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Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 1825 CONTENTS: *DX and station news about: Australia, Bhutan, Bougainville, Brazil, Chad, China, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia and non, Germany, Greece, Madagascar, Myanmar, Netherlands non, Nigeria, Norway, Okinawa, Russia, Switzerland non, USA, Vanuatu SHORTWAVE AIRINGS of WORLD OF RADIO 1825, May 12-18, 2016 Thu 1130 WRMI 9955 [confirmed] Thu 2100 WRMI 13695 [confirmed] 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 Sat 0630 HLR 6190-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 0700 Unique Radio NSW 3210 low-power Sat 1400 Unique Radio NSW 3210 low-power Sat 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio [confirmed] 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 [confirmed] Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v-AM Area 51 [confirmed] Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 [confirmed] Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed] Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 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/ ** ALBANIA. 9854.983 approx., May 7 at 0124, R. Tirana IS at S6, but as often, it`s a strain to make out the lower modulation programming after 0130. 9855, UT Sunday May 8 at 0140, R. Tirana at S8 with travelog about the ``Albanian Alps``, which can be followed with some concentration (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANGUILLA. 11775, University Network via Anguilla (presumed); 2117, 12-May; Rev. Barbi talking about, “things that come out of my mouth”. S20 (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) ** ARGENTINA. 11710.51, UT Fri May 6 at 0123, RAE better than usual, about S9 with tango music during Japanese hour which likely has more listeners in Brasil, Perú than in Japan. Had been more like 11710.6 or .7, but I see Aoki now has it on 11710.5 as well. 11710.63, May 7 at 0119, RAE is S4 and JBM, unlike 24 hours ago, and .12 kHz higher. Today`s Aoki might have changed it but still shows 11710.5 as of May 6. It does vary from day to day. 15344.97, May 8 at 0147, the ever-varying Radio Nacional in distorted Spanish about a partido [tonto] de pelotas, mixed with some music bits, something about 1 de la madrugada. Is on this late only UT Sun & Mon, as same transmitter runs RAE weekdays until 0500 on 11710.6v (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) These Harris units vary in frequency a lot during the season: 15344.945 kHz measured at 2305 UT on May 8 UT, only S=4 hard to copy signal tonight. Spanish scheduled of Radio Nacional Argentina on weekends/Sundays. 15344.930 kHz measured at 2245 UT on May 9-UT. S=7 in MA-NJ USA. 11710.581 kHz measured at 2255 UT on May 9-UT. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Comments about frequency generators for AM and short waves Dear amigo Wolfie: The old equipment at General Pacheco RAE transmitting site works quite well considering reported poor maintenance and old age. BUT it is not the fault of a transmitter to be OFF frequency. The problem is at the frequency synthetizer that generates the carrier wave fed to the transmitter. ITU specifies 10 Hertz as maximum deviation from your registered frequency, in order to avoid co'channel beat frequencies that are very annoying to listeners. In the early days at RHC our Brown Boveri four transmitters used crystal control, with the quartz crystals contained within a thermostatically controlled oven, just like the old AM broadcast band transmitters. For the short wave bands, it was standard practice to use lower frequencies to generate the carrier, followed by frequency multiplication, to reach the desired output frequency. Example: a 2940 kHz crystal using a special low temperature drift cut, and inside the oven, was fed to two frequency doublers to reach 11760. Nowadays frequency synthetizers referenced to typically a 10.000000 megaHertz frequency standard are used. If available you can sync the 10 MHz standard to a GPS system. Also it is very important to have a properly calibrated frequency meter that is constantly checked against a frequency standard, like the National Standard Frequency System of the country. Using old tech, you can check against WWV and WWVL, on 2.5, 5.0, 10.0 and if you have good reception 60 kHz too. 73 and DX from sunny La Habana (Arnie Coro, CO2KK, Host of Dxers Unlimited, via Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) German FCC - Bundesnetzagentur now allows + / - 5 Hertz difference, after tx warm up after 30 minutes (Büschel, ibid.) 15344.909, TOTALLY DISTORTED AUDIO signal from RAE Buenos Aires, Chinese service both talk and music parts, at 1020 UT May 10. S=8 or - 80dBm signal heard and checked quality-wise in southern Germany, Switzerland, and Belgium remote units. wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11710.45, May 10 at 0041, RAE is S5 with tango, tonight`s variable frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15345, May 10, 2016. 1925-1940, RAE, Gral Pacheco, in Italian. YL talks; OM talks; YL/OM, conversation, music. Good signal, but severe distorted sound modulation, 45432 (sometimes, 45431). (DXer - José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo, PB, Brazil, RX (s) Sony ICF-SW100S, Portable Telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) A RAE Radiodifusão Argentina para o Exterior está apresentando má qualidade de áudio em 15345 kHz. Enviei e-mail para a emissora alertando. TKS, Forte 73 (Luiz Chaine Neto, Limeira SP, 11-5-2016, radioescutas yg via DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. 1701.03, ISLAMIC VOICE RADIO, Melbourne, 1252 29-Mar-16. Tentative, with what sounded like Kor`an recitation, with solo male, then response by group. Dunmore, AB, Perseus SDR, Wellbrook Phased Array (Nigel Pimblett, AB, May CIDX Messenger via DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. RadioDX, Australia has been allocated two frequencies for HF Domestic Broadcast Service. It is expected that transmission license will be issued shortly. Engineering testing on 5045 kHz from Queensland transmitting site should commence in 4-6 weeks time. Power 1KW, vertical antenna. RadioDX is ads-free and pays exclusively Australian independent artists. QSL requests and reception reports are welcome for both HF and Internet Radio programme, email to: QSL@RadioDX.com.au Internet Radio streaming: http://RadioDX.com.au Tune in - your reports are welcome! 73 (Nick Hacko VK2DX, May 7, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1825, DX LISTENING DIGEST) As Nick mentions the license isn't yet allocated. The registration lists a site located not too far north of Bundaberg, Qld. No Google SV of the site. Elevation of proposed site is around 7m ASL and relatively close to the coast so reception should be ideal for propagation to Pacific, North America & East Asia. This registration was a complete surprise to me. 3210 kHz is also another registered frequency to Nick (Ian - AUS SWSites yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1825, DXLD) ** AUSTRALIA. 9580 RADIO AUSTRALIA ABSENT --- Not hearing Radio Australia this morning on 9580 kHz, 1030-1100 UT, here in northern Virginia, even though RNZI on 9700 has a fair signal. Radio Australia on 12085 is heard with a fair signal (Kim Elliott, May 7, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1825, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9580 SHP was on air on May 6th yesterday. 73 wb df5sx (Büschel, ibid.) It was gone this morning for me as well. At 1444z, 12085 was on but nothing on 12065 (propagation?) and 9580 (definitely *not* propagation if 12085 is there!) (Rodney Johnson, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1650 UT May 7, ibid.) 12065 is on at the moment (1948 UT), hearing it in the UK (Stephen Cooper, UK, May 7, ibid.) 17840 dropped off the air sometime after 0330z this morning (Friday night in NAm). I'm assuming that it's the same transmitter as 9580 since both channels are at 70 degrees. Maybe the backup unit is N/A. (Jlenamon, Waco, 2059 UT May 7, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1825, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 17840, May 7 at 2137, no signal from RA, when there should at least be a carrier; but 15240 is audible {and NZ 15720}. Shepparton`s transmitter-F, on the 70 degree antenna right toward us, is down! DXLD yg members say 9580 was off earlier May 7, and Jerry Lenamon, Waco, says 17840 was already absent by 0330 May 7. It`s the same transmitter. Wolfgang Büschel has a schedule from RA showing they do have a 100 kW Continental, #7 (instead of G), on standby 24 hours, so where is it now?? The three we normally hear are designated C, E and F, while A, B, and D are OFF {permanently --- no longer even funxional?}. 17840 is still missing May 8 at 0015 check, as is 9580 at 1214 May 8, while weaker 12085 and weakest 12065 can still be heard, S9 and S5 respectively. The `day` frequencies run 21-09 UT, and the `night` ones 09-21 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Australia issued the A-16 schedule, times given in UT. Sunday March 27, til October 29, 2016. EST = Eastern Standard Time from Sunday 3 April 2016 (UT +10 hours) Here the original text item by Gary Baxter and accompanied new RA graphical PDF-format file of A16 v1.0 version. Please find attached a revised operational schedule (A14 v2.0) for Radio Australia's shortwave services. Please note that daylight savings ends here on 3 April 2016, one week after the new schedule commences and as a result there may be timing changes affecting the French and Tok Pisin language services. I will revise the schedule when I have had these changes confirmed and was planning on waiting until I had the revised version before sending it to you. If you do publish/distribute this version at all, could you please ensure that it is updated with the later version when you receive it. TX C, J15 antenna, 355degr. 15415 2100-0900 42,43,44,45,51,50,64 SHP 100 355 13 616 Mul AUS ABC TX C, J11 antenna, 355degr. 12065 0900-2100 42E,44,45,49,51,54,64 SHP 100 355 13 616 Mul AUS ABC TX E, P1 antenna, 030degr. 15240 2100-0900 44,45,51E,54-56,60,65 SHP 100 30 0 150 Mul AUS ABC TX E, P1 antenna, 030degr. 12085 0900-2100 44,45,51E,54-56,60,65 SHP 100 30 0 150 Mul AUS ABC TX F, P5 antenna, 070degr. 17840 2100-0900 6,10,54E,56,60-63,77 SHP 100 70 0 216 Mul AUS ABC TX F, P4 antenna, 070degr. 9580 0900-2100 6,7,10,56,60N,62 SHP 100 70 0 216 Mul AUS ABC French Mon-Fri 0800-0805 UT; Sat/Sun English. Tok Pisin Mon-Fri 0630-0700 UT, 0900-0930 UT; Sat/Sun English. TX7 100kW Continental 418E, standby tx, 24hrs. TX A, B, and D, all txs OFF. ABC Northern Territory Service 2325 0830-2130 55 TEN 50 nondir 975 Mul AUS ABC 2485 0830-2130 55 KTH 50 nondir 975 Mul AUS ABC 4835 0830-2130 55 ALI 50 nondir 975 Mul AUS ABC 4835 2130-0830 55 ALI 50 nondir 975 Mul AUS ABC 4910 2130-0830 55 TEN 50 nondir 975 Mul AUS ABC 5025 2130-0830 55 KTH 50 nondir 975 Mul AUS ABC (RA, Gary Baxter-AUS, Febr 2016; via ADDXC Andreas Volk-Munich Germany; transformed and condensed by wb. - via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 22, via dxldyg via DXLD) Hi Glenn & Jerry, May 8 noted the following: At 0758 "Grandstand" show with post game commentary of the Saints vs Kangaroos on RA 15240 (fair-good) // RA 15415 (fair) // ABC Alice Springs NT 4835 (poor) // ABC Tennant Creek NT 4910 (poor), with 17840 being silent. At 0904 talking about the revival of the "Gilmore Girls," on RA 12065 (fair-good) // RA 12085 (good), with 9580 being silent. At 0906 "Grandstand" show with live coverage of the Port Adelaide vs Brisbane match on ABC Alice Springs NT 4835 (fair). (Ron Howard, San Francisco, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) When checked at 2100 UT, RA SHP 17840 kHz is back on air (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, May 8, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1825, DXLD) 9580, R. Australia - 0950 May 9, 2016 - Back this morning with Fair/good signals. 12 MHz frequencies blocked by local QRM here (Stephen Wood, Harwich, Mass, ibid.) 9580, May 9 at 1244 check, RA is back on; same transmitter was also reported reactivated after 21 UT May 8 on 17840 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Yes, I was hearing 9580 and 12085 this morning (May 9) ~ 1330z but rechecked at 1430z to find them both gone. But with all the GeoStorms yesterday it very well could have been propagation. *All* signals from pacific were weaker and fluttery this morning. Polar paths non- existent (Rodney Johnson, Las Vegas, Nevada, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) May 10 at 0700 UT all three on air, 15415 weakest in Brisbane Queensland remote unit, only S=6-7 fluttery, but 17840 and 15240 kHz signals at S=9 up to +20dB. Talk on high school problems, class room violence. Norfolk island business, NSW. Similar S=9+20dB strength of Rangitaiki NZL 9700 AM, 9890 DRM mode. wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) RA on 9580 is 30 dB over S9 this morning in ECNA, near Washington, D.C. (Art Delibert, 1103 UT May 10, ibid.) 9580, Tue May 10 at 1231, RA goes from `The World`, ABC TV News soundtrack, to `Australia Wide`, billed as a weekly program. Well, there is no such title on the RA program roster, so is it a TV show too? `The World` is scheduled to last a full hour from 1200, and appears to do so at next check May 12 as `The World` is outroduced at 1257 after a quick worldwide weather summary. Maybe `Wide` is merely a sub-segment of `The World`?? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn - Both "The World" and "Australia Wide" are sourced for Radio Australia from the domestic ABC News 24 network. As you point out, the latter program - a weekly that runs on News 24 on the weekend - is not part of the RA schedule or program roster. I can only surmise that "The World" used an extended report from "Australia Wide" during its program that day (John Figliozzi, Halfmoon, NY, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. Amazingly good SW reception using my Tecsun PL-880 with its whip antenna up against a 10th floor window at the Miami Airport Sheraton hotel yesterday evening. Surprisingly little RFI. Heard Reach Beyond Australia with a clear fair to good signal signing on with start-up music and English IDs just before 2200 UT on 9625 kHz before going into a (presumably) Bahasa Indonesia program. I suppose this is coming from the Kununurra transmitter site in Australia but propagation seems unusually good for this frequency at this time. Comments? (Richard Langley, May 8, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) That would have to be long path since the short path is entirely in daylight at that time whereas the long path (via the Southern Indian Ocean near Kerguelen, into the Southern Atlantic Ocean near Tristan da Cunha, into the Caribbean along the northern edge of South America) is mostly dark. Kununurra is just about sunrise at 2200z and Miami is just a couple of hours before sunset. HFCC shows 100 kw at 315 degrees so the path to Miami is off the side of the log periodic antenna (#809). Good catch, enjoy your trip (Jlenamon, TX, ibid.) Hi Richard, I live in the West Palm Beach area and hear that broadcast most afternoons that I'm listening to my shortwave radio. Was shocked the first time I heard it come in so well. But seems to come in that well most of the time (Peter W Hansen, ibid.) Reach Beyond via long path (presumed), audible with a weak signal starting at 2155:10z on 9625. Flute music with occasional voice overs. Central Texas is an additional 1000 miles of distance and daylight past Miami. Local noise level is about S-2, Kununurra is only at about S-3 to S-4 (JLenamon, Waco TX, May 14, Drake R-8B, Wellbrook ALA 330, ibid.) ** BANGLADESH. Good signal of Bangladesh Betar on May 7 1745-1900 on 13580 DKA 250 kW / 320 deg to WeEu English https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-DrlU_8zsA&feature=youtu.be -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BELARUS [non]. Saw the following posting: ALEMANIA 3985 Radio Belarus, Kall-Krekei, 0731-0734, escuchada el 1 de mayo de 2016 en alemán a locutora con comentarios, SINPO 34333 (Via SDR Holanda) Could this be true? Saying that this was heard 1 May in German (Ed Sylvester, Baghdad, Iraq, May 7, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Why doubt it? See schedule under GERMANY (gh, DXLD) ** BHUTAN [and non]. BBS (Bhutan) & PBS Yunnan (China) Hi Glenn, Believe I now have a better understanding of what has been happening recently with BBS and PBS Yunnan on 6035. Noted the following on May 5: 1121: PBS in Chinese with music show; no BBS yet. 1152: Finally hearing BBS with old Bob Dylan song (sounded like "Just Like a Woman"?), underneath stronger PBS with announcer in Chinese. 1200: PBS changed to Vietnamese and gave multi-language ID ("SW liu[6] ling[0] san[3] wu[5]. Yunnan Radio and Television International, the Voice Shangri-la"); went off the air 1201, leaving BBS in the clear. So what has been happening recently is that PBS is no longer going off the air at 1500 as they normally did, but now end broadcasting sometime around 1200. A major change and of course greatly helps with reception of BBS after they are off. 1201: BBS with usual format with announcer and brief spots with indigenous music. 1220-1225: Repetitive indigenous singing. 1228: BBS off the air. (Ron Howard, San Francisco, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) - - - - - - Ron wrote: Hi Glenn, May 3 with extremely poor Asian/Pacific reception this morning!! Jim Young and I both noted what he reports: "BBS on 6034.994 this morning from 1149 to 1217:17* No PBS under," but my reception of BBS yesterday was many times better than today. Hope we can get some days with good propagation, while PBS is having problems... Ron Today May 6 also noted BBS (Bhutan) on 6035 going off at 1217, with no PBS Yunnan being present then; seems PBS really does have a new schedule (ex: 1500*). Hi Glenn, May 8, with PBS Yunnan on 6035 suddenly going off the air at 1200, just after their English ID, thus leaving BBS in the clear till I tuned out at 1239; so on the air longer than usual; normal Sunday format of chatting on the phone after 1219 and also playing indigenous music 6035, BBS, 1140-1200, May 11. PBS Yunnan (China) mixing with BBS; usual format; PBS suddenly off at 1200 before their ID; leaving BBS in the clear; keeping with the new PBS schedule (ex: 1500*) (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1825, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOLIVIA. UNAS 200 RADIOS EMITEN ILEGALMENTE EN BOLIVIA Unas 200 radioemisoras, muchas de ellas de carácter social, funcionan al margen de la ley en Bolivia, informó una entidad reguladora autónoma tras efectuar un estudio desde el año pasado. "Hemos detectado más de 200 emisoras ilegales a nivel nacional; en El Alto (ciudad vecina de La Paz), hay un buen porcentaje, más que en otras regiones", informó César Böhrt, presidente de la Autoridad de Regulación y Fiscalización de Telecomunicaciones y Transportes (ATT). En Bolivia, donde el espectro pertenece al Estado, funcionan alrededor de 700 radioemisoras en frecuencias FM y AM. Lo que cabe ahora "es intimarlas a que dejen de usar el espectro magnético y se incluyan en los procesos de otorgamientos de frecuencias que (..) el gobierno saca cada determinado tiempo", explicó. Para la entrega de licencias se debe cumplir ciertos requisitos como que la estación "sea del Estado, que sea comercial, que sea social comunitaria o que sea de algún pueblo indígena originario campesino".La Asociación Boliviana de Radiodifusoras (Asbora), que agrupa a emisoras comerciales privadas, inició una campaña para obtener una renovación tácita de licencias, que "no es aplicable", señaló Böhrt (El Deber via GRA blog via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 6055 USB [sic], Radio Fides, (Tentative), at 1040, on 2 May. A male singer was singing A cappella followed by a male speaker talking. A new song came on with several female singers. A male speaker came back on and spoke in an unknown language. A new song came on with a female singer that did sound (Presumed) Bolivian with the type of instruments being played to accompany it. The audio was fading in and out. This is a very tentative log for the ID. JBA-Poor (John Cooper, Lebanon, PA, Winradio-G33DDC, CommRadio CR-1a, SDR-IQ, GAP- Hear It-In Line Module, Wellbrook ALA 1530S+, Wellbrook ALA 1530LN Pro, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) Besides it probably not being transmitted only on USB (see GUYANA), surely at this hour 6055 would be R. Nikkei, Japan, which plays a wide variety of music. One would have to rule that out, like comparing to 3925 // 9595, before proceeding (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOUGAINVILLE [and non]. 3325.0, May 5 at 1140, M&W conversing, sounds like Pijin rather than Indonesian, and only hearing one station, at S9 to S7, so NBC presumed; still at 1152 but thence I decide to stick with 5020 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also PNG, SOLOMON 3325, May 6 I`m awake at 1200, so quickly tune here for NBC, talk and song at S4-S7, 1202 talk, recheck at 1205 it`s down to S2, so suspect NBC has gone off in the meantime uncovering RRI Palangkaraya. Ron Howard agrees with my obs on this yesterday: ``Glenn - May 5 was a good day for NBC Bougainville reception! 1001 with PNG bird call; news in English till 1011 and then news in Tok Pisin/Pidgin till 1021. Noted NBC went off the air about 1153; RRI was not heard till later. Ron`` Today May 6, 3260 was already off at 1200, and 5020 Solomons was off when checked at 1205 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1825, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, May 6 was another good day for NBC Bougainville reception; 1121 till suddenly off at 1203; better than RRI most of the time; in Tok Pisin/Pidgin; mostly pop music, except talk 1130-1145. Ron 3325, NBC Bougainville, 0925-1052, May 9. Reception well above the norm, but still poor; at times semi-readable; pop songs (The Temptations "Lean On Me," etc.); 0932 local/regional news in English; 1002 PNG bird call; NBC (national) news in English followed by "regional news" in Tok Pisin/Pidgin; 1031 ID with frequencies. Very little QRM from RRI Palangkaraya also on frequency. All segments today dealt with education minister Nick Kuman concerns about the University of Papua New Guinea student boycott and planned protest march, that are also disrupting primary and secondary schools which cancelled their classes today in fear of violence. My audio (poor quality) at https://goo.gl/gOhGWl (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1825, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 3365, Rádio Cultura, Araraquara, SP, 2340 to 2355 weak with Portuguese programming, YL chat, first time noted in a while 5 May (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, 746Pro - Drake R8 NRD 525, NASWA yg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 4814.97, May 6 at 0153, JBA signal at S7 vs CODAR, presumed Rdif. Londrina, exactly where I measured it last December 1. More ZY carriers, some with audio, on 4845.0, 4865.01, 4925.2 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. A Rádio Aparecida está novamente fora do ar em 5035 kHz e sua frequência de 6135 kHz apresenta interferências - ou é do próprio TX ou da QRG de 6120 kHz. A Inconfidência de Minas está fora do ar em 6010 kHz em manutenção. TKS, Forte 73 (Luiz Chaine Neto, Limeira SP, 11-5-2016, radioescutas yg via DXLD) ** BRAZIL. 6180, May 5, 2016. 0152-0202, R. Nacional, Brasília, in Portuguese. OM presents a program "Eu de cá, você de lá; conversation with listeners by phone, ID; 0200 ID, RN news. After a long time, RNA returns signal in my location. Weak signal and poor modulation, 25432 (DXer José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo, PB, Brazil, Sony ICF- SW100S, Portable Telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) 6180.015, May 5 at 0639, RNA is back on, S9+20 and // 11780 music. The surprise reactivation of 6180+ had last been heard on April 9, so who knows if it`s back to stay this time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn - Also noted RNA at 0846 with solid signal; pop songs; 0900 full ID and frequencies; off frequency to the high side (Ron Howard, CA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6180.04, May 7 at 0125, RNA is S9+30 and hasn`t disappeared again yet 6180.04, May 8 at 0030, RNA is still on at S9+30, // 11780 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1825, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11765-11795, May 6 at 0125, splatter from RNA 11780.0 during music, and the fundamental itself is out of whack, distorted. The lower edge merges with splatter from 11760 CUBA, q.v., so hard to tell them apart around 11770. Fortunately, RRI French on 11800 is far enough away to remain clear. 6180.03, May 6 at 0143, RNA`s other frequency reactivated last night is on again tonight, causing ACI to poor 6185 XEPPM, México`s only SW station remaining. Greeting listeners calling in from around Brasil. At least this one is not distorted and splattering unlike // 11780 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1825, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Rádio Nacional da Amazônia --- Both frequencies active tonight — 6180 and 11780 — with lots of discussion as well as excerpts from speeches in the Brazilian Senate on the impeachment of the President. All in Portuguese of course. ID around 0155 with announcement of shortwave frequencies. Excellent armchair quality signal on 6180; audible with considerable QRN on 11780 (John Figliozzi, Halfmoon, NY, Eton E1-XM A/D DX Sloper, 0203 UT May 12, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BULGARIA. CLANDESTINE: 11600, May 10, 2016. 1915-1920, Denge Kurdistan, Kostinbrod, in Kurdish lang. OM talks. Fair signal and modulation, 35333. 11700, May 10, 2016. 1910-1916, Radio Biafra, Kostinbrod. OM talks in very low English. Broadcasting with severe interference by CRI, Cerrik, in French, on 11695 kHz, 22441 (DXer - José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo, PB, Brazil, RX (s) Sony ICF-SW100S, Portable Telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** CHAD. Tonight checked the 6165 kHz channel around 1730-1800 UT here in southern Germany. At 1745 UT on May 6, measured two signals, like CRI English on even 6165.000 kHz at S=9+25dB strength, but also set the mouse on SDR screen at S=8 or -76dBm on the lower side on odd frequency 6164.958 kHz, which is most likely RN Tchadienne, N'Djamena. Now when CRI is OFF at 1758 UT noted TCD at S=9+5 or -65dBm signal level, low modulation, undoubtedly in French language. At 18 UT BBC Oman in Dari - probably - starts. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHAD. 6164.9, Radiodifusion National Tchadienne, N'Djamena, 1902- 1955, 06-05, African songs, French, comments, male and female. Very weak. 14221. Also 1913-1921*, 07-05, French, comments: "Nos auditeurs", "La radio...". transmission cut off abruptly at 1921. Weak. 14321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante, Tecsun PL- 880, Sony ICF SW 7600G, Sangean ATS-X, Cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1825, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 6030, May 5 at 1205, Chinese with kid voices as well as adults, and music mixing, S8-S9, so CNR1 Beijing 572 site which operates here long hours, blocking any trace of CFVP (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [and non]. 15590, May 5 at 1304, heavy CCCCCCI by CNR1 jammer vs VOA Chinese via THAILAND. 11430, May 5 at 1306, JBA carrier, on a frequency Aoki says bears Sound of Hope, and consequently CNR1 jamming. Found this while looking for USB Indonesian QSO pirates in the 11.4`s – not much today. 15430, May 5 at 1323, open carrier, S9+10/20, 1325 suddenly starts Chinese news? with lots of clips inserted, but cuts off at 1328:45*. There is no excuse for jamming here now, scheduled AWR English via Sri Lanka at 1300-1330; maybe setting up for the next victim, R Free Asia, Chinese via Saipan at 1500-1600. 11825, May 6 at 1242, CNR1 jamming is echoing to make it even worse, also on 11785 but not so duplicative. 11825 has IBB Tinang, PHILIPPINES with Chinese at 09-13, while 11785 does the same at 09-15, alternating PHILIPPINES and THAILAND sites (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) THAILAND/CHINA, 17485 kHz, VoA Tibetan from Udorn Thani scheduled 14- 15 UT on Mon, Wed, and Fri only, suffer usually by China mainland jamming co-channel. But today they forget to switch off that S=9+45dB jamming signal powerhouse. Was still on air at 1530-1540 UT slot, when checked even here in Europe. Jamming signal is exact 10 kHz bandwidth wide block visible on screen, +3 kHz extra wide low power noise either sideband. The remaining VoA 9920, 17580, and 17760 kHz channels were undisturbed though. wb (Wolfgang Büschel, May 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Firedrake Jammers --- Most of us who regularly listen to shortwave radio know what these are and where to find them, often on Radio Free Asia frequencies. It's the Chinese government jamming RFA with Chinese folk music. Well, a few weeks ago, I heard a Firedrake jammer on a frequency I've never heard one on before and it'd have no reason to be there; there's no RFA or even Sound Of Hope outlet there. I have yet to hear it again on this frequency. What frequency do I speak of? 10005 kHz. The signal was heard on April 20th at 1702 UT (9:02 AM AKDT) here in Galena, Alaska with a good signal and good modulation. There was some fading/static/interference. A clip of what I heard can be listened to here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xjg2tbIz73g If you listen closely, you can hear a bit of chirping in the 10005 clip, but that's not WWV/WWVH as far as I can tell. Now with the audio set to 5 kHz on my Tecsun PL880 and 80 foot longwire, listen to what the Firedrake Jammer does to WWVH on 10 MHz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt1p3JwbPQM The Firedrake beats the snot out of WWVH. It was a little better when setting my audio to 3.5 kHz. I just thought y'all might find that interesting (Paul B Walker, Jr., May 8, ODXA yg via DXLD) Might be leapfrog mixing product of two 9 MHz band jammers (gh, DXLD) ** CHINA [and non]. vs TAIWAN, CNR-1 Jammer vs SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng, May 7 --- 1233 & 1254 on 11530 unknown transmitter to EaAs Chinese https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBA7sdQwgco&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv311FKupvo&feature=youtu.be -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9975, May 10, 2016. 