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Thanks, Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 1838 CONTENTS: *DX and station news about: Armenia, Australia, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Congo, Cuba, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Europe, Germany, Guinea, International Waters and non, Italy, Korea North, Korea South, Libya, Lithuania, México, Netherlands non, Puntland, Somalia, Taiwan, Uganda non, Ukraine non, USA, Vietnam non SHORTWAVE AIRINGS of WORLD OF RADIO 1838, August 11-17, 2016 Thu 1130 WRMI 9955 Thu 2100 WRMI 13695 [confirmed] Thu 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed] Fri 0830 Unique 3210 Fri 2130 WRMI 13695 [confirmed] Fri 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed] Sat 0630 HLR 6190-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 0700 Unique 3210 Sat 1400 Unique 3210 Sat 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed] Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM [confirmed] Sun 0830 Unique 3210 Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [not on air] Mon 0030 WRMI 7730 [confirmed] Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v-AM Area 51 Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 [to be pre-empted] 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 ANOTHER PODCAST ALTERNATIVE, tnx to Keith Weston: http://feeds.feedburner.com/GlennHausersWorldOfRadio NOW tnx to Keith Weston, also Podcasts via iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/glenn-hausers-world-of-radio/id1123369861 AND via Google Play Music: http://bit.ly/worldofradio 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 issues (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. 9855-, Aug 5 at 2320, humroar is all I hear from weak R. Tirana in Albanian. 9855, Aug 6 at 2308, no signal from R. Tirana, Albanian to North America, nor some chex later in this hour (Glenn Hauser,, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7389.974, Radio Tirana morning Albanian language service to Balkan, Kosovo UN state, Macedonia, former YUGOSLAVIA-countries, Italy and Greece. S=9+10 or -68dBm signal, BUT AS USUAL IN PAST MONTHS HEAVY BUZZY DISTORTED AUDIO QUALITY noted. 11 x 100 Hertz apart distance buzz noise signal peaks seen, also 50 / 150 / 250 Hertz apart minor level peaks seen either sideband too. The Albanian technician at Shijak transmitter broadcast center COULDN'T SOLVE THIS AUDIO FAULT PROBLEM yet [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 8) (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) No time but between logs at 0710 and 0740 UT Aug 8 (gh, DXLD) 9855, R. Tiranë, Shijak, 0128 UT Aug 9, 2016 - Tune in to interval signal at fair/poor level. Buzz on signal is still there but at manageable level tonight. YL with usual opening IDs, then into news by OM. Static level is pretty high and signal is having trouble staying above the noise floor. Muffled audio is actually more of a nuisance than the regular buzz on the carrier. Still able to pick up some program details, feature on book fair. One of the best signals from here in quite a while (Stephen Wood, Harwich, Mass., Perseus SDR, 25 x 50 variable terminated superloop antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9854.96, Aug 9 at 0154, R. Tirana about S6 with humroar way over music, except at 0158 the IS comes thru much louder for one play before cutoff. Stephen Wood in MA was hearing it from the start at 0128 and with better results (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) RT Shijak Albanian morning service Aug 9. 7389.975, Radio Tirana morning Albanian language sce to Balkan, Kosovo UN state, Macedonia, former YUG-countries, Italy and Greece. S=9+20 or -57dBm -BUZZY- signal, BUT AS USUAL IN PAST MONTHS HEAVY BUZZY DISTORTED AUDIO QUALITY noted. 15 x 100 Hertz apart distance buzz noise signal peaks seen, also 50 / 150 / 250 Hertz apart minor level peaks - a lot of 15x - seen either sideband too. The Albanian technician at Shijak tx center COULDN'T SOLVE THIS AUDIO FAULT PROBLEM yet. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 9) RT Shijak Albanian morning service Wednesday Aug 10. 7389.975, Radio Tirana morning Albanian language service to Balkan, Kosovo UN state, Macedonia, former Yugoslavia countries, Italy and Greece. S=9+25 or - 52dBm -BUZZY- signal, 2 x 4.1 kHz wide signal either side, BUT AS USUAL IN PAST MONTHS HEAVY BUZZY DISTORTED AUDIO QUALITY noted. 8 x 100 Hertz apart distance buzz noise signal peaks seen, also 50 / 150 / 250 ... Hertz apart minor level peaks - a lot of 13x - seen either sideband too. The Albanian technician at Shijak tx center COULDN'T SOLVE THIS AUDIO FAULT PROBLEM yet. 0756:47 UTC Albanian National Hymn played, till 0757:51 UT, pause till 0801:05 switched to one hour lasting program, opening theme. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (Wolfgang Büschel, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 10, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ANGOLA. 4949.732, Surprisingly strong on greyline fade out path across the equator, during their winter season on southern hemisphere during June/July/Aug months. Radio Nacional Angola, S=7 or -83dBm at 0449 UT on Aug 10 (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 10) (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ARGENTINA. 15345. August 5, 2016. 1711-1730, Radio Difusión Argentina al Exterior, Gral. Pacheco, in German. Female announcer talks news; ID, a song, comments about the Olympic Games 2016, other song. RAE presents, today, a fair to good signal and a very distorted audio, 35432. 15345, August 9, 2016. 2127-2132, Radiodifusión Argentina al Exterior, Gral Pacheco, in German. Female announcer talks, ID. Station with fair signal and all distorted audio, 35431 (DXer: José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo-PB, Brazil, Degen DE1103 + Sony ICF-SW100S, Antenna: Portable Telescopic, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** ARMENIA. [Re 16-31:] Hi Bruce, what you heard underneath the sign- on announcement of Radio Northern Ireland wasn't "The Internationale". It was the "long vocal version" of the old Soviet Union national anthem. I often heard it at 2000 UT on several shortwave frequencies when the first All-Union programme with its Siberia and Central Asia version started. It lasted for approx. 3:25 minutes. I can send you a "better quality version" that the cut I made in the 1980s, it is about 3.1 megabytes. It wasn't a strange station interfering RNI, it was part of the show. 73, (Manfred Reiff, Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ARMENIA. Hi All, The Shortwave Service Facebook page are now showing that the US radio broadcaster 'Voice of the Report of the Week' will be doing another broadcast via Gavar in Armenia on Thursday 11th of August, this time on 12075 kHz. The signal will be beamed at 125 degrees towards India (Alan Gale, Aug 8, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Time?? Apologies, I forgot to include the time for the VORW broadcast from Gavar, it's shown as: ``18:00 in UTC+02`` --- I assume that's 1800 UTC and +2 for German local time, but I wouldn't swear to it (Alan Gale, ibid.) BUT 1802-1832 on same 12075 kHz is End Times Coming ETC Radio to WeAs via Secretbrod (Ivo Ivanov, B`lgariya, ibid.) Hi Ivo, let's hope that the 1800 is the local German time then, and the UTC 2000 [sic], nothing up on their website yet, but it would make a lot more sense (Alan, ibid.) Alan, perhaps you mean 1600 UT as CEST is two hours AHEAD of UT. – (Richard Langley, NB, ibid.) Hi Richard, Yes, I'm sure you're right, probably a more sensible time anyway if it's aimed at India! :-) (Alan Gale, ibid.) Standard remark: why doesn`t everyone express times (and dates/days) STRICTLY IN UT, from which there could be no confusion!!! Anyone who needs to convert it to local time can then do it (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) Yes, will be 1600-1700 UT on 12075, before Bible Voice Broadcasting in Farsi via Secretbrod, 1700-1800 on same 12075 to WeAs (Ivo Ivanov, ibid.) Hi All, Christian at SWS has just confirmed that the time of Thursday's broadcast on 12075 kHz is 1600 UT (Alan Gale, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Test transmission of The Voice of The Report of The Week on August 11 1600-1700 on 12075 ERV 100 kW / 125 deg to SoAs English via CJSC Yerevan-Gavar: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/08/test-transmission-of-voice-of-report-of.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ARMENIA. Hi All, Just saw this on the SM Radio International Facebook page. Alan. [What does SM stand for??] ``Attention Europe!!! SM Radio International is testing 100 kW! On Saturday [presumably Aug 13] we are broadcasting Ron O'Quinns Rock 'N Roll Rewind with 100 kW on 11845 kHz from 1800 to 2000 UT (20.00-22.00 CET / MESZ) to Europe. This is a transmitter test. Please send us your reception reports to: info@shortwavecommunity.com We hope you enjoy it`` Posted by: (Alan Gale, Aug 10, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. 17840, 0431 3 AUG - RADIO AUSTRALIA. SINPO = 45323. English, male announcers interviews 3 scientists about the ‘first steps’ ancient animals (mud skippers) took on land using models and robotics. (// 15240 SINPO 35222 beamAz 30 ). QSB=slow-to-moderate rate,(good quality) modulation on slightly noisy carrier mostly well above the noise floor with occasional fades to just above it for very short durations. sf73.2, a16, k5, geomag: minor storm. 100kw, beamAz 70 , bearing 242 . Sangean ATS505 with MFJ-1020C active antenna and MFJ-901B used to preselect 37’ of 22-gauge wire connected to aluminum rain gutter along eave of roof above two story building. Received at Las Vegas, United States, 13016 km from transmitter at Shepparton VIC. Local time: 2131 (Rodney Johnson, NV, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 17840 & 15240, Aug 4 at 0432, no signals at all from Radio Australia, normally good, so off? Unseems low MUF propagation, since 15720 NZ is good as usual. Still no RA an hour later. 17840, Aug 5 at 0018, and weaker 15240, RA is back on the air after missing yesterday; discussion of Romeo & Juliet (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15240, R Australia, 8/7, 0630. Football match, QLD + ?. Good, with chop. Much stronger // 17840. 73 and Good Listening....! (Rick Barton, Arizona, Due to weather activity, most logs with Radio Shack SW- 2000629 and whip or Grundig Satellit 750 with indoor random wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 12065, Aug 7 at 1343, no signal from RA, but OK on 12085. Tho always weaker, beamed away from us, 12065 should be detectable if on. 9580 nominal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [above was THE LAST DATE ANYONE HEARD RA, still off Aug 14 --- gh] RA from Shepparton NOT ON AIR at 0800 UT check on Aug 8. all 15240, 15415 and 17840 are off today. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) No signal on 9580 at 0955. Also missing from 12065 & 12085 (although these are only marginal here at best). (Stephen C Wood, Harwich, Mass. Aug 8, ibid.) Not on air 9580 at 1705 UT. Also missing from 12065 & 12085 kHz. 73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, Aug 8, ibid.) Yes, I wasn't hearing them on any frequency here in Nevada this morning either (~1300z-1530z). I did hear RNZI on 6170 with good strength so it couldn't be propagation (Rodney Johnson, Aug 8, ibid.) 17840, R. Australia - No signal detected here tonight, 0140 UT Aug 9, 2016. This frequency normally provides good reception here almost every night (Stephen Wood, Harwich, Mass., Perseus SDR, 25 x 50 variable terminated superloop antenna, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 17840, Aug 9 at 0205, no signal from RA nor on 15240, but NZ 15720 is OK ending BBC news by Neal/Neil? at 0206. Stephen Wood in Massachusetts was not hearing 17840 either at 0140. RA has been off a lot lately. And since forced downsizing to a three-transmitter schedule, they should have a bunch of extra senders at Shepparton, if anyone cared (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DX LISTENING DIGEST) RA Shepparton, all three OFF at at 0745 UT Aug 9. wb (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ?? !!! 1000, 1100, 1230. Unable to hear R Australia on 12085 12065 or 9580 this morning (8/9). 17840 at 0400 8/10 also blank. 73 and Good Listening....! (Rick Barton, Arizona, Due to weather activity, most logs with Radio Shack SW-2000629 and whip or Grundig Satellit 750 with indoor random wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9580 & 12065 & 12085, Aug 9 at 1255, R. Australia is still missing from all frequencies. 17840 & 15240, Aug 10 at 0215, still missing. 9580 & 12065 & 12085, Aug 10 at 1215, STILL missing. Several other monitors agree. This is getting to be serious. Is there anything about it on the RA website? Not that I can find. The usual discouraging info about How To Listen, demoting SW to third place after Online and Satellite: ``Listening to shortwave requires a specialist shortwave radio. We direct our broadcasts at peak listening times in our target areas of the Pacific using multiple frequencies. We recommend that where possible, you use an outside antenna to improve reception. Shortwave signals may be subject to interference from other broadcasters' signals, electronic devices such as computers, microwave ovens, TVs, car engines and fluorescent lights. Download shortwave frequency guide for the Pacific`` http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/waystolisten/abc-radio-shortwave-frequency-guide.pdf Which alleges that the real targets for 17840/9580, the transmitter aimed at Oklahoma are only: ``New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji, Samoa`` No one seemed to have noticed, or cared on RA`s FB, until this new inquiry from Mauno Ritola circa 1320 UT Aug 10: https://www.facebook.com/RadioAustralia/posts/1407338289283113 ``Have shortwave transmissions stopped altogether?