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Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 1811 CONTENTS: *DX and station news about: Australia, Bahrain, Bermuda, Bolivia, Bougainville, Brazil, Canada, China, Cuba, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Germany, Guatemala, Hawaii, Indonesia, Internet, Italy, Kashmir non, Liberia, Malaysia, Netherlands non, Nigeria, Sarawak non, USA, Vanuatu, Zanzibar SHORTWAVE AIRINGS of WORLD OF RADIO 1811, February 4-10, 2016 Thu 1230 WRMI 9955 [confirmed] Thu 2100 WRMI 7570 [confirmed] Fri 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [NEW confirmed] Fri 2130 WRMI 15770 [confirmed] Fri 2130 WRMI 7570 [confirmed] Sat 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [NEW confirmed] Sat 0730 HLR 6190-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 2030v WA0RCR 1860-AM Sat 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [NEW] Sun 0410v WA0RCR 1860-AM [confirmed from ~0412] Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [NEW] Mon 0400v WBCQ 5110v Area 51 [confirmed] Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 [confirmed] Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [NEW] Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 Wed 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [NEW] Wed 1415 WRMI 9955 Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v Thu 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [NEW] 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-audio-plattform/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 NOTE: I have *resolved* to make DXLD leaner, more selective, as I seriously need to reduce my workload, much of which has been merely editing gobs of material into presentable form. This makes it even more important to be a member of the DXLD yg for additional material which may not make it into weekly isssues (gh) 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. "US air strikes in eastern Afghanistan have destroyed a radio station used by the Islamic State militant group, US and Afghan officials say. The drone attacks in Nangarhar's remote Achin district hit the 'Voice of the Caliphate' station operated by IS, officials said." More: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35471439 (-- Richard Langley, NB, dxldyg via DXLD) And here: AIR STRIKES HIT ISLAMIC STATE RADIO STATION IN AFGHANISTAN 2 hours ago From the section Asia Image copyright EPA Image caption Pro-government forces (pictured) have been battling IS fighters in Achin US air strikes in eastern Afghanistan have destroyed a radio station used by the Islamic State militant group, US and Afghan officials say. The drone attacks in Nangarhar's remote Achin district hit the "Voice of the Caliphate" station operated by IS, officials said. IS expanded into Afghanistan last year, and began an FM radio station in an effort to attract new recruits. They have clashed with Afghan forces, as well as rival Taliban militants. IS members have also killed numerous local people, who tell stories of horrific violence. Image copyright Reuters Image caption Afghans listening to a radio broadcast run by IS militants in December The air strikes took place from 19:00 to 20:00 local time (14:30 to 15:30 GMT) on Monday, a spokesman for Nangarhar province, Attaullah Khogyani, told the BBC's Mahfouz Zubaide. There were a total of four drone strikes, which hit the radio station, an internet control centre and other IS targets, he added. Twenty-one IS members, including five operating the radio station, were killed, reports said. Image copyright AFP Image caption Radio is the main source of entertainment and news in Afghanistan The "Voice of the Caliphate" station had been broadcasting in Pashto, Dari and Arabic, carrying anti-government propaganda and calls for young Afghans to join Islamic State. Radio is the main source of entertainment and news in Afghanistan, which has more than 170 radio stations. The Islamic State group announced an offshoot in Afghanistan in January 2015, sparking a conflict with the Taliban. The Taliban say they have set up a "special forces" unit with more than 1,000 fighters that aims to crush IS. Last month, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani vowed to "bury" IS, telling the BBC that the group's atrocities had "alienated the people" (via Terry Krueger, DXLD) ISLAMIC STATE RADIO STATION TAKEN OUT IN SUSPECTED U.S. STRIKE IN AFGHANISTAN --- By Sayed Salahuddin and Tim Craig, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/islamic-state-radio-station-taken-out-in-suspected-us-strike-in-afghanistan/2016/02/02/cdf93f2e-c9b5-11e5-a7b2-5a2f824b02c9_print.html KABUL -- An Islamic State radio station that had become a symbol of the group's reach into relatively lawless areas of eastern Afghanistan was leveled Monday evening by a suspected U.S. airstrike, according to officials in Afghanistan's Nangahar province. At the time, the station was in the middle of one of its nightly transmissions warning residents to show support for the Islamic State or else be killed. "It happened as the radio was broadcasting live," said Hazart Hussain Mashrigiwal, a spokesman for the local police force. "The transmission just stopped operating, and we believe the airstrike was conducted by a drone." [A new Islamic State radio station spreads panic in eastern Afghanistan] According to Mashrigiwal, three Islamic State radio technicians were found in the rubble. Ahmad Ali Hazrat, head of the Nangahar provincial council, said at least five Islamic State technicians were killed. In a statement, the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan declined to discuss specifics of the reported strike. But Col. Michael Lawhorn, a spokesman for U.S forces in Afghanistan, said the military had conducted "two counterterrorism strikes" in Nangahar's Achin district late Monday, according to the Associated Press. "For operational security reasons, we cannot discuss details of the counterterrorism operations," Lawhorn said. When the station, dubbed "Caliphate Radio" by its operators, launched in December, it prompted fear throughout Afghanistan as well as Pakistan's border region, where it also could be heard. Militants were now able to communicate directly with potential recruits and issue public threats to dissenters. Afghan military leaders initially said they couldn't determine the origin of the radio broadcasts. That heightened concern among Afghans and Western analysts about Afghan forces' ability to conduct even basic intelligence operations to halt the Islamic State's advance. Now, however, the U.S. military appears to be stepping up its role in efforts to prevent the Islamic State from gaining a foothold in Afghanistan, as the group did in Syria and Iraq -- and where it went on to create havens. Last month, the State Department named the Islamic State's Khorasan branch -- the group's chapter in Afghanistan and Pakistan -- a terrorist organization and imposed sanctions on its leaders. President Obama also gave the Pentagon wider latitude to take offensive action against the militant fighters in Afghanistan, according to media reports. In an interview published by the New York Times on Sunday, Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan, deputy chief of staff for U.S. military operations in Afghanistan, said the Pentagon now has the "ability to take the gloves off." Still, some Afghan analysts worry that the airstrikes will not deal a lasting blow to the Islamic State in Afghanistan. The group is made up of former members of the Pakistani Taliban, at least some of whom continue to travel back and forth across the porous Pakistan-Afghanistan border. Taking out a radio station is the easy part, said Bashir Bezhen, a Kabul-based political analyst. "We need to come up with a strategy to wipe out this threat once and for all," he said, adding that the Islamic State is still "at a novice stage" in Afghanistan. Other analysts noted that the dismantling of the radio broadcast may be relatively short-lived, given the Islamic State's history of improvising. But several listeners from western Pakistan's tribal belt confirmed that they couldn't pick up the broadcast Tuesday evening. Craig reported from Dubai. Mohammad Sharif in Kabul contributed to this report. Read more [linked]: The Islamic State is making these Afghans long for the Taliban Meet the shadowy figure recruiting for the Islamic State in Afghanistan Today's coverage from Post correspondents around the world (c) The Washington Post Company (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) ** AFGHANISTAN [non]. 7495, Jan 31 at 0106, S8 talk which per Aoki must be VOA Radio Ashna in Dari alternating with Pashto 0030-0230, listed as 250 kW, 70 degrees from Kuwait. Don`t recall hearing this 7495 before, which is now much more favorable for us, 340 degrees via SRI LANKA due to an antenna failure at Kuwait. 7490v WBCQ is only S7 so not enough to QRM each other (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AFGHANISTAN [non]. 9765, SRI LANKA, VOA Radio Mashal at 0120 in Pashto with a woman with news with soundbytes translated from English then clear VOA postal and web addresses and Facebook and Twitter info at 0131 and a clear “VOA Radio Mashal” ID (listed as VOA Radio Deewa) – Very Good Jan 28 (Carlie Forsythe, WI, ODXA YRX via DXLD) ** ALASKA. I assume there has been a switching error at KNLS? English is on 7355 at 0800 and Chinese on 9615 kHz; it`s usually the other way round, both signals quite weak. There is nothing on their website to suggest a change of frequency http://www.knls.org/broadcasting-front.html (Russ Cummings, AOR7030+, 60ft long wire, North Ferriby, East Yorkshire, UK, 0824 UT Jan 30, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Back to normal at 0800 UT tune in this morning (Russ Cummings, North Ferriby, East Yorkshire, UK, Jan 31, ibid.) Thought that I'd check up on KNLS. During the 1600 hour today, I'm hearing a monster signal for their Russian hour on 6190, and a fair signal in Chinese on 9655, presumably them. I think that the weaker 31 m channel is due to the higher frequency and weak propagation up there compared to the very powerful propagation on 49 meters. 73 (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria BC, 1613 UT Jan 31, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ALBANIA [and non]. log 7460, 7465, 7470 kHz 0230-0258 UT Jan 28 7460 0230-0315 MDA R.Payem e-Doost (Bahai) Persian Grigoriopol 1-7 7470 0230-0300 ALB R. TIRANA Shijak English Shijak 2-7 7470 0100-0400 KWT VOA DEEWA RADIO Pashto Kuwait 1-7 Germany, Belgium, and Manchester England reception: 0245 UT 7460 MDA S=9+25dB 7465 ALB S=9+35dB powerful, BUT LOW MODULATION 7470 KWT S=9+20dB excellent reception on 1st hop distance tonight between Shijak Albania to Germany, Belgium, and/or Great Britain. NJ-MA-USA reception 0252 UT 7460 MDA S=8-9 7465 ALB S=9+5dB - BUT LOW MODULATION 7470 KWT S=8 KY-USA reception 0254 UT 7460 MDA S=7 7465 ALB S=7 - BUT LOW MODULATION 7470 KWT S=6 FL-USA reception 0256 UT 7460 MDA S=9+5dB 7465 ALB S=8-9 - BUT LOW MODULATION 7470 KWT S=6-7 0258 UT very poor and tiny reception above threshold via northern Arctic propagation path on 3 remote SDR units into Edmonton Alberta Canada. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7465, Jan 30 at 0228, R. Tirana IS at S7, which is insufficient, but quite a bit stronger than the adjacents on 7460 and 7470. 0230 sign-on is too weak to copy what the frequency announcement says. Needs modulation processing boost, such as OPTIMOD (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Tirana 3 needs modulation processing boost, such as OPTIMOD (Drita Çiço, to R. Tirana management, via DXLD) ** ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS. 4760.001, just accurate a single Hertz plus frequency. INDIA, AIR Port Blair, Brookshabad, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, S=9+5dB signal at 0006 UT. Female voice presenter at 0007 UT, followed by subcontinental music singer (Wolfgang Büschel, short log of Feb 1, 0000-0016 UT, noted remotely via SDR net in eastern Thailand [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz], dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7390.002, INDIA, AIR Port Blair, proper S=9 signal at 0658 UT on Feb 1. Subcontinental string instrument played, followed by female singer. Port Blair Haddo Post, Dilanipur, Port Blair-744102, Andaman & Nicobar isl., India; 1 x 10 kW txer (Wolfgang Büschel, short log of Feb 1, 0630-0700 UT [daytime early afternoon], noted remotely via SDR net in eastern Thailand [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz], dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANGOLA. 4949.74, 0255-0300 31.1, R Nacional de Angola, Mulenvos. Portuguese talk, 25222 (Anker Petersen, Exceptional tips from Denmark, surprised by exceptionally good ionospheric conditions, heard on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire in Skovlunde, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) 4949.729, Rádio Nacional Angola, poor and tiny on S=4 threshold level at 0016 UT on Feb 1. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, short log of Feb 1, 0000-0016 UT, noted remotely via SDR net in eastern Thailand, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4949.75, R. Nacional de Angola, 0408-0430, Feb 1. Several clear IDs; "African pop" (formerly hi-life, hi. I confess it was convenient to use this nomenclature over the years to describe this music genre, as it sounded more exotic than "African pop"); reception well above the norm; enjoyable. My audio at https://app.box.com/s/dv5stlwl8xetqru49iz0oc2dqvbqwphg (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) See LANGUAGE LESSONS abottom ** ARGENTINA. ANA GERSCHENSON SERÁ DIRECTORA DE RADIO NACIONAL Y BOBBY FLORES DIRIGIRÁ LA FM NACIONAL ROCK by gruporadioescuchaargentino Finalmente se dieron a conocer los primeros cambios en la radió pública. La periodista Ana Gerschenson se presentó como la nueva directora de Radio Nacional, al ser entrevistada en la emisora por el periodista Walter Goobar. Allí confirmó que la FM Nacional Rock volverá a ser una emisora dedicada a difundir el rock argentino, cambio que se consolidó este viernes por la tarde, cuando se dio a conocer que el conductor radial y musicalizador Roberto Bobby Flores quedará a cargo de la señal para poner en marcha los cambios proyectados por la nueva gestión. Gerschenson es una periodista con extensa trayectoria radial, que inició justamente en Radio Nacional, con pasos por FM Aspen, FM Metro, La Red, FM Blue y Radio Ciudad AM 1110, donde conducía su propio programa ‘Jardín de Gente‘. También tuvo una amplia experiencia en gráfica: fue corresponsal de la agencia Telam en Londres, fue redactora del diario Clarín, La Prensa, revista Noticias, revista Debate, columnista de La Nación y en la actualidad es periodista del diario El Cronista y cronista.com. El eje de la gestión de Gerschenson será una programación pluralista y profesional, con periodistas que aporten diferentes miradas sobre la realidad. Uno de los impactos de la nueva gestión es la llegada de Bobby Flores a FM Nacional Rock. Uno de los conductores más reconocidos del medio, y quien alcanzó la celebridad en el recordado Radio Bangkok junto a Lalo Mir y Douglas Vinci en Rock and Pop. Tuvo pasos por FM Metro, FM Horizonte, y fue galardonado con el Konex de platino al periodismo de música popular. Flores tendrá la tarea de redireccionar hacia el rock de origen argentino una emisora musical que estaba teñida de una fuerte impronta política favorable al anterior gobierno. ‘Me pidieron cuidado por la calidad artística; voy a ver lo que hay y sos el primero que se entera‘, le dijo Bobby al célebre conductor Héctor Larrea, quien dio la primicia en FM Folclórica, otra de las radios que forman parte de la estructura de Radio Nacional junto a FM Clásica. Los primeros nombres de la nueva grilla periodística de Radio Nacional que trascendieron son los del conductor Cholo Gómez Castañón y el de María Julia Oliván (primera conductora de 678, hasta que se fue por diferencias con la línea editorial), en tanto que Carlos Ulanovsky y el historiador Felipe Pigna serán algunos de los referentes actuales de la radio que continuarán con la nueva gestión (tomada de Primera Fuente via GRA blog via DXLD) Any impact on RAE SW? (gh, DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA [non-log]. 4835, ABC Alice Springs NT, 1417, Jan 30; noted off the air; had hoped to be able to catch AIR Gangtok without ABC QRM, but no such luck, not even a carrier. Both 2325 // 2485 doing well. Jan 31 had 4835 back on the air (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. 9580, Thu Jan 28 at 1415, RA with discussion of how music helps dementia patients --- they may not be able to remember something unless they sing it. Very interesting, on `All in the Mind`, another fine program from ABC via R. Australia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALLIA. 10040, R. Symban. 0309, 17/1. New frequency? Noisy but good signal, songs, Greek, with ads for “Omeros on the Beach, at the Grand Parade, Brighton” (a local restaurant) and “Euro Funeral Services, Campsie”. Also heard 24/1, 0510 still going 0700 (John Faulkner, south Sydney (Yaesu VX5R), NSW, Jan-Feb Australian DX News via WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DXLD) I doubt deliberate; would warrant a smack from ACMA (if in fact they still do that). Interesting, though -cs (Craig Seager, ed., ibid.) 13370, R. Symban. 0344, 17/1. New Frequency? Good clear signal but QRM from OTHR, Greek, songs, ads for “Ticketmaster”. Not there next week; 24/1 (John Faulkner, south Sydney (Yaesu VX5R), NSW, Jan-Feb Australian DX News via WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DXLD) As per my comments for 10040. Did you hear an Symban ID, or assumed based on the format? -cs (Craig Seager, ed., ibid.) 3330 kHz apart from 10040 in case that mean anything (gh, DXLD) Radio Symban: Site change --- As strongly suspected, Radio Symban have made yet another transmitter site change. From memory this is site change No. 5, in case you've all lost count :-) 'Google Earth' confirmed for me today that the transmission antenna now resides at the studio site. This change happened sometime prior to December 2015. It's only because of very new high res imagery over parts of Sydney that I was able to confirm this. Still no sign of Radio Symban on the SW airwaves, though ([Ian], Feb 3, shortwavesites yg via DXLD) ** AZERBAIJAN. 9677, Nagorno Karabakh (separatist) Rep. Stepanakert, Caucasus confirmed to broadcasting daily, on 28/1 starting at 0828 and ends at 1407, all programming is in Azeri with distorted sound in wide range band approx. 9658–9682 kHz (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF 2001D, Folded Marconi Antenna 16 meters long own made), Jan-Feb Australian DX News via DXLD) i.e. some kind of FM (gh) AZERBAIJAN vs ALASKA, Ictimai Radio vs KNLS The New Life Station Feb 2 0900-1000 on 9676.8 UNIDentified tx site to CeAs Azeri FM mode 0900-1000 on 9680.0 NLS 100 kW / 300 deg to NEAs Russian tx#2: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/ictimai-radio-vs-knls-new-life-station.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENNG DIGEST) ** BAHRAIN. 9745 (carrier + USB), Radio Bahrain, 1419, Jan 30. Seemed to be the Maghrib (evening) call-to-prayer; for several days have had decent reception; nice selection of music (classical guitar, ME type singing, etc.) (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BANGLADESH. 4750, Bangladesh Betar (Home Service), 1530, Jan 31. In English; "Assalamu alaikum. 9:30 PM. This is Bangladesh Betar. The news read by …”; items about the sustainable development summit now being held in the capital, Bangladesh in the cricket quarter finals, etc.; weather; "Commentary" (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BANGLADESH. BANGLADESH READY TO LAUNCH HD RADIO BROADCASTING [IBOC] http://www.abu.org.my/Latest_News-@-Bangladesh_ready_to_launch_HD_Radio_Broadcasting_.aspx HD Radio broadcasts will cover shortly the capital city of Dhaka and surrounding regions with high-quality audio for news and entertainment. Bangladesh’s government broadcaster, Betar Engineering, will be the first to launch HD Radio across the South Asia region, covering 18 million listeners with a turnkey system from GatesAir. GatesAir is a provider of wireless, over-the-air content delivery solutions for radio and TV broadcasters. Betar chose HD Radio due to its exceptional audio quality and multichannel opportunities. “Dhaka is considered the tenth largest city in the world, with a population of more than 18 million in the greater region,” said Md. Abul Bashar Patwary, project director, Betar Engineering. “We therefore required a highly reliable, easily serviceable over-the-air delivery platform to ensure consistently strong coverage across the entire region. GatesAir’s ability to provide a reliable, US-made platform in a timely manner is helping us get on the air faster—and on the leading edge of digital radio.” GatesAir worked closely with Betar across site planning and system design, including all transmission, antenna, monitoring and peripheral equipment. In addition to program audio, this architecture allows Betar to deliver program-associated data services (logos, station ID information, artist/song title details) over a single stream to the transmitter—with plenty of bandwidth to add more program channels in the future (via Hansjorg Biener, Jan 31, DXLD) ** BARBADOS. Relatório da TEP - 01 e 02/02/2016 --- Amigos, no dia 01/02/2016 só ruídos oscilantes entre 22:00 e 23:00 local sem abertura de emissoras do Caribe. Ontem dia 02/02/2016 houve boas aberturas em 100.7 MHz, a primeira foi entre 22:05 e 22:20 horário de Brasília, a segunda foi entre 22:40 e 22:50 Brasília e a terceira foi entre 23:00 e 23:30 local. Em horário UT foi entre 0005 e 0020, entre 0040 e 0050 e entre 0100 e 0130 [Feb 3]. Vejam como foram as aberturas nos videos: Quality FM - 100.7 MHz - Barbados - Caribe - 73´s (Fran Jr., - São Paulo - SPSony XDR-F1HDAntena interna yagi 6 elementos Feb 3, radioescutas yg via DXLD) ** BELARUS [and non]. vs. NIGERIA, Belarusian Radio 1 vs. Voice of Nigeria on January 28 0600-0700 7255.0 MNS 125 kW / 072 deg EaEu Belarussian Belarusian Radio 1 0600-0700 7254.9 AJA 250 kW / 248 deg WCAf Hausa Voice of Nigeria, ex 9690v http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/01/belarusian-radio-1-vs-voice-of-nigeria.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) ** BERMUDA. 2582 - Bermuda Radio, ZBR . Hearing this nearly every evening, 0040 UT, with daily Bermuda marine weather forecast. Includes tide schedule, sunrise/sunset times and any notices . Listening frequencies also listed. Announcer is om w/ UK accent.Mode is USB. Typical broadcast is normally 3-5 minutes depending on conditions. Reception here is good with clear audio just about every night. (Stephen C Wood, Harwich, Mass., Perseus SDR W/ 25 x 50 variable terminated Superloop antenna (N/E 60º & S/W 225º) N/E used for this reception, UT Jan 28, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Copied here last evening (local Jan 28) - came on about 0036z - OM with UK accent with marine weather info. Fair s5 but noisy. Hey Steve, thanks for the tip! (Rich Ray, Near Chicago, IL, Ten Tec RX 340 and Wellbrook 330s, UT Jan 29, WORLD OF RADIO 1811, ibid.) ** BHUTAN. 6035.05, BBS, 0059, Jan 30. Just after missing sign on, heard the usual chanting/singing; weak (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BIAFRA [non]. SECRETLAND, SPL The Global specialist for International Communications on shortwave and provided to you strong and quality signal around the world. SPL relay Radio Biafra, including music, live program and open carrier on February 3 2000-2055 11600 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg WeAf Music not live transmission 2055-2059 11600 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg WeAf English live transmission & from 2059 11600 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg WeAf dead air and off at 2120! http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/spl-relay-radio-biafra-incl-music-live.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 5952.42, Radio Pio Doce, 0226*; after the usual sign off format (whistling “Colonel Bogey March,” full ID and chines). 5955 seemed to have jamming (noise) there, causing QRM (Ron Howard, California, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA [and non]. 6135, Jan 29 at 0126, no signal from R. Santa Cruz on the lo side, with ailing transmitter for a couple weeks, and no signal either from R. Aparecida on the hi side! Which has also had problems and sporadicity. Just vacancies. If on, both ought to be showing, with Chaski and Fides just detected (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6135.0, Feb 1 at 0358, S8 humbuzz which I have assumed is the malfing R. Santa Cruz transmitter, but now seems centred here rather than 6134.8, hard to pinpoint without a definite AM carrier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, Noted Feb 3. 6134.81, R. Santa Cruz, 0203*; off with usual "Santa Cruz" song; tonight did not notice any of their recent transmitter problems, but had some Brazil (6135.18) QRM (Ron Howard, California, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 6155.11, Jan 29 at 0125, JBA carrier, offset typical of R. Fides, signs of which I have not had for quite some time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Maybe not: see U K [non] ** BOUGAINVILLE. OCEANIA SHORTWAVE TEST TRANSMISSION --- EXCLUSIVE! DXers should be on the lookout for new test transmissions over the next few days from a country in Oceania. This SW station is returning to the SW airwaves with a new SW transmitter. One frequency is in the 90 mb and the other is on 49mb. The 90 mb frequency remains the same. Only one frequency is used at any given time. One of the engineers hopes to briefly try the 49 mb frequency during the darkness hours (look around 6+ MHz) in test phase. I understand that a DRM test transmission may occur during the test period (to test DRM functionality) and it will be the first time that a DRM SW transmission has occurred from this country. Hints to the station are: 'Cu' & 'Stan', as well as above :-) Who will be the first to guess the station correctly and who will be the first to hear it again? I am hopeful of being advised of further activity by telephone and when I do, I'll let folk know here, but other DXers could hear it before me. I understand the transmitter has only been connected into a dummy load so far, but the antenna/s could/should be connected tonight ready for tests. I've known about these developments for twelve months or so, but have had to keep the info to myself as instructed. ([Ian - AUS], Jan 30, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Ian, PRIVATE --- I`ll hold off publishing this for a while, but want to get my `entry` in to your conundrum. Clues certainly point to PNG, where there are several 3/6 MHz inactive stations. Wewak looks like a good candidate, 3335 but you imply the 6 MHz will not be the same as before (6140). There are several copper mines in PNG, including Wewak, it seems. You may have noticed my coincidental log Jan 29 of something on 5960-, bringing to mind the old R. Fly which of course was with the Ok Tedi mine. But its other frequency was on 75 m, not 90 m. How am I doing? 73, (Glenn to Ian, 0412 UT Jan 30, via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I can now confirm that test transmissions have begun. I heard the 49 mb outlet at 0750 UT with what appeared to be actual programming from the station. The engineer happened to phone me 10 minutes later to confirm the test transmissions had begun. Throughout the evening, power will be stepped up as the transmitter is tuned on both frequencies and tuning between antennas & transmitter occurs, so expect to listen out on both bands. Sorry, but one of my clues was partially incorrect, i.e. namely Stan. The correct/best clue name is 'Francis', that's a person's name and it relates to the clue Cu. Another clue is that one frequency is a common frequency that DXers have heard globally in years past. The other frequency was used a long long time ago from a different transmitter site but I don't ever recall it propagating outside the region on SW. I now expect this station to be identified very quickly within the next 12 hours. Two people have contacted me re clues. One is very warm :-) Have fun (Ian, Australia, 0835 UT Jan 30, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DX LISTENING DIGEST) OK, what the hell is with the secrecy and the guessing game here? They're on the air, why not just tell us where it's coming from? My guess is somewhere in Europe; Russia? (Paul B Walker, AK, 0841 UT Jan 30, ibid.) Hi Paul, Oceania means the Pacific region. An experienced DXer develops a skill set over time, hints to a station based on propagation, languages, programming, resources (Internet), history (clues you might say), etc., to identify the station. There is no longer a secret. It`s about having some fun ;-) If it's too agonizing just ignore the posts :-) But here's another clue. This puzzle is more for the older DXer, who been DXing for several decades and might have a collection of WRTH's going back some decades. The station should be identified soon (Ian, ibid.) Axually, in Orwell`s ``1984``, Oceania encompassed not only Australia, but the southern half of Africa and all of the Americas (gh, DXLD) Oh shoot, I totally ignored the Oceania portion; oops (Walker, ibid.) How many decades? Was the 90 mb frequency use in then, too? (Mauno Ritola, Finland, ibid.) Re Quiz --- How many DX hobbyists are on the 49 mb this UT morning in greater Pacific and Oceania region, to listen to these tests? We in Europe have to wait until 19 UT our grayline path reception from downunder in DST summer time there? In eastern Thailand heard just now at 0940 UT Jan 30, Bhutan Thimphu with typical area music on accurate 6035.054 kHz footprint, S=8 on Jan 30. Distance Sangaygang Bhutan to Eastern Thailand just 2092 kilometers (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) Don't know, but these transmissions aren't for DXers; these are testing transmissions to get the transmitter working with the antennas and get the service going. Dxers like Ron Howard at his DX site should certainly have a good chance & other DXers when full power is achieved. I spent several $$ in one phone call to this Pacific nation to obtain some of this info today. I haven't heard anything on air for almost 2 hours now (Ian, 1029 UT Jan 30, ibid.) Ouch! That would have been useful information to know earlier! I went through 49 mb with a very tight comb for an hour just to know, that it wasn't on the air (Mauno, Finland, 1138 UT, ibid.) The clues relate to a station with clues hinting to station/s, country, a region and a person from that region. I don't wish to give too much away too early. The clues are very cryptic, but a well seasoned DXer attuned to regional news in the past should be able to nail it with time, research(effort) and thought. I'll add further clues later if required. Cheers (Ian, ibid.) How about Samoa; Western Samoa to be more precise? (Richard Langley, NB, Sent from my iPhone, ibid.) Neither Samoa on SW in *my* memory (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) No, sorry. If you're in the USA try for the station 'right now' on either band. Techs running the txer whilst on coffee break. :-) (Ian, 1137 UT, ibid.) In WRTH, p. 175 comment on 'government TXs outside Rarotonga...' wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) i.e. Cook Islands You wrote: ``One frequency is in the 90mb & the other is on 49mb. The 90mb frequency remains the same.`` The same as what? (Mauno, ibid.) As it was when previously on the air, surely (gh, DXLD) My suggestion is Fiji and the 90 meter band frequency 3230 (Tony Magon, VK2IC, ibid.) Yes, probably so. Marshall Islands was on 6070 kHz, but not 49 mb, 4940 kHz instead. Fiji was also on 3284 kHz in 1967, so Ian, what do you mean by 'the same'? 49 mb had 5955 and 6005 kHz (Mauno Ritola, 1239 UT, ibid.) Is this authorized or pirate? If we are to hard-guess even where they are broadcasting from, why would they want to be heard at all? Plus, how many DXers not having "several decades" of experience are still out there? :-). Anyway, according to Radio Heritage Foundation two frequencies in 90 and 49 mb. were allocated to Samoa in the past. Nouméa was operating on 90 mb and 49, but that was ages ago. Both of them wouldn't make much sense. 73s (Andy Lawendel, Italy, ibid.) My guess is now Bougainville. Francis = Francis Ona and Cu is Copper. Copper mines. Regards (Tony Magon, VK2IC, 1231 UT, ibid.) Well done, Tony. Stellar performance. You've put all the clues together - it is NBC Bougainville testing new 10 kW transmitter. 3325 kHz will be back on within an hour, has been testing their for past 90 minutes or so. Glenn several hours earlier in the day got the Copper Mine link and country correct so was very close, so some points to him as well (Ian, 1238 UT, WORLD OF RADIO 1811, ibid.) Thanks, Ian. What is the 60 meter freq? (Tony VK2IC, ibid.) Wasn't it 49 mb? (Mauno, ibid.) Yes Mauno - 49 meters. Another seniors moment. Regards (Tony VK2IC, ibid.) OK, I thought it was a new country from Oceania, one that hasn't been on SW recently. PNG has (Mauno Ritola, Finland, ibid.) His original post did not say that: *station* returning, not country returning (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Mauno, They've been testing on both frequencies this evening. But have more improvements to do with audio on 3325 which I'm told they'll be attending to on Sunday. They were on their 49 mb frequency twice this evening, but had to cut the 2nd test on that short when the announcer announced on air that they were testing on 3325 kHz. 49mb channel was heard a little stronger here & techs are happy with that, I believe. Ref WRTH 2016 for frequencies. Sleep time...(Ian, 1317 UT, ibid.) UNIDENTIFIED. 3325, Jan 30 circa 1355, JBA music, Indonesia? I`m scanning the 90m band for a new signal, as Ian in Oz has been tantalizing us with hints about a reactivated Oceania station with a new 10 kW transmitter. Later it`s revealed to be NBC Bougainville here and on day frequency testing sporadically at night, 6020, both of which Ron Howard has now heard and IDed. Trouble is, RRI is still on 3325 as well, say Ron and Tony Magon in NSW! Geez, when making a comeback, why in the world don`t they do it on a clear frequency?? Clues from Ian included ``Cu``, leading me to PNG where there are several copper mines, but which? Wewak 3335/6140 would have worked too. Due to secessionism during previous SW activity, we granted BOUGAINVILLE separate radio country status, which is no more dubious than some club already breaking up PNG into more than one country for QSL and counting purposes. Current WRTH 2016 does not mark 3325 as inactive, but does for 6020. They are listed as: ``NBC Buka, `Maus Bilong Sankamap`, Buka ARB`` Which means the Voice of the Sunrise, but what`s ARB? Altho integrated within PNG now, it`s Autonomous Region of Bougainville, and BTW, ARB is so far out that unlike the rest of PNG on UT +10, this is on UT +11, just to be different. See also UNID 5960- log (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re 3325: I heard in Brisbane Queensland remotedly around 13 UT Jan 30, and noted Indonesian RRI Palangkaraya much stronger and like arm chair listening. And a lot (of local?) 10 kHz digital scratching signal of white noise type adjacent around 3332 - 3342 kHz center (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Well, I'm getting weak audio on 3325 now (1532 UT). Just music. I had figured the Cu part as copper, but forgot that PNG had a copper mine! Good show! PNG, with something a little stronger than the few irregular PNG transmitters would be most welcome! What about their old 50 kW (?) transmitter on 4890? I'd love to hear them again. Weren't they planning a return from Port Moresby a few years ago? Now for the 49 m frequency! And better now at 1548, so should be able to ID at TOH, but I'm concerned about RRI Palangkaraya, which usually comes in reasonably well in these parts (Victoria, BC). That would not be a wise frequency choice! (Walt Salmaniw, ibid.) PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3325 and 6020, NBC Bougainville testing on Jan 30. Thank very much to Ian (Australia) for the tip! 6020 kHz: Tuned in at 1237 to hear UNID station; announcer with question - "Feed me and I live, but if you give me a drink, I die. Who am I?" "What is the answer?"; gave two phone numbers to call in with the answer; pop songs; off the air at 1248*; no ID heard; adjacent QRM. Normally at this time I would only be hearing Vietnam, which was in the clear after NBC signed off. My audio at https://app.box.com/s/j4eefr1cxniudu7otyndxv8fs5fxztxv BTW - The answer to the riddle is fire. 3325 kHz: From 1306 to 1406; mostly fair with non-stop music (pop Pacific Island songs, songs in English ["Sexual Healing"], etc.); 1357 announcer in Tok Pisin/Pidgin, but by then RRI Palangkaraya was getting stronger; later check at 1432 found a mess here, as both NBC & RRI mixing together equally. My audio of music at https://app.box.com/s/69qoq3qd1ym1m8se0pmng3gowxf0bb3r (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Good signal from the Port Hedland Global Tuners site on 3325 at 1559 UT. I presume the 49 meter band freq is 6020 according to my 2015 WRTH. No sign of Indonesia on the frequency. Regards (Tony VK2IC, ibid.) Yes! I got an ID just before 1602 UT, with definite mentions of "shortwave". The style is nothing like RRI. Actually quite good reception now on 3325. Go get them! Should be an easy catch for west coast of North America! 