1257 UT, I`m checking KZZW Mooreland/ Woodward, for IDs and slogans since it settled into new format July 24 after several days of countdown stunting as I previously reported. Has live local DJ, with timechex, frequency slip as ``102.5`` (his ex- station?). 1301: ``104-5, KZZW Mooreland`` takes care of it legally; also: ``From Dodge City to El Reno, we got the hits``. There`s no point in measuring from COL Mooreland since the transmitter site is on the other side of Woodward. City-to city distances: Woodward to Dodge City KS is 157 km = 98 miles. Woodward to El Reno OK is 164 km = 102 miles. Dodge City to El Reno is 308 km = 192 miles. The radio-locater fringe contour for the KZZW CP, doesn`t go that far, only to Geary/Hinton OK, not quite to Fowler/Meade KS (and not quite to the western edge of Enid, but we get it well enough with a little tropo enhancement). Other slogans/IDs: At 1304, ``Today`s best hits, 104-5, KZZW`` but not all `hits` current At 1308, ``104-5, KZZW, the Tri-State Party Station`` Bill Hale says, ``StationIntel reports that the format is CHR and the slogan is 'The Tri-State's Party Station'.`` So maybe that`s the official one? AFAIK, the Woodward area is not generally referred to as ``tri-state``, tho it does rather apply for KS/OK/TX tnx to OK being only one county wide in the Panhandle; unlike for countless other border areas in the USA where three states really do abut (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 105.7, Aug 11 at 1310 UT, KRDR Alva is modulating in stupid sports talk, from ESPN Radio but running 20 seconds behind KCRC 1390 Enid --- because they are still relaying that station in Missouri? Need to check ToH ID. On PL-880 I need to side tune to about 105.73 to avoid local Enid 105.50 translator, while KRDR still has ACI from it. 105.7, August 12 at 0459 UT, KRDR Alva is being monitored for ToH ID during ESPN programming; by off-tuning to 105.73 on the PL-880 to avoid, but not completely, the Enid gospel-huxtering translator on 105.50. At 0500 UT, ID for WMBH Joplin, and K268CP, ESPN 101.5! WTFDA FM database lists that as: ``K268CP //KBJQ 101.5 JOPLIN MO 0.015 120.0 37.0115 94.3223 CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN``, evidently outdated info, as a 15-watt translator of KBJQ which is a 36 kW, 89.5 AFR station in Bronson KS. However, double audio in the 0459 UT minute during ESPN promotion with the only underthing I could copy being ``105.7`` so that must be what passed for a KRDR local legal ID! As for WMBH, that`s 1560 in Joplin, but which as of a year ago was not ESPN at all, per NRC AM Log 2014, but UC format, ``1560 The Beat``, with address in Tulsa OK! 250 watts on 1560 is not going to reach Tulsa, and certainly not Alva, 371 km or 230 miles apart. Evidently the new owners of KRDR want their local ads from Joplin to appear on the faraway Alva outlet, rather than plugging into ESPN network feed directly. The previously noted 20-second delay after ESPN on 1390 KCRC may be due to a webfeed from WMBH into KRDR. Maybe also for local games of no interest circa Alva (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 107.5, still as of August 11, no signal from KOSN Ketchum-Tulsa, the full-power relayer of KOSU, even with a little help from the troposphere. As previously reported, it was off the air when I was in Tulsa July 23-24, and subsequently found to be due to burnup of antenna feed cable. Meanwhile, canned IDs on 91.7 continued to include 107.5 (but never 107.3, the Tulsa translator fed by 107.5 --- a neat trick, on adjacent channels; too bad they can`t feed it otherwise). Now here`s the latest from the KOSU mailing list August 11: ``Dear KOSU Listener, As many of you in the 107.3 and 107.5 listening area are aware, KOSU's signal has been off-air since Wednesday, July 22, 2015. The tower for this listening area suffered a catastrophic electrical fire and the coax cables that run to (and up) the tower were destroyed. After weeks of waiting for shipping and handling, the special coax cable arrived and our engineers successfully installed the new cable late last week. However, the antenna itself needs extensive cleaning from the fire damage. Due to delays from rain and heavy winds, our engineers are currently waiting to complete this task. A burned portion of the cabling on the 107.5 FM tower in Ketchum, OK [caption] Estimates of the repair costs are currently around $27,000. CLICK HERE to make a donation specifically to support the repair efforts and help cover the costs. Thank you so much for your patience. In the meantime you can listen to KOSU on iTunes Radio or streaming on kosu.org. Please do not hesitate to call us with any questions. You can also follow all updates on our dedicated Tulsa 107.5 FM Signal Outage webpage. http://kosu.org/post/update-tulsa-1075-fm-signal-outage Thank you for listening and supporting KOSU. Best Regards, Mairead Todd Membership Specialist 405-896-4323 (OKC) 405-744-9972 (Stillwater)`` (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. This month`s ``The Living Room`` with Gerry Bonds, on KOSU features a joint interview with two of OK`s great musicians, classical guitarist Edgar Cruz and fiddler Kyle Dillingham. Final airing was Tuesday Aug 11 at 1330 UT. Pre-empting other programming, normal pattern is on the first Wednesday at 2330 UT, some time on weekends I have forgotten, and following Tuesday at 1330. Available: http://www.thelivingroomgb.com/ Gerry is a former OETA newscaster (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. On RF 13, KETA/OETA, another August fund-raiser in progress, but ending the August 7 `Oklahoma News Report`, Dick Pryor says goodbye, moving to Candor Public Relations in OKC. After 40 years in broadcasting, last 25 with OETA. ONR will carry on, he says. From OETA website, with audiovideo: http://www.oeta.tv/blogs/press-room/goodbye-and-good-luck-dick-pryor/ ``Goodbye and Good Luck, Dick Pryor! Updated by Chase Harvick, Dick Pryor at 10:12 pm August 6 [excerpts:] After an unparalleled 25 years of covering Oklahoma's most important news, people and events that OETA Deputy Director and Editor-in-Chief Dick Pryor announced he is "hanging up the notebook". We asked Pryor, host of ONR, Oklahoma Forum, A Conversation With..., On the Record and OETA's live election coverage to reflect on his quarter century with the station and to share some insights gathered along the way. Thinking back on your career, what news stories or events most stand out and why? `I have been in broadcasting for 40 years, the first 15 of which were in sports and the last 25 in news, so there is lot that stands out...` What's next for you? `Bringing my life and work experiences together in a new position as Director of Client Services for Candor Public Relations. It’s a new challenge and new opportunity to inform and shape public discussion and opinion. I look forward to learning, growing and developing new relationships. I am grateful for my broadcasting career and for the new opportunities that lie ahead. In the final scene of The West Wing, Abigail Bartlet asked her husband, President Jed Bartlet, what he was thinking about as they left Washington. Soaring high above the clouds on their plane flight home, Bartlet responded, “Tomorrow.” I can’t wait for tomorrow. But, I will always be a journalist.` It's with heavy hearts and best wishes that everyone at OETA says a fond farewell to Dick Pryor and a big thank you for his award-winning work, professionalism and integrity. His legacy at OETA and within Oklahoma journalism will be felt for generations to come`` Yes, a journalist. He was always even-handed in interviewing politicians, mostly Republican in OK, and you could never tell what his own politix were. It seems Candor PR http://www.candorpr.com/ has been in business for only three years; see nothing there yet about Dick being on the Team (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. RF 42, Aug 10 at 1503 UT, area tropo makes KMYT Tulsa come in solid with three channels, but no decodes from any other Tulsa station. 41.1 is KMYT MyTV; 41.2 is GetTV, and 41.3 is GritTV --- both with old B&W movies --- saves on the color bandwidth, ha! W9WI.com does not show any 41.3 for it. Rabbitears.info has all three plus another one pending ``soon`` as 41.4, something called ``Heroes & Icons``. Also shows the ``physical channel`` for each as 42.3 thru 42.6 respectively (which are not displayed as such; why make DTV remapping/channelization any more complicated?) (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OMAN [and non]. 9740, Aug 7 at 0038, Qur`an at S9+20 but undermodulated, and nothing on 9500 or 15140, so 9740 is the Radio Sultanate of Oman frequency of choice. You never know which of the three they will be on during this bihour, supposed to be 9500. Are their operators simply sloppy or is there some method to this, i.e. to occupy all three against any intruders even tho they have only one transmitter? WRTH 2015 shows 1 x 100 kW at Thumrait, and F.Pl. for another 100 kW at Seeb: whatever became of that? Also, Ivo Ivanov in Blgaria has just reported Aug 7: ``Radio Sultanate of Oman in English, instead of Arabic at 1610 on 15140 and continues at 1630 UT``. Other English hour is supposed to be 14-15 UT only; they could easily put a lot more English on SW with a 24-hour domestic service on 90.4 in Musqat and 91.3 in Thumrait. Looking at the schedule for RSO in WRTH, I am astounded to see relays by ``yfr`` = WRMI, as of early last fall B-14: Wed 1200-1300, Wed & Thu 1730-1800; and Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri at 1830-1900 on 9395. That would have been, of course, via the late lamented Global 24 service, but I don`t think they ever relayed Oman --- maybe a misunderstanding, as RSO instead of RSI = Slovakia?? {RSO was the defunct Slovakia SW site! ``RSO Rimavska Sobota SVK 48N23 020E00`` --- HFCC -- see further down} Must have been: G24 program sked dated December 2014 is still up showing Radio Slovakia at those times: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sfbOQ_lr65W7iIFaD-lnYF7zJuI3RsNtMPoSTFEfmdA/edit?pli=1#gid=0 Homepage is also still there: http://global24radio.com/ but nothing heard since March or April. I recently e-mailed Jeff Demers and/or Phil Workman for an update, but no reply. We can only assume it is defunct (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1786, DX LISTENING DIGEST) RSO in English, instead of Arabic 1600-1800 on 15140, from 1800 in Arabic, as scheduled, videos after few minutes -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Aug 7 WORLD OF RADIO 1786, Radio Sultanate Oman on 15140 kHz shortwave at 1546 07 Aug 2015 Shortwave Tube 9 6 views Streamed live on Aug 7, 2015 [sic] Radio Sultanate Oman in Arabic from Thumrait targeted towards Europe Music "It’s My Birthday" by will.i.am (Google Play • AmazonMP3 • iTunes) [YT Caption] (via Stephen Cooper, dxldyg via DXLD) 13 minutes: I can`t really tell if the song is in English or Arabic, but it`s obviously recorded off SW, not streaming! So which source was it overall, English or Arabic service? (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) Nothing unusual here. Since at least last summer, Radio Sultanate has been spilling way over 1600, sometimes until 1620, with its rebroadcast of Muscat's 90.4FM, American pop mx, before breaking into Qur'an. 73s, (Marty Delfín (Madrid, Spain), Aug 9, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1786, DXLD) R. Sultanate of Oman in English, instead of Arabic after 1600 UT, August 7: from 1600 on 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu or from 1500 after English 14-15 from 1800 on 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu Arabic, as scheduled till 2200 UT http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/rsultanate-of-oman-in-english-instead.html (DX RE MIX NEWS # 922 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, August 10, 2015, dxldyg via DXLD) August 7: Radio Sultanate of Oman in English, instead of Arabic to WeEu 1609 on 15140 Thumrait https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eZVLLklDsk&feature=youtu.be Radio Sultanate of Oman in English, instead of Arabic to WeEu 1611 on 15140 Thumrait https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdlRIua2PMI&feature=youtu.be Radio Sultanate of Oman in English, instead of Arabic to WeEu 1702 on 15140 Thumrait https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQM5jLfn-No&feature=youtu.be Radio Sultanate of Oman in Arabic to WeEu 1800 on 15140 Thumrait https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAvLMCUra8Y&feature=youtu.be (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OMAN. Good reception of Radio Sultanate of Oman on August 11 from 1500 on 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu Arabic http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/good-reception-of-radio-sultanate-of.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OMAN [non]. I now realize exactly how the WRTH 2015 mixed up Oman instead of Slovakia as relayed by Global 24 via WRMI. RSO is the abbr. for Radio Sultanate of Oman, the station. But RSO is *also* the separate abbr. for the now defunct Slovakia SW site, Rimavská Sobota. Probably not the first time this has happened, but HFCC/ITU expect you not to mix up one abbr. table with another, as they do not necessarily avoid duplication (Glenn Hauser, OK, Aug 12, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PALAU. Minor change of T8WH Angel 5 1300-1400 9930 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs English Sun, no change 1330-1400 9930 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs English Sat, ex 1300-1400 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/minor-change-of-t8wh-angel-5.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3275 & 3365, August 6 at 1207, JBA carriers matching NBC station activity; and another about 3229 from who knows what (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1786, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA [and non-log]. 7324.96, Wantok Radio Light. August 7 & 8, checking before 1000 (when CRI signs on), I was hearing absolutely no hint or trace of any WRL carrier on this very clear frequency. Think they have taken one of their frequent, extended absences. I conclude therefor that 3275 (NBC Southern Highlands) and 3365 (NBC Milne Bay) are the only active SW stations operating from PNG, as heard Aug 8. Radio Fly (3915 & 5960) continues their long silence, although I do regularly check for their return (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1786, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PARAGUAY [and non]. Members, My Paraguayan source has now returned from holiday and is helping me with much information. Apparently the transmitter for Radio 3 de Febrero in ‘Itá’ deliberately switches (automatically) at night to 895 kHz to reduce QRM. The question immediately arises - what about hetrodynes? The most likely station to cause problems would be 890kHz Santa Rosa in Brasil. I have decided to use the North American system of merged cells and merger over two lines for the Paraguay entry. I believe that this is the first case when Day and Night alters by less than 10kHz. I will report back on any other nuggets if I come across any. 73 and 88 (Dan Goldfarb, mwmasts yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1786, DXLD) To add even more confusion, the correct spelling of the Brazilian town is Bela Vista (Colin Miller, Ont., ibid.) WRTH 2015 shows ZP33 on 890, 5/0.5 kW, R. Tres de Febrero, Itá and marked with a plus/minus sign meaning frequency varies. ``Split`` Latin Americans are extremely few now, and even with only 500 watts, might make it DXable in N America, with no CCI. But why haven`t we seen any S American reports of it really on 895? (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1786, DX LISTENING DIGEST) DELIBERATE DETUNING Members, I suspect that this will a) go down as one of my most unusual headings and b) will generate debate. My Paraguayan source wrote the following piece for me: "The frequency change on the old transmitters is manually operated. The technician on-duty moves the selector switch, changing, let´s say, from 640 to 635 kHz. The second crystals are all removed by 5 kHz from the listed frequency. This feature exists in San Estanislao, Villarrica, Itá, Caacupé, and, perhaps a few other places. Doubtlessly, there is heterodyning with Brazilian stations, but, there again, the severe interference which kills the local coverage of some Paraguayan stations comes from big Brazilian stations. What does a small, local station do when it has to share a frequency with someone who has 10, 20, 50, 100, 150, 200, 300 or even 600 times more power?" Is this restricted to Paraguay or was it used worldwide during the era of crystal transmitters? Surely this must have caused challenges for listeners? Your comments awaited. 73 and 88 (Dan Goldfarb, Aug 6, mwmasts yg via DXLD) [and non]. An interesting topic. It has been done in the UK, or more correctly off the coast of the UK, by the US-built offshore radio station Radio London in 1964/5. In Dec 1964 they came up with 17 kW on 1124 kHz and early in 1965 gradually increased the power from the RCA Ampliphase TX to 50 kW. They suffered interference from the Continent on 1124 kHz so did a series of 9 kHz moves to 1133 kHz and even 1115 kHz before settling on the split frequency of 1137.5 kHz right up until the end on 13th August 1967. This caused a 4.5 kHz heterodyne to stations on both sides but must have been tolerated by the UK listeners and the RL management. In my time (30 years!) at the BBC/VoA relay at Woofferton UK it was commonplace for the US schedulers to give us an alternative freq on which to tune up a few minutes prior to a crash-start transmission and an example often used was 6035 kHz just prior to a 6040 kHz VoA broadcast. Keep up the good work, (Dave Porter, G4OYX, ibid.) ** PARAGUAY. Members, This is too important to not be shared with this group and the wider DX community. Thanks to Adán Mur (my Paraguayan contact) I now have almost perfect results. The database will need some gaps filling in but I think that it would be best for me now to set out the coordinates of the sites which have been officially confirmed as correct. I hope that the vagaries of Yahoo allows proper formatting. kHz 550 - Ciudad del Este - 25 29 32S 54 41 45W 570 - Ayolas - 27 22 57S 56 49 27W 570 - Pedro Juan Caballero - 22 34 48S 55 47 21W 590 - San Pedro de Ycuámandiyú - 24 05 40S 57 05 03W 610 - Filadelfia - 22 21 39S 60 02 16W 620 - San Estanislao - 24 39 36S 56 26 13W 640 - Coronel Oviedo - 25 27 54S 56 27 18W 650 - Asunción / José Falcón - 25 12 53S 57 39 40W 660 - Concepción - 23 22 43S 57 24 24W 680 - Asunción / Ñemby - 25 23 47S 57 32 08W 700 - Pilar - 26 52 41S 58 15 43W 720 - Teniente Irala Fernández - 22 48 00S 59 36 59W 730 - Asunción / Nuevo Italia - 25 37 01S 57 28 20W 740 - Caazapá - 26 11 28S 56 22 39W 750 - Asunción / Isla Bogado - 25 18 16S 57 29 02W 760 - Encarnación - 27 22 04S 55 50 40W 780 - Asunción / Mariano Roque Alonso - 25 12 43S 57 32 53W 800 - Asunción / Chaco-í - 25 14 27S 57 38 17W 800 - Salto del Gauirá - 24 05 38S 54 21 26W 840 - Villarrica - 25 48 56S 56 25 40W 860 - Caacupé - 25 23 11S 57 11 57W 890 - Itá - 25 23 32S 57 18 53W 920 - Asunción / Capiatá - 25 24 17S 57 27 35W 970 - Asunción / Ypané - 25 28 20S 57 30 48W 980 - Pedro Juan Caballero - 22 31 03S 55 45 18W 1000 - Asunción / San Antonio - 25 24 48S 57 34 47W 1020 - Asunción / San Lorenzo - 25 19 07S 57 29 20W 1040 - San Ignacio - 26 53 01S 57 02 40W 1080 - Asunción - Chaco-í - 25 13 57S 57 38 11W 1100 - Capitán Badó - 23 14 59S 59 32 23W 1120 - Asunción / San Lorenzo - 25 23 44S 57 29 06W 1140 - Atyrá - 25 17 10S 57 09 39W 1160 - Asunción - Isla Bogado - 25 18 27S 57 29 35W 1180 - Coronel Oviedo - 25 27 01S 56 27 07W 1190 - Hernandarias - 25 23 22S 54 39 56W 1200 - Asunción / Luque - 25 16 57S 57 27 32W 1260 - Villarrica - 25 46 38S 56 26 31W 1280 - Ciudad del Este - 25 29 42S 54 43 53W 1300 - Villa Hayes - 25 07 23S 57 33 18W 1330 - Asunción / Chaco-í - 25 15 16S 57 38 32W 1380 - Concepción - 23 23 09S 57 26 11W 1420 - Horqueta - 23 21 31S 57 03 57W 1430 - San Juan Bautista - 26 39 45S 57 07 54W 1450 - Puerto Valle-Mí - 22 09 40S 57 56 50W 1480 - Bella Vista Norte - 22 07 01S 56 30 05W 1480 - Asunción / Villeta - 25 30 06S 57 28 59W I am sure that this information is nowhere else in the DX community so please use it responsibly and quote Adán and me as the originators - please! 73 and 88 (Dan Goldfarb, Aug 7, mwmasts yg via DXLD) Wow, Dan. This is great. One day, I hope to have the $$ to take a trip there and see these. In the interim, just plotting them on the GE will be fun! (Richard Lucas, ibid.) Members, The contributions re Paraguay keep coming. This particular gem is quite extraordinary. "ZP20 is a old station, which was born in San Juan Bautista, Misiones, way back when. It was the work of an Ironmonger, a Metals Businessman, who evidently converted a valve-based Audio Amplier into a Radio Transmitter, making use of plans, found in a Buenos Aires-published Radio Magazine. The home-built station worked rather well, and, with time, he obtained the ZP20 License. Much later, ZP20 was bought by the Police Commissioner of Villeta, who moved it to that city. He contracted a Korean Technician to construct a valve-based (833s in the Final Amplier and Modulator) Transmitter. He also raised a high tower, up on a hill, located on a farm, between Villeta and Ypané (Ypane). Our storms can be terrible, here. One of the terrible storms made a Metal Sculpture out of the tower. There was no way to repair or replace it. The cost was too high. The Police Commissioner was a friend of President Alfredo Stroessner. He asked for permission to move ZP20 to Ñemby (Nemby), which is down- hill, in a valley, better protected from ferocious storms, and also closer to Asunción (Asuncion). Permission was granted. The Police Commissioner took the bottom 48 meters of the tower which remained unsculptured and installed it on a small farm, in Ñemby (Nemby). From there, he used the 1 kW 833-valve Transmitter to broadcast the ever- popular Mexican Ranchera music! This is the station which was later purchased by Pastor Holowaty [ex- KGEI San Francisco]. Pastor Holowaty is most definitely a radio professional. He is an expert in every detail of broadcasting, and has trained other members of his family to be experts, as well. They set about modernizing ZP20. The Holowatys wanted more transmission power, but that is not possible, in Ñemby (Nemby). They purchased a tract of land in Guasú (Guasu) Corá (Cora), just before the Alberdi Highway, near Villeta. I did the mathematical calculations for the new Transmitter Site, repaired their old KGEI Audio Equipment and installed a new STL between Ñemby (Nemby) and the new site. Pastor Holowaty wanted Short- Wave. He obtained Permission for Test Transmissions, and I constructed small transmitters for Medium- and Short-wave. The test transmissions were very successful, despite terrible problems with the Energy Supply. I had to build a D.C. Supply System, and make everything work on 12 Volts, D.C. Following the successful tests, Pastor Holowaty purchased a 5 KW PDM Medium-Wave Transmitter, from ADEMA, in Buenos Aires. It is used with the 5/8-wavelength tower, for which I did the calculations. Pastor Holowaty wanted to have high power on Short-Wave, but there was no money available to do so. Radio América (America) grew to be a network of stations, led by ZP20. The programming is repeated on many local FM stations. "Radio Iglesia" is an umbrella group, which provides Internet service to Radio América (America). "Radiodifusió n América" is the Group Name of Pastor Holowaty´s endeavors. We might say that both "Radio Iglesia" and "Radiodifusió n América" are Network Names." There will be more - thanks to Adán. Enjoy. 