`` No reply yet (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DX LISTENING DIGEST) This morning (8 Aug, ~1300z) I noticed R. Australia wasn't on either of their frequencies on 25m, but other Asia/Pacific signals were weak on that band. So I tried 9580 and still nothing even though the Asia/Pacific signals were a little stronger. I then went to 49m and found BBC from Thailand readable and RNZI was actually pretty strong, so it was safe to say R. Australia was off the air. Rechecked until ~1530z, and they were still off. Notably absent for quite some time is R. Australia on all frequencies, somewhat worrisome as I haven't heard them in almost a week (Thursday or Friday last week I believe) and they seemingly had just repaired a transmitter that was distorting the audio. Has ABC finally pulled the plug on R. Australia? Is RNZI the new voice of the Pacific on shortwave? I hope not, that would truly be the end of an era (Rodney Johnson, NV, Aug 10, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Further Facebook replies: ``Richard Cook Yesterday at 12:56pm Your shortwave service fir radio australia isnt on the usual frequencies for 2days now any idea why?`` ``Rick Barton Yesterday at 6:04pm can anyone there tell us if there is an outage at Shepparton, or can anyone there tell us if there is an outage at Shepparton, or has SW broadcasting from RA / ABC ceased ? I have been a regular listener here in USA`` ``Kandee Storrs: I am guessing that weather problems in the Shepparton area may be to blame. I have not received any definite answers yet. 11 hours ago`` ``Rick Barton: I am wondering also. Can anybody at RA/ABC tell us what is going on....? about an hour ago`` SECRETLAND(non), Brother HySTAIRical via SPL Secretbrod effective from Aug. 8, 1300-1700 on 12085#SCB ??? kW / 126 deg to N/ME (not registered in A-16 HFCC) SECRETLAND(non) Frequency change of Brother HySTAIRical via SPL from Aug. 10: 1300-1657 NF 11810#SCB 100 kW / 126 deg to N/ME English, ex 12085 to avoid RA* (Ivo Ivanov, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DXLD) I have always thought it was exciting hearing from Shepparton, Australia and the first time I heard Australia, I considered, back in the 1960's, I'd climbed Everest as far as SWLing was concerned. To hear a station from the other side of the Earth was truly 'beaut'! It's very regrettable the board-rooms of these radio companies seem these days to be populated with those less proud to be heard via good old radio via their SW all over the world, regrettably such as CBC and BBC are not really now interested in International output to not only inform, entertain but encourage trade, tourism and good relations with ordinary folk. If Radio Australia comes back as it used to be, it can only gain for the station and the country (Rog Parsons (BDXC 782), Hinckley LE10 0NJ, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Radio Australia continues to be totally missing whenever the known frequencies are checked: Aug 10 at 2140, no 17840 or 15240 while NZ is JBA on 15720. Aug 11 at 0552, no signals on 17840, 15240. Aug 11 at 1325, no signals on 9580, 12085, 12065. On 11 August 2016 at 0134, I asked the mostly dormant ARDXC members discussion list: ``Does anyone have any info about what has happened???`` One reply came: ``On RA website, ways to listen, twitter feed shows off air for maintenance 08.15 till 1500 AEST/PNG Time. John Smith Brisbane`` Copied exactly from his screenshot: #raonair @radioaustralia #RAOnAir Reminder: There will be a shortwave outage today between 08.15-15.00 AEST/PNG time due to maintenance #RAOnAir KennyBee #No2EU Retweeted [same] ``Today`` date not shown, but those times = 2215-0500 UT, and RA remains MISSING far beyond those times (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Harald Kuhl, Germany, posted this to the BDXC-UK yg: ``-----Original Message----- From: Harald Kuhl Sent: Thursday, 11 August 2016 4:05 AM To: Reception Advice reception.advice@abc.net.au Subject: Radio Australia shortwave? Hi there, I cannot find your program on 9580 kHz, when are you back? Regards Harald Kuhl [Reply]: Gesendet: Donnerstag, 11. August 2016 um 01:38 Uhr Von: "Reception Advice" An: "'Harald Kuhl'" Betreff: RE: Radio Australia shortwave? Dear Harald, Thank you for your email regarding the ABC Radio Australia shortwave transmission service. We are currently investigating this issue. Can you please let me know where you are located? Kind Regards Robyn ABC ABC Reception Advice Communications Networks They are "investigating this issue". Could this mean they want to find out if listeners still care about shortwave? We should all write to them and ask what happens to their shortwave transmissions. Especially if one lives in their target area. 73 Harald``. Lacking any RA to listen to, I hear this relevant item on NPR Morning Edition, about Australia`s shocking treatment of refugees on Nauru: CLAIMS PROBED OF BRUTAL CONDITIONS FOR REFUGEES ON ISLAND OF NAURU 7:18 August 11, 2016 5:04 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition Steve Inskeep talks to Anna Neistat of Amnesty International about recently released reports detailing the condition of refugee detention centers on the Pacific island nation of Nauru. [with 7:18 audio link] http://www.npr.org/2016/08/11/489584342/claims-probed-of-brutal-conditions-for-refugees-on-island-of-nauru (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA [non]. 9265, UT Fri Aug 5 at 0300 sharp, WINB starts new weekly program from Unique Radio. Aussie Tim Gaynor spends the hour talking about his own 3210 station (80 watts PEP), acknowledging reception reports for that going back to March, many of them using web SDRs as close as Brisbane. Including: David Martin, Mauno Ritola, Ian Baxter, Bryan Clark, Bruce Churchill, Ian Wells. {Still pending site change: present one has mountain range blocking reception toward Sydney; new one will be on flat land, should get out better.} Alternates with pop tunes from the 60s and 70s, frequent IDs for WINB. Started listening on 9265, fair with deep fades, so I confess to switching to the steady WINB webcast for the rest of it after a few minutes. Finished at 0400, WINB signs off 9265, talking over our National Anthem, the ``Star Spangled Banner``, which is equivalent to flag desecration; treating it like a station themesong (why not talk over: ``Advance, Australia Fair``?) The webcast however continues with music, ``Old Ruggèd Cross``, not to be confused with WJHR (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Here in NB, Unique Radio over WINB early this morning (Friday) was, for the most part, inaudible. WINB was at reasonable strength the previous hour with the somewhat disturbing pentecostal preacher. Even though I'm in the direction of the back beam of WINB (as is Europe), I typically get good reception from WINB. But the vagaries of SW were such that WINB faded out before the start of the Unique Radio broadcast. It did fade up to a strong level a few minutes into the program (recorded audio more than 18 dB above the noise) but faded away again and then came back, less strong, about 15 minutes into the program (see attached) when I thought I might have heard my name and DXLD mentioned (anyone confirm?). (Richard Langley, NB, Aug 6, dxldyg post not arriving until Aug 8, via DXLD) Wow! That took a long time to show up. Posted on 5 August at 8:52 a.m. and appeared on 8 August at about 4:00 p.m. Note that I had reposted the information this morning having given up on the original posting (Richard Langley, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I had tried to post a report on reception of the Unique Radio broadcast on Friday, 5 August 2016, between 0300 and 0400 UT over WINB on 9265 kHz to the DXLD Yahoo group but it seems it never made it. Trying again through e-mail rather than the Yahoo website. Unfortunately, reception was not that good on this occasion. I used my Tecsun PL-880 portable receiver with its built-in whip antenna inside my RFI-plagued house (in Hanwell, just outside Fredericton, New Brunswick, on the east coast of Canada) and recorded the broadcast for subsequent playback. Despite the RFI, I typically get good reception off the back of the beam of the WINB antenna. And, at 0200 UT, reception was fairly good. However, by the time the Unique Radio broadcast began the signal had faded below audibility. The signal did fade back up briefly at 0302. Attached is a plot of audio amplitude of the whole broadcast and you can see, for the most part, it was inaudible for me. 0300 occurs at about the 5-minute mark in the plot. The signal did fade up again very slightly around the 20-minute mark = 0315 and I think I might have heard my name mentioned at this time in conjunction with a DXLD posting. I sent this report to Tim Gaynor and he replied: "Your report also reflects that either it was a bad night for reception, or, perhaps, the station was having some issues? "I had 3 other reports, two from Ohio and one from Colorado indicating similar reception." (Richard Langley, Aug 8, dxldyg via DXLD) Hi Richard, et al: My experience with WINB on this frequency is pretty much the same every night: it starts out at a very good level then goes away when the band starts to "go long" after sunset. In Michigan, I'm fairly close to the transmitter site in Pennsylvania, so the signal is simply skipping over me. I think Unique Radio would get a bigger "bang" for its "buck" by either moving the broadcast time back several hours (if possible) or moving to a station like WRMI that has a wider frequency selection. In general, I think something in the 60- to 41-meter range would better for most NAm listeners at the time this broadcast currently airs. 73, (Andy Robins, Kalamazoo, Michigan USA, Aug 8, ibid.) ** AUSTRIA. Reception of Radio Oesterreich International, Aug 5: 0500-0620 on 6155 MOS 300 kW / non-dir to WeEu German Mon-Fri 0500-0615 on 6155 MOS 300 kW / non-dir to WeEu German Sat/Sun http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/08/reception-of-radio-oesterriech.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) WRTH now calls it something slightly different, Radio Ö1 International (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRIA [and non]. 9505, Aug 4 at 0358, weak music at S4, seems unknown IS repeating until off at 0359:20*. It`s AWR in Persian at 0330-0400 per Aoki; thought 9505 might be Sudan, but would not be on here until 0600 if at all; transmitter needed for jamming in the interim. Had a carrier on 7205 earlier. 9455, Aug 4 at 0402, violin music at S5, talk in Turkish? Yes, this one is AWR Turkish via Austria (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRIA. Relating to the low sunspot activity (I believe); At 1800z I'm listening to what sounds like Vietnamese (VOV) which is scheduled on 9625 kHz with 100kw at 300 degrees using a Log Periodic from Moosbrunn. If it's not VOV I don't know else it would be. A path length of 5584 miles on 31m, all in daylight. "D" & "E" layer absorption must be incredibly low to allow what must be 3 hops (at least) on what would usually be considered a one hop band. Signal strength is very low, just above the noise but I can hear music and spoken word audio The antenna azimuth of 300 degrees is very close to the true bearing of 308 to my QTH but it is an LP, an antenna with a broad beam and generally high angle of radiation (Jlenamon, Waco TX, Aug 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BANGLADESH. 4750, Bangladesh Betar - HS, 1251-1309*, Aug 8. In Bangla; 1252 the usual daily brief spot in English with the weather, temperatures, etc.; 1300-1305 news in Bangla; suddenly off; they continue with their very much abbreviated schedule; slightly stronger than CNR1 on frequency. Quick check today at 1235, for the Monday (weekly) SAARC news bulletin in English, but BB clearly off the air. Instead briefly heard BB 1204- 1205, mixing with CNR1. Maybe attempting for a more normal schedule, but failed? Aug 9, heard Bangladesh Betar - HS *1253-1306*; off just after the news in Bangla; mixing equally with CNR1 on same frequency. Why this strangely abbreviated schedule? Earlier this year I was hearing them signing on close to 1230, to past the news in English at 1530 (Ron Howard, Calif., dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BHUTAN. 6035, BBS, 1211-1238*, Aug 8. Usual brief indigenous music 1215, 1218 & 1220; indigenous music and singing 1222-1230; 1230 indigenous music into chatting; suddenly off; poor, but at times fair, depending on amount of adjacent QRM; PBS Yunnan already off. Decent signal strength; my audio https://goo.gl/ozQG0Z (Ron Howard, Calif., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BIAFRA [non]. NIGERIA {non} 11701. August 5, 2016. 1912-1920, Radio Biafra, Kostinbrod, Bulgaria, in English. Local song; Male announcer talks; YL talks, ID. Broadcasting with fair to poor signal, severe interference by China R. International in French, on 11695 kHz, 33432. R. Biafra on 11701 is a few better than 11700 kHz (DXer: José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo-PB, Brazil, Degen DE1103 + Sony ICF-SW100S, Antenna: Portable Telescopic, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) Carrier really on 11701, or merely side-tuning to 11701? (gh, DXLD) NIGERIA {non}. 11700. August 8, 2016. 