73, (Walt Salmaniw, BC, ibid.) Sorry my mistake - Indonesia is on the frequency. No sign of Bougainville. Regards (Tony VK2IC, 1603 UT, ibid.) Oh, heck, Tony. Darn, are you saying that it's RRI all along? I could have sworn I heard "shortwave". Wishful thinking on my part? (Walt, ibid.) Unfortunately yes - got up to go to work this morning. Hopefully they will be up again tomorrow (today now here). Regards (Tony VK2IC, 1620 UT, ibid.) Hi Glenn, The new SW transmitter is located at Kubu on Buka Island, about 80 miles (129 km) away from the site of the former transmitter at Kieta. Believe Kieta was devastated by the 1990 civil uprising and that few people reside there now. Here is a recent story (Jan 9). Ron http://bougainville.typepad.com/newdawn/2016/01/080116nbc-buka-managers-residence-gutted-by-fire-by-aloysius-laukai-the-nbc-radio-bougainvilles-managers-official-r.html "The NBC Radio Bougainville’s Manager’s Official Residence at the Transmitter site in Kubu on Buka Island was burnt to ashes just after midday today. Manageress, CHRISTINE TALEI a veteran Broadcaster is the current boss of the station and resides in this house. The cause of the fire is not known at this stage, but Technicians were working on the new Shortwave Transmitter for the Station when the fire was noticed. The compound also shares houses with the Station Technician and the shortwave Transmitter plus the satellite link that sends program signals for Radio Bougainville and New Dawn FM to Central and South Bougainville. According to the Station Technicians equipments were switched off but were switched on again after the fire died out. Yesterday, New Dawn FM ran a story of the heat of the sun as unbearable in the last two days in and around Buka town." (via Ron) Great groundwork on this one, Ron! I always was fascinated by Bougainville, and their independent streak. I believe they physically are closer to the Solomon Islands, and not PNG "proper". I still treasure my QSL from Radio Free Bougainville that was claimed to be 30 or 40 watts, and powered by a coconut oil generator! Sam Voron, a shady kind of guy was somehow involved with the project, but I haven't heard about him in years. Anyway, I'll be at the dials early tomorrow morning to hear them again! 73 (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, ibid.) Hi Walt, I haven't heard from Sam for a few years. Last posting he gave me a rough idea where the Radio Free Bougainville transmitter was located. Imagery on Google Earth at the time wasn't good enough to locate; I should inquire again. Two or three years ago I found a ABC TV story (on Youtube I think? was online in any case) of a story of the Bougainville uprising and it featured a generator that powered Radio Free Bougainville. SWLs might be interested in trying to find that from a historical interest. One should not also forget the military station; Radio United Bougainville, 3880 Hz that operated during the mid to late 90's, I think, from a government building near Loholo. Glenn's DXLD archives provide an interesting timeline of radio events. Yes you're correct, the Bougainville people are closer related to the North Solomon people. If I correctly recall further, there's even a unique skin/hair pigmentation to some of the Buka & northern Bougainville native people (Ian, ibid.) This blog post provides a bit of history & insight into some of my quiz clues and the historical uprising of the independence movement in Bougainville. I occasionally follow Keith's interesting and insightful blog posts. Francis Ona, the visionary who brought disaster [+ image] LEONARD FONG ROKA IT WAS AN AGE OF SUPPRESSION, exploitation and indoctrination that led to rebellion on the Solomon island of Bougainville. It was ... http://asopa.typepad.com/asopa_people/2013/09/francis-ona-the-visionary-revolutionist-who-brought-disaster.html and another interesting link: WAS BOUGAINVILLE LEADER FRANCIS ONA ASSASSINATED BY MERCENARIES? Dansi Oearupeu Francis Ona died in May 2005 [+ image] https://pngexposed.wordpress.com/2014/05/29/was-bougainville-leader-francis-ona-assassinated-by-mercenaries/ (via Ron Howard, ibid.) So the site for this restart is at Kubu on Buka also now, and before 1990 it was at Kieta on Bougainville? Has also Kubu been inactive since 2000? Greetings, (Mauno Ritola, Finland, ibid.) Hi Mauno, Believe NBC Bougainville did broadcast via Kieta for a number of years, but not sure of the exact years. Kuba is unknown to me except for what I read in the article. Ian, do you know more of their site history? Thanks (Ron Howard, ibid.) It is interesting, that on the map, Bougainville Island is actually part of the Solomon Island chain (Steven Wiseblood/AB5GP, Harlingen TEXAS, ibid.) There must be a story on why it wasn't part of the Solomons, and how it ended up with PNG (Walt Salmaniw, ibid.) Walt, I suspect it had something to do with colonialism. According to WIkipedia, Bougainville was a German colony while the Solomons were British. World War II was apparently a factor as well (Bruce Portzer, WA, ibid.) Radio Bougainville PNG, presumably with their new transmitter, on 3325 kHz at 2215 UT was heard on the 22nd January, 2016 [NOTE earlier date!] with moderate to loud signals on a clear channel. However, it was elusive only for a day. Next day on this channel there was RRI Palangkarya signing on at 2200 UT (Sudipta Ghose, VU2UT on behalf of the IDXCI DXPedition team, Jan 30, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Perhaps a broadcast facility at these coordinates: 5 24 22.48S 154 40 54.24E However the image is several years old and I can not discern a shortwave antenna although there is plenty of room nearby for a broadcast antenna (Jlenamon, Waco TX, ibid.) in summary: R. North Solomons: Kieta (Toniva) 1968-1990 Rabaul (via R. East New Britain) 1991-199X NBC Bougainville: 2000-2013, 2016- Kubu, Buka Island. Seems they are off now? 6020 kHz has only Vietnam (Mauno Ritola, FInland, 1126 Jan 31, ibid.) [non-log]. 3325 and 6020, NBC Bougainville not testing on Jan 31; random checking 1234-1509; only Vietnam (VOV-4) on 6020 and only Indonesia (RRI Palangkaraya) on 3325. Thanks again to Ian for all his time spent communicating with NBC Bougainville. RRI audio (poor quality) of ID, patriotic song "Bagimu Negeri," etc.: https://app.box.com/s/c2ub6fe7t2so628aj5e3e1u4tz0r768k VOV-4 audio (poor quality) of indigenous music: https://app.box.com/s/1jmktqm59lg64iy87b55svvsqk0b7hg9 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) PAPUA NEW GUINEA [non-log]. 3325 and 6020, NBC Bougainville not testing on Feb 1; random checking 1240-1527 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) PAPUA NEW GUINEA: NBC is testing on 6020 kHz (exact QRG: 6020.7) from Bougainville with 10 kW. Heard this morning (Feb 02) at 0700-0800+. Second QRG used for tests alternatively is 3325 kHz (Karel Honzik, CZECHIA, 0828 UT Feb 2, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DXLD) Off at 0842 (Karel, ibid.) At that hour music have been very long path (gh, ibid.) Glenn, it was a long path propagation via South America to Europe. At that time there was daylight over the whole path between PNG and Central Europe and direct propagation on 6 MHz was impossible. 73 (Karel Honzik, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, Feb 2 with NBC Bougainville testing on 3325 (1241-1403). A very good day for RRI Palangkaraya, therefor a very bad day for NBC reception. By 1400 RRI, with their local news and many mentions of "Palangkaraya," was stronger than NBC. Did manage to hear some of the 1301 "NBC News Roundup" in English, but that was mostly unusable. My Jan 30 NBC reception on 3325 was much better, as RRI was very faint underneath NBC that day. Completely different conditions today. We can only hope for more days that RRI is not propagating well for us to really hear NBC (Ron Howard, CA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) NBC Bougainville Reactivated in 3325 kHz 3325 kHz RRI and PNG (test) / Jan 31, 2016 1555-1650 UT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opWuQJFiqxQ (2010DFS - Japan) ================================================================ NBC Bougainville 3325 kHz (02 Feb 2016 1058 UTC) NBC Bougainville, Maus Bilong Sankamap 02 Feb 2016 1058 UT (1958 JST) QTH : Hokkaido Japan ANT : BCL-LOOP9.3 RX : WR-G31DDC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0_FaE5lUw0 (22360679Y - Japan) ============================================================== 3325 kHz NBC National Radio / Feb 02 2016 1410 UT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB9Usp2bh-o (2010DFS - Japan) =================================================================== Papua: Bougainville! Posted on January 30, 2016 NBC Bougainville from Buka, Papua New Guinea reactivated today 3325 kHz. Thanks to Ian Baxter and Ron Howard for the news! Here in Salzburg RRI Palangka Raya from Borneo is audible on the same QRG after 15 UT (Remote DX - Christoph Ratzer /Austria-Europe) ==================================================================== INDONESIA. 3325, Feb 2 at 1315, I am hearing one station S5-S7 with soft talk, 1316 music, presumed still RRI Palangkaraya and not NBC Bougainville. Ron Howard confirms the latter was again absent yesterday. So when are they going to come back and stay on? Maybe they are now looking for a new clear frequency; fat chance. Later: nope; Ron says both were on today with RRI dominating for him. Karel Honzik in Czechia also heard Buka day frequency testing on 6020.7 at 0700- 0842* (by long path, direct??) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ===================================================================== THE NBC UPGRADE PROJECT FUNDED UNDER THE SPECIAL INTERVENTION FUND 2013/2014 is almost complete, as the coverage in Central Bougainville will be switched on later this week after it has been off for 24 years after its closure from their office in Kieta when the Bougainville Conflict began. The NBC Radio Bougainville upgrade project is funded under SIF 2013/14 for a total of K3.5m. An earlier funding under 2012 HIP was used to pay for the ABG contribution for the program distribution satellite equipment as well as support to NBC Radio Bougainville. The Bougainville Supply and Tenders Board awarded two contracts for the implementation of the Project. A sole source supplier contract for K.57m was awarded to NBC Port Moresby for Project Management Services. The second contract for K3.4m under competitive bidding process was awarded to TE PNG Ltd. Port Moresby. There has been about three months delay in the implementation of the project due to supplier arranging Advance Payment Security, SIF Budget internal processes, IRC Tax clearances and recent changes in interbank funds clearance procedures. As of February 2015, all equipment has been paid for and NBC engineers travelled to Croatia earlier this month March to conduct factory, acceptance testing on the HF 10KW transmitter. On best estimates, the HK 10 kW equipment should arrive in Buka in May 2015 for installation at Kubu. The studio and FM transmitter equipment were shipped to Bougainville earlier this month and technicians have installed the transmitters for Arawa last week. The key part to the FM transmitter coverage is the Satellite program distribution network. The uplink hardware has been installed at Kubu in December 2014. The satellite lease fee has been paid to TELESAT Canada. The payment was important for the installation of the downlinks and the FM transmitters for Arawa and Buin. Arawa FM Transmitters has been installed and should be operational in this week while Buin transmitter should be installed early next month. There are ancillary requirements for Buin. It does not have primary power and a 33KVA generator is being purchased. In addition the proposed site in Buin is a bare site and a collapsible hut is also being purchased which will house the equipment. The overall objective of the NBC broadcast upgrade project is to improve NBC Radio Bougainville and New Dawn radio coverage from Buka town surrounds to the rest of Bougainville Region including the outer atolls and secondly to improve the programming content as well as increase local Bougainville content to 60% of total programming. In terms of procurement, the PMU awarded a project management contract for an amount of K570,975.96 to the National Broadcasting Corporation to oversee the planning, implementation and commissioning of the project. The tender for the supply of various broadcast equipment was awarded to TE PNG Ltd of Port Moresby for the value of K3,471,622.42 The broadcast equipment include, 2 x Studio Equipment, Studio Control Equipment, Automation Equipment, 4 x 1KW FM Transmitters, 1 x 10KW HF Transmitter and a Program Input Equipment. The project also foresees urgent repairs to the NBC studio building at Hutjena as well as the installation of two additional studios to serve as on-air and production studios. The Broadcast Coverage Upgrade component of the project will see an increased radio coverage to cover 100% of total land mass of Bougainville and the atolls is will be achieved through the 10KW high frequency broadcast transmitter to be located at Kubu, Buka Island. Prior to the 1989, Radio Bougainville conducted its local broadcast programs through a similar HF broadcast transmitter located in Toniva, Kieta District. It is anticipated that the region would receive similar broadcast signals throughout the island from the new transmitter to be located at Kubu. For the high frequency radio broadcasts, the project anticipates the use of 1 kW FM broadcast transmitters at Buka, Arawa and Buin in “phase one” and progressively to other Districts as electricity becomes available. The 4 transmitters that were ordered were for Arawa and Buin, one each for NBC and New Dawn Radio. The technical staff from NBC and the suppliers was in Bougainville last week to undertake preliminary works for the installation of the FM transmitters. For case of the Satellite Distribution Network a satellite distribution system is required to connect the FM transmitters to the radio program source at Hutjena. This equipment has been purchased jointly by ABG and BCF. The equipment consist of a three channel satellite uplink equipment, already installed at Kubu, Buka Island and individual down links to be installed at Arawa and Buin. A Lease Agreement was signed in late 2014 between the ABG and Telesat Canada for the lease of their satellite for a period up to the end of 2016 at a cost of around K70, 000. TEPNG Ltd just waited for the establishment of the satellite lease prior to commencing the FM transmitter installations at Arawa and Buin. Buin should come on air mid-April 2015. The NBC Bougainville Upgrade Project comes under the Communications Improvement Programme funded by the Special Intervention Fund. [ Autonomous Bougainville Government ] Exlusive photos: NBC Bougainville in http://dxbrazilsw.blogspot.com.br/2016/02/nbc-bougainville-reactivated-in-3325-khz.html 73 ([all the above rounded up by Daniel Wyllyans], Nova Xavantina MT Brazil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) NBC Bougainville was again on air tonight until 1055 UT with same weak signal as last night. Much weaker compared to Saturday evening, not sure if it's propagation or something else at this stage (Ian, Australia, Wed Feb 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. Prefixo - Radio Municipal - Ondas Tropicais de 3375 kHz - primeiro ele falou ``Esta é a ZYF276 3375 kHz Radio Municipal Ondas Tropicais e ZYH287 600 kHz Ondas Médias desde São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Comunicação sem fronteiras``, depois OM com inicia um progama, o prefixo inicia no 0:15 do video. SINPO 34233 Dia 25 de Janeiro 2016 em 0946 UT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c77CJFfBEys&feature=youtu.be RX: Tecsun S-2000, Antenna: Long wire 700 Meters (Daniel Wyllyans, Nova Xavantina MT, Brazil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) 3375.1, Brasil, Rádio Municipal São Gabriel da Cachoeira, 1048 om with rapid Portuguese comments to 1110 fade out 26 January 4785, Brasil, Rádio Caiari, Porto Velho, RO, 1026 “Bom Dia” Portuguese om with good signal but under strong CODAR interference, same om at 1027, music begins 1028, first instrumental for a minute, then vocalist. 26 January (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Mosquito Coast DX News - DXSF January 30, 2016, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. Rádio Cultura do Amazonas em 4845 kHz - Ondas Tropicais, Manaus - Amazonas, Brazil OM termina a conversa por telefone com um cantor regional que vai cantar na emissora nos proximos dias, depois passou uma musica do cantor ``Quero amar, se prepara``. Vale lembrar que essa é uma das poucas emissoras do mundo a transmitir sòmente em ondas tropicais; eles não possuem AM ou FM, más somente em ondas tropicais. SINPO 44344, Dia 27 Janeiro 2016 em 1047 UT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-nko8e5Cnc&feature=youtu.be RX: Tecsun S-2000, Antenna: Long wire 700 Meters (Daniel Wyllyans, Nova Xavantina MT, Brazil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 4885.03, 0240-0310 31.1, R Dif. Acreana, Rio Branco, AC (presumed) Portuguese ann, Brazilian pop songs, 35233. The only South American station audible! (Anker Petersen, Exceptional tips from Denmark, surprised by exceptionally good ionospheric conditions, heard on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire in Skovlunde, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) So why do you assume it was this instead of Pará? BTW, WRTH 2016 flags both of them as double-dagger inactive; single-dagger irregular would be closer (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Here may be why: 4885, Brasil, Rádio Clube do Pará, Belém, PA, 1015 to 1035 om chat in Portuguese, music bridges, strong signal but only in the local Brasil morning, not noted recently at 2300+, 26 January (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Mosquito Coast DX News - DXSF January 30, 2016, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Clube do Pará - ZYG 362 4885 kHz Onda Tropical --- O prefixo inicia no 0:48 do video o OM fala assim: ``Radio Clube do Pará BRC5 Limitada, Onda Média ZYI 532 690 kHz 434.78 Metros, Onda Tropical ZYG 362, 4885 kHz, 61.41 Metros, Rádio Clube de Marabá, Onda Média ZYI 532 770 kHz, Rádio Clube de Paragominas, Onda Média ZYI 546 670 kHz, Rádio Clube de Maracanã, Onda Média ZYI 550 1550 kHz, Emissoras da RBA, Rede Brasil Amazônia de comunicação, Belém - Pará - Brasil``. SINPO 44344, Dia 28 Janeiro 2016 em 1100 UT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96DB_5tWuS0&feature=youtu.be RX: Tecsun S-2000, Antenna: Long wire 700 Meters (Daniel Wyllyans, Nova Xavantina MT, Brazil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. • BRASIL - Tem tido regular sintonia aqui no Nordeste do Brasil a Rádio Educação Rural, de Tefé (AM), em 4925 kHz, a partir de 2200, pelo Tempo Universal. A Rádio Educação Rural é filiada à RCR, Rede Católica de Rádio, e parceira da Rádio Bandeirantes, de São Paulo (SP), da qual retransmite o “Jornal em Três Tempos”, às 18:00, pelo horário de Brasília (Lenildo da Silva / DX SOCIETY (The world of radio) [sic] via Daniel Wyllyans, Brasil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) = 2000 UT ** BRAZIL. QSL Radio Alvorada de Parintins 4965 kHz --- Recebida uma resposta ao meu video, que considero um e-QSL, Confirmando a escuta do dia 24 de janeiro de 2016 em 09:22 UTC com um SINPO de 34233. A resposta voi recebida via fan page do facebook com o nome: TV Alvorada de Parintins. Distância entre receptor (RX) e Transmissor (TX): 1422 km = 883 Miles. Video listening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psPQfdQYR-w http://dxbrazilsw.blogspot.com.br/2016/01/qsl-radio-alvorada-de-parintins-4965-khz.html (Wyllyans, Feb 1, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. BRASIL: 5940, R Voz Missionária, Camboriú with Screaming Androgynous Preacher. He/She had quite an audience judging from the echoes & rumbles from the assembled masses, but I honestly couldn't even tell if s/he was speaking Portuguese. The only thing I really caught was "Maranatha!" but He/She sure was worked up. Amazing how a screaming preacher sounds like a screaming preacher no matter what the language nominally being spoken is! ID by deep voiced OM in Portuguese as R Voz Missionária & giving a postal address. SID leading up to the BoH. A couple of mentions of "RVM" (letters) pronounced as they would be in English. 34443 with occasional blatting, but not often any more as the crawl space warmed up. 2328-0030, 23-24/Jan (Kenneth Vito Zichi, MI2, MARE Tipsheet via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. • BRASIL - A Rádio Brasil Central, de Goiânia (GO), voltou a enfrentar problemas em suas transmissões de ondas curtas. Semanas atrás, a emissora estava fora do ar em 11815 kHz, porém, emitia fortes espúrios entre 11850 a 11875 kHz. A estação voltou a transmitir em 11815 kHz; entretanto, nos últimos dias, encontra-se fora do ar em tal canal, como também em 4985 kHz (Lenildo da Silva / DX SOCIETY (The world of radio [sic]), via Daniel Wyllyans, MT, Jan 28, HCDX via DXLD) Eu também escutei o spurio aqui, estava centralmente recebido aqui em 11867 kHz (Daniel Wyllyans, Brasil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 11854.965, Feb 1 at 0630, unusually strong S9 signal from R. Aparecida, during rosary recitation (what else?) in Brazuguese, but with a Mãe Aparecida angle (what else?), on to live timecheck for 4:30, taking call from a listener via the R. Nove de Julho relay (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL [and non]. 15190, 2/1 [must mean Feb 1, not Jan 2 ---- PLEASE don`t use numbers for dates!] 1907-1935, R. Inconfidência, Contagem, in Portuguese. Program "A Hora do Fazendeiro": Regional musics, "Noticiário Rural", etc; Good signal, moderate interference by R. Pilipinas, on 15190, in Tagalog lang, 43432. Note: Collision in certain moments at this transmission (DXer José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo - Brazil, Tecsun S-2000, Portable Telescopic antenna, Hard- Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) 15190.090, Rádio Inconfidência, Belo Horizonte, MG, with nice S=8 or - 78dBm signal into southern Germany at 0821 UT Feb 3, some guitar instrument singer group heard here with joyful songs. 10 seconds later heard on web livestream http://inconfidencia.mg.gov.br/modules/programacao/players/pop_am.php But not \\ Inconfidência heard on 6010 kHz at this hour. Two signals heard and seen on stronger S=6 signal, on 6010.258 kHz at 0828 UT, different frequency - signal hops 10...20 Hertz up and down. And another tiny S=3-4 on threshold level on 6010.033 kHz at 0840 Feb 3. Maybe another Brazilian program of 5 kW ZYE521 Rádio Inconfidência, Belo Horizonte MG, and on upper side Voz de tu Conciencia from Puerto Lleras, Meta, Colombia program {noting on 5910 either}? 6010v channel stations are always a puzzle to identify, due of both tiny signals [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Feb 3, dxldyg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. Um mapa completo com todas as rádios comunitárias pode ser visto aqui: http://artigo19.org/obscomcom/radcom/mapa/ (Jonas Jundiaí - SP, radioescutas yg via DXLD) ** BULGARIA. Anniversary of Radio Bulgaria. "In 2016, celebrates its 80th anniversary. Since the beginning of 1936 as it was then called, began airing programs abroad on shortwave. Originally were only brief news in Esperanto, and after May 1, 1937 became a regular program - five once a week, Esperanto, Italian, French, German and English languages. February 16, 1936, on Sunday morning program which was broadcast in the country, went on shortwave and it was heard in Europe, North Africa, North America and Canada .... January 25, 1935, Tsar Boris III signed a decree on the establishment of the Bulgarian radio. This is a birthday present BNR ... " More about the history can be found here - http://bnr.bg/ru/post/100651177/radio-bolgaria-otmechaet-svoi-80-ii-ubilei (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx", RusDX Jan 31 via DXLD) ** BULGARIA [non]. / UKRAINE --- NATIONAL RADIO COMPANY OF BULGARIA INTERESTED IN ORGANIZING AROUND THE CLOCK BROADCASTING IN UKRAINE. http://www.rbc.ua/rus/lnews/bolgarskoe-natsionalnoe-radio-predlagaet-1453302044.html This January 20, said a member of the Supervisory Board of the Bulgarian Natsrady Christina Strizhlev during a meeting on the possible organization of broadcasting, the press service of the National Council of Ukraine on Television and Radio (Natsteleradio). As expected, made in Bulgaria transmission via satellite will be delivered for distribution network in Ukraine. As explained by the Bulgarian ambassador to Ukraine, Krasimir Minchev, it will provide the Bulgarian diaspora in Ukraine gears [?] in their native language. "I think this project will be beneficial for both countries," - he said. First of all, the Bulgarian delegation was interested in broadcasting in the Odessa area, because that is densely populated by Bulgarians. During the meeting the parties discussed the legal framework and technical aspects for the organization of the Bulgarian National Radio Broadcasting in Ukraine. In particular, representatives of the Natsteleradio reported limitations which includes domestic legislation on foreign ownership of broadcasting and transparency of ownership. They also spoke about the possibility of cooperation with broadcasters, who are already working on the Ukrainian media market by the joint production of the product or its transfer for distribution in local networks. According to the agreement, the parties will exchange the necessary regulatory information for further study (via RusDX Jan 30 via DXLD) ** BULGARIA. SECRETLAND, On January 28 Brother HySTAIRical was back on air on the following frequencies via Secretbrod, after absence of 1 day on January 27: 1600-1700 15600 SCB 050 kW / 126 deg N/ME English 1700-1800 15600 SCB 050 kW / 126 deg N/ME English Sat/Sun/Tue-Thu 1900-2300 5900*SCB 050 kW / 306 deg WeEu English 2000-2200 9465 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg WeAf English 2000-2200 9500 SCB 100 kW / 306 deg ENAm English Other frequency via Secretbrod without break Jan 27: 1500-1700 11600#SCB 100 kW / 090 deg WeAs English+weak signal of tx on 15600 1900-2000 on 11600 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to WeAf English # two audio streams: 11600 with 65 sec. delay of 15600! * two audio streams: 5900 with 65 sec. delay of 11600! http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/01/brother-hystairical-via-secretbrod.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) ** CANADA. 1610, CHRN, QC, Montréal – 1/24 1745 [EST = 2245 UT] noted with ad for a cell phone company, giving the phone number as (514) 495-xxxx, followed by an ad for a travel agency with the phone number given as (514) 272-99xx, another cell phone ad giving the phone number as (514) 368-22xx, mention of “in Montreal”. A “Radio Humsafar Network” ID was given in English, mention of “Your Family Station” during a taped program. I don’t know when this station came on the air. A poor signal was noted in a CHHA null; a new station in the logbook at L’Anse (John J Rieger, L’Anse MI, Grundig Satellit 750, stock antenna, Terk AM1000 loop, IRCA DX Monitor Feb 6 via DXLD) Unfortunately, MTL and GTA are close to same angle from here with MTL almost sesqui-far. Nor have I heard the 1650, 1690 stations in both cities (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) +1/26 2230 [EST = 0330 UT Jan 27] noted with South Asian music in an unidentified language, plenty of ads giving phone numbers in Area Code 514, “Radio Humsafar....” ID given at 2257 [0357]; a poor to very poor signal was noted, mostly under CHHA (Paul Snider, Welland ON, Canada, ICOM IC-R75, Pixel RF Pro-1B loop, MFJ-1020C antenna tuner, IRCA DX Monitor Feb 6 via DXLD) ** CANADA. CJRS Montreal. I'm seeing reports that they moved to 1660. I have no idea where this is coming from. I was in Montreal for the past 2 days and I can assure you they are still at 1650. Neofoodog, Jan 31, ABDX yg via DXLD) It came from an X-band list in Jan NZ DX Times, reproduced in DXLD 16- 03. It`s already been corrected in DXLD 16-04 (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) RE: DXLD 16-03 ** NORTH AMERICA. X BAND AT-A-GLANCE 2/2016 (thanks to Tony King) --- Please note that CJRS Radio Shalom in Montreal is still on 1650 kHz. The listing showing it on 1660 kHz is incorrect and the official 2-letter abbreviation for Quebec is QC (Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec, DX LISTENING DIGEST) As he would soon see, already corrected in DXLD 16-04 (gh, DXLD 16-05) ** CANADA. 2749-USB, VCG, Rivière-au-Rernard, 2320 to 2323 in French with specific weather conditions, good signal 23 January. Tropical rain storms with thunder mixing with temperatures down in the low 50sF. Rain fall for south Florida up 300% over normal, alas not helping tropical band conditions (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Mosquito Coast DX News - DXSF January 30, 2016, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. 6160, CBC, 0146 UT 31 Jan 2016 --- I'm listening to nominal 6160. CKZU from Vancouver is not very far away, compared to CKZN St John's. At the moment, CKZN is winning out, although both are similar strength. I'm measuring one on 6159.974, while the other is 6159.985. The latter (Newfoundland) is a little stronger, so most of the audio I'm hearing is from them. Interesting how propagation works! 73, (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [and non]. CNR-1 Jammer vs SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng, Jan 29 from 0829 on 11600 unknown transmitter site from 0834 on 11580 unknown transmitter site http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/01/cnr-1-jammer-vs-soh-xi-wang-zhi-sheng.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7480, Jan 31 at 0102, JBA broadcast carrier in talk is overcome by humwhine jamming, i.e. R. Free Asia in Uyghur via TAJIKISTAN, 200 kW, 60 degrees from Yangiyul per Aoki, during this hour only. Altho we often hear weak spurious Cuban pulse jamming against nothing on 7480, this one can`t be blamed on the Cubans, and maybe what Allan Weiner was complaining about, altho not enough to bother 7490v WBCQ here. BTW, re ChiCom also jamming broadcasts in Uzbek, replying to an inquiry by Tim Hendel, I did a google search on ``Uzbek Uyghur similar languages`` and got a number of useful hits, including this: https://robertlindsay.wordpress.com/2010/01/04/mutual-intelligibility-among-the-turkic-languages/ which says: ``Uzbek and Uyghur are fairly close, but they are still probably only 65-70% intelligible. Uzbek is spoken in Uzbekistan, and Uighur is spoken in Xinjiang Province, China``. That`s how you spell East Turkistan. 9690, 9670 and 9480, 0110-0112 Jan 31, all infested by CNR1 echo jamming. During this hour, 9690 is RFA Uighur via UAE; 9670 is RFA Tibetan via Tajikistan; 9480 is RFA Uighur via Kuwait (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Very strong signal of Radio Free Asia via IBB Kuwait on Feb 3 1100-1200 11540 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg CeAs Tibetan, over CNR-1 Jamming 1200-1300 11560 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg CeAs Tibetan, over CNR-1 Jamming 1300-1400 13650 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg CeAs Tibetan co-ch CNR-1 Jamming http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/very-strong-signal-of-radio-free-asia.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 7269.986, PBS Nei Menggu from Huhhot #839 broadcast center, CNR8 in Mongolian language, S=7 in Seoul KOR. 7419.986, PBS Nei Menggu from Huhhot #839 broadcast center, CNR in Chinese language, S=7 in Seoul KOR. 9519.980, PBS Nei Menggu from Huhhot #839 broadcast center, CNR in Chinese language, S=6 in Seoul KOR, at 0308 UT. 9749.974, PBS Nei Menggu from Huhhot #839 broadcast center, CNR8 in Mongolian language, S=6 at 0315 UT in Seoul KOR. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, log 0245-0415 UT Jan 29, on remote SDR unit at Seoul KOREA Republic, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 6200, Jan 29 at 1339, S9+10 western pop songs, 1342, slow romantic song by YL; presumed V. of Jinling, Nanning (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. BTW - Happy New Year Glenn!! Yes, Chinese New Year is Monday (Feb 8). The annual New Year's Eve (Spring Festival) Gala will be broadcast live via many SW Chinese stations; normally all in //, so a good chance to ID some of the regional stations. Should be on the air after 1230 UT (Feb 7). Is an audio feed from CCTV coverage. Info at https://goo.gl/8bZNci (Ron Howard, Feb 3, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also CONGO [and non] just below ** COLOMBIA. Martin Stendal Question --- https://www.google.ca/search?q=Martin+Stendal&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&gws_rd=cr&ei=vdSwVsa-KMXemwG6naeoBQ Howdy, Doing some reading online I came across this fellow, Martin Stendal. One article referenced shortwave radio, for instance: "In between talking to guerrillas on his sailboat Stendal gives evangelising conferences in the US, Canada, Europe and Africa and runs several powerful radio stations that transmit via short wave into the deepest corners of the jungles and mountains of Colombia." Are you fellows aware of this guy and which stations he might be affiliated with? (Fred Waterer, Ont., Feb 2, [tagline:] To those of you who seek lost objects of history, I wish you the best of luck. They're out there, and they're whispering. - Clive Cussler, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Fred, Certainly, it`s the Colombians on 5910v & 6010v, La Voz de tu Conciencia, etc. He has quite a story to tell. Ha, they are not several and they are not powerful. And they don`t seem to be active lately, either, at least not 5910. You could find more about him by searching the DXLD archive. 73, (Glenn to Fred, ibid.) Thanks, Glenn, "several" and "powerful" didn't quite ring true, unless he was hooked up with WWCR, etc. Cheers (Fred Waterer, ibid.) 6009.95, La Voz de tu Conciencia at 0303 with Spanish songs, an English song at 0315 followed by an ID "La Voz de tu Conciencia – música para…" at 0318 and another Spanish song – poor Jan 13 (Patrick Robich in AUSTRIA, ODXA YRX via DXLD) Also at 0411 in Spanish with male and female talk alternate and long, 0420 music on flute, 0428 female announcer talk shortly, music programme continued with different songs (latino and romantic too), 0451 male announcer shortly, music, 0501 station ID by female "Voz de tu Conciencia de Colombia", speech in Spanish, 0504 music programme continued – Poor January 29 (István Biliczky in HUNGARY, ODXA YRX via DXLD) By ``also`` are we to assume the second reporter had it on exactly the same variable off-frequency? I doubt it (gh, DXLD) 6010.1, La Voz de tu Conciencia, Puerto Lleras, 1020-1030, major hum on the signal with om in Spanish; same hum problem at 2300 to 2305 - 26 January (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Mosquito Coast DX News - DXSF January 30, 2016, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CONGO [and non]. CHINA. CRI, 5985 kHz, verified an electronic report in 23 days with a F/D printed QSL card. The report was sent to: kiswahili@cri.com.cn and crieng@cri.com.cn Four days after having sent my electronic report I received an E-mail message from Xie of CRI's Swahili section. ERRATUM: Dear colleagues, please take note that in our DX Fanzine nr. 29 of December 2015 I included an item about Radio Congo on 5985 kHz, but I made a significant mistake unintentionally. In fact, instead of Radio Congo I heard China Radio International’s Swahili service as they have confirmed (and QSLed) after they listened to my recording of what I heard on 5985 kHz, which includes an African music show presented by a male DJ. The programme was probably focused on the Zimbabwean musician Oliver Mtukudzi as five of his songs were played during monitored time: Ndakuvara, Wasakara, Shanda, Hear Me Lord, Todii. I thought it was unlikely that CRI could air a show featuring a single artist from Zimbabwe, as that is a country in which Swahili is not spoken. But I was wrong. It was just CRI! It should be also mentioned that at 1744 I reported that CRI appeared on 5985 kHz, preventing the clear reception of Radio Congo. Probably I was a little bit tired as it was simply a CRI programme that follows another. Thanks to Glen Hauser for his feedback who stimulated me to further investigate about reception of that station on 5985 kHz. I hope those of you that have subscribed to DX Fanzine will consider the total body of my work and passion for short wave listening and see my last log about Radio Congo for what it was – a clumsy as well as bona- fide mistake. Again my apologies for any inconvenience (Antonello Napolitano, Taranto-ITALY, Jan DX Fanzine via DXLD) A fine example of how to handle a mistake! I had pointed out that Congo had only been reported on 6115 for a very long time (gh, DXLD) ** CONGO DR. 5066.4, Radio Candip at 0410 in a local language with report by a female voice followed by an ID "Radio Candip" at 0411 and talk/conversation (Congo and Africa were mentioned) – poor Jan 12 (Patrick Robich in AUSTRIA, ODXA YRX via DXLD) Also at 0415 in French with male and female announcers talking, 0429 African music (male sing, traditional African drums dominant), 0430 station ID by male, male talk (probably news), 0438 male announcer talk to other man, 0440 short music, male speech continued – Poor January 28 (István Biliczky in HUNGARY, ODXA YRX via DXLD) By ``also`` are we to assume the second reporter had it on exactly the same off-frequency? I doubt it (gh, DXLD) ** CUBA. 4765, Jan 30 at 0226, again no signal from R. Progreso; altho I did not report it, 24.6 hours earlier, Jan 29 at 0149, I had noted it was on, with music. So quite unreliable now. Presumably not the source of the 4765 I heard at 1300 Jan 29, rather Tajikistan, altho Cuba was still audible on 5025. Official sked of Cuba 4765 is only 0130-0500 UT during winter time, altho Aoki fails to make the shift from summer timing as 0030-0400. 