73 and 88 (Dan Goldfarb, ibid.) ** PARAGUAY. A different way of identifying a Latin American Station Hello, Yesterday morning, 9. August, at 0320z I heard a station on 1480 khz. After some classical music a lady read a text of some sort. My Spanish is very limited, so I asked my friend Henrik Klemetz about it. After a couple of hours he came up with the solution. Although there was no station ID, it is 100% verified that it was ZP20 Radio America (a.k.a. Radio Iglesia). He wrote down some of the text from the 1 minute or so recording and googled it. He found the exact text on Radio Iglesias website. It turns out to be from a book "The Trojan Horse". I have posted the recording and details on my blog. https://la2to.wordpress.com/qsl-june-2015/mw-log-may-august-2015/ I think this is the first time a station has been identified this way. 73 (Kai Mauseth, Aug 10, MWCircle yg via DXLD) ** PERU. 5980, August 10 at 0103, R. Chaski carrier is JBA in storm noise level tho none nearby here, so I stand by for the calculated cutoff, 7 days later than last check when it was at 0104:06*. 6 seconds later per day = 42 seconds later in a week, so should be circa 0104:48 tonight. No, it really autochops at 0104:46.5*, i.e. averaging only 5.8 seconds later per, which is close to what it used to be, ~5.83 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5980, R. CHASKI, 10/8 1100 UT. ID: “Red Radio Integridad, la voz que glorifica a Dios” con avisos del material disponible en la emisora de Lima, memorización de versículos bíblicos y avisos de iglesias bautistas fundamentalistas. A las 1105 comienza un programa: “La buena semilla”. SINPO: 44444 con leve QRM de la Voz de Vietnam en 5975. 5980. R. CHASKI 10/8 2320 UT. Música instrumental e ID de “Red Radio Integridad”. SINPO: 45333. RX: REALISTIC DX-160, ANT: 30 metros de antena de hilo, más 20 metros de antena de tierra y balún de ferrita 3:1 (Claudio Galaz, QTH: Ovalle, Chile, condilista yg via DXLD) 5980, Aug 12 at 0047, JBA carrier from R. Chaski on the NRD-545 reads about S8 with the random wire, S9 on the Wellbrook just hooked up, but both are mostly picking up storm noise levels; and distracted by what turns out to be KBUF-6180, I miss the Chaski cutoff circa 0106 tonight (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PHILIPPINES. FILIPINAS, 9925, Radio Pilipinas, Tinang, 1835-1845, escuchada el 6 de agosto de 2015 en filipino, a pesar de estar anunciado en inglés, cuñas de ID “Radio Pilipinas”, locutor y locutora con comentarios, anuncia Internet “www…”, en paralelo por 12120 y 15190, SINPO 34343 12120, Radio Pilipinas, Tinang, 1845-1900, escuchada el 6 de agosto de 2015 en Filipino a locutoras con comentarios, mencionan “Mindanao y Manila”, emisión musical y noticias, SINPO 44433 (José Miguel Romero, Sacañet (Castellón), España, Yaesu FRG 7700, Antena hilo [wire] 10 m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PHILIPPINES. FEBC Manila: 9465, 1348 6 AUG - in MANDARIN from BOCAUE. SINPO = 24232. Asian Language?, EZL/pop music, male DJ. not // to either 9400 or 9430. 100 kW, beamAz 305deg, bearing 303deg. Sangean ATS505 with Kaito KA33 in west facing window. Received at Las Vegas, United States, 11909 km from transmitter at Bocaue (FEBC). Local time: 0648. 9430, 1341 6 AUG - FEBC MANILA in MANDARIN from BOCAUE. SINPO = 33233. Chinese, EZL music (piano/female vocal). QRM=CRI on 9435 (not // to 9400, different programming). 1326z female and male announcers. 100 kW. Local time: 0641. 9400, 1339 6 AUG - FEBC MANILA in MANDARIN from IBA. SINPO = 35132. Chinese, male announcer. sf 111.5, a 6, k 4, geomag: active. 100 kW, beamAz 330deg, bearing 304deg. Sangean ATS505 with Kaito KA33 in west facing window. Received at Las Vegas, United States, 11924 km from transmitter at Iba (FEBC). Local time: 0639 (Rodney Johnson, NV, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PUERTO RICO. 75 años de WPAB 550 ROMPEN LA BARRERA DEL TIEMPO EN WPAB http://www.periodicolaperla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7394:rompen-la-barrera-del-tiempo&catid=121:portada-gente&Itemid=177 (Aug 5, via José Miguel Romero2, Spain, dxldyg via DXLD) ** PUNTLAND. SOMALIA, Weak signal of Puntland Radio One this morning, Aug. 4 from 0726 13800 GRW 020 kW / non-dir EaAf Somali in CUSB: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/weak-signal-of-puntland-radio-one-this.html Aug. 4: Puntland Radio One in Somali to EaAf 0726 on 13800 Garowe CUSB.MP4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQD8UMgH2wY&feature=youtu.be (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Good signal of Puntland Radio One on August 5 and suddenly off air 1420-1520 13800 GRW 020 kW / non-dir EaAf Somali and off air at 1535 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/good-signal-of-puntland-radio-one-on.html (DX RE MIX NEWS # 922 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, August 10, 2015, dxldyg via DXLD) August 5: Puntland Radio One in Somali to EaAf 1421 on 13800 Garowe CUSB https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVvvJFEAFhA&feature=youtu.be Puntland Radio One in Somali to EaAf 1450 on 13800 Garowe CUSB https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmGVnYxHd4w&feature=youtu.be Puntland Radio One in Somali to EaAf 1521 on 13800 Garowe CUSB https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IX8WdJN9hw&feature=youtu.be (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) SOMALIA, 13800cusb, NOTHING! heard from Somali-Punt-Land on this empty channel at 1518 UT on Aug 6 (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 6, dxldyg via DXLD) ** RUSSIA. I Got eQSL from Radio Comintern: 4 ?????? [some month in Cyrillic; why not translated?] 2015, 6990 kHz / 1730-1800 UT, E mail: 050353 @ mail.ru A quote from the letter: "I send you greetings from our Communist Party. I want to please you, since recently our party from the media other than newspapers, Internet and radio them. Comintern appeared more red line channel, which broadcasts on satellite ABS. So now we're even more armed. Sincerely, Sergei, Rossosh, Voronezh region. http://rossosh-kprf.narod.ru » (Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Russia, QSL world, RusDX Aug 9 via DXLD) Good reception of Comintern Radio 1600-1800 on 6990, Aug 4 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/good-reception-of-comintern-radio-1600.html (DX RE MIX NEWS # 922 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, August 10, 2015, dxldyg via DXLD) August 4: Comintern Radio, songs 1600 on 6990.0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2fEJFxSn9Y&feature=youtu.be Comintern Radio, songs 1700 on 6990.0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHW0vM8kZh8&feature=youtu.be Comintern Radio, songs 1757 on 6990.0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD1ucvi2PCk&feature=youtu.be Good reception of Pirate Comintern Radio 1618-1748 on 6990, August 12 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/good-reception-of-pirate-comintern.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RWANDA [non]. FRANCE, Media Broadcast relay Radio Inyabutatu on August 7 1800-1900 on 17605 ISS 100 kW / 144 deg to SoAf Kinyarwanda Sat: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/media-broadcast-relay-radio-inyabutatu.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SARAWAK [non]. 15425, Radio Free Sarawak via Palauig-Zambales, Philippines, 1029, August 7. Song in English till 1030 intro with IDs; mostly fair; no trace of any jamming; August 8 (Saturday) noted off the air, matching their schedule. 15425, Radio Free Sarawak, August 10 had open carrier already on the air at 1023; 1024 song; 1030 intro in vernacular; below normal reception. Seems that things are heating up for the founder of RFS, Clare Rewcastle Brown. In Malaysia they have issued a warrant for her arrest, while in London she now has police protection following an incidence of stalking. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/british-journalist-clare-rewcastle-brown-given-police-protection-after-being-followed-and-photographed-in-hyde-park-10441274.html (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1786, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SAUDI ARABIA. Re: Ampegon will deliver four 500 kW shortwave transmitters --- Item of April 2015 SAUDI ARABIA During summer 2015 one should measure the 500 kW shortwave beasts on exact frequency (wb) 4 x 500 kW SW TX and 4 x shortwave antennas HRS 4/4/0.5 and the BroadMaster broadcast control system. Saudi Broadcast Corporation (SBC), Saudi's National Broadcaster, has contracted Ampegon through undisputed Saudi market leader First Gulf Company (FGC) for the renewal of their radio transmission site in Riyadh. Ampegon will deliver four 500 kW shortwave transmitters, four shortwave antennas HRS 4/4/0.5 and the BroadMaster broadcast control system. (Ampegon, Sept 2014) (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 15) Seemingly ARS BSKSA put these > four 500 kW shortwave transmitters already on air, and exchanged but scrapped the old TX units now. No odd frequency measurements occurred lately on the 15380, 17730, or 17740 kHz broadcast outlets from Riyadh. Today August 10: 0800 UT HQ px on 15380.000 S=9+15 dB here in southern Germany. 17730.000 Ar 1st px S=9+40dB at 0807 17740.000 Ar 1st px S=9+30dB, but UNDERMODULATED audio level. and the local non-dir 9714.921 kHz Arabic to peninsula, NE/ME around coverage. wb (Wolfgang Buschel, Aug 9, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1786, DX LISTENIN GDIGEST) The local transmitter on 9715 kHz is 50 kW, isn't it? (Georgi Bancov, Blgaria, ibid.) Re: ``SAUDI ARABIA. 15205, July 31 at 1707, bits of Qur'an and plain talk in Arabic from BSKSA, scheduled 16-18 but achieving only poor S3 signal; better S7 with different Arabic service on 15435. Both HFCC listed with exactly same parameters, 500 kW, 320 degrees USward, 25 degree slew, 216 antenna, so why the disparity? A propagation check since nothing on 15470 audible for ETHIOPIA [non], q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)`` S=3 signal; Maybe has something to do with refurbishing/replacement work on very new 4 x 500 kW shortwave TX units and new revolving RIGID Ampegon antennas? Wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DXLD) 15285, August 8, 2015, 0626-0630, SAUDI ARABIA INTERNATIONAL, Female Announcer in Swahili. Several mentions of Saudi Arabia. Powerhouse signal. SINPO 55455. 15380, August 8, 2015, 0631-0634, SAUDI RADIO INTERNATIONAL, Male Announcer with Male guest in Arabic with discussion on living according to Islamic principles, as in the Quran. Breakdown of specific scriptures. SINPO 44344 (Ed Sylvester, Baghdad, Iraq, AOR AR- 5000+3, Indoor Pixel Magnetic Loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SERBIA [non]. International Radio Serbia (formerly "Radio Yugoslavia") -- last day audio Their last day's program is available on the IRS website, http://voiceofserbia.org/content/service -- check under "Audio News". I also saved a copy on the Archive.org website for posterity in case Serbia's website gets pulled... https://archive.org/details/ServiceINTERNATIONALRADIOSERBIA (Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA, Aug 6, internetradio via DXLD) See also: USA: WRMI: Wavescan ** SINGAPORE: See LANGUAGE LESSONS ** SLOVAKIA [non]. See OMAN for mixup ** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, Aug 6 at 1158, strident preacher with closing devotional on SIBC, which is totally Christian, violating Separation of Church and State; 1200 YL with SIBC sign-off mentioning one MW and two SW frequencies; 1201 NA; 1202 switch to rock music, but cut off the air in less than a minute by 1203*. I suppose that was a bit of Wantok FM, which they occasionally keep relaying all-night, but not lately. All the while with lots of splash from 5025 R. Rebelde, Cuba, especially during music. That is only going to worsen into fall and winter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5020.0, SIBC - The Voice of the Nation, 0919, August 7. Here is more of what Glenn has been talking about - violations of SOCAS (SIBC is a government station); heard "Derek Prince Legacy Radio” Christian religious program in English, in progress; 0925 program ID and contact info; into Solomon Pijin and playing pop Pacific Island music; 0947 series of PSAs and ads; poor-fair, but 24 hours later was very poor 5020.0, SIBC. August 12 yet another day of 1203* (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH AFRICA. 7285, Aug 6 at 0522, all-English interview by R. Sonder Grense YL, with a diplomat, who turns out to be the ambassador from Japan, on the Hiroshima 70th anniversary; guess there aren`t too many Afrikaans-speaking Japanese; 0526 back to Afrikaans, fair signal. 7285, Aug 11 at 0546, once again at random tune-in to R. Sonder Grense (means Without Borders, an apropos name for SW service; cf. Dutch zonder grenzen), it`s totally in English instead of Afrikaans, in order for a YL to interview a YL, Q&A; fair-poor with deep fades (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1786, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. Aug 4: Unscheduled broadcast of Brother HySTAIRical in English to ME 0820 on 13810 Secretbrod [BULGARIA] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6gVjkm9w9s&feature=youtu.be Unscheduled broadcast of Brother HySTAIRical in English to ME 0825 on 13810 Secretbrod https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxJ3jx3oY-Q&feature=youtu.be (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also BULGARIA; U S A ** SPAIN. Members, This comes from Ben Dawson. The tetraplex serving San Sebastian (558 kHz / 774 kHz active and 963 kHz / 1476 kHz) has a new Panoramio photo which aroused immediate interest. The photo can be found through http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/110661707.jpg In addition the arrangement is according to Ben a skirt-fed umbrella feed. He also let slip that the same arrangement exists for Selebi- Phikwe in Botswana on 909 kHz. Plenty of changes to make on the databases. Wonderful news. 73 and 88 (Dan Goldfarb, mwmasts yg via DXLD) ** SPAIN. LA PLATAFORMA EN DEFENSA DE LA ONDA CORTA, FINALISTA DE UN PREMIO POR SU LABOR http://www.farodevigo.es/mar/2015/08/13/plataforma-defensa-onda-corta-finalista/1295272.html La Plataforma en Defensa de la Onda Corta, que asumió a finales de 2014 y 2015 el trabajo de luchar por la vuelta de las emisiones de Radio Exterior de España (REE) para toda la flota en el mundo, ve recompensado su trabajo. La asociación Bienal Juvenil de las Actividades Marítimas y Pesqueras (Biamar) señaló a la plataforma como finalista de su premio internacional Voz del Mar, cuyo veredicto final se conocerá el 9 de septiembre. Posted by: (JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO, Aug 13, dxldyg via DXLD) ** SPAIN. 15490, 8/10 1840, REE, Noblejas, in Spanish; OM: interview with Mr. Francisco Rico, about the world of entertainment; 1905 Gaceta de los Deportes; 45433. REE transmitter presents an unstable signal and modulation. SINPO code during this log: 45433 / 35433 / 35432 / 45544 (Jose Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo - Brazil (UTC-3), Hard- Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** SRI LANKA. Good reception of Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation: 1630-1830 on 11750 TRM 125 kW / 345 deg to N/ME Sinhala, relay City FM http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/good-reception-of-sri-lanka.html (DX RE MIX NEWS # 922 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, August 10, 2015, dxldyg via DXLD) August 4: Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation relay City FM in Tagalog to ME 1632 on 11750 Trincomallee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y3QkdQ1F8U&feature=youtu.be (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11905, August 10 at *0114:12, carrier on from SLBC, very poor. Musical prélude starts at 0114:46.5; 2+1 mistimesignal ends at 0115:11, opening in presumed Hindi. 11905, Aug 12 at 0114:46.5, music starts on very poor SLBC carrier, 2+1 mistimesignal (not miss timesignal; it`s neuter for sure) ends at 0115:19.5 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN. Reception of Voice of Africa, Sudan Radio on August 4 1730-1830 9505 ALF 100 kW / 210 deg CeAf English, QRM ROU on 9500 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/reception-of-voice-of-africa-sudan.html Eight minutes "window" for clear reception of Radio Omdurman Sudan: 1951-1959 7205 ALF 100 kW / 210 deg CeAf Arabic, scheduled 1930-2100 Strong co-ch till 1951 VIRI IRIB in Italian and from 1959 UT RFI in French http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/eight-minutes-window-for-clear.html (DX RE MIX NEWS # 922 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, August 10, 2015, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1786, DXLD) August 4: Voice of Africa, Sudan Radio in English to CeAf 1743 on 9505 Al Aitahab https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8s4GG-mIt4&feature=youtu.be (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7205, Aug 7 at 0351, undermodulated Arabic S9+10 with some distortion, presumed Omdurman, marred by someham on SSB doing a test count with this precisely as BFO (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9505, Voice of Africa, in English from 1820 to 1832 Aug. 12. Weak signal but audible at times, with average fading, average noise but no interference. Male announcer giving a profile about “The Ghana,” describing the “prosperous country,” the capital Accra, and naming all the capitals in the regions. Short music breaks during feature program. Ended with: “Thanks, listeners, may Allah bless you. Bye for now.” Followed by woman telling listeners where to write if they want to know more about Voice of Africa programs. More IDs and drum beat music. S/off in English at 1832, followed by IS and local language that I didn’t recognize (shortwave.am lists Hausa). 73s, (Marty Delfín (Fuencarral-El Pardo district, Madrid, Spain), Sony ICF-SW77 telescopic antenna, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1786, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN [and non]. SUDAN/VATICAN STATE, 15550, Radio Dabanga, Sudanese service via Vatican Radio transmitter site Santa Maria di Galeria CVA, pure only at S=8 signal, too short distance in 19 mb Vatican - Germany. But heard also a 1000 Hertz audio tone accompanied, visible tone peaks on both low-/upper-bands, supposed to be jamming action from Sudanese secret government. At 1534 UT on Aug 6 (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 6, dxldyg via DXLD) 13800, Aug 7 at 0514, R. Dabanga, music and Arabish, VG signal this time and no jamming from carriers on hi side. Is via MADAGASCAR until 0526-0528 overlap switcheroo to Vatican site, then usually weaker here. 13800, Aug 11 at 0535, R. Dabanga, holding up well enough tonight after 0527-0528 switch from Madagascar site to VATICAN, but the Sudanese carrier/het jamming about 1 kHz on the hi side is back; 13800 now synchronized with 11645 which has been Vatican all along, but latter with rumbling CCI presumably Greece; while against the lower channel the clueless Sudanese tone jammer stays safely away on 11650, months after Dab shifted to 11645 (while Greece was inactive) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SURINAME. 4990 kHz Radio Anpitie relay 97.1 MHz, Paramaribo, músicas stilo Pop and Reggae Suriname and one in language English. Code SINPO 25222. Day 08/06/2015, Time UTC 0120, Audio live Radio Anpitie in site http://www.apintie.sr/radio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Dvaw_mV_-Y&feature=youtu.be RX: Tecsun S-2000 Antenna: Long wire 400 Meters Horizontal (Daniel Wyllyans Nova Xavantina MT Brazil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** TAIWAN. 11410, Radio Taiwan International (RTI), tentative, 1131 to 1140 with no understandable ID, Chinese, SINFO=3,4,4,4,3, a woman announcer with several men obviously making comments on what she said, the 1000A and the 42’ Windom antenna. 8/6 (John and Sandra Davis. Our listening post is located northeast of Columbus, Ohio in the USA. One inside antenna is a Windom which is 42’ long. The other is an end fed antenna 16’ long. The name of my large antenna is the “687’ horizontal array.” I also use my wife’s HVU-8 amateur radio vertical antenna, because it works extremely well of the shortwave broadcast bands. Our receivers include, but are not limited to a number of R-390As, R-391s, a Mackay 5050A, a Racal 6790, and a Watkins-Johnson HF-1000A. The Mackay 5050A was recently repaired by Fair Radio and works extremely well! Our portable receivers include a Kaito 1103, a Radio Shack 440, and a Sangean 803A, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) Really? RTI does not operate [that much] out of band. Aoki does show 11410 as a jammed Sound of Hope frequency, so likely CNR1 jammer. Unless the frequency was a typo (gh, DXLD) ** TAIWAN. 7445, (NON), RTI 8/8, 1100. Missing; no trace of carrier during time the R.o.C. endures yet another typhoon. Could also be due to dismal condx, but, who knows? (Rick Barton, El Mirage AZ, Drake R8, outdoor Slinky; Grundig Satellit 750, indoor wire, Radio Shack SW- 2000629, barefoot, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) See CHINA jammers ** TASMANIA [non]. NEW ZEALAND(non) [sic], SW schedule of Hobart Radio International 1600-1630 on 6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu Sat August 8 0330-0400 on 5110vBCQ 050 kW / 245 deg to ENAm Sun August 9 0330-0400 on 9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg to CeAm Sun August 9 5110v=5109.8 in CUSB. This week: Number Stations & Oddities. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/shortwave-schedule-of-hobart-radio.html (DX RE MIX NEWS # 922 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, August 10, 2015, dxldyg via DXLD) ** TIBET. CHINA, Reception of PBS Xizang Holy Tibet on 4 freqs: from 1645 on 4905 LHA 100 kW / non-dir to EaAs English from 1645 on 6130 LHA 100 kW / 290 deg to EaAs English from 1645 on 7255 LHA 100 kW / 085 deg to EaAs English from 1645 on 9590 LHA 100 kW / 220 deg to EaAs English http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/reception-of-pbs-xizang-holy-tibet-on-4.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Aug 12? dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TIBET [non]. TAJIKISTAN, 7592, Voice of Tibet, Dushanbe-Yanguidul, 2302-2309, escuchada el 6 de agosto de 2015 en tibetano a locutor con comentarios, a las 2304 empieza a sufrir un molesto pitido, locutora con comentarios, a las 2309 desaparece la emisión y reaparece en 7597, SINPO 24442. 