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Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 1820 CONTENTS: *DX and station news about: Bahrain, Belarus, Biafra non, Brazil, Canada non, China, Cuba, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan/Korea North non, Kurdistan non, Madagascar, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Perú, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tibet non, Turkmenistan, Uganda non, USA SHORTWAVE AIRINGS of WORLD OF RADIO 1820, April 7-13, 2016 Thu 1130 WRMI 9955 Thu 2100 WRMI 13695 [joined late] Thu 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed] Fri 0830 Unique Radio NSW 3210 low-power Fri 2130 WRMI 15770 [confirmed] Fri 2130 WRMI 13695 [confirmed] Fri 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed] Sat 0630 HLR 6190-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio [off this week?] Sat 0700 Unique Radio NSW 3210 low-power Sat 1400 Unique Radio NSW 3210 low-power Sat 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio [off this week?] Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed] Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM [confirmed] Sun 0830 Unique Radio NSW 3210 low-power Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed] Mon 0030 WRMI 7730 [NEW; confirmed] Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v-AM Area 51 [confirmed] Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 [confirmed] Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 [NEW] Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB Wed 1315 WRMI 9955 Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v Wed 2330 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/ ** ALGERIA [non]. FRANCE, Reception of Radio TV Algerienne via TDF, April 6 1800-1900 on 13820 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf Arabic Holy Quran px 1900-2000 on 12060 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf Arabic Holy Quran px 2000-2100 on 9655 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf Arabic Holy Quran px 2000-2004 on 12060 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf Arabic Nat. Chaine 1 2004-2013 on 12060 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf French news bulletin 2013-2048 on 12060 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf Arabic Nat. Chaine 1 2048-2052 on 12060 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf French news bulletin 2052-2058 on 12060 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf Arabic Nat. Chaine 1 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2016/04/reception-of-radio-tv-algerienne-via.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) That`s incomplete, only covering 3 hours. Per HFCC the entire schedule, not with details of which parts are Arabic, Qur`an or French: 04-06 7295 05-07 9535 06-07 11985 18-20 13820 19-21 11765 12060 20-22 9655 9375 21-23 7495 TDA continues to register imaginary schedules for its own two SW sites; are they really still under construxion?? All of these as in Arabic (only), FWIW: BEC: 9565 04-06 9850 02-04 11760 06-07 13750 19-02 15120 18-19 15185 07-09 ORG: 5995 04-06 7250 02-04 9600 06-07 9675 22-23 9895 23-02 13790 19-22 15235 18-19 15255 07-09 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANGUILLA. 6090, University Network (presumed); 2220, 30-Mar; Huxtress Rev. Barbie. SIO=433 with hum & weak co-channel (Nigeria listed). Audio not distorted but rather muted. 11775, University Network (presumed); 2125, 25-Mar; Rev. Barbie still cranking out those distorted kW. +++ 2038, 28-Mar; Distortion problem appears to be solved with Rev. Barbie huxtering away. S10-20. +++ 1407, 29-Mar; Rev. Barbie still clear (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' & 60' RW + 125' bow-tie, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6090, 0324-, The Caribbean Beacon Apr 3. Rather than Melissa Scott, there's a rerun of Dr. Gene Scott. Either that or he has returned from the beyond. Good reception. HFCC lists 100 kW. Is this accurate? I had assumed 50 kW (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ARGENTINA. 11710.8, 0317-, RAE Apr 2 Only fair reception with English program. Not reported for quite some time, so I thought I'd better see if they were still on the air, and sure enough, they are. Talk about honouring Malvinas war vets, including a song. Fair at best. I forgot to record the actual off-channel frequency (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ARMENIA. Summer A-16 shortwave schedule of Voice of Armenia, same as new winter B-15 schedule, effective from December 1. 1530-1545 on 4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Assyrian 1545-1600 on 4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Greek 1600-1630 on 4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Kurdish 1630-1700 on 4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Yezidi 1700-1715 on 4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Turkish 1715-1745 on 4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Azeri 1745-1815 on 4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Farsi 1815-1845 on 4810 ERV 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/reception-of-voice-of-armenia-april-5.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. DUs: 1548.01, 4QD Emerald, QLD, Australia - 3/24/2016 1134 UT - Carrier peaking to legible audio by 1134 with aussie accented talk during long signal peaks but clobbered by heavy slop from 1540. Best on North D-KAZ antenna, just like last year in March at this time when 4QD was received surprisingly clear. 9,081 miles (Tim Tromp, Stuff heard from West Michigan during March, 2016, ABDX via DXLD) I`ve also been getting a 1548 carrier, as UNIDENTIFIED, but the bearing fits (gh, OK, DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. Walt Salmaniw DXpedition loggings from Masset BC 26 Mar to 3 Apr 2016 [excerpting X-band only here --- gh] 1610.946, Sydney, 0.4 kW, Vision Radio Network. Mar 29 1402 – I'm presuming it's this Network, although they have several sites. Gave a weak ID, which I was unsure of at 1400. Suffering splatter from 1620. Sounds inspirational. Another announcement at 1404. Muffly owing to other co-channels on 1610.847, 1610.904, 1610.931, 1610.965 and 1611.053. Improving by 1407. Sounds like a sermon at 1408. Great improvement at 1410, and confirming that it's a sermon (American preacher), but now co-channel Country music! Fair to good. By 1411 the country music is almost dominating. 1629, Dubbo, NSW, 0.4 kW, Vision Radio Network. Mar 29 1422 – Perhaps the most difficult X-bander, as there are many carriers noted, so a real smudgy signal. I measure the following X-banders, all at similar strengths: 1628.917, 1628.949, 1628.985, 1628.997, 1629.002, 1629.010, 1629.020 (weak), 1629.029, and 1629.035. Wow, PAL lists 13 or so, and I see 9 of them! The preacher dominates again. 1647, Mackay, Queensland, 0.4 kW, Vision Radio Network. Mar 29 1417 – And there is the preacher again, at fair level. This is the VRN morning! 1656 tentative, Bundaberg, Queensland, 0.4 kW, 4UCB Vision Network. Mar 27 1407 – EZL piano music at fair level, which doesn't match what I would expect from what I usually hear which is the Voice of the Australian Chinese in Brisbane. Sounds Christian. +Mar 29 1411 – Same preacher is here, // 1611. Not a bad morning for the X-banders, which are not commonly heard in Masset. Measuring on 1655.998, although there is a co-channel (with music) on 1656.017. 1656.000, Melbourne, Victoria, 0.4 kW, Rythmos AM. Apr 1 1346 – Surprised to hear good reception of presumably Rythmos AM in Greek, I believe, but faded down to nothing before coming back to fair level at 1349. Also surprised to measure them on an exact frequency. 1701, Brisbane, 0.1 kW, Radio Brisvaani. Mar 30 1343 – Even better reception this morning for the X-band. I can hear two stations for certain. The first is Radio Brisvaani with Indian style vocals and many local ads with phone numbers in English, but there's a lower modulation station which sounds like the Islamic Voice Radio. I can see 3 transmitters on the zoomed in water fall: 1701.025 (the weakest), 1701.0605, and 1701.087. I've recorded the X-band with the Perseus SDR. Rechecking at 1425 showed that they had mostly disappeared (IRCA DX Monitor April 10 via DXLD) See also JAPAN ** AUSTRALIA. 4835, ABC Local Radio, Alice Spring[s], 0930 usual fanfare and into news by W. Later, 0957 “Smooth Operator” by Sade. 1001 song announcement by M, mention of upcoming song, mention of ABC, feature presented by W at 1003. Fair and not much QRM from WWCR. (16 March) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR with 153 foot Delta Loop and Wellbrook ALA1530S, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. Weak signal of ABC Radio Australia, April 1: 0900-0930 on 9580 SHP 100 kW / 070 deg to EPac Tok Pisin Mon-Fri 0900-0930 on 9580 SHP 100 kW / 070 deg to EPac English Sat/Sun From April 2 this program will be 1 hour later at 1000 UT on same freq http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/weak-signal-of-abc-radio-australia.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRIA. Strong signal of Radio Oesterreich International ROI [sic], April 4 0500-0620 on 6155 MOS 300 kW / non-dir to CeEu German, ex till 0615 UT http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/austria-strong-signal-of-radio.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Here's why: http://oe1.orf.at/sendeschema http://derstandard.at/2000031711973/Aenderungen-beim-Oe1-Programm-ab-7-Maerz The "Morgenjournal" programme that used to run 08:00-08:15 CET has been prolonged by five minutes as part of small schedule reshufflings. Actually a more comprehensive relaunch was planned but has been cancelled this time, presumably for political reasons: http://derstandard.at/2000024005379/Oe1-Sendeschema-wird-2016-sanft-geaendert As a reminder: No "Radio Österreich International" anymore already for a decade. No "Ö1 International" anymore either. The Moosbrunn site is not even connected with ORF studio facilities anymore; all audio circuits have been shut down at least two years ago. Now FM, or perhaps satellite instead, is the signal source for 6155 kHz. ORF not even pays a single Euro for the 6155 kHz relay anymore, it is instead included in the fees the real customers pay. This is entirely a political thing, necessary to pretend that the facility is dedicated to Austria's foreign broadcasting and just leases out excess capacity not needed for the alleged purpose (Kai Ludwig, Germny, April 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BAHRAIN. 9745, 2126-, Radio Bahrain, Mar 26. Just audible with western sounding music, only on USB and AM. A little early for reception here off the north west coast of North America. I usually hear them better in the next couple of hours. 9745, 1439-, Radio Bahrain, Apr 1. Thanks to Ron Howard pointing out his reception at around this time a while back. Sure enough, good reception with Arabic male vocal. Always no doubt when there's audio on AM, USB, but not LSB. About as well as I ever hear them (which in Masset is usually in our late afternoons). Looks about sunset in Bahrain now (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BANGLADESH. 15105, QSL Bangladesh Betar verified an electronic report with a full data "Bangladesh Countryside" card and short personal cover letter from Abu Tabib Md. Zia Hasan, Senior Engineer, Research and Receiving center in 54 days who encouraged further reports - "Your reception report on our frequency obviously helps us to evaluate our performance and thereby we can implement to find the way out to quality improvement". Best part about a reply from Bangladesh is the outside of the envelope covered with 21 postage stamps (Rich D'Angelo-PA-USA, DXplorer March 31 via BC-DX 5 April via DXLD) 15505, March 31 at 1359 one play of Bangladesh Betar 10-note IS is VP, before mis-timesignal ending at 1400:27. 15505, April 5 until 1400:31.5, Bangladesh Betar mis-timesignal is JBA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BELARUS. 7255, 0512-, Belaruskaye Radio 1, Mar 26. Fairly good reception, but with weak modulation and an audible hum in the transmitter. In presumed Belarussian, but noted an Ukrainian folk song at 0513 (Cheremshyna), which I immediately identified. Some splatter from hams, on the high side. 7255, 0359-, Belaruskaye Radio 1 Mar 31 Poor reception of presumed last day of broadcast for BR radio. Just above threshold, which is interesting as the noise floor here measures -130 dB, so virtually any signal will be heard, just! At these exceptionally quiet conditions, I'm able to A/B receivers. My other receiver here is an AOR 7030+ and it's just a tad more sensitive. I can make out the Belarussian language on it, but not on the Perseus. Although they apparently sign- on at 0400, I was hearing music at 0355, then time pips at the TOH, and into programming. In past years, I'd hear them well in our local evenings on 11930 and 11730. Unfortunately, not used for this season, nor last season, as I recall (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Final morning shortwave broadcast of Belarusian Radio HS-1, March 31 0400-0700 on 7255 MNS 250 kW / 072 deg to EaEu Belarussian, weak signal today Final day of Radio Belarus Minsk on 11730 kHz on March 31: 1100-2300 11730 MNS 150 kW / 246 deg to WeEu Bel/Ru/Pol/Ge/Fr/Sp/En/Ru Final day of Belarusian Radio HS-1 on 6080 and 7255 kHz, March 31 1500-2100 on 6080 MNS 150 kW / 127 deg to N/ME Belarussian 1500-1700 on 7255 MNS 250 kW / 072 deg to EaEu Belarussian http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/final-day-of-belarusian-radio-and-radio.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) preview 6080, 1900-2030 UTC; 33323. Male announcers in Russian. Several recordings that will be posted via my Dropbox links. 73, (Ed Sylvester, Baghdad, Iraq, March 31, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) BIELORRUSIA, 11730, Radio Belarus, Minsk, 1911-1915, escuchada el 31 de marzo de 2016 en alemán, locutora con noticias y locutora con reportaje, probablemente en su última emisión en onda corta, segmemnto musical, señal fuerte y nivel de audio bajo, en paralelo por 11930, en colisión con servicio en árabe de Radio Saudí, SINPO 35443 (José Miguel Romero, Burjasot (Valencia), España, Sangean ATS 909, Antena hilo de 10 m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11730, R. Belarus off suddenly at 2100 in the midst of a Belarusian folk melody. Monitored from Perseus site in Madrid with S5+ signal to 2100*. Scheduled to 2200 in English. Not sure if we confirmed today as last day of broadcasting on SW, considering earlier announcement on frequencies in the English service (Bruce Chuchill, CA, DXplorer via Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DXLD) Of course. That's local midnight in Belarus, end of March 31, thus end of transmission contract. At the Sosnovy LW/MW plant a button has just been pushed the very last time too (Kai Ludwig, dxldyg via DXLD) [and non]. 11730, March 31 at 1953, carrier at S1 to S2. This is supposed to be the last day on air for R. Belarus, which I never hear beyond a carrier out here and that`s still the case. But I keep checking on this momentous occasion, for Spanish at 2000-2020, then English. It supposed to be // 11930, but no way to hear anything there under Cuban jamming and Radio Martí. At 2055 I have the S2 carrier on 11730, and everything is supposed to close down at 2100 UT = midnight in Minsk. And so it does, or more precisely at 2100:13* the carrier cuts off in the middle of the scheduled English broadcast until 2200. Several other monitors further east axually heard the English modulation interrupted. Finis! A couple minutes later I`m talking about this on WOR via WRMI 13695. So it was no joke. BTW, 11735 Zanzibar went off at 2056* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Was at work during the sign-off, so used the Twente receiver to monitor the Belarus shutdown. Even in Europe (at least for Twente), 11930 kHz was a mess with Radio Marti and the jamming all that could readily be heard on the frequency. And 11730 was quite weak with splash from Zanzibar. I did manage a recording of 6080 kHz, though, and will post that later (Richard Langley, NB, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11730, April 2 at 2051 check, still no signal from R. Belarus, on its second day of death; (11735 Zanzibar is already off too) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Members, Both through BDXC and Kai Ludwig's investigations via DXLD I have learned that definitely the AM services of Belarus Radyo will close tonight. This means that the services from Sasnovy on 279 kHz and 1170 kHz will stop. Yet another European country will disappear from my Active spreadsheet. This is sad news particularly for those who benefited from the pan European reach of the Long Wave transmitter. 73 and 88 (Dan Goldfarb, UK, March 31, mwmasts yg via DXLD) Re Belarus on 279 kHz - their signal was strong last night (March 31) at around 2000 UT, but modulation continued to be very low. Interestingly, there was a co-channel which is/was almost always audible on 279 together with Sasnovy, and it was fairly strong last night, but still unreadable. I strongly suspect that this is/was due to the Luxembourg effect rather than anything coming out of Asgabat. The most likely "culprit" could be Poland`s 225 kHz as there are no longer any other high power AM signals between my location on the NW coast of England and Belarus. Possibly others on 183, 234 and 270 kHz, or even 639 kHz, are too far south to cause this effect? The only other well known Luxembourg effect phenomenon left on LW for me will then be on 216 kHz where the Roumoules transmission cross modulates with Allouis 162 kHz on its way to me - and very loudly too most nights (Noel R. Green, UK, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also TURKMENISTAN Here is the link to the updated news item from the Belarusian Radio and TV Broadcasting Center for 1 April on discontinuing the transmissions: http://www.brtpc.by/news/1034/ (Richard Langley, April 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Reads like the original info, I think. It`s in Russian, not White Russian; typical. Both Cyrillic, of course, but slightly different letters. The most obvious is the use of a dotted lower case i like in Roman rather than the ``backward N`` as in Red Russian. Also lots of ë with two dots over, which seems to be out of style any more in Russian Russian (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** BELARUS. Just finished writing a report about the visit of a unique object - the radio center "Pine" in the Mogilev region of Belarus. Unfortunately, on the night of April 1, the transmitters 279 kHz (Belarusian Radio) and 1170 kHz (Radio Belarus) must be stopped. Me and my colleague on hobbies, journalist Dmitry Suslov were able to agree on a tour on the radio center before closing it, which was done on the last Sunday, March 27, 2016. I bring to your attention a report in two parts on my blog. If photos are not loaded - check to see if you have blocked access to the domain and its subdomains vk.com. Physically, all pictures are on these servers must be loaded, even for those who do not have a profile on the site. Contact me if you have problems. Of course, the last off the long and medium wave radio center in Belarus - this sad event. Note worthy is his report, which I hope will be many interesting from the point of view of the history of radio. References: http://leryfm.livejournal.com/133473.html Part 1 http://leryfm.livejournal.com/133840.html Part 2 PS - local time off the transmitters: 1170 - March 31, 21.00 in Minsk; 279 - 01 April 00.00 in Minsk (Eugene, Minsk, Belarus / "deneb-radio- dx" & "open_dx" via RusDX April 3 via DXLD) Reaction to closure of [Radio!] Belarus: I read with sadness that Belarus will close its transmitters. The truth is that Belarussian transmitters are not in a good technical health. The 279 kHz transmitter's audio is undermodulated compared to its carrier and the other transmitters aren't better too. Unfortunately the economic state of Belarus doesn't allow them either to repair or replace these aging transmitters. In the years of 1990s and 2000s they were loud and clear in Hungary, even 1170 kHz transmitter were heard conveniently in an armchair. Their English language programmes were structured to raise attention of youth people like I was at that time. At the peak their English programme lasted for 2 hours. Then all disappeared and I cannot hear that powerful mediumwave transmitter anymore. I wish Belarus would reverse its decision of the closure (Tibor Gaal, Budapest, Hungary (29/3-2016) Ydun`s MW Info via RusDX via WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DXLD) Last half hour of Belaruskaje Radyjo 1, the First National Channel of Belarusian Radio, on 6080 kHz, as recorded on 31 March 2016 using the Twente receiver, has been archived here: https://archive.org/details/BelaruskajeRadyjo16.080MHz31March20162030UTC and here: Belaruskaje Radyjo 1 Final Broadcast on Shortwave: 31 March 2016 (Richard Langley, April 7, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BELARUS [and non]. RADIO BELARUS INTERNATIONAL AND RADIO 700 FROM EUSKIRCHEN, GERMANY, DISCUSS FURTHER COOPERATION | Radio Belarus Christian Milling and Naum Galperovich Radio Belarus International played host to a visit by director of Radio 700 from Euskirchen (Germany) Christian Milling. … http://www.radiobelarus.tvr.by/en/content/radio-belarus-international-and-radio-700-euskirchen-germany-discuss-further-cooperation (via Jean-Michel Aubier, France, dxldyg via DXLD) Viz.: Radio Belarus International and Radio 700 from Euskirchen, Germany, discuss further cooperation Thursday, 24.03.2016 - 16:42 Christian Milling and Naum Galperovich [caption] Radio Belarus International played host to a visit by director of Radio 700 from Euskirchen (Germany) Christian Milling. The visit was timed to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the launch of Radio Belarus German-language service. During the visit, meetings were held with Radio Belarus International Chief Director Naum Galperovich and Deputy Chief Director Viacheslav Laktiushin. The sides discussed current cooperation and outlined plans for its further expansion. In addition, the guest from Germany took part in one of our radio programs in German. Cooperation between the Radio Belarus and Radio 700 on re-broadcasting of Belarusian programs in German has been carried out since 2010. At the moment, the amount of Radio Belarus content re-broadcast in Germnay stands at two hours per day (via WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DXLD) Sked at shortwaveservice.com shows in UT: daily 07-09 & 21-23 on 3985; also M-F 07-09 on 6005 (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DXLD) ** BHUTAN. 6035.05, BBS, 1211-1215*, April 5. Mixing with slightly stronger PBS Yunnan (6035.00); 1212 & 1214 BBS briefly with indigenous instrumental music till suddenly off, leaving PBS in the clear (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BIAFRA [non]. Re: ``NO MORE R.Biafra via SPL Secretbrod`` Looking up their website (which now autolaunches an audio and a video stream simultaneously, producing a mess of some cellphone screaming and regular-sounding TV audio) and their Facebook profile yields no recent references to shortwave either. So probably they have indeed done with it. And it seems that they continue to radicalize themselves more and more (Kai Ludwig, Germany, April 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) RADIO BIAFRA BACK ON AIR — IPOB - DailyPost Nigeria By Seun Opejobi on March 31, 2016 http://dailypost.ng/2016/03/31/radio-biafra-back-on-air-ipob/ The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has announced the resurgence of Radio Biafra after the Federal Government blocked the airwaves last year. According to a statement by the pro-Biafra spokesman, Emma Powerful yesterday, the station operates on short waves and its satellites covers all the Southeast geopolitical zone, Lagos, Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Delta, Bayelsa, Cross River, London, adding that its programmes could be reached through apps and phones. The statement said, “Right now, we are back on shortwave after Nigerian government spent millions of dollars taxpayers money trying to stop Radio Biafra. All Biafrans and friends of Biafra can now go to 11600 kHz at 25-meter band to cherish the gospel of truth, Broadcasting time is 8pm London time, 9pm Biafra land time [sic --- London and Biafra time are the same in BST season; presumably means 2000 UT] We are unstoppable because Chukwuka Okike Abiama, Almighty God, is on our side.” It stated that Akwa-Ibom is now on chk 102.1 fm covering Ikot Ekpene, Uruan, Oron, Uyo, insiriatai, ibiono, nundo, abak, idioro, Akwa-Ibom dakka, Yamal-402 DTH Platform: Frequency 11045MHz Pol: Vertical Symbol Rate: 40MSym, DVB-S, QPSK, 2/3 FEC, Service ID: 5. Posted by: (JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DXLD) At first I thought this was an old item, much like we have seen before, but look at the current date on it. Well, we know that since late March, R. Biafra has NOT been heard on 11600, and certainly not in April, as the frequency has been occupied by Denge Kurdistanye. So it`s very misleading, nonetheless outdated. What does Emma Powerful know??? Perhaps not even her own true name. However, 11600 worth checking after Kurdistan is finished at 2100. Thrice I have heard a carrier in the ~2101-2103~ period only, as if trying to start something (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DX LISTENING DIGEST) OTOH, still reported once!: 11600, OPPOSITION, Radio Biafra – Kostinbrod, BULGARIA (Presumed), 2017–2100, 4/2/16 in English. Mostly a program of call-ins about a variety of politically related situations in Nigeria (Boko Haram, corruption, etc.), music at 2025, 2036 fanfare and quick ID into person on the street type interview, music, commentary, brass band music to 2100 suddenly off mid song. Fair (Mark Taylor, Madison, Wisconsin, Perseus, SDRPlay, Eton e1, Grundig Satellit 800, Sangean 909X with clear mod, and various other portables; 40 meters dipole, 100’ long wire, Flextenna, NASWA Flashsheet via WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DXLD) If it was in English, certainly not Kurdistan (gh, ibid.) Later: reports that Biafra would resume April 20 on 11700, a frequency registered by Bulgaria (José Miguel Romero2, dxldyg via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 3310, R. Mosoj Chaski, 1007 pleasant camposino [sic] music, 1010 W announcer on in Quechua with mention of Cochabamba and provincial. Back to music at 1011. 1016 canned announcement by alternating M and W ending with singing “…el Corazón”. Then another canned announcement by same M and W alternating. Would have been quite readable if not for the static QRN. (14 March) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR with 153 foot Delta Loop and Wellbrook ALA1530S, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 4410 kHz [y no], Radio Eco, Reyes, Beni, estaba con música con flauta. Mejor en mi QTH en 4409.853 kHz, SINPO 35232, Fecha 26 Marzo 2016 en 0141 UT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSGUrerRd1o&feature=youtu.be RX: Icom IC-R75, Antenna: Beverage simples NSSEA-21 (Daniel Wyllyans, Nova Xavantina, MT, Brazil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 5952.4, 0210-, Emisoras Pio XII, Apr 1. Fair reception. Not nearly as strong as Radio Santa Cruz. Off at 0231 with Spanish programming. Forgot to note exact frequency (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. 6024.96, Red Patria Nueva, 1000 middle of ad/promo block at tune-in, 1001 5 plus 1 long time ticks. Included some nice ID promos. Ended with the usual promo mentioning Bolivia at beginning of each sentence. Good signal but some slop QRM from 6030 Martí and jammer. (30 March) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR with 153 foot Delta Loop and Wellbrook ALA1530S, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 6134.82, R. Santa Cruz, 0949 nice signal with couple canned IDs and into LA ballad. Slight het from obvious Aparecida on 6135.21. (16 March) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR with 153 foot Delta Loop and Wellbrook ALA1530S, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) 6134.807, 0201-, Radio Santa Cruz, Apr 1. Good reception with full ID noted just after 0200. Multiple IDs. Some deep fades. Used the notch filter to get rid of a het from 6135.2 (Radio Aparecida, Brazil). Nice Andean music after their IDs at 0204. Cut off in mid-song at 0207. Carrier off at 0210 (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1020 & 1216*, April 4. Weak; underneath RRI Palangkaraya, which mostly dominated the whole time; NBC running a little bit longer than usual (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also PNG ** BRAZIL. 2380 kHz, Rádio Educadora de Limeira, Limeira / SP, Tropical Wave Band, OM Falando sobre uma doutora, SINPO 24222, Dia 31 Março 2016 em 1010 UT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbaG5YEwKnM&feature=youtu.be RX: Tecsun S-2000. Antenna: Beverage simples NSSEA-21 (Daniel Wyllyans, Nova Xavantina, MT, Brazil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 3375.07, R. Municipal, 1000 ad block in progress at tune- in, last ending in “…São Gabriel da Cachoeira”, and full canned ID by M. Of course there was a nice static crash right over the “Municipal”. Went into a song that sounded like a Portuguese version of “Love is All Around You” by The Troggs. Tremendous signal this morning. (21 March) 3375.07, R. Municipal. Decent signal at 0948 with ad block ending with clear ID and mention of ondas tropicais frequency at 0951 and into ZY pop song. Not quite as good as in the 3rd week of March, but much clearer. (4 April) 4785, R. Caiari, 0953 usual morning program with deep-voiced M hosting (religious??). 1002 nice clear canned ID promo by M, then ad block. Nice singing ID jingle in promo at 1006, ZY pop briefly, then live M DJ, and into music. Good but fading with CODAR QRM of course. (4 April) 4805.01, R. Difusora Amazonas. Came on sometime between 0934-0955. 0957 talk by M sounding like news with mention of Amazonas and Manaus. Ad block 1000-1002, one with website and one with phone, and also an official ID, program promo, then M returned. Good. (16 March) 4875.12, R. Difusora Roraima, 0919-1000 phone-in talk program hosted by M DJ taking a lot of callers. 1005 full canned ID by M, the live M DJ with ”Bom dia Roraima”. Very nice signal. (16 March) 4885.02, R. Clube do Pará, 1000 complete ID by M, brief announcement, time ticks, canned announcement, then “Bom Dia” followed by “Bom dia Pará, bom dia Belém”. Good signal but CODAR QRM and static QRN. (16 March) 4965, R. Alvorada. Live M announcer at 0919 tune-in with mention of Manaus. Some singing, TC, and mention of programa. ZY Pops. 0933 full canned ID by M, and canned ad/promo block as usual. Much better at 0959 with ad block and mention of Amazonas. ID of several “Alvorada”s with mention of Amazônia, then intro and program “Jornal Alvorada”. One of the best signals heard from them on a good ZY morning. (16 March) 4985.01, R. Brasil Central, 0919 lively ZY pops with usual RTTY on each side. 0922 M announcer in Portuguese, music briefly, and more talk, and back to music at 0924. Canned ID by M at 0932, another announcement or two, then back to music at 0934. Nothing on 11815. (16 March) 6160.03, R. Rio Mar. Surprised to find CKZN inaudible. Rio Mar not on by 0951, but was found later at 1007 with soft Portuguese religious vocal songs. Caught the usual shouted ID by M at 1025:10, and back to music. Lucky to ID as it was fading. (16 March) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR with 153 foot Delta Loop and Wellbrook ALA1530S, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 6182.2, R Nacional da Amazônia, Brasília, 0455 Mar 31, program music local "Brasil...", 33333 (Mauro Giroletti, IK2GFT- SWL1510, JRC 525 NRD, LOWE HF 150, Elad FDM S2, Antenna LOOP ALA100M, MiniWHIP, Filter PAR Electronics LPF - HPF, Lat. 45.25’.00’’ Long. 9.7’.00” -Locator grid. Jn 45 Nk, bclnews.it yg via DXLD) I wish some guys would tell us as much about what they heard as what they heard it with (gh, DXLD) 6183 kHz Rádio Nacional da Amazônia (Reativado + Anomalia) YL com Notícias do seguimento de hora em hora o Nacional Informa, Reporter CX [sic] sobre juristas, Foi Reativado em 30/03 em 6180 kHz. Anomalia 6183 kHz escutada em 31 Março 2016 em 1000 UT, SINPO 54444 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbqSSFsz8zc&feature=youtu.be 6181.200, Rádio Nacional da Amazônia (+ Anomalia #2) Notada nova anomalia às 1301 UT no IC-R75. Presizamente em 6181.200 kHz, passando o Nacional Informa com YL. SINPO 45444, Dia 31 Março 2016 Certamente os técnicos estão trabalhando no parque de ondas curtas do Rodeador. Veja as fotos onde fica o Parque do Rodeador: https://dxswl.wordpress.com/2010/08/29/visita-ao-parque-do-rodeador-ebcradiobras/ RX: Icom IC-R75, ou Tecsun S-2000, Antenna: Beverage simples NSSEA-21 (Daniel Wyllyans Nova Xavantina MT Brazil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) 6181 kHz Radio Nacional da Amazônia (+ OFF Transmissor #3). Confirmado: tem tabalhadores e técnicos no Parque do Rodeador, notado última vez em 6181 kHz em 1326 UT com TX OFF. March 31 6180 kHz Radio Nacional da Amazônia (+ON Transmissor ) 14:11 UTC: ON Transmissor . 14:13 UTC: Audio fica OFF , somente o TX fica ligado. 14:15 UTC: Audio volta ON ========================================= 14:16 UTC - 15:30 UTC, ON - Jornal da Amazônia Reporter fala sobre o virus da Gribe infruenza SINPO 55444, Dia 31 Março 2016 6180 kHz / 6181 kHz Radio Nacional da Amazônia (+TESTES TX # Corujando N. 5) UT:::: 1531, - 1608 , TX ON /AUDIO ON 1609, Audio OFF / TX OFF 1609:45, TX ON / Audio ON 1610:36, TX ON / Audio OFF 1614:15, TX OFF 1620, TX ON / Audio OFF 1622:20, Audio ON / TX ON 1622:36, TX OFF 1624:10, TX ON /Audio ON 1629:10, Audio OFF / TX OFF 6180 kHz / 6181 kHz Radio Nacional da Amazônia (+TESTES TX # Corujando N. 6) 1708:10, TX ON 1708:50, Audio ON / TX ON 1710:26, Audio OFF / TX ON 1711:18, Audio ON / TX ON 1719, Audio OFF / TX ON 1720:47, Audio ON / TX ON 1721:10, Audio OFF / TX ON 1721:30, TX OFF / Tudo OFF 1723:17, TX ON / Audio OFF 1723:31, Audio ON / TX ON 1728:36, Audio OFF / TX ON 1728:45, TX OFF / Tudo OFF 1730:20, TX ON 1730:36, Audio ON 1732, Audio OFF / TX ON 1733, TUDO OFF 1733:53, TX ON /Audio OFF 1734:11, Audio ON / TX ON 1734:50, Audio OFF / TX ON 1735:16, TUDO OFF 1738:21, TX ON / Audio OFF 1738:43, Audio ON /TX ON 1739: TUDO OFF 1739:12, TUDO ON 1739:30, TUDO OFF 1743:50, TX ON / Audio ON e OFF 1744:40, Audio OFF / TX ON 1751:46, TX ON / Audio OFF 1751:58, Audio ON / TX ON 1752, TX ON / Audio OFF 1754, Tudo OFF 1755, TX ON / Audio OFF 1756, Tudo OFF 1758,11, TUDO ON 1759, Tudo ON e OFF e ON 1800, TX ON /Audio OFF e ON e OFF 1801, TX ON / Audio ON 1803, TUDO ON 1804:58, Audio OFF / TX ON 1805:25, Audio ON / TX ON RX: Tecsun S-2000; Antenna: Beverage simples NSSEA-21 ((Daniel Wyllyans Nova Xavantina MT Brazil, March 31, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DXLD) Rádio Nacional da Amazônia - 49m --- Está no ar, depois de muito tempo fora, a frequência 6180 kHz da EBC. O sinal que chega aqui é bom e logo de manhã (6h) já é possível sintonizá-la, com boa qualidade de áudio. Forte 73 (Luiz Chaine Neto, Limeira SP, 31-3-2016 quinta-feira, radioescutas yg via DXLD) 6180.88, R. Nacional da Amazônia. Found on this off-frequency at 1023 with apparently “Reporter Brasil” program hosted by W and M in Portuguese, which was parallel to 11780.1. Not very strong, but then again it was fading. 11780.1 was getting better. I guess this is a reactivation as I haven’t heard it in a long time. Here’s a link to a Youtube video of the reception (5 April): https://youtu.be/40GWq3x4Sq0 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR with Wellbrook ALA1530S, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) [and non]. 6180, April 5 at 0537, weak signal in French, i.e. VOA SAO TOME, M-F 0530-0630. No sign of RNA as first reported March 31 by Daniel Wyllyans, Mato Grosso, Brasil, reactivated and testing as high as 6183, then more like 6181, audible for him in the daytime. 