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Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 1813 CONTENTS: *DX and station news about: Bougainville, Brazil [correxion: RNA 6180 report is withdrawn], China, Cuba and non, Ethiopia non, Germany, Greece non, Guatemala non?, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kashmir non, Kurdistan non, Perú, Philippines, Russia non, South Carolina non, Spain, Tanzania, Turkey, Uganda non, USA SHORTWAVE AIRINGS of WORLD OF RADIO 1813, February 18-24, 2016 Thu 1230 WRMI 9955 [confirmed] Thu 2100 WRMI 13695 [NEW, confirmed] Fri 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed] Fri 2130 WRMI 15770 [confirmed] Fri 2130 WRMI 13695 [NEW, confirmed] Sat 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed] Sat 0730 HLR 6190-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio [confirmed] Sat 2030v WA0RCR 1860-AM Sat 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed] Sun 0410v WA0RCR 1860-AM [confirmed from 0423] Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [not aired] Mon 0400v WBCQ 5110v Area 51 [confirmed] Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 [confirmed] Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 Wed 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB Wed 1415 WRMI 9955 Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v Thu 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB 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/ ** ALASKA. Catching KBRW - or not. It seems that the signal from KBRW (which is usually nothing more than a carrier here) peaks at around 1930 - 2000 at the moment. So I looked on my AZMap software and noted that the sun rises in Barrow at 2005 UT today, and sets at around 0118. It's very interesting to see how this changes as the year progresses - see http://www.timeanddate.com/sun/usa/barrow There is no daylight in Barrow until mid-January, but then the hours of daylight lengthen very rapidly until mid-May when there is no night. I suspect that this will come as no surprise to some of our Scandinavian friends, but it was a surprise to me. At this time of year the sun sets five minutes earlier every day. There is also a path of darkness between here in Yorkshire and Barrow from sunset here to sunrise in Barrow, and from sunset in Barrow until sunrise here. Between UK sunset and Barrow sunrise, the rest of North America is in daylight. Between sunset in Barrow and sunrise here, the rest of North America is in darkness elading to the prospect of interference. The opportunity time-window to hear KBRW will therefore rapidly decrease as our days lengthen making our sunset later and their sunrise earlier. This opportunity expires early in March when there is the prospect of greyline propagation at local sunset here and sunrise in Barrow. After about 7th March there is no path of darkness after sunset. This might be of interest to those trying to hear KBRW - a station that I have still not yet positively identified here (Andrew Brade, UK, Feb 6, MWCircle yg via DXLD) Andrew's observations re. the sun are quite accurate - we can see the difference from day to day here in the Arctic, and one single week does quite a dramatic change in sunlight one direction or the other. Our polar night ended Jan 20 and we have almost six hours of sun already in addition to long twilight periods. Around winter solstice KBRW is audible 24/7 if conditions are right, so I guess that this period would be best for KBRW in southern locations - other variables not considered (Bjarne Mjelde, http://arcticdx.blogspot.com ibid.) ** ALBANIA. 7425, Radio Tirana Listener’s Club Special QSL of the Radio Tirana/ADXB QSL #18 2015 Hörer Klub Special in 62 days, for a report sent to the Austrian address. Reply in 62 days from Radio Tirana (Edward Kusalik, Daysland, Alberta, CANADA, QSL Report #One 2016, Feb 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7465, 2/11 2118-2124, R. Tirana, Shijak, in English. OM talks; music. Fair signal and barely audible modulation, 35331. Note: R. Tirana never been better. Bad every day! (DXer José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo [PB], Brazil, Sony ICF-SW100S, Portable Telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** ARGENTINA. 11710.84v, RAE, 0455, Feb 11. In Chinese; 0458 multi- language IDs and IS; 0500 a double audio feed till 0502* (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ASCENSION. 6135.2, BBC; *0430, 6-Feb; S/on in French after lo-lo-hi note IS. Poor in mix (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, 5525 Whitehall St., Midland MI 48642-3156, Drake R8B + 185' & 60' RW + 125' bow-tie, GMC Car Radio for FMBC logs, All dates and times for all logs are UTC unless otherwise noted as AM or PM which is ELT. FMBC & VHF/UHF logs are in MHz; all other logs are in kHz, ----- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! ----- DX LISTENING DIGEST) Really, that far off-frequency? Unusual for them, unless were duplicating, zero-beating Aparecida. Lo-lo-hi = the notes B, B, C, as it happens (gh) ** ASCENSION ISLAND. 9530, Radio Akbar Mufriha, the Joyful News Station, via Ascension Island transmitter. Received within 4 days after posting my report to the Secretary at the Station, a full data (with site) #004/16 QSL Sheet, with a cover letter. V/s: Daniel Berger Secretary E-mail: email@akhbarmufriha.com Mr. Berger mentioned too that they where closing their Office in France as they where having problems with overseas correspondences (I sent a postal report there and never got back a reply for a 2014 report) (Edward Kusalik, Daysland, Alberta, CANADA, QSL Report #One 2016, Feb 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BANGLADESH. 15505, 12 Feb 2016, 1421-1435, RADIO BANGLADESH BETAR, Female announcer in Urdu; Indian style music with Tabla drums; Male announcer announced address and other contact info. More music at 1429. ID at 1434. Sign off at 1435. SINPO 44434 (Ed Sylvester, Baghdad, Iraq, JRC NRD 545 and AOR AR5000A Plus 3, Indoor Pixel Magnetic Loop, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BELARUS. 11730, 2/11 1923-1933, R. Belarus, Minsk, in German. YL talks; a song by chorus; ID; YL talks. Fair signal and modulation, 35433. Note: Better each day! (DXer José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo [PB], Brazil, Sony ICF-SW100S, Portable Telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) Distortions spurious on 11701-11710, and 11750-11760 kHz 11730, Radio Minsk, S=9+25dB into southern Germany (Wolfgang Büschel, Stuttgart, Germany, checked the 25 mb in 1255 till 1329 UT Feb 12 here in Europe, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BELARUS. ALL, The other day, I erroneously reported Belarus on 6080 as "Radio Stolitsa," as per short-wave.com Some members graciously pointed out that this was NOT likely the case. I tuned it in again this evening and looked at shortwaveschedule.com, which said it was as indicated below: BELARUS, 6080, 12 Feb 2016, 1650-1720, BELORUSSKAYA RADIO 1, Female announcer in Belarussian; Russian style music. SINPO 32333. I have also attached a wave file. If you would like for me to record anything else from this side of the world, pls ask. 73, (Ed Sylvester, Baghdad, Iraq, JRC NRD 545 and AOR AR5000A Plus 3, Indoor Pixel Magnetic Loop), Feb 12, 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. On February 13 again no broadcast of Radio Biafra via SPL Secretbrod: 2000-2040 11600 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg WeAf repeat and repeat music 2040-2050 11600 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg WeAf open carrier and off! http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/no-broadcast-of-radio-biafra-via-spl.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) SPL Secretbrod relay clandestine program Radio Biafra on February 16: 2000-2005 on 11600 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to WeAf English, open carrier 2005-2010 on 11600 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to WeAf English, music, music 2010-2045 on 11600 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to WeAf English, live program 2045-2109 on 11600 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to WeAf English, open carrier from 2110 on 11600 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to WeAf no signal off at 2109 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/radio-biafra-via-spl-secretbrod-on.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. CHASQUI DX PFA – FEBRERO 2016 --- CQ, CQ, CQ; Aquí Pedro F. Arrunátegui para compartir algo con los que disfrutan y aman el DX latinoamericano. Todas las horas son UT. Desde la tierra de los incas, les informo mediante este Quipus lo siguiente: 4409.80, R. Eco, Reyes, Beni; 14/02 0015-0040, 33333, ID “Radio Eco, desde Reyes, departamento del Beni, Radio Eco en los 4410 kHz onda corta” (escuchar grabación), ads. NOTA: Después de tiempo los capto con dificultad mx romántica LA; a las 0040 imposible de seguir escuchándola. 5952.45, R. Pio XII, Siglo XX; 5/02, 0035-0105, 44444, mxf huaynos en español, ID “Pio XII”, px bilingüe español y quechua y ads. 6134.86, R. Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz; 25/01 2340-0005, 33333, ID “No importa donde te encuentres Radio Santa Cruz, siempre te acompaña”, mx varias Hay dificultad para escuchar nuestro DX; hay día de mucho calor y nuestro amigo el sol no nos permite escuchar como deseamos, menos en AM -- Vivo en una casa muy pequeña, pero, sus ventanas se abren hacia un mundo muy grande. La recepción la he efectuado del 24/01 al 14/02, en compañía de mis sabuesos Icom IC R72 + ELAD FDM-S1 + Splitter ASA 4 x 2 + Mizuho KX-3 + MFJ-1025 y una antena de hilo largo de 12 metros + antena auxiliar + una Mini Whip + una antena loop. Muchos 218’s PFA (Pedro F Arrunátegui, Lima, Perú, Feb 15, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 5952.36, Pio XII, Siglo Veinte 1025 in ssb to avoid co channel slop, om and yl in language, fair signal at best, been missing often 2300+ band scans 13 February (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach FL, Mosquito Coast DX News, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 6134.810, Feb 12 at 0123, R. Santa Cruz with music, poor, but no ZY het from Aparecida 6135+. As usual, the final digit of a precise frequency readout is not necessarily exact (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6134.87 - R. Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, at 0140 UT 15 Feb 2016 - Latin music selections heard at tune/in followed by brief ID announcement by OM. Latin pop music ballads heard. Signal fair/poor, S6 at best. Lots of fades, almost fluttery. Static level also pretty high along with some local noise. Marginal listening (Stephen C Wood, Harwich, Mass., Perseus SDR, 25 x 50 S/W (225º) terminated superloop antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOUGAINVILLE. PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3325, Feb 2, 1754, NBC Bougainville with non stop music almost all the time except for a short ID at 1754. Also heard in Salzburg at the same time. Chistoph, thanks for the tip and for a strong and clear recording with the ID, indeed a remarkable difference in signal clarity (Thomas Nilsson, Ängelholm, Sweden SW Bulletin Feb 14 via DXLD) [non-log]. NBC Bougainville not heard on either 3325 nor 6020; checking 1218-1320 (Ron Howard, Feb 11, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3325, NBC Bougainville back again from tune in at 1327 to tuned out at 1503, Feb 16. Segment 1327-1401 with mostly chatting on the phone in Pidgin/Tok Pisin. Started out with RRI Palangkaraya mixing equally with NBC, but RRI went down hill for a while, but later came back up again. 1401-1503 with Port Moresby audio feed of NBC National Radio; started with the PNG National Radio Song, of which I heard bits & pieces; “In our land of a thousand tongues, brothers and sisters old and young, unite our hearts so we feel as one . . . work together . . . one people, one nation, one country P N G"; during song one spoken segment then back to singing; 1403 promo for "NBC National Radio"; music show (Pacific Island pop and EZL pop songs) (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1813, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Ian, Have you recently heard the "PNG National Radio Song"? Today seemed to me to be with slightly different word formation than I had heard in the past? http://goo.gl/g0Yr0E Hope for better conditions so we can confirm the full wording. Thanks. (Ron Howard, California, Feb 16, cc to gh via DXLD) Hi Ron, I haven't heard the "PNG National Radio Song" for a long while now, will try to listen out when I have time n conditions are suitable. FYI, the station is now operating to normal schedule. As I'm not likely to now hear them on any frequency other than 3325 kHz, word copy will be more difficult on 90mb, which in our local evening doesn't propagate as well as 49 mb would have here in AUStralia. I wonder if in NZL DXers get to hear the 49 mb daytime outlet? RRI isn't a problem here in early/mid evenings. No news (yet) on an official opening of the new transmitters and equipment (Ian, ibid.) Hi Ian, what is the normal schedule? (Mauno Ritola, ibid.) Hi Glenn, Feb 17 tuned in to 3325 to find two stations here at 1237; both unusable; by 1305 only one station here - RRI Palangkaraya. Ian (Australia) today says NBC Bougainville is now operating on a "normal schedule," so will they normally be signing off sometime about 1300? Certainly today was a much shorter broadcast than I heard yesterday, which went past 1503. Needs more monitoring now that they have a schedule. BTW - On 6020 only heard VOV4 (Vietnam) today (Ron Howard, California, ibid.) Hi Mauno, I note that Ron said it was monitored operating past 1503 UT last night; I wouldn't have thought that a normal sign off time. Looking at WRTH 2001, 49mb NBC SW Kundu frequencies were scheduled from 22 to 07 UT. I would have thought transmission schedule something like: 19-22 UT on 3325, 22-07 on 6020, 07-13 on 3325 kHz would have been about right. But I'll ask. I do have the local program schedule which I provided to David Ricquish. Morning with local program starts at 6 am BST, evening local program ends at 11 pm BST. [UT +11]. As any regular monitor to NBC Kundu SW stations in the past (80's onwards) will attest, the NBC stations transmissions never rigorously started or ended at a particular exact time. Start up & end times per station could/would vary considerably, some would accidentally & often run overnight with open/carrier. As I recall (from the 80's era) Kundu stations initially operated until around 14 UT, then due to financial problems this was cut back to 13 UT; etc. (Ian (AUS), ibid., WORLD OF RADIO 1813) Hi Ian, yes, it must be something along those lines, or maybe 19-21, 08-13 3325 and 21-08 6020. Please ask, what they plan it to be. Is the frequency change automated? That makes a difference :-) At 2130 via Brisbane receiver I had no carrier visible on 3325 kHz and 6020 kHz had weak CRI, but we also have a geomagnetic storm going on. (Mauno Ritoa, WORLD OF RADIO 1813, ibid.) Feb 17 would seem to be about right for 1300* for 3325. While Feb 16 ran past 1503 on 3325 (Ron Howard, ibid.) I have been watching 6020 prior 0700 UT. Apart from DRM one day last week, have heard nothing since my original reception. It's probably time I activated DRM capability on the SDR so I can hopefully make sense of that! (Bryan Clark, New Zealand, UT Feb 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 3375.1, Brasil, Rádio Municipal São Gabriel da Cachoeira, 0925 to 0935 yl and om good signal in Portuguese, noted daily but with less strength 2300+ 12 February 3365, Rádio Cultura, Araraquara, SP, 2317 music mellow vocalist, om dj at 2319 back to music, unusually strong signal to 2340 11 February 4754.9, Rádio Imaculada Conceição, Campo Grande, MS, 2324 to 2335 om religious message in Portuguese, first time in a while. 6 February (Wilkner) 4805, Rádio Difusora do Amazonas, Manaus, 2310-2320 with yl chat in Portuguese. Improved signal since returning. 11 February (Wilkner) 4885, Rádio Clube do Pará, Belém, PA 0920 to 1000 with IS by om repeated "kiloherts and medium wave and shortwave fqys" 13 February (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach FL, Mosquito Coast DX News, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) in English?? (gh) ** BRAZIL. 5939.897, Rádio Voz Missionária, music program, S=7 5964.067, ZYE857, Rádio Transmundial at 0729 UT, S=7. 6010.030, ZYE521, Rádio Inconfidência, at 0735 UT, and COLOMBIA both S=7 signal, checked both radio programs at 0730-0745 UT 6040.369, RB2, Curitiba, S=5 at 0748 UT. 6059.775, ZYE727, SRDA Curitiba, S=4-5 at 0750 UT. 6119.979, ZYE969, SRDA São Paulo, on Feb 12 at 0756 UT. (Wolfgang Büschel, Check Log at 0705-0759 UT on Feb 12, noted nighttime reception on various North American remote SDR receiver posts, at Alberta CAN, Vancouver CAN, NJ/KY/FL/MA-US receiver posts, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. CHASQUI DX PFA – FEBRERO 2016 --- CQ, CQ, CQ; Aquí Pedro F. Arrunátegui para compartir algo con los que disfrutan y aman el DX latinoamericano. Todas las horas son UT. Desde la tierra de los incas, les informo mediante este Quipus lo siguiente: 4785.00, BRASIL, R. Caiari, Porto Velho, RO; 11/02, 1035-1100, 22222, mx varias y ads (con mucha dificultad). NOTA: en este año primera estación brasilera que capto. 4865.00, BRASIL, R. Verde [sic] Florestas, Acre; 11/02, 1105-1130, 44444, mx religiosa, ID "Radio Verde [sic] Florestas", px El [sic] Jornal news y ads. 9630.02, BRASIL, R. Aparecida, Aparecida; SP; 25/01, 2310-2335, 33333, mx varias, ID Rádio Aparecida”, px saludos y mensajes. 11780.23 [sic], BRASIL, R. Nacional da Amazônia, Brasília; 21/01, 1950-2005, 44444, mx, ID ”003002Radio [?? sic] Nacional de Brasil”, px Nacional Informa, news, ID, 0730 colocar en la grabación. Completo mx [Wonder if typo for 11780.12, closer to where we always find it -- gh] Hay dificultad para escuchar nuestro DX; hay día de mucho calor y nuestro amigo el sol no nos permite escuchar como deseamos, menos en AM -- Vivo en una casa muy pequeña, pero, sus ventanas se abren hacia un mundo muy grande. La recepción la he efectuado del 24/01 al 14/02, en compañía de mis sabuesos Icom IC R72 + ELAD FDM-S1 + Splitter ASA 4 x 2 + Mizuho KX-3 + MFJ-1025 y una antena de hilo largo de 12 metros + antena auxiliar + una Mini Whip + una antena loop. Muchos 218’s PFA (Pedro F Arrunátegui, Lima, Perú, Feb 15, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 4885, 2/11 0228-0240, R. Clube do Pará, Belém, in Portuguese. OM: ID, Call MW and tropical band; announcements; football program: games, cms [?] and scores of regional and Brazilian championships. Fair signal and modulation, 35433. Note: After some time, R. Clube do Pará returns the signal to my location (DXer José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo [PB], Brazil, Sony ICF-SW100S, Portable Telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. Rádio Nacional Brasília, 0739 17 Feb 2016, 6180. 0734 17 FEB - SINPO=35222. Portuguese, music, usual male DJ, takes a call-in, male. QSB=slow-to-moderate rate, modulation occasionally drops to or below noise floor, peaks well above it. sf102.6, a37, k3 geomag: unsettled. 250kw, beamAz 360 , bearing 115 . Sangean ATS505 w/MFJ- 1020C active antenna used to preselect Magic Wand Antenna hanging indoors on west wall. Received at Las Vegas, United States, 9067KM from transmitter at Brasilia, Parque do Rodeador, DF. Local time: 2334. 73 (Rodney Johnson, NV, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1813, DXLD) Maybe in mornings only; at 2324 Feb 17 no 6180, while 11780.1 inbooms as usual (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1813, DXLD) 6180, Feb 17 at 2325, no signal from RNA, but as usual very good on 11780.1. Checking this because Rodney Johnson, NV, had reported 6180 Feb 17 at 0734-0739. Maybe it`s reactivated only in the mornings? Also no 6180 here at 0453 Feb 18, while propagation disturbance has diminished 11780.1 to only S3 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1813, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Corrections from last report: Rádio Nacional Brasília, 11780 (not 6180, I guess I had some finger trouble selecting from Logging Software) 0734 17 FEB (Rodney Johnson, Feb 18, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I would just delete the whole thing here, but will also have to correct it on next WOR (gh) ** BRAZIL. 11854.950, Feb 17 at 0630, R. Aparecida has drifted off- frequency again; will it descend further? Typical obsessive programming about an alleged Marian apparition (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 15190, 2/11 1934-1950, R. Inconfidência, Contagem, in Portuguese. Program "A Hora do Fazendeiro": regional melodies; rural news; hints to the producter; homemade recipes. Very good signal and modulation, 45444. Better each day! (DXer José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo [PB], Brazil, Sony ICF-SW100S, Portable Telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** CANADA. Slightly below 6160, but unable to measure exactly; heard both CKZU & CKZN on Feb 11; both with the news at 0403; same programming from both Vancouver and Newfoundland, producing an interesting strong echo effect; echo ended at 0404 with each station giving their local weather ("BC weather," etc.). My audio at https://goo.gl/jPuFdO (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6159.975, CKZU Vancouver lower mainland transmission, CBC news channel-169, S=9+15dB at 0758-0759 UT. Vancouver + Victoria weather report. and 6159.985, CKZN St. Johns, varying 1-2 Hertz up and down probably CKZN, only tiny signal on threshold level (Wolfgang Büschel, Check Log at 0705-0759 UT on Feb 12, noted nighttime reception on various North American remote SDR receiver posts, at Alberta CAN, Vancouver CAN, NJ/KY/FL/MA-US receiver posts, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [and non]. 6120, RFA (Tinian)/CNR1 (jammer) 1650+ 3 Feb. Running 50/50 this morning with RFA's Mandarin slightly better. Sked 16-17 (Dan Sheedy, Moonlight Beach, CA E5/6m X wire, via Robert Wilkner, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11560, CNR strong jamming S=9+5dB, ahead of IBB Kuwait Chinese. 11640, CRI Vietnamese Xian, + mix R TWN International co-channel 11655, CNR1 word program jamming S=9+10dB, 16 kHz wide jamming, against VoA Chinese from IBB THA relay. 1300 UT. 11765, TWN SOH + jamming S=9, same on next \\ 11775 SOH jamming mix 11845, Firedrake music S=9+15dB, against AIR Chinese sce at 1306 UT 11915, TWN R TWN I Amoy lang, S=4-5 tiny at 1311 UT. CNR1 jamming too 12005, Germany, IBB Radio Farda Biblis, S=9+10 at 1316 UT, plus jamming against V of Tibet TJK on 12008 kHz split frequency. 12050, Heavy FIREDRAKE mx jamming S=9+15dB, IBB RFA Chinese, 1318 UT, 18 kHz wideband jamming on this channel. \\ 11925 kHz program. 12190, TWN SOH / RFA S=5-6 (Wolfgang Büschel, Stuttgart, Germany, checked the 25 mb in 1255 till 1329 UT Feb 12 here in Europe, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) CNR1 Jammer/Firedrake --- 7415, 1602 16 FEB - SINPO = 25322. Traditional music with traditional instrumentation. sf107.7, a11, k5, geomag: minor storm. ?kw, beamAz ? , bearing ? . Sangean ATS505 w/Kaito KA33 active loop in west facing window. Received at Las Vegas, United States. Local time: 0802 (Rodney Johnson, NV, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6095, Feb 16, 2050-2056, CNR1, in Mandarin. A continuous instrumental music, authentic Jammer-firedrake. Fair, 35443 (DXer José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Sony ICF-SW100S, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** CHINA. new 3519-USB, VC01 Chinese Military numbers station (ex: 5006-USB), 1220 and subsequent checking, Feb 11. Would never have found this except for the timely tip from Hiroyuki Komatsubara (Japan), who regularly monitors this station's activities. RE: My alert about New Year's Eve (Spring Festival) Gala on Feb 7 - This year`s results were rather dismal; only heard the following with the gala at 1322, carrying CCTV audio feed. 4940 // 6115 Voice of Strait; // 6185, CHBC (VOK QRM) (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1813, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. "I recorded, using the Twente receiver, the Lunar New Year's Day edition of CRI's "The Beijing Hour" between 19:00 and 20:00 UTC on 7295 and 9440 kHz and will post one of the recordings to archive.org and SRAA soon." 7295 kHz recording posted here: https://archive.org/details/ChinaRadioInternationalTheBeijingHour7.295MHz8February20161900UTC and here: http://shortwavearchive.com/archive/china-radio-international-the-beijing-hour-february-8-2016 (Richard Langley, Feb 13, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** COLOMBIA [and non]. 6010.077, nice Colombian Latin American music, La Voz de tu Conciencia. Transmitter frequency is NOT stable, varies some Hertz x.060 ... to x.100 Hz, S7 like BRAZIL, q.v. (Wolfgang Büschel, Check Log at 0705-0759 UT on Feb 12, noted nighttime reception on various North American remote SDR receiver posts, at Alberta CAN, Vancouver CAN, NJ/KY/FL/MA-US receiver posts, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6010.26v, Feb 15 at 0445, romantic music on carrier slightly wobbling; at 0457 recheck it`s more like 6010.21v, song in Spanish. 0501 auto timecheck and ID, but all I can catch is a website including colombia.com. By 0644 it`s back up to 6010.27v: La Voz de tu Conciencia. No sign of R. Inconfidência, Brasil, which when active is off- frequency from 6010 too but not so variable. (XEOI México is long gone from 6010 and lamented, and of course preserved in the Aoki list plus other listings copying it to confound the unaware.) Nothing from the other HJDH on 5910.05, only a JBA carrier at 0445 on 5910.00, i.e. NHK Russian, 100 kW, 79 degrees via LITHUANIA at 0430- 0500 only. And at 0643, only TWR Polish, IS via AUSTRIA, which is to be deleted in A-16 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) CHASQUI DX PFA – FEBRERO 2016 -- CQ, CQ, CQ; Aquí Pedro F. Arrunátegui para compartir algo con los que disfrutan y aman el DX latinoamericano. Todas las horas son UT. Desde la tierra de los incas, les informo mediante este Quipus lo siguiente: 6010.00, R. LA Voz de tu Conciencia, Bogotá; 8/02, 0115-0135, 33333, mx varias, ID "la Voz de tu Conciencia". Hay dificultad para escuchar nuestro DX; hay día de mucho calor y nuestro amigo el sol no nos permite escuchar como deseamos, menos en AM -- Vivo en una casa muy pequeña, pero, sus ventanas se abren hacia un mundo muy grande. La recepción la he efectuado del 24/01 al 14/02, en compañía de mis sabuesos Icom IC R72 + ELAD FDM-S1 + Splitter ASA 4 x 2 + Mizuho KX-3 + MFJ-1025 y una antena de hilo largo de 12 metros + antena auxiliar + una Mini Whip + una antena loop. Muchos 218’s PFA (Pedro F Arrunátegui, Lima, Perú, Feb 15, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. Unscheduled 5 minutes broadcast of Cuban Spy Numbers HM01 on February 11: 0750-0755 11635 secret / hidden tx ?Bejucal? Spanish Tue/Thu/Sat, unscheduled 0755-0848 11635 secret / hidden tx ?Bejucal? Spanish Tue/Thu/Sat as scheduled http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/unscheduled-5-minutes-broadcast-of.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Often get open carrier on 11635 afternoons here, from same (gh, DXLD) ** CUBA. 12060, Feb 12 at 0039, pulse jamming is very poor but obvious, second harmonic bleeding out of the pileup on 6030 against Martí (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also PERU [and non] 6000, Feb 13 at 0323, RHC English is just barely modulated, on the BST-1 caradio, compared to many other signals from Cuba et al. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM 11880, Sun Feb 14 at 2145, RHC is on here with VG signal in Esperanto! But cuts off at 2158 during contemporary item about the RCC/Russodox encounter in Havano; dead air until 2200 IS and opening English. According to http://www.radiohc.cu/interesantes/frecuencias 11880 at 2130 is supposed to be in Portuguese to Africa, and presumably is still so Mon-Sat. Esperanto remains absent from their sked at 2130, instead at 2230 Sundays replacing French on 17730 (or rather if you read it literally, BOTH at same time as it does not say Mon-Sat only for French). I was thinking that was still on 15370, but 15370 is in Spanish at 2257 check, so did not try 17730. Could be that 11880 speaking Esperante was merely a switching mistake (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1813, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [next Sunday: confirmed at both times] ** CUBA [non]. FUTURE OF RADIO AND TV MARTÍ IN THE AIR Miami Herald February 14, 2016 http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/cuba/article60355171.html Future of Radio and TV Martí in the air amid possible broadcasting change --- Announcement could pave way to privatization of service In a surprise move, the U.S. government last week announced plans for the possible establishment of a “Spanish-language grantee” to perform the functions of the Office of Cuba Broadcasting, which oversees Radio and TV Martí. Though the federal officials who made the announcement did not provide specific details, some observers speculated that the move could mark the first concrete step to modify the arrangement under which Radio and TV Martí has been operating since the service was established under President Ronald Reagan in the 1980s. The announcement came a little more than a year after President Barack Obama ordered the restoration of diplomatic relations with Cuba. Though there are now embassies in Havana and Washington, Cuba has continued to press a number of demands including the shutdown of Radio and TV Martí. Officials of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, which oversees broadcast services to various countries including Cuba and the Voice of America, made the announcement Tuesday during a telephone news conference from Washington. A Broadcasting Board document that referred to the proposal said: “Spanish Language Grantee for Cuba: BBG requests authority to establish a new Spanish language, non-federal media organization that would receive a BBG grant and perform the functions of the current Office of Cuba Broadcasting.” María “Malule” González, the newly appointed director of the Office of Cuba Broadcasting, will not alter her office’s goals toward Cuba. “We’re going to keep doing our mission, which is to provide Cubans on the island information that they don’t have access to,” she said. Tim Shamble, president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 1812, which represents Radio and TV Martí employees, spoke against the proposal. “We oppose it,” he told el Nuevo Herald. “It would take away civil service rights of the employees and federal union rights as well.” The announcement stirred alarm among Radio and TV Martí employees in Miami. A Radio and TV Martí journalist, who asked not be identified, said he and his colleagues feared “losing their federal benefits” in case of a “privatization of operations.” In the telephone news conference, BBG executive director John F. Lansing said the proposed change was mainly aimed at cost savings and providing the organization with greater flexibility. “Number one, the mission of OCB would be completely unaffected,” Lansing said. “It would be the exact same mission, at the same funding levels and nothing would alter that. Secondly, any change, any defederalization of OCB would still be subject to a legislative process, which may or may not, indeed, happen and third the effect that it would have would depend on whether a) that it happens and b) if it did happen how it was designed at some point in the future.” Previously, an initial draft of the 2015 budget proposal for the State Department and foreign operations maintained the level of financing for OCB but foresaw the possibility that it could merged with the Voice of America’s Latin America division. Some observers saw the new proposal as a way to alter or end, if not official funding for the service, then editorial influence over broadcasts to the island. “This has to do with the rapprochement toward Cuba,” said the Radio and TV Martí journalist who asked not to be identified. “It’s one of the things that Cuba has always demanded. They don’t want to say they are shutting it down, in order to save face with the Versailles crowd, but at the same time they could now say that it is not the government doing it if taken to task over it.” His reference to the “Versailles crowd” was a symbolic allusion to orthodox or traditional Cuban exiles who typically oppose Cuban policies or U.S. policy changes toward Cuba. “The game is rigged,” he said. In January 2015, Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minn., eliminated the so- called AeroMartí program, which beamed radio and television signals from an aircraft. In light of criticism of Radio and TV Martí’s low audience, OCB at the time focused its strategy on expanding the Martí Noticias digital platform, strengthened its network of correspondents within the island and created an alternative content distribution system via CDs and USB flash drives. Posted by: (Mike Terry, Feb 14, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1813, DXLD) ANUNCIAN PLAN PARA PRIVATIZAR OFICINA DE TRANSMISIONES A CUBA EN EEUU [Cuban Commie take on this] El gobierno del presidente Barack Obama anunció planes para crear una entidad privada conocida como “entidad no federal en idioma español”, que realizará las funciones de la Oficina de Transmisiones a Cuba (OCB), la cual administra Radio y Televisión Martí. Aunque no se dieron detalles precisos de la propuesta, algunos analistas especularon que podría tratarse del primer paso concreto y contundente para modificar dramáticamente la operación de transmisiones radiales y televisivas hacia la mayor de las Antillas, informó Radio Habana Cuba. El anuncio fue hecho por funcionarios de la Junta de Gobernadores de Transmisiones (BBG) que supervisa a varios servicios de información financiados por el gobierno federal, incluyendo la Oficina de Transmisiones a Cuba (OCB), y la Voz de América (VOA). De acuerdo con un documento del presupuesto 2016, divulgado por el bloq Along the Malecon en febrero del año pasado, la BBG canalizaría los fondos para la subvención de esta organización “sin fines de lucro”, que ya “no será considerada como una agencia federal”. No obstante, la organización privada “deberá cumplir con los mismos estándares, profesionalismo y la responsabilidad necesarios”, señala el texto. Las subvenciones a este concesionario se ajustarán a las disposiciones de la ley que requiere una entidad federal para llevar a cabo la difusión hacia Cuba y otros países de América Latina y el Caribe. En enero del 2015, la congresista Betty McCollum presentó el anteproyecto de ley “Paren de malgastar el dinero de los contribuyentes en transmisiones a Cuba” para eliminar las estaciones, pero como todas las propuestas de leyes presentadas el año pasado sobre la isla caribeña, no se ha movido en el Congreso. Inicialmente establecidas bajo la administración del presidente Ronald Reagan en la década de 1980, las transmisiones de radio y televisión constituyen una forma de subvertir el gobierno cubano a través de propaganda venenosa y llamados a la desobediencia civil. La Habana ha reiterado que para avanzar en el proceso de normalización de las relaciones entre ambos países, deben cesar las emisiones ilegales desde Estados Unidos destinadas al cambio de régimen en la nación caribeña (from http://www.radiocubana.cu/ via GRA blog Feb 14 via DXLD) Is this new? No date specified (gh) ** CYPRUS [non]. 9955, Wed Feb 17 at 1410, FG Radio with exactly the same episode WRMI aired a week ago, including the protest song ``Comin` Inside So Strong`, and news headlines starting with NK launch, now even more ``olds`` than they were on Feb 10! It is the responsibility of WRMI programmers to upload new episodes timely; otherwise old one will automatically replay (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EAST TURKISTAN. CRI Transmitter Locations --- I recorded, using the Twente receiver, the Lunar New Year's Day edition of CRI's "The Beijing Hour" between 19:00 and 20:00 UTC on 7295 and 9440 kHz and will post one of the recordings to archive.org and SRAA soon. But I have a question about the transmitter used for the 7295 kHz frequency. The HFCC registration for 7295 kHz states that the Urumqi transmitter site is used for this transmission as does EiBi. However, Aoki says the Kashi-Saibagh site is used. Who are we to believe and where does Aoki get the information? (Richard Langley, Feb 11, dxldyg via DXLD) ** ECUADOR. CHASQUI DX PFA – FEBRERO 2016 --- CQ, CQ, CQ; Aquí Pedro F. Arrunátegui para compartir algo con los que disfrutan y aman el DX latinoamericano. Todas las horas son UT. Desde la tierra de los incas, les informo mediante este Quipus lo siguiente: 6050.00, R. HCJB, Quito; 30/01 2340-0005, 44444, px religioso, ID “Usted escucha HCJB desde Quito”, mx religiosa en dialecto étnico. Hay dificultad para escuchar nuestro DX; hay día de mucho calor y nuestro amigo el sol no nos permite escuchar como deseamos, menos en AM -- Vivo en una casa muy pequeña, pero, sus ventanas se abren hacia un mundo muy grande. La recepción la he efectuado del 24/01 al 14/02, en compañía de mis sabuesos Icom IC R72 + ELAD FDM-S1 + Splitter ASA 4 x 2 + Mizuho KX-3 + MFJ-1025 y una antena de hilo largo de 12 metros + antena auxiliar + una Mini Whip + una antena loop. Muchos 218’s PFA (Pedro F Arrunátegui, Lima, Perú, Feb 15, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EGYPT. 9965.30, Feb 12 at 0110, R. Cairo is S9+ but just barely modulated, and with Doppler flutter --- also applying to many other signals as the ionosphere is jittery (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15535, 12 Feb 2016, 1446-1450, RADIO CAIRO, Male announcer in Arabic. Barely intelligible. News program (presumed). SINPO 32222. Appears masked, as though it was in another mode. Horrible audio (Ed Sylvester, Baghdad, Iraq, JRC NRD 545 and AOR AR5000A Plus 3, Indoor Pixel Magnetic Loop, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005, RNGE, R. Bata, 0516, Feb 11. Just missed the sign on; pop songs; mostly unusable. 5005, RNGE, R. Bata, 0521, Feb 17. Tuned in to just an open carrier with no audio; by 0538 OC was fairly strong, but still no audio; 0542 finally some audio and steadily improving; played repetitive African pop song; 0552 the modulation dropped off suddenly to only very faint audio again. Not sure if this was caused by unusual conditions or something else? (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. Among the disappointments was noting 5950, Voice of Tigray Revolution – Mekele blocked by WRMI who was using their channel making reception impossible for the moment. Although I could hear their distinctive interval signal, making out any of the talk was frustrating. Maybe someone should talk to Jeff White about moving to a clear frequency for shortwave DX’ers? (DSWCI-1959 Richard D’Angelo, Wyomissing/ FCDX, PA, U.S.A., DX Window Feb 17 via DXLD) DXers of Ethiopia have been on borrowed time for many years as 5950 is an old WYFR/RTI frequency and has been registered as available for WRMI usage 24 hours a day. Finally, thanks to the largesse of Brother Scare, it has been fulfilled (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. SECRETLAND, SPL The Global specialist for International Communications on shortwave and provided to you strong and quality signal around the world. Transmissions of R. Warra Wangeelaa-ti via Secretbrod probably are cancelled: 1500-1530 15515 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg EaAf Oromo Sat no signal Feb 6/13 My last videos of R. Warra Wangeelaa-ti via Secretbrod on Saturday January 23 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/transmissions-of-rwarra-wangeelaa-ti.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1813, DX LISTENING DIGEST) It's still shown at http://nexus.org/NEXUS-IBA/Schedules/sat.htm And http://www.uoece.org has an archived programme at least for last week, with the edition due today probably just not posted yet. So I would at this point not rule out the possibility that they would still like to have their broadcasts transmit on shortwave (Kai Ludwig, Germany, ibid.) No reception here yesterday Feb 13 2016 at 1500z though normally a fair to good copy (Rich Ray, Near Chicago, Drake R8 and Wellbrook 330S, ibid.) NEXUS skeds are not kept up to date (gh, DXLD) ** ETHIOPIA [and non]. FRANCE(non), Reception of Oromo Voice Radio and Radio Xoriyo via TDF, Feb 15: Oromo Voice Radio 1600-1615 on 17850 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Oromo Mon 1615-1630 on 17850 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf English Mon Transmissions are jammed by Ethiopia with white noise digital jamming Radio Xoriyo Ogaden 1600-1630 on 17870 ISS 500 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Somali Mon/Fri Transmissions are jammed by Ethiopia with white noise digital jamming http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/oromo-voice-radio-and-radio-xoriyo-via.html (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Reception of Radio Xoriyo Ogaden via MBR on February 16 1600-1630 on 17630 ISS 500 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Somali Tue/Sat Transmissions are jammed by Ethiopia with white noise digital jamming. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/reception-of-radio-xoriyo-ogaden-via.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. Two weeks ago, I tried to listen to WOR via Göhren Saturday morning after 0730z on 7265 A3U "compatible USB". I had a clearly visible and audible carrier but the modulation on the USB was pretty low in my view. See attached screenshot showing a spectrogram when tuned to 7264 USB (to show the carrier, no LSB, weak USB). Compare to a similar view but from a well modulated MW station (TWR Roumoules on 1467 playing their Int-Sig) - what a difference! Based thereon, I wish Göhren would try and increase their USB audio level to improve readability under adverse conditions! We know compatible USB can sound a lot louder (e.g. CHU or WBCQ on 5 and 9 MHz). (Tobias squared, Germany, Feb 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Finally, I noted last Saturday morning that the WOR relay on HLR at 0730 actually QSY'ed to 6190 where I had a reasonably readable signal, much better than ex-7265 A3U. A lower frequency is certainly a good idea for such a low power "regional" service, which easily skips over or even gets lost altogether during the "wintery" propagation on 41 m that early into the day. I then heard you mention this in the latest WOR, just after having noted the signal unexpectedly. I'm glad it's an intentional improvement rather than an error, since 49 m is going to be a better choice well into springtime, I would assume. Just wonder why the afternoon broadcast remained on 7265 where I couldn't make out a trace of it, so at that time, 49 m might also make more sense for the time being. (Tobias (T²), Germany, Feb 9, WORLD OF RADIO 1813, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. 7310.063, Tiny German Kall Eifel transmission observed in Alberta-CANADA, warm up in first 30 minutes down to x.000 Hertz, just on threshold level S=4 (Wolfgang Büschel, Check Log at 0705-0759 UT on Feb 12, noted nighttime reception on various North American remote SDR receiver posts, at Alberta CAN, Vancouver CAN, NJ/KY/FL/MA-US receiver posts, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. Annual transmission of Radio Oeoemrang via MBR will be on February 21, 1600-1700 on 15215 NAU 250 kW / 300 deg to ENAm Frisian dialact/German/English: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/annual-transmission-of-radio-oeoemrang.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1813, DX LISTENING DIGEST) No, site is Issoudun, FRANCE; widely heard and reported in the dxldyg, to be rounded up in next DXLD (gh) Radio Öömrang will broadcast on Feb. 21, 2016 from 1600 to 1700 UT on 15215 kHz in German, English and Frisian. (Caroline Mesnier via EuroRadio) Radio Oomrang broadcasts once in a year on shortwave in lower German language via facilities of Media Broadcast in Germany. Radio Oomrang announces as "The Free Voice of Frisian People from Amrum island in Germany". Station ID is in English. About Oomrang: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96%C3%B6mrang (Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, cumbredx yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1813, DXLD) ** GERMANY. DISCOVER A NEW PERSPECTIVE EVERY DAY ON DW Documentaries captures exciting and eye-opening stories from all over the globe. 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Thank you for your support, (Your Documentaries team tv@dw.com dw.com/documentaries dw.com/myescape Feb 12, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY [non]. 12025, Feb 15 at 0424, S8 signal in African-accented English with ``good mornings``, dialog; // 9800 same level but an echo apart. 12025 is DW via MADAGASCAR, 250 kW at 300 degrees also USward; 9800 is 250 kW, 19 degrees from SOUTH AFRICA, not USward (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GREECE [non]. VOICE OF GREASE --- 2/6, 1936-2013*, 6950/AM; S4-5 playing tunes from the movie Grease such as Born To Hand Jive, Greased Lightning, Sandy & You're The One That I Want, OM/YL voice IDs & voiceofgrease@gmail.com, sign off with IS & music from Voice of Greece, nice program! (Joe Filipkowski, RI, Free Radio Weekly via WORLD OF RADIO 1813, DXLD) ** GREECE. 9935, 2/11 0045-0058, VoG, Avlis, in Greek. OM talks; YL talks; Greek music. Very strong transmitter buzz blocked this transmission, 42441. Parallel log on 9420 kHz, 35332. (DXer José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo [PB], Brazil, Sony ICF-SW100S, Portable Telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) Random reception of Voice of Greece on a single frequency, February 11 0545&0600 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Greek tx#3, relay ERT-1 105.8FM Nothing on // 9935 or 11645 and 15630 or 15650. Suddenly off the air at 0632 UT http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/random-reception-of-voice-of-greece-on_11.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9420, 2/11 1959-2006, VoG, Avlis, in Greek. YL talks; 2002 OM talks. Fair signal, strong interference by CNR1 Jammer on 9410-9415 kHz, 32431. 9935, 2/11 2006-2011, VoG, Avlis, in Greek. OM talks. Good signal, strong buzz transmitter and barely audible modulation, 42441. Note: Possible problems in the transmitter! (DXer José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo [PB], Brazil, Sony ICF-SW100S, Portable Telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) 9935, Feb 12 at 0037, ERA at S9+10, of whine, trace of program modulation underneath. 9420 is OK at S9 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM Reception of Voice of Greece Feb 12 0615-0700 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Greek tx#3 0615-0700 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg WeEu Greek tx#1 0700-0715 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Greek/Serbian/Romanian tx#3 0700-0715 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg WeEu Greek/Serbian/Romanian tx#1 (DX RE MIX NEWS #939 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Feb. 15, 2016 via DXLD) One of the rare late night broadcasts from Voice of Greece this evening as monitored here in New Brunswick with a good signal on 9420 kHz at 0305 UT. Also on 9935 kHz with an equally strong signal but with that terrible whine (Richard Langley, Fred. NB, Feb 13, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) And about 1000 km east of you, in eastern Newfoundland, I was receiving ERT/Voice of Greece 9420 kHz the same as you -- very strong and clear up to about 2200 UT. Then it started a decline that I have often heard around that time, until now -- just after 2300, it's nearly obliterated by noise. It often returns on nights when it has been good, so my fingers are crossed for later this evening (Philip Hiscock, Feb 17, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Feb 13 from 0645 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg Greek tx#3 & off at 0715 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/reception-of-voice-of-greece-on.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #939 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, Feb. 15, 2016 via DXLD) Voice of Greece was back again on SW from 1100 UT on February 16: 1100-1105 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu tx#3 Greek 1105-1109 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu tx#3 Sp/Alb,Polish missing 1109-1200 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu tx#3 Greek 1200-1301 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu tx#3 Greek, relay ERT-1 1240-1301 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg WeEu tx#1 Greek, relay ERT-1 1301-1305 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu tx#3 English 1301-1305 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg WeEu tx#1 English from 1305 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu tx#3 Greek and continues from 1305 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg WeEu tx#1 Greek and continues http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/voice-of-greece-was-back-again-on-sw.html (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9935, Feb 16, 2101-2106, Voice of Greece, Avlis, in Greek. OM talks; Music. Very strong buzz transmitter and barely audible modulation, 42431 (DXer José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Sony ICF-SW100S, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** GUAM. 9800, Adventist World Radio – Voice of Hope-CHINA via KSDA, Agat Guam Transmitter. Full data (with site) NASB 25^th anniversary QSL card but no name of the station as requested (AWR-China). This for a report sent to Indianapolis with a reply in 19 days (Edward Kusalik, Daysland, Alberta, CANADA, QSL Report #One 2016, Feb 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST) All reports go now to Silver Spring (gh) ** GUATEMALA [non?]. Jari wrote: ``Doesn't this sound that cheaters are injecting Dr Madrid's money to their own pockets.`` This is EXACTLY what I have been thinking. How can you 'inject' a radio signal using a computer and not a transmitter? Are they trying to 'explain' some sort of 'carrier current' transmitter being experimented in some areas but think saying 'computer' makes it sound 'modern' and 'up to date'? I've heard some carrier current stations, (for example, there was a student run station at the University of Michigan in the 1970s when I was there that was fed through the University owned and operated power grid. If it isn't that, then I agree with Jari, it is being used as a way to inject money into someone's pockets through fraud. If it IS a carrier current scheme, it may not be fraud, but I also can't imagine it being terribly useful either! //KV Zichi (Kenneth V Zichi Radioguy73@gmail.com D<== I'm not with stupid ==>R, Feb 11, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4055, Feb 11 at 1334, R. Verdad has faded to a JBA carrier as to be expected past sunrise here and there: no ``injexion`` of a strong signal somehow as Dr Madrid thinx is being done in various places. Ken Zichi suggests maybe this *could be* about carrier current, a very old, not new technology, wherein a transmitter (normally on MW) is fed into powerlines as antennas, nothing to do with computers. But that term has never been used in describing this experiment. ``Injecting`` a signal would seem to fit, however. With C.C., a radio within close range (before going thru various transformers), plugged into AC would get the noisy and lo-fi signal. There is also a very limited amount of radiation around the powerlines whether wanted or not. I suppose a SW frequency could be used as well. I myself was involved in C.C. college stations in the 60s – KFRH at Forsyth Residence Halls, Washington University, St Louis MO (IIRC on 570 between real stations KSD 550 and WRTH 590); it`s mentioned in the Wikipedia article about successor KWUR 90.3 FM. And later, at KNMD, 880, (New Mexico Dorms), UNM in Albuquerque. Searching for that is obscured by the calls now applying to a digital TV relay in Santa Fe of KNME. KNMD was the predecessor of KUNM now 89.9, an excellent public radio station; see Wikipedia about KUNM. Carrier current is similar to ``Rediffusion`` or ``wired broadcasting`` which was used in the early-to-mid XX century in places of limited extent such as Malta; in Russian cities in order to restrict and control what citizens could listen to; and probably still in North Korea. Some of this may have `injected` signals on MW radio frequencies rather than simply being a wired-loudspeaker network. Getting back to Guatemala, if this magical technology is really carrier-current injexion, that could be done anywhere, modulated by any source off webcasts, but it would be extremely inefficient and of limited range (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) In the early 1960's WRTH issues I see that also Norway used "power line distribution" in various cities. Usually around 300 kHz, also 511 kHz. Rated powers were 2 kW or less (Jari Savolainen, Finland, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I remember my first overseas trip as a grad student to Leningrad in December 1975. I stayed in the then relatively new and modern Leningrad Hotel (now renamed Saint-Petersburg) on the bank of the Neva River across from the Cruiser Aurora battleship, then a museium. And in the room, I had a loudspeaker with a switch for various radio stations. As I recall, Radio Mayak was one of the stations I could hear with their familiar Moscow Nights interval signal. Of course, I was familiar with the station from its shortwave broadcasts and I still have the QSL card for a signal report from August 1968 (Richard Langley, NB, ibid.) El Miércoles, 10 de febrero, 2016 23:10:41, Arrio Cheng Fao escribió: ``Fao Arrio Cheng, (??? Yokohama-shi --- i´m listening radio verdad one year ago, but now i´m heart excellent signal only with my short wave radio model stnSony. i´m very happy because i heart everywhere radio verdad. simpo 3 - 4 - 3 -4 -4 is very good for me dx Arrio, Yokohama Sakae-ku`` (via Dr Madrid, DXLD) Thank you, DX Fao Arrio Cheng, for your good report to Radio Verdad, from Yokohama, Sakae-ku, Japán. I will send you our QSL Card and our "Radio Pack". May God be with you (Dr. Édgar Amílcar Madrid, Radio Verdad, ibid.) So you don`t have to present any evidence. He also forwarded this to the organization allegedly carrying out the test, which he spells ``Network Eurocoction``. Search engines know no such word. Nor is there anything about "Shortwave alliance euro-usa" other than leading back to his own posts about it to us and quoted elsewhere (gh, DXLD) El Miércoles, 10 de febrero, 2016 22:31:17, hayato thakumi escribió: mi espagnol muy regular o maybe bad yo muy feliz porque Hayato oir radio verdad ahora sin necidad de antena muy long 30 metros. ahora solo con hearphone de SW the signal muy buena de 10 yo decir 8 hora aqui 12 medio dia please dejar eso asi, yo puedo aportar money y ustedes no mover asi, mi famila Thakumi, muy contenta. Hayato Thakumi 1 - 4 - 6 Shinagawa-ku tokyo Re: REPORTO SIGNAL RADIO VERDAD GUATEMALA, HAYATO Muchísimas gracias, Hayato Thakumi, de Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japón, por su excelente reporte de nuestra nueva señal de Radio Verdad en todo el mundo. Gracias por su reporte de señal S10 al medio día. Sí, lo vamos a dejar así para siempre, si Dios quiere, aunque podremos tener algunos momentos en que no transmitamos, porque todavía son transmisiones de prueba. Japón está en mi corazón profundamente, porque en Japón nos escuchan con mucho interés. OJO: Necesito que me envíe su dirección postal (de correo regular), para poder enviarle muestra Tarjeta QSL y el "Paquete de Radio Verdad". Espero me envíe pronto su dirección. Que Dios le bendiga, y manténgase en sintonía. Dr. Édgar Amílcar Madrid, Radio Verdad ------------------------------- ==Translation into English== Very many thanks, Hayato Thakumi, from Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan, for your excelent report of our new signal of Radio Truth in the whole world. Thank you for your report of an S10 signal at noon. Yes, we plan to leave it so for ever, God willing, even if we may have some moments on which we might not transmit, because these are just test transmissions. Japan is within my heart, because Japanese people listen Radio Verdad with much interest. NOTICE: I Need you to send me your regular postal address, in order to send you our QSL Card and our "Radio Pack". I expect you to send me your regular postal address soon. God bless you, and keep tune. Dr. Édgar Amílcar Madrid Radio Truth (ccs via Dr Madrid to gh, DXLD) ------------------------------- ** GUATEMALA. Dear Edgar, I haven`t received anything from you since Friday about this. I wonder what your response is to the suggestion that these tests are possibly using the *carrier current* method as described in a previous report to you. Could that be it? What is the alleged status of the tests now; are they continuing? As for the reception reports you have forwarded, they are extremely sketchy and do not offer any proof (program details, exact times, etc.) Have you considered the possibility that perhaps out of the best of intentions some of these people are trying to please you by telling you what you want to hear, rather than telling the truth? I am sorry to be so skeptical, but everything about this is still very suspicious to those of us who know something about SW radio broadcasting. Best wishes, (Glenn to Dr Madrid, Feb 16, via DXLD) [forwarding another report:] El Martes, 16 de febrero, 2016 11:00:32, Antonio Videz escribió: Tengo el gusto de comunicarme con usted y saludarle y desearle bendiciones Quiero informarle que vi sus publicaciones en redes sociales como facebook y otros medios de asociaciones de DX de todo el mundo. Soy una persona que se dedica en Bolivia, mi país, a realizar pruebas de radios de onda corta, vivo en Santa Cruz de la Cierra es una ciudad muy desarrolla de Bolivia, Quiero decirle que desde que vi su publicaciones y sus inquietudes inmediatamente me tome la tarea de buscar evidencias de tal potencia de la señal de su radio en 4.0525 [sic] MHz y a pesar de que fui a vario lugares como Cochabamba, Oruro, Sucre, El Alto, Potosí, Quiero informarle que tuve la decepción de no encontrar tal señal por ningún lado, excepto la de algún lugar que antes la he captado con antenas muy grandes y que la señal es pobre, tanto que si la catalogara diría que le otorgo un S2 o S3 en todo sentido. Bueno, la semana última de enero en algún lugar creo que fue en Cochabamba tuve una señal muy sorprendente tanto que desconecté mi equipo de la antena y la señal estaba allí sin mi antena de largo tamaño, solo con la muy pequeña de mi equipo pero la señal duró unas 3 horas y luego desapareció instantáneamente. Hace un tiempo de dos semanas aproximadamente vi de nuevo otras publicaciones y comentarios. Quise cerrar definitivamente esta situación y poderle escribir que lo que yo concluía era que usted de algún modo estaba engañado por algo o algunas personas. Tomé de nuevo la decisión de viajar de nuevo a algunas ciudades y de hecho a la misma de aquella señal que me había dejado intrigado. Pero antes de salir de Santa Cruz de la Cierra [sic], debía cambiar una antena a un equipo al cual se me había dañado, y cuando lo hice y prendo y testeo mi equipo de repente aparece esa señal tan fuerte, allí estaba de nuevo, una señal como de S7. Sin necesidad de antenas adicionales me quedé escuchando desde las 0920 a 0605 UTC y la señal permaneció así muy constante; el siguiente día allí estaba de nuevo y me dirijo a otras ciudades actualmente y estoy en comunicación con otros amigos de Bolivia. Mi reporte es 10 puntos diferentes de Santa Cruz de la Cierra; la señal es la misma y en otros 12 punto baja como a S5 o S4. En Cochabamba la señal es muy sorprendente de nuevo en lugares donde no existía es como de S-8 a S-9; me atrevo a decir SIMPO de 5/5/4/6/5. En La Paz, Oruro y Cobija la señal es muy fuerte; para La Paz en 5 puntos diferentes como de S-8. En Oruro al sur es de S-9 y al oriente de S-8 en Cobija la señal de de S-8 y baja a S-6. En otros lugares la señal es pobre interceptarla con las antenas del equipo, pero se entiende y escucha aceptable, para ser sin necesidad de antenas externas. Todo lo que reporto es sin necesidad de antenas extras. Estoy sorprendido, Actualmente estoy en la ciudad de en Potosí, una ciudad ubicada a 3826 msnm [metros sobre nivel del mar], una ciudad muy alta y encuentro una señal de S-8 en pocos lugares, no en todos, pero esto es muy bueno y en un lugar donde disfruté mis alimentos escuchaban esta emisora Radio Verdad; yo la identifiqué inmediatamente, se escuchaba muy claro y limpio. Estaré aquí por un viaje con compañeros universitarios y luego yo iré a la ciudad de Sucre, informaré de más pruebas a usted y enviaré evidencia en formato mp3. Antoni Videz, soy ingeniero en sistemas. Y estoy para servirle con reportes. Esperando de alguna forma le sirvan y beneficien. Siga adelante y bendiciones (via Dr Madrid, Feb 16, DXLD) Apreciado buen amigo, y quizá hermano, Antonio Vídez, de Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia: Le aprecio muchísimo su excelente reporte de Radio Verdad en sus nuevas pruebas de gran potencia para todo el mundo. Claro, ya he recibido varios muy buenos reportes, especialmente de Estados Unidos y de El Japón. Pero, el reporte suyo es el más valioso, porque es un reporte técnico y científico. Su reporte nos anima a seguir adelante con estas pruebas. Escuche, éstas todavía son transmisiones de PRUEBA, y probablemente logremos tener las transmisiones definitivas como dentro de un mes. Es por esa razón que no transmitimos todas las horas todavía. Se están haciendo ajustes aún. Y mañana llega el Ingeniero Rafael Borthwick, desde Canadá, para hacer reparaciones en nuestro transmisor piloto de onda corta. No sé si usted comprende nuestro sistema, porque es una tecnología muy moderna. No estamos utilizando ningún transmisor de onda corta en el mundo, sino que todo se hace a través de computadoras, las cuales inyectan la señal en las muchas antenas de onda corta especiales. Y ya pagamos derechos para todo el mundo. Creo que usted va a comprender nuestro sistema, porque es Ingeniero en Sistemas. Hay varios Diexistas en el mundo que están todavía inquietos, y hasta escépticos, pero, el asunto va gradual. Pronto quedarán convencidos. Este sistema es un regalo de Dios. Yo aprecio mucho a la gente de Bolivia y Perú. He estado en Bolivia dos veces y acabo de estar en Perú. Importante y URGENTE: Necesito su dirección de correo regular (no electrónico), para poder enviarle nuestra Tarjeta QSL y el "Paquete de Radio Verdad". Estaremos en contacto. Qu Dios le bendiga y guarde. Su amigo y hermano en Cristo, Dr. Édgar Amílcar Madrid, Radio Verdad & Radio Verdad TV ---------------------------------------- Si desea conocer mi televisión cristiana y educativa, abra YouTube y escriba: radio verdad tv (reply, cc to gh, DXLD) Dear Glenn: Sorry, I have maintained myself a kind of quiet for a few days, due to the excess of work. I lately received two reports from Japan, but they do not come from DXers. One says that he is happy because now he is able to walk along the street tuning Radio Verdad on his receiver. The other one, said that he tuned Radio Verdad at noon time with a high power and much clarity. These two do not provide much technical data because they are not DXers. Today, I received a long detailed report from a System Engineer from Bolivia. I think I sent you a copy of his report. This engineer had been very much skeptical too for some time, until he started to pick up the strong signal. He has tuned our signal in different cities of Bolivia, and has picked up a very strong and clear signal, without using any antenna. He is now convinced about this project. I think this is going to happen to you when you get to pick up our strong signal at Oklahoma. The case is that, we are still on test transmissions, and they are not transmitting all time yet, neither have sent the signal to all short wave antennas. I do not have the location of the antennas on hand yet. It may be that the antenna by Oklahoma is not operating yet. I received a very good report from Connecticut already, and at Pennsylvania a DX'er received the very good signal only once, but not anylonger. He keeps trying, and I am expecting his new reports. Now, I want to paste the GREAT report I received from Bolivia for you, because it is very much convincing, as he was also skeptical at first, but not any longer. [already above] This is a scientific experiment, and I won't have to be paying any money for it, except for what I have already paid, for each área which is being covered (Édgar Amílcar Madrid, Radio Verdad, to gh, via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Well, hearing it on portable all over a city would make carrier- current an unlikely explanation, not plugged into AC. Yet this thing goes totally contrary to any known laws of physics. There has to be an understandable explanation for this if it exists, and it`s about time the ``scientific experimenters`` told Dr Madrid, and us, exactly what it is. Another possibility I hate to mention: IF this is all a scam, fabricated reception reports could be generated just to ``prove`` it. Is he hearing from anyone he knows well and trusts from *before* all this started? The Bolivian report is a bit too good to be true, especially that he listened all the way from 0920 to 0605 UT the next day, even if he could do so! On the medium- and shortwave scale, phony ``reception reports`` are a well-known tactic of unscrupulous program brokers to convince gullible miscellaneous ministries to keep sending programs and money which are ``broadcast`` on ``stations`` no DXer can hear or don`t even exist. Perhaps if Edgar went to these Bolivian locations and tried it himself, he might come to a different conclusion --- of course, the Alliance could always claim the transmissions were not going on at that particular time. But what Dr Madrid does not seem to have grasped, is that it is up to the Alliance to PROVE what they are doing is possible and axually being done, especially when it is being paid for in advance! Of course, wi-fi is spreading everywhere, and anystation could be audible that way, but frequency 4055 would have nothing to do with it (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [This matter summarize briefly on WORLD OF RADIO 1813] Weak signal of Radio Verdad on February 17 0600-0605 on 4055 CQL 001 kW / non-dir to GTM Eng/Spa http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/weak-signal-of-radio-verdad-on-february_17.