7597, Voice of Tibet, Dushanbe-Yanguidul, 2311-2328, escuchada el 6 de agosto de 2015 en tibetano a locutora con comentarios, noticias y corresponsales, SINPO 24442 (José Miguel Romero, Sacañet (Castellón), España, Yaesu FRG 7700, Antena hilo [wire] 10 m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TIBET [non]. Updated A-15 shortwave schedule for Voice of Tibet: 1200-1215 NF 15542 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 15543 1215-1230 NF 15543 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 15537 1230-1245 NF 15562 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15563 1245-1300 NF 15563 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15557 1300-1315 on 15548 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese no change 1300-1315 NF 15568 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15563 1315-1330 NF 15543 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 15542 1315-1330 NF 15568 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15563 1330-1345 NF 15548 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 15542 1330-1345 NF 15562 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15557 1345-1400 NF 15548 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 15537 1345-1400 NF 15563 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15552 1400-1415 on 15542 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan no change 1400-1415 on 15525 MDC 250 kW / 045 deg to CeAs Tibetan Tue/Thu/Sat 1400-1415 on 15565 MDC 250 kW / 045 deg to CeAs Tibetan Mo/We/Fr/Su 1415-1430 NF 15543 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15548 1415-1430 on 15530 MDC 250 kW / 045 deg to CeAs Tibetan Tue/Thu/Sat 1415-1430 on 15560 MDC 250 kW / 045 deg to CeAs Tibetan Mo/We/Fr/Su 2300-2315 on 7592 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan no change 2315-2330 NF 7597 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 7594 All frequencies are jammed by China on xxxx0 / xxxx5 Changes between frequencies vary from 5 to 7 minutes http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/updated-15-summer-shortwave-schedule.html (DX RE MIX NEWS # 922 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, August 10, 2015, dxldyg via DXLD) [MDC portion on WORLD OF RADIO 1786: frequency shift to avoid jamming used to occur at :05 past the hour --- gh] ** TURKEY. 6165, Aug 7 at 0345, JBA carrier in the absence of RHC English: I assume it`s VOT`s second frequency for the 0300 English broadcast, for Mideast; so I tune to the first frequency, good signal on 9515 for North America, at 0346 Aug 7 to hear the VOT YL already in sign-off message mentioning 6165, ``goodbye``, a few notes of music (not IS?) and cut carrier. I go back to 6165 and find it also gone. VOT broadcasts used to last 50 or even 55 minutes. Perhaps some bean- counter calculated they will save a few lira by shortening them? This correlates with an August 3 observation from Richard Langley, New Brunswick, to the DXLD yg: ``More Voice of Turkey anomalies. While reviewing a recording made unattended on 20 July 2015 starting just before the beginning of the English transmission at 2200 UT on 9830 kHz (opening announcement still states 9820 kHz although closing announcement gets it right), I noticed that the program proper ended at about 2245 and they then had more than 10 minutes of IS filler. Is this common? The transmission in German follows but just 5 minutes in, the signal cuts out and doesn't return. Transmitter or operator error?``. Of course, German is not supposed to be on SW then at all (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1786, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9870, Aug 10 at 0118, S8, VOT in Spanish talking about R. Serbia Internacional, and R. Habana Cuba revamped website: must be their DX program. // 9770 slightly stronger S9 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9770, Aug 11 at 0059, VOT IS, timesignal ending one sesquisecond late after 0100, opening Spanish originally broadcast at 1630 on 11930 (apparently unconcerned about Cuban jamming and Radio Martí), and now also on // 9870 but 9770 is somewhat stronger as to be expected here from relative azimuths of 270 and 290 respectively (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TUVALU. Working my way through wav files from a recent DXpedition to coastal Washington and Oregon I found this sign/off of Tavalu on 621 kHz from Sans Souci [between Florence and Yachats, OR] on July 30 at 1000 UT: http://realmonitor.com/grayland12/150730/SS/1000/tuvalu-621.wav It’s 2:45 long with mention of Tuvalu at 1:10 and a couple of ‘national anthems.’ I’ve got the first one in the above cut and the 2nd one in this one: http://realmonitor.com/grayland12/150730/SS/1000/tuvalu-621b.wav Not sure which is ‘official.’ Tough copy next to 620. Had the notch on and really ‘tailored’ the passband (Bill Whitacre, Alexandria, VA NRC- AM via DXLD) Bill, Great carch. Tuvalu 621 used to be pretty common back 15-20 years ago, before KPOJ moved their transmitter site, changed pattern, and boosted power. In those days Hilo HI was dominant most nights, as KPOJ sent their signal N/S and partly nulled the coast (Patrick Martin, Seaside OR, ibid.) ** U A E. 13870.100, Odd frequency broadcast of relay sidelobe signal into southern Germany, at 1515 UT on Aug 6, endless read comment in NHK Radio Japan Urdu service by male announcer, broadcast via Babcock broker at Al Dhabbaya-UAE relay site (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 6, dxldyg via DXLD) ** U K. Test transmission of BABCOCK on August 6 1230-1244 on 15745, probably via Woofferton, videos: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/test-transmission-of-babcock-on-august-6.html (DX RE MIX NEWS # 922 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, August 10, 2015, dxldyg via DXLD) Test transmission of BABCOCK on August 6 1230-1244 on 15745, probably via Woofferton, videos: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/test-transmission-of-babcock-on-august-6.html (Ivo Ivanov, dxldyg via DXLD) Hey guys, here is "This Is A Test Transmission" on 15745 heard at 1655 UT / 11:55 am Central today (08/10/2015) in Beaumont, Texas (far southeast corner of the state). This is 4 1/2 minutes, recorded until abrupt sign off in mid song. I used a Sangean ATS909X with a PK's Loop 6-18 MHz tuneable Shortwave loop. The loop can be tuned to a certain frequency with a dial and can be rotated. The orientation of the loop bringing in the best signal with regards to my location and the suggested location of this transmitter site would imply the United Kingdom and likely Babcock as hinted before. The signal was about a 5 out of 10 with some fading, but generally pretty steady. Audio here: http://www.onairdj.com/TestTransmission_15745khz_08102015_1655UTC_1155amcentral.mp3 (Paul Walker, TX, dxldyg via DXLD) At first, not the music we used to hear from Babcock, and the only speech is ``you are listening to a test transmission``; then request for reports, and the gmail.com address with the old music only briefly, back to new medley (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) Same test transmission on Aug. 6 1230-1244 on same freq 15745: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/test-transmission-of-babcock-on-august-6.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Aug 11, ibid.) Saludos cordiales, 15470 Test Transmisión, 0905-, sigue activa y emitiendo el mismo segmento musical con continuas ID. Posted by: (José Miguel Romero, Aug 11, ibid.) Saludos, La señal es bastante fuerte aquí en Madrid. Es la misma transmisión que hacían en agosto de 2014 en la frecuencia de 7425. 73s (Marty Delfín (Madrid, Spain), ibid.) David G4OYX, als Pensionär, hat sich um die QSL gekümmert, den Ansagetext hat Martin 2E1EKX gesprochen, praktisch ein amateurhaftes Zuckerl, aus dem Nachwuchs Ausbildungsplan in Woofferton TX site, - oder nach Reparaturen an den vom Atlantikwinden gebeutelten Antennen Arrays resultierend. In der heutigen Zeit ein sehr seltener Vorgang. (wolfgang df5sx, Aug 10, A-DX via DXLD) ps. wenn ich google translator ins Russische übersetze, wirds auch nicht mehr Qualität haben? Wer früher stundenlang blaue Langenscheidt Wörterbücher gewälzt hat, wir das in der heutigen Zeit verschmerzen können. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" To: "Andreas Tschauder"; "Herbert Meixner" Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 6:48 PM Subject: Fw: [A-DX] 15745 Jetzt --15.53...UC Transmissiontest@gmail.com die Adresse passt zu Babcock Woofferton site, QSL manager sind Martin Goulding-WOF_2E1EKX gouldmineuk@gmail.com der sie aber meist an David Porter_WOF_G4OYX weiterleitet. As you probably know I help Martin 2E1EKX out with the reception report verification for "Transmission Test" from Woofferton and we keep receiving these emails ----- Original Message ----- From: "Friedrich-Walter Adam" Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 9:09 PM Subject: Re: [A-DX] 15745 Jetzt eQSL auf http://www.radio-eulenspigel.eu QSL-Galerie Europa Großbritannien 73 F-W Gesendet: Montag, 10. August 2015 um 18:03 Uhr Von: "Heinrich DF8RY" Betreff: Re: [A-DX] 15745 Jetzt Am 10.08.2015 um 17:49 schrieb Andreas Tschauder Guten Abend. Musik und "You are listening to a test transmission"... Transmissiontest@gmail.com wird als Adresse angegeben. Hi, es gibt etliche, die belegen können, wenn man da hinschreibt, kriegt man Antwort aus Woofferton, zum Teil sogar mit Google- übersetztem Furchtbar-Deutsch. War hier in der Liste ja auch schon oft Thema. Heinrich (all via Wolfgang Büschel, DXLD) [A-DX] 15745 Jetzt --- Direkt hat der URL Eulenspiegel Zugriff in Firefox und I.E. hier nicht funktioniert. Da hilft nur Javascript Einschaltung, viele haben ihren PC dazu nicht konfiguriert ... wegen Virenbefall Über GOOGLE Suche bin ich dann doch fündig geworden. Über http://www.radio-eulenspiegel.eu/qsl-galerie/europa/gro%C3%9Fbritannien/ und javascript: link http://u.jimdo.com/www400/o/sde1eeedb8db4b182/img/ib922d8f1cd90ab9d/1403276281/std/image.jpg http://u.jimdo.com/www400/o/sde1eeedb8db4b182/img/ibb81a172343942c9/1403276281/std/image.jpg http://u.jimdo.com/www400/o/sde1eeedb8db4b182/img/ie6f02d7e92c35765/1403276281/std/image.jpg aussergewoehnlich ist ein "ß" Buchstabe in einer URL, das ist dem Zugriff eher hinderlich, wenn das ß auch in %C3%9F aufgelöst wird. 73 (Wolfgang via DXLD) 15470, Test Transmisión, 0810-0815, escuchada el 10 de agosto de 2015 a locutor con ID "New test Transmisión", emisión de segmentos musicales de todas las nacionalidades, música pop, pop melódico, música africana e hindú, latina, rock, son fragmentos de 5 a 15 segundos, sintonía que precede a Radio Abisinia y Radio Erena, SINPO 45444. 15470, Test Transmissión via BABCOCK, Woofferton and continues at 0830 UT, Aug. 11. Videos will be added later today -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Test transmission of BABCOCK on Aug. 11: 0800-0946 on 15470 probably from Woofferton, videos http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/test-transmission-of-babcock-on-august.html (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15470 New Test Transmisión, 1040-, 12 Agosto 2015. ID y segmentos musicales (José Miguel Romero, dxldyg via DXLD) ** U K. DOES THE WORLD SERVICE HAVE A FUTURE? https://www.opendemocracy.net/ourbeeb/andrew-whitehead/does-world-service-have-future The editor of BBC World Service News until earlier this year argues that the funding of the World Service through the licence fee strengthens the corporation's hand in negotiations about a new charter. ‘We all have to decide what we want to do with the World Service, whether it wants a strategy for growth or managed marginalisation’. This was James Harding, the director of BBC News, speaking at the launch of his Future of News report in January 2015. When editors declare that part of their empire faces a choice between expansion or decay, they are, of course, not advocating the second option. But the stark manner in which the issue was raised – what do we do with the World Service? – chimes with a debate pursued fitfully within the BBC in recent years. When the corporation faces such acute funding challenges, what role is there for what's sometimes perceived as a heritage brand remote from its new funder, the licence fee payer? If the BBC was designing a range of global services from scratch, it would probably not put as much effort in a global English language radio service as it would in television and digital offers. And if it broadcast at all in other languages, it might well be in a small number of widely spoken languages. But the BBC is not new in the game. It’s in the privileged position of being the best regarded global news broadcaster with a reach and authority built gradually over decades of endeavour. It is currently attracting three-hundred million viewers, listeners and users around the world and has been set – by director general Tony Hall – the task of raising that to half-a-billion by the BBC’s centenary in 2022. What is the World Service? One of the difficulties in discussing the World Service is deciding what it is. The World Service Group, a fairly recent rebranding within BBC News, stretches well beyond what most would understand by that name. By the World Service, we mean those international-facing sections of the BBC that were funded principally by a Foreign Office grant-in-aid until April 2014 when they came under the licence fee: - the English World Service, a 24-hour radio network which is also increasingly a content provider for digital as well as audio platforms; - the twenty-seven language services, once radio operations but now with as big a reach on television, the internet and social media. That does not stretch, for our purposes here, to encompass those components of the World Service Group which have a different funding basis or history: BBC World News television and the bbc.com website, with audience reach outside the UK of 85 million and 32 million respectively, are largely commercially-funded; BBC Media Action, an ambitious global development communications charity, is supported by donors, governmental and otherwise; BBC Monitoring, funded principally by the Cabinet Office until 2013, now falls under the licence fee. The transfer of funding responsibility from the Foreign Office to the licence fee was preceded by a reduction of about a quarter in the World Service budget, entailing the closure of several language services as well as of transmitters and frequencies. The unceremonious dumping of the World Service on the licence fee produced an undertow of resentment elsewhere in the BBC, faced with the prospect of cuts to accommodate services the Foreign Office no longer wished to support. That anxiety was mirrored within the World Service. So far, though, the BBC has lived up to its public commitment to inject additional money into the World Service – though that does not mean that global services will, or should, be immune from the need to achieve further savings. If the Foreign Office was still the funder, the World Service would certainly have faced cuts much deeper than it has so far endured. And simply on the grounds of convincing our audiences of our editorial independence, the rock on which the BBC’s worldwide reputation stands, being funded in the same way as much of the rest of BBC News feels a lot more comfortable than receiving a grant directly from government. All this coincided with the BBC's move out of Bush House, a building so resolutely unmodern that it really was an example of managed decline. However much the World Service loved Bush House and the cosmopolitan culture it nourished over seventy years, being at a distance from Broadcasting House and Television Centre created formidable barriers to binding with the broader BBC. The move to the lavishly expanded Broadcasting House, where World Service teams are co-located with the rest of BBC News, has proved to be a blessing. The ‘soft power’ argument The funding change has required a recalibration of the case for public money to fund services which are directed largely to audiences outside the UK. The most difficult argument for the World Service is the one James Harding turned to first when launching his Future of News report – that it is ‘an ambassador of Britain’s values and an agent of soft power in the world’. The argument that respect for and the reach of the BBC World Service brings benefit to Britain is unexceptional. But if that extends to presenting the World Service as an informal aspect of British diplomacy, then a line has been crossed. The main purpose of the World Service is to meet a demonstrable need for impartial, authoritative and engaging news. If that is diluted, even if simply to help make a case in Westminster and Whitehall, there is a risk of damaging the trust which is the basis of the service’s reputation and reach. It’s the audience size, stupid The more compelling case for the World Service is its continued success in attracting audiences. Across the world, one in every sixteen adults makes use of the BBC. Two-thirds of that reach comes from the World Service. It’s what sustains the BBC as a global brand. The English World Service is by far the BBC’s biggest radio network. According to the 2015 Global Audience Measure, more than 50 million listeners tune in every week. The latest figures indicate an impressive year-on-year increase in audience of almost a quarter. A gradual fall-off in short-wave listening has been more than matched by increasing audiences to FM relays in major cities and by World Service content being carried on hundreds of partner stations who dip in to BBC output for part of the day. Half the total English audience is in Africa. Half of the rest is in the United States, where public radio pays (not a huge sum, but in total several million dollars a year) for the right to rebroadcast flagship programmes such as Newshour. Although only 4 per cent of the audience for the English World Service is in the UK – split roughly equally between those listening on digital audio and in the night hours on Radio 4 frequencies – that still delivers a reach of more than two-million, which is about the same as Radio 3. It’s a powerful reaffirmation of the value of the World Service to licence fee payers. The network has devised new, more engaging, formats for news and current affairs, with programmes such as World Have Your Say and Outside Source. It produces the BBC’s most widely accessed news podcasts (the Global News podcast has approaching half-a-million downloads a day) and has developed a Facebook community, notably in South Asia, which is well over the three-million mark. The 2016 audiences figures will, for the first time, reflect the success of the newly-launched BBC Minute, a ‘bite-sized conversation of what’s happening now around the globe’ refreshed every half-hour. This has a tone and news agenda aimed particularly at younger listeners to mixed genre radio stations in Africa; it will add several millions to overall reach. A radio service which is sometimes seen as unchanging has had a greater pace of change than any other of the BBC’s national radio networks – accompanied by greater audience growth. World Service ‘in a sweet spot’ The reputation of the World Service, and the generally high standing it enjoys with parliamentarians and opinion formers, is a valuable asset to an embattled BBC and threatened licence fee. Some years ago, a senior member of the BBC’s audiences and marketing team, in presenting a survey of parliamentary and political opinion about the BBC and its constituent parts, commented lyrically that the World Service was ‘in a sweet spot’ while the broader BBC was simply ‘in a spot’. That’s still the case. John Whittingdale who, as the new culture secretary is regarded in some quarters as ‘the scourge of the BBC’, presided over a culture, media and sport select committee report which lauded the World Service as ‘a reliable, respected foreign and English language news service’ with ‘an increasingly important role in what is a global information war’. That outlook is reflected in the government's green paper on the BBC published in July 2015, which emphasises the need for continuing change in the World Service - but to ensure its continued vitality rather than to squeeze value out of it: We want to look at how this important part of the BBC's service can continue to compete with other international providers and remain relevant in a changing global environment. ... Making sure the World Service continues to have the funding it needs will be vital to allow it to continue to deliver value for the UK. The pressure on the World Service's budgets (the green paper puts these at £254 million in 2014-15) is likely to come from inside the BBC rather than from external pressure to reduce the scope of global news provision. The funding of the World Service through the licence fee strengthens the BBC’s hand in negotiations about a new charter – in the words of the Economist, ‘while the World Service remains a national treasure, it is also a valuable ransom’. The BBC’s case for charter renewal is likely to argue that only a sufficient overall settlement will allow the World Service to thrive and, in particular, to implement some of the recommendations put forward by Sir Howard Stringer, former president and CEO of Sony and a non-executive member of the BBC’s executive board, about how to reach the half-billion audience target. These include consideration of a service in Amharic for Ethiopia, Africa’s second most populous nation, and a platform to reach the people of North Korea. Language services The BBC’s language services have been through more profound change than perhaps any other part of the corporation. Once almost entirely radio services, these now gain as much of their reach through television, online and social media. Television services in Arabic and Persian, with audiences of 32 million and 14 million respectively, are now the main BBC platforms into the Middle East. While radio remains the primary means of reaching audiences in much of Africa, TV news services in Swahili, building on the Focus on Africa brand in English, are starting to attract millions of viewers. The case for broadcasting in the most widely spoken languages, and in a small number of lifeline languages (Somali is a good example) where the BBC has high standing and can meet profound need, is fairly clear cut. Not all the current range of services fit in one or other category. This is in part a legacy of rancour between the BBC and the Foreign Office over the implementation of public spending cuts. The Foreign Office insisted on retaining a right of veto over the closure of languages services while divesting itself of funding responsibility. This curious anomaly may well get ironed out in the charter negotiations. But the enduring veto limited the BBC’s scope for a thorough remodelling of the range of languages in which it broadcasts – and it may well wish to return to this issue once a new charter is in place. That certainly is the message from Howard Stringer, who recommended prioritising languages and services with the greatest potential for growth and ensuring that digital and ‘mobile first’ strategies punch through. Commercialising the World Service While the BBC’s World News TV network and the global-facing website have shown