4765, Feb 1 at 0418, R. Progreso is AWOL again, clearing the channel for CODAR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [It was] On tonight (3 February 0250 UT) as monitored here in New Brunswick. Signal fair but I'm just using a Tecsun PL-880 with its built-in whip antenna inside an RFI-plagued house. Nasty CODAR spoiling reception of pleasant Cuban music. Frequency about 40 Hz off. But the transmitter went off at about 0314 UT for a few seconds and then a bit later it went off for more than 10 minutes. As I enter this, it came back just after 0330. I believe it's supposed to be on until 0400 according to WRTH 2016 or until 0500 according to Ivo's blog (Richard Langley, NB, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 6970, RHC-Havana, at 0137, on 28 Jan. The RHC jingle was played followed by a male announcer giving a station ID and then talking. A new male speaker came on and gave a station ID and what sounded like a program promo followed by a female speaker. The station is not listed on any schedule I have for this frequency or time slot. Fair (John Cooper, Lebanon, PA, Winradio-G33DDC, GAP-Hear It In Line Module, Wellbrook ALA-1530S+, NASWA Flashsheet Jan 31 via DXLD) There are some RHC transmitter mixing products in this frequency range, so this may be one (Ed., ibid.) Can`t figure out how, tho; if it were on 6960, it could be leapfrog of 5040 over 6000 another 960 kHz higher (gh, DXLD) Glen[n], On my report of 1/21 for Cuba RHC, the broadcast was in Spanish. I was just looking over WOR for this week and saw the ??? on language. This week on the flash sheet I reported 6970 Cuba. RHC, at 0137 UT, 1/28, which was in Spanish also that I picked up. I guess it was a harmonic based on your and other reports. Sometimes there's no telling where they'll pop up. Thanks, 73 (John Cooper, PA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Unscheduled frequency of Radio Habana Cuba in 0500-0600 slot Jan 28: till 0553 on 9535 BEJ 100 kW / 260 deg to CeAm English // 6000, 6060, 6100, 6165 from 0553 on 9535 BEJ 100 kW / 260 deg to CeAm Spanish // 5040 In winter B-15 of Radio Habana Cuba 9535 is registered: 2200-0500 on 9535 BEJ 100 kW / 260 deg to CeAm Spanish http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/01/unscheduled-frequency-of-radio-habana.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) 11670, Jan 29 at 0020, VG signal from RHC music, then Spanish speech by some over-assertive Commie; instead of English which overtook this frequency 24 hours earlier; recheck at 0056, now it`s very poor, or even off? MUF may have plunged, judging from 9 and 11 MHz band reception thenceforth. 6000, Jan 29 at 0130, open carrier/dead air instead of RHC English, which is OK on 6165; still dead at 0137. 15700, Jan 29 at 1401, CRI English relay at S9+30 is instead open carrier/dead air except for some hum; modulation cuts on after 1402, joining news in progress. This happens far too often tnx to the sloppyrators in Cuba, but at least they are on the right frequency today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 10345, Jan 29 at 0605, YL Spanish spy numbers alternating with digital blaaps, with some noise at S9+40. Still going past 0646. I really find these broadcasts quite boring and usually skip them; however, this one was first noted on 11735, mixed with KCRC ESPN, +1390 kHz away caused by overloading R75 unless I ATT it, turn off preamp. Extremely strong signals from the Cuban numbers indicate they are using full-power SWBC transmitters like RHC of 100 or even 250 kW (or even time-sharing them). Their spies must have very insensitive receivers (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Boa tarde, Por falar em Numbers Station, continua funcionando diariamente a estação Cubana no modo HM01, usando o meu software DIGTRX. Uma novidade é que os números falados pela voz feminina tem correspondência com o nome do arquivo com extensão .txt ou .f1g da seguinte forma: Os 4 primeiros dígitos da sequência de 5 falados, correspondem aos 4 últimos dígitos do nome de 8 dígitos do arquivo encriptado e transmitido com o DIGTRX. Por exemplo, em 01-02-2016 o némero falado 36552 corresponde ao arquivo encriptado de nome 52073655.txt. O 2 (último dígito de 36552) corresponde a quantidade de vezes (dias/2) que esse arquivo foi transmitido. 73 de Roland. Estação de números Cubana, modo HM01 Por PY4ZBZ em 24-01-2013 rev. 27- 03--2013 in English here Vejam aqui o que é: Numbers station Visualizar em http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/en.htm (Roland PY4ZBZ, Feb 3, radioescutas yg via DXLD) Good signal of Cuban Spy Numbers HM01 in 31 mb on January 31: 0754-0848 9065 secret / hidden tx ?Bejucal? Spanish Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri 0854-0948 9240 secret / hidden tx ?Bejucal? Spanish Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/01/good-signal-of-cuban-spy-numbers-hm01_31.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DXLD) ** CZECHIA. Members, Today via Ydun's Medium Wave Info and from Karel Honzik and others, I learned that Ceský Rozhlas has rushed through addition of a third transmitter for Ostrava - Svinov. This transmitter is on the historic frequency of 1071 kHz with 5 kW. This now allows for Dvojka to be carried in Praha and Ostrava all day on 639 kHz. The 1071 kHz part now carries Ceský Rozhlas Plus all day. This is a good solution to "self-induced QRM"! 73 and 88 (Dan Goldfarb, England, Feb 2, mwmasts yg via DXLD) ** EAST TURKISTAN [and non]. 7480, Jan 29 at 0138, very poor S6 with some modulation and whine, i.e. RFA Uyghur via TAJIKISTAN, this hour lonely [sic], listed by Aoki as *jammed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7250, Jan 31 at 0059, CRI is S9+20, announcements in Chinese pronouncing web info in English: www.chineseradio.cn, also spelling the name Shanghai, holiday final (?), 0100 CRI IS and ID, mentions Harbin(?). It`s 500 kW, 212 degrees from Urumqi during this Chinese hour only (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EGYPT. 11665, R Cairo at 1309 in Dari with deeply-buzzed songs and talks, audio completely lost at 1318, only open carrier left. Poor Jan 28 (Dimitry Mezin in RUSSIA, ODXA YRX via DXLD) Unscheduled broadcast of Radio Cairo on January 29 from 0900 9965 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg to ENAm Arabic and off at 0905 UT http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/01/unscheduled-broadcast-of-radio-cairo-on.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) This happens again and again. He`s assuming it`s ``325 to E North America``, since that`s what applies to 9965 earlier at 2300-0430, Abis per HFCC B-15. But per Aoki that is 200 kW, 325 degrees from other site Abu Zabaal (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) One of the worst signals I've seen displayed on the University of Twente's WebSDR noted around 2100 UT on Feb 3, 2016. Centered on 9900 kHz which sounds very distorted and is presumably caused by Radio Cairo. Distortion may be 100 kHz wide or so. Seems like a very powerful signal otherwise. Although incredibly distorted, it sounds like this transmission is now broadcasting in English. 2125 UT (9900 kHz Feb. 3, 2016). Listening via Twente's WebSDR (Bruce (NY, USA), dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Unfortunately, this is pretty much standard fare for Radio Cairo these days. See back issues of DXLD for Glenn's frequent comments on Radio Cairo – (Richard Langley, NB, ibid.) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005, RNGE, R. Bata, 0516-0542, Feb 1. Just missed the sign on; one brief announcement in vernacular, otherwise non-stop EZL pop songs; signal slightly improving. My audio at https://app.box.com/s/cfovf4vysn3k244pxrj9u50yuvv81jrp A good day for African reception! (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA. 7233.46, Feb 1 at 0404, S9+20 but undermodulated talk, to music, to talk, surely usual way-off-frequency 100 kW ND Addis Ababa- Gedja transmitter which varies a lot, on both sides of 7235, as we discussed a bimonth ago in DXLD 15-49. Per Aoki with day 1 = Sunday: at 0400 on days 2/4/6 = M/W/F like today, it`s V. of Eritrea; on days 1/3/5 = Sun/Tue/Thu it`s V. of Peace and Democracy, both in Tigrinya, and nothing on Saturdays. EiBi day numbers are the other system, day 1 = Monday, and frequency as 7236.2, but result in a match to Aoki: VOE on M/W/F; VOPAD on Sun/Tue/Thu. Just the opposite in WRTH 2016! Which uses letters, not numbers designating days of week: VOPAD on M/W/F; VOE on T/T/S and nothing on Sundays. All agree that VOE is for one semihour, while VOPAD is for one fullhour. Perhaps someone can catch an ID and clear up this confusion once and for all: WRTH shows VOE says: ``Dimtsi Ertrai``; VOPAD: ``Yeh Radio Demtsi Selaman Demokratia Ertrai``. Apparently there is no agreement between them on how to spell/transliterate Dimtsi/Demtsi. Or note which days it goes off at 0430 vs 0500. At many other times in evenings, it`s plain old R. Ethiopia programming on same transmitter, including English at 16-17, which I`ve not seen reported in ages; beware of CRI Kashgar also in English 16-17 on 7235.0 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I believe at least in the evenings it is only VOPAD, no more VOE - and it's only MWF 1800-1830v, nothing after 1800 on the other days (but I don't check regularly). No idea about the mornings, wrong time for me. The transmitter is on air at the time scheduled for english, but no chance - it's VERY undermodulated, if at all. VOPAD seems to have a higher level at times. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Germany, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ``way-off-frequency 100 kW ND Addis Ababa-Gedja transmitter`` Glenn, these were once the nominal 100 kW output power some 20 years back. Also these ETH 5950, 6030, 6090, and Sudan 9505 kHz outlets are at present reduced to 30 .. 20 kW of power. All these who remembered the Nigeria, Ghana, Mali, R Cairo, VoA Monrovia, VoKenya outlets and their powerful signal in old days, or to compare the 50 kW China made unit at present from Zanzibar island on 11735 kHz, may compare the strength to this tiny 7236v kHz. 73 (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DXLD) Guessing power levels is very iffy, too many variables, but I would not call this log ``tiny`` at S9+20 (gh, WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DXLD) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. SECRETLAND, SPL Secretbrod relay IRRS Radio Warra Wangeelaati on January 30, 1502-1532 on 15515 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Oromo Sat + distorted audio on 9400 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/01/spl-secretbrod-relay-irrs-radio-warra.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) ** GERMANY. 5905, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Pinneberg. (German Meteorological Service) First time I've heard this station. Noted at 2015 with a detailed weather report in German, read rather slowly, till s/off at 2030. A fair to poor signal into Mount Evelyn, but actually not too bad for its 10 kW into a nondirectional antenna. The transmitter is located about 15 km northeast of Hamburg. Broadcasts appear to have begun towards the end of October 2015. 10/1 (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn, VIC (Yaesu FTDX 3000, Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Sangean ATS909, Double Bazooka antennas for 80, 40 and 20 metres, Par EF-SWL End Fed antenna, BHI NEIM1031 Digital Noise Eliminating Module, MFJ-1026 Noise Cancelling Module, ATU, Jan-Feb Australian DX News via DXLD) ** GERMANY. Relays this weekend + New HLR Schedule Saturday HLR: 0700 to 1100 UT, on 6190 1100 to 1600 UT, on 7265 Sunday Atlantic 2000: Atlantic 2000 will be on the air this Sunday, 31st of January from 0900 to 1000 UT on 6070 & 9485 and at the same time on our webstream via http://radioatlantic2000.free.fr Reports to : atlantic2000international@gmail.com Sunday HLR: 1000 to 1300 UT on 9485 kHz [but subtract one hour below for UT:] Hamburger Lokalradio New Schedule Saturday: 08.00 CET 6190 kHz Englisch – Switzerland In Sound 08.30 CET 6190 kHz Englisch – World of Radio – Glen[n] Hauser 09.00 CET 6190 kHz Deutsch 10.00 CET 6190 kHz Deutsch 11.00 CET 6190 kHz Deutsch 12.00 CET 7265 kHz Deutsch 13.00 CET 7265 kHz Englisch – New Letters – Making Contact 14.00 CET 7265 kHz Englisch 15.00 CET 7265 kHz Spanisch – Radio Tropical – Quadriga 16.00 CET 7265 kHz Englisch – Media Network plus 16.30 CET 7265 kHz Englisch – World of Radio – Glen[n] Hauser Sunday: 11.00 CET 9485 kHz Deutsch 12.00 CET 9485 kHz Englisch – Radio Goethe 13.00 CET 9485 kHz Spanisch – Radio Tropical – Quadriga / Mundofonia Good Listening! 73s (Tom Taylor, WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. New schedule of Hamburger Lokalradio on 6190/7265/9485 CUSB from Jan 30, GOH 001 Kw / 230 deg to CeEu: 0700-0730 6190 English Sat Switzerland In Sound 0730-0800 6190 English Sat World of Radio 0800-1100 6190 German Sat Hamburger Lokalradio 1100-1200 7265 German Sat Hamburger Lokalradio 1200-1300 7265 English Sat New letters 1300-1400 7265 English Sat Making Contact 1400-1500 7265 Spanish Sat Radio Tropicana 1500-1530 7265 English Sat Media Network plus 1530-1600 7265 English Sat World of Radio 1000-1100 9485 German Sun Hamburger Lokalradio 1100-1200 9485 English Sun Radio Goethe 1200-1300 9485 Spanish Sun Radio Tropicana All previous Hamburger Lokalradio broadcasts on 6190/7265/9485 CUSB are cancelled: 0700-0900 7265 Eng/Ger Wed/Sat various programs 0900-1200 6190 Eng/Ger Wed/Sat various programs 1200-1600 7265 Eng/Ger Wed/Sat various programs 1200-1600 9485 Ger/Eng/Spa Sun various programs http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/01/new-schedule-of-hamburger-lokalradio-on.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. Re AFN Benelux Facebook page, AFN 1143 kHz has been shut down: Michael Wlochinski: Hi. Is the transmitter on 1143 AM off air now? (0516 30 Jan) AFN Benelux: Yes sir, it has been shut down. (1440 1 Feb) (AFN Benelux Facebook https://www.facebook.com/afnbenelux via Alan Pennington, Feb 3, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Members, Alan Pennington via BDXC has seen on the AFN Benelux website that the 1143 kHz station in Mönchengladbach has closed. This closure appears to have taken place yesterday on 03 February. I have made the change between the two spreadsheets and there is now a count on my spreadsheets for Germany of 3 Active and 102 Inactive or Closed. 73 and 88 (Dan Goldfarb, Feb 4, mwmasts yg via DXLD) Dan, According to a question January 31st (replied Feb 1st) on https://www.facebook.com/afnbenelux/ the closure of 1143 kHz must have taken place earlier than Feb 3rd! 73s (Ydun Ritz, ibid.) So where is/was it? Despite the name, it`s axually in Germany, Moenchengladbach, 1 kW per WRTH which also says it was slated for closedown in 2016. But for address info refers us to Belgium. Apparently carried programming originating in Belgium. But the AFN SHAPE entry under BELGIUM never mentions the name Benelux! And does not refer to any emitters in Ne or Lux, let alone Germany. Own programming from AFN SHAPE only during certain hours, elsewhen relaying AFN Europe, so back to Germany. How convoluted. The AFN Benelux FB by that name is active, with lots of stuff unrelated to broadcasting, and I can`t now find the above cited entry (Glenn Hauser, Feb 6, DX LISTENING DIGEST) The 1143 kHz question (and AFN Benelux response) were in the Visitor Posts (scroll through on the left hand side of the AFN Benelux Facebook page). Since the original response, "AFN Benelux" has added this further response (4 Feb): AFN Benelux "In a cost saving measure and to provide a better service to our community, we have moved to FM stations that will better cover the area. Our new frequencies are 96.9 FM and 99.7 FM. These will overlap to cover Schinnen, JFC Brunssum, and Geilenkirchen. We apologize for any inconvenience the move to our new frequencies has caused." Schinnen and Brunssum are in the Netherlands (province of Limburg) and Geilenkirchen across the border in Germany. 73, (Alan Pennington, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, concerning the questions below (wherever they appeared first -- I just can't find the original): The transmitter is here https://www.google.de/maps/@51.1673055,6.3991478,84m/data=!3m1!1e3 AFN Benelux is the former AFN SHAPE, renamed some time ago. Indeed the Mönchengladbach transmitter took this feed from Belgium, like the FM transmitters at Brunssum/Netherlands do as well. I understand that this transmitter went on air only after 1980. Now just almost no US military is left to be served in Mönchengladbach area. It's no peculiarity of AFN Benelux to produce only a few hours, and usually on workdays only, of own programming, with the remainder of the output originating from Sembach but probably still including short local insertions. This is the usual arrangement for AFN stations in Central Europe already for years (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Feb 7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GREECE. 9420, Jan 29 at 0102, VOG is on with Greek music, S9+15, and apparently also on 9935 where there`s something much weaker ~S7 and wobbly/hummy. 9935, Jan 29 at 0653, VOG on with Greek talk, very poor signal and modulation seems defective, much weaker than 9420 at 0656 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Voice of Greece on two frequencies in parallel Jan 28/29. AVL to WeEu in Greek: from 2100 9420 170 kW / 323 deg Greek, QRM 9410 firedrake vs RFA from 2100 9935 100 kW / 285 deg Greek from 0700 9420 170 kW / 323 deg Greek and off air at 0701 UT from 0700 9935 100 kW / 285 deg Greek and off air at 0701 UT http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/01/voice-of-greece-on-two-frequencies-in_29.html Very good reception of Voice of Greece Jan 30: from 0707 9420 170 kW / 323 deg Greek tx#3 and off air at 0850 UT no signal 9935 100 kW / 285 deg Greek tx#1 or alternative 11645. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/01/very-good-reception-of-voice-of-greece.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #937 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Jan 31, 2016, dxldyg via DXLD) Voice of Greece was back on shortwave 2 freqs in // Feb 1: 0750-1305 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek*tx#3 good audio 0820-1305 on 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek*tx#1 buzz audio from 1305 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek tx#3 good audio from 1305 on 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek tx#1 buzz audio * 0905-0910 Arabic/Italian; 1005-1015 Romanian/Serbian/Russian; 1105- 1110 Spanish/Albanian/Polish and 1300-1305 English MISSING http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/voice-of-greece-was-back-on-shortwave.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blog dxldyg via DXLD) Do you mean all those languages were missing, or only English? (gh) No English news around 1300 UT today, though. But while continuing to listen to the Greek DJed music programs, I did hear them use the English ID "Voice of Greece" a couple of times. Hadn't noticed that before (Richard Langley, Feb 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) presumably referring to 9420 (gh) Voice of Greece - 3 February 2016: Coming in very well this evening here in New Brunswick (Maritime Canada) on 9420 kHz (nothing on 9935 kHz) at about 2110 UT with a very pleasant non-stop jazz program. Good signal even using a Tecsun PL-880 with just its built-in telescopic whip antenna (Richard Langley, ibid.) 9934.939, Odd frequency outlet of Voice of Greece, Avlis, S=9+25dB signal here in central Europe at 0744 UT on Feb 3. Some 8 x 281...284 Hertz 'whine' audio signals seen EITHER side, centered 282 Hertz hopping 3-4 Hertz variously. and \\ 9420.005 kHz S=9+25dB at 0752 UT. Greek folk music heard, what else. Both 10.8 kHz WIDEBAND signals! [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Feb 3, dxldyg via DXLD) 9934.945 approx., Feb 3 at 0652, defective ERT Avlis transmitter is back on, just barely modulated music with whine, S5-S8 about equal signal level to OK // 9420 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Voice of Greece again on 2 freqs in // February 3 Today no news in Greek/other languages, due to National strike 0700-1400 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Music tx#3 0700-1400 on 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Music tx#1 9935 off air around 1630 UT and 9420 off air around 1645! http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2016/02/voice-of-greece-again-on-2-frequency-in.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Voice of Greece was back again on shortwave, Feb 3 1900-2100 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek tx#3: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/voice-of-greece-was-back-again-on.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUATEMALA. 4055.00, 0155-0205 31.1, R Verdad, Chiquimula. Spanish ann, orchestra music, best in LSB, 35242 (Anker Petersen, Exceptional tips from Denmark, surprised by exceptionally good ionospheric conditions, heard on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire in Skovlunde, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) 4055, UT Mon Feb 1 at 0356, R. Verdad is announcing contact info in Swedish, then Japanese, i.e. prior to 2-hour-earlier sign-off Sundays nights than weeknites. Still no sign of clones around the frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Una Súplica --- A todos los Diexistas del mundo y mis amigos: Asunto importante: En Radio Verdad estamos haciendo esta semana transmisiones especiales de prueba con mucha potencia para todo el mundo. Le agradeceremos mucho si usted nos sintoniza e informa cómo está nuestra señal en su país. Por favor divulgue esta información. Gracias (Édgar Amílcar Madrid, Radio Verdad, Chiquimula, Guatemala, C. A., 0552 UT Feb 2, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Estimado Dr Madrid - Lo mínimo que Vd. debe saber, y así poder compartir con nosotros: En ¿qué frecuencias precisas, desde cuáles lugares, en qué horas, y con cuánta potencia? Saludos, (Glenn to Édgar, via DXLD) Dear Glenn Houser and Víctor Gutiérrez: Our test transmissions for Radio Verdad are on the same frequency 4055 kHz. However, in some countries the frequency may vary a Little (one or two points). If a country is close to Guatemala, the frequency may vary a little bit, in order not to bother our master signal. We are not using any transmitters, but only computers, which inject the signal into many short wave antennas. They are attempting to maintain the same frequency 4055 kHz, as far as it is possible. It is a completely new technology on trial. A group of European, US and one Mexican Engineers are working on it. It is a scientific experiment in order to rescue short wave. I myself do not fully comprehend the system. The whole transmission system is being controlled by satellite, and also the power injected into all short wave antennas in the whole world. I have paid different amounts of money for the United States, Canada, Europe, Africa, Russia, China, Japan, Mexico, South America and the Caribean Islas. I hope everything comes out all right, as it is a scientific experiment. The schedule is the same as regular Radio Verdad, beginning by 1000 up to 0605 UT. This set of tests, will last only this week. This week transmissions are being sent from Guatemala City, but, depending on the results, we´ll start permanent transmissions from Chiquimula. I will appreciate any reports about the quality and strength of the signal. May God be with you (Dr. Édgar Amílcar Madrid, Radio Verdad & Radio Verdad TV, Feb 3, WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Later he says all on 4055 only (gh) I've no explanation for how this could possibly work. I do know I haven't yet managed to hear it in South Africa, either on 4055 or up to 100 kHz either side. I wouldn't expect to hear it during our local daytime, but several overnight checks last night (1800 Feb 3 - 0500 Feb 4) also failed to find it. Maybe the "Africa" stream just doesn't include one of the continent's largest economies. Will try again over the next few evenings (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D. dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also NICARAGUA [and non] ** GUYANA. 3289.9, GBC Voice of Guyana 0945, om singing, 1002 News item by yl “from the police report … the …approved the report” …… “ all the comforts... that is the news“ 1012, “technology today at …the dot com“, 1014 improved signal noted 26 Jan (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Mosquito Coast DX News - DXSF January 30, 2016, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3289.9 - V. of Guyana, Georgetown at 0130 tonight, 28 Jan, putting in a good clear signal with music program of Caribe, Reggae & C&W music. No announcements heard for over 30 minutes. Finally YL with complete ID at 0215 with frequency announcements including SW. Ute QRM is very low so audio is very listenable. Last night I didn’t get a trace of them (Stephen C Wood, Harwich, Mass., Perseus SDR with 25 x 50 variable terminated Superloop antenna (setting at 225º S/W), dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3290, Voice of Guyana, brief check at 0339, Feb 1. Audio above threshold level; song by Dionne Warwick (theme from "Valley of the Dolls") (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** HAWAII. KUPA, Pearl City on 1370 has a new Chinese language format, first noted here on 16 January. 1370, 0750, KUPA Pearl City with Chinese format, ident in English & Chinese at 0800 19/1 as “KUPA AM 13-70 and FM 103.9”. New format, first noted here 16/1, change not found in any Internet website, so I did my first Wikipedia update! (Bryan Clark at Mangawhai, Northland, North Island, New Zealand, with WinRadio Excalibur Pro SDR, AOR7030+ and EWE antennas to NE, East & SE, Feb NZ DX Times via WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DXLD) 6.2 kW U1; had been CRI relay, English? So like other markets such as Houston, Dallas, quitting CRI (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) ** HONG KONG. 8828-USB, Cape d'Aguilar, 1115 to 1117 weather information with fair signal strength. 26 January (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Mosquito Coast DX News - DXSF January 30, 2016, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. 4809.998, AIR Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, Mumbai at 0008 UT only test tone on air, just symmetrical +/- 1054 Hertz test tone, also S=9+15dB, in remote SDR at eastern Thailand (Wolfgang Büschel, short log of Feb 1, 0000-0016 UT, noted remotely via SDR net in eastern Thailand [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz], dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. 7315.018, AIR Shillong program from Mawgrong, from Meghalaya, only usual all AIR interval string instrumental signal played, S=8-9 at 0654 UT Feb 1. Shillong NE Service, Pomdngiem, Opposite GPO, Shillong-793001, Meghalaya, India 1 x 50 txer 7230.0 IND AIR Kurseong, poor signal, pop mx at S=5-6 tiny level, at 0651 UT on Feb 1. Kurseong Mehta Club Building, Kurseong-734203, Darjeeling Dist., West Bengal, India 1 x 50 txer (Wolfgang Büschel, short log of Feb 1, 0630-0700 UT [daytime early afternoon], noted remotely via SDR net in eastern Thailand [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz], dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. 11670, Jan 29 at 2147, surprised to hear ``Abide With Me``, a Christian hymn on AIR GOS, but maybe the tune is otherwise known in India? Surely not a missionary station intruding on the frequency after Cuba has finished doing so at 2130. Then a military band which is more like AIR, and at 2150 even more so with a South Asian song. Heavy flutter from S9 to S5, which is what`s left of a 500 kW transpolar signal aimed 325 degrees from Bengaluru (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 3325, Jan 30, -1700* RRI Palangkaraya with usual sign off ceremony. Completely off at 1659:45. No sign of any NBC station (Thomas Nilsson, Ängelholm, Sweden, SW Bulletin Jan 31 via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 3325.0, Jan 31 at 1148 a JBA carrier is obscured by an Army MARS net (see USA Log) on USB; 1203 now the broadcaster is in clear, only S4. Back to sleep until 1400: now it still reads S4 but some music into talk is audible (at 1407, 60m is full of JBA carriers matching Indonesia/India/Tibet/China frequencies). The question is, whether this 3325 is RRI Palangkaraya, Indonesia, or the just-reactivated NBC Bougainville. Any way to differentiate them by precise frequencies? After testing into regular operation, if like other NBCs, may sign off earlier circa 1200, or even 1100 UT, being an hour ahead of the rest of PNG; while RRI runs as late as 1700 per WRTH (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) My 3325 unID of Jan 31 must have been RRI Palangkaraya, as Ron Howard subsequently reported that the reactivated NBC Buka, Bougainville PNG, was off again that date, only RRI. How about Feb 1? 3325, Feb 1 at 1358 check, S6 signal with talk, 1359 music; and astoundingly a 5- or 6-pip timesignal ending at the very late hour of 1402:43. This came after a few notes being repeated, an interval signal? And more talk. Only one station audible, so suspect this too is RRI, but awaiting Ron`s report for today. With Enid sunrise at 1333, earlying at about one minute per day, I really need to monitor during the previous hour, but got to sleep sometime (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3325.0, RRI Palangkaraya, random checking 1240-1527, Feb 1. Glenn and I were listening at the same time - 1401 RRI jingle & theme music; pips (6+1, not accurate); long segment of local Palangkaraya news till 1433; again local ID and playing the usual patriotic song “Bagimu Negeri” (For You Our Country); promo for receiving RRI via iPhone. No NBC Bougainville heard testing here Feb 1. My audio at https://app.box.com/s/ydbjdfg1xwrl4574k787gcyil2gfifsd (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, Feb 2 with NBC Bougainville testing on 3325 (1241-1403). A very good day for RRI Palangkaraya, therefor a very bad day for NBC reception. By 1400 RRI, with their local news and many mentions of "Palangkaraya," was stronger than NBC. Did manage to hear some of the 1301 "NBC News Roundup" in English, but that was mostly unusable. My Jan 30 NBC reception on 3325 was much better, as RRI was very faint underneath NBC that day. Completely different conditions today. We can only hope for more days that RRI is not propagating well for us to really hear NBC (Ron Howard, CA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3325, Feb 2 at 1315, I am hearing one station S5-S7 with soft talk, 1316 music, presumed still RRI Palangkaraya and not NBC Bougainville. Ron Howard confirms the latter was again absent yesterday. So when are they going to come back and stay on? Maybe they are now looking for a new clear frequency; fat chance. Later: nope; Ron says both were on today with RRI dominating for him. Karel Honzik in Czechia also heard Buka day frequency testing on 6020.7 at 0700-0842* (by long path, direct??) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3325.0, nearly exact frequency at 1414 UT Feb 3, nothing heard from PNG Bougainville, but as always like yesterday Feb 2nd, noted Indonesian RRI Palangkaraya much stronger and like arm chair listening, up to S=9 in remote Tokyo unit at this hour. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Feb 3, dxldyg via DXLD) 3325, Feb 3 at 1400, barely make out a Radio Republik Indonesia ID vs hash on the channel probably local device QRM. So Palangkaraya instead of Bougainville. Palangkaraya is inland south-central Borneo (Kalimantan). The two are 4222 km apart, or 2623 miles, so perhaps to them it seems like they can share a frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Quite the morning for good propagation. RRI on 3325 is really booming into Victoria, BC with a "best ever signal" at 1534, of course, all by itself. I wonder when they'll sign-off? 73 (Walt Salmaniw, Feb 3, ibid.) ** INDONESIA. 3904.972, I guess RRI Merauke, noted fair S=7-8 signal at 1045 UT on Feb 2, in remote unit near Tokyo. But today Feb 3rd noted some few Hertz up on accurate frequency of 3904.981 kHz. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Feb 3, dxldyg via DXLD) New 3905.00, Pro 1 RRI Merauke, 1242-1258*, Feb 1. On Jan 31 was not heard; seems they were working on the transmitter, as today looked to be on exact frequency, whereas in the past was always off frequency. Perhaps Wolfy, et al. could check on this again for a more accurate frequency? (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, Thanks very much to Wolfy, who measured Pro 1 RRI Merauke on 3904.972. Not as close to exact as I thought, but certainly think is the highest frequency report so far. So an actual adjustment to their transmitter or just drifting higher? Time will tell which it is. Feb 2 doing well at 1410, ending the news with the usual patriotic song "Bagimu Negeri." Thanks again to Wolfy for his ongoing assistance! (Ron Howard, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DXLD) ** INDONESIA. Reception of Voice of Indonesia, February 2 1300-1400 on 9525#JAK 250 kW / 010 deg to EaAs English #QRM Voice of America in Chinese & CNR-1 Jammer on 9530 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/reception-of-voice-of-indonesia.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENNG DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. Voice of Indonesia, 9525, 1910 UT Feb. 3, 2016 in English --- Nearly excellent reception on the University of Twente's WebSDR (Bruce (NY, USA), dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Still useless here during the 13 UT broadcast, JBA carrier at best. I continue to see some reports of this as ``9526``, presumably by people who haven`t paid attention to its normalization back to 9525 (gh) ** INDONESIA. 