1935-1945, Radio Biafra, Kostinbrod, Bulgaria, in English. Male announcer talks; conversation with a man; ID. Good signal, moderate interference by China R. International on 11695, and fair modulation; better on 11701 kHz, 43433 (sometimes, 43432). (DXer: José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Location: Cabedelo-PB, Brazil, Degen DE1103 + Sony ICF-SW100S, Antenna: Portable Telescopic, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. ATT DETECTA MÁS DE 200 RADIODIFUSORAS CLANDESTINAS EN BOLIVIA El director de la Autoridad de Regulación y Fiscalización de Telecomunicaciones y Transportes (ATT), César Bohrt, informó que de enero a la fecha se detectaron más de 200 radiodifusoras que operan ilegalmente en el país. "Este año tenemos 200 que se han identificado, y los hemos intimado para que cesen operaciones eso es lo primero que cesen las operaciones", explicó a los periodistas. Dijo que la ciudad de El Alto lidera la lista con 25 por ciento de radios ilegales, seguido de La Paz y Santa Cruz, entre otras ciudades capitales. "Especialmente en El Alto hay muchas personas que hacen el uso del espectro electromagnético, inclusive con equipamiento hecho manualmente, artesanalmente, generan mucha interferencia a los operadores legalmente establecidos", explicó, según ABI (Opinión via GRA blog via DXLD) ** BOLIVIA. 5952.42, Radio Pio Doce, 0228*, Aug 10. Started the normal sign off format, but cut off in mid-ID; almost fair with QRN (static). 6134.82, R. Santa Cruz, 0203*, Aug 10. Off with the normal format; poor with QRN (static) and Brazil het (Ron Howard, Calif., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, NBC Bougainville, 1146-1148*, Aug 8. In Pidgin; DJ with pop song; suddenly off; poor Aug 9, NBC Bougainville, at 1152 with Whitney Houston singing "I Will Always Love You"; 1156-1159* several "NBC Bougainville" IDs with frequencies, in both English and Pidgin; suddenly off, leaving a weak Pro 1 RRI Palangkaraya on frequency; almost fair (Ron Howard, Calif., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. Globo com emissora AM dedicada às Olimpíadas? Oi pessoal, No Blog do Prévidi de hoje houve a seguinte menção: "Sistema Globo lançou em RJ e SP um prefixo AM só com 24 horas olímpicas de transmissões e eventos, além de alguns também na CBN e na Rádio Globo". Fonte: http://previdi.blogspot.com.br/2016/08/terca-9-de-agosto-de-2016.html?m=1 Aos colegas de SP e RJ, vocês poderiam confirmar a existência desta emissora da Globo dedicada 24h aos jogos olímpicos? (Huelbe Garcia, Aug 9, radioescutas yg via DXLD) Sim, é verdadeira a informação. Tanto em SP, como no RJ, as duas emissoras já transmitiam em AM e FM a mesma programação. Isso ocorreu a partir da migração para o FM de outras emissoras. No caso do Rio de Janeiro, começou com a CBN duplicando o sinal do AM no antigo canal da Globo FM 92,5. O motivo na época foi o lançamento da BANDNEWS FM na Cidade Maravilhosa. Depois, a Rádio Tupi AM passou a duplicar seu sinal no lugar da Tupi FM (que já se chamava Nativa). A Nativa passou para outro prefixo alugado. E hoje, acho que já não está no ar. A Tupi passa por grandes dificuldades e se fala até em fechamento da emissora. Com esse movimento da Tupi, a Globo AM passou a alugar também um canal e reproduzir seu sinal em FM. Findado o contrato, a Globo preferiu não renova-lo. Tirou do ar a 98FM, do mesmo grupo, e passou a transmitir a programação da Rádio Globo AM no lugar. A emissora que serve exclusivamente às olimpíadas chama-se Estação Globo/CBN. E aqui no Rio está ocupando o 1220 kHz (prefixo original da Rádio Globo AM). O 98.1 FM está com a programação normal que era do AM. A CBN, no Rio continua também transmitindo em AM 860 e FM 92.5. O nome Estação Globo/CBN é pela junção das equipes de esporte das duas emissoras, desde o mês passado no Rio e há uns 4 meses em São Paulo. A Estação Globo/CBN está neste link, na Internet http://radioglobo.globo.com/ Abs, (Marcelo Santos, ibid.) Marcelo, muito obrigado! Muito boas informações que você levantou. Pelo que entendi, temos no Rio o seguinte: Tupi: 1280 e 96.5 Globo: 98.1 (variedades, programas populares, participação dos ouvintes) Globo CBN: 1220 (100% Olimpíadas) CBN: 860 e 92.5 ("hardnews" nacional, política, internacional, transmissões de futebol) Achei este link, mas tudo nele você já tinha trazido. http://www.esporteemidia.com/2016/07/cbn-am-em-sp-e-globo-am-no-rj-vao-ter.html?m=1 (Huelbe Garcia, ibid.) ** BRAZIL. [Re 16-31, 6000 kHz pirate(?)] Radio Fronteira, 6000 kHz -- - Eu vi esse transmissor (6000 kHz com 10 watts) à venda na internet esses tempos. Creio que custava uns R$ 600 com a antena junto (Lúcio Haeser, Brasília, 5 August, radioescutas yg via DXLD) Boa noite turma de radioescutas. Pelo que li, salvo eu esteja enganado, somente o pessoal do sul e sudeste está escutando essa rádio. Pergunto ao grupo, há alguém aqui no grupo do nordeste que esteja recebendo esse sinal? Alguém conhece o estúdio, e o transmissor? E a antena? é dipolo, plano terra ou direcional? Se for essa última, está apontada para o sul/sudeste do Brasil? Outra pergunta, alguém disse que foi informado por eles que a potência do transmissor é 10 watts. O informante não se enganou e na realidade é 10 kwatts (10.000 watts)? Certa vez um locutor de uma rádio disse que o transmissor tinha 1 watt, mas não sabia que era 1000 watts. Obrigado e aguardo opinioes (Merlin, SP, ibid.) Where did s/he get that? NO one in this group has reported really hearing it. S/he?? I was just trying to be inclusive, until I realize that I have never seen a feminine name posting to this r-e group (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Pelo que li, ninguém daqui ouviu. Tudo que se tem foi algo postado no Facebook, creio que pelo Lenildo, que mora no interior da Paraíba (Haeser, radioescutas yg via DXLD) 10 watts mesmo. O transmissor é "fundo de quintal". Vendido na internet por 600 reais (com antena) e por 390 reais (sem antena) (Haeser, ibid.) Pode algum fornecer uma gravação do que foi escutado referente a R Frontera, pelo esse pessoal do Sul o Sudeste, se haver algumo? 73 (Horacio Nigro, Montevideo, Uruguay, ibid.) Complementando minha mensagem anterior, há a divulgação dessa rádio nesses 3 sites: https://www.facebook.com/DexismoInternacional/ http://vocedx.blogspot.com.br/2016/08/informacoes-de-uma-nova-radio-de-onda.html http://lex-dx.blogspot.com.br/ Inclusive, reparei um detalhe que no logotipo há um erro grosseiro para quem tem uma emissora de rádio: É mencionado a frequência de 6000 MHz, sendo que o correto seria 6000 kHz (Merlin SP, Aug 7, radioescutas yg via DXLD) Pessoal, Não chega em Natal. Estamos a mais ou menos 200 km de distância. Enviado do Yahoo Mail no Android. 73 (Karl Leite, PS7KM, Aug 6, ibid.) Karl, São apenas 10W em AM. De Cabedelo até o meu QTG não deve ser mais que 15 km. Estava escutando aqui com sinais S3~S5, o ruído na mesma intensidade. Resta o consolo de que a antena empregada foi uma cópia da A3S da Cushcraft (10-15-20 metros). Ontem liguei para o proprietário, conversamos por um bom tempo. A emissora está no ar diariamente (24 horas) com programação musical de cunho religioso. Parece-me tratar-se de um experimento. Não quero ser visionário, mas acho que isso vai durar até se descobrir que o custo/benefício de uma radioweb é bem mais interessante (Tota Garcia, PY7024SWL - PR7BCP Aug 6, ibid.) Hello Glenn and colleagues. This last week I did several attempts to listen a probable station called "Radio Fronteira, in Cabedelo, Paraiba", on 6000 kHz, different days, hours and receivers (used 3 receivers). Result: Just noise, nothing more than noise! Nothing signal or modulation on this frequency! I try other times this week. Regards, (José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo - Paraiba, Brazil, Aug 7, ibid.) Colegas da Lista. Ainda não conseguí sintonizar esta emissora, aquí em Cabedelo (6000 kHz), em nenhum período do dia. È bem verdade de que alguém falou que Papai Noel disse que essa Radio Fronteira existe. 73 (José Ronaldo Xavier, Cabedelo - PB, Aug 7, ibid.) Caramba, desde que surgiu esse papo dessa nova radio? Tenho tentado em diversos horarios, porém, NEGATIVO, aqui no norte do Paraná, nada de nada (Morato, PY5AAP, Aug 7, ibid.) Boa noite, isso é piada. O cara comprou um transmissorzinho de 10 watts no mercado livre e está tirando uma na nossa cara. Com 10 watts e com uma antena gambi jamais vai sair longe, ainda mais com a propagação rateando, não percam tempo, gente. abcs py2 (Ariovaldo Lobrito, ibid.) Colegas, A "emissora" existe sim e está transmitindo desde a cidade de Cabedelo, aqui na Paraíba. São apenas 10 watts (DEZ watts), não obtive detalhes do sistema irradiante, eu moro em João Pessoa, a uma distância de 15 km e, com muita dificuldade, cheguei a escutar alguma coisa que indicava existir uma transmissão naquela frequência (6000 kHz, em AM). Neste instante (9:15 h local), não se percebe qualquer indicação de que haja uma transmissão em andamento naquela QRG. Ao que pude colher de informação, nesse período de testes, a "emissora" estará no ar 24 horas, com programação de cunho religioso. Em tempos de propagação baixa, penso que será quase impossível para alguém, numa centena de quilômetros de distância, conseguir escutar alguma coisa proveniente dessa origem. Tota Garcia PR7BCP - PY7024SWL ("Antonio Laurentino Garcia", Aug 8, ibid.) Ela tem 10 watts pirata, tranquilo, mas oficialmente não existe essa freq para CABEDELO e não existe outorga para qualquer rádio em onda media ou curtas com 10 watts; portanto quem sintonizar a piratinha de 10 watts em 6000 khz é um felizardo (Ariovaldo Lobrito, ibid.) Correção, Ariovaldo: é um Dexista. A característica fundamental de um dexista é dedicação. E como disse Tiger Woods, parece que quanto mais alguém se dedica a algo, mais sortudo ele é (Huelbe Garcia, ibid.) Sem dúvida receber essa micro estação é grande feito para o DX; só frisei que juridicamente ela não existe. Essa frequência é unica no Brasil e é do RIO GRANDE DO SUL. OK, no mais nada contra, muitas vezes irão procurar e nada encontrarão sobre ela, é uma transmissão empírica, nada mais, já fiz muitas assim também ai procuravam na lista da Anatel e não existia nada, OK. 73 py2ari (Ariovaldo Lobrito, ibid.) Radio Fronteira, 6000 kHz: A Natimorta [= stillborn] Colegas da Lista: Pode ser que a Radio Fronteira esteja em outra localidade, ainda em gestação. Aquí em Cabedelo, esta emissora em 6000 kHz já nasceu morta, portanto trata-se de uma Natimorta. 73´a todos (José Ronaldo Xavier, Cabedelo, ibid.) ** BRAZIL. 6089.965, When checked for Nigerian Kaduna domestic service, heard only relig Anguilla even frequency, and Rádio Bandeirantes Brazil, S=7 or -83dBm at 0433 UT on Aug 10. Nothing heard/seen of Kaduna v6089.8 bc this morning (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 10) (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL [and non]. 11688 & 11872, Aug 4 at 0406, approx. centres of extremely distorted spurblobs, only S2 but loud, the upper one QRMing 11870 WEWN which is mostly in clear only by LSB tuning. So that`s plus and minus 92 kHz from 11780 RNA fundamental. Next: see if it`s also on 92 x 2 = 184 kHz above and below: Yes, but weaker-sounding S2, circa 11596 and 11974. 11780, Aug 5 at 2322, RNA already in Olympic coverage, before the opening ceremony, S9+30 and good enough to listen to in AMS mode on NRD-545, and also good on // 6180. Also spurblob around 11872, but lower twin circa 11688 has too much QRM from 11670 Cuba splatter. 11780, Aug 6 at 0247, during opening ceremony, obviously going on in the background, but the anchors keep chattering about Brazilian athletes, and to compare how synchronized this be with NBC-TV, I never can hear which countries are parading by even tho there are trilingual announcements in the stadium. We are stuck with seeing it only on NBC-TV with some rather inane anchoring by the Today Show team, scattering ``tiny`` countries here and there, too numerous to copy, but Luxembourg was one, right after Liechtenstein, which was not! They also assumed we have never heard of and/or don`t know where certain countries are until they inform us! There were also too frequent commercial interruptions, while the festivities had no such pauses. NBC made no attempt to caption any of the many announcements in Portuguese, translated or not. Even something in French was ``[speaking foreign language]``. However, the opening montage of Rio/Brasil scenery from 2330 UT was stunning; not sure if NBC or the IOC or Rio/Brasil were responsible for it. Also, it would be nice to hear John Williams` majestic Olympic theme music unobscured and in full rather than as background for commercial credits. The flame was not lit until 0426 UT = 1:26 am in Rio (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Re Cauldron lighting at 0426 UT Aug 6 as seen on NBC TV: ``Glenn, NBC did not broadcast the Olympic Opening Ceremony live. The cauldron lighting that American viewers saw took place several hours earlier. This sort of thing is why many American viewers living near the Canadian border prefer to watch Canadian television coverage of the games, which emphasizes showing events live, regardless of local time in Canada. Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas`` Silly me: yes, if there is no bug in the corner saying LIVE, one should assume it is not. And if there IS a LIVE bug, one should assume, MAYBE it is live, or was live when it was live. I also note that NBC is still imposing another 3-hour delay on the west coast primetime feed. However, delaying it allowed them possibly to cram in commercials while pausing the recorded event, thus not having to skip some countries in the parade (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 11780, Aug 6 at 0550, RNA is a JBA carrier, while it was inbooming 3 hours earlier. Strange propagation, or temporary QRP? Once again, another SoHem station, RNZI, 11725 remains S9-S6. 