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUINEA [and non]. SYLIPHONE RECORD LABEL ARCHIVE FROM GUINEA 25 January 2016 http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/endangeredarchives/2016/01/syliphone-collection-guinea-sounds.html Over the past few months we have been working to make publicly available some of the sound collections that the Endangered Archives Programme has funded. Two of the first collections we worked on were EAP088: The Golha radio programmes (Flowers of Persian Song and Poetry), and the three projects that make up the Syliphone record label collection from Guinea (EAP187, EAP327 and EAP608). It is with great pleasure that we can announce that these two collections are now available on BL Sounds for anyone to listen to worldwide. The Golha radio programmes were broadcast on Iranian National Radio between 1956 and 1979 and consist of a mixture of musical pieces, poetry and literary commentary. These programmes can be listened to here. You can read more about this project in a previous guest blog by Jane Lewisohn. To celebrate these collections now being made available we have a guest blog entry from Dr Graeme Counsel whose hard work has enabled these fantastic Syliphone recordings to be shared with a wider audience. The recordings are available here to listen to. There are 7780 tracks in total for you to enjoy! Syliphone logo 2015 The end of colonial rule in Africa commenced with Ghana’s declaration of independence from Great Britain in 1956. Faced with a growing independence movement, to gain the ascendancy France presented its colonies with an ultimatum: the choice of autonomy in a confederation of states under French rule or total independence. Guineans were the first to vote on this offer via a national referendum, and in September 1958 the mayor of Conakry, Sékou Touré, addressed a large crowd who had gathered on the eve of the poll. With President Charles de Gaulle standing by his side, Touré implored Guineans to vote no to the offer of autonomy, declaring that “Guineans prefer freedom in poverty to riches in chains”. A few days later Guineans stunned France by voting for independence, and under the Presidency of a young and charismatic Sékou Touré the nation would become one of the major proponents of pan-Africanism and an architect in the formation of the Organisation of African Unity (now the African Union). President Touré saw the development of national identity as key to the progress of his nation. The development of culture was thus a central policy platform, with the arts sector, for example, largely under government direction. This was not unusual in Guinea, for in the course of his presidency (1958-1984) Touré oversaw the government’s reach extend into virtually all facets of daily life, supported by over 26,000 party cells. To develop culture, Touré’s government launched an official cultural policy called authenticité, whereby artists were encouraged to seek inspiration from the values inherent in traditional African culture as a means of edifying contemporary society. Traditional folklore, for example, would be “revalorised”, with Guinean heroes “re-awakened” through imagery, songs and text in order to serve the needs of a post-colonial Guinean society. The process was most concisely illustrated in a catchphrase of the time – “regard sur le passé”, or “look at the past”. Of the arts, music was the principal focus of the authenticité policy, and one of the first acts by the government was to disband all private orchestras in Guinea as they were deemed to be too European in their musical style. To replace them, new state-sponsored orchestras were created in each of the nation’s 35 prefectures. The government supplied all of the groups with musical instruments, which, in the vein of the Cuban/Jazz style popular at the time, included electric guitars, saxophones and trumpets. The government hand-picked musicians who formed core “national” orchestras, and they were tasked with training the young musicians of the 35 “regional” groups. Through authenticité a new form of African music was being created, one which presented traditional Guinean music in a modern style. All of the orchestras’ musicians were paid a regular wage and all had opportunities to perform at government-sponsored national arts festivals. In addition to a network of orchestras, the authenticité policy also created theatrical troupes, traditional music ensembles and dance groups in all of Guinea’s prefectures. Together, they formed artistic companies who represented their region in arts festivals. To further embed the authenticité policy all Western music was banned from Guinea’s radio network, and to fill the gap the government broadcast its own recordings. Since at least 1960 the Guinean government had been recording musicians, initially on Nagra III’s in makeshift studios. By the mid-1960s, however, the West German-funded Voix de la Révolution studios had been created in the Radio Télévision Guinée (RTG) offices, and these state of the art facilities would soon be augmented by a government-owned recording label, Syliphone. Originally recorded on ¼” magnetic tape, Syliphone recordings were released both locally and internationally via eighty-three 33.3 rpm and seventy-seven 45rpm vinyl discs. Broadcast by the RTG through one of the largest radio transmitters in West Africa, Syliphone recordings were a sensation, and Sékou Touré sent his orchestras and musicians on tours throughout the region and continent. It was a remarkable period of creativity which saw Guinean musicians as pioneers in the creation of African popular music styles and as the voice of a new Africa. EAP608_Pub002 Dr Graeme Counsel, the project archivist The British Library’s Endangered Archives Programme (EAP) funded three projects to archive the collection of music contained in the sound archives of the RTG. The Syliphone archive, as it has been named, is now available through the British Library Sounds website. The first EAP project was to reconstruct the entire Syliphone catalogue of 750 songs released on 160 vinyl discs. The government’s own archive of this collection had been destroyed in the counter-coup of 1985, when artillery bombed the national broadcaster and home of the offices of the RTG. I commenced the project in 2008 and completed it in time for Guinea’s 50th anniversary of independence celebrations. These recordings commence with the reference number “Syliphone1”. The success of the project enabled access to the RTG sound archive, a place I had visited some years earlier. Then I had been shown a hand- written catalogue of perhaps fifty audio reels of recordings. In 2008 I was ushered into a room which contained walls of reels, two or three deep. In the few weeks that remained of my project I digitised and preserved as many reels as possible, and these recordings commence with the reference number “Syliphone2”. EAP608_Pub005 Many of the reels had been poorly stored. Some were completely void of identifying information I returned the following year to complete the archival project. In the interim, Guinea’s long serving President Lansana Conté had died. This heralded a coup, and when I arrived in August 2009 a new military regime was in power. On September 28 an opposition rally was attacked by the Guinean army in an infamous event known as the “stadium massacre”. 187 civilians lost their lives and 2,000 were injured. In the aftermath that followed, with risks of reprisals and civil war, it was clear that working at the centre of the government broadcaster was too dangerous. The project was abandoned, just a few weeks before the government fell. The recordings from this project commence with the reference number “Syliphone3”. In 2010 Guinea’s first democratically elected government was in office, and I returned to Conakry in 2012 to launch the third EAP project to archive the RTG’s audio recordings. In 2008 I had archived just 69 audio reels of music. In 2009 I archived 229 reels. From September 2012 to January 2013 the remaining 827 reels were archived, and these recordings commence with the reference number “Syliphone4”. The completion of the project drew much media attention in Guinea and had resulted in the preservation and digitisation of a total of 9,410 songs, or more than 50,000 minutes of music. The bulk of the material was recorded during the era of President Sékou Touré, and the archive is thus a testament to his government and to the policy of authenticité. The Syliphone archive captures an important era of African history, that of the independence period, when governments and artists alike looked to Africa’s history and culture for inspiration. EAP608_Pub007 The Ministry of Culture organised a ceremony to celebrate the end of the project. The Minister of Culture & Dr Counsel both made speeches, and the all-female orchestra 'Les Amazones de Guinée' performed, as did 'Keletigui et ses Tambourinis'. The event was broadcast live The Syliphone archive contains many unique and important recordings which document Guinea’s 1st Republic. It covers the early years (1960- 1965), when Cuban music was a strong influence on the new and exuberant modern styles. The years following the Cultural Revolution of 1968 are extensively covered, and here new experimental styles are in evidence as music was being directly channelled by revolutionary policy. The early 1970s, when Guinean music was arguably at its creative zenith, is also comprehensively covered, and there are also numerous recordings from the post-Touré years, too, which permit a comparison. Authenticité was abandoned in 1984, following the death of Sékou Touré, and the RTG’s sound archive was subject to years of censorship and neglect. Most of its recordings were never broadcast again, which resulted in a generation of Guineans having little exposure to the music of their mothers and fathers. The archive’s emergence is thus emblematic of the new era of Guinean democracy and of the gradual rehabilitation of Sékou Touré into mainstream Guinean politics. It is also a wonderful collection of music which permits us to “regard sur le passé”. The list of artists and musicians represented in the archive is a who’s who of Guinean musicians. In addition to the complete catalogue of Syliphone vinyl discs, there are numerous examples of unreleased studio recordings by major artists such as Kandia Sory Kouyaté, Bembeya Jazz National, Fodé Conté and Kadé Diawara, in addition to hundreds of unreleased recordings by Guinea’s National and Regional orchestras, troupes and ensembles. There are dozens of concert recordings, too, and a wealth of material by famous Guinean artists who, as they were never commercially recorded, are unheralded outside of the region. Some of these include Farba Tela, Mama Kanté, Binta Laaly Sow, Koubia Jazz and Jeanne Macauley. The archive collection also features thousands of traditional songs from Guinea’s regions and ethnic groups, including recordings in the following languages: Baga, Bassari, Baoulé, Djakanké, Djallonké, Fulfuldé, Guerzé, Jahanka, Kissi, Konianka, Kônô, Kpèlè, Landouma, Lélé, Lokko, Maninkakan, Manon, Onëyan, Sankaran, Susu, Toma, Toma-Manian and Wamey. Further information on the archival project can be found in the chapter “Music for a revolution: The sound archives of Radio Télévision Guinée", in From dust to digital: Ten years of the Endangered Archives Programme (Maja Kominko ed., Cambridge: Open Book Publishers, 2015) and also at the author’s website – http://www.radioafrica.com.au Dr Graeme Counsel, 2015 (via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, Feb 11, DXLD) ** INDIA. Details of All India Radio's Medium Wave digital (Digital Radio Mondiale) transmissions are now available at All India Radio's official website. Here's are the links : http://allindiaradio.gov.in/Profile/Radio%20Network/Pages/default.aspx (Last link at bottom) Direct link (pdf file): http://allindiaradio.gov.in/Oppurtunities/Tenders/Documents/DRM%20update%20for%20AIR%20website%2015022016.pdf Just to clarify, AIR has decided to keep the DRM channel bandwidth to +10 kHz for all stations, few stations may still be operating on +9 kHz , will be gradually shifted to +10 kHz. Back off ratio for DRM service in simulcast mode is -16dB. Regards, (Alokesh Gupta, Feb 15, dx_india yg via DXLD) ** INDIA. AIR Kurseong, 4895, 1527 UT Feb 8 2016, in Hindi with talk and familiar imaging. News at 9 in English at 1530 UT. Poor/fair (Mick Delmage, Alberta, Perseus SDR and Collins HF 2050; Wellbrook Loop and KLM 7-30 MHz Log Periodic, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 4896.0, Feb 12 at 1354, S6 carrier definitely here, probably AIR Kurseong off-frequency from 4895, which we know is not unusual for AIR stations. Searching archive finds a previous report from *2013y*: ``4896.0, AIR Kurseong, 1324 + 1448, Feb 12. Again off frequency`` (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1656, DX LISTENING DIGEST)`` So perhaps they only do this on Feb 12s??! At this time this year, there were plenty of other JBA carriers on 60m matching correct AIR frequencies, as well as Tibet, Indonesia, China. 4895.0, Feb 15 at 1334, JBA carrier here, not 4896.0, so AIR Kurseong presumably back on-frequency today unlike Feb 12 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1813, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn - Yes, heard Delhi audio feed (news) at 1531 on 4895.0, along with other // AIR stations today (Feb 15). (Ron Howard, ibid.) 4896.0, Feb 16 at 1357, JBA carrier here, not 4895.0, so AIR Kurseong must be off-frequency again. Ron Howard confirms that for today (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1813, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, Feb 16 heard AIR Kurseong on 4896.00 at 1420 with indigenous chanting/singing; by 1446 almost fair with subcontinent music (Ron Howard, CA, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1813, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. 4970+, Feb 11 at 1330, S8 carrier, same past 1333, so apparently AIR Shillong, slightly on hi side, rather than the CNR1 jamming which has been here for weeks by mistake instead of blocking BBC Uzbek on 4790 at 1300-1330 only, as reported by Ron Howard. If we could get it better than this, like Ron, we could be hearing Hindi/English coverage of the XII South Asian Games until Feb 16, pre- empting regular programming including Delhi news at 1530, as I quote him on WOR 1812 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, Feb 15 heard AIR Shillong (4970) again with the South Asian Games non-stop live "football" (soccer) coverage, but today not played at Shillong, but from the Indira Gandhi Athletics Stadium in Guwahati; 1344 till match between India and Nepal ended at 1521 with Nepal winning (2-1); mostly poor with QRN, but improved to fair at times by my local sunrise (1456); hard to copy due to loud background sound of the excited crowd; usual alternating coverage in English and Hindi; not // to other AIR stations. After the game, by 1531, had joined the Delhi audio feed with news in English and // 4810 AIR Bhopal // 4895 AIR Kurseong // 4920 AIR Chennai (PBS Xizang QRM) // 5040 AIR Jeypore and // 9380 AIR Aligarh. Video of the game is already on Youtube - https://goo.gl/aubdK3 My audio with about one minute Hindi and one minute English at https://goo.gl/Uzb0S4 (Ron Howard, California, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. AIR, 11670 kHz, 1845 UT Feb 13 2016 with English programming of songs. Excellent until Radio Havana Cuba came on at 1900 UT. // 13695 kHz and 9950 kHz both weak. (Delmage, AB) AIR GOS, 9445, 2115 UT Feb 14 2016 with English program featuring selections of Indian music. An interview program at 2130. Very Good (Mick Delmage, Alberta, Perseus SDR and Collins HF 2050; Wellbrook Loop and KLM 7-30 MHz Log Periodic, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Mr. Hauser, On Saturday, February 13, from 1830 to 1900 UT, I received a strong, clear signal from All India Radio broadcasting on the 11670 kHz frequency, and transmitting from Bengaluru (Bangalore). The broadcast was in English. In celebration of World Radio Day, a special segment aired in which the personified "voice" of All India Radio recounted highlights from the long history of the station. I listened from my home in rural, northeastern Pennsylvania. (I seem to be fortunate enough to get very good shortwave reception here. Using only a portable Sony ICF-SW7600GR, the telescoping antenna that is attached - which I sometimes augment with the roll-up antenna that was included - I have been able to receive signals from as far away as Botswana and New Zealand in the brief time that I have been listening.) (Martin O'Connor, Herrickville, Pennsylvania, Feb 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) continued at PUBLICATIONS ** INDONESIA. 3325, Feb 3, 1800, RRI Palangkaraya with full ID. Also as late as 2000 heard by Christoph Ratzer down in Salzburg. No sign of NBC this evening. RRI also noted exceptionally strong on Feb 7 at 1415 with music (Thomas Nilsson, Ängelholm, Sweden SW Bulletin Feb 14 via DXLD) 3325, Feb 17 at 1312, song at S4-S6, apparently only one station, so is it RRI Palangkaraya, or NBC Bougainville? Ron Howard says on this date, both were heard at 1237, but by 1305, only RRI. The day before, NBC stayed on much later. By 1325 today, circa sunrise, my 3325 has faded to S3-S5. At 1332 however, it seems like there are two carriers. I also have a JBA carrier on 6020, which I assume, and he says, is nothing but Vietnam (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. RRI Makassar, 4750, Feb 13 2016, 1455 UT in Indonesian with typical music program. Nice local ID at 1503. Signed off at 1558 (Mick Delmage, Alberta, Perseus SDR and Collins HF 2050; Wellbrook Loop and KLM 7-30 MHz Log Periodic, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 9525, 2/11 2032-2040, VoI, Jakarta, in French. YL talks; Music. Poor signal and barely audible modulation, 25331. Bad every day! (DXer José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo [PB], Brazil, Sony ICF- SW100S, Portable Telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) 9525.0, VOI. Is a very rare day indeed to have a decent signal here, along with nice audio level; Feb 17 was such a day, but wait, what could VOI do to mess up this truly unique reception; they aired TWO audio feeds simultaneously; both in English and out of sync by over one minute; resulting in a mess from 1318 to past 1340. My audio at https://goo.gl/SnxjUQ (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1813, DX LISTENING DIGEST) No signal of Voice of Indonesia on February 15 1000-1100 on 9525 JAK 250 kW / 135 deg to AUS English 1100-1200 on 9525 JAK 250 kW / 010 deg to EaAs Chinese 1200-1300 on 9525 JAK 250 kW / 010 deg to EaAs Japanese 1300-1400 on 9525 JAK 250 kW / 010 deg to EaAs English 1400-1500 on 9525 JAK 250 kW / 010 deg to EaAs Indonesian 1500-1600 on 9525 JAK 250 kW / 010 deg to EaAs Chinese 1600-1700 on 9525 JAK 250 kW / 290 deg to N/ME Arabic 1700-1800 on 9525 JAK 250 kW / 290 deg to WeEu Spanish 1800-1900 on 9525 JAK 250 kW / 290 deg to WeEu German 1900-2000 on 9525 JAK 250 kW / 290 deg to WeEu English 2000-2100 on 9525 JAK 250 kW / 290 deg to WeEu French http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/no-signal-of-voice-of-indonesia-on.html (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 9680, Feb 14 at 1426, absolutely no signal here, not even a JBA carrier, so no RRI Pro 4 reactivated. The other RRI/VOI frequency, 9525-, does have a JBA carrier, which is the best it ever does here. Also, the China/Taiwan radio war must be over at 1400; and KNLS, if foolish enough to collide with them earlier, is taking a break during this hour. I`m checking because of this recent report: ``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)`` As of today Feb 14, 2016, http://rri.jpn.org still has 9680 on its Silent Stations list only (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) According to my archive, heard last time on 9680.050 kHz, always + 50 to +60 Hertz frequency footprint. on Dec 28, 2014: 9680.050 kHz INS RRI programa 4, Cimanggis site 06 23 35.18 S 106 51 43.00 E and Dec 6, 2014 too: 9680.047 RRI Jakarta Cimanggis, tiny poor S=4, daytime propagation path -100dBm. ps. nothing heard this noon today on local eastern Thailand SDR unit, despite K-L Kajang MLA 9835.000 kHz was loud and clear on air (Wolfgang Büschel, Feb 14, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN. VoIRI on wrong frequency: Feb 11th, 7306 kHz, 1420-1650 in Azeri. According to schedule it should be on 7360 - somebody made a punching error at trasmitter site in Zahedan. Last minute of this transmission: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDBUY_Hjj68 (Wojtek Zaremba, Legionowo, Poland with Icom IC-R75, WORLD OF RADIO 1813, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN. Tentative A-16 schedule for The Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran (VOIROI / IRIB) between 27 March 2016 - 30 Oct 2016 dates. [as before but now annotated by Wolfgang Büschel] ALBANIAN 0620-0720 13845sir 17820kam 1820-1920 7235sir 11985kam 2020-2120 6060sir 9830kam ARABIC South Arabian peninsula target 0230-0530 11855kam 0530-0830 17710kam 0830-1130 17625kam 1030-1130 11925sir (ex AHW) 1130-1430 17755kam 1430-1730 13690kam 1730-2030 11740kam ARABIC Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Turkey, Iraq, Syria, -west Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan target. 0030-0230 7215zah 0230-0530 7370kam 11660zah "Al-Quds TV" 0530-1430 13870kam 0530-1430 15750zah 1030-1130 9410kam 1430-1700 9580sir 1700-2100 7285zah 2100-0030 7285zah ARMENIAN 0250-0320 7220sir 9420sir alt-9750sir 0920-0950 11945sir 13720sir 1620-1720 7230sir 9655sir AZERI 0320-0520 11760sir 1420-1650 9475sir BENGALI 1420-1520 11720kam 13840ahw/sir 15400kam 1620-1650 9435kam 11825kam BOSNIAN 0520-0620 13590sir 15310kam [Ser-Cr] 1720-1820 9610sir 11865kam 2120-2220 7310sir 11630kam CHINESE 1150-1250 17715kam 17870kam 21455sir 21520sir 2320-0020 7300sir 11865kam 13715sir DARI 0250-0620 12070kam 13740ahw 0620-0820 13740kam 0820-1150 13740kam 0820-1420 13765ahw 1150-1450 12070kam ENGLISH 0320-0420 9420kam 11780sir "Voice of Justice" 1020-1120 17820kam 21510kam 1520-1620 11640kam 13780sir 1920-2020 7315kam 9420kam 9665sir 12015sir FRENCH 0620-0720 15430kam 17780sir 1820-1920 9820sir 9860kam 13730kam GERMAN 0720-0820 15175sir 17520sir 1720-1820 7235kam 9660sir HAUSA 0550-0650 17560sir 1120-1150 21505sir 21750sir 1820-1920 13810kam 15525sir HEBREW 0420-0450 9880kam 13770sir 1150-1220 13685kam 15180sir HINDI 0150-0250 9420sir 11955sir 1420-1520 11955sir 13830kam ITALIAN 0620-0720 13650kam 17660kam 1920-1950 5945sir 7205kam JAPANESE 1320-1420 13660sir 15225kam 2050-2150 9655sir 11695kam 11865sir (alt 9765 11880) KAZAKH 0920-1020 15715kam 17635sir (new time) 1520-1620 9800kam 11825sir KURDISH 0320-0420 7415kam 9695sir Sorrani dialect. 1320-1620 7410kam Kirmanji dialect. MALAY 1220-1320 17670sir 21750sir 2220-2320 7360sir 9720kam PASHTO 0220-0320 6175sir 9700kam 0720-0820 12010sir 13730sir 1220-1320 11730sir 13730kam 1620-1720 5925sir 9760ahw RUSSIAN 0820-1150 17635sir 17820sir CeSiberia FE Russia 1420-1520 9800kam 12085ahw CeSiberia FE Russia 1650-1750 7350kam 9480/9830ahw CeSiberia FE Russia 1920-2020 6035kam CeSiberia zone 30 RUSSIAN 0820-0920 17760kam WeRUS Moscow St.P. 1420-1520 13660sir WeRUS Moscow St.P. 1750-1850 7300kam 9850sir WeRUS Moscow St.P. 1920-2020 6035kam 7405sir WeRUS Moscow St.P. SPANISH 0020-0220 9550kam 12025kam 0220-0320 9550kam 0520-0620 15430kam 17530sir 0720-0820 15430kam 17530sir (additional time) 2020-2120 9665kam 11800sir SWAHILI 0350-0450 13750sir 15340kam 0820-0920 17830sir 21525sir 1720-1820 9540sir 11965kam TAJIK 0050-0220 5950sir 7280kam 1550-1720 5950sir 7435kam TURKISH 0420-0550 11925kam 13710kam 1550-1720 5940kam 7360kam 9850kam URDU 0120-0220 7325kam 7410kam 9620ahw 1250-1420 9790sir 13795sir 15520kam 1520-1620 9810sir UZBEK 0220-0250 7400kam 9840sir 1450-1550 9465kam 11880sir Saut Falestin "Voice of Islamic Palestinian Revolution" ARABIC 0320-0420 9825kam 11970sir A-16 schedule IRIB Tehran, frequency sorted. 5925 1620-1720 40E,41W SIR 500 90 0 145 Pashto 5940 1550-1720 29S,39N KAM 500 289 15 215 Turkish 5945 1920-1950 28S SIR 500 295 0 156 Italian 5950 0050-0220 30-31,40-42 SIR 500 46 30 218 Tajik 5950 1550-1720 30-31,40-42 SIR 500 46 30 218 Tajik 6035 1920-2020 28E,29,30 KAM 500 n-d 0 935 Russian 6060 2020-2120 28S SIR 500 305 0 211 Albanian 6175 0220-0320 40E,41W SIR 500 53 -30 218 Pashto 7205 1920-1950 28S KAM 500 298 0 146 Italian 7215 0030-0230 37-39 ZAH 500 289 0 145 Arabic-West 7220 0250-0320 29SE,39NE,40NW SIR 500 320 25 156 Armenian 7230 1620-1720 29SE,39NE,40NW SIR 500 320 25 156 Armenian 7235 1720-1820 27,28 KAM 500 304 30 215 German 7235 1820-1920 28S SIR 500 305 0 211 Albanian 7280 0050-0220 30-31,40-42 KAM 500 58 0 145 Tajik 7285 1700-2100 37-39 ZAH 500 289 0 145 Arabic-West 7285 2100-0030 37-39 ZAH 500 289 0 145 Arabic-West 7300 1750-1850 29,30 KAM 500 321 0 211 Russian 7300 2320-0020 42-44 SIR 500 65 0 211 Chinese 7310 2120-2220 28S SIR 500 305 0 211 Bosnian S-Cr 7315 1920-2020 27,28 KAM 500 304 30 215 English 7325 0120-0220 40E,41N KAM 500 94 15 216 Urdu 7350 1650-1750 30,31 KAM 500 58 0 145 Russian 7360 1550-1720 29S,39N KAM 500 289 15 215 Turkish 7360 2220-2320 49,54 SIR 500 113 0 218 Malay/Indones. 7370 0230-0530 37-39 KAM 500 250 0 145 Arabic-West 7400 0220-0250 30S,31S,40NE KAM 500 58 0 145 Uzbek 7405 1920-2020 28E,29 SIR 500 326 0 211 Russian 7410 0120-0220 40E,41N KAM 500 118 0 146 Urdu 7410 1320-1620 39 KAM 500 n-d 0 935 KUR Kirmanji 7415 0320-0420 39 KAM 500 n-d 0 935 KUR Sorrani 7435 1550-1720 30-31,40-42 KAM 500 58 0 145 Tajik 9410 1030-1130 37,38,39 KAM 500 238 0 146 Arabic-West 9420 0150-0250 41 SIR 500 90 0 145 Hindi 9420 0250-0320 29SE,39NE,40NW SIR 500 320 0 146 Armenian 9420 0320-0420 7-10 KAM 500 315 0 216 English 9420 1820-1920 27,28 SIR 250 310 0 211 French 9420 1920-2020 52,53,57 KAM 500 205 0 216 English 9435 1620-1650 41NE KAM 500 100 0 216 Bengali 9465 1450-1550 30S,31S,40NE KAM 500 58 0 145 Uzbek 9475 1420-1650 29S,40NW SIR 500 336 0 146 Azerbaidjan 9480 1650-1750 30,31 AHW 250 26 0 145 Russian 9540 1720-1820 47,48,52,53 SIR 500 216 0 216 Swahili 9550 0020-0320 12-16 KAM 500 259 -15 215 Spanish 9580 1430-1700 37,38,39 ZAH 500 289 0 145 Arabic-West 9610 1720-1820 28S SIR 500 310 0 211 Bosnian S-Cr 9620 0120-0220 40E,41N AHW 250 84 0 145 Urdu 9655 1620-1720 29SE,39NE,40NW SIR 500 320 0 146 Armenian 9655 2050-2150 45 SIR 500 60 -30 218 Japanese 9660 1720-1820 27,28 SIR 500 319 0 218 German 9665 1920-2020 27,28 SIR 500 313 0 218 English 9665 2020-2120 27S,28S,37,38 KAM 500 289 15 215 Spanish 9695 0320-0420 39 SIR 500 310 0 211 KUR Sorrani 9700 0220-0320 40E,41W KAM 500 94 0 216 Pashto 9720 2220-2320 49,54 KAM 500 109 15 216 Malay/Indones. 