1809-1818, Radio Free Asia, Tinian, in Korean. OM talks. Very poor signal and BA modulation, 25331. RFA on 9965, Saipan, completely blocked by CNR 1 jammer/firedrake on 9965 (DXer - José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo, PB, Brazil, RX (s) Sony ICF-SW100S, Portable Telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** CHINA [and non]. Hi Glenn, May 8, with PBS Yunnan on 6035 suddenly going off the air at 1200, just after their English ID, thus leaving BBS in the clear till I tuned out at 1239; so on the air longer than usual; normal Sunday format of chatting on the phone after 1219 and also playing indigenous music (Ron Howard, CA, dxldyg via DXLD) ** CHINA. 11905.000, Nice funny program of CNR6 Hakka, and easy music, I like these Hakka and Amoy music programs \\ 15710 or 9420 from China. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, May 10 at remote Brisbane unit, noisy prop condition, also noisy signals from the Americas across the Pacific this morning, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Time? Circa 0830 UT from adjacent logs ** CHINA. 11910, 1348 4 MAY - CHINA RADIO INT. SINPO = 25222. English, female interviewing male (American accents) about music, country music, etc. not // to 11900 kHz. QSB=moderate-to-rapid rate, modulation on noisy carrier occasionally peaks above the noise floor but mostly mixing with it. sf91.0, a10, k2, geomag: quiet. 500kw, beamAz 165 , bearing 322 . Sangean ATS505 w/MFJ-1020C active antenna used to preselect Magic Wand Antenna hanging indoors on west wall. Received at Las Vegas, United States, 10106KM from transmitter at Beijing-Matoucun (CRI/CNR). Local time: 0648. 11900, 1344 4 MAY - CHINA RADIO INT. SINPO = 25222. English, female and male announcers alternating (thick Asian accents), apparently talking about bird watching. QSB=moderate-to-rapid rate, modulation occasionally peaks above the noise floor but mostly mixing with it. sf91.0, a10, k2, geomag: quiet. 500kw, beamAz 135 , bearing 322 . Sangean ATS505 w/MFJ-1020C active antenna used to preselect Magic Wand Antenna hanging indoors on west wall. Received at Las Vegas, United States, 12225KM from transmitter at Kunming CRI (Yunnan). Local time: 0644 (Rodney Johnson, NV, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1825, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [Re 16-18:] 11910, May 3 at 1323, CRI English at S5, but it`s not // 9570 via CUBA. Conveniently, right next to it on 11900, is CRI English equally weak with a completely different program-hour, and it is // 9570. 11910 is Beijing site, 11900 Kunming. Has anyone ever unraveled all the different CRI English program hours on which frequencies currently at which times? Much of the content of course now comes from the domestic Easy FM channel, and some of them annoyingly mix English and Chinese as if we were all bilingual (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn - I have just been working on that very thing. CRI completely revamped their shortwave program schedule since 26 April. It is now the same schedule as, and in parallel to, the AM1008 Beijing service. The daily China Drive is dropped, and the former weekend programs of Heartbeat and Horizons now have weekday airings. In addition new (to shortwave) programs are introduced. In particular, Chinese Theatre and Alight on Literature are definite highlights. The broadcast day now starts at 1600 UT (i.e. 0000 Beijing Time), so programs from 1600 to 2400 UT are one UT day earlier than 0000-1600 UT (previously the SW broadcast day started at 0000 UT). (Alan Roe, England, ibid.) Hi Glenn, That 11910 frequency has always been different from the rest of the CRI frequencies at 1300 UT. If I remember correctly that used to be the REE relay on CRI. It broadcast the Beijing Hour now instead of what`s on 1008. Otherwise everything I've been able to monitor so far on the rest of the CRI frequencies have played what is on the 1008 schedule provided by Alan Roe (Peter W Hansen, FL, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1825, Ah, yes, when the REE relays were canceled, 11910 stayed on the air and was filled by CRI programming, which evidently still hasn`t been integrated into their full schedule (gh, WORLD OF RADIO 1825, DXLD) 11910, May 11 at 1330, I`m checking again for the anomalous CRI English programming, compared to 11900, but this time 11900 is not audible. 11910 is very poor and unseems // 9570 via Cuba. 11910, May 12 at 1335, now I can hear both this and 11900, altho 11910 is very poor; 11900 is running 3 seconds ahead of Cuba 9570. Peter W. Hanson in south Florida reminds us on the DXLD yg: ``Hi Glenn, that 11910 frequency has always been different from the rest of the CRI frequencies at 1300 UT. If I remember correctly that used to be the REE relay on CRI. It broadcasts the Beijing Hour now instead of what`s on 1008. Otherwise everything I've been able to monitor so far on the rest of the CRI frequencies have played what is on the 1008 schedule provided by Alan Roe`` Ah, yes, when the REE relays were canceled a sesquiyear ago, 11910 stayed on the air and was immediately filled by CRI programming, which evidently still hasn`t been integrated into their full regular schedule. So now the only SW chance to hear the once-pervasive `Beijing Hour` show? (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1825, DX LISTENING DIGEST) There is still plenty of opportunity to hear rebroadcasts of The Beijing Hour in CRI's regular SW schedule as follows, UT: 2300, 0100, 0300, 0500 (morning edition) 0700, 0900 (midday edition) 1100, 1500 (evening edition - live at 1100) 1900 (night edition) BTW: I haven't made any effort as yet to confirm that the various editions are different! (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** COLOMBIA. EJÉRCITO COLOMBIANO DESCUBRIÓ EMISORA MÓVIL DEL ELN EN EL TAMBO, CAUCA Uniformados de la Brigada Móvil 37 de la Fuerza de Tarea Apolo descubrieron una caleta en la que se escondía munición y un transmisor de radio que según las autoridades era utilizado por el Eln para difundir información ilegal en el municipio de El Tambo, occidente del Cauca. Según el Ejército Nacional, el hallazgo se registró en la vereda Guadualito, hasta donde llegaron los uniformados luego de varios días de labores de inteligencia. En la caleta fue encontrado un transmisor de radio de 10 watts de potencia, con el que “este grupo armado ilegal difundía ideologías revolucionarias en contra de los entes del Estado y hacían presión para cobrar vacunas y extorsiones”. En el depósito ilegal también fueron encontrados discos compactos y 4.950 cartuchos calibre 7.62 milímetros. El comandante de la Tercera División, general Luis Fernando Rojas, aseguró que la caleta pertenecía al frente José María Becerra del Eln, que tiene injerencia en esta zona del país. Asimismo, resaltó la importancia de este resultado con el que se impedirá que las comunidades sean intimidadas a través de una emisora que al parecer los insurgentes pretendían instalar en el sector de Huisitó. “Seguramente con estos elementos iban a fortalecer las comunicaciones que mantienen sobre el cañón de Huisitó y el cañón del río Micay, y llevar la propaganda a los diferentes municipios del Cauca”, señaló el Oficial. Por su parte, el comandante de la Fuerza de Tarea Apolo, general Juan Vicente Trujillo, resaltó que en el operativo participó personal de la Regional de Inteligencia Militar Estratégica de Popayán, la Fuerza Aérea y la Dirección Especializada de Policía Judicial de Crimen Organizado Cauca (de http://www.wradio.com.co via GRA blog May 8 via DXLD) WTFK? ** CONGO. 6115, Radio Congo, Brazaville, 1810-1823*, 02-05, French, comments. Very weak. 14321. Also 1816-1825, 05-05, French, comments, "La chronique culturelle", Congo cultural news and comments. Good and clear signal today. 24332 increasing to 34333 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Lugo, Sony ICF SW 7600 G, cable antenna, 8 metres, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Nothing heard now of Radio Congo on 6115 kHz (Wolfgang Büschel, 1820 UT May 6, ibid.) 6115, Radio Congo, Brazzaville, 1800-1825*, 07-05, French, "Le journal", news, comments, African songs. 14321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante, Tecsun PL-880, Sony ICF SW 7600G, Sangean ATS-X, Cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CONGO DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC. 5066.4, Radio Tele Candip, Bunia, 1845- 1856, 05-04, Vernacular comments. Very weak. 14321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Lugo, Sony ICF SW 7600 G, cable antenna, 8 metres, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Date must be wrong, maybe 5 May? (gh, DXLD) 5066.4, Radio Télé Candip, Bunia, 1819-1837, 06-05, vernacular comments and African songs. 14321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Reinante, Tecsun PL-880, Sony ICF SW 7600G, Sangean ATS-X, Cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Candip, 5066.390 kHz 18.20 UT on May 6, S=6 or -92dBm wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DXLD) ** CRIMEA. Radio Sputnik in Crimea --- The Crimean Service of Radio Russia Today has been rebranded as 'Radio Sputnik in Crimea' and has a website streaming live audio at http://crimea.ria.ru The station broadcasts on the following FM frequencies throughout the region: Simferopol, Alushta, Simeiz, Sudak, Theodosius 102.3; Sevastopol, Djankoi, Yalta 104.1; Kerch 105.3; Belogorsk 107.1 (David Kernick, Interval Signals Online, May 9, dxldyg via DXLD) ** CUBA. Summer A-16 shortwave schedule of Radio Habana Cuba is full of errors. According to : 0000-0600 11670 BAU 100 kW / 130 deg SoAm Spanish, A-16 0000-0400 1100-1600 17730 BAU 100 kW / 130 deg SoAm Spanish, A-16 1100-1500 2000-2100 11670 BAU 100 kW / 340 deg WNAm English, >>>> B-15 schedule 2200-0500 13740 BAU 100 kW / 160 deg SoAm Spanish, A-16 2100-0400 2230-2300 15370 BEJ 050 kW / 135 deg SoAm French Mon-Sat, A16 is 17730 2230-2300 15370 BEJ 050 kW / 135 deg SoAm Esperanto Sun, A-16 is 17730 2300-2330 15370 BEJ 050 kW / 135 deg SoAm Creole, A-16 is 17730 2330-2400 15370 BEJ 050 kW / 135 deg SoAm Portuguese, in A-16 is 17730 0000-0030 15370 BEJ 050 kW / 135 deg SoAm Quechua, A-16 is 17730 1100-1500 9640 BEJ 050 kW / 110 deg SoAm Spanish, missing in schedule 1100-1300 6000 QVC 250 kW / non-dir NCAm Spanish, not announced and missing in Radio Habana Cuba clip with frequency announcement at 1100: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdGYpPCEDkc&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaDMlUoUzYk&feature=youtu.be -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) RHC French 2023 UT May 5th, Bauta 15140 kHz 100 kW 340 degrees Hello dear estimado Arnaldo, re RHC Bauta 1800 to 2030 UT in A-16 season, til November 16, 2016. See the screenshot of the remote PERSEUS SDR unit in Michigan across Chicago lakes in USA, Arabic service at 1811 UT on May 5th. From 1832 UT onwards Creole language service announced. Signal strength S=9+10dB or -63dBm signal. Wideband signal of 10.8 kHz width. Underneath a little QRM of Radio Sultanate of Oman Thumrait in Oman Arabian Peninsula. But at next check at 1955 UT, the accompanied co-channel interference QRM of Oman Radio was on less QRM lower level, listen to the second record attached taken of 1955 UT, RHC program in English language. Though the neighbour channel of 15150 kHz is totally empty and NOT REQUESTED at all in ITU/HFCC A-16 season. See attached Excel xls file of 15 MHz 19 mb range in total. Saludos desde Alemania vy 73 de wolfy In Germany 15140 kHz channel was totally covered by Radio Sultanate Oman from Thumrait Oman site. BUT on Michigan remote SDR rx unit, no QRM anymore from 1930 to 2030 UT to state on 15140 kHz. RHC Bauta transmission 15140 kHz switched OFF at 2032:15 UT. Listen to the recording of Radio Sultanate Oman on 15140 kHz, taken also at Michigan remote rx unit, when recorded after Cuba switch-off from 2033 UT. Though - I guess - the empty channel 15150 kHz would be the better choice, especially also in September/October/November autumn months... vy73 wolfy df5sx (Büschel to Arnie Coro, via DXLD) ** CUBA [and non]. 19070, May 5 at 1340, JBA carrier, presumed RHC 2 x 9535 which is confirmed on; yet NO signals on 16m fundamental RHC channels 17580 & 17730 which must be off. Sa`udi Arabia and WRMI are main occupants of the 16m band. Can`t detect any other Cubarmonix on 19280, 19420. 11635-11705, May 6 at 0121, RHC Spanish 11670 is splattering out to plus/minus 35 kHz; the only victims I can detect are somethings on 11640 and 11700, and the splatter worsens closer to the fundamental. Fortunately this doesn`t reach Argentina, q.v. 11710+. 11745-11775, May 6 at 0123, RHC Spanish 11760 is splattering only plus/minus 15 kHz! But the hi side meshes with splatter from 11780 BRAZIL, q.v. 11830-11850, May 6 at 0127, RHC Spanish 11840 is splattering only plus/minus 10 kHz, still too much, abutting very weak 11830 and 11850 signals previously found to be RHC spurs. 12060, May 6 at 0134, lite pulse jamming on second harmonic of the pileup on 6030 against Radio Martí. (This is just as my streetlite ignites, with RF noise burst on some frequencies, clear sky after sunset at 0123.) 7335, May 6 at 0138, lite pulse jamming audible underneath Radio Romania International in Romanian, which was foolish enough to share a frequency with Radio Martí, even tho an hour apart as Cuba is sloppy with its jamming hours, better too much than too little. (In A-16, RRI is on 7335 at 00-02, Martí at 03-05, instead of 7365 as before and after --- not clear why they don`t stay on 7365 where there is no collision, unless it`s in ACI deference to Vatican and BBC on 7360, Iran on 7370) 11635-11705, May 7 at 0121, this 11670 RHC transmitter is again splattering over a 70 kHz range; the others are not so bad. Audible listed victims are on 11640, IBB in Uighur via UAE; and on 11700, IBB in Pashto via Sri Lanka. Oh well, just yanquis. But anythings closer to 11670 are so blasted as to be undetectable. 9805, May 7 at 0151, multiple pulse jamming amounting to S4, way out of synch since R. Martí is on 9805 only at 10-13 UT --- but you can`t be too careful if you`re totally paranoid about any contrary views getting into Cubrains. 6100, May 10 at 0540, RHC English is missing from this frequency, normally the strongest for us, while remaining on 6165, 6060, 6000, 5040; sufficiently redundant (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [non]. 7425, May 6 at 0137, Radio Martí at S3 with JBA modulation, also on 7305. These intermodulations with 7365 from Greenville escape the DentroCuban Jamming Command, but secret listeners will need really sensitive receivers and/or turn up the volume. No good after 0145 when Vatican modulation starts on 7305 and also leaps onto 7425 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [and non]. 9490, May 8 at 0022, only a trace of bubble jamming, not yet R. República via FRANCE despite some listings, which I think now starts at 0100, provoking a wall-of-noise, but its length is subject to variation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [and non]. 7210-LSB, May 6 at 0140, distorted music at S9+20, intermittent with some Spanish talk, no doubt pro-Castro Cuban trying to block the N1NR anti-Castro net; and also ACI to a US ham in English on 7208-LSB. Arnie could give him some lessons in netiquette, ha2 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [non]. FROM THE ISLE OF MUSIC UT MAY 10-17-24 Our May 10 (May 9 in the Americas) program will feature two special guests with interviews and music: 1. Cuban Laud (a relative of the lute) master Barbarito Torres, whose prolific career includes the Buena Vista Social Club, but we will be playing some of his wonderful work with songstress Miriam Ramos. 2. Albertico Lescay, leader of the Cuban Jazz/Fusion group Formas. NuJazz is a new branch of Jazz in Cuba that we'll let him explain to you. We'll also feature some more of Danzas Para Piano de Ignacio Cervantes.(the musical gift that keeps on giving) Our May 17 (May 16 in the Americas) program will feature a brief interview with Angel Toirac, pianist of Influencia, and a lot of music by this distinctive Jazz ensemble, We will also have some vintage 1970s Cuban Funk from Grupo Monumental, some recent Cuban R & B by Eme, and we'll finish the wonderful concert piano album Danzas Para Piano de Ignacio Cervantes. Our May 24 (May 23 in the Americas) features a brief interview with phenomenal Jazz saxophonist Michel Herrera and his music. Also some popular dance music from the 70s by Grupo Monumental, the Timba of Manolito Simonet y su Trabuco, and we are going to begin listening to Popularmente Sinfónica Vol II by Orquesta Sinfónica de Matanzas. Two listening options on shortwave: WBCQ, 7490 kHz, Tuesdays 0000 UTC (8pm EDT Mondays) Channel 292, 6070 KHz, Tuesdays 1900 UTC (2100 CEST) See our Facebook page, From The Isle of Music, for more information. Thanks as always for all you do for radio (William “Bill” Tilford, Owner/Producer, Tilford Productions, LLC, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. My new QSL --- Hello Friedhelm, a surprise arrival after 6 months! CENTRAL-AMERICA [sic], Dominican Republic, HI1U, La Voz del Yuna, Bonao, 1670, EE epost, 6m, v/s Sandra Fernandez, Cultural Director. lavozdelyuna@hotmail.com Best wishes (Barry :-) Davies, Carlisle UK. Lat. 54.9806N Lon. 02.8757W, PERSEUS, 3.7m x 10m Flag + FLG100 amp, April 19, MWCircle yg via DXLD) ** ECUADOR [non non]. 6050 kHz, Deutsch direkt aus Quito, {and English 0400-0429 UT} automatic translation: From: "The Andean Voice" Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2016 5:42 AM Subject: [A-DX] German {and English 0400-0429 UT} directly from Quito Hello Christoph {Ratzer}, hi list of participants, after I've heard now variously that a direct reception of Quito is possible on 6050 kHz, we have a second trial started, to send in English and German. In the transmission period B15 it was not possible, because AWR his mission for North Africa drove in the same time window. {6045 kHz 0430-0500 UT AWR French via ORS MOS AUT; wb.} For B16 {sic A-16, AWR now French 6155 kHz via ORS MOS AUT; wb.} have me promised to change this, since the AWR Moosbrunn broadcasts even were strong signals in all Americas, and our little "dim light" were here result in flat signal in the region. So: just around 0400 UT English (All that Jazz) and approximately 0429 UT German: our news magazine and a comment by Dr. Wolff by Ecuador and their earthquake. Hardcopy QSL-1 IRC or bank transfer. Information on our webpage: Currently we send our mail via Germany because the postage for a standard letter to Europe has increased to US$8.50. We give our Post to visitors and employees which traveling to Germany. Tomorrow a small parcel of listeners letter goes back to Germany by airplane transport, and then again next on 11 May too. Good luck with your RR reception report and mail to HCJB Andenstimme, Try! Kind regards from Quito, Horst (Rosiak) { "The Andean Voice" via A-DX Austria ng May 5} via WORLD OF RADIO 1825, DXLD) From: "Die Andenstimme" Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2016 5:42 AM Subject: [A-DX] Deutsch direkt aus Quito Hallo Christoph, hallo Listenteilnehmer, nachdem ich jetzt verschiedentlich gehoert habe, dass ein Direktempfang aus Quito auf 6050 kHz moeglich ist, haben wir einen zweiten Versuch gestartet, in Englisch und Deutsch zu senden. In der Sendeperiode B15 war es nicht moeglich, da AWR seine Sendung fuer Nordafrika im gleichen Zeitfenster fuhr. Fuer B16 {sic A-16, AWR French now 6155 kHz via ORS MOS AUT; wb.} haben sie mir versprochen, dies zu aendern, da die Ausstrahlungen sogar bis Nordamerika gut aufzunehmen waren und unsere kleine "KW- Funzel" hier in der Region platt machten. Also: gleich um 0400 UT Englisch (All that Jazz) und ca. 0429 UT Deutsch: unser Nachrichtenmagazin und einen Kommentar von Dr. Wolff ueber Ecuador und seine Erdbeben. Hardcopy QSL gegen 1 IRC oder Ueberweisung. Infos auf unserer Webpage: Zurzeit verschicken wir unsere Post via Deutschland, da sich das Porto fuer einen Standardbrief nach Europa auf US$ 8,50 erhoeht hat. Wir geben unsere Post Besuchern und Mitarbeitern mit, die nach Deutschland reisen. Morgen geht wieder ein Packen nach Deutschland, und dann wieder am 11. Mai. Viel Erfolg bei euren Empfangsversuchen! Herzliche Gruesse aus Quito, Horst (Rosiak) { "Die Andenstimme" via A-DX ng May 5} (via wb dxldyg via DXLD) ** ECUADOR [non]. GERMANY, Strong signal of HCJB Voice of The Andes via MBR on May 7 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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcGKOod4IiU&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZABZA5tC7A&feature=youtu.be -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EGYPT. 9315.0, May 6 at 0111, big S9+25 humroar but no program audio which should be R. Cairo in Spanish before 0200 unEnglish. No // found, but: 9965.0, May 6 at 0119, R. Cairo at S9+35 with OK modulation in Arabic, lite whine. Nothing audible in the 12`s (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15345.032 Very distorted audio signal of Radio Cairo in English, this UT afternoon 1645 UT May 6th, S=9+20dB or -54dBm strength, broadband signal visible on Perseus SDR screen at 15332 to 15357.5 kHz frequency range. wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9315, May 7 at 0148, horrible motorboating roar, S9+10, during R. Cairo ``Spanish`` service. 9965.15, May 7 at 0153, R. Cairo strong but JBM in Arabic, lite whine 12085.02, May 7 at 0205, R. Cairo with another big motorboat roar, but not as bad as 9315, during other Arabic service which just started, to last 5 hours. 12085, May 8 at 0145, suptorted Qur`an at S9; R. Cairo must be on early, this frequency not scheduled to start until 0200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) English Program to South Asia, Radio Cairo, Egypt, Time UT: 1215 to 1330, Frequency: 17840, Daily Items: News Bulletin, Arabic by Radio, News Headlines, Close down Saturday: This is Islam, Religious Song, Today "events, Political Encyclopedia, Top Hits, World of Tourism, Arabic Song. Sunday: Islam and the other, Religious Song, Press Review, Listeners mail, Literary Tour, Add to your knowledge, World of Tourism, European Song. Monday: Religious Talk, Religious Song, The Economic Magazine, Art and Culture, Love Egypt, World Tourism, Bengali Song. Tuesday: Quran recitation & its meaning, Religious Song,Flash, Poetry & Music, Literary Tour, Egypt on the Spot, Bengali Song. Wednesday: Science and Life, Arabic Song, Eye on Events, Dates and Events, Art & Culture, Youth Panorama, Add to your Knowledge, World of Tourism, Indian Song. Thursday: Egyptian Portrait, Arabic Music , Political Scene, Women's Corner, Poetry & Music, Literary Tour, Arabic Music, Egypt on the Spot, Pakistani Song. Friday: Quran recitation and its meaning, Relgious song, Flash, Arabic Song, Literary Tour, Talk of the Week, Egypt on the Spot, European Song. Email: englishserviceasia@yahoo.com (via Abid Hussain Sajid, Pakistani Dxer, May 8, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1825, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Note the different genre of song concluding each broadcast. Later: Ivo Ivanov says this is supposed to be on 17480, and is not airing (gh) ** ETHIOPIA. Voice of Peace and Democracy in Tigre as usual hopping 10 to 15 Hertz up and down, centered on 7235.639 kHz 1810 UT, S=9+5dB or -68dBm strength (Wolfgang Büschel, May 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. I haven`t heard it yet, but reminder there is a new Oromo clandestine, Sundays at 1730-1800 on 17765 via RMI via FRANCE, which Jeff White says is Radio Front for Independence of Oromo (RKWO). This appears to be the website, or a related one: http://bakkalcha.com/rkwo-bitooteessa-5-2016 So KWO means: Kallacha Walabummaa Oromiyaa But I don`t find anything about SW broadcasts (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1825, DX LISTENING DIGEST) FRANCE, Reception of Voice of Independent Oromiya via TDF, May 8 1600-1630 on 17860 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Oromo Sun Transmissions are jammed by Ethiopia with white noise digital jamming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X7RcrWS8LE&feature=youtu.be FRANCE, No signal of Radio Front for Independence of Oromo via TDF 1730-1800 on 17765 ISS 150 kW / 125 deg to EaAf Oromo Sun, May 8 FRANCE, Reception of Voice of Oromo Liberation via TDF, May 8 1700-1800 on 17630 ISS 100 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Amharic Sun Transmissions are jammed by Ethiopia with white noise digital jamming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsJXe9mc9u0&feature=youtu.be -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 17765, Sunday May 8 at 1730 check, no signal from the new clandestine which was supposed to broadcast weekly at this time and was reported heard 168 hours earlier --- Ivo Ivanov in Bulgaria also reports ``no signal`` this week, of Radio Front for Independence of Oromo. And there were no other reports of it despite my reminder shortly beforehand. At 1757 a strong carrier cuts on and off, presumably WHRI about to start BSing at 1800. Kai Ludwig did say this: ``At least some older broadcasts, one of them dating back to the B15 days, showing their impressive audio engineering skills:`` http://kwofio.org/radio-kwo.html Jeff White says Issoudun had a transmitter problem on May 8; so try again next Sunday at 1730 on 17765 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1825, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Según http://finfinnetribune.com/Gadaa/2015/11/ibsa-kwo-waayeen-lafa-oromoo-qixa-lafee-oromooti-lakkaawama/ El Email de contacto sería: KALLACHA WALABUMMAA OROMIYAA OROMIA INDEPENDENCE FRONT Wajira.kwo@gmail.com (José Miguel Romero2, Spain, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) The website also has a statement in Oromo, a language Google translate is not equipped to deal with, but its first guess at detecting the language is: FINNISH! Ha, I can see some similarity in the spelling, lots of double letters, but I doubt there is any relation, eh Mauno? Or maybe it`s misled by the title of this site Finfinne Tribune, which I assume has no connexion to Finland either, but rather Minneapolis. Glenn, maybe there is a distant one, as we all originate from those areas :-) Yes, probably that Finfinne Tribune caused it. Here Google translate suggested Hausa. 73, (Mauno Ritola, dxldyg via DXLD) Just to note that Finfine (or Finfinne) is the Oromo name for Addis Ababa (Chris Greenway, ibid.) Saludos Glenn, todo parece indicar que el artículo está escrito en Afaan Oromo: The Front for Independence of Oromia (FIO, Afaan Oromoo: KALLACHA WOLABUMMAA OROMIYA or KWO) is a political organization established in 2015, by former Oromo Liberation Frontarmy general, brigadier general Kamal Galchu to promote independence and self-determination of the Oromo People against the current government in Ethiopia.Front for Independence of Oromia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://deletedwikipedia.gawker-labs.com/wiki/Front_for_Independence_of_Oromia#cite_note-POLITICAL_PROGRAM_OF_FRONT_FOR_INDEPENDENCE_OF_OROMIA-1 (José Miguel Romero2, Spain, ibid.) ** ETHIOPIA [and non]. BULGARIA/SOMALIA 17870 Radio Xoriyo Ogaden in Somali, brokered by Ludo's BRB FMO, Mons+Fris 1600-1630 UT, S=9+20dB via Bulgarian Sofia Kostinbrod SPC-NURTS relay, but today May 6 on 16.18 UT totally covered by WHITE NOISE jamming 20 kHz wideband jamming + 9 kHz low power sideband noise too. wb May 6 (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DXLD) Not via Secreland/Secretbrod --- Via TDF Issoudun. Radio Xoriyo 1600-1630 on 17630 ISS 500 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Somali Tue/Sat via MBR 1600-1630 on 17870 ISS 500 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Somali Mon/Fri via TDF -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, ibid.) Actual service provider for the Radio Xoriyo shortwave broadcasts is Media Broadcast, already since 2000 when they still were a part of Deutsche Telekom. The programming itself is said to originate from Toronto. The rather low profile these transmissions kept throughout the years is surprising, considering who produces them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogaden_National_Liberation_Front (Kai Ludwig, Germany, ibid.) ** FRANCE. Defective transmitter of Radio France International, May 7 0600-0700 on 15300.2 ISS 500 kW / 153 deg to CeAf French, bad audio 0700-0900 on 17850.2 ISS 500 kW / 160 deg to CeAf French, bad audio 1700-1800 on 15300.2 ISS 500 kW / 155 deg to CeAf French, bad audio 1900-2000 on 17850.2 ISS 500 kW / 153 deg to CeAf French, bad audio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI7LoowtyO8&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rckRdhAMyx8&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BDNg2hWLyk&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_YwQc5TzkY&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNpd-3XPlMs&feature=youtu.be -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Checked at 1945 UT on May 11, noted a little fluttery 8.4 kHz broadband signal. Measured 17850.151 kHz, in northern Germany and Netherlands backlobe logged S=8-9 or -76dBm (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GAMBIA [non]. 