6180.226, & 6180.662, April 6 at 0640, now I`m getting it! Very strong S9+20 with usual upbeat nightmiddle programming // 11780.105. Two frequencies? Yes, with BFO I can tell this one transmitter has two carrier peaks measured as above, and they beat against each other in a self-heterodyne. Must make for an interesting SDR display. If this goes to a full schedule, bad news for much weaker 6185 XEPPM, Mexico`s only remaining SW station --- but we`ve had a good run of no ZY ACI for at least a year. As for direct collisions on 6180, besides VOA as above, at nighttime HFCC A-16 shows only CRI English southward from Kashgar at 2300-0200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Checked at 2340 - 2348 UT on April 6th, R. Nacional da Amazônia in Europe and at Florida remote posts. 11780.095 kHz S=6-7 in Europe, S=9+15dB in Florida USA remote unit, but also main string on \\ 6180.047 kHz, not stable which wandered some 3 - 5 Hertz up and down and there are two accompanied spurious signals on plus/minus 120 Hertz either side. S=9+15dB in Florida at station ID given at 0000 UT April 7th. MEXICO Neighbour XEPPM México City at S=7 level in Florida on 6184.986 kHz, also at 2345 UT on April 6th. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, HCDX via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 9514.98, R. Marumby. Caught the usual singing jingle ID at tune-in around 2345, then apparent continuation of news program with M and W in Portuguese. Suddenly off in mid-sentence at 2351:07. Nice signal and other 31mb ZYs noted same time; 9819.276 Nove de Julho, 9724.898 RB2, 9664.937 Voz Missionaria, 9645.395 Bandeirantes, and 9629.937 Aparecida. (17 March) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR with 153 foot Delta Loop and Wellbrook ALA1530S, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 9664.965, 0256-, Rádio Voz Missionária, ZYE890, Mar 29. Remarkably good reception with many mentions of Voz Missionária (about every few seconds!). Full ID and many frequencies announced at 0300. I don't have a current WRTH here in Masset, but checking an older version, I see 5870, and 11750 also listed. Neither heard here. When I switched from my NZ DKAZ to the NW Beverages, KCBS Korea dominates on 9665.010 (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5870, really? Is also on 5940v now, not 11750 (gh, DXLD) I wonder whether 5870 is a typo. I'm back in Victoria, so I'm not sure which edition I looked at, but I have to agree, 5870 sounds suspect. 73! (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, April 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 11764.653, 0313-, Radio Tupi/Super Rádio Deus é Amor, ZYE 726, Mar 29. Good reception with an impassioned sermon, with piano music in the background. Somebody on 9565.052 which my old source states that it's in //. I think I can just barely make out the same preacher, but highly tentative on that one. Noted a full ID at 0400 for Super Rádio Deus é Amor. So, is Radio Tupi still used, or not? Good reception still, so the MUF is holding up to Brazil. I noted that Argentina was virtually inaudible on just above 11710, so wonder why reception from Brazil is so strong? (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BULGARIA. SECRETLAND, Only 1 hour of Brother HySTAIRical via SPL Secretbrod in A16 2000-2100 9500 SCB 100 kW / 306 deg ENAm English, ex 2000-2200 in B-15 All other transmissions are cancelled. And NO MORE R. Biafra [q.v.] via SPL Secretbrod from 2100 11600 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg WeAf after close of Denge Kurdistan http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/only-1-hour-of-brother- hystairical-via.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. 1610, CHRN, R. Humsafar (presumed) [Montreal]. Surprised to find strong Hindi music at 0203 totally in the clear of R. Voces Latinas [Toronto]. Went into another song without announcement at 0208, then faded and yielded to R. Voces Latinas as it came back. (15 March) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR with 153 foot Delta Loop and Wellbrook ALA1530S, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** CANADA [non]. Re: Radio Canada International back on SW via Kall- Krekkel (Germany) Only a barely-detectable carrier on 7310 kHz from Radio 700 using the Twente receiver at 1500 UT. However, the online streaming of Radio 700's 7310 kHz transmission came through clearly ;-) and, indeed, an RCI program is being transmitted. In fact, it's this week's "The LINK Online"! So, finally, RCI is back on shortwave. Too bad the signal for the English program isn't stronger. I was waiting for the scheduled start of the French RCI program at 1430 UT on 6005 kHz but when I tuned in via Twente at 14:15 it was already in progress with a good signal! So, obviously it starts at an earlier time. Perhaps 1400 UT? What's the point of having the English and French programs on at the same time? Some of us might want to listen to both. I wonder if there's an active collaboration of RCI in this effort? The French-language RCI program was the weekly program "TAM-TAM" (with the familiar tam-tam drum signature music) and it was today's edition that was broadcast. Good reception via Twente. It ended at about 1452 with then the switch briefly to Radio 700 programming. I have queries out to both Radio 700 and RCI about these programs and will report back if I get further information. At 1500, Voice of Mongolia in English is scheduled on 6005 kHz but Radiodienst Polska was transmitted. So, some problems with the Radio 700 published schedule currently (Richard Langley, NB, Sat April 2, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Here is the response from Christian Milling, the director of Radio 700 http://www.radio700.de/ and Shortwaveservice http://www.shortwaveservice.com/ Note that he is stressing the difference between Radio 700 (as a program and separate broadcasting station) and Shortwaveservice (as the provider of technical services for the shortwave transmitters at the Kall-Krekkel. The transmitters are actually maintained by Burkhard Baumgartner, DF5XV, under the name "Classic Broadcast" http://www.classicbroadcast.de All three operations are closely linked so it's understandable that there is confusion about who does what. Furthermore, in the WRTH, we have "Radio 700 Kurzwellendienst" (Radio 700 Shortwave Service). No reply directly from RCI yet. ``Dear Richard Langley, thank you very much for your e-Mail. Indeed we (not Radio700 but Shortwaveservice.com as technical provider) has set up an official cooperation with Radio Canada International which allows us to transmit the english, french and spanish programming. So this will be a long-term relay on a legal basis. As we prepare a Spanish language outlet, the Spanish broadcast of RCI will follow later on SW. The propagation conditions are a bit lousy at the moment, resulting in a bigger skipzone since a few days on 7310 kHz. Normally we boom in on that frequency also to Twente (which is approx. 200 km away from our transmitter site). We got some reception reports from the UK, which one from Manchester I'd like to quote: "Good clear signal, just some slight fading from solar disturbance that was taking place. How wonderful to hear Radio Canada International back on shortwave again, I really hope they continue broadcasting from Kall; I couldn't believe it when I saw they would be broadcasting here this week." As the broadcasts are intended for the reception in Europe and most speak either French or English and our weekend-schedule is very crowded, we only managed to find a slot for both languages at a time. But we will think about a re-run of the shows on a different day. Thanks for tuning in! If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to contact me. Best regards, Christian Milling`` (via Richard Langley, April 5, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DXLD) ** CANADA [non]. Bible Voice Broadcasting A-16 updated [6 page pdf includes transmitter sites, powers, not bearings] (via Tony Asher, Indonesia, April 2, DXLD) attachment to the dxldyg BVB via Secretbrod is 1700-1800 on 12075 SOF 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Persian, not 1730-1830 And via Media Broadcast- Nauen/Issoudun 1400-1415 on 17650 NAU 250 kW / 095 deg to SoAs English Sun 1400-1430 on 17650 ISS 250 kW / 083 deg to SoAs English 1st Sat 1430-1500 on 17650 ISS 250 kW / 083 deg to SoAs English Sat (Ivo Ivanov, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA [non]. CKUW-FM 95.9 Winnipeg show via WBCQ: see U S A ** CHAD. Re: ``6165, March 29 at 0548, can still detect another slightly offset carrier under RHC, presumed RNT. Also March 30 at 0546, fast SAH from understation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)`` Yes, presumed Chad also there in the evening, in the clear from 1900 in Europe, and today signing off between 2159 and 2203. Modulation is very weak and I can only judge by the general impression from the talk that it is likely Chad (Thorsten Hallmann, Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [and non]. 9370even, Jamming from mainland, Chinese word jammer at 2300 UT. 9390, Jamming from mainland, 20 kHz wideband WHITE NOISE jamming heard in 22-23 UT hour, close-down at 23 UT. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] 9535even, MADAGASCR, new MWV Chinese at 2315 UT, but heavily hit by dark path jamming signal from CHINA mainland propagating across Siberian Russia into Germany. 9535, 2300-2400 UT to zones 43,44 MWV 100 kW at 55 degrees. Both jamming type noted, WHITE NOISE scratching signal of 20 kHz wideband + spoken jammer. Is really a SURVIVAL from ex B-15 winter season outlet, against US IBB Kuwait Chinese program! [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, SW log of March 30 at 2130-2330 UT on March 30 here in Germany, Europe wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [and non]. 15275, April 1 at 1338, CNR1 jammer, // 7385, i.e. on 15275 against IBB Tibetan this hour only via Tajikistan. 15590, April 1 at 1336, YL in Chinese atop algo; not // CNR1 jammer 15275, so suspect this is really IBB Chinese as scheduled this hour, 14 degrees from THAILAND, so also USward (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also TIBET [non] ** CHINA. 7200, CNR1 jamming. With the new A16 schedule, they are now signing off at 1300* (ex: 1400*), just after their time pips (RTI signs off just before 1300). This makes it possible to now check after 1300 for Myanmar Radio on 7200.09 (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, April 3, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [and non]. TAJIKISTAN. 4790, BBC Uzbek. Thanks to Hiroyuki Komatsubara (Japan), who today (April 4) provided this info: "-1305- 4790 kHz, Noise Jamming + CNR-1; 4970 kHz, AIR only add; -1330* Jamming off, BBC could not be confirmed.." Seems China finally noticed they had been on the wrong frequency (CNR1 jamming on 4970) for about the past three months now. Hiroyuki was not sure just when this happened, but he just noticed it today for the first time. Well done, Hiroyuki! April 5 was able to confirm his observations; at tune in at 1241, found CNR1 jamming already on 4790 (// 6125); also with strong CODAR QRM; unable to hear BBC. On 4970 only heard AIR Shillong (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [non]. China Radio International via Urumqi & Bamako March 31 1200-1457 on 17630 BKO 100 kW / 085 deg to CeAf English, very good 1400-1557 on 17630 URU 500 kW / 308 deg to EaEu English, very weak http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/china-radio-international-via-urumqi.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** COLOMBIA. Updated Colombian Log --- Since returning from Colombia five weeks ago I've been DXing SDR recordings made in Salento in central Colombia. My log, including numerous audio clips, can be found at the following location. I still have over half of the Salento recordings to go through so I will be periodically adding more to this. http://www.pateplumaradio.com/blog/colombiadx/colombia2016log.html Bandscans I did in several other locations can still be found in my main Colombia DX Blog at: http://www.pateplumaradio.com/blog/colombiadx/ The plan is to combine all of this into one single log that will serve resource for DXers elsewhere looking for information on the region (Don Moore --- donmooredxer@yahoo.com Humpty Dumpty was pushed. Radio & Latin American website: http://www.pateplumaradio.com/ April 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CONGO DR. (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF), Michel ANGAIKA BHABA, director of Radio Tele Candip, says in an E-mail message dated 19th March 2016, they are on air on 5066 kHz with 1 kW, from 0430 to 1100 and from 1600 to 2200 local time. He adds that Congo DR is UT +2 (so the schedule in UT should be 0230-0900 and 1400-2000). He also says they are looking for some spare tubes which are not available in Congo DR, asking if I can help him by suggesting where those spares can be found in Italy. Unfortunately he didn't mention which kind of tubes he needs. Last but not least: he states they also broadcast on VHF FM with 500 watts. Radio Candip, 5066 kHz, verified an E-mail report 81 days after a F/UP for a reception report of 1985!! with a long and friendly E-mail. V/S: Michel ANGAIKA BHABA, Chef de Section CANDIP et Directeur de la Radio Télévision Communautaire CANDIP-ISP/Bunia (RTCC); Coordonnateur de l’Association des Radios Communautaires et de Proximité du Haut-Uélé et de l’Ituri (ARCPHI). Contacts: +243 (0) 817363753 / 998714482 / 893453829 / 859186203. Mail: michelbhaba@gmail.com or michel_bhaba@yahoo.fr. Adresse du Centre: 1, Av. du CANDIP, Q. MUDZI- PELA, Ville de BUNIA, Province de l’ITURI, RD Congo. NB: In August 2015 I already received an E-mail message confirming my very old reception report. Mr. Bhaba also promised to send me in the next days a verification letter as an attachment. As I never received such a letter, in December 2015 I wrote a second E-mail. Mr. Bhaba says in his reply he was experiencing lot of problems with Internet connection during the last months and for this reason he wasn't able to keep his promise. The report was sent to: radiotelecandipisp@gmail.com How I got this reply is a little bit funny and intriguing. In summer of 2015, after hours and hours of research on Google I found a website from India (!) which included the E-mail address of Mr. Frank Bura Dhengo, a librarian and teacher of "Institut Supérieur Pédagogique de Bunia" (ISP). As I was aware there is a link between ISP and Radio Candip, I wrote to Mr. Bura Dhengo explaining that, despite some F/ups via snail-mail, I never received a reply from Radio Candip. I attached my original report (of 1985!) and mp3 recording. As I didn't know any E-mail contact for this station I asked him to forward my report to Radio Candip. After a few days I received the following reply from Mr. Bura Dhengo: "Merci Mr Napolitano pour ce contact intéressant sur la Radio CANDIP. En 1985, je produisais encore des émissions à la radio CANDIP. Pour de meilleurs échanges avec la Radio CANDIP, je partage avec vous son adresse Email, laquelle permettra que vous échangiez régulièrement avec les responsables actuels. Adresse Email: radiotelecandipisp@gmail.com. Pour le moment, la Radio CANDIP émet sur 5066 kHz avec l'émetteur Bauer 1 KW. Les deux autres antennes Onde courte sont en panne. En outre, je viens de transférer votre message à la radio CANDIP pour une suite plus riche. En ce qui concerne la boîte postale de la Radio CANDIP, il faut utiliser 340 ou 373 BUNIA-ITURI RD CONGO. Quant à moi, je suis actuellement Enseignant et Bibliothécaire toujours à l'ISP/Bunia, et je fais beaucoup de recherches dans le domaine d'histoire et de la documentologie. Avec l'espoir que nous resterons en contact. Amicalement Franck BURA DHENGO". Two days after Mr. Bhura Dhengo replied, I got an E-mail confirmation from Michel ANGAIKA BHABA, director of Radio TV Candip who promised to send me later an appropriate verification letter as attachment. Last but not least: I never spread this story to shortwave community (Only a few DX friends knew about my special contact with Radio Candip) as I decided to keep a low profile until the reception of a new feedback from Mr. Bhaba. Despite this on 30th September 2015 I sent contact details of Mr. Bhaba to Mauno Ritola so he can ask him if the information in WRTH was correct (Antonello Napolitano, Taranto, ITALY, March DX Fanzine #31 via WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DXLD) 5066.394, 0337-, Radio Candip, Apr 1. Thanks to Glenn Hauser pointing out that he could hear a carrier at around this time. Tonight, being a decent Africa night, I can also see them, but below threshold audio. Almost at times (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 1320, Radio Artemisa, San Cristóbal, Artemisa. 1025 April 2, 2016. Old Cuban folk songs, female announcer, ID. Parallel the very wobbly 1000 transmitter. RadioCuba list shows only a Rebelde from this site, and an Enciclopedia and Voz de Sagua. WRTH 2016 lists it as Ecos de Sagua, and otherwise lists only a Radio 26. My list is the only one with Artemisa, and it has been here since at least 2000 when I first discovered it (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater FL, April 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 11760, April 2 at 2051, open carrier/dead air from RHC, prior to a 2100 broadcast; and 11670 is not on. 13740 is also OC/DA at 2054, and by 2120 is just-barely-modulated in Spanish unlike loud // 11760. 11880 is off at 2115 check. April 10 is the projected date for RHC to energize tardy A-16 schedule, few changes, but new 15140 for North America will be bad news for OMAN. From Arnie via Wolfgang Büschel, 15140 will be 100 kW, 340 degrees to ``Chicago``, 1800 Arabic!, 1830 Creole!, 1900 English, 2000-2030 French; ex-11670 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 17580 & 17730, April 4 at 1317, RHCs are by far the SSOBs, but also both with big hum and modulation breakup. Wiggle that patchcord! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. TENTATIVELY <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Summer A-16 shortwave schedule of Radio Habana Cuba from April 10 2016 1100-1300 6000 QVC 250 kW non-dir NoAM English HQ 2/2/0.2 omni 1100-1300 9535 BEJ 100 kW 230 degr CeAM Spanish HR 2/2/0.5 A6 1100-1300 9640 BEJ 050 kW 110 degr SoAM Spanish HD 0.5/0.25 A31 1100-1300 9710 BAU 100 kW 010 degr EaNoAM Spanish HRS 4/4/0.8 A1 1100-1300 9850 BAU 100 kW 340 degr WeNoAM Spanish HRS 4/4/0.8 A10 1100-1300 11760 BAU 100 kW non-dir NoCeAM Spanish HQ 1/0.8 A12 1100-1300 15230 QVC 250 kW 160 degr SoAM Spanish HRS 4/4/1 A14 1100-1300 17580 BAU 100 kW 160 degr SoAM Spanish HRS 4/4/0.8 A5 1100-1300 17730 BAU 100 kW 130 degr SoAM Spanish HRS 4/4/0.8 A4 1300-1400 9535 BEJ 100 kW 230 degr CeAM Spanish HR 2/2/0.5 A6 1300-1400 9640 BEJ 050 kW 110 degr SoAM Spanish HD 0.5/0.25 A31 1300-1400 9710 BAU 100 kW 010 degr EaNoAM Spanish HRS 4/4/0.8 A1 1300-1400 11760 BAU 100 kW non-dir NoCeAM Spanish HQ 1/0.8 A12 1300-1400 15230 QVC 250 kW 160 degr SoAM Spanish HRS 4/4/1 A14 1300-1400 15370 BAU 100 kW 315 degr WeNoAM Spanish HRS 4/4/0.8 A8 1300-1400 17580 BAU 100 kW 160 degr SoAM Spanish HRS 4/4/0.8 A5 1300-1400 17730 BAU 100 kW 130 degr SoAM Spanish HRS 4/4/0.8 A4 1400-1500 9535 BEJ 100 kW 230 degr CeAM Spanish HR 2/2/0.5 A6 1400-1500 9640 BEJ 050 kW 110 degr SoAM Spanish HD 0.5/0.25 A31 1400-1500 11760 BAU 100 kW non-dir NoCeAM Spanish HQ 1/0.8 A12 1400-1500 15230 QVC 250 kW 160 degr SoAM Spanish HRS 4/4/1 A14 1400-1500 15370 BAU 100 kW 315 degr WeNoAM Spanish HRS 4/4/0.8 A8 1400-1500 17730 BAU 100 kW 130 degr SoAM Spanish HRS 4/4/0.8 A4 1500-1530 11760 BAU 100 kW non-dir NoCeAM Esperanto Sun HQ 1/0.8 A12 1530-1800 11760 BAU 100 kW non-dir NoCeAM Spanish HQ 1/0.8 A12 1800-1830 15140 BAU 100 kW 340 degr WeNoAM Arabic HRS 4/4/0.8 A10 1830-1900 15140 BAU 100 kW 340 degr WeNoAM Creole HRS 4/4/0.8 A10 1900-2000 15140 BAU 100 kW 340 degr WeNoAM English HRS 4/4/0.8 A10 1930-2000 15370 BAU 100 kW 010 degr WeEUR French HRS 4/4/0.8 A2 2000-2030 15140 BAU 100 kW 340 degr WeNoAM French HRS 4/4/0.8 A10 2000-2030 15370 BAU 100 kW 010 degr WeEUR Portuguese HRS 4/4/0.8 A2 2030-2100 15370 BAU 100 kW 010 degr WeEUR Arabic HRS 4/4/0.8 A2 2100-2300 5040 BAU 100 non-dir NoCeSoAM Spanish 83+263 deg CT2/1/0.8 A14 2100-2300 9535 BEJ 100 kW 230 degr CeAM Spanish HR 2/2/0.5 A6 2100-2300 9710 BEJ 050 kW 110 degr SoAM Spanish HD 0.5/0.25 A31 2100-2300 11760 BAU 100 kW non-dir NoCeAM Spanish HQ 1/0.8 A12 2100-2300 11840 QVC 250 kW 170 degr SoAM Spanish HRS 4/4/0.9 A9 2100-2300 13740 BAU 100 kW 160 degr SoAM Spanish HRS 4/4/0.8 A5 2100-2300 15370 BAU 100 kW 010 degr WeEUR Spanish HRS 4/4/0.8 A2 2200-2230 11880 BAU 100 kW 130 degr SoAF French HRS 4/4/0.8 A3 160 degr slewed by minus 30degr = 130deg 2200-2300 15230 QVC 250 kW 160 degr SoAM Portuguese HRS 4/4/1 A14 2230-2300 11880 BAU 100 kW 130 degr SoAF Portuguese HRS 4/4/0.8 A3 160 degr slewed by minus30degr = 130deg 2230-2300 15370 BEJ 050 kW 135 degr SoAM French Mo-Sa HRS 4/4/1 A27 2230-2300 15370 BEJ 050 kW 135 degr SoAM Esperanto Sun HRS 4/4/1 A27 2300-2330 11880 BAU 100 kW 130 degr SoAF English HRS 4/4/0.8 A3 160 degr slewed by minus 30degr = 130deg 2300-2330 15370 BEJ 050 kW 135 degr SoAM Creole HRS 4/4/1 A27 2300-2400 5040 BAU 100 non-dir NCSAM Engl. 83 + 263 deg CT2/1/0.8 A14 2300-2400 6000 QVC 250 kW 010 degr EaNoAM Spanish HRS 2/4/0.5 A4 Mesa Redonda Mon-Thu? 2300-2400 9535 BEJ 100 kW 230 degr CeAM Spanish HR 2/2/0.5 A6 2300-2400 9710 BEJ 050 kW 110 degr SoAM Spanish HD 0.5/0.25 A31 2300-2400 11670 BAU 100 kW 130 degr SoAM Spanish HRS 4/4/0.8 A4 2300-2400 11760 BAU 100 kW non-dir NoCeAM Spanish HQ 1/0.8 A12 2300-2400 11840 QVC 250 kW 170 degr SoAM Spanish HRS 4/4/0.9 A9 2300-2400 11950 BAU 100 kW 340 degr WeNoAM Spanish HRS 4/4/0.8 A10 Mesa Redonda Mon-Thu? 2300-2400 13740 BAU 100 kW 160 degr SoAM Spanish HRS 4/4/0.8 A5 2300-2400 15230 QVC 250 kW 160 degr SoAM Spanish HRS 4/4/1 A14 2330-2400 15370 BEJ 050 kW 135 degr SoAM Portuguese HRS 4/4/1 A27 0000-0030 5040 BAU 100 non-dir NCSAM Creole 83+263 deg CT2/1/0.8 A14 0000-0030 15370 BEJ 050 kW 135 degr SoAM Quechua HRS 4/4/1 A27 0000-0100 6060 BAU 100 kW 010 degr EaNoAM Spanish HRS 4/4/0.8 A1 0000-0100 9535 BEJ 100 kW 230 degr CeAM Spanish HR 2/2/0.5 A6 0000-0100 9710 BEJ 050 kW 110 degr SoAM Spanish HD 0.5/0.25 A31 0000-0100 11670 BAU 100 kW 130 degr SoAM Spanish HRS 4/4/0.8 A4 0000-0100 11760 BAU 100 kW non-dir NoCeAM Spanish HQ 1/0.8 A12 0000-0100 11840 QVC 250 kW 170 degr SoAM Spanish HRS 4/4/0.9 A9 0000-0100 13740 BAU 100 kW 160 degr SoAM Spanish HRS 4/4/0.8 A5 0000-0100 15230 QVC 250 kW 160 degr SoAM Spanish HRS 4/4/1 A14 0030-0100 5040 BAU 100 non-dir NCSAM French 83+263 deg CT2/1/0.8 A14 0100-0200 5040 BAU 100 non-dir NCSAM Span. 83+263 deg CT2/1/0.8 A14 0100-0200 6000 QVC 250 kW 010 degr EaNoAM English HRS 2/4/0.5 A4 0100-0200 6060 BAU 100 kW 010 degr EaNoAM Spanish HRS 4/4/0.8 A1 0100-0200 6165 BAU 100 kW 340 degr WeNoAM English HRS 4/4/0.8 A10 0100-0200 9535 BEJ 100 kW 230 degr CeAM Spanish HR 2/2/0.5 A6 0100-0200 9710 BEJ 050 kW 110 degr SoAM Spanish HD 0.5/0.25 A31 0100-0200 11670 BAU 100 kW 130 degr SoAM Spanish HRS 4/4/0.8 A4 0100-0200 11760 BAU 100 kW non-dir NoCeAM Spanish HQ 1/0.8 A12 0100-0200 11840 QVC 250 kW 170 degr SoAM Spanish HRS 4/4/0.9 A9 0100-0200 13740 BAU 100 kW 160 degr SoAM Spanish HRS 4/4/0.8 A5 0100-0200 15230 QVC 250 kW 160 degr SoAM Spanish HRS 4/4/1 A14 0200-0400 5040 BAU 100 non-dir NCSAM Span. 83 + 263 deg CT2/1/0.8 A14 0200-0400 6000 QVC 250 kW 010 degr EaNoAM English HRS 2/4/0.5 A4 0200-0400 6060 BAU 100 kW 010 degr EaNoAM Spanish HRS 4/4/0.8 A1 0200-0400 6165 BAU 100 kW 340 degr WeNoAM English HRS 4/4/0.8 A10 0200-0400 9535 BEJ 100 kW 230 degr CeAM Spanish HR 2/2/0.5 A6 0200-0400 9710 BEJ 050 kW 110 degr SoAM Spanish HD 0.5/0.25 A31 0200-0400 11670 BAU 100 kW 130 degr SoAM Spanish HRS 4/4/0.8 A4 0200-0400 11840 QVC 250 kW 170 degr SoAM Spanish HRS 4/4/0.9 A9 0200-0400 13740 BAU 100 kW 160 degr SoAM Spanish HRS 4/4/0.8 A5 0200-0400 15230 QVC 250 kW 160 degr SoAM Spanish HRS 4/4/1 A14 0400-0500 5040 BAU 100 non-dir NCSAM Span. 83 + 263 deg CT2/1/0.8 A14 0400-0500 6000 QVC 250 kW 010 degr EaNoAM English HRS 2/4/0.5 A4 0400-0500 6060 BAU 100 kW 010 degr EaNoAM Spanish HRS 4/4/0.8 A1 0400-0500 6165 BAU 100 kW 340 degr WeNoAM English HRS 4/4/0.8 A10 0400-0500 9535 BEJ 100 kW 230 degr CeAM Spanish HR 2/2/0.5 A6 0400-0500 11840 QVC 250 kW 170 degr SoAM Spanish HRS 4/4/0.9 A9 0400-0500 15230 QVC 250 kW 160 degr SoAM Spanish HRS 4/4/1 A14 0500-0600 5040 BAU 100 non-dir NCSAM Engl. 83 + 263 deg CT2/1/0.8 A14 0500-0600 6000 QVC 250 kW 010 degr EaNoAM English HRS 2/4/0.5 A4 0500-0600 6060 BAU 100 kW 010 degr EaNoAM English HRS 4/4/0.8 A1 0500-0600 6100 BAU 100 kW 310 degr WeNoAM English HRS 4/4/0.8 A7 0500-0600 6165 BAU 100 kW 340 degr WeNoAM English HRS 4/4/0.8 A10 0600-0700 6000 QVC 250 kW 010 degr EaNoAM English HRS 2/4/0.5 A4 0600-0700 6060 BAU 100 kW 010 degr EaNoAM English HRS 4/4/0.8 A1 0600-0700 6100 BAU 100 kW 310 degr WeNoAM English HRS 4/4/0.8 A7 0600-0700 6165 BAU 100 kW 340 degr WeNoAM English HRS 4/4/0.8 A10 0700-0730 6100 BAU 100 kW 310 degr WNAM Esperanto Sun HRS 4/4/0.8 A7 BAU=Bauta, BEJ=Bejucal, QVC=Titan-Quivican San Felipe Shortwave schedule of Radio Rebelde: 0000-2400 5025 BAU 050 kW non-dir NoCeSoAM Spanish Shortwave schedule of CMBC Radio Progreso from Bauta site: 0030-0400 4765 BAU 050 kW non-dir to NoCeSoAM Spanish. (RHC La Habana-CUBA, schedule arrived by e-mail from Arnie Coro, CO2KK March 30, 2016; via wb df5sx, wwdxc germany BC-DX TopNews via DXLD) 2230-2300 on 15370 Spanish to WeEu and French/Esperanto to SoAm!!!! 2100-2300 on 15370 BAU 100 kW / 010 deg to WeEu Spanish 2230-2300 on 15370 BEJ 050 kW / 135 deg to SoAm French Mon-Sat 2230-2300 on 15370 BEJ 050 kW / 135 deg to SoAm Esperanto Sun (Ivo Ivanov, dxldyg via DXLD) RHC operational schedule in A-16 season, e-mail from Arnie arrived. Change news xlsx.format file arrived from Arnie Coro radio amateur CO2KK at La Habana - host of "DXers Unlimited" program, Radio Havanna Cuba on March 30. A-16 schedule to start weekend 10/11 April 2016 at 1100 UT. We are keeping many frequencies, moving a few following expected propagation changes, and expecting the July SSN to be 38 to 40, using it as the data for the frequency of optimum traffic calculations. Notice some changes like: 11840 is one more hour on the air to South America. 9550 no longer in use to Central America. 15140 is new to North America. 73 and DX, Your friend in sunny La Habana, Arnie, Prof Arnaldo Coro Antich, CO2KK Tropical Band NVIS antenna Bauta 5040 kHz 60 mb non-directional 2300-2400, 0500-0600 UT, En Contacto 2335 UT Sun [really? it`s shifted to 2240 on all other frequencies --- gh], to Cuba, Caribe, Sur de E.U./USA, Canada, Mexico, America Central y Norte de Sudamerica. Mesa Redonda Internacional [Monday-Thursday night special] tx kW deg Washington 6000 kHz QVC 250 10 2300-2400 UT Chicago 11950 kHz BAU 100 340 2300-2400 UT (via Büschel, DXLD) Hello Wolfy - and Glenn, Thanks for the latest from Habana. I guess there is time for changes to be made before April 10th, so will keep that in mind. Their transmissions between 0600 and 0700 UT are not as strong as they were at my location on 6 MHz and I wonder why at least one of them isn't shifted up to either 7 or even 9 mHz for A-16. I cannot recall any RHC transmission using 7 MHz though, so maybe they don't have antennas for that band? 73 from (Noel Green, NW England, April 1, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Noel, Arnie has a ``holier than thou`` attitude about 7 MHz, which is not an ITU broadcast band in the western hemisphere. All the US stations on 7300+ are ``out of band`` within fixed allocations. Aside from all the leafrogs, spurs and harmonix, RHC does not use OOB frequencies {same transmitters carrying spy/numbers, and jammers when needed OOB, are quite another matter}. 15140 should be an interesting collision/share with Oman (Glenn, ibid.) re 41 mb from Cuba, I don't know whether Cuba has real 7 MHz antennas of 100 / 250 kW power class at their disposal? In German language, we "SAYING - proverb": " ... it's not fish, nor meat ... " [English - ``neither fish nor fowl`` --- gh] Usually of my experience in European latitude, in past century: 7 MHz is a 1.500 kilometer distance propagation unit during day- and twilight. That doesn't reach targets behind northern Florida or Louisiana. 41 mb is now on 7200/7300 to 7450 kHz official range. wolfy btw. Ivo in Bulgaria discovered a RHC 15370 kHz clash conflict, between Bauta and Bejucal outlets, the European Spanish was 17730 kHz in A-15 season instead. 41 m 7200–7450 kHz Reception varies by region – reasonably good night reception, but few transmitters in this band target North America. According to the WRC-03 Decisions on HF broadcasting, [2] in International Telecommunication Union regions 1 and 3, the segment 7100–7200 kHz is reserved for amateur radio use and there are no new broadcasting allocations in this portion of the band. 7350–7400 kHz is newly allocated; in Regions 1 and 3, 7400–7450 kHz was also allocated effective March 29, 2009. In Region 2, 7200–7300 kHz is part of the amateur radio 40 m band. wb (Büschel, ibid.) Hello Wolfy and Glenn, Thanks for the response to what I wrote about Cuba and 7 MHz. If Arnie feels that he would be contravening something by not using this band then he's obviously missing out on something. As with the tropical bands, it took him some time to realise their usefulness, and then there were three frequencies in use and another proposed for 90m! I'm trying to think of the British equivalent to Not fish nor meat and only 'neither one thing nor the other' comes to mind. Yes, 7 MHz would struggle in daytime - as does ALR 7390 to reach me with a satisfactory signal - but "night-time" propagation would be very different. For instance, BBC via Madagascar on 7445 is a very good signal here between 16 and 20 UT. Does any authority now care what frequencies BC stations utilise? I'm thinking of the BBC using 7600 or WINB 9265 or WRMI 6915 & 7780? If there is a complaint, then move to another channel. I'm not suggesting that ham bands or other known ute or TS stations frequencies are used. Yet we do have music on such as 10 MHz out of Italy! It seems that the differing allocations from Zone to Zone needs to be "tidied" up as surely ham operators in the States would find some interfering BC stations in the portion 7200-7300 kHz on a regular basis. 73 from (Noel Green, Blackpool, England, UK, April 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. RADIO HABANA CUBA WILL SOON SPEAK ITALIAN --- by Antonello Napolitano Radio Habana Cuba will start broadcasting in Italian as soon as possible. This explains why that language has recently been added to its website. Italian is the only language among those available on Radio Habana Cuba’s official website that is not used for its short wave broadcasts, too. “We started by adding the Italian language website and as more personnel is available, a half hour daily short wave broadcast to the Mediterranean region – says Arnie Coro, DX Editor of Radio Habana Cuba - will go on the air”. Currently there is only one editor who updates the Italian section of Radio Habana Cuba’s official website. But of course for a daily 30 minute broadcast a larger staff is necessary. “It is our perception – comments Mr. Coro - that one can start to feed news and features to a web site with a one person staff, but it is not wise to start a half hour daily program with just one voice on the air!!! Our past experiences with languages such as Portuguese, Creole and Quechua have demonstrated that the right thing to fully guarantee a daily broadcast is to have at least two multi-purpose persons, and better yet three. By multi-purpose I mean a person capable of writing news and scripts, and also with a good on the air voice too!!!”. Despite the never-stopping decline of shortwave broadcasting, Mr Coro still believes in it. “The absurd idea that everyone is connected to the Internet, is just that, an absurd idea. There are many areas of the world where Internet connectivity is simply non-existent, and in other areas the bandwidth and reliability of the connections leaves a lot to be desired, even in highly developed nations areas. Hopefully in the not too distant future the now not so new Digital Radio Mondiale may benefit from the availability of good quality and relatively low cost DRM capable receivers...”. Even the small shortwave audience in Europe and North America seems to not discourage Mr. Coro. “Regular short wave listeners, let us say fans are not too many in developed countries, but my personal experience is that they constitute ¨a high quality audience¨ in the sense that we are dealing with highly educated and influential persons...” Radio Habana Cuba: C’è anche l’italiano! (The Italian version was originally written for www.coradx.it - Versione italiana scritta in esclusiva per http://www.coradx.it da cui è tratta) Radio Habana Cuba inizierà un programma in lingua italiana nel più breve tempo possibile. A renderlo noto é il Professor Arnie Coro, DX editor dell'emittente cubana. Si spiega così l'inaspettata introduzione qualche settimana fa di una pagina in italiano, aggiornata regolarmente, sul sito web ufficiale dell'emittente. Il futuro programma avrà cadenza giornaliera e durerà trenta minuti. Ad impedire il contestuale avvio del nuovo servizio è, secondo il Professor Coro, l'attuale mancanza di un numero sufficiente di redattori che parlino la lingua italiana. Attualmente la pagina web di Radio Habana Cuba nella nostra lingua è curata da una sola persona. Ma questo, ovviamente, non basta per produrre una trasmissione quotidiana. "L'esperienza maturata con i programmi in Portoghese, Creolo e Quechua ci ha insegnato - sostiene Coro - che il modo migliore per produrre quotidianamente una trasmissione è quello di poter contare su due, o ancora meglio, tre redattori capaci di scrivere le notizie ed i testi dei programmi e che siano dotati anche di una bella voce". Probabilmente non sarà facile trovare in tempi brevi il personale qualificato ma la strada sembra ormai tracciata. Coro smentisce anche alcune illazioni circa il futuro delle trasmissioni in onde corte di Radio Habana Cuba che potrebbero cedere il passo allo streaming online. "L'idea che tutti siano connessi a Internet é assurda. Ci sono ancora molte aree del mondo - afferma - dove il collegamento Internet é semplicemente inesistente, mentre in altre aree, persino nei paesi sviluppati, la larghezza della banda e l'affidabilità delle connessioni lasciano spesso a desiderare". Per il DX editor di Radio Habana Cuba il futuro delle trasmissioni sulle onde corte appartiene al non più tanto nuovo sistema DRM, a patto però che lo stesso possa beneficiare dell'introduzione sul mercato di ricevitori adeguati ed a basso costo. Il Professor Coro crede ancora nelle onde corte e, tramontato il tempo del loro utilizzo per diffondere la propaganda di natura politica, lascia intendere che possano avere ancora un senso per i paesi in via di sviluppo alla ricerca di investimenti. “Gli ascoltatori abituali delle onde corte o appassionati non sono molti nei paesi sviluppati. Tuttavia, per quella che è la mia esperienza personale so – conclude - che essi costituiscono un’audience di alta qualità, nel senso che ci troviamo di fronte a persone con un livello di istruzione molto alto ed influenti…” (March DX Fanzine, No 31, via DXLD) CUBA/CHINA: CRI Cuba relay from Titán Quivicán San Felipe site, 250 kW transmitter #1, and partly tx #5 requested registrado with HFCC Prague A-16 list as CUB CRI RTC: 5990 0000 0100 10E,11W HAB 250 0 0 930 270316 301016 Spa 15120 0000 0100 12,14,16 HAB 250 160 0 218 270316 301016 Spa 9580 0100 0200 8 HAB 250 10 0 206 270316 301016 Eng [DELETE] 9580 0200 0300 8 HAB 250 10 0 206 270316 301016 Chn 9790 0300 0400 6,7SW HAB 250 305 0 216 270316 301016 Eng 9790 0400 0500 6,7SW HAB 250 305 0 216 270316 301016 Yue 9570 1200 1300 8 HAB 250 10 0 206 270316 301016 Yue 9570 1300 1400 8 HAB 250 10 0 206 270316 301016 Eng 15700 1400 1500 6,7SW HAB 250 305 0 216 270316 301016 Eng 15700 1500 1600 6,7SW HAB 250 305 0 216 270316 301016 Eng 5990 2300 2400 8S,10E,11HAB 250 0 0 930 270316 301016 Eng 13650 2300 2400 12E,13,15HAB 250 135 0 218 270316 301016 Por 5990 0000-0057 10E,11W HAB 250 n-d cross dipole ant #930 Spa 15120 0000-0057 12,14,16 HAB 250 160 HRS4/4/1 dipole #218 Spa 9580 0100-0157 8 HAB 250 010 HRS4/2/0.5 dipole #206 Eng 9580 0200-0257 8 HAB 250 010 HRS4/2/0.5 dipole #206 Chi 9790 0300-0357 6, 7SW HAB 250 305 HRS4/4/0.5 dipole #216 Eng 9790 0400-0457 6, 7SW HAB 250 305 HRS4/4/0.5 dipole #216 Cant 9570 1200-1257 8 HAB 250 010 HRS4/2/0.5 dipole #206 Cant 9570 1300-1357 8 HAB 250 010 HRS4/2/0.5 dipole #206 Eng 15700 1400-1557 6, 7SW HAB 250 305 HRS4/4/0.5 dipole #216 Eng 5990 2300-2357 8S,10,11WHAB 250 n-d cross dipole ant #930 Eng 13650 2300-2357 12,13,15NHAB 250 135 HRS4/4/1 dipole #218 Por HAB = Titán-Quivicán San Felipe site (wb df5sx, wwdxc germany BC-DX TopNews March 30, 2016, dxldyg via DXLD) ** CUBA [non]. Radio República (France Relay), 9490, 0107 27 MAR - RADIO REPUBLICA (CLA). SINPO = 15221. Spanish, male announcer. QSB=moderate rate, weak modulation on noisy carrier occasionally drops below noise floor but mostly mixes with it. sf86.5, a3, k1, geomag: very quiet. 