6180, Aug 6 at 0555, RNA with music is still in at S9+20 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6180, August 6, 2016. 0139-0150, Rádio Nacional da Amazônia, Brasília- DF. Transmission of the Olympic Games 2016 ceremony by several announcers. ID. Broadcasting with good signal and fair modulation, 45433. Parallel log on 11780, on air, but barely audible or unlistenable (DXer: José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo-PB, Brazil, RX (s): Degen DE110, Antenna: Portable Telescopic, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) 11866 approx., Aug 7 at 0432, extremely distorted spurblob of RNA 11780 // with music, with an S3 match about 11694, i.e. 86 kHz above and below fundamental. So next I look for 2 x 86 = 172 kHz above and below: yes, S1 trace of one about 11608 and matching around 11952 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6180.025, Rádio Nacional da Amazônia, Brasília. 0745 August 7, 2016. Jazz instrumental, male, "Rádio Nacional, Brasília" into 70's-sounding Braso-pop vocals. Even the Summer Olympics are not enough to resurrect any inactive Brazilians on shortwave. Comforting at least to know that this, like all other Brazilians, can't hit an exact .00 frequency (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6180. August 8, 2016. 0124-0140, Rádio Nacional da Amazônia, Brasília, DF. Male announcers talks and comments about football game between Brazil 0x0 Iraq. ID, right [correct, exact, certa] time: 10:32 PM. Broadcasting with fair signal and modulation, 35433. Parallel log on 11780 kHz, more noises, nil modulation. Log on 11780 at 0216-0226 UT, on air, with evaluation 35432. Log on 11780 at 0250, with poor signal and barely audible modulation. There are problems with this frequency (11780), probably (DXer: José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Location: Cabedelo-PB, Brazil, Degen DE1103 + Sony ICF-SW100S, Antenna: Portable Telescopic, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) 11541, Aug 8 at 0147, tuning up the 25m band, first spurblob encountered around here, probably from S9+15 11780 RNA, 239 kHz away, so I look for another 239 kHz above but hear none around 12019. These would be second order, so how about halfway between? 11900 and 11660 but none there; however I do hear suspicious blobs around 11865, 11875, and by 0150 11553 instead of 11541, and then circa 11556, so they are moving around. However, this time I can`t be sure of parallel audio on 11780 so maybe somethings else (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6180.026, measured at 0708 UT on Aug 8, Radio Nacional da Amazônia, Brasília on greyline touched path towards Germany. BUT weak string seen at 0658 UT on 11780.009 kHz [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 8) (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6180.025, R Nacional Brasília, proper music service program noted at 0443 UT on Aug 10. S=9+20dB or -52dBm, \\ also in 25 mb on 11780.009 kHz exact measured, only S=5-6 or -92dBm (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 10) (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL [and non]. USA, 10000. August 8, 2016. 0255-0305, USA WWV Colorado. Male announcer says right time each minute, in English, by this Time Signal station, 35443. Note: Observatório Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, is out (DXer: José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Location: Cabedelo-PB, Brazil, Degen DE1103 + Sony ICF-SW100S, Antenna: Portable Telescopic, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) By ``out``, do you mean not on the air at all, or just not audible at this moment? Supposedly 24 hours per WRTH. I`ve not noticed it in a long time with its 10-secondly time chex and pips (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** BRAZIL. RADIO DIGITAL AM FM OT OC --- DIVULGUEM PARA AS EMISSORAS Anexo(s) de (Ariovaldo Lobrito, 4 August, radioescutas yg via DXLD) Conversion of the above attachment: promoting DRM for all radio bands, including ``FM`` radio taking over TV channels 5 and 6 once DTV conversion is completed: (gh) DRM: A VERDADEIRA EVOLUÇÃO DO RÁDIO Esta carta vai para você que não irá migrar tão brevemente. Ele vai esclarecer alguns pontos que ainda não foram discutidos em todo esse movimento da migração. Em muitas localidades não existe “espaço livre” no espectro de FM. Também, a faixa extendidia não resolverá de imediato o problema pois os receptores atuais não recebem de 72 MHz a 88MHz, demandando um tempo para que o ouvinte se adapte. Também, essa faixa atualmente ocupada pelos canais de TV 5 e 6, demorará para ser liberada. Por exemplo, TV Globo na cidade deSão Paulo, no canal 5 do VHF. Será que tem intenção de sair do VHF e mudar para o UHF tão rapidamente, já que a grande maioria das pessoas assitem TV na cidade de São Paulo através do VHF? Existe sim uma solução para os que não migrarem, solução esta que resolverá os problemas hoje existentes na modulação em AM. A solução é a digitalização das trasmissões de radio, seja ela em Ondas Médias, Tropicais ou Curtas. Na modulação em AM, Amplitude Modulada, o áudio é combinado com a portadora de forma a alterar a amplitude dessa portadora. Assim teoricamente, nos intervalos entre os sons, essa portadora é “estreita” e quando existe um som alto, a portadora se “alarga”. Essa variação é detectada pelo nosso rádio e amplificada, gerando o som que ouvimos. A frequência da portadora não varia, é fixa. A modulação em AM é comum em OM - Ondas Médias de 540 kHz a 1710 kHz, OT - Ondas Tropicais de 2300 a 5060 kHz e em OC - Ondas Curtas, de 5945 a 26100 kHz. AM não é uma faixa de frequência. É um tipo de modulação. Em FM, Frequência Modulada, o áudio, em vez de fazer variar (modular) a portadora em sua amplitude, ele faz variar a sua frequência. Assim, na ausência de som, a portadora está com a frequência fixa, e na presença de áudio, essa frequência varia. Da mesma forma, em seguida, essa variação de frequência é detectada pelo nosso receptor de rádio e amplificada, resultando no som que ouvimos. A modulação em FM se dá comumente na faixa de VHF. Ambas modulações, AM e FM são modulações analógicas. Já numa modulação digital, o áudio e outros dados são transformados em uma sequência de bits (zeros e uns) e aí transmitido para o ar. Nos receptores, esses bits devem ser decodificados por meio de software e/ou hardware e aí amplificados, para que possamos ouvir e também interagir com o conteúdo digital associado, com o aplicativo interativo Ginga. É esse o serviço do DRM, que junto a um hardware (conjunto de circuitos eletrônicos) transformam o áudio em bits para serem transmitidos para o ar e no receptor recebe esses bits transformando-os novamente em áudio, para podermos ouvir. É a chamada radiodifusão sonora digital terrestre. Somente o rádio, dentre todas as tecnologias de broadcasting e telecomunicações, ainda se utiliza de sistemas analógicos de transmissão. Graças as características da transmissão digital, junto ao áudio, podemos transmitir outras informações, como textos, imagens, documentos, aplicações interativas, alarmes de emergência, etc. Também está presente um sistema de correção de erros, que resulta numa qualidade de serviço excelente. Em uma transmissão analógica, sem a correção erros, seja ela em AM ou FM, existe o nosso bem conhecido “ruído”. Assim como na TV Digital em relação à TV Analógica, que está em processo de desligamento no país. Desta forma, a digitalização do rádio é a verdadeira evolução tecnológica, e não ficar dependente de infraestrutura adicional como a Internet para sua difusão. Também precisamos lembrar que a simples mudança da frequência de trabalho, ou a chamada migração, passando da faixa de ondas médias para a faixa de frequência modulada, mantendo uma modulação analógica, não pode ser chamada de evolução tecnológica. Como podemos chamar de evolução tecnológica a migração de uma modulação analógica em AM, para outra modulação analógica em FM, que foi descoberta no início do século e implementada por Edwin Howard Armstrong em 1932? DRM É um sistema de rádio digital onde a informação é transportada pela “portadora” de forma digital (uns e zeros) e não de forma analógica como no AM e no FM. É como se fosse um MP3 transmitido por rádio, já utilizado e aprovado por muitos países, inclusive pela ITU (União Internacional das Telecomunicações) DRM significa Digital Radio Mondiale, muitas vezes confundido com “Digital Rights Management” O DRM é o único sistema de rádio digital que trabalha em todas as faixas de frequência, Ondas Médias, Ondas Tropicais, Ondas Curtas e VHF. Por se tratar de um sistema aberto, também podemos implementar melhorias e adaptações para uma melhor performance, de acordo com as características necessárias para cada frequência de trabalho e área a ser atendida por essa transmissão. Um exemplo prático de uma evolução do DRM feita no Brasil é a adição do Ginga ao sistema, permitindo a transmissão e execução de aplicações interativas, já conhecido na televisão digital. O DRM vai permitir você permanecer com a modulação analógica, e implementar amodulação digital no canal adjacente, de forma simultanea, sem uma modulação interferir na outra, enum futuro breve, desativar a modulação em AM e permanecer somente com a modulação digital, com uma economia de mais de 50% no consumo de energia eletrica, com a mesma área de cobertura, e com uma qualidade de áudio incomparavelmente melhor que qualquer sistema hoje existente. Também serviços de alerta de emergência, noticias, fotos, multiprogramação, etc. Uma infinidade de novos negócios com os recursos que a digitalização promove. Transmissão digital em DRM juntamente com um canal AM analógico. DRM em todas as faixas de trasmissão de rádio A ABRADIG defende a imediata digitalização do rádio brasileiro com o DRM, que é o único sistema de rádio digital que funciona em todas as faixas de frequências, inclusive Ondas Tropicais e Ondas Curtas, que alcançam uma parcela da população que nenhum outro meio de comunicação chega. Entre em contato com o e-mail info@abradig.org.br, e daremos todas as informações necessárias para que isso aconteça. Atenciosamente, ABRADIG, Associação Brasileira do Rádio Digital, http://www.abradig.org.br (via DXLD) original with some grafix E com a expansão da TV digital, os canais 2, 3, 4, 5 e 6 deixarão de existir (Merlin, SP, radioescutas yg via DXLD) Olá Ariovaldo, Muito bom, excelente iniciativa, mas, perdõe-me se eu estiver errado, acho que o seguinte trecho não faz sentido: "Será que tem intenção de sair do VHF e mudar para o UHF tão rapidamente" Não depende de a emissora ter intenção ou não. Aqui em Brasília, por exemplo, a data de desligamento da TV analógica foi definida para o próximo mês de outubro e todas as emissoras estão divulgando isso. Os radiodifusores (muitos grupos empresariais atuam em rádio e TV ao mesmo tempo) sabem muito bem que a migração do AM para o FM depende do desligamento dos canais 5 e 6. Não vejo nenhum movimento de resistência à mudança. No mais, é isso aí. Excelente iniciativa. Abraço (Lucio Haeser, Aug 4, ibid. Lúcio, boa noite, nós estamos trabalhando por um radio moderno digital, não como a ABERT fez mentindo aos radiodifusores e promovendo a migração. A migração nada mais foi que um violento ato de corrupção promovido pela ABERT --- ALEXANDRE ROMANO XAMBINHO e PAULO BERNARDO esses presos e investigados na lava jato. Abçs (py2ari Ariovaldo Lobrito, ibid.) ** BRAZIL. CONSULTA --- ESTIMADOS AMIGOS RADIOESCUTAS Y RADIOAMADORES: Existe algún indicativo especial o alguna actividad con los Juegos Olimpicos, Rio 2016? Atenciosamente, (Héctor Frías Jofré, CE3001SWL, CE3FZL, 6 August, radioescutas yg via DXLD) Hector e demais amigos, Veja em: http://www.labre-rj.org.br/eventos.asp?seql=100 73, (Rudolf Grimm, ibid.) ** BULGARIA [and non]. SECRETLAND, Denge Kurdistan & TOM via SPL Secretbrod, Aug 8: Denge Kurdistan 1300-1400 on 11600 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs transmitter is off from 1400 on 11600 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish is on air: Brother HySTAIRical TOM, unscheduled 1300-1702 on 11700*SCB 050 kW / 306 deg to WeEu English Brother HySTAIRical * co-ch 1630 11700 MAN 100 kW / 013 deg to EaAf various languages TWR Africa http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/08/denge-kurdistan-tom-via-spl-secretbrod.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BURUNDI [non]. 15480. August 5, 2016. 1802-1815, Radio Publique Africaine, Issoudun, France, in Kirundi language. A local song; Female announcer makes a interview with a man, by phone; 1812 Male announcer talks with a woman. RPA has a fair signal and modulation, 35433 (DXer: José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo-PB, Brazil, Degen DE1103 + Sony ICF-SW100S, Antenna: Portable Telescopic, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** CAMBODIA [non]. UZBEKISTAN, Voice of Khmer M'Chas Srok via RED Telecom Tashkent, August 7 1130-1200 on 17860 TAC 100 kW / 122 deg to SEAs Khmer Thu/Sun, very poor today: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/08/voice-of-khmer-mchas-srok-via-red.