15465, May 6 at *1900, JBA S4 signal, too weak to copy but presumably Radio Free Gambia`s weekly broadcast via FRANCE. Did not come on until exactly 1900, as I was getting a bit worried (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. New 200 watt / later 3 to 5 kW at Weenermoor, HCJB Germany, now extended tests on 5920 kHz in 49 mb. At Night 22 to 05 / 06 UT span, there will be a break on 5920 kHz usage, due of WHRI co- channel, and at this time span nobody will listen to a HCJB Program to the German-speaking countries in central Europe. 73 wolfy (Wolfgang Büschel, WORLD OF RADIO 1825, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. 5920, New test series of HCJB Weenermoor Germany with 200 Watt of power since May 6th, reported by (Stephan Schaa-D, HCJB Germany, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 6) Checked that signal at 1930 UT on May 7. 5919.992 kHz exact measured frequency, HCJB German program by male prayer. In Belgium heard excellent steep fountain SW signal, reception of S=9+10Db or -56dBm. And on remote units in Switzerland and southern Germany noted even S=6 or -91dBm. But Stephan, about your frequency selection: I noted an annoying ute digital signal of S=9+5dB strength, broad bandwidth in range 5916.5 to 5919.2 kHz nearby HCJB 5920 kHz transmission from Weenermoor! (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 7 via WORLD OF RADIO 1825, DXLD) ** GERMANY. GERMANY/POLAND Auslandsdienst aus Polen kehrt zurueck ... und in den naechsten Tagen dann auch auf ... Kurzwelle. Taeglich um 17.00 Uhr MESZ/CEST auf 6005 kHz sowie um 22:30 und 08:30 MESZ/CEST auf 3985 kHz. Die 17:00 Uhr Ausstrahlung der Voice of Mongolia von Sonntag-Freitag auf 6005 kHz wandert dafuer auf 13:30 Uhr MESZ/CEST. Die Samstagsausstrahlung des RadioDienst.pl um 17.00 MESZ/CEST entfaellt (Christian Milling-D, Radio 700, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 4) Frequenz Zeit (UTC) Programm Sprache Tag (except not daily) 3985 0600-0613 SRF: Heute Morgen Deutsch Montags-Samstags 6005 0600-0613 SRF: Heute Morgen Deutsch Montags-Freitags 7310 0600-0613 SRF: Heute Morgen Deutsch Montags-Samstags 7310 0613-0630 RADIO700 Deutsch Montags-Samstags 3985 0613-0700 RADIO700 Deutsch 6005 0613-0700 RADIO700 Deutsch Montags-Freitags 7310 0630-0657 Radio Slowakei International Deutsch 7310 0700-0730 Radio Bulgarien Deutsch 3985 0700-0900 Radio Belarus Deutsch 6005 0700-0900 Radio Belarus Deutsch Montags-Freitags 7310 0730-0800 DP07 Seewetter Deutsch 9560 0730-0800 DP07 Seewetter Deutsch 7310 0800-0900 Radio. Menschen & Geschichten Deutsch letzter Sonntag im Monat (live) 7310 0800-1030 RADIO700 Deutsch 9560 0800-1200 Radio MiAmigo Samstags-Sonntags 7310 0900-1000 Radio Gloria International letzter Sonntag im Monat 3985 0900-1030 RADIO700 Deutsch 6005 0900-1030 RADIO700 Deutsch Montags-Freitags 6005 1000-1100 Radio. Menschen & Geschichten Deutsch letzter Sonntag im Monat 7310 1000-1400 Radio MiAmigo Sonntags 3985 1030-1100 SRF: Rendez-vous Deutsch Montags-Freitags 6005 1030-1100 SRF: Rendez-vous Deutsch Montags-Freitags 7310 1030-1100 SRF: Rendez-vous Deutsch Montags-Freitags 6005 1100-1200 RADIO700 Deutsch Montags-Freitags 7310 1100-1200 RADIO700 Deutsch 3985 1100-1600 RADIO700 Deutsch Montags-Samstags 6005 1130-1200 Voice of Mongolia En Montags-Samstags 7310 1130-1200 Radiodienst Polska Deutsch Samstags 7310 1200-1230 DP07 Seewetter Deutsch Montags-Samstags 9560 1200-1230 DP07 Seewetter Deutsch 6005 1200-1300 Radio MiAmigo Montags-Freitags 9560 1230-1257 Radio Slowakei International Französisch 6005 1300-1327 Radio Slowakei International Deutsch 9560 1300-1327 Radio Slowakei International Englisch 6005 1327-1330 Nordschleswiger Deutsch Montags-Freitags 6005 1330-1357 Radio Slowakei International Französisch 6005 1357-1500 RADIO700 Deutsch Montags-Freitags 7310 1400-1430 Voice of Mongolia Englisch 7310 1400-1430 Radio Canada International Englisch Samstags 6005 1430-1530 Radio Canada International Französisch Samstags 6005 1500-1530 Polish Radio German Sundays-Fridays (exVoice of Mongolia En Mon-Sa) 7310 1530-1557 Radio Slowakei International Englisch 7310 1530-1557 Radio Slowakei International Französisch 6005 1530-1600 Radio Bulgarien Deutsch 7310 1557-1600 Nordschleswiger Deutsch Montags-Freitags 3985 1600-1645 SRF: Echo der Zeit Deutsch 6005 1600-1645 SRF: Echo der Zeit Deutsch 7310 1600-1645 SRF: Echo der Zeit Deutsch 3985 1645-1700 RADIO700 Deutsch Montags-Freitags 6005 1645-1700 RADIO700 Deutsch Montags-Freitags 3985 1645-1800 RADIO700 Deutsch Samstags 3985 1700-1800 Radio MiAmigo Montags-Freitags 3985 1700-1800 Radio. Menschen & Geschichten. Deutsch letzter Sonntag im Monat 6005 1700-1800 Radio MiAmigo Montags-Freitags 6005 1700-1800 Radio Amathusia Niederländisch Sonntags 6005 1700-1900 Rock'n'Roll Rewind Samstags 3985 1800-1827 Radio Slowakei International Deutsch 6005 1800-1900 Hollands Palet Niederländisch Sonntags 6005 1800-2000 RADIO700 Deutsch Montags-Freitags 3985 1827-1830 Nordschleswiger Deutsch Montags-Freitags 3985 1900-1927 Radio Slowakei International Englisch 6005 1900-2000 RADIO700 Deutsch Samstags-Sonntags 3985 1930-1957 Radio Slowakei International Französisch 3985 1930-2000 Voice of Mongolia Englisch 3985 2000-2100 RADIO700 Deutsch 3985 2030-2100 Polish Radio German Sundays-Fridays 3985 2100-2300 Radio Belarus Deutsch 3985 2300-0600 RADIO700 Deutsch (via Wolfgang Büschel, May 7, dxldyg via DXLD) ** GREECE. 9935, May 5, 2016. 2253-2310, Voice of Greece, Avlis, in Greek. Greek songs; 2300 ID, IS, ID; authentic Greek song; 2306 OM talks, other song. Surprise: clean signal without interference or transmitter disturb! Good signal, fair modulation, 45433 (DXer José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo, PB, Brazil, Sony ICF-SW100S, Portable Telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) 9935, May 6 at 0112, ERA with Greek music, very good S9+20 and no whine! Seems they have finally repaired it, and // 9420 is S9+30, probably on an azimuth closer to us? No info in A-16 HFCC, but Ivo Ivanov skeds show same 323 degree azimuth from Avlis, with 170 kW on 9420 vs only 100 on 9935. 9935, May 7 at 0152, ERA/VOG Greek music is still OK with no whine, so must be the new normal! Let`s hope so. // stronger 9420 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1825, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9935, May 7, 2016. 2308-2330, Voice of Greece, Avlis, in Greek. Greek songs; 2315 OM talks and in sequence, songs. Good signal and fair modulation, without disturbance, 45433 (sometimes, 45444). How old listener of the Voice of Greece, I'm glad to hear it power in this new phase. On 9420 kHz, the signal and modulation is very horrible in my location, currently (DXer - José Ronaldo Xavier, Cabedelo, PB, Brazil, Degen 1103 & Sony ICF-SW100S, Portable Telescopic antenna, Hard-Core- DX mailing list via DXLD) Voice of Greece relay ERT-2 and Eurovision 2016: from 1800 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek tx#3 nothing on // 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek tx#1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or6n4ILhNL8&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxI2iQhcrow&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf6MR9LyLbg&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP7p2ym5Ioo&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHEv7XFiXgA&feature=youtu.be -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, May 10, Equipment: Sony ICF- 2001D 30 m. long wire, Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/ DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUYANA. 3290 LSB, Voice of Guyana-Georgetown, at 0100, on 2 May. A male announcer was talking, followed by a song with a female singer. After the song ended it was back to the male announcer talking. Poor- JBA (John Cooper, Lebanon, PA, Winradio-G33DDC, CommRadio CR-1a, SDR- IQ, GAP-Hear It-In Line Module, Wellbrook ALA 1530S+, Wellbrook ALA 1530LN Pro, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) This one and four other logs of his in the same FS say USB or LSB after the frequency. Should NOT put LSB or USB there, as it implies they are transmitted on one sideband only which is not the case with any of these. It may be advisable to TUNE to one sideband only, in which case say so. Otherwise it`s inconsequential which SB you are tuning on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3289.95, Voice of Guyana, 0845 om English religious message seemingly, 0858 brief music, 0902 news 0910 yl vocalist 28 April ~ 0743 yl chat in English into brief music then 0749 chorale music, 0750 Preacher, yl 0758, 0800 to 0805 BBC news "Sec. of State John Kerry today.." 2 May (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, 746Pro - Drake R8 NRD 525, NASWA yg via DXLD) ** INDIA. Hi Glenn, QSL card via New Delhi in one month confirming reception of AIR Aizawl; full data and with site as "Aizawl." This in response to an emailed reception report to spectrum-manager @ air.org.in Nice to find they still QSL via Delhi. This is certainly one of my better AIR QSLs, as this station is not often reported in N. America. The station was heard for a few days in early April, but has been off the air again since then (Ron Howard, San Francisco, May 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9595, terrible distorted audio signal - 3 spurious peaks on 9573 to 9649 kHz, stronger on the upper sideband flank - also another spurious only upperside in range 9663 to 9733 kHz. Most likely signal from Aligarh or Delhi bcast center instead, but not such bad signal from Bangalore excellent engineering staff. S=9+25dB, at 1650 UT on May 10. wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, harmonics yg via dXLD) ** INDONESIA. 3904.9825, probably RRI Merauke, but only string 'seen', weak at S=4 or -105dBm on threshold level (Wolfgang Büschel, May 10 at remote Brisbane unit, noisy prop condition, also noisy signals from the Americas across the Pacific this morning, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Time? circa 0730/0830 UT from adjacent logs ** INDONESIA. Measured exact 9525.891 kHz at 1010 UT May 5th. S=7 or - 82dBm signal strength. VOI, Jakarta Cimanggis.,English, spoken part by male announcer at 1000 to 1021 UT, then sweet Asian pop singer music. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, May 5, Checked on remote unit in downtown Queensland, Australia, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9525.895, May 9 at 1250, VOI JBA carrier at S2 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INTERNATIONAL. [continued from IRAN] OTHER ENDANGERED BROADCASTERS SWLing.com lists the following other shortwave broadcasters as “endangered” given the stations’ own commentary regarding their budgets and transmission plans: All India Radio is considering shutting down shortwave for its external services and instead relying on an Internet-delivered service. As reported in John Figliozzi's "Shortwave Center", fully 95% of the External Services Division’s budget is spent on transmitter maintenance, and 5% is spent on content and staff salaries. There is concern that less-developed regions would suffer if shortwave were cut, but there is also concern that shortwave utilization doesn’t deliver an impact worth its costs. Radio Exterior de España has already ended English programming via shortwave, though audio is regularly produced that can be downloaded. Unfortunately this audio doesn’t seem to be produced daily, and there are gaps in the offerings posted on the REE website. Spanish language broadcasting is still offered, and apparently marine interests are the reason shortwave has been maintained at least somewhat. Voice of Greece has returned to the airwaves after the station had been shuttered by the government and then operated outside of its government-funded status. Alas, there no longer is specific English language programming, but the Voice of Greece has long featured Greek ethnic music that is a real treat. Additional thoughts - Avoiding Politics on Radio --- Monocle Radio I’ve mentioned Monocle Radio before -- it is not a shortwave service, but offers a series of well-produced programs covering current affairs, arts, culture, and other subjects that would interest a global audience. There’s also a variety of world music programs embedded in the schedule as well. Their website, https://monocle.com/radio/ is the place to begin your quest (Richard Cuff, PA, The Case of the Missing May Easy Listening Column, NASWA yg via DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. — Satellites 87 W SES-2 V-3.743 5.000 MSPS “UT Feeds” SD which I assume means this is ‘wild feeds’ from the University of Texas (based on the mention of College Station). This same 25 second series of still shots showing this young man’s childhood and young adulthood ending with a “Put down the Phone” message has been running apparently endlessly for months. It has been there each time I pass by this weekend, and all weekend the last time we were at the lake too! Inline image 6 --- This feed uses 8PSK modulation and H.264 compression. In well with 65% quality 1700-1705 30/Apr (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Port Hope, MI2, MARE Tipsheet May 6 via DXLD) !! College Station is Texas A&M, NOT UT. Caption says: ``AUSTIN ARDMAN / Born November 21, 1995 / December 8, 2015 / Killed by a texting driver / in College Station`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN. 12025, May 6 at 0131, Spanish conversation with Castilian accent, poor S6 and undermodulated, so this is one transmission which VRII has not canceled. HFCC shows for the 0020 broadcast both Kamalabad and Sirjan registered with 500 kW each, 310 and 300 degrees respectively, but only two hours from KAM and three from SIR. Running both would be inadvisable, so presumably meant to be alternates, or anticipating the closedown of Kamalabad rather than both for the entire A-16 season. Seems to me the real Castilians once used 12025 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN. IRAN’S VOIRI NO LONGER TARGETS NORTH AMERICA VIA SHORTWAVE; SHOULD WE CARE? I know, I know; the loss of any broadcaster from shortwave represents another nail into the coffin of irrelevance for shortwave listening, and that’s a cause for concern. However, as a program listener, I am less concerned, because I generally found VOIRI to be relatively unlistenable for program content. There is just way too much anti- American invective for me to want to listen. Their programming would be more interesting -- to me, anyway -- if it focused on improving my understanding of Iranian culture, values, and morals -- themes that might draw my interest and alter my opinion. VOIRI is on Thomas Witherspoon’s SWLing blog as an “endangered” shortwave station, so this might be the first step in a withering of shortwave utilization -- so catch ‘em while you can, if that’s important to you. As for the programming available via the web, it’s available at URL http://parstoday.com You have your choice of live audio, available 24 hours per day, along with archives of individual programs, and also an archive of 30 days’ programs. Each day’s program runs 12 hours in length and begins at 0823 UT, according to the IRIB website. While I don’t see a schedule published on the website, the following individual programs are listed: "The Healthy Family" covers all aspects of the family life and focuses on food safety as a very important and of course attractive issue within the family framework. "Islamic Human Rights" aims to present the parameters of Islamic human rights. "Mohammad, radiant sun of guidance" studies the tradition of the Prophet of Islam, Mohammad (sic), introducing Prophet Mohammad as a unique role model for mankind. "The Birth of a Star" introduces Iranian notables, scholars, and other prominent figures. "Path Towards Enlightenment" is a weekly program that makes you acquainted with an easy and fluent exegesis of the divine words of the Holy Qur'an. "To All Youths in the West" (sic) reviews the highlights of Ayatollah Khamenei’s second letter for the youth in North America and Europe. (ed: - if you’re looking to hook your kids on international broadcasting in shortwave, this might be an interesting example for them of the diversity of views available via the medium…) "A Cup of Beauty" introduces Iran's tourist attraction sites from a different angle. There aren’t separate news or current affairs programs listed on the website for on-demand consumption, but I’m hearing this type of program as I sample the web stream. VOIRI might be worth an occasional listen if you are interested in gaining perspectives on the region from the official Iranian point of view. At least the station has a reasonably functional website, which is helpful (Richard Cuff, PA, The Case of the Missing May Easy Listening Column, NASWA yg via DXLD) I have to admit that in haven't recently given VOIRI the attention it maybe deserves, so was interested to read your comments above. A couple of other programs I have heard is the Listener's Special (on UT Sundays) and "Iranian Stories & Fables" (on UT Tuesdays, although I haven't reconfirmed this one recently). By the way, there are two daily programs archived on the website for each day; English-1 runs from 2030 to 0823 UT, and then English-2 from 0823 to 2030, giving a 24 hour non-stop rolling live webstream. The shortwave transmissions at 1920 (and I assume also at 1520 UT) simply joins whatever is being broadcast by the webstream, although the live announcer does acknowledge the shortwave rebroadcast at that time (Alan Roe, Teddington, UK, NASWA yg via DXLD) ** IRAN [non]. Frequency changes of Radio Farda via IBB Kuwait: 0630-1030 NF 11925 KWT 250 kW / 058 deg to WeAs Persian, ex 7435 1030-1200 NF 12005 KWT 250 kW / 058 deg to WeAs Persian, ex 7435 1200-1400 on 7435 KWT 250 kW / 058 deg to WeAs Persian, ex 0630-1400 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7u_r-Fsu52k&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHKToOd-rRI&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUlTVZtXvR4&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsb0KD00uig&feature=youtu.be -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN [and non]. Incompetence of Iranian Jamming Authorities? While double-checking the times of the broadcasts of the BBC World Service technology program "Click" via shortwave as noted in my chart available here: http://swling.com/blog/2016/05/richards-updated-bbc-click-shortwave-schedule/ I noted that at 1432 UT, the program was coming in well on 11890 kHz from the Singapore transmitter as monitored using the U. Twente receiver but that the other frequency, 15310 kHz from Oman, was being very effectively jammed and no BBC audio could be heard. Shortly before 1500, the 15310 frequency shifts to Persian from a transmitter in Thailand and that could be heard above the jamming. But at about 1503, the jamming stopped and is still off as I enter this. I presume the jamming came from Iran and the target should have been the 1500 Persian broadcast but that the Iranian jamming authorities are asleep at the switch. Or that their automated procedure is mis-programmed. Perhaps the Persian broadcast used to be an hour earlier? (Richard Langley, NB, May 11, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Never heard of Iranian jamming against BBCWS English. So, a decade ago, Iranian security services jammed former KOL Israel Persian external service channels on shortwave, like bubble tone jamming, but never BUZZ-scratching metallic sound WHITE NOISE type jamming. An easy task: look at the (*) ASTERIX column 'B', - for example on Aoki Nagoya list database; for past 4-5 years China mainland jamming organization jammed a lot of BBCWS shortwave broadcast channels, even Ascension outlets used for all Africa target, and many others. Either CNR1 word or BUZZ WHITE NOISE jamming observed, both sky wave jamming widely to cover all China target, but also low power transmissions in the vicinity of big China's cities. Sometimes White Noise jammer blocks visible 24 hrs even in hours when BBC is not on service on that channel. Richard may look at the Perseus screen display of BBC transmissions. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) Thanks for your comments, Wolfy. Are you intimating: 1) That Iran does not currently jam any broadcasts on shortwave (although they are know to jam satellite broadcasts)? And, in particular, they do not jam BBC shortwave broadcasts of any kind? 2) That you think the jammer on 15310 kHz is Chinese and they are deliberately jamming the BBC WS in English? Have there been any recent articles on the current state of shortwave jamming either in SWL publications or the professional literature? P.S. This article from 2013: http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/feb/25/bbc-condemns-china-jamming-world-service mentions jamming of BBC Persian by Iran but is it the consensus that they are no longer do so or, if they are, they use a different type of noise jammer than the type used by China? P.S. This article from 2013: http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/feb/25/bbc-condemns-china- jamming-world-service mentions jamming of BBC Persian by Iran but is it the consensus that they are no longer do so or, if they are, they use a different type of noise jammer than the type used by China? (Richard Langley, ibid.) IRAN HAD JAMMED SOME UAE relay 1575 kHz MW Persian language outlets of Middle East US-IBB some 5 - 10 years ago. In early days also IBB RFA Dari (very similar to Persian language) broadcasts have been jammed, BUT NEVER USED WHITE NOISE JAMMING type (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN [non]. Good signal of Sedoye Bahar Voice of Spring via BaBcoCk, May 5 1730-1800 on 7495 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Farsi Thu/Fri https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s6Ippj0kVM&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kQxkLYeGNo&feature=youtu.be -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/ DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAQ [and non]. INTERNET, MOBILE AND SOCIAL USE ON THE RISE IN IRAQ, IRAQI KURDISTAN --- May 6, 2016 A man lying down on a red carpet looks at his cell phone. A swath of sunlight has fallen across him. [caption] Washington, D.C. – Iraqis are increasingly turning to the internet, social media and mobile phones to learn about news and other developments, although television remains their dominant source for information, according to research presented on Wednesday at a briefing conducted by the BBG and Gallup. . . http://www.bbg.gov/blog/2016/05/06/internet-mobile-and-social-use-on-the-rise-in-iraq-iraqi-kurdistan/ (via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, DXLD) ** ITALY. Just a short reminder of our regular weekly broadcasts on Wednesdays. Marconi Radio International will once again be on air tomorrow 11 May 2016, from 1800 to 1900, 2000 to 2100 UTC on 7690 kHz USB mode. The last transmission will exceptionally be from 2130 to 2230 UT (instead of 2200-2300). The first half hour is always a DX programme in English (Italian Shortwave Panorama) followed by mailbag (or DX) show in Italian or non-stop music interspersed with announcements in English, Italian, German, French, Spanish and Catalan. 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 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) May 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST) IBC on air with a new DX programme "Play DX News" by Dario Monferini: Oggi martedì 10.05.16 e giovedì 12.05.16 IBC in onda su 6970 dalle 1600 alle 2000 UT e su 3930 kHz dalle 1700 alle 2000. Da questa settimana una novità: il martedì alle 1900 UT (21.00 italiane) "Play DX News" con Dario Monferini. Rapporti a ibc@europe.com (Antonello Naplitano, dxfanzine, PLAYDX yg via DXLD) So it`s in Italian, or Monferinglish? (gh, DXLD) Good signal of Italian Broadcasting Corporation IBC, May 5 1600-2000 on 6970 unknown transmitter site to Eu Eng/Ita USB mode nothing on // 3930 unknown transmitter site to Eu Eng/Ita USB mode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtwrBcwrtN0&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Juu1uXS2SQ&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMDujPopqGE&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Slbs1X9c0wk&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qri1u7ptSQ&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmlLATqHaxI&feature=youtu.be -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/ DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN. 11965, May 6 at 1908, fair S5 signal in Japanese, which means it is indeed NHK World, direct from Yamata, 300 kW on 305 degree beam, which is not at all favorable for us (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH. KCBS Pyongyang, 2350 kHz, 1325 4 MAY - SINPO = 15222. Korean, male announcer. QSB=moderate-to-rapid rate, modulation on noisy carrier occasionally peaks above the noise floor but mostly mixing with it. sf91.0, a10, k2, geomag: quiet. 50kw, Omni, bearing 317 . Sangean ATS505 w/MFJ-1020C active antenna used to preselect Magic Wand Antenna hanging indoors on west wall. Received at Las Vegas, United States, 9722KM from transmitter at Sariwon. Local time: 0625 (Rodney Johnson, NV, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Haven`t seen 2350 reported for a long time (nor heard it myself). Wonder if has been inactive? WRTH 2016 says site Sariwon is carrying both central (Pyongyang) and regional services. Whenever P`Y 2850 be audible, must also check 2350, which may or may not be //. 2350 could not be a direct harmonic of any domestic MW; however in Enid we have previously heard mixing product of 960 + 1390 locals (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH. 11864.986, Carrier from VoK Kujang on air at 0828 UT, BUZZy measuring tones heard til 0830 UT, when Japanese ID and Hymn played at 0831 UT, odd fq signal (Wolfgang Büschel, May 10 at remote Brisbane unit, noisy prop condition, also noisy signals from the Americas across the Pacific this morning, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. Shiokaze (Sea Breeze) from Japan to North Korea, new frequencies from 28 April: 1300-1400 Daily 5965-ya in Korean/Japanese/English (English on Thursdays) (ex 5935) 1405-1435 Daily 7305-ya in Japanese (ex 5935) 1600-1700 Daily 6090-ya in Korean/Jap/Eng (English on Thursdays) (ex 5915) (DX Mix via May BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) The version I had from DX Mix was showing 7325 at 1405-1435 daily, despite Wantok Radio Light; which is it, or was there another change? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. UZBEKISTAN, Radio Free North Korea via RED Telecom from May 6: 1200-1300 on 15630 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean, ex 1200-1530 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0Ww0JCH_7M&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8pdu2o0UCY&feature=youtu.be -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/ ** KOREA NORTH [non]. UZBEKISTAN, UNIDentified clandestine, May 5: 1430-1530 on 11530 unknown(Tashkent?)tx to NEAs Korean via RED Telecom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir2kTOINRGc&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kAPA6rc9kM&feature=youtu.be -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/ DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. UZBEKISTAN, Voice of Martyrs and UNIDentified via RED Telecom, May 10 1530-1700 7510 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg NEAs Korean/Eng Voice of Martyrs 1530-1631 7520 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg NEAs Korean UNIDentified station https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHkOix5UvuU&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Jr4cT1A-eI&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uod4-INXrE8&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHNTeoYbhMY&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXMyteKWn94&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BDwwHU1Kxg&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh-rwN37-XA&feature=youtu.be -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, May 10, Equipment: Sony ICF- 2001D 30 m. long wire, Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/ DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA SOUTH. 4885, May 5 at 1145, no signal at all from Echo of Hope, which is normally one of the better ones around sunrise on 60m, yet 4940 China is still audible as well as some Indonesian, Indian carriers, so EOH is off? Oops, I must be listening too early for a change as Aoki says it starts at *1150 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn - I noted "suddenly on at 1156 with singing jingle ending with 'VOH on April 27." (Ron Howard, CA, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA SOUTH [and non]. 15575, May 6 at 1349, no signal at all from so-called North American service in English of KBS World Radio at 13- 14 (+ Korean at 14-15), which they doggedly insist on transmitting directly instead of a relay in North America like for their Spanish. Yet, on 15590 we have S8-S9 signals from ChiCom jamming and/or IBB Thailand. 15575, May 8 at 0150, open carrier at S3, presumably KBS World Radio warming up for 0200 Spanish hour direct. This is much better than 15575 can manage for the so-called North American service in English & Korean at 13-15 UT on same 40 degree beam per HFCC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KURDISTAN [non]. 