150kw, beamAz 285 , bearing 37 . Sangean ATS505 w/Sony AN- LP1 active loop in west facing window. Received at Las Vegas, United States, 8896KM from transmitter at Issoudun. Local time: 1807 (Rodney Johnson, NV, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) By ``noise floor`` here are you implying natural noise and there was no jamming??? (gh, DXLD) That's correct, Glenn. And by Jamming, I assume you mean similar to that used against R. Martí. No jamming was heard at the time, albeit the signal was very weak (Rodney Johnson, April 4, dxldyg via DXLD) Radio República (France Relay) 9490, 0255 2 APR - RADIO REPUBLICA (CLA). SINPO = 25221. Spanish, male announcer. ID at 0258z. QSB = moderate-to-rapid rate, modulation on noisy carrier mostly mixing with the noise floor but occasionally peaks well above it. sf81.6, a3, k1, geomag: very quiet. 150kw, beamAz 285 , bearing 37 . Sangean ATS505 w/Sony AN-LP1 active loop in west facing window. Received at Las Vegas, United States, 8896KM from transmitter at Issoudun. Local time: 1955 (Rodney Johnson, NV, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [and non]. 13605, March 31 at 1423 RM VG with no jamming, wall-of-noise still stuck on ex-frequency 13820; other RM frequency 11930, however, is totally buried in jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 13605, March 31 at 1954, S9 wall-of-noise jamming against Radio Martí, so the DCJC has finally found it amid the fifth day of jamming-free reception on 13605, as it was still in the clear at my previous check 1423 today. Maybe Arnie ultimately got around to reading my log reports. But ex-13820 still has some jamnoise on it to the tune of S5; 11930 provides the most Martí signal + jamming amounting to S7. At 1954, Greenville carrier is already on 9565, and so is jamming, S7 level too, with a sprinkling of N`s and C`s in Morse code. By 2007, the jamming is all gone from 13820; at 2010, 13605 has beeps and noise jamming, but no more Martí, as the two frequencies for it now are 9565 and 11930. 11930, April 3 circa 0550, instead of beeps, jamming network against nothing is now radiating a big continuous whine mixed with pulsing. 13605, April 5 at 1958, R. Martí correctly announces it will soon be on 9565 and 11930, and 13605 off at 1959*. Then 9565 bears jamming, and 11930 RM audible under jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. As you've monitored WRMI's 9955 during the 05 UT hour, have you heard anything from HM01 crowding in on that part of the dial? I have noticed that since around March 21 (and perhaps as early as the 14th), what used to be HM01's 5855 frequency for Sun / Mon / Wed / Fri at 05 UT has migrated to that part of the 31 meter band -- my best guess is that the new frequency is 9945, but I can not get a digital readout of same (it could be anything between that and 9995, since I have heard WWV -- a rarity for me -- "just above" HM01 on good propagation nights. If you have a moment, can you check for it early Wednesday during the 05 UT hour so the new frequency I've tentatively observed can be confirmed? (Remember, I'm the guy with the very low end radio.) Thanks for your help. Sincerely, (Shawn From Flushing NY Fahrer, still searching for HM01 wherever it goes, April 4, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) No (gh) ** CUBA. [Re 16-13, Habana FM bandscan] 106.3, Progreso is CMBJ-FM Habana 1.259 kW, which is a relay and surprisingly uses RDS! (Jim Thomas, Springfield, MO, April 1, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) Jim, is the 106.3 used to cover areas that 90.3 cannot? If so, I wonder why other national-network FM in Havana doesn't have relayers (yet). Was thinking maybe the strong 104.7 Mayabeque was sharing its transmitter in Guines with 106.3. You may have saved me a trip! /cd (Chris Dunne, Pembroke Pines, FL, April 1, ibid.) Yes, but don't know what's going on with the other networks in Cd. Habana and why they don't use relays to cover difficult areas of the city. CMBC 90.3 Cd. Habana is 3.162 kW, so not sure how well it covers the city. Most of the other capital networks run about the same amount of power. Rebelde 96.7, is the only one in the city with more power, 5.316 kW. Edit update: Just read tonight that Rebelde has 44 FM frequencies, covering 98% of the island. Sure wish I could find the listing for them. There are a bunch of .251 kW relays in Cuba but most do NOT identify what network they relay. Last edited by Jim Thomas; 04-01- 2016 at 09:53 PM. Reason: More information (ibid.) Why don't they use higher-power FMs than just 3 or 5 kW, especially in La Habana? (Raymie Humbert, AZ, ibid.) Checked radiocubana.cu today and came away with this story: http://www.radiocubana.cu/articulos-especializados-sobre-la-radio/12761-radio-habana-cuba-amplia-su-senal-en-fm-para-la-isla Radio Habana Cuba is now on air on 91.7 MHz from Isla de la Juventud. There are now 9 total FM transmitters on the island, 8 for national stations and local station Radio Caribe (Raymie Humbert, April 1, ibid.) David Gleason once wrote that short sticks are used for FM in Cuba, due to the constant likelihood of hurricanes. Power would be another issue altogether, or is it? Maybe they go hand in hand. The super mystery to me (and Juan) is how much power is used by R Mayabeque 104.7. Almost without fail, it is the first Cuban FM signal heard on the car radio, heading south from Florida City towards The Keys. Juan and I both would put it at 10,000 watts, possibly making it the strongest signal on FM in Cuba. It is easily heard in La Habana as Juan has proven. cd (Chris Dunne, ibid.) I heard a weak Progreso on 97.5 on my Kaito bandscan. Also a 107.9 (forgot to write it down) was in very weak as well. The problem with doing the FM bandscans was the issue with Tropo from the U.S. The strength of the signals and the many number of signals was tough. That and the low power of the Cuban FMs made it tough to hear all but the Havana signals, or very close. Every frequency had a US station, if there wasn't a Cuban on it. The FMs came mostly from the Florida west coast although quite a few Miami/ West Palm stations were heard [tsk2, a chore to jam all those --- gh] Regarding TV, the apartment I stayed in had OTA TV, but the reception was mediocre. All the apartments shared one antenna, with all the 300 ohm twin lead wires spliced together onto the one wire going to the antenna. I am surprised it worked at all, but honestly my portable TV didn't do much better. What was really odd was the UHF signals came in better on the weekend vs the weekdays. Go figure (Juan Gualda, Fort Pierce, FL, April 2, ibid.) ** DJIBOUTI. 1431, Radio Sawa, Djibouti - 3/5/2016 0049-0053 UT - Decent carrier noted several times here in past nights finally culminating with some audio on March 5th. Occasional strong peaks bursting into pop music lasting for several minutes. Parallel to a remote Perseus SDR located in the Mediterranean region that had a strong copy on Radio Sawa which provided a nice real-time comparison. 7,481 miles from my North D-KAZ antenna (Tim Tromp, Stuff heard from West Michigan during March, 2016, ABDX via DXLD) ** EAST TURKISTAN. 17630, March 31 at 1407, CRI English discussing how to prevent suicides in Beijing subways, S9 with deep fades, so is it Urumqi or Bamako, MALI? Yes, once again this A-season, both are registered at 14-15 on 17630, but I`m sure I`m getting Urumqi, while other list-loggers will imagine Mali. At 12-14 it`s only Urumqi, and at 15-16 it`s only Bamako (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ECUADOR [non]. GERMANY, Very weak signal of HCJB Voice of The Andes via MBR, April 2 1530-1600 on 13800 NAU 100 kW / 100 deg to CeAs Russian Sat 1600-1630 on 13800 NAU 100 kW / 100 deg to CeAs Chechen Sat http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/very-weak-signal-of-hcjb-voice-of-andes.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EGYPT. 15400v, Engineering 'ON AIR CHECK' noted of typical Radio Cairo signal at 0645-0650 UT on March 28. Observed an audio distorted Arabic service to check the antenna matching. A-16 register requested Radio Cairo ERU Abis site channel later the day: 15400 1300-1400 UT zone 40NE ABS 250 kW 61 deg antITU#219 in Persian/Dari (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 28 via BC-DX 5 April via DXLD) Very distorted audio of Radio Cairo April 1: 1230-1400 on 15710 ABS 250 kW / 091 deg to SEAs Indonesian http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/very-distorted-audio-of-radio-cairoq.html Radio Cairo with very strong signal, distorted audio April 1 1700-1900 NF 9800 ABS 250 kW / 005 deg Turkish, ex traditional 9280 1900-2000 NF 9590 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg German, ex 9410 summer A-15 2000-2115 on 9895 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg French, as of summer A-15 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/radio-cairo-with-very-strong-signal-and.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EGYPT. 9745, April 3 at 0113, lite whine at S8, so R. Cairo is already on here with no modulation, now scheduled for ``Spanish`` at 0045-0200, 250 kW, 241 degrees from Abis; plus 0200-0700, ``Arabic``, 250 kW, 315 degrees from Abis for Europe and North America, the latter same as in B-15. Other ``Arabic`` with little or no modulation is still on 9965.3, also S8. FWIW, hardly anything at all, A-16 HFCC shows the imaginary 0200-0330 English to NAm could be on 9315 or 9860; Spanish at 0045-0200 on 9665, 9745, 9860, 11750, 12070 --- pick two or three at most (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) N.B. 9745 will block Bahrain at a time when some have reported it (gh) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005, April 3 at 0540, carrier detectable, so RNGE Bata is on by now this date, among widely variable opening times (Glenn Hauser, OK, 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. SPL Secretbrod relay Radio Warra Wangeelaa-ti, April 2: 1500-1530 15515 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg EAf Oromo Sat, 5 minutes dead air! http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/spl-secretbrod-relay-radio-warra.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) You mean dead air at 1500-1505 and did not listen further, or do you mean that the program started at 1505? Or what? Pushing everything into his format may convey less info that spelling it out. Ivo covers a lot more Ethiopian clandestines which I don`t copy here (gh, DXLD) ** EUROPE. PIRATE-EURO. Radio Voyager-Italy, 6950 AM, 2259-0112+, 03- 26/27-15. SIO: 232 Mostly format of soft jazz, instrumentals. Noted tune by Dexter Gordon 2312. Frequent IDs by OM announcer. Nice eQSL received to email: Radio Voyager’s email is: radiovoyager@hotmail.com Op says station is located in NE Italy near Venice with 500 watts (Chris Lobdell, Tewksbury, MA USA, Receivers: Eton E1, JRC NRD-535, Aerial: G5RV dipole, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FRANCE. 17849.86, March 31 at 1958-1959*, RFI in French off- frequency from Issoudun, but a little further from the much stronger Spain 17855.0 ACI, just as was the case last A-season. No need for these two to be in near-collision (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 13725, 0601-, Radio France International, Apr 1. Just propagating at poor to fair level with their sole English broadcast. Much too high a frequency to propagate regularly (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 13740, April 5 at 1949, something fair in French until cut off at 1958*. HFCC A-16 shows it`s RFI at 17-20, but a different azimuth each hour from Issoudun, the final one being 200 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also USA: WRMI ** GERMANY. Fair signal of World of Radio #1819 via HLR, April 2: 0630-0700 on 6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu English Sat CUSB http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/fair-signal-of-world-of-radio1819-via.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. Radio DARC (NON), 4895 kHz, verified an E-mail report 11 days after the time I sent a F/UP with a F/D QSL card and letter by snail-mail. It should be mentioned that they confirmed reception on 6070 kHz at 1700 but actually I reported reception on 4895 kHz from 1650 to 1712 UT. I sent a second E-mail explaining what's happened and I got this reply: "RADIO DARC broadcasts are Sundays 10 hrs UTC and Mondays 16 and 19 hrs UTC all on 6070 kHz. If you have received another transmission, it is not from us or it might be a re-broadcast by a pirate. There are some pirates from Holland who often re-broadcast recorded other transmissions e.g. from Channel 292, also in 6070 kHz. So I am also not sure what you heard, but on 4895 kHz it is not an original broadcast of RADIO DARC. Kind regards, Rainer". So what I heard was a pirate station (Antonello Napolitano, Taranto, ITALY, March DX Fanzine #31 via DXLD) Strong signal of Radio DARC via MBR, April 3 0900-1000 on 6070 MOS 100 kW / non-dir to CeEu German Sun http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/strong-signal-of-radio-darc-via-mbr.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) AUSTRIA ** GERMANY. Hi All, Some new stations/programmes have been added to the Channel 292 schedule recently, and these include: [all times UT!] 'WORD OF DELIVERENCE' which will be on from 0600 to 0700 for at least the next 5 weeks on Saturdays and Sundays (I remember the film well!) :-) 'SM RADIO INTERNATIONAL' will be another regular with its rock n' roll oldies show every Saturday from 0900 to 1200. 'RADIO WAVES INTERNATIONAL' also now seems to be another regular on Saturday mornings, and has a slot from 0900 to 1000. Starting on the 5th of April, 'CHRISTIAN MEDIA NETWORK' will be on air on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 1500 to 1600. Monday 4th of April see the first appearance of German language station 'SATZENTRALE' from 1600 to 1700. I think this is a programme about satellite reception from what I can gather. [variety including WORLD OF RADIO at some other time --- gh] The lovely Cuban music station 'FROM THE ISLE OF MUSIC' is now a regular on Tuesdays from 1900 to 2000. Sadly there will be no more 'DigiDX' via this channel for the forseeable future, and Kim Elliot reported in his latest VOA Radiogram information, that the German regulator has ruled that digital modes are not allowed in the Broadcast Bands. Because of this there will be no MFSK on The Mighty KBC either this weekend. DigiDX should still appear on WRMI, it's just the German transmitters that the ban seems to apply to thankfully. [corrected below] What a pity, hard to see what harm they were doing, and the VOA tests have proved time and again what a useful mode this is under poor conditions and when interference is affecting the channel. Kim also mentioned that the DigiDX transmissions via WRMI in Florida, will be on Sunday at 2130-2200 on 15770 kHz, and 2330-2400 on 11580. 'FLYING CIRCUS ROCK SHOW' is now twice weekly with its one hour show of classic rock, at 1600 Fridays and 1900 on Sundays. 'AUTHENTIC ROCK RADIO' is now another station with a regular slot at 1600 on Tuesdays, and 'RADIO NORTHERN IRELAND' moves to a new earlier regular slot on Mondays from 1700 to 1900. 'MENNONITE RADIO' and 'BROAD SPECTRUM RADIO' are regulars on Sunday from 1500 to 1600, and the one hour version of Broad Spectrum also appears on Mondays now from 1400 to 1500 just before the DARC Radio repeat. Other broadcasts to look out for are 'FREE RADIO SKYBIRD' on Saturday 2nd of April at 1600 to 1700, and THE RARITIES SHOW' right after this at 1700 to 1800. That is then followed by 'RADIO SYLVIA' from 1800 to 2200, and then the new weekly Italian language 'BCL NEWS' programme from 2200 to 2300. This station is now also a regular on Sundays as well from 1100 to 1200, which is right after DARC Radio's 100 kW transmission from Moosbrun[n]. 'POPRADIO OSTFRIESLAND' makes another appearance from 1300 to 1500 on Sunday, along with the other enjoyable Sunday regulars such as Goldrausch6070 and SuperClan Radio. Be sure to check for any late additions or changes at: http://www.channel292.de/schedule-for-bookings/ Finally, the Shortwave Service at Kall now shows details of the two Radio Canada International broadcasts, and these are: 1430 to 1530 on Saturday 2nd of April on 6005.0 kHz in the French language, and on 7310 kHz in English from 1400 to 1430 [see CANADA] http://www.shortwaveservice.com/empfangen/programmplan/?lang=de Again things do get moved around, especially as we are only just into the new A-16 schedule, so do check their website for any late alterations to be sure of not missing any of them. What with Radio Joystick [MALTA [non]] on 7330 kHz at 1000 on Sunday, all the HLR programmes, and Hobart Radio International on 7310 kHz on Sunday at 1500 as well, it looks like we're in for a very busy weekend on the German relay channels (Alan Gale, UK, April 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Dear friends of Radio Channel 292, here you find an overview about our program schedule of the next days. Between the bookings non-stop-music or recordings of the history of Offshore Radio will be on air. Here you can find our program schedule anytime: http://www.channel292.de/schedule-for-bookings/ and for your mails to stations, whose address you don't know, you will find the information here: http://www.channel292.de/stations-contact-data/ As you can see, there are some new interesting stations to be found, e.g. "From the Isle of Music", every Tuesday, SM Radio International every Saturday, or BCL News Radio in Italian every Saturday and Sunday. New in the list is the differentiation in terms of color concerning the different kinds of programs. As you can see, now we have some bookings of Talk- and Religious programs, too. We know, that not everybody is interested in this kind of program, but if you like our music and offshore entertainment, please keep in mind that the costs for these are paid by the talk programs, too. Therefore we ask all listeners, who want to support us: Please listen to the Talk- and Religious programs at least for so long, that you can write a good reception report. Send reports to these stations, so they realize, that their broadcasts via our station really can be heard in a lot of countries. You will find the contact data on our page mentioned above; if you can't find it, simply write to info@channel292.de we will forward it at once. Thank you very much in advance for your support! Radio Channel 292 http://www.channel292.de (via Scaglione, April 3, bclnews.it yg ** GERMANY. Re: A very experimental VOA Radiogram, Nov 30/Dec 1 2013 Am 30.11.2013 um 12:46 schrieb kimelli@verizon.net: We will also test the effect of audio harmonics on digital text modes. More information... http://voaradiogram.net/post/68455455529/voa-radiogram-30-nov-1-dec-2013-unslanting-images-and http://www.rhci-online.net/files/2016-03-27_6070_kHz_decoding_2nd_harmonic.gif In the past 3 years I've learned a lot about digital modes, audio aspects and wave propagation. It was an ingenious idea to use amateur radio knowledge in combination with broadcasting. Unfortunately, government authorities in Germany (FNA/Federal Network Agency) see that somewhat differently.... Am 02.04.2016 um 01:37 schrieb Alan Gale alan@windypics.plus.com [dxld]: ``Sadly there will be no more 'DigiDX' via this channel for the forseeable future, and Kim Elliot reported in his latest VOA Radiogram information, that the German regulator has ruled that digital modes are not allowed in the Broadcast Bands...`` [as above] Digital Agenda for Germany https://www.digitale-agenda.de/Content/DE/_Anlagen/2014/08/2014-08-20-digitale-agenda-engl.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=6 Quite a lot pretty words (roger, Germany, April 3, dxldyg via DXLD) Hi All, Good news. I'm glad to say that DigiDX will be back on 6070 kHz at 2000 UT after DARC Radio, and with permission this time (Alan Gale, April 4, dxldyg via DXLD) see also IRELAND [non] ** GERMANY. Good signal of Deutscher Wetterdienst, March 31 0604-0630 on 5905 PIN 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu German CUSB http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/good-signal-of-deutscher-wetterdienst.html Reception of Deutscher Wetterdienst, April 2 1204-1230 on 5905 PIN 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu German CUSB http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/germany-fair-signal-of-deutscher.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. Fair reception of DP07 Seewetter, Radio MiAmigo, April 3 0730-0800 9560 KLL 020 kW / non-dir CeEu German DP07 Seewetter 0800-1200 9560 KLL 020 kW / non-dir CeEu German Sat/Sun Radio MiAmigo 1200-1230 9560 KLL 020 kW / non-dir CeEu German DP07 Seewetter http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/fair-reception-of-dp07-seewetter-and.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY [non]. SOUTH AFRICA, 9800, 0405-, Deutsche Welle, Mar 27. Good reception of the English language service to central/east Africa. Via Meyerton. Parallel 11820 from Madagascar at fair level (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GOA. INDIA, All India Radio on wrong frequency 11565 kHz, April 2: 1315-1415 on 11565 PAN 500 kW / 300 deg to WeAs Dari, instead of 11560 1415-1530 on 11565 PAN 500 kW / 300 deg to WeAs Pashto, instead of 11560 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/all-india-radio-on-wrong-frequency.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GREECE. 9420.006 and 9934.964, Greek foreign radio from Avlis in Greek language noted at 2115 UT on March 30. 9420 as usual S=9+25dB or -44dBm signal strength most probably on 323degr antenna towards WeEUR and North America. Only S=9+5dB or - 66dBm at later 2306 UT on March 30. But 9935v kHz seemingly on reduced power at the 285degr antenna on S=8 or -78dBm strength. Latter as usual carried the faulty accompanied 197 Hertz spur BUZZ signals outlet, visible on screen like a garden fence, 13 x spur strings each 197 Hz distance apart each other visible (and buzz heard) either sideband [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, SW log of March 30 at 2130-2330 UT on March 30 here in Germany, Europe wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Voice of Greece in 0500-0700 UT slot, March 31 0500-0600 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Greek tx#3 0500-0600 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg NoAf Greek tx#1 0600-0700 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Greek*tx#3 and off at 0704 0600-0700 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg NoAf Greek*tx#1 and off at 0701 *plus 3-6 min news in Serbian, Romanian, Spanish, Russian, Albanian, Polish & Italian. Today missing Arabic language. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/voice-of-greece-in-0500-0700ut-slot.html Voice of Greece in 0450-0704 UT slot, April 1 0450-0600 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Greek tx#3 0450-0600 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg NoAf Greek tx#1 0600-0700 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg WeEu Greek*tx#3 and off at 0704 0600-0700 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg NoAf Greek*tx#1 and off at 0659 *plus 3-6 min news in Serbian, Romanian, Russian, Albanian, Spanish, Polish and Italian. Today missing Arabic language. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/voice-of-greece-in-0450-0704ut-slot.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Voice of Greece, 9415, 0248 2 APR - SINPO = 15421. ?Greek?, music, female announcer. QSB=rapid-to-ff rate, modulation on noisy carrier mostly mixing with noise floor and occasionally dropping below it for short durations. sf81.6, a3, k1, geomag: very quiet. 170kw, beamAz 323 , bearing 30 . Sangean ATS505 w/Sony AN-LP1 active loop in west facing window. Received at Las Vegas, United States, 10746KM from transmitter at Avlis. Local time: 1948. 73's (Rodney Johnson, NV, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) So they were off frequency again from 9420? This has happened occasionally in the past, but you do not make any mention of it (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) Voice of Greece was back on the air, April 5 from 1905 on 9420*AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek from 1905 on 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek * co-channel V of Islamic Republic of Iran French till 1920 UT http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/voice-of-greece-was-back-on-air-april-5.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Good signal on 9420 kHz this afternoon (2045 UT) in parallel to slightly weaker 9935 kHz with the annoying buzzing sound (Richard Langley, NB, April 6, ibid.) GREECE. See also IRAN [non] ** GUYANA. 3289.98, V. of Guyana, 0936 extremely low audio with music. Seems to be having trouble with their audio levels or modulation lately. (16 March) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR with 153 foot Delta Loop and Wellbrook ALA1530S, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** INDIA [and non]. TAJIKISTAN. 4790, BBC Uzbek. Thanks to Hiroyuki Komatsubara (Japan), who today (April 4) provided this info: "-1305- 4790 kHz, Noise Jamming + CNR-1; 4970 kHz, AIR only add; -1330* Jamming off, BBC could not be confirmed.." Seems China finally noticed they had been on the wrong frequency (CNR1 jamming on 4970) for about the past three months now. Hiroyuki was not sure just when this happened, but he just noticed it today for the first time. Well done, Hiroyuki! April 5 was able to confirm his observations; at tune in at 1241, found CNR1 jamming already on 4790 (// 6125); also with strong CODAR QRM; unable to hear BBC. On 4970 only heard AIR Shillong (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. 5050, AIR Aizawl, 1230-1235, April 6. Wonderful to hear this one again, as they had been silent for about six months; the best reception for me is this time period when they carry the AIR news in English, via a relay from New Delhi, which always produces stronger audio (better modulation level) than the local AIR studio; ID "This is All India Radio. The news read by . . ."; semi-readable as there was QRM from Beibu Bay Radio (China) also on frequency. AIR with very respectable signal! (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. 9950, Apr 5, 2016. 2102-2110, AIR, Khampur. YL/OM talks news in English; ID. Good signal and distorted modulation, 45432 (DXer - José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo, PB, Brazil, Sony ICF-SW100S & Tecsun S-2000, Portable Telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** INDIA. The A-16 schedule is given in AIR Website as follows: http://allindiaradio.gov.in/Profile/Radio%20Network/Pages/default.aspx Detailed A-16 MONITORED schedules of All India Radio are now available as follows: This varies slightly from the official schedule regarding DRM etc. External Services: Time Wise: http://qsl.net/vu2jos/es/time.htm External Services: Language Wise: http://qsl.net/vu2jos/es/Language.htm Complete SW schedule: Frequency Wise: http://qsl.net/vu2jos/sw/freq.htm SW Schedule : Station Wise: http://qsl.net/vu2jos/sw/loc.htm Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India Mobile: +91 94416 96043, http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos dx_india yg via DXLD) ** INDONESIA. 3325, 1400-, RRI Palangkaraya, Mar 27. Excellent reception this morning with a lovely ID, followed by an IS, then another ID and into news. Probably the very best ever heard. Still going strong when rechecked at 1613, which is 9:13 AM local, at least an hour after my LSR. Just starting to fade. Not heard on Monday 28 March, but back at full force on Tuesday 29th to past 1600. Checked the sign-off and it was at 1700:30 (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3325, RRI Palangkaraya, 1200-1221, April 4. Time pips; Jakarta news; clearly // RRI Makassar (4749.95), but RRI Merauke (3904.98) too weak to confirm (mostly just open carrier); news ended 1221 with UNID patriotic song (not the recently heard "Garuda Pancasila," nor the often heard “Bagimu Negeri”) (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 3905, 1415-, RRI Merauke, Mar 30. Good reception with one of their appearances this morning. Heard best on my NZ aimed DKAZ. Audio is a little muffly, compared to the excellent audio of 3325 RRI Palangkaraya. Good to very good reception, with some splatter from the high side (Korea on 3912) (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3905, RRI Merauke on 2 April from Perseus site in Edmonton from 1309 tune with nice S3+ to S4 signal and ARO QRM. Man announcer (Indo) and Indonesian ballads to 1317 then woman and light instrumental music to 1319 followed by man and more music including a female vocal. Program continued in this vein for the 59 min I recorded the broadcast with little degradation to past 1405 despite the gray line being well past Edmonton at this time. If it weren't for persistent LSB ARO adjacent- channel QRM, program would have been armchair quality, but still above normal. SINPO 3+4444 (Bruce Churchill, Fallbrook CA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3905, 1501-, RRI Merauke, Apr 3. Good reception this morning, perhaps best of the week. Likely due to solar disturbances causing Korea splatter to be minimized, and southerly paths enhanced. Signed off at 1501 with an immediate cut of transmitter. Modulation was good today, compared to other days which were muddy (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 6125a. 0931 UNIDENTIFIED Station in Indonesian with popular vocals, announcements till off abruptly at 0942 20/3. Measured frequency 6125.236 kHz. Possibly RRI Nabire in Papua reactivated. Not // CRI which has Indonesian at this time (Bryan Clark at Convention 2016, Moeraki, North Otago, New Zealand, with WRG33DDC software defined radio and Delta antenna, April NZ DX Times via WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DXLD) Nice finding, Bryan. CHINA 6125 channel checked remotedly at SDR unit in Brisbane Australia at 1010 UT on April 6, was a little too late to fetch RRI Nabire INS? Only CNR1 older 100 kW unit at Beijing covered on channel, exact measured on 6124.997 kHz, S=6 or -88dBm fair signal noted in Queensland, and observed also on 17 \\ CNR1 channels too, at this time slot, on 6030, 7230, 7305, 9500strong, 9645, 9830, 11710, 11720, 11760, 12045, 13610, 15370, 15380, 15480, 15550, 17550, and 17890 kHz. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 9525, 1340-, Voice of Indonesia, Mar 29. Just finishing a language lesson, then ID and into music. Fair to good reception. Some splatter from Radio Veritas 9520. The music is very pleasant. Didn't they used to play mostly western music? The one introduced was likely a local Indonesian (?female or child) singer (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL WATERS [or non?]. NORTH PACIFIC, 6240, 0448-, Russian Fishermen, Mar 26. Good reception with 2-way comms, one very strong, while the other weak. Lots of 'Horosho' ('good'). Mentioned closures, and I thought I heard Narita. Must be a maritime net, as there are many vessels checking in. At 0452, the Fishing Vessel 'Arctic' called in. Mentions of western Kamchatka. Kapitan Demediuk another vessel. Still going at 0458 tune-out (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN [non]. GREECE, 9420, 0311-, Voice of Greece, Mar 29. Very nice reception with Greek music. I'll see what happens if the Voice of Justice shows up in a few minutes. They were absent last night. And again absent tonight. GREECE, 9420, 0320-, Voice of Greece, Apr 1. Superb reception with S9 + 20 strength. Once again, Voice of Justice is absent. I have yet to hear them in the A16 period, on 9420, or on 11780. As for Greece, usual 'domestic' sounding program in Greek. 9420, 0353-, Voice of Greece, Mar 30. Excellent reception in Greek. S9 signal, but without local noise, it comes across as a S9 + 20 signal. Suddenly off the air at 0354. Absolutely no sign of the Voice of Justice yet again tonight (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9420, 0321-, The Voice of Justice, Apr 3. Greece is absent tonight from 9420, but so is Iran. That means I've yet to receive this program for the last week, and I've checked every evening. Nothing of course on 11780 either, except for a very strong (as expected) Brasília. 13770, 0434-, Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mar 27. Hebrew service of VOIRI actually heard at good level tonight. First day of the A16 program schedule. Nothing at all from listed parallel of 9880. Must be one of only a tiny handful of international stations with a Hebrew service! Rechecking at 0446 and the signal is much weaker, but still able to follow, but just barely. Transmitter cut a few seconds past 0450. 13770, 0422-, VOIRI Hebrew Service, Mar 29. I was about to say that they were a no show, but came on suddenly at 0423. Nothing noted on the listed parallel of 9880. A lot of splatter from 13760 incredibly strong Voice of Korea in Spanish, although OC only after 0426 with 'Aquí, Pyongyang'. Still too weak to make out any content tonight 13770, 0425-, Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Apr 1. Very good reception of their Hebrew service. I've checked for the last several months, and have only heard a weak carrier. They seem to always come on a few minutes late (scheduled 0420 to 0450), but haven't shown until about 0423. Nothing ever on the other scheduled frequency of 9880 (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN. IRAN TO END ENGLISH ON SHORTWAVE I have had this email from IRIB this morning: ``Dear Stephen, Warm greetings from IRIB English Radio Broadcast. IRIB English radio has recently planned to broadcast its programs via Internet and satellite and based on this plan, the shortwave broadcast of our radio will be unfortunately discontinued. As a radio hobbyist and an audience of IRIB English Radio based in Tehran, Iran, what do you think about this idea? Do you think we should take this measure and act as we have planned or you still prefer to follow our programs via shortwave radio? Please let us know and help us to make the best decision. Best Regards, Keep in touch, Arezou Radd, IRIB English Radio`` I have replied asking for information on when this will happen and I have stressed it should continue on shortwave. The email doesn't make it clear if the decision has been made or not though (Stephen Cooper, April 4, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Can you supply us with an address to respond to, so we can let our feelings be known? (B-T-M, ibid.) Yes sure, englishradio@irib.ir (Stephen, ibid.) Maybe it`s already ended? Is anyone hearing the English to North America V of Justice at 0320-0420 on ill-chosen 9420 or 11780? Or has anyone heard it since A-16 began? Not me, only Greece on 9420 and Brasil on 11780 (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Glenn, I tried daily in Masset until local Saturday night [as above]. Not a peep from them. I did hear the Hebrew service, though. 73, (Walt Salmaniw, ibid.) No English? Maybe we can get our $150 billion back. Regards, (George, NJ3H, Redmond, Oregon USA, Perseus and Elad FDM-S2, Wellbrook ALA1530AL, ibid.) But doesn't Iran still have shortwave broadcasts in HEBREW to the "ZIONIST STATE" (Israel) that they DON'T OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZE AS A NATION???? (William Knight, ibid.) So, what? (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) 9420, April 6 at 0322, no sign of VIRI ``Voice of Justice``, English to N America, as originally scheduled for A-16; just as well, since GREECE is here! Nor on // 11780: equally just as well, since BRASIL is here! I hadn`t really looked for it since A-16 began March 27, nor have I seen reports of anyone hearing it. Walt Salmaniw, BC says he tried for it every night with no success. That may be because, as Stephen Cooper received from englishradio@irib.ir April 4: [as above] (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DX LISTENING DIGEST) IRAN IRIB Tehran on SW checked on April 6th at 1320 UT. ARABIC South Arabian peninsula target 1130-1430 13785 del [sic] 17755kam S=9+50dB POWERHOUSE, female presenter in Arabic 1320 UT, at Doha Qatar remote SDR unit. ARABIC Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Turkey, Iraq, Syria, -west Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan target. 