9750 0250-0320 29SE,39NE,40NW SIR 500 320 0 146 Armenian 9760 1620-1720 40E,41W AHW 250 84 0 145 Pashto 9765 2050-2150 45 SIR 500 60 -30 218 Japanese 9790 1250-1420 39 SIR 500 198 0 146 Urdu 9800 1420-1520 30,31 KAM 500 58 0 145 Russian 9800 1520-1620 30,31 KAM 500 58 0 145 Kazakh 9810 1520-1620 40E,41N SIR 500 90 0 145 Urdu 9825 0320-0420 38E,39W KAM 500 244 -30 215 Saut Falestin 9830 1650-1750 30,31 AHW 250 26 0 145 Russian 9830 2020-2120 28S KAM 500 298 0 146 Albanian 9840 0220-0250 30S,31S,40NE SIR 500 18 0 146 Uzbek 9850 1550-1720 29S,39N KAM 500 298 0 146 Turkish 9850 1750-1850 29,30 SIR 500 322 0 211 Russian 9860 1820-1920 27,28 KAM 500 304 30 215 French 9880 0420-0450 38E,39W KAM 500 250 0 145 Hebrew 11630 2120-2220 28S KAM 500 298 0 146 Bosnian S-Cr 11640 1520-1620 41,49,54 KAM 500 109 15 216 English 11660 0230-0530 38,39 ZAH 500 289 0 145 Arabic-West 11695 2050-2150 45 KAM 500 60 0 218 Japanese 11720 1420-1520 39 KAM 500 178 0 146 Bengali 11730 1220-1320 40E,41W SIR 500 60 -30 218 Pashto 11740 1730-2030 39 KAM 500 178 0 146 Arabic South 11760 0320-0520 29S,40NW SIR 500 336 0 146 Azerbaidjan 11780 0320-0420 7-10 SIR 500 330 -10 218 English 11800 2020-2120 27S,28S,37,38 SIR 500 295 0 211 Spanish 11825 1520-1620 30,31 SIR 500 18 0 146 Kazakh 11825 1620-1650 41NE KAM 500 94 0 216 Bengali 11855 0230-0530 39 KAM 500 178 0 146 Arabic South 11865 1720-1820 28S KAM 500 298 0 146 Bosnian S-Cr 11865 2050-2150 45 SIR 500 53 -30 218 Japanese 11865 2320-0020 42-44 KAM 500 80 0 216 Chinese 11880 1450-1550 30S,31S,40NE SIR 500 30 0 206 Uzbek 11880 2050-2150 45 SIR 500 53 -30 218 Japanese 11925 0420-0550 29S,39N KAM 500 289 15 215 Turkish 11925 1030-1130 39 SIR 500 235 0 146 Arabic South 11945 0920-0950 29SE,39NE,40NW SIR 500 320 0 146 Armenian 11955 0150-0250 41 SIR 500 102 0 146 Hindi 11955 1420-1520 41 SIR 500 102 0 146 Hindi 11965 1720-1820 39S,47,48,52,53KAM 500 206 0 217 Swahili 11970 0320-0420 38E,39W SIR 500 282 0 146 Saut Falestin 11985 1820-1920 28S KAM 500 298 0 146 Albanian 12010 0720-0820 40E,41W SIR 500 60 -30 218 Pashto 12015 1920-2020 52,53,57 SIR 500 216 15 216 English 12025 0020-0220 6-8,10,11,12 KAM 500 310 0 218 Spanish 12070 0250-0620 30S,31S,40E KAM 250 85 0 147 Dari 12070 1150-1450 30S,31S,40E KAM 100 85 0 147 Dari 12085 1420-1520 30,31 AHW 250 26 0 145 Russian 13590 0520-0620 28S SIR 500 310 0 211 Bosnian S-Cr 13650 0620-0720 28S KAM 500 289 15 215 Italian 13660 1320-1420 45 SIR 500 60 -30 218 JAPANES 13660 1420-1520 29-30 SIR 500 322 0 211 Russian 13685 1150-1220 38E,39W KAM 500 259 -15 215 Hebrew 13690 1430-1730 39 KAM 500 178 0 146 Arabic South 13710 0420-0550 29S,39N KAM 500 289 15 215 Turkish 13715 2320-0020 42-44 SIR 500 60 -30 218 Chinese 13720 0920-0950 29SE,39NE,40NW SIR 500 322 0 211 Armenian 13730 0720-0820 40E,41W SIR 500 65 -15 156 Pashto 13730 1220-1320 40E,41W KAM 500 91 0 218 Pashto 13730 1820-1920 46,47 KAM 500 259 -15 215 French 13740 0250-0620 30S,31S,40E AHW 250 84 0 145 Dari 13740 0620-0820 30S,31S,40E KAM 500 94 0 216 Dari 13740 0820-1150 30S,31S,40E KAM 500 94 0 216 Dari 13750 0350-0450 39S,47,48,52,53SIR 500 216 0 216 Swahili 13765 0820-1420 30S,31S,40E AHW 250 84 0 145 Dari 13770 0420-0450 38E,39W SIR 500 282 0 146 Hebrew 13780 1520-1620 41,49,54 SIR 500 106 30 216 English 13795 1250-1420 40E,41N SIR 500 80 0 156 Urdu 13810 1820-1920 46,47 KAM 500 253 0 217 Hausa 13830 1420-1520 41 KAM 500 109 15 216 Hindi 13840 1420-1520 41NE AHW 250 84 0 145 Bengali 13840 1420-1520 41NE SIR 250 90 0 218 Bengali 13845 0620-0720 28S SIR 500 302 15 218 Albanian 13870 0530-1430 37,38,39 KAM 500 259 -15 215 Arabic-West 15175 0720-0820 27,28 SIR 500 322 0 211 German 15180 1150-1220 38E,39W SIR 500 282 0 146 Hebrew 15225 1320-1420 45 KAM 500 60 0 217 Japanese 15310 0520-0620 28S KAM 500 300 0 218 Bosnian S-Cr 15340 0350-0450 39S,47,48,52,53KAM 500 210 0 218 Swahili 15400 1420-1520 41NE KAM 500 99 0 217 Bengali 15430 0520-0620 27S,28S,37,38 KAM 500 289 15 215 Spanish 15430 0620-0720 27,28 KAM 500 304 30 215 French 15430 0720-0820 27S,28S,37,38 KAM 500 289 15 215 Spanish 15520 1250-1420 40E,41 KAM 500 109 15 216 Urdu 15525 1820-1920 46,47 SIR 500 263 0 218 Hausa 15715 0920-1020 30,31 KAM 500 45 0 217 Kazakh 15750 0530-1430 38,39 ZAH 500 289 0 145 Arabic-West 17520 0720-0820 27,28 SIR 500 310 0 211 German 17530 0520-0620 27S,28S,37,38 SIR 500 300 30 218 Spanish 17530 0720-0820 27S,28S,37,38 SIR 500 300 30 218 Spanish 17560 0550-0650 46,47 SIR 500 263 0 218 Hausa 17625 0830-1130 39 KAM 500 178 0 146 Arabic South 17635 0820-0920 30-33 SIR 500 46 -30 216 Russian 17635 0920-1020 30,31 SIR 500 31 15 218 Kzakh 17660 0620-0720 28S KAM 500 294 0 218 Italian 17670 1220-1320 49,54 SIR 500 115 0 218 Malay/Indones. 17710 0530-0830 39 KAM 500 178 0 146 Arabic South 17715 1150-1250 42-44 KAM 500 64 -30 216 Chinese 17755 1130-1430 39 KAM 500 178 0 146 Arabic South 17760 0820-0920 28E,29,30 KAM 500 321 0 218 Russian 17780 0620-0720 27,28 SIR 500 310 0 211 French 17820 0620-0720 28S KAM 500 310 0 216 Albanian 17820 0820-0920 29E,30,31 SIR 500 31 15 218 Russian 17820 1020-1120 41 KAM 500 110 0 217 English 17830 0820-0920 47,48,52,53 SIR 500 223 -30 218 Swahili 17870 1150-1250 42-44 KAM 500 55 0 217 Chinese 21455 1150-1250 42-44 SIR 500 76 0 216 Chinese 21505 1120-1150 46,47 SIR 500 255 -15 218 Hausa 21510 1020-1120 41 KAM 500 110 0 218 English 21520 1150-1250 42-44 SIR 500 65 -15 156 Chinese 21525 0820-0920 47,48,52,53 SIR 500 233 -30 218 Swahili 21750 1120-1150 46,47 SIR 500 263 0 218 Hausa 21750 1220-1320 49,54 SIR 500 107 0 216 Malay/Indones. AHW = Ahwaz KAM = Kamalabad SIR = Sirjan. (IRIB via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Feb 12, BC-DX 13 Feb via DXLD) ** IRAN [non]. Radio Payem e-Doost --- Strong S7 here tonite at 0235z tune in 2/11/16. OM into nice musical selections till 0240z or so then YL & OM talk in Farsi. 7460 kHz (Rich near Chicago Ray, RX340 and Wellbrook 330s, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAQ [and non]. BCB LOGS OF ED SYLVESTER, BAGHDAD, IRAQ, 14 February 2016 (Part 1) --- As per the request of a couple of list members, I scanned the Broadcast Band during the daytime, and logged the following stations. Goal was to verify Iraqi BCB activity and other strong stations broadcasting during this period, as most signals were via ground wave. Nighttime listening presents many more opportunities for DX, which will be attempted at a later time. Will also attempt to catalog FM activity in Iraq in the near future. I have attached recordings of some of the strongest BCB stations. FREQUENCIES IN KHZ; ALL TIMES IN UTC/GMT (Iraq is +3) IRAN, 576, 1252-1302, IRIB/VOIRI (Male announcer with guests in Arabic, discussing repressed society in Bahrain. SINPO 22222 IRAN, 612, 1252-1302, 1452-1500, IRIB/VOIRI, Male announcer with guests in Arabic, discussing repressed society in Bahrain. Female announcer in Arabic, with ID at 1459, Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran." SINPO 55555 (simulcast with 576 only much stronger, 1252-1302). (Recording attached) IRAQ, 675, 1253, (NOTHING HEARD) KUWAIT, 630, 1320-1322, RADIO KUWAIT, Male announcer in Arabic, with numerous IDs; discussion on Quran. SINPO 22222. IRAN, 711, 1322-1324, RADIO AHVAZ, Female announcer in Persian, with numerous IDs. SINPO 33333. IRAN, 720, 1325-1326, IRIB, Male announcer in Persian. SINPO 33333. IRAQ, 792, 1330-1335, IRAQI STATE RADIO, BAGHDAD, Female announcer in Arabic, with IDs, 'You are tuned to the Republic of Iraq, from Baghdad." SINPO 55555 (+40 DB). (Recording attached). IRAN, 864, 1337-1340, IRIB; Male announcer in Persian; numerous IDs with website info, "RADIO KERMANSHAH"; commercials for mobile phones, "irancell.ir"; SINPO 55555. IRAQ, 999, 1422-1432, 1444-1450 RADIO BILAD, Male cleric in Arabic, professing Quranic scripture to followers; ID in Arabic at 1445, "Idha at al Bilad min Baghdad." SINPO 55455. (Recording attached). IRAQ , 1053, 1343-1346, RADIO AS SALAM, Female announcer in Arabic describing clothes; Numerous IDs; commercials; drama program; SINPO 55555 (Recording attached) IRAQ, 1116, 1348-1352, RADIO DAR AS SALAM, Male announcer in Arabic, with Islamic program, describing Muslim soldiers defending houses and families in Najaf. SINPO 55555. (Recording attached). IRAQ, 1179, 1355-1358, VOICE OF IRAQ, BAGHDAD. Male actors, with Islamic drama program about the US crusade in Iraq and Afghanistan. Talk about the large sheep population in Australia and military intervention in Yemen. Non-Muslims are trying to take over the world through use of technology. Followers in background. ID at 1400 in Arabic, "Voice of Iraq, voice of Iraqis (Saut al Iraq, saut al Iraqi'in)." SINPO 55555 (Recording attached). (Ed Sylvester, Baghdad, Feb 14, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1813, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Turned out the recordings could not be attached as they were wav files, too big. I suggested he convert them to manageable mp3s (gh) If you have dropbox, please enter -- I placed all my files there. Soooo much easier!! (Ed Sylvester, ibid.) Ed put them in dropbox instead, but accessible only if he gives you his username and password (gh, DXLD) ** IRAQ. IRAQI ARMY RADIO STATION AIMED AT ISIS-HELD POPULATION ERBIL, Kurdistan Region -- The Iraqi army started broadcasting a radio news channel in the Makhmour region last week in order to fight Islamic State (ISIS) through the media, said an official from the Iraqi army. The Voice of Nineveh Liberation Operation transmitting on frequency 89.8, launched when the first batch of the Iraqi army arrived in Makhmour last week. "People from Gayara and Makhmour outskirts can listen to the radio broadcast," Salim Ahmed, a member of the radio crew, told Rudaw. "People in the ISIS-held territories are happy to listen to our radio." "We are sending them messages that we intend to liberate them from the darkness and oppression of Daesh. With the help of God we are close to them," Ahmed added using an alternate name for ISIS. A military brigade from the Nineveh Operation Command of the Iraqi army arrived in the Makhmour region on February 9 as part of the preparations underway for the Mosul offensive against ISIS. Four soldiers are running the radio. They air national anthems and slogans, and pledge that the zero hour for liberating Mosul is close. As of now, the radio broadcast is mainly in Arabic but there are plans to air their news and messages in Kurdish too as there are many Kurds living in Mosul. "There are subjects we are broadcasting in Kurdish language, but the majority of our programmes are in Arabic and we have signed an agreement with a Kurdish channel to translate some of the messages [from Arabic] to Kurdish," said Firas Mustafa, manager of the radio station. Posted by (JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO2, Feb 15, dxldyg via DXLD) ** ITALY. Hello Glenn, I also noted some odd things happening at I AM Radio from Italy, 1350 kHz Friday 2016-02-05 at 2009z. They played a short musical interlude over and over again, not sure whether this was an actual Interval Signal or an unintentional technical flaw. At 2030, everything was back to normal with music programming. Also, I noted that they started to broadcast the latest NPR news (duration about 5 minutes) past the hour, but not necessarily starting at H+00, in my case, Saturday 2016-02-06 at 2100z, I heard the news starting at about 2105z, despite their announcing "sono le ventidue e quattro" (it's 22:04, in local time). I had actually waited for Roberto Scaglione's Italian language DX program "Studio DX", which is linked to www.bclnews.it and used to be on from 2100z Sat and Sun nights. Well, the DX program actually followed the news, from around 2110z. Now that's not yet weird but at around 2123z, I had a déjà-vu, since the same DX program seemed to start over again - and in fact, it did! I kept recording for a few minutes and later used the 1st airing (2110) on the left channel and then copied the 2nd airing (2123) to the right channel, trying to synchronize both. This confirmed, when listening to the combined audio in "stereo", that both programs were identical! Well, despite their generally good signal and great modulation, something in the program sequence still leaves room for improvement, a bit like what I'd reported earlier about the IRRS MW outlets only playing portions of WOR. I attach a few snippets to illustrate the above for your listening pleasure. I'd rather recommend playing WOR following Roberto's DX program rather than repeating one twice within 1/2 hour (Tobias (T²), Germany, Feb 9, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ITALY. Radio Europe is on air, Feb 13: from 0835 on 6875 kHz, very weak signal http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/radio-europe-is-on-air-feb13.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KASHMIR [non]. 7030-AM, Feb 11 at 1319, very poor signal S5, with talk, and music so sure sounds like a broadcast station; however some of the talk could have been a very weak phone LSB ham (XE?) riding in on that carrier; but at 1325 I can hear the modulation on USB setting. Presumably V. of Jammu & Kashmir Freedom Movement, as IDed last month by Japanese DXers and Mauno Ritola; tnx to S. Hasegawa, Jan 15 & 28 between *1310v and 1430*v. Ron Howard had it Jan 31 at 1354, but Feb 1 only until 1347*. In Communication of the British DX Club, Tony Rogers reported it Jan 29 from 1430 to 1445* clearly mentioning ``7.230 MHz`` [in English?] at sign-off, so maybe they are mis-punching the frequency, temporarily? WRTH 2016 pp. 510-511 says this comes out of a R. Pakistan, Islamabad transmitter, address in Muzaffarabad, but it was then on 3995 at 1300- 1430 daily in Kashmiri/Urdu, irregular and times variable. 7120-AM, Feb 11 at 1324 also bears a JBA carrier, presumably R. Hargeisa, Somaliland via long-path supposedly in English at this time (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1813, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. BBC TO LAUNCH KOREAN NEWS SERVICE TO N. KOREA THIS FALL --- Home > News > News > International Write : 2016-02-13 12:56:50 Update : 2016-02-13 13:01:32 http://world.kbs.co.kr/english/news/news_In_detail.htm?No=116870&id=In The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) will launch a shortwave radio service to North Korea this fall. A BBC insider said the British government has given final approval to the public broadcaster's plan to broadcast news to North Korea and has even earmarked a budget. The 30-minute daily broadcast in the Korean language will include news from the two Koreas, China and Japan. BBC will also run a website with a listen again section. The source said that a team of ten has already begun preparing for the launch of the service and that BBC will hire a radio anchor and reporter proficient in Korean. The news program will be produced at the BBC headquarters in London and transmitted via shortwave from locations including Singapore. Many North Korean residents are known to own a shortwave receiver. BBC has been discussing the launch of a North Korea service since last year, which has faced strong opposition from North Korea. A high-level North Korean diplomat visited the U.K. parliamentary in protest of the plan two months ago. BBC is also considering broadcasting its Korean news service in South Korea as well (via Jean-Michel Aubier, France, dxldyg via DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. UZBEKISTAN, Additional transmission of North Korea Reform Radio 2030-2130 on 7510 TAC 100 kW / 070 deg to NEAs Korean eff from Feb 1 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/additional-transmission-of-north-korea.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. JAPAN, Weak to good signal of Shiokaze Sea Breeze on Feb 11: 1300-1400 on 7400 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs English Thu http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/weak-to-good-signal-of-shiokaze-sea.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7400, Feb 17 at 1330, soft songs atypical of Shiokaze via JAPAN, with CCI, so assume CRI Burmese via Kunming is dominating now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KURDISTAN [non]. 9400, 12 Feb 2016, 1100-1103, RADYO DENGE KURDISTANE, Transmitter in Moldova; Patriotic music in Kurdish at 1102; ID at 1102. Male announcer in Kurdish, with news program. SINPO 55555 (Ed Sylvester, Baghdad, Iraq, JRC NRD 545 and AOR AR5000A Plus 3, Indoor Pixel Magnetic Loop, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9400, Feb 13 at 1432, surprised to hear an impassioned speech by a woman in German! At first marred by some long IADs. Seemingly a political rally, with crowd cheering; mentions Baden-Württemberg, Mannheim. B-W is also Stuttgart`s state, so maybe Wolfgang knows what event this was. No translation, 1437 switch to another speaker, man in presumed Kurdish. 1438 chant and response, bits of music, fewer IADs, 1440 more music. 1441 back to studio with ``Denge Kurdistanye`` ID. This segment on 9400 until 1500 is believed to be via site PRIDNESTROVYE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1813, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes Glenn, many dead in the house fighting in the Turkish Civil War. Each weekend we see these Kurdish national protest rallies against Turkish dictator President Erdogan' and other Turkish politicians, here in Germany and Sweden, in order to protest against civil war and pressure of Turkish police, security and army forces in Diyarbakir area in eastern Turkey, where at least 25 million Kurds live since collapse of the Osmanic Empire in 1919 - 1923. 73 wolfy http://www.dw.com/en/violence-spirals-in-turkeys-kurdish-southeast/a-18790025 http://www.dw.com/en/turkish-forces-accused-of-mass-murder-in-southeast/a-19044651 http://www.dw.com/en/death-toll-rises-among-kurds-trapped-in-cizre-basement-amid-heavy-fighting/a-19012447 http://www.dw.com/en/turkey-reports-23-kurdish-militants-killed-in-southeastern-towns/a-18923713 (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1813, DX LISTENING DIGEST) SECRETLAND, SPL Secretbrod relay Denge Kurdistan on February 13 [= Kostinbrod, BULGARIA] 1500-1700 9400 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg WeAs Kurdish+2nd harmonic 18800: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/secretlandnon-spl-secretbrod-relay.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LUXEMBOURG. Marnach Masts demolished --- Hi All, Just seen this sad news via the Radioszene Facebook page: Another piece of history gone.... :-( (Alan Gale, UK, Feb 11, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Interesting. That didn't take long. So the site is to become a refugee centre. And, as a reminder, final sign-on and sign-off recordiongs are archived here: RTL 1440 kHz Final Sign-on: December 31, 2015 Live off-air recording of the final sign-on and first three hours of legendary broadcaster RTL (formerly Radio Luxembourg) on 31 December 2015 http://shortwavearchive.com/archive/rtl-final-sign-on-on-1440-khz?rq=Luxembourg RTL 1440 kHz Final Sign-off: December 31, 2015 http://shortwavearchive.com/archive/rtl-1440-khz-final-sign-off-december-31-2015?rq=Luxembourg (Richard Langley, NB, ibid.) ** MALAWI. Hi Bill [Bingham, RSA], Was interested to find that the Sunday show that I recently heard via NBC Bougainville (PNG) is now also broadcast in Africa. http://goo.gl/zIVBOs "Island Praise with Stacy Rose can be heard every Friday at 2 pm on TWR Malawi. In Southern Malawi - 89.1, 101.7, 106.4, 106.2 & 96.4 FM In Central Malawi - 90.7, 91.1, 96.4, 98.8 & 106.5 FM In Northern Malawi - 90.7 & 106.4 FM. Tune in!!" (Ron Howard, California, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. Changes at Grupo Radio México, Ciudad Juárez: 720 XEJCC El Fonógrafo, ex Extremo 7-20 970 XEJ R México Noticias, ex La J Mexicana 1190 XEPZ R Centro, ex R Norteña 1240 XEWG La Jefa, ex Cambio 12-40 1300 XEP R Mexicana ex R 13 1460 XEYC R Fórmula, ex 1030 kHz (Héctor García Bojorge via Mauno Ritola, WRTH via Central [sic] American News, ed. Tore Larsson, Feb MW News via DXLD) I had been hearing R. Fórmula Noticias, XEYC on 1030 as recently as Dec 29. 1460 would certainly be a clearer spot for it, with only 4 Mexicans already listed there, and nothing else in the tri-state area. But not for here: XEYC often dominated 1030 over KTWO or anything else. I had also been hearing Fonógrafo on 720, Centro on 1190 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 650, Feb 11 at 1259 UT, full ID for XHTNT, Radio 65, 106.5, and XETNT; 650, 1300 short version of NA, only about a minute, got that out of the way! (Some Mexican stations have sued to get the requirement lifted). Further IDs for Radio Viva and Noticiero AltaVoz.com, the programming now about ag affairs, from Los Mochis, Sinaloa. Could also make out a weak // from XEGS Guasave on 610 under KCSP. XETNT is a sunrise regular here, heard many other times without bothering to relog (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 670, Feb 11 at 1258, mañanitas, i.e. that catchy song along with local birthday greetings; 1300 full ID for Torreón, Radio Ranchito, Grupo Radio México, i.e. XETOR, 1000/250 watts. Had to null Caddo Country from Arkansas, but no problem from WSCR Chicago, roughly opposite from Coahuila (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. CELEBRAN 20 ANIVERSARIO DE RADIO INDIGENISTA EN SONORA by gruporadioescuchaargentino Para conmemorar los 20 años de transmisiones de la Radio indigenista 'La Voz de los Tres Ríos', más de 10 mil indígenas del norte de México se congregaron en el municipio Etchojoa, al sur de Sonora. Esta radio indigenista surgió como una necesidad para preservar las tradiciones de los pueblos indios y revitalizar la lengua a través de la música, tradiciones e información. 'Trasmite en lengua Mayo, Yaqui y Guarijio además del español. Ha servido para transmitir los mensajes en lengua y revitalizar la cultura de cada uno de los pueblos', dijo Rita Amarillas Anguamea, directora de Radio 'La Voz de los Tres Ríos'. La celebración estuvo acompañada de danzas, ceremonias, gastronomía tradicional, artesanías y exposiciones. 'Que no se pierdan nuestras tradiciones porque son nuestras raíces es nuestra originalidad como Yoremes, Mayos', afirmó Olivia Rábago, indígena Mayo. A la celebración asistieron indígenas Coras, Pimas, Seris y Pápagos. 'Si algo distingue a los indígenas del resto de la sociedad mexicana es precisamente su cultura y las manifestaciones culturales son muy diversas pero de las más visibles que tenemos es la música, la danza y estas movilizaciones', indicó Víctor Manuel Rojo Leyva, director de investigaciones CDI. En México existen 21 radiodifusoras indígenas que trasmiten en 34 lenguas diferentes, que buscan evitar que desaparezcan. (Noticiero Televisa via GRA blog Feb 15 via DXLD) WTFK? 700, and XEETCH also ``serves`` Enid, frequently around sunrise (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** MEXICO. 710, XEDP, Cd. Cuauhtémoc, Chih., DEC 12, 0001 - Top of the hour ID begins with announcement for XHCDH-FM La Sabrosita, then the announcement for XEDP and XHDP-FM (both "La Ranchera," and then an announcement for XHER-FM Estéreo Romance, all Grupo BM Radio. Woman before and after the ID. [Vance-TX] 720, XEJCC, Cd. Juárez, Chih. DEC 12, 0000 - Música romántica, ID'ed as XEJP, "El Fonógrafo 1150 AM desde Ciudad de México," and part of Grupo Radio Centro, followed by network news by a woman. Check during day on DEC 29 revealed the ID now "El Fonografo 720 AM" and Grupo Radio México, still música romántica. [Vance-TX] [! As I had suspected, relaying the flagship DF Fonógrafo so that explains the Central time chex on this Mountain zone station --- gh] 800, XEROK, Cd. Juárez, Chih. DEC 12 0000 - "Radio Cañón 800 AM," sidebands extending beyond 790 and 810. It's still very much here (Robert Vance, El Paso TX; WiNRADiO G33DDC, various indoor and outdoor loop antennas, NRC IDXD Feb 5 via DXLD) But *not very much before (gh) ** MEXICO. 860, Feb 17 at 0532 UT, romantic music in Spanish from south is dominant, no problem from eastward KKOW, in somewhat auroral conditions; 0602 choral Mexican NA, 0606 ID as Radio Recuerdo, i.e. XENL Monterrey NL, 5/1.5 kW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 1630, XEUT, BC, Tijuana, 2/10, 2240 MST [= 0540 UT Feb 11]. Classical symphonic music. Very Good on HQ-200, Slinky antenna. 73 and Good Listening! (Rick Barton, Peoria AZ, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. RAYMIE`S MEXICO BEAT this week: It's a switcherooski in León... http://www.network54.com/Forum/176899/thread/1455237793/last-1455246498/Bajio+TV+en+canal+f%C3%ADsico+23 Prior to this week, Bajío TV was on XHLGT 27/2.x and CE on XHL 23/11.x. They've done a virtual channel and program swap so CE is on XHLGT 27/11.x and Bajío TV on XHL 23/2.x. Not sure why, but this could be to align XHL and its Celaya-Irapuato shadow (which was using VC 10.x). Until today, shadow XHL was carrying XHLGT's programs (Raymie Humbert, Phœnix AZ, Feb 11, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) Happy World Radio Day! The theme of World Radio Day 2016 is "Radio in Times of Emergency and Disaster". Keeping with the theme, I'm including a link to my piece about the 1985 Mexico City earthquake here. http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?9113-OPMA-is-changing&p=37492#post37492 (Raymie, Feb 13, ibid.) Mexico's newest state network is set to hit the air today. XHZHZ 24 in Zacatecas, which has been under construction for the last six months, will go on air with a rather typical program schedule for a state network, featuring the usual Deutsche Welle programs, national public content, and a few programs brought over from its radio sister station. Program tests have been going on since mid-December. One article mentioned that they were broadcasting from the SPR tower on Cerro de la Virgen. It is the first of up to five new stations that could sign on in the next year in that town alone. EDIT: Looks like it didn't hit the air today, but it will at the end of the month. They're REALLY close, though! http://7dias.com.mx/llegara-canal-24-a-nueve-municipios/ ——— There's a new logo for the Michoacán state network, one of Mexico's last in analog: Click image for larger version. Name: logo.png Views: 14 Size: 13.8 KB ID: 18546 http://forums.wtfda.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=18546&d=1455556694&thumb=1 They use a fairly large white version of it UL. Last edited by Raymie; 02-15-2016 at 11:31 PM (Raymie, Feb 15, ibid.) ** NEW ZEALAND. 9700, Feb 16 at 1411, RNZI has YL with warning about Tropical Storm Winston hitting Tonga, Niue, with wind speeds both in knots and km/h (who cares about miles); 1415 she resumes a Story about a woman going thru pregnancy and what happens to her body (breasts bulge out of her bra, etc.) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA. 7255, VON, 0603-0612, Feb 12. Assume in scheduled Hausa; good reception via strong signal. My audio at https://goo.gl/MVS8GR (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7254.921, Voice of Nigeria in French, male voice presenter, heard at 0705 UT, S=7-8 signal in Alberta (Wolfgang Büschel, Check Log at 0705- 0759 UT on Feb 12, noted nighttime reception on various North American remote SDR receiver posts, at Alberta CAN, Vancouver CAN, NJ/KY/FL/MA- US receiver posts, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. 15115-15120-15125, Feb 11 at 1905, DRM noise, presumably from V. of Nigeria active today (Ivo Ivanov had reported the 18-20 UT DRM English broadcast inactive as late as Feb 6). However, beware: at other dayparts another station DRMs circa 15120: roger in Germany has heard 15120, AIR Bengaluru circa 0800 UT Feb 6 carrying two services in DRM: Hindi, and the new Raagam classical music channel just launched on Republic Day Jan 26, 2016. That`s an extension of the 0315-0530 double-DRM broadcast in various languages per Aoki (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Log - just now: Voice of Nigeria Arabic on 11770. Last heard Feb 2 or 3. Strong signal with a very strong whining noise! 73 de (Thorsten Hallmann, Münster, Germany, 1740 UT Feb 14, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi out there, after listening to Arabic on 11770 again, after ten-or- so days of absence, with strong whining noise until 1758* yesterday, today the transmitter was whining much less. Actually nothing heard at daytime on 9690, 11770, 15120, but just after 1900 I spotted this transmitter on 9690 with far less noise (but still very typical...), English until 1910*. Likely not the scheduled broadcast as presumably on 7254.9 // 15120 DRM (which now has a very strong signal). They keep on struggling. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Germany, Feb 15, ibid.) ** NIGERIA [non]. South Africa --- 11750, Adventist World Radio - Nigeria via Meyerton Transmitter. *2027-2057* Noted Orchestra music (I.S.) played over and over till this station came on at 2037. The sign-on began with female speaker in Yoruba, and the Hymn 'Bringing in the Sheaves" This Hymn was played throughout the program as a signature tune. Noted at 2040 the male speaker with the station's address in Nigeria (PNB 21244 Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria) followed with a e-mail address which sounded as [sic; omitted]. This was followed with the hymn (Bringing in the Sheaves) played in its entirely in Yoruba at 2042. A lengthy sermon by the male preacher from the station followed. Another Postal address given by the female speaker at 2056, (2x), the e-mail asawrnigeria@yahoo.com (2x) and then the telephone number (003 488 9388) to call the station. Closing melody then the I.S. of AWR- Nigeria played to 2058 sign-off. Really nice signal at S4 to S5. A BIG THANKS to fellow DX'er, Ralph Perry to pointing this station out for us. Again THANK YOU for his dedication into investigating these stations under the Adventist World Radio Organization (Edward Kusalik, Daysland, Alberta, Canada, Feb 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6930-USB, Feb 12 at 0044, very poor S6 signal with music, maybe bluegrass, 0055 announcement including gmail.com but can`t catch the ID; 0103 song about marijuana in Muskogee. This thread from 0001 to 0051 says it was Moonlight Radio: http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,26299.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. VOICE OF GREASE --- 2/6, 1936-2013*, 6950/AM; S4-5 playing tunes from the movie Grease such as Born To Hand Jive, Greased Lightning, Sandy & You're The One That I Want, OM/YL voice IDs & voiceofgrease@gmail.com sign off with IS & music from Voice of Greece, nice program! (Joe Filipkowski, Warwick RI, Free Radio Weekly Feb 13 via DXLD) ** OKLAHOMA. 