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA [and non]. We keep seeing more and more articles about the future of radio and, in particular here in Canada, the future of AM radio. Throughout many Canadian provinces the majority of AM stations, once the leaders in audience numbers, have all but disappeared. The number of stations that have requested a move to the FM band in provinces such as the Maritimes, Quebec and Ontario has left the once major broadcast band almost vacant. We have a story in this month’s Broadcast Band column about the three proposed new AM station in the Montreal market. These three applications were approved by the CRTC, frequencies assigned, but now it looks like the stations may never see the light of day. If we look at Montreal as an example, there was a time when heritage and historic AM stations like CBM, CBF, CFCF, CKAC, CJAD, CKVL, CKGM, CJMS, CFOX and CKLM dominated the AM radio scene in the city. Today, most of those stations are gone, or have morphed into secondary or specialty format stations, leaving only CJAD and CKGM (now TSN Sports Radio) as the predominant stations on the band. The rest are now made up of ethnic, religious, campus and even an all-traffic report station! In some of Canada’s western provinces, a few major stations remain on AM, simply because of the geographical make-up of the population. AM stations, with their ability to cover large footprints, much greater than the coverage of FM stations, can serve wide-spread populations in small towns with greater ease and less cost than installing networks of FM repeater stations. In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission is attempting to revive the AM band by considering the lifting of power and coverage restrictions on many of the remaining AM stations. With the exception of a few major markets, AM stations often reside way down in the ratings, with FM stations being the attention grabbers in most cities. We’re not sure what the future holds for AM. It sure would be a shame to see these stations disappear completely in the near future. Many of us in the radio hobby cut our teeth on mediumwave DXing with many of us still enjoying the thrill of the long-distance catch on AM. The clock may sadly be ticking on the future of the band. We’d love to hear your thoughts on the subject (Sheldon Harvey, Québec, August CIDX Messenger via DXLD) ** CANADA. TTP MEDIA ABANDONS 850 AM, SHOWS NO PROGRESS ON OTHER UNLAUNCHED STATIONS – via Steve Faguy, Fagstein Blog Montreal media blogger and journalist Steve Faguy posted on his Fagstein blog this story about the current status of the 3 proposed new AM radio stations that were licensed by the CRTC for Montreal. At this point, the signs point to these stations never seeing the light of day. [original contains many embedded linx --- gh] http://blog.fagstein.com/2016/08/04/ttp-media-abandons-850-am/ For the past five years, one of the most common questions I’ve been asked by people in the local broadcasting industry is what’s going on with TTP Media, a group of local businessmen who won CRTC licences to launch three AM talk radio stations in the city and had promised to revolutionize the market with big investments in quality programming. Unfortunately, for years now the answer has been “nothing that I know of.” And unfortunately that continues today. Since getting the licence for 850 AM in 2013, the group’s only on-the- record activity has been asking for extensions and technical changes from the CRTC, each time indicating that the stations were mere months from launch. But now there’s finally some news, even though it’s not clear what it means. In June, the authorization from the CRTC to launch a French sports-talk station at 850 AM expired. Because the decision approving the station was published in 2013, and the first extension given last year, a second request for a final one-year extension should have been a matter of formality. But that request was never issued. So on June 19, when the deadline was reached, the authority to launch the station expired. According to the CRTC, the frequency is now available for anyone else to apply for. I chronicle my attempts to seek comments from the partners in Tietolman-Tétrault-Pancholy Media in this story published by Cartt.ca. Paul Tietolman, whose father Jack founded the station that used to be on 850 AM in Montreal, was the only one who would talk to me, but he wouldn’t answer questions about the group’s plans, wanting to defer to his partners and not act as a company spokesperson. My attempts to talk to partners Nicolas Tétrault and Rajiv Pancholy failed. I started with an email to the addresses both have registered with the CRTC. But those emails bounced, because the domain name they use, ttpmedia.ca, has expired. That’s certainly a bad sign. I called both of them and left messages. Weeks later, I called again. Tétrault answered, and I identified myself. That was followed by a pause, and then he hung up. I called back and was sent straight to voicemail. Someone answered the phone for Pancholy and took a message for me. Neither of them have gotten back to me. History Tietolman-Tétrault-Pancholy Media, officially 7954689 Canada Inc., was founded in 2011 when Cogeco applied to revive two AM transmitters in Kahnawake to start government-subsidized all-traffic stations serving the Montreal area. The three businessmen objected, and said they have their own proposals for radio stations using the two vacant clear channels (690 and 940 kHz). This led to a hearing at which Cogeco and TTP Media presented their proposals, as did Bell Media (which wanted to move TSN Radio to 690 from 990) and Evanov Radio (which wanted to launch an LGBT station and didn’t mind too much which frequency it was on). The TTP group is composed of three businessmen: Tietolman, who seems to be perpetually working on broadcasting-related projects that haven’t materialized yet; Tétrault, a former Montreal city councillor and candidate for the PQ and BQ whose day job is as a real estate agent (the company’s address is the same as his Royal Lepage office) and Pancholy, a wireless communications executive who’s now CEO of India-based OnMobile (I’m told this means he spends a lot of time commuting between Montreal and India). A year earlier, Tietolman and Tétrault had attempted to give a counter-offer to Cogeco’s $80-million acquisition of Corus’s Quebec radio stations with an $81-million after-the-fact offer. Corus rejected this and the sale to Cogeco went through. Though their business plan is based on a lot of wishful thinking, TTP Media succeeded in getting three licenses from the CRTC: 940 AM: French news-talk station, approved Nov. 21, 2011, with a (second) final deadline of Nov. 21, 2016 600 AM: English news-talk station, approved Nov. 9, 2012 with a final deadline of Nov. 9, 2016 850 AM: French sports-talk station, approved June 19, 2013 with a deadline of June 19, 2016 Each had a different transmitter site when approved (940 from the CJMS 1040 transmitter, 600 from the Cogeco Kahnawake site and 850 from a new site built in Île Perrot). But TTP Media eventually found a way to consolidate all three at the Kahnawake site, which they said they were buying from Cogeco. The group, and Tietolman in particular, talked big about how the news- talk stations would revolutionize radio. Their application spoke of a “face-à-face” format where people of diverging political views would debate the issues of the day. There was talk of something called “radiovision”, offering some sort of multimedia component to counteract the unappealing AM-quality sound. And Tietolman promised other mysterious aspects of these stations, things he couldn’t discuss lest competitors steal their ideas, that would totally change the game. If Tietolman sounds a bit like a used car salesman to you, then I’m glad I’m not the only one with that impression. He likes to flatter, make big promises and use a lot of hyperbole. He’s a nice, professional guy, but his ability to sell you on such little substance might be a cautionary tale. Even though last November, when the 600 and 940 license authorizations were expiring, the group said it was a few months from launching and had purchased all the equipment at the Kahnawake transmission site, Cogeco Media president Richard Lachance tells me they are still at the discussion stage about that sale. Maybe there’s a strategy here Tietolman didn’t seem too concerned by the group’s failure to apply for an extension for the 850 AM station. It could be, though no one has confirmed this, that the decision was strategic. A French all-sports station made sense after 2011, when Cogeco flipped CKAC 730 from sports to traffic, moving Canadiens and Alouettes games to CHMP-FM 98.5. And Tietolman had said at the time that getting rights to live games wasn’t a necessity. But last fall, CKLX-FM 91.9 switched formats to go sports-talk during the day. That makes the business case for a French AM sports-talk station much more perilous. Two sports-talk stations in the same language, neither of which has actual live sports, seems non-viable, especially when you consider 91.9’s ratings. The 850 station wouldn’t be locked into sports-talk, and could adopt some other talk format, or even a music one. But music doesn’t work very well on AM, and if you’ve already got one talk radio station, why split your audience needlessly? [unlike in the US, formats of radio stations are very much a part of the licensing process, and must be adhered to --- gh] This is still speculation on my part. But the only other reason I can think for failure to apply for the extension is a catastrophic breakdown of operations at TTP Media. And considering the domain name expiry, Tietolman’s projects outside the partnership, Pancholy’s new job, the group’s failure to communicate and the fact that so little has happened in five years, I can’t discount that. No one’s waiting to pounce You might wonder why the CRTC doesn’t put its foot down and yank the licence authorizations. It may do that in November. But there’s so little demand for full-power AM radio stations in Montreal that there’s no pressure to vacate the frequencies. The clear-channel 940 might be useful for a station like CJAD 800 or CFMB 1280 or CHRF 980 or one of the smaller commercial or ethnic stations, but otherwise if TTP Media loses the frequencies they’ll probably still be vacant if they ever come around and re-apply. Both 600 and 850 kHz have been vacant since 2000, and other frequencies like 650 could also be used for high-power AM stations. Dispersed team When it first went in front of the CRTC in 2011, TTP Media had an impressive lineup of people, including former radio managers and survey experts. Some were just hired for the purposes of the hearing, but others were ready to take over management of the new stations. Unfortunately none of them are on TTP Media’s payroll: Steve Kowch, former program director for CJAD, was tapped to run the English station. He’s still waiting, and in the meantime is a radio consultant in Toronto. Jim Connell, former 940 AM morning man and program director, gave up on the project and went to work for Global Montreal’s morning show for two years. He’s now a freelance voice-over artist. Yves Guérard, the radio executive who headed CJMS, CKMF-FM and CKLX-FM when it was under the Couleur Jazz banner, was to run the French AM station. Guérard died of cancer last week. People keep asking me if these stations will ever get on the air. The truth is, I don’t know. At this point they have three months before they lose the 600 authorization, and they’ll lose the 940 one two weeks after that, unless the CRTC grants yet another extension and loses all credibility when it says these extensions are “final”. It’s possible to launch a station in that time, but every day closer to that deadline makes it less likely that they’ll pull it off. If the project does die in November, that will be bad news for all the laid-off radio personalities and graduating students who were hoping for jobs, for the listeners who were hoping for new competition to force an increase in quality, and for me, who wouldn’t mind having another group to report on that isn’t named Bell or Cogeco (via Aug CIDX Messenger via DXLD) ** CANADA. CBC RADIO ANNOUNCES NEW HOST OF ‘CROSS COUNTRY CHECKUP’ Duncan McCue is stepping behind the microphone as the new host of CBC Radio One’s “Cross Country Checkup.” The CBC News correspondent replaces Rex Murphy, who stepped down last September after 21 years. McCue has guest-hosted for a number of episodes of the national open- line radio program, including a live show from Iqaluit. McCue is an award-winning reporter who has worked for CBC News in Vancouver for more than 15 years, and was part of the CBC Aboriginal team’s acclaimed investigation into missing and murdered indigenous women. He is also author of “The Shoe Boy: A Trapline Memoir” about a season he spent in a hunting camp with a Cree family in northern Quebec as a teenager. McCue begins his new role on Aug. 7, and Murphy remains with CBC as a commentator (Broadcaster Magazine via Aug CIDX Messenger via DXLD) ** CANADA. 2749-USB, Aug 7 at 0447, YL with marine weather in English, really under the noise level, but pleased to hear her at all under such conditions. How much power? Last logged June 30 at 0443, as in DXLD 16-27; per CCG website: ``MCTS Les Escoumins / VCF - Broadcasts 04:37 Natashquan 2749J3E Radiotelephony --- Technical marine synopsis and forecasts for marine areas: 215 to 221 and 301 to 302. Wave height forecasts for marine areas: 215, 217, 219, 220, 221, 301 and 302. Notices to Fish Harvesters (when available).