9680.00, 1220-1235 30.1, RRI Jakarta 4, Cimanggis (tentative). Bahasa Indonesia talk, music, 42432, QRM R Taiwan Int. in Chinese on 9680. Best 73, (Anker Petersen, Denmark, heard on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire in Skovlunde, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DXLD) 9680 RRI was last reported exactly one year ago, as in http://rri.jpn.org/dat/html/2015/2015-02.html (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL INTERNET. Hi Glenn, Just a reminder that our interview goes out on the Global Voice this Friday February 5 at 1730 UT and will be available from our program gallery http://theglobalvoice.info/gallery.php?show=voices immediately after the broadcast [for one year] (Chrissie Cochrane, Managing Director, The Global Voice, Radio for All, WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. --- Satellites: 101.0 deg. W, SES-1, C-Band, V-3.961 GHz, 2734 MSPS H.264 QPSK compression & modulation with HD Movies! network programming (the same that runs on WJBK (Detroit)’s second stream. Showing an olde Jimmy Stewart Movie, Anatomy of a Murder (A REALLY good flick! I highly recommend it!) which included Eve Arden (I always saw her as a ‘female Vincent Price’ for some reason.) and a very young Lee Remick. Solid decode with no dropouts but since this used QPSK and compression, it did not show up on my old satellite receiver, so this is using my NEW “Manhattan” box. Worked well -- now I just need to figure out how to use all the features this box has that the old one didn’t! 1945-2100 24/Jan, 71% quality 101.0 deg. W, SES-1, C-Band, V-3.965 GHz, 2734 MSPS H.264 QPSK compression & modulation with SD Movies! network //to 101.0 deg. W-v- 3.961 GHz. In well with no dropouts or stutters, also 71% quality (Kenneth Vito Zichi, MI2, MARE Tipsheet via DXLD) ** IRAN. VIRI IRIB in Spanish at new time from today Feb 1: 0723-0820 on 17540 Kamalabad good audio and 17820 Sirjan with distorted audio. Deleted 0523-0620 on 13865 Sirjan, 15530 Kamalabad -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN. 11675, IRIB Kamalabad Urdu service, at S=9+35dB level in Doha Qatar remote SDR unit, accompanied by two noise scratching spurious signals on range 11604-11611 and 11741-11748 kHz. Requested IRIB Urdu schedule is 1250-1420 UT. Hopefully after the US-Israeli atomic matter economy embargo ended recently, the Persian government will refurbish their Swiss made 500 kW shortwave transmitter units at Kamalabad and Sirjan soon. According to Ludo Maes listing, IRIB's transmitters produced once by BBC Switzerland / Asea / Thales etc. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ITALY. After more than 30 years, Italian Broadcasting Corporation (IBC), the most famous free short wave radio from Italy, that was heard in most continents, has returned to airwaves at the beginning of 2016. Here is a message for the next broadcast: "Dear listeners, we will broadcast again on Friday 29 January on the frequency of 6970 kHz from 1200 UT, and then probably on 3905 kHz. Please spread the news and report to ibc@europe.com Thank you from the Italian Broadcasting Corporation crew! https://www.facebook.com/IBC-Italian-Broadcasting-Corporation-42794031466 Posted by: (Antonello Napolitano, Italy, Jan 28, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DX LISTENING DIGEST) From that FB: IBC - Italian Broadcasting Corporation January 29 at 11:41pm A big thanks to the 71 listeners (till today) who have submitted their correct reception reports to ibc@europe.com, will receive shortly our paper QSL card! Thank you all for the positive appreciation received (via WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DXLD) IBC currently audible with weak and improving and clear signal on 6969.96 kHz with English, Italian IDs and pops, etc. 73 (Alan Pennington, Caversham, UK, AOR 7030plus, Beverage, 1606 UT Jan 29, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Seemed to sign off at 1615 UT (not long after I tuned in at 1600). Maybe audible on 3905 kHz later re Facebook posting below? 73 (Alan Pennington, ibid., WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DXLD) Interesting to see the Italians returning. Is this what we shortwave listeners more recently came to know as RAI? 73s (Dave Harries, Bristol, England, dxldyg via DXLD) Not at all! Just pirates, very low power (gh, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ITALY. 10000, Assoziazione Amici di Italcable at 0842 in Italian with PSK signal at 52 seconds, time signals at 55-00 seconds, Time announce in Local Time "ore 9 e 42" and instrumental music, ID in Italian and CW at 0845 – poor Jan 1 (Patrick Robich in AUSTRIA, ODXA YRX via DXLD) Also at 0709 in USB mode with music, a data burst, 5 pips, pause, 1 more pip and announcement “ore .. .. e nove”, and so on every next minute. Some voice announcement at 0715, followed by “www.assoc .. .. italcable.it” in Morse code. Poor Jan 30 (Dimitry Mezin in RUSSIA, ODXA YRX via DXLD) ** KASHMIR. V. of Jammu & Kashmir Freedom Movement --- Several Japanese DXers have been receiving UnID station at *1310v to 1430*v UT on 7030 kHz in the ham band. First noted on Jan 15. It was able to copy the ID on Jan. 28. As ID "Ye Sadayee Hurriyat Jammu Kashmir hai" by female. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q05jsLmI_Ac&feature=youtu.be de Mauno SDR, Finland via H. Komatubara. TNX Mauno Maybe 100 kW transmitter of Radio Pakistan-Islamabad same as "Azad Kashmir Radio". ex 3995, 5100 in Urdu and Kashmiri. http://www.kmsnews.org/news/ (S. Hasegawa, Jan 28, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KASHMIR. 4760.00, *0208-0230 fade out, 31.1, INDIA, R Kashmir, Leh. AIR IS, 0210 ann "Vande Mataram" hymn, vernacular ann, Kashmiri songs, 0215 and 0220 talk (news ?) in two local languages 25232 Seldomly reported heard! AP-DNK [watch out for ANDAMAN q.v. on different sked] [non] 4870.00, 0235-0245 31.1, INDIA, R Sedayee Kashmir, Kingsway. Kashmiri ann, Indian songs 35233 (Anker Petersen, Exceptional tips from Denmark, surprised by exceptionally good ionospheric conditions, heard on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire in Skovlunde, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** KASHMIR [non]. 7030, Voice of Jammu Kashmir Freedom Movement (presumed), 1354, Jan 31. Indigenous music; unable to make out the language as the signal was weak and also with heavy ham (CW) QRM. Thanks for all the work put into IDing this during the month by Mauno Ritola (Finland) and Sei-ichi Hasegawa (Japan). Greatly appreciated! 7030, Voice of Jammu Kashmir Freedom Movement (presumed), 1340-1347*, Feb 1. Much better reception than yesterday; in vernacular and some subcontinent music (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH. 3320, Jan 30 at 1356, very poor, talk seems Korean, which fits for only listing, Pyongyang BS as in Aoki, or PBS Pyongyang Pansong as in EiBi. Also a few minutes earlier had weak 2850, KCBS Pyongyang as in both, but separate services altho same site coördinates per Aoki, and both 50 kW ND (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3320, NORTH KOREA, Pyongyang B S, 1/27, 1330. Monologue by W in Korean. Fair / Poor, but first time noted in weeks. Drake R8 and outdoor Slinky. 73 and Good Listening (Rick Barton, Box 5503, Peoria, Arizona 85385, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. 7400, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze via Yamata (Japan), 1317, Feb 1 (Monday). In stilted Chinese; mixing with CRI (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. 9470, TAJIKISTAN, R Free North Korea at 1236 in Korean with talks, background instruments music at times. Male host until 1242, female host after that moment. Fair Jan 28 (Dimitry Mezin in RUSSIA, ODXA YRX via DXLD) ** KOREA SOUTH. 5857.507, HLL2, Seoul Meteorological Radio, carrier only at 0245 UT Jan 29 [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, log 0245-0415 UT Jan 29, on remote SDR unit at Seoul KOREA Republic, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KYRGYZSTAN. 4009.84, Jan 29 at 1312, S5 carrier, presumed Radio 1 - Birinichi Radio, which has been reported recently off-frequency as 4009.9 by Eike Bierwirth. Aoki shows on the air from 00 to 19 UT, with a few segments in western languages, not mentioned in the WRTH, such as German M-F at 1410-1420, Dutch Wed only at 1420-1450. Dutch?! Virtually a goner from SW since the self-destruxion of Radio Nederland. ADDX language schedule shows only a couple of private programs/stations on 6005, presumably via Germany, not a bit by international broadcasters. Of course, The Mighty KBC includes some Dutch at least for commercials, and there are scads of pirates mainly in the X-band (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re: ``Radio 1 Bishkek KGZ Krasnaya Rechka bcast center outlets usual approx. 4009.835 4819.891 5129.965 kHz, noted on Jan 11, 2016`` heard like 4009.864 kHz Kyrgyz Radio Bishkek, Krasnaya Rechka-KGZ tx, Kyrgyz language heard at 0000 UT on Feb 1, 2016 S=9 in eastern Thailand SDR remote rx site, \\ like 4819.836 kHz Kyrgyz Radio Bishkek, Krasnaya Rechka-KGZ tx, at 0002 UT Feb 1, poor S=6-7 in Eastern Thailand remote post. Latter hit by 4820.0 kHz even CNR Chinese via Xizang PBS, at S=9+15dB much stronger level, from Lhasa- Baiding #602 transmitter center in Tibet, in western China (Wolfgang Büschel, short log of Feb 1, 0000-0016 UT, noted remotely via SDR net in eastern Thailand [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz], dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Kyrgyz Radio 1 relay BBC Kyrgyz Sce, Jan 22 from 1530 on 4009.9 BI 100 kW / non-dir to CeAs Kyrgyz BBC from 1630 on 4009.9 BI 100 kW / non-dir to CeAs Kyrgyz HS-1 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/kyrgyz-radio-1-relay-bbc-kyrgyz-sce.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENNG DIGEST) 4819.85, 0230-0240 31.1, Birinchi R, Krasnaya Rechka. Kyrgyz talk 35233 (Xizang 4820 faded out) // 4010 (55444) (Anker Petersen, Exceptional tips from Denmark, surprised by exceptionally good ionospheric conditions, heard on my AOR AR7030PLUS with 28 metres of longwire in Skovlunde, via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) ** LIBERIA. 6050, 0632, ELWA Monrovia with American religious program, poor to fair 19/1. Ident & Bible verse at 0700 then highlife music. From 0731 obituaries & funeral notices. An outstanding signal, given that it`s only 1 kw and I was able to follow till 0755 tuneout (Bryan Clark at Mangawhai, Northland, North Island, New Zealand, with WinRadio Excalibur Pro SDR, AOR7030+ and EWE antennas to NE, East & SE, Feb NZ DX Times via WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DXLD) ** MADAGASCAR. 5010, R. Madagasikara, Antananarivo. Couldn't find R. Bata on 5005 kHz, but R. Madagasikara was quite a good signal, and today it was dead-on 5010 kHz for a change!! Dual announcers chatting in the Malagasy language and songs around 1950, 17/12 (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn, VIC (Yaesu FTDX 3000, Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Sangean ATS909, Double Bazooka antennas for 80, 40 and 20 metres, Par EF-SWL End Fed antenna, BHI NEIM1031 Digital Noise Eliminating Module, MFJ-1026 Noise Cancelling Module, ATU, Jan-Feb Australian DX News via DXLD) ** MADAGASCAR. WCB / MWV Madagascar World Voice new religious KNLS sister station at Mahajanga on Madagascar, probably planned shortwave service will start in spring [sic] 2016. MDG MWV WCB A-16 schedule as of Jan 30 5925 0200 0300 12,13,14,15 MWV 100 250 -15 218 Spa Spanish 6150 0300 0400 12 MWV 100 265 0 218 Spa Spanish 9455 2200 2300 43,44W,49NW MWV 100 55 30 218 Chn Mandarin 9480 0400 0500 36-38W,46,47 MWV 100 295 30 218 Eng English 9570 1800 1900 19,20,29,30W MWV 100 355 -30 218 Rus Russian 9665 0100 0200 41,42S MWV 100 40 15 218 Eng English 11615 2100 2200 27S,28SW,37N MWV 100 325 0 218 Chn Mandarin 11770 2200 2300 36-38,46,47NW MWV 100 325 0 218 Arb Arabic 11850 1900 2000 38-40S,48NW MWV 100 355 -30 218 Arb Arabic 13710 2000 2100 38,46NE,47N MWV 100 340 15 218 Arb Arabic 17640 1800 1900 36-37,46-48,52-53 MWV 100 310 -15 218 Eng English World Christian Broadcasting 605 Bradley Court Franklin, TN 37067, USA. tel (001) 615-371-8707 see pictures #13 ... #42 on powerpoint presentation Latest news was, the 3 x 100 kW Continental TX mothballed in Houston- USA at TX factory, or hopefully shipped now from USA to Madagascar between Jan and March 2015. I guess they will be probably on air in spring 2016? The TX site installation / antenna, feeder and mast were still erected in 2009 to 2012 year. MDG WCBC WMV Mahajanga, 3x100 kW Continental TXs, 3 antennas on 4 masts at 025/265/325degr azimuth, and slewed azi options. location 15 43 38.40 S 46 26 45.22 E MADAGASCAR 25-MAR-2011 ITU Geneve Global HF Transmitter Site Table. New entry. add: MWV Madagascar World Voice, MDG WCBC MWV Mahajanga 3x100 kW tx, 3 antennas at 4 masts. two 500,000 watt Diesel powered generators. location 15 43 38.40 S 46 26 45.22 E 3.5 months transportation from Jan 2015, pages 1 and 12: delivery in January 2015: History: plans appeared in 2006 year, station built-up and erection between Dec 2009 and mid 2012 (WCB MWV, Jan 30, 2016; via Wolgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews via DXLD) ** MALAYSIA [non-log]. 6050, Asyik FM via RTM, via Kajang. As of Feb 1, seems we can add this to the ever increasing list of silent RTM stations, along with Radio Klasik (5965) and Traxx FM (7295); Asyik has not been heard in quite a while. So when a transmitter breaks down now, they are not repairing it? (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Malaysian transmitters on 9835, 11665 remain active, still heard here but not very well (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) ** MEXICO. EL ESTADO MEXICANO DE PUEBLA TENDRÁ NUEVAS EMISORAS DE AM Y FM --- by gruporadioescuchaargentino Un total de siete estaciones de radiodifusión serán licitadas durante este año para el estado de Puebla, de un total de 364 que se ofertarán a nivel nacional; de las que corresponderán a la entidad, seis serán en Frecuencia Modulada (FM) y una en Amplitud Modulada (AM). De acuerdo con el Diario Oficial de la Federación, durante este año serán licitados espacios radiofónicos para 27 de las 32 entidades federativas, de las cuales 191 serán de FM y 66 de AM, mismas que podrán ser comercializadas de manera privada. Asimismo, se ofrecerán frecuencias para 13 estaciones de radio de uso público y 94 consideradas socialmente comunitarias, mismas que no podrán operar bajo un esquema de espacios comerciales. A Puebla le corresponderán siete estaciones, lo que le coloca en la tabla media de los espacios a ofrecerse. Las entidades que tendrán una mayor cantidad de nuevas frecuencias de radio son Veracruz con 27, Chiapas con 23 y Michoacán con un total de 20. En contraparte, las que tendrán la menor cantidad de estaciones nuevas son el estado de México con una y Tamaulipas también con una. La licitación de estos nuevos espacios corresponderá al Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones (IFT), y forma parte del Programa Anual de Uso y Aprovechamiento de bandas de frecuencias 2015 que será concretado durante el segundo semestre del presente año. En este proceso de licitación las bandas que se utilizarán son las siguientes: 535-1605 kHz y 1605-1705 (Radio AM estándar y ampliada); 88-108 MHz (Radio FM), así como la banda 470-608 MHz (TV UHF). En total, el Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones ha recibido 639 solicitudes para la apertura de nuevas estaciones de radio de distintos tipos, no obstante, sólo serán concesionadas 364 en un total de 27 entidades federativas. De acuerdo con el Diario Oficial de la Federación, con estas concesiones lo que se busca es “promover el desarrollo social y económico de los ciudadanos, los países requieren de una infraestructura que promueva la conectividad y el acceso a servicios y recursos informativos diversos. Particularmente, en lo tocante a los servicios de radiocomunicación, es de vital relevancia facilitar el acceso al espectro radioeléctrico, insumo indispensable que debe ser utilizado de la forma más racional y eficiente posible”. (Source? suppressed via GRA blog via DXLD) ** MEXICO. 800, 0855, XEROK Radio Cañón back on high power, heard regularly since 14/1. Mainly Spanish talk before 0800 and lively Mexican rhythms after that (Bryan Clark at Mangawhai, Northland, North Island, New Zealand, with WinRadio Excalibur Pro SDR, AOR7030+ and EWE antennas to NE, East & SE, Feb NZ DX Times via DXLD) ** MEXICO. RAYMIE`S MEXICO BEAT THIS WEEK --- Another comment has appeared on this, the final day of the IFT virtual channel public comment period. It's from Carlos Sesma Mauleón representing Multimedios. It suggests not only allowing MM to keep its unique-in-Mexico double- 12 situation in Monterrey (but not allowing Televisa to do so), but also establishing a fixed date for all virtual channel changes (to only have to rescan once) and respect for "local identities gained over the years" by local stations. http://www.ift.org.mx/sites/default/files/industria/temasrelevantes/consultaspublicas/documentos/digitalizacionrapidabn8.pdf Also: Federal District is officially consigned to the history books. http://dof.gob.mx/nota_to_imagen_fs.php?codnota=5424043&fecha=29/01/2016&cod_diario=268141 Last edited by Raymie; 01-29-2016 at 08:08 PM. (Raymie Humbert, Phœnix AZ, Jan 29, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) PRESENTING... TRANSLATED MEXICAN PSAS 2015-2016 an 11-volume set of translated PSAs from Mexico, as aired on some actual Mexican radio stations https://soundcloud.com/raymie-humbert/sets/translated-mexican-psas-2015-2016 This 11-volume set includes more than 33 minutes of PSAs recorded from XEPE-AM in Tecate, B.C., operated by Broadcast Company of the Americas. Each volume has its own tracklist and subtitle. These PSAs are perhaps the most laughable and charming part of this sports talker's programming. The translation quality is inconsistent. Some PSAs work really well when translated. Others run into false cognates ("five grades"), misunderstanding of what's going on, potential machine translation, etc. Pronunciations are a particular thorn in the side of the PSA voiceovers and every time a Mexican state or city name rears its head, the experienced listener braces himself for a massive mispronunciation. (There is a particularly bad one in Volume 5 that made me bust out laughing when I first heard it.) The PSAs also suffer from the challenges of translating high- production national PSAs into something read by the same one or two male voiceovers. Some political party PSAs are originally read by party leaders, for instance. (It's rather hard to imagine Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Ricardo Anaya, from MORENA and the PAN respectively, being so similar!) The México Historias Que Inspiran series deals with this by changing all the first-person references to third-person. The first volume showcases ads that originally have female voiceovers and are about topics like gender equality in the Chamber of Deputies, a program from INMUJER (yeah, that kind of needs a female VO), and the New Alliance Women's Movement. One of the two PSAs from the latter has a female voiceover, however, because the thing was written in first person and the script --- well, you'll understand. It's unique in the set. In a couple cases, a typo in translation slipped into the final voiceover (see Volume 4), resulting in a line that made me do a double take. Another, in the AMLO ad for MORENA, actually makes his statement far less effective and was only discovered when I found the original. P.S. Today is Constitution Day in México, celebrating the anniversary of the promulgation of the Constitution of 1917. It's a holiday that forms part of a three-day weekend. Don't expect much of anything today! hat said, the RPC dumped even more shadows on us. Two shadows had non- variant RFs: XHTLZ Calvillo, Ags. (24 instead of 25) and XHAJ San Andrés Tuxtla, Ver. (39 instead of 49). (Raymie, Feb 1, ibid.) Roundup: Gabriel Sosa Plata says Mexico City could have up to 11 new FM stations in a 400 kHz environment. http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/cartera/telecom/2016/02/2/cdmx-puede-tener-hasta-11-nuevas-estaciones-fm#.VrEOFxzL9eO.twitter The highest-power frequencies available would be 89.3, 91.7, 94.9, 97.3 and 106.9, with lower power services on 88.5, 96.5, 98.1, 102.9 and 105.3. Televisa Regional announces major shakeup in southeast Mexico. It is consolidating its owned-and-operated regional units in the southeast (except for Yucatán where it has nothing of its own) into SuresTV (which, when read, sounds like "sureste" - southeast). There are not many search results or further reports on the topic. The only one I can find says that 30 jobs were cut in the consolidation. Televisa does own the trademarks for SuresTV which are in filing now and are for a ridiculously wide range of products. Televisa Regional includes its Telever Veracruz operation, with transmitters in Veracruz and Xalapa; a local center in Campeche that produces news for a cable Gala TV; a local center in Chiapas that up until now mainly produced a morning newscast seen on Canal 5 transmitters; and operations in Tabasco and Quintana Roo (Raymie, Feb 3, ibid.) ** MONACO. 8728 [USB??], 0758, 3AC, Anthem; m speaker in French; f speaker in English giving transmission schedule and ID; anthem; end at 0802. poor-fair at Mopanui (Also 30/12(poor) and 6/1(poor) at Mosgiel, 0758) (Jonathan Wood, Mosgiel, New Zealand, Lowe HF-150 with 19 and 26m dipoles; at Mopanui, Lowe HF-150 with 46m, dipole, Feb NZ DX Times via DXLD) ** MONGOLIA. QSL Voice of Mongolia - Arrivata oggi con posta ordinaria http://swl-i2-5759.blogspot.it/2016/02/qsl-o-quasi-da-voce-della-mongolia.html (Ivan Guerini, Italy, Feb 2, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) ** MYANMAR. 5914.993, MMR, Myanmar R, Naypyidaw, fair S=7, at 0630 UT (Wolfgang Büschel, short log of Feb 1, 0630-0700 UT [daytime early afternoon], noted remotely via SDR net in eastern Thailand [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz], dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. GERMANY: 6040, The Mighty KBC with Uncle Eric’s Giant Juke Box including a digital text/photo at 0221 in MFSK32 which had some ‘issues’ decoding. Sent by ECJ in Arévalo, Spain: whiskey, Coca Cola & a Yaesu FRG-7 receiver. All the ingredients for successful reception of The Mighty KBC. 44544 with a significant 370 Hz het, presumably from R. RB2 Brazil slightly off frequency, but no audio making that other than a WAG. The het could be notched, but still gave issues and was especially prominent towards the end of my monitoring. 0119-0225 24/Jan, SPR4 +randomwire (Kenneth Vito Zichi, MI2, MARE Tipsheet via DXLD) 6040.007, Jan 31 at 0126, The Mighty KBC is VG at S9+30, heavy rock music, but not enough to blot out the het from Rádio RB2, Brasil on hi side. This time I get out the keyboard to match the pitch and it`s close to G4 over middle C = 392 Hz, above KBC via GERMANY. A modest proposal: if they insist on broadcasting on a frequency vs a perpetual offset interferer, why not zero-beat it? Match the frequency to at least get rid of the het, and RB2 listeners circa Brasil might also appreciate that. Such a move would be totally contrary to international broadcasting ideals, especially in Germany, but as noted above, they are a bit off-frequency themselves, already. Some transmitters may not even be capable of such deliberate fine-tuning between 5 kHz steps. Listening again after 0200, I notice rather heavy selective fading distortion only an inveterate SWL would tolerate on the music. Radiogram doesn`t start until 0224 with MFSK32 of snow on Kim`s car (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Mighty KBC might be leaving shortwave --- Unless the Mighty KBC is able to secure additional sponsors the March 27, 2016 broadcast to North America is the final Mighty KBC broadcast on shortwave to North America. Following from Eric van Willegen "We are looking for new sponsors, advertisers, etc. to keep The Mighty KBC alive on shortwave." He's also been recently announcing the above during the shortwave broadcasts to North America. Eric spends a tremendous amount of money on the transmitters. Doesn't seem to matter if via Bulgaria, Germany or Lithuania. Transmitter costs are high. If anyone knows anyone willing to sponsor and keep the Mighty KBC on the air, please contact Eric. I'm not including the email address as I believe Yahoo will strip the address. It's possible to contact Eric via the KBC website or via Facebook. http://www.kbcradio.eu http://www.facebook.com/TheMightyKbc 73, (Kraig, KG4LAC, Krist, Feb 1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DX LISTENING DIGEST) That would be a shame. I enjoyed hearing them, but frankly, the change to 49 meters was terrible for us on the west coast. I have yet to hear them on 6040, and with the off-channel Brazilian, it's hopeless. 41 meters worked much better. 73 (Walt Salmaniw, BC, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I should think he could get a better rate (and better coverage of North America) via WRMI or WBCQ. Why not??? If still via Europe, should go back up to 7 or 9 MHz in A-16, with better results than 6 MHz (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) ** NICARAGUA. 8989-USB, Nicaragua, "El Pescador Preacher" 2340 to 2355, preacher in Spanish with religious comments 29 January. [and non]. 8989-USB, Guatemala 2337 to 2355 “Gracias de Dios Preacher”, Buenas Noches desde Guatemala, religious messages and some back and for with Nicaraguan counterpart. 23 January (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Mosquito Coast DX News - DXSF January 30, 2016, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA. Voice of Nigeria, Lagos, is back on 15120 kHz again today, heard from just after 1000 with a good signal, but slight whining noise on the audio. Based on monitoring the past couple of days the schedule for 15120 seems to be: 1000-1430 English 1445-1500 French 73s (Dave Kenny, Jan 28, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Voice of Nigeria with different schedule 1430-1500 slot on January 28 1430-1445 on 15120 IKO 250 kW / 007 deg to NoAf English, instead dead air, Jan 27 1445-1500 on 15120 IKO 250 kW / 007 deg to NoAf English, instead French on Jan 27 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/01/voice-of-nigeria-with-different.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) Don't call it "different schedule" or ex-something. Yesterday, during "60 minutes" in the afternoon, live audio from the studio was lost, and instead of broadcasting noise-only, they switched for the usual few taped editions of "Nigerian popular music" obviously stored at the transmitter site and played over and over over the past few years. At 0900, programming began on 9690 and at least a carrier was visible in Twente for the next hours, but signal weakened, not enough to make anything out of it until India came up at 1330. So, it seems, simply switchover time from 9690 to 15120 is yet unsettled. Btw., comparing 0800-0900 English on 7254.9 and 9690 on Euro- and North American receivers shows a different pattern of signal strength: While the former is much stronger in North America than in Europe, 9690 at 0900 is not. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Feb 4, dxldyg via DXLD) 15120, V of Nigeria at 1201 in English with musical program and a story of some young man played by actors. The play illustrated with a lion’s or tiger’s growl at 1215! Annoying heterodyne (or maybe the transmitter is out of order?) Poor to fair Jan 29 (Dimitry Mezin in RUSSIA, ODXA YRX via DXLD) ** NIGERIA. V of Nigeria. Listening to V of Nigeria on 15120 kHz since 1035 tune-in with good signal (although signal has a little whine). Music programmes until 1100; news broadcast 1100 to 1135, and continuing at 1135 with Broad Street (Business news). At 1300 is now Talking Sport (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, Jan 30, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi there, today things are slightly different again: The station didn't come up at 1000 or 1100, but first caught after 1200 (which could be planned or not), apparently a new time slot for the news magazine "60 minutes": 1400-1500 UT. At 1500 news summary and more musical programmes in English announced for the coming hour. So propably a new schedule again! Just announced that English Service should be back tomorrow from 0900 UT, and now at 1532+ it's the French service announcing 9690. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Germany, Feb 1, ibid.) But I think he is referring to monitoring on 15120 again (gh, DXLD) Voice of Nigeria back on 9690, Feb 1, 1605+, Kisuaheli (Thorsten, ibid.) New schedule of Voice of Nigeria at 1200-1800 from Feb 1 1200-1530 on 15120 IKO 250 kW / 007 deg NoAf English, ex 1000-1445* 1530-1600 on 15120 IKO 250 kW / 007 deg NoAf French, ex 1445-1500 1600-1630 on 9690 IKO 250 kW / 248 deg WCAf Swahili on air on Feb 2 1630-1700 on 9690 IKO 250 kW / 248 deg WCAf Yoruba, no signal Feb 2 1700-1730 on 9690 IKO 250 kW / 248 deg WCAf Igbo no signal on Feb 2 1730-1800 on 15120 IKO 250 kW / 007 deg NoAf Arabic, no signal Feb 2 1730-1800 NF 11770 IKO 250 kW / 007 deg NoAf Arabic, acc. Mr Hallmann * probably to avoid Radio Saudi International in Indonesian 1000-1200 UT. No signal on 15120 at 1200-1400 on Feb 2! On the air after 1410 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/new-schedule-of-voice-of-nigeria-in.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENNG DIGEST) Voice of Nigeria back on 11770 kHz, Feb 2, 1730+, Arabic --- so the current observed "schedule" with the whining on-frequency transmitter seems to be: 0900-(announced, but unheard 0900+1000 on any of the known channels), so actually ????-1530 15120 English 1530-1600 French 15120 (announced as 9690) 1600-1630 Kisuaheli 9690 (it took until 1605+ both Feb 1 and Feb 2 to sign on, difficult to find the long-unused EAf antenna ;-)) 1630-1730 ???? (probably Yoruba and Igbo scheduled here, but probably unaired or, if on 7255, inaudible under strong co-channel QRM) 1730-1800 Arabic 11770 Updates and completions will be regularly provided on this site: http://www.muenster.org/uwz/ms-alt/africalist/ 73 (thorsten hallmann, germany, WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DXLD) Am 02.02.2016 um 19:41 schrieb Wolfgang Bueschel: um 1830 UT nichts aus NIG auf 7255 und 9690 kHz zu sehen und zu hören. Auf der 11770 kHz sah ich einen Träger um 1835 bis 1837 UT auf der genauen 11770.028 kHz, der ist aber danach OFF gewesen. NIG war doch früher immer unterhalb von 11770 kHz, nie auf der oberen Seite. 73 wolfgang Re: [dxld] Voice of Nigeria back on 11770 kHz, Feb 2, 1730+, Arabic Auf 7255 war eben (1846) ganz eindeutig die Fanfare von "60 minutes" unter CRI zu hören. Und die Linie bei 7255 im twente-wasserfall ist interessant. Die Träger-Linien werden immer etwas oberhalb der Kanal- Markierung dargestellt, die hiesige wirkt aber etwas breit und unregelmäßig, daher würde ich einen off-channel transmitter dort vermuten. Der zweite ist auf 15120 DRM zu sehen, ebenfalls nach unten hin versetzt. Der pfeiffende Sender von vorhin auf 11770 war jedenfalls nicht ~100hz unten aber auch nicht in twente sichtbar über nominal. Genauere Messungen habe ich aber nicht im Angebot. Natürlich könnte der zwischendurch mal testen, da so ganz stabil läuft das wieder mal nicht. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, 1853 UT Feb 2, via Wolfgang Büschel, DXLD) 11770.028 kHz signal noted before off at 1837 UT Feb 2, maybe transmitter moved from 25 mb to 41 mb at 1850 UT to 7254.937 kHz where clearly visible and heard at 2000 UT Feb 2. 7255 kHz channel usually is also covered by CRI Russian service with tremendous signal into Europe, till 2059 UT. 7254.924 kHz wobbling signal this morning 4 Hertz up and down hopping, around S=8-9 here in central Europe this morning Feb 3 at 0736 UT. Flute music at 0738, female and male monotonous speak of presenter in Hausa (not French). But when checked at 0815 UT again, female talk and interview reporter in English heard clear at S=8 or -79dBm here in central Europe. Nothing 'seen' on 9690v or 15120 kHz, nor on Kaduna Nigeria 6090v kHz either [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Feb 3, dxldyg via DXLD) At 0858, 7254.9 left with interval signal, at 0900 9690.0 came up, also with English, but likely not the same transmitter. That would fit into recent announcements in the afternoon on 15120, that they would return at 0900. No surprise they think of "their" service, not particularly Voice of Nigeria as a whole or the channel and target area they serve. So at 0900, there's obviously a switch from VON- Abuja-English-Service to VON-Lagos-English-Service --- so maybe at 1530 again they may announce to their supposed European audience that they'll be back at 0900 while - a guess - the other English service at 1930 would announce to be back at 0800 hours. 73 (thorsten, Feb 3, dxldyg via DXLD) Voice of Nigeria 15120 kHz, 1510 UT, English, Feb. 3, 2016 --- A very nice signal - with a slight whine. Music at 1510 UT; listening via the University of Twente WebSDR http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/ (Bruce F., Feb 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Also in English on 15120 after 1530, instead of French on Feb 2. And in English 1608-1628 on 9690, instead of Swahili on Feb 2. Videos will be added later today. Unknown frequency 1630-1730 - 7255 with CRI English and Belarus in Belorussian, 9690 empty channel, 11770 with VOA in Amharic 1630-1700 -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, 1645 UT Feb 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Voice of Nigeria on SW, day by day with different schedule, Feb 3: 1200-1400 15120 IKO 250 kW / 007 deg to NoAf English, nothing Feb 2/3 1400-1530 15120 IKO 250 kW / 007 deg to NoAf English, confirmed Feb 3 1530-1600 15120 IKO 250 kW / 007 deg to NoAf English, ex French Feb 2 1600-1630 9690 IKO 250 kW / 248 deg to WCAf English, ex Swahili Feb 2 1630-1700 unid IKO 250 kW / 248 deg to WCAf Yoruba 1700-1730 unid IKO 250 kW / 248 deg to WCAf Igbo 1730-1800 11770 IKO 250 kW / 007 deg to NoAf Arabic, QRM FEBA R. 11765 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/voice-of-nigeria-day-by-day-with.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. CHANNEL Z: 1/23, 2250, 6150.5/AM; barely there at first but a bit stronger as time went on, later a 500 Hz het from another station on 6150 AM. I think pirates should avoid broadcast bands (William Hassig, Mt Prospect IL, Free Radio Weekly Jan 30 via DXLD) 1/23, 2336, 6150.5/AM; British-accented announcer with music. Very nice signal (Chris Gay, Lexington KY, ibid.) After 2330 on 6150 is registered VOA Burmese via Thailand until 0030. Legal stations around 2300 on 6150: UAE ADM is registered with HFCC at 22-02, 500 kW at 300 degrees to CIRAF 37N and 38NW = Iberia, north coasts of Morocco-Algeria, Tunisia --- but presumably imaginary, wooden. Not so wooden is as in Aoki from Germany: 6150 Europe 24 ``0000-2400 1234567 German 15 kW ND Datteln 5139N 00720E RSH/FNA b15``. Hmmm, this pirate could also have been the ``R. Record`` 6150 assumed Brazilian log, which seems to have led the reporter to withdraw. I urged him not to, because of that (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6940-AM, Jan 31 at 0056, JBA carrier is the only sign of a pirate tonite. Also UNID for many others starting as early as 2110 Jan 30 (so not necessarily the same one): http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,26040.0.html including IDs around 2311 and 2330 as MAC SW Radio, and as late as 0044 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 640, 0810, USA, KWPN Oklahoma City OK with ESPN Sports talk mixed KFI. ‘Tornado Watch’ message at 0847 20/1. Noted since 7/1. Surely more than listed 1 kW (Bryan Clark at Mangawhai, Northland, North Island, New Zealand, with WinRadio Excalibur Pro SDR, AOR7030+ and EWE antennas to NE, East & SE, Feb NZ DX Times via DXLD) Maybe on 5 kW day power; hard to tell difference here, always pretty strong. At risk of having to back off, I will say again that I have not noticed any IBOC on this for quite some time now, at various daytime chex on caradios, etc. (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. CONSTRUCTION PERMITS FOR EXISTING STATIONS CP fully licensed and on the air: 1600, KUSH, OK, Cushing – CP for U1 5000/70 is on the air SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY (STA): 800, KQCV, OK, Oklahoma City – Granted STA with parameters at variance; day (but not night) pattern is out of tolerance. AM LOG Update: 890, KTLR, OK, Oklahoma City – Format to REL/TLK/BIZ (ex-EE:SS/REL/TLK); networks to SRN/IRN/BTR. (GH) (AM Switch, NRC DX News Feb 9 via DXLD) I didn`t say they had dropped Spanish; still partly on their sked, tho unreconfirmed. This page lists as a sponsor: http://www.ktlr.com/engine/emw.exe/*qshome=home Radio Inspiracion 10 - 10:30am Monday 9:00am Tuesday through Friday 12:30pm Saturday (817) 966-4537 While the program schedule grid at http://www.ktlr.com/home/mydocs/ktlr_schedule.pdf shows R. Inspiración at 1500-1630 UT M-F; Sat 1830-2415*v UT, and other obviously Spanish: El Atalaya Sat 1730-1830 UT; Discipulado, Sat 13-14 UT; Oficina de Minist., Sun 1630-1700 UT (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. KTOK QSL FROM 1939: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Broadcast-QSL-KTOK-Oklahoma-City-from-1939-/131717958960? (via Artie Bigley, Feb 3, DXLD) Looks hand-drawn. Reads: 1370 kc. 100 watts, full time, nbc-mbs; and a crude map of OK with KTOK emanating from it dated 4-26-39, and AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF YOUR VERIFICATION REPORT OF... FCC Test March 4 - 1939 THANKS VERY MUCH AND MAY WE HEAR FROM YOU AGAIN RADIO STATION KTOK by /s/ Flora Luper Flora may have been related to Oklahoma City civil rights iconess Clara Luper, who died in 2011, tho a quick search of obits did not find Flora mentioned. Flora does show up in 1940 census info with address as OKC resident, but ``white`` (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 3280, Jan 30 at 1357 UT, S7 music and talk which matches 1640 KZLS, so second harmonic. Since this attenuates but does not go away as I reduce RF sensitivity on the R75, I think it is really propagated from east of Hennessey site rather than receiver overload. Fortunately there is no longer an Ecuadorian to block here at night, tho there is in EiBi: OYR Aasiaat Radio, Greenland, in English presumably marine weather broadcasts for 10 minutes (USB?) at various H+:05 and H+:35 night and day including 0335, 0635 UT (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 4600, Jan 28 at 1352 UT, JBA talk, which on a hunch I match to local KCRC 1390, ESPN, so it`s some kind of local mix, not a harmonic. Didn`t split the frequency, but probably explains an unID earlier this year: ``UNIDENTIFIED. 