890, Thu Feb 11 at 1530 UT, I`m checking whether KTLR OKC is still partly in Spanish, as on their program schedule grid: Yes, praise music in Spanish, 1538 UT predicating (preaching) in Spanish (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 89.3, Feb 12 circa 1700 UT and Feb 13 circa 0400 UT, as we are passing by the turnoff to Loyal OK, west of Dover on US 81, *no* signal from KIEL, the station which only started a sesquiyear ago. I haven`t heard it lately in Enid, but wasn`t sure if it was still on at low power. KIEL had had a CP for 75 kW at 52 meters AGL, granted Aug 16, 2013, which would have expired on same date in 2016, but it was surrendered for cancellation on July 2, 2014, claiming they had not been bought off but I`m sure that was good news for other 89.3s such as the low- power station at Langston University to the east. http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=50903 KIEL remains licensed: FCC FM Query show it`s only 6 kW from antenna only 26 meters above ground level. But what has become of it? Licensee is New Life Mission, Okeene OK. Previous reports about KIEL and its programming were in DXLDs: 14-17, 14-22, 14-23, 14-34, 14-35, 15-29; and also late 15s about Nov-Dec ice storm outages (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. Earthquake report: entire house shakes for about 5 seconds at 1707:35 UT Feb 13, which was 30 seconds after the USGS timing. Now I know what 5+ mag quakes feel like, and it was followed by six lesser ones from close to the same area west of Enid which were not felt here: last figure is the depth, per USGS: 3.8 32km S of Alva, Oklahoma 2016-02-13 18:21:20 UTC 2.1 km 2.7 32km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma 2016-02-13 18:11:32 UTC 6.4 km 2.5 31km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma 2016-02-13 17:56:13 UTC 5.0 km 3.1 31km NNW of Fairview, Oklahoma 2016-02-13 17:44:19 UTC 11.7 km 2.5 32km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma 2016-02-13 17:41:06 UTC 5.0 km 3.1 9km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma 2016-02-13 17:25:52 UTC 2.5 km 3.9 29km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma 2016-02-13 17:17:39 UTC 5.0 km 5.1 33km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma 2016-02-13 17:07:05 UTC 7.7 km (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. See BOUGAINVILLE ** PERU. CHASQUI DX PFA – FEBRERO 2016 --- CQ, CQ, CQ; Aquí Pedro F. Arrunátegui para compartir algo con los que disfrutan y aman el DX latinoamericano. Todas las horas son UT. Desde la tierra de los incas, les informo mediante este Quipus lo siguiente: 4747.06, PERÚ, R. Huanta 2000, Huari, Ayacucho; 13/02, 2340-0010, 33333, px Esotérico, ads en español, ID “99.2 FM Estéreo Radio Huanta 2000”, mxf huayno. 4774.90, PERÚ, R. Tarma, Tarma, Junín; 13/02, 2305-2320, 44444, mxf huaynos en español, ID “La música espectacular por Radio Tarma, la internacional” 4955.00, PERÚ, R. Cultural Amauta, Huanta, Ayacucho; 14/02 1135-1204, 44444, mxf, px saludos y mensajes en quechua, ID ”99.2 FM transmite Radio Cultural Amauta, desde la ciudad de Huanta” (escuchar grabación) 4985.50, PERÚ, R. Voz Cristiana, Chilca, Huancayo; 24/01, 1110-1140, 33333, px religioso y mx con mensajes religiosos, ID “Radio Voz Cristiana” 5024.92, PERÚ, R. Quillabamba, Quillabamba, Cusco; 14/02 1210-1235, 33333, px transmisión de la Santa Misa. 5980.00, PERÚ, R. Chaski, Urubamba, Cusco; 4/02, 2305-2340, 33333, px religioso Alimento para el Alma de Radio Trans Mundial (px grabado), ID “En // con Radio Integridad”, px El Camino de la Vida, mx religiosa 6174.04, PERÚ, R. Tawuantinsuyo, Cusco; 25/01, 0010-0035, 44444, mx varias, px en quechua news y ads. Hay dificultad para escuchar nuestro DX; hay día de mucho calor y nuestro amigo el sol no nos permite escuchar como deseamos, menos en AM -- Vivo en una casa muy pequeña, pero, sus ventanas se abren hacia un mundo muy grande. La recepción la he efectuado del 24/01 al 14/02, en compañía de mis sabuesos Icom IC R72 + ELAD FDM-S1 + Splitter ASA 4 x 2 + Mizuho KX-3 + MFJ-1025 y una antena de hilo largo de 12 metros + antena auxiliar + una Mini Whip + una antena loop. Muchos 218’s PFA (Pedro F Arrunátegui, Lima, Perú, Feb 15, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 4810, Perú, Radio Logos, Chazuta, Tarapoto, 0920 carrier and distortion, 1007 back with weaker signal, had not been noted for a few days by several DX friends. Slow instrumental music, no flauta andina, 12 February. Nothing same time 13 February (Wilkner) + tnx Daniel Wyllyans (Robert Wilkner, Pómpano Beach FL, Mosquito Coast DX News, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Sony 2010XA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 5460, Radio Bolívar, Bolívar - La Libertad, Perú - Onda Corta - Con músicas tradicionales peruanas, SINPO 34222, Día 12 Febrero 2016 en 0037 UT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJo1HtZeLAA&feature=youtu.be RX: Tecsun S-2000; Antenna: Long wire 700 Meters (Daniel Wyllyans, Nova Xavantina MT Brazil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list, via WORLD OF RADIO 1813, DXLD) ** PERU. 5980, Feb 12 at 0058, pointless Cuban pulse jamming against R. Martí which will not start 5980 until 6 hours later; yet I can detect the Chaski carrier underneath, JBA, and joined at 0059 by BBC/UAE as usual, making a double-het on BFO at slightly different frequencies. So I stick with it to time the Chaski-cutoff today, which occurs at 0106:13* leaving the weaker BBC. Last check Feb 7 found the cutoff to be at 0105:41*, i.e. 32 seconds earlier, 5 days earlier, or an average of 6.4 seconds later per, standard slippage rate (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGST) ** PHILIPPINES. 17700, R. Pilipinas, 0305-0330*, Feb 17. Well above average reception; "It's More Fun In The Philippines," telling of advantages of retiring in the Philippines; 15640 // 17820; all fair (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1813, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PRIDNESTROVYE. MOLDOVA, 7505, Trans World Radio Punjabi to India via Pridnestrovie / Kishinev transmitter. Received a full data e-mail verification cover letter and a TWR Celebrating 60 years e-mail verification QSL (with site) for a posting on their website. Reply in 48 hours, after posting an end report. V/s: Becky Philyatro, TWR (Edward Kusalik, Daysland, Alberta, CANADA, QSL Report #One 2016, Feb 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PUERTO RICO. Observations made by Stig Hartvig Nielsen, who visited Christiansted, St Croix, US Virgin Islands in late December 2015 and early January 2016. New or differing information compared with WRTH 2016: 550 WPAB Slogan: ”La Radio del Sur de Puerto Rico”. 580 WKAQ “La Número Uno” //1420. 610 WEXS X-61. Note correct name. 680 WAPA Wapa Radio “La Poderosa” //1260, 1590 740 WIAC No longer “La Original” 840 WXEW Victoria 8-40. Slogan: “La Reina del Caribe”. No longer “Radio Victoria”. 870 WQBS No longer “Vintage 870”. 1110 WVJP Z101 Digital. Relays Z101 from Dominican Republic. 1210 WHOY R Hoy. Slogan: “La Señal Activa”. 1240 WALO Walo Radio. Note correct name. 1260 WISO Wapa Radio “La Poderosa” // 680, 1590 1420 WUKQ “La Número Uno” // 580 1540 WIBS “Caribe 15-40, La Voz de la Región” 1590 WAPA Wapa Radio. “La Poderosa” //680, 1260. ------ 1520 WVOZ San Juan noted with call letter ID and a new slogan "Estás en sintonía con Tiva..." The web site says: "TIVA TELEVISION INTERNET, Tu Plataforma Multimedios de Salud. TIVA TV/Radio." Slogan: "Tu alternaTIVA posiTIVA". The slogan "Salud 15-20" was not mentioned on the audio clip, but might of course be heard on the air from time to time, as it is still shown on their web site: tivatv.com (Henrik Klemetz based on an audio clip sent in by Jan Edh, ARC) 1560 WRSJ Bayamón – slogan to “Metro Radio” (NRC DX News 83/08) (all via Central [sic] American News, ed. Tore Larsson, Feb MW News via DXLD) ** ROMANIA [and non]. The other day, I noted a German language program on MW after 2100z on 1323 kHz. Did any of the German public broadcasters come to their senses? Of course not! It's actually a regional service for the German speaking community on Romania, broadcast by Radio Tirgu Mures at different times of the day. And there still are a few other broadcasts left in this more end more "exotic" radio language (hard-to-receive), it appears, e.g. from Hungary from MR4 on 1188 kHz around 09-11z which I could hear at times last year, and the 5 minute newscast every evening from R. Slovenija on 918 (2130 English, 2135 German). Never heard the one from Tunisia which is supposed to still exist, too. (Tobias (T²), Germany, Feb 9, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. Weak signal of Local Radio Voronezh via Comintern Radio from 1355 on 6990 VOR 001 kW / non-dir to EaEu Russian, Feb.13: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/weak-signal-of-local-radio-voronezh-via.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. Re: Shortwave from Russia to resume? Update from: http://vk.com/ctvspb?w=wall-59176345_5476 January 27, 2016 a meeting of the federal competition commission Broadcasting. As a result of competition for the right to carry out terrestrial broadcasting using specific radio frequency (hereinafter - Competition) recognized the winners: ... 9. NBC "Sakha" - Yakutsk (para transmitter installation - with Tulagino.), The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), 7295 kHz, 250 kW, the broadcast concept of "cultural education"; 10. NBC "Sakha" - Yakutsk (para transmitter installation - with Tulagino.), The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), 7345 kHz, 100 kW, the broadcast concept of "cultural education". On 29 January 2016 at 23:16, Ste Cooper wrote: http://vk.com/ctvspb?w=wall-59176345_5476 Can anyone provide a better translation or elaborate? Posted by: (Ste Cooper, Feb 11, dxldyg via dXLD) ** RUSSIA [non]. 11890, Feb 16 at 1402, ``Radio Svoboda; novosti`` ID and news at tune-in, fluxuating S5-S9. This is 250 kW, 349 degrees from Tinang, PHILIPPINES at 14-15 only (HFCC shows collision with SLBC Ekala during same 1400+ sesquihour, presumably not really on) (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1813, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 11935, 12 Feb 2016, 1028-1030, SAUDI RADIO, Male Announcer in Arabic, with guest, a child praying the Qur`an. SINPO 55555 (Ed Sylvester, Baghdad, Iraq, JRC NRD 545 and AOR AR5000A Plus 3, Indoor Pixel Magnetic Loop, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11820.048, Feb 16 at 2036, BSKSA Holy Qur`an service is S6-S9 and suffering ACI from stronger 11825 WRMIBS. If they were smart, BSKSA would be off-frequency to the lo instead of hi side, which would help a very little. I monitor on LSB but that doesn`t get rid of all the splash, as BSKSA weakens. It`s // an even weaker 11915, S2-S4 at 2050 check; and third redundant // frequency 11930 is presumably there buried under the DentroCuban Jamming Command and Radio Martí. Note: on 11860 at 2049 check, not even a JBA carrier from Yemen clandestine, so if it`s on from Riyadh at this hour, why not even a trace along with the two other definite 25m band RIY frequencies? Furthermore, most of the overt Riyadh channels are off-frequency, unlike 11860.0 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SLOVAKIA. MW: I had quite good reception from Nitra (10 kW) Slovakia on 1098 the other day, without even knowing they were still active on MW (snippet attached). Oddly enough, they call themselves "Slovensky Rozhlas". (Tobias squared, Germany, Feb 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [and non]. 11825, Overcomer Ministry via WRMI Radio Miami Int'l (presumed); 2118...2144+, 8-Feb; Bro. HyStairical mentioned a caller that chastised him for preaching too much about current events and not the Gospels; B.S. said he DID teach the Gospels & immediately went into a diatribe about immigration. Later B.S. mentioned Glenn Hauser calling him "Brother Scare". S25 peaks; // 11580 also via WRMI (presumed) at S10; no detectable offset between them. (Frodge-MI) 11920, Overcomer Ministry via WRMI Radio Miami Int'l (presumed); 2146- 2153+, 8-Feb; Congregational testimonials + off-key singer. Mixing about = to Spanish. Aoki 2/23 lists the Overcomer in SS on 11920 to 2200. I'm guessing this is an oops, as I've only ever heard B.S. in English and the occasional glossolalia outburst. Maybe it's an in- studio problem. 9505, WHRI Cypress Creek SC (presumed); 2240, 10-Feb; Bro. HyStairical; "...calls me Brother Scare. Are you scared of Glenn? That's Glenn Hauser's unorthodox understanding (B.S. bragging about how many xmtrs he's on) Do you understand that Mr. Glenn Hauser?" B.S. referred to Jeff White as Brother Jeff. (This is better than the Hatfields & the McCoys!) S20 peaks. Someone other than B.S. on a few of the WRMI freqs checked at this time. (If B.S. ever mentions that one of Glenn's contributors refers to him as Bro. HyStairical, I'll know I've hit the Big Time!) (Frodge-MI) 11825, Overcomer Ministry via WRMI Radio Miami Int'l (presumed); 1923- 1933+, 11-Feb; Bro. HyStairical working himself into a lather about the coming end of everything, plus this gem; "Man loves darkness rather than the light". (Of course, dufus! DX is better in the darkness.) No BoH ID. S9/10 with co-channel QRM (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, 5525 Whitehall St., Midland MI 48642-3156, Drake R8B + 185' & 60' RW + 125' bow-tie, GMC Car Radio for FMBC logs, All dates and times for all logs are UTC unless otherwise noted as AM or PM which is ELT. FMBC & VHF/UHF logs are in MHz; all other logs are in kHz, ----- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! ----- DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5890, WWCR Nashville with ID at ToH, into Brother Sneer being rather boring at first, but by 0540 he started ragging on Glenn Hauser and even mocked him a bit saying 'he doesn't understand' that God has given him lots of money to buy time on SW radio and he may well buy EVERY SW channel some day soon. Now THAT would be interesting. Do you think Castro will rent time to him on Radio Havana Cuba? :o ! He repeated 'who am I scaring' several times. This has GREAT potential for amusement. I wonder if he's actually heard GH's broadcasts or if it has just been reported to him. In clearly, but not the best reception, 3+4+4+4+4, 0500-0550 11/Feb, SB-310 +ANC-4 + randomwire antenna (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Williamston MI, MARE Tipsheet 12 Feb via WORLD OF RADIO 1813, DXLD) ** SPAIN. Yesterday evening I finally managed to make a recording of a mediumwave "CW" signal I've been trying to hear and document for a while, you'll find it attached as follows "EN021-MW_COPEGOL_1296kHz_2016-02-04_2044z.mp3" So don't be fooled when hearing a station ID in morse code on mediumwave. It's not necessarily a special DX test; this happens in fact quite regularly during Spanish local evenings. And this is not the only one; the Cadena SER on many MW channels does something very similar (at the exact same times, for sure), which yet needs to be documented in a similar way (Tobias squared, Germany, Feb 5, WORLD OF RADIO 1813, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Plus a screenshot of the spectral view of their audio which, yes, shows morse code ID + "GOL" in one word, actually it's twice "COPEGOL". SER, only 1 channel below, usually uses "GOL GOL GOL GOL", also at a 1 kHz tone. Hope this works, it's a bit like R. Reloj from CUBA on AM in the Americas, giving their distinct "RR" ID in morse code past every minute. Thank you. Best regards (Tobias squared, Feb 8, ibid.) And coming back to the "COPEGOL" morse ID mentioned in my earlier e- mail, I attach an older recording of cadenaSER from Barcelona on 1287 (which is still alive and kicking today, so to speak) where there were actually 2 goals to report within less than 30 seconds, leading to two separate "GOL GOL GOL GOL" morse messages. Obviously, each goal is worth 4 "GOL" jingles in a row. I noted recently that we can still hear Antena 1 from Portugal on 666 and 720 kHz in our local evenings, but with lots or co-channel QRM from Spain and Romania, respectively. I noted Antena 1 because it sounded somewhat like a station from Brazil, it was, of course, football (soccer), too. They seem to use a more subtle "GOL" jingle, sounding a bit like sweeping tones or fireworks, it was too weak to really make it out well but it seemes to recur whenever a GOL was announced, which should rather be spelled as gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooollllllllllllll, I guess (Tobias squared, Feb 9, ibid.) ** SPAIN. La Plataforma en Defensa de la Onda Corta en Radio Exterior de España (REE), de la que la AER es cofundadora, nos informa que, durante este último mes, han estado de nuevo en negociaciones con REE para que repongan la frecuencia 17775 (y próximas a ésta) ya que figuraba en el esquema de emisiones de otoño, pero que no está operativa; y, como se sabe, en el Pacífico y países como México y Cuba no se podía escuchar. El director de REE, Antonio Szigriszt, le ha trasladado a la Plataforma que recuperarán dicha frecuencia, por lo que todos los radioescuchas y marineros deben estar pendientes y remitir informes de recepción. Para ello nos ofrecemos para recibir dichos informes y remitírselos a REE, a través de la Plataforma. (from http://aer.org.es/archivos/5172 via Pedro Sedano, Feb 17, condiglista yg via DXLD) Hola Pedro, No era 17775 sino 17755 por REE. Si aparezca en 17775 encontrará a KVOH antes de las 19. La frecuencia que esperamos en Norteamérica durante el verano es la de 17855 en vez de 9690, que no funciona por la mañana nuestra. 73, Guillermo Glenn Hauser (to Pedro Sedano, via DXLD) Faulty memory? It was 17755, not 17775, which if Spain went there would collide with KVOH (before 1900) (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Saludos, amigo Pedro, no tendrá afectaciones con la señal de KVOH en 17775 KHz, para el área de USA, Caribe y Centroamérica? (Magdiel Cruz Rodríguez, México, condiglista yg via DXLD) Hola, Ni idea. El caso es que la recuperen ya que en su día funcionaba muy bien según escuchas y marineros. Acabamos de habilitar que se nos manden informes de las emisiones desde nuestra web para ver si tenemos un mejor control de cómo llega REE. Lamentablemente, no podremos confirmarlos, pero prometemos hacerselos llegar a la dirección de REE y que sean ellos lo que remitan QSL. Pero, no podemos prometer nada. Un saludo y gracias por tus apreciaciones (Pedro Sedano, Madrid, España, COORDINADOR GENERAL, AER, ibid.) Hola Pedro y Magdiel. En efecto a nuestro entender según la HFCC la frecuencia de 17775 kHz está asignada y en uso de lunes a viernes de 1400 a 1900 UT a KVOH, Voz de Esperanza desde los Ángeles, California, EE.UU. Saludos, (Dino Bloise, FL, ibid.) Hola, Os recuerdo que las emisiones de REE de L a V es de 1900 a 2300, mientras que los S y D se inicia la emisión a las 1500, pero cierra a la misma hora. No obstante, en el caso de los fines de semana, se tiende a usar 2 frecuencias, una para la primera parte y otra para la segunda. Un saludo (Pedro Sedano, Madrid, España, COORDINADOR GENERAL, ibid.) La frecuencia de REE era 17755 y no 17775, que deben evitar para KVOH. La frecuencia que esperamos en Norteamerica es 17855, durante el verano, porque 9690 no funciona por nuestras mananas. Durante el invierno necesitan un frecuencia mayor antes de las 19. Aunque dirigida hacia 180 grados mas/menos que a nosotros, la de 15500 ha sido la mejor de todas, a partir de las 15. 73, (Guillermo Glenn Hauser, Oclajoma, ibid.) ** TAIWAN [and non]. 11499.925 approx., Feb 11 at 1435, very poor signal in Chinese, and listed by Aoki on 11500 only as one of countless Sound of Hope 100-watt nuisance transmitters available over very long hours, but it`s surely somewhat more than that. Yet being off-frequency, more likely this than a CNR1 jammer. At 1437 brief QRM from US-military sounding SSB, how copy? Probably closer to 11500, but nothing further heard from him (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TANZANIA. GOVERNMENT SUSPENDS TV/RADIO STATIONS http://allafrica.com/stories/201602152024.html (via Jose Miguel Romero2, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1813, DXLD) Mostly concerns FM and TV stations, but Radio Free Africa was on the list, the widely-heard 50 kW MW station on 1377 which also has an FM network (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1813, DXLD) See also ZANZIBAR ** THAILAND. 13750, Radio Thailand - Udorn, at *0000-0047 UT on Feb 2, broadcast opened with ID followed by Newshour program in English hosted by a man and woman announcing team. National news, ads, international news, more ads and Business report followed. Antenna switch at 0029 UT reduced the quality somewhat but still listenable for another twenty minutes or so. Fair to good reception (Rich D'Angelo-PA-USA, DXplorer, DXpedition Jan 31 / Febr 1 & 2 via BC-DX 13 Feb via DXLD) Moved from 13745? I don`t think so, but would be good idea to get away from Cuba 13740. Duplicate report also published elsewhere as if 13750 were correct. Maybe bandwidth setting too wide? (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** TIBET [non]. UZBEKISTAN [sic] (non) Frequency changes V. of Tibet 1215-1230 NF 15532 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 15548 1245-1300 NF 15567 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15562 1315-1330 NF 12008 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 12007 2300-2315 NF 7592 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 7597 2315-2330 NF 7592 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 7603 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/frequency-changes-voice-of-tibet.html (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TURKEY [and non]. 12035, Feb 11 at 1425, TRT IS is only S5-S9, as I`m comparing it unfavorably to Yemen [non] on 11860, so I stay tuned a while to see if they make the QSY in time today. 1426 ID in presumed Kazakh, the next language after 1330 English; off at 1427* so I retune to 9785 to find a very weak algo, until *1428 VOT cuts on about a minute after leaving 12035, resuming IS at only S4-S8, with SAH from the understation, which per Aoki is CNR8 Korean service, 100 kW, 63 degrees from Beijing site. 12035, Feb 14 at 1427, VOT IS at S5-7, then periodic IDs in unknown language, presumably Kazakh which is next on the schedule after 1330 English, but not on this frequency. 12035 keeps going past 1430 accurate timesignal and opening Kazakh, until chopped off at 1430:33*. Meanwhile, the poor Kazakh audience is only hearing China on 9785, like I am; until VOT cuts on with stronger but still inadequate signal here, at *1432:43. It`s slightly offset from China, starting a double het against the BFO. The tardiness could be, and has been worse by the sloppyrators at Emirler. 9700, Feb 15 at 0453 tune-in, very pleased to hear the old TRT IS, 26 notes on keyboard, which I thought they had deleted. It`s no longer aired between foreign language services, but this is prior to the Turkish service. IS is constantly repetitive, rather than the previous version on piano which used to play multiple variations, a real treat. Alternating with IDs in Turkish, signal varying around S8. Only hear it for two minutes, but maybe started earlier; 0455 cut to choral NA, 0456 sign-on. So per WRTH 2016, other times we might hear it prior to multi-hour VOT Turkish broadcasts are: <0100 6000 <0500 also 9820 <0700 11925, 15350, 15480 <1400 11815 <1700 5980, 6120 Or maybe not, as Turkish is continuous on one frequency or another from 0500 to 2200, so the IS could be before morning sign-on only? The other ones toward W Europe, and hence N America beyond, are 15350, 11815, 5980, but propagationally 9700 before 0500 is by far best for us. Expected to improve into spring, but in A-seasons this broadcast opens an hour earlier at 0400 on 11980 instead, which is also reliable in summer (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1813, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9785, Feb 16 at 1428, TRT IS at S3-6, so congratulations! Made the frequency switch from 12035 English in time today for the entire Kazakh service (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TURKEY. SUMMER A-16 SCHEDULE FOR VOICE OF TURKEY: Shortwave Broadcasting Schedule of VOICE OF TURKEY Radio between 27 March 2016 - 30 Oct 2016 dates kHz UTC tx kW deg language target 7260 0000-0200 EMR 500 72 TURKISH AS 9770 0100-0200 EMR 500 290 SPANISH NoWeAF/AMs/SoEUR 9870 0100-0200 EMR 500 270 SPANISH AMs/SoEUR 9465 0200-0300 EMR 500 72 UYGHUR AS 6165 0300-0400 EMR 250 138 ENGLISH AS 9515 0300-0400 EMR 500 325 ENGLISH AMs/EUR 6040 0400-0600 EMR 500 138 TURKISH AS 11980 0400-0600 EMR 500 310 TURKISH EUR/AM 11750 0600-0900 EMR 500 97 TURKISH AS 11955 0600-1200 EMR 500 150 TURKISH AF/AS 13635 0600-1300 EMR 500 310 TURKISH EUR/AM 11730 0700-0800 EMR 500 95 AZERBAIJAN AS 11795 0830-1000 EMR 500 95 PERSIAN AS 11750 0900-1000 EMR 500 210 ARABIC AF/AS 9855 1000-1030 EMR 500 32 TATAR AS 9655 1000-1100 EMR 500 72 GEORGIAN AS 13650 1030-1100 EMR 500 72 UZBEK AS 7210 1100-1130 EMR 250 290 BULGARIAN EUR 15240 1100-1200 EMR 500 62 CHINESE AS 13760 1130-1230 EMR 500 310 GERMAN EUR 11825 1200-1230 EMR 500 90 TURKMEN AS 13710 1200-1300 EMR 500 92 URDU AS 11700 1230-1330 EMR 500 72 UYGHUR AS 15450 1230-1330 EMR 500 318 ENGLISH EUR/AM 11965 1300-1400 EMR 500 20 RUSSIAN AS/EUR 9840 1300-1600 EMR 500 310 TURKISH EUR/AM 11880 1330-1400 EMR 500 62 KAZAKH AS 9610 1400-1430 EMR 500 290 ITALIAN EUR 9540 1400-1500 EMR 250 150 ARABIC AF/AS 17770 1400-1500 EMR 500 252 ARABIC AF/SoEUR 9765 1500-1600 EMR 250 105 PERSIAN AS 11765 1500-1630 EMR 500 92 DARI-PASHTO AS 9530 1530-1630 EMR 500 95 AZERBAIJAN AS 5960 1600-2100 EMR 500 150 TURKISH AF/AS 9460 1600-2100 EMR 500 310 TURKISH EUR 11930 1630-1730 EMR 500 270 SPANISH AF/EUR 15520 1630-1730 EMR 500 95 ENGLISH AS 7360 1730-1830 EMR 500 190 FRENCH AF 9410 1730-1830 EMR 500 318 GERMAN EUR (ex 11835) 9785 1830-1930 EMR 500 310 ENGLISH EUR 9635 1930-2030 EMR 500 310 FRENCH EUR 11615 1930-2030 EMR 500 252 FRENCH NoAF/CeAF/WeAF 7205 2030-2130 EMR 500 105 ENGLISH AS/AUS/NZL 9830 2200-2300 EMR 500 310 ENGLISH AMs/EUR 5960 1600-2100 38E,39,40W 500 150 0 205 TUR 6040 0400-0600 39 500 138 0 215 TUR 6165 0300-0400 38E,39,40W 250 138 0 215 ENG 7205 2030-2130 39-41,49,54,55,58-60 500 105 7 219 ENG 7210 1100-1130 28S 250 280 -10 210 BUL 7260 0000-0200 42,43 500 72 0 211 TUR 7360 1730-1830 38,47,48 500 190 0 205 FRA 9410 1730-1830 28 500 318 8 205 DEU 9460 1600-2100 27,28 500 310 0 215 TUR 9465 0200-0300 42,43 500 72 0 211 UIG 9515 0300-0400 3-5,6E,7-11,17,27,28 500 325 0 219 ENG 9530 1530-1630 29SE,39NE,40,41 500 95 -10 215 AZE 9540 1400-1500 38E,39,40 250 150 30 205 ARA 9610 1400-1430 27S,28S,37N 500 290 0 210 ITA 9635 1930-2030 27,28W 500 310 -10 215 FRA 9655 1000-1100 29S,30SW 500 72 0 211 GEO 9765 1500-1600 30S,40 250 105 0 205 FAS 9770 0100-0200 8S,10-12,27S,37N 500 290 0 219 SPA 9785 1830-1930 27,28 500 310 0 205 ENG 9830 2200-2300 5,8,9,11N,17-18,27-28 500 310 -10 215 ENG 9840 1300-1600 27,28 500 310 0 215 TUR 9855 1000-1030 19-21,29,30 500 32 -10 215 TAT 9870 0100-0200 12S,13-15,16N,37 500 270 -10 210 SPA 11615 1930-2030 37,38,46 500 262 10 211 FRA 11700 1230-1330 42,43 500 72 0 211 UIG 11730 0700-0800 29SE,39NE,40NW 500 95 -10 215 AZE 11750 0600-0900 29S,30S,40-43 500 97 25 205 TUR 11750 0900-1000 37N,38N,39N,40W 500 210 30 216 ARA 11765 1500-1630 29S,30S,40-43 500 92 20 211 DARI/PASHTO 11795 0830-1000 39N,40NW 500 95 -10 215 FAS 11825 1200-1230 29SE,30S,40N 500 90 -7 219 TKM 11880 1330-1400 29-31,42NW 500 62 -10 211 KAZ 11930 1630-1730 27S,28,37 500 270 -10 210 SPA 11955 0600-1200 38E,39,40W 500 150 0 205 TUR 11965 1300-1400 19-22,29,30N 500 20 20 205 RUS 11980 0400-0600 18S,27,28 500 310 0 215 TUR 13635 0600-1300 27,28 500 310 0 215 TUR 13650 1030-1100 30S,40N 500 72 0 211 UZB 13710 1200-1300 40,41N 500 92 20 211 URD 13760 1130-1230 28 500 318 8 205 DEU 15240 1100-1200 30-32,42-44 500 62 -10 211 CHN 15450 1230-1330 18S,27,28W 500 318 8 205 ENG 15520 1630-1730 30S,40E,41N,49 500 95 -10 215 ENG 17770 1400-1500 37,38W,46 500 252 -10 211 ARA (TRT Ankara, A-16 schedule via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 12 via BC-DX 13 Feb via DXLD) ** TURKEY. TRT MAY INTRODUCE AFRICAN CHANNEL --- Turkish Radio and Television (TRT) has expressed its willingness to quality content exchange partnerships with sub-Saharan African media that could lead to the establishment of an African channel to be called TRT Africa... http://www.telecompaper.com/news/trt-may-introduce-african-channel--1127926 (via Jose Miguel Romero2, Spain, Feb 15, dxldyg via DXLD) Apparently this refer to domestic TV, rather than SW (gh, DXLD) ** UGANDA [non]. Special station for Uganda elections, 18 Feb 2016 Hi all, A new Ugandan opposition radio has been reported on shortwave on the German A-DX mailing list: Uganda Diaspora P10 Radio, Daily 1630-1700 UT, 15405 kHz, English Special broadcasts were announced today on air for election day, 18 Feb 2016: 3-6 9490 9-11 17840 13-16 17840 16-19 15880 (all times UT, thanks to Patrick Robic for forwarding the schedule) Their website: https://www.ugandadiasporap10.org/ Their objective seems to be the prevention of vote rigging, as well as victory for Mr Besigye and his FDC (Forum for Democratic Change). The station was first reported on 15405 kHz by Horst Mehrlich in Hungary on 16th February 2016. 