11600, May 6 at 1901, very poor S2-3 signal with music, which would be Denge Kurdistanye, which at this hour per Ivo is via FRANCE. I usually hear it better, tho not very well, around 1300- 1400 when site is Bulgaria [SCB in Ivo parlance]. His schedule for D. K. as of April 30, and KCH = Pridnestrovye: 0300-0500 on 11600 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish 0500-1300 on 11600 KCH 300 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Kurdish 1300-1700 on 11600 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish + 2nd hx 23200 1700-1930 on 11600 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish 1930-2100 on 11600 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish + 2nd hx 23200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KYRGYZSTAN. Is the latest country released with Google SV. I went looking for the Bishkek SW BC TX site. Whilst there is coverage, it is only from a distance on a misty day. One can see MW mast & also the smaller SW masts but not nearly as close & clear as one would like. Haven't spotted any new Panaoramio imagery of the SW antennas either, but there is a 2010 image of the MW masts here: http://www.panoramio.com/photo/45243216 If anyone can research & locate any further images of the Bishkek SWBC site please let us all know (Ian (AUS), May 5, swsites yg via DXLD) ** MADAGASCAR. 11615, Apr 23, 2115, World Mission Broadcasting med religiöst program på kinesiska (Dan Olsson, Furulund, Sweden, SW Bulletin May 8 via DXLD) It`s World *Christian* Broadcasting, or do they ever vary it as above? (gh, DXLD) 9665.0, May 6 at 0115, no signal from MWV, just Voz Missionária on lo side, about 9664.95. So this transmitter off the air too? The 01 ``KNLS`` English transmission had been pretty reliable, tho should have QSYed to 9660 or 9670, for example. Or maybe it moved somewhere else? 9480, May 6 at 0403, no signal either from African Pathways Radio, normally well-heard English hour, so seems both transmitters may be down again. [non]. 9665-, May 7 at 0123, nothing but Brazuguese audible, MWV still AWOL. This time I also check for the next broadcast, 6190 from 0200 in Spanish, and it too is totally absent. Is anyone hearing any of the scheduled MWV transmissions? 9600, May 8 at 0023, MWV is still AWOL, when it had been running one of the `KNLS` English hours (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1825, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 790, XERC, Formato 21, México, DF. 1040 May 7, 2016. Good, with female fast-paced national news items, punctuated with short instrumental bridges, canned remote reporters. Parallel streema.com (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 1030, XEYC, R Fórmula, Ciudad Juárez did not move to 1460 as earlier reported (MV-Eko 56/13). : Av de la Raza 3585, Int. 503, Plaza Grande, Col. Mascareñas, 32340 Ciudad Juárez. Te: +52-656- 251996, 1 kW. (Héctor García Bojorge via Mauno Ritola, ARC via Central American [sic] News, edited by Tore Larsson, May-June Medium Wave News via DXLD) That follows up a log of mine finding it still on 1030; you`re welcome (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 1300, May 8 at 0132 tune-in, ``Radio Mexicana, 1,300 AM``, the latest identity of XEP Juárez, and at 0132.5, automated? timecheck as ``7 con 31 minutos``, only a sesquiminute slow (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. RAYMIE`S MEXICO BEAT this week –-- Another attack on a Mexicali radio station, and this time it was Radio Fórmula taken off air. http://www.proceso.com.mx/439634/grupo-violento-toma-instalaciones-radio-formula-en-mexicali A group of some 10 people, identifying themselves as Radio Fórmula employees, apparently gave XERM's transmitter a visit and shut the whole thing down. Apparently, the Radio Mexicali blog notes that XERM was back on as of this afternoon. http://radiomexicali.blogspot.com/ (Raymie Humbert, Phœnix AZ, May 7, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) I love the fact that you can actually search documents on Grupo ACIR's intranet... So can you tell me... There's something unusual here. http://www.buscadoracir.com.mx/images/2014-03-26Villahermosa.pdf Can you spot it? (no, it's not a spelling error or a callsign mistake) (Raymie, May 8, iibd.) Well, there are several spelling errors, bad enough, maybe this put together by a gringo? HHUO as a callsign; FURMULA, GURPO FORMÚLA, GRUPARA! The methodology here is not clear, but rank #13 is skipped! Superstitious? But Rank #22 is also missing (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) If you read a lot of Mexican station websites and business items, you may or may not be aware of a major difference between demographic segmentation in the US and Mexico. In the US, audiences are measured by age group. We talk of the 18-49 "demo" (25-54 for cable news and some other channels), for instance, and radio ratings are reported by age bracket. But in Mexico, the audience measurement system is different. I've known this for some time, but I was perusing the IFT's Fourth Quarterly Report (a real stat fest), I finally found good and official definitions. The Index of Socioeconomic Levels (INSE) was created by the Mexican Association of Market Intelligence and Public Opinion (AMAI). The INSE classifies households into a letter grade (A/B, C+, C, C-, D+, D, E) based on eight variables: level of education of head of household; number of bedrooms; number of full bathrooms; number of light bulbs; number of cars; ownership of a shower; ownership of a stove; and the type of flooring in the house. ABC+ comprises 21% of urban homes in Mexico, 34.1% are in C, 18.5% in D+ and the remaining 26.4% in DE. In broadcasting terms, typically ABC+, C and D are the main demographics discussed. The fact that AMAI uses education as part of its assessment implicitly is good news for stations that program, say, English-heavy formats. This has declined a bit, but especially in the past, there were some big (and probably high-billing) English-heavy stations in Mexico, such as Radio VIP and the Stereorey network. Stereorey probably commanded a great billing among ABC+ audiences, and Éxtasis Digital, Radiorama's English AC format, is described as "selective" in terms of socioeconomic levels (Radiorama Nayarit's site features full profiles of the target demos of their stations). The same goes for talkers, like Radio Fórmula. On the other hand, grupera stations might be geared more toward a B-C- D audience (Raymie, May 12, ibid.) ** MYANMAR. Hi Glenn, Noted that the reference to Myanmar on 6035 has been deleted. http://www.eibispace.de/dx/eibi.txt That should cut down on that particular list logging, hi (Ron Howard, May 5, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MYANMAR [and non]. 7345, Thazin Radio (presumed) via Pyin Oo Lwin, 1230-1243, May 5. Very good news here - CNR1 is currently off the air, as I first noted yesterday. Now Myanmar is in the clear with pop songs and some indigenous music; in vernacular; mostly fair. Very pleasant listening now! My audio at https://goo.gl/leJBQk (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1825, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7344.9965, Thazin Radio, Pyin U Lwin, northern broadcast center, poor S=4-5 in downunder Brisbane SDR unit, at 1242 UT on May 6. Burmese South Asian pop like modern western music. And co-channel even 7345.000 CNR1 Beijing #572 tx center signal, but was lower than Myanmar signal [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 6, dxldyg via DXLD) 7345, 1200-1300 UT totally free of Yakutsk Radio or CNR1 #572 Beijing transmission, ONLY HEARD Myanmar Radio in Burmese, female presenter and non-stop Asian light pop music radio in Tokyo and Brisbane remote units. S=8-9 or -75dBm signal in Tokyo JPN. wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, May 7, ibid.) Thazin Radio [not Myanmar Radio] (Ron Howard, ibid.) [Later: CNR is back on 7345, colliding with both: details next DXLD] ** NETHERLANDS [non]. 9925, UT Sunday May 8 at 0015, The Mighty KBC with some classic rock, then announcement mentions 1967y; via Nauen, GERMANY, only S6 and combating storm noise level. Same at 0122 but sounds weaker (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Mighty KBC changes --- The Sunday broadcasts of the Mighty KBC change as of May 15, 2016. Still 9925 kHz via Nauen, Germany. Now 0000-0200 instead of the prior 0000-0300 UT. 0000-0100 Dave Mason show. 0100- 0200 Giant Jukebox. Uncertain at this time, but more changes possible for the May 22, 2016 show. 0000-0100 Giant Jukebox. On the May 15, 2016 "Forgotten Song" I feature a group from the "Bosstown Sound". 73, (Kraig Krist, VA, May 11, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1825, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NICARAGUA. 800, Radio 800, Managua. 1025 May 7, 2016. In passing, good with folk vocals, male ID (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NICARAGUA. 8989-USB, "El Pescador Preacher" 2245 to 2300 om preacher in Spanish with regular broadcast to fishermen in the area 5 May (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, 746Pro, Drake R8, NRD 525, Mosquito Coast DX News 7 May 2016, via NASWA yg via DXLD) ** NIGERIA [and non]. Kaduna Nigeria also on air: 6089.857 kHz at S=8- 9 and -74dBm 1803 UT May 6; ETHIOPIA on nearby low signal 6089.997 kHz too (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1825, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA [and non]. COLLISION: 7255, May 5, 2016. 1904-1910, CRI, Kashgar, in Turkish & Voice of Nigeria, Abuja-Lugbe, in English. Impossible makes a correct log till 1913, approximately. At 1913 VON s/off and CRI it´s free and has a good signal and modulation, 45444 (DXer José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo, PB, Brazil, Sony ICF- SW100S, Portable Telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) 7255-, May 7 at 0638, no signal from VON Hausa, which had been rather reliable from before 0600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7255, May 10, 2016. 1900-1910, Voice of Nigeria, Abuja-Lugbe, English service. OM: Drums, ID, Nigeria features; YL talks and news. Good signal and moderate distorted modulation, 45433 (DXer - José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo, PB, Brazil, RX (s) Sony ICF-SW100S, Portable Telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** NIGERIA [non]. 7415, May 7 at 0638, good signal in presumed Kanuri dialog, i.e. R. Dandal Kura, 250 kW, 55 degrees from ASCENSION, at 05- 07 daily; while Nigeria itself is AWOL from 7255-. 7445, at same time 0638 May 7, BBCWS via ASCENSION is also good, at 05-07, with beam change at 06 from 102 to 65 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. RADIO AZTECA: Received this Quasi-QSL in the mail today from PIRATE Radio Azteca! Apparently they are experiencing some Technical Difficulties in their QSL Mail Room at the present. I've received some weird QSLs over the Years, but this is one of the funniest I have received in some time! Mailed from their QSL HQ's in MICHIGAN! HAHAHAHHA with an ONTARIO Return Address on the Envelope? I didn't realize Canada had annexed the State of Michigan --- even before Donald Trump becomes President of the United States! 6925 No Data QUASI-QSL in the form of an I.O.U. one QSL! Received in about 3 weeks for a mailed report to the Belfast, NY pirate mail drop. The IOU assures me that an actual QSL Card will be on the way eventually! (Rob ROSS, ON, MARE Tipsheet May 6 via DXLD) Transcribing the referred message: from the Inline image 2: ``For some silly-assed reason, we can`t process your request for a valuable Radio Azteca QSL card in a timely manner. Rest assured that our crack staff will get its shit together eventually and get you a card`` (gh, DXLD) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6930 - Radio Cinco de Mayo, pirate at 0025 UT May 5. - Annual broadcast from this pirate now on the air with very good, clear signal in USB. Lots of traditional and novelty Mexican music. Many ID’s in Spanish and gmail contact address, radiocincodemayo@gmail.com (Stephen C Wood, Harwich, Mass., Perseus SDR, 25 x 50 terminated superloop antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6876.02-AM, May 7 at 0110, pirate music; 0132, it`s S9, instrumental music, pause and ``You are listening to The Crystal Ship``, then faux-commercial for a dating website, bestiality.com with lots of farm-animalistic SFX, hee hee. At least I hope it`s faux. 0135 another plug for freeradiocampaign.com (during which my streetlite ignites with an RF noise burst at *0135:44, clear sky after sunset). 0137 another TCS ID. Still going at 0211 with music at S9, vs noise level (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6935-USB, May 8 at 0014, pirate music, but below the storm noise level of S9+15. It`s off by 0031 when 6950 Wolverine is doing much better. This thread says 6935 was Moonlight Radio: http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php?topic=28031.0 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6950.0-USB, May 8 at 0031, nostalgic music, 0032 Wolverine Radio ID; 0125 still on at S9+20. 0151 still rock music segués, now up to S9+35! This continues to be the strongest and most reliable pirate (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Electronic Mail Addresses for Stations: http://piratedatabase.webhop.net (Harold Frodge, Free Radio Weekly via DXLD) ** NORTH AMERICA. PIRATE-NA. Amphetamine Radio, 6925 USB, 2254-2257*, 05-11-16, SIO: 444 Just caught tail end of broadcast, OM announcer with station ID and close down announcement, USA National Anthem, tone and off. [Lobdell-MA] PIRATE-NA. WDDR/Drunken DJ Radio, 6935 USB, 0033-0213+, 05-12-16, SIO: 454/232, OM DJ with many shoutouts to those posting on the Hfunderground.com. Playing musical requests such as tunes by Aretha Franklin, Kenny Rogers, Diane Birch, Cab Calloway, etc. Said he was drinking wine, getting drunk. His synthesized female voiced companion, Robin, was teasing HFU poster “Skipmuck”. Same announcer also produces Wolverine Radio. Nice audio for USB, slowly fading into noise (Chris Lobdell, Tewksbury, MA USA, Receivers: Eton E1, JRC NRD-535, Aerial: G5RV Dipole, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORWAY. RADIO NORTHERN STAR CELEBRATES 5 [sic] YEARS Svenn Martinsen wrote on Facebook 4 May 2016: Today, Radio Northern Star of Northern Star Media Services AS is 4 years old, and as earlier announced we are starting our 5th year on the airwaves with a broadcasting license! In that connection we yesterday changed format to AC Standards and Variety with the slogan "Good Times and Great Music"! We think you will enjoy our melodic classic sounds! Northern Lights-The Voice of the Free Gospel plus the Emperor Rosko and Paul Graham continues in their time slots, as does Radio Days. We are on 1611 AM and share 5895 AM, with nighttime broadcasting over the summer months. We are also on http://www.northernstar.cc Our email is 1000@northernstar.no Posted by: (Mike Terry, May 5, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1825, DXLD) ** OKLAHOMA. 1470, May 7 at 0202 UT, ad for Best Western Kirkwood Inn (St Louis suburb) whence you may visit the St Louis Zoo and other attraxions. There are no 1470s near St Louis, but a hotel would not be advertising locally anyway, rather not too close but not too far, then something in Ferguson. It soon fades, but I deduce this could be the St Louis Cardinals network, on which the only 1470 listed state by state at http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/stl/schedule/tv_radio_affiliates.jsp is KGND, Vinita, which is now one of OK`s Sports Animals, 500/88 watts U1, and this is after sunset. There is a broadcast game tonight from 0015 UT vs Pittsburgh (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 1520, May 7 at 0201 UT, KOKC with CBS News, huge signal as if they are finally back on 50 kW maybe even ND if not direxional westward, instead of longtime STA of paltry 12 kW ND, which they had even before a tornado broke one of their towers a year or two ago. Can it be??? (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 1640, KZLS, Enid. 1031 May 9, 2016. In again, strong and clear with WTNI still malfunctioning on just a carrier if even that. No Hank FM simulcast, apparently now that it's a weekday nearing morning drive time, just some network news ending, into "Politico" or similar right winger talk host with the distinctive Sarah Palin shill voice interviewed. Squashed again by the second harmonic of 820 WWBA daytime shift at 1045 (Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. Re: ``Enid 36 K36MV New to air, 6kw, 36-32-12/98-00-38 (DTV America) --- Doug, No, it isn`t. No signal on RF 36 right now and have never seen it. If it really come on, will cause a bit of confusion, since the Univisión channel of KTUZ-29 is virtually 36-1 (and with high power is `local` to Enid).`` {Isn`t DTV America the thing planning to use such channels for non-TV applications?} Ouch. That's the challenge I have - I can only go by what's in the FCC CDBS. What *usually* happens, is that someone gets a construction permit and builds the station. When they're done building, they spend a few days with Program Test Authority making sure everything works properly. Once they're convinced it's working, they file for a License to Cover - and begin regular programming. And the station lives happily ever after. Once I see that application, I regard the station as on the air. What is happening unfortunately often these days, is that they finish construction, operate the station for a few hours to prove it's working, file for the License to Cover -- and then turn the station off. They're supposed to notify the FCC the station is dark, but sometimes they don't. I see the License to Cover and know the station is operating -- but the Daily Digest doesn't report silent STAs, so I never find out they immediately turned it back off. Frustrating on several counts. (forgive me if I'm typing something you already know but...) The "Codec" is the method used to digitize the audio and/or video stream. Common audio codecs include MP3, MPEG 1 (MP1), Ogg, AAC, and Dolby Digital. Common video codecs include MPEG-2, MPEG-4/H.264, and HEVC/H.265. ATSC digital TV only officially supports Dolby Digital audio and MPEG- 2 video. It is technically possible to use other codecs. I'm hearing some Mexican stations have subchannels using MPEG-4. Many Ion stations are transmitting several scrambled Airbox channels using MPEG-4 video and AAC audio. A strictly ATSC compliant TV will know these subchannels exist but won't be able to decode the audio and/or video. Some TVs have the ability to decode codecs that aren't strictly part of ATSC. MPEG-4 video is part of the standard in some European countries - so many TVs support it. That's what I'm guessing is going on. K17JN has 17.3 and 17.6 configured to use a codec other than Dolby Digital, and your Sanyo TV doesn't support that codec. == (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Doug, Tnx for explaining codecs. It`s all mumbo-jumbo to me. Why in the world does all that have to be so complicated? And why wouldn`t there be a single standard at least for DTV so everyone can get everything with whatever tuner? You`d think 3ABN would at least match up all their channels. As for Enid, I understand the problem. If you like, feel free to ask me about anything concerning Enid before publishing. 73, (Glenn to Doug, via DXLD) Newer codecs are more efficient. MPEG-4 requires roughly half as many bits as MPEG-2 to provide the same quality of video. Since a TV station gets a fixed number of bits per second, a more efficient codec allows more simultaneous programs or higher video quality on the same number of programs. But yes, you'd sure think 3Abn would use the *same* codec on all their channels! (Doug Smith, ibid.) ** OKLAHOMA. RF 23, ``52``, KSBI-TV OKC, Sunday May 8 at 2308 UT, suddenly switches from own programming to `60 Minutes` from CBS already in progress, as KWTV RF 39, ``9`` just got around to making the change to its sub-station during severe storm coverage, causing us to miss the first 8 minutes of the program. Tnx a lot! Next day May 9, more tornados across Oklahoma (but not Enid) caused blowing away all regular programming from at least 21 UT on the Big 3 OKC stations. This time, all of them manage to get network news at 2230 UT on the air via their sub-stations: NBC on KAUT 40 ``43``; CBS on KSBI 23 ``52``, and ABC on KOCO 7 ``5.2`` instead of MeTV (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OMAN. 9540, May 5, 2016. 0233-0240, Radio Sultanate of Oman, Thumrait. Arabic service; OM: conversation with a woman. Very poor station, 25432 (DXer José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo, PB, Brazil, Sony ICF-SW100S, Portable Telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) Good signal of Radio Sultanate of Oman, May 5: 1400-1500 on 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu English 1500-2200 on 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu Arabic* * co-ch Radio Habana Cuba 1800-2030 in Arabic/Creole/English/French https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSUhT3rf490 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQyYdflFlao&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ-a6PSaO7k&feature=youtu.be Good signal of Radio Sultanate of Oman in English before 1400 UT, May 8: from 1350 on 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu English, scheduled 1400-1500 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qn2lRb7_dwA&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5VMPorlmEc&feature=youtu.be -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PALAU. 11705, May 5 at 1309, S5-S9 open carrier already; 1313 starts talking, and 1315 Sakura theme denoting it`s Radio Japan relay, as scheduled in Indonesian (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Poor and weak signal of Brother Stair via T8WH Angel 5 May 7 1200-1300 9965 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg NEAs English and future plan 1100-1200 9965 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg NEAs English from May 9 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpBflET07ys&feature=youtu.be Weak to good signal of T8WH Angel 5, May 7 1300-1400 9930 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg NEAs English Sat/Sun, not on 9965 1400-1430 9930 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg NEAs English Sun, not on 9965 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qguCN9wFCU&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjYdHRsi9t0&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trpCRRYYJt0&feature=youtu.be Weak signal of T8WH Angel 4, May 7 1430-1500 on 11805 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs English Sat/Sun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxSmXiQPqpo&feature=youtu.be -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3260.00, May 5 at 1139, song at S7 to S9, no doubt NBC Madang, one of the few SW stations left there. By 1152 during talk it`s down to S3-S5, losing it after our sunrise 1133 UT (in one month it will be earliest at 1114). This inspires me hurriedly to seek other such signals on 120, 105, 90, 75 and 60 metres; see BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLANDS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn - May 5 also noted JBA from NBC Madang, but did not stay with it, but listened to NBC Bougainville instead. Should have mentioned that last Sunday (May 1), I again heard Stacy Rose's "Island Praise" show at 1201 via Madang, but they went off the air at 1202 (Ron Howard, CA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 7324.95, Wantok Radio Light, on May 5, at 0923 with impassioned preaching till 0940; the usual "Focus on the Family" not on as usual at 0930; 0940 seemed special coverage from some event in English; blocked at 0953 with the usual CRI strong carrier coming on. So CRI continues coming on at their earlier time! (Ron Howard, CA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7324.944, Wantok Radio Light, performed native female chorus singer group, at 0914 UT on S=8 or -79dBm level. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, few notes of Brisbane Queensland remote monitoring 0910 to 0920 UT May 6, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7324.942, at 0755 UT, Wantok R Light Pt. Moresby, S=7 -87dBm (Wolfgang Büschel, May 10 at remote Brisbane unit, noisy prop condition, also noisy signals from the Americas across the Pacific this morning, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 4747.53, Perú, Radio Huanta 2000, Huanta, Ayacucho 2335 to 0000 with om in Spanish, brief music, weak signal subject to fading 5 May (Robert Wilkner, Pompano Beach, South Florida, 746Pro - Drake R8 NRD 525, NASWA yg via DXLD) ** PERU. 4955.0, May 6 at 0149, music at S7, presumed only known station on 4955, R. Cultural Amauta, Huanta, but which Aoki and WRTH think closes at 0100, 5 kW OAX5S. (Hardly anything from Angola 4949.7 tonight) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 5980, May 7 at 0104, no signal from R. Chaski, so have they reset the timer earlier already, or is it just off tonight? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** POLAND. Playing around with an SDR unit in southern Sweden, and noticing the 225 transmitter OFF May 10 at 1000 UT. That's Noon-Local in Warsaw, which means Polskie R. misses their daily tolling-of-the- chimes, and mini-Chopin recital. Must be serious; perhaps something didn't stick in their maintenance exercise last November? (GREG HARDISON, still West San Fernando Valley, CA, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Poland isn't audible here in the NW of England at 1540 UT, and doesn't appear to be on air. I can hear the 200 kW signal from Antena Satelor from Romania on 153 kHz - not very strong, but audible - and that one is further away from my location than is Poland. I haven't heard the soldiers footsteps as he walks around the tower to blow on his trumper at mid-day in Poland for some time. 73 (Noel R. Green, ibid.) I've heard the midday trumpet within the past week; Poland/225 usually puts a good daytime signal into Sweden and several other mid-Euro remote units. He definitely had the day off today! (May 10) (Greg Hardison, ibid.) ** PRIDNESTROVYE. Other "strange" registered frequencies of RAM via Grigoriopol in HFCC: 1630-1700 on 11760 KCH 300 kW / 160 deg to EaAf, please check tomorrow 1630-1700 on 11865 KCH 300 kW / 160 deg to EaAf, please check tomorrow 1630-1700 on 15105 KCH 300 kW / 160 deg to EaAf, please check tomorrow 1630-1700 on 15710 KCH 300 kW / 160 deg to EaAf, please check tomorrow 1700-1900 on 7460 KCH 300 kW / 116 deg to WeAs, nothing on May 10 1800-2000 on 9920 KCH 300 kW / 157 deg to EaAf, nothing on May 10 -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, May 10, Equipment: Sony ICF- 2001D 30 m. long wire, Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/ DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ROMANIA. 11850, May 5 at 2038, RRI English is very poor S5, but at least it`s out from under RRI DRM on 11865-11870-11875; it took them 5 weeks to unravel this self-collision since the beginning of A16, 11850 first reported May 2 by Alan Roe and Peter W Hanson of the DXLD yg. // 13650 is better, merely poor at S7; however on a better day it should be fair to good, and the // should instead be on 15 MHz, like 15170 was last summer, and still in use this year but only after 2100 in Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Frequency change of Radio Romania International: 0200-0256 NF 15170 GAL 300 kW / 245 deg to SoAm Spanish, ex 9790 0200-0256 on 9730 TIG 300 kW / 307 deg to CeAm Spanish 0200-0256 on 11800 TIG 300 kW / 307 deg to CeAm Spanish 0200-0256 on 11945 GAL 300 kW / 245 deg to SoAm Spanish -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/ DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. Russian SWL / DX site. Section Forum. Author ASEG: About radiohuliganah (Rassian radio pirate). I began to listen more than talk NAMov and roundtables than broadcast transmission. Particularly attracted to listen to hooliganism SSB frequencies around 2940, 6660, 10460 kHz, because there are multiple channels of frequency 5 kHz, and in this case I have a homemade synthesizer frequency grid bearing with a pitch ... (RusDX May 8 [sic] via WORLD OF RADIO 1825, DXLD) ** RUSSIA. Reception of Adygeyan Radio, May 9: 1800-1900 6000 ARM 100 kW / 188 deg CeAs Adygeyan/Arabic/Turkish Mon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRIbmVYfXEU&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45VBZO0DvY4&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnHPKQAA8n0&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IegqQpzACvM&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5h6q3Ua_fE&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgfbiVsm9GM&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncMLo-1zXjE&feature=youtu.be -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. Yakutia (Russia) on Shortwave from today According to this news story: http://nvk-online.ru/news/6819 and video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySO1rE7ORd8 This VK page http://vk.com/ctvspb?w=wall-59176345_5476 suggested the following back in January : 9. NBC "Sakha" - Yakutsk (para transmitter installation - with Tulagino.), The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), 7295 kHz, 250 kW, the broadcast concept of "cultural education"; 10. NBC "Sakha" - Yakutsk (para transmitter installation - with Tulagino.), The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), 7345 kHz, 100 kW, the broadcast concept of "cultural education" (Stephen Cooper, May 6, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1825, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Great detective work, Stephen. There's a more recent post in VK, with lengthy notes about MW/SW situation in Russia, seemingly confirming 7295 and 7345: http://vk.com/wall-57714744_2556 73 (Andy Lawendel, Italy, ibid.) Google translated from the nvk link, but I don`t see anything to confirm the frequencies, which BTW are likely to collide with several other stations depending on the hours. The link programma is a 17-hour TV schedule (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) NVK-ONLINE.RU - Shortwave radio started in Yakutia. On the territory of today's 27 districts will begin broadcasting on short wave. It will cover a total area of ??2.5 million square kilometers, an area that is 78% of the territory of Yakutia. On receipt of the signal at the ceremony launching the transmitters have reported the head of the Anabar, Olenek areas. Recall that in 2010, short-wave broadcasting in the country has been suspended, and until now the signal is fed through fm transmitters and acted only in towns. But with the launch of shortwave radio Yakut are now able to listen to fishermen, hunters and people leading a nomadic life outside the settlements. See more at http://nvk-online.ru/news/6819#sthash.mjNzliCy.dpuf Google Translate for Business Big Lies: HFCC is full of imaginary/wooden Radio Russia SW registrations, but nothing on 7295 or 7345 nor anything from Yakutsk. Of course, this may not fall under RRS. http://hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=A16&broadc=RRS The plans as in 9. and 10. for Yakutia SW were covered a few times earlier in DXLD (Glenn Hauser, dxldyg via DXLD) The announcement of the air times I know, dating back from the preparation period, went: — ? ???????????? ?? ??????? [Monday-Friday] — 09.00 ?? 