the way in attracting commercial income, the World Service also needs to explore opportunities for topping-up budgets. Some of the bigger language websites have piloted taking adverts, and the success of Arabic TV is likely to prompt consideration of its commercial potential. There’s not so much prospect of further commercial revenues from the English World Service – unless it, too, pilots taking advertising, which would be politically difficult and, given the absence of an established advertising market in international radio, may not be all that lucrative. Not many licence fee payers watch or listen to the BBC's language service but they gain in another way. Languages journalists allow the BBC to maintain comprehensive global cover at a time when resources are tight and the newsgathering footprint is shrinking. Correspondents brought in to the BBC to work for language services – among them Shaima’a Khalil, Tomi Oladipo, Anne Soy, Nomsa Maseko and Rupa Jha – are increasingly familiar faces and voices to audiences in the UK. This sharpens the BBC’s journalism, freshens the range of on air talent and is a more efficient use of the licence fee. It is one of those examples of crisis being a catalyst to changes which are altogether beneficial. ‘Our biggest job is not to screw it up’ Over the past few years, the World Service has avoided the prospect of death by a thousand cuts through innovation and new investment, as well as a pursuit of greater efficiency. Judging by audience size, it has worked handsomely. That success offers the BBC the opportunity of remaining a vital force in international news at a time of retrenchment. The new form of funding for the World Service carries risks, and it remains possible that a smaller BBC will turn in on itself and focus narrowly on a public service remit in the UK. That is not only unlikely, it would also be unwise. The harm it would inflict on the BBC’s global reputation, and so its ability to provide comprehensive news for domestic as well as international audiences, would be immense. As James Harding put it recently, ‘the BBC is unique, the most trusted, responsible and reliable news source in the world, and our biggest job in the next ten years is not to screw it up’. This is an edited extract of a chapter from the forthcoming book: The BBC Today: Future Uncertain. Ed. John Mair, Professor Richard Tait and Professor Richard Lance Keeble. Abramis Bury St Edmunds: 5 September 2015 Posted by: (JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO, Aug 12, dxldyg via DXLD) ** U K. BBC AFRICA OFFERS LIVE EPL COVERAGE Some people might find silly ball games uninteresting, but the BBC World Service builds its FM audience on it. Nonetheless, the audience numbers given might also be of interest. BBC Africa offers live EPL coverage http://www.aib.org.uk/bbc-africa-offers-live-epl-coverage/ From Saturday 8 August, football fans in Africa can follow the exciting live action of the new season of the Barclays Premier League in four languages. BBC Africa will bring commentary from matches of the world-famous league to football fans across the continent – in French, Hausa, Somali and Swahili. Broadcasts are available on BBC FM stations and partner radio networks. The programmes provide live match commentary and also interaction with pundits and fans across the continent via satellite links, telephone, SMS and social-media channels. Live updates from matches will also offered via live pages for each of these services on bbc.com, giving fans the chance to keep up with the matches wherever they are. Solomon Mugera, BBC Africa Editor (pictured right), says: “We know that the English Premier League has millions of supporters from all across Africa and are very happy to be launching the season once again. Our commentary brings the thrill of these matches directly to fans, and there is more to come. In response to our audience’s growing interest in all things English Premier League, we want to give them an all access pass to players and clubs as well featuring the people who are the league’s heartbeat: its fans. Look out for our new and exciting online extras to support this season.” How it will work BBC Hausa Weekly on Sharhin Gasar Premier League, commentators are Aminu Kado and Aliyu Tanko. BBC Hausa reaches an audience of 18. 1million every week across Nigeria, Niger, and parts of Ghana and Benin. It is broadcast via 14 local FM stations. BBC Hausa has over 872,000 fans on Facebook and over 110,000 followers on Twitter (as of July 2015). Hausa-speakers anywhere in the world can access BBC Hausa multimedia content at bbchausa.com. BBC Afrique (French) Weekly on Samedi Foot, commentator is Emmanuel Coste. BBC Afrique reaches an audience of 12.7million every week and provides content for 23 countries across Africa. It is broadcast via eight local FM stations. BBC Afrique has over 382,000 fans on Facebook and over 124,000 followers on Twitter (as of July 2015). French-speakers anywhere in the world can access BBC Afrique multimedia content at bbcafrique.com. BBC Somali Weekly on Tabinta Tooska ah ee Tartanka Premier League-ga Ingiriiska ee Sabtida, commentators are Ahmed Abdinur and Mohamed Deysane. BBC Somali reaches an audience of 3.5 million every week across Kenya, Somali, Djibouti and parts of Ethiopia. It is broadcast via four local FM stations. BBC Somali has over 299,700 fans on Facebook and over 32,000 followers on Twitter (as of July 2015). Somali-speakers anywhere in the world can access BBC Somali multimedia content at bbcsomali.com. BBC Swahili Weekly on Ulimwengu wa Soka, commentators are Salim Kikeke and Hamisi Kizigo. BBC Swahili reaches an audience of 16.6 million every week across Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo and parts of Mozambique, Zambia and Malawi. It is broadcast via 21 local FM stations. BBC Swahili has over 973,000 fans on Facebook and over 55,000 followers on Twitter (as of July 2015). Swahili- speakers anywhere in the world can access BBC Swahili multimedia content at bbcswahili.com. BBC Africa offers live EPL coverage | AIB (via Hansjoerg Biener, dxldyg via DXLD) ** U K [non]. BBC Sport Coverage in French, Hausa and Somali Sat Aug 8 from 1205 17640 ASC 250 kW / 027 deg WeAf French Dly, sked 1200-1230 from 1205 17830 MOS 300 kW / 225 deg NoAf French Dly, sked 1200-1230 from 1205 21630 ASC 250 kW / 085 deg CeAf French Dly, sked 1200-1230 1208&1243 17780 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg WeAf Hausa Sat, sked 1130-1600 1210&1245 17745 SLA 250 kW / 220 deg EaAf Somali Sat, sked 1130-1600 1210&1245 21470 DHA 250 kW / 205 deg EaAf Somali Sat, sked 1130-1400 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/bbc-sport-coverage-in-french-hausa-and.html BBC World Service Sport Coverage on August 8 from 1537 on 7465 SNG 250 kW / 320 deg to SoAs English from 1537 on 9410 SLA 250 kW / 010 deg to CeAs English from 1537 on 11675 SLA 250 kW / 320 deg to CeAs English from 1537 on 11890 SNG 250 kW / 315 deg to SoAs English from 1537 on 12095 MDC 250 kW / 315 deg to CEAf English from 1537 on 15420 MEY 250 kW / 020 deg to CEAf English http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/bbc-world-service-sport-coverage-on.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K [non]. BBC (Thailand Relay), 5810, 1253 4 AUG - BBC (UNITED KINGDOM) in ENGLISH from NAKHON SAWAN. SINPO = 33333. English, program about Bohr and Mosley and their model of the atom. QRM from a motor boating signal. jamming? sf 105, a 6, k 2, geomag quiet. 250 kW, beamAz 25deg, bearing 320deg. Sangean ATS505 with Kaito KA33 in west facing window. Received at Las Vegas, United States, 13196 km from transmitter at Nakhon Sawan. Local time: 0553 (Rodney Johnson, NV, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K. NEWS OF THE DEATH OF EX BBC WORLD SERVICE BROADCASTER COLIN HAMILTON. Timeline Photos - Random Radio Jottings | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/113123188769904/photos/a.156104417805114.39224.113123188769904/887101188038763 (via Mike Barraclough, Aug 11, dxldyg via DXLD) Viz.: Random Radio Jottings One of the broadcasters I've mentioned in the post about Roundabout (going live this Friday) is Colin Hamilton. Colin worked on the programme throughout the 60s but would be more familiar to BBC World Service listeners as one of the presenters of Outlook (from 1966 to the late 80s). This profile comes from London Calling in April 1981. News reached me at the weekend that latterly Colin was living in Mexico and was very active in the Puerto Vallarta Writing Group but that he has been found dead in the last week or so. The exact circumstances of his death seem a little unclear (via DXLD) Also: https://audioboom.com/boos/3456090-colin-hamilton (ibid.) BBC Radio 2 news this morning 0800: "The authorities in Mexico are investigating the murder of a British man in the resort of Puerto Vallarta where he lived. He's been named as Colin Hamilton who used to be a presenter on the BBC World Service. It's unclear how he died." (Mike Barraclough, Aug 15, dxldyg via DXLD) ** U K. THE NEW, RESPONSIVE BBC.COM HOMEPAGE Today we launch a major upgrade to the BBC.com homepage intended to greatly improve the experiencefor our loyal readers around the world. Introducing BBC.com's new homepage Serving more than 22 million homepage readers* each month is a big responsibility and the changes we are introducing are the direct result of your feedback. Over the past year, through online surveys, focus groups and discussions with our research panelists, we gathered a lot of your feedback on our homepage – learning how you interact with it, hearing your thoughts on the new design and asking what you needed from us that the homepage wasn't providing. This is the start of a journey towards a BBC.com homepage more customised to you. Over the coming weeks, months and years, you'll continue to see the homepage evolve towards the goal you challenged us to deliver: [image of a blank but colored rectangle] If you'd like to participate in more in-depth research about the BBC.com homepage or other BBC products and services in the future, we hope you'll consider joining one of our audience panels: Global Minds is recruiting consumers of BBC News services anywhere in the world. To sign up, visit bbcglobalminds.com BBC Insiders is recruiting consumers of any BBC news or entertainment services in North America. To sign up, visit bbcinsiders.com. https://www.bbcinsiders.com/R.aspx?a=188 *Source: Adobe Analytics, January-May 2015 average (via Hansjoerg Biener, Germany, Aug 10, DXLD) ** U K. Ofcom: HF Broadcast Licensing Southgate August 8, 2015 http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2015/august/ofcom_hf_broadcast_licensing.htm Peter Eckersley used Freedom of Information (FoI) Requests to discover Ofcom's position on the licensing of HF broadcast stations in the UK Ofcom's latest reply on August 6 said: Regarding your e-mail dated 23 July, your understanding is correct that HF frequencies require to be co-ordinated internationally, and that Ofcom has no plans to license any new shortwave frequencies. This is because the government’s stated policy is for broadcast radio to gradually move away from analogue transmission towards digital means of transmission, and DAB in particular. One factual correction I would like to make from our previous response on this issue….Ofcom licenses the HF transmissions of the BBC World Service under the Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006, and not under powers granted to Ofcom in the BBC's Charter. Read Peter Eckersley's FoI requests and Ofcom's replies at: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/hf_broadcasting Posted by: (Mike Terry, Aug 9, dxldyg; also via José Miguel Romero) ** U S A. 6177-6183 at least, August 12 at 0052 UT on the newly inaugurated ALA-330S antenna to the NRD-545, an extremely distorted talk station in English. At first I fear the new antenna is producing it, but soon found just as much with the longwire, and separately on the PL-880 with its own reelout. It`s sort of like FM mode, but the NRD won`t demodulate in FM, nor does any combination of filters do much to improve it. Naturally, I first check the 49mb on the other receiver for any modulation match, but none, nor on 41 or 31m. It does sound like a US commercial station, so next suspicion is a harmonic --- and the only MW frequency which would produce a 6180 harmonic is 1030 (x6). So now I try to find a match on 1030, but not much is propagating this early, half a sesquihour before sunset. At 0101 UT, 6180 is in network news, outroed at 0105 UT as ABC; next minute probably contains local ads/ID, but can`t copy (this causes me to miss a Chaski-check, but worth it); 0106 UT opens American - something talkshow, apparent YL host, with OM guest interviewed. At 0125 UT *maybe* a hint of a match on 1030. Now I switch receivers to find that the PL-880 side-tuned to 6178 produces more readable audio than the NRD-545 offtuned or not. Especially after 0100 UT, the mis- modulation has been sporadic, cutting on and off, somewhat dependent on peaks. And BINGO, 0129 UT local break, commercial for Papa Murphy`s (cook-it- yourself) Pizza in Garden City and Dodge City, and ``right here on KBUF``. So rather than KCTA or something, it`s my nearest 1030, in SW Kansas, which doesn`t ever produce much on the fundamental, 2.5 kW ND day and 1.2 kW direxional to southwest at nite. CoL is Holcomb KS, address in Garden City. And yes, with ABC news, per NRC AM Log 2014. Program schedule at http://www.westernkansasnews.com/kbuf/ shows M-F at CDT 7pm–10pm America Now. Elsewhen the ilx of Limbaugh, Hannity and Levin, so format is anti-American talk, plus ag stuff weekday mornings, and more talk variety on weekends. They have chosen a rather clear frequency to harmonicize, tnx to absence of Brasília, and fortunately doesn`t spread as far up as 6185 to mess up México. This is certainly its first day of issue: 24 hours earlier, there was no sign of it as I logged very weak AM signal from CRI Kashgar (presumed, instead of Brasil) on 6180. How long will this go on? Oh, we must also check for lower harmonix: 2060, 3090, 4120, 5150, and why not, higher ones: 7210, 8240, 9270, 10300 ---. August SR/SS: 1200/0145 UT. Possibly 6180 is no longer heard after 0145 UT? I don`t stay to find out tonight. At *0132.5 my nearest streetlite ignites with its brief wideband RF noise burst (I look out the window to confirm visually). Enid sunset is now 0127 UT, earlying a bit more than one minute per 24 hours. So much for this DX session. 6180, following last night`s discovery of the extremely distorted but identifiable sixth harmonic of KBUF 1030 Holcomb (Garden/Dodge City market) KS, I`m looking for it when I`ve awakened at 1121 UT August 12 – but nothing, just a weak AM signal in Chinese (which would be CNR1 jamming and/or RTI 300 kW). KBUF should be on day power and pattern after 1200 UT, like it was before 0145 UT, so I try again at 1204 UT, and also all the lower possible harmonix, 2060, 3090, 4120, 5150, but nothing there either; nor any 6180 at 1257 UT or final check 1339 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1786, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Am 07.08.2015 um 15:25 schrieb VOA Radiogram: Hello friends, Last weekend’s comparison of images in MFSK16, MFSK32, MFSK64, and SSTV Scottie DX, was interesting. In general, I think, it supports our use of MFSK32 both for text and images. Here’s one example comparing the four modes: http://voaradiogram.net/post/126092155122/comparing-images-in-four-modes This weekend on VOA Radiogram, we return to our usual MFSK32 mode, except for one news item in Olivia 32-2000, which might succeed even in poor reception conditions. Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram, program 123, 8-9 August 2015, all in MFSK32 except where noted: 1:31 Program preview 2:48 Facial expressions of horses* 8:21 Use of drones to transport blood samples* 14:48 Hijacking radio signals from computer accessories* <=================== ?? 20:32 Olivia 32-2000: Poll indicates Russians favor Internet censorship* 27:07 MFSK32: Closing announcements 28:08 Olivia 64-2000: VOA Radiogram transmission schedule * with image ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "...........US Researchers Show Computers Can Be Hijacked Reuters via voanews.com August 05, 2015 LAS VEGAS - A team of security researchers has demonstrated the ability to hijack standard equipment inside computers, printers and millions of other devices in order to send information out of an office through sound waves............. ............Hackers would need an antenna close to the targeted building to pick up the sound waves, Cui said, and they would need to find some way to get inside a targeted machine and convert the desired data to the format for transmission....... Image: Red Balloon Security chief scientist Ang Cui with a medium wave (AM) loop antenna .........." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Receive sound waves with a medium wave antenna - funny story. The Scribbler has no knowledge of the physics and mixed two types of computer components-hijacking. 1. Hijacking of acoustic components (speakers) and sending attached informations as structured sound waves (ultrasound best > 18 kHz) then you need an "antenna" which is called: directional microphone. 2. Highjacking of electromagnetic components and attaching information on the stray radiation - then you need broadband RF-antennas for reception, not only a medium-wave loop Such stories....also a horse grins. ;-) http://www.rhci-online.net/radiogram/VoA_Radiogram_2015-08-08.htm#VOA (roger, Aug 9, dxldyg via DXLD) ** U S A [non]. UNKNOWN (possibly India-non), 9335, August 7, 2015, 1820-1845, VOICE OF AMERICA. Many IDs. Male Announcer in Pashto. Call in show. Much East Indian sitar music. SINPO 44334 (Ed Sylvester, Baghdad, Iraq, Drake R8B, Indoor Pixel Magnetic Loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) SRI LANKA site, 1300-1900 per HFCC (gh, DXLD) 17895, SRI LANKA. Voice of America (VOA), 1704 to 1716 with an ID at 1713, SINFO=3,5, 4,3,3, I heard part of the Issues in the News program, a discussion about the USA – Iran nuclear program deal, there is a lot of opposition to it in Congress, many believe it will never be passed, the 5050A and the HVU-8 antenna. 7/25 [credit omitted but obviously:] (John and Sandra Davis. Our listening post is located northeast of Columbus, Ohio in the USA. One inside antenna is a Windom which is 42’ long. The other is an end fed antenna 16’ long. The name of my large antenna is the “687’ horizontal array.” I also use my wife’s HVU-8 amateur radio vertical antenna, because it works extremely well of the shortwave broadcast bands. Our receivers include, but are not limited to a number of R-390As, R-391s, a Mackay 5050A, a Racal 6790, and a Watkins-Johnson HF-1000A. The Mackay 5050A was recently repaired by Fair Radio and works extremely well! Our portable receivers include a Kaito 1103, a Radio Shack 440, and a Sangean 803A, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) This is Greenville! At 1700-1830 per HFCC. I sometimes listen to this on the G8 pocket portable at a restaurant during lunch. Big signal here (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. JOHN F. LANSING IS LEADING CONTENDER FOR U.S. BROADCASTING BBG CEO POST http://bbgwatch.com/bbgwatch/john-f-lansing-is-leading-contender-for-u-s-broadcasting-bbg-ceo-post-exclusive/ EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch > Congress > John F. Lansing is leading contender for U.S. broadcasting BBG CEO post EXCLUSIVE John F. Lansing BBGWatcher August 11, 2015 0 Comments Congress, Featured News, Hot Tub Blog BBG Watch EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch has learned from reliable high-level sources within the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) that John F. Lansing, former president and chief executive officer of Scripps Networks Interactive Inc., is a leading contender for the Chief Executive Officer post at the BBG. His front runner status was confirmed by other Washington sources with links to the federal agency in charge of U.S. media outreach abroad, but the BBG Board has not made any official announcements on the selection of new CEO. Sources cautioned that due to cumbersome U.S. federal job selection procedures, there is no guarantee that any qualified candidate will be ultimately approved and will accept a high-level government position. If John Lansing gets the job and decides to take it, he will face a big challenge of reforming a deeply troubled federal agency which, nevertheless, has a critical international media mission in the era of hostile propaganda from Putin's Russia and from other non-democratic countries, as well as from ISIS and other violent extremist groups. Publicly-funded broadcasters within the BBG network include the Voice of America (VOA), Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), the Middle East Broadcasting Networks (MBN - Alhurra TV and Radio Sawa), Radio Free Asia (RFA), and the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB - Radio and TV Marti). The BBG's mission is "to inform, engage and connect people around the world in support of freedom and democracy." The bipartisan part-time Board, which oversees the federal agency and its media entities, is composed of nine members, appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate, who have expertise in the fields of mass communications, broadcast media, or international affairs. The current BBG Chairman is Jeff Shell, chairman of Universal Filmed Entertainment. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry serves as an ex officio BBG member. While the agency introduced some management reforms under Chairman Shell, it is still seen in Congress as seriously mismanaged and in need of a capable leader with strong experience in management, journalism, digital media and international relations. Government and other public sector experience, commitment to human rights, as well as excellent contacts on the Hill, are also viewed as highly desirable for this position. John Lansing appears to have strong management, leadership, television, digital media and other journalism qualifications, as well as public service NGO experience. We could not determine whether he has extensive foreign business relations or foreign affairs experience. According to the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) 2010 public filing, John Lansing, whose address was listed in Knoxville, TN, had a base annual salary of $750,000 while employed at Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc., not counting an annual incentive pay, equity grant, and other benefits. His government base salary at the BBG, if he becomes CEO, would be under $200,000. The BBG CEO position is a public service job with journalistic, human rights, public diplomacy and national security components. However, some Voice of America reporters, who are U.S. federal government employees, object to being linked with any U.S. government public diplomacy or national security objectives. A few Voice of America English newsroom journalists recently reportedly demanded "a swift and complete renunciation of the idea that VOA would engage in countering violent extremism" from ISIS, claiming that it would violate the VOA Charter. The 1976 U.S. law, in addition to requiring the Voice of America to present "accurate, objective, and comprehensive news," also mandates that VOA "present the policies of the United States clearly and effectively, and ... responsible discussions and opinion on these policies. (Public Law 94-350) But VOA English news reports by some of the reporters, whether they serve to undermine disinformation or not, get very few "Likes" on social media and very few comments from readers. One former VOA English foreign correspondent observed: "To make a long story short, VOA is just not perceived as a player any more because they're not." "There's still the name VOA, but they have, by and large, stopped broadcasting to most places," the correspondent added. Most VOA foreign language service journalists, as well as journalists at other BBG media entities, do not appear to share concerns of their VOA English newsroom colleagues as long as propaganda is countered only with accurate and objective news and balanced opinions. Some of BBG's foreign language services have significant audiences in some countries without free media. Many BBG employees appear to be strongly committed to practicing objective journalism, but with a strong focus on journalism in support of democracy and human rights. The top executive position at the BBG will be a great challenge for any individual. Heritage Foundation scholar Helle C. Dale called the agency "dysfunctional" in 2011 and has continued her criticism of BBG officials. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton described the BBG in 2013 as "practically defunct." U.S. statesmen, diplomats, media experts and journalists interviewed by former BBG member S. Enders Wimbush and former Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty executive Elizabeth M. Portale described the agency as "broken" in a report published earlier this year. Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) called the agency "truly rudderless," after the BBG's first ever CEO, Andy Lack, resigned after only a few weeks on the job to take up an executive position at NBC News which was also undergoing a leadership crisis. REP. ED ROYCE, MARCH 5, 2015: "Mr. Lack resigned from his position as CEO after only 42 days in office, an incredibly short tenure by any measure. This resignation, once again, leaves the Broadcasting Board of Governors truly rudderless. For too long, the BBG has lurched from crisis to crisis, destroying the reputation of brands like the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe in the process. Two successive Secretaries of State have called for reform of the BBG. Secretary Clinton called the agency `defunct,' and Secretary Kerry last week stated that he is `absolutely committed to the reform of the BBG.' Their statements echo calls by the Office of the Inspector General and the Government Accountability Office for far-reaching reforms." "Over the years, defenders of the status quo have argued that the BBG is generally on the right track and that only minor reforms or hiring the right CEO would do the trick. In reality, the BBG's problems go far beyond one person or one office. CEOs come and go, yet the BBG limps along. Our nation is getting beat by Putin propaganda and our international broadcasting is floundering. It's unacceptable." "In the coming weeks, I will reintroduce legislation to reform fundamentally this dysfunctional agency. In the last Congress, this legislation passed the House unanimously, and I expect it to move to the President's desk for signature this Congress." On May 15, 2015, Chairman Royce and Ranking Democratic Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Eliot Engel (D-NY) introduced H.R. 2323, the United States International Communications Reform Act, a bipartisan legislation "to improve the missions, objectives, and effectiveness of U.S. international broadcasters." The bill passed the House Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously and awaits further legislative action in the House of Representatives. In July 2014, the House passed unanimously by voice vote a similar bipartisan BBG reform legislation, H.R. 4490, the International Communications Reform Act of 2014. Both bills call for the consolidation of six organizations into two and make cost-saving reforms to the structure of U.S. international communications. The 2014 H.R. 4490 bill was not picked up by the Senate for further legislative action and had to be replaced by H.R. 2323. The Obama White House reportedly has concerns over some elements of H.R. 2323 while supporting others. The main stumbling block appears to be the separation between the federal and non-federal entities. Despite their poor management performance, IBB officials want to expand their control over non-federal BBG grantees. Members of Congress want to eliminate as much of the IBB government bureaucracy as possible. Jeff Shell and Andy Lack Jeff Shell, Chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, congratulates Andy Lack after swearing him in on January 20, 2015 as the first ever CEO of U.S. international media. The BBG announced Andy Lack's departure on March 4, 2015. There were high hopes at the BBG when respected journalist and media executive Andrew Lack was sworn-in on January 20, 2015 as the Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Broadcasting Board of Governors. But after a few weeks, the BBG announced Andy Lack's departure on March 4, 2015. Jeff Shell and the BBG Board were said to be deeply disappointed by Andy Lack's decision to move to NBC News. John Lansing would be taking the position vacated by Andy Lack if he is approved to lead the agency and accepts the job. Andre Mendes serves currently as BBG Interim Chief Executive Officer and Director. He is assisted by Rob Bole, Director of Global Strategy, who "supervises and directs the Office of Digital Design and Innovation, the Office of Strategy and Development, the Office of Performance Review and the Office of Policy" of the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) and Suzie Carroll, Executive Director, serves as the principal liaison for the Chairman and members of the Broadcasting Board of Governors. The IBB also has Deputy Director, Jeffrey N. Trimble, who "works with the Global Strategy team, focusing on special projects that advance collaboration and coordination across the BBG and provides strategic editorial guidance." Trimble has been with the ailing BBG in Washington the longest, since 2007. The other three members of the management team are all relatively new at the agency. The management team which preceded them has been blamed for numerous blunders, including a lack of response to a management crisis at RFE/RL in 2012, which was eventually resolved by BBG members themselves, and illegal contracting and personnel decisions. BBG Budget FY2016 The top-heavy IBB bureaucracy, which together with support services uses 34% of the BBG's $742 million annual budget (FY2015), is considered the most troubled element followed closely by the Voice of America, where there has been a recent management change. After the departure of VOA director David Ensor, VOA is now led by acting director Kelu Chao, an experienced VOA journalist and manager. But with considerable resources diverted over the years from programs to the IBB bureaucracy, VOA is no longer capable of serving as a reliable news source in English and in many other languages. The BBG's non-federal entities-RFE/RL, RFA, and MBN-are considered better managed than its federal entities-IBB, VOA, and OCB. Tired of turmoil and having one of the lowest morale ratings in the entire federal government, BBG employees appear to be anxious to have a capable and effective leader. Some of them have worked secretly on a document designed to serve as a series of briefing memos for the new CEO. BBG Watch has gathered some biographical information on John Lansing who is said to be the leading contender for the CEO position at the BBG. We caution that his selection and approval are not final. John Lansing retired in 2013 after nine years as head of Scripps Networks Interactive's Scripps Networks operating division. At the time of his retirement, Kenneth W. Lowe, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Scripps Networks Interactive, said: "It's to John's credit that Scripps Networks today is one of the industry's shining stars, having defined lifestyle media as a content genre for television and the growing array of interactive media platforms." At Scripps Networks Interactive, John Lansing had "strategic and operational oversight of the company's portfolio of leading national lifestyle cable networks, including HGTV, Food Network, DIY, FINE LIVING and GAC, HGTV.com, Foodnetwork.com, DIYnetwork.com, FineLiving.com, and their associated Web sites and other interactive businesses," according to information posted by the company online. The following information about John Lansing is also available online on Scripps Networks Interactive's website: About John Lansing Lansing joined Scripps Networks in January 2004 as executive vice president from The E. W. Scripps Company in Cincinnati, where he had been senior vice president for television in charge of the company's 10 broadcast television stations. Prior to E. W. Scripps, Lansing worked at two Scripps-owned affiliates: WEWS in Cleveland where he was vice president and general manager and WXYZ in Detroit, where he worked as vice president and station manager. Lansing began his career at age 17 as a news photographer at WPSD-TV in Paducah, Ky. He then became chief news photographer, and later managing editor, at WAVE-TV in Louisville, Ky., from 1980-86. Lansing joined WWMT-TV in Grand Rapids, Mich., as news director until 1988, when he returned to his hometown of Minneapolis to become the assistant news director at KARE-TV. Two years later, he was named news director at WCCO-TV in Minneapolis and then promoted to news director at WBBM-TV in Chicago. Lansing serves on the Bellarmine University board of trustees, and in 2010, was named to the Bellarmine Gallery of Distinguished Graduates. He also serves as chairman of the CTAM Educational Foundation board of directors and remains a visiting faculty member at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies in St. Petersburg, Fla., one of the nation's top schools for professional journalists. Lansing also serves on the Knoxville Urban League's President Advisory Council, the board of directors of East Tennessee Children's Hospital and chaired the United Way of Greater Knoxville 2009 Campaign. Source: "Scripps Networks Interactive Making Leadership Changes at Its U.S. Lifestyle Television Networks, Related Businesses," Scripps Networks Interactive FINANCIAL RELEASE, Sept. 3, 2015. John F. Lansing is currently listed as President and Chief Executive Officer Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing (CTAM). CTAM is a cable business marketing association. He is also listed as Secretary / Treasurer of CTAM's Educational Foundation Board. The following information about John Lansing was found on Cable Academy 2014 website: "Lansing oversees the successful Cable Mover program, through which the nation's cable companies acquire and retain households when making a move. In addition, he leads the collaboration between content providers and distributors to educate consumers about the benefits of online TV viewing and to increase viewer engagement. Other initiatives under Lansing's direction include building success in the cable business services sector; Movies On Demand consumer promotions; CTAM Unplugged, Wired and Think learning events; and the CTAM's hallmark Cable Executive Management at Harvard Business School program." In 2014, the Poynter Institute for Media Studies in St. Petersburg, Fla. posted online a discussion, "Why don't more photojournalists become news directors?," in which John Lansing made made various observations about journalism. LANSING: To be successful as a photojournalist you must focus on every aspect of the assignment; the visuals you record are the end result of your ability to manage a complex set of variables such as: understanding as much about the assignment as the reporter, planning and logistics, technical competency with equipment, problem solving on the fly, engaging people in often tense situations, excellence in sound recording, understanding lighting advantages or restrictions, managing competitive concerns, meeting deadlines, managing expectations of the assignment desk and producers and of course understanding how to tell great visual stories that will engage and inform an audience, have a keen sense of your mission as a journalist and its ethical underpinnings. If you are constantly thinking one or two steps ahead, and taking full responsibility for the final product on air, you are enhancing your chances for success. I can't think of a better job description for a news director (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1785 monitoring: confirmed Thursday August 6 after 2100 on WRMI 7570, sufficient; next: 2130 UT Friday WRMI 15770 2130 UT Friday WRMI 7570 2330 UT Friday WRMI 5850 [NEW] 0630 UT Saturday HLR 7265-CUSB 1430 UT Saturday HLR 7265-CUSB 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0315vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM 2300 UT Sunday WRMI 11580 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5110v Area 51 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 1100 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 0630 UT Wednesday HLR 7265-CUSB 1315 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 1430 UT Wednesday HLR 7265-CUSB 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v Note the NEW time for WOR, Friday at 2330 on 5850. Contrary to Ivo who says 355 degrees, based on HFCC? per WRMI website, this is on 315 degree antenna, i.e. due northwest across North America. Altho Okeechobee sunset is currently not until a few minutes after 0000 UT, I could hear 5850 poorly August 5 at 2300 check with preacher. WORLD OF RADIO 1785 monitoring: confirmed Friday August 7 at 2130 on WRMI 15770, and 2130.6 on WRMI 7570. Also confirmed at NEW time of Friday 2330 on WRMI 5850, sufficient beamed northwestward despite starting on the day side of the Okeechobee terminator. Next: 2300 UT Sunday WRMI 11580 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5110v Area 51 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 1100 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 0630 UT Wednesday HLR 7265-CUSB 1315 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 1430 UT Wednesday HLR 7265-CUSB 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v WORLD OF RADIO 1785 monitoring: confirmed Sunday August 9 at 2300 on WRMI 11580; good signal. Also confirmed on Area 51 webcast at 0300 UT Monday August 10 and on 5109.7-CUSB at 0327 check. Also confirmed on WRMI 9955, UT Monday August 10 at 0330, poor with jamming: tnx a lot, Arnie! but clear on webcast. Next: 1100 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 0630 UT Wednesday HLR 7265-CUSB 1315 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 1430 UT Wednesday HLR 7265-CUSB 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9955, 8/10 0340, WRMI, Okeechobee-FL, English service; a DX program "World of Radio"; DX news and logs; 45433 (Jose Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo - Brazil (UTC-3), Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1785 monitoring: confirmed Wed Aug 12 after 1315 on WRMI 9955; good with no jamming at 1333. I should monitor Hamburger Lokalradio more often, but Wed Aug 12 at 1430-1500 during several checks, no 7265-CUSB signal on the Utwente remote; off? Little else to be heard on 7200-7400 band, except some weak carriers. WWV reports no space weather storms, SF 103 on Aug 11 and K index at 15 August 12 was 2. Next: Wednesday 2100 on WBCQ 7490 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also ITALY: WORLD OF RADIO on two MW frequencies [WORLD OF RADIO 1786] WORLD OF RADIO 1786 monitoring: ready for first airing 1130 UT Thursday August 13 on WRMI 9955 – but as often, I myself sleep thru it; this time up as late at 0645 viewing a few Perseids. Next on SW: 2100 UT Thursday WRMI 7570 2130 UT Friday WRMI 15770 2130 UT Friday WRMI 7570 2330 UT Friday WRMI 5850 0630 UT Saturday HLR 7265-CUSB 1430 UT Saturday HLR 7265-CUSB 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0315vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM 2300 UT Sunday WRMI 11580 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5110v Area 51 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 1100 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 0630 UT Wednesday HLR 7265-CUSB 1315 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 1430 UT Wednesday HLR 7265-CUSB 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 7570, Sunday Aug 9 at 1241, AWR Wavescan is VG in progress at one of several new times on WRMI (which have been integrated into http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html --- now totaling 18 per week on WRMI alone), feature about whether BBC ever used the Jurong site in Singapore? Adrian Peterson asked me a few weeks ago if I had any info about that, and I couldn`t find any; he mentions that thru the voice of Jeff White. The question remains a mystery. Then a recording of the final broadcast of International Radio Serbia, where the announcer makes it clear the now dismissed staff can`t understand the rationale for the government`s decision to close it. (And obviously recorded off webcast, not SW which was already off July 30.) Then log reports from Philippines, where, sorry, I never hear anything newsworthy if I can understand it. Altho primarily a TOM channel, 7570 is not nothing-but-BS so can`t be unmemorized like 11825. 9955, Aug 11 at 0524, WRMI is JBM with a slight scratch instead of TOM which is nominal on 7570, Alex Scourby pontificating Bible at the moment; wiggle that patchcord? Still same at 0553, 0622. By 1250 during Slovakia relay (and probably long before), back to normal on 9955 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Global 24: see OMAN, incidentally ** U S A. 7490, Sunday Aug 9 at 1240, surprised to hear inblasting WWCR-2 in Spanish, a dialog about the TenComs; must be `Desencadenado` (literally: de-chained), the SS version of `Unshackled` which is scheduled at this time as filler. Per program site, it`s plural, `Desencadenados`, and in a bunch of other languages, which may go unrecognized under different titles? How about the hokey Hammond organ music: is that applied to all of them? Certainly would be a giveaway. ``Today "UNSHACKLED!" is broadcast around the world almost 14,000 times each week on over 2,900 radio outlets. In addition to the English broadcast, it is translated and re-dramatized in Spanish, Arabic, Russian, Romanian, Polish, Korean, Japanese, Farsi, Albanian, Greek, Macedonian, Turkish, Portuguese, and Mandarin``. The extensive Radio Log for Unshackled shows this: ``Nashville WWCR 9.475 SW Sat 6:30am`` ! When was WWCR ever on 9475? Maybe in the dim distant past. That is now of course WTWW-1, which would not be running US instead of PPPP. So much for the accuracy and utility of the Unshackled schedules. If they are so close to a perfect god, doing his work, why doesn`t he fix their schedule or inspire their webcreature to do so? If he were to look at the WWCR pdf schedule he would find Unshackled on it *20* more times each week, filling unsold time, or banned programs like WORLD OF RADIO (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5830, August 6 at 0528, as I tune across WTWW-1, Pastor Pete Peters thinks he`s on 5070, since as a dead person, he can`t know that he would move from WWCR to WTWW long after this was recorded. 5085, August 12 at 0120, no signal from WTWW-2, when a ham program had been running on Tuesday nights; 0245 recheck it`s on but with country music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 13700, Indianapolis, IN, 2030-2250, World Harvest Radio carrying Indianapolis Motor Raceway Net. Featuring the Brickyard 400, an auto race. Several commercials including 'Racing For Kids.com and Available bricks. Race ended with Kyle Bush winning his last four out of five races. Race ended at 2250. Well announced. 7/26 G (Jerry Ervine, Mission, TX, IC R-75, TECSUN-660, LA380 LOOP, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) Is this a regular thing on Sunday afternoons? (gh) No 13700, WHRI (Presumed) 7/26, 2010. Live auto racing coverage, Excellent (Rick Barton, El Mirage AZ, Drake R8, outdoor Slinky; Grundig Satellit 750, indoor wire, Radio Shack SW-2000629, barefoot, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 840, August 7 at 0404 UT, ads in Spanish, mentioning ``el valle de Tejas y el norte de Tamaulipas``, so not CMHW Cuba this time with WHAS easily nulled during its fade. Therefore, KVJY Pharr TX, 5/1 kW with not much signal to the north (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. There have been a few items in DX News about the night time transmitter of WKDN-950 Philadelphia over-heating. Well, it must have been a hot time in Philly this AM as at 0300 [EDT?], WKDN was on approximately 963 kHz (Joe Fela - So. Plainfield, N.J., Aug 11, amfmtvdx at qth.net via DXLD) ** U S A. 1160, VIRGINIA, WODY, Fieldale, 0945 July 28, 2015. Promo for something on, "... The Joy FM..." and a second clear mention of The Joy FM, then an ad for something in Winston-Salem, followed by an ad for Tarheel Auto Glass, which when Googled, is also in Winston- Salem. Into gospel vocals, though not certain that was the same station. A mystery at first, as there are two North Carolina stations on 1160: WYDU, Red Springs, NC at 124 driving miles from Winston- Salem, and WWQT, Tryon, NC at 144 miles, both too far from Winston- Salem to be serving that market, though both are Christian format. Googling, I find 1160 kHz WODY, Martinsville, VA is listed here http://www.joyfm.org/on-air-2/listen-live/ as a Joy FM affiliate. And the nearest city of any size is across the state line in Winston- Salem, 54 drive miles. Then, searching the FCC dB, I find that WODY is owned by Positive Alternative Radio, which also owns WXRI-FM, 91.3 MHz in Winston-Salem. Now I'm getting somewhere. They must be cross- selling and promoting their stations, probably desperate for any advertising revenue they can place on WODY. WODY appears to be ESPN. Not Joy FM as per that Joy affiliate URL. Or is it Westwood One Sports as per http://westwoodonesports.com/?station=wody-am-1160 ? And North Carolina Tartheels [sic] games are listed as carried on WODY. The signal wasn't decent enough to confirm if WODY was simulcasting The Joy format from WXRI-FM, or if they were just cross-selling on a break. Doubt I was hearing them on the 250 watts night power; surely they were running the day 5000 watts in darkness (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1190, August 6 at 0534 UT, KQQZ daytimer St. Louis MO maraket is still running illegally in the nightmiddle, adstring including, motorcycles, Autozone for batteries, back to Bob Romanik, Grim Reaper of Radio, who is well experienced in law-breaking (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1785, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 1190, Aug 7 circa 0530 UT, KQQZ DeSoto MO is on 10 kW day facility for at least the fourth night in a row, obviously not 22 watts night, or even 650 if the CP has activated, with rude Bob Romanik. The 650 watt night CP pattern is figure-8 NNW/SSE, with a minor lobe to the WSW. 1190, Aug 8 at 0617 UT, for at least the fifth night in a row, KQQZ DeSoto MO (East St Louis IL market), is cheating with 10 kW daytime power dominating frequency, looping ENE, with ``best country music in the world``, which they habitually switch to around 0600 UT after ex-con owner rails against St Clair County politicians (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Saturday morning, 08 Aug 2015, DX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sounds like KQQZ-1190 in DeSoto, MO, is on their daytime power. They are putting a monster signal into the southeast Houston area this morning. Music format is classic country-western. I've heard various slogans like "1190 KQQZ," "The Patriot 1190 KQQZ," and just "KQQZ." They had a legal TOH ID at 0300 AM CDT [0800 UT], but I couldn't write it down quick enough. Radio: CCrane Pocket Radio w/CCBuds. 