73 (Eike Bierwirth, Germany, Feb 17, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1813, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Horst Mehrlich reports on A-DX list: Uganda Diaspora Radio was heard on 15405 kHz between 1630-1700 (will possibly be today until 1730). According to the station there are further transmission tomorrow [Thursday], election day as follows: 0300-0600 9685 0900-1100 17840 1300-1600 17840 1600-1900 15680 On Friday: 0400-0600 9685 https://www.ugandadiasporap10.org/uganda-diaspora-radio/ (via Mauno Ritola, WRTH - World Radio Tv Handbook Facebook group, 17 Feb via Alan Pennington, BDXC-UK yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1813, DXLD) Note contradixion in frequencies 9490/9685; 15880/15680. Some of these were heard and reported ASAP in the DXLD yg; roundup here in next DXLD ** U A E. [Re 16-06] PRAVASI BHARATHI 810 AM (Abu Dhabi): The website http://www.pravasibharathi.com is still very much under construction, but provides some additional information on the background of the new medium station Pravasi Bharathi 810 AM. The company information leads to the conclusion that, although the AM-DRM-operation is a financial risk, the station has some financial backing. Probably, the online transmissions will also help the reach of the station, although the links on the website did not yet work when checked (Dr. Hansjoerg Biener 16 February 2016) Address: Pravasi Bharathi Broadcasting Corporation FZ.LLC P.B.No. 77914, Twofour54, Media Zone Authority, Abu Dhabi, UAE Telephone: +971 2 3043 818, +971 2 401 2602 Email: info@pravasibharathi.com Web: http://www.pravasibharathi.com Company Info according to http://www.pravasibharathi.com/Company_Info.php Pravasi Bharathi Broadcasting Corporation FZ.LLC is a media conglomerate incorporated under the licensing of Media Zone Authority, Abu Dhabi. Headquartered in Twofour54 Abu Dhabi, Pravasi Bharathi Broadcasting Corporation has its own studios in Dubai and Thiruvananthapuram with marketing offices in six GCC nations - Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, UAE and Saudi Arabia along with such offices in Thiruvananthapuram, Cochin, Calicut, Mumbai and New Delhi in India. Our Central Sales Division is responsible for the entire planning, sales implementation as well as forming marketing strategies through market research, surveys and audience demographics. Our news bureaus are existent in all the GCC nations and Thiruvananthapuram as well. Pravasi Bharathi Broadcasting Corporation stands for a great vision of touching the lives of Indian community in the Gulf. We aspire to reach the Indian masses throughout the GCC nations via all modes of media, with clear objectives to inspire, educate, inform and entertain the masses by harnessing the power of creativity. We are making a serious and professional approach to the media arena keeping all the morals to fulfill our social commitment. ‘Infotainment’ is our motto, which will delight interests of the Indian masses here. We have an entirely different concept to reach those Indians who love and respect their motherland, its tradition and culture. Pravasi Bharathi Broadcasting Corporation has seven core activities: Radio Broadcasting, Television (Gulf Malayalam TV), Print and Publishing (Gulf Malayalam Weekly), Digital Media, Song and Drama Division, Events and Exhibitions Division and Films Division. We aim to work through a clear vision that focuses on innovation and quality that represent creative, meaningful and unique media content, while respecting social, cultural, and family values (via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, Germany, Feb 16, DXLD) ** U K [and non]. FREQUENCY FINDER UK AND IRELAND Welcome to Frequency Finder, a website providing details of all UK and Irish radio stations and features on radio transmission and history. All listings include frequencies, coverage areas, format and ownership. Transmission details, historical notes and maps are also included. A range of links completes the site. [including interesting articles such as this one we were chasing:] The Future of AM Radio in the UK (PDF - UPDATED) http://www.frequencyfinder.org.uk/ (Feb MW News via DXLD) ** U K. New BBCWS service coming: See KOREA NORTH [non] ** U K [non]. Someone keeps complaining that RHC is blocking BBC Ascension on same frequency 6005 (gh) Hi Glenn, Feb 17 on 6005 (best in USB), at 0515, heard BBC with audio hum, but mostly fair reception. Cuba is not a problem for me on 6000, when I am in USB. No Cuba on 6005. My audio recorded in USB - https://goo.gl/KRNsmX (Ron Howard, California, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 213 kHz, Feb 15 at 0655 UT, CFV beacon. MARE Log Summary shows: ``212 CFV +1.02 offset, Coffeyville KS, Municipal A/P; 18 Oct (DT)``. DXing NDBs is something I have not pursued much yet, as I don`t think I have suitable LW antennas; this on the R-75 with same E/W 100` longwire as for MF and HF (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 2097.3 USA / ARIZONA > HF [sic] Beacon "A" CW mode , 2/16 , 1000 . Letter A sent 1x each 10 seconds. I have been told an operator is running this beacon from near Quartzsite AZ . Good on R8 and long r.w. (Rick Barton, Peoria AZ, WORLD OF RADIO 1813, ) ** U S A. 2660.04, Feb 15 at 0505 UT, harmonic music reaches S6, so with a bit more time and strain might be able to re-ID it as KGLD, Tyler TX, 2 x 1330.02 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 3843-LSB, Feb 11 at 0710, nothing happening here where some nights there had been phone-patch reports from the Burns OR standoff. This was just after news broke that the intruders had agreed to surrender later today (and after I had recorded WORLD OF RADIO 1812 about this, saying there had been no news from there lately). 3843-LSB, Feb 13 at 0701, check this anyway despite the standoff in Burns, Oregon having ended with the arrest of the final holdout, and now the net is active again on this topic, with KI4THY and/or his brother, phone ringing and then patch contact with Jamie in Burns, but marred after 0704 by someone singing ``oink, oink``. Standoff supporters still urge, ``Keep your powder dry`` and 0712 inviting SWLS to phone in, to 931-962-8545 in Tennessee where `THY is as previously explained, adding that it`s near the Jack Daniels Brewery (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 3908-LSB, Feb 15 at 0511, AA8KB is trying to run a net, but continually interrupted by calls over and over (recorded?) from ``W6WBJ calling Commie Mike`` (? Sounds like that), with variations, says he wants ``to become a full member of the Worfa(?) net/group``. Others try to check in and ignore this ``jammer``, including KF7BXH, KJ6KNK?. Lots of others in pileups. I still consult the final April 2007 edition of John Norfolk`s `Nets2You`` which used to be published at worldofradio.com (John resigned and hasn`t been heard from since). According to that: ``0400 3908 AMATEUR RADIO FRIENDSHIP ASSOCIATION (Western US) Monday, Wednesday, Friday [Affiliated with OMIK]`` And this is Monday, so they must be saying ``Arfa``. QRZ.com shows: AA8KB USA flag USA MICHAEL A LA BOND 1020 County Line Watervliet, MI 49098 W6WBJ is not in QRZ.com but refers us to FCC database: CROWELL, WILLIAM F 1110 PLEASANT VALLEY RD DIAMOND SPRINGS, CA 95619 It seems that renewal of his license has been held up since 2007: See pleadings: http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/ApplicationSearch/applAdminPleadings.jsp?applID=3860365 He`s been in big trouble with the FCC for a long time, but still transmitting, appealing. KF7BXH USA flag USA Mervyn F ``Butch`` Davis 1111 University Ridge Dr Reno, NV 89512 USA Meanwhile, other screwed up 80m frequencies include: 3843-LSB, 0637 UT Feb 15 talking about Finecum, the ``tarp-man`` who was later killed in the Oregon standoff; vs the ``oink-oink`` guy. And 3840-LSB with jamming by fart(?) sounds. Kinda makes one proud not to be a ham (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Re: BBG Budget Proposal For 2017 Article in Radio World http://www.radioworld.com/article/bbg-requests-7778m-budget-for-2017/278085 No detailed report for the public this time. They only posted a short, 11-page summary at http://www.bbg.gov/about-the-agency/research-reports/budget-submissions/ These reports were an interesting read, they provided insights of various kinds. Now the public is supposed to be content with PR puff or what? By the way, the summary mentions that the transmitter sites that are to be closed --- I beg your pardon, to be "realigned" of course, are "in Europe and Asia". Which at least narrows things down in as far as neither Greenville nor the facilities in Africa are affected and that the other way round Biblis and/or Lampertheim are definitely on the list (Kai Ludwig, Germany, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1813, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Re: The negative impact of impact --- ``BBG Watch does not like my views about impact, and they report that the BBG doesn't either ... Kim`` And just a few days later they posted something about the empereor's new clothes: "Broadcasting Board of Governors has negative impact in former Soviet republics, Gallup says" Indeed their very own headline: http://bbgwatch.com/bbgwatch/broadcasting-board-of-governors-has-negative-impact-in-former-soviet-republics-gallup-says/ (Kai Ludwig, Germany, dxldyg via DXLD) ** U S A. For the VOA Radiogram on 17580, I had quite reasonable reception this past Saturday, but Sunday 19 m only produced a very faint carrier, no audio or even legible MFSK. Mind you this was program #148, so we've got #150 coming up very soon, about a week from now! Maybe there's going to some kind of special to mark this "jubilee", who knows? Certainly something to check out! (Tobias squared, Germany, Feb 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Good copy of the VOA Radiogram #149 again this past Saturday at 1600 on 17580, including the images sent. I wonder whether #150 coming up this Saturday will be a special feature celebrating World Radio Day and Radiogram #150 at a time. Thanks again, Glenn, and have fun listening to the snippets (should you have the time)! Best regards (Tobias (T²), Germany, Feb 9, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re: VOA Radiogram slow modes to Australia http://voaradiogram.net/post/138335362002/voa-radiogram-as-received-in-sydney-nsw The "secret" of the two sound-lines: http://www.rhci-online.net/files/2016-01-30_17580_kHz_DSB-114Hz.gif (roger, Feb 12, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) VOA Radiogram will celebrate World Radio Day with MFSK32 and MFSK16 from a 50-year-old transmitter in North Carolina. Details and schedule: VOA Radiogram, 13-14 February 2016: World Radio Day via shortwave radio http://voaradiogram.net/post/139171734092/voa-radiogram-13-14-february-2016-world-radio (Kim Elliott, Feb 12, dxldyg via DXLD) The two modes in the visual comparison. http://www.rhci-online.net/radiogram/VoA_Radiogram_2016-02-13.htm#MFSK-16-32 Sorry, do not have enough time for more meaningful remarks (roger, Feb 14, ibid.) ** U S A. 15730, Feb 16 at 2029, VOA French with hyper announcer, once again today just squeezing in a ``Please Don`t Go!`` before Greenville cuts off the air at 2030*. Hee hee, he gotta go, no choice! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO monitoring: UNIDENTIFIED: 2/7, 1915-2209+, 6935/AM; S4-5 then S6-7 as broadcast went on, heard a bit of music then into a relay of Glenn Hauser's World Of Radio program, then at 2141 playing audio from the movie Night Of The Living Dead (Joe Filipkowski, Warwick RI, Free Radio Weekly Feb 13 via WORLD OF RADIO 1813, DXLD) 2/7, 2038-2223, 6935/AM; World of Radio 2818 [?? sic] until 2110 then Night of the Living Dead (I think) soundtrack, from the beginning. 35443, Ron Hunsicker, Wyomissing PA, ibid.) that was a Sunday WORLD OF RADIO 1812 monitoring: confirmed UT Friday Feb 12 at 0030 on WBCQ 9330.04-CUSB, very poor S6 after WBCQ IS & ID preceding; at 0035, it registers S7 on the R-75, but straining to hear as it seems undermodulated. A blessing in disguise, since after 0100, Terry Blalock is also hard to hear, imagine that! Friday 2130 & 2130.5 airings on WRMI 15770 & 7570 unknown since I couldn`t pull them in on the G8 inside a movie theatre in OKC for `Star Wars` and `Where to Invade Next` (highly recommended). If anyone heard them or found them missing, please let me know. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5950, Feb 12, 2336-2400, WRMI, Okeechobee, in English. Program "World of Radio" by Glenn Hauser. Fair signal and modulation, 35433 (DXer José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Brasil, receiver Sony ICF-SW100S, Hard- Core-DX mailing list via WORLD OF RADIO 1813, DXLD) That was Friday --- new one on me. The 23-24 UT hour on 5950 is WRMI- 14 at 181 degrees on the hi-angle antenna to Cuba, shown on WRMI schedule grid as a red block = Family Radio in Spanish (followed by AWR hour at 00-01), so I`ll try to find out if this is a permanent change (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1813, DXLD) NO WOR 1812 also confirmed on PL-880 UT Saturday Feb 13 circa 0050 on 9330, poor. Also confirmed Saturday Feb 13 during the 1531 broadcast on Hamburger Lokalradio, 7265-USB (via UTwente remote) --- this week, well atop the CRI CCI, making almost R5 with occasional quick deep fades; until the last few seconds of propagation outlook were overridden by CRI site/antenna switch for Russian blasting in at 1600. (The Sat 0729 via HLR on 6190 was confirmed by Nino Marabello, Italy, SINPO 25533. Clip he sent seems without QRM). Next: 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 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Ascolti AM Treviso 13/02 giornata mondiale della radio: 6190, 13/2 0730, Hamburger Lokal Radio, Germany, Goehren, Program "World of Radio 1812", E, 25533. 73 da (Nino Marabello, QTH Treviso, Italia, RX: SONY ICF SW7600G, Ant.: esterna VHF azimuth 090 + quadro DLF 1539 kHz, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) Dear Glenn, How are you? I hope very well. Here is my reception report of World Of Radio 1812: Listener - Nino Marabello,QTH - Treviso (Italy) E-mail address - yacht02003 (at) yahoo.it RX: SONY ICF SW7600G Antenna: VHF outdoor aerial azimuth 090 Hamburger Lokal Radio 6190 kHz - D-Goehren, 729 - 759 UTC, 13 February, 2016 SINPO 25533. I listened at 729 UTC full info Station ID in German language, then a special program of DX and station news in English language, that is "WORLD OF RADIO 1812". I have attached an audio clip WMA of 226 KB. 73 from (N. Marabello Treviso, (IT) http://acquamarina.blogspot.com DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also GERMANY No QRM but sounds like he is listening in AM mode rather than USB (gh) WORLD OF RADIO 1812 monitoring: confirmed UT Sunday Feb 14 starting at 0422 on Gateway 160 Meter Radio Newsletter, WA0RCR, 1860.01-AM, Wentzville MO, following ARRL News which ran a bit over. Good steady signal, better than usual, and no ham CW QRM all over the place this weekend. Next: Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Mon 0400v WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Area 51 to WSW Mon 0430 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 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1813, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WORLD OF RADIO 1812 monitoring: confirmed UT Monday Feb 15 at 0030 on WBCQ 9330v-CUSB, JBA. Also confirmed UT Mon Feb 15 at midpoint 0422, so must have started late at 0406 on Area 51 via WBCQ 5109.7-CUSB, S9+20. Also2 confirmed UT Mon Feb 15 at 0430 on WRMI 9955, S8. Next: 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 WORLD OF RADIO 1812 monitoring: attempting to confirm the UT Tuesday Feb 16 airing at 0030 on WBCQ 9330v-CUSB: JBA carrier, so it must be WBCQ but can`t tell what`s modulating it; 0058 recheck slightly better and a trace maybe of my voice. The K-index is 4, not good for northerly paths, after R1 storms, but at this time 9330 is *much* weaker than 9265 WINB in Pennsylvania, which is never a bigsig here, but plenty in comparison: WBCQ`s closest SW station neighbor, with almost identical registered parameters: 50 kW at 242 degrees, vs WBCQ with 50 kW at 245 degrees, both close toward us (Texas). Therefore, along with several recent nights of weak signals from WBCQ, I must conclude that it`s on low-power, perhaps a backup transmitter. Hope they get back up before long, for nightly airings of WOR at 0030. Next: 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 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1813, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WORLD OF RADIO 1812 monitoring: 9329.848-CUSB, Feb 17 at 0030, WBCQ is JBA, *much* weaker than 9265 WINB, so conclude WBCQ must still be running reduced power here, but enough to confirm it is WOR. Also confirmed Wed Feb 17 at 1415:33 on WRMI 9955, following a gh ID. 9330v, WBCQ is still JBA, again UT Thu Feb 18 at 0030 check. WORLD OF RADIO 1813 monitoring: confirmed first SW airing of 1230 UT Thursday Feb 18 in progress at 1252 on WRMI 9955 at S9, no jamming audible. Next: Thu 2100 WRMI 13695 [NEW] to NW Fri 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Fri 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE Fri 2130.5 WRMI 13695 [NEW] to NW Fri 2330 WRMI 5950 to S [heard last week; unreconfirmed] Sat 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sat 0730 HLR 6190-CUSB to SW 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 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Note new frequency for two WOR airings on WRMI: 13695 ex-7570, Thu 2100 and Fri 2130; should be much improved across N America (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1813, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Just in from James Branum on short notice so already in progress as I am about to dispatch this report, before I have tuned 7490 in myself: ``Hi Glenn, This is James Branum of Mennonite radio & Broad Spectrum Radio. Just wanted to give you a quick update on schedule/frequency change. Weekly times are Thursdays 6-7 pm CST / Fridays 0000-0100 UT Saturdays 4-5 pm CST / 2200-2300 UT All shows are on 7490 kHz. I'm aiming for all 2 hours to be original programming but it will depend on my schedule as to whether I can accomplish this or not, in which case I will run some reruns. All details are here: http://broadspectrumradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/BSRSchedule-2016Feb-Mar.pdf Thanks for tuning in`` (James Matthew Branum, 2313 UT Thu Feb 11, via DX LISTENING DIGEST) So that replaces the UT Fri 01-02 on 5109.7-CUSB 7489.850, UT Fri Feb 12 at 0030, `Broad Spectrum Radio` at new time and frequency via WBCQ, replacing UT Fri 0130 on 5109.7-CUSB, which is off. Now it`s VG at S9+20. I recognize the episode as a repeat from last week about hobby radio, but cut at 0034 to correct new episode on monthly rotation, `G.I. Rights Radio`. James Branum advised of the change just during the previous hour, as forwarded in my last log report, and he later confirmed that the hobby-radio start was a mixup. We`ll see which episodes or whether a part 2 appear Sat 2230 on 7490. (In each case preceded by his other show `Mennonite Radio`.) 7490, Sat Feb 13 at 2225, just music on WBCQ, continues past 2230, so filler in place of Mennonite Radio and Broad Spectrum Radio? No, James Branum explains, ``Glenn, This Saturday I aired the BSR Interfaith show. Schedule at http://broadspectrumradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/BSRSchedule-2016Feb-Mar.pdf a program that will air music and sometimes spoken word from a different faith/ethical/philosophical tradition each week. I was out and around town today but did confirm that it aired with my Yaesu ham radio in the car. Signal wasn't great in OKC but I was using a less than ideal antenna. This week's episode was almost entirely music from the Jewish tradition. Next month's episode is likely going to be secular pop music from the Islamic world, including K'Naan (a Somali-Canadian hip hop artist) and Kareem Salaama, an Oklahoma Muslim who has made a name in country music - http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/13/arts/music/13croo.html?_r=0 James`` So need to check each week`s plans which are constantly differing, and also not the same as the UT Fri 00-01 block on 7490 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1813, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Next From the Isle of Music --- February 15 in the Americas (Feb 16 in Europe and Africa): our next broadcast will include an interview with (and the music of) Multiple Latin GRAMMY and Cubadisco winner Septeto Santiaguero (in English with Alden González and in Spanish with Fernando Dewar) that we recorded in Santiago de Cuba as well as a conservation with Orlando Sánchez Soto (plus music), who has worked with many of the best Jazz artists in Cuba and Bulgaria and is working in the US right now. *** Every Monday night from 8 to 9 pm EST in North, Central and South America (Tuesday morning from 0100-0200 UT in Europe and Africa) on the short waves on WBCQ The Planet, 7.490 MHz: 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 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). (William "Bill" Tilford, Owner/Producer Tilford Productions, LLC 5713 N. St. Louis Av Chicago IL 60659-4405 email: bill@tilfordproductions.com phone: 773.267.6548 website: http://www.tilfordproductions.com Feb 12, DX LISTENING DIGEST) FROM THE ISLE OF MUSIC, FEB 22 EDITION Our next edition: On February 22 (February 23 in Europe/Africa), our special guest will be Juan Chacón, leader of the Cuban Jazz saxophone quartet Magic Sax with an interview in Spanish recorded in Havana plus some of their music. We also begin sharing some of the Cuban Classical music album Piñera Concertante and will be playing 10- 15 minutes from it each of the next few weeks along with our wonderful collection of other Cuban music. On WBCQ, 7490, 0100-0200 UT Tuesdays (Mondays 8-9 pm Eastern in the Americas) (William "Bill" Tilford, Owner/Producer Tilford Productions, LLC 5713 N. St. Louis Av Chicago IL 60659-4405 email: bill@tilfordproductions.com phone: 773.267.6548 website: http://www.tilfordproductions.com Feb 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. I will be doing another broadcast on Shortwave and it’s going to be even bigger and better than the summer 2015 broadcast on Channel 292, 6070 khz. The time has been paid for, booked and confirmed! WBCQ 5110 and 9330, Friday March 11th, 2016 10 pm to 12 midnight Eastern (which is 0300 to 0500 UT Saturday March 12th) WRMI 11580, Thursday March 10th, 2016 8pm to 10pm Eastern (which is 0100 to 0300 UT on Friday March 11th) Channel 292, 6070, (Germany transmitter site) Friday March 11th, 2016, 10 pm to 12 midnight UK time (which is 5 to 7 pm eastern, not that Channel 292 can be heard in the US; just giving you a frame of reference) I am in the process of booking all this time, so something could change in terms of times/dates between now and the broadcast dates. I’ll be doing 2 hours of rock n roll and country music; no commercials, no pleading for money, no asking for donations, just me, playing the music I like, because, well, damnit, I want to!! I’m paying for time on all 4 of these transmitters out of MY OWN POCKET, again for no reason, other then I want to. So many complain about what radio lacks, whether AM, FM or SW and lament about the old days or suggest what would work today, but want it done with other people’s money. They won’t put up and shut up. What I do won’t change radio or make much of a difference in the grand scheme of shortwave radio, but I can have fun and share my love of radio and music with others. PLEASE, share this on your walls and in your facebook groups or on your email lists with those who might be interested. And, let's enjoy some good music on shortwave for a few hours! (Paul Walker, PO Box 353, Galena, AK 99741, Feb 10, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Paul, please do not be offended, but for around $10.00 a month you can open a Libsyn account and Podcast to billions of iphones, ipads, Android phones. Not as much fun as shortwave, but MUCH more realistic for 2016 (Larry Nebron, CA, Swprograms mailing list via DXLD) Eh, yeah I can, but once in a great while I like to have fun. I work in traditional AM/FM radio and love the smell of RF (Paul, ibid.) ** U S A. Additional frequencies of FCC, registered in HFCC Database on February 4: 2300-0500 3250 BCQ 050 kW / 245 deg ENAm WBCQ The Planet, new tx? (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgarian DX blog via dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1813, DXLD) ** U S A. 5950, Adventist World Radio - Cuba. Received a reply within six hours, after posting a second follow-up, to the Señora Dayami Rodríguez, Director of Communications. She replied with a nice .pdf ‘Certificado de Sintonía’ certificate QSL. Also received several numerous [humorous?] photos of the staff, studio in a spare e-mail message from Abigalin Moreno, the secretary at the station. This for my report dated back to September of 2015 (Edward Kusalik, Daysland, Alberta, CANADA, QSL Report #One 2016, Feb 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Site: WRMI Okeechobee 11580, Feb 11 at 1326, this WRMI frequency is in BS rather than fill- music which was being heard a few days ago in the 13-15 apparent gap in TOM usage (and of course, immediately outdating what I said about that on WOR 1812) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) More about WRMI in this report filed under: ARGENTINA [non], CYPRUS [non], USA: WOR MONITORING; YEMEN [non] 11580, Fri Feb 12 at 1401, WRMI is back to fill-music loop instead of BS on this frequency, S9 but a bit of modulation distortion at peaks. At tune-in, sounds like Qur`an of all things, then to Afro pop, 1411 German, 1415 mbira, 1417 calypso, 1420 polka. I`ve asked Jeff to provide a playlist of the repetitive FML so we can identify the tunes more precisely, but I`m sure he has plenty to do without that task. At 1457 a bit of Arabic mentions Allah, 1500 sharp cut to BS who immodestly conceives of himself as a prophet superior even to Mohammed. 5985, UT Mon Feb 15 at 0447, S9+30, WRMI fill music of oud, 0448 mbira with vocal. `Blues Radio International` is supposed to be on 5985 at 0430-0500 Mondays. 11580, Tue Feb 16 at 1406 check, WRMI is running BS; seems you never know whether they will, or during all or part of the 13-15 bihour radiate a much more pleasant eclectic fill-music concert on this frequency only. Early UT Feb 17, WRMI has put up an overhauled frequency schedule grid, but not all of it in effect yet at 0621 check: nothing on 5765, 7780, but 11825 and 11920 are still on; one new frequency has started, 6915 at only S6 and much weaker than // BS on 5850. Feb 17 at 1335 I find 6915 is very poor at S4-6. At 1402, reactivated daytime frequencies should be on, but they are not: 13695, 17790; 15440 has a JBA carrier, which Aoki shows as AWR Urdu via Austria until 1430 (strange that WRMI would deliberately go on an AWR frequency). Instead, 7570 and 5850 are still on; at 1518 and 1547, Still 7570 and no 15440 from WRMI. But in the afternoon Feb 17 at 1936-1942 check, found all these on with BS: 11565, 11580, 11825, 13695, 15440, 15770, 17790. Otherwise: 9955, which should be BS, had music (fill?); 6915 and 9455 with JBA carriers, maybe on with BS; 9395 very poor if still SonPower; 21675 very good with Radio Africa Network. No 5 or 7 MHz frequencies on & audible. Interesting to see if 2245 is really the transition time for some other transmitters, as the placement of the frequencies on the quarter-hour blocks in the grid indicated, instead of 2300. NO, 2300 is the correct as I monitor at 2245 and 2300. Here is the new alignment for the transmitters in question. Several new or reactivated frequencies, more day/night pairing instead of low and hi frequencies all day and all night, almost all of this concerning Brother Scare per new grid at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nEVwCMB9RSKowLzLXamyayVpCzjmPAw_SB1r3YOdzQc/edit?pref=2&pli=1#gid=0 showing the ones changed, with azimuths: #3, 44: 7780 2200-1200, 15770 1200-2200 #4, 160: 11920 2200-1200, 17790 1200-2200 #5, 285: 6915 24 HOURS #8, 355: 5765 0000-1300, 11825 1300-2400 #11, 315: 7570 2300-1400, 13695 1400-2300 #12, 315: 5850 2300-1400, 11565 1400-2300 #13, 285: 7730 2300-1400, 15440 1400-2300 #14, 181: 5950 2000-1300, 9455 1300-2000 Significant change for non-BS programming is 13695 instead of 7570 for the 21-22 UT block, including two WOR airings, Thursday 2100 and Friday 2130. That should greatly improve reception across North America. Yes, Wed Feb 17 at 2122 during `Viva Miami`, 13695 is VG; and `Wavescan` after 2130, both discussing North Korea. As of Feb 18, the program blox below the frequency sked have not been updated, still showing this hour as red on 7570. After 2300 Feb 17, all these are on with BS: 5015, 6915, 7570, 7730, 7780, 11825. Other programming: 9395, 9955, 11580. And surprisingly, strong 5850 is // weak 5950 with Fámily Radio IS and opening Spanish, which is supposed to be on 5850 but not 5950 with AWR instead. At 0340 check Feb 18, new 5765 is OK, new 6915 poor, and new 7780 has bonker QRM! As for new WRMI`s new 6915, tnx for first tips about this from Rafman and Chris Smolinski of HF Underground, and also Ron Howard. HFU has discussion about 6915 and interference complaints it is likely to get from MARS and other users, such as Canadian weather fax. See http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,26415.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1813, DX LISTENING DIGEST) We were tipped about this by K4RAF: Heylo Glenn, I got news [perhaps] for you. 6915 showed up at 2345z today. Weak into VA but at 0000z, it ID'd as WRMI. Thought it was either a spur or a pirate relaying a stream of Brother Stair. I called the station & spoke with Jeff White, founder of WRMI. I confirmed it was a new frequency as of tomorrow 2/17/16. As per their webpage schedule, 6915 will be 24/7 Brother Stair!!! Yeah!!! 100 KW at 285 degs [toward San Diego]. Very nice guy. He was shocked at being found within 30 mins of transmitting on 6915. The frequency gets HAMMERED by OTH radar & other UTEs so this may be short lived. Best regards! (Rafman of HF Underground, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, Feb 17, found new frequency for Brother Stair on 6915; 0336 and subsequent checking till after 0436; no QRM; noted slightly out of sync with // 5850 (Ron Howard, California, dxldyg via DXLD) WRMI noted on 6915: http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,26415.0.html This could get interesting, with the MARS net nearby, and Canadian weather FAX as well (Chris Smolinski, Black Cat Systems, http://www.blackcatsystems.com DX LISTENING DIGEST) Here`s but one post from hfu thread: EliteData Full Member *** Posts: 109 Re: WRMI Overcomer relay!!! on 6915 2345z? « Reply #13 on: Today at 07:18 » I suspect a few things though I could be wrong or I could be right: 1) that "brother scare" is aware of the pirates and their listeners in this band (go where the fish go) 2) that "brother scare" successfully lobbied the FCC in more way$ than one (money is the root of change) 3) that "brother scare" reads these forums (inspiration is key) 4) this may be just the beginning (expect more SWBC in this band); yes there are MARS operations on and around 6915 KHZ that are very frequently active during the day on the east coast but as it`s been observed before, they simply switch frequencies (using their emailed charts) when they receive interference. MARS operations have enough frequencies at their disposal just like COTHEN ALE/VOICE operations do in the USA and COTHEN has ALE/SSB VOICE operations in the 7 MHz SWBC band. If MARS operates within +/- 5 kHz of 6915 and complains enough to the FCC, the FCC may make WRMI change their frequency (just like they did to WBCQ) but times change, so do importance and needs, and I suspect that this new 24/7 SWBC at 6915 is here to stay. I believe it is likely possible the motive behind this (FCC) is to cause "disruption" to the well known popular frequency of 6925 though I expect the audio bandwidth of 6915 not to be greater than 5 kHz each side band; reducing your SDR receive filter to 4/4.5 kHz AM (or using ECSS AM USB) will significantly reduce the 5 kHz co [sic]-channel heterodyne, although if the signal from 6915 is quite strong, there will be some splatter beyond 5 kHz that cannot be alleviated regardless of filters/notches used. « Last Edit: Today at 07:21 by EliteData » Logged HF receiver: FunCubePro+ & SDRsharp & Yaesu FT-757GXII Antenna: MFJ-1778 G5RV at 60 Feet in horizontal E/W pattern Location: Hampton Bays, NY ex-pirate from 1985-1995 (via DXLD) Frequency changes of WRMI (mostly Brother Stair) from February 18 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/frequency-changes-of-wrmi-mostly.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) For anyone that will be in South Florida Saturday, February 27. The Fort Myers Amateur Radio Club has arranged a group tour at the WRMI Okeechobee transmitter site. Any MAREs are welcome to join in either car pooling from Fort Myers or meet at the site. http://fmarc.net/upcoming-events/wrmi-field-trip/ There will be a Field Trip to WRMI (formerly WYFR) in Okeechobee, Florida. Carpool will leave the Swap Shop at noon on February 27th, 2016. For more information or to RSVP, please contact Paul Ramsden (W1RP) at programs@fmarc.net I inquired with Paul about inviting MARE members, here is his response: Jack, Everyone is invited. The only issue is that I have to have the names a week before the event so that they can supply enough staff to accommodate us. I would need the list by Feb 20. We are leaving from the swap-shop in N. Ft Myers at noon on Feb 27 and the event will be from 2 to 4 PM. If it is not convenient to meet there you can go directly to the station. See their website wrmi.net for directions. You can post it but they have to notify me and not just show up. Paul W1RP (Jack Amelar, MARE Tipsheet 12 Feb via DXLD) ** U S A. Hi Glenn, For the next few weeks / months WWRB shortwave will operate our 3215 & 3195 kHz transmitter on: Saturdays, Sundays, and Mondays: One of our pilots has been hired by a major airline and now I have to fly her trips / routes. We are VERY proud of Captain Cathy and we wish her the best!!! What a pleasure it was to take her on as a Co-Pilot 5 years ago with ONLY 250 hours flight time & zero turbine / jet time to see her log over 1500 hours of turbine / jet time --- to go from here to an Airline Cockpit. It takes about three to six months to hire & train a pilot to fly / captain a Cessna Citation business jet. They need to have a type rating in the airplane and pass all of the FAA 135 requirements. Regards, (Captain David L. Frantz, UT Feb 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. 