12.00; ? 15.00 ?? 17.00; ? 21.00 ?? 00.00; — ??????? ? ??????????? — ? [Saturday & Sunday] 10.00 ?? 17.00 ? ? 21.00 ?? 00.00. Must refer to Yakutsk time I think, so that would be Mon-Fri 0000- 0300, 0600-0800 and 1200-1500, Sat-Sun 0100-0800 and 1200-1500 UT, if correct. Any other primary or at least secondary sources, anyone? It appears that simply RTRS (the transmitter operator) went to Roskomnadzor (the regulation authority) and obtained the authorization for these transmissions, bypassing those people in Moscow that once had been associated with the late Anatoly Titov and still put their wishful thinking into HFCC (most of it with Radio Sputnik in mind while neither Rossiya Segodnya nor anyone else intends to spend a single Kopeka on shortwave radio anymore). Thus lots of Russian wood in HFCC but not the now real transmissions from Tulagino (Kai Ludwig, Germany, ibid.) Two time zones in Sakha, Yakutsk correct UTC+9 hrs {in 2011 UT +10}: 8 time zone (Moscow time{UTC+3hrs} plus 6 hours): Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) (Verkhoyanskiy, Oymyakonskiy and Ust-Janskiy ulus (rajon), Primorskiy krai, Khabarovskiy kray, Amurskaya oblast, Evreyskaya Autonomnaya oblast; 9 time zone (Moscow time{UTC+3hrs} plus 7 hours): Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) (Abyiskiy, Allaikhovskiy, Verkhnekolymskiy, Momskiy, Nizhnekolymskiy and Srednekolymskiy ulus (rajon), Sakhalinskaya oblast; Former schedule 3 years ago: GTRK "Respublika Sakha" 4825 - 50 kW - RV- 725 - 2000-1600 - Yakutsk 7140 - 50 kW - RV- 726 - 2000-1600 - Yakutsk 7200 - 100 kW - RV- 729 - 2000-1600 - Yakutsk 7345 - 50 kW - RV- 727 - 2000-1600 - Yakutsk In 2011 season: 7140 kHz 5kW R Rossii & NVK "Sakha", Radio Rossii Dubl 2: 0200-0300 0500-0910 1100-1600 Ru. Regional px Tugalino, Yakutsk, Respublika "Sakha": 2000-0200 0300-0500 0910-1100 Ru/Yakutian \\ 6150 7200 7345 Last heard March 10, via TBS by Anker Petersen dswci, April 16, 2011. Wb (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) Ivo Ivanov has come up with this schedule: NBC "Sakha" Yakutia on shortwave from May 6, schedule: 2100-2400 on 7295 IAK 250 kW / 045 deg to FERu Russian Sun-Thu 2100-2400 on 7345 IAK 100 kW / 310 deg to FERu Russian Sun-Thu 2200-0500 on 7295 IAK 250 kW / 045 deg to FERu Russian Fri/Sat 2200-0500 on 7345 IAK 100 kW / 310 deg to FERu Russian Fri/Sat 0300-0500 on 7295 IAK 250 kW / 045 deg to FERu Russian Mon-Fri 0300-0500 on 7345 IAK 100 kW / 310 deg to FERu Russian Mon-Fri 0900-1200 on 7295 IAK 250 kW / 045 deg to FERu Russian Daily 0900-1200 on 7345 IAK 100 kW / 310 deg to FERu Russian Daily In A-11 7295 kHz is 7200 kHz & 7345 kHz is 7230 kHz 1900-1500UT (via gh, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1825, DXLD) Shortwave broadcasts from Radio Sakha, Sakha (Yakutia) Republic have resumed after ceasing back in 2010. 7345 kHz audible at 0900 UT today, 7 May with sign on of their evening broadcast including weather, (via Global Tuners, Japan), parallel weaker 7295 kHz (maybe audible at night here in UK, though both frequencies widely used by others, e.g. CNR) Schedule according to Ivo Ivanov (via DXLD) is 2100-2400 UTC (Sun-Thurs) 2200-0500 (Fri-Sat) 0300-0500 (Mon-Fri) and 0900-1200 daily on both 7345 and 7295 kHz. Report on resumption of shortwave broadcasts, including TV news reports online (in Russian) here: http://nvk-online.ru/news/6819 Says shortwave covers 2.5 million square kilometres, 78% of the area of Yakutia. Shortwave broadcasts had been suspended in 2010, and so the signal was only audible on FM in towns. Now with launch of shortwave Radio Yakut, fisherman, hunters and people leading a nomadic lifestyle outside the settlements can listen. (Thanks to tip from Vasily Gulyaev on WRTH Facebook group, 6 May.) The Sakha Republic covers such a huge area, it spans three time zones. It is also renowned for recording some of the lowest temperatures ever. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakha_Republic Posted by: ("Alan Pennington", May 7, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Population just under 1 million, but it`s a huge area, ranking between Argentina and India in size (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1825, DX LISTENING DIGEST) While listening to Thazin Radio (Myanmar) on 7345, did in fact have QRM from UNID that I believe must have been the new Russian station (thanks for all the great info about the station that has been posted at DXLD yg!), on May 6. Sorry I did not note the time this morning, as most of my activity today was listening to other Asian and Pacific stations. UNID was about equal strength to Thazin (Ron Howard, San Francisco, May 6, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1825, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, May 7, heard R. Sakha on 7295 (very weak the whole time) // 7345 which was many times stronger; 7345 had poor to almost fair reception. Heard with no QRM on either frequency. Easy to ID with distinctive IS and also "Radio Sakha" IDs. Here are today's highlights: 0852: Decent level open carrier. 0900: Brief IS (Jew's harp); 3 time pips ; announcers for about 10 minutes (news?); assume in Russian (or at times today in Yakut [a.k.a. Sakha]?). 0909-1000: Very nice music program (ballads, pop songs, etc.). 0950 clear "Radio Sakha" ID; 0957-1000: musical montage. 1000: time pips; announcer (news?) Thanks to Stephen Cooper for the initial info in DXLD yg about this station! My audio at https://goo.gl/mfj9yY (Ron Howard, San Francisco, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1825, DXLD) 0900 UT: Time signal: "???????????? ?????" [vosemnadtsat` chasov] = 18 o`clock (local time). Thanks for the recording! (roger, Germany, ibid.) [MYANMAR/CHINA] Radio Sakha to Yakutia Russia on 7295 \\ 7345 kHz, start on SW again on May 5th / 6th. Scheduled Mon-Fri 0000-0300 UT, 0600-0800 UT, and 1200-1500 UT. Sat-Sun 0100-0800 UT and 1200-1500 UT. Yes, time zone UT +9 of Sakha Yakutia is perfect now, heard 7295 kHz a Russian male singer performed at 1210 UT, fade-in at S=7 -83dBm noisy signal level, on remote unit in Moscow Russia, but the other 7345 kHz channel is covered by 150 kW unit Serbian language program at CRI Cerrik Albania relay site S=9+20dB in Germany and S=8 in northern SWE / FIN remotes, - scheduled at 1200-1257 UT. 7345 kHz at 1200-1300 UT on May 7th totally free of Yakutsk Radio Sakha SIGNAL to Yakutia; or CNR1 transmission center #572 Beijing transmission, ONLY HEARD Thazin Radio in the clear via Pyin Oo Lwin northern Myanmar in Burmese, female presenter and non-stop Asian light pop music radio in Tokyo and Brisbane remote units. S=8-9 or -75dBm signal in Tokyo JPN. Two time zones in Sakha, Yakutsk correct UTC +9 {in 2011 UTC +10}: [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 6, dxldyg via DXLD) Does anyone have an offset for this station. At 0900z I see two carriers: a stronger one at 7345.000 and a weaker one at 7345.034. Regards, (George, NJ3H, Redmond, Oregon USA, Perseus and Elad FDM-S2 Wellbrook ALA1530AL-2, May 8, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) On Sun May 8 at 0950 UT nothing on 7345.034 kHz heard in Alberta, Queensland and Kyoto/Tokyo. 7295.000, Radio Sakha to Yakutia tiny S=4 in Brisbane Queensland. and 7345.000 kHz too at 0951 UT. But also Thazin Radio in the clear via Pyin Oo Lwin 7344.995 kHz at 1007 UT. wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1825, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7345, May 8 at 1135, JBA carrier; checking for Radio Sakha, Yakutsk, which has reactivated SW for its region on 7295 and 7345, but with confusion about true schedule: supposedly until 08* and again from *12, but there are plenty of otherstations on both frequencies which the Russian authorities were obviously oblivious to. Ron Howard was hearing both channels opening at 0900 May 7, much stronger on 7345 and no QRM then, heard until at least 1000. Aoki as of May 8 shows this schedule, identical for 7295 & 7345: 21-24 Sun-Thu, 22-24 Fri/Sat; 00-05 Sat/Sun, 03-05 M-F; 09-12 daily. The two are on quite different azimuths for coverage of its broad Siberian region. At 1135, on 7345 I could also/instead have been hearing CNR Beijing or even Thazin Radio, Myanmar (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) http://sakhafm.ru/ ???? ????? / Sakha Radio ===> http://stream1.sakhafm.ru/stream/nvk/beccfc5f-2e4f-4f0a-b09e-81f926be2fe3/54e6dc7b-cbe1-4201-b1e9-acc50f647b18 NOT working ??????? ???????? / Sahalyy Victoria ===> http://stream1.sakhafm.ru/stream/viktoria/beccfc5f-2e4f-4f0a-b09e-81f926be2fe3/54e6dc7b-cbe1-4201-b1e9-acc50f647b18 the same end-string: "beccfc5f-2e4f-4f0a-b09e-81f926be2fe3/54e6dc7b-cbe1-4201-b1e9-acc50f647b18" ID ??????? ???????? 06.00z http://www.rhci-online.net/mp3/2016-05-07_Sacha-Viktoria_0600z.mp3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://radio.chobi.net/bbs/?res:7226 http://radio.chobi.net/bbs/img/7237.mp3 Time announcement: "....7:00 and 35 minutes" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HTML-Source-code: data-username="beccfc5f-2e4f-4f0a-b09e-81f926be2fe3" data- token="54e6dc7b-cbe1-4201-b1e9-acc50f647b18" I understand know: I had to register here (for free). This string is a data-token, which only works with my username. Sorry. Only Sahalyy Victoria works, The stream of Sakha radio is currently not available (roger, Germany, dxldyg via DXLD) Hi Glenn, May 8, at 0900, on 7345, Radio Sakha started their broadcast without the IS and time pips that I heard yesterday; today was considerable weaker; 7295 was unusable today. Unable to make out their sign off time (Ron Howard, CA, ibid.) Reception of Radio Sakha via 2 SDR's in Novosibirsk, May 9: 0900-1200 on 7345 IAK 100 kW / 310 deg to FERu Russian and Iakutian no signal on 7295 IAK 250 kW / 045 deg to FERu Russian and Iakutian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d_AIrpzMm4&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ULZiPkQYI&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kszkjCusbwg&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAOd-pqsBig&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XzVoqQwtCg&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsCeRvrGVIo&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK6cHyu7J7Y&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CkUcnVq3ws&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhNEiqFkRHM&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8EwTQchAPU&feature=youtu.be -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Thank you so much Ivo for this helpful info. May 9, I had JBA carrier on 7345 at 0900 and subsequent checking through 1048; never reached the level to hear any audio; completely unusable; nothing on 7295. Seems my May 7 reception must have had unusually good propagation, when I heard their IS and 3 time pips at 0900, which I did not hear yesterday and are also not on your recording today. On your recording today did faintly note the Jew's harp IS at sign off. Thanks again (Ron Howard, San Francisco, ibid.) Also cfr. Ivo's clip at 1000 (female voice and language are quite similar), I wonder if the following excerpt recorded yesterday - May 9 - around 0928z via Websdr Twente (carrier was audible in Milan however) was indeed Radio Sakha. Recordings between 0925-0935 UT, anybody? Around that time greyline seems favourable, tho I'd have expected Siberia to be blocked here in Southern Europe, at 11:30 local time. https://app.box.com/s/54utd5xjkvydsb5m2t9pxge1xj09q1zh Of course, I cannot rule out some QRM from China or... Worth to check again between 0900-0930. 73 (Andy Lawendel, Italy, ibid.) Here is my recording from yesterday (9 May, Northern Romania) starting at 0921 UT. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EhhXhb_gzE Is that Sakha? -- (Tudor Vedeanu, Romania, ibid.) 7345, Radio Sakha, 1056-1126 & 1151-1235 on May 10. Sounded like Russian; 1100 brief IS (Jew's harp); time pips; seemed to be the news being read for 10 minutes; 1105 break for "Radio Sakha" ID by different announcer; 1110 ad or promo and into music show playing ballads. This station plays a lot of nice music! Did not sign off at 1200 as they recently had been reported, but clearly continued on; same format as after 1100 (seemed to be the news being read for 10 minutes; 1205 break for "Radio Sakha" ID by different announcer; 1210 ad or promo and into music show). From 1151 to 1235 had increasing QRM from Thazin Radio (Myanmar), but Radio Sakha was stronger. At 1158 had to go to LSB, to get away from V26 Chinese numbers station that was on frequency in USB. Unable to tell about 7295 due to OTH radar the few times I did check (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1825, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Thanks very much to Mauno Ritola for the following: "I also checked this today and they continued until 1400. 7345 kHz much stronger than 7295 kHz both here and via Japan remote rx, so probably the reported powers should are vice versa: 250 kW on 7345 kHz and 100 (or even 50 kW?) on 7295 kHz." Have to agree with him regarding the power. 7345 has always been heard many times stronger than 7295 (Ron Howard, WORLD OF RADIO 1825, ibid.) RE: Radio Sakha schedule --- Today from Hiroyuki Komatsubara (Japan): Night schedule maybe: weekday(local time) : *0900-1400* UT weekend(local time) : *0900-1200* UT 2016 May local time UT 06 Fri -1400* 07 Sat -1200* <--- 08 Sun -1200* <--- 09 Mon -1400* ?? 10 Tue -1400* (Ron Howard, CA, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1825, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7345, Radio Sakha, 1059-1135, May 11. Surprisingly fair reception; fluttery signal, but about the strongest reception since they reactivated SW; usual format; Kenny G music till brief IS (Jew's harp); five time pips; announcer 10 minutes, with ID at 1105 by different announcer; 1114 into music program; very light QRM (R. Thazin). At 1225 both R. Sakha and Thazin Radio about equal and mixing together on 7345, with // 7295 JBA with no QRM. My five+ minute audio at https://goo.gl/8yQkZ7 (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SAUDI ARABIA. Simon Hockenhull says “I noticed a strange pulsing interference on the BSKSA transmission on 21505. Not sure if this was some form of jamming or another problem with this transmitter.” Any ideas? Until next month, take care and 73s (Stephen Howie, ed., HF Logbook, May BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) Date & time?? [and non]. 17705.075, May 5 at 1343, Holy Qur`an is S9, one of the stronger signals on band with Cuba lacking; only 17790 WRMI is stronger at S9+10, but much softer. Other BSKSA also on 17615v not measured exactly (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020.0, May 5 at 1144, woman talking, seems Pijin, S9 to S9+10 from SIBC, with more ACI from 5025 Cuba than from 5015 WRMI. From 1153 I forsake the PNGs and stick with this which is expected to sign-off shortly. Now music at S9; 1156 a woman speaking assertively, perhaps a devotional, making out ``the life of the nation``; 1200 brief music, anthem? cut off air at 1200:50* before completion. I haven`t managed to catch SIBC when it was extending day frequency 9545 into the night, which happened at least on April 26 until 0759* and May 1 still going past 1000 as others captured (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Measured against AUS 4835, 4910, 5025, RMI 5015, and WWVH 5000 kHz, Solomon Isl is on exact 5019.999 kHz heard international nice middle- of-the road music at 0730 UT. S=9 -73dBm. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, May 10 at remote Brisbane unit, noisy prop condition, also noisy signals from the Americas across the Pacific this morning, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SRI LANKA. 11905, May 7 at 0114:20, carrier is on from SLBC but JBA; yet enough to detect the mis-timesignal ending at 0115:17.5 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN SOUTH [and non]. [re 16-18:] Hello Mauno, Thanks for the valuable information about South Sudan. You are very lucky that you received South Sudan Radio on 693 kHz. I couldn't do this even on Alex's SDR in Israel. When I tried to separate Sudanese and South Sudanese transmitters on the site of EMWG - euro-african Mediumwave Guide, http://www.emwg.info - I discovered a problem with sudanese stations. The problem is the name of those stations. For example, on 540 kHz I found the following: 540 kHz: SDN - SRTC Sudan Radio, Nyala (50) another version is on: 666 kHz SDN - SRTC Sudan Nat. Radio, Kassala (10) the third version is: 963 kHz: SDN - Sudan National Broadcasting Corporation, Khartoum (100) - 1000- 0600; currently broadcasts Salam Radio (Peace Radio) Don't you know if SRTC and Sudan National Broadcasting Corporation are the same or different organisations or don't know if Salam radio exists or not. I have never heard Salam radio, not even on the SDR of Alex in Israel. I hear Sudan on 1296 kHz regularly in the evenings via Alex's SDR. It broadcasts the same programme as 7205 Omdurman. Regards, (Tibor Gaal, Budapest, Hungary, May 8, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hello Tibor, about EMWG you should ask Herman Boel, but I suppose he just forgot to update all the titles. Peace Radio is just one network of SRTC, it isn't easily heard on 963 kHz, but the frequency was mentioned in salam.sudanradio.info still last year. It was carried also on 7205 kHz for some time in the evening. Regards, (Mauno Ritola, ibid.) ** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. FRANCE, Good signal of clandestine Eye Radio, May 5 0400-0500 on 11730 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Arabic/English* 1600-1700 on 17730 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Arabic/English* *and other languages: Dinka, Nuer, Shilluk, Bari, Zande, Lutoho https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V1j3iu-0is&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CPcJmSG5Fw&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIvIL7wuX_g&feature=youtu.be -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/ DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11730, CLANDESTINE, Eye Radio – Issoudun (?), 0406-0440 fade out, May 7. Man announcer with news in Arabic language. Decent signal but fading made reception shaky. End of news at 0415 when an English language ID noted followed by news features in English. However, signal beginning to fade out and was almost completely gone by tune out (Rich D'Angelo, 2216 Burkey Drive, Wyomissing, PA 19610, Ten-Tec RX-340, Drake R-8B, Eton E1, Eton E5, Alpha Delta DX Sloper, RF Systems Mini-Windom, Datong FL3, JPS ANC-4, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) ** SWAN ISLANDS. SOBRE LA CÉLEBRE RADIO QUE EN LOS 60 UTILIZÓ EL EMPLAZAMIENTO DE LAS ISLAS DEL CISNE encontrado en http://www.horzepa.com/2016/05/swan-island-in-my-qsl-collection.html Swan Island in my QSL Collection I saved this QSL for last because it is for a medium wave station reception rather than a shortwave station reception and the validity of the verification is incomplete, which comes as no surprise due to the nature of this particular radio station. I received Radio Américas, also know as Radio Swan, in early 1967 (my logs are misplaced, so I don't know the exact date). In response, I received a signed QSL card that is otherwise blank and does not mention the frequency, time nor date of my reception report. A program schedule accompanied the QSL card and both were contained in an envelope postmarked Miami, but with two conflicting return addresses and a fake Swan Island postmark. Back in 2008, I wrote the following in my weekly Surfin' column on the ARRL website: In early 1967, I heard Radio Americas operating on 1160 kc. Honduras-to-Connecticut (almost 1600 miles) on the AM broadcast band is an excellent catch in anybody's logbook, but what made this one more interesting was that Radio Americas was supposedly a clandestine operation run by a secret government agency that was trying to undermine the Castro regime in Cuba. At the time, the Radio Americas story was just speculation, but it was pretty exciting stuff for this teenager during the height of the Cold War and the era of Goldfinger and 007. Just the words "clandestine radio" sounded exciting and mysterious back then. Needless to say, I was shocked when the Radio Americas QSL card arrived in the mail, since I did not think that spies acknowledged their clandestine operations. Radio Americas was indeed a CIA operation broadcasting US propaganda into Cuba during the 1960s. The station claimed to transmit from US territory, but the FCC claimed that it knew nothing about it! CORDIALES SALUDOS / GOOD LUCK / (via JUAN FRANCO CRESPO, DXLD) ** SWAZILAND [non]. MOLDOVA, Additional transmissions of TWR Swaziland via RAM Grigoriopol: 1800-1900 9940 KCH 300 kW / 157 deg EaAf Tigrinya or Amharic or Oromo Off air at 1845 with Interval Signal of TWR Swaziland and TWR Europe! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=818CiyI9NIg&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyDyY_ghEAA&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2j1HJ87TBQ&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kih8h9AsoWA&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bREBxKSWoM4&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SOMIsiiw7Y&feature=youtu.be -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, May 10, Equipment: Sony ICF- 2001D 30 m. long wire, Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/ DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SWITZERLAND [non]. Switzerland back on Shortwave. Greetings all. I have just been looking through the schedule for the Kall-Krekel relay in Germany and I am glad to see that a number of relays have been added for SRF (Switzerland). These relays began on Sunday 01st May and the schedule for them is as follows: German broadcasts: 0600-0613: "Heute Morgen" (Mondays to Saturdays) 3985 / 6005** / 7310 1030-1100: "Rendez-vous" [sic] (Mondays to Fridays) 3985 / 6005 / 7310 1600-1645: "Echo der Zeit" (Daily?) 3985 / 6005 / 7310 2000-2030: "Das War Der Tag" (Monday to Friday) 3985 English broadcasts: 1445-1500: "Swissinfo" (Saturdays) 6005 1445-1500: "Swissinfo" (Sundays) 7310 Having only just found this out this evening I have yet to try and get any of the broadcasts but when I next manage to get my radio up to a high altitude I will certainly give it a go. Willkommen zurück, SRF! With best 73s, (Dave Harries, Bristol, England, May 8, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1825, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I recorded the inaugural broadcast of the Swiss Info English broadcast via the Shortwave Service facility using the U. Twente receiver and hope to post it to the archive soon. Will report back when I have done so (Richard Langley, NB, ibid.) ** TAIWAN [and non]. 9180.165 TWN SOH 9229.961 TWN SOH 9319.930 TWN SOH 9359.975 TWN SOH 9730.036 TWN SOH, and probably Yangoon Yegu Myanmar even 9730.000 kHz two peak 9849.971 TWN SOH, -- and even 9850.000 signal too. 9930.138 TWN SOH 9970.104 TWN SOH 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, May 5, Checked on remote unit in downtown Queensland, Australia, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAJIKISTAN. TAJIKISTAN TIGHTENS SCREWS ON MEDIA AHEAD OF REFERENDUM | Text of report by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty website on 5 May Attacks on independent media in Tajikistan have increased markedly over recent months, prompting concern about the future of the country's few but feisty non-government outlets in a region notorious for its hostility toward a free press. Tajik authorities have stepped-up efforts to obstruct the public's access to information by blocking websites, withholding information in the public interest from journalists, harassing and publicly denouncing journalists, and launching bogus judicial proceedings with the intent of discouraging independent reporting. "The aim of the government appears to be to block all sources of information," said RFE/RL Tajik Service director Sojida Djakhfarova, whose staff and Dushanbe-based operations have been particularly hard- hit. According to Human Rights Watch, internet service providers in Tajikistan claim the government's communications ministry periodically orders them to block websites, among them Google, Facebook, and the Tajik Service's website, known locally as Radio Ozodi. The ministry denies this. Explaining why such interference has increased recently, Djakhfarova speculates that Radio Ozodi's reporting on Islamic extremism in Tajik society has touched a nerve. It is after reports on the subject are published on Ozodi's website and social media pages that they are then blocked. Other sensitive topics include stories about social and economic problems, investigative reporting on how institutions have failed average citizens, and just about anything that may cast the Tajik government in an unflattering light. "Topics like infringements on political rights, the economy, and unemployment are strictly prohibited by officials," Djakhfarova said. "If you're a journalist reporting on these issues, officials call you unpatriotic and accuse you of attempting to destabilise the government." In addition to blocking news websites, the government has attempted to tighten control over journalists themselves, intimidating them with financial pressure, threats of defamation suits, and arbitrary arrests, according to Reporters Without Borders. This harassment often includes ad-hominem attacks by pro-government media. "On several occasions officials have approached our journalists to scold them for being unpatriotic by reporting negative information and damaging the country's image," said Djakhfarova. "If you don't obey their 'friendly' advice, the usual punishment is loss of accreditation, but it is sometimes worse." Within a two week period in late April 2016, Djakhfarova says there were at least five slanderous articles published in local, pro- government media against RFE/RL journalists and Radio Ozodi. Previously, such attacks were rare. "They write that our stories are 'too influential' and endanger the stability of the country, and they falsely accuse us of working for the CIA," she said. A referendum set for May 22, 2016 could be one reason the government is targeting independent media at this time. The referendum would authorise a change in the constitution to allow President Emomali Rahmon, who has been in office since 1994, to run for re-election indefinitely. Human Rights Watch has reported that, in the run-up to the vote, journalists, opposition activists, and anyone voicing criticism in matters of state is taking a risk; according to their research, several have disappeared. Media freedom in Tajikistan has long been a function of presidential prerogative. For years, Freedom House has designated it as "not free", scoring it at 83rd out of 100, with 100 being the "least free" in its 2016 Freedom of the Press report. Access to free information is further hindered by the country's low level of internet penetration which, partly as a result of the country's poverty and remote, mountainous location, is among the lowest in the world. Despite the challenges, RFE/RL's Tajik service confounds all expectations with audience statistics that are higher than ever. In March 2016, visits to its website totalled 1.5 million, an increase of 20 per cent over the previous month. Because the website is periodically blocked, web users in the country have taken to using virtual private networks (VPNs) to privately access internet content and evade monitoring. The VPNs are especially popular on mobile phones. The service attracts another 1 million monthly views on its YouTube channel. Notwithstanding such successes, and the demands for accurate information that drive them, the future of independent media in Tajikistan is uncertain. "Anything could happen because the situation is completely unpredictable," said Djakhfarova. Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty website, Washington D.C., in English 5 May 16 (via BBCM via DXLD) ** TASMANIA [non]. New A16 Schedule for Hobart Radio International: http://www.hriradio.org Station: Frequency: Day: Time (UTC): Region: WRMI 11580 Saturdays 2330-0000 Eastern USA, Europe, North Africa and Middle East. WRMI 9955 Sundays 0330-0400 The Americas WBCQ 5130 Mondays 0330-0400 North America Unique Radio 3210 Fridays 0800-0830, 1400-1500 Australia Unique Radio 3210 Saturdays 0730-0900, 1430-1530 Australia World FM 88.2 MHz Thursdays 0430-0500 Tawa, New Zealand World FM 88.2 Mhz Sundays 1030-1100 Tawa, New Zealand Soundwave FM 107.7 & 87.8 MHz Sundays 0200 Napier, New Zealand (via Tom Taylor, DXLD) ** TIBET [non]. 