73 & Great DX, (Steve Ponder, N5WBI, Houston, TX, NRC-AM via DXLD) And hat [sic] up the road in Beaumont, TX they are buried in the mud ... I hear it but barely (Paul B Walker, Jr, 0901 UT Aug 8, ibid.) 1190, Aug 9 at 0558 UT check, some network news, rechecked 0602 UT, C&W music, surely KQQZ again cheating for at least the sixth night in a row, tho missed an ID; slightly different programming on a Saturday night. 1190, Aug 10 at 0600 UT, ``The Patriot, KQQZ ---`` ID, daytime 10 kW direxional to SW facilities for at least the seventh night in a row from DeSoto MO station; unchecked Aug 11, but bet it`ll still be so Aug 12. 1190, Aug 12 at 0523 UT, KQQZ DeSoto MO is still cheating for the ninth night at least, obviously 10 kW day power into southwest lobe, while owner rants against IL politicians, at the moment discussing statute of limitations for prosecuting them (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1200, Aug 9 at 0600 UT, C&W music, poor, with WOAI nulled as much as possible, making SAH of ~9 Hz. Probably WAMB Nashville TN, which recently flipped: ``1200, WAMB Nashville, TN, was Spanish CHR, now Westwood One Real Country, old slogan: “La Radio De Hoy”, new: “Real Country” (Robert Wien, Broadcasting Information, IRCA DX Monitor July 25 via DXLD)`` I suppose WRTO 1200 Chicago is still Spanish with Univisión América (or rather without the accents as they try to pretend they are not *that* Spanish). Trouble is, WAMB is a 50 kW ND daytimer, NO night authorization, altho maybe they are compromising by running the 3.8 kW critical-hours authorization, as this doesn`t sound like full-bore 50 kW ND à la WSM. I wonder if the engineer-in-charge of WAMB is anyone we know in Nashville? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1390, FLORIDA, WAJD, Gainesville. 1043 August 2, 2015. Marvin Gaye, male canned, "The best of R&B and Motown 24 hours on WAJD, Gainesville." Into Aretha Franklin. Very good. Still listed as licensed and silent in the FCC dB as of August 4. Appears to have returned, at least sporadically, very recently (late June one source tells me). J. Santosuosso also confirms reception from Lakeland, FL (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1460, August 6 at 1239 UT, Fort Worth ads with 817 area code, i.e. KCLE Burleson TX, addresses in Cleburne, ESPN for the market; with 11 kW still at SRS an hour after sunrise, no problem overcoming my nearest 1460 on groundwave, 500-watt KZUE El Reno OK, Spanish; in fact nothing at all heard from it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. [Re Grayland-12: see DX-PEDITIONS] Bill, a very interesting report. I like your format, and audio clips. Tell me more about KHMB 1710. I've never heard of them. I see that they have a website. The only KHMB that comes up on the Radio Locator website is a FM station in Hamburg, Arkansas. Are we talking about a 100 mW station here? 73 (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria BC, Aug 8, IRCA via DXLD) KHMB is, as their website says, a community station on 1710 near SFO. Neil Kazaross thinks it`s a FCC Part 15 station on steroids? They`ve gone WAY beyond the usual boring TIS fare and, who knows, may be running more than the regulation power? From Sans Souci one gets really good CA reception. That`s all I know -- and even some of that is speculation. ;-) (Bill Whitacre, VA, ibid.) | Real Neighborhood Radio - On The Air --- I was driving down the coast this weekend and stopped in Half Moon Bay for lunch. Around the town I noticed signs for "AM 1710 KHMB Radio" - naturally I tuned in. What I heard was a good signal, ap... | | | | View on richmondradio.wordpress.com | Preview by Yahoo | (Dennis, Kalama, WA, Vroom, ibid.) I imagine this is what Bruce Portzer and I were hearing at Grayland on June 28th. I haven't found an ID yet, don't know if Bruce has. At 1100 UT, there was a "hello everyone" by a man and and some deep fades pretty much killed any ID hopes, then into 70s pop music. Best wishes, (Nick Hall-Patch, BC, ibid.) ** U S A. 1690, FLORIDA, WQKP882, Pinellas County Traffic Management, Largo & Clearwater. 1504 August 9, 2015 and periodic checks later in the day. The two audible ones (and likely any of the other six still functioning, since audio is fed in sync) running just an open carrier at least today. Wish these would just go away since they carry nothing but a generic traffic safety loop, not even NOAA weather which would at least have some benefit for those without weather radios. The Largo site remains slightly on the high side of 1690. Update: still just a telco audio. 102.1 MHz, FLORIDA, WPBW-LP, St. Petersburg. 1752 August 4, 2015. I've noted a fairly decent though not A-grade signal at my office in the Feather Sound area of Clearwater/St. Petersburg for a while, but wrote it off as a translator, as it is nonstop relaying the Catholic EWTN network. But I see it's actually a rather new LPFM, license granted April 8, 2015, and at a mere 15 watts. So this may be the lowest power licensed FM I have heard in ages, certainly currently. Primary coverage on radio-locator.com has the puny signal covering inland central Pinellas County, with my office in the "distant" zone, my house in the "fringe" zone however it's quite readable as long as no ducting or trop is present. Amazing how well 15 watts will go. Canned legal ID by man at 1800 as, "You're listening to Peace Be With You Radio, WPBW-LP FM, St. Petersburg, 102.1 FM." Transmitting tower appears to be behind a grungy industrial warehouse just off of 49th St N, closer to Pinellas Park than the epicenter of St. Petersburg. I'll have to do a tower search next time I'm in the area (242 feet horizontal height above ground level). Owners: Peace Be With You Media, Inc. http://www.peacebewithyoumediainc.com Mailing address is almost directly across from my office (not the transmitter site). Florida Low Power Radio Stations: https://sites.google.com/site/floridadxn/florida-low-power-radio-stations (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. [Re 15-31, Networks] "(IIRC, CNN is no longer in the radio network news biz). " Glenn, to the best of my understanding, it goes something like this: CNN has partnered-up with Westwood One, providing supplemental content for WW1's unbranded TOH newscasts, as heard on KGO, WABC, KABC, et al- -those being Cumulus O&Os, just as Westwood One itself is a Cumulus holding. Meanwhile, I understand Cumulus is still handling distribution for the CBS network; also handling distribution AND marketing for CBS Sports Radio. At the same time, Westwood One is partnered with NBC Sports Radio, handling distribution there. I do not know where CNBC Radio fits into all of this. Part of it all, is what's left of "Mutual Talk", otherly known as the Jim Bohannon Show -- keep in mind, historically Mutual had merged with the primordial Westwood One, all of that being "NBC Radio" several years ago (prior to any Cumulus involvement in the salad). Keep too in mind, that Cumulus was also doing satellite distribution of the ABC radio chain, until the first of this year, when that was all sucked back in by Disney. Before 1/1/2015, Disney took care of ABC Radio's "news" content, while actual ownership of the net was Cumulus, as a result of their purchase of Citadel Broadcasting -- to which Disney sold its floundering radio net and most associated owned-and- operated stations circa 9 or 10 years ago; which is how KGO, WABC, KABC, WJR and others became Cumulus-owned stations. Yes, it's all more incestuous than a Southern family reunion. 73z. -- GREG HARDISON Glenn: -- To append to the earlier e-mail re U.S. Networks: listening to the end of an hour of the Bohannon show this morning (Aug 13) via KSL, I hear Jimbo declare, "This Is Westwood One". So I guess it's safe to say that the "Mutual Talk" branding is officially dead and buried. May it RIP. – (GREG HARDISON, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. One of our more 'far flung' MAREites, Garrett Donley, provides some news of note for the FM DXers --- Some interesting Utah FM radio news to share with the group. The Salt Lake City FM radio market is currently served by two clusters of transmitters plus a number of rimshots, translators and boosters. The primary tower cluster is on Farnsworth Peak, 17 miles southwest of downtown SLC at elevation 9,196 feet, mostly at 20 to 25 kW. A second tower cluster is on Humphreys Peak, 48 miles east of downtown SLC at elevation 10,925 feet, mostly around 89 kW, also serving Evanston, Wyoming strongly. Around metro SLC, the Farnsworth stations all come in strongly (due to line of sight throughout the Salt Lake valley), while the Humphreys stations are also pretty strong, with only a few weak spots in lower-elevation parts of the southern metro SLC area. A few other nearby stations have towers in the Provo/Nephi areas (33 to 50 miles south of SLC), and in the Ogden/Logan areas (45-90 miles north of SLC), and several low-powered FM translators and boosters are also scattered around the area. Back in 2008, a plan began involving 31 FM station shifts in Utah, Wyoming and Idaho that will result in many changes (including a number of additions) for the SLC market. FM frequencies in the market are not evenly spaced, which will be somewhat remedied by this shift. A few articles explain the situation: https://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/netgnomes/90978/salt-lake-city-frequency-shuffle-finally-taking-shape https://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/93808/iheartmedia-sets-dates-for-salt-lake-city-frequency-shifts http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/143750/knrs-salt-lake-city-sets-october-8th-for-move-to-1 The highlights: KUDD 107.9 already moved its tower from the Promontory Mountains (50 miles north of SLC) to Humphreys KKLV 107.5 already moved its tower from Lake Mountain (40 miles south of SLC) to Farnsworth KEGH 106.9 (on Humphreys) already moved to 107.1 KAAZ 106.5 (on Farnsworth) will move to 106.7 on August 6 KNRS 105.7 (on Farnsworth) will move to 105.9 on October 8 KBMG 106.1 (on Humphreys) will move to 106.3 at some point KDWY 105.3 (Diamondville, Wyoming) will move to 105.5 (on Humphreys) to serve both SLC and Evanston, displacing the current K287AE translator for KCPW on 105.3 KAUU 105.1 will move from Manti, Utah (80 miles south of SLC) to Farnsworth and will take on the format of KUDD 107.9 (currently on Humphreys); no word yet on the future of the 107.9 frequency [this is considered to be the big move-in among all these] KMGR 95.9 will move from Delta, Utah (80 miles south of SLC) to Humphreys to serve both SLC and Evanston KUDE 103.9 Nephi, Utah (50 miles south of SLC) and its KUDE-1 103.9 booster in Provo have applied to combine and move to 99.1, but staying in Nephi, displacing the current K256AE 99.1 Provo booster for KZHT (Provo being a bit terrain- shaded from the Farnsworth towers) Although there's no official word yet on the future of the 103.9 frequency, there's a rumor that the reason KUDE is moving from 103.9 to 99.1 is so that KGNT 103.9 in Smithfield, Utah (90 miles north of SLC, currently only at 6 kW) can apply to move to Humphreys at much higher power to serve a much bigger area. As a result of this, SLC will have even more fully-receivable FM stations spaced 0.4 MHz apart, instead of the usual 0.8. Will be interesting to see how this all shakes out, and what new stations we'll get here in the Salt Lake City area from these changes. Hope all's well back in Michigan these days! (--via Transplanted MARE Garrett C. Donley now in Midvale, Utah, MARE Tipsheet Aug 7 via DXLD) Do public radio stations` sites figure into this at all?? Also, 89 kW at over 10 kilofeet elevation? The Albuquerque Sandia Crest stations at 10 kf, officially around 1260 m above average terrain, or 4130 feet above mile-hi Albuquerque, may run no more than 22 kW ERP (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. "Broadcast radio is the cockroach of media," [NPR president Jarl Mohn] told the public media trade publication Current in February. http://current.org/2015/02/qa-mohn-leads-npr-into-golden-age-of-spoken-word/ "You can't kill it. You can't make it go away, it just gets stronger and more resilient." Can NPR seize its moment? http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/media/2015/08/8572429/can-npr-seize-its-moment (via Kim Elliott, dxldyg via DXLD) long but important article (gh) ** U S A. Live-and-Local LPAM Is One Answer http://www.radioworld.com/article/live-and-local-lpam-is-one-answer/276756 Sent from my iPhone (Dennis Gibson, WB6TNB, Aug 12, ABDX via DXLD) I don't know if it will be healthy or not, but I do know it will make DX difficult. It would be nice to get local programming again. There is always a trade off (Kevin Redding, Crump, TN, ibid.) We already have this. It's called graveyard channels. And they're less and less viable as time goes on due to interference. This gentleman's proposal is pie in the sky. You can't produce viable local radio with signals that don't get out. And you can't convince listeners to return to AM when many have already abandoned it for decades. In most regions, 30-50 MHz has mostly been abandoned. It could be used for an expanded FM service. No one will do it because of TV channel consolidation, but most of 54-88 MHz isn't used in most of the country either. I know; people don't have radios to listen to these bands. But to a great extent, they're not listening to AM either, except for powerhouses that can rise above the noise. How are stations designed for small portions of cities going to make money? I doubt that they will, unless they're on a band where the signals can flourish. That band isn't the current AM band. People can wish all they want, but it just won't happen. If many more small-town 500- to 1000-watt stations are authorized, expect more noise, and an even more anemic AM band. – (Rick Lucas, ibid.) ** U S A. While monitoring ch 2 analog and getting a bit of Mexican sporadic E, same C-490 antenna split into DTV box is getting a Bad tropo signal on RF 35, which at 1456 UT August 12 briefly decodes as 4-1 KDFW DT, i.e. Dallas. The stuck antenna is aimed just about toward Cedar Hill, 432 km or 269 miles away, altho mainly for OKC and México. BTW, our own channel ``4``, KFOR-RF 27 OKC, is no longer the rock- solid signal it used to be; what has changed? (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VATICAN. 11715, August 5, 2015, 0358-0407, VATICAN RADIO, Female Announcer in Arabic with music. Interval signals with ID and programming details for Middle East audience at 0500. Male Announcer with discussion about an Orthodox family in Los Angeles who emigrated from the Middle East in 2009 and their associated struggles trying to adjust to their new lives. SINPO 43433. (Ed Sylvester, Baghdad, Iraq, Drake R8B, Indoor Pixel Magnetic Loop, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Besides its own Arabic, VR used to relay on 11715, V. of Charity, an FM station in Lebanon, 14) in WRTH 2015. Are we sure this is no longer being done? 11715 SMG in the mornings registered for 0400-0430 only (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Open carrier/dead air of Vatican Radio on 9660: 0530-0600 on 9660 SMG 250 kW / 230 deg to WeAf Portuguese 0530-0600 on 11625 SMG 100 kW / 169 deg to SoAf Portuguese http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/open-carrierdead-air-of-vatican-radio.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Aug 10, Equipment: Sony ICF- 2001D 30 m. long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VIETNAM. 8294-USB, Vietnam Coastal Radio Station. It has been a while since I last checked these numerous stations located along the coast. The 2012 schedule, the only one I have, showed transmissions starting at 1020, which back then I confirmed. (See DXLD 12-12) August 7 & 8, were surprised to hear 8294-USB (only there, not on 7906-USB) with: *0905-0907: in Vietnamese with assume marine weather; starting and ending with the usual series of tones used by these coastal stations. 0907-0911: English "Attention all stations, all stations, all stations" and long list of longitudes and latitudes. 0911-0915*: assume repeat of above English segment, but in Vietnamese; did not start or end with series of tones. Was unable to make out the location of the station. Was it Ho Chi Minh Radio, as in the past that was the only station carrying English? Needs more monitoring to determine what the new earlier schedule is, especially when conditions are good. Aug 8 had poor conditions, whereas the day before was good, but I didn't happen to tune in till 0909, to hear English already in progress. From the VISHIPEL website - http://www.vishipel.com.vn/ (click on British flag for English): "(Vishipel) - Vietnam Coast Radio Stations broadcast sea weather forecast, sea disaster forecast to all fishing vessels on the frequency 7906 kHz, 8294 kHz as follows: Sea weather forecast: daily broadcast in every 15 minutes In the morning: from 05 h 20 to 09 h 20 [2220 - 0220 UT Ron] In the afternoon: from 17 h 20 to 21 h 20 [1020 - 1420 UT Ron] Sea disaster forecast: broadcast in every 15 minutes, 24/24 in the case of storms, tropical storms. In addition, Vietnam Coast Radio Stations broadcast safety information guide to fishing vessels in the sea such as channel guidance, floating dangerous obstacles, dangerous waters .. In the case of a storm, tropical storms dangerous sea, Vietnam Coast Radio Stations broadcast on all Vietnam waters to call and guide vessels to safety storm shelter." "(Vishipel) - Vietnam Coast Radio Stations keep watch and reply to ships on the frequency 7903 kHz continuously 24/24 hour to receive and handle communication related to the distress and emergency situation from vessels. 7903 kHz watch keeping are performed simultaneously at all Coast Radio stations stretching along the coast of the country from Mong Cai to Ha Tien. The communication from distress vessels are directly forwarded by Vietnam Coast Radio Stations to search and rescue agencies as Search and Rescue Coordinating Center, Maritime Security Center, port authorities, Provincial Commanders of flood and storm prevention, border guards, the Navy ... to coordinate search and rescue works. Also, Vietnam Coast Radio also broadcast this communication to all vessels operating in the surrounding area via DSC, Radiotelephony or satellite to require these vessels to support the vessel in distress." (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, E1 & CR-1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VIETNAM. Voice of Vietnam, 7220.1 kHz, 1242 4 AUG - in RUSSIAN from HANOI-SONTAY. SINPO = 24333. Russian, punk rock music. female announcer. sf 105, a 6, k 2, geomag: quiet. 100 kW, beamAz 27deg, bearing 319deg. Sangean ATS505 with Kaito KA33 in west facing window. Received at Las Vegas, United States, 12375 km from transmitter at Hanoi-Sontay. Local time: 0542 (Rodney Johnson, NV, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Voice of Vietnam, 7220.1, 1257 12 AUG - in RUSSIAN from HANOI-SONTAY. SINPO = 34323. Female announcer, 1256z musical interlude (koto strings played) followed by open carrier. ID at 1300z start of Chinese by female announcer with QRM from CRI on 7215 which just signed on. sf 102.9, a 8, k 1, geomag: very quiet. 100 kW, beamAz 27deg, bearing 319deg. Sangean ATS505 with Kaito KA33 in west facing window. Received at Las Vegas, United States, 12375 km from transmitter at Hanoi- Sontay. Local time: 0557. 73s (--Rodney Johnson, NV, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Voice of Vietnam, 9840, 1332 11 AUG - in ENGLISH from HANOI-SONTAY. SINPO = 34333. English, female voice with Asian accent. a story about an agreement over pacific navigation with China for purposes of trade and tourism. Sf 109.0, a 9, k 2, geomag: quiet. 100 kW, beamAz 57deg, bearing 319deg. Sangean ATS505 with Kaito KA33 in west facing window. Received at Las Vegas, United States, 12375 km from transmitter at Hanoi-Sontay. Local time: 0632 (Rodney Johnson, NV, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZAMBIA. 5915, 8/10 0430, Zambia NBC, Lusaka, in Luanda language; OM talks; YL talks; very poor broadcasting; 34432 (José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo - Brazil (UTC-3), Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) Language is Lunda, not Luanda (gh) ** ZANZIBAR. TANZANIA, 6015, 8/10 0325, TZA, Zanzibar BC, Dole, in Swahili; OM talks; music, YL presents news, presumed; today, this station has a fair signal, better than other days; 35433 (Jose Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo - Brazil (UTC-3), Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) 11735, Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation, Dole, 1746-1806, escuchada el 10 de agosto de 2015 en swahili con emisión de música pop ligera y música árabe, alas 1800 boletín de noticias en swahili por locutora, 1804 continua emisión de música árabe, SINPO 44444 (José Miguel Romero, Sacañet (Castellón), España, Yaesu FRG 7700, Sangean ATS 909, Antena hilo 10 m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) So instead of English at 1800 on that date (gh) Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation in English on August 11 1500-1800 on 11735 DOL 050 kW / non-dir to CeAf Swahili 1800-1807 on 11735 DOL 050 kW / non-dir to CeAf English, not daily!! 1807-2100 on 11735 DOL 050 kW / non-dir to CeAf Swahili http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/zanzibar-broadcasting-corporation-in_12.