`` And // on La Vernière 2598J3E, unheard. My previous log of this was as in DXLD 16-03: Jan 17 also at 0443 --- CCG is not pointing out that this place is in les Îles de la Madeleine = Magdalen Islands`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Also noted here as I checked your email at 0445 Aug 8, lots of lightning QRN, YL voice mainly heard but not really copyable thru noise up about 0500. Only on the 60 degree "African" beverage. Checked on the Industry Canada search area TAFL site http://tafl.mckie.ca/index.html#start but any searches I made didn't bring up anything useful regarding power or much else (Don Moman, Lamont, Alberta, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ITU has listed these MF units usually as 1 kW, some are rated as 5 kW. I don't know which one is in use at Magdalen site. 73, (Jari Savolainen, Finland, ibid.) ** CANADA [non]. Re: Sackville equipment "to a radio facility in Madagascar" --- In fact the questions already start here: Before the demise of "the old RNW" the installation of two ex-Hörby transmitters at Talata Volonondry has been reported, replacing the original rigs. So what became of the third transmitter? Brought to Madagascar as well it seems, just to be stored away? (Kai Ludwig, Aug 4, shortwavesites yg via DXLD) ** CANADA. In the Aug. VUD mailbox, under "LAST CHANCE FOR PEI ON TV", Mike states that analog ch 5 in PEI will be going off on August 31st - -- I guess Mike misread my Facebook post (not hard to do, hi) --- it's actually August 31st, *2017*. (: Oh well. And for further clarification, not all Canadian analogs will go off on that date, just 1/2 of them (Bill Hepburn, WTFDA gg via DXLD) ** CHILE. Chile beacons 47-48 MHz --- Malaysian TV DXer Fred : Aug 06 10:31AM -0700 Oh my god. Too bad, those stations gave me good memories. I still remember those sentimental relaxing musics propagating dozens of thousand of miles across the Pacific when I heard 'em back around August 2014 in Malaysia via a Japanese Perseus remote receiver. I (and we TV / FM DXers) will never forget this beautiful Muzak station. Hope they will return back to VHF soon (Mohammed Fred [Fared?], Segamat, Johore, MY Aug 6, WTFDA gg via DXLD) ** CHINA. 7385, Firedragon & CNR1 jamming of RTI (scheduled to be in Chinese), at 1422 on Aug 9 (Ron Howard, Calif., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 9965. August 9, 2016. 1820-1830, China National Radio 1 (CNR1), Mandarin service. A genuine jammer-firedrake blocking all Radio Free Asia transmission, this time. Good broadcasting, 45544 (DXer: José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo-PB, Brazil, Degen DE1103 + Sony ICF-SW100S, Antenna: Portable Telescopic, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) You mean both CNR1 programming and Firedragon? (gh) ** CHINA. 7325.0, CRI, 1400*, Aug 8. Was checking for Wantok Radio Light on 7324.95 (not heard) and surprised to hear CRI go all the way to 1400* (ex: 1357*). Needs more monitoring to check if this is happening daily. Aug 9, with CRI 1357*. So yesterday's 1400* was just an anomaly? (Ron Howard, Calif., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CONGO. 6115, Radio Congo, Brazzaville, 1815-1850, 05-08, French, comments, African songs. Very weak, best on LSB. 14321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Tecsun PL-880, Sony ICF SW7600G, Cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Aug 5, 1920-1925*, unID 6115, another slightly odd one: French talk, not likely news, rather a kind of lecture or so. Sudden off. R. Congo back and one hour late compared to their former habits? 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Germany, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6115, Aug 6 at 0556, JBA carrier vs S7-S9 noise level. Checking for Brazzaville since Thorsten Hallmann says it`s been active in their evenings. Ron Howard was getting it in California at 0511 until quick fadeout at 0545, by when Japan was still not arriving. So presume I probably had Congo. Need to start listening an hour earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6115, Radio Congo (presumed), 0511-0545, Aug 6. Thanks very much to Thorsten Hallmann for the tip; 0511-0531, with alternating announcers in what certainly seemed to me to be French; 0518 brief African music; 0531-0545, switched to African vernacular; poor, with QRN (static). Brazzaville local sunrise at 0506 UT. No "RN2" (Japan) QRM; quickly faded out after 0545. My last reception was back on May 19, so very nice to catch them again. My audio (poor quality) https://goo.gl/IWcp0W (Ron Howard, San Francisco, CA, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 6115, Aug 7 at 0547, JBA talk, presumed R. Congo (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Correlates with EQUATORIAL GUINEA, q.v. 6115, Radio Congo, Brazzaville, 1817-1832*, 08-08, French, comments. 14321 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Lugo, Sangean ATS-909X, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 1620, Aug 5 at 0050, Latin music into 8:50 TC, ``La FM de Rebelde`` ID in passing, so not // 5025, 1180 which are in sports talk (during béisbol?). What is it about this AM X-band Rebelde outlet which would rather relay the FM network? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 5024.91, Aug 7 at 0134, R. Rebelde is noticeably off- frequency, and wobbling. 5025, Aug 9 at 0227, R. Rebelde is OFF; maybe because we heard it off- frequency recently. 4765 is still on and OK with R. Progreso; as is 5040 RHC. Say, whatever became of Arnie`s plan to put RHC on a 90m frequency? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 6060, Aug 5 at 0614: RHC English is S9 of open carrier/dead air here; 6165 is S9 and undermodulated; 6000 is S9+10 and this time undermodulated at about same % as 6165; but 6100 is VG S9+30 and well- modulated (and 5040 is off as usual after 0600). So RHC succeeds with ONE usable frequency out of five. 17730, Aug 5 at 1404, RHC music is distorted and splattering much like on most of its Spanish frequencies thruout the day, but this one is S9+30; // 15370 marginally better. So the two bigsigs on 16m are both defective: see USA: KVOH. 9535, Aug 8 at 0141, S6 open carrier dead air from RHC Spanish, while 9710 is OK. 15230, Aug 7 at 1340, no signal at all from this RHC morning frequency, while 15370 is VG during `En Contacto` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15170, RHC at 2125 in Spanish with a woman with gentle talk then a brief fanfare at 2127 and more talk – Fair Aug 7 Coady-ON – (see below) which begs the question why Spanish and English get good audio and Portuguese speaking people do not - ed (ODXA YRX via DXLD) 15170?? Not a known RHC frequency. They have been known to run 15140 much later than 2030* scheduled signoff (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15370.1, RHC at 2120 in Portuguese with a man with talk and Latin American vocals – Fair signal but poor AM audio but OK on either sideband Aug 7 Coady-ON – which begs the question how many people in Brazil have the ability to listen to this broadcast in LSB or USB and refuse to listen due to the poor AM audio - ed (ODXA YRX via DXLD) Note: ``Coady-ON``, and ``- ed`` are the same person! He replies to his own logs as if he were someone else. Normally I put him back together when quoting, except here as an example (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) Hey, Glenn, take it easy (ed.) Sunday, August 7, 2016, 2141, 15370 AM. Radio Habana Cuba. Horribly distorted and overmodulated audio ruining a Spanish opera broadcast. Very good signal (Larry Will, Mount Airy, Maryland, Tecsun PL-600 and long wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. 9955, Aug 8 at 0547, as I tune across WRMIBS, it`s S9+10 but those three beeps in a row, the pitch changing from one group to the next, are heard again underneath, like I had four hours earlier mixing with Radio Northern Ireland, so now I`m sure it`s a Cuban jammer, which I have caught before on other frequencies with the beeps, such as 11930 at night long after Radio Martí is finished with it, but usually with more than three at a time. At least these are far less disruptive than even a single source of regular pulse jamming. 6100, Aug 9 at 0611, RHC English is S9+20 of open carrier/dead air. Other frequencies are OK: 6000, 6060, 6165, but a lot more modulation on 6060. 15230, Aug 9 at 1315, RHC Spanish absent here but VG on 15370, VP on 17580, Poor on 17730 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Glenn, Aug 10, heard the RHC spur on 6270 and // 6060, at 0207 and 0236, but later unable to hear it. Dave Valko, on the east coast, was hearing the same earlier and tipped me off (Ron Howard, California, WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.: - - - - DXLD 15-52 (December 30, 2015): ``6270, Dec 25 at 0344, no signal from RHC leapfrog mixing product, 6060 over 6165 another 105 kHz higher; have not heard this in a long time, so I wonder if Arnie finally got it suppressed so I could no longer report hearing it? Or are the fundamentals no longer from the same site, which would also get rid of the problem? No, B-15 skeds still show Bauta for both at 01-05; however at 05-07, 6060 changes to Quivicán, so 6270 completely impossible for English after 0500 . . . (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)`` (via Ron Howard, ibid.) ** CUBA. NTSC channel A2, 55.25/59.75 MHz, Aug 9 at 1623 UT, some video fades in after many days of snow-storm. Current 6m DXmap shows heavy sporadic E opening across southern USA, extending to Cuba and Dominican Republic. Video soon gone; 1626 some audio, but can`t tell language; 1629 a burst of Spanish, sports coverage enthusiasm; 1641 another tantalizing bit o` video; 1716 glimpse of Olympic rings. Tentatively Tele-Rebelde, circa Habana. Online schedule shows EDT 10 am-2:30 pm today, Boxeo (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [non]. FROM THE ISLE OF MUSIC --- Our August 16 (August 15 in the Americas on WBCQ) program marks the beginning of several weeks of Caribe Nostrum, winner of Cubadisco 2016 in the Concert and Chamber Music category and one of the two Gran Premio winners. Guido López Gavilán, the Director, will join us each week to talk about the recording. Our other special guest will be Roberto Carcasses, leader of Interactivo, one of the most exciting modern music ensembles in Cuba today. And, of course, we will have a few other musical surprises. Two options for listening on shortwave: WBCQ, 7490 kHz, Tuesdays 0000-0100 UT (8-9 pm EDT Mondays in the Americas) Channel 292, 6070 kHz, Tuesdays 1900-2000 UT (2100-2200 CEST) See the NOTES section of our Facebook page for more information (Bill Tilford, Aug 11, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CZECHIA. Broadcasting in Russian: Czech Republic --------- From the program of Radio Prague "I am writing to you" on 08/05/2016: "We would also like to draw your attention to the program that will air on August 31 and will be partly devoted to the 80th anniversary of the start of the broadcast. All students [sic] who send us reports about listening to transmit this Day, a special commemorative QSL-card will be sent on the occasion of the anniversary." (Dmitry Kutuzov, Ryazan, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" via RusDX Aug 7 via DXLD) ** EGYPT. 3rd Harmonic Radio Cairo 15535 kHz: Currently receiving this in S Portugal on 46605 kHz in Arabic, fairly weakly, the fundamental signal is strong (Hugh [Hoover?], 1551 UT Aug 1, vhfskip yg via Tim Bucknall, Congleton, UK, UK Director #KresySiberia, Aug 4, harmonics yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DXLD) Nominal hours for 15535 are 1300-1600, 250 kW, 241 degrees from Abis (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Unscheduled broadcast of Radio Cairo, dead air, Aug 7 1052-1102 on 9965.0 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg to ENAm open carrier http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/08/unscheduled-broadcast-of-radio-cairo.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also GREECE: pirate harmonic! 9315, Aug 8 at 0142, R. Cairo motorboating roar with unreadable modulation at S6; similar much weaker pulsing at S1 heard in the 9341- 9347 range peaking about 9344, so sporadic and wandering spur from that? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EGYPT. 9895. August 8, 2016. 2030-2035, Radio Cairo, Abis, in Hausa. Male announcer talks. Broadcasting with very poor signal and barely audible modulation, 25331. 15290. August 8, 2016. 2022-2028, Radio Cairo, Abu Zaabal, in English. Announcers (YL/OM) in conversation; arabic music; 2027 Start a continuous buzz; 2028 s/off. Radio Cairo continues with chronic problems in their transmitters (DXer: José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Location: Cabedelo-PB, Brazil, Degen DE1103 + Sony ICF-SW100S, Antenna: Portable Telescopic, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) 9964.9, Aug 9 at 0156, R. Cairo with dead air in ``Arabic``, and also some lite Cuban pulse jamming here rather than on 9955 --- presumably a remnant of jamming against Radio República when it was on 9965 years ago in the daytime (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005, Aug 7 at 0539, JBA carrier, presumed R. Bata (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Correlates with CONGO, 6115, q.v. ** EUROPE. FRS AUGUST 21ST SUMMER EVENING BROADCAST On Sunday August 21st (evening) FRS-Holland will hit the SW airwaves. Programmes that evening will start at 1652 UT/18:52 CEST with no less than 5 hours of music and information. FRS will offer varied programmes and no doubt it will be worth while tuning our way. A thematic Sunday evening full of music, information and radio related items --- the 'old fashioned' true sound of short wave free radio. Frequencies will 9300 // a 48 mb frequency (6200-6300 range). Tune in! Go tell your friends. For more detailed information surf to http://www.frsholland.nl A fresh article providing all details is now available on our website. May we take this opportunity to tell you that any mail or snail mail is more than welcome. Remember your support (letters, mails, reception reports) is our reward and thus very important. In the meantime our web site has been updated. All information about updates/new articles/new menu-items can be read in the aforementioned fresh article. Thanks for reading this mail; we very much hope to 'meet' you on Sunday August 21st on the short wave bands!! 