3185, Feb 16 at 1420, WWRBS is still JBA into the dayside, while there is no signal on 9370, day frequency which has been missing a lot lately. Rather at 1429, detect a JBA carrier on 9370 but that would be IBB THAILAND in PST per HFCC, or rather per Aoki, Deewa Radio which started Dec 2 at 13-19, but presumably meant to share rather than displace WWRB. 9370 is still AWOL at 2030 check Feb 16. Another WWRB frequency, 5050, I have not heard for several weeks, but maybe missed it in the late afternoons? Anyhow, WWRB is on a reduced schedule, as Dave Frantz told me Feb 13 [as above]: So I guess this means that, except on weekends, Dave himself will not be available, nor anyone else, to run the evening 3215/3195 broadcasts before and after 0200 UT. 3215, Feb 17 at 0031, WWRB is on with another rant by Dave Frantz, so unclear whether he is really there or not, off on a flight and maybe a playback, but someone has to run it. 3185, however is missing from times it used to be heard: Feb 18 at 0457 check (while 3215 WWCR is inbooming); nor at 1258. 9370 day BS frequency also remains AWOL later in the day (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9980, Feb 16 at 2031, I notice that WWCR is missing from this blasting frequency; tsk2, not really missed with BS overkill; back on at 2256 check. ESL lesson: the first ``missing`` means simply absent; ``not missed`` means don`t care or even welcome its absence (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** USA. 7504.92, WRNO, 0440, Feb 11 (Thursday). Surprised to hear a program in Chinese; brief program ID at 0450 in English ("Thank you for joining us for 'Praise for Today'[?]. We look forward to sharing with you again next week"); WRNO ID with contact info. It will be recalled that back in DXLD 10-24, I reported hearing Arabic via WRNO, just before they signed off; so now before signing off they have Chinese. Needs more monitoring to find out just what is going on here. Daily or weekly? https://goo.gl/m5P9M8 contains my audio, with program ID at 1:00 (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, Clearly the Chinese program I heard last Thursday (UTC) is not broadcast daily, so assume it will be found to be weekly. Appreciate it if folks could check tonight to confirm just what the schedule is for this Chinese program. Thanks! (Ron Howard, Feb 17, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Ron, I asked them and they say it is on Thursdays and Saturdays. 73, (Mauno Ritola, Finland, ibid.) Hi Glenn - Per Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/wrthgroup/ "As Ron Howard reported on dxld, WRNO broadcasts also in Chinese. According to the station Chinese is on the air on Thursdays and Saturdays between 0400-0500." (Ron Howard, ibid.) I wonder if they imagine they are even reaching China where it`s noon? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Good signal of WRNO New Orleans on February 17: from 0400 7505.0 RNO 050 kW / 020 deg ENAm English, scheduled 02-05 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/good-signal-of-wrno-new-orleans-on.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Additional frequencies of FCC, registered in HFCC Database on February 4: 1700-2200 9275 MLK 125 kW / 053 deg WeEu WMLK Assemblies of Yahweh WMLK is not active on SW, other frequency of this station is 9265 kHz 0400-0900 (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgarian DX blog via dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1813, DXLD) A hint that after years of struggle(?) to get their acquired 250 kW transmitter operational, they may be planning to come back, by getting a clear frequency near to their old one, now long occupied by WINB (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1813, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 670 format change --- 670 KHGZ in Glenwood, AR is no longer sports. It is now Caddo Country. That means Country format. I almost said C&W but there is no more Western music. They are // to 98.9 FM and is in their ID. Of course 98.9 is first before 670 AM (Kevin, Crump, TN, Redding, Feb 13, ABDX yg via DXLD) This format change happened sometime in late October, as Glenn Hauser first noticed it on 10/28/2015. 73, (Rick Dau, South Omaha, Nebraska EN21af, http://www.dxworld.com/bcblog.html ibid.) ** U S A. 880-USB + carrier, Feb 17 at 0534 UT, religious talkshow in English with caller from New York, but this is no WCBS! Obviously KHAC Tse Bonito NM, lacking a lower sideband, and dominant now from the west, no problem from KRVN NE to the north. Its 10 kW ND day power makes it the best bet for NM to the east as long as KKOB and KTNN honor their requirement to null toward New York; unlike KCKN but QRM from KOKP and KDKA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1430, Feb 15 at 1352 UT, ``Golden Oldies 14-30, KZQZ`` several IDs, apparent slogan change from ``Cool Oldies`` as in NRC AM Log 2015-2016, by DJ a.k.a ``Ambassador of Rock `n` Roll``, 1355 UT into news. On 50 kW day power, St Louis MO station remains dominant on skywave here, still VG as late as 1416 UT, almost an hour after our sunrise, instead of Tulsa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1500, Feb 17 at 1342 UT, turning on DX-398 still tuned for the warbler at night [see UNIDENTIFIED], now I hear nothing but Christian religion in English, wrapping up show with website reference, discovertheword.org, connected with Our Daily Bread, loops NE/SW, and 1345 UT ID as ``AM 1500, WBRI, Indianapolis``, and into another program. WBRI is a 5 kW daytimer with pattern southwest, favorable for us (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1520, Feb 15 at 1359 UT, ``1520 KYND with Joe Walsh`` (?), country music continues. Hearing this over KOKC without even trying to null it, and both are close to same azimuth from here (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1540.04, Feb 15 at 1359 UT, checking for KGBC, the other ex- CRI relayer, after just hearing 1520 KYND. Yes, here it is making usual lo het from hi side, vs KXEL; soliciting advertising calls to 713-868-5559, a ``Siga Broadcasting`` station, ``AM 1540, KGBC, Galveston``. 1403 UT recheck already into a talk show, anti-Hillary. Interviewee seems named Sean (but not Hannity, I assume); now it`s also hetting KEDA 1540 San Antonio TexMex music, but mostly separable. 1411 UT into a ``short break`` in program name ending in ``Times``, financial ads; 1415 UT finally resuming show, but too much CCI now; 1419 UT has faded out? Not quite, 1421 UT now interviewing Elliot re financial matters. KGBC is 2.5/0.25 kW U4, and I also hear its het at night. Day pattern favors the north, and has no trouble leapfrogging the 32 kW Metroplex 1540, KZMP, with its tight E-W pattern (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. THE DARK SIDE OF TRANSLATOR MOVES By Lance Venta on February 8, 2016 1 Comment How many translators are operating within their licensed parameters? https://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/96667/the-dark-side-of-translator-moves/ (via Artie Bigley, DXLD) At first the above link was inaccessible, so we found it via cache, but later it was findable https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:BqXQKAewLYYJ:https://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/96667/the-dark-side-of-translator-moves/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. FMBC: 87.9, Midland MI, Northeast Midland Music Pirate; 11:36-11:48+ AM [EST = UT -5], 6-Feb; Mom-too-oldies, e.g. ABBA; SID "More Music CKLW" (Windsor ON); first time I've heard a relay with a real ID! This was either something from the Way-Back machine, or they used an old call slogan as the current call is CIDR. +++ 11:30 AM...12:35 PM, 9-Feb; Instrumental versions of pop tunes; only vocals heard were Perry Como's Wheels & Hooray for Hollywood; Mid-MI spot; "Relax and enjoy the surround sound of music"; that's the same slogan I heard when I 1st ran into this, when they were running all Xmas music; 1:30 PM, still on past their usual 12:30 plugpull; much bigger footprint than usual today; no // FMBC found +++ 11:54-11:56* AM, 11-Feb; Tune-in to patriotic song with phrases from The Declaration of Independence & Constitution as lyrics and off; early plug-pull. (Frodge-MI) 87.9 Midland MI, Southeast Midland Music Pirate; 12:04...1:03+ PM, 5-Feb; C&W; several seconds dead air between tunes; no ID or non-ID heard. Later 4:46-5:12 PM; still C&W including one with the inspirational lyric, "I don't do windows, so don't ask, but I'm pretty good at drinking beer". Still no announcements (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, 5525 Whitehall St., Midland MI 48642-3156, Drake R8B + 185' & 60' RW + 125' bow-tie, GMC Car Radio for FMBC logs, All dates and times for all logs are UTC unless otherwise noted as AM or PM which is ELT. FMBC & VHF/UHF logs are in MHz; all other logs are in kHz, ----- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! ----- DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** URUGUAY. 6125, RNU, currently off the air. [4 Attachments] Uruguay. CXA6, the low powered transmitter from RNU, Radiodifusión Nacional del Uruguay, on 6125, devoted to relay MW 1050 CX26 Radio Uruguay, is currently off the air, while work of reallocation of the different transmitters (MW) is being done inside the building. It is expected that it will be resuming around midyear, this 2016. We learned this in a visit to the transmitter site located near Santiago Vázquez, and, for the first time we could take some pictures of it. A photo of the corresponding aerial (halfwave dipole) is shown. In one of them we appear: From L to R: Horacio Nigro, CX3BZ; Francisco "Pancho" Escobar, CX7AF, site technician, Gabriel Gómez, CX7BI, also DXer for many years here in Montevideo, Uruguay. We joined DXer Alejandro Álvarez, LU7YD, an Argentinian DXer, from the province of Neuquén, who is travelling around our country during February. Attachment(s) from Horacio Nigro | View attachments on the web 4 of 4 Photo(s) (Horacio Nigro, CX3BZ, "La Galena del Sur", Montevideo, Uruguay, Feb 12, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Members, Those of you who see Glenn's DXLD both in the weekly format and the Yahoo Group entries will have seen entries from Horacio Nigro from Montevideo. Thanks to him and Glenn. According to his recent post he went to the Santiago Vázquez to visit the Radiodifusión Nacional del Uruguay transmitter site. I now have confirmation that CX26 Radio Uruguay on 1050 kHz has 2 masts around 34 48 27S 56 21 43W. I am particularly pleased that Horacio has given an assurance that the repairs to the SW transmitter will be finished in mid 2016 when the MW station can be restarted. Despite a number of false "claims" to that site according to my GE placemarks I am sure that the 650 kHz "partner" mast is at 34 48 38S 56 21 40W. 73 and 88 (Dan Goldfarb, Feb 12, mwmasts yg via DXLD) ** VIRGIN ISLANDS US. 1000, WVWI, Charlotte Amalie, St Thomas – Format Fox Sports Radio (Stig Hartvig Nielsen visiting Christiansted, St Croix, US Virgin Islands, Central [sic] American News, ed. Tore Larsson, Feb MW News via DXLD) ** YEMEN [non]. Re: ``I guess the Saudi Arabia - Radio Sana'a-exile- radio antenna is of 8dB horizontal-log periodical type one, never a Saudi curtain 500 kW beast of 19 to 21 dB gain. wb`` I know next to nothing about broadcast antennas, but wouldn't the type described above be totally incompatible with the "Non-directional" suggested by other sources? (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D, Feb 11, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) If it`s so lo-gain and so lo-power, howcum it puts an S9+10 to S9+20 signal into Oklahoma almost every morning between 1330 and 1530?? (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) S9+10 to S9+20? What's your opinion whether or not it could at this time be a transmitter at your side of the pond? (Kai Ludiwg, Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Greetings! I've attached a Azimuthical Map based on Riyadh. An antenna that Wolfgang suggests aimed at Yemen has a healthy backside lobe that might put a good signal to N.A. over the pole (but I'd guess that power would have to be substantially more than 50 kW to get the signals we're hearing). I have also been intrigued with Bill's suggestion that it might be coming from Iran. Does anyone know anyone who knows Arabic that we could send recordings so we could see if the content of broadcasts are Pro-Shia or Pro-Sunni? Have established for a fact that it's Pro-Sunni coming from Saudi Arabia? 73s (Rodney Johnson, Las Vegas NV, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Rodney, There is no real evidence to back up my Iran suggestion. I only put it on the table because between about 1800 and 1820 every evening, I can receive both Radio Sana'a (11860) and the Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran (11830) in the clear. Iran comes from Kamalabad, and is targetted to East Africa in Swahili. I am in a direct line beyond the target (your map has just confirmed that, thanks). HFCC and Aoki both put the Iran transmitter at 500 kW and directional. Some nights in Jo'burg, Iran is the stronger signal. Other nights, Sana'a is stronger. Yet again, some nights there is little to tell between them. Fading can be different on both. What is certain to me at least is that the Sana'a transmitter is not 50 kW non-directional, it must be at least in the same ballpark power range as Iran. That could also include, of course, Riyadh, but I can't do a direct comparison there at any time of day or night. Whether Radio Sana'a is supporting the Shia's or Sunni's is probably irrelevant to its source, as politics are involved and governments will happily sell their souls. They are duplicitous. Full stop. I remember many years ago working in the then Rhodesia during the bush war and watching trains loaded with Zambian copper crossing the Victoria Falls bridge into Rhodesia en route to the sea ports in Mozambique. So Rhodesia was helping two countries with which it was effectively at war (and in the case of Mozambique, officially at war!) Interesting too that oil and petrol went the other way by train, whilst we living in Rhodesia were struggling to get by on our monthly petrol coupon allowances. So far as I am concerned, whichever country is hosting Radio Sana'a could be supporting the other side militarily! Could even be that is why it is all so secretive and reliable information so scarce. Please excuse the diversion into politics, but I hope my point is made! Regards, (Bill Bingham, RSA, Feb 12, ibid.) I am listening to the broadcast now on 11860 and I speak Arabic. The programs are definitely pro-Sunni, as they continually berate the Houthis, referring to them as terrorists and propping up the president who was able to reassert Yemen's legitimacy. From a logical standpoint, I believe the transmitter to be in Jeddah, given that both countries share the same coastline and the deposed president maintained his embassy in exile there. Will provide more certainty when I assume my new posting in Riyadh this August. Stay tuned! 73, (Ed Sylvester, Baghdad, Iraq, 0815 UT Feb 12, ibid.) Wow! thanks Ed! I appreciate your insights and eagerly await your report from Riyadh! 73s (Rodney (Nevada,USA) As I pointed out some months ago, site Jeddah on the west coast of SA, if aimed toward Sanaa/Aden/Yemen would be right on the great circle longpath beam onward to central North America (and off the back right toward Stuttgart!). Riyadh site would need to be aiming almost due south for Yemen, 180/000 degrees, while the azimuth toward OK from Riyadh is 330/150 degrees, missing most of Yemen. Due north from Riyadh crosses Yukon. But at single hop close distance it may not make much difference (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) > suggests aimed at Yemen has a healthy backside lobe raj3636, never heard such BACKLOBE signals up to now - "like Glenn mentioned, as S9+10 to S9+20 signal " never came such signals across the Russia, Moscow / St.P., Finland, Scandinavia, Iceland, Greenland, Canada path, and their remote SW receiver installations, but often heard at same time very strong powerful "500 kW curtains array beasts" from BSKSA Riyadh broadcasts in Europe instead. I would rather think that signal came around the world via Antarctica path towards Latin America and northwards to Oklahoma. - or even originates from Arnie`s broadcast center either ? ha, ha, ha I'm actually 'speechless', over the use of the transmitter of Radio Sana'a towards the big distance direction much western USA like Rocky Mountains, in this matter. wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) Aren't shortpath signals degraded enough? Honestly, and I've never had an abundance of expensive gear and antennae, but I really don't believe I have ever heard a longpath signal in my life. I often hear weak backlobes from Asia and Africa (i.e. non-polar path) from 250+kW transmitters. Now it's conceivable to me that a 500 kW transmitter from Riyadh using a simple log-periodic (as you suggest) aimed at Yemen (might even put a decent groundwave to Yemen?) may have enough on the backlobe to put a healthy signal into N.A. It almost sounds like you don't believe the signal is that strong here in N.A. I can assure you it is! And it does have fading characteristics similar from other BSKSA transmitters I have heard. For me Sana'a is the most dependable signal from the entire Middle East at the moment for my somewhat modest gear. It's really that strong. Yeah, once upon a time S9 was supposed to mean 50 microvolts at 50 ohm impedence at the antenna terminals of the receiver. S9+20db would be almost 500 microvolts E-field (i.e. .5mV!) which is hard for me to believe unless within line of sight of a 50 kW+ transmitter, so I have never taken S meter reports very seriously. In fact I have to laugh when I see S9 marked in the dead center of a panel meter! 73s (Rodney Johnson, ibid.) 11860, Feb 11 at 1410, R. Sana`a, very good S9+20 in Arabic, mostly talk instead of music today, M&M studio conversation past 1424. From *1430 lite QRM from IBB KUWAIT underneath, which has stuck to its original frequency for Afghanistan despite this Yemeni business nearby. By 1456, now martial music, 1501 talk and still no call-to- prayer in next few minutes. Since I have such strong signals here in deep North America, Kai Ludwig wonders if I have considered whether the site could really be on this side of the pond? Not really. Hard to believe the ousted Yemeni president would go this far away, whence the signal into Yemen would be quite weaker than from e.g. neighboring Saudi Arabia. But only two sites would be remotely conceivable --- Greenville and Cypress Creek. It`s even harder to imagine IBB itself serving as site under deep cover (especially with the Kuwait clash). WRMI might have the capacity if Brother Scare hadn`t bought out 10 of the transmitters, and this signal is stronger than WRMI itself on 11825, e.g. There is little else to compare it with on 25m in the 1330-1530 UT period when Sana`a is strongest here. Feb 11 at 1425, I find Turkey [q.v.] only S5-S9 on 12035, and it`s overtly aimed at us! WHRI might be possible, via one of its 500 kW transmitters, and no doubt would be open to such covert business, as they have no problem with overtly relaying Commies such as Voice of Vietnam; carry other clandestines via Palau, and remember the one for Fiji from SC? But if a US site, why would the 11860 signal gradually fade down and out after 1530? (Unless: a site swap before another one circa 1753). I am more inclined to think the 11860 I hear happens to be on a favorable azimuth beyond Yemen from Saudi or some other neighboring country, perhaps carrying on to here by long path across the Indian and Pacific oceans (or very efficiently radiating off-the-back --- but Wolfy is repeatedly reporting how poor the signal is in Europe which would be on the back-way to North America). (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Rep. Yemen Radio Sanaa (Saudi Arabia Relay?) 11860, 1458 11 FEB - SINPO = 35333. Arabic, music with microtonal vocals. 1501z female announcer presumably reading news (Yemen and Sana'a mentioned several times). 1505z female newscaster interviews female over the phone. 1509z she interviews a male over the phone. QSB=ff. sf111.8 a5, k2 geomag: quiet. 50kw?, Omni?, bearing 7 ?. Sangean ATS505 w/MFJ-1020C active antenna used to preselect Magic Wand Antenna hanging indoors on west wall. Received at Las Vegas, United States, 13045KM? from transmitter at Riyadh?. Local time: 0658 (Rodney Johnson, NV, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Log Sana'a on air: 11860 ARS Radio Sana'a S=5 at 2226 UT (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, Feb 11 [apparently on own receiver?], dxldyg via DXLD) 11860, 12 Feb 2016, 0748-0801, RADIO SA'ANA, with Transmitter in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Female vocalist in Arabic with a marching-type band accompaniment, singing patriotic, jihadist music at 0750; ID at 0800, with start of news program. Talk about happenings in Aden. SINPO 44344 (Ed Sylvester, Baghdad, Iraq, JRC NRD 545 and AOR AR5000A Plus 3, Indoor Pixel Magnetic Loop). 11860, Feb 12 at 1356, Republic of Yemen Radio (which seems to be more like the ID in Arabic), is unusually weak today at S3-6. By 1458 it`s up to usual S9+10, but deep fades to S8, with its familiar theme music, 1501 switch to YL in Arabic talk. Today it`s equal S9+10 to 11825 WRMI, but that has less fading. Trying to explain how I get such a strong signal here, Wolfgang Büschel is also suggesting now that it could be a narrow long-path route from Saudi Arabia across the Indian Ocean, Antarctica, Pacific. Expanse and quality of this opening should be gradually shifting with the seasons and there are signs of that already (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I can confirm Glenn's reception - same here near Chicago at that time (Rich near Chicago Ray, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11860, CLANDESTINE to Yemen. Radio Sana’a, (via SAUDI ARABIA (Presumed), at 1410, on 12 Feb. The station has a male speaker talking. Later in the broadcast it sounded like a (Presumed) new male speaker came on. Although there are other anecdotal reports in the mid-Western USA about this station`s location, and its signal strength being high, it is not coming in too good at this QTH when checked on multiple days. Poor (John Cooper, Lebanon, PA, Winradio-G33DDC, CommRadio CR-1a, GAP-Hear It-In Line Module, Wellbrook ALA-1530S+, Wellbrook ALA1530LNPro, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) Checked the 25 mb in 1255 til 1330 UT here in Europe, but also 11860 kHz at 1330 UT in North America, NON LOG - nil signal on 11860 kHz heard in remote SDR units in Vancouver BC-CA, Edmonton-Alb-CAN, also NIL heard in FL/MI/MA/NJ USA east coast stations at 1332 UT. at 1255 UT noted in Europe - as same time slot til 1329 UT: 11860 ARS? Radio Sana'a, S=5 weak and tiny, 1250-1255 UT. 11860 ARS? R Sana'a, S=6 at 1308 UT in southern Germany. 11860 kHz is nearly totally covered signal at 1330 UT, here in southern Germany, Moscow Russia, and on 2 stations in far northern Sweden, latter on path towards Arkansas and Oklahoma, by 11855 kHz ROU RRI Tsiganeshti in Chinese language covers adjacent 11860 kHz totally with S=9+40dB signal on northern path. I checked the grayline path at 1330-1430 on Perseus maps remote list, noted 11860 still at S=3-4 in Vancouver, Alberta, Detroit-MI, FL and MA-US stations. QUESTION: But in direction of OK-USA and MI-USA the parallel grayline / daylight path is visible on direction via Antarctic area for these two hours: at Jeddah, Red Sea, Yemen, Somalia, South Indian Ocean, McMurdo Antarctic, Pitcairn Isl, Baja California Mexico, Texas, path into Enid ??? So, only a small RECEIVING strip in TX, OK, AR, KS etc. will hear powerful signals from Jeddah, via the southern long path via Antarctic. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, Feb 12, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Wolfy, I will not quibble with the grayline display which of course is constantly shifting with the hours and with the seasons, but your red line indicating the path is way off. On my globe, the long-path great circle from Jeddah to Enid goes barely south of Macquarie Island and Campbell Is, (off Australia and NZ), not anywhere near Antarctica (which also means it is less subject to any auroral zone attenuation). Plus being an (almost) all-water path over two great oceans is certainly helpful {the long path to NV however would go over Antarctica, and the short path over Thule, Greenland). This is what I suggested months ago when this first started! But then the site as Jeddah was discounted, as not in service, or not with hi power transmitters. Maybe something similar to this is accomplished from Riyadh site altho it does not work out so neatly (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) In Jo'burg, Sana'a began to fade in this evening (Feb 12) at 1425 - just above imagination level. Was still poor at 1445, but definitely them, not much improvement as of 1500. Our local sunset today is at 1653 (Bill Bingham, RSA, ibid.) I briefly checked at 1445z this morning here and there wasn't anything there; 25m in general seemed to be pretty dead compared to yesterday so could be poor conditions – (Rodney (Nevada), Feb 12, ibid.) At 1530 UT two stations a mixing very badly together, and difficult to tell which is what. I assume Sana'a and IBB. The total strength of the two of them on my S meter is a signal peaking to about S-5 (Noel R. Green (NW England), Feb 12, ibid.) "Does anyone know anyone who knows Arabic that we could send recordings so we could see if the content of broadcasts are Pro-Shia or Pro-Sunni? Have established for a fact that it's Pro-Sunni coming from Saudi Arabia?" A week or so ago, I had mentioned here that I would get one of our Arabic-speaking students to listen to at least some of my four-hour "Radio Sana'a" recording: https://archive.org/details/RadioSanaa11.860MHz22January20161330UTC and http://shortwavearchive.com/archive/radio-sanaa-january-22-2016 I finally got around to that and the student reported back that the broadcast is clearly in support of the exiled President Adb Rabbuh Mansur Hadi and against Mr. Ali Abdullah Saleh and the Houthi militias. I also asked him about the identification of the station. We have been referring to it here as "Radio Sana'a." In the WRTH 2016 B15 update, it is also referred to as Republic of Yemen Radio / Radio Sana'a." But has anyone ever heard them identify as such? Is there a recording of them saying that? I got the student to tell me what is said for a station identification at about the 03h:07m mark in the recording. He said they say ``???? ????? ???? ?? ????????``, which translates to "Yemen Channel, the channel of all Yemenis." Perhaps this is just a variation on their ID. Perhaps Ed in Baghdad might be able to shed further light on what the station actually calls itself (Richard Langley, NB, Feb 12, ibid.) Concur. Says that the war was justified because the Houthis were making incursions into Jizan, and Saudis were forced to defend themselves. Pro Sunni. 100% (Ed Sylvester, Baghdad, ibid.) Here's the ID. Attachment(s) from Mauno Ritola | View attachments on the web 1 of 1 File(s) ARS 11860 Yemen R 151120 2000.mp3 (Mauno Ritola, Finland, ibid.) I listened to that clip a few times, and hear Arabic for Republic of Yemen Radio, but no mention of Sana`a after it, not even ``min Sana`a`` (from Sana`a) (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I heard, "this is the Republic of Yemen coming to you on shortwave on 11860 kHz. The second ID said, this is the Republic of Yemen with a general program, which includes the news." (Ed Sylvester, ibid.) Thanks, Ed and Mauno. So, no ID as "Radio Sana'a." Still curious as to where this name for the station originated. I believe the word for "radio" in Arabic is the same; i.e., a European loan word. So, even a non-Arabic-speaking person should be able to pick out "Radio Sana'a" in Arabic if indeed it is ever used (Richard Langley, ibid.) Indeed. No mention of Radio Sana'a (Ed Sylvester, ibid.) I've never heard it ID as Radio Sana'a; in fact I've never heard a recognisable ID, probably because they are in Arabic so I wouldn't understand them anyway! (Bill Bingham, RSA, ibid.) I'm not Arabic speaker but I think word "radio" is not much used in ID's. Instead the word "idha'tul" (spelling?) is commonly used and I believe means roughly broadcasting or radio. That's what the station in Mauno's recording uses before the phrase "Republic of Yemen". 73, (Jari Savolainen, Finland, ibid.) Jari, Look for instance under Saudi Arabia, page 485, WRTH '16: ``idha'at ar-Riyadh, idha-atu'l Koran`` - or Syria, page 489: ``idha'atu-l-jumhuriyati-l'arabiyya``, etc. 73, (Erik Køie, Copenhagen, ibid.) I heard "al bath" which means broadcast. In the second ID he said "this broadcast is coming from Republic of Yemen." (Ed Sylvester, ibid.) Even before the current troubles, did the Yemini government station ever identify itself as Radio Sana'a? Here are links to two recordings on the Interval Signals Online website, one in Arabic and one in English. Neither says explicitly "Radio Sana'a." English just says "This is Yemen ... from Sana'a." And I think I heard "min Sana'a" in the Arabic version Attachment(s) from lang@unb.ca [dxld] | View attachments on the web 2 of 2 File(s) yem-royr1_sana_english_c1999.m3u yem-royr1_sana_200908.m3u (Richard Langley, NB, Feb 13, ibid.) as audible via DXLD yg (gh) > So, no ID as "Radio Sana'a." I posted the ID file because your original question was: > In the WRTH 2016 B15 update, it is also referred to as Republic of Yemen Radio / Radio Sana'a." So I didn't claim, that there was an ID as "Radio Sana'a". > Still curious as to where this name for the station originated. That ID was given here on 20th November: > Yemeni President Hadi, who was ousted from Sanaa last year by the Houthi rebels and later fled to Saudi Arabia, is said to have set up a clandestine station called "Radio Sanaa", transmitting on 11860. > I heard "al bath" which means broadcast. In the second ID he said "this broadcast is coming from Republic of Yemen." I think it is "Idha'at" i.e. Radio. Hopefully Tarek will listen to it. I don't understand why this station couldn't use alternative ID formats. Just listen to Saudi Radio, which announces both as "Radio of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia" and "Radio Riyadh" (Mauno Ritola, Finland, Feb 14, ibid.) Rep. Yemen Radio Sanaa (Saudi Arabia Relay?) 