0530-1430 15750zah S=9+50dB POWERHOUSE, female presenter in Arabic 1325 UT. at Doha Qatar remote SDR unit. URDU 1250-1420 9790sir 13795sir delete15520kam both S=9+30dB at 1340 UT, Urdu male presenter. at Doha Qatar remote SDR unit. KURDISH 1320-1620 $7410kam Kirmanji dialect. S=9+25dB at Moscow Russia remote SDR unit. $ QRM co-ch CRI Japanese service. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) Here it is: Looks like original full schedule planned: http://hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=A16&broadc=IRB (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) At 1330 UT VIRI IRIB in Arabic on 15750 via 2 txs (one Zahedan and second Sirjan or Kamalabad) -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, ibid.) You mean you can hear two echoing against each other? HFCC sked has only Zahedan on 15750 at 0530-1430 Arabic 15750 0530 1430 38,39 Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting IRB Ara Zahedan 29N28 060E53 289 500 123 (Glenn, ibid.) Yes, 2 txs http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/viri-irib-via-2-transmitters-on-15750.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, ibid.) ** IRAN. VIRI IRIB via 2 transmitters on 15750 kHz, April 6 till 1430 15750 ZAH 500 kW / 289 deg to NEAf Arabic till 1430 15750 Sirjan tx or Kamalabad tx in Arabic, instead of 13610 // freq 13785 KAM 500 kW / 178 deg to N/ME Arabic from 1430 9580 ZAH 500 kW / 289 deg to NEAf Arabic, continues at 1530 1430-1532 15750 KAM 500 kW / 178 deg to N/ME Arabic, instead of 13650 -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) IRIB Tehran on SW checked on April 6th at 1440 UT: ARABIC Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Turkey, Iraq, Syria, -west Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan target. 1430-1730 9580sir S=9+30dB powerful signal, female presenter in Arabic 1440 UT, at Doha Qatar remote SDR unit. BENGALI 1420-1520 delete 11720kam 13840ahw 15400kam S=9+30dB powerful signal, male presenter phone in from Bangladesh 1450 UT, at Doha Qatar remote SDR unit. HINDI 1420-1520 11955sir 13830kam S=9+35dB powerful signal, male presenter at 1455 UT, at Doha Qatar remote SDR unit. UZBEK 1450-1550 %9465kam 11880sir S=9+15dB signal, piano mx at 1505 UT, at Doha Qatar remote SDR unit. % 1500-1600 UT on 9465 heavy interference by RTI English co-channel 9465 R. TAIWAN Int 1500-1600 1234567 English 300 225 Paochung TWN RTI UZBEK 1450-1550 11880sir S=9+20dB, but different piano classical music concert heard instead at 1500-1520, still continues. S=9+20dB in Greece remote unit. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) English on Iran heard today April 6, 2016 9665 kHz 1955 UT. Listening via the Twente SDR: 9665 kHz on 6 April 2106 at 1955 UT English from Iran clearly received. Checked other possible frequencies but NOT heard on any of these: 6040/7315/7425/9420/12015/13735/15460 (- Bruce (NY, USA), dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DXLD) 12015 was in // (Jean-Michel Aubier, France, ibid.) Yes, strong signal via Twente on 9665 at 2010 with 40 over S9. Could even be heard with a fair to good signal here in NB with a Tecsun PL- 880 and its built-in telescopic antenna. 9665 kHz signed off at about 2022:55 UT in mid-sentence. Sign-off announcement mentioned use of 12015 kHz for southern Africa. But 12015, via Twente, was dominated by Voice of Korea (in German, I think) and a RTTY signal (-- Richard Langley, NB, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I checked on March 27: ENGLISH 1020-1120 #17820kam #21510kam 1520-1620 #11640kam 13780sir 1920-2020 #7315kam #9420kam 9665sir 12015sir # not on air. Yes, it was on 12015 too. 73 wb April 6, (Büschel, dxldyg via DXLD) Did you hear 13780 1520-1620? 73, MR (Mauno Ritola, ibid.) IRIB Tehran on SW checked on April 6th at 2240 UT. ARABIC Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Turkey, Iraq, Syria, -west Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan target. 1730-0030 7285zah S=9+35dB powerful signal, female singer on sweet Arabic girl performance 2248 UT, at Madrid Spain remote SDR unit. MALAY 1220-1320 17670sir 21750sir 2220-2320 7360sir 9720kam 7360 S=9+25dB signal, 7360 S=9+15dB signal Malay lang male presenter and sweet flute music at 2257 UT, at Zakynthos Greece remote SDR unit. 73 wb (Büschel, ibid.) ARABIC Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Turkey, Iraq, Syria, -west Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan target. 0230-0530 7370kam 11660zah "Al-Quds TV" px 0530-0730 13610sir 0730-1430 13610kam CNR1 terrible co-ch 0530-1430 15750zah 1030-1130 delete 9410kam 1430-1730 9580sir 1730-0030 7285zah 73 wb IRIB Tehran on SW checked on April 6th at 2320 UT. CHINESE 1150-1250 delete17715kam delete21455sir 17870kam 21520sir 2320-0020 7300sir 11865kam 13715sir 7300sir S=9+35dB powerful signal, IRIB's pause signal piano music from sign-on 2318 UT, national hymn at 2323 UT, at eastern Thailand remote SDR unit. S=9+15dB in Moscow. S=9+10dB in Madrid, Spain. S=8-9 fluttery in Nagoya Japan. 11865 kHz suffers co-channel KRE broadband signal. 73 (Büschel, ibid.) Changes of Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran, April 6 0223-0250 NF 7410 KAM 500 kW / 058 deg CeAs Uzbek, ex 7400 parallel freq 9840 SIR 500 kW / 018 deg CeAs Uzbek 1023-1050 on 17630 SIR 500 kW / 310 deg CeAm Portuguese, new service [??? More like North America, why??? And not propagable --- gh] 1023-1050 on 21610 SIR 500 kW / 263 deg to SoAm Portuguese, new sce 1623-1650 NF 9675 KAM 500 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Bengali, ex 9435 // frequency 11825 SIR 500 kW / 090 deg to SoAs Bengali 1923-2020 NF 7375 SIR 500 kW / 326 deg to EaEu Russian, ex 7405 parallel freq 6035 KAM 500 kW / 058 deg to EaEu Russian http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/iran-changes-of-voice-of-islamic.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRELAND [non]. "Good news - Thanks to Jeff White we have another frequency for this Sunday's broadcast which should be better for Europe. 15770 kHz at 2130. Please can anyone in Europe, North America and elsewhere please send reception reports to reports@digidx.uk for this extra broadcast." Source: https://www.facebook.com/digidx/ 73 (Harald DL1ABJ Kuhl, April 2, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Hi All, Good signal at the moment here in the UK from DigiDX via WRMI on 15770.0 kHz at 2130-2200 UT. They are on again at 2330, but this time on 11580 kHz, and targeted towards North America. This is programme number 7, and in it they explain about why the German authorities stopped them from broadcasting via the German relay transmitters. [azimuth on both 11580 and 15770 is 44 degrees, i.e. toward Europe; but CIRAF targets of 11580 are Greenland, Atlantic Canada, and Bermuda --- gh] They also mention that they now have a website, which can be found at: http://www.digidx.uk as well as a Facebook page. The programme will be broadcast every Sunday throughout April at 2330 on 11580 kHz, I think tonight's broadcast on 15770 was just an extra one thanks to Jeff White, but maybe if enough European listeners respond they might make it a regular slot as well if no alternative European transmitter can be found (Alan Gale, Lancashire, UK, Yaesu FT-920, Inverted L with UMB, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also GERMANY ** ITALY. Greetings from Italy! Here is the schedule for the next broadcasts of Marconi Radio International (MRI) which continues its tests on 7 and 9 MHz as well as 11 MHz. Saturday, 2nd April, 2016 1230-1300 UTC 7690 USB 1400-1500 UTC 7790 USB 1700-1800 UTC 7690 USB 2100-2200 UTC 7690 USB Sunday, 3rd April, 2016 0700-0800 UTC 7690 USB 0830-0930 UTC 7690 USB 1000-1100 UTC 11390 USB 1700-1800 UTC 7690 USB 1830-1900 UTC 9210 USB 2000-2100 UTC 7690 AM 2200-2300 UTC 7690 USB Our test broadcasts will also include station identification announcements in Italian, English, French, German, Spanish and Catalan as well as DX and music shows in English and Italian. Power will be from 40 watts (AM) to 100 (USB). MRI encourages reception reports from listeners. Audio clips (mp3- file) of our broadcasts are welcome! We QSL 100%. Our electronic mail address is: marconiradiointernational@gmail.com - Please don’t forget to include your postal address as some lucky listeners will also receive a printed QSL card. Last week we received around 50 reports not only from many countries in Europe but also from Canada and USA. Last but not least, we need your help! If you use social networks, please post an announcement on Facebook or send out a tweet the day before the broadcast. You can also forward this message to a friend. This should help increase our potential audience. We hope to hear from a lot of shortwave listeners about our transmissions. Best 73's (Marconi Radio International (MRI), Short wave test broadcasts from Italy on 11390 kHz, April 1, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN. Walt Salmaniw DXpedition loggings from Masset BC 26 Mar to 3 Apr 2016 [excerpting X-band only here; see also AUSTRALIA --- gh] 1663.5, JAPAN, 15 minute maritime weather at :00 and :30 Tokyo Martis. Apr 1 1404 – Female computer generated voice continuous from just after 1400 tune-in, and ended at 1413. This was not like the Japanese lighthouse stations heard in past that are of short duration. I think I heard many references to Tokyo, but I'll have to post to the Real Audio group for clarification. Returned at 1415, but weaker. Not sure whether the same station or not. Not sure why PAL doesn't list this frequency as being used. Instead they list 1665 which clearly is not correct. Makes sense that this is the 'Tokyo Martis', which I assume stands for Maritime Information Station? Fits the schedule, although Nagoya Harbor Radio is also listed at the same times. At :15 would indicate Isewan Martis, listed as from Tahara, Aichi. No power indicated (IRCA DX Monitor April 10 via DXLD) ** JAPAN. 6115, 0521-, Radio Nikkei 2, Mar 26. Hoping to snare Congo, but instead, I'm already hearing Radio Nikkei 2 at fair to good level, but only on my W BOG. No hint of anyone else (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN [non]. 5975, 0503-, NHK, Mar 31. English service, relayed from the UK at fair level. Nothing heard on the listed Issoudun site on 11970. English news. 5975, 0520-, NHK World, Apr 1. Excellent reception tonight in English via the UK. Tonight, I can also here the Issoudun transmitter on 11970 at fair level (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11705, again March 31 at 1418, S9-S6, NHK World via PALAU about transmitting Korean culture to Japan; JBA carrier on 15735 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH. COREA DEL NORTE INTERFIERE COMUNICACIONES Y SISTEMAS DE NAVEGACION --- by gruporadioescuchaargentino La emisora de onda corta estadounidense La Voz de América informó que Corea del Norte comenzó a interferir señales de Sistemas de Posicionamiento Global (GPS) en Corea del Sur, afectando algunas comunicaciones y sistemas de navegación. La nación asiática también anunció el bloqueo de varias páginas populares de internet. Funcionarios en Seúl exigieron que el Norte cese inmediatamente sus actividades de interferencia, a las que calificó de "peligrosas e imprudentes". Muchas redes de computación y programas operativos funcionan en base a señales enviadas por la red mundial de satélites de posicionamiento global. Más de 50 aerolíneas que volaban sobre la Península coreana reportaron problemas de GPS, al igual que cientos de botes pesqueros surcoreanos que tuvieron que regresar a puerto por el problema. Corea del Norte anunció también oficialmente este viernes el bloqueo de las páginas de internet, entre ellas You Tube, Facebook, Twitter, la Voz de América y varios medios de comunicación surcoreanos, así como portales de apuestas y de sitios porno. La medida afecta a los pocos norcoreanos que tienen acceso a internet y mayormente a los residentes extranjeros y turistas que hasta ahora tenían acceso casi ilimitado a la red mundial (GRA blog April 2 via DXLD) Al respecto, no sabemos nada de esto en inglés (ggh, DXLD) ** KOREA NORTH. 15105, 0554-, Voice of Korea, Mar 26. Strong reception of this English program, with the usual propaganda. Sounds like it's being jammed, as I can hear a continual grinding sound in the background. This English language broadcast is beamed to SE Asia. I'm assuming I'm receiving it off the back of the antenna. Interested that they can't say 'Korea', but rather say, 'Koreer'. At 0605 noted them going on and on about the frequency changes coming March 27th from 0330 UT (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [and non]. 7400, 1330-, Shiokaze, Mar 26. Excellent reception in Korean, with just a hint of jamming, and cochannel much weaker CRI in Burmese. JAPAN, 5935, 1428-, Shiokaze, Mar 30. Japanese this morning, but the jammer is out in force. Giving a long list of WWW sites. Excellent reception if you took away the jammers! (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5935, March 31 at 1355, very poor signal, talk maybe in English, as expected on Thursday from Sea Breeze/Shiokaze, JAPAN, on new frequency ex-7400 as first reported by Ron Howard. Still a carrier at 1401, as there may be some extended broadcasts. 5935, Monday April 4 at 1301, YL in Chinese with typical Shiokaze piano accompaniment, S7 fading to S5, so still getting wind of Sea Breeze from JAPAN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Shiokaze (Japan Relay), 5935, 1320 5 APR - SHIOKAZE (JAPAN CLA). SINPO = 35222. Japanese, female announcer speaking at the edge of tears with piano music in the bg. ID@1328z by male announcer. Korean starts at 1330z with male and female announcers alternating. QSB=slow-to- moderate rate, modulation on noisy carrier just above noise floor mostly mixing with it. sf82.2, a7, k1, geomag: very quiet. 300kw, beamAz 290 , bearing 307 . Sangean ATS505 w/Kaito KA33 active loop in west facing window. Received at Las Vegas, United States. 8876km from transmitter in Ibaragi-Koga-Yamata. Local time: 0641. 73s (Rodney Johnson, NV, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Reception on Shiokaze Sea Breeze, April 2 1600-1630 on 5915 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Japanese Sat 1630-1700 on 5915 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Korean Sat http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/reception-on-shiokaze-sea-breeze-april-2.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. UZBEKISTAN, Fair signal of Radio Free North Korea via RED Telecom, April 1 1200-1300 on 15630 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/fair-signal-of-radio-free-north-korea.html Weak signal of Voice of Wilderness via RED Telecom, April 1: 1330-1530 on 7615 TAC 100 kW / 070 deg to NEAs Korean, not on A-16 freq 12130 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/weak-signal-of-voice-of-wilderness-via.html Good signal of North Korea Reform Radio via RED Telecom, April 1: 1430-1530 on 11570 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/good-signal-of-north-korea-reform-radio.html UZBEKISTAN, Weak signal of Voice of Martyrs via RED Telecom, April 1 1530-1700 7530 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean, co-ch AIR in Urdu: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/weak-signal-of-voice-of-martyrs-via-red.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA SOUTH. 5857.5, 1308-, HLL2, Seoul Meteo, Mar 26. Good reception with continuous English by a female generated voice with numerous observatory weather readings including wind, barometric pressure and temperature. Into what sounds like Chinese at 1312, and very shortly after Japanese (I recognized some of the words from Japanese lighthouse stations). Good reception (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA SOUTH. 15575, April 2 at 1255, the KBS IS is S4, poor with flutter, prior to English hour for North America, so a little progress in audiblizing itself tnx to summer oncoming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KURDISTAN [non]. 11600, April 1 at 1252, checking for Denge Kurdistanye finds a big collision between it(?) and something in Chinese. No A-16 Aoki available yet in any form, but in B-15 we find that could be CNR1 jamming against a nuisance 100-watt Sound of Hope RFA relay, and/or RTI 250 kW in Amoy from Paochung. Anyhow, no good for DK! At 1258 both/all of them are playing music, and before 1300 hear a spread-out timesignal, and the Chinese ends, but shortly Kurdish also goes off presumably for site swap. At 1301.5 a much weaker Kurdish is back on, at least in the clear. It improves during the hour, 1332 S3- S6; 1359 up to S9+10 still mostly talk, with some hum and slight distortion. Ivo Ivanov still hasn`t published a complete site/schedule for DK, only 13-17 via BULGARIA, and 17-19 via France. So whence is it before 1300, Pridnestrovye? 11600, April 1 at 2050, today`s signal is better at S4, and there`s Mideast vocal music, so that rules out Radio Biafra or Brother Scare, rules in Denge Kurdistanye. Another song at 2057 until cut off at 2100:15*. Then, much like yesterday, stronger 11600 carrier comes on at *2101:54, at S8 level, off, and on and off to stay again in less than a biminute at 2103:36*. Could that be BULGARIA trying and failing to start something else? Still off at 2109 check. Meanwhile, Ivo Ivanov has updated me April 1 on D.K. site schedule: ``A-16 of Denge Kurdistan by transmitters [BUT more updated below] 0300-0500 11600 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg WeAs Kurdish 0500-1300 11600 KCH 300 kW / 116 deg WeAs Kurdish 1300-1700 11600 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg WeAs Kurdish + 2nd harmonic 23200 1700-2100 11600 KCH 300 kW / 116 deg WeAs Kurdish`` So it is PRIDNESTROVYE both until 2100 and before 1300 as I had suspected. (And not France at 17-19 as he previously guessed.) But all this D.K. on 11600 pushes out Brother HyStairical who has countless other outlets, and Radio Biafra, which had been 20-23 UT (sometimes) via BULGARIA in B-15. So is Biafra completely off now or somewhere else? Nothing heard now on Ivo`s suggested replacements, 11590 or 12075. On April 2, Ivo says: ``NO MORE R. Biafra via SPL Secretbrod from 2100 on 11600 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to WeAf after close of Denge Kurdistan`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11600 kHz Denge Kurdistan --- Hi, I'm based in Germany & recently spent a week off on the Canary Islands taking the chance to listen to some local AM stuff broadcasted from West Africa (Tecsun PL600 with telescope antenna). Was surprised to spot a station on 11600 around 1300 UTC I could not identify. Back home I double checked and just identified it as Denge Kurdistania. It's broadcasting right now a program of news and local music. It's not Biafra and I thought you would like to know Denge is now on 11600 as they're not listed in any of the available databases. Have a nice day! -- T. --- Gesendet mit Thunderbird auf LinuxMint (Tetsuo, 0816 April 4, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11600, April 5 at 2057, music seems Kurdish rather than Biafran, but very poor, S5; 2059 announcement in uncertain language, music cuts off at 2100:06*. Then, just as monitored a couple times before, a stronger-sounding carrier but also metering S5 cuts on at *2102:07 and off at 2103:36*, as if another station is attempting to start but failing, lack of feed input? We had concluded that R. Biafra has quit SW, and on April 6 Ivo Ivanov reports ``NO MORE R. Biafra via SPL Secretbrod [Bulgaria] from 2100 on 11600 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to WeAf after close of Denge Kurdistan``. However, Biafra was still reported on one recent date by Mark Taylor, Wisconsin in his NASWA Flashsheet, so is there conflict over who gets to broadcast during this hour? If it was in English, it certainly wasn`t Denge Kurdistanye: ``11600 OPPOSITION. Radio Biafra – Kostinbrod, BULGARIA (Presumed), 2017–2100, 4/2/16 in English. Mostly a program of call ins about a variety of politically related situations in Nigeria (Boko Haram, corruption, etc.), music at 2025, 2036 fanfare and quick ID into person on the street type interview, music, commentary, brass band music to 2100 suddenly off mid song. Fair`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Final update of Denge Kurdistan by transmitter site 0300-0500 on 11600 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg Kurdish 0500-1300 on 11600 KCH 300 kW / 116 deg Kurdish 1300-1700 on 11600 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg Kurdish + 2nd harmonic 23200 1700-1930 on 11600 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg Kurdish, ex Grigoriopol 1930-2100 on 11600 KCH 300 kW / 116 deg Kurdish, ex 1700-2100 UT http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/final-update-of-denge-kurdistan-by.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, April 6, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KYRGYZSTAN. KTRK, Kyrgiz Radiosu, 4010 kHz, verified an E-mail report 2 days after the time I sent my second F/UP with a friendly and F/D E-mail message and mp3 file including a song. V/S: Roza Tashtanalieva. The report was sent to many E-mail addresses: public@ktrk.kg; office-rrtc@ktrk.kg; ktrksite@gmail.com; aripova.otrk@gmail.com; rkktrkkg@gmail.com; t.valieva@ktrk.kg; minculture.kg@gmail.com. The reply came from a private E-mail address of Mrs. Roza Tashtanalieva (Antonello Napolitano, Taranto, ITALY, March DX Fanzine #31 via DXLD) ** LIBERIA. 6050, 0533-, ELWA, Apr 2. A tentative logging only, as what I'm hearing is just at threshold level. First, from 0529 tune-in, I'm hearing piano music, and just after 0530 a solitary male speaker in English (American), Then into inspirational sounding music. Not much to go on, but a start (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LIBYA [and non]. Libya: Radio al-Bayan in shortwave???? ISIS' offline propaganda strategy http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2016/03/31-isis-propaganda-strategy-winter [except:] ``. . .Night and day, the al-Bayan Radio station broadcasts its programs on shortwave frequencies from central Libya to eastern Iraq, with programs ranging from news bulletins and “history lessons” to on- air fatwas and call-in medical clinics. . .`` Posted by: JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO, dxldyg via DXLD) Here`s the full article: ISIS' OFFLINE PROPAGANDA STRATEGY Charlie Winter | March 31, 2016 10:00am An Islamic State flag is seen in this picture illustration taken February 18, 2016. Picture taken February 18, 2016. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration [caption] Editor's Note: The Islamic State produces potent propaganda, inspiring tens of thousands of Muslims to travel to Syria to fight and encouraging other Muslims to launch attacks in their home countries. The propagandists also try to brainwash those unfortunate enough to be under the group’s thumb, Charlie Winter writes. This post originally appeared on Lawfare. https://www.lawfareblog.com/totalitarianism-101-islamic-states-offline-propaganda-strategy In the last few years, the Islamic State has expended a staggering amount of energy in pursuit of a position at the top of the global jihadist food chain. Given its sustained control over of huge tracts of land in Iraq and Syria, declaration of a transnational caliphate, and wide-ranging assaults against civilians from Paris to Jakarta, some would say it has achieved this with remarkable efficiency. However, being at the top of the food chain comes with consequences and, in recent months at least, things have not been going the Islamic State’s way: its leaders are being killed, injured or captured at a rate of knots, its financial infrastructure is being decoded and undermined, and foreign fighters are facing more obstacles than ever before. Though it is safe to say that the Islamic State is not going anywhere anytime soon, its future prospects are no longer burning so bright. Unless, that is, one looks at its propaganda. Indeed, according to its official media, life is good in the Islamic State’s caliphate: flowers are blooming, industry is booming, and the conquest of Rome is (still) looming. Yes, there may have been “tactical retreats” from areas that were once strongholds, but these were just to facilitate offensives elsewhere. And, yes, airstrikes have been destroying infrastructure and killing soldiers (and, it is claimed, civilians) on a daily basis, but the “security services” are on top of this, identifying and eradicating “spies” in droves, with typical gory fanfare. All this talk of lost territory and dwindling finances, the official line goes, is just “Crusader”-coalition agitprop—times are tough, but that is because the Islamic State is at war, not because it is losing. Outside its heartlands, it is easy for most to see through such claims. Coupled with the fact that its propaganda has become increasingly more difficult to access online, the mainstream media view on the organization’s trajectory has shifted. Now, for the most part, the common conception is not that the caliphate is in ascendancy, but that it is on a downward — albeit dangerous — trajectory. In the territories that the Islamic State holds dear, though, the story is very different. In these places — its propaganda narrative more pervasive — the situation is borne of an offline media strategy that has, for a long time, been almost totally obscured by the world’s fixation on its online equivalent. The strategy revolves around two mechanisms: the proliferation of Islamic State-friendly legacy media and the eradication of free access to information. In pursuit of the first, the offline repertoire of the Islamic State has become formidable indeed. While its propagandists may now be facing resistance on the Internet, they seem to have been flourishing offline in the caliphate heartlands. Night and day, the al-Bayan Radio station broadcasts its programs on shortwave frequencies from central Libya to eastern Iraq, with programs ranging from news bulletins and “history lessons” to on-air fatwas and call-in medical clinics. The formerly-annual al-Naba’ newsletter has metamorphosed into a weekly newspaper issued on Saturdays, complete with exclusive interviews, opinion pieces, and infographics. The al-Himma Library’s theological tracts are delivered to fighters and civilians alike by hand, and photographic and video reports are more ubiquitous than ever. This hyperactive proliferation strategy has been in large part facilitated by the humble-sounding “media point,” an Islamic State experiment that began — according to a recent special feature in al- Naba’ — as a single aluminum shack in Manbij, Syria, but that has since come to be a fundamental pillar of the organization’s public relations that, to borrow from John Cantile's most recent script, "works to expose the lies and propaganda that the Western media continues to peddle." At once publishing houses and open-air cinemas, “media points” are a place where literature can be downloaded and dispensed, USB sticks stocked up with images of utopia, military momentum and gore, and videos projected back-to-back before audiences of dozens. Sometimes mobile, they enable the Islamic State to extend its reach, infiltrate its message into remote regions with no online infrastructure, and sustain a constant information presence in population centers. What’s more, the implementation of the “media point” project shows no signs of abating: in Nineveh Province, an Islamic State media official interviewed by al-Naba’ claimed there are more than 60 of them, with the 'Amaq news agency adding that there are 25 in the city of Mosul alone. All this proactivity has been complemented by Islamic State’s gradualist censorship policy. The Internet, while still technically accessible, is, in many places, now only available under the watchful gaze of the Islamic State’s intelligence services (even for foreign fighters). Satellite dishes, which were recently renounced as “the enemy within” due to their alleged ability to “corrupt and dilute religion,” have been subjected to a caliphate-wide banning order, and competing radio stations are being muscled off airwaves by the expanding al-Bayan network. In short, in areas where its political and military control is most absolute, the group is doing all it can to suffocate other channels of information and seize an information monopoly. The application of this offline media strategy has been far from homogenous—for example, it does not seem to have taken root anywhere outside of Islamic State strongholds in Syria, Iraq and, to a lesser degree, Libya. Whatever the case, though, in the regions where it is being implemented, the implications are troubling. Regardless of whether or not the myths being peddled are believed, the constant cranking of the media machine has the effect of buoying morale among supporters and entrenching despair among potential dissenters. Conspiracy theories run amok as understanding of the coalition’s aims and tactical progress is drowned out by the unrelenting torrent of Islamic State media. This is totalitarianism at work, pure and not-so-simple. In much the same way as Hitler and Stalin’s propagandists did, the Islamic State’s media team is seeking to exact control over its audience by making the message of expansion and utopia the only constant. With that in mind, while there is some cause for optimism in the fight against al- Baghdadi’s bastardization of the Islamic caliphate, this optimism must remain restrained. Beating the Islamic State militarily solves but one piece of the ever more complicated puzzle. Charlie Winter, Senior Research Associate, Georgia State University Department of Communication (via DXLD) From Wikipedia: "In February 2015, ISIL captured a radio station "Makmadas" in Sirte, Libya. It is unclear whether that station is still under ISIL management." Are there any reports of reception of the shortwave station? (Richard Langley, NB, dxldyg via DXLD) I e-mailed the author of the article, Charlie Winter: ``Charlie, Regarding your article about ISIS and Al-Bayan: We in the shortwave media field are unaware of any broadcast by this group on shortwave, from Libya or anywhere. Could you please give us details of frequency, times? What is your source for that? Could it have been some other medium or band than really shortwave? Thanks, Glenn Hauser WORLD OF RADIO REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING`` His reply: ``Glen[n], Thanks for the email. I’m glad you pointed this out because this is an error on my part - I wrote shortwave when, in fact, I meant FM. Silly error to make. I will get in touch with Brookings and Lawfare to have this changed. Thank you so much for drawing this to my attention. If you’re interested in listening to al-Bayan, I could give you an Internet link. Best, Charlie`` Charlie, Tnx for the quick reply. ``FM frequencies from central Libya to eastern Iraq`` must also mean that they have individual FM transmitters, as an FM signal from Libya could not reach Iraq directly under normal circumstances. Yes, the Bayan link, please. Glenn They do have individual FM transmitters in these countries. http://bayanradio.xyz/ C (Charlie Winter, GA, April 1, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Still uncorrected in the Brookings version as of April 5 (gh, DXLD) ** MADAGASCAR. [Cf DXLD 16-13]. 6150, 0301-, Madagascar World Voice, Mar 27. Officially the first day of transmission of the A16 transmission schedule. Quite a decent signal, although for me, CKZN splatters a lot from 6160. Spanish programming, with address given numerous times in Florida. I think they ID'd as La Voz Alegre, or such. I'm not a Spanish speaker, but the accent did not sound natural. Even a touch Portuguese-ish, if that's a word! Still some teething problems, as there were a few minutes of dead air at around 0320 or so, before coming back again. 9480, 0400-, Madagascar World Voice, Mar 27. Inaugural broadcast of English language beamed to central Africa. Two announcers. One is African, so his accent is a little hard to follow, while the other male has a North American accent. S6 to 7 signal strength, but totally readable with such a low noise floor. Program highlights and into an African song at 0404. No mention, of course, of MWV. ID'd as African Path(s) Radio. On until 0457:50 and off. 11615, 2100-, Madagascar World Voice, Mar 27. Same IS as KNLS for several seconds, then immediately into an English devotional vocal. Very good reception, although with some splatter from a sick transmitter on 11620. Chinese announcement just before 2105. Rechecking at 2250 after erecting my NZ DKAZ, I note 9455 in Chinese directed at 055 degrees at fair to good level, but with splatter 6 kHz low, while 11770 in Arabic directed to North Africa at 325 degrees is at good level. Both 100 kW of course. I'd say a good start to the service, many years in the offing! 13710, 2014-, Madagascar World Voice, Mar 27. Superb reception in Arabic to ME, so continuing on to WCNA, I guess. Very nice for 100 kW! (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re: [dxld] Madagascar World Voice: What's in a name? On 27 March around 1940 while briefly checking their Arabic broadcast on 11945 I heard them giving ID something like "Radio Feda" or "Radio Veda" or similar. Unfortunately I didn't record at that time. Maybe just a program name. Btw, are they producing all programs by themselves or is there also some brokered stuff? 73, (Jari in Finland Savolainen, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) In Arabic at 2000 UT on 13710 announced Radio Feda http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/03/updated-16-of-madagascar-world-voice.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, 0546 UT April 1, ibid.) Well, I sent an inquiry to MWV about their Arabic ID. It is Radio Feda, meaning of Arabic word feda is redemption. The reply came from Tony, contact@ radiofeda.com and it seems the website http://radiofeda.com is not yet up. 73, (Jari Savolainen, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Not to confuse with Farda 9480, African Pathways Radio on at 0400 with horns fanfare and man with “Welcome to African Pathways Radio. My name is…”. Went on to talk about their new station, gave program lineup and into music. At 0406 began first of several short Christian features until I tuned away at 0418. - Good, going to fair by 0415, Mar 30 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, listening in my car, parked by the lake and using the CommRadio CR-1a and Sony AN-1 active antenna, Editor of World English Survey and Target Listening, available at http://www.odxa.on.ca dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9480, African Pathways Radio on 30 March from 0359 tune with armchair- quality signal into Fallbrook. The carrier first appeared at about 0359:15 and at 0400 I heard trumpets playing an opening tune followed by a man announcer with "Welcome to African Pathways Radio" and an introduction of the co-hosts including Henry Huffard. Opening announcements went on with the broadcast's program schedule. Then a song was played from Guinea until 0407. Then I heard another song on a marimba introducing a new program "Pathway to Happy Homes" about marriage opened by an African man and woman. The program was narrated by another American couple. An e-mail address was given as Amifradio@gmail.com. The program was closed by 0412 by the African man and woman who opened the show. Then I heard John Reed, President of World Bible School talking about Bible courses. At 0415.5 another program started, "Immersed in Life", narrated by a man and talking about children until 0424. This was followed by a very lively African vocal to 0429 and then a program "This Day in History" narrated by a man. SINPO 55555 (Bruce Churchill, Fallbrook CA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re: ``17640, March 30 at 1857, sign-off announcement mentions only this 18 on 17640 and 04 broadcast on 9480, which we have found to be duplicates, as the other English broadcasts are not from ``African Pathways``; brief OC and off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)`` That's no surprise as the other broadcasts are aimed at India. It's very likely the daily English hour otherwise heard on KNLS aimed at an Asian audience http://knls.org/whats-going-on-ab.html while African Pathways is another branch of WCB http://www.africanpathways.org/ 73 (thorsten hallmann, March 31, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6190, Mar 31, 2016. 