15518, May 5 at 1303, JBA carrier smax of another VOT Tajikistan frequency jump not yet listed by Aoki or Ivo; instead at this hour Ivo had 15552 as of April 30 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) TAJIKISTAN, Frequency changes of Voice of Tibet, May 5 1300-1330 NF 15518 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 11513 1300-1330 NF 15553 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15552 1330-1400 NF 15522 DB 100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 11507 -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/ DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TIBET [non]. MADAGASCAR/TADJIKISTAN [CHINA] Voice of Tibet loggings CAT and MOUSE PLAY, comments by wb on May 8th, wb. 1200-1215 15543 DB 100 kW 095 deg to EaAS Chinese 15543 kHz carrier already on air at 1153 UT on May 8. At 1200 UT no CNR1 jamming, but suffered by odd frequency QRM 15549.954 kHz at 1202 UT Chinese sce of Reach Beyond Australia. At 1204 UT CHN mainland white noise scratching jamming heard of 15540 kHz channel. 8 kHz wide scratching signal 15536.1 to 15544.0 kHz. at 1210:00 UT move switch at DB from 15543 to 15538 kHz. 1215-1230 15538 DB 100 kW 095 deg to EaAS Chinese 1230-1245 15573 DB 100 kW 131 deg to CeAS Tibetan 15568 kHz speech by female 1232 UT on May 8, no CNR1 jamming today til 1249 UT, then CNR1 on 15570 \\ 9500 kHz sweet Chinese SoEaAsia violin music heard, like jamming, lover strength than VoT Dushanbe on remote unit in Inazawa Nagoya Japan. But at 1245 UT on 15490.0 kHz a CNR1? spoken jammer parked, against SOH/RFA? On 15535.032 kHz the Radio Cairo carrier already on empty air at 1246. 1245-1300 15567 DB 100 kW 131 deg to CeAS Tibetan 15568 kHz speech by female at 1259 UT on May 8. overlapping 15568 kHz still kept on air and at 1300 UT started VoT Tibetan program. 1300-1315 NF15518 DB 100 kW 095 deg to EaAS Chinese, ex11513 At 1300 UT 15518 kHz VoT Chinese on air, no jamming noted at 1300 UT, only carrier on air on 15520 kHz, CNR1 violin and piano music jamming started late at 13.06:55 UT \\ 9500 kHz. 1300-1315 NF15553 DB 100 kW 131 deg to CeAS Tibetan, ex15552 At 1300 UT 15568 kHz Tibetan on air, at 1304 UT VoT switched to 15553 kHz, and on 15555 kHz at 1307 UT also CNR1 violine piano music jamming started late \\ 9500 13830 kHz. 1315-1330 NF15528 DB 100 kW 095 deg to EaAS Chinese, ex11513 1315 UT VoT left 15518 kHz, in favour of 15528 kHz. Jamming carrier appeared nearby late at 1327:50 UT on 15530 kHz 1315-1330 NF15553 DB 100 kW 131 deg to CeAS Tibetan, ex15552 At 1315 UT VoT on 15553 kHz. But at 1319:35 UT another 10 kHz broadband CNR1 jamming signal from different location? appeared additional on 15555 kHz, \\ 9830 13830 kHz channel. 1330-1345 11507 DB 100 kW 095 deg to EaAS Chinese Nothing observed of VoT on 11 or 13 MHz though today, somehow I lost the track; But 15553 kHz unit moved up to 15522 kHz already. 1330-1345 NF15528 DB 100 kW 095 deg to EaAS Chinese, ex11507 At 1330 UT VoT observed on 15522 kHz til 13.59:10 UT s-off. No jamming in the vicinity at all, but heard the CNR1 Chinese language violin piano music program on 'far away' 15530 kHz, \\ 9500 9830 13830 kHz. 1345-1400 NF15522 DB 100 kW 095 deg to EaAS Chinese, ex11507. Yes, undisturbed today, CNR1 jammer is 'far away' on 15530 kHz 1330-1400 15558 DB 100 kW 131 deg to CeAS Tibetan At 1345 UT VoT observed on 15558 kHz. CNR1 Chinese language violin piano music program on 15560 kHz til 1400:10 s-off, \\ 9500 9830 13830 kHz. 1400-1415 15558 DB 100 kW 131 deg to CeAS Tibetan. Empty carrier at 1400-1402 UT, VoT program audio feed tried to start at 1401 and 1402 UT on 15558 kHz. At 1407 UT on 15552 kHz though. 1400-1415 15560 MDC 250 kW 045 deg to CeAS Tibetan. VoT on 15560 kHz at 1405 UT, but at 1407 UT moved to 15565 kHz. CNR1 Chinese language violin piano music program on 15560 kHz at 1406 UT. 1415-1430 15552 DB 100 kW 131 deg to CeAS Tibetan. Already at 1407 UT replaced 15558 by 15552 kHz channel, tx at TJK switched off at 1430:39 CNR1 Chinese language spoken jamming program on 15550 kHz started at 1415 UT. 1415-1430 15565 MDC 250 kW 045 deg to CeAS Tibetan Already at 1407 UT VoT replaced 15560 by 15565 kHz channel. MDG transmission switch off before 1430 UT already. CNR1 Chinese language spoken jamming program on 15560 kHz started at 1406 UT. 2300-2310 7598 DB 100 kW 131 deg to CeAS Tibetan 2310-2320 7592 DB 100 kW 131 deg to CeAS Tibetan 2320-2330 7587 DB 100 kW 131 deg to CeAS Tibetan All frequencies are jammed by China x0 x5 Changes between frequencies vary from 5 to 7 minutes (Ivo Ivanov-BUL, hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 30) (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 8th, dxldyg via DXLD) ** U K [non]. ASCENSION: BBC 11810, 2115-2129+, 9-May; Take-no-crap interviewer Stephen Sackur on Hard Talk program interviewing Russian opposition leader Vladimir Milov; “You’re fighting like rats in a sack.” BBCWS ID & program notes at 2129 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) ** U S A. 7258-LSB, May 10 at 0049, as I tune across, huge pileup of stations trying to contact a ``special event``, W9IMS, who is heard intervally when they all shut up. Special event of what? Lookup on QRZ.com leads to The Grand Prix of Indianapolis http://tinyurl.com/w9ims2016gpofindianapolis big deal --- and there will be more of this for silly car games later in May, the `500 and the Brickyard 400. So IMS is vanity for Indianapolis Motor Speedway; certificates if you follow the rules (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. ARMED FORCES DAY CROSS-BAND COMMUNICATIONS TEST 14-15 MAY UT Glenn -- For distro on WOR and/or as you see fit. QSL cards offered for reception by SWL community. http://www.arrl.org/news/annual-armed-forces-day-cross-band-communications-test-set-for-may-14 Complete MARS message here: http://www.usarmymars.org/home/announcements Cheers! (J. Burke, Buffalo, NY, Amateur call: N0LSD --- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity, May 9, WORLD OF RADIO 1825, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Includes schedule by time of digital mode broadcasts by stations. See also part of this sked in DXLD 16-17 already (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) ** U S A. SWL tip for July --- Hello again, Glenn -- I contacted you last year to let you know about the Maritime Radio Historical Society's "Night of Nights" event in which historic maritime CW stations return from the dead for one night, but I got you the information too late. This year I'm on the early side, and I wanted to give you a heads-up well in advance of this July 12 (0000 UTC July 13) event. There's been no announcement regarding which stations will operate this year, aside from the usual Maritime Radio Historical Society trio of KPH, KSM and KFS, but I'm including the link to the National Park Service website and the MRHS home page (as well as information from last year's event) so you can keep tabs on it. Hopefully I'll be able to notify you in time for your deadline when the MRHS announces the participating stations, or perhaps you'll want to subscribe to MRHS e-mails. National Park Service, Point Reyes National Seashore: https://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/events_nightofnights.htm MHRS: http://www.radiomarine.org/ MHRS 2015 Event: http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs149/1109843077277/archive/1121472370098.html Hope you find this useful. TNX and 73, (Brian D. Smith, W9IND, Greenwood, Indiana, May 8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Need reminder closer ** U S A. 17530, May 6 at 1710, VOA`s `International Edition` is loud & clear from Greenville, on the G8 portable at a restaurant; 1727 to a USG editorial about ChiCom torturing Tibetan monk dissident; 1730 on to silly ballgame show and tune-out. This is our best time to hear VOA L&C from within the US (for those of us beyond the GB skipzone, anyway). Mike Cooper notes that the 1300 UT edition of I.E. which he would get on satellite or online, has been dropped (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1825, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7425, May 7 at 0207, no leapfrog mixing product from Greenville, tho its co-conspirators, 7305 Vatican relay, and 7365 Radio Martí are on at usual strength. This anomaly has been observed before, perhaps attributable to some temporary change in parameters, like a substitute transmitter and/or antenna for one of them, incapable of providing the usual intermodulation. I bet it come back henceforth (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. VOA Radiogram this weekend will include an eight- minute story in Olivia 64-2000. This will allow further experimentation with this slow but robust mode. If we enjoy poor reception conditions, the experiments will be even more interesting. Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram, program 162, 7-8 May 2016, all in MFSK32 except where noted: 1:34 Program preview 2:41 Rubbish-burning experiment in Norway* 7:55 Olivia 64-2000: UAE may make mountain to change climate* 18:34 MFSK32: FCC considers change to amateur data regulations* 23:37 Closing announcements* * with image Please send reception reports to radiogram@voanews.com VOA Radiogram transmission schedule (all days and times UT): Sat 0930-1000 5745 kHz Sat 1600-1630 17580 kHz Sun 0230-0300 5745 kHz Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz All via the Edward R. Murrow transmitting station in North Carolina. The Mighty KBC will transmit a minute of MFSK32 Sunday at about 0220 UT (Saturday 10:20 pm EDT) on 9925 kHz, via Germany. This is part of the KBC broadcast to North America at 0000-0300 UT on 9925 kHz. Please send reception reports to Eric: themightykbc (at) gmail.com DigiDX will transmit DX news in MFSK32 and perhaps other modes on its usual schedule: Sunday 2130 UTC - 15770 kHz via WRMI Florida Sunday 2330 UTC - 11580 kHz via WRMI Florida Monday 2000 UTC - 6070 kHz via Channel 292 Germany Consult https://www.facebook.com/digidx/ for any additions or changes to this schedule (Kim Elliott, May 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Am 06.05.2016 um 16:57 schrieb VOA Radiogram: Hello friends, Lately we have been trying to determine why some listeners have less success with Olivia 64-2000 than with MFSK32, even though, in theory, Olivia 64-2000 should be more robust. I suggested that the problem might be related to the bandwidth of the receiver, given that Olivia 64-2000 is 2000 Hz wide. Christopher, K6FIB, a key adviser to VOA Radiogram, thinks the performance of Olivia is related to the processing power of the PC or the mobile device. Paul in Europe provided evidence of this in his TIVAR Android shoot-out. Other listeners wonder if it could be other components, such as the microphones on Android devices, which would be important if acoustic coupling from the radio to the device is used. (Kim Elliott, via roger, dxldyg via DXLD) "....thinks the performance of Olivia is related to the processing power of the PC or the mobile device" I can not believe that. I use a Pentium4- PC from the year 2003. There has never been problems with OLIVIA. The one and only performance problems caused by the very challenging modes in 8PSK. For that I had used a laptop with a Intel5 - processor. ".....trying to determine why some listeners have less success with Olivia 64-2000" Audio recordings of them would be more useful for analysis. In addition, a list of affected radio receivers or decoding combinations, to detect a failure pattern. Olivia 64-2000 is the winner in conditions over Multipath http://www.rhci-online.net/radiogram/VoA_Radiogram_2016-01-23.htm#multipath Olivia 64-2000 is the winner despite incorrect demodulation (DSB) out off the correct frequency (114 Hz offset), with two identical interleaved tracks http://www.rhci-online.net/radiogram/VoA_Radiogram_2016-01-30.htm#sydney (roger, germany, dxldyg via DXLD) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1824 monitoring: confirmed Thursday May 5 at 2100 on WRMI 13695, excellent; also confirmed Thu May 5 at 2330 on WBCQ 9329.853, fair. Next: 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 Sat 0700 Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power Sat 1400 Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power Sat 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB to SW 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 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 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 1824 monitoring: confirmed Friday May 6 at 2130 on WRMI 15770, and from 2130.5 on much stronger WRMI 13695. Also confirmed Friday May 6 at 2330 on WBCQ, 9330v-CUSB, audible on the G8 in downtown Enid for the annual Tri-State Music Festival parade of band noise. Next: Sat 0630 HLR 6190-CUSB to SW Sat 0700 Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power Sat 1400 Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power Sat 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB to SW 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 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 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 1824 monitoring: confirmed Sat May 7 at 2230 on WBCQ 9330-, CUSB (at 0017 May 8, I measure this one on 9329.90). Also confirmed UT Sunday May 8 at 0330, about 21 minutes into the program so must have started around 0309 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, poor in storm noise level. Next: Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Mon 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW 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 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 1824 monitoring: confirmed Sunday May 8 at 2331 on WBCQ 9330v-CUSB, but JBA, much weaker than 9265 WINB, 9350 WWCR. NOT confirmed UT Monday May 9 at 0035 on WRMI 7730 as Radio Slovakia International in English is playing instead, // 5850 and 11580 which are its only scheduled frequencies. Unclear whether this is a deliberate change or a mixup. (However, 24 hours later, 7730 is playing scheduled World Music, not RSI.) WOR also confirmed UT Monday May 9 at 0301 on Area 51 webcast, and presumably on WBCQ 5129.9. Also confirmed UT Monday May 9 at 0336 on WRMI 9955, good S9+10, no jamming audible. Also confirmed Monday May 9 at 2330 on WBCQ 9329.8-CUSB, fair. Next: Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 to SSE Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE 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 1824 monitoring: confirmed Tuesday May 10 at 2330 on WBCQ, 9329.965-CUSB, fair. Also confirmed Wednesday May 11 during the 1315.5 broadcast on WRMI 9955, fair. Also confirmed May 11 at 2100 on WBCQ webcast (again preceded by a partial `WBC` ID courtesy of the automation), also heard poorly on 7490- at 2125 check. WORLD OF RADIO 1825 monitoring: ready for first airings Thu May 12: Thu 1130 WRMI 9955 to SSE Thu 2100 WRMI 13695 to NW Thu 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSE 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 Sat 0700 Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power Sat 1400 Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power Sat 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB to SW 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 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 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. 17790, 15770, 15440, 13695, 11825, 11565, 9955, May 5 at 1940, all these WRMI frequencies are missing, some normally weak, some normally inbooming. Not a blackout, as 15370 Cuba is VG. At 2020 recheck, now I do hear WRMI on 21675, 17790, 15770, 15440, 13695, 11825, 11580, 11565, 9955. Another power outage at Okeechobee, I suppose (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9955, May 7 at 0152, WRMI with AWR Wavescan ending JSWC log report with one as recent as March 30, so must be current show, then plugging for its own QSL (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11530, May 8, 2016. 0114-0134, Family Radio, Okeechobee, in Spanish. A musical pgm: international songs in many languages and rhythms; no religious program till 0134 UT. Good signal and fair modulation, 45433 (DXer - José Ronaldo Xavier, Cabedelo, PB, Brazil, RX (s) Degen 1103 & Sony ICF-SW100S, Portable Telescopic antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** U S A [and non]. 11580, Monday May 9 at 1310-1335+, I`m enjoying World Music from WRMI, at first some unfamiliar tunes in a wide variety of genres, starting with some cha-cha-cha; by 1337 the familiar ``Up2 & Away``, and 1342 Qur`an, which is legitimately treated as music in a broader sense. This hour is reliably scheduled for World Music, except on Sundays. Unfortunately, R. Australia, 9580 is also airing w.m. on `Daily Planet` during same hour Mon-Thu, but with plenty of commentary and music ID by host Lucky Oceans; easy to switch exactly 2 MHz back and forth on the R75 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 3250.08-AM, UT Sat May 7 at 0103, WBCQ`s new transmitter is on again, during `Allan Weiner Worldwide` (as he announced earlier, tnx to tip from John Carver). It`s very poor here in summer noise level, exactly the wrong season to initiate it, but it should be all set for winter. Allan had said he would get it operational once he returned to Maine, which he now has, but not feeling well with the flu; GWQ. I find 3250+ to be // and almost synched with 7489.95-AM. Also check 5129.91-AM but it`s playing music instead (and 9330 is as usual off after 0100). In this third semihour of show, he`s responding to real- time e-mail including reception reports, and someone said 5130 had been on 30 second delay behind the others, which was due to running thru Larry Will`s Area 51 server. Allan fiddles with computers and at 0108:15, gets ``5110`` back in // and synchronized with him on ``7490``. An hour earlier I had tried both WBCQ video feeds but neither would connect, just displaying the WBCQ logo, and now he confirms he`s not doing any video this week. Says he is endorsing Trump since ``we need a change``, altho there are a few things he likes about Hillary. By next check 0136, 7490, 3250 and 5130 are all running TOM but unsounding like BS himself. At 0142 I am getting a het from 3251.6, like a previous occasion, and suspect it`s coming out of the same transmitter, rather than something local here or external. Anyhow, by 0210, 3250.08 and 3251.6 are both off as is 5130, leaving nothing but BS on 7490 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1825, DX LISTENING DIGEST) For what it's worth. I tried 3250 and it was unlistenable to me. At the end of AWWW I tuned to 5130. Brother Scare was on. I agree he didn't sound normal but I heard voice inflections that sounded like his so assumed it was a much younger version of Brother Scare. It played for approximately fifteen or sixteen minutes and then was replaced with filler from Area 51 until the top of the air and then signed off. I can only hope that 3250 sounds better this winter when I usually lose 7490 (John H. Carver, Jr., Mid-North Indiana UT Sat May 7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7489.99, UT Sunday May 8 at 0017, WBCQ with J. P. Ferraro on `Shortwave Saturday Night`, about freedom of speech; FCC is packed with ``digitalists`` who think everything should go digital, ``a bad idea, which will take free radio away from us`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3250 was simulcasting 5130 all last evening. Don't know how long they will be doing this but worth checking out this evening. Still no joy here with 3250, and 5130 was so noisy last night was barely able to copy (John Carver, Mid-North Indiana, May 8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [Re Amateur Radio Roundtable publicity]: Getting simple facts wrong again: It's Dry Tortugas, not Tortuga. Ft. Jefferson is on Garden Key. The Tortugas are not in the Caribbean, It's in the Gulf of Mexico. I've pointed this out before, but worth mentioning again: the Dry Tortugas are in the Central Time Zone, though the Park staff mostly mentally and physically function on Eastern due to their interaction and visitation from boaters and seaplane flights from Key West (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9975, May 6 at 0120 check, KVOH is still AWOL, and we don`t know why. So is WRNO 7505v 17775, May 6 at 1404, KVOH already S9 but undermodulated, probably with sporadic-E boost; by 1441 up to S9+10 and sufficient modulation in Spanish; it`s already off at 1901 check rather than running overtime. Meanwhile night/English frequency 9975 remains AWOL. 9975, May 7 at 0153, KVOH still AWOL (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 15825, May 6 at 1348, WWCR-1 with gospel huxter is S9+20, which means sporadic-E opening again boosting usual weak signal too close for F2-layer propagation at 1 megameter. But a narrow opening, not affecting 15610 WEWN at similar distance, nor 15555-USB WJHR, JBA after 1400. Didn`t have a chance to check for greater MUF until a few hours later when some W7 hams were making it on 18 MHz, but no broadcast remotes heard on 25-26 MHz. DX map showed some 50 MHz ham DX during the day across the USA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 12105, May 10 at 0039, still at 0046 and 0057, dead air from WTWW-3 instead of Bibling Worldwide; while 9475, WTWW-1 is blasting away SFAW as usual; and WTWW-2 is off. 12105, May 10 at 2010, S9+20 dead air from WTWW-3, instead of Bibling Worldwide. Was it continuously dead all that time, evening and when back on in afternoon? 5085, May 11 at 0611, dead air from WTWW-2, instead of `Midnight [sic] in the Desert` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9370, May 6 at 1911, WWRBS is still AWOL. 5050, May 7 at 0130 check, WWRB is off, no Pirates` Cove. All other possible WWRB frequencies registered by FCC with HFCC are also off: 3185, 3195, 3215 [rather: WWCR], 9370. 3185, May 8 at 0126, WWRB is on again with gospel huxter, but not BS, and in fact is // 5050, on the last two transmitters Dave still has. 3185 previously had been reserved for The Overcomer only, but this is not even a surrogate on TOM, totally not // 5765 WRMI et al. Likewise 9370 for TOM only in the daytime which has been missing several days. So now we wonder if Brother HyStairical has pulled out of WWRB completely? Which has been unable to funxion 24/7 for quite some time. 3185 is missing again at 1130 when it should still be audible if on. 5050 // 3185, May 10 at 0053, WWRBs are again in // playing Dave`s favorite, Big Band music --- and no BS! 9370 remains off. BTW the storm noise level on 90m is S9+20, from adjacent counties to the north and east, including some tornados. So what does TOM SW schedule say about WWRB? http://overcomerministry.org/radio-schedule/ Still on there, 3185 and ``9385``, a frequency WWRB abandoned years ago as soon as WTJC self-destructed on preferable 9370. Yet this sked already has corrected WRMI 6915 to 6855! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1825, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9275, April 25, 2030, WMLK Bethel PA was heard fairly well on Sweden's West Coast. The transmission ended abruptly at 2100 right in the middle of a sentence and without any closing announcements at all. 3 (Christer Brunström, Halmstad, Sweden, SW Bulletin May 8 via DXLD) 3 = probably means the O of SIO, overall merit (gh) 9275, May 6 at 1911, no signal from WMLK, while 9265 WINB makes S6-S7 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 540, May 5 at 0649 UT, a last check of MW before shut-eye, finds one signal in the clear on the R75 with E-W longwire, mentions Fort Dodge, and then ``AM 540 KWMT``, and PSA from the Iowa State Patrol. No CBK, XEWA, KDFT, XETX or anything else to bother it. I can hear KWMT in the daytime on groundwave mixing with KDFT, so this could be groundwave too, which doesn`t go away at night, but is usually overridden by all the skywave. Except it needs to be on day power. 5000/170 watts U3 which means same pattern day and night, a broad cardioid to the south, null to the north (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 650: Thanks to Paul, I can now add KGAB Orchard Valley, WY to my list of heard stations. I heard them both Wed morning and Thurs morning. And I`m sure in both low power, and high power. Interesting note on this, I started listening at 0530 [CDT presumably = 1030 UT] on my way to work. They were there weak, but I did catch an ID. Then at 0545, they went to 20 over S9. WOW!. Pretty clear to me they either increased power, or changed antenna patterns, or both. This was the case both mornings. My guess is someone is not paying attention. I`m betting a computer does these sorts of things. Perhaps no one changed to day light saving]s[ time on the change? Also this morning, right about 0550 or so, KGAB took a fade and in came WNMT Nashwauk, MN. They were in strong for quite a while and I was able to get several IDs and ads from the Iron Range (Scott Blixt, MN, May 5, MDXC yg via DXLD) ** U S A. 790, May 6 at 1220 UT, end of National Farm Report, or plug for it in the familiar voice of good ol` Orion Samuelson, then local IDs for ``K-Triple-X``, and more completely, ``K-Triple-X and 100.3 The Ride``. WTFDA FM Database shows that is 100/100 kW KRDQ Colby KS, confirmed as `The Ride` but not shown as // 790, and indeed with Hot AC, it may not be totally duplicative but rather a sibling station to C&W KXXX, which is now surely on day power of 5 kW. Initially no QRM from anything, not even KFYO Lubbick, but then KURM fades up, q.v., separable by wrist-twisting the DX-398 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 790, May 6 at 1222 UT, almost an hour post-sunrise, KURM fades up to compete with KXXX Colby KS. This one is advertising something at Blue Springs, KURM ID in passing as ``Curm Radio``, reviewing a seemingly local baseball game of ``our Cardinals`` --- does that mean a namesake Rogers-Arkansas-area team rather than ``their Cardinals`` in St Louis? Also geographically odd is the ref to Blue Springs, which is a major suburb of Kansas City MO, and no such town in AR, but maybe a place of springs (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 860, May 6 at 1226 UT, KKOW Pittsburg KS with birthday wishes to various listeners, including a 1-year-old, something large market stations dare not attempt if they want to have time for anything else, and then 1228 UT a ``Mexican polca for those still celebrating Cinco de Mayo``. This is a (week?)daily spot when they always play a polka, another cute tradition. Some of the b-days were advance for Saturday May 7 so presumably no polka dedications then (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 870, May 5 at 1150 UT, plugs for ``Regional Radio``, then fade-out immediately. Propagationally it could be just WWL, but who uses that slogan? None listed in the NRC AM Log. Bingo! Search on radio-locator.com leads to KAAN Bethany MO with that very slogan. It`s a 930-watt non-direxional daytimer which NRC has as OLD, ``America`s Greatest Hits``, and whose exact hours depend on WWL SR/SS. Bethany is 12 miles south of Iowa on I-35 in NW Missouri. (In winters of 2014 & 2015 I had signs of KAAN on daytime bandscans, but now I`m sure.) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1090, May 6 at 1857 UT, on the NRD-545, very poor signal but can make out an EWTN ID, so it`s KEXS Excelsior Springs MO, not bad for 8 kW ~300-mile groundwave at midband, major lobe slightly south of west to hit Kansas City best; considering how poorly the KC 710, 760, 810, 980 stations make it here daytime {this was 25 minutes after Local Mean Noon} (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1480, May 8 at 0131 UT, racecar discussion, perhaps KQAM Wichita, and no classic country, so is KBXD off again? Recheck at 1148 UT May 8, C&W segués with 4 Hz SAH against apparent open carrier, the latter KQAM? 1159 UT ID as KBXD Dallas, and jingle for ``Wonderful K- Box in Dallas``, so they are *still* stunting, and playing next, what else, ``Wichita Lineman``! Guess there is no song about a Dallas lineman (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1550, May 7 at 0159 UT, KUAZ Tucson ID, and ad, er, underwriting announcement for the Arizona Inn from 50 kW ND public radio daytimer. Its SR/SS for May are: 1230 UT/0215 UT; June: 1215 UT/0230 UT. Soon losing out to KDCC, and feared it was sign-off time already (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1550, May 7 at 0159 UT, just after hearing KUAZ, twist the DX-398 a bit and get a Fox Sports Radio personality promo for local station, and ID as 1550 AM, KDCC, Dodge City, Kansas, 0200 UT into Fox News. KDCC is 1000/90 watts U3, same westward pattern day and night, supposedly protecting the other KS and OK 1550s, but sure doesn`t sound like it now, and BTW, official sunset in May was 0145 UT (June & July: 0200 UT) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. KKCL 1550 --- KKCL 1550 Golden, CO and its translator on 96.9 (known as The Cloud) have been silent since at least April 27. It only operated for about 10 days before going silent. I have not been able to find out anything else yet. 73, (Kit, W5KAT, CO, May 10, ABDX via DXLD) "Pursuant to Section 73.1740 of the Commission's rules, broadcast stations may remain silent for up to 10 days without Commission authority. If the station is or will be silent for up to 30 days, the Commission must be notified (by letter) that the station is silent. If the station will be or has been silent for more than 30 days, the licensee must request Special Temporary Authority (STA) to remain silent. However, the Commission can not grant an STA to remain silent unless the reason for the station's silence is beyond the control of the licensee. https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/special-temporary-authority Sent from my iPad (Dennis Gibson, CA, ibid.) They haven't applied for an STA yet. My guess is they are searching for a new location for the translator, but I don't know why they would need to shut it down in the meantime. The move of the translator to the AM site was a flop. The original intention of the station according to their site was to serve Boulder, which the translator did very well from the original location, but they moved it to the AM site in what appeared to be an attempt to get the signal into Denver as well. It flopped both ways. From the AM site, the signal could not penetrate much of the Denver metro because KCCY from Pueblo/Colorado Springs puts a strong signal in from Cheyenne Mtn. and the translator cannot compete with it. They also lost Boulder in the move because the translator is much higher than in the original location, which puts Boulder in a shadow of the signal. I doubt that they can find a location that will put a signal into Boulder and Denver, so they will probably end up having to settle for just serving Boulder by moving it back to the valley Boulder is in. The signal from KCCY into most of Denver is just too strong for a translator to overcome. 