4599.99, Jan 9 at 0643 UT, JBA carrier. No broadcasters listed here except R. Perla del Acre, Bolivia, in Aoki, another long-gone legacy entry, but never flagged as such. More likely it`s a MW harmonic from 1150- or 920-`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. RF 40, Feb 3, I notice that KAUT ``43``, OKC, has added another subchannel to 43-2 THISTV: on 43-3 is ESCAPE, a network I had never heard of. Logo bug in lower right has the P raised so the top part of it is missing/escaPing. KAUT itself is a substation of KFOR, http://kfor.com/category/freedom-43/ and guess what, searching here on ESCAPE gets no significant hits. This is so unimportant to KFOR/KAUT that they don`t even acknowledge it on website. If you can find it on the http://kfor.com/on-air/program-schedule/ page, there is a program schedule for KAUT-DT2 never calling it what it is, THISTV, but nothing for a KAUT-DT3. I found it on an STB, but my Sanyo DTV set doesn`t want to recognize anything on 40 unless I rescan searching for all OTA DTV signals again --- which means I might lose some of the others it captured last time. The ESCAPE movie network does exist already in many other markets, but first time seen around here: http://www.escapetv.com/ It seems this specializes in crime movies and shows, so never mind (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) One list rejected my post with that URL as a spammer, until I removed it (gh) ** OMAN. 15140, 23 Jan 2016, 1505-1515 UTC, RADIO SULTANATE OF OMAN, Male Announcer in English. Call to prayer at 1506, which Announcer stating that this only applied to people inside of Oman. ID at 1507. Western pop music. SINPO 42244 (Ed Sylvester, Baghdad, Iraq, JRC NRD 545, Indoor Pixel Magnetic Loop, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15140, Jan 27, 1430: R. Sultanate of Oman with English service relaying 90.4 FM tuned at 1430 just fading into audibility, improving to S3 after 1445 at SoCal sunrise and Oman sunset. English FM relay went well past nominal 1500, perhaps because of the "Musqat Festival 2016" which runs from January 14 to February 13. At 1506.5 there was a gap in the program and at 1508 a man was heard, "Now listeners, it's time for the Call to Prayer" followed by a station ID, then into another gap until 1509.5 when pop music resumed with a woman announcer. During the gaps some type of musical notes and what sounded like a bird call were heard weakly in background. At 1542 and 1612 tuned Perseus sites in the UK and heard many announcements on the Festival including a recorded ad by man, field interviews with attendees and announcements on Festival events. Studio announcer was a female and the field interviewer was male. At 1612 tuned another Perseus site in the UK and English program still going with rock music, Muscat Festival 2016 programming and many station IDs, "FM 90.4 Radio Sultanate of Oman". S4 to S3 signal levels. Switched at 1630 to pop music with man but still in English. At 1656 tuned the Perseus site in Zannstad with continuing English program of pop music to past 1700 - S5 at this site! (Bruce Churchill via DXPlorer via SW Bulletin Jan 31 via DXLD) Open carrier/dead air of Radio Sultanate of Oman after 1420, Jan 28: 1400-1420 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg WEu English, as scheduled in B-15 1420-1500 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg WEu open carrier, instead English from 1500 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg WEu open carrier, instead Arabic: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/01/open-carrierdead-air-of-radio-sultanate.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) Radio Sultanate of Oman in English Today -- As monitored via Twente, the Radio Sultanate of Oman transmitter came up on 15140 kHz at about 1404 UT with an excellent signal midway through the news bulletin. After the news, the relay of 90.4 FM continued. Audio disappeared at about 1420. Carrier is still on at 1432 UT). (Richard Langley, NB, Jan 28, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes, dead air after 1420 UT and continues at 1540 -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, ibid.) 15140, Jan 28 at 1515, open carrier, fluttering S5-S9, no doubt R. Sultanate of Oman, minus modulation. (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya was also noting OC/dead air from 1420 past 1500. Was it that way all day? Apparently: JRX in Brasil: ``OMAN, 15140 1/28 2011-2016 R. Sultanate of Oman, Thumrait, in Arabic. Open carrier, S=3, dead air``) 11650, Jan 28 at 2210-2233+, open carrier/dead air, fading S5 to S9, again presumably RSO unmodulated. (At this time, 11860 has a JBA carrier at S3-S4, if it`s to Yemen presumably from nearby.) 11650, Jan 29 at 0118, JBA carrier at S1, presumably still RSO, unmodulating or not (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Transmitter signed on today at about 1402 UT on 15140 kHz with a strong signal during the English news bulletin as monitored via Twente. Let's see if they can keep the audio going today. Still on at 1441 with a program of smooth jazz (Richard Langley, NB, Jan 29, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) And not so good here, video at 1402 UT, Jan 29 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0Hrh9jWRw0&feature=youtu.be -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) Switch to Arabic at 15:01 UTC. If they are only going to normally supply one-hour of English in this time slot, they could at least start at the beginning of the news bulletin. The Jazz Café program was quite nice. A regular Friday feature on 90.4 FM? Other days? -- Richard Langley Yes, at 1501 in Arabic, video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IwppIziTUw&feature=youtu.be -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) Oman on 15140 at 1515z in Arabic with call to prayer followed by music and singing. By 1530 into a conversation between a man & child. S-5 to S-9 but with modulation that seems weaker than the signal. Quick fades, almost fluttery owing to the high latitude path to central Texas (highest latitude is about 60 degrees, passing south of Iceland near the tip of Greenland). (Jlenamon, Waco, TX, ibid.) Call to night prayer (Isha) for Muscat introduction at about 1509 UT. Specifically, the introduction started at 15:09:08 and the muezzin began at 1509:17 UT (Richard Langley, NB, Jan 29, ibid.) Radio Sultanate of Oman Today [15140] --- Crash start today (30 January 2016) at 1405 UT as noted using Twente receiver. After a few seconds of audio, audio disappeared but came back a couple of minutes later. Then, good wideband signal (see attached). "Music Factory" followed the news. Might have been an old program rather than live, given some of the references between music selections. Switch to Arabic at 1500 UT. Muezzin began call to prayer at 15:10:59 give or take a second (to account for SDR delay). (Richard Langley, Jan 30, ibid.) As noted via Twente: transmitter fired up on 15140 kHz at about 1401 UT. Audio begins some tens of seconds later with the news bulletin in progress. Followed by the regular Monday program "Law in Life" -- this time about Consumer Protection Law in Oman. Usual live DJed pop music afterwards. But audio cut out at about 1502 leaving an unmodulated carrier. This is around the time they usually switch to Arabic (at least recently). Dead air continuing (at least until 1515) (Richard Langley, NB, Feb 1, ibid.) 15140, 2/1 [must mean Feb 1, not Jan 2 ---- PLEASE don`t use numbers for dates!] 1842-1905 RSO, Thumrait,in Arabic. Open carrier, dead air. Very irregular station (DXer José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo - Brazil, Tecsun S-2000, Portable Telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) As noted via Twente: Late sign-on today on 15140 kHz. Transmitter came on just before 1418 UT with audio a few seconds later, just in time for a time check for 6:18 local time. Great signal as usual. Live program today (pop music) giving phone number for call-in requests. Switch to Arabic at 1506 UT (Richard Langley, Feb 2, ibid.) Hi Glenn, Wonderful reception of R. Sultanate of Oman by Ralph Perry today (Feb 3) on 15140 at 1424, with something very unique - a shoutout given to Ralph after DJ "Marcus" played Ralph's music request. Very special and a lot of fun for Ralph!! His audio - https://goo.gl/v1JqEK Thanks to Ralph for sharing his enjoyable reception (Ron Howard, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3325 & 6020.7, reactivated NBC: see BOUGAINVILLE I`m filing it there as a distinct area, which was once separatist, trying to become at least a separate radio country (gh, DXLD) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Whilst no specific figure known, NBC Madang [3260] & Alotau [3365] are running on reduced power, perhaps something more akin to 3 kW as the 10 kW NEC transmitters are at the end of their life. I haven't heard Alotau for a while now (Ian, Australia, Feb 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 7325a, 0753, Wantok Radio Light reactivated 11/1, fading in and quite readable at 0848 recheck, with syndicated US religious program. Frequency has dropped a little to 7324.94 and transmitter seems unstable with “wobbly” audio (Bryan Clark at Mangawhai, Northland, North Island, New Zealand, with WinRadio Excalibur Pro SDR, AOR7030+ and EWE antennas to NE, East & SE, Feb NZ DX Times via DXLD) 7324.94, Wantok Radio Light, Port Moresby (presumed). Heard in the 30 minute gap between CRI's s/off at 1930 and s/on at 2000. The carrier was fairly strong but the audio was quite low at times. Programming consisted of continuous slow music (possibly religious songs, some with church organ accompaniment) but no announcements for the whole half hour monitored. I could still [hear] it through CRI's dead-air carrier switch on at 1957, and it could be heard faintly under CRI's Serbian service till about 2015 when it faded due to the emerging daylight path between PNG and Mount Evelyn, 15/1. Noted again on 25/1 after several days absence at 0852 with preaching, a weak signal (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn, VIC (Yaesu FTDX 3000, Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Sangean ATS909, Double Bazooka antennas for 80, 40 and 20 metres, Par EF-SWL End Fed antenna, BHI NEIM1031 Digital Noise Eliminating Module, MFJ-1026 Noise Cancelling Module, ATU, Jan-Feb Australian DX News via DXLD) [same], Very faint heard in LSB religious program (my aerial is not the best). English 0850 fade/in and then killed off by China s/on 0957 IS 25/1. Remembering back the past few years, it usually is resurrected the transmission around this time of the year! Maybe the tech is only available over Xmas New year to fly in and fix it! (John Wright, Peakhurst, NSW (ICOM R75, 10 metres of coax going nowhere!), Jan-Feb Australian DX News via DXLD) [same], 29/1 at 1325, all I can hear is one poor signal in Japanese, CRI; but from 1357 it`s off and I do hear a JBA carrier on the lo side, so Wantok Radio Light is still there (Hauser*). {[originally:] [and non]. 7325-, Jan 29 at 1325, all I can hear is one poor signal in Japanese, CRI; but from 1357 it`s off and I do hear a JBA carrier on the lo side, so Wantok Radio Light is still there (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)} [same] Not bad with accented English talk 0905, recently back on, 11/1 (Craig Seager, VK2HBT, Bathurst NSW (Perseus SDR, Icom IC-746, Murphy B40C, Loop Skywire, LZ2AQ Amplified Loop, G5RV Jnr, Hustler 5-BTV Vertical, KIWA Preamp, Jan-Feb Australian DX News via DXLD) ** PERU [and non]. 5980, Jan 29 at 0058, one JBA carrier is joined by another a few seconds before 0059, i.e. R. Chaski, Urubamba, and then BBC Hindi via UAE. It`s been over two weeks since I last caught the Chaski cutoff, so I project it to be sometime after 0104.5. Listening very carefully with offset BFO producing a beat between the two at slightly different pitches, I detect the stronger one, Chaski, going off at 0104:42.5* UT Jan 29, which is 102.5 seconds later than 0103:00 on January 13, so averaging 6.4 seconds later per 24 hours, right on track! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 6174, Radio Tawantinsuyo, Cusco, Provincia de Cusco, (Onda Corta), OM con comerciales , ``Ce[r]veza Brahma`` Ahora las noticias el informativo Tawantinsuyo, 5 de la mañana, 5 con 20 Minutos, amables oyentes``. SINPO 54344, Dia 25 Enero 2016 en 1019 UT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZUZ-TxoiQY&feature=youtu.be RX: Tecsun S-2000, Antenna: Long wire 700 Meters (Daniel Wyllyans, Nova Xavantina MT Brazil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** PHILIPPINES. 17700.09, R. Pilipinas, 0219-0241, Feb 1. This frequency had been off the air for quite a while; in English; many IDs; PBS news; " 'DFA On-line,' news and events from different Philippine embassies and consulates around the world"; "Philippine Trivia"; "It's More Fun In The Philippines," etc.; 15640 // 17820; all mostly fair (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PUNTLAND. Wondering if anyone knows what the current status of Radio Puntland is? Also -- was there ever a reliable address to use for them, for reports? Thanks (Dan Robinson, DC, Jan 28, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. Shortwave from Russia to resume? http://vk.com/ctvspb?w=wall-59176345_5476 Can anyone provide a better translation or elaborate? Translated by Google as: "RUSSIA IS BACK ON THE SHORT WAVE - FIRST STEP TO REVIVAL OF POWER BROADCASTING Today, the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Communications conducts regular competition for the right of broadcasting terrestrial broadcasting. Among the subjects of the contest ?? 8 and 9 as the sole the applicant stated the State budget institution of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), National broadcasting company "Sakha" (NBC "Sakha"), intending to obtain the right to exercise of terrestrial analogue broadcasting in short wave. For these purposes, intended to be used two transmitters with space to install on. Tulagino about Yakutsk: 250 kW at a frequency of 7295 kHz and a power of 100 kW at a frequency of 7345 kHz for the declared schedule (local time - GMT + 6:00.):Monday to Friday: from 06.00 to 09.00; from 12.00 to 14.00; from 18.00 to 21.00Saturday and Sunday: from 07.00 to 14.00; from 18.00 to 21.00 According to the director Directorate of Radio NVK "Sakha" Maxim Berezin, broadcast is scheduled to begin in the spring, most likely - in May. For our part, we hope that the broadcasts could be started earlier after receiving a broadcasting license. We add in conclusion that it is in these days of January the station number 1 branch RTRS "RTBC the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)" in the village Tulagino where a shortwave signal NBC " Sakha "will spread to the entire territory of the republic and to reach the most remote corners of the globe, is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary." Also in the comments: "A small addition to this report, and apologize for a certain group editor incorrect header. The fact is that after closing, a few years ago, Russia's foreign broadcasting (Voice of Russia) and off last shortwave domestic broadcast transmitters (Radio of Russia, including - in Tulagino) in this range, continued its work of a single transmitter, broadcasting a program of the Adygeya radio (STRC "Adygea") in the amount of three hours per week for compatriots abroad on Circassian, Turkish and Arabic. Current schedule of his work: 2100- 2200 GMT on Monday and Friday, 2200-2300 GMT on Sunday at a frequency of 6000 kHz exactly (in the range of 49 meters) over 100 kW transmitter radio center of the Kuban branch of RTRS "Krasnodar KRTPTS" in the Tbilisi district of the region. Link to the archive of programs online broadcaster: http://www.adygtv.ru/programs/radio-inoveshchanie/bro .." Posted by: (Ste Cooper, Jan 29, dxldyg via DXLD) From Anatoly Klepov, Moscow: There is already official registration of Radio Sakha Yakutsk to start on 1st of May 2016 or earlier at Mon-Fri 9-12, 15-17, 21-24; Sat, Sun 10-17, 21-24 on 7295 with 250 kW and on 7345 with 100 Kw (via Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria 30 Jan 2016, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA [and non]. Hi Kai, TWR-Europe completely stops broadcasting on shortwave. 73, (Vasily Gulyaev. TransWorldRadio_Rus. Jan 29, via Kai Ludwig, DXLD) So the shortwave broadcasts in Polish and Hungarian will indeed cease, too (Kai Ludwig, Germany, ibid.) ** RUSSIA. Amigos, O QRZnow.com divulgou links com informações sobre o transmissor russo conhecido como UVB-76, costumeiramente ouvido em 4625 kHz. O material abaixo explica bem essa questão, inclusive com a localização do referido transmissor na Rússia. Vídeo: http://qrznow.com/can-solve-mystery-uvb-76-4-625-khz/ Artigo: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2877988/Can-solve-mystery-UVB-76-Radio-station-buzzed-second-1970s-no-one-knows-why.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&utm_content=buffera83e0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer 73, (Rudolf Grimm, São Bernardo SP, http://dxways-br.blogspot.com Feb 3, radioescutas yg via DXLD) ** SAINT HELENA. If any bookstore, etc., in the area carries the (UK) Financial Times, this weekend's issue has a feature on St. Helena and the changes wrought by opening the new airstrip on the island (Chuck Albertson, Seattle WA, Jan 31, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SAIPAN. 1080, KCNM, MP, Saipan (No. Marianas Islands) – Silent Jan. 3, tower damaged in Typhoon Soudelor has now collapsed (AM Switch, NRC DX News Feb 9 via DXLD) ** SARAWAK [non]. PHILIPPINES, New time of clandestine transmission Radio Free Sarawak: 1130-1300 15420 PUG 250 kW / 280 deg SEAs Iban Mon-Sat, ex 1030-1200 Confirmed on Feb.1 via SDR units in Twente, Novosibirsk, Hong Kong, Sydney. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/new-time-of-clandestine-transmission.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blog dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DXLD) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 21505.025, Jan 29 at 1411, Arabic music and talk from BSKSA, always off-frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. Greatly expanded Brother Scare via WRMI: USA ** SRI LANKA. 11905, Jan 29 at *0114:11, carrier on from SLBC, JBA at S1, too little to detect exactly when the music starts or timesignal ends (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Reception of Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation on Jan 29 from 1700 11750 TRM 125 kW / 345 deg to N/ME Sinhala relay City FM http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/01/reception-of-sri-lanka-broadcasting.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN. New stuff heard from West Michigan using the North-South reversible D-KAZ & Perseus SDR. Not a bad start to the new year! Trans-Atlantics: 1296.008 Sudan - 0322 UT 1/28/2016 - Fair signal with steady audio during Qur`an recitations lasting for several minutes. Thanks to Bjarne Mjelde for confirming frequency offset and comparing program content to what he had recorded during the same time as my reception. Carrier still hanging on at 0410 but audio long gone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbTyirC5Qnc 73, (Tim Tromp, West Michigan, ABDX via DXLD) ** SURINAME. 4990, Radio Apintie, Paramaribo, 0950 om in Dutch, a few words in well, alas remains a poor signal to 1000 26 January (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach, South Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Mosquito Coast DX News - DXSF January 30, 2016, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SWEDEN. Radio Revival Sweden will be on the air on Feb 6: Radio Nord Revival: 1100-1200 on 3975 SAL 005 kW / non-dir to WeEu Swedidh AM 1100-1200 on 6060 SAL 010 kW / non-dir to WeEu Swedidh LSB Swedish DX Federation: 1200-1300 on 3975 SAL 005 kW / non-dir to WeEu Swedidh AM 1200-1300 on 6060 SAL 010 kW / non-dir to WeEu Swedidh LSB http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/radio-revival-sweden-will-be-on-air-on.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SWEDEN. I unfortunately have to give you some sad news - our long time member BEFF has lost interest in DX-ing and as well tells us that he is suffering from some sort of cancer. We all hope it is in an early stage and that he will win the battle. BEFF, Björn Fransson, Visby, Sweden Yrke: Speciallärare, numera lärare på Komvux i Visby, DX start: 2 december 1957, Verifierade länder/stationer: 213 länder 1802 stationer, Mottagare: AOR AR7030, ICOM R71, Antenner: diverse longwires åt alla möjliga håll och kanter, 100-400 meter långa. Inga speciella arrangemang med dem - har inte ens jordat dem... Andra hjälpmedel: Bra minne, Ev. annat avlyssningsställe: Ygne med fantastisk utsikt över solnedgången i Östersjön, speciellt bra mot UK, Favoritområde: allt, men gärna mystiska, svåridentifierade stationer, typ clandestines, Övriga hobbies: politik (Miljöpartiet de gröna - sitter ordinare i Kommunfullmäktige och i Tekniska nämnden), orientering, trädgården, skriva.. Björn Fransson: Hej! Det här är ett mail som jag inte ville skriva, men känner att jag måste. I helgen skrev jag också min sista artikel för DX-Aktuellt. "DX-Karriären" är nu officiellt över. Jag har inte DX-at på allvar på flera år och de senaste åren inte alls. Lusten är helt borta. Fram till nu har jag följt alla mina nyhetskällor och med glädje läst såväl MVE, SWB och MKVK:s utgåvor. Då har motivet varit att hänga med i nyhetssvängen för att kunna sköta mina spalter i DXA. Jag har egentligen inte på länge bidragit med något "vettigt" och användbart för er andra och då är det dags att inte fortsätta som om jag vore aktiv. Till yttermera visso har jag drabbats av cancer i levern och någon annanstans, som läkaren ännu inte har kläm på. Jag har genomgått massor av prov och undersökningar, men ännu har man inte vågat fatta något beslut om vidare behandling. Kanske får jag besked i morgon, när jag ska genomgå magnetröntgen och sedan få träffa en kirurg på onkologen? Jag har inte ont någonstans, men jag är alltid enormt trött. Sängläge har aldrig hägrat så mycket som nu. Tack allihop för allt ni har givit mig under många år! Jag tänker inte ge upp den personliga kampen ännu, men jag tvingas ändå göra en del smärtsamma avslut.Lycka till med ert fortsatta engagemang för svensk DX-ing! 73 från Björn "BEFF" (Björn Fransson, SW Bulletin Jan 31 via DXLD) BEFF Translation [from club member profile info]: Occupation: Special education teacher, now a teacher in adult education in Visby, DX Start: December 2, 1957. Verified countries / stations: 213 countries, 1802 stations. Receivers: AOR AR7030, ICOM R71. Antennas: Various longwires in all different directions, 100-400 meter long. No special arrangement with them - do not even ground them. Other aids: Good memory, if any. Another listening place: Ygne with spectacular sunset views of the Baltic Sea, especially good against the UK. Favorite Area: anything but preferably mysterious, difficult to identify stations, type clandestines. Other hobbies: politics (Green Party - sitting ordinary member of the City Council and the Technical Committee); Orientation, garden, writing... Bjorn Fransson: Hi! This is an email that I have not wanted to write but feel I must. This weekend I also wrote my last article for DX- Aktuellt. The "DX-career" is now officially over. I have not DX-ed seriously for several years, and in recent years, not at all. The lust is gone. Until now I have followed all my news sources and joyfully read both MVE, SWB and MKVK's editions. Then the subject has been keeping up with the news flow to take care of my columns in the DX-A. Actually I have not for a long time contributed with something "sensible" and useful for you, and so it is time not to continue as if I were active. Moreover, I have got cancer in the liver and elsewhere, that the doctor has not found yet. I have gone through lots of tests and examinations, but yet no one has dared to make any decision about further treatment. Maybe I'll get an answer tomorrow, when I will undergo an MRI and then meet with a surgeon at the oncology section? I do not have any pain, but I'm always extremely tired. Bed rest has never loomed so much as now. Thank you all for everything you have given me over many years! I will not give up the personal battle yet, but I still have to do some painful decisions. Good luck with your continued commitment to the Swedish DX-ing! 73 from Björn "beff" [translated by SWB editor Thomas Nilsson for DX LISTENING DIGEST) -------------------------- Usch vad trista besked du kommer med. Först att din trevliga penna tystnar i DX-pressen. Det har alltid varit en glädje att ta del av dina inlägg och artiklar. Som du ser så är det inte så många som har tiden och orken att skriva även om de har förmågan. Därav kommer säkert den framtida DX-pressen att sakta men säkert dö ut precis som det föreningsliv vi har sett under många år. Det andra du berättar om, vad du drabbats av, är ännu tristare besked. Vet själv hur det var när man fick besked om prostatacancer och innan operationer mm genomförts. Som tur är har behandlingen blivit mycket bättre på senare år så vi får hoppas det kommer att hjälpa när behandlingar-na skall sättas igång. Förstå att det är många svåra beslut som måste tas - det är ju en genomgripande förändring av livet som gäller. Kämpa på! Hälsningar, (Thomas Nilsson, ed., ibid.) Whew! such sad information you tell us. First of all that your cute pen falls silent in the DX press. It has always been a pleasure to read your posts and articles. As you can see, it's not many who have the time and energy to write, even if they have the ability. Hence surely the future DX press will slowly but surely die out just like the voluntary associations we have seen for many years. The second you tell us about what you are experiencing, is even sadder news. I know for sure how it was when I was informed about prostate cancer and before the operations, etc. were carried out. Fortunately, the treatment has improved greatly in recent years and we hope it will help when the treatment is started up. I fully understand that there are many difficult decisions that must be taken - it is a radical change of life that applies. Fight on! Regards, Thomas [translated] Also in the two latest MV-Eko you could read that two other old-timers have passed away. Many of us are already on the wrong side getting older and we are at risk. 73 (Thomas Nilsson, DX LISITENING DIGEST) GW, Gunnar Wrange from Gothenburg. Gunnar was the oldest member in Arctic Radio Club and also since long time back in SWB. He died January 5, 2016 after having just filled 96 years. He was a member since the early 60's. We send our thoughts to his children and other relatives. AH Arne Härkönen, Gällivaare. Our former member in ARC and SWB, Arne Härkönen, died on January 21, 2016. Arne was a very prominent MWDXer, the interest was mainly directed toward North America. Arne was a member of the ARC between 1963-1994. Arne was 87 years. Rest in piece (Thomas Nilsson, Sweden, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN. As noted via Twente: Fair to decent signal of Radio Taiwan International in English on 9465 kHz between 1500 and 1600 UT. Have to use LSB to avoid TWR on 9470 kHz for first half hour. Confirmed that the long-running, very pleasant, music program "Jade Bells and Bamboo Pipes" is aired on Tuesdays in the second half-hour of this transmission and not on Wednesday as indicated in this schedule: http://english.rti.org.tw/schedule/ (Richard Langley, NB, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN. 7502.0 in AM, but strongest in USB, StarStar Broadcasting Station (XingXing BS), 1319, Feb 1. Giving numbers in Chinese; fair; has been on this frequency for a while now; schedule 1200-1230 & 1300-1330 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN. 15775.2, Sound of Hope (Xi Wang Zhi Sheng). Mandarin talk at 0550. A clock "bong" at 0600, ID and change of program with introductory music and female announcer. A fair to poor signal, (no jamming) but still surprising how well this station can be heard sometimes with its alleged 0.1 kW into an ND antenna. 5/1 (Rob Wagner, VK3BVW, Mount Evelyn, VIC (Yaesu FTDX 3000, Kenwood TS2000, Yaesu FRG100, Sangean ATS909, Double Bazooka antennas for 80, 40 and 20 metres, Par EF-SWL End Fed antenna, BHI NEIM1031 Digital Noise Eliminating Module, MFJ-1026 Noise Cancelling Module, ATU, Jan-Feb Australian DX News via DXLD) [and non]. 9319.964, TWN SOH / RFA relay in Chinese, at 0305 UT Jan 29, S=5-6 9730.079, TWN SOH in Chinese, S=4 at 03111 UT, heard in Korea. 9849.954, TWN SOH / RFA relay, Chinese S=4-5 poor, and co-channel CHN CNR jamming 9850.0 kHz even. 9930.121, TWN SOH Chinese, S=6 at 0330 UT. 10820.036, TWN SOH in Chinese, S=6 at 0332 UT. 10960.031, TWN SOH in Chinese, S=6 at 0333 UT. 11070.074, TWN SOH in Chinese, S=6 at 0334 UT. 11100.142, TWN SOH in Chinese, S=6 at 0334 UT. 11149.895, TWN SOH in Chinese, S=6 at 0335 UT. 11410.008, TWN SOH in Chinese, S=6 at 0336 UT. 11530.0, CHINA, China mainland FIREDRAKE mx jamming, not CNR1 jammer 0337 UT, S=9+5 11580.027, TWN SOH / RFA relay in Chinese, S=6 at 0340 UT. 11600.231, TWN SOH in Chinese, S=3-4 weak and tiny. 11688-11697, some Chinese spurious signal, distorted audio. 11775.017, TWN SOH in Chinese, S=6 at 0344 UT. 11980.0, CHN CNR1 jammer station, S=9+10dB signal strength, against RFA Chinese via Dushanbe TJK, 0358 UT. 12500.232 TWN SOH in Chinese, S=6 at 0407 UT. 12800.142 TWN SOH in Chinese, tiny S=4 at 0408 UT. 12910.181 TWN SOH in Chinese, tiny S=4 at 0409 UT. 12980.139 TWN SOH in Chinese, S=6 at 0413 UT. 13130.163 TWN SOH in Chinese, tiny S=4 at 0414 UT. 13230.012 TWN SOH in Chinese, tiny S=5 at 0415 UT. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, log 0245-0415 UT Jan 29, on remote SDR unit at Seoul KOREA Republic, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAJIKISTAN. 4765, Jan 29 at 1300, S9 carrier is just barely modulated, probably R. Tajikistan near grayline, on air 23-20 UT per EiBi. See also KYRGYZSTAN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 14295 harmonic, Tajik Radio Home Servic, Tajik on 26/1 at 1100 with pips, news – it is 3rd harmonic of 4765 kHz, which is not heard here (by us is 1300 [local time]) (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF 2001D, Folded Marconi Antenna 16 meters long own made), Jan-Feb Australian DX News via DXLD) ** THAILAND. HSK9 Radio Thailand World Service with transmitter problem on Jan 30: 1000-1100 on 17630 UDO 250 kW / 300 deg to N/ME Thai, listen carefully video http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/01/hsk9-radio-thailand-world-sce-with.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) Better yet, listen carefully to the audio. May I point out again what should be obvious. Most of these DX ``videos`` on YT are audios, with the video only incidental, a waste of bandwidth, or maybe a shot of the radio dial/display (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** THAILAND. Log 0230-0300 UT in eastern Thailand remote SDR post: 13744.965, Radio Thailand via IBB relay site Udorn Thani, noted at 0242 UT. Only S=4 in local near distance signal skip zone. Usual 30 - 40 Hertz odd frequencies outlet from IBB Thailand relay, noted now many seasons (Wolfgang Büschel, Jan 31, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TIBET [and non]. 6130.0, Jan 29 at 0127, JBA carrier; only thing listed in Aoki is Lhasa at 290 degrees; it surrounded by a noise field, which I suspect is coming out of the blasting S9+52 WWCR signal on 6115, as there is a similar but weaker blob circa 6100 on the opposite side (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TIBET [non]. 11517, Jan 29 at 1414, S7 talk and a weaker carrier on 11512, i.e. V. of Tibet via TAJIKISTAN. Nominal switchover from 11512 to 11517, per Ivo, is 1415, but this indicates they are two separate transmitters. Also some noise around 11510, maybe jamming; and at 1416 another JBA carrier on 12007, which would have been used in the previous hour, but always shifting around (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) TAJIKISTAN/MADAGASCAR Voice of Tibet observed Feb 1: 1200-1230 15543 DB 100 kW 95 deg to EaAS Chinese, 15540 CNR1 jamming 1230-1245 15568 DB 100 kW 131 deg to CeAS Tibetan, no jamming at 1230, jamming starts late at 1234 UT on 15570 kHz. 1245-1300 15562 DB 100 kW 131 deg to CeAS Tibetan, 15560 CNR1 jamming 1300-1400 12007*DB 100 kW 95 deg to EaAS Chinese, no jamming til 1304, then co-ch 12005 kHz, both CNR1 jamming and Radio Farda too. 1300-1330 nothing today DB 100 kW 131 deg to CeAS Tibetan, ex11512 1300-1330 13582 DB 100 kW 131 deg to CeAS Tibetan, not checked yet 1330-1400 11512 DB 100 kW 131 deg to CeAS Tibetan, no jamming visible 1330-1400 12013#DB 100 kW 95 deg to EaAS Chinese, 12015 CRI Chinese 1400-1407 11512 DB 100 kW 131 deg to CeAS Tibetan, no jamming 1400-1407 15565 MDC 250 kW 45 deg to CeAS Tibetan, Monday 1407-1430 11517 DB 100 kW 131 deg to CeAS Tibetan, no jamming TX cut off at 1430:33 UT on Feb 1st. 1407-1428:08 UT 15570 MDC 250 kW 45 deg to CeAS Tibetan, Monday * strong QRM from Radio Farda nominal 12005 via Biblis-Germany. # strong QRM from CRI in Chinese nom. 12015 via Urumqi-China. I have gained the impression that China's JAMMING action against Voice of Tibet transmissions on Dushanbe and Madagascar, has very reduced now in 2016. wb. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Feb 1) dxldyg via DXLD) ** TURKEY. QSL: 5960, V Turkey with full/data 'people skiing' card in a little under a month for emailed reception report. Listed transmitter site as EMR, which is their only SW transmitter site so -- - Nice to occasionally get a paper QSL! Also included two 2016 calendars & printed schedule good until March (Kenneth Vito Zichi, MI2, MARE Tipsheet via DXLD) ** UKRAINE. see BULGARIA [non] ** U K. Hi All, Just put 7265.0 kHz on to look for Hamburger Lokalradio, but instead found a very strong test transmission from Babcock on there, with the usual requests for reception reports to 'testtransmission@gmail.com'. Still going strong at 1500 UT (Alan Gale, UK, 1500 UT Wed Feb 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I think HLR dropped the Wednesday broadcasts months ago. Let`s hope BaBcoCk is not doing this on Saturday! BTW, they`ve moved the earlier broadcast on Sat from 7265 to 6190, including World of Radio at 0730. BBC South Africa is also on there, so is that any problem around Europe? 73, (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Hi Glenn, Thanks for the update. I wasn't sure if they still operated on Wednesdays, which was why I was checking the frequency for them, lucky I did now. The Babcock test went off around 1550 UT just before CRI came on for its 1600 broadcast. Apologies for giving the wrong e-mail address before, it should have read and not the other way round (my brain needs servicing I think!) :-D I haven't caught the earlier WoR broadcast yet, I usually listen to the one at 1530, which usually comes in well here (apart from the last couple of minutes when CRI flattens everything in sight that is!). 73 for now, (Alan Gale, UK, ibid.) Tnx; strong here in Germany on a C.Crane CC Skywave portable radio. email address announced is transmissiontest@gmail.com 73 (Harald Kuhl, bdxcuk yg via DXLD) Yes, in southern Germany Woofferton is loud and claer S=9+45dB. 5.4 kHz either side. Usual Cello music around the transmission test. And between some folk mx of Spain and Italy?, flute, South Asian and Caribbean music pieces too. Till 1550:15 CUT OFF, now Chinese CNR2 and CRI Hindi service with Chinese-Hindi lesson in background. wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Very strong here. Transmission ended at 1550 UC. Yes email for reports is transmissiontest@gmail.com (not as per original post). 