0235-0247, Madagascar World Voice, Mahajanga. Pastor makes a preaching about "El Amor y la Familia"; Ann: Curso bíblico gratis; website & e-mail; ID. Fair signal and modulation, 35433 (DXer - José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo, PB, Brazil, RX (s) Sony ICF-SW100S & Tecsun S-2000, Portable Telescopic antenna, Hard- Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) 11945, Madagascar World Voice, 1918-1921, escuchada el 31 de marzo de 2016 en árabe a locutor con comentarios, segmento musical, SINPO 24432 (José Miguel Romero, Burjasot (Valencia), España, Sangean ATS 909, Antena hilo de 10 m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. 9665, April 3 at 0117, LAH no doubt caused this hour only by MWV vs. 9665-, R. Voz Missionária. I bet the QRM is even worse around Brasil (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) re QRM new 9665 kHz zone 41 target of MWV in Tibet, eastern China, South Asia, is 16.000 kilometers away on the backside of earth. So strange, why they should protect a Brazilian domestic small station outlet? wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Because they can. (I mean, that nowadays there are enough completely free frequencies on shortwave to choose from. Especially when the small stations are often off-fq and suffer then from the het of a big station). 73, (Mauno Ritola, ibid.) Because it`s the right thing to do --- better for both stations, and incidentally, LISTENERS to both stations, to avoid interference as much as possible, even if not required to do so. This should be obvious, but too much trouble for bureaucrats? (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Small 5-10 kW domestic SW stations never have got protection on SW band by ITU request registration - in past 50 - 60 years. German small domestics Muehlacker 6030, Ismaning 6085, Berlin/Bremen 6190, Frankfurt/M. Heiligenstock 6160, Rohrdorf 7265 kHz never have been protected - even AGAINST DEUTSCHE WELLE German foreign broadcaster requests on same channels, - or similar happened of former IBB / VOA / RFE / RL Germany relay requests (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) MADAGASCAR WORLD VOICE TEMPORARILY OFF THE AIR DUE TO TECHNICAL FAULT. WRTH - World Radio Tv Handbook FaceBook Page: This received by Victor Goonetilleke "Dear Sir: Thank you for sending an excellent report upon hearing African Pathways Radio during our first week of broadcasting. A QSL card is on its way to you now by mail. This is just a note to let you know your message was received and to express our appreciation for your email to us. Unfortunately, in our fifth day of operations, a defective part shut us down - so you will not be able to receive us now. Everything at the station is new and under warranty so it is just a matter of getting the part to Madagascar and having it installed. We will let you know when we resume operations. You were part of a wonderful, though short-lived, experience with us. We wish you the best in your pursuit of worldwide shortwave reception. With kindest regards, Henry Huffard, Host, African Pathways Radio, Madagascar World Voice" (Richard Langley, NB, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Attractive MWV QSL-card arrived today by post. I reported by e-mail their Russian program 27 March 2016 on 9570. The letter was mailed from Nashville, TN on 29th (Jari Savolainen - Finland, April 4, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 17640, April 4 at 1800-1804+, no signal from MWV, a.k.a. African Pathways Radio. 16m is working well enough from Europe at least, e.g. 17620 France. Here`s why, from a reply received by Wendel Craighead (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) African Pathways Radio/Madagascar World Voice QSL --- AFRICAN PATHWAYS RADIO/MADAGASCAR WORLD VOICE via Mahajanga (presumed), Madagascar 9480. Email letter in 4 days, for a report to info@worldchristian.org, from Henry Huffard, Host, who says my QSL is on its way. I heard 5 different broadcasts on March 27, the station’s first day of broadcasting, with surprisingly strong signals. Signal strength was excellent during 4 of the broadcasts and fair for the fifth. But I can no longer hear this station, and Mr. Huffard explains why. “Unfortunately, in our fifth day of operations, a defective part shut us down - so you will not be able to receive us now. Everything at the station is new and under warranty so it is just a matter of getting the part to Madagascar and having it installed. We will let you know when we resume operations” (Wendel Craighead, Prairie Village, Kansas, USA, April 2, cumbre_dx yg via DXLD) ** MALAYSIA. 6050.05, Asyik FM via RTM, 1140, April 2. Seems they have straightened out their problems and are now back to normal transmissions; in vernacular and pop songs; singing jingle IDs. So inactive RTM stations remain Radio Klasik (with new A16 schedule, is again a clear frequency for a much longer period of time without CRI ) on 5965 and Traxx FM on 7295. While Sarawak FM (9835) and Wai FM (11665) are still on the air as usual (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6050.030, April 4 at 1305, very poor S4 signal with music, talk, presumed Asyik FM, which recently reactivated SW. A biday ago, Ron Howard had it on a slightly different but still plus offset [as above] (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Previous 6050 kHz MLA request in past decade: 0200-1520 UT via RTM Kajang SW site, 10 kW, non-dir antenna. 02-05 Info FM, 05-15 UT Asyik FM, 1500-1520 UT Salam FM (Wolfgang Büschel, April 4, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews 5 April via WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DXLD) ** MALTA [non]. GERMANY, Good signal of Radio Joystick via MBR April 3 1000-1100 on 7330 MOS 100 kW / 283 deg to CeEu German 1st Sun http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/good-signal-of-radio-joystick-via-mbr.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) AUSTRIA ** MEXICO. [Re 660 gh log March 28:] The correct description for the XEDTL format — at least during main hours, when there's not "urban pop" or other music — is "citizen-produced". Every year IMER puts out a call for proposals for new radio shows for the station. There is a lot of music, but also programming like "Mujeres a la tribuna", "Enlace ciudadano" and "Dimensión educativa". You really need to cross-check with the XEDTL schedule for that (Raymie Humbert, AZ, March 31, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) ** MEXICO. 710, April 1 at 1218, the Low-German preacher is intoning, which we know from long experience is coming via XEDP, Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, 7000/100 watts, guess which? By now, except for XEROK 800, it`s the only NW Mexican signal left on lowband. A few minutes later, 650 still bears WSM instead of XETNT. Enid sunrise today: 1217 UT. I was going to look up SR at Cuauhtémoc, but gaisma.com doesn`t list it, nor even nearby Chihuahua capital! Despite many smaller places: http://www.gaisma.com/en/dir/mx-country.html It also places Mexico in Central America! a typical European mis-idea. http://www.gaisma.com/en/dir/013-region.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. MÁS ESTACIONES DE RADIO EN MÉXICO PODRÁN OPERAR EN FM El Pleno del Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones (Ifetel) aprobó la disposición técnica IFT-002-2016 con la que habrá más espacio para que operen más estaciones de radio en Frecuencia Modulada (FM). La disposición contiene las Especificaciones y Requerimientos para la Instalación y Operación de las Estaciones de Radiodifusión Sonora en Frecuencia Modulada (FM) en la Banda de 88 a 108 megahercios (MHz). Esta disposición establece que cuando no exista espectro radioeléctrico disponible con separación a 800 kilohercios, el Instituto podrá establecer una separación entre frecuencias de 400 kHz como mínimo para estaciones de Frecuencia Modulada (FM) que operen en una misma localidad, con lo que podrán operar más estaciones y con ello más opciones para la población. “El aumento en la disponibilidad espectral que se logrará con esta medida beneficiará a las audiencias y a la industria de la radiodifusión sonora en el país”. En esta disposición el Ifetel incluyó especificaciones y parámetros técnicos de operación para las estaciones de radiodifusión sonora híbridas en FM, es decir aquellas que ya pueden ser transmisiones digitales. En sesión de Pleno el Ifetel también aprobó el Manual del Sistema Electrónico de Gestión correspondiente al Convenio para la Comercialización o Reventa de Servicios para los Operadores Móviles Virtuales, mediante el que estas empresas podrán contrara servicios mayoristas (La Jornada via GRA blog April 2 via DXLD) ** MEXICO. RAYMIE`s MEXICO BEAT this week --- Haven't had to talk about new station sign-ons in a while, but XHCVP Coatzacoalcos hit the air this week (RF 20, 9.x). This super special 1 kW duckling is held by a Patronato but effectively owned by Tele- Emisoras del Sureste and provides Gala TV and TES programs via XHTVL Villahermosa. Its short name is "C20HD" (Raymie Humbert, Phœnix AZ, April 2, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) Today in the DOF... http://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5431879&fecha=05/04/2016 ACUERDO mediante el cual el Pleno del Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones expide la Disposición Técnica IFT-002-2016, Especificaciones y requerimientos para la instalación y operación de las estaciones de radiodifusión sonora en frecuencia modulada en la banda de 88 MHz a 108 MHz. The 400 MHz era has begun, or at least it will in 31 days (30 days + "the next day" after publication) when this new technical document becomes official (Raymie, April 5, ibid.) Roll your Rs for Mexico's newest community radio station... RRADIOTL, A.C. has received a social use concession and will be broadcasting on XHPER-FM 101.1 from Perote, Veracruz. The station is to broadcast with 1.5 kW from 19 34'09" N, 97 14'41.6" W. It is not on Cofre de Perote, however. There does not seem to be a station yet at the listed location (Raymie, April 6, ibid.) Let's call out the FCC for a change: The Mexican data available in the FCC Query has been updated quite a bit. More missing stations are being added, though some on post- repacking facilities. And then there is, surviving repacking like a boss... XHRBA-TDT 29 Río Bravo Tamps., 200 kW Come on now... (Raymie, April 7, ibid.) ** MONGOLIA. 4895 kHz is reported off the air and also 4830 and 7260 have been reported on the air only very sporadically (WRTH National update March 31 via DXLD) ** MONGOLIA. 12035, Apr 5, 2016. 0904-0915, Voice of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar. YL talks in English; a song by male singer. Very poor broadcast, 25332 (DXer - José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo, PB, Brazil, Sony ICF-SW100S & Tecsun S-2000, Portable Telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** MYANMAR. BURMA. 5985, 1503-, Myanma Radio, Mar 30. Superb reception in Burmese with local music. Fantastic modulation, making it almost an 'FM-like' experience. I'll leave the mp3 running to pick up the English broadcast starting at 1530. English news with frequencies listed including in meters. A local speaker, so a bit difficult to follow. Starting to fade a bit as it's 8:30 AM local. Into news about Burma. Rechecking at 1544, I hear an English language lesson from the VOA (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5915, Myanmar Radio, 1111, April 4. In vernacular; reception in the clear before the *1158 sign on of CRI. 5985, Myanmar Radio, *1130, April 4. Suddenly on; in vernacular; weak, but clear frequency. 7200.104 (thanks to Wolfy for his March 23 measurement), Myanmar Radio, 1314, April 5. In vernacular with pop songs; this reception now possible at this time as CNR1 jamming had already signed off. 7345, Myanmar Radio, 1112, April 4. Weak under a strong CNR1. 9730, Myanmar Radio, 1117, April 4. pop music; 1128 usual singing ID with frequencies; 1129* suddenly off. Did not hear Sound of Hope (Taiwan), which in the past was often noted here (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MYANMAR. 9730, Myanmar Radio, 1112-1129*, April 6 (Wednesday). Start of the Radio Australia program "English for Business," lesson 14; language lesson with both English and Burmese ("There’s a slight hitch. Sorry about this. If you’ll just bear with us for a minute," etc.); semi-readable with slight SOH (Taiwan) QRM; full transcript at http://goo.gl/bw9EYq Nice to find Myanmar is still carrying these programs (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. GERMANY, 6040, 0045-, The Mighty KBC, Mar 27. Nice to have very good reception at my DX cottage in Masset, BC. Strong signal, despite another hour or two before dark. I wasn't expecting such positive reception. I guess it's early enough in the Spring that propagation is holding. Scheduled to end in a few weeks unless new sponsors are found, or North American transmitters. Uncle Eric was absent on this broadcast, but similar style. 6040, 0052-, The Mighty KBC (non), Apr 3. Wow, some serious goings on with the ionosphere today, as there's virtually nothing on the bands up here in Masset. The 49 m band should already be alive, but only has a few anemic carriers. I can just barely make out the KBC on the waterfall, and perhaps a few snippets of audio, but only on the North Beverage. On the other hand, the MUF is pretty decent with WWV on 20 MHz propagating well. And then, just suddenly, at 0058, WWV just took a nose dive and all but disappeared! Had some chores tonight, so when I returned at 0228, there they were at good to very good levels, but only on my North Beverage. Peter John with amateur news to 0238, and back to music (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NEWFOUNDLAND. 2598-USB, April 3 at 0121 UT, very poor YL voice, must be marine weather which starts at 0107 from MCTS Labrador, VOK, via St. Anthony, Isle of Nfld site, consisting of per CCG website: ``Radiotelephony --- Technical marine synopsis, forecasts and wave height forecasts for marine areas: 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 235, 237 and 238. Ice conditions and forecast for the East Coast of Newfoundland, and the Labrador Coast, south of 54N. Iceberg Bulletin – Newfoundland Coast and Strait of Belle Isle.`` Nothing audible on 2749 at the moment, the closer Nova Scotia group which are generally stronger (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NEW ZEALAND. 6170, April 1 at 1307, no signal from RNZI! It`s still on 9700 instead, fine with me, but a mistake? I already confirmed that 6170 had taken over 1259+ as of March 27. Is really on 9700.013 and gets some splash from 9710 RHC unless tuned to 9700.013-LSB. No, it`s not a mistake, but RNZI is limping along on only one transmitter, shared with DRM, as explained now at http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/listen `` Due to a transmitter fault the AM transmission is now from 2150 to 1650 UTC``, viz., rather contradictorily: 2151-0458 15720-AM Daily 0459-0658 11725-AM Daily 0659-0758 9890-DRM Mon-Fri 0759-1650 9700-AM Daily [but 1059-1258 toward PNG, worse for us] 1651-1835 7330-DRM Sun-Fri 1836-1950 11690-DRM Sun-Fri 1951-2150 15720-AM Daily Does this mean they will be off the air weekends during the DRM hours, instead of on some AM frequency? Maybe will have other transmitter back on by then? 1307, item on PNG economy finishes `RNZI Regional News`, and right into `Dateline Pacific` starting with fresh water shortage due to El Niño-induced lack of rainfall in FSM, especially Yap and Chuuk (ex- Truk), state of emergency declared; pink-eye widespread in Fiji. 9700, April 3 at 1312, RNZI is still here, very good S9+20 instead of scheduled 6170 which would be much weaker for us; as first noted April 1, they have only one transmitter operational (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15720 - RNZI, Rangitaki, NZ at 0145 April 6. On air tonight albeit with a poor signal. YL & OM w/ phone calls, mentions of NZ and some local music. Signal severely degraded by heavy band noise and persistent significant audio fades. Just barely there at peaks. I had read that their AM signal was off but had not heard that they were back up but here they are (Stephen Wood, Harwich, Mass., Perseus SDR 24 x 50 variable terminated superloop, best on N/E end, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9700, April 5 at 1405, RNZI is still here instead of 6170, opening a Forum from BBCWS in London, about extreme environments for life on earth and elsewhere; very interesting, and something not easily heard from BBC itself; wrapping up already at 1446 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. PIRATE, 6935, 0439-, unknown, Mar 26. Non-stop instrumental music with long pauses. Not terribly strong, but the only pirate audible tonight. There's an OC on 6932.091 at the same time. Frequent breaks in transmission, such as at 0441:30, and then returning, but this time, did not past 0446 (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) PIRATE, 6925, 0352-, Radio Zed, Apr 2. Big band music at good level. At 0400 ID'd as Radio Zed, and gave an email for QSL to RadioZed@hotmail.com. Back to music from Louis Armstrong. Repeated QSL information at 0412. Almost sounded like 'Hushmail' rather than hotmail! Same ID at 0430, and 0441. Transmitter seems to have disappeared at 0449. A new one for me. ***Confirm frequency on HF Underground**** Seems they moved to 6930 (?check frequency in HFU) as I heard them there until 0524, with same IDs and music format, albeit now weaker. PIRATE, 6925, 0313-, Radio Zed, Apr 3. Back again tonight from 0300 tune-in with same oldies and big band music. Good reception again tonight, but not quite as strong, although it's not LSS for another 30 min or so (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I was thrilled to receive an e-QSL from JR, the operator of Radiozed. He stated that he was running 100 to 200 watts to a tuned 40' rain gutter mounted on the side of his house (somewhere south of me on the west coast). Many thanks to JR! 73 (Walt Salmaniw, April 5, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I supposed the jagged electrical bolts shooting out from the radio tower next to the Bugs Bunnys could be construed as Zeds (gh, DXLD) PIRATE, 6951, 0337-, (tentative), Wolverine Radio, Mar 27. An unusual pirate station using LSB. Just happened to come across them, and they immediately went into a SSTV image of a black dog with a bunny in its mouth, with the caption, 'You can go find the eggs'. I missed the top caption. Presumably Wolverine Radio? Fair to good reception (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Unseems Wolverine to me: usually on -0 or -5 even in USB (gh, DXLD) You are absolutely correct. Wolverine always IDs, and I don't ever remember them using LSB. I removed the presumed ID. 73! (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, April 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST) PIRATE, 6925, 0342-, KMUD, Mar 27. Just after the 6951 LSB station left the air, on came 6925 in USB, but with very tinny audio. ID'd as KMUD, along with some slow CW. Somewhat difficult to tune. Perhaps the transmitter is unstable. For a bit 6925.3 worked, but within 30 seconds, 6925.18 worked better. ID again with CW at 0348. Poor to fair. Off just before 0351 (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. RED BEACON RADIO: 7610/AM, 2116-2130+, 26-Mar; Rock music. SIO=2+52+ with mucho QRN +++ 2229-2242+, 26-Mar; still rocking’ but now SIO=353; no announcements +++ 1610, 27-Mar; Hard rock. poor at QRN level +++ 2209, 27-Mar; lite pop, no hard stuff; SIO=3+53. ID per Free Radio Net post; tnx ff. Also M.A.R.E. post for QSL to Rob Ross via redbeaconradio@aol.com (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' & 60' RW + 125' bow-tie, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 7610, PIRATE (NA), Red Beacon R. Tnx John Herkimer tip, found here at 1847 with Metal and Hard Rock songs. Audio cutting out a lot at 1902, deadair, then announcer came on at 1904 mentioning the “…DJ is having an issue…” and said it was he’d like someone to set up a live stream and use his gear. Then back to hard rock music. 1906 tune/out. (27 March) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR with 153 foot Delta Loop and Wellbrook ALA1530S, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** NORTH AMERICA. PIRATE-NA. Black Cat Radio, 6935 USB, 0014-0026*, 03-25-16, SIO: 444. ID by OM announcer, then tune by Iron Maiden. SSTV image, ID and blues tune till close. [Lobdell-MA] PIRATE-NA. Liquid Radio, 6925 AM, 0104-0135+, 03-25-16, SIO: 343/131. Dance tune with brief fade up, then back into the noise after 0115 or so. Liquid is a regular here on Saturdays. [Lobdell-MA] PIRATE-NA. WLIS/We Love Interval Signals, 6925 USB, 1202-1206*, 03-27- 16, SIO: 444, Interval signals from RRI-Indonesia, KTWR-Guam, Vatican Radio. ID at close. Received nice eQSL from Jack Boggan for report posted on the HF Underground. [Lobdell-MA] PIRATE-NA. Red Beacon Radio, 7610 AM, 1630-1746+, 03-27-16, SIO: 444. Station playing heavy metal rock from internet stream, finally IDing as Red Beacon Radio. Nice AM audio, claims only 15 watts from a home brew dipole/curtain antenna. OP is looking to relay/broadcast programming from other pirates as he has no desire to produce his own. Nice QSL received from redbeaconradio@aol.com [Lobdell-MA] PIRATE-NA. Amphetamine Radio, 6925 USB, 2028-2041, 03-27-16, SIO: 333. Morse Code ID, SSTV image, was playing audio from some TV drama/horror theme. [Lobdell-MA] PIRATE-NA. Moonlight Radio, 6930 USB, 2317-2329*, 03-28-16, Rick James tunes, full ID just before sign off (Chris Lobdell, Tewksbury, MA USA, Receivers: Eton E1, JRC NRD-535, Aerial: G5RV dipole, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. Radio Free Whatever. Friday, April 1, 2016, 0012, 6935 USB. Radio Free Whatever with DJ Dick Weed talking to the audience. s7, very good. (Will-MD) Unid. Friday, April 1, 2016, 0126, 6925 LSB. Lively voice communications among several "fishermen" being interfered with by (presumably) at least one and maybe more North American operators. Rude Spanish and pseudo-Spanish talk, such as "I need teepee for my bunglole," "73," and calling CQ over and over for "puta, puta, pooooota." Hardcore rap music started at 0130, continuing until around 0146. Off at 0149 revealing the pescadories chatting away underneath. The interfering ops signal was s7, the fishermen s3/s5 (Larry Will, Mount Airy, Maryland, radio@zappahead.net, Icom IC-R75 and G5RV dipole, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6950-USB, April 3 at 0102, jazz singer at S9+25, ``Drink Muddy Water`` song, applause, Wolverine Radio ID just before 0105, more music. Still going at 0147 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 7520, April 5 at 2100-2104+ nothing detected after getting a tip that pirate WAZU would be on at this time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6876 - The Crystal Ship is on tonight, 0030 UT April 6, with a good signal. Program 'Echoes of 1968" with lots of good music from that year, The Rascals, Aretha, also audio clips of LBJ & MLK & CBS report of assassination of MLK. Slight static and some brief fades but overall very pleasant listening and quite interesting historical program (Stephen Wood, Harwich, Mass., Perseus SDR, 25 x 50 variable terminated superloop antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. Part 15 FM transmitters from Finer Physiques on West Willow in Enid audible next door while I am having lunch at Jiang Yuan. There is so much blockage otherwise that I can`t even hear KOSU on my walkmanish. These allow gym customers, some of whom are stooped senior citizens, to hear, presumably on headsets, whatever TV channel audio they choose while exercising, so content is constantly changing. April 5 around 19 UT I get these: 90.9, soap opera in English, source unknown 89.7, a news channel, then channel surfing to something else 88.9, algo 88.7, Fox 25, weak (KOKH) 88.5, Dateline on OWN, a cold-case story, strong Meanwhile, I consume a high-calorie General Tso`s Chicken dish #20 (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OMAN. 15140, 1441-, Radio Sultanate of Oman, Mar 26. Struggling with the MUF at this early hour, but still a reasonable S4 to S5 with a zero noise floor, making it listenable with a top hits type format, in rapid succession. 15140, 1434-, Radio Sultanate of Oman, Apr 1. Good to very good signal with western pop vocals. So, is this a single transmitter feeding two antennae to cover to the north west into Saudi Arabia and Europe, while another to East Africa, as HFCC lists (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15140, 1 APR 2016, 1457-1500, RADIO SULTANATE OF OMAN, Male announcer with ID at 1457; continual soft pop music (Western-style); SINPO 33323 (Ed Sylvester, Baghdad, Iraq, AOR AR-5000A +3, Indoor Pixel Magnetic Loop, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAKISTAN. In A-16 HFCC Database no more frequencies of PBC Radio Pakistan. Here some observed frequencies of Radio Pakistan PBC in summer A-15 period: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/in-16-hfcc-database-no-more-frequencies.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DX LISTENING DIGEST) In A-16 HFCC Database no more frequencies of PBC Radio Pakistan. Here some observed frequencies of Radio Pakistan PBC in summer A-15 period: 0045-0215 15730 ISL 250 kW / 118 deg SoAs Urdu 0500-0700 15395 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg N&ME Urdu 0830-1105 15320 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg WeEu Urdu, including English 1100 1200-1300 15700 ISL 250 kW / 070 deg EaAs Chinese 1330-1530 15485 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg N&ME Urdu 1700-1800 15700 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg WeEu Urdu But the station was on air very rarely and the duration of programs varies. http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/in-16-hfcc-database-no-more-frequencies.html (Ivo Ivanov, dxldyg via DXLD) Although http://www.radio.gov.pk/externalservice lists a nominal summer schedule for 2016, Radio Pakistan seems to have left short wave. Searching for web audio streams you do find FM 101, but not the World Service. There is however a beta-site http://beta.radio.gov.pk/pbc-stations being tested. This site includes a radio player of ten streams. While some streams remained silent when checked, clicking on World Service produced a programme stream which was not in parallel with any of the other active streams (Dr Hansjoerg Biener 3 April 2016, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I have seen this reported elsewhere too. I haven't heard Radio Pakistan for some time - until today (April 5) when I found them on air on 15730 at 0630 UT. The signal was poor - varying from zero on the meter to about S5 - and was obviously via one of their old transmitters with audio distortion. Signed off at 0700. However, there is no broadcast to west Europe from 0830 UT that I can find. Their FM does not reply to my mails, and the old FM e-mail address bounces. I recall that you told me that you had been hearing this same service in late B-15. I guess we will have to wait and see what they finally do - SW or internet. 73 from (Noel Green, England, April 5, WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260, NBC Madang, 1131-1200*, *1204-1215*, April 3 (Sunday). In Tok Pisin/Pidgin with what seemed like religious program (religious songs?); ID 1159; audio ended 1200* and then just dead air (open carrier). Was disappointed, as was hoping to hear a certain Sunday show. Fortunately I did not tune away, as at *1204 the audio came back on with Stacy Rose's distinctive voice with the intro to her "Island Praise" syndicated (Florida, USA) Sunday show of pop Caribbean gospel music (reggae, soca, calypso, hip hop gospel, etc.) till suddenly off at 1215*. Very pleased to hear her unique show again! BTW - Did not hear // NBC Bougainville (3325) at 1204, as they were not on the air then; they usually cut off their broadcast just before 1200 (April 2 closed down at 1157*).(Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 7324.950, 1414-, Wantok Radio Light, Mar 28. Poor to fair reception of an old friend. Measuring this morning on low side. Suffering from splatter 5 kHz above (CRI Russian from Xi`an). Perhaps the modulation is lowish, too. I can make out the music, but too weak to hear much else. Wiped out at 1430 by CRI in Filipino on 7325. 7324.946, 1357-, Wantok Radio Light, Mar 31. China's transmitter cut at 1357 this morning revealing Wantok Radio Light at poor level, and still suffering significant splatter from 7330 (CRI Russian from Xian). (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7325, Wantok Radio Light, Port Moresby, YL with CX [sic] Pregation Gospel. SINPO 34222, Day 31 March 2016 in 0950 UT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGtk8puWBs0&feature=youtu.be RX: Tecsun S-2000; Antenna: Beverage simples NSSEA-21 (Daniel Wyllyans, Nova Xavantina MT Brazil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) CRI Japanese still starts on 7325 at 1000 in A-16 (gh, DXLD) or 0953: 7324.95, Wantok Radio Light, 0900, April 1. NBC news in English; // NBC Bougainville (3325). Later at 0931 with promotional spot for "Ninety-Nine Ltd., is a company that introduces natural health products to keep the family healthy and strong. We also give free health education nation wide," which is the sponsor of "Focus On The Family" program that followed; CRI transmitter turned on at 0953 (not the usual 0957). So have all the CRI transmissions been re-programmed with this new xx53 time, instead of xx57? (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 4747.6, R. Huanta Dos Mil, 1028 feature with long actuality from a meeting of some sort. M host in Quechua. 1033-1035 ad/promo block with phone number, and mentions of Huanta, and R. Huanta Dos Mil. Into feature with W announcer mixed with music from 1035 to at least 1049. Faded really quickly between 1045-1050 and was barely audible at 1051. Nice signal on par with Tarma. Just too bad this is right in the middle of the strongest CODAR. (21 March) 4774.91, R. Tarma. Signal on at 0956:35, deadair, then usual s/on routine, and into “Música Folklórica Nacional” program. Good with CODAR QRM. (4 April) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR with 153 foot Delta Loop and Wellbrook ALA1530S, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** PERU. 5025 kHz [y no], Radio Quillabamba, Cusco, Provincia de Cusco, Perú, YL CX [sic]. Tal vez ella estaba hablando de un sindicato. Mejor en mi QTH en 5024.910 kHz. QRM: Posiblemente, Link pirata de Internet punto a punto, y no RTTY. SINPO 32322, Fecha 26 Marzo 2016 en 2222 UT. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceiB7mdHoTY&feature=youtu.be RX: Icom IC-R75, Antenna: Beverage simples NSSEA-21 (Daniel Wyllyans, Nova Xavantina MT, Brazil, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via dXLD) ** PERU. 5980, April 3 at 0058, JBA carrier from R. Chaski in splash from 5990, 5985. I`m back at 0109.5 standing by for slippery shutoff, but no signal at all. Seems like they have done another reset on the autotimer earlier, so next I must monitor continuously from 0100 to pinpoint when it be starting another cycle. 5980, April 4 until 0104:13.5* approx., new reset autocutoff time of R. Chaski, expected to recess 6+ seconds later per day for the next months to come. (BTW, if one could axually hear the programming, it would be not only Red Radio Integridad, but also Radio Transmundial via RRI via Chaski, as reported by Claudio Galaz and Daniel Wyllyans) (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PHILIPPINES. 1026, 1534-, DZAR, Sonshine Radio, Mar 28. Not a great morning overall, with nothing particularly strongly heard. Some Filipino activity, and DZAR is mostly dominant on the frequency, but with many carriers noted: 1025.975, 1025.995, 1025.998, 1025.999, a smudge across 1026.000 about 1.5 Hz wide, 1026.002, 1026.004, 1026.005, 1026.013, and 1026.020 (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) See IRCA Mail archive for his other MW logs (gh) ** PHILIPPINES. 15640, 0244-, Radyo Pilipinas, Apr 1. Fair reception in English. 1 kHz tone noted from about 0243. I see that it's beamed to Saudi Arabia and Gulf region, presumably for guest workers there, so we're lucky to hear them on this side of the Pacific. Radyo Pilipinas Info desk from 0248. Much better on reception parallel of 17820 (very good), but nothing heard on 17700. Frequent IDs. http://www.pbs.gov.ph given as the internet website where one can listen on-line. Songs and music program from 0250 (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** POLAND [non]. Radio Poland - Feedback 31/03/2016 http://www.radiopolsha.pl/6/173/Artykul/246797 "Hello, dear friends! Earnest request: possible to send the summer schedule (if any) of your radio station. A couple of times went to the site, but there is hanging the winter. I do not know, maybe something in translation edited time enilos? Like before (last year) have promised to add broadcast through Bulgaria?" Dear Vasily, and all the other students. Unfortunately, I have no good news. Broadcast via Bulgaria will not. Casting to 1386 kHz is at the same time, i.e. in at 19.30 and 20.00 Moscow time. Broadcast on frequency 1395 kHz is moved forward one hour, i.e., it is available from 22.30 to 23.30 Moscow time, but do not know how long it will last. Regarding the translation of Moscow, which was several times a day, I do not have complete data, oddly enough. I would be obliged to the audience if he caught us at a frequency of 738 kHz, will inform us about it (via Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" via RusDX April 3 via DXLD) ** ROMANIA. 9770, 0444-, Radio Romania International, Mar 27. With the A16 program period, RRI is now IDing as 'Inter Radio Romania' on their Russian service. Superb reception tonight. 9620, 0546-, Radio Romania International, Mar 30. English broadcast at fair level tonight. If I use my North Beverage, no sign of Chinese co- channel, but audible using my NW Beverage. The DRM transmitter on 7330 is visible only, but much too weak to demodulate. No hint, whatsoever, of the 17 and 21 MHz channels. 9730, 0314-, Radio Romania International, Apr 1. English program at good level, with a round up of the various programs presented on RRI. Not as strong as I normally hear them. Parallel 11825 is about the same strength. I can't see the DRM transmission on 15220, and nothing on 11800. 7330, 0533-, Radio Romania International, Apr 1. Tonight I was sure that I'd be able to decode RRI as the signal is quite strong. Alas, no such luck. SNR made it to 9.7 dB, and they're transmitting a high bit rate of 20.96 kbps. The DReaM software shows 'SNR Tiganesti [sic] E2' on the display, but no audio. Instead, reverting to regular AM, and superb reception in English at 0536 on 9620 with S9+10 signal strength. 'You are listening to Radio Newsreel on Radio Romania International' at 0537. No hint of anything on the other //s: 17760 and 21500. Obviously much too high of a frequency. 9730, 0317-, Radio Romania International Apr 3 Very good reception, despite atrocious propagation conditions with English broadcast to North America. Parallels noted: 11800 imaginary level, 11825 poor, 15220 (DRM): not a whisper. 9620, 0532-, Radio Romania International, Apr 3. Excellent reception once again tonight, despite poor propagation. English language. Compared to last night, the DRM service on 7330 is much weaker, and no chance for any decode. Program about the Danube. Program is called Radio Romania International Encyclopedia (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ROMANIA. 11865-11870-11875, March 31 at 2011, DRM noise at S2, i.e. RRI in French to Europe, from Galbeni site. It gets worse: at 2030 the English broadcast follows in DRM, but ALSO scheduled on 11870 is English to North America in AM from the other site, Tsiganeshti! I meant to check again after 2030 but missed it today. But Peter W Hansen in South Florida confirmed it March 28 as I quote on WORLD OF RADIO 1819: ``Romania at 2030-2100 UT today on 11870 in AM to North America and DRM to Europe. Could just barely hear the AM broadcast // to 13650 in the DRM noise``. 