73, (Kit W5KAT, CO, May 11, ibid.) ** U S A. 1700, May 7 at 0157 UT, horrible roar QRMing KKLF, but I do make out an English ID for it underneath from Dallas-Fort Worth amid Tejana music (music is feminine, so can`t be ``tejano``, unless your Spanish is really illiterate). I also noted this a few nights ago; first feared it was from some local device, but this is no weaker or stronger when I take the PL-880 out into the yard and street, and to boot, it nulls at the same direxion as KKLF. Totally out-of-whack transmitter? Is anyone else hearing this? Not a KKLF CE, apparently. 1700, May 8 at 0129 UT, still getting hum/buzz presumably out of the KKLF TX transmitter, mixing with sportstalk from IA or RGV. Also at 1141 UT. It would be nice if someone in The Metroplex would confirm this noise locally (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 15825 & 13845, May 10 at 1248, VG signals from the two highest WWCR frequencies at one megameter, so I know from these useful only as pilots that there is sporadic E DX in play, still so after 1400. DXmap shows MUF across North America of 93 MHz. But first, there is also tropo enhancement across OK and neighboring states. The Tulsa and Wichita markets are certainly up, among others, checking from 1435 UT, providing at least `bad` DTV signals on all these channels, besides the usual `local` OKC ones: 51, 49, 48, 46, 45, 42, 36, 35, 31, 30, 28, 26, 22, 21, 20, 18, 14, 12, 11, 10, 8. Definitely 42, 35, 28 and 20 are Tulsa/Okmulgee/Muskogee stations, decoding, so better than bad. Furthermore these OKC channels are also `bad`, i.e. disrupted by DX QRM: 50, 33, 27, and maybe 7. 51 is particularly interesting, where I haven`t seen anything since KSBI OKC moved to RF 23. And anything on a channel so high as 51 is not long for this world of FCC auxions. Could be LP in Tulsa, KXAP-LD, 15 kW with Estrella. Or it could be from The Metroplex, KHFD-LD Dallas, judging from what I`m soon getting on FM. At 1452 UT May 10, I move from the TV sets to the south-facing porch with the DX-398 and PL-880, to see if I can pull any Es FM DX. But almost all the channels are blocked by the enhanced OK/KS signals --- except the one I start on, 87.75 MHz! Weak but steady so tropo, not Es, I am hearing a `radio` station in Spanish, including ads, AC 214 phone number for a Chinese buffet, i.e. Dallas, another AC 817 phone, i.e. Fort Worth. Also a Bible verse, some gospel music, and at 1458 UT, ID as ``Aliento 87.7``, mentions ``la oveja perdida`` (lost sheep) and refers to May 10 being Dia de la Madre in some countries (not a Sunday! Is it always May 10 there or always on a Tuesday??) 1459 UT ID with call letters but missed them, just ``transmitiendo desde Dallas``, ad for Mueblería Canales, gospel rock. 1508 UT canción ``Traigo mi Perfume``, another Aliento 87.7 ID in passing. This is obviously one of those ``Franken-FMs``, a low-power TV station pretending to be a radio station at the bottom of the FM dial, necessitating lying about the real frequency, which is analog TV channel 6 audio. I don`t notice any ch 6 video to go with it, tho my TV and my FM DXing are in separate locations. Consulting W9WI.com later, the one in Dallas is KZFW-LP, 3000 watts, programming E:Fn which means English: something, financial? So that`s wrong. Offset is minus, meaning frequency is really 87.74 MHz. Both my receivers, which are merely using their rod antennas at near ground level, agree it`s not really on 87.70, but hard to differentiate 87.74 from 87.75. The DX-398 is definitely more sensitive for this than the PL-880, despite a bad antenna connexion degrading the DX-398 on HF. Approx. distance to Dallas is 400 km or 250 miles. Searching on the slogan I easily find their website, http://www.alientofm.com The name translates as breath, spirit, or encouragement, obviously an evangelical buzzword. There is also another station vying to capture the frequency, in English, at 1511 UT starting to gain as Aliento is gradually fading. Must be another tropo Franken-FM. By 1536 UT, Aliento is gone and I am still getting a bit of the other one, but too weak to copy. Seems to be talk by a man, occasional woman. A cursory check of lower FM frequencies does not find a match, in case it`s local overload. W9WI.com shows another ch 6 LP in nearby Arlington TX, KBFW-LP, licensed for 3 kW and CP for 300 watts. Arlington is awfully close to Dallas, between it and Fort Worth, so could both really be on the air? But as above, Aliento has advertiser in FTW too. I ask Doug Smith of W9WI.com about this and he replies, ``The 300-watt CP is for conversion to digital. The KBFW coordinates are a fair distance from KZFW so yes, I think they can coexist. The FCC is far less optimistic about the coverage area of a TV station than most of us DXers are :)`` I also check the WTFDA FM Database, and it does list KZFW as a radio station, but not KBFW: KZFW-LP 87.7 DALLAS TX None 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 32-35-09 96-58-05 Spanish Aliento 87.7 Religion 3.0 means kW ERP horizontal [not 300 watts as I misspeak on WOR 1825] with no vertical, really? and the other zeroes indicate unknown antenna heights. There are some others elsewhere in TX, beyond the known DX opening area. WTFDA DB has three other Texans on 87.7, not including Arlington, but San Antonio, Lubbock and Amarillo. And none in OK, KS or AR, tho there are a total of 27 around the US. Amarillo is also Spanish, Lubbock is rock, so that leaves maybe San Antonio, which is Christian, but only 500 watts (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1825, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glenn, Not too much going on up here in Topeka, but glad to hear you have had some tropo. One other channel 51 that might make it into Enid is KHDS-LD from Salina, Kansas. I have seen it several times since the local (KC) ION station moved from channel 51 to channel 30. They repeat KAKE-TV (ABC) from Wichita. We lived in Anchorage, Alaska for a year (2011-2012) and I used to listen to "KNIK-FM" on 87.7. Their signal was strong but I was never able to get any video on channel 6. Even took a portable set up to close to their tower on the east side of Anchorage, but nothing. They told me they transmitted video of their control room. Would like to have seen that. They did ID the channel 6 call letters occasionally, but I don't recall what they were. I did have some strong tropo on March 11 from Oklahoma KSBI-23, KWTV- 39, KOCB-33 and TBN on channel 15. Also Springfield, Tulsa area and Wichita with KDCU-31 overriding KCWE-31 the CW from KC. Somehow KNLC- 14 from St. Louis also showed up (Dave Pomeroy, Topeka, Kansas, May 12, WTFDA gg via DXLD) ** U S A [and non?]. On my weekly radio program, The International Radio Report, on CKUT-FM in Montreal, and on the web at http://www.ckut.ca Sundays at 10:30 am Eastern (1430 UT), co-host David Asselin and I often discuss the predictions of doom and gloom for radio as we know it. It seems that everywhere you turn someone out there is predicting that digital radio, on-line, streaming services, podcasts, satellite radio, etc., will replace standard AM and FM radio that the majority of us use every single day. To counter those stories, we like to report on stories that seem to prove the prognosticators wrong. I would venture to say that the majority of us CIDXers seldom sit on one single radio station for too long. The nature of DXing and radio monitoring that we do means that we turn the dial, push the buttons, etc.; whatever method necessary to move around the bands to listen to different stations. The following interesting report from Edison Research seems to prove that we are not alone! Enjoy. EDISON RESEARCH HACKS THE COMMUTER CODE: AM/FM LISTENERS SWITCH 22 TIMES PER COMMUTE --- Via Edison Research & Tom Taylor Now newsletter Even as in-car audio use continues to evolve, Americans remain “button punchers.” Nearly 75% of those who consume audio in the car are likely to switch at least occasionally over the course of their commute. The average user of AM/FM radio switches the station 22 times per commute, while those using other platforms switch an average of 9.3 times per commute. That’s just one of the findings of Edison Research’s “Hacking the Commuter Code,” a first-of-its-kind national survey of those who commute 20 minutes or more daily, alone in a car or truck. New methodology from Edison allowed us to capture the actual, second-by- second behavior of commuters across the country. “Hacking the Commuter Code” finds that there is a wide variance in behavior among in-car audio users, with results depending on age, the type of content being consumed (e.g., music vs. spoken-word), and access to streaming or satellite radio or integrated multi-media systems. There are also significant differences between types of users. “Hacking the Commuter Code” identifies three discrete groups: ? The Restless – those who constantly switch (21%) ? The Seekers – those who switch occasionally (52%) ? The Keepers – those who mostly stick one with choice (27%) “Hacking the Commuter Code” looks at how in-car audio users react to hearing commercials. But it also finds that listeners switch for a variety of reasons—not just in reaction to commercial breaks, but also an ongoing quest for a better song. How the study was conducted: Edison conducted a national survey of 1,117 adults ages 18+ who are employed full or part time, commute to work at least twenty minutes in a car or truck they drive themselves, and listen to any type of audio (AM/FM radio, Streaming Internet Radio, CDs, digital audio files/MP3s, satellite radio, podcasts, etc.) during that commute. Edison recruited an additional 101 commuters nationwide and asked them to mount a GoPro camera in their cars and record their commutes. Both phases of this study were conducted in the fall of 2015 (via Sheldon Harvey, May CIDX Messenger via DXLD) ** U S A. NPR One --- I don’t often cover the USA’s National Public Radio here because it doesn’t have its roots in shortwave broadcasting (though it was long a staple of AFRTS offerings). As you might expect, NPR extensively covered the USA’s political scene, but an app designed specifically for mobile device usage, NPR One, might be to your liking. It takes NPR content -- including stories that air during its news magazines such as Morning Edition and All Things Considered and strings them together in an audio stream that you can then control -- if you hear a segment you don’t want to bother with, just fast forward to the end. The app “learns” what you like and dislike -- there’s an “Interesting” button along with the fast-forward button -- so you can avoid those subjects you’re not interested in. In some ways I wish the app were more adjustable -- since it learns on its own, you might have less opportunity to rebalance your interests in case they change with the seasons. But, especially this time of the year, I find the app to be useful. The app does weave in spoken-word content from your “local” NPR station, and generally begins a listening session with the hourly news summary. It’s actually cleverly done, overall - as NPR tries to navigate the tricky role of local stations in getting its content to listeners when a direct-to-audience option is also available (Richard Cuff, PA, The Case of the Missing May Easy Listening Column, NASWA yg via DXLD) ** U S A. NOAA Weather Radio Voice --- Has anyone heard the new NOAA Weather Radio Voice? I am not so sure I like it -- it seems to have a hard time pronouncing some city names & sounds more robotic than "Perfect Paul". Also, for the first time, the Denver WX Radio is now IDing by call letters, something the Denver NWS office has always avoided because it takes up too much broadcast cycle space. What does everyone else think? (If you have the new system of course) (Paul Armani, CO, May 6, ABDX via DXLD) The old "Mr Roboto" voice has been gone or used sparingly for years. The newer voice is pretty good. The NWS is doing a trial on another newer voice. It's one step forward and two backwards (Powell NNNN E Way III, W4OPW, ibid.) Why don't they just get a professional voice over actor / actress to read off a list of 20,000 place names and weather conditions, and have a computer string the word clips together into sentences? Work for a struggling artist, and better forecasts. Just an idea (Bruce Carter, ibid.) Multiply that by several different inflexions for each word to make them sound more or less normal when togetherstrung. The Weather Channel On The Eights is pretty good with that. But too often skipped during ``documentaries`` (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) This is from the "Voices" section at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOAA_Weather_Radio: "Starting January 2016, six sites across the nation were selected to begin testing a new system known as the Broadcast Message Handler (BMH), which features a new voice. These six test sites include offices at Greenville-Spartanburg, SC; Brownsville, TX; Omaha, NE; Portland, OR; Anchorage, AK; and Tiyan, GU. A nationwide implementation of the Broadcast Message Handler system is set to occur later this year, or early 2017." I noticed the new voice here right away, obviously, but it seems so vanilla. I've been used to hearing "Tom" and "Donna" for years now. I usually only hear "Paul" on KIH61 (my local) when IDs are given at the end of every 4-minute (time approximate) loop. I starting logging the NWRs here in July 2011, and I'm now up to 59 heard from 8 states. Hoping to add lots more now that the "season" has arrived. 73, (Rick Dau, South Omaha, Nebraska EN21af, ABDX via DXLD) I had heard this "voice" but didn't know it was new, just thought it was poorly adjusted. Its main problem (at least on Portland's NWR) is that the speech is way too slow. With many of the newer voices, speech gets choppy as it's sped up. But if it has to be this slow, it's a giant fail. In coastal areas, the cycle would take ten minutes, and I'd fall asleep the second the voice mentioned marine forecasts. -- (Rick Lewis, ibid.) ** VANUATU [and non]. 7259.960, Radio Vanuatu PBT Port Vila, S=9+5dB or -71dBm signal at 0910 UT. Mixture of English words talk and like Vernacular / Indian accented immigrants?, talk by two men. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, few notes of Brisbane Queensland remote monitoring 0910 to 0920 UT May 6, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7259.960, Radio Vanuatu PBT Port Vila, noted of Brisbane Queensland remote SDR unit monitoring at 0905 UT on May 6, S=9+5Db or -71dBm signal. Mixture of English words talk and like vernacular / Indian subcontinent accented immigrants?, talk by two men. Later at 1220 UT was on exact 7259.958 kHz [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 6, dxldyg via DXLD) On May 8th 0940 UT: 7259.958, VTU Radio Vanuatu PBT Port Vila. 7269.986, CHN PBS Nei Menggu Mongolian, 0947 UT. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7259.9575, R Vanuatu, S=7 -83dBm (Wolfgang Büschel, May 10 at remote Brisbane unit, noisy prop condition, also noisy signals from the Americas across the Pacific this morning, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Time? circa 0800 UT from adjacent logs [non-log]. 7260, R. Vanuatu. May 11 tuned in at 1204 expecting to hear PBS Xinjian go off the air as usual at 1205, but not so today; they were still on the air at my tune out at 1223, thus killing any chance of Vanuatu reception. Anomaly or what? (Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Ron, Bad news for Vanuatu, it thus seems that Xinjiang finally reverted to their usual summer schedule - according to Nagoya DX Circle (a.k.a. Aoki), on 7 May 2016 ("2015" on website is surely a typo? Since "a16" is in the URL.) See http://www1.s2.starcat.ne.jp/ndxc/cn/cnra16.htm Traditionally, they switch several weeks later than the rest of the world, well into the "A" season. Apart from dropping winter channels such as 4980 and 5060 in favour of higher frequencies, this means that 7260 runs full-time from 2300 to 1800. The winter schedule has that transmitter switch to 3950 at 1205. Try their weekly maintenance break on Tuesdays (UT) from 0800 to 1100. Thanks, Ron, for the regular valuable reports from the California coast. 73, (Eike Bierwirth, Wiesbaden / Germany, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1825, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VIETNAM [non]. 12005, May 6 at 0130.0, S9+25 dead air; not until 0130.5 does VOV open Vietnamese with ID ``Day la Tieng Noi Viet-Nam``, and music, anthem? (See WRTH 2016 domestic service listing page 446 for all the diacriticals). This is via Woofferton UK, having just missed the English semihour but another may still propagate at 0230 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VIETNAM [and non]. UNIDENTIFIED. Target ? - and a jamming bubbler also heard in 9596 to 9613 kHz frequency range at 1055 UT, usually Vietnam secret service jamming against foreign radio service of Vietnamese hilltribe language nationals target. Aoki Nagoya and ITU/HFCC list show only a 45 minute Vatican Radio Vietnamese language service entry on UT deep night. 9600 VATICAN RADIO 2315-2400 daily Vietnamese 250kW 270degr Tinang PHL jamming at 1108 UT off air, seemingly a technical function check by the Vietnamese technicians? 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, May 5, Checked on remote unit in downtown Queensland, Australia, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9635.800, VoV, 1st program Son Tay, as usual odd frequency (Wolfgang Büschel, May 10 at remote Brisbane unit, noisy prop condition, also noisy signals from the Americas across the Pacific this morning, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Time? circa 0800 UT from adjacent logs ** YEMEN [non]. Greetings from Nevada! Rep. Yemen Radio (Sana'a) on 11860 has been spotty in the mornings here when I usually hear them. It seems the good conditions for them just start returning then another geostorm happens of which reception very gradually recovers with the present (<100) solar flux. Heard last several days: Rep. Yemen Radio, Sana`a (Saudi Arabia Relay?) 11860, 1307 4 MAY - SINPO = 15221. ?Arabic?, male announcer. QSB=rapid-to-ff rate, modulation on noisy carrier mostly mixing with the noise floor. (Spot check At 1408z nothing heard). sf91.0, a10, 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, 13039KM? from transmitter at Riyadh?. Local time: 0607. 11860, 1323 5 MAY - SINPO = 25111. ?Arabic?, male announcer. QSB = rapid-to-ff rate, deep, barely discernable modulation on noisy carrier mostly mixing with or below a rather high noise floor. (Spot check at 1400z JBA carrier, no modulation 1438z SINPO 15311 music). sf90.9 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, 13039KM? from transmitter at Riyadh?. Local time: 0623. 11860, 1331 6 MAY - SINPO = 15311. ?Arabic?, male announcer. QSB = moderate-to-rapid rate, barely perceptible modulation on noisy carrier mostly mixing with or below the noise floor. (spot check at 1443z barely audible carrier fading out gradually, by 1447z nothing heard). sf87.8 a8, 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, 13039KM? from transmitter at Riyadh?. Local time: 0631. 11860, 1340 7 MAY - SINPO = 25222. Arabic, male announcer interviews male over the phone. QSB=rapid-to-ff rate, modulation on noisy carrier mostly mixing with or below the noise floor with occasional peaks just above it. sf89.8 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, 13039KM? from transmitter at Riyadh?. Local time: 0640 (Rodney Johnson, NV, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11860, May 7 at 0113, very poor S3 signal, but I do believe it`s in Arabic, i.e. Republic of Yemen Radio clandestine, not a time I usually hear it tho I can often detect a carrier. Latest ROYR sked from Ivo Ivanov as of April 30: 0600-0900 on 11860 JED 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic 0900-1800 on 11860 unknown tx / unknown to N/ME Arabic 1800-2300 on 11860 JED 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic 2300-0600 on 11860 unknown tx / unknown to N/ME Arabic HFCC shows the only competition for 11860 in A16 are: 0130-0230 CRI Nepali via Kunming; 0300-0900 CNR Chinese via Lhasa; and, clearly imaginary: RRI Jakarta at 17-18 in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZANZIBAR. TANZANIA, Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) in English, May 5 [Thursday] 1800-1810 on 11735 DOL 050 kW / non-dir to CeAf + strange DRM noise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqVqTpyqddc&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXfUQsmxOy8&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYGBYrulp64&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVyonD1Dwu8&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YXBGFSH0Vc&feature=youtu.be -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire, http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/ DX LISTENING DIGEST) 8 May 2016, Zanzibar Broadcasting Co on 11735 kHz playing African music just left the air at 2050z in mid song. Fair reception using Drake R8B and T2FD (Jlenamon, Waco, Tx, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. I would like to know just who is on 3210. First I heard ”This is American Voice Radio Network,” then “Lyng Sat Galaxy 19 at 97 West” with a possible ID as WBCQ. The only station that I could find on that frequency was an outfit called Vintage FM which is actually on shortwave and apparently is located in a place called Razorba, near Sydney, Australia. This is a domestic service and is rather unlikely. The voices, male and female sound American and as a matter of interest the 97 West longitudes runs from Winnipeg to Houston, more or less. Could it be a satellite relay? Perhaps they are somewhere down that very long line. The programming sounds like generic US radio, with lots of talk, too. Any ideas? This was around 0325 and 0410 UT (Alan Rayment, 4630 Highway 3A, Nelson, BC V1L 6N2, The Square Peg, May CIDX Messenger via DXLD) Alan, As you may not have heard, WBCQ is testing a new transmitter on 90m, supposedly on 3250, but maybe was here on occasion. What was the date???? Or 3rd harmonic of some station on 1070? A possible harmonic would be the second thing I seek out. There is only one 1070 US station anywhere near you due to dominance of KNX over The Western US: KATQ, Plentywood MT, 5000/50 watts U1; or just CFAX Victoria? Check for a match. Or just a pirate. 73, (Glenn Hauser to Alan, via DXLD) There were two noted dates, 31 March and 1st April. Time was between 0300 and 0400 UT. I don't think CFAX would ID themselves as American Voice Radio Network, and the reference to Galaxy 19 and LyngSat suggests that there maybe a satellite radio connection. The signal faded a bit (always at ID time!) but it did sound like WBCQ. So the transmitter test would be a good chance. I suppose we will have to wait and see what else may show up there. Thanks for the info. 73, (Al Rayment, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Alan, It occurs to me that you don`t mention any interference from 3215, where WWCR is on the air. It`s very strong here but no doubt weaker out there. Any chance the frequency was really 3215? Their sked shows the `Financial Survival` show at that time on weekdays, and they might well be on that satellite network; you could check for a matchup there if it was possibly 3215. Or listen to that the next night or three. 73, (Glenn to Al, ibid.) Glen[n], there was no interference from 3215 and both that and 3210 were clear. I checked Google for American Voice Radio Network and found they say they are transmitting from Eagle Point, Oregon via the Galaxy 19 satellite system. Some religious, some health and some financial advice. A bit like Alex Jones. I don't yet have a schedule. 0300 to 0400 more of less. I'm going to do a bit more digging on the web. 73, (Alan, ibid.) I do think you were listening to Financial Survival show, which is scheduled at that very hour on WWCR 3215; so some other transmitter put it also on 3210?? It`s also repeating at the same time on WBCQ 7490, UT Tue-Sat 0300-0400. So it would have been convenient for WBCQ to put that audio on air for a test. That was a sesquimonth ago, so no reports of it on 3210 since, from you or anyone? From WBCQ program sked, linx to its website: http://www.discountgoldandsilvertrading.net/radio-show/ which shows current date`s precious metals trading prices, but own sked info is TERRIBLY OUTDATED. If they can`t handle simple SW numbers like that, how can anyone trust them with ``financial survival``? WWCR not on 6875 for ages, and is on 9980, never 9880! nor WBCQ on 7415! I doubt they are on KCKN either, since format change to relay WWRV-1330 NYC in Spanish religion. But the Galaxy 19 satellite and American Voices Radio linkage is there: ``Financial Survival airs live Monday-Friday, 4pm Eastern Shortwave WWCR Frequency 9.880 Shortwave WBCQ Frequency 7.490 Rebroadcasts of Financial Survival Monday–Friday 3-4 PM Eastern WVOG 600 AM Metairie, Louisiana 5-6 PM Eastern KTAC 93.0 FM Spokane, Washington 8 PM Eastern WWCR 6.875 Shortwave 11 PM Eastern WWCR 3.215 Shortwave 11 PM Eastern WBCQ 7.415 Shortwave 10-11:30 PM Eastern KCKN 1020 AM Roswell, New Mexico KU Band FTA Satellite Galaxy 19, Freq. 12114 Can also be heard: American Voice Radio First Amendment Radio`` This is of course pushing precious metals, which if they are such a wonderful and vital investment, why are they selling them instead of buying and holding them??? F.S. does have a catchy themesong, which we hear just before WOR on WBCQ 7490, Wednesdays at 2059 UT. One more idea: I`ve found that WWCR frequencies often have spurious carriers in their sidebands, more obvious with BFO tuning. But they tend to cut on and off and jump around, with the same audio if any as on the center frequency. Comparing what you had on 3215 and 3210, if it was Financial Survival via WWCR, it should have been exactly the same audio synchronized. If it was F.S. via WBCQ it might not have been synchronized (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Glen[n], it has been a while since 3210/3215 has been heard, at least by me. Both were heard within minutes on the same evenings, 31 March and 1 April. Around 0410 UT. I could have listened to both frequencies on two different radios, never thought of that. I didn't think really that it would be necessary and usually it is not. Maybe I'll hear them again and go from there. 73, (Al, ibid.) Original report also gave an earlier time, 0325. At 0410, `Financial Survival` would not be on WWCR or WBCQ (Glenn, ibid.) UNIDENTIFIED. 3390, At 1150, on 2 May, I am picking up a song playing with several female singers. This was followed by a female speaker coming on speaking briefly then an instrumental song played. At 1203 a new song started with a male singer came on so something is transmitting on this frequency. A new song started at 1205. A female speaker came on at 1209 then more music played. Audio is very poor and noise is high, Signal is S5. I am unable to hear a language well enough to presume. There is a station from Bolivia-Radio Emisoras Camargo listed on one of my skeds but I do not think it is active as it is not in the TBM as being heard. The Domestic Broadcasting Survey has no station heard on this frequency since Mar 2012. JBA (John Cooper, Lebanon, PA, Winradio-G33DDC, CommRadio CR-1a, SDR-IQ, GAP- Hear It-In Line Module, Wellbrook ALA 1530S+, Wellbrook ALA 1530LN Pro, NASWA Flashsheet via DXLD) So this may well be a domestic harmonic 3 x 1130. 