73 (Alan Pennington, Caversham, UK, AOR 7030plus, longwire, ibid.) Hi y'all, After 17 months, I did get a QSL email on January 23 for their test transmission on 7465 at 1308 on August 12, 2014 with the following note: ``Hello, Thank you for your report and I confirm the details are correct. These transmissions were to fault-find on a 300 kW sender at the UK HF transmitter station at Woofferton. The engineers needed a long test time as the fault was of an intermittent nature. Babcock, Woofferton is the only remaining UK HF sender broadcast station and also is the only one with this transmission test audio and email address. The audio is contained in a file playout system and incorporates non-copyright music and voice announcements from one of the employees at the transmitter site. Thanks for your interest. 73 Dave G4OYX [Porter], (Retired) Senior Transmitter Engineer Woofferton 1982-2012`` 73s, (Marty Delfin (Madrid, Spain, ibid.) ** U S A. BURNS, OREGON ON HAM RADIO --- Glen[n]: Tennessee ham radio operator David Parrish (callsign ki4thy) is interviewing various people living in Burns, Oregon with his phone patch and transmitting the conversations over the air on 3843 kHz [LSB?]. He has done this on previous nights as well. He has spoken to local citizen activist YouTubers, a mother and daughter working as manager and waitress at a local tavern, a desk clerk at a local motel and other figures. Other ham radio operators and phone callers from around the U.S. are asking questions and making comments in the discussion. It is also being streamed on http://livehams.com by another ham (Des Preston, kb8uyj, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Sent from my iPhone, 0722 UT Jan 29, DX LISTENING DIGEST via dxldyg without delay, WORLD OF RADIO 1811) not every night ** U S A. 3325-USB, Jan 31 at 1148 I awaken, so go right to here for NBC Bougainville, PNG, just reactivated. There is a JBA carrier with music, but atop it is an Army MARS net designated A5A, but despite fonetix, hard to copy any full calls, maybe AAR5CH. At 1152 net control announces a QSY to ``904``, another secret frequency which I figure I will never find. 4036-USB, Jan 31 at 1200, continuing my upward bandscan, I do find the same A5A Army MARS net as before on 3325, but announces this net is closing; nevertheless, another attempted check-in follows (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 4041.0-USB, Jan 29 at 1313, informal Army MARS net commenting on reception; 1316 ID fonetikaly as AAR7AD and AAR7AH; then they discuss some abbr`d calls from roster such as 7RL and IA. Seems the net call is A7A. AAR7AH is Lt. Col. Don Palmer, also in the Nebraska wing of the CAP. Google search on AAR7AD leads right to this interesting autobio at http://www.qrz.com/db/W5FFK/HR5 ``Donald R Moore 411 Catalpa Street Independence, KS 67301 USA I was first licensed in December of 1962 at the age of 13 years old. My first station was a SX-99 receiver and a Adventure transmitter. My original call sign was WN5FFK, and my home was in Blackwell, Oklahoma. I then received WA5FFK when I passed my general, and I now have the vanity call sign of W5FFK. I went on the air on Christmas eve, 1962 since my Adventure transmitter was my Christmas [gift]. I still have the Johnson Viking Adventure and try to make a contact with it each Christmas season. My profession is a broadcast engineer and electronics technician. I used to own radio station KOKB, a 1000 watt daytime [sic] AM on 1580 kHz, in Blackwell, OK. I also installed 5 radio stations in the country of Honduras, in Central America while working with Evangelistic Faith Missions. In all total our family served in Honduras for 16 years. Many have listened to HRPC broadcasting from San Luis, Honduras on 3250 kHz. I am a retired Army signal officer. Serving as the Communications and Electronic Officer of the 1/189 Field Artillery Battalion, and the 45th Infantry Brigade. I returned back to the United States from Honduras in 2006 and worked several years as a Avionics Tech for Cessna Aircraft company, in Independence, Kansas. now I work in the electrical department for Standard Motors Corporation, in their engineering lab, Independence, Kansas. I married my wife, Devona in 1971 and we are still together. I have two daughters, and two grandsons. My oldest daughter, Sheryl Denision, has the call KB5QNL. My youngest daughter Kara Moore, is KC0UXI. My interest mainly now is in vintage radio, on 80 meters and 160 meters. I am a member of Army Mars, and hold the call AAR7AD.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. IGNORANCE ABOUT VOA ON SHORTWAVE --- Dear Glenn, Here's a piece of history that I'm sad to report represents a great deal of management thinking in the good ol' US of A. In 1978, Larry King on his Mutual Radio network call in program, interviewed the president [?] of the VOA. The interview began by talking about the 1941 charter and how the VOA was not designed for domestic broadcast. Many callers did not know what the VOA was, let alone the $770 million budget which funded the enterprise. The interview degenerated when ham operators and shortwave listeners called in to report that they were regular listeners to the VOA on long wave and short wave bands. Larry King, in an argumentative style, kept deferring to the president's statements about the impossibility of listening to the VOA within the continental US. Obviously, neither one of these "gentlemen" had even listened to international broadcasting on a shortwave radio to learn we used to hear the VOA on as many as 22 frequencies, and more when conditions were good up and down the shortwave dial. This is not to mention that overseas, VOA transmitters would propagate to the US and their 500 kW medium wave on 1570 kc was heard in the southern regions of the US. Glenn, you might ask, Tom why are you stating the obvious? I'm simply demonstrating how out of touch the VOA management has been in regards to their own product! And how even key broadcasters do not understand much about the potential of shortwave broadcasting. Thanks for the updates about the VOA. Your broadcasts this January have been most helpful. Have you heard the VOA out of Greenville, NC also on 15580 between 17 and 21 hours UT? This English service, as you know, is directed to Africa. It does appear they make transmitter and antenna changes during these hours. On the west coast and mountain regions, the best time for VOA 19 meter reception is between 2:00 and 3:00 PM MST (Father Tom Roberts, PhD, DD, OSA, Weiser, Idaho, KF7PKG, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 21-22 UT = 2-3 pm MST is the ONLY hour when VOA currently uses Greenville on 15580, and yes, I do sometimes listen then to very good signal, but most days of week it`s pop/rock music of little interest. At 14-20 UT the site is Botswana, and at 20-21 it`s Vatican. Enjoy 15580 while you can as Greenville is not to use it at all in the A-16 season, nor anything else on 15 or 17 MHz for English to Africa. Or so it seems, subject to change without notice (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. VOA AND IBB EMPLOYEES DID WELL IN D.C. SNOWSTORM BBG Watch > Featured News > BBGWatcher January 25, 2016 1 Comment From: IBB Notices Admin Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 9:02 AM To: IBB Notices Administration Subject: Message from BBG CEO John Lansing - Thank you! Colleagues, I want to take this opportunity to express my sincere thanks to all of you who have camped out, slept on cots, or lived in a local hotel throughout the blizzard this weekend. As a former journalist myself, I understand the sacrifice you made to get VOA programs on the air. Your hard work and professionalism has not gone unnoticed. I'd like to thank you for your dedication. As a small token of my appreciation, pizza will be available for you in the IBB conference room at 11:30 a.m. Thank you for all you do every day to support U.S. international media. Sincerely, John F. Lansing, Chief Executive Officer and Director, Broadcasting Board of Governors, facebook twitter google_plus reddit pinterest linkedin tumblr mail Tweet 1 Comment 1. S January 26, 2016 at 1:47 pm HAHAHAHHA No one as this "pizza" thank you were here all weekend. We know who we were, and a thank you from Upper Management, beside from Director Lansing would be nice. Reply -v Leave a Comment Cancel reply Your email address will not be published (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) ** U S A. VOA Radiogram, 30-31 Jan 2016 --- Hoping for poor reception this weekend, because VOA Radiogram will include two slow modes (20-30 wpm), Olivia 64-2000 and MFSK8, that cope well with difficult shortwave conditions. Most of the show is in our usual MFSK32, about 120 wpm, with text and images. Details and schedule ... http://voaradiogram.net/post/138282110897/voa-radiogram-30-31-january-2016-comparing-slow Patch audio from your radio to your PC and decode with Fldigi from w1hkj.com. Or decode using an Android device with TIVAR: http://sourceforge.net/projects/fldigi/files/AndFlmsg/TIVAR/ With TIVAR, I usually just place my tablet or mobile phone near the radio, letting audio from the speaker enter the mic (Kim Elliott, Jan 29, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Using Fldigi or TIVAR, try decoding this audio of VOA Radiogram Olivia 64-2000 (25 wpm) and MFSK8 (30 wpm) by a receiver in Sydney, Australia, 15000 km from the North Carolina transmitter ... https://t.co/2ike5zvB7Z Given the reception conditions, voice would probably be unintelligible, and the faster MFSK32 generally failed (Kim, 1139 UT Jan 30, ibid.) Decoding could be better, but in the audio is a big mistake!! In audio, there are two signal-centers: at 1500 +/- 100 Hz. That means: both Olivia, as well as in MFSK there are two center frequencies: about 1390 Hz + 1610 Hz. This clearly means: 1. reception was at 5865.100 kHz (100 Hz higher) 2. decoding was NOT only in USB, but USB + LSB = DSB, without S-AM 3 because of that: both NF spectra do not add congruently !! Thereby: AF demodulation was NOT correct !!! (roger, Germany, ibid.) "...Given the reception conditions, voice would probably be unintelligible, and the faster MFSK32 generally failed. " I disagree. With proper demodulation MFSK-32 (16-FSK !!) is better than MFSK-8 (32-FSK !!). I have checked this with an audio recording of Mark Hirst (2E0ECN), also from a weak 5865 kHz. The s/n of MFSK-32 was always 4-5 db better than that of MFSK-8 kHz, here there were also errors. But why was MFSK8 better than MFSK32 in the "incorrect" Australia- audio recording?? MFSK8 has a narrower bandwidth. When there is an invalid DSB-demodulation with 110 Hz frequency shift, there are fewer false overlap. MFSK-32 is broader - there is a much greater destructive overlap during false demodulation - this is the explanation. In the even broader Olivia-64-2000, the tones are more concisely placed. The method for error protection is still much more effective. The filligrane MFSK8 with its 32 *narrow* tones can never be as robust as an MFSK-32 with its 16 wider tones - that's my opinion. http://www.rhci-online.net/radiogram/VoA_Radiogram_2016-01-30.htm#mfsk Here's an earlier test from me: Radio reception in DSB-demodulation with 500 Hz frequency offset. This generates a offset of 1 kHz between LSB + USB-data in the audio spectrum. This means: no destructive overlap with MFSK-32. You can save together in one mono audio file hereby USB + LSB Data. This only works with sufficient narrow modes. http://www.rhci-online.net/radiogram/VoA_Radiogram_2015-06-13.htm#DSB (roger, ibid.) ** U S A. 17665, Jan 29 at 1406-1409*, S9+20 open carrier, no doubt VOA Greenville test to be sure it`ll work when next needed, *1700 in Portuguese on 17655 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [non]. 7275, Feb 1 at 0408, S9+25 in central African tonal language mentioning Rwanda, so is it Kinyarwanda? No, per Aoki, it`s Kirundi, daily 0330-0430 but switching from São Tomé to Botswana at 0400; M-F adding another 35 minutes until 0505, and English 0505-0530, still Botswana. EiBi agrees, except for no English, just KNK until 0530. This abbr. does not make a distinxion between KinyaRwanda and KiRundi, as mixed by BBC and VOA. HFCC agrees with that, except the language thruout as Kin, which surely means Kinyarwanda, not Kirundi. EiBi`s read-me language list shows [kin] in lower-case only as Kinyarwanda. While Kirundi is KiR with a small-I in the middle, equivalent to [run] in SIL language code. You`d think languages would correlate with Hutu and Tutsi ethnic groups but they don`t. I do suspect the languages of Burundi and Rwanda are closely related {much closer than Flemish and French}. Now, is there English from 0505 or not? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9955, WRMI, Okeechobee. [Mon] 25/1 from 0430 with the good old & always famous DX program “World Of Radio“ read & compiled by Glenn Hauser (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF 2001D, Folded Marconi Antenna 16 meters long own made), Jan-Feb Australian DX News via DXLD) [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1810 monitoring: confirmed Friday Jan 29 at 2130 on WRMI, 15770, now quite a poor signal here off the side: let`s hope it is better to the northeast aimed at Europe, but does the MUF hold up that far into the winter night? Also confirmed at 2130.6 on WRMI 7570, much better here aimed NW at us. Next: Sat 0730 HLR 7265-CUSB to SW Sat 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB to SW Sat 2030v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND? Sun 0410v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND? Sun 0900 WRMI 5850 to NW Mon 0400v WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Area 51 to WSW Mon 0430.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 1415.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW WORLD OF RADIO 1810 monitoring: confirmed on UTwente SDR, Netherlands, Saturday Jan 30 underway at 1535 UT on 7265-CUSB, Hamburger Lokalradio, Göhren, Germany; today I`m copied at R5, well over the CCI from CRI --- what a difference this week, compared to last and other weeks. Next: Sat 2030v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND? Sun 0410v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND? Sun 0900 WRMI 5850 to NW Mon 0400v WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Area 51 to WSW Mon 0430.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 1415.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW WORLD OF RADIO 1810 monitoring: confirmed UT Sunday Jan 31 at 0424 on WA0RCR, MO, 1860-AM, at midpoint so started about 0410 --- and with *heavy* CW QRM on both sides. Must be a contest on 160m packing the band much more so than usual. One almost on 1860, WA0RCR and me providing the BFO, is obviously automated, no fist involved, repeatedly calling CQ evidently with few responses; what`s the point? At least with ham contests in phone modes, we are fairly confident the voices we hear are human and live even if they are stuck in incredibly boring repetitiousness. I figured this would ensue as an earlier check of 1860 at 0123 already found CW QRM to steady S9 WA0RCR. Next WORs: Mon 0400v WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Area 51 to WSW Mon 0430.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 1415.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW WORLD OF RADIO 1810 monitoring: 5109.7-CUSB, Feb 1 at 0401, Johnny Lightning is running over, plugging WBCQ as a place to program even if you have no radio experience, including some F-bombs which are apparently OK now on US SW; not until 0406 has he ``gotta go``, and 0406.5 immediately into WORLD OF RADIO via Area 51. WOR 1810 also confirmed from 0430:02 UT Mon Feb 1 on WRMI 9955, along with pulse jamming; tnx a lot, Arnie! Next: Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 1415.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, I have decided to carry WOR all seven days on 9330. Will be on 7:30 to 8pm, except Sat. will be on 6:30 to 7p. All times EST. Hope this helps. Thanks for all you do (Allan Weiner, Feb 1, WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Allan, what a surprise! That certainly will help. So the expected shift of the previous 9330 airing to one hour later Thursday nights will no longer be necessary. In UT: 9330v-CUSB, Monday thru Saturday 0030, Saturday 2330 (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WORLD OF RADIO 1810 monitoring: confirmed UT Wed Feb 3 at 0030 on WBCQ 9330-CUSB, at S9+10/20 after at least 5 minutes of The Planet IS & IDs prior to new sign-on time. At tune-in frequency was about 9329.87, but by 0054 it had warmed up to 9330.000. Also confirmed 24 hours later UT Thu Feb 4 at 0030 on 9330.0. Due to our produxion schedule, the first airing here of new WORs will be UT Fridays (and the previous 9330 airing at 0200 UT Friday, expected to shift to 0300, will no longer be necessary). WOR 1810 also confirmed Wed Feb 3 at 1415.5 on WRMI 9955 (following FG Radio, Cyprus, with a short-story ``classic reading`` from Robert Louis Stevenson; why? We`ve heard RLS on FGR before, and wonder if it`s the same story, an ``evergreen`` standby episode instead of any news? BTW their website has not been updated since last May, with outdated schedules, http://famagusta-gazette.com/FG-radio-158.htm including this Wed 1400 on 9955 but with summer timing of Wed 1300. WOR 1810 also confirmed Wed Feb 3 during the WBCQ 2200 airing, at 2211 when it was on about 7490.0; rechecked after 0030, this had as usual drifted down slightly to the lo side of 7490. WORLD OF RADIO 1811 monitoring: confirmed first SW airing Thu Feb 4 after 1230 on WRMI 9955: at 1253 check it`s S9+10 with pulse jamming; tnx a lot, Arnie! Also confirmed Thu at 2100 on WRMI 7570, good. Also confirmed NEW: UT Friday Feb 5 at 0030 on WBCQ 9330.135-CUSB. Next: Fri 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE Fri 2130.5 WRMI 7570 to NW Sat 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sat 0730 HLR 6190-CUSB to SW [ex-7265] Sat 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB to SW Sat 2030v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND? Sat 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sun 0410v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND? Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Mon 0400v WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Area 51 to WSW Mon 0430.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Wed 1415.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW Thu 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW [see Germany:] Why move the morning HLR broadcast from 7265 to 6190? Reports we had were that at 0730 Sat, there was no QRM to 7265 (unlike at 1530). HFCC B-15 shows at 06-08 there is 100 kW BBC English via SOUTH AFRICA. Maybe by 0730 there won`t be much of that making it into Europe (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6190, Hamburger LokalRadio, Göhren, 0731-0800, 30-01, Glenn Hauser's program "World of Radio". 24322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DX LISTENING DIGEST) QRM de algo, not bad ** U S A. 5109.7-CUSB, UT Fri Jan 29 at 0100 after The Planet IS & ID, sign-on, into another episode, #12 of `Mennonite Radio`. James Branum mentions that he is ``expanding to another frequency starting this week``, but doesn`t say what or when it is! It`s not now on the other WBCQs --- 7490 with AWWW repeat, 9330 with Blalock the Blaster. This Ep is about the Sermon on the Mount. Retune at 0130 for his other show, `Broad Spectrum Radio`, episode 6, a.k.a. ``Exploring Aspergia`` #1. About the Aspergian Community including his ``own journey, a fairly personal account``. It`s a condition, not a disease, and it isn`t all negative. 0152 about how it was difficult for him to funxion as an attorney. Much more about it here, and audio access: http://broadspectrumradio.com/2016/01/29/broad-spectrum-radio-sw-service-6-exploring-aspergia-episode-1-january-28-2016/ This will be continuing on the fourth weeks of February and March. Only here do we find what the second frequency and time are: ``and at 7490 kHz on Saturday, July 30, 2016 at 4:30 p.m. CST/10:30 p.m. UTC``, certainly meant to say January 30 at 2230 UT. So does Mennonite Radio also precede it at 2200? Probably, but neither yet shows on the WBCQ sked, not starting until 2300 with `Shortwave Saturday Night`. 7490 means he will get simulwebcast there, unlike the 5110 airings. 5109.7-CUSB, UT Sat Jan 30 at 0221 rock music, 0223 live(?) timecheck as 23 past the hour, outro as Joe Jackson, Blaze of Glory, Radio Free Dishnuts ID, plugging another show coming up at top-of-hour, contact WA4WGA@arrl.net, i.e. Ray Mahorney, and RFD ID. So this is on for another Friday night, altho supposedly was only on Jan 2 as an experiment; I also heard it last week Jan 23, despite never appearing on the WBCQ 5110 schedule! Larry Will has circulated new programming info for WBCQ, not including this, or maybe he is just not aware of it, but does say: ``minus: Sat 0200-0300 5110 Grogcast (last broadcast for now was 16 Jan 2016)``. Meanwhile at 0221 Jan 30, 9330 is off, and only 7489.92 has `Allan Weiner Worldwide` for a few more minutes before JIPping to Brother Scare. But from Feb 2, the 0200-0300 hour 7 days a week on 9330 will be occupied by: ``0200-0300 9330 Word of Deliverance (starting 2 Feb 2016)`` per Larry Will, and bumping WORLD OF RADIO UT Fridays to an hour later from 0300. 7490.025-AM, approx., Sat Jan 30 at 2200, as expected, WBCQ is on an hour earlier than before on Sats for repeat of `Mennonite Radio`, James Branum`s show originally UT Fridays at 0100 on 5109.7-CUSB. This time slightly on the hi side of 7490, and no het from BBC Thailand, which if there is too weak to show. Followed at 2230 by his other show `Broad Spectrum Radio`, this episode about autism, and his own experiences with the condition. These additions still do not appear on the WBCQ 7490 online program schedule. J. P. Ferraro`s `Shortwave Saturday Night` starts at 2300, and by 0104 UT Jan 31, WBCQ has faded to only S7, the frequency dropped to its habitual area, 7489.94; is it a slow drift downward? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) New music show on WBCQ --- One of the highlights of our first show is an interview with Arturo O'Farrill that we recorded in the Iris Jazz Club in Santiago de Cuba in December. We talk about the Jazz scene there and share some of his GRAMMY-nominated recording Cuba: The Conversation Continues. There is a lot of other music of course. If you are able to get this on the radio, I would be grateful if you could let me know (the station handles official QSL cards). Beginning February 1, every Monday night (Tuesday morning in Europe and Africa) on the short waves on WBCQ The Planet, 7.490 MHz from 8pm- 9pm EST (0100-0200 UTC Tuesday in Europe, Africa and the Middle East): From the Isle of Music, a new radio program dedicated to the music of Cuba - Jazz, Fusion, Timba, Nueva Trova, Son, Classical, Folklorica, interviews with musicians, even a little history of the music now and then. Partly in English, en parte en español. "Like" our Facebook page to keep informed about what we will bring you. (For those without shortwave or outside of viable signal range, there are also a couple of ways to stream the frequency via Internet; see the instructions in our NOTES section). (-----------, Jan 31, NASWA yg via DXLD) 7490, UT Tuesday Feb 2 at 0100-0200, WBCQ is presumably broadcasting first episode of new weekly show, `From the Isle of Music`. But since I`m busy at the computer, I condescend to listen to the webstream instead, despite the perfect ``reception`` for this show designed for shortwave. The host is a big Cuban music fan and has even visited the Antille and interviewed musicians, so not all the hour is pure music. Unfortunately, the stream is not stereo which would give it added value over SW; I wonder if the original show is produced in stereo. Reception is so good that I can perceive numerous edits during the talk portion, altho not as obvious as on World of Radio. We certainly welcome this addition to the schedule, altho if any music is hardly lacking on SW already, it`s Cuban --- the only saving grace of Radio Habana (and Radios Rebelde, Progreso to a much lesser extent). Too bad he didn`t pick some other Latin American country to feature. He, who? We only found his name by hunting thru old Facebook posts, Bill Tilford. He mixes in comments in Spanish with a pronounced Yanqui accent from Chicago. This replaces `Rabbi Yaakov Spivak` on WBCQ, and Larry Will says another new music show will occupy Rabbi`s other 01-02 hours on UT Wed, Thu, Fri; until then, filled by `Allan Weiner Worldwide` repeats (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Can't tell you how excited I am about this. Some people bemoan the loss of programming on shortwave, but nature abhors a vacuum and I truly believe these “cultural” broadcasts are just what the doctor ordered! Thank you (John Schneider, Sent from Mail for Windows 10, NASWA yg via DXLD) Bill, I am at French Creek State Park in southeast Pennsylvania where I am enjoying DX conditions with Ed Mauger and Tracy Wood (Ron Hunsicker joined Monday afternoon). After our "banquet" I planned to sit back and enjoy the opening program. Unfortunately, it seemed conditions were such that the shortwave signal skipped us. Tracy called the station who assured us they were broadcasting on 7490 kHz. Thankfully, we had a wi-fi connection. We tuned in around 20 minutes into the program. We really enjoyed the show. Thanks for the work you did to prepare it. I personally enjoyed the telephone ringing during the interview. Nothing beats being out in the field with its ups and downs. The music and interview were excellent. I can't wait for future editions. By the way how often will you be on WBCQ? 73, (Rich D`Angelo, Sent from my iPhone, ibid.) ** U S A. Amateur Radio Roundtable is a live weekly amateur radio webcast, every Tuesday night at 8 PM CT (0200 UT Wednesday) at W5KUB.com. The show covers a wide range of topics for ham radio operators and electronic hobbyists; including balloon launches, satellite, go-kits, emergency communications, SDR, digital modes, DXing, home brewing, hamfest updates, and more. We also want to grow our shortwave listener base and will be including programs that interest those listeners as well. Viewers will have the opportunity to ask questions via the chat room or telephone. Our guest speaker on Tuesday, February 2, will be Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR, founder of FlexRadio. It's going to be a great discussion - live chat will be available and the telephone lines will be open for your phone calls. Our show is also simulcast on international shortwave radio station WBCQ out of Monticello, Maine on 5110 kHz. Please send a signal report to tom@w5kub.com. If you have a specific subject idea for a future show, send an email to tom@w5kub.com. Join us for fun and interesting discussions! (Tom Medlin, W5KUB, Jan 28, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Subject: FlexRadio - Gerald Youngblood --- Our guest on Tuesday, February 2nd, will be Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR, founder of FlexRadio Systems. It's going to be a great discussion - live chat will be available and the telephone lines will be open for your phone calls. Here is your chance to talk with the man responsible for this great radio and learn about future products. Please spread the word to all your friends. Also this week Frank Howell, K4FMH, will join our show as a new co- host. Frank brings a wealth of ham radio experience, in addition a TV production background. He will have a monthly segment on our show and will be busy working behind the scenes. Frank is a former professor who now works on myriad projects in science, technology, computers and amateur radio. He’s also very involved in his community and philanthropic endeavors. Frank's blog can be found at http://k4fmh.com/ Next week (Feb 9) our guest will be the Heard Island DXpedition group with an update on their March/April event. CQ Magazine has become a sponsor of our show! A representative will appear on a monthly basis, providing a sneak-peak of the information in their next issue. Our show is also simulcast on international shortwave radio station WBCQ out of Monticello, Maine on 5110 KHz. Please send a signal report to tom@w5kub.com Amateur Radio Roundtable is a live weekly amateur radio webcast, every Tuesday night at 8 PM CT (0200 UTC Wednesday) at W5KUB.com. The show covers a wide range of topics for ham radio operators and electronic hobbyists; including balloon launches, satellite, go-kits, emergency communications, SDR, digital modes, DXing, home brewing, hamfest updates, and more. We also want to grow our shortwave listener base and will be including programs that interest those listeners as well. Viewers will have the opportunity to ask questions via the chat room or telephone. If you missed last week`s show, you can click HERE to watch it on W5KUB's YouTube channel. If you have a specific subject idea for a future show, send an email to tom@w5kub.com. Forward this message to a Friend will allow you to share this message with your friends. Join us for fun and interesting discussions! (Tom Medlin, W5KUB, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 21675, 2210, WRMI Okeechobee with old time cops & robbers drama, vgd 11/1. Not sure if this is regular Monday programming or filler (Bryan Clark at Mangawhai, Northland, North Island, New Zealand, with WinRadio Excalibur Pro SDR, AOR7030+ and EWE antennas to NE, East & SE, Feb NZ DX Times via DXLD) Sometimes noted on the R. Africa Network frequency after 2200 --- not sure which days of week and program sked is incomprehensible (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. 11825, Feb 1 at 0629, very surprised to hear Brother Scare here on a WRMI daytime-frequency; now it`s poor at S4-8, about like // 11580. Soon find BS still running at 0632 also on 11920, S4-8. He`s still on scheduled night frequencies 9955, 7730, 7570, 5950, 5850, 5015. 11825 is on schedule grid at 10-22 UT only; 11920 with BS at 03- 05 UT only. Furthermore, night frequencies are still audible Feb 1 at 1521: 5015 at S6, 5850 at S7-8; 7570 and 7730 too. However, day frequencies supposed to start at 1200 are missing: 15440 and 11565; but 11580 is still on. Also on as now scheduled: 13695, 15770, 11825, 9955. Since a new month has started, there might be another shakeup of BS scheduling, or is it another crash of the automation? As I am writing this at 1757, I take a break for another quick WRMI check: the night frequencies are *still* going at mid-day, JBA carriers on 5015, 5850; BS good on 7570, 7730; also on 9955, 11580 not 11565, 11825, 11920 (which I don`t think I rechecked earlier), 13695, 15770. Still missing: 15440. Further chex of WRMI`s unexpectedly expanded Brother Scare transmissions: Feb 1 at 1953, 5015 is inaudible but suspect on and just not propagating. The other ``night`` frequencies are still going and detectable: 5850 at S4; 7570, 7730; also 9955, 11580 instead of 11565, 11825, 11920, 13695, 15440-not, 15770. Usual other programming still going on 9395, 21675. At 2135, 5850 is still BS, but no further chex in evening until: 0654 UT Feb 2, 11825 is JBA at S3, presumably WRMI; At 0656, 11920 is slightly stronger, and // 7570, so confirmed. Like 24 hours earlier, all these frequencies are also on with BS: 11580-JBA, 9955 VG at S9+20, 7730, 7570, 5985, 5950, 5850, 5015. Listening to one of them, I forget which, at 0659:30 Bob Zanotti interrupts BS blather for a legal WRMI ID (it seems BZ does most if not all of the ID breaks during BS: quite a feather in his career cap). There might have been some changes at 0700, so final chex before sleep: at 0723 Feb 2, still going with BS are 5015, 5950, 7570; at 0729, JBA carriers still on 11825, 11920. However, at 0723, 7730 has switched to other programming, music not // BS. The schedule grid shows `In Christ We Live` is appended to 7730 Mondays at 07-08, but this is Tuesday. Next check at 1323 UT Feb 2: BS still on 5015, 5850, 5950 (but not 5985, music, maybe Myanmar); 11825, 11920, 13695, 15770, but NOT on 11580 with some other station, nor 11565, 15440. At 1504-1507 UT Feb 2: 5015, 5850, 7570, 7730 and 11920 are still on with BS, and now 11580 is too, and 13695, but nothing on 11565 or 15440 (good for Saudi on 15435). My Feb 1 inquiry to WRMI about what`s going on has not been replied. Their schedule grid still shows the pre-Feb 1 output lacking all the extra time for BS. Nor is there anything new about this on WRMI FB. So here is an hypothesis: Brother Scare for the new month has shoveled even more dough at WRMI, so they *have* to put him on even more transmitter-hours, even if they don`t make much sense propagationally, like 5 MHz frequencies all day, and 11 MHz frequencies all night. As a last resort we go to TOM`s own schedule, which is usually full of errors and/or out of date: http://overcomerministry.org/radio-schedule/ Surprise2, this has axually been updated as of Feb 1 to show all this as deliberate, in UT and correct EST conversions: WRMI 5015 Caribbean, S. America Daily 0000-2400 24 hrs/day (Effective February 1, 2016) 5850 West/Midwest USA & NE Asia Daily 0100-0700 0900-1000 1100-2300 8pm-2am 4am-5am 6am-6pm 5850 Western N America & Mexico Daily 0100-0700 0800-0000 8pm-2am 3am-7pm [two entries for 5850? Does that mean two transmitters/antennas at once? Would be something new for WRMI. Or meant to apply to a different frequency?] {Shortly after posting my latest logs, heard from Jeff White, that the WRMI transmission grid has now been updated, https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nEVwCMB9RSKowLzLXamyayVpCzjmPAw_SB1r3YOdzQc/edit?pref=2&pli=1#gid=0 So the second entry for ``5850`` on the TOM website really applies to 7730} 5950 Cuba, Caribbean, Central America Daily 0100-1100 1200-2200 8pm-6am 7am-5pm 5985 Caribbean, Central America Daily 0100-0300 0500-0700 2100-2300 8pm-10pm 12am-2am 4pm-6pm 7570 North America / E Asia Daily 2200-2100 5pm-4pm 9955 Caribbean & South America Daily 0600-1100 1500-2200 1am-6am 10am-5pm 11580 Europe, Middle East, West Asia Daily 0300-1300 1500-2000 2100-2300 10pm-8am 10am-3pm 4pm-6pm 11825 North America (East) Daily 0000-2400 24 hrs/day 11920 Latin America Daily 0300-0100 10pm-8pm 13695 Western USA & Mexico Daily 0000-2400 24 hrs/day 15770 Eur, Mid East, N Africa Daily 2200-2100 5pm-4pm 21675 Central & South Africa Daily 1000-1400 5am-9am The same page also has skeds for BS on WWCR, WWRB (``9385``), WBCQ, WINB, WHRI, Spaceline, and AM stations. IF this is all correct, the only impact on WORLD OF RADIO scheduling would be bumping us off 5850 Sundays at 0900. Based solely on the sked above, I calculate the total frequency-hour usage of TOM via WRMI now as: 242 hours per day or 1694 hours per week!! That`s averaging TEN transmitters at once. A modest proposal: why not charge BS 10% more and use that to dedicate just ONE WRMI frequency 24/7 to a much-needed ``public radio`` service on SW across North America? Something that works, unlike Global 24. 7570, Mon Feb 1 at 2120 UT, WRMI is again playing last week`s episode of `La Rosa de Tokio`, now in a music break of ``My Way`` in a Spanish version, ``Mi Modo``, and on to stuff about LU9 in Mar del Plata. I wonder if this will re-repeat week after week in this hour slot, like the RMRC/EDXC special did? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DX LISTENING DIGEST) BUT 5985 tx#2 off at 0700 UT, Feb 2-3 and probably will be back again at 21-23 UT. In HFCC, 5985 is 0100-0700 and 2100-2300 UT (Ivo Ivanov, dxldyg via DXLD) WRMI tx#9 Okeechobee relay music, instead of Brother Stair, February 3, 1300-1500 on 11580 YFR 100 kW / 044 deg to WeEu, including Arabic & Chinese mx http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/wrmi-tx9-okeechobee-relay-music-instead.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Shortly after posting my latest logs, heard from Jeff White, that the WRMI transmission grid has now been updated, https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nEVwCMB9RSKowLzLXamyayVpCzjmPAw_SB1r3YOdzQc/edit?pref=2&pli=1#gid=0 So the second entry for ``5850`` on the TOM website really applies to 7730: 5850 West/Midwest USA & NE Asia Daily 0100-0700 0900-1000 1100-2300 8pm-2am 4am-5am 6am-6pm 5850 [sic] Western N America & Mexico Daily 0100-0700 0800-0000 8pm-2am 3am-7pm [two entries for 5850? Does that mean two transmitters/antennas at once? Would be something new for WRMI. Or meant to apply to a different frequency?] 