11870, April 1 at 2052, today I check the 2030 English broadcast, and amid the DRM noise from 11865 to 11875 I do detect an AM carrier on 11870 and trace of modulation; as RRI is QRMing itself from its two sites, one in DRM and one in AM both toward western Europe and North America! Fortunately, // 13650-AM is clear at S8-S9, caught at sign- off 2055, goodbye. I would like to hear a frequency announcement about the 2030 and whether the announcer does a double-take at 11870 and 11870 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re RRI Tsiganeshti clash 11870 AM / DRM mode. Hi Glenn, complaint to RRI Bucharest by their e-mail website four weeks ago, but no reply from Romanian Radio organization reached me yet. One year ago in A-15 season, RRI English service used 15170 kHz channel in 19mb to NoAM instead, like Spanish section does in A-16 at 21-22 UT again. I guess RadioCom TX provider is a totally different public organization? (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I can recall making a remark about their Frequency Manager, and it seems they have made a very big error again on 11870. I'm still convinced that some FM's think their signals will only go as far as the Ciraf Zone they select. 73 from (Noel Green, Blackpool, England, UK, April 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. RADIO TEOS: we will stop broadcasting on the radio in Moscow and St. Petersburg on AM frequencies 1134 kHz and 1089 kHz and completely converted to the format of the Internet broadcast in these cities. This will happen on April 17 of this year. We note that we make every effort to keep broadcasting in other regions. This decision was made on a number of both independent from us reasons external character (we refused to renew the license), and in accordance with our long-term strategy. While regretting the departure from the radio- ether, we, at the same time, we see that this, in part, a forced step in our project opens a whole new range of opportunities. Listen to us on the Internet http://s.radioteos.ru/pager/ (Information vk.com/radioteos station via Moscow Information DX Bulletin, Weekly electronic publication, # 988, March 29, 2016, The editor of the current issue: Konstantin Gusev, via RusDX April 3 via DXLD) As per previous report it was not ``we`` who refused to renew the license, but the Russian authorities. Machine translations of this material have a terrible problem getting the pronouns right (gh, DXLD) ** RWANDA [non]. No signal of Radio Inyabutatu via TDF, April 2 1700-1800 on 17605 ISS 100 kW / 144 deg to SoAf Kinyarwanda Sat http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/strong-signal-of-radio-assenna-via-tdf.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH AFRICA. SABC FIRES 123 STAFF FOR "GROSS DISHONESTY" http://www.fin24.com/Tech/News/sabc-fires-123-staff-for-gross-dishonesty-20160405?isapp=true (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA, April 5, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DX LISTENING DIGEST) about what? Medical aid fraud, viz.: SABC fires 123 staff for ‘gross dishonesty’ 2016-04-05 16:38 - Gareth van Zyl, Fin24 RELATED ARTICLES Minister to appeal Motsoeneng judgment Suspended CEO ready to take SABC to high court SABC CEO Frans Matlala suspended Johannesburg - Public broadcaster the SABC has fired 123 employees following its investigation into allegations of medical aid fraud. Last year, the SABC said about 200 of its staff had allegedly "colluded" with medical practitioners to defraud the broadcaster's medical aid scheme which is run by Medscheme. SABC spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago told Fin24 that the broadcaster launched an investigation into the approximately 200 staff. The broadcaster then charged 134 staff and after a disciplinary process, the SABC found that 11 staff were found not guilty of the charges. Subsequently, 123 staff have been dismissed with immediate effect, Kganyago said. “For now, this is the end of the investigation because we went through the investigation and the disciplinary process, therefore anything that comes up will be a new matter,” Kganyago told Fin24 by phone. Meanwhile, SABC Chief Operations Officer (COO) Hlaudi Motsoeneng said in a statement that “the SABC remains committed to rooting out corruption and fraud and we take such cases seriously” (via DXLD) ** SOUTH AFRICA. 5980, 0306-, Channel Africa, Apr 1. Very good reception of English service of Channel Africa with South African news. Easy to follow their English. Lost their audio feed at 0307:30. OC only. By far the best using my 500' Beverage (over the Pole to South Africa). Parallel is 3345 at poor level (another 15 minutes until my LSS). Audio is back when rechecked at 0312 (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non non]. 17815 and 17765, March 31 before 2000, the two Brother Scare frequencies via WHRI, are not the bigsigs they were 24 hours earlier; in fact, 17815 is weaker than 17790 WRMI but sounds louder until 17815 goes off at 2000 while 17765 continues but only S2 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re: ``SECRETLAND Only 1 hour of Brother HySTAIRical via SPL Secretbrod in A16 2000-2100 on 9500 SCB 100 kW / 306 deg to ENAm English, ex 2000-2200 in B-15. All other transmissions are cancelled.`` So much for "leasing 100 transmitters to take over the shortwave spectrum for some time" (Kai Ludwig, Germany, April 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SPAIN. 15390, 2122-, REE, Mar 26. Fair reception with Spanish programming. Beam is listed as 161 degrees to west Africa and the South Pacific. Likely hearing them off the back of the beam. Much better is 15500, with a beam of 110 degrees to Middle East and the Indian Ocean, so possibly also off the back? Excellent reception (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 17855, March 31 at 2000, REE opening `Españoles en la Mar` erstwhile show for seafarers, main constituency keeping REE on SW. Usual SFX of seagulls, boat horn, and Morse code spelling out program title. ``Desde tierra firma ---`` about the fishing industry, big in Spain. NO news on the hour any more. VG signal on this North American frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) REE on wrong frequency, April 2 from 1400 UT on 15390, instead of 21620 // 15500 and 17855, 17715 is off today. Videos, later today -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/ Sat April 2, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. Radio Exterior de España, all Noblejas 200 kW, on wrong frequency 15390, April 2: 1400-1800 15390* / 161 deg WCAf Spanish Sat/Sun, instead of 21620 1400-1800 15500 / 110 deg N/ME Spanish Sat/Sun 1400-1800 17715 / 230 deg SoAm Spanish Sat/Sun is off air today! 1400-1800 17855 / 290 deg ENAm Spanish Sat/Sun *co-ch Gospel For Asia via MBR in various SoAs languages till 1530! http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/radio-exterior-de-espana-on-wrong.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 17715, Apr 5, 2016. 2130-2147, REE, Noblejas, in Spanish. OM talks; YL/OM, conversation. Very good signal (S4-5) but poor and distorted modulation, 45442. // 15390, S2-3, and barely audible modulation, 25331; // 17855, on air, but horrible transmission: S3-4 and barely audible or unlistenable; // 15500, S3-4 and poor or barely audible modulation, 35331 (DXer - José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo, PB, Brazil, Sony ICF-SW100S & Tecsun S-2000, Portable Telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** SRI LANKA. 11905, April 3 at *0114:11.5, JBA carrier on from SLBC, S1 and can`t tell exactly when prélude start, but mis-timesignal ends at 0115:16.5 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11905 - SLBC, Trincomalee, Srilanka, 0133 April 6, Very good signal tonight, the best I have heard for several months. A solid S8 with only slight band noise and marginal flutter. Program of local traditional music. YL with ID in listed Hindi. Enjoyable listening (Stephen Wood, Harwich, Mass., Perseus SDR, 25 x 50 variable terminated superloop antenna, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN. 7205, 0349-, Sudan National BC Corp, Mar 29. I've been reading that Sudan was on 7205, but I'm presuming it's them at poor to fair level, despite decent strength, but poor modulation in seemingly Arabic. Not sure who else this could be. I've noticed that the MUF is dropping fast after our LSS. 7205, 0342-, Sudan National BC Corporation, Apr 1. Quite good reception. Not on when checked earlier. Arabic transmission, but carrier cut suddenly at 0346. Back 30 seconds later. I have to use USB only to avoid ham cochannel. A www website was mentioned at 0358:30. Listening, I'm sure there's deliberate ham jamming with irritating white noise, not always restricted to LSB. Double time pips at 0400 and I'm sure mention of Sudan. Starting to fade somewhat, as Sudan in mostly in daylight now. 7205, 0308-, Sudan National BC Corp, Apr 3. Tuned into good level Arabic programming. During the week I've been in Masset, they've always been on 7205, and not on the recently reported 7204. They must be having transmitter problems, as they dropped off the air for about a minute, before returning with an OC. As soon as this happened the hams jumped on the frequency, including above 7205 ruining reception. Where modulation had been quite good, when the transmitter returned it was very low, but better now at 0312:30. Darn, there goes the transmitter for a few seconds at 0312:45, but immediately back (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN [non]. VATICANO, 9775, Afia Darfur Radio, Santa Maria di Galeria, 1903-1910, escuchada el 31 de marzo de 2016 en árabe a locutor con noticias, constantes referencia a Darfur y Sudán, corresponsales y reportajes, SINPO 35543 (José Miguel Romero, Burjasot (Valencia), España, Sangean ATS 909, Antena hilo de 10 m, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN. 9180.172, SOH Chinese noted at 2240 on March 30, S=6 or - 94dBm. 9200.162, SOH Chinese also here at weaker S=4 or -102dBm [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, SW log of March 30 at 2130-2330 UT on March 30 here in Germany, Europe wwdxc BC-DX TopNews, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN [non-log]. 9745, Voice of Han. As of April 3, has not been heard in over a year, so think we can safely say is permanently inactive; Aoki agrees and is no longer listing it, although per WRTH update - 10 April 2015 - "Voice of Kuanghua is inactive on 9745 kHz, but expected to return after antenna maintenance," but surely if so the work would have been completed within one year? (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN [non]. FRANCE [from TAIWAN] 15375? Radio TAIWAN International, at 1800-1900 UT Suns only, French service, 300 kW 190degr Issoudun F TDF {no further details given, could be a Sunday only DRM outlet with decreased 500 kW power to 300 kW of RTI French service? wb.} No, thanks to Christian's recent explanation: 15375, R. Taiwan International, via Issoudun, from Sunday March 27 at 1800-1900 UT there will be a "weekly broadcast" in French to Africa. But the programme is the Saturday one !!! (Christian Ghibaudo, France, dswci DXW March 30, via Wolfgang Büschel, March 30, dxldyg via DXLD) 15375 kHz, Radio Taiwan International in French on Sundays only at 18- 19 UT via Issoudun, on reduced 300 kW but in 190degr azimuth towards West Africa / all Africa. Noted in southern Europe at S=9+10dB signal level, which end the nearby skip zone some 600 km around Issoudun, but will be on full receive power in Africa target, I guess (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc Germany BC-DX TopNews April 3, dxldyg via DXLD) But the programme is the Saturday one!!! Sat, March 26, videos after few minutes -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, ibid.) ** TAJIKISTAN. 4790, BBC Uzbek. Thanks to Hiroyuki Komatsubara (Japan), who today (April 4) provided this info: "-1305- 4790 kHz, Noise Jamming + CNR-1; 4970 kHz, AIR only add; -1330* Jamming off, BBC could not be confirmed.." Seems China finally noticed they had been on the wrong frequency (CNR1 jamming on 4970) for about the past three months now. Hiroyuki was not sure just when this happened, but he just noticed it today for the first time. Well done, Hiroyuki! April 5 was able to confirm his observations; at tune in at 1241, found CNR1 jamming already on 4790 (// 6125); also with strong CODAR QRM; unable to hear BBC. On 4970 only heard AIR Shillong (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TANZANIA. AUDIOCLIP. RADIO FREE AFRICA. TANZANIA, 1377 kHz --- 4/4 2140-2205, 1377, Radio Free Africa, Mwanza, music, ID. English and Swahili. good signal. The audioclip is available here: http://swli05639fr.blogspot.it/2016/04/audioclip-radio-free-africa-tanzania.html 73's de (Francesco Cecconi, April 6, QTH: CENTRAL ITALY, RX: ICOM R71, ANT: 100 mt LW, radioescutas yg via DXLD) See also ZANZIBAR ** THAILAND. 9390, 2034-, Radio Thailand, Mar 27. Superb reception with English news, beamed to Europe at this time for only 15 minutes. After the news, they outlined 12 core values of the Thai people. Very interesting. Something missing in western broadcasts! International headlines, but cut-off in mid-sentence at 2044:30, then carrier off, but returned a few seconds later with English ID, and into presumed Thai (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Thailand World Service EFFECTIVE MARCH 27, 2016 AT 0800 UT Our Program Time>> UTC Frequency >> KHz Thai 0100-0200 15590 0230-0330 15590 1000-1100 17770 1330-1400 9390 1800-1900 9390 2045-2115 9390 English [WORLD OF RADIO 1820] 0000-0100 15590 0200-0230 15590 0500-0530 Internet 0530-0600 17640 1230-1300 9390 1400-1430 9390 1900-2000 9390 2030-2045 9390 German 2000-2015 9390 Japanese 1300-1315 9390 Chinese 1315-1330 9390 Bahasamalaysia 1200-1215 9390 Lao Program 1130-1145 5875 Cambodian 1115-1130 5875 Burmese 1145-1200 5875 Vietnamese 1100-1115 5875 Posted by: (JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO, dxldyg via DXLD) Correction: 1000-1100 Thai on 17850, not 17770 (Ivo Ivanov, ibid.) With the streams at http://www.hsk9.org/ not working well for me, I discovered another radio player at http://nbt.prd.go.th/home.html Unfortunately the World Service stream did not work for me here either. http://nbt.prd.go.th/liveradio/live-fm88.html (English) http://nbt.prd.go.th/liveradio/live-fm925.html http://nbt.prd.go.th/liveradio/live-fm935.html http://nbt.prd.go.th/liveradio/live-fm955.html http://nbt.prd.go.th/liveradio/live-fm97.html http://nbt.prd.go.th/liveradio/live-fm105.html http://nbt.prd.go.th/liveradio/live-am819.html http://nbt.prd.go.th/liveradio/live-am837.html http://nbt.prd.go.th/liveradio/live-am891.html http://nbt.prd.go.th/liveradio/live-am918.html did not work when checked http://nbt.prd.go.th/liveradio/live-education.html http://nbt.prd.go.th/liveradio/live-worldservice.html did not work when checked (not even at times, when HSK9 was on). Alan Roe's alternative link for HSK 9 http://server1.thairadioservice.com:8278/ was not available ("ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED"). (Dr Hansjoerg Biener, 2 April 2016, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TIBET [and non]. 5935, 1403-, PBS Xizang, Mar 31. Fair to good reception in Chinese, while awaiting Shiokaze, which came on at 1405 at very good level, and without the jamming noted the last hour which was in English. However, this 30 minutes is in Japanese (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TIBET [non]. 15553, March 31 at 1358, JBA carrier, smax of yet another frequency change of Voice of Tibet via TAJIKISTAN. I bet Ivo has it in his latest update – yes, as of March 31: 1345-1400 on 15553 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan 1400-1415 on 15553 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Frequency changes of Voice of Tibet, April 6 1330-1345 NF 15558 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15553 1345-1400 NF 15558 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15553 1400-1415 NF 15558 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15553 1415-1430 NF 15553 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15547 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/frequency-changes-of-voice-of-tibet.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TIBET [non]. There`s been nothing to hear on the 19 MHz SWBC band all winter here (only something unpropagable in the middle of our nights), but in A-16 we again have the spectacle of Radio Free Asia in Tibetan via KUWAIT jumping among different frequencies each hour from 11 to 14, and a different combination each day of the week. Only 18930 was registered with HFCC, but Ivo Ivanov has the full spread: 1100-1200 on 18930 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Mon 1100-1200 on 18980 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Tue 1100-1200 on 18990 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Wed 1100-1200 on 19000 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Thu 1100-1200 on 18980 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Fri 1100-1200 on 18990 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Sat 1100-1200 on 19010 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Sun 1200-1300 on 18980 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Mon 1200-1300 on 18990 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Tue 1200-1300 on 19000 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Wed 1200-1300 on 18980 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Thu 1200-1300 on 18990 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Fri 1200-1300 on 19000 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Sat 1200-1300 on 18930 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Sun 1300-1400 on 18930 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Mon 1300-1400 on 18980 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Tue 1300-1400 on 18990 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Wed 1300-1400 on 19000 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Thu 1300-1400 on 18980 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Fri *** 1300-1400 on 18990 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Sat 1300-1400 on 19010 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to CeAs Tibetan Sun That`s to keep the ChiCom jammers busy, and since the schedule is known, how does that improve the situation, rather confuse the Tibetan audience having to keep up with all these jumps? RFA needs to make the jumps *random*, and maybe they do, but who has the time to track all this? Anyhow, I have been bandscanning 18900-19030 searching for signs of this, and finally get a match: 18980, Friday April 1 at 1340, JBA carrier. Can`t tell whether it`s Kuwait or jammer yet, each a tough propagation path to here (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Free Asia, 18980, 1 April. In reference to WOR #1819, you mentioned RFA had resumed broadcasts in Tibetan 15 meter band. I thought I'd give it a try and detected their very weak (S-3) broadcast at 1318 UT. There was slight improvement to S-5 around 1334 UT and s/off at 1358 UT. The next day, 2 April, I logged them on 18990 at 1310 UT with the same weak reception. On both days I did not notice any jamming, however, there was some jamming noted on other nearby frequencies. Best regards, (Larry Zamora, Garland, TX, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 19010, April 3 at 1337, JBA carrier, the only one detected on this band, and it matches for the Sunday 13-14 hour of RFA Tibetan via KUWAIT + ChiCom jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 19 MHz to Tibet??? I've been thinking about this, how much sense does it make to broadcast to places like Tibet or Afghanistan on 19 MHz? I picture a lot of the SW radios available to the ordinary people in those places as being like the older analog small sets we have, such as my Sony ICF-SW-11. It tunes the traditional "bands," i.e. 6, 7,9, 11, 13, 15, 17 MHz, but is not general coverage, and won't tune 19 MHz. Wonder if that's a good frequency choice for places that may have a lot of this kind of receiver. Just a thought (Tim Hendel, Huntsville AL, WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Tim, I think you make a very good point. Probably chosen for propagational reasons. Higher bands get thru better against jamming, if they are propagating at all. Anyhow there are plenty of other frequencies for this on other bands (Glenn to Tim, via WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DXLD) Yes, but, propagation is useless if the receiver won't tune the frequency (Tim Hendel, ibid.) ** TURKEY. 9515, 0300-, Voice of Turkey, Mar 31. Very good reception of VOT English with Turkish news and local economics. Excellent modulation. Beamed to the Americas and Europe. Parallel on 6165 (250 kW/138 deg) beamed to Asia heard at fair level. 9515, 0319-, Voice of Turkey, Apr 1. Superb reception in English with history of the Ottoman Empire (16th century). S9 to S9+10 signal. Turkey's Cultural treasures program. At 0324, into program about a Sultan from 1024. Parallel 6165 is audible under RHC (250 kW, beamed 180 deg to Asia) at fair level. Again, best using North Beverage, which minimizes RHC (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TURKMENISTAN. After the closure of the Belarus station on 279 kHz I hear Turkmenistan on the same frequency. Here in Romania the signal is S5 now at 0745 UT (10:45 am local time) on my 60m random wire antenna. The modulation is rather low. I'm expecting the signal to improve a lot in the evening (Tudor Vedeanu, (Gura Humorului, Romania), April 1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Checking the Twente receiver around 2130 April 1: I'm not hearing Belarus on 279, but do hear an extremely faint CW beacon, which sounds like "ND" occasionally rising above the noise floor. Used to be able to hear Belarus reliably at a fair level. Turkmenistan would be the only remaining broadcaster on the frequency, and there are a few times when what sounds like very, very, very faint music fades up on the frequency, but far to weak to tell if it is really Asgabat or my imagination. Updating before I hit the send button: I think there is something actually there, now hearing a voice rising above the noise floor in what sounds like a southwest Asian language, but still extremely weak. This followed some music. Will have to check later as night deepens in that part of the world (Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas, ibid.) Music definitely heard on 279 via the Twente receiver on April 2 at 0053 UTC, sounding almost like a Mideastish version of a bagpipe-- moderate fade at 0055; signal back up with minor-key flute & strings selection at 0057; strings sounded like Persian-style instrument. Femme talking at 0059 in unknown language, sounded like the end of a program, tailing off with more music in fairly weak signal. Time pips heard at 0100, through again-fading signal; obviously no station ID was comprehended, but that doesn't mean it wasn't there. No beacon/CW QRM noted. Signal back up some by 0103, with female doing news or some kind of narrative in unknown language. Offhand, I'd say we're getting here what we can out of Turkmenistan – (GREG HARDISON, CA, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Ashgabat on 279 kHz on 2 April heard from Perseus site in E. Finland from 2339 tune. Weak modulation at SINPO 35443 but otherwise clear signal. Increasing noise level after 0015. Recognized program format and language from previous shortwave logs in 2005 on 4930 and 5015 kHz and visit to Ashgabat in Oct 2006. Woman in Turkmen with occasional music in background to 0000. Program of instrumental music on a solo stringed instrument at 0000 with man announcer. At 0033 the music switched to more elaborate instrumentals with multiple instruments and akin to Turkish folk music. The same man announcer was heard in this segment that went to 0059. A woman was heard at 0059 and some instrumental music to 0100 followed by 5 time pips, a man and the Turkmenistan National anthem by a choir to 0102.5. Man and woman announcers with dramatic tone and martial music mixed - many mentions of "Turmenbashy" and "Ashgabat" to tune out at 0109. This segment used to be heard on 5015 shortwave in this time frame. Stringed instrument sound was most likely the "Dutar", the most popular stringed instrument in Turkmenistan and similar to the Kazakh "Dombra" which I heard many times in trips to Kazakhstan in the mid-2000's. These are 2-3 string instruments with long narrow necks and in somewhat different form factors and names, popular throughout Central Asia (Bruce Churchill, Fallbrook CA, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DX LISTENING DIGEST) And I see that two contributors to dxld have heard Asgabat on 279 kHz since Sasnovy closed. Yes, I can also hear "something", but much too weak as yet to copy. The much louder "co-channel" that I could hear is no longer present which suggests that it was the Luxembourg effect rather than Asgabat. This phenomenon appears only to occur where high power is in use - I think the first LW transmitter installed in Luxembourg in the early 1930's utilised 200 kW. High power indeed for those days until Uncle Joe came up with a 500 kW transmitter a few years later. Probably the 50 kW maximum in the States doesn't cause problems like this? 73 from (Noel Green, Blackpool, England, UK, April 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UGANDA [non]. 5910, SOUTH AFRICA, R. Lead Africa (via Meyerton). Found with M vocal at 0256 for about 15 seconds, then OC. Don’t think it was Alcaraván going off as the signal never disappeared. Audio finally up at 0304 with Afro rap music, then talk by M in vernacular. starting at 0307 with mentions of Uganda and possibly “government”. Would’ve been OK but just massive slop QRM from S9+50 WHRI on 5920. (18 March) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR with 153 foot Delta Loop and Wellbrook ALA1530S, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) 12060, SOUTH AFRICA, BBC on suddenly at 0500 with “BBC News”. Was looking for Radio-Lead Africa scheduled here on Wed, Thu and Sat, this being a UT Wednesday. Perhaps transmitter site technician patched in wrong feed. - Fair, Mar 30 (Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, listening in my car, parked by the lake and using the CommRadio CR-1a and Sony AN-1 active antenna, Editor of World English Survey and Target Listening, available at http://www.odxa.on.ca dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DX LISTENING DIGEST) SOUTH AFRICA, 5915, 0300-, Radio Lead Africa, Apr 1. Very good reception tonight, best over the pole to me, and at my end using a 500' Beverage aimed due north, terminated into the ocean. African high life music until 0304:45, with a good morning to Uganda, and thank you for tuning in. Splatter from 5920, but otherwise a fine signal. English, of course (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DX LISTENING DIGEST) SOUTH AFRICA (TENTative), 9430, 2028-, Unid, Mar 27. I was wondering who this was weakly heard, off frequency on 9430.106, but at 2028, another OC came on which ruined the frequency. Turned out to be CRI in French, but the unID station went off at 2029 anyway. I was thinking Radio Lead Africa, but they're scheduled from 1900 to 2100. A mystery (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) March 27 was first day of A-season, so RLA no longer sked on 9430. RLA has allegedly moved to 7425 at 19-22 Sat & Sun; anyone heard that? Not good for us. As I pointed out to someone else, 9430 at 2030-2230 is now CRI French via Urumqi. Until 2030 on 9430 is now Vietnam in German via UAE, 315 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Another mystery solved. Thanks, Glenn. As an aside, on SW, no one else responded with comments or corrections. Another matter for MW. Several comments there. 73, (Walt, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U A E. 13820.127, April 4 at 1321, very poor tonal but not Chinese talk at S1, and all the Cuban jamming has now cleared out, not even residual pulses, piling up on 13605 Radio Martí instead. So what`s scheduled now, so far off-frequency? Of course! It`s the Dhabbaya UAE site, now with IBB in Burmese, 1230-1330, 500 kW, 85 degrees. I wonder if UAE architects and builders are any more accurate with their skyscrapers? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K. BBC IS 'ALIVE AND KICKING', SAYS DIRECTOR GENERAL LORD HALL The BBC is very much alive and kicking, the corporation's boss has said, as he warned against cuts to public service broadcasting. Press Association Last updated: 06 April 2016, 00:20 BST http://home.bt.com/news/uk-news/bbc-is-alive-and-kicking-says-director-general-lord-hall-11364050233899 The BBC is very much alive and kicking, the corporation's boss has said, as he warned against cuts to public service broadcasting. The next charter must recognise the BBC's contribution to national life and further afield, its director general Tony Hall said as he continued to make a passionate defence of the broadcasting organisation. He told a packed audience, which included BBC Trust chair Rona Fairhead, at Bafta in central London that he is proud of the achievements at the broadcaster and championed its independence. Ahead of the talk a handful of people had gathered outside the building in Piccadilly with banners, badges and leaflets emblazoned with the slogan "Save the BBC", who Lord Hall thanked from the stage for their support. The BBC's royal charter, due to expire this year, is currently under Government review, and Culture, Media and Sport Secretary John Whittingdale sparked fears the corporation would be scaled back when he said the review would look at whether the broadcaster should continue to be ''all things to all people'' or have a more ''precisely targeted'' mission. Asked when the White Paper on the corporation's future may be published, Lord Hall said: "I really don't know", but added that he hoped it would be "soon". About its possible content he said: "I hope that it will re-emphasise the importance of the BBC for our national life, I hope it will re-emphasise the importance of the BBC to the UK globally. I hope it also recognises the impact we have on the creative economy broadly." In conversation with film producer and Labour peer, David Puttnam about the value of public service broadcasting, he said: "How do you ensure the next generation of talent is grown in this country? That falls very heavily on the BBC I believe in the future. That's why this charter is very, very important for the BBC in the future." Lord Puttnam is chair of the A Future for Public Service Television Inquiry. Referring to the long-running radio drama The Archers which has been in the headlines lately for a storyline on domestic violence which has gripped listeners, Lord Hall said he relishes when things produced in the world of radio and broadcast become talking points. He said: "That says that the medium we are lucky enough to be working in has got absolute things to do, stories to tell, it's not dead, far from it. We are alive and kicking and the BBC above all is alive and kicking." He said he is "very proud" of all those who work at the corporation. Speaking about the role of broadcasters generally he declared: "Public service broadcasting matters", adding: "Let's enjoy that and celebrate it", and warned against efforts to "cut it back". He listed a range of BBC successes, including the Night Manager, Line Of Duty and War And Peace - which he said had inspired and encouraged him to read the epic novel. In a plea to those on both sides of the debate about the value and importance of the corporation he said: "I think the best answer to the British public, to the politicians, to the Cabinet, to this Government, to everyone is the quality of what we do. Judge us by our deeds. And I think at the moment you can see what the BBC can offer." Press Association Last updated: 06 April 2016, 00:20 BST (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) ** U K [non]. 12095, Sunday April 3 at 0542, S9+10 in African language dialog, some hum and distortion. HFCC A-16 shows at 0529-0600 Sundays and 0500-0600 Saturdays is BBC in Kin[yarwanda], 250 kW, 5 degrees from Meyerton, SOUTH AFRICA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) TAJIKISTAN, 4790, BBC Uzbek. Thanks to Hiroyuki Komatsubara (Japan), who today (April 4) provided this info: "-1305- 4790 kHz, Noise Jamming + CNR-1; 4970 kHz, AIR only add; -1330* Jamming off, BBC could not be confirmed.." Seems China finally noticed they had been on the wrong frequency (CNR1 jamming on 4970) for about the past three months now. Hiroyuki was not sure just when this happened, but he just noticed it today for the first time. Well done, Hiroyuki! April 5 was able to confirm his observations; at tune in at 1241, found CNR1 jamming already on 4790 (// 6125); also with strong CODAR QRM; unable to hear BBC. On 4970 only heard AIR Shillong (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5371.50-SSB, April 3 at 0135, ham QSO including KD4TL/mobile 4 in Tyler TX (which is in the 5 area!). This is one of those discrete ``60 meter`` channels allowed for hams. Failed to note whether LSB or USB, but I think the latter, unlike standard practice on the 40 and 80m bands. KD4TL is: HENDERSON, THERON G, HUNTSVILLE, AL (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 10000, April 3 at 0109, tail of North Atlantic weather info modulation is distorted, but WWV ID itself is OK before 0110 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 17530, March 31 at 1408, S9+20 steady open carrier, no doubt Greenville testing before 1700-1830 broadcast in English as now scheduled, so now we do have a chance at excellent VOA reception off the back at midday. 17530 had been occupied by WHRIBS in B-season. Besides 1700-1830 via GB, VOA is also using 17530 from other sites at 1300-1700, 1830-1930, and again GB in French at 1930-2030 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DX LISTENING DIGEST) more below 5745, 0232-, VOA Radiogram, Apr 3. Difficult conditions tonight, with Radiogram only S5 to S6 tonight, but with a noise floor, virtually non-existent, no problem to decode. Now, HFCC lists 250 kW, but I thought it was a lot lower power than that. Perhaps someone can confirm. Anyway, 100% copy of the transmission so far. By the way, The Mighty KBC is much stronger tonight, now. In any case it's over 1 hour until my local sunset, compared to my home in Victoria, which is a dusk now. The transmitter cut for a few seconds at 0251 during the transmission of an image of Sputnik (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) [non]. 9815, April 4 at 0517, American English report about medical news, fair signal, so is it CRI or DW? No, really VOA scheduled via BOTSWANA at 0400-0530, but as far as A16 HFCC knows, it`s in Kinyarwanda, not English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Schedule is 0400-0505 on 7350 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg to SoAf Kirundi Mon-Fri 0400-0505 on 9815 BOT 100 kW / 010 deg to SoAf Kirundi Mon-Fri 0400-0505 on 11905 SAO 100 kW / 114 deg to SoAf Kirundi Mon-Fri 0505-0530 on 7350 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg to SoAf English Mon-Fri 0505-0530 on 9815 BOT 100 kW / 010 deg to SoAf English Mon-Fri 0505-0530 on 11905 SAO 100 kW / 114 deg to SoAf English Mon-Fri -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, DX LISTENING DIGEST) VOA, 17530, 2 April, 1720 UT, good listening quality for a couple of my favorite weekend programs that I regularly listen to. Issues in the News discussed the nuclear summit, terrorism, and global warming change with a couple of guest journalists. The other program which began at 1730 UT, Press Conference USA, featured Deborah Tannen, a Professor for Linguistics at Georgetown University. She discussed with the host the topic of "Women in Power" and the progress that powerful women (like Hillary Clinton) are making as leaders in the male dominated corporations and in politics (Larry Zamora, Garland, TX, WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. VOA RADIO TOWERS DEMOLISHED NEAR GREENVILLE http://www.witn.com/home/headlines/Radio-towers-being-demolished-in- Washington-373785161.html (via Artie Bigley, WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DXLD) Tnx. I recall all the Popular Electronics publicity about them opening the NC site(s) c. 1962, replacing the Delano/Dixon, CA, Ohio (WLWO), and NJ sites. Maybe that's when they changed their Interval Signal from Columbia The Gem of the Ocean to Yankee Doodle (WA5IYX Pat Dyer, TX, via Artie, DXLD) Greenville replaced the eastern US sites, but Dixon and Delano stayed on for some more years (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Another SWBC era wiped away (also via W0WOI, DXLD) IMPLOSIONS BRING DOWN 48 SURPLUS VOA TOWERS WITN Beaufort County NC April 4, 2016 A series of implosions is all it took to bring down 48 radio towers that have been a part of U.S. history for over 50 years. It happened Monday morning at the old Voice of America Site A in Beaufort County. Not used since 2006, the VOA site was sold to Beaufort County as surplus U.S. property. Environmental Holdings Group of Morrisville teamed up with Controlled Demolition Incorporated to implode and haul off the 48 towers. It took less than a minute for it all to come down. Voice of America still broadcasts from Site B to Latin America, Cuba, the Caribbean, and Africa. Watch Video! http://qrznow.com/implosions-bring-down-48-voa-towers-in-beaufort-county/ Posted by: (Mike Terry, April 4, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DXLD) Voice of America Radio Towers - Controlled Demolition, Inc ... Video for voa towers? 