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZIMBABWE. ZBC DESECRATES GWERU STATION, FIRES ALL JOURNALISTS http://www.thezimbabwean.co/2015/08/zbc-desecrates-gweru-station-fires-all-journalists/ The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation today fired all journalists and majority of supporting staff at its Gweru based Voice of Zimbabwe station. The development could literally means the station has been shut down. The station was in the build-up to the 2002 elections during the first stint of Jonathan Moyo as Information minister. It was accessible on the short wave band and it is understood its establishment was meant to jam foreign-based stations that the Zanu (PF) regime believed to be hostile towards it while sympathising with the MDC ahead of the watershed polls. Sources at the station today pointed out that all employees working on the current affairs department that comprised of about 20 journalists were given letters informing them that their contracts had been terminated on three months’ notice. Joseph Nhara, the station manager, is understood to have also been fired together with employees from other departments like news production, engineering, security and drivers- bringing the total figure of the affected workers to about 50. “We write to advise that the employer has decided to exercise its right in terms of the Common Law and Section 12 (4) of the Labour Act (Chapter 28:01) (Hereinafter referred to as the Labour Act to terminate your contract of employment in notice with immediate effect,” reads part of a letter addressed to one of the sacked workers. It is dated 11 August and was signed by ZBC’s Acting Chief Executive, Patrick Mavhura. The correspondence also demanded that the sacked workers today surrender identification cards and properties that they used as ZBC employees. “Please ensure that you surrender the ZBC identity card, information relating to your responsibilities and any other ZBC property in your possession to the undersigned by 12 August 2015.” A few employees numbering about five were spared and sources said they are next line but only survived in order to safeguard equipment and properties at the radio station. When this reporter arrived at the station, there was sombreness among the affected workers who were packing out. “We have been caught off-guard. The ZBC had given us assurances that our jobs were safe. There is desperation here,” said one of the affected employee from the current affairs department. Last week ZBC fired its embattled chief executive, Happison Muchechetere and three other top officials who were on suspension over corruption-related charges. According to the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, about 20 000 employees have lost their jobs since deliverance of a Supreme Court ruling that gives employers the right to fire employees upon giving them three months’ notices. Posted by: (JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO, Aug 12, dxldyg via DXLD) ZIMBABWEAN STATE BROADCASTER FIRES HUNDREDS OF WORKERS 13 August 2015 From the section Africa http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-33908241 The Voice of Zimbabwe radio station appears to have closed The state-owned Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has fired almost 300 employees, including managers and journalists, state-run media report. Unions say there have been 20,000 job losses in the country since a Supreme Court ruling on 17 July which made it easier for companies to sack employees. The ruling allows employers to fire any worker without any benefits as long as they are given three months' notice. The Zimbabwe Federation of Trade Unions has described the ruling as "madness". BBC Africa Live: News updates ZBC will close a TV channel, according to the Zimbabwean news site the Daily News. In addition, the offices of the state radio station Voice of Zimbabwe have also closed, reports Voice of America. Last week the Daily News reported that state-owned newspapers had fired hundreds of workers. This, it added, was despite the state-owned media "leading a crusade against scores of other companies, including media organizations", that have laid off staff. Local media reported that over the weekend heavily armed police blocked the country's main workers' union from protesting against the recent wave of job losses (via Chuck Albertson, DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 1160.08, 1026 UT, August 9, 2015. The big het mystery strong and again at 1056 recheck, by 1116 check at threshold level. As always, I'm estimating the offset (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 1210.08, 1112 UT August 9, 2015. The other mystery het very strong, fading the same time as the Mexicans. Offset approximate (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 1510, Aug 6 at 1236 UT, solo YL hymn loops ENE/WSW, with CCI soon losing out to ESPN from KCTE Independence MO. Most likely REL format is KMRF Marshfield MO, 5 kW daytimer, St Louis market; or maybe 250-watt daytimer KCTX Childress TX which per last year`s NRC AM Log is partly religious (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 4845, Aug 6 at 1204, JBA carrier, much weaker than 4835 Australia, now that WWCR has signed off 4840. NO broadcasters except Brasil are listed on 4845, certainly not at this hour; maybe an Asian --- Indians can be off-frequency unpredictably. Or a ute --- Note: short for ``utility`` and should not be capitalized as it is not an initialism! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Station on 6005 kHz was mixed with Denge Kurdistan via Secretbrod on Aug. 4: 1430-1459 on 6005 secret / hidden site to EaAf Amharic or Tigrinya UNIDentified // frequency 11600 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish Denge Kurdistan in A-15: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/unid-station-on-6005-khz-was-mixed-with.html (DX RE MIX NEWS # 922 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, August 10, 2015, dxldyg via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. August 4: UNID station to EaAf was mixed with Denge Kurdistan 1440 on 6005 unknown tx site https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjRginO5_zA&feature=youtu.be UNID station to EaAf was mixed with Denge Kurdistan 1443 on 6005 unknown tx site https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CaDgFqQQSo&feature=youtu.be UNID station to EaAf was mixed with Denge Kurdistan 1450 on 6005 unknown tx site https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgVKl_uuipA&feature=youtu.be UNID station to EaAf was mixed with Denge Kurdistan 1457 on 6005 unknown tx site https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsvc5ebUHyU&feature=youtu.be (Ivo Ivanov, Blgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Wasn`t 6005 an old Yemeni frequency? Close to E Africa (gh) UNIDENTIFIED. 6220.0, August 7 at 0042, very weak signal with talk in Spanish mentions ``bautismo``, mixed with weaker audio seemingly in English. No broadcaster is intentionally scheduled here in HFCC, Aoki or EiBi, and this certainly smax of a mixing product, but is it transmitted, or produced in the NRD-545? On the PL-880 I can`t find any match to either audio inside the 49m band; how about WEWN? I can`t make it match 5810 or 11520 either. Needs further chex (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 6220.0-AM, Aug 11 at 0028, deliberate recheck for the station I had heard Aug 7 including one word of Spanish(?), and thought to be a mixing product. Here is something very poor with only one audio detectable, vocal music, country? 0029 announcement and more music, on the NRD-545, rating S7-S9 which is really equivalent to the storm noise level. Most readable in CW mode tuned to 6222.20, -.105 passband, 2.40 bandwidth. It`s also audible on the PL-880 with shorter reelout antenna, but then on the latter I scan thru the MW, 49, 41, 31 and 25m bands for any audio match, and none found. Seems to go off around 0046, altho at 0107 there is an even weaker JBA carrier. Now I am thinking it could be a pirate, Euro? You might assume 6220 would be a popular Europirate frequency, but nothing reported lately. Roberto Pavanello in PlayDX did recently get an e-QSL from Radio Python 6220 kHz, but that was after 475 days. Then I search HF underground and find http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,17926.0.html that Radio Tango Italia was being heard on 6220 AM just over one year ago, August 2, 2014 around this same hour, by Chris Lobdell, Massachusetts, and by a couple of others as deep into North America as central Kentucky and western Tennessee. Of course, any 6 MHz Euro- pirate would be quite a rarity here in OK. There was also a Mystery Radio on 6220 but that was several years earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 6220.0-AM, Aug 12 at 0037, the pirate? or broadcast mixing product is again poorly audible, but best yet at peak with a song, which I cannot recognize as a tango. 0043 signal drops sharply to a JBA carrier. Possibly these are two different stations. And still so at 0121. Would others check this out? Might be more readable further east into the darkside. At 0045 August 12, 2015, I inaugurate the ALA-330S magnetic loop antenna which Brandon Jordan kindly gave me, now hooked up to the other antenna input of the NRD-545, but switching back and forth there is little difference on 6220. The ALA-330S is currently inside right next to the radio and facing north/south; finding a quieter spot to install it outside will be problematical but possible (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1786, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Spoiler: details in the next DXLD and already in the yg and log report The unID possible pirate I reported on 6220-AM turned out to be instead: a mixing product of WWCR 7520 minus its co-sited AM station WNQM 1300 = 6220 --- but at night carrying programming from another Nashville station, WMDB 880, ``La Ranchera`` since that station is restricted to only 2 watts at night. The full story on how I finally IDed this is in my August 13-14 report archived at: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Hauser There is also a table of all other possible WWCR/WNQM mix frequencies. Window for this 6220 reception closes at end of August (assuming same hours remain for 7520), as sunset for 50 kW day power on 1300 moves up from 0045 to 0000 UT. However, I was still able to detect this on 6220 after 0045 when WNQM cut to 5 kW night power, direxional (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 6925.16-AM, Aug 12 at 0114, JBA carrier is the only activity on the pirate band, presumably Liquid Radio on its signature/fingerprint exact frequency as recently reported by others on HF Underground (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 12055, August 7 at 0027, JBA signal reads S3 which is about the same as the noise level; Aoki shows two possibilities: CNR17 in Kazakh via Lingshi; and FEBC Philippines in Lahu. Speaker sounds rather strident, so more likely the latter Christian (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Utility station: About two weeks ago, on 31st July at 0904 UT (noon local time) we received an unidentified station in Arabic on 12800 kHz USB (in the 12 MHz maritime band). Propagation at that time of the day in the summer does not favor long-range reception in that band and the propagation was generally poor, but our 25 meters band inverted V dipole proved to be a good performer. Any help in identifying the station would be appreciated. You may find recording below. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/identifying-arabic-utility-station-on.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, Aug 13, dxldyg via DXLD) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ WELLBROOK ALA-330S magnetic loop antenna: many thanks to Brandon Jordan, TN, for giving me this antenna, which I am now habitually using with the NRD-545; it`s reputed to reduce noise pickup, but so far I haven`t been able to install it outside the shack (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Congrats on your new receiver, you certainly deserve it - enjoy!!! Thank you very much, Glenn, and take care! Best regards (Tobias, Germany, Aug 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also ITALY, EGYPT, MONACO Equipment is certainly appreciated! But operational costs continue for WOR and DXLD; by check or MO in US funds on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702. Or not necessarily in US funds via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ ILG: FREQUENCY LIST FOR PERSEUS AND ELAD'S FDM-S2 Hi - the International Listening Guide ILG from Bernd Friedewald now is available also in a format which matches the FDM-S2, after already having worked together with Perseus: http://www.ilgradio.com/ILGRadio-Databases/Database-Download-16/Elad-FDM-SDR.html Bernd is working with HFCC, and is doing continuous monitoring of all broadcasting bands. ELAD's FDM-S2 offers a feature where you can import a stations' list (e.g. EiBi). This is shown on the bottom right of the GUI. Furthermore, you may have these names automatically being inserted on the spectrum - like that of an old radio dial. --- 73, Nils, DK8OK ("Nils Schiffhauer", Aug 8, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) "QSL.WINDOW" (AUGUST 2015 UPDATE) Está divulgada a atualização da "QSL.window", uma lista desenvolvida desde 2010 com endereços eletrônicos / endereços postais usados para receber as devidas confirmações (cartões QSL, cartas, e-mails e eQSLs), após receberem informes de recepção de radioescutas / DXistas que constam no início da lista. É aberta livremente a todos, para usar as informações ali contidas, e também para divulgar a outras pessoas da nossa área de preferencia. Acessar: http://dxways-br.blogspot.com e o link está logo abaixo do título "QSL.window", à direita, no início do blog. "QSL.window" (August 2015 update): a list of electronic addresses and postal addresses applied in sending reception reports / receiving confirmations (QSL cards, letters, eQSL, ...) by DXers listed at the beginning of the publication. This is not a copy from endless lists of emails disclosed on the Internet and also not from known publications. This is the result of the action of listening and seeking results since 2010. Access: http://dxways-br.blogspot.com under "QSL.window" (right side, beginning of the blog). (Rudolf Grimm) DW (via Daniel Wyllyans, Aug 12, http://dxbrazilsw.blogspot.com.br/2015/08/qslwindow-august-2015-update.html Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) DX-PEDITIONS ++++++++++++ GRAYLAND 12 Between the two ‘cliffsider’ DXpeditions organized by Gary DeBock I had the opportunity for another trip to the west coast visiting the Grayland Motel in Grayland, WA and a place called Sans Souci, between Yachats and Florence, OR from July 26 - 31, 2015. I’m still working my way through the Perseus wav files but you can get a look/listen to what I heard and uncovered so far on this webpage: http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_grayland12.php Highlights so far include; a nice ID on Samoa on 540, Kiribati on 1440 with their National Anthem at 1000utc s/off, Fiji on 558 and a bunch of Aussie & NZ stations. This time Murphy stayed away and I was able to get three concurrent days of wav files from Grayland and Sans Souci for later comparison of conditions. Based on a limited sample of the past 3 years of the same situation it appears that Sans Souci is more conducive to Aussie reception than Grayland. We’ll see how this year’s stats feed into that conclusion. Antennas used at both locations were 160’ DKAZ pointing at 230-250 deg with a fixed, 902 Ohm terminal resistance [Rt] in Sans Souci and a variable, vactrol Rt in Grayland. If you’re into EZNEC modeling, both antennas used 20 gauge wire (Bill Whitacre, Alexandria, VA, Aug 8, NRC-AM via DXLD) See USA: 1710 WORLD OF HOROLOGY +++++++++++++++++ NORTH KOREA [see also under K] On 15 August, North Korea is to move its time zone back by 30 minutes, so that local time will be GMT +8.5. This puts North Korea back to the situation before 1912, when "Japanese imperialists" put Korea into the same time zone as Japan. South Korea had similarly changed its standard time in 1954 - again to reflect the break from Japanese rule - but reverted to GMT +9 in 1961 (Chris Greenway, UK, Aug 7, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) NORTH KOREA'S NEW TIME ZONE TO BREAK FROM 'IMPERIALISM' 7 August 2015 From the section Asia http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33815049 North Korea is to switch to a new time zone to mark its liberation from the Japanese at the end of World War Two, says state media. North Korea is currently in the same time zone as South Korea and Japan, which are nine hours ahead of GMT. But Pyongyang Time will see the clocks put back by 30 minutes on 15 August. State news agency KCNA said "wicked Japanese imperialists" had "deprived Korea of even its standard time" by changing the clocks during occupation. The entire Korean peninsula - then one country - was 8.5 hours ahead of GMT until Japan colonised it in 1910. Read more: HOW TIME ZONES CONFUSED THE WORLD http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-33815153 KCNA quoted officials as saying the decision to adopt Pyongyang Time reflected "the unshakeable faith and will of the service personnel and people on the 70th anniversary of Korea's liberation". South Korea said the move could cause some short-term inconvenience at the Kaesong industrial plant in North Korea, jointly run by the two Koreas. "And in the longer term, there may be some fallout for efforts to unify standards and reduce differences between the two sides," Unification Ministry official Jeong Joon-Hee said. 'Fair share of sunshine' There is no international body that approves a country's change of time zone as countries decide for themselves. In 2011, Samoa changed its time zone to the other side of the international dateline, losing one day, so as to make communication easier with neighbours Australia and New Zealand. And North Korea is not the only country that has created its own unique time zone. In 2007, Venezuela decided to turn its clocks back by half an hour as President Hugo Chávez wanted to have a "more fair distribution of the sunrise" to residents. Venezuela is now the only country with a time zone 4.5 hours behind GMT (via Terry Krueger, DXLD) NORTH KOREA TO MOVE 30 MINUTES BACKWARD TO CREATE ITS OWN TIME ZONE http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/08/08/world/asia/north-korea-time-zone.html A train station in Pyongyang, North Korea. The isolated country said on Friday that it would create its own time zone -- "Pyongyang time" - - and set its clocks 30 minutes behind those of South Korea, Japan and other neighbors. Wong Maye-E / Associated Press [caption] By CHOE SANG-HUN, August 7, 2015 SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea, a hermetic country stuck in the Cold War and obsessed with its long-dead founder, now wants to turn back time. By a half-hour. The government announced on Friday that it would create its own time zone -- "Pyongyang time" -- and set its clocks 30 minutes behind those of South Korea and Japan. The change is set for Aug. 15, the 70th anniversary of Japan's defeat in World War II, which freed the Korean Peninsula from Japanese rule. The current time on the peninsula -- nine hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time -- was set by Japan. North Korean public pronouncements can be as virulently anti-Japanese as they are anti-American, so it was natural that the clock change would be billed as throwing off a hated vestige of colonial domination. "The wicked Japanese imperialists committed such unpardonable crimes as depriving Korea of even its standard time," the North's state-run Korean Central News Agency said on Friday. South Korea has its own historical grudges with Japan, but the time of day is not one of them. Jeong Joon-hee, a spokesman for the Unification Ministry in the South, said that following Pyongyang's lead now would be confusing and expensive for a country that, unlike the North, is thoroughly integrated with the global economy. Mr. Jeong said the time change in the North would probably create only minor communication problems, notably at the inter-Korean industrial park in Kaesong, where South Korean managers oversee North Korean workers. But down the road, he said, "this will disrupt our efforts to integrate the South and the North and restore our homogeneity." Japan is widely resented on both sides of the border, but the North enshrines its hostility toward Japanese and other foreign "imperialists" in its Constitution and puts the resentment at the core of the country's ruling philosophy of "juche," or self-reliance. The founder of North Korea, Kim Il-sung, fought as a guerrilla against the Japanese before independence. Mr. Kim died in 1994, and his grandson Kim Jong-un runs the country now, doing whatever he can to highlight his ancestry, even imitating his grandfather's hairstyle and the way he held his cigarettes. His grandfather's rhetorical themes are invoked to justify policies like maintaining an enormous military and developing nuclear weapons. Chang Yong-seok, a North Korea expert at Seoul National University, saw the clock change in the same vein. "With the new time zone, Kim Jong-un is reasserting his code words of self-reliance and national dignity to his people," Mr. Chang said. "Whatever difficulties and inconveniences the new time zone may cause are nothing to his government, compared with its propaganda value at home." The Japanese government offered no response to the North's announcement, but the Japanese news media pounced on the news, including Pyongyang's accusation that Japan "stole Korea's time." Some Internet users offered amused criticism. "Why did they wait 70 years?" several asked on Twitter. The North's new time zone is actually an old one. Korea briefly set its clocks that way before it was annexed by Japan in 1910, around the time when countries the world over were establishing standard time zones. South Korea went back to it in 1954, then re-adopted the present setting -- the same as Tokyo's -- in 1961. South Korean officials said one reason was that American troops stationed in Japan and South Korea would be using the same time if war broke out. Wang Sheng, a professor of international politics at Jilin University in China who focuses on the Korean Peninsula, said he did not think the shift would disrupt what little international trade the North has. And he noted that it would put the country's clocks just a half-hour ahead of China's, instead of an hour. "Looks like North Korea is getting closer to China," he said. Jonathan Soble contributed reporting from Tokyo. Adam Wu contributed research from Beijing (NY Times via Mike Cooper, DXLD) LANGUAGE LESSONS ++++++++++++++++ THE RISE OF SINGLISH By Tessa Wong BBC News, Singapore 6 August 2015 From the section Magazine Singapore's famous spouting Merlion statue - in Singlish "merlion" means to vomit profusely [caption] Singapore's government has long insisted that everyone in the island nation should speak English - it's the language used in schools, at work, and in government. But in practice many people speak a hybrid language that can leave visitors completely baffled - Singlish. Singapore is known for its efficiency and Singlish is no different - it's colourful and snappy. . . http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33809914 (via Terry Krueger, Gerald T Pollard, DXLD) RADIO PHILATELY +++++++++++++++ THE DJ WHO SHOOK THE SOVIET UNION WITH JAZZ Newsweek By Charles Paul Freund August 9, 2015 http://www.newsweek.com/dj-who-shook-soviet-union-jazz-360935 Voice of America DJ Willis Conover is up for a postage stamp to honor his work in exporting jazz, especially to short-wave radio listeners in the old Soviet Bloc, as Doug Ramsey