242 hours a day of course is equivalent to an average of TEN+ BS transmitters at once thruout the day, 24/7. Margin of error: Jeff White confirms that it`s nominally 10 x 24 = 240 hours per day. 5850, Feb 3 at 0701, as expected above, this frequency is taking a break from BS, with fill music, while 5015, 5950 and 7570 are still BS; also 7730 has gone to music instead of BS. At this hour in the nightmiddle, BS is also still audibly transmitting on day frequencies 11580, 11825, 11920, plus 13695 with a JBA carrier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. Dear Glenn, Thanks once again for mentioning the Son Radio Network's new enterprise in the Caribbean. Their engineer, Bob Biermann, is a fellow Anglican priest with yours truly for the Province of the Holy Spirit. He works with Rick in Vero Beach, FL. In Region 2, they have tested at 820 kHz their Caribbean station [ST KITTS] and with their northern directionality, the signal was heard in Norway according to engineer Bob Biermann. Bob also stated the Son Radio Network is going to move into a news reporting service for Christian stations on the network. Thanks again for your attention. I'm sure WRMI and the Son Radio Network appreciates very much. Incidentally, Ted Randall at WTWW teased you one night on air by stating he hopes Glenn Hauser wasn't listening to his radio station because the board might have a dirty pot! He was only kidding. Well, let's keep it in the family. Very truly yours in Christ and in radio, (Father Tom Roberts, PhD, DD, OSA, Weiser, Idaho, KF7PKG, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 7505, WRNO with English preacher with a rather unusual accent (African? Some dialect from New Orleans or the Caribbean? Hard to place.) talking about hearing voices (I thought that was a sign of mental issues, but he seemed to call this a good thing, so whatever...) Wrapped up with "Praise Jesus" repeated over & over (I'm thinking he was African based on his reference to African dictators). Into Jesus Pop at :43 [sic] WRNO Worldwide ID at :01 [sic] with frequency by Caleb Duncan mentioning sked 0100-0400 daily & WRNOradio@mailup.net email address, into more Bible Bumping with "Maranatha" at :02 [sic]. 55554+ with a rather strange hum in the modulation keeping this from being all 5s. S9+40 with occasional peaks to +50! Wow. 0220, 27/Jan SB-310 + ANC4 + randomwire (Kenneth Vito Zichi, MI2, MARE Tipsheet via DXLD) So are the times within the log supposed to be 0243, 0301, 0302? Why not just say so and use up one more character, and also at the beginning state the time the logging starts rather than at the bottom. The announced sked of 0100-0400 is of course outdated, applying to DST months only (gh, DXLD) [and non]. 7504.92, Feb 1 at 0411, S8 signal with gospel music and prayers, so presumably still WRNO, altho it`s getting dangerously close to correct frequency; also at that awkward megameter distance from here, sometimes blasting, sometimes very weak (or does their power output vary widely too?). HFCC and FCC allow WRNO to use 7505 anytime between 22 and 16 UT, but nominal sked remains only +02-05 UT. No het noted, and I wonder if AIR Delhi is really on 7505 at 0115-0430 as also in HFCC? Aoki shows only 0130-0300 in Nepali and Hindi. EiBi shows 0130-0230 Nepali, 0230-0245 Hindi, 0245-0300 English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WWRB: Crazy Dave Radio Show 3215 --- He was talking about donkey shit and more cock gobbling last night. Says that when the Pope takes a shit, he sits on a jeweled toilet seat. (How does he know that?) Dave must be from NY or NJ. He has a rough edge to himself. Definitely not from the South. Says he's a free-wheeler. He has a lot of hate built up inside. But what should we expect from the station that brought us The Fugitive. More entertaining than listening to the pirates on 6925 (Lou KF4RCA, Johnson, GA, Jan 28, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3215, Jan 29 at 0106, WWRB`s Dave F-rant-z in a rant again, about getting Obama-care tax-free subsidies, points out that taxation is on income, not total assets. Sounds to me like he`s addressing a domestic, not international audience. Mentions he is in the fourth week of doing this. By 0141 recheck, now a YL story-telling, for children? Or really talking-down (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn: To clear up any confusion: WWRB shortwave is promoting The Obama care bandwagon alerting our listeners: They can 'Retire' early if they structure their INCOME so they can take advantage of the Obama care subsidies! We are Encouraging our listeners to Start their own business so they can control their INCOME and get ALL the Obama care subsidies TAX FREE. Example: Age: Early 50's : Married : Structure your income to qualify: Result: $23 grand in subsidies TAX FREE. If you stay healthy: If you and the wife get sick: $42,000 in subsidies TAX FREE! plus the INCOME you make to 'qualify' is TAX FREE. Bottom line: You stay healthy: You 'make' 41 grand TAX FREE for the year (The Subsidies plus your INCOME to qualify). Get sick: $60 grand TAX FREE for the year ( The Subsidies plus your income to qualify) You 'work' just enough qualify for the TAX FREE subsidies!!!! Google: Millionaires get Obama care subsidies TAX FREE Try out the free Obama care calculators on the net, play with the income numbers, REMEMBER!!! when you see the amount of SUBSIDIES, be sure to gross up that amount by your TOTAL income tax rate. See how much the TAX FREE subsidies are worth! It's INCREDIBLE! Get on the Obama care band wagon, be happy, work less, Structure your life and income, Pay no income taxes, 100 percent of YOUR effort is for yourself now. No one is taking 1/3 of your income in taxes any more. You have wised up! (Dave Frantz, WWRB, Feb 1, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Standard disclaimer (gh) 3195, Jan 30 at 0240, another rant from Dave, pushing for evangelists to broadcast to Cuba over WWRB as Cubans have to use SW to learn English. Is fed up with the ``pastor two-step`` he`s heard for 20 years, i.e. excuses from religionists for not buying SW time, rather concentrating on local building funds, etc. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. New updated schedule WINB Red Lion effective from January 24 on 9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm: 1230-1530 English Sun 1530-2100 English Sat/Sun 1900-2000 English Mon-Fri Brother Stair 2000-2045 English Mon-Fri 2045-2100 Eng/Spa Mon-Fri 2100-2330 English Daily 2330-2400 Spanish Mon 2330-2400 English Tue-Sun 0000-0230 English Daily 0230-0300 English Tue/Thu 0300-0330 English Tue/Sat/Sun http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/01/new-updated-schedule-winb-red-lion.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DXLD) ** U S A. During the Trumpless Republican debate, mainly on Fox `News` Channel, cable TV, I make a quick scan of the MW band Jan 29 at 0218- 0222 UT and find the following big stations also carrying it: 1200 WOAI, 1110 KFAB, 1040 WHO, 1000 KTOK, 850 KOA, 840 WHAS, 740 KRMG. At that point into a commercial break, but I doubt any further down the dial (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY (STA): 1110, KFAB, NE, Omaha – Granted STA with parameters at variance; construction of nearby tower for K238BY-95.5 appears to have altered KFAB’s pattern (AM Switch, NRC DX News Feb 9 via DXLD) ** U S A. 1300, WNQM, TN, Nashville – Format to REL/SS:REL/Ranchera (ex-REL/SS:REL); slogan to “Radio Vida” at night; adds // WMDB- 880/W262BY-100.3 at night (DC) (DS) (AM Log Update, AM Switch, NRC DX News Feb 9 via DXLD) I was already reporting the WMDB 880 Ranchera relay months ago tnx to WWCR 7520 minus WNQM 1300 spur on 6220 and detective work. And I think the Radio Vida slogan has been replaced by La Ranchera (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. 1380, KRCM, TX, Shenandoah - 1/28 2059 [EST? CST? Not likely UT] - Blowing away everything else on the frequency with REL music in Spanish and ID as "KMIC 1590, Radio Aleluya" . Went to a sermon in English at 2100. They picked a nice night to leave the 22 kW day stick running. 75th logging from Texas at this QTH (RD-NE) KRCM-1380, Shenandoah, Texas running day power --- KRCM is topping 1380 right now with religious music in Spanish and occasional mentions of an address in Pasadena, Texas. Legal ID at the top of last hour was "KMIC Houston, Quince Noventa Ah Emmay [sic], Radio Aleluya". 73, (Rick Dau, South Omaha, Nebraska EN21af, Kenwood R-5000, Quantum QX Pro loop, 0352 UT Jan 29, ABDX via DXLD) ** U S A. KMPC “Radio Korea” 1540 kHz, 0816z 2 FEB - KMPC, Los Angeles, California. SINPO=44534 Korean, Pop Music. ID at 0820z by male as “Radio Korea”, then “I love Radio Korea” and ads. 0824z more music. 37 kW (night), BeamAz 207 , bearing 229.7 . Sangean ATS505 with MFJ-1020C active antenna used to preselect experimental horizontal ~38’ circumference wire loop. Received at Las Vegas, United States, 358 km from transmitter at Los Angeles, CA. Local time: 0016. I continue to experiment with my MFJ-1020C active antenna used to preselect a horizontally mounted, 38’ circumference wire loop strung along the intersection of ceiling and walls of the room of the shack here. One thing I have noticed immediately is that it is essentially omnidirectional on MW as well as being lower noise in some instances, than the Cheapie (but very functional ) DEGEN 31MS active loop in south facing window (Rodney Johnson, NV, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. KRZA Streaming is now back up! Thank you all for your patience through our streaming transition to a new company. As some of you may know we had to switch from Live365.com to SurferNetwork.com due to the closing of Live365. You can stream the same way you always have by clicking on the "Listen Live" link on the home page of our website. Have a great day and enjoy KRZA via the web and mobile devices! (Gerald Rodriguez, General Manager, KRZA 88.7 Alamosa CO, Feb 2, http://krza.org via DXLD) http://lightningstream.surfernetwork.com/Media/player/view/KRZA-FM_gsl.asp?StreamingServerName=nick11&OnDemandServerName=nick10&targetWidth=1000&targetHeight=800&call=KRZA-FM Good, have been listening to their 3-hour world-music show Feb 4 at 16-19 UT. Janet Woodman says she is only on the first Thursday of the month (Glenn Hauser, Feb 4, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VANUATU. Hallo, ist das Radio Vanuatu, der jetzt um 1843 UT Feb 2 knapp unter 3945 (3944.985 kHz) sendet? Kommt hier fadingbedingt immer mal hörbar herein. 73 (Thomas Lindenthal DO3TL, 1846 UT Feb 2, A-DX via Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DXLD) Yes, VUT is on air again, after JOZ5 R Nikkei 2 left the channel, VBT Port Vila noted around 1405 UT Feb 3 on remote SDR units in Doha Qatar and at Tokyo area in Japan again. S=6 signal in Japan. 3944.984 kHz was the exact accurate frequency [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Feb 3, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VATICAN. Thank you for reporting about Vatican Radio's service to Asia. They are 20 over 5 in signal strength here in southwestern Idaho. I'm sure you know they are running a DRM signal in the 15 MHz band [15770-15775-15780]. It must sound great and is much needed from a listener point of view. Thanks, keep up the good work. Let's save shortwave broadcasting (Father Tom Roberts, PhD, DD, OSA, Weiser, Idaho, KF7PKG, Jan 31, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VATICAN [non]. 7425, Jan 30 at 0227, VR IS at S8 mixing with R. Martí audio, tnx to the Greenville leapfrog mixing product of 7305 over 7365 for another few minutes. Altho I have reported this repeatedly, and it is certainly a regular transmission, 7425 has failed to be listed by Aoki or EiBi, let alone HFCC, discriminating against mixing products despite their proven existence. Aoki also shows a strange timing of 0150-0245 for VR on 7305, one of the components of this, rather than 0145-0230, an unexpected B-15 shift from 0200-0245 previously in A-15 (altho the 7305 carrier is on as much as 10 minutes earlier, producing the 7425 mixing by 0135, but only with Martí audio, which can also be heard barely bleeding into 7305 itself) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VIETNAM. 12020, V. of Vietnam, Hanoi-Sontay. English program with cold war era style discussion of agriculture yields. Good to see the old ways are not lost! Very good reception with ID noted at 1018, 22/1 (Phil Brennan, Darwin NT (CommRadio CR1, Icom IC R75, EF SWL, 2 x EWE – NE & NW, Jan-Feb Australian DX News via DXLD) ?? On my R75 I can tell that it`s exactly on 12019.0, as if deliberate, not 12020 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VIETNAM. 6020, Voice of Vietnam-4, randomly 1240-1527, Feb 1. No NBC Bougainville heard testing today; usual indigenous music (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6006.627, Dac Lac spurious at 0634 UT, S=5 -98dBm signal. Wobbling signal some +/-5 Hertz up and down. 6020.000, VoV 4th program from Dac Lac site, female announcer in Vietnamese language at 0635 UT S=8-9. And two usual spurious signals, today +/-13.383 Hertz away. 6033.383 VTN Dac Lac spurious at 0637 UT, S=5 -98dBm signal. Wobbling signal wanders some +/-5 Hertz up and down. 7210.000, VoV 1st program from Dac Lac, female announced program at 0646 UT Feb 1st. S=9+15dB or -60dBm, and accompanied by two spurious signals on 7196.242 and 7223.758 kHz, some 13.758 kHz distance apart away. Wobbling signal wanders some +/-5 Hertz up and down (Wolfgang Büschel, short log of Feb 1, 0630-0700 UT [daytime early afternoon], noted remotely via SDR net in eastern Thailand [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz], dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VIRGIN ISLANDS US. 1620, WHDH, Jan 27, 11.01 pm EST. Full station ID. Into BBC news (Jerry Coatsworth, Dominican Republic, MARE Tipsheet 29 Jan via DXLD) ?? new call? No, FCC still has it as WDHP. VI are on AST, not EST (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** YEMEN [non]. Radio Sana'a 11860. Recording, Jan 18, 1755 UT: This is the recording of Radio Sana'a on 11860, as described in DXLD 16-03. Recorded Jan 18, 2016. Clip starts at 1755 ut. Other interpretations are welcomed. NB: 6MB. https://app.box.com/s/vnvo2gp7qw3z7uj3wc143yx5xirj62ie Clip begins with audio from the daytime transmitter (tx1), wherever it is. SAH suddenly starts, so transmitter 2 (tx2) must have come on air. Almost immediately there is a severe echo on speech, suggesting that tx2 is already modulated with out of sync audio (crash start?). The severe echo has disappeared by about half way into the clip, suggesting that tx1 modulation has been cut. The SAH continues, suggesting that the tx1 carrier is still on air. SAH stops a fraction before 1800, showing that tx1 is now completely off air, replaced by tx2 (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D. dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** YEMEN [non]. 11860, Jan 28 at 1457, R. Sana`a music continues past 1500, into talk at 1501, no break for call-to-prayer; getting sloppy (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Rep. Yemen, Radio Sanaa, 11860, 1524 28 JAN - REP. YEMEN RADIO SANAA (YEMEN). SINPO = 35323. Arabic, female interviewing a rather excited male. QSB=moderate to rapid rate. sf113.6, a5, k3, geomag: unsettled. 50kw?, Omni?, bearing 18 ?. Sangean ATS505 with MFJ-1020C active antenna used to preselect Magic Wand Antenna hanging indoors on west wall. Received at Las Vegas, United States, 13045 km? from transmitter at Riyadh?. Local time: 0724 (Rodney Johnson, NV, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Sana'a 11860 was coming in well at 1830 on Thurs Jan 28. When checked at 0100 on Friday Jan 29, it appeared to be missing; there was no obvious carrier. At a later check, 0340, it was present with a fair-good signal, increasing to good by 0344. Still good at tune-out 0424. Jo'burg sunrise today 0340. Not sure if it was really off-air at 0100, or just unfavourable propagation conditions (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D. dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11860, Jan 29 at 1455-1515, Radio Sana`a, going from mostly music before 1500 to mostly talk afterwards, and no interruption for a Call To Prayer, with which it seems as if they have decided to dispense. As local sunset proceeds past 1500, it could be more disruptive to programming flow (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11860, 1452 29 JAN - REP. YEMEN RADIO SANAA (YEMEN/CLA?). SINPO = 35423. Arabic, music with microtonal vocals. 1458z male gives speech outdoors with music in background, then music. 1500z female announcer (mentions Yemen, Iran) 1503z interviews male over the phone (Yemen mentioned many times). 1509z different male comes to the phone. QSB=rapid rate, modulation always staying well above noise floor. sf111.1, a6, k1, geomag: very quiet. 50kw?, Omni, bearing 7 . Sangean ATS505 with MFJ-1020C active antenna used to preselect Magic Wand Antenna hanging indoors on west wall. Received at Las Vegas, United States, 13045 KM? from transmitter at Riyadh?. Local time: 0652 (Rodney Johnson, NV, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Sana'a, 11860, night of Jan 29-Jan 30. Reception was way down on its usual quality. At 1815 onwards Jan 29 it was just fair with lots of fading. At 1842 it was poor, but back to fair by 1930. Still just fair at 2300, poor-fair by 0010 on Jan 30 (2:10 am local) with lots of fading and distortion so I went back to to sleep. Still poor-fair at later check, 0330 on Jan 30. I don't know if they changed transmitters at about 1800 on Jan 29 as I believe they normally (but possibly not always) do, or if the late- night poor reception was due to bad propagation conditions; certainly reception at 0330-0340 was not as good as usual, by which time I think they might usually have changed transmitters again (possibly moving back to the pre-1800 lower power unit). I also do not know if they went off-air for a couple of hours in the early morning of Jan 30 as I have been noticing of late; if so they might have gone and come back by 0330. Joburg sunrise today (Jan 30): 0341 (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D. dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11860, Jan 30 at 1455, usual amazingly good signal from R. Sana`a with music, 1500 sharp into Arabish talk, and --- Maghrib sunset call to prayer is back, whew! starting at 1500:27.5, back in step with gaisma.com calculated sunsets today: 1500 UT both in Sana`a and Aden (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) No audible sign of a transmitter change on 11860 tonight (Jan 30), no noticeable het or echos. But the signal strength as measured on a Drake R8E still managed to increase from s3-s5 up to s5-s7 in the two or three minutes before 1800. It is now (at 1812) much the same quality and strength as Iran on 11830, a known 500 kW beamed in my direction, although Sana'a is a little bit more fadey. Jo'burg sunset tonight: 1701 (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D. dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Another report/recording of Radio Sana'a in the southern hemisphere: http://shortwavearchive.com/archive/radio-sanaa-january-30-2016-1 Recording ends at just before 18:00 UTC so no chance to hear the possible transmitter switch (Richard Langley, NB, ibid.) Great recording by Richard, free of the QRM from co-channel AWR which plagues listening at my location in Jo'burg from 1730 to about 1800. Having said that, there is an interesting chirp at 44:55:58. Could be an audible het, and wouldn't that more or less coincide with the start up of the co-channel AWR transmitter at about 1730? I'm not up to calculating such things. There are some other interesting chirps (hets?) as well, such as those at 1h04:27, 1hr09:12 and 1h09:57. Could these possibly represent the AWR transmitter going off-air, and the replacement Sana'a transmitter coming on air (earlier than usual)? I know, I'm mumbling again. Clutching at straws. Please forgive me (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D. dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Bill: That's not my recording. Was made by somebody who goes by the handle "lekiodx" from Sydney, Australia. We could probably get contact information from Thomas Witherspoon if needed. I'm in New Brunswick, Canada, from where I've yet to hear Radio Sana'a on my own equipment (usually at work at the best monitoring times). So far, I've just monitored it using the Twente receiver (Richard Langley, ibid.) 11860, Jan 31 at 1452, R. Sana`a, usual good signal and usual music, the thumping 4/4 triumphal stuff, 1456 into vocal, 1500 switch to talk by YL in Arabic past 1505, NO break for a Call-to-Prayer today as the sun has just set anyway (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Sana'a, 11860, Jan 31 2016. Recording runs from 1746:13 UT through to just past top of hour. It is difficult to pick out the sub- audible het from the normal fading, but I believe it runs from 3:20 to about 4:30. Start corresponds to 1749, off at 1753 UT. During this period the signal increased from s4-s6 to s5-s7. Note their "jingle" which runs from about 12 mins in through to 14:17. It is heard every night just before 1800. Note also that, after what I believe to be the transmitter change at 1753 (4:30 on the recording), there is a very low level continuous tone in the background, I would guess slightly less than 1 kHz, possibly in the 800-900 Hz range. It is very noticeable on the speech towards the end of the recording. This was recorded from the Drake, but I also noticed the tone last night (Jan 30) after 1900, on a different radio (Sony). Not sure yet if it is a local Jo'burg artifact or a new characteristic (fault) of the transmitter. If the latter, could be a useful clue. Audio at: https://app.box.com/s/u393l1y3ofspp4ye8ge7x2rupw8xcjzi NB: 15MB (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11860, Feb 1 at 1412, usual good signal and triumphal music from R. Sana`a; Maghrib sunset call to prayer break resumes today, at 1500:29 11860, Feb 2 at 1325, R. Sana`a is JBA, but reliably builds up to good level by 1335 with usual fare of triumphal music and Arabic exhortations; 1458 impassioned speech with echo effect applied, one word or two syllables behind. 1502 martial music and song, 1505 ID, more music, and still no call-to-prayer today as the sun has set without it. 11860, Feb 3 from 1417 tune-in, R. Sana`a mostly music, past 1500 still at S9+10; 1502.4 changes music, but no call to prayer or announcement past 1506 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Rep. Yemen Radio Sanaa (Saudi Arabia Relay?) 11860, 1553 3 FEB - SINPO = 23322. Arabic, music with microtonal vocal, male giving speech. QSB=ff. QRM=mixing with another station with violin music and male announcer sf103.0, a6, k1, geomag: very quiet. 50kw?, beamAz Omni?, bearing 7 ?. Sangean ATS505 with MFJ-1020C active antenna used to preselect Magic Wand Antenna hanging indoors on west wall. Received at Las Vegas, United States, 13045 KM? from transmitter at Riyadh?. Local time: 0753 (Rodney Johnson, NV, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZAMBIA. 5915, ZNBC/Radio One, 0246, Feb 1. Good reception of the African Fish Eagle IS. Only a very brief check at 0246 to catch their nice IS. https://app.box.com/s/er9esm2s7ld1lvjp5fp1hcjlstlszljy Did not stay there, as I was checking other stations. Later listened again 0459-0514 for their segment in English. News started at 0500 and ended with weather at 0512. After 0515 went back to vernacular: 0459-0514 in English with fair readability; usual format; government PSA for "PACRA"; music & call of fish eagle; "The time is seven. One Zambia, one nation"; news and sports (item "Zambia national cricket team"); 0512 weather, sponsored by "GOtv," with their promo for GOtv sports coverage of boxing, soccer, etc.; another government PSA for "PACRA." Had not heard a "GOtv" ad in a long time. Today most African stations coming in well above the norm!! (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZANZIBAR. TANZANIA, 6015, 1/29 0312-0330, ZBC, Dole, in Swahili. OM discourses; Regional music; YL talks. Good signal but distorted modulation, 45332 (DXer José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo - Brazil, Sony ICF-SW100S, Portable Telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) 6015, Feb 1 at 0400, S9 signal, YL with Habari = news in presumed Swahili from ZBC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6015, ZBC Radio, 0359, Feb 1. Above average reception; usual drums, pips, news with first item about "Zanzibar." Glenn was also listening at the same time! (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Good signal of Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC), Feb 2-3: 1800-1807 11735 DOL 050 kW / non-dir CeAf Swahili, instead of English 1800-1807 11735 DOL 050 kW / non-dir CeAf English, probably Wed only! http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/good-signal-of-zanzibar-broadcasting.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZIMBABWE. Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation, 4828 kHz, verified a report dated 1999!, 6 days after my latest F/UP sent by E-mail along with mp3 recording to: moses.charedzera@zbc.co.zw V/S Moses, who wrote: "Dear Mr Napolitano, Thank you so much for the work you do monitoring short wave radio transmission. The broadcast you monitored was indeed that of ZBC. I however regret to inform you that the station has since stopped short wave broadcasts due to aging equipment. We are currently at an advanced stage of the digitalisation process and it is expected by June this year we will launch live streaming of our four radio stations. Thank you for your interest in ZBC. Kind regards Moses" (Antonello Napolitano, Taranto-ITALY, Jan DX Fanzine via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 900, Feb 1 after 2200 UT, I`ve resorted to NOStalgia music from KSGL Wichita, which puts a sufficient signal into Enid despite 250 watts westward from Wichita, to accompany my nap, finding nothing more listenable on SW --- and I notice it has a constant SAH of 214/minute = 3.57 Hz. I wonder what that is? Skywave could be showing up by now, but closest other 900s on ground- or skywave are 1 kW KHOZ Harrison AR; 250 W KCLW Hamilton TX & KFLP Floydada TX (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 1300, 0800, MEXICO UNID with Mexican National Anthem 19/1, fair (Bryan Clark at Mangawhai, Northland, North Island, New Zealand, with WinRadio Excalibur Pro SDR, AOR7030+ and EWE antennas to NE, East & SE, Feb NZ DX Times via DXLD) Would expect that at local midnite, i.e. UT -8 PST zone, i.e. BCN only, but there are no 1300s in that state; one each in Sinaloa, Sonora, UT -7, close (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Glenn: Heard the same blues music format on 1500 kHz the past two nights. Signal is very weak here mixing with Greek music from WPSO. KSTP dominates 1500 in N/S direction and blues music heard only when KSTP fades to nothing. I will keep checking 1500 for the next few days for any ID. Do you also hear the noisy/distorted sounds suspected coming from WPSO? (Tom Jasinski, Joliet, IL, Jan 28, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Tom, I had noticed the distorted stuff on 1500 before but not logged or tried to connect it with WPSO. I did not notice it during the blues log [Jan 27, DXLD 16-04]. Do let us know if you get any ID on the blues station (Glenn to Tom, via DXLD) 1500, Jan 29 at 0143 UT, nulling KSTP to track two anomalies: a whine/ringing sound of varying pitch; and a station playing blues music. They don`t peak or fade at the same time, so not from a single station. Null means I am aiming ESE/WNW for least KSTP, but this is also close to peak for the others. Forsaking other DX from 0208 UT, I stay on 1500 via the DX-398. At 0211 UT, ``weather for the capital/capitol region``, but I`m afraid this was KSTP creeping in during an ESPN break, as St Paul is of course, the capital of MN. Do they use an expression like that? Are there 1500s in any other capitals? Well, yes, like WFED in Washington DC; statewise, Indianapolis, Trenton, Honolulu. Unless that was one, I do not hear any announcements, let alone IDs from the blues station. At 0224 it fades up when it is more like soul music, 0226 segué, and I refine its peak direxion to ESE/WNW, i.e. it`s least at SSW/NNE, regardless of KSTP. Still going past 0231. I`m back on it just before hourtop at 0256 [oops, I should have been on 1530 for VOA São Tomé]: music continues past 0300, and segué into blues piano and a nice peak at 0302, no ID or announcement. There are too many little 1500s in eastern USA to make any guesses without further info, like a format change. Ditto for the station putting out the ringing sounds. Both have also been monitored by Tom Jasinski in Joliet IL, and there`s been an IRCA thread discussing the screeching a week ago, http://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=irca@hard-core-dx.com&q=subject:%22\[IRCA\]+1500khz+someone+with+very+noisy+sidebands%22&o=newest&f=1 some suggesting WPSO in FL; also heard by Tim Tromp in MI, Saul Chernos in Ont, Neil Kazaross in IL/WI, Rob Keeney in SC; And Mark Durenberger, CPBE said, ``There is a chance this is coming from Washington. The Nielsen "People-Meter" code generator has been modified to make it more "hearable" by the People Meters; some stations are pushing their audio processing to make the Nielsen signal even more apparent, in the belief that this will improve their ratings. There is weeping among the industry engineering cadre``. But Kraig Krist near DC definitely ruled out WFED. Someones must be close enough to both of these to pin them, especially if they do the same in the daytimes. 1500, Jan 30 at 0220-0255 UT, like last night, the double-mystery remains here, with KSTP nulled as much as possible, ringing/screeching sound coming out of some demented transmitter, and blues music coming from another, never any announcements heard, let alone ID, altho I am not listening constantly, but at 0220 UT, 0235 UT, 0255 UT chex (this time from 0258 I`m on 1530 in case Yankee Doodle makes it under WCKY from Pinheira: not) 1500, Jan 31 at 0116 UT, continuous blues music station still in KSTP null, and traces of the other unID emitting ringing/screeching sideband sound. Come on, widespread monitoring of these could identify them (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Last week I sent an e-mail to WPSO in New Port Ritchey, Fla. regarding the noise heard up here on 1500 kHz. I raised the possibility that it may be originating from their transmitter. Their reply mentioned that they will look into this issue soon. It's hard to imagine how a 250w station could generate enough noise from overload or some other issue to mess up the channel 1000 miles away. They would have to put a considerable amount of RF energy into the noise to do this. It appears the noise is audible when no other audio is heard (typical Greek vocal and instrumental music). If the noise goes away in a week or so it was from WPSO (Tom Jasinski, Joliet, IL, Feb 2, NRC-AM via DXLD) Re the 1500 station with blues music: Have you ruled out KCLF 1500 New Roads, LA? I have not heard them in GA so far. http://kclf1500am.com/coverage.html I love this line from their web page. “While some stations would be satisfied with this coverage, we at KCLF 1500 AM have plans to increase the station’s broadcasting power and find ways to expand the station’s coverage area!” (Wally Leisering, Decatur, GA, Sent from Windows Mail, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Wally, tnx for the tip. I bet that`s it, but it would be nice if they legal-ID once in a while. Logo says ``The Voice of Pointe Coupée Parish``, and: ``The Best in Gospel, Blues and Zydeco`` ``American Blues Network --- Showcasing best Blues talent, The American Blues Network is the oldest blues show playing down home contemporary and traditional blues! On air: Monday - Friday 9:00am - 3:00pm & 6:00pm – 6:00am`` General direxion and blues all night certainly fit; I haven`t heard any Zydeco yet. NRC AM Log had it as UC/AC, ``K-15``, 1000 D1, but a CP for U1 850/18. They`ve obviously been on at night, with more than 18 watts. So they went to the trouble to get a U1 license by ``reducing`` power at night. Sudden appearance may be explained by the CP almost going into effect, or just letting the 1 kW daytime stay on, like so many stations cheat. FCC AM Query still has the U1 info as CP, but it takes them a while to catch up when a CP is activated. CoL is New Roads LA, which is barely on the south/west bank of the Mississippi, but is the site, justifying a K-call? Also the U1 CP site has slightly different coördinates than the original D1 site (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 1521.0, Jan 31 at 0118, JBA carrier hetting 1520.0 KOKC, surely BSKSA 2-megawatter in Duba, often the only trace of trans- Atlantic MW here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. BALKANS / CAUCASUS: station in Russian was heard again on 27 January 2016 from 1920 to 1959 on SW [sic] 1530 kHz. A very strong signal and good modulation, reminiscent of Grigoriopol transmitter. Directional "Luup" antenna tube radio and portable "Sony" with ferrite antenna indicate direction between Grigoriopol and Krasnodar. Transmit military and songs about outer space, talking about Yuri Gagarin, an interview on the subject of space with the Finnish expert, and in early congratulations soldiers. For the first time the station has been detected by Vasily Lazarev of the Samara region in July 2015. He suggests that this is Radio Constantsa, Romania. I heard 13th January 2016 between 1900-2000, but heard only folk songs (about 1920 song "Katyusha”), but on January 27 already, and we are in Russian. Compared second transmitter Radio Constantsa at 909 kHz, but it was their transfer in Romanian Constantsa and generally come here for a very weak signal at 1530 and 909 kHz, and the Russian-speaking radio was very loud signal. WRTH Mauno Ritola expert from Finland suggests that it is a pirate station, but hardly a pirate will have the power (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, RusDX Jan 31 via DXLD) 01/27/16 I was listening to this broadcast in Russian. Severe noise was from Radio Actualitatsi-Romania. The signals from radio stations were fading and he could hear the one that another station. The program included songs about the space program, and then record Gagarin, interviews Finn and passed on the tale "Moroz Ivanovich." After a fairy tale female announcer declared that these programs are broadcast on Mondays and Wednesdays. Total transfer I have not heard of identification and name of the program. PS: Now is the time 0145 UT (January 31, the editor). At a frequency of 1530 kHz radio heard in Russian - religioznye transmission: the songs constantly, reading. The radio broadcast has been working for a long time. But identifying never heard. According to data from the Internet is possible from Radio Moldova. Basically, the radio is heard in the morning (Vasily Lazarev, Samarskaya oblast, the village of Nizhnee Sancheleevo, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx", via RusDX Jan 31 via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 2309.0, Jan 31 at 0130 UT, S5 signal just barely modulated and drifting down slightly. Maybe this one is real rather than receiver-produced (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 2595, 0520 24/1, strong clear signal, no noise, no fading, suspect transmitter nearby in Southern Sydney, classical music, vanished abruptly at 0623, so not an image or harmonic (John Faulkner, Sydney (Yaesu VX5R), NSW, Jan-Feb Australian DX News via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 2716.00, Jan 28 at 0602 UT, open AM carrier fading S6- S8, so I think this is a real signal, from what? The NRD-545 generates its own birdies especially in the 2-3+ MHz area, but those are weak of constant strength, slowly varying frequency at odd spots, not right on a kHz, so they`re easy to spot and ignore; warm-up factor? It also generates a big carrier slightly off 890, which at first I thought was a DX het on the hi side, but lately it`s been on the lo side, and confirmed as a birdie by listening on another nearby receiver, and its/it`s vanishing when I turn off the JRC. Every receiver is also a transmitter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 3360, Jan 30 at 1355, JBA carrier here during my 90m scan for new signals. Nothing listed here except in Aoki, long-defunct Upano, Ecuador. Could be MW harmonic from 1680, 1120, 840 or 560 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 3450, Jan 31 at 1155, JBA S5 AM carrier. Could be 5 x 690 or 3 x 1150 MW harmonic (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 4790-USB, Jan 28 at 1346, 2-way talk in tonal non- Chinese language, vs CODAR. Same frequency occupied earlier in hour by BBC Uzbek service, jammed or not (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 4970, Strong signal of "white noise" (it is daily) like jamming or DRM (under is AIR?), similar as on 4885 at the same time. On 25/1 confirmed at 1300-1600 (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria (Sony ICF 2001D, Folded Marconi Antenna 16 meters long own made), Jan-Feb Australian DX News via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 5055-USB, Jan 30 at 1348, 2-way in Spanish exchanging max and min Celsius temperature readings, rainfall (lluvia) amounts, etc. Some trouble copying each other. Sounds like it`s something serious and official, at least à la MARS, rather than poachers interjecting putas every few seconds. Seems Mexico has no rules requiring such stations to identify (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 5959.95, Jan 29 at 1329, weak station talking in unID language, considerably off-frequency, so what could that be? Searching archive on 5959.9 gets this from 2011y; remember that one from PNG?: ``5959.980, 28.10 1033, R Fly, Tabubil LHU/PAX95 (Lars Jeppesen, Uppsala, Sweden, SW Bulletin Nov 13 translated by editor Thomas Nilsson for DX LISTENING DIGEST) PAX95 not explained, but could be name of a DXpedition (gh)`` But this current one is perhaps more likely, tho Aoki doesn`t deal with precise frequency variations: ``5960 PBS Xinjiang 1100-1800 1234567 Chinese 100 ND Urumqi TKS 4408N 08653E XJBS b15``. 