11860, 1454 14 FEB - SINPO = 25222. Arabic, music with microtonal vocals. 1501z female announcer. 1504z female announcer interviewing male over the phone. QSB=ff. modulation often at or below noise floor. sf111.6 a7, k2 geomag: active. 50kw?, Omni?, bearing 7 ?. Sangean ATS505 w/MFJ-1020C active antenna used to preselect experimental horizontal wire loop (~38’ circumference). Received at Las Vegas, United States, 13045KM? from transmitter at Riyadh?. Local time: 0654 (Rodney Johnson, NV, ibid.) 11860, Feb 15 at 0425, JBA carrier, presumably Rep. of Yemen R., from somewhere; no comparison to the big S9+10 to S9+20 signal we get from somewhere (else?) a dekahour later, such as 1345-1505+ Feb 15 with usual theme music and Arabic exhortations (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Rep. Yemen Radio Sana’a (Saudi Arabia Relay?) 11860, 1456 15 FEB - in ARABIC from RIYADH?. SINPO = 45423, male announcer repeatedly mentioning ‘Akbar’, 1459z music with microtonal vocals and oud. (Re- check at 1559z SINPO=25322. Music, 1601z news read by male) QSB=ff deep. sf109.6 a10, k2 geomag: active. 50kw?, Omni?, bearing 7 ?. Sangean ATS505 w/MFJ-1020C active antenna used to preselect Magic Wand Antenna hanging indoors on west wall. Received at Las Vegas, United States, 13045KM? from transmitter at Riyadh?. Local time: 0656 (Rodney Johnson, NV, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11860, Feb 16 at 1425, Republic of Yemen Radio with music at S9+10, presumably long-path; 1430 joined by CCI from IBB Kuwait to Afghanistan underneath. 11860 checked at 2049 Feb 16: NO trace of any signal, despite SAUDI ARABIA q.v. elsewhere on 25m (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZAMBIA. 5915, ZNBC/Radio One, 0346, Feb 17. Unusually poor; did not come up till much later; still being heard decently at 0557 (rare to hear them this late!). Feb 16 with long GOtv promo 0402-0405 in vernacular; also GOtv sports promo at 0513 in English, after the news in English; 0515 back to vernacular; QRN (pulsating noise), which was only heard today (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZANZIBAR. 11735, TANZANIA, ZBC Radio Zanzibar, Dole, at 2007, on 9 Feb. An instrumental song is playing with drums, flutes, and an African beat. The same song is still on 30 minutes later which leads me to believe the station is not transmitting regular programming but is just playing (Presumed) interval music on a loop. Poor (John Cooper, Lebanon, PA, Winradio-G33DDC, CommRadio CR-1a, GAP-Hear It-In Line Module, Wellbrook ALA-1530S+, Wellbrook ALA1530LNPro, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 840, Feb 17 at 0536 UT, WHAS has a heavy 6 Hz SAH, but can`t hear any other audio. Wonder what that could be? Nothing fits in the mwoffset list from Canada, Cuba, Mexico or USA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 880, Feb 11 at 1850 UT on caradio, KRVN Nebraska, usual groundwave daytimer, has CCI from another talker in English. Closest 4 possibilities: IL and TX are listed as Spanish; 10 kW KHAC NM/AZ is partly English but far for groundwave. 50 kW KLRG AR is considerably closer, but AR has poor conductivity for GW. No daytime skywave noted now on prime channels 720, 840. Hoping to pull more out of this on the NRD-545 at home with loop nulling KRVN, but can`t (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Re the 1500 kHz warbling sound: Just throwing a thought out there, but what about Doniphan MO? On again, off again station maybe creating these noises. Just a thought, that is all. As I say in certain groups, take what you want and leave the rest (Todd Skaine, Bloomington MN, Feb 11, IRCA via ABDX via DXLD) On the contrary, it’s not a DX poltergeist, aliens, or any other resident of the DX files. It’s also not WLAC. My guess is that it’s a daytime whose transmitter is malfunctioning. Most likely their engineering needs are met by a freelancer, and their signal is rarely, if ever monitored. These situations will only become more common as absentee ownership, satellite programming, and traveling engineers become ever more the norm. Plus no one listens to AM — and who would they complain to? It’s not like anyone is manning the phones at the studio. 73, (Les Rayburn, N1LF, 121 Mayfair Park, Maylene, AL EM63nf, Member WTFDA, IRCA, NRC. Former CPC Chairman for NRC & IRCA, Elad FDM- S2 SDR, AirSpy SDR, Quantum Phaser, Wellbrook ALA1530 Loop, Wellbrook Flag, Clifton Labs Active Whip, ibid.) https://www.dropbox.com/s/0hc0zafc34mdrde/1500.jpg?dl=0 This is a link to a jpg with all the bearings I have seen reported so far, along with pins marking all stations in the area. Looks to me like we need to lean on an Alcoa TN resident and ask him to take a little drive. Which resident might we choose, Steve? (Chuck Hutton, Feb 9, IRCA mailing list via DXLD) Well, WDEB can be eliminated. Has anyone considered the possibility that we may be dealing with a DX poltergeist? I say it's the ghost of Battle Creek. They did not vacate 1500 either promptly or willingly. (Steve Francis, Alcoa, Tennessee, Feb 10, ibid.) 1500, Feb 15 at 0438 UT, the warbling het against KSTP is still here, roughly from east. Les Rayburn from Alabama has offered to visit towns in Tennessee it might be coming from, but we ought to be able to pinpoint this without such drastic measures. 1500, Feb 15 at 0523 UT, hearing both the warblehet, and the blues station, latter presumably KCLF New Roads LA. 1500, Feb 15 at 1350 UT, the warble is still audible, one semi-hour after sunrise here, indicating it is not too far east into the dayside --- and still at 1416 UT. (1430 St Louis, q.v. still has a bigsig on skywave also as late as 1416 UT with 50 kW). I try to DF the warble again, and seems closer to E/W, 90 degrees than previous estimate of 95 degrees. Prime suspect is now WPOT Trenton TN (Jackson area), 250/6 watts, but two closest 1500s to it are KDFN Doniphan MO, 1000 watt daytimer, and WMJL Marion KY, 175 watt daytimer: WMJL is the one closest to the 170 degree bearing by Tom Jasinski from Joliet IL. (BTW, my nearest 1500, KPGM Pawhuska OK, 500 watt daytimer is also east of here, but not heard yet this morning, and no sign of the warble on it in full daytime) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Hi Glenn, Maybe you can advise me. Back in 2010, you posted the message below. And I am now experiencing a very similar thing! Last night, driving home from work (from Morgantown, WV to Waynesburg, Pa, roughly 40N/80W) around 1730 EST, I noticed a het on 1520 on car radio, and assumed it was Saudi Arabia. Then I noticed a similar het on 1540, very odd. Then this morning, driving to work, around 0900 EST, I noticed the same thing! Lots of fading, the “hets” came & went. (Unfortunately, I do not have another working radio handy to check. I realize it could be something in my car stereo, but it doesn’t act like it, with all the fading.) Doing a Google search, I found your report from 2010: 1521 and 1539? Friday, September 24 2010 ``UNIDENTIFIED. I sometimes check out the hi end of the MW band late at night, using the same E-W longwire to the FRG-7 as for SW. Something strange, Sept 23 at 0635 UT I was hearing a het of about 1 kHz on KOKC 1520, from 1521 --- that`s too late for Saudi Arabia, which is commonly audible earlier. And a het of almost, but not quite the same pitch, from 1539 against jumble of signals including an open carrier on 1540. These do happen to be Region 1 MW channels, but such a pair is suspicious, as if a station on 1530 were running a 9 kHz tone test, or spurs of the same frequency. The 1521 and 1539 signals were fading, so not an artifact of some local appliance, altho 1539 was somewhat unstable judging from the pitch fluxuation. 1539/1540 het pitch was slightly higher than the 1521/1520 het, so if they were coming from a 1530 transmitter, it was slightly on the lo side. Could not make out any audio from them. Ideas? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)`` So, I am experiencing a very similar phenomenon. Did you ever find out what was causing your hets? It would seem to point to a 1530 station generating something. Thank you, (FRED SCHROYER, Editorial Director, CLG (Continuous Learning Group), 201 Bakers Ridge Road - Morgantown, WV 26508, PH: 304-599-7830, 1120 - FX: 304-599-7806, fschroyer@clg.com http://www.clg.com DX LISTENING DIGEST) Fred, I had forgotten all about that 2010 report; last year someone else found that ZNS Bahamas 1540 was putting out spur on 1521, but the match to that would be on 1559 where I`ve not heard anything. I don`t recall either a 1530 source being identified, but if so it might be in the next few issues of DXLD from 2010. These days on the R75 or NRD 545 when I do hear a het on 1520 from 1521 in the evening, I make sure it`s exactly on 1521.0 (and nothing on 1559) reassuring me it`s Saudi, from which I don`t get any audio. Let me know if you discover anything further about this (Glenn to Fred, ibid.) OK, thanks! Tonight, when I arrive home, I will try to listen on my CCrane Skywave to add another data point. That also will allow me to DF both 1520 and 1540 to see if the nulls match. I also have an ICOM R75, just out of the box, at work, but no useful antenna, plus it's in an ocean of computer noise, so unfortunately I can't use it (FRED SCHROYER, Editorial Director, ibid.) Well, of course the hets disappeared! Last night ~ 1730, 2230 EST. This morning ~ 0830. Nada. Also did not hear the 1500 noisemaker. Ah, the mysteries of medium wave...! Sent from my iPhone (Fred, Feb 17, ibid.) UNIDENTIFIED. 5030-, Feb 14 at 1411, JBA carrier slightly on the lo side. Intriguing, as there are no known SWBC stations currently on this frequency. Checking Aoki finds yet another imaginary/long gone Latin American, R Virgen de la Alta, in Perú (which even if it existed, would not be propagating at this hour). We do, however, well remember that 5030 was once the frequency of Tonga and of Sarawak. The 1994 WRTH shows several others back then. At this time, half a sesquihour after sunrise here in 2016y, there are also remnants of several known Asian SWBC signals on 60m. Of course, 5030- may not be a broadcast carrier at all (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 5959.95, Feb 15 at 1335, off-frequency carrier with trace of music. Could someone around Urumqi or via SDR confirm whether it`s merely East Turkistan ~50 Hz below 5960 or something more exotic? (Like a reactivated Radio Fly, PNG?) On other occasions around same time I`ve heard a carrier on-frequency here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn - Regularly I check 5960, in the hope that some day R. Fly will return, but not so far. Am hearing Chinese there, with no trace of any other station. Also I check 3915 for possible R. Fly, but is silent, except for QRM from Voice of the People on 3912 and hams (Ron Howard, Feb 15, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. SECRETLAND, SPL Secretbrod relay again unidentified broadcast, Feb 13: 1803-1901 on 9480 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Oromo in AM mode, ex CUSB/USB http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/spl-secretbrod-relay-again-unidentified_13.html 1801-1901 on 9480 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Oromo Wed-Sun. The frequency is registered in HFCC Database on Feb 16, #18024. My last 5 videos from Sat, February 13. Any ideas? Please help! http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/spl-secretbrod-relay-unidentified_16.html (Ivo Ivanov, B`lygariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDentified. Station with Arabic music on air, Feb 16: 1030-1036 on 9550 unknown tx site, weak to good signal http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/unidentified-station-with-arabic-music.html (Ivo Ivanov, B`lygariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 11455-USB, Feb 14 at 1440, soft slow talker, interrupted by harsh fast talker, i.e. QSO pirates, thought to come from Indonesia in the 11.4`s, so perhaps in Indonesian, Javanese or similar. At 1445 the first one hums a bit, but no full-blown singing yet as sometimes erupts from these guys (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ ACKNOWLEDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 1813: 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) TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED FUTURELY: 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[n]. 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) Hello Glenn, Thanks for all the priceless info you provide to the DX community each week :-) (Tobias squared (T²), Germany, Feb 5) PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ SCHEDULE SITE RECOMMENDATIONS I am new to the hobby, and am currently using the website, http://www.shortwaveschedule.com to find the stations I am receiving and the locations from which they are transmitting. I would appreciate any information you could give me as to the accuracy/reliability of this website, and any advice you could give regarding more dependable resources should you feel that shortwaveschedule.com is not trustworthy. Thank you for the work you do, and thank you in advance for any help or advice you can provide. Sincerely, (Martin O'Connor, Herrickville, Pennsylvania, Feb 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Martin, Welcome aboard to SWLing - I never use that site, and just reconfirmed why tnx to your inquiry. I picked a frequency I know well, 11860, and got this: 7 transmissions around the day on 11860 kHz. If this table contains fewer entries than the number listed above, please check your language filter settings by going here and clicking Save at the end of the language list. [doesn`t copy well, but you will get the idea:] ``Frequency Station name Language Starts at Ends at MTWTFSS Spacer Transmitter namePowerDistance 11860 Adventist World Radio Kabyle 17:30 18:00 TTTTTTT Germany flag NauenPower 100 KW 11860 China Radio International Nepali 01:30 02:27 TTTTTTT China flag KunmingPower 500 KW 11860 PBS Xizang Chinese 03:00 06:00 TTTTTTT Tibet flag LhasaPower 100 KW 11860 PBS Xizang Chinese 06:00 08:58 TFTTTTT Tibet flag LhasaPower 100 KW 11860 Radio Habana Cuba Spanish 11:00 14:00 TTTTTTT Cuba flag BautaPower 100 KW 11860 Voice Of America Radio Ashna Pashto 14:30 15:00 TTTTTTT Kuwait flag KuwaitPower 250 KW 11860 Voice Of America Radio Ashna Dari 15:00 16:30 TTTTTTT Kuwait flag KuwaitPower 250 KW`` It OMITS the one big signal I hear every morning, Republic of Yemen Radio! This is opposing the current holders of power in Sana`a and is probably transmitted from Sa`udi Arabia. It`s been on for several months. List-logging by this, you would have to assume a Middle-Eastern station on 11860 before 1630 UT is VOA Radio Ashna, Kuwait. Well, it is on too, but the big signal here is the one they missed, to Yemen. Furthermore Cuba has NOT been on 11860 at all since the end of October. The others may not be so easy to use, but garbage-in, garbage-out is a killer despite the bells & whistles. The three main references I rely on, and which do not always agree but have their own plusses and minuses are the EiBi lists, Aoki lists, and HFCC. Some of them are zipped so you have to download and unzip. Linx to these and several others in various formats are on my homepage http://www.worldofradio.com Look for B-15 in the references (which means the current season until the end of March). Each of these is frequently updated. Shortwaveschedules.com probably derives its info from some or all of the Big 3, except they obviously don`t keep it up to date! I`m glad to see that you are skeptical as too many new listeners find sites like that and assume the info is accurate (Glenn to Martin, via DXLD) Glenn, Thank you for the prompt reply, and for the advice. I am currently learning my way around the EiBi schedules, and finding them very useful. Thanks again, (Martin O'Connor, ibid.) AOKI/EIBIview On the AOKI website, the usually published text version of their schedules has not appeared recently (for the B15 season). Just wanted to give those using EIBIview the tip to instead download the userlist.zip file which actually contains the text schedule file "bib15.txt". This is what you should copy into the EIBIview directory (and remove any old ones). Finally, AOKI has changed the column widths again slightly which may cause confusion during the conversion into columns for the viewer. If you encounter this problem, please close EIBIview, open the EIBIview.ini file with any simple text editor and replace (or correct) the "DataPos" key in the [Table] section with the following: DataPos=6|32|10|8|26|5|4|23|4|12|25 Sorry for the inconvenience! Thank you Glenn, enjoy the weekend and good DX! Best regards (Tobias (T²), Germany, Feb 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Subject: Qsl cards How does one get cards from shortwave stations being that now one cannot buy IRCs anymore? (Mike Thomas, Sent from my iPhone, Feb 13, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Mike, Each SWBC station has a different policy on whether they QSL, and how they do it. Many of them have QSL designs which are sent only on line as e-QSLs, where there is no concern about return postage. Some stations did not require return postage anyway. If you insist on pursuing hard QSLs by p-mail, various radio clubs and online groups keep track of which stations do what (Glenn to Mike, via DXLD) EUROPEAN MW GUIDE --- a reprise with Herman Boel Medium Wave News 61/09 10 February 2016 In the mid-1990s I was becoming more and more interested in medium wave, in particular the European medium wave. I noticed that the sources I used to consult, the WRTH and Sender&Frequenzen, mostly contained concise frequency lists with nothing more than the frequency, station name and power output. This lead to a continuous browsing between pages to get as much information as possible and make DXing easier. Just like many other DXers I started to make my own list with the information I could find. That information came especially from various club bulletins, but also from messages in the DXAntwerp Bulletin Board System. This was the internet's predecessor and meant a true revolution for DXers who could now exchange information through their computer. At the time the EMWG was still called the Long and Medium Wave Guide for Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East and was initially drawn up in the Dutch language. As non-Dutch speaking DXers also became interested, I switched to English and uploaded the list at regular intervals onto the DXA Bulletin Board. Initially a modest attempt to help myself with the hobby, the list soon turned out to be a hole in the market. The later renamed European Medium Wave Guide caught on well, and thanks to some renowned DXers and DX clubs, the publication became more and more professional. At the end of 2002 the EMWG could be consulted on-line and was now even more being kept up-to-date. In December 2004, the EMWG was merged with James Niven's African Medium Wave Guide and subsequently covered not only the whole of Europe and the Middle East, but the whole of Africa as well. A growing number of disappearing stations, far less people interested in the list, and a booming business (I have a one-man business) that leaves less and less time to qualitatively maintain the list led to my decision at the end of 2015 to no longer maintain the list. If one cannot do something right, it is better not to do it at all. But hey, perhaps I'll have more time now to actually listen myself! (i.e. despite the rising amount of interference) One of the other reasons is also the fact that it will be very hard to keep track of all that is happening in the coming years. You can already see what is happening in Italy with stations coming and going and changing frequencies. And in The Netherlands people will be able to broadcast on medium wave without a license (a few watts) and with a license (several hundred watts) and there's no way of keeping track there. Similar things may happen in France and Germany. I may also decide to make the source document (an Excel file) public to whoever can do something with it. But that's for later this year. For now the online version will surely remain available online. The EMWG is not dead – it’s simply resting… (Feb MW News via DXLD) WORLD OF HOROLOGY +++++++++++++++++ AIB CELEBRATES WORLD RADIO DAY 2016 Radio, the oldest electronic mass medium, is in good health and well positioned for the future. That’s the message from the Association for International Broadcasting as World Radio Day 2016 is marked internationally. “Radio generates revenues of well over US$25m every year,” comments Simon Spanswick, chief executive of the Association for International Broadcasting (AIB). “Radio is a major a generator of economic growth and employment – both in front of and behind the microphone. Every day, it touches the lives of billions of people, providing news, information, entertainment and education. At the AIB we’re delighted to join with our Members to celebrate the continued relevance and importance of radio on 13 February, the day designated by UNESCO as World Radio Day.” The AIB is publishing a special souvenir_book to demonstrate the value of radio internationally. ‘The Business of Radio’ provides insight into the radio industry and profiles Members of the AIB who operate radio networks and the service providers that keep radio on the air around the world. ‘The Business of Radio’ is being sent to opinion-leaders including parliamentarians and media regulators around the world to remind them of the key role that radio continues to play, even in the digital age of mobile apps and social media. “The strength of radio is its ability to connect people in a way that other media cannot,” continues Spanswick. “At the AIB, we are delighted to see that our radio Members are reacting positively to the changes in media consumption habits. For example, they make sure that their programmes are available via multiple platforms, increasing their reach as they do. The AIB is pleased to be accompanying them on their journey into radio’s bright future.” or as a downloadable PDF at ‘The Business of Radio’ includes articles contributed by a number of the AIB’s Members, including the BBC, Broadcasting Board of Governors, RNW Media, Radio Taiwan International and DW. It is available in digital page-turning format at_http://goo.gl/MClhld_ or as a downloadable PDFhere . (Simon Spanswick, Chief Executive, Association for International Broadcasting PO Box 141 | Cranbrook | TN17 9AJ | United Kingdom T +44 20 7993 2557 | F +44 20 7993 8043 | M +44 7802 936 786 , dx_india yg via DXLD) Sorry I can`t get too excited about Feb 13, as for me, EVERY day is a ``World Radio Day`` (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIIGEST) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See BOUGAINVILLE; INDIA; NIGERIA; UAE ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV See MEXICO ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ MITSUBISHI SEA AERIAL --- SeaAerial turns fountains into antennae When someone mentions a radio aerial, it tends to conjure up a vision of something made of steel and wire. But what about one made of water? On Thursday, the Mitsubishi Electric Corporation unveiled its SeaAerial, which uses a column of seawater sprayed into the air to create a radio transceiver antenna. Designed for use at sea or along shorelines, it's billed as the world's first seawater antenna capable of receiving digital terrestrial broadcasts. In our day to day lives, we're used to dealing with radio frequencies that are so short and relatively strong that the transceiver antennae on our devices are correspondingly tiny. However, as radio frequencies get longer and the signals become weaker, the antenna has to be longer as well. This fact of life means that many radio installations require very large antennae that are expensive, time consuming to build, and far from portable. On the other hand, if an antenna could be made out of water, you could have an aerial the size of Geneva's Jet d'Eau in the time it takes to fire up the pump. When it came time to move the installation, it would simply a matter of switching off the water and moving the electronics to another location. But why seawater and not garden variety fresh water? Contrary to popular belief, pure water is a very poor conductor of electricity. It's the mineral ions dissolved in it that actually carry current, so for practical purposes, seawater works best for making a watery antenna. The point about the SeaAerial isn't that it's aquatic. This isn't the first seawater antenna – the US Navy has taken a keen interest in the idea in recent years, but so far it's been limited by the necessity of keeping the plume-spraying apparatus out of the water to prevent the circuit from grounding in the sea and killing the signal. Mitsubishi's innovation is an insulated nozzle that transmits the radio signal to the saltwater plume. According to the company, inside the nozzle is a quarter-wavelength tube of insulated material that physically separates the plume from the surrounding water and maintains the circuit. Another factor in the SeaAerial design is that, though saltwater can conduct electricity, it is much less conductive than metals, which translates into poor efficiency as an antenna material. Mitsubishi claims that by running computer simulations it was able to determine the ideal plume diameter – allowing for a 70 percent increase in efficiency. Mitsubishi is currently working on other conductive and trans-mutative liquids as new antenna materials and has applied to register SeaAerial as a trademark (via Feb MW News via DXLD) I believe we had a story like this long ago, and not on April 1? How about applications for DXing? (gh, DXLD) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ :Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts :Issued: 2016 Feb 15 0238 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 08 - 14 February 2016 Solar activity was low from 08-11 Feb. The largest C-class event during that period was a C8/1f observed at 11/2103 UTC from Region 2497 (N13, L=087, class/area Eac/250 on 12 Feb) with associated Type II (est. speed 483 km/s) and Type IV radio sweeps. A CME was visible following this event and is anticipated to arrive at Earth early on 15 Feb. Solar activity was moderate from 12-14 Feb with Region 2497 producing an M1 flare each day. No other Earth-directed CMEs were observed. No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at normal to moderate levels during the period. Geomagnetic field activity began the week at minor storm levels due to effects from a co-rotating interaction region (CIR) ahead of a CH HSS. Predominately quiet to unsettled levels were observed for the remainder of the period with isolated active periods on 09, 11 and 12 Feb associated with extended periods of negative Bz. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 15 FEBRUARY-12 MARCH 2016 Solar activity is expected to be at very low to low levels with a chance for M-class flares from 15-17 Feb. Activity is expected to decrease to very low levels with only a chance for C-class flares from 18-29 Feb as Region 2497 moves beyond the west limb. Low levels are anticipated once again on 01-12 Mar as well as a chance for M-class flares with the return of Region 2497. A slight chance for a proton event exists at geosynchronous orbit from 15-17 Feb due to the flare potential and position of Region 2497. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at normal to moderate levels for the majority of the period. High levels are likely on 18-20 Feb following effects from a CME and a subsequent CH HSS. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to reach minor storm levels on 15 Feb due to effects from the 11 Feb CME. Quiet to active conditions are expected on 16 Feb as CME effects subside. Minor storm conditions are likely again on 17 Feb as a recurrent negative polarity CH HSS becomes geoeffective. Quiet to unsettled conditions are expected with isolated active periods possible on 18-20 Feb as CH HSS effects continue. Mostly quiet conditions are expected on 21-29 Feb. Quiet to unsettled conditions are expected from 01-03 Mar due to effects from a positive polarity CH HSS. Mostly quiet conditions are expected for the remainder of the period with unsettled to active periods possible on 06-07 Mar and 11 Mar as two sequential small recurrent coronal holes affect the field. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2016 Feb 15 0238 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 2016-02-15 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2016 Feb 15 108 27 5 2016 Feb 16 108 12 4 2016 Feb 17 105 20 5 2016 Feb 18 103 12 4 2016 Feb 19 106 10 3 2016 Feb 20 107 8 3 2016 Feb 21 110 5 2 2016 Feb 22 115 5 2 2016 Feb 23 115 5 2 2016 Feb 24 115 5 2 2016 Feb 25 115 5 2 2016 Feb 26 115 5 2 2016 Feb 27 115 5 2 2016 Feb 28 115 5 2 2016 Feb 29 118 5 2 2016 Mar 01 120 15 4 2016 Mar 02 120 10 3 2016 Mar 03 120 12 4 2016 Mar 04 115 8 3 2016 Mar 05 115 5 2 2016 Mar 06 110 15 4 2016 Mar 07 110 10 4 2016 Mar 08 105 8 3 2016 Mar 09 105 5 2 2016 Mar 10 105 5 2 2016 Mar 11 105 8 3 2016 Mar 12 105 5 2 (SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1813, DXLD) GLENN`S PROPAGATION OUTLOOK FOR MEDIA NETWORK PLUS AS OF FEB 18 2016 Keith, from IPS in Australia the global HF propagation forecast: normal February 19 and 20 at low and middle latitudes, fair to normal at high latitudes. Spaceweather South Africa says by the 19th solar activity was expected to decrease to low levels. Unsettled to active conditions with further minor storm intervals possible. Geomagnetic activity should decline on the 19th as high speed stream effects wane. Met Office UK says by February 20, geomagnetic activity should decrease to quiet to unsettled, as solar wind speeds return to background levels. From F K Janda, OK1HH of the Czech Propagation Interest Group, the geomagnetic field will be: quiet to unsettled on February 19 - 20, 27, March 2, 8 quiet on February 21 - 22, 25 - 26, 28 - 29, March 4 - 5 mostly quiet on February 23 - 24 quiet to active on March 1, 3, 7 active to disturbed on March 6 From SWPC in Boulder, Quiet to unsettled conditions are expected with isolated active periods possible on Feb 18-20. Mostly quiet conditions Feb 21-29. Quiet to unsettled conditions from Mar 1 to 3. Then mostly quiet with unsettled to active periods possible Mar 6, 7 and 11. A and K indices only 5 and 2 from Feb 21 to 29; peaking at 15 and 4 on March 1 and 6. Solar flux rising gradually from 103 Feb 18 to a peak of 120 March 1 to 3. William Hepburn`s VHF/UHF microwave DX maps show extreme tropospheric ducting off Baja California and the Pacific coast of Mexico thru February 21. Also parts of the Red Sea thru February 20. Between Mozambique and Madagascar February 20-22; all week around the Bay of Bengal, and northwestern Australia (via DXLD) TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING ++++++++++++++++++++++++ WHERE TO INVADE NEXT --- Michael Moore`s new movie, highly recommended: http://wheretoinvadenext.com/#screenings https://theintercept.com/2016/02/10/where-to-invade-next-is-the-most-subversive-movie-michael-moore-has-ever-made/ (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###