4:58 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcsbny8PFZw 2 hours ago - Uploaded by TheLoizeauxGroupLLC Controlled Demolition, Inc. (CDI) of Phoenix, Maryland, USA (acting as Implosion Subcontractor to Main ... (via Artie Bigley, DXLD) Much better video of VOA demolition: https://youtu.be/Zcsbny8PFZw (RAFMAN, ptsw yg via DXLD) This is by the demolition company itself as we are constantly reminded by full-screen overlay during the footage. Caption: ``Published on Apr 6, 2016 --- Controlled Demolition, Inc. (CDI) of Phoenix, Maryland, USA (acting as Implosion Subcontractor to Main Demolition Contractor, Environmental Holdings Group, LLC of Morrisville, North Carolina and Property Owner, the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission) performs the successful felling of 128 structural steel, guyed radio towers in Washington, North Carolina. Felling of the towers (ranging in height from 50’ tall to 414’ tall) took place on a phased basis over the course of seven (7) days. The final 48 “quad” towers were felled in a single explosives sequence at 8:05 AM on Monday, April 4, 2016, setting a new World Record in this category`` (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1819 monitoring: confirmed Thu March 31 at 2100:06 on WRMI 13695, very good. Also confirmed from before 2330 Thu March 31 on WBCQ 9329.985-CUSB. Next: Fri 0830 Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power Fri 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE Fri 2130.5 WRMI 13695 to NW Fri 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sat 0630 HLR 6190-CUSB to SW [ex-0730] Sat 0700 Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power Sat 1400 Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power Sat 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB to SW [ex-1530] Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sun 0830 Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 to SSE Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 to SSE Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Wed 1315.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW WORLD OF RADIO 1819 monitoring: confirmed Friday April 1 at 2130 on WRMI 15770, barely audible; and 2130.5 on WRMI 13695, very good. Also confirmed Friday April 1 at 2335 on WBCQ, 9329.962, very poor. Also confirmed Saturday April 2 at summer-shifted time of 0630 UT on Hamburger Lokalradio, and still on 6190, per Nino Marabello, Treviso, Italy. Next: Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sun 0830 Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 to SSE Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 to SSE Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Wed 1315.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Dear Glenn, How are you? I hope very well. Thank for your reply some weeks ago. Here is my reception report of World of Radio 1819: 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, 0629-0640 UT, April 2, 2016, SINPO 15422. I listened at 0629 UT full info station ID in German language, then a special program of DX and station news in English language, that is "WORLD OF RADIO 1819". I have attached an audio clip WMA. 73 from (Nino Marabello, Treviso, (IT), http://acquamarina.blogspot.com DX LISTENING DIGEST) From his clip I would give it a lower N and a higher P reading. Poorly audible in noise level (gh) Nino, Tnx for another report and clip. About lost into the noise level and I suppose will only get worse into summer. Could you check the other broadcast Sat at 1430 on 7265, and how it is vs any CRI QRM? 73, (Glenn to Nino, via DXLD) (There will be No transmissions from MV Baltic Radio in Göhren between 8th to 17th of April 2016) (Tom Taylor, April 2, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I suppose that includes time leased to HLR??? (gh, DXLD) Fair signal of World of Radio #1819 via HLR, April 2: 0630-0700 on 6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu English Sat CUSB http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/fair-signal-of-world-of- radio1819-via.html (DX RE MIX NEWS #946 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov, April 6, 2016, via DXLD) WORLD OF RADIO 1819 monitoring: confirmed Sat April 2 at 2233 on WBCQ 9330.014-CUSB, poor. Also confirmed UT Sun April 3 after 0315 on WA0RCR 1860-AM, poor (but my local noise levels are not being suppressed). Next: Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 to SSE Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 to SSE Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Wed 1315.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW WORLD OF RADIO 1819 monitoring: confirmed Sunday April 3 after 2330 on WBCQ, 9330.0-CUSB, fair. Also confirmed UT Monday April 3 at 0300 on Area 51 webcast, and at 0324 check on WBCQ 5129.735-AM, sufficient; also confirmed at 0335 check on WRMI 9955, fair, no jamming. Next: Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 to SSE Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Wed 1315.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW WORLD OF RADIO 1819 monitoring: confirmed Tue April 5 at 2330- (starting a few seconds early) on WBCQ 9330.0-CUSB; also confirmed Wed April 6 after 1315.5 on WRMI 9955, good, no jamming. Next: Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Updated WRMI schedule grid shows two additional airings; tnx, Jeff! UT Mon 0030 on 7730 to WNW, and Tue 2130 on 15770 to NE. Fully updated WOR schedule: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WORLD OF RADIO 1819 monitoring: confirmed Wed April 6 at 2100 on WBCQ webcast, after bit of intrusive noise and ``I`ve yet ---`` between ID and WOR start; and at 2127 check on WBCQ 7489.962-AM (by 2329 recheck this has drifted to 7489.840). WOR also confirmed Wed April 6 from 2329.5, poor on WBCQ 9329.972-CUSB. WORLD OF RADIO 1820 monitoring: ready for first airings April 7: Thu 1130 WRMI 9955 to SSE Thu 2100 WRMI 13695 to NW Thu 2329.5 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Fri 0830 Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power Fri 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE Fri 2130.5 WRMI 13695 to NW Fri 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sat 0630 HLR 6190-CUSB to SW [or off air this week and next?] Sat 0700 Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power Sat 1400 Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power Sat 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB to SW [or off air this week and next?] Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sun 0830 Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Mon 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW [new] Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 to SSE Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 to SSE Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE [new] Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Wed 1315.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Greetings, Glenn, I`m happy to pop this letter in the post to report on a few local items in the past frew months. First, I had relayed via WBCQ on 9330-CUSB, a 2-hour program entitled ``Trouble with the Sandman``. WBCQ transmitted it on January 21 from 0300 to 0500 UT. Propagation was fair to poor on that frequency for that time of night and well, the winter was not too hot in general this year. However, I could hear the program on web SDR down in Florida and into the Caribbean. I have heard no reports on this transmission so I am curious as to the number of actual shortwave listeners scanning the bands at any given time. As for the program content, the two hours relayed were a portion of a 6-hour overnight program that originates on CKUW-FM 95.9 MHz, a campus/community station based out of the University of Winnipeg. It is for the most part a music program but the 2-hour shortwave portion was more spoken word-based, the first hour with an interview and music breaks. The second hour had a truncated history of radio in Manitoba. This included talk of CJRX, thought to be Canada`s first shortwave broadcast station. I have yet to pick up WBCQ locally on my own receiver but I often can catch Radio NZ, ABC`s ``Radio National`` shortwave relay and The Voice of Korea. I am happy to get the 2016 VOA calendar in the mail. I should note that CKUW broadcasts the following syndicated programs weekly of interest to SWLs: ``The Shortwave Reort`` produced by Dan Roberts (airs Mondays locally); The Happy Station Show, produced at PCJ by Keith Perron (airs Wednesday morning at 5 am locally). As a general comment, I find myself using Brother Stair as a propagation beacon more and more these days though I find Blalock the Blaster more amusing; too bad Blalock is hard to hear. Full Gospel Hour was much easier to get a few years back when he was on another station. Best Regards, /s/ (David Tymoshchuk, Winnipeg MB R2H OE5, Canada, March 29, $1.20 postage letter on manual typewriter (even tho he can access SDRs), retyped by gh for DX LISTENING DIGEST) First I had ever heard of that special broadcast. You should have publicized it in advance here and in other SW/DX media (gh, DXLD) ** U S A. 7490, 0020-0203 31/Mar [UT Thu], WBCQ with English talx by Alan Wiener re what got him interested in broadcasting back in the 1960s and his trip with his father to NBC Radio City (In Rockefeller Center across from the ice rink. I've been there! :) -kvz) and similar interesting stuff. Abruptly interrupted by several repeated SIDs starting at 0100:15 - 0102:15 and then into "Radio Monto International" (? I could be wrong about that middle word?) which was apparently a music show, but it stopped at 0105 when there were a bunch of repeated SIDs again. Then into 'electronic space music' at 0107 without announcements. Another SID at 0111 and then back to the 'space music' (It was the same 'song' as before) and another couple of SIDs at 0115-0118 and then the same 'space music' again! Then Vocal 'new age' type music starting at 0120 and a "Time Check" as '9:22' (at 0122) and then at 0127 the opening chord of "Carry on My Wayward Son" and then dead air until 0130 when "Wayward son" in progress picked up again. With a "Radio BiPo International" (Again that second word may not be right!?) ID at 0133 and into "I'm your Captain" (Closer to Home) and at 0138 into "Six Packs" by the Getaway People. Another T/c as 9:41 at 0142. Into Kris Kristopherson "Don't let the Bastards (Get you Down)" (good tune!). At 0146 "Lovers in a Dangerous Time" and at 0150 into Blink-182's "Adam's Song", Another RBI ID at 0154 and into Pete Townshend's "Slit Skirts". At 0159 "We Are" by Vertical Horizon. (Tunatic is a cool app!) Another Radio BiPo ID and t/c at 0203 as 10:02, and into a headbanging tune. OK -- this is wierd stuff, even for WBCQ! 4+4+4+4+4+ SPR4 +ANC-4/Randomwire (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Williamston MI, MARE Tipsheet April 1 via DXLD) BiPo = bipolar? (gh) WBCQ 7490 website schedule for Wed/UT Thu shows: `Allan Weiner Worldwide` (repeat) until 0100 (an ep I had heard before), then `Hal Turner Show`, political talk which is certainly not what you were hearing. What became of Hal? Was he back on one week later? Nor do I see titles like those anywhere on WBCQ sked (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7489.85-AM, Thu March 31 at 2330, Broad Spectrum Radio via WBCQ starting `Exploring Aspergia` sub-program. BSR is also on Channel 292, 6070 in Germany, and Unique Radio, 3210 in NSW. The increasingly complex program schedule is here for the rest of April: http://broadspectrumradio.com/shortwave-radio-schedule/ 7489.915-AM, Friday April 1 at 2122, WBCQ with `Behaviour Night`, poor at S8 vs noise level, as customary for DST season, but its nostalgic music improves gradually for rest of hour as the sun declines. The frequency also varies slightly as I remeasure it on the R-75: 2130 on 7489.935, 2148 on 7489.908. By 2333 during `Fred Flintstone` it`s on 7489.888; UT Sat April 2 after 0000, new start time for `Allan Weiner Worldwide`, on 7489.923, and way out of synch on // 5129.735-AM. Some notes of Allan`s comments: Electricity rates in Maine will go up 8.5% this summer, not because of any improvements, but because they can. He`s been working on a generator building, to be finished this summer. Has a big Diesel generator for it, but only for backup. Will also put a 120-year-old steam engine there, which will burn anything, wood or coal, and a small back-up transmitter for it to run. Still going past 0100, and this time 5129.735 does not switch to other programming, while BS will just have to wait to resume on 7489.923 as he does other nights at 0100. Two new programs to note: Thursdays at 8 pm EDT on 7490 [UT Fridays 0000], `--something--- Madness` with J.J. And a `Smart Money Guy` [is that the title?] for 15 minutes Fridays at 7:45 pm EDT [2345 UT] on 5130, just before AWWW. Also mentions Channel 292 in Germany on ex-DW frequency 6070, similar to WBCQ, free-speech putting on all kinds of programs, including already a couple of WBCQ shows, Broad Spectrum Radio and From the Isle of Music. Hints of some kind of collaboration between the stations. Allan says this show next week will be hosted by someone else, TimTron, Tom, or Larry? And he will be leaving Florida in about 3 weeks, back to Maine for the summer, and a hamfest in New Hampshire at end of April. Finished at 0125, back to BS on 7490, while 5130 continues with some expletives and novelty music for a while. Also checked 9330 and found it to be off after 0100, so is `Word of Deliverance` canceled? Had been 7 days a week at 01-02 per online schedule, which still shows WOR at wrong time, 0200 daily instead of 2330/2230! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn, Did you miss Allan's opening statement or just choose not to comment? Allan said that effective immediately all regular programming on WBCQ was finished and that this would be the last AWW. Said that he had signed a contract with the government to relay VOA. He explained he would be able to update the facilities there and then he recanted immediately and said April Fools saying that if he didn't end this quickly Glenn Hauser would already have the report out on the internet. Ramsey called almost immediately in a panic as he was afraid his new show wouldn't air and then said, you got me (John Carver, Mid- North Indiana, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Ha; no, I tuned in later. Now that he`s a real hour earlier starting at 0000 UT, it`s less convenient for me to monitor (gh, DXLD) 9330, April 3 at 0120 check, WBCQ is off for at least the second night after 0100 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. From the Isle of Music for April 11/12 on WBCQ and Channel 292 --- Since the addition of Channel 292 we are now getting excellent reception reports from as far east as Moscow. Our April 11 (in the Americas) / April 12 (for the rest of the world) program will have more dance music than usual, with special guests Jesus Chappottin and Miguelito Cuni Jr. of Conjunto Chappotin, some classic dance tracks from Conjunto Los Bocucos and some Timba from El Niño y la Verdad. On the Jazz front, a new release by Brenda Navarrete, and more beautiful Cuban concert music from the album Danzas Para Piano de Ignacio Cervantes. Two listening options on shortwave: WBCQ, 7490, Tuesdays 0000 UT (8 pm EDT Mondays) Channel 292, 6070, Tuesdays 1900 UT (2100 CEST) See the NOTES section of our Facebook page for program updates and other information. (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 April 7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9955, March 29 at 0550, WRMI again with eclectic music concert this hour instead of BS, S9+10; 0553 Hawai`ian song. 11530, March 31 at 0645, BS is very poor but matchable to very strong 7570, and about equal to weak 11580, so for A-16, WRMI has resumed 11530 after experimenting with it a couple weeks ago, replacing 11920? Yes, per sked grid dated March 27, 11530 is #4 at 22-12 UT including 00-01 Taiwan in Spanish, 01-02 Fámily Radio in Spanish; elsewhen nothing but BS and paired at 12-22 UT with day frequency 17790, both at 160 degrees (the other Taiwán relay hour is 03-04 on 5985). 9955 & 11580, once again March 31 at 1416, both with music instead of BS (who is on 11565, etc., etc., etc.) and not the same music: 9955 in Mideastern at the moment. 21675, April 1 at 1403, JBA carrier from WRMI with Radio Africa Network (or who knows, still subcontracting to Brother HyStairical?). Still JBA at 1620. During much of B-15 this would attain a bigsig here during the daytime, but not lately. MUF to 22 MHz is just not working; is it to Africa? Slightly closer WHRI is not much either on 21610, registered available 13-19 UT, 85 degrees also to Africa, but better than WRMI at 1620 April 1; no 21600. 9955, Sunday April 3 at 1412, WRMI again in a concert hour rather than BS, sounds like traditional Japanese instruments; 11580, which often has a separate music loop, instead radiates a gospel huxter other than Brother HyStairical who occupies so many other transmitters (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) WRMI Okeechobee tx#10 relay Arabic music, instead of TOM on April 4: 0500-0600 on 9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg to CeAm English Brother Stair A16 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/wrmi-okeechobee-tx10-relay-arabic-music.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: [and non]. 9955, UT Mon April 4 at 0515, WRMI good with Mideast pop music, which seems to be regular now before switching to Brother HyStairical at 0600. More eclectic music instead of BS or anything else: 11580, April 4 at 1333, nice S9+10, Andean tune with guitar, quena, and a low-pitched wind instrument – almost like a didgeridoo, with thunder SFX at start and finish; 1337 on to a song with guitar, gutteral Slavic-like language? 1341 quite a contrast, one of the perennials: ``Up, Up & Away`` in English. At 1349 it`s getting splashed from 11585, which would be KTWR GUAM starting at 1345, despite aiming away at 290 degrees; so need LSB tuning for WRMI. More music past 1400, and even past 1500 instead of BS. And totally different than what`s playing on 9955. 9955, April 4 at 1351, this WRMI is already in eclectic world music, tho programming was normal earlier in this hour; 1359 Zanotti ID competing with ACI from 9950, Radio Free Asia opening in Vietnamese, despite aiming due westward from Tinian; and on 9955 more world music, for rest of hour, and still more after 1500, totally different than what`s playing on 11580. Where`s our BS?? Everywhere else on WRMI and other US SW frequencies! 9955 & 11580, April 5 at 1401, WRMI with different eclectic music. 9955, April 6 at 1422 check, with Qur`an! WORLD MUSIC is now officially entered on the WRMI schedule grid for frequencies other than 9955, altho we often hear it in the 14-15 & 05- 06 UT hours at least, instead of BS on 9955. As of April 6 the sked shows World Music: Wed-Sun 0000-0100 & Tue 0000-0030 on 7730 Wed/Fri/Sat 0200-0300 on 11580 Tue-Sat 0700-0800 & Sun 0730-0800 on 7730 Mon-Sat 1300-1400 & 2000-2100 on 11580 [also often heard after 1400] Since WRMI does not provide a playlist, but many of the tunes are heard time and again in some kind of rotation, may I suggest that people with music-identifying apps apply them here? Some of the `world` songs from afar may still be tough to ID. Presumably any more time that can be sold will be carved out of this. Also, Radio France International is now shown only as: Wed 2115-2200 & Thu 2130-2200 on 15770 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5050, April 3 at 0126, WWRB has reactivated this frequency, very good, found after checking 90m, 3185 with BS, 3195 not on. Presumably a summer-thing, and registered available 22-13 UT, 100 kW at 45 degrees. (US SW stations are supposed to pay a fee to FCC for hours reserved, whether used or not? But I hear that a lot of them are in arrears, FCC not enforcing that like so many other rules.) And it`s a hard rant from Dave F-RANTz! Oh boy, in fine form tonight: He`s full of disgust, extreme mocking sarcasm, expletives against preachers! Summarizing: He has 5 x 100 kW transmitters, mostly idle, as Christians are fighting over doctrine. If he has one sect on, others object and won`t go on. ``All I`ve heard for 20 years, Christians making excuses`` for not purchasing airtime. Also complains of preachers requesting free private charter jet transport for ailing parishioners to medical facilities. (His main business is air transport. This is safer than mass transport subjecting victims to who-knows-what from other passengers). He used to do this and covered the cost, but no more! Because all the preachers will do in return ``when we need help`` is *pray*, nothing tangible, no reciprocity, just lip-service. Lately he decided to pray real hard, raising his hands higher and higher, asking God for his fuel tanks to be filled with 400 gallons of Jet-A, in order to comply with the latest request, still willing to cover remaining expenses. ``Prayer doesn`t work!`` No increase in fuel levels per the dipstix. ``This is why Christianity is dying,`` he asserts at 0148 and later. ``WWRB is no longer a religious radio station. It`s commercial, for profit``, no more subsidizing by his aviation business. Now in negotiations with ``an Islamic group who want six hours of airtime in English because they feel their religion is being maligned``, and is seriously considering it. If any of his remaining Christian clients heard this, they may not stay around much longer --- but unlikely any of them axually listen to SW WWRB, especially on a frequency which just came back. He`s still ranting past 0200. 5050, April 4 at 0028, telco-quality audio from unknown gospel huxter on WWRB, about warfare among Christians over doctrine. No more usage of 3195? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) We will use 5.050 MC till the fall. We start WWRB free speech broadcasting at 6:55 pm ET [2255 UT] with our interval signal. We are open to ALL faiths & religions, Political groups, left, right, center. What ever? WWRB is nothing more than a RF transmission provider: We take no sides in programming content. : (Dave Frantz, WWRB, UT April 6, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. 7504.953, 0354-, WRNO, Mar 29. After years of being quite a bit off frequency, they're almost on frequency now. Nice ID, and then into an inspirational vocal with clapping hands, etc. Great signal into Masset tonight. Pulled the plug in mid-song at 0400, but now there's someone else on 7504.441 with a 100 Hz hum. No idea who that might be (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Per HFCC A-16, maybe AIR Delhi, 100 kW at 65 degrees until 0430. 0400 = 9:30 am local (gh, DXLD) A16 wasn't out yet when I flew up to Masset. That is likely who they were. 73! (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, April 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7505, 0307-, WRNO (non), Apr 3. I've noticed their absence for the past several days. One of their prolonged absences starting? I hope not (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7504, April 3 at 0107, WRNO is AWOL this Saturday night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9275, 2057, WMLK, Bethel PA reactivated with religious teaching including mention of NZ gunman who recently shot 11 people – surely the 1990 Aramoana massacre which makes this a very old recording! Canned idents over at 2115 and 2145. Off abruptly at 2201 1/3 (Bryan Clark, Mangawhai, Northland, North Island, New Zealand, WinRadio G33DDC and AOR7030+, EWEs to North, Central & South America, April NZ DX Times via DXLD) i.e. delayed info from 1 March 2016y (gh) 9275.03, WMLK, 1834 preaching by M, but just not strong enough to be audible. Thought they were long gone. Tnx Ralph Perry tip. Obviously in the dead zone here. (17 March) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR with 153 foot Delta Loop and Wellbrook ALA1530S, Hard- Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) 9275, March 31 at 1947, WMLK is on, very poor on BST-1 caradio; but next check at 2019 UT on NRD-545, it`s off already. Seems they tend to go off earlier than before, if on at all. 9275.032, April 5 at 1936, WMLK is on at S9 level, but just barely modulated; weaker S7 9265 neighbor WINB sounds louder (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Poor to good signal of WMLK Bethel test transmission, Apr 5: 1700-2200 on 9275 MLK 250 kW / 053 deg to WeEu English & off at 2100 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/poor-to-good-signal-of-wmlk-bethel-test.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9265.001, Probably WINB?, language English, but heavy West African accent and partly domestic language spoken in between. S=8 in southern Germany or -77dBm at 2255 UT on March 30 [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, SW log of March 30 at 2130-2330 UT on March 30 here in Germany, Europe wwdxc BC- DX TopNews, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9904.2 approx., March 31 at 2023, some buzz is centered about here, suspiciously double the distance, 25.8 kHz, of the persistent parasite spur from 9930 WTWW-2 which I do hear again on 9917.10, S7 level with hum and trace of modulation bleeding thru. Its mate is plus 12.9 kHz on 9942.9, S6 with hum. Also a trace of same buzz at double that, 9955.8, too close to 9955.0 WRMI. Fundamental 9930 is S9+50. 5085, April 1 at 0536, WTWW-2 is S9+20 open carrier/dead air during `Midnight[sic] in the Desert`. Altho this transmitter is carrying two national talk shows (Dave Ramsey afternoons the other; if & when modulated), it`s not clear if #2 is making any money, as most or all of the local advertising on them is tiresomely pushing per-inquiry SW receiver sales. That leaves roughly 18 hours a weekday of unsold airtime, some of it filled here and there by Ted`s DJ and ham shows, surely airtime expenses. 9917.075 & 9942.935, April 5 at 1940, weak parasitic spur carriers from extremely strong 9930 WTWW-2 measured here, i.e. matching approx. 12.93 kHz above and below. Fundamental probably slightly off- frequency, but not measured directly; halfway between the spurs would be 9930.005 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Mother Angelica's Funeral Coverage --- About to start on WEWN on 15610 kHz. Will record via Twente and archive. Not sure if it will be on WEWN's other frequencies (Richard Langley, 1557 UT April 1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 15555 [USB], 2000-, WJHR Radio International, Apr 2. Confirming that they are still on, at fair level only, with canned ID at 2001. I really would like to know his actual power. Surely not anywhere close to 50 kW! I suggest closer to 1 kW! (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1310, WDTW (non) --- Every time I've checked day or night (and I do try to remember to check at least once in Howell in the AM and in the PM before I leave for home) I've heard no sign at all of this station. Flash in the pan? Just on long enough to claim they 'aren't silent' to keep the license? Another reason? Anyone heard anything? (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Williamston MI, MARE Tipsheet April 1 via DXLD) This was logged by Frodge in previous Tipsheet, DXLD (gh) ** U S A. 1320, ALABAMA, WENN, Birmingham. 0810 April 3, 2016. Been trying to nail this one for a few days, nonstop Oldies (Van Morrison, Alan Parsons Project, Aretha Franklin, Billy Joel, Genesis, Air Supply). Male canned, "Easy 102.1... Here comes another long set, commercial free... 102.1." And finally a legal ID 0859 for 1320 and W271BN Birmingham into Paul McCartney & Wings "Band On the Run." Surely running day 5000 watts and not 111, often dominating the channel. Recent format flip from gospel, per Wiki at least: "On March 14, 2016 WENN changed their format to soft AC, branded as "Easy 102.1" and switched translators to W271BN 102.1 FM Birmingham." Their live stream is banned from opening in my distant i.p. location, which is just stupid. 1320, NORTH CAROLINA, WCOG, Greensboro. 0810 April 3, 2016. Trading off with WENN often, ESPN Radio, local liners mentioning 102.9 (I think) FM, and at 0917, "... 1320 WCOG and at 1320WCOG-dot-com" and back to ESPN Radio audio. Website not showing an FM simulcast listing (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater FL, April 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. While in Garden City, what was the status of KGNO 1370 Dodge? I`ve been unable to hear it day or night or in-between for some months. 73, (Glenn to Richard N Allen, via DXLD) I can't comment on the present status of KGNO. It was audible when I did a scan of the AM band last September. Other than KANZ 91.1, I'm afraid I didn't do much listening while in Kansas. There are three newer FM stations near GC. They were KSGC-LP (EWTN) 100.5, KBFZ-LP ("101 the Herd, the Voice of Garden City High School") 101.7, and KGBL ("The Bull") 101.9. The latter is a Steckline Communications station licensed to Lakin, but I think the tower is nearer GC. It has a translator in Dodge City on 94.7. Good DX (Richard N Allen, Sent from my iPad, April 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1580.13, WWDN, Danville VA, 2356 found a het with this way off-frequency once again playing “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” by U2, then “Life in the Fast Lane” by The Eagles at 2357. 0002 ID by M. QRM from CKDO. (16 March) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR with 153 foot Delta Loop and Wellbrook ALA1530S, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** U S A. 1630, WQHY657, Williamsville, NY (next to the NY State Thruway Toll Plaza Canopy, Mile Post 419.7) ID by W “…WQHY657 broadcasting on 16-30 AM, Buffalo. OK, its traffic time…” at 2357 and weather conditions with mention of Buffalo. Coming up above WRDW [Augusta GA]. 183.4 miles exactly from transmitter antenna to receiver (Delta Loop) antenna. Not a bad catch at 10 watts. (16 March) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR with 153 foot Delta Loop and Wellbrook ALA1530S, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** U S A. Re 1660 KTIQ Merced CA: "The Bear 1 0 5 7" is K289CB, a 250 watt nondirectional translator 260 feet up KTIQ's 375 foot tower. It's licensed to Los Baños (Dennis Gibson, WB6TNB, March 31, Sent from my iPad, ABDX via DXLD) ** U S A. MOUNTAIN RADIO STATION SIGNAL HACKED, I saw this on line this morning... FROM: KCNC-DT in Denver: http://denver.cbslocal.com/2016/04/05/mountain-radio-station-signal-apparently-hacked/ (Paul Armani, CO, April 5, ABDX via DXLD) KIFT 106.3 The Lift Breckenridge (gh) Interesting read, Paul. I’ve been waiting for this to happen since the onset of “IP STL’s” where the internet is used to get the signal from studio to transmitter. It’s becoming a popular method these days especially where there’s no line of sight. If it’s through the internet, it’s hackable. Guess it finally happened (Michael n Wyo Richard, ibid.) I was just over there today when I went to Vail. That is the station I usually spend the most time listening to in the mountains. Today I had plenty of time to listen since I was stuck in two road closures on I 70 due to a blizzard. There was no mention of the hacking on their stations, but I found out about it when I switched over to KOA for a traffic and road closure update to see how long I would be stuck in that mess. The only site affected by the hacking was their Kremmling station, which is a full power station. They also have a number of translators up and down the Vail Valley. 73, (Kit W5KAT, April 5, ibid.) ** VATICAN. 11625, March 31 at 2013, American English, news about UN efforts vs hate-speech, 2016 switch to African accent about DR Congo and the UN. But it`s not UN Radio --- Vatican Radio, African service at 2000-2030, southward from SMG with fair signal here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Unscheduled transmission of Vatican Radio, April 1: 0520-0530 on 6070 SMG 100 kW / 326 deg to WeEu Croatian http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/unscheduled-transmission-of-vatican.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Not unusual to turn on early before 0530 Mass; all the worse for CFRX (gh, DXLD) ** YEMEN [non]. 11860, 1759-, Radio Sana'a, Mar 30. Thought I would check around this time for any sign of transmitter change, but really too weak of a signal to be sure. There was no off-time for a transmitter, at least, and nothing that appeared as a transmitter change. The transmission, however, is quite blurred across 11859.979 to 11860.015 on the waterfall. Fair at best (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Rep. Yemen Radio Sana’a (Saudi Arabia Relay?) 11860, 1337 31 MAR - SINPO = 25222. Arabic, male announcer interviewing male in studio. QSB=rapid-to-ff rate, modulation on noisy carrier mostly mixing with noise floor but occasionally peaks above it, and often dips below it for short durations. sf83.8, a11, k1, geomag: very quiet. 50kw?, Omni?, bearing 17 ?. 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: 0637. 11860, 1349 1 APR - SINPO = 35223. Arabic, male announcer interviewing a rather excited male. ‘Mohammed’ mentioned numerous times. QSB=rapid- to-ff rate, modulation on noisy carrier mostly above noise floor. (Spot check: at 1445z SINPO45323 music w/microtonal vocals). sf81.8, a7, k0, geomag: very quiet. 50kw?, Omni?, bearing 17 ?. 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: 0649 (Rodney Johnson, NV, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Fair signal of Republic of Yemen Radio, April 1 1501 & 1643 on 11860 unknown tx / unknown to N/ME Arabic, QRM 11870 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/fair-signal-of-republic-of-yemen-radio.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Greetings from Nevada! Conditions here been fair over the weekend with a couple minor and major geo-storm spikes on the K Index on Saturday. One thing that was very noticeable since the storm was Rep. of Yemen (Radio Sana'a) on 11860 has been mostly absent in the mornings here (April 3 spot checks at 1430z and 1530z revealed no signal and this morning here, April 4, only a JBA carrier was heard). Will this spell the end of the seasonal propagation window for this station to NA? Or will it slowly come back as the ionosphere slowly (with <90 Solar Flux, *very* slowly) recovers from the latest geo-Storm? I'm still very interested in the details of this transmission (from? Power? Beam?). Although I'm almost certain it has to be from the Riyadh vicinity based on reports here on DXLDyg, the rest is a mystery nobody seems to agree on (Rodney Johnson, April 4, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Heard last several days: 11860, 1343 2 APR - REP.YEMEN RADIO SANAA (YEMEN). SINPO = 25222. Arabic, male announcer interviews male over the phone. QSB=rapid-to-ff rate, modulation on noisy carrier mostly mixing with noise floor while occasionally dipping below it. sf81.6, a3, k1, geomag: very quiet. 50kw?, Omni?, bearing 17 ?. 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: 0643. 11860, 1502 4 APR - REP.YEMEN RADIO SANAA (YEMEN CLA?). SINPO = 15211. (no modulation detected), QSB=moderate-to-rapid rate, noisy carrier mostly mixing with noise floor. (spot check: at 1430z nothing heard) sf82.6, a15, k2, geomag: quiet. 50kw?, Omni?, bearing 17 ?. 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: 0802. 11860, 1523 5 APR - SINPO = 15211. Arabic, female announcer. (Spot check 1315z & 1400z nothing heard) QSB=rapid-to-ff rate, modulation on noisy carrier only occasionally peaks to mix with the noise floor, but mostly stays below it. sf82.2, a7, k1, geomag: very quiet. 50kw?, Omni?, bearing 17 . 