5960-, Jan 30 at 1340, again hearing a JBA carrier off-frequency here, like Radio Fly once was, by a PNG copper-mining company, making me wonder if this was the hinted mystery reactivation instead of 3325/6020, q.v. 5960.0, Jan 31 at 1410, JBA carrier, presumably PBS Xinjiang, Urumqi, rather than an off-frequency lowsider as past two mornings, suspecting a comeback by R. Fly, PNG. 5960-, Feb 1 at 1410, JBA carrier slightly off to the lo side, unlike yesterday. Is it a single station sometimes on, sometimes off- frequency, perhaps Urumqi, East Turkistan, or something more intriguing like a reactivated, sporadic Radio Fly, PNG? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 5980, Feb 1 at 0411, really loud whine/hum, unlike Cuban jamming; 0638 still like this, plus regular Cuban pulse jamming ramping up for the 0700 Martí broadcast. 5980, Feb 2 at 1324, big humwhine is again here. Sure hope it`s not running for my next Chaski-chex 0100+ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 6025, Jan 31 at 0052, two very weak carriers beating, one of which is on the lo side circa 6024.95. Only two listed in Aoki at this time, and which I find to be quite a reasonable explanation: PBS Xizang, Lhasa, Tibet on one of its multiple frequencies, and BOLIVIA, the off-frequency one, Radio Patria Nueva, which Aoki still denominates by its old name, Radio Illimani. Is that still used on air? WRTH 2016 shows ``Rede Illimani --- Radio Patria Nueva``. Rede would be Portuguese, not Spanish! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) At 0745 past 0815 today (Feb 3) while checking to see if PNG was audible on 6020 - it wasn't - I instead found a unID on 6025 which is normally a clear channel here at that time of day. It was fair strength with some splash from Marti et al. on 6030 but still not above the local noise level. I heard only speech - mostly by a lady, but with occasional words spoken by a man, and nothing that sounded like an ID on the hour. I THOUGHT I could hear Spanish words spoken which would rule out Tibet (the only other on this frequency at this time) which is unlikely to propagate to my location on 6 MHz at this hour. Could it have been Radio Illimani (Bolivia) which I haven't noticed reported by anyone recently. 73 (Noel R. Green (NW England), dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6025 kHz, Red Patria Nueva (Radio Illimani), La Paz, Bolivia, YL CX sobre las tradiciones y costumbres, después el OM CX hablando que Bolivia es liderada de forma, Continental. SINPO 34233, Día 25 Enero 2016 en 1044 UT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAuZetF9hig&feature=youtu.be RX: Tecsun S-2000; Antenna: Long wire 700 Meters (Daniel Wyllyans, Nova Xavantina MT, Brazil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 6135, Jan 31 at 1412, two carriers far enough apart to make a rumble. Likely V. of Freedom, newish 10 kW clandestine from South to North Korea, and NK jamming. Altho Aoki still lists Yemen here, Sana`a presumably still inactive; and Madagascar, not reported for quite a while on this frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Re BOLIVIA, 6155.11, Jan 29 at 0125, JBA carrier presumed R. Fides on its habitual offset --- maybe not, since UAE site also achieves frequency inaccuracy. Ivo Ivanov reported circa Jan 26: ``Additional, unregistered frequencies of BBC 0100-0300 on 6155 DHA 250 kW / ??? deg to ???? English`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, On Jan 30 heard a station on about 6155.09, going till 0259*, in English. Fairly sure was the BBC. Only able to catch a word or two here and there, but certain was in English (Ron Howard, CA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) From Jan 9, BBCWS heard on 6155v kHz. SURPRISE/SURPRISE --- seemingly SenTec Babcock let the 6155 kHz unit at Meyerton on air, before Channel Africa at 0300 UT on Jan 9 starts regularly? 6155.097 AFS or UAE ???? - most likely via AFS-SenTec Meyerton or Babcock UAE-Al Dhabbaya site noted at 0100-0255 UT. BBCWS ID at 0159 / 0200 UT nxcast. This odd frequency channel. S=9+5dB -73dBm in remote Thailand and Doha Qatar posts, S=8 or -77dBm in remote net at Madrid Spain. Odd frequency, and NOT registered at this hour - yet (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDentified. Station with Arabic music again on air, Feb 2: 1105-1120 on 9400 unknown tx site, co-ch Denge Kurdistan http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/unidentified-station-with-arabic-mx.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENNG DIGEST) UNIDentified. Station with Arabic music again on Jan 31: 0855-0900 on 9550 unknown tx site, open carrier/dead air 0900-0910 on 9550 unknown tx site, good to strong signal http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/01/unidentified-station-with-arabic-music_31.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DXLD) UNIDentified. Station with Arabic music again on January 29 1045-1050 on 9600 unknown tx site, open carrier / dead air 1050-1102 on 9600 unknown tx site, good, over PBS Xinjiang http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/01/unidentified-station-with-arabic-music_29.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Jan 29, dxldyg via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 11893.0, Feb 1 at 0425, JBA carrier --- if it`s a receiver birdie on the NRD-545, never found here before (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 11930, Feb 1 at 0633, besides the Cuban noise jamming against nothing on a daytime-only Martí frequency, I am again hearing those strange beeps mixed in: usually 5 quickly in a row, but sometimes 10? in a row. With BFO tuned to 11930, the pitch of the beep groups is constantly shifting, implying the carriers producing the beeps are also changing slightly above/below 11930.0; but they are so quick it`s hard to get a fix on any of them. Is this some kind of experiment carried out by the Dentro Cuban Jamming Command? Unseem accidental (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 12007, At 1300, on 30 Jan, a female announcer is talking in what appears to be Chinese. A musical interlude came on followed by a male speaker talking. The same female announcer came back on and spoke. The station does sound like it could be a (P) Sound of Hope BC from Taiwan? It does not sound like Chinese jamming that I’ve heard in the past and I cross checked with 12015 which is being jammed. There was another brief musical bridge with the male speaker back again talking. Fair (John Cooper, Lebanon, PA, Winradio-G33DDC, GAP-Hear It In Line Module, Wellbrook ALA-1530S+, NASWA Flashsheet Jan 31 via DXLD) Surely on this odd frequency Voice of Tibet via Tajikistan. See my reports and Ivo`s schedules (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 12218.0 ??? English language NUMBER station 5er groups, S=7 signal in Seoul Korea, USBmode and excellent clear audio at 0404 UT Friday Jan 29, heard in Seoul Korea remote SDR post. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Bueschel, log 0245-0415 UT Jan 29, on remote SDR unit at Seoul KOREA Republic, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ ACKNOWLEDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 1811: Keep up the good work! (Henning Vahlbruch, Germany with a contribution in US$ via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com) TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED FUTURELY: Hi Glenn, I really enjoy your broadcasts. Due to the high levels of noise caused by all the unshielded digital crap, I can`t do much DX work, but do enjoy listening to the more powerful broadcasts (Philip H Bronfin, Reston VA, Jan 11, with a generous check to P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702) Hi Glenn, I wish to anonymously send you my small token of appreciation for your many tireless years of service to the Shortwave Listening hobby and Radio Industry in general. 73s and Good Listening! (With $50 via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com) I don`t mention the amount with non-anonymous contributions (gh) Hey Glenn: All the best for the new year. Really appreciate WOR/DXLD - an excellent source of DX and technical information! 73, (Mike Beu KD5DSQ Austin, Texas with a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com) Thanks for all you do for Radio listening Worldwide Glen. I listen to you Wednesdays on WBCQ 7490 at 2200 UT/5:00PM East Coast time here in the Monticello IN USA. All the best! Ramsey with a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com (James Reynolds) Hi Glenn. Appreciate your information about the hobby, have been a listener to SW/MW for for about 30 years. Have listened to your reports as far back as Media Network. Thx for your dedication (David Malick, Feb 2, joining the dxldyg) PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS UPDATED: http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html WORLD OF RADIO SCHEDULE UPDATED: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html ALEX’S UPDATED SHORTWAVE FREQUENCY CHARTS Posted on January 26, 2016 by Thomas http://swling.com/blog/2016/01/alexs-updated-shortwave-frequency-charts/ Fullscreen capture 1272016 10436 AM Great news! SWLing Post reader, Alex, has just informed me that he’s updated his printer-friendly shortwave frequency charts for the B15 broadcasting season. Note that Alex creates his charts based on listening to broadcasters rather than importing schedules from other sources. His charts are essentially UK-centric, since this is where he lives and logs the broadcasts. With this said, however, many listings are appropriate for other parts of the world. You can download the free charts on his website: http://Shortwavetimes.com Many thanks once again, Alex! (Thomas Witherspoon, via DXLD) WORLD OF HOROLOGY +++++++++++++++++ WORLD RADIO DAY 13 FEB 2016 EDXC February 2, 2016 13 February is World Radio Day — a day to celebrate radio as a medium; to improve international cooperation between broadcasters; and to encourage major networks and community radio alike to promote access to information, freedom of expression and gender equality over the airwaves. This year, the UNESCO theme for World Radio Day is “Radio in Times of Emergency and Disaster”. Radio still remains the medium that reaches the widest audience worldwide, in the quickest possible time. More info at http://www.diamundialradio.org/ and Security Check Required https://edxcnews.wordpress.com/ Corrected link: https://www.facebook.com/WorldRadioDay Posted by: (Mike Terry, Feb 3, dxldyg via DXLD) CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES +++++++++++++++++++++++++ EVENTS --- RAHS/ASHET Lecture – INSIDE PINE GAP: ITS TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE ROLE February 18 at 5:30 - 7:00 pm [UT +11], $10 - $12 The Joint Defence Facility, Pine Gap is one of the largest and most important intelligence collection facilities in the world. Its location in Australia and its actual function has been a local focus of conjecture, debate and controversy. What is the technical and functional reality of this United States-Australia base? In his talk, David Rosenberg will describe the technical intelligence collection and analysis function of Pine Gap with examples of its application in particular military and other security surveillance scenarios. He will also comment on the personal and community impacts of the presence of Pine Gap in ‘remote’ Alice Springs. David Rosenberg graduated in Science and Electrical Engineering and has over 20 years experience in international electronic intelligence surveillance and analysis. Email: history@rahs.org.au Website: http://www.rahs.org.au Venue: History House 133 Macquarie Street Sydney, NSW 2000 Australia Phone: (02) 9247 8001 (John Faulkner, Jan-Feb Australian DX News via DXLD) BRUCE PORTZER ANNUAL DX GET TOGETHER I'll be holding my annual DX get together on Saturday February 20 at 2 pm. Consider yourself invited, and be prepared to talk about AM, shortwave, or TV-FM DX with like-minded persons. Bring radio stuff for show-and-tell if you'd like. It will be held at my house: 6546 19th Avenue NE in Seattle, 206-522-2521. Potluck snack food (liquid or solid) is welcome. See you there! Bruce (IRCA DX Monitor Feb 6 via DXLD) THE CONVENTION! September 9-11, 2016, KANSAS CITY MO DXers in AM, FM and TV, including the NRC, IRCA, WTFDA and DecalcoMania will gather on September 9-11, 2016 in Kansas City, MO. It will be held at the Hyatt Place Kansas City Airport, 7600 NW 97th Terrace, I-29 SW of exit 10. Hotel Registration: 1-816-891-0871 x3, ask for the group rate for the National Radio Club. The group code is G-NRCC. Reservations will need to be secured by 8/18/16. http://kansascityairport.place.hyatt.com/en/hotel/home.html Rates are $99.00 per night for 1 to 3 persons per room plus taxes and fees. Plan to arrive on Thursday for 3 nights and ends on Sunday noon. Free airport transfers and breakfast each morning. Convention Registration: $55.00 per person which includes a free Friday evening pizza party and Saturday evening banquet. Checks made payable to NATIONAL RADIO CLUB and sent to ERNEST J. WESOLOWSKI, 13312 Westwood Lane, Omaha, NE 68144-3543. Pay-Pal available – add one dollar. Please mention which clubs you belong to for club treasury info. Dale Hamm, Mark Durenberger, Carl Dabelstein and Ernie are your hosts. Schedule as of now: Friday AM station tours. Saturday tech talks, the Quiz on Sunday AM. More fun and goodies to follow (via Feb WTFDA VHF-UHF Digest via DXLD) MUSEA +++++ VINTAGE RADIO AND COMMUNICATIONS MUSEUM of Connecticut in Windsor CT. You can watch this great video tour on You Tube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtaPOYP5AP0 It seems that even if you cannot make it to great radio sites, you can at least see them on line today. The views of all the equipment is a walk down memory lane. Not all of it is ham radio equipment as lots of great old receivers and TV’s are on display too. The displays of tubes, transmitter equipment, tube testers, original personal computers, advertising signs and microphones, etc., are part of the tour that will shake some cob webs from your memory. Have a look it is well worth it. If you know of any other virtual tours let me know and we can share them with everyone (DX Toolbox, Shawn Axelrod, Editor, NRC DX News Feb 9 via DXLD) AWARUA COMMUNICATIONS MUSEUM Was officially opened by Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt on 27 January and is now open to the public on Sundays from 11am to 3pm [UT +13; winter, +12], and at other times by appointment. The Museum provides an opportunity for exploring both the technology and history of NZ’s communications from early telegraph and radio days through to the modern era. A purpose-built theatre and its wide collection of heritage film provides both entertaining and educational material. The museum’s technology collection displays the evolution of the fascinating world of wired, radio and digital communications. See their website at http://www.awaruamuseum.co.nz/ We also have an article about the former coastal radio station on the DX League’s website at http://www.radiodx.com/articles/station-profiles/pacific/the-awarua-radio-story/ (Feb NZ DX Times via DXLD) LANGUAGE LESSONS ++++++++++++++++ HIGHLIFE [Re 16-02:] Highlife is a music genre that originated in Ghana at the turn of the 20th century and incorporated the traditional harmonic 9th, as well as melodic and the main rhythmic structures in traditional Akan music, and married them with Western instruments. Highlife was associated with the local African aristocracy during the colonial period. By 1930s, High-life spread to Sierra Leone, Liberia, Gambia and Nigeria via Ghanaian workers, amongst other West African countries, where the music is now very popular. Highlife is characterised by jazzy horns and multiple guitars which lead the band. Recently it has acquired an uptempo, synth-driven sound (see Daddy Lumba). Igbo highlife and Joromi are subgenres. This arpeggiated highlife guitar part is modeled after an Afro-Cuban guajeo. The pattern of attack-points is nearly identical to the 3-2 clave motif guajeo as shown below. The bell pattern known in Cuba as clave is indigenous to Ghana and Nigeria, and is used in highlife (from Wikipedia via SW Bulletin Jan 31 via DXLD) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See BOUGAINVILLE; NIGERIA; VATICAN; ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ UNIDENTIFIED 4970 DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- IBOC See BANGLADESH; OKLAHOMA +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV See also MEXICO; OKLAHOMA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ WHAT’S THE INCENTIVE?? from the FCC Website: https://www.fcc.gov/about-fcc/fcc-initiatives/incentive-auctions/consumer-q-and-a ``Q. When will the incentive auction take place? A. The broadcast incentive auction is scheduled to begin on March 29, 2016. TV stations that are considering participation in the reverse auction must submit an application prior to 6pm on January 12, 2016; entities seeking to buy wireless spectrum in the forward auction must apply prior to 6pm on February 9, 2016. Q. Are all broadcasters required to participate in the incentive auction? A. Participation in the incentive auction is entirely voluntary. Stations that are not interested in relinquishing spectrum usage rights in exchange for payment of auction proceeds need do nothing. After the auction there will be fewer available channels for TV, but Congress has mandated that the FCC make all reasonable efforts to preserve the geographic footprint and population served of each station that participated (or would have been eligible to participate) in the auction but ultimately remains on the air. Q. When does the auction end? A. The auction does not have a set “end date.” The auction will conclude when forward auction proceeds meet the threshold established in the Commission’s rules and are sufficient to cover the prices awarded to TV stations in the reverse auction, a $1.75 billion relocation fund for eligible TV stations moving to a new channel, and other administrative costs related to designing and conducting the auction. Q. What happens when the incentive auction ends? A. After bidding in the reverse and forward auctions ends, the Commission will publicly announce the auction results including the winning bidders in both auctions and those TV stations that will be reassigned to new channels (or “repacked”). The release of this public notice will begin the 39-month post-auction transition period. Q. What will happen during the 39 month post-auction television transition? A. Transition specifics will vary by market depending on which broadcasters participate in the incentive auction, which ones are selected as winning bidders, and which spectrum relinquishment options they chose. During this transition period, some stations that were winning bidders in the auction will relinquish their spectrum usage rights and discontinue over-the-air operations. Other winning bidders will relinquish their existing television channel and begin sharing another station’s channel. Still other winning bidders will voluntarily switch from a higher frequency (like a UHF channel) to a lower frequency (like a VHF channel). Stations that did not participate or submit winning bids in the auction may also have their channel assignment changed as a result of the repacking process. Any of these changes could affect which stations may be received over- the-air by viewers in a particular area. If you receive a station over-the-air and that station receives a new channel assignment, you will need to scan for new channels, but cable and satellite subscribers should not need to do anything.`` Well, there you have it. It’s everything you need to know about the auction. The auction ends when the government gets enough money to pay all the winners. Once that’s done, they get three years and three months to either bite the dust, share with someone else or move from UHF to either high band VHF or to that much-in-demand low VHF band. And when they are done, will UHF still be DXable? What about highband VHF? Will any station even want to relocate to lowband VHF when they already know how inferior conditions on that band are, or will that band fill up anyway? Where is a crystal ball when we need it? I see a wall outlet with a cord called TV DXing plugged into it. Will it remain connected or will the plug finally be pulled on TV DXing? We’ll just have to wait and see. And we will see you next month, I hope (Mike Bugaj, CT, Feb WTFDA VHF-UHF Digest via DXLD) WIRELESS 20/20 DIGS INTO PREPARATIONS FOR THE UPCOMING FCC 600 MHZ INCENTIVE AUCTION PROCEEDINGS By Berge Ayvazian and Haig Sarkissian, Senior Analysts and Principal Consultants, Wireless 20/20 [January 13, 2016] It is time for bidders to start gearing up for the 600 MHz band incentive auction. This could be the last time a large block of valuable low-band spectrum will be up for sale in the foreseeable future. . . http://www.rcrwireless.com/20160113/opinion/analyst-angle-preparing-for-the-600-mhz-incentive-auction-tag9 (Feb WTFDA VHF-UHF Digest via DXLD) NBC TO DROP WHDH, LAUNCH OWN STATION Written by Shirley Leung for The Boston Globe [January 7, 2016] NBC said it will drop its affiliation with WHDH-TV (Channel 7) and launch a new network-owned station in Boston in January 2017, the biggest shake-up in the local television market in two decades. In a memo to employees on Thursday, the network said the new station, dubbed NBC Boston, would carry the NBC programs now seen on Channel 7 as well as new syndicated shows. The station will have a local news team, adding to the expansion that has already taken place at New England Cable News and Spanish-language station Telemundo Boston, which like NBC are owned by Comcast Corp. The memo did not say which channel would carry the new NBC station. The change would be the biggest local channel switch since WHDH and WBZ swapped affiliations in 1995, with NBC going to Channel 7 and CBS to Channel 4. The plan was announced just days before the Federal Communications Commission deadline for TV stations to participate in an auction that could further alter the Boston media landscape. . . https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2016/01/07/ansin-says-nbc-plans-pull-plug-whdh/4NbOMK7uRADzllXGjvIe1N/story.html (via Feb WTFDA VHF-UHF Digest via DXLD) WRAL TO BECOME NBC AFFILIATE, WNCN WILL NOW BE CBS Written by Brooke Cain for The News & Observer [January 15, 2016] Get ready for channel confusion to set in with Triangle TV viewers. It was announced Friday afternoon that WRAL, the area’s longtime CBS affiliate, will soon become the NBC affiliate. WNCN, the NBC affiliate, will become CBS. The change will take place Feb. 29. Gerald Owens made the announcement at the start of WRAL’s 5:30 p.m. newscast, saying WRAL welcomes programming such as the “Today”. . . http://www.newsobserver.com/entertainment/tv/warm-tv-blog/article54951190.html (via Feb WTFDA VHF-UHF Digest via DXLD) WKPT'S AFFILIATION WITH ABC COMING TO AN END Written by Hank Hayes for the Times News [January 4, 2016] [Tennessee] KINGSPORT — WKPT-TV announced Monday it will become an independent TV station — no longer affiliated with ABC or a major network — effective Feb. 1. The Kingsport-based station will also go back out of the local news business, the station said. WKPT had revived its news operation in 2013 after last producing its own newscasts in 2008. George DeVault, president of Holston Valley Broadcasting, said in a prepared release the ABC Television Network affiliation for the Tri-Cities market is being moved from WKPT-TV.1 in Kingsport to WJHL.2 in Johnson City on Feb. 1. . . http://www.timesnews.net/Business/2016/01/04/WKPT-s-affiliation-with-ABC-coming-to-an-end (via Feb WTFDA VHF-UHF Digest via DXLD) RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ TV PRESENTATION QUESTION Hey, I have noticed, sad to say, that there are many classic TV shows, and even present day shows, that originally were shot on videotape*, but nowadays come across on my TV as "film look" (see Wikipedia for info on film look). Is there a special reason for presenting these programs that way? I personally think it is dumb. That being said, I do not own an HD TV at all --- all my home viewing is through a CECB if not DXing. Does the film-look come across better in HD? Last season, "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" was shown at exactly the same time on WSVN and WFLX: WSVN had it as film look, WFLX as videotape. So what gives?? Some of Antenna TV's Johnny Carson reruns are in film look, although most are not. One show in particular last week not only was film-look, but seemingly only 12 frames per second! Even with my OCD condition I could spot it. Looks totally strange on screen. There are at least two WTFDA members who work at TV stations---maybe they can give me a theory on this. *I had read recently that even a LIVE performance came off as film look!! I think that was the Carrie Underwood Sound of Music but I could be wrong. Any info would be appreciated. cd (Chris Dunne, Pembroke Pines FL, Jan 31, WTFDA Forum via dXLD) Hmmm. I can't say I've seen that. What elements of "film look" are you referring to? (the Wikipedia article mentions seven elements) Some creative types think film looks better. I suspect these are the same people who prefer vacuum tube audio, and the hum & noise that come with it I've seen film noise, jump & weave, and frame rate adjustment applied to video on purpose for creative reasons. But that would happen in production - I can't imagine a station adding it to a syndicated or network program after production. I wonder if some kind of issue in transcoding messed up WSVN's copies of "Millionaire"? These days, most recorded TV programs are distributed as files. Different stations use different playback software, which in turn expects different file formats. Stations must transcode (with Telestream's "Flip Factory" or similar software) from whatever file format the producer used to whatever file format their playback software will play. Errors in this process can distort the video. Live satellite video feeds are compressed - usually MPEG-2 for SD and MPEG-4 for HD. Errors in coding here could also result in a downlink that doesn't look like the uplink. Again, I can't imagine anyone doing this on purpose! (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, http://www.w9wi.com ibid.) Now I wish I had recorded the "WWTBAM" WSVN/WFLX deal for YouTube (if the distributor would be okay with it) to prove my point. Bottom line is, game shows are game shows; it isn't exactly "Gone with the Wind" we are viewing here! No need to make an epic out of it. However Doug, I am sure that the upload file used would explain that, between the two stations. Today I was viewing Get TV (great of them to grab classic variety shows and specials!). "Judy Garland Show" this week was apparently film-look; scrolled credits looked very blurry like a "hiccup", which videotape would not have. Following that was a Mitzi Gaynor special from 1968 that seemed film-look (but had the NBC Full Laramie Peacock though!), then a B&W Merv Griffin Show seemingly on videotape, which is fine with me. Very interesting thread here if we can keep it up... cd (Chris Dunne, ibid.) Wanted to say that indeed I do have an HD TV; forgot all about the 7" Coby. However it would be very difficult to "read" the style of video on that thing. I will have to review the Wiki a bit, however what I see is basic differences that should be noticed by the naked eye. Oh also when we visit a relative's house out of town, "Jeopardy!" on WFTV Orlando comes across also as film look---but it might be what the cable company is doing. It is an analog TV. cd (Dunne, Feb 1, ibid.) Reminds me of when songs recorded within this decade have an added vinyl "crackle". I agree that it looks pretty dumb but I would call it more tacky or amateur especially on HD it's pretty well defined when you really pay attention to the details (JVL, Janesville, WI, Feb 4, Kaito KA1103 & Insignia HD portable, ibid.) JVL, sometimes production is done as "retro" on purpose, and can be quite humorous. I have seen at least two Progressive Insurance ads with the ubiquitous Flo, that were intentionally shot on 16mm film (am I correct on this, folks?). The most recent one ("this isn't lactose; it's milk") even has a film "hiccup" at the very end. I learned that the other 16mm one ("Sprinkles are [only] for winners") was supposed to be a parody of the old ABC "Afterschool Specials" that ran once a month in the 70s. Nowadays almost all classic TV episodes, even going back to 1949 "Lone Ranger" episodes on Cozi, have been totally restored; audiences will not accept old film with scratches and spots. The exceptions would be any old public-domain shows that RetroTV and other channels apparently low on funds might have gathered to fill their schedule. (I am kinda disappointed that Retro dropped "Cooking with Dione Lucas", TV's first cooking show in early 50s. Gotta love hearing "...and be sure that you are cooking with a Caloric Gas Range".) I could tell stories about Miami's old WAJA ch 23 (now WLTV) when they were 90% English programming. They took such poor care of their films, that even the *commercials* had scratches and spots! If they ran today, FCC might have pulled its license! (Now how did I get onto all this?......) JVL, what modern songs are you referring to? Are they songs that parody older days? I am curious now, as I do not listen to current hits. cd (Dunne, Feb 4, ibid.) I have always been ``able`` to tell video from film, and to my surprise other people don`t seem to be. For example, old B&W Twilight Zone series was mostly on film, but some of the eps (later ones, I assume) were done with studio video cameras (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ULTRA LIGHT RADIO PHENOMENON DX Podcast #4 - "Raw and Unedited" conversations - Featuring Puyallup, Washington`s own Gary DeBock - we talked about the history and creation of the ULR (Ultra Light Radio) phenomenon. Part 1 - 15 minutes. Episode 4 - January 28, 2016 on http://DXer.ca right now. Enjoy - (Colin in Victoria B.C. Canada Newell, 0340 UT January 29, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ IGNORANCE ABOUT BASIC RADIO PROPAGATION [continued from USA: VOA] Another story to make my point. I was attending a job preparation class conducting by Easter Seals/Goodwill through State of Idaho. The instructor posed a hypothetical situation regarding what equipment would one keep in one's possession if one was in adrift in a raft in the middle of the ocean. One of the items was a six transistor portable radio. Conventional wisdom as we all know, used to state listen to a radio to find your location by propagation and to find out if a rescue party is searching for you such as was done by the soccer players whose plane crashed in the Andes mountains in the 1970's. The instructor said we were wrong for maintaining that the radio has any useful purpose at all. When I asked her why, she said you can't get any radio stations at sea, so you might as well toss it overboard. She took strong exception to my statements regarding how well radio works over salt water conditions as well as when you drift for hundreds of miles, you could tell if you were getting closer or further from a given point of transmission. The instructor later added my arguments were unfounded because her information came from the US Navy who wrote the scenario. Evidently, she'd never listened to a radio set out in the ocean. Glenn, I believe our reliance on the internet and modern technology is removing critical thinking from the arena of what was commonly known (Father Tom Roberts, PhD, DD, OSA, Weiser, Idaho, KF7PKG, Jan 31, DX LISTENING DIGEST) GEOMAGNETIC INDICES – Compiled by: Phil Bytheway E-mail: phil_tekno@yahoo.com Geomagnetic Summary January 1 2016 through January 31 2016 Tabulated from email status daily (K @ 0000 UTC.) Flux A K Space Wx 1 98 27 2 moderate, G2, R1 2 100 10 2 minor, R1, S1 3 102 7 3 no storms 4 95 4 1 no storms 5 95 7 3 no storms 6 100 17 4 minor, G1 7 103 14 1 no storms 8 109 8 2 no storms 9 107 6 1 no storms 10 109 7 2 no storms 11 108 14 4 no storms 12 106 14 3 no storms 13 104 14 2 no storms 14 103 8 3 no storms 15 104 6 1 no storms 16 100 4 1 no storms 17 101 4 1 no storms 18 100 5 3 no storms 19 98 11 1 no storms 20 100 25 4 minor, G1 21 104 32 4 moderate, G2 22 101 14 2 no storms 23 99 12 1 no storms 24 104 11 2 no storms 25 108 3 0 no storms 26 115 4 1 no storms 27 113 5 1 no storms 28 110 6 1 no storms 29 107 3 1 no storms 30 105 3 1 no storms 31 101 10 4 no storms Gx – Geomagnetic Storm Level Rx – Radio Blackouts Level Sx – Solar Radiation Storm Level (IRCA DX Monitor Feb 6 via DXLD) :Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts :Issued: 2016 Feb 01 0641 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # Product description and SWPC contact on the Web # http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/weekly.html # # Weekly Highlights and Forecasts # Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 25 - 31 January 2016 Solar activity was at very low to low levels during the period. Low levels were observed from 25-29 January with Regions 2488 (N02, L=320, class/area Dai/240 on 25 January) and 2489 (N10, L=253, class/area Eko/300 on 29 January) producing the majority of the C-class flaring. The largest flare of the period was a C9/1f at 28/1202 UTC from Region 2488. Region 2488 was in slow decay over the period. Region 2489 continued to exhibit growth through 28 January and slowly decayed thereafter. Several filament eruptions, and subsequent coronal mass ejections (CMEs), were observed during the period, but none had an Earth-directed component. No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at high levels from 25-27 January, moderate levels on 28 January, and normal levels from 29-31 January. The maximum flux of the period was 2,117 pfu observed at 26/1500 UTC. Geomagnetic field activity was at mostly quiet levels throughout the period with isolated unsettled periods on 27-28 and 31 January and an isolated active period observed late on 31 January. Solar wind parameters were in decline as the period began under the waning influence of a negative polarity coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS). Solar wind speed gradually decreased from approximately 480 km/s early in the period to around 260 km/s by 30 January before increasing slightly to 300 km/s by the end-of-the-period. A solar sector boundary crossing into a positive (away) orientation occurred at approximately 27/0834 UTC, accompanied by a slight increase in total field (Bt) measurements to 9 nT on 27 and 28 January. On 31 January, another increase in Bt to 10 nT was observed along with a prolonged period of southward Bz. The geomagnetic field responded with isolated active levels to end the period. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 01 - 27 FEBRUARY 2016 Solar activity is expected to be at very low to low levels with a chance for M-class flares (R1-R2, Minor-Moderate) from 03-25 February with the return of old Regions 2484 (N08, L=094) and 2488 (N02, L=320). No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at normal to moderate levels with high levels likely on 04-07, 09-15, and 18-23 February as a result of CH HSS influence. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at unsettled to active levels on 01 February due to continued effects from a prolonged period of southward Bz. Unsettled to active levels are likely from 02-04, 08-09, and 17-20 February due to recurrent CH HSS activity. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2016 Feb 01 0641 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 2016-02-01 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2016 Feb 01 100 12 4 2016 Feb 02 100 12 4 2016 Feb 03 100 15 4 2016 Feb 04 100 8 3 2016 Feb 05 95 5 2 2016 Feb 06 90 5 2 2016 Feb 07 90 5 2 2016 Feb 08 95 12 4 2016 Feb 09 95 10 3 2016 Feb 10 95 8 3 2016 Feb 11 105 5 2 2016 Feb 12 105 5 2 2016 Feb 13 105 5 2 2016 Feb 14 105 5 2 2016 Feb 15 105 5 2 2016 Feb 16 105 5 2 2016 Feb 17 105 10 3 2016 Feb 18 105 15 4 2016 Feb 19 105 12 4 2016 Feb 20 105 10 3 2016 Feb 21 100 5 2 2016 Feb 22 100 5 2 2016 Feb 23 100 5 2 2016 Feb 24 100 5 2 2016 Feb 25 100 5 2 2016 Feb 26 100 5 2 2016 Feb 27 100 5 2 (SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DXLD) ###