1200 UT is really too late for South America. Should check for possible // on 1130 tho the fundamental will probably not be audible (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 6131, May 7 at 0126, very hi speed RTTY at S9, INTRUDING (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 7448-USB, May 7 at 0208, 2-way in Spanish including whistling, engine noise, something about ``don`t chew the bone``, a coded message? I hesitate to label these intruders, since it`s really all the US broadcasters which are intruding into the 7300+ kHz fixed band (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 9565, May 6 at 1306, open carrier/dead air at S7-S9, no jamming. Once again, best guess is Greenville-B checking transmitter for R. Martí but that doesn`t start for another seven hours; or IBB Thailand, which has a Tibetan hour at 1600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 11460-USB, May 6 at 1246, best axion here among the presumed Indonesian QSO pirates is from somebody singing; 1255 more talking, 1258 at least two singers competing. It seems these guys have no concept of ``over``, taking turns. But more and more US hams dispense with that courtesy, too, risking talkovers. Nothing much else lower except: 11405-USB, May 6 at 1303, weak talk, and recognize one keyword, ``komunikasi`` the Indonesian meaning of which is easily guessed correctly; then another one on 11410 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 12015, May 5 at 1404, S9+20 VG signal with gospel? rock, then guitar riffs like Jimi, then some vocal music in English, 1406 cut to dead air, 1407:45* off the air, *1408:20 back on, with carrier, 1409:20 resume rockmusic, live concert with applause, 1412:26 cut off the air again and stays off past 1420, 1442 when I quit monitoring. This was atop the pervasive RTTY on 12015, and so strong it had to be a US site, two of them with the oomph and flexibility to do this: WHRI and Greenville-B. Or maybe WRMI, but its 11565 aimed 315 degrees right at us, is weaker at only S9+10. Yet US stations prudently avoid this RTTY frequency, 12015. VOA often does transmitter tests about this time, on a frequency different than a later scheduled broadcast, but ought to be on same band, and nothing on 25m from GB except R. Martí already on 11930 from 1400. No listings on 12015 account for this, and it`s certainly not Mongolia or North Korea (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Strange Transmissions on 14101.50 kHz?????? Good Day, I'm not sure who to report this to since I've never received any transmission like this. I`ve tried everything in FLDIGI, Contexia, JT65 and all other modes. I cannot decipher what the TX is. It`s almost like packet but extremely fast. A lot like a Burst Radio Transmission. Thought you would want to know. I can't seem to find anyone else or anywhere else to report it. The voices sounded almost like Middle Eastern or Farsi to me. So I thought someone should be aware of them. The Frequency is 14101.50 kHz, all modes, AM, FM, USB, LSB, CW, FSK. Hope this helps someone. Thanks, (Alex Watters - KV4PW, Salem, VA, 1401 UT May 7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 15215.9-USB, May 8 at 0145, 2-way in colloquial Spanish, S3, including some music from one in the background, INTRUDERS, tho with the 19m band almost vacant of broadcasters one can hardly blame them (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 88.1, May 11 at 1731 UT for a few minutes, bits of classical music, as I am checking for sporadic-E DX once the DXmap MUF across America reaches 75 MHz. No classical on 88.1 around here from OK stations (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ ACKNOWLEDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 1825: I hope this small amount helps with the superb work you do for listeners and DXers around the world. Thanks, Glenn (Tim Gaynor, NSW, via PayPal in Australian $ to woradio at yahoo.com) TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED FUTURELY: Thank you Glenn for your continued support in the Short Wave community. I always enjoy your weekly updates. Good health, strength and happiness in the next year. Paypal donation sent today. 73’s (Mike Stone, Arlington Heights, IL http://www.PixelXaos.com ) Hi Glenn, keep being awesome. 73, (Jelle Kaufmann, Netherlands with a contribution in Euro via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com) Hi Glenn, well, the tax refunds have shown up, so it`s time (& none too soon) to ``renew`` for another year of the most interesting / accurate pile of DX info that`s available on-line. Thanks for all our efforts --- it`d be a pretty bleak hobby without you & DXLD to liven things up a bit. Cheers from the beach (or, more accurately, ``near`` the beach) & continued success with DXLD (Dan Sheedy, Encinitas CA, with a check to P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702) I'm a longtime SWL and amateur radio operator who remembers hearing your name mentioned on Radio Nederland broadcasts of the 1970s, so it's an honor to make your acquaintance. TNX and 73, (Brian D. Smith, W9IND, Greenwood, Indiana, May 8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) PUBLICATIONS ++++++++++++ WRTH A16 update, 78 pages in a PDF file can be download from this link: http://www.wrth.com/_shop/wp-content/uploads/WRTH2016IntRadioSuppl2_A16Schedules.pdf http://www.wrth.com/_shop/?p=2720 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) UN MONDO DI LINK - LA RADIO NEL WEB Ecco alcuni link a siti e blog utili per i DXer attivi L'elenco crescerà col tempo, ci vuole un po' di pazienza https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KoxSPe6ZdX0/VysaorfpuSI/AAAAAAAAAB4/391nTueqbIMdMovPhKEtUU9KqS3kqt1JQCLcB/s1600/Geloso220.JPG Di interesse generale: PlayDX http://www.playdx.com/ World of Radio http://www.worldofradio.com/ - DX Listening Digest Latest http://www.w4uvh.net/dxlatest.txt RadioPassioni http://radiolawendel.blogspot.it/ Bclnews http://www.bclnews.it/ Air-Radiorama Blog http://air-radiorama.blogspot.it/ Radio & Communication Report http://rxreport.blogspot.it/ Meteo, sole & propagazione SpaceWeather.com http://spaceweather.com/ Meteosat Europa http://www.meteoindiretta.it/satelliti_meteosat_europa_animazione.php Propagazione Tropo sul Mediterraneo http://www.dxinfocentre.com/tropo_eur.html Onde Medie MW LIST http://www.mwlist.org/mwlist_quick_and_easy.php?area=1&kHz=1070 Ydun's Medium Wave Info http://mediumwave.info/news.html European MW Guide http://www.emwg.info/ Syxnotthtes Am (Grecia) http://syxnothtesamfm.blogspot.it/ Pirati greci http://radiopeiratis.blogspot.it/p/am.html Radio & Communication MW http://radio-dx.blogspot.it/ SDR rx & Software RTL-SDR.com http://rtl-sdr.com/ Perseus http://microtelecom.it/perseus/ Elad S1 S2 DUO DUOr http://ecom.eladit.com/epages/990298944.sf/it_IT/?ObjectPath=/Shops/990298944/Categories/%22SDR%20RADIO%22 RFSpace Cloud-IQ SDR-IQ netSDR http://www.rfspace.com/RFSPACE/Home.html AirSpy AirSpy Mini http://airspy.com/ SDRplay http://sdrplay.com/ HackRF One https://greatscottgadgets.com/hackrf/ It's all about the software http://sdr-radio.com/ (Dario Monferini, May 5, playdx yg via DXLD) BROADCASTING IN RUSSIAN Hello, 20th edition of the "Broadcasting in Russian" Handbook, published by St. Petersburg DX Club, has been recently released. See details and a sample page here: http://dxsignal.ru/read/BiR_20e.htm Besides that, 3 new recordings provided by Alexey Stepanov from Irkutsk, Russia, have been added to the True Sounds audio archive at dxsignal.ru Direct link to the list of the latest clips: http://dxsignal.ru/listen_eng.htm If you'd like to share some of your recorded audios on this page, please contact me: dm65dx [at] gmail [dot] com. 73, (Dmitry Mezin, http://dxsignal.ru May 8, DX LISTENING DIGEST) BRITISH DX CLUB GUIDES The club web site includes a number of very useful frequency and country guides compiled by Tony Rogers which have now been updated for the A16 schedule period. The Africa, Middle East and South Asia guides have also been expanded recently to include medium wave as well as shortwave. They can be found on the Articles page at http://www.bdxc.org.uk/articles.html (May BDXC-UK Communication via DXLD) 2016 EDITION OF THE ENDBH & NANDBH Hi all, A bit later than usual, but the 2016 edition of the ENDBH & NANDBH handbooks and CDs is finally available! This year's ENDBH contains the data of more than 6900 NDBs on 150+ spiral-bound pages in A4 format and the NANDBH shows the data of more than 5800 NDBs on 130+ pages. The Google Earth compatible NDB waypoint file on the CD has once again been updated with the latest NDB coordinates so that you can easily "visit" NDB locations around the globe. The NDB picture collection has increased to a total of over 320 NDB pictures. And the NDB sound clip section has grown as well. Latest additions include NDB audio from Southeast Asia - all in all over 320 NDB sound clips from around the world. In case you're interested in ordering a handbook or CD for other parts of the world please don't hesitate to ask, I'm able to produce customized versions for your special needs. Delivery of the CDs will be via download. If you want a physical copy of the CD please indicate this when ordering. Prices have been adjusted to reflect the latest changes in postage rates and foreign currency exchange rates. When using PayPal for payment please add the indicated amount to cover PayPal fees. Please find all relevant details at the following URL: http://ndblist.info/beacons/NDBpublications2016.pdf Once again I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all DXers who have sent me comments and updates, suggested improvements, pointed out errors, or provided NDB pictures and sound clips etc. Your continued support is really appreciated :-) -- vy 73 + gd DX, (Michael Oexner, ENDBH & NANDBH editor, May 3, http://ndbchangeblog.blogspot.com MWCircle yg via DXLD) LANGUAGE LESSONS ++++++++++++++++ OKIE NAMES Immigrants to Oklahoma sometimes get hi-profile jobs on the air, such as news- or weather-casters. We (almost) natives can spot `em when they mispronounce place names like these: Boise City, Chickasha, Heavener, Mangum, Muskogee, Oologah, Pushmataha, Tahlequah, Tonkawa, Vici, Wynnewood --- Most recent one I heard was Oologah. And I`ve even heard Enid mispronounced. Of course, all bets are off when one of these hits ignorant national newscasters, e.g. Wynnewood of the tornado (Glenn Hauser, ibid., DX LISTENING DIGEST) DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DRM See AUSTRALIA; ROMANIA; ZANZIBAR ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCASTING --- DTV See also MEXICO; OKLAHOMA; U S A ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ GOODBYE, OTA TV I've got to tell you, man, that yesterday's DXLD 16-18 knocked me on my ass. I know that rumors have been flying for a year or so about OTA TV going away but to read that they've actually taken the first step is very disheartening. I've got a forty-five foot military fiberglass mast in ten or eleven sections here and was a month or so away from ordering a fancy digital TV antenna and was going to attempt to recover all the stations I lost after the digital debacle. At the very least I hoped to keep the three or four stations I lose every summer when the trees leaf out. Guess I should be grateful to you for breaking the story and keeping me from wasting the money I was going to spend on the antenna. Now I can use it for lube as I sit here in my golden years, staring at a dead TV with my thumb up my ass. My only wish is that all the idiots that buy a 5G phone come to visit me so I can laugh at them as cellphones don't work in my particular pocket of paradise as my grandchildren are so eager to tell me when they come to visit. It's amusing to watch them run all over the yard and climb up on chairs on the porch standing on one leg with an arm outstretched holding that little growth that's attached itself to their hands. Could be why they don't visit a lot as it's too strenuous a workout to do so. So, to paraphrase Monty Python, f*c* you very much FCC (John Carver, Mid-North Indiana, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ATSC 3.0 Article http://www.cnet.com/news/atsc-3-0-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-future-of-broadcast-television/ http://www.cnet.com What's ATSC 3.0? Just the next generation of over-the-air TV. Even if you don't get your TV with an antenna, it's going to affect you. Summary of article: major changes are in store for OTR television. (Curtis Sadowski, IL, May 12, WTFDA gg via DXLD RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ UHF ANTENNA HEIGHT [continued from 16-18] The article referenced in the previous email was very interesting, but the author does not believe it would apply above 432 MHz. However, I think it may at the very high signal levels of TV transmitters. The low power LOS stations seemed to have "normal" db changes (Mike Glass, Lebanon, IN, Sent from my iPad, May 7, WTFDA gg via DXLD) RFI FROM HOUSEHOLD DEVICES, ROUTERS, MODEMS To the esteemed brain trust: I have interference from my cable modem I got from Charter Communications. The service is fine and fast but the interference is nasty on some frequencies within about 30 feet from the cable modem and wireless router. The wireless router is going to go because its older and its not fast enough plus it`s noisy. Bad noisy on the AM band. When I unplug the wireless router, the biggest part of the noise is gone but there is still a fair amount there. That`s why I am looking for a quiet router. I want to make sure the router and the cables are not a problem before I scream about the cable modem being defective. First things first. This makes so much noise I can hear it on my outdoor antenna. That leaves me asking the question, what wireless router is fast and electrically quiet. I would be glad to hear some opinions on this because thats the unit I am going to buy. Second things second: The cable modem is noisy but nothing like the wireless router. I plan on getting some new patch cords to go to the wireless router and the laptop I use in my office. I want to rule that out. So what Cat patch cords have the best shielding? If there is anything else I need to do to make sure none of my equipment is the major culprit, let me know. I don't know if I can kill all the noise that shows on various frequencies but I would like to knock it down as much as possible. If I didn't have a wife and daughter here I would just turn off the zip strip everything is plugged into and DX and not give a rat. That is not possible because its the cheapest and easiest. That is the way life always works (Kevin Redding, Crump, TN, ABDX via DXLD) Kevin and all other ABDXers plagued by RFI [pretty much everyone]: Sounds like you have isolated the various 'boxes' with respect to their contribution to the RFI 'soup'. Have you also checked the various power supplies - likely variations on the wall-wart or baby- brick-on-a-wire variety. Sometimes the offender [or primary offender] is the power supply for the box and not the box itself. In your case, the power supply for the offending wireless router. An old pocket radio with low sensitivity makes a pretty good sniffer - hold it up to the wart or the brick and listen for mess on MW, and if present, see if it follows the wire leads - both to the power bar and to the device to be powered. Sometimes you can get lucky and replace the power supply with either a linear supply of the same voltage and equal or greater current capacity or a better engineered and implemented switcher. Switchers don't have to be bad, in fact they can be good, but cheapskate manufacturers often leave out RFI filtering components [except for special units sent to authorities for test / approval]. My fear is that a lot of TV and computer related 'boxes' [cable boxes, IP TV boxes, WiFi routers, ONTs etc.] are noisy beasts. Keep in mind too that the plague of RFI is now trashing the FM band too. Here in Canada, FM is the dominant band yet everything from LED traffic lights to LED street lights are wrecking havoc, often in a subtle, desensitizing way. Now, any FM signal below the 500 uv/m [0.5 mv/m contour] is pretty much missing as receivers are de-sensitized. I noticed a wopping change when the old sodium lights in my 'hood were replaced with LED. The good news is AM is less noisy. I hear you about the wife and kids phenomenon - I could easily live without TV [although not without internet] but my wife and kids are addicted to TV [sometimes all the Food Network drivel and home reno drivel drives me nuts, but I just stick my nose in an old fashioned book about 1950s military aircraft and that is great therapy while being in the same room]. I'd cut the power to the TV/internet system late at night to DX, except they are always recording stuff with that darn Bell-Aliant fibre op harddrive thingie. I can't run my Drake TR-7 higher than 50 watts without it messing up their recordings either. I'm sure you have the 120 volt end of these power supplies already well filtered - but even the best filters don't filter the ground wire - a consideration if there is a noisy power supply with a 3 wire cord. The very worst offender I encountered in my Bell-Aliant Fibre Op internet/TV setup was the power supply for the ONT [optical network terminal]. This big white box, which can also hold a small lead acid battery - but does not [as Bell-Aliant is too cheap] cranks out a ton of RFI that is filtered through the hot and neutral but not through the ground. Even an isolation transformer didn't work because the ground was still passed through. The solution was to take the isolation transformer box and put a choke [heavy wire to be safe] in series with the ground wire. When I say heavy, I mean heavy. Normal household 120 ground wire would be 14 gauge copper or 12 gauge aluminum so I used 12 gauge copper with a heavy jacket and wrapped that around a big 2 or so inch donut torroid. I felt that was safe as the power supply draws less than an amp :) You can also buy some good ready made stuff through a certain surplus store in Toronto [have no fear, they welcome USA customers too] at very fair prices. Link available on request. That made a huge difference in noise being distributed house-wide and beyond to the active antenna in the baby barn. It`s also very possible to make a nice home-brew filter box by taking a plastic electrical box, running a heavy 3 wire extension cord through it [cut the cord first, lol] putting heavy duty chokes and caps in it, insulate, insulate, insulate and fuse protecting it [or breaker] well below 15 amp so if some non-radio person 'borrows it' to plug in a heater, kettle, toaster etc. the fuse will pop or the breaker trip thus keeping the house from burning down. With such projects, always over-engineer for safety and avoid the 'that should be good enough' trap. Build it like a battleship, not a corvette [the ship, not the car, lol] You probably can't kill the RFI beast, but with effort, you may be able to tame it. Now, specific to the wireless router, I'm assuming WiFi here - to the extent that you can use one of your own choice [rather than be forced to use only the provided type] the solution might be to buy one and modify it - to keep the signals only going through the tiny antennas and not out through the case, through the power supply lead, through the 120 volt wiring etc. Just getting inside one of those boxes though would be very intimidating. Hopefully some good ABDXers can recommend some DX friendly routers that limit their RF output just to WiFi frequencies, and, just through the antennas (Phil Rafuse, PEI, May 9, ibid.) Just a quick observation. I don't have ANY specific or special RFI filtering or anything going on at my house. It is what it is and it is how it comes. My observation is that I have sat on the floor or on the bed in my bedroom and DXed without much interference from my anything. Mind you, my bedroom is right next to my wife's office. So the router is literally 5 feet away from me on the other side of the wall and it's just drywall with no insulation in between. I have wireless broadband for my internet, not a cable modem. There is a POE injector on the other side of the wall --- that injects the power into the Ethernet cable (which IS shielded) that runs from her office outside to the antenna on the roof. The cat5 cable that feeds the internet from the POE to the router is a plain jane nothing special non- shielded cat5 jumper and so is the one that goes from the router to her PC. Again, not much interference. In this day and age it's hard to avoid and get NO interference. I have almost all CFL bulbs in the house, plus some LED ones too. Still a few incandescents in a couple of track-lighting fixtures too. Honestly I am pretty impressed; interference could be a lot worse and WAS a lot worse at my other house. In my other house, we did have a "DirecTV Cinema Kit" box plugged in and I think that was on major source of interference; again either the box itself or the power supply for it. That box is gone now so that may have helped. The router I have is a buffalo. A Buffalo WHR300HP-2D. As Phil said; it's hard to know whether it's the router that is quiet or maybe if I got lucky and got a quiet 12V wall wart for it. The wart is just 2- wire; no ground and no ground prong. Very typical and average wall wart. The buffalo has no external antenna for the wifi; it's built-in on the inside. Good router. I have the same one here at my shop. I can turn on an AM radio here and, yeah, I get some interference but I got a whole page of electronic gadgets and devices that I have here in my shop. This is kinda RF hell. But when I unplug the Buffalo, nothing changes. So there's 2 votes for that router. It's pretty cheap too. I think it was only like 40 dollars or so (Michael n Wyo Richard, ibid.) Kevin, When it comes to RFI from routers/modems I've found that most of the noise comes from the wall wart and not the device itself. Mine are now on a battery backup system with a transformer based PS/charger. Changing from CAT5 to 5e and CAT6e for the longer runs brought the noise down to almost undetectable beyond a couple of Feet on the MW band using a DX-440 and the internal rod. We have a Motorola SG6580 modem/router/wireless and a D-Link Gigabit hub both running of the same PS. Oddly enough the noisiest gizmo in our house was the "smart" thermostat. It pretty much wiped out the MW band for DX in most of the house. Managed to find an old dual Mercury bulb type and that solved that situation. HTH (Tim Hills, Sioux Falls, SD, ibid.) Son of cable modem and wireless router interference Everyone gave me great ideas to deal with the noise. Here is what I have after farting around. I connected two Cat5e patch cables one from the modem to the wireless router, the other to my laptop directly from the wireless router. When the wireless router is unplugged, no noise. When the wifi is plugged in, noise. The noise is in time with the orange light that shows the units are talking. When the wireless router does not have a cable directly connected to the laptop, there is no change in noise. When the cable is directly connected to the laptop, it is dead ass silent electrically. A blue light flashes instead of the orange one. Now, I believe, but may be wrong, that Cat5e cables are shielded fairly well and I don't think the noise is radiating through the cables because they would emanate noise when directly coupled from the wifi to the laptop. This is not happening. I can't completely rule out the cable modem but I am at the point where I don't think that is the issue screwing with my radio and the noise is on several frequencies but one is on KMOX and I am not able to listen to the Cardinals and for me that sucks. Now I have XM and could listen to the games but that`s not the point. I know you all understand. DXers aren't all right in the head and we want to hear it direct from the source at our radio in the office 6 feet from the noisiest thing in the house. So. It looks like I am going to buy a wifi router. The one I have is an old Belkin unit from about 8 years ago. It is probably time. The cable modem is made by, or at least branded, Motorola. You would think it would be pretty good but if it came from China, who the hell knows what you are going to get. I gotta figure out around here where to find one of those Buffalo units if they are that quiet. Either that or I will try a Netgear one because that`s what I see around here waaaaaaaaaaay out in the sticks. I live in the country. In the redneck south. Hard to find stuff here. This is the stuff we all have to go through just to listen to AM radio. Are we nuts or what? Don't answer that (Kevin Redding, Crump, TN, May 11, ibid.) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ EXPERIMENTAL HF ONLINE PROPAGATION PREDICITON SYSTEM The Propagation Studies Committee http://rsgb.org/main/about-us/committees/propagation-studies-committee/ is pleased to announce the next phase of its experimental HF online prediction system is now available for testing. http://139.162.54.202/proppy/ Codenamed Proppy, it can now provide point-to-point predictions as well as area coverage maps. The system uses the new ITURHFProp engine. The site and software is experimental and the ultimate goal is to move the system on to the RSGB website (RSGB Propagation news 8 May via DXLD) As the season shifts toward Summer, you may notice some changes in HF propagation. For instance, on 15 meters from California to Japan, back at the Vernal Equinox you would see good strong signals, with openings beginning around 2100 UT and fading out around 0430. The path should be open 75-100% of the time from 2130-0300. But by the middle of this month you might see signals several dB lower and the path not as robust, with the probability of openings being more toward the 50-75% range. Openings would begin around 2000 and signals should start getting weaker after 0300 UT. On 40 meters over the same path at the Vernal Equinox (around March 23) we would see the band start to open after 0630 with strong signals through the night until around 1530. But by the middle of May, the period that this path is open is much shorter, starting around 0830 and fading out after 1400. Looking the other direction, from California to Atlanta, Georgia during the Spring, the strongest 40 meter signals over that path would be between 0230-1200 UT. But by the middle of May that opening would shift to 0300-1030. You can play with these numbers yourself, varying seasons, locations and frequencies by using a propagation prediction program. A free one, W6ELprop, is available from K9LA. His web site is http://k9la.us/ and he has lots of useful information on radio propagation. The link to propagation programs is at http://k9la.us/html/tutorials.html An alternate source is at http://brucerichards.com/army/w6elprop.htm (ARRL Prop May 6 via DXLD) :Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts :Issued: 2016 May 09 0436 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 02 - 08 May 2016 Solar activity was low and only C-class flare activity was observed. Region 2540 (N21, L=068, class/area=Hrx/20 on 01 May) produced a C3 flare at 02/0842 UTC which was the largest event of the period. Region 2535 (N05, L=124, class/area=Hax/60 on 24 Apr) produced a C1 flare at 04/1531 UTC that had an associated Type II radio sweep (est. shock speed 560 km/s) and coronal mass ejection (CME). This CME was first observed in LASCO/C2 coronagraph imagery beginning 04/1412 UTC and likely arrived at Earth early on 08 May (see geomag section below for additional information). A pair of filament eruptions centered near N22E39 and N31E42 were observed in GONG imagery beginning at around 07/1515 UTC. The associated CME was first observed in LASCO/C2 imagery at 07/1648 UTC but analysis indicated that this CME was not Earth-directed. No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit reached high levels on 03-06 May and moderate levels on 02, 07-08 May. Geomagnetic field activity was at unsettled to G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm levels on 02 May with quiet to active levels on 03 May due to the influence of a negative polarity coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS). Quiet levels were observed on 04 May and quiet to unsettled levels were observed on 05 May under a nominal solar wind regime. The onset of a positive polarity CH HSS caused quiet to G1 (Minor) storm levels on 06 May and quiet to active levels on 07 May. On 08 May G1-G3 (Minor-Strong) geomagnetic storms were observed and analysis suggested that a CME (likely from 04 May as mentioned in solar activity section) was embedded in a CIR preceding a negative polarity CH HSS. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 09 MAY - 04 JUNE 2016 Solar activity is expected to be at very low (B-class flares) to low (C-class flares) levels throughout the outlook period. No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to reach very high levels on 10-13 May and high levels on 09, 14, and 30 May-02 Jun. Moderate flux levels are expected for the remainder of the period. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be reach G3 (Strong) geomagnetic storm levels on 09 May and G1 (Minor) storm levels on 10 May due to the influence of a negative polarity coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS). G1 (Minor) storm levels are likely on 20 May due to the influence of a positive polarity CH HSS as well as on 29 May and 04 Jun due to the influence of negative polarity CH HSSs. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2016 May 09 0436 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 2016-05-09 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2016 May 09 85 43 6 2016 May 10 85 25 5 2016 May 11 90 15 4 2016 May 12 90 8 3 2016 May 13 90 5 2 2016 May 14 95 5 2 2016 May 15 95 12 4 2016 May 16 90 8 3 2016 May 17 85 5 2 2016 May 18 82 5 2 2016 May 19 82 12 4 2016 May 20 82 15 5 2016 May 21 82 12 4 2016 May 22 82 5 2 2016 May 23 85 5 2 2016 May 24 85 10 3 2016 May 25 85 5 2 2016 May 26 90 5 2 2016 May 27 90 5 2 2016 May 28 90 10 3 2016 May 29 90 25 5 2016 May 30 90 10 4 2016 May 31 88 5 2 2016 Jun 01 88 5 2 2016 Jun 02 88 12 4 2016 Jun 03 85 12 4 2016 Jun 04 85 30 5 (via WORLD OF RADIO 1825, DXLD) GLENN`S PROPAGATION OUTLOOK FOR MEDIA NETWORK PLUS AS OF MAY 12, 2016 Keith, From IPS in Australia, the Global HF Propagation Forecast thru May 14: normal at all latitudes. From Spaceweather South Africa, thru May 14: magnetic conditions unsettled to quiet; shortwave fadeouts unlikely, MUF unstable. From Met Office UK, thru May 15: solar activity very low; geomagnetic activity mainly quiet, occasionally unsettled. No solar radiation storms are expected, From F K Janda in Prague, the Geomagnetic field will be: quiet to unsettled on May 13, 21, 23 - 25 mostly quiet on May 14, 18, 22, 29, 31 quiet to active on May 15, 19 - 20 quiet on May 16 - 17, 26 - 28, June 1 active to disturbed on May 30 From SWPC in Boulder: Geomagnetic field activity reaching G1 (Minor) storm levels are likely on May 20 with A and K indices of 15 and 5; as well as on May 29 at 25 and 5, Jun 4, 30 and 5. Lowest A`s and K`s of 5 and 2 on May 14, 17, 18, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 31 and June 1. Solar flux dropping from a peak of 95 on May 15 to a trough of 82, May 18- 22. Be on the lookout for sporadic E reaching the lower TV channels and FM all week. William Hepburn`s VHF UHF DX maps show extreme tropospheric ducting May 13 and 14 off Baja California; May 18 further south along the coast of Mexico; off the coast of Angola May 14, extending to Namibia from the 15th. Extreme to extremely extreme all week along the Red Sea and across the Arabian Sea (via DXLD) ###