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: 0823. 11860, 1354 6 APR - SINPO = 25222. Arabic, male announcer interviewing male on studio. (Spot check at 1457z SINPO 35212 music). QSB=rapid-to- ff rate, modulation on noisy carrier just above noise floor occasionally well above it on short duration peaks. sf83.3, a5, k3, geomag: unsettled. 50kw?, Omni?, bearing 17 ?. 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: 0654. Conditions here have been fair-to-good with a generally lower noise floor and the Solar Flux continues hang below 90, and dip as far as the low 80s these days. Rep. Yemen Radio Sana'a seems to be slowly coming back in the mornings here (~1330z-1500z) as now it's been several days since the last GeoStorm (Rodney Johnson, NV, Apr 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZAMBIA [and non]. Zambia ZNBC1, 5915. Friday April 1, 2016. This morning propagation intermittently favoured Zambia. ZNBC1 and Radio Lead Africa were both fading in and out, so that at times Zambia was almost normal, at other times it was hardly heard. Recordings posted. Zambia, almost normal at 0328ut (mp3, 1.2MB): https://app.box.com/s/y6rnqvmaa8gaj66ncj0v3ovfy9i7xsvi Zambia with severe QRM from Radio Lead Africa at 0343ut (mp3, 2.4MB): https://app.box.com/s/nnfum4joqf5qnxxv1dq040lqfj4beff3 (Bill Bingham, Johannesburg RSA. Drake R8E, Sony ICF2001D. dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5915, 0347-, Zambia NBC Radio 1, Apr 1. Now that Radio Lead Africa is off, this leaves Zambia in the clear, well not really, as there's now adjacent splatter from 5910, so have to switch to USB to hear anything. 5910 sounds like NHK. Just a smidgin too weak to make out any details of the talk (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZANZIBAR. TANZANIA. 11735, Zanzibar B.C. (presumed); 2040-2103+, 28-Mar; Tune in to lo[n?]g Arabic vocal; Hi-Life at 2052+ and English pop after ToH — now that’s variety! W in Arabic with brief announcements at 2058+ & 2100+. SIO=3+53 (Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA, Drake R8B + 185' & 60' RW + 125' bow-tie, All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in real time! DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11735, 1806-, Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation, Mar 30. Tuned in a little late, but no sign of English today. Excellent African music at very good level. Faded somewhat but still very good at 1900 with drums, then mentions of ZBC. All in presumed Swahili. A most enjoyable station. Off at 2049 today without any IDs. Simply cut the transmitter, mid-song. Stayed strong throughout (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) TANZANIA, Good signal of Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation ZBC, Apr 1 1519&1800 11735 DOL 050 kW / non-dir CeAf Swahili, no English news Fri http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/good-signal-of-zanzibar-broadcasting.html Good signal of Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation in Swahili, April 5 1500-2100 on 11735 DOL 050 kW / non-dir to CeAf again no English news 1800-1810 UT http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/good-signal-of-zanzibar-broadcasting_5.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Last evening I heard an unID Latin American signal on 760 kHz from southeast with música romántica at 0257-0321 GMT. Unable to catch any announcement because of WJR QRM. It wasn't Radio Progreso which was heard later (Richard N Allen, near Perry OK, April 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 774, April 3 at 1145 UT, awake a semihour before local sunrise of 1214 UT, so hasten to check for trans-Pacific MW carriers. There is one here on 774, but repeated manipulation of the DX-398 finds it peaking from the west, not northwest, so instead of NHK JAPAN it`s likely 3LO, 50 kW, ABC Melbourne, AUSTRALIA; another detected at 1150, from west on 702, consistent with 2BL, 50 kW, ABC Sydney (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Richard, I wonder what you heard this morning? (Glenn to Richard Allen, April 3, via DXLD) Glenn: I didn't hear any Asia signals this morning, only heard a carrier on 702 kHz (approx. 240 ) at 1156-1221 GMT. Nothing heard on 774, 891 or 1044 (Richard N Allen, near Perry OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 240 from us goes between Auckland and Hobart, not too far off Melbourne, and Sydney, certainly not Japan. WSW from here rather than directly west (Glenn Hauser, Enid, ibid.) UNIDENTIFIED. 4350, Found someone here playing C&W music at 1034. Fairly strong but distorted and cutting out a lot. In fact it was cutting out longer and longer as time went by and was only audible for a split second about once a min. by 1050. Didn’t hear it at all after 1100. Any ideas who this would be?? Here’s a link to a Youtube video of the reception. (please use 480p setting); https://youtu.be/7_O93axYOTc (4 April) 73 (Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA, Perseus SDR with 153 foot Delta Loop and Wellbrook ALA1530S, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) Probably a third harmonic of one the hundreds of 1450 stations (gh) UNIDENTIFIED. UNKNOWN, 4766, 1252-, Unknown OC, Mar 26. I'm hearing the well reported OC here at 1252, with a het coming from 4765. Strongest by far on my 250 deg BOG, compared to my N Beverage, suggesting a more likely Asian source, judging from its strength. Still relatively strong at 1740, on my W Beverage. So most likely China, Korea, Japan, or Russian Far east [cf previous DXLD]. Addendum: recorded the open carrier from 1600 to see when it would fade out (March 28th). Strong to past 1915, then slowly faded and gone about 2000. Not sure whether off, or just too weak to hear, if that's of any value in determining location. There was mention of rapid bursts of RTTY activity. I wonder whether this would be similar to the carrier on 3287? Scanned the file up to past 1830, and didn't hear any data bursts (Walt Salmaniw, Masset BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 7610-USB, April 3 at 0106, very poor Spanish 2-way, no sign of Red Beacon Radio, pirate (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDentified. Station with Arabic music was observed again, April 1 0915-0925 on 9400 unknown (secret/hidden) site, poor signal today http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/unidentified-station-with-arabic-music.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDentified. Station with Arabic music was observed again, April 1 0925-0930 on 9550 unknown (secret/hidden) site, poor signal today http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/04/unidentified-station-with-arabic-music_3.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. More presumed Indonesian QSO pirates on March 31 at 1410 in USB: 11425 stands out, with pileups of competing vocal noises, some verging on singing past 1414, 1425. Others active on 11405, 11410, 11415, 11440, 11450, 11455, 11465-music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 11435-USB, April 4 at 1330, pileup of competing talkers, presumed Indonesian QSO pirates, strongest here; also some weak singing on 11430, and algo on 11455 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 11600, March 31 at 1952 and 2014, something is here with very poor signal. Possibilities: Denge Kurdistane, Brother Scare, Radio Biafra. Sites possible: Bulgaria, France or Pridnestrovye. A-16 HFCC registrations: BRB via KCH at 03-21; SOF with TOM at 17-20 & 2000-2359, different beams. As of March 31, DX ReMix News/Observer Bulgaria accounts for Kurdistan at 13-17 Bulgaria, 17-19 France; At 20-23, in B-15 had been 11600 with R. Biafra, but A-16 ``probably will be 11590 or 12075``. Another entry mentions 12075 but no signal. I wasn`t aware of 11590, but check 12075 and no signal for me either, at 1951, 2007. At 2101, there is still no signal on 12075, and now nothing on 11600 either --- Carrier was off at 2101, but cut back on at *2101:54 for about two minutes at S4 level, off again (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 15111.0-USB, April 4 at 1326, INTRUDERS, very poor 2- way, tentatively in colloquial Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Anonymous station testing on 15510 kHz --- Heard today 6th April 2016, between 1000 and 1007 UT, on 15510 kHz, a transmission test which consisted of announcements “You are listening to a test transmission” interspersed with a short piece of instrumental music played in loop mode. Reception report were required to be mailed to: transmissiontest@gmail.com – The anonymous station signed off abruptly at 1007. Reception here in South of Italy was good with SINPO 45444. I have already sent my report so I’ll keep you posted if a reply comes! (Antonello Napolitano, Taranto - Italy, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Babcock (Robert Scaglione, ibid.) Yes, that format and e-mail address are a giveaway even without any specific ID. Probably Woofferton (gh) UNIDENTIFIED. 17855, April 4 at 1315, JBA carrier when little but Cuba is making it on 16m --- nothing scheduled now, but suspect REE SPAIN testing for later broadcast starting at 1800 (when it`s loud and clear as usual today). If one believed the lies Russia tells the HFCC, 17855 is also used by Khabarovsk at 01-06; and CRI English Beijing has it at other dayparts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ ACKNOWLEDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 1820: Thanks to Christopher Brennen for a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED FUTURELY: Thanks to William Hassig, Mt Prospect IL, for a check to P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 Thanks to Chuck Ermatinger, MO, for a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com Glenn, I sent a contribution to WOR. I haven’t been able to send much lately, but, I wanted to do this. I like to play with numbers sometimes. I decided that 1818 was a cool number, so, I sent something to honor that program, and all the good you do for us. 73, (Tim Hendel, AL, with a check to P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702) Thanks for all that you do for the hobby! (Rich Ray, IL) PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ Updated: DX/SWL/Media Programs: http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html World of Radio schedule: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html Alan Roe`s Hitlist of SW stations: http://www.w4uvh.net/hitlist.htm (Glenn Hauser, April 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Found a link for Aoki A16 files on Alokesh Gupta's excellent website Radioactivity at: http://alokeshgupta.blogspot.in/search?q=A16 The direct link to the text file is: http://www1.s2.starcat.ne.jp/ndxc/pc/nd/userlist1.txt The direct link to the xlsx file is: http://www1.s2.starcat.ne.jp/ndxc/pc/nd/nda16.xlsx (Peter W Hansen, April 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) That`s the pared-down version without any details of powers, azimuths, coordinates. For the first time, the B-15 Aoki sked updates had to be unzipped rather than text files linkable directly, and perhaps the same for A-16; inconvenient! (gh, DXLD) FACEBOOK COVERS UP THE NEWS Facebook is considered an example of social media, but it`s widely used as a mass medium. Increasingly, people around the world are using FB to get news. In fact, many mobile phone users are unaware they are using the Internet, but only that they are using FB. FB is useful as a mass medium because anyone, even without a FB account, can go to a FB page and, if its settings permit, read its content. Or at least, until recently. I don`t have FB account. A few days ago I tried to look at The Mighty KBC FB page. The bottom third of the page was covered by a notice from FB asking me to sign up or log in. After a few minutes, more of the page was covered. The same happened when I looked at VOA`s FB page. International broadcasters have increasingly been using FB to deliver their news. BBC Thai is conveyed by nothing *but* its FB page. Now it seems one has to have a FB account to be considered a human. News organizations that use FB should consider workarounds (Kim Andrew Elliott, VA, International Broadcasting, April NASWA Journal, retyped by gh for DX LISTENING DIGEST) QSL.WINDOW - ABRIL 2016 Amigos, A publicação 'QSL.window' foi atualizada. O link para acesso está disponível em: http://dxways-br.blogspot.com (à direita, logo abaixo do logotipo do DX Clube do Brasil) QSL.window = lista de endereços / contatos para envio de informes de recepção nas emissoras de rádio, com base nos endereços que foram aplicados no envio / resposta recebida. Não contém cópias de endereços divulgados em publicações conhecidas, de longas listas desatualizadas de e-mails de emissoras, etc... e sim tem base no resultado obtido por radioescutas e DXistas ao receberem os seus QSLs. Uma fonte mais segura para se enviar informes de recepção. 73, (Rudolf Grimm, São Bernardo SP, April 6, radioescutas yg via DXLD) DX-PEDITIONS ++++++++++++ WALT SALMANIW AT HAIDA GWAII Masset DXpedition: Master SW Logs 26 March to 3 April 2016 I have just returned from a very enjoyable DXpedition to my Haida Gwaii cottage near Masset, BC. Below is a selection of what was to be heard on SW during the time there. Conditions were not spectacular by any means, but with a virtually zero noise floor, it was a joy to listen to distant stations, at armchair copy, but at signal strengths of only S5 or S6. In the city, these are unreadable to me! As always, to expedite them to you, I have simply copied from my B-Log program. Errors or omissions, please advise me! 73 (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Tnx for putting them in country order; they have been integrated into this issue above. His MW logs have been posted to the IRCA list in several parts, accessible e.g. in the mail archive for IRCA; except see AUSTRALIA, JAPAN, PHILIPPINES here (gh, DXLD) RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ AM ``REVITALIZATON`` contd. Re: Alliance Urges FCC to Reconsider Protection Proposals Re: ``The clears would need a lot more than 75 kW to make a difference. That is only a 1.2 times increase in signal strength and would not be noticed (Robert Smoak, ABDX via DXLD)`` This would not be to get the signal out that much more. This would be to get the signal into buildings better and to get over interference in the local area (Kevin Redding, Crump, TN, ibid.) The North American Agreement allows this power level (Powell E Way III, ibid.) 100 kW, as someone else suggested (gh) AM --- 100 kW would be great if there weren't so many stations packed on top of one another (Kevin Redding, Crump, TN, ABDX via DXLD) I would like to see a large portion of the AM band relegated to "graveyard channel" status, and the vast majority of AM stations moved there - to shout it out with each other. The remaining channels could then be clears at much higher power with full protection (Bruce Carter, TX, ibid.) And if they are not packed on top of each other, then that opens up space and interference with each other is less likely and they can implement part 2 of the plan. FORCE MANUFACTURERS TO OPEN UP THE BANDWIDTH OF ANY AND ALL RECEIVERS! Not sure about the solid state ones out there these days but I know a lot of engineers pride themselves on the old transmitters saying "Oh yeah that transmitter will do 15 kHz." Can you imagine? If AM had 15 kHz bandwidth, it would literally sound as good as FM. Nobody would be able to complain about that "muffled AM sound"; the biggest complaint I heard over the 30 years I was in radio. "It sounds like AM. It sounds like crap." I still stand by the statement I've been saying for 30 years: it's not AM, it's the RADIOS that make it sound bad (Michael n Wyo Richard, ibid.) Most AM radios manufactured in the past 30 years or so are inherently broadband anyway. I've seen some as wide as +/-40 kHz: http://earmark.net/gesr/Current_Radio_Design.htm (Bruce Carter, TX, ibid.) Call me crazy, but I have yet to note a single submission asking for Special High School Football Power Authorization at night for AM Stations with all these improvements proposed. Friday nights from about 7PM to 11PM local time (Ron Gitschier, FL, ibid.) Call me crazy - but I don't think HSF is enough reason for stations to remain on the air at increased power, contributing to the congestion of the AM band. Football in general is of no interest to me. Around our house, NFL stands for "Not For Long" as the channel changes to something else. Or a good opportunity to go to the movies and not deal with crowds, or DX some more (Bruce Carter, TX, ibid.) I should have indicated my remarks were tongue-in-cheek (Ron Gitschier, Palm Coast, FL, ibid.) DEATH KNELL FOR OTA TELEVISION? Hello All, Here is a link to an article about Vizio's new smart televisions: http://www.pcworld.com/article/3049219/smart-tv/cord-cutters-should-hope-vizios-new-smart-tvs-dont-spark-a-trend.html The kicker here is that they have done away with selling them with tuners. Why? Because so few people watch TV over the air. I think I can nearly hear the fat lady singing for broadcast television (Curtis Sadowski, Paxton, Illinois, March 31, wtfda gg via DXLD) Vizio produces crap. They must have a bunch of bean counters who work there. My brother has a Vizio TV. It’s extremely slow to respond in simply changing the channel. I would never buy one. I can imagine people purchasing these “TVs” and later realizing that it’s not really a TV, but rather just a glorified monitor that requires an internet connection or other pay service on order to operate. The statistics they use to justify this are a bit misleading too. I don’t think this is the death knell for OTA, but rather Vizio. But crappy companies like this somehow learn how to survive off of consumers who haven’t got a clue (Andrew Knafel, April 1, ibid.) I definitely don't think cord cutters, looking for OTA, are going to be buying a Vizio product. And IMHO, I think OTA television is going to be around MUCH longer than *some* speculate. I believe the ONLY ones that *think* OTA television is dying are those that rarely watch it - or - those that have already become consumed by sources such as Netflix or YouTube. There is a certain percentage of the viewing public that will refuse to pay for video sources and those are the ones that will continue to drive OTA television. Even cable/sat subscribers won't pay for services for ALL of the TV's in their house, so they want an antenna on the extra TV's. I belong to some FTA (free-to-air) satellite forums, where members look to the skies for FREE satellite content. It`s a much bigger hobby than some would expect and those same persons readily promote local OTA television. Local news, local weather, local community activity reports, etc. - who will supply that information to the masses on a local level for FREE, if OTA television goes away? Don't say the internet - because you PAY for it, it`s not FREE (Jim Thomas, Springfield, Missouri, ibid.) Hello Andrew and Jim, Cord cutters are in the decided minority, many of them stumble into doing the OTA thing when they decide that cable TV isn't worth it. You have to think of where the younger generation is at- for the past seven years, since the analog shut off, OTA television is largely not in the mind of anyone except cheapskates and DX'ers. Vizio sets are inexpensive, and they provide a good picture. When someone is shopping for a set, at Walmart, for example, they are going to be drawn to those two qualities. You'll laugh at this, but I own one, albeit an older one, way back from the mists of history, 2011. Tuning is slow, but not much slower than other sets I've used. My wife and I bought this one largely because of the size, we measured the cabinet it was to go into, and the size was perfect. It's cheaper for us to buy according to size than it is to replace the living room furniture. Anyway, back to the task at hand, the young folks. I have several grown children; none of them watch television at all, everything is viewed over a device of some kind. My daughter Emily even watches feature films on her iPhone. My wife has a niece and nephew, they just visited here recently. They were unaware of OTA television entirely - and their grandmother back home only watches TV in this manner (I helped with long distance tech advice to get her going). When her husband died she needed to cut expenses, and I recommended this, she had thought all broadcast TV had shut down in 2009. Younger, older, most people think cable or internet are the only ways to watch TV. Don't even get me started on how I've been asked how one requests a show to watch OTA. It's happened more than once. The questioners are shocked when they learn you have to watch it when the station decides to show it. It's a different world now, smart phones, tablets, smart TVs. Computers as we think of them are even being marginalized by those technologies. Craig Ferguson has a show, a panel talk show, called 'Join or Die'. Last week, the topic they discussed were the biggest inventions since 1950: the internet, microwave ovens, passenger jet travel, velcro, viagra and personal computers. They were to come to an agreement on which was the most essential, what they couldn't do without, to the exclusion of all others. Guess what won? None of them could do without the internet, even though they had already concluded they could do without the PC. Craig still uses a PC and argued for it, the others only use tablets and phones, which they do not identify in their minds as being kin to the PC. And the reason they wanted the internet for the phones and tablets? To watch TV shows and movies. OTA television will be with us for a while, but it is almost entirely superseded in the public mind by streaming video. Anyway, that's my opinion (Curtis Sadowski, IL, ibid.) I'm going to agree with Jim. I pay for Netflix and Dish Network, but OTA provides a unique and free service that these can't compete with. OTA ain't going away anytime soon. The quality and selection of programming offered by Netflix is poor in my opinion. The good movies are hard to find on it, and cable/satellite is becoming too expensive. Vizio's decision to get rid of the tuners in their smart TVs seems more like a cheapskate corporate decision. It's like comparing 50's and 60's classic cars to 90's and 00's junk that collectors will never want. The bean counters over time have just found ways to shave off costs, and in the end, they produce crap. And people continue to buy the crap (Andrew Knafel, ibid.) New "UHF bay" style antennas popping up everywhere around here, both urban, rural, and even in new subdivisions. Even Best Buy sells 'real' antennas here now (Bill Hepburn, Grimsby Ont., ibid.) Speaking as one will be turning 70 in July, I should be one who thinks there is a future for OTA but I don't. I would love to cut the cord and my wife and I have been looking to find something that will work for us. Mostly we watch Spike, Bravo, A&E, ME TV (which is only carried by Frontier in CT and not OTA) and Discovery. The only local stuff we watch is news and weather on WFSB or Fox61 and some Fox programs and one or two NBC shows. The only method that looks half interesting is Sling TV used with my Roku box. Sling has some live cable channels but doesn't have the ones we watch. We've also looked at other streaming internet boxes but haven't found one that really looks good, based on their mostly lousy reviews. The point here being that I don't see much use for OTA except for local news/weather and two or three shows. Yes, we have lots of channels available OTA but a good many of them have Spanish programming and the movie channels just aren't interesting and who wants to watch a channel with infomercials on it all day? Antenna TV is okay and ME TV would be a welcomed OTA addition but Frontier TV has a lock on it here. I just don't see much on OTA worth watching. The future looks more like streaming TV to me (Mike Bugaj, Enfield, CT, ibid.) SDR PRIMER Hello, is there a source for information on getting into using a SDR. [snip] Just wondering where I could get started (John, March 16, ODXA yg via DXLD) If you do a search for "SDR primer" you will get many results that include websites, a PDF, and a video on getting started with SDR. You first need to decide what frequencies are of interest to you. There are dedicated SDR based radio receiver devices you can buy that cost several hundred dollars. If you just are just starting out in SDR and want to see what you can do with one, you can get a device that is no bigger than a USB memory stick and can usually be bought for around $25 to $30. These USB based SDR dongles usually have a frequency range that starts at 50 MHz (some start as low as 25 MHz) and go all the way up to almost 2 GHz. The software you need can be downloaded for free off the internet for all common operating systems. If you want to listen to frequencies below the normal frequency range of one of the dongles there is a minor hack that you can use to let you listen to the HF frequencies, or you can use a transverter to shift the HF frequencies up in to the range of the SDR device. One commonly available transverter will cost around $50 to $60US, or almost twice the cost of the USB device. With the right software package you can use one of these devices to listen to, and even decode, many types of radio signals, such as AM, FM, NBFM, CW, RTTY, Packet, and many others. The software handles the decoding of the data provided by the SDR device so it is all that limits you to the types of signals you can listen to and/or decode. -- Cheers! (Kevin Cozens, http://www.ve3syb.ca/ ODXA yg via DXLD) Last WRTH edition (2016) includes an article regarding the topic. (Horacio Nigro, Uruguay, ibid.) MY FIRST TEST SDR CONSOLE V3 PREVIEW SOFTWARE WITH SOME SDR RXS Here a post with some images of my first test of SDR Console V3 preview software. With some SDR receivers. Ciao, Giampiero AIR - RADIORAMA: SDR Console V3 software. Prime prove con la preview Elad S2: invece dei suoi soliti 4 VFO eccone 9 in uso. Ma possono essere di più Ho provato la preview del software SDR Console V3, futuro erede del V2. E' stata re... http://air-radiorama.blogspot.it/2016/04/sdr-console-v3-software-prime-prove-con.html (Giampiero Bernardini, Milano, Italia, April 1, dxldyg via DXLD) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ WATCH THIS TIMELAPSE OF THE SUN BY NASA SDO - 2015 Did you see this? If not, take a break from your busy day, and watch this ten-minute breath-taking video featuring NASA's view of the Sun - a time lapse of 2015 in UHD! Share the love.... This cool time-lapse video shows the Sun in ultra-high definition 3840x2160 - 4k on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgP0e1VHBxc during the entire year, 2015. The video captures the Sun in the 171- angstrom wavelength of extreme ultraviolet light. Our naked, unaided eyes cannot see this, but this movie uses false-colorization (yellow/gold) so that we can watch in high definition. The movie covers a time period of January 2, 2015 to January 28, 2016 at a cadence of one frame every hour, or 24 frames per day. This timelapse is repeated with narration by solar scientist Nicholeen Viall and contains close-ups and annotations. The 171-angstrom light highlights material around 600,000 Kelvin and shows features in the upper transition region and quiet corona of the sun. The sun is always changing and NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory is always watching. Launched on Feb. 11, 2010, SDO keeps a 24-hour eye on the entire disk of the sun, with a prime view of the graceful dance of solar material coursing through the sun's atmosphere, the corona. SDO's sixth year in orbit was no exception. This video shows that entire sixth year--from Jan. 1, 2015 to Jan. 28, 2016 as one time- lapse sequence. Each frame represents 1 hour. SDO's Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) captures a shot of the sun every 12 seconds in 10 different wavelengths. The images shown here are based on a wavelength of 171 angstroms, which is in the extreme ultraviolet range and shows solar material at around 600,000 Kelvin (about 1 million degrees F.) In this wavelength it is easy to see the sun's 25-day rotation. During the course of the video, the sun subtly increases and decreases in apparent size. This is because the distance between the SDO spacecraft and the sun varies over time. The image is, however, remarkably consistent and stable despite the fact that SDO orbits Earth at 6,876 mph and the Earth orbits the sun at 67,062 miles per hour. Scientists study these images to better understand the complex electromagnetic system causing the constant movement on the sun, which can ultimately have an effect closer to Earth, too: Flares and another type of solar explosion called coronal mass ejections can sometimes disrupt technology in space. Moreover, studying our closest star is one way of learning about other stars in the galaxy. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. built, operates, and manages the SDO spacecraft for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington, D.C. Thanks for sharing, voting, and watching! Video: Year 6 Review of the Sun @ 171A/SDO: (2015) Posted by: (nw7us.heliophile@gmail.com shortwavelistening yg via DXLD) :Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts :Issued: 2016 Apr 04 0340 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 28 March - 03 April 2016 Solar activity was at low levels on 28 March due to an isolated C2 flare from Region 2524 (N15, L=277, class/area Eho/340 on 19 March) at 0228 UTC. The rest of the period was dominated by very low levels as Region 2526 (S05, L=178, class/area, Cso/200 on 29 Mar) was the only spot group on the disk until the emergence of new flux on 03 April. No Earth-directed coronal mass ejections were observed during the period. No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at normal to moderate levels throughout the period. Geomagnetic field activity ranged from quiet to major storm levels (G2-Moderate) during the period. From 28-31 March, solar wind parameters indicated the influence of a positive polarity coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS). Solar wind speeds increased from near 450 km/s at the beginning of the period to around 590 km/s by early on 30 March before declining to a low around 330 km/s by 02 April. Total field slowly declined from 8 nT early in the period to 3 nT by 01 April. The geomagnetic field responded with quiet to active levels on 28 and 30 March with quiet to unsettled levels on 29 and 31 March. Quiet conditions were observed on 01 April through midday on 02 April. At approximately 02/1344 UTC, a solar sector boundary crossing occurred into a negative (towards) sector followed by an increase in total field to a maximum of 18 nT at 02/1406 UTC while Bz reached a maximum negative deflection of -14 nT at 02/1522 UTC. Solar wind speed increased to near 540 km/s around 02/2131 UTC indicating the arrival of a co-rotating interaction region followed by another CH HSS. The geomagnetic field responded with unsettled to major storm levels (G2-Moderate) during the second half of 02 April. By 03 April, solar wind speed was in decline to around 400 km/s while total field measurements were near 6 nT. Quiet to active levels were observed on 03 April. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 04 APRIL - 30 APRIL 2016 Solar activity is expected to be at very low to low levels for the forecast period. No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at normal to moderate levels with high levels on 04, 06-10, 14-18, and 26-29 April in response to recurrent CH HSS activity. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at unsettled to active levels from 05-08, 11-15, 24-27, and 30 April with (G1) minor storm levels likely on 13-14 and 30 April and (G2) moderate storm levels likely on 12 April due to recurrent CH HSS activity. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2016 Apr 04 0340 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 2016-04-04 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2016 Apr 04 82 8 3 2016 Apr 05 78 15 4 2016 Apr 06 78 12 3 2016 Apr 07 78 8 3 2016 Apr 08 78 8 3 2016 Apr 09 82 5 2 2016 Apr 10 82 5 2 2016 Apr 11 80 14 4 2016 Apr 12 80 24 6 2016 Apr 13 80 22 5 2016 Apr 14 80 21 5 2016 Apr 15 80 8 3 2016 Apr 16 78 5 2 2016 Apr 17 78 5 2 2016 Apr 18 80 5 2 2016 Apr 19 80 5 2 2016 Apr 20 80 5 2 2016 Apr 21 80 8 3 2016 Apr 22 80 8 3 2016 Apr 23 78 5 2 2016 Apr 24 80 12 4 2016 Apr 25 80 10 3 2016 Apr 26 80 10 3 2016 Apr 27 80 8 3 2016 Apr 28 80 5 2 2016 Apr 29 82 5 2 2016 Apr 30 82 22 5 (SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1820, DXLD) GLENN`S PROPAGATION OUTLOOK FOR MEDIA NETWORK PLUS AS OF APRIL 7 2016 From IPS in Australia, the global HF propagation forecast thru April 9, normal at low latitudes, normal to fair at middle and high latitudes. From Spaceweather South Africa thru April 9, magnetic conditions unsettled to quiet; shortwave fadeouts unlikely; MUF unstable. From Met Office UK thru April 10: solar activity low; geomagnetic activity quiet to unsettled, occasionally active April 8 with a 20% chance of minor storm intervals. F K Janda in Prague says the Geomagnetic field will be: quiet to active on April 9, 11, 13 mostly quiet on April 10, 15 - 16, 19 active to disturbed on April 12 quiet on April 14, 17 - 18 quiet to unsettled on April 20 From SWPC in Boulder, Geomagnetic field expected to be unsettled to active April 11-15, 24-27, and 30 with (G1) minor storm levels likely on April 13-14 and 30 and (G2) moderate storm levels likely on April 12 when A and K indices peak at 24 and 6. Lowest As and Ks of 5 and 2 on April 9 and 10, and 16 to 20. Solar flux peaking at only 82 on April 9 and 10, dipping to 78 on April 16 and 17. Tad Cook of ARRL Propagation says, If the daily solar flux declined to 75 as predicted for April 6, that would be the lowest flux value since the other side of this solar cycle, in November, 2010. William Hepburn`s VHF UHF DX maps show extreme tropospheric ducting all week along the coast of Namibia, the Red Sea, Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal; also around southeast Asia from April 10 (via DXLD) APRIL METEOR SHOWERS --- South African Radio League 3 April 2016 The Meteor Scatter (MS) season has started with the April meteor showers, and will continue until the beginning of January. There are 88 annual meteor showers listed by astronomers of which the majority are minor showers, while a major shower will appear at least monthly from now until January. Meteoroids are debris from comets or asteroids, and when these particles, which vary in size, burn up in the upper atmosphere they leave visible meteor trails. These trails can also reflect VHF radio waves from 50 to 432 MHz, and produce very strong radio bursts on 50 MHz, which could last very much longer on this magic band. Normally meteor bursts are only audible for a few seconds, but could increase up to several minutes during major showers. There are five minor showers present during the month of April to provide excellent contacts on the digital mode FSK441. A major shower, Lyrids, will appear between 16 to 25 April 2016 and peak in the early morning of 22 April when its hourly rate could vary from 18 trails to several dozen over different years, and make possible SSB or FM communications that could cover distances up to 2500 km. Meteor Scatter has a skip distance of 500 – 600 km on 50 MHz, but it increases on the higher VHF bands. Take up the challenge and give it a go on 50 MHz! http://www.sarl.org.za/Default.asp Posted by: (Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) Yes, but this is a narrowly-focused ham radio POV. Meteor scatter one- way DX is also great on the FM broadcast band 88-108 MHz; and in the days of analog TV, I had many catches identified on channels 2-6, VHF lowband (it helped when TV stations ran test patterns early morning with call letters!), and to a lesser extent VHF hiband, channels 7-13. I believe a few guys have even managed to get IDs of DTV stations by MS, PSIP captures at least. RDS captures also help with FM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Meteor showers --- the first to look out for are the Virginids which will be visible each night across the UK [and everywhere else in the northern hemisphere] from April 7 to 18. Activity peaks on the 12th of April at around 00 UT. The meteor shower [meaning radiant?] will appear 26 degrees above the southern horizon from Birmingham UK. Via in-the-sky website. 73 (Jon Collins (Birmingham) UK, April 7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###