at The Wall Street Journal notes. A stamp would be a minimal tribute, given the remarkable role Conover played during the Cold War, though it would be just about the only "official" recognition he has ever received. During Conover's four decades as a Voice of America (VOA) DJ from 1955 through the mid-1990s, he upended communist cultural policy just by playing prohibited "degenerate" American music that his overseas audience longed to hear. Most Americans have never heard of him, but in the postwar era he was one of the best-known, and certainly one of the most popular, Americans in the world. He had millions of devoted followers in Eastern Europe alone; his worldwide audience in his heyday has been estimated at up to 30 million people. Conover managed to tour Soviet Bloc cities occasionally during East- West thaws, and, to his great surprise, was greeted at airports like a celebrity by huge cheering crowds. Moscow cabdrivers recognized him solely on the basis of his distinctive baritone voice. Writer James Lester has collected a series of remarkable quotes that suggest the emotional depth of Conover's impact on his audience: "In 1982, when Conover was in Moscow as an MC for a group of touring American musicians, someone took his hand, kissed it, and said, 'If there is a god of jazz, it is you.' Another young Russian wrote touchingly to him, 'You are a source of strength when I am overwhelmed by pessimism, my dear idol,' and still another greeted him in Leningrad with, 'Villis! You are my father!'" Conover never said a political word, letting the jazz do the talking. What did the jazz say? The late Russian dissident and novelist Vassily Aksyonov was to make jazz integral to his fiction, especially in his 1984 portrait of the 1960s Moscow intelligentsia, The Burn. According to Aksyonov, his circle admired jazz for "its refusal to be pinned down"; it was a release "from the structures of our minutely controlled everyday lives, of five-year plans, of historical materialism"; it was, for those trapped in the Soviet system, "an anti-ideology." "When you are in a jail, that music makes you wonder what kind of country produced it," pianist David Azarian once told Down Beat magazine. "I tell you, Conover was America's best weapon to destroy socialism and Communism." Though Conover was to play an important role in the development of dissident anti-communism, he was in one sense a consequence of Russian cultural resistance: His VOA show was a response to the amazing "Stilyagi" movement of late Stalinism. Emerging at the end of the 1940s, stilyagi ("style hunters") were bohemians who responded to official anti-Americanism by publicly embracing an extreme form of the "vulgar" American, one based on gangster movies and official caricatures. The men dressed in suits with over-padded shoulders, wore wide, splashy ties (they painted them themselves), let their hair grow long and flipped it with heated irons, made heavy-soled shoes from black-market leather, chewed gum (it was paraffin wax, since there wasn't any chewing gum) and assumed an unusual gait to draw attention to themselves. They even called each other by such American names as "Joe" and "Bob." The women were recognized by their tight skirts and heavy lipstick. They all idolized jazz — it had been played in Russia as recently as the war — collecting dubs made on old X-ray plates, the only plentiful medium in the USSR available for the purpose. The stilyagi were attacked on the streets by the cops (and sometimes by the citizenry, too), but they also drew the attention of the U.S. ambassador to Moscow, Chip Bohlen. In 1954, Bohlen suggested that the Voice of America beam a jazz program to the Soviet Bloc. VOA officials were at first cool to the idea; it sounded trivial to them, and they doubted that Congress would budget the funds for somebody to spin jazz records to a probably tiny audience. They eventually decided to give it a try, and advertised for a jazz-show host. Willis Conover at this time was a 34-year-old DJ at Washington's WWDC- AM (the same outlet that, a decade later, would purportedly be the first U.S. station to play Beatles records), and a small-time local jazz impresario whose concerts were noteworthy for their integrated audiences at a time when D.C.'s clubs and theaters were largely segregated. Since the use of jazz to sell the U.S. in an era of Jim Crow laws has sometimes been condemned as hypocrisy, it's worth noting that Conover, at least, was no such hypocrite. He had drifted into music from his original passion, which was science fiction/fantasy; Conover's correspondence with H.P. Lovecraft (an indefatigable letter writer) was published in 1974 . When Conover heard about the VOA gig, he thought it might be a way out of his announcing job, which he didn't like. It turned out to be a nightly way out of stultifying cultural confinement for his millions of listeners. Of course, the Soviets tried to jam his hour-long show, Music, USA, but their battle against jazz (and, later, rock music) was a hopeless one. Poland soon proclaimed that "the building of Socialism proceeds more lightly and more rhythmically to the accompaniment of jazz," though communist authorities elsewhere continued to classify jazz as the music of degeneracy and "hooliganism." By the time the short-wave dust had settled, however, Radio Moscow would be programming jazz by Russian musicians in an effort to make itself sound more hip to its own foreign audience. Of course, many of the younger Eastern European musicians—and some Cuban musicians, too— received their inspiration and jazz educations from Conover (as many testimonials on the Willis Conover Facebook page attest). And since Conover assumed a slow and deliberate speaking pace, many of them learned English from him as well. Willis Conover died in 1996. It's a shame he remains so little-known to Americans when he was such an enormous presence on their behalf elsewhere in the world. Maybe the stamp, if it's approved, will help honor his memory. (The proposal is not the USPS's idea, but rather a successful citizen petition.) In the meantime, a world full of now-nostalgic one-time listeners, a grateful generation of jazz artists and—to some unmeasurable degree— the ruins of the Soviet empire will have to do. Posted by: (Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See GUAM; INDIA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV See MEXICO; OKLAHOMA; USA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DAB See ITALY; NETHERLANDS; UK ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ RECEIVER INDUCED SPURS [re 15-31: ANGUILLA] Glenn, I don't remember if you've done this before, but if not it would be good to explain. A normal LO frequency for a superhet whose local oscillator is X + 455 receiving a 700 signal would be 700 + 455 = 1155 kHz. But the receiver LO is not perfect, and creates some 2nd harmonic at 2 x 1155 = 2310. And 2310 - 1610 = 700. When one uses a spectrum analyzer, it's always an appropriate test to insert a known loss pad, say 6 dB, in the analyzer/receiver input. Then if the unidentified signal doesn't change by the same amount, one knows it's a nonlinear artifact of the analyzer. This is harder to do with a superhet receiver, but it's still a good test (Ben Dawson, WA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes, that`s certainly the technical explanation of how these come about. I find it easier just to double the IF and add it to the image frequency to get the source. Also, I make a distinxion between: spur = transmitted somehow; image = produced only by receiver. Spurs are thus of far more interest than images, but one must deal with weeding out images which are not spurs (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) EIBIview FREEWARE V3.0 Hello Glenn, 2015-08-11, Maybe you remember me, Tobias from Germany, author of the freeware EIBIview (which, by the way, has been released in late December in V3.0 with a few more useful features, amongst which the possibility to display the signal path to/from the station vs. its actual beam). Best regards (Tobias, Germany, Aug 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST) THREE NAIVE QUESTIONS about SDRs and antennas Not exactly hyper-skilled in the technical arena, I am considering buying a Perseus and have three questions: (1) Above and beyond its ability to record wide expanses of the spectrum, is it an above-average receiver? (2) I have a couple of indoor loops which obviously you tune for max signal strength frequency by frequency. What are the Perseus antenna needs so the whole band is at max? (3) Are there others besides Perseus which I should be looking at for simplicity or other reasons? Thanks (Pete Taylor, Aug 8, IRCA via DXLD) (1) Perseus is an excellent receiver in the traditional metrics: Sensitivity, Selectivity, Stability, and Strong-Signal Handling. Bandpass and notch filters are superior to traditional crystal, mechanical, and L-C types. The synchronous AM mode is superior to that in the Drake R8A/R8B and even the vaunted Sony ICF-2010 portable. Besides the manufacturer-supplied software there are other programs which will operate the receiver. Of course spectrum recording is indeed the "killer app" especially for those of us who go to a prime seashore or mountaintop location and scoop up top of hour +/- 3 min. files containing way more DX than could ever be managed with station-by-station tuning. Typically this would be around sunset here on the East Coast or sunrise out your way. Or just about any time of night if a full-boogie aurora is in progress, such as we had here late March. (2) You can still use tunable antennas and, of course, use the Perseus for live one-frequency-at-a-time DX as you would use something like one of the traditional war-horses (AOR 7030, R8B, R-390A, HQ-180A, SX- 28A, etc.). You can even use a tunable antenna and capture spectrum maybe up to 200 kHz width (peaked freq. +/- 100 kHz) with tolerable sensitivity depending on the Q (quality factor or, in layman's terms, sharpness) of the tuned loop, preselector, etc. It is true that the majority of users are interested in broadband capture. Also, with the high noise levels in most residential buildings, indoor antennas of any type are losing favor. There are quite a few Kiwa, Quantum, and d-i-y box loops collecting dust these days, even for users of conventional receivers. Outdoor antennas are what you need now in most settings unless you have taken extraordinary measures to keep your home RF-quiet. One cheapo Chinese wall-wart in the wrong place can crap up reception for a hundred feet or more in all directions. If you have a half dozen or so of these things charging cellphones, powering cable boxes, etc. - not at all unusual - kiss using your indoor antenna goodbye. So what do we want in outdoor antennas? Figure-of-8, omnidirectional, and cardioid pick-up patterns are all relatively easy to produce. The Wellbrook ALA-1530 will give you a traditional loop figure-of-8 pick- up and broadband reception at the same time. It's small enough to mount on a mast strapped to a chimney or elsewhere on a roof. If you want to rig a rotor for it, just be careful that leads going to the rotor do not transfer house RFI to the antenna. For omnidirectional pick-up, there are numerous active whips out there. MFJ, Clifton Labs, DX Engineering, and others have offerings in their catalogues. If a cardioid pattern is what you want, the terminated loop is what you need. Here on Cape Cod, much of the interference is from the New York City area at a bearing of about 255 degrees. Meanwhile, the opposite direction 75 degrees, is a good one for Trans-Atlantics. Similarly 345 degrees points towards the Boston area (also NH and Montreal), so I get quite a bit of interference from there; the opposite direction 165 degrees is great for the Caribbean and South America. At least at this site, cardioid-pattern antennas are "what the doctor ordered". The Kaz Delta, Flag, SuperLoop, Ewe, Pennant, DKAZ, Waller Loop, Bowtie, and K9AY are all variations on the terminated loop theme. You can get by with a fairly small one at a hopped-up shore site but increasing the size definitely improves signal capture and reduces (or eliminates) the need for a preamplifier. Bruce Conti's website http://www.bamlog.com/ has a wealth of information about these antennas. Also see the K3KY Flag and Pennant Antenna Compendium http://www.angelfire.com/md/k3ky/page37.html Google search around and you can find write-ups by DXers such as Dallas Lankford, Bill Whitacre, Mark Durenberger, Neil Kazaross, and the late John Bryant. One can also go with the Beverage or the random longwire antenna and take whatever directional pattern they get. To minimize electrical noise, use a transformer to isolate station / mains ground from a separate "field ground" (radials and/or ground rods). (3) At present the SDR receiver other than Perseus that has the greatest appeal to serious DXers is the Winradio Excalibur. Bruce Conti and others have put that model through its paces in real-world settings both at home and on coastal DXpeditions. There are also competent models made by RFSpace, Quicksilver (QS1R), Afedri, and Elad. Guy Atkins, Bjarne Mjelde, and other "power user" DXers can chime in with their recommendations since they've had their hands on numerous SDR's. I will be interested in reading what others have to say Receiver: Microtelecom Perseus Antenna 1: Cardioid-pattern SuperLoop: 10m vert. by 11m horiz. (peak 165 deg., null 345 deg.) Antenna 2: Cardioid-pattern SuperLoop: 8m vert. by 15m horiz. (peak 75 deg., null 255 deg.) See http://www.bamlog.com/superloop.htm for similar antenna type. (Mark Connelly, WA1ION, South Yarmouth, Cape Cod, MA, USA (GC= 41.6931 N / 70.1912 W) (= 41? 41.59' N / 70? 11.47' W) (grid FN41vq), ibid.) I'm not an expert, but I think that the number of bits on the ADC of a Software Defined Radio is pretty important (for dynamic range) - and maybe also the ADC noise figure. QS1R uses the LTC 2208 with 16 bits (and I cannot comment on the noise figure). By contrast, the Perseus is 14 bit (and old technology). There appears to be a tradeoff between bits and bandwidth. So the wideband radios have fewer bits (ex. the cheapest dongles are 8 bits). You might be ok with a fewer bits if you have a preselector, or don't have strong locals. QS1R is a great radio (and one of the cheapest 16 bits with coverage up to 60 MHz). The GUI might be the best of the lot. Support is very limited and development, at least of the software, has stopped. The spectrum recorder is weak (Ex. you cannot jump to any point in your recording - you can only start at the beginning). I've been using it for almost 3 years. The ELAD FDM-S2 is 16 bit and with the Euro so cheap, it is a great price ($550 USD - as you don't pay VAT). I think the noise figure for its ADC chip is 2 db worse than the QS1R chip (Does this mean the noise floor in 2 db higher?). On the pro side, it has FM coverage and probably a larger market than QS1R. Haven't used it. My limited research into ADCs is that they aren't improving that quickly and Linear Technology doesn't sell a 18 bit high speed ADC. So if you buy a SDR, it probably won't quickly go obsolete. The FPGA is a key component as well, though I'm not sure if it is a limiting one. I'm guessing that SDRs, based on good chips, will all have superb selectivity (blows away any non-SDR - like my Drake R8) and synchronous detection depends on good software (QS1R again crushes the Drake R8). As I've got limited space, I never use my Drake R8 (Aaron Kreider, IRCA via DXLD) Thanks for your detailed reply to this, Mark. All I can add is that the "S" in SDR stands for software, and that the actual program that one uses with an SDR will affect your perception of it. Some programs run a number of different pieces of hardware, a number are free, some are not. The beauty of the free ones is that you can try them out with recorded files before buying hardware. Some, but not all, hardware comes with its own software, but you may end up preferring other software. Any who are IRCA members may want to look at Jack Weber's and Keith McGuiness / Bill Nollman's take on the issues in the Technical Columns of 16 March, 30 April 2013, 22 March 2014, and 5 April 2014 DX Monitor. Best wishes, (Nick Hall-Patch, ibid.) [non] Pre-radio beacon nav CONCRETE ARROWS AND THE US AIRMAIL BEACON SYSTEM http://sometimes-interesting.com/2013/12/04/concrete-arrows-and-the-u-s-airmail-beacon-system/ (via Terry Krueger, FL, DXLD) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ Southern Hemisphere [Re 15-31:] ``7254.937, Voice of Nigeria - with proper S=7-8 southern hemisphere winter condition signal - of Hausa service heard on both \\ 9689.894 kHz, latter with tremendous sidelobe! S=9+10dB signal strength, during time slot of morning fade-out from the south and westerly signals. 0640 UT on Aug 5 (Wolfgang Bueschel, Log 06-07 UT Aug 5, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ?? Nigeria is not in Southern Hemisphere (gh)`` Sure, but 'southern hemisphere' CONDITION effect traditional also skip areas like Spanish Sahara, Mali, CFA, Liberia, COD, Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, formerly Uganda and Kenya signals, in 60, 49, 41 mb, during northern hemisphere SUMMER path / or let's say during TWO HOURS greyline path, UT morning / nights. Similar noted recently of Bolivia and Peru UT morning outlets in 60 and 49 mb, when heard on greyline path during remote unit usage at Alberta Canada location summer season (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) :Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts :Issued: 2015 Aug 10 0520 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 03 - 09 August 2015 Solar activity was at low levels this period. Region 2396 (S17, L=038, class/area=Ekc/840 on 09 Aug) was the most productive region on the visible disk this period, but only produced C-class flare activity. Region 2396 produced a total of 18 C-class flares throughout the period, the largest of which was a C5/Sf flare at 07/1941 UTC. Two filament eruptions from the southeast quadrant were observed this period, but were not Earth-directed. The first eruption, centered near S27E45 and estimated to be 25 degrees in extent, was observed lifting off in SDO/AIA 304 imagery at around 07/1809 UTC. The associated coronal mass ejection (CME) was observed in SOHO/LASCO C2 coronagraph imagery beginning at 07/2048 UTC but was directed well south and east of the Sun-Earth line. The second eruption, centered near S36E78 and estimated to be 18 degrees in extent, was observed lifting off at around 07/2240 UTC in SDO/AIA 304 imagery. There was not an obvious CME signature with the second eruption but it's possible that it could have been obscured by the CME associated with the first eruption. No Earth-directed CMEs were observed this period. No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at moderate levels on 06 and 08 Aug and was at high levels throughout the remainder of the summary period with a peak flux value of 2,250 pfu observed at 09/1825 UTC. Geomagnetic field activity reached G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm conditions on 07 Aug with active levels observed on 06 and 07 Aug in response to the influence of multiple recurrent coronal hole high speed streams (CH HSSs). Geomagnetic field activity was at quiet to unsettled levels throughout the remainder of the summary period. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 10 AUGUST-05 SEPTEMBER 2015 Solar activity is expected to be at low levels throughout the outlook period with a chance for M-class (R1-R2/Minor-Moderate) flare activity on 10-14 Aug and 27 Aug-05 Sep due to the flare potential of Region 2396 (S17, L=038). No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at moderate levels on 10-11, 17-24, 27-29 Aug and 02-05 Sep with high levels expected on 12-16, 25-26, 30-31 Aug and 01 Sep. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm levels on 10 Aug and 03, 05 Sep with active levels expected on 11, 17, 23, 27 Aug and 02, 04 Sep due to the influence of multiple recurrent CH HSSs. Field activity is expected to be at quiet to unsettled levels throughout the remainder of the outlook period. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2015 Aug 10 0520 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 2015-08-10 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2015 Aug 10 105 22 5 2015 Aug 11 101 12 4 2015 Aug 12 100 8 3 2015 Aug 13 97 5 2 2015 Aug 14 96 5 2 2015 Aug 15 99 5 2 2015 Aug 16 93 5 2 2015 Aug 17 91 12 4 2015 Aug 18 89 10 3 2015 Aug 19 89 8 3 2015 Aug 20 92 8 3 2015 Aug 21 94 10 3 2015 Aug 22 97 10 3 2015 Aug 23 100 12 4 2015 Aug 24 101 10 3 2015 Aug 25 101 5 2 2015 Aug 26 102 5 2 2015 Aug 27 101 12 4 2015 Aug 28 103 10 3 2015 Aug 29 102 10 3 2015 Aug 30 106 5 2 2015 Aug 31 107 5 2 2015 Sep 01 112 5 2 2015 Sep 02 122 12 4 2015 Sep 03 122 22 5 2015 Sep 04 121 15 4 2015 Sep 05 115 20 5 (SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1786, DXLD) GLENN`S PROPAGATION OUTLOOK FOR MEDIA NETWORK PLUS AS OF AUG 13, 2015 Keith, From IPS in Australia, the global HF propagation forecast thru August 15: normal at low and middle latitudes, normal to fair at hi latitudes. From Spaceweather South Africa, thru August 15, magnetic conditions quiet, shortwave fadeouts unlikely, MUF unstable. From Met office UK thru August 16: solar activity low with a slight chance for M class activity. Geomagnetic field unsettled or perhaps active by late on the 16th. From Petr Kolman in Prague: Geomagnetic field will be: quiet on August 14 - 15 quiet to unsettled on August 16 - 17, 19 - 22, 24, 29 - 30 quiet to active on August 18, 25 - 26, 28 September 2 mostly quiet on August 23, 31, September 1 active to disturbed on August 27 The outlook from SWPC in Boulder: Geomagnetic field expected to be at G1 (minor) geomagnetic storm levels on September 3 and 5 with A and K indices peaking at 22 and 5. Active levels expected on August 17, 23, 27 and September 2 with A and K indices of 12 and 4; Lowest As and Ks of 5 and 2 on August 13-16, 25, 26, 30, 31, and September 1. Solar flux dropping way down to 89 on August 18 and 19, ascending to a peak of 122 on September 2 and 3. Bill Hepburn`s VHF-UHF DX maps call for extreme tropospheric ducting around the Arabian peninsula and the Caspian Sea all week; also off Baja California, extending up to San Francisco by Sunday the 16th (via DXLD) TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING ++++++++++++++++++++++++ DX-ING IN 1925 [Re 15-31, RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM] "Here, outside in the night air, all was quiet. Silence -- and yet one felt the mystery of these invisible waves, the miracle of the hidden voices, sweeping out through the night." ~ Journalist Leslie Baily ~ 1925 (Rich D’Angelo, DSWCI DX Window August 5 via DXLD) This is the tagline ending every issue of the NASWA Flashsheet. I always figured it was editor Mark Taylor`s rather than Rich D`Angelo`s, who does handle the mailing and backup editing (gh, DXLD) Glenn, Neither. The tag originated with a now deceased editor, Ray Baumhammer (I probably messed up the spelling of his name). That was a personal touch of his that subsequent editors continued. 73, (Rich D`Angelo, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###