73s Peter Verbruggen (on behalf of the entire FRS crew) (via Robert Scaglione, Sicily, Aug 5, shortwaves yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DXLD) ** FINLAND. 11689.89, Scandinavian Weekend R, Virrat, 1620-1658*, Sat Aug 06, English ann, English pop songs, 35423 // 5980.00 (14211). 11720.00, Scandinavian Weekend R, Virrat, *1658-1904*, Sat Aug 06, English ID, postal address in Virrat, news, Finnish talk, 1710 English ID, pop music, sideband QRM, 43323 // 5980.00 (14211) (Anker Petersen, Denmark, DSWCI DX Window Aug 10 via DXLD) ** GERMANY. Reception of DVD Deutscher Wetterdienst in German August 5 with announcement of frequency changes effective from Monday August 8: 0604-0630 on 5905 PIN 010 kW / non-dir CeEu CUSB dead air at 0625 UT 0604-0630 NF 6180 PIN 010 kW / non-dir CeEu CUSB, ex 5905 Aug 8 test 1204-1230 NF 6180 PIN 010 kW / non-dir CeEu CUSB, ex 5905 Aug 8 test 2004-2030 NF 6180 PIN 010 kW / non-dir CeEu CUSB, ex 5905 Aug 8 test http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/08/deutscher-wetterdienst-with.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Frequency changes of DWD Deutscher Wetterdienst, August 8: 0604-0630 NF 6180 PIN 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu German CUSB, ex 5905 1204-1230 NF 6180 PIN 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu German CUSB, ex 5905 2004-2030 NF 6180 PIN 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu German CUSB, ex 5905 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/08/frequency-changes-of-dvd-deutscher.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, ibid.) Despite the fact that VOA São Tomé is on 6180 at 0530-0630 M-F; and of course RNA Brasília; good luck against the QRM for the 0604 broadcast! (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Deutsche Wetterdienst moves to 6180 kHz --- Jan Balzer reports on A-DX list, that DWD has changed frequency yesterday: 6180 kHz instead of former 5905: 0600-0630, 1200-1230 and 2000-2030 UT http://www.dwd.de/DE/fachnutzer/schifffahrt/seewetter/seewetter_node.html (Mauno Ritola WRTH F_B 10 Aug via BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) requested channels 5905 0600 0630 18,27,28 PIN 10 0 0 975 Deu D DWD FNA TENT. 5905 1200 1230 18,27,28 PIN 10 0 0 975 Deu D DWD FNA 5905 1600 1630 18,27,28 PIN 10 0 0 975 Deu D DWD FNA TENT. 5905 2000 2030 18,27,28 PIN 10 0 0 975 Deu D DWD FNA 6180 0600 0630 18,27,28 PIN 10 0 0 975 Deu D DWD FNA TENT. 6180 1200 1230 18,27,28 PIN 10 0 0 975 Deu D DWD FNA TENT. 6180 1600 1630 18,27,28 PIN 10 0 0 975 Deu D DWD FNA TENT. 6180 2000 2030 18,27,28 PIN 10 0 0 975 Deu D DWD FNA TENT. (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. Fair signal of DP07 Seewetter via Shortwave Sce Kall Aug 6 1200-1230 on 9560 KLL 020 kW / non-dir to CeEu German Daily http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/08/fair-signal-of-dp07-seewetter-via.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY. Radio Mi Amigo hours extended on Channel 292 --- Hi All, The Channel 292 schedule now shows this week's Radio Mi Amigo broadcasts as being on for much longer periods. The times shown are as follows: [6070 kHz] Thursday 4th of August: 0500 - 1800 UT Friday 5th of August: 0500 - 1700 UT Saturday 6th of August: 1200 - 1700 UT Sunday 7th of August: 1100 - 1900 UT, 2000 - 2300 UT An additional note shows that the transmitter may be off for maintenance during some of these times. The additional DigiDX programmes that were on against the Vatican broadcasts are now no longer shown, and they just have the one weekly show at 2000 UT on Mondays once again. Other changes noted are to Radio Ohne Nahmen, which now has a two hour broadcast on Friday 12th of August, and interestingly, the daily religious programme 'Word of Deliverance' which is usually on at 1800 UT, is no longer shown after the 5th of August, leaving the 1800-1900 slot free on many days. Posted by: (Alan Gale, Aug 4, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. Radio Mi Amigo from the LV18 in Harwich is now on 6070 kHz via Channel 292, Germany, with extended hours. They are scheduled on 6070 as follows Thursday until 1800 UT Friday at 0500-1700 Saturday 1200-1700 Sunday 1100-1800 and 2000-2300 when the broadcasts ends. Currently a good signal listening here in Harwich at the LV18 on both 106.8 FM and 6070 SW. 73s (Dave Kenny, 1701 UT Aug 4, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) ** GERMANY [non]. Transmitter changes of Deutsche Welle on Aug 5 1300-1400 on 17800 DHA 250 kW / 260 deg to WeAf Hausa, ex ASC 1300-1400 on 21780 ASC 250 kW / 055 deg to WeAf Hausa, ex DHA parallel freq 9830 SAO 100 kW / 020 deg to WeAf, QRM 9840 TRT And additional 2 frequencies of Deutsche Welle, registered on Aug 5 1325-1530 on 17570 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to WeAf Hausa Sat Football* 1325-1530 on 17840 ISS 500 kW / 170 deg to WeAf Hausa Sat Football* * Bundesliga on August 27, September 10/17/24 & October 15/22, 2016 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/08/transmitter-changes-of-deutsche-welle.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GREECE. 1007.994, very odd fq from Greek mediumwave Radio, from Kerkyra in Corfu island, at 0458 UT on Aug 10, S=9+40dB or -35dBm powerhouse signal at remote SDR unit Zakynthos island GRC and Calabria/Sicily ITA remote SDR post. [WRTH 2016 does not list any Greek station on 1008; if it`s // 729, must be ERA --- gh] \\ 729.003 kHz, Athens Bogianti site, news at 0459 UT, S=9+20dB -56dBm strength midst on summer morning. also 1404.0025 kHz, Komotini site next to Turkish border, rather poor to fair signal strength, during European morning after end of night condition during sunrise, logged in southern Italy SDR rx post in Calabria/Sicily and Zakynthos GRC island. I guess around 0500-0504 UT there are different programs heard on 729 and 1404 kHz, probably local newscast performed. 1512.007v, NOT HEARD, this Aug 10 morning on Zakynthos island. GRC Chania Crete transmission NOT ON AIR today 04-06 UT morning. Also another station heard in the day via Zakynthos island remote SDR: UNIDentified private Greek station 1349.9925 kHz S=9+25dB or -49dBm signal, Greek music singer in performance heard also 0510 UT on Aug 10. {according to Christoforos Liatos, and via Mauno Ritola, July 12: says, that it is "7 Islands Radio, from Kefalonia". Noted at night 2220 UT also on July 12 on 1349.991 kHz, wb.} (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 10) (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GREECE. Fair signal of Greek MW Pirate from Thessoaloniki 0808-0834 on 9966v kHz or 6th harmonic of MW 1661v kHz http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/08/fair-signal-of-greek-mw-pirate-from.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GREECE. Voice of Greece was back on air on 9420 kHz, Aug.5 from 1808 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek tx#3: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/08/voice-of-greece-was-back-on-air-on-9420.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9420, Aug 4 at 0403, chanting music, so VOG has regained its voice after previous long hours of dead air (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Voice of Greece on 9420 kHz, open carrier on August 5 0430&0500 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu tx#3 dead air, from 0530 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu tx#3 no signal http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/08/voice-of-greece-on-9420-khz-open.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Voice of Greece on a single 9935 kHz on August 6: from 1900 on 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek tx#1 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2016/08/voice-of-greece-on-single-9935-khz-on.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Surprisingly reception of Voice of Greece, Aug 8: 1000-1100 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek*tx#3 1100-1200 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek^tx#3 1200-1300 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek#tx#3 1300-1400 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek!tx#3 from 1400 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu NO SIGNAL! * Spanish/Polish, but Albanian missing ^ relay proto prograµµa, First program # today no English program 1200-1203 UT ! relay deftero prograµµa, 2nd program http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/08/surprisingly-reception-of-voice-of.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Random reception of Voice of Greece on 9420 kHz, Aug.9: till 0604 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek news tx#3, from 0604 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu dead air and off http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/08/random-reception-of-voice-of-greece-on.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9420, VOG, at 0257, on Aug 10. English & Greek IDs ("This is Athens. You are listening to the Voice of Greece"), along with IS; 0259 National Anthem and into music show; later (0320 & 0329) found off the air, but always came back on again; fair (Ron Howard, Calif., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUAM. Frequency change of Adventist World Radio KSDA from Aug 7 1500-1530 on 11980 SDA 100 kW / 285 deg to SoAs Tamil, ex 15715: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/08/frequency-change-of-adventist-world.html (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUATEMALA. Friday, August 5, 2016, 0057. Radio Verdad, Chiquimula, Guatemala, 4054.9 AM. Choral music, male voice, then female voice in Spanish, followed by more mellow music and into a long talk by male. Fair signal, better on lower sideband. Thanks to my fellow DXers in the Area 51 chat room who were listening to the New Jersey SDR for the tip on this one (Larry Will, Mount Airy, Maryland, Tecsun PL-600 and long wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUINEA. 9650, Aug. 5, 2015+ UT [sic: must mean MESZ = 1815 UT], Radio Guinée/Conakry (tent.), terribly dull audio at first, when playing pop music (not much outside a 200 Hz range), much improved now with voice parts in unid local language, now also traditional songs. Changed to French at 1900, news, but no chance to ID at 1900 as CRI crashed in from 9655. Now 1904 back to terribly dull audio and pop music, and lots of sideband splatter. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Germany, 1907 UT Aug 5, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ID at 1925 UT in French - Radio Guinée/Conakry, QRM CRI on 9645 and 9655 (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, ibid.) Thanks for the tip, Radio Guinea also audible here in UK with a fair signal at times since tune-in at 2118, now after 2130 with some excellent African music. Best in LSB to avoid splatter from 9655. ID just heard at 2145. 73s (Dave Kenny, Caversham, Lowe HF225/25m long wire, Aug 5, dxldyg via DXLD) 9650, Aug 5 at 2029, JBA carrier here, presumably reactivated R. Guinée, tnx to tip from Thorsten Hallmann in Germany, who first heard it at 1815 UT (2015 MESZ). I find it still there but JBA at 2130. At 2310 now it`s S3-S5 in French? talk and hilife? Music, announcements every few minutes, 2318, 2321; ECSS helps! This is just as much a surprise as its previous burst of activity after years of silence, last April 15-16 as in DXLD 16-16, 16-17, and 16-18. Altho 9650 was an old Guinea frequency, there were suspicions that the reactivation might be via a relay, site never confirmed. Will it last longer this time? Could it be prompted by the imminent Olympix opening, with Guinea a minor participant? Others in Europe and North America were hearing it until Bruce Churchill, California reported in the DXLD yg UT Aug 6 [as below]. So we`ll soon hear if they`re back on in their morning, or the next day and evening (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Thanks, Ivo, for the heads-up! I was wondering whether their return a few months back was only a one-off. Signal is present in Victoria, but too weak to decipher. Plus, Voice of Korea is listed co-channel. I reviewed 10 or 15 remote Perseus receivers. Widely heard with best signal from a southern Italian receiver. Very good reception. Otherwise widely heard across Europe and the Middle East. A Brisbane SDR has only Korea. Northern India has both stations heard. All this around 2200. Lots of local programming, news, mentions of Conakry and Radio Guinée. Mostly in French. Many years ago they used to have a short English segment. Wonder whether there's anything like that still? 73 (Walt Victoria, BC, 2216 UT Aug 5, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Where credit is due: first heads-up came from Thorsten Hallmann, tho yg delays may have impeded that reaching everyone first (gh, DXLD) ** GUINEA. 9650, further chex for reactivated R. Guinea, Conakry: Aug 6 at 0552 and 0603, no signal at all. However, by 0652, Manuel Méndez in Spain was hearing it past 0719. 9650, my next check is Aug 6 at 1351, when there is a JBA carrier, but that could easily be R. Sonder Grense, South Africa, longpath at 07- 17. Per Aoki, only other 9650 stations are: 1530-1630 Living Water Ministry to North Korea from RVA Philippines; VOK in Japanese 0730- 1320 & 2130-2420. 9650, Aug 6 at 2117, JBA carrier; by 2301 it`s up to S4-S7 with bouncy music, 2307 French announcement; 2349 French announcement and hilife music, 2352 DJ seems to be talking to someone, on phone? but other side not heard; 2358 hyper DJ, 2359:30 cut to drumming and off at 2400:00* sharp. Such precision smax of a possible relayer. Never heard any ID or even mention of Guinée, but no doubt this is it. Will they last longer than two days, their limit in April? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Wolfgang already commented on the site and its antenna systems for international broadcasting then, and also seems to be convinced that it's from Guinea directly. And yes, there is no hint for a relayer and the signal behaves like a typical West African one on 31m, e.g. quite strong in Europe until 0700...0800, then significantly dropping, but not completely fading out. If Niger 9705 or Nigeria 9690 were active they should perform quite similar, judging from the past. A bit irritating: At 0800 it was already weaker than Bamako signing on, but now after 0810, the carrier from Bamako 9635 is still quite strong, but there is only a very tiny string left on 9650 in the Twente waterfall - currently impossible to find out if they signed off and it's a trace of something else, or just a propagation hickup. 73 (Thorsten Hallmann, Germany, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Radio Guinée Conakry was back again on shortwave, August 5 1915&2035 on 9650*unknown site / relay to WeAf French/Local langs: * QRM 1830-2030 on 9645 CRI French; 1900-2000 on 9655 CRI Turkish & from 2000 on 9655 RTV Algerienne, Holy Quran. More videos tomorrow: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/08/radio-giunea-conakry-was-back-again-on.html -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, ibid.) Hearing Afro vernacular announcer at 2117 with phone report followed by studio announcer brief drums and wind music interlude, then studio announcer continued with talk in vernacular, several mentions of Africa and Bamako, Accra. Signal at fair/good levels, S7, with slight splatter from Algeria/France on 9655. Olympics related? (Stephen Wood, Harwich, Mass., Aug 5, ibid.) Thanks to a tip from Thorstan Hallmann (via dxld) I am hearing Radio Guinea, Conakry, this evening on 9650 kHz. Fair signal here with talks in vernaculars and French from tune-in at 2118 UT, now after 2130 with some excellent African music. Best reception here using lower sideband to avoid splatter from 9655. Guinea made a surprise but very brief return to 9650 kHz in mid April for the first time in many years, but were only heard then for a couple of days. 73s (Dave Kenny, Caversham UK, Lowe HF225 / 25m long wire, 2141 UT Aug 5, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) 9655 went off at 2159 leaving Guinea interference free and I could use a wider filter. Went into news and reports in French, fair signal, now at 2218 starting to fade down at times (Mike Barraclough, Letchworth Garden City, England, Eton E5 bought a week ago on Ebay to replace my non working one for £35, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) Audible in central Texas by 2155z on 5 Aug. Path length is about 5650 miles, about half in daylight. Drake R8B, Wellbrook ALA-330S (Jlenamon, Waco, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9655 went off at 2159 leaving Guinea interference free and I could use a wider filter. Went into news and reports in French, fair signal, now at 2218 starting to fade down at times (Mike Barraclough, Letchworth Garden City, UK, Eton E5, dxldyg via DXLD) Conakry 9650 off at 0020 check - assume 0000*? Heard earlier at 2133 with highlife vocals, Fair, but fading slowly after 2200 from Perseus site in E Finland. Vernacular announcer in this time slot. Inexplicably resurrected itself with large signal boost at approx. 2224 - almost like they fixed their modulation, increased power or changed antenna. Announcer in French and more highlife music. Carrier, but weak audio noted in Southern CA at 2320. Thought maybe they were going all night again, but apparently not (Bruce Churchill, Aug 5-6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9650, Radio Guinea, Conakry, 0652-0712, 06-08, French, news, male and female "L'actualité", mentioned Guinea, Congo, "La libération...", at 0702 African songs, at 0705 rooster sing sound, more news and African songs. 24322 and improving signal. At 0719 Identification, French, male: "Radio Nationale de la République de Guinée" (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Also 1630-1840, 06-08, French, comments and news, identification: "Radio Guinée", "Içi Radio Guinée", "La Republique", "Vous écoutez Radio Nationale Guinée, bonsoir", African songs (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Tecsun PL-880, Sony ICF SW7600G, Cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Heard at 2200-2230 UT also here in South of Italy with SINPO 44333 (Antonello Napolitano, Aug 6, ibid.) Reception of Radio Guinea Conakry in 0700-1800 slot Aug 6 Very poor 0700-1400, weak 1400-1720 fair & 1720-1800 good signal 0700-1800 on 9650 unknown site / relay to WeAf French/Local languages *til 1655 on 9650 MEY 100 kW / 275 deg to SoAf Afrikaans SonderGrense http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/08/reception-of-radio-guinea-conakry-in.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Also *0628-0730, 07-08, commencing transmission at this time, French, identification, comments, African songs. 23322 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Tecsun PL-880, Sony ICF SW7600G, Cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Guinea on 9650 is well above the noise level in central Texas by 2300z, levels of S-7 to S-9. Audio problems during some of the spoken word portions but normal during music portions. Perhaps a bad microphone or mic processor (Jlenamon, Waco, Tx, dxldyg 2341 UT Aug 7 [not delivered unitl Aug 10!], via DXLD) Rádio Guiné retorna em SW. Colegas da Lista: Para aqueles que moram aqui no nordeste, recomendo que tentem escutar a Rádio Guiné, Conacri, logo cedo, por volta das 6h (0900 UT) ou um pouco antes - o sinal é melhor. Além do francês, tem uns dialetos bastante interessantes de se ouvir. 73´a todos (José Ronaldo Xavier, Cabedelo - Paraiba, Aug 8, radioescutas yg via DXLD) [and non]. 9650.002 exact measured, at 0633 UT on Aug 8, Radio Guinea Conakry, French language program. S=9+5dB or -69dBm signal in southern Germany. Nice fair to powerful signal, the morning 6-8 UT slot favors all station signals from Mali, CAF, Nigeria, Liberia into southern and central Europe. 2 x 2.3 kHz wide signal visible. BUT at 0643 UT Vatican Radio started the adjacent 9645 kHz interval signal of S=9+35dB POWERHOUSE and covers up to 9650.080 kHz wide signal, Arabic language service heard at 0645 UT. 9640.080 to 9650.080 kHz wide broadband [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 8) (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) I had a great signal in Chicago on Friday afternoon [Aug 5] as late as 2230 UT. Got a great Perseus recording. Any idea if the transmission actually came from Guinea? (Mike Nikolich, N9OVQ, Chicago, IL, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9650. August 8, 2016. 0957-1035, Radio Guinea, Conakry, in French and vernacular languages. Male announcer talks in French, ID. 1000 Announcers (YL/OM) talks in vernacular language, news presumed; ID: Radio Guinea, drums, news continues; 0720 YL talks in other vernacular language, ID: R. Guinea, Conakry. [and non] Fair signal and modulation with slight interference by R. Sonder Grense on 9650, 34433. At 1030, a very very slight sound of Interval Signal of Voice of Korea, also on 9650. The transmission begins to fall from 1025; After 1030, R. Guinea with awful transmission, only noise without modulation (DXer: José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Location: Cabedelo-PB, Brazil, Degen DE1103 + Sony ICF-SW100S, Antenna: Portable Telescopic, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DXLD) CONAKRY. 9650, Radio Guinea Conakry, 1810-1843, 08-08, French, comments about participation and results of African countries in the Olympic Games, African songs, several identifications: "Radio Guinée", "Radio National de Guinée émettant de Conakry", News. 34433 (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Logs in Lugo, Sangean ATS-909X, cable antenna, 8 meters, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) It was a nice signal here in north New Jersey today, but the time window was not too long. The signal was good and stable during 2230- 2300 UT (6:30-7 PM ET), then after that the signal was getting weaker. I was expecting stronger signal toward sunset but it was not the case. Video clip (I also made a graph of signal strength from the logging function of Perseus): https://shortwaverecording.wordpress.com/2016/08/08/radio-guinee-is-back-on-sw/ (Sakaé Obara, AB5MF (JH0BDK), New Jersey, USA, Aug 8, ibid.) Today the signal was very stable from 2200 till 2400 UT (s/off after a few munites) here in north NJ. Enjoyed nice African music from my car shortwave radio on the way back home (Sakaé Obara, AB5MF, New Jersey, USA UT, August 8, ibid.) Second one I guess 24 hours later (gh) 9650, Radio-Télévision Guinéenne. 2301 August 8, 2016. Thanks David Crawford tip, good signal though plagued by terrible local noise, with highlife cora music (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Weak signal of Radio Guinea Conakry on Aug 9: from 0715 on 9650 unknown site / relay to WeAf French http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/08/weak-signal-of-radio-guinea-conakry-on.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Why unknown site? They have the 'resources': GUI_Conakry Sonfonia - formerly longtime 7125 kHz 50 kW 09 41'09.71"N 13 32'10.98"W https://goo.gl/maps/iwc24HAZMaE2 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9650. August 9, 2016. 0850-0915, Radio Guinea, Conakry, in French. Male announcer talks in French; local songs; 0900 ID, female announcer talks; interview with a doctor and talks about the female genital mutilation and other themes. Station with fair signal and poor modulation, and slight to moderate interference by R. Sonder Grense on 9650 with music, 33432 (DXer: José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo-PB, Brazil, Degen DE1103 + Sony ICF-SW100S, Antenna: Portable Telescopic, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) Good reception here in NB of Radio Guinée last night starting at tune- in at 2135 UT. Had to use LSB to avoid QRM initially from the station on 9655 kHz -- presumably R. Algérienne. Mostly indigenous language chat with some French until 2300 or so after which there was music. Still going at 2350 when I switched over to WRMI for the special Venezuelan DX show that was AWOL (Richard Langley, Aug 10, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 9650, August 10, 2016. 0840-0908, Radio Guinea, Conakri, in French. Local songs; 0900 Female announcer talks in French, ID. Station with fair signal, interference by Voice of Korea in Japanese (in certain moments almost a collision audio) and Radio Sonder Grense [SOUTH AFRICA] (rare, and far away, with music); all on 9650. Radio Guinea- Conakri presents an irregular signal and audio this Wednesday, 33432 to 23332 (DXer: José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo-PB, Brazil, Degen DE1103 + Sony ICF-SW100S, Antenna: Portable Telescopic, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** HAITI [non]. A story on: Haitian pirates in New York Stumbled across this PRI item yesterday: "FOR HAITIAN RADIO STATIONS SEEKING A PLACE ON NEW YORK’S AIRWAVES — THE OPTIONS ARE BORROW OR STEAL" http://www.pri.org/stories/2016-08-09/haitian-radio-stations-seeking-place-new-york-s-airwaves-options-are-borrow-or There's a short text piece and a 15-minute audio clip, but it's probably worth it if you get Haitian pirates. It explains a bit of Haiti's radio culture, too (Raymie Humbert, AZ, Aug 10, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) ** INDIA. Unscheduled English broadcast of All India Radio August 5: 0830-1135 on 11620 DEL 250 kW / 334 deg to SoAs Urdu, as scheduled A16 1135-1140 on 11620 DEL 250 kW / 334 deg to SoAs English unscheduled px http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2016/08/unscheduled-english-broadcast-of-all.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. 80 YEARS OF AIR: LEGENDS AND MILESTONES Paramita Ghosh, Hindustan Times How did AIR get its name? The answer lies in what Lionel Fielden, the first Controller of Broadcasting said to Viceroy Linlithgow after a banquet. The name, Indian State Broadcasting Service (begun on an experimental basis for two years in 1930), suggested Fielden, was rather bureaucratic. The Viceroy, rising to the bait, agreed it was a mouthful. “All India Radio,” mumbled the Viceroy after serious prompting by the broadcaster. “The very thing!” exclaimed Fielden, “and what beautiful initials!” AIR was born on June 8, 1936. Urdu humourist Sir Syed Ahmed Shah Bokhari (before the formation of Pakistan in 1947) was the first director general. PC Chowdhuri was independent India’s first DG. Full story at: http://www.hindustantimes.com/art-and-culture/80-years-of-air-legends-and-milestones/story-fg9nhYC1ceqI1suLSuzb5N.html Related : The last letter-writer of Jhumri Telaiya Paramita Ghosh, Hindustan Times http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/the-last-letter-writer-of-jhumri-telaiya/story-fFr9DhnIu6lW9Qlwzj6gEK.html --- (Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, Aug 6, dx_india yg via DXLD) ** INDIA. LOW-KEY LAUNCH LIKELY FOR AKASHVANI MAITREE In sharp contrast to the hype generated two months ago, the launch of Akashvani Maitree, AIR’s cross-border Bangla service, on August 23, will be a low-key affair, with just an address by President Pranab Mukherjee in Bangla. The service will be broadcast in India and Bangladesh on 594 kHz. Full story at: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/lowkey-launch-likely-for-akashvani-maitree/article8953542.ece?homepage=true Frequency wrongly mentioned as 596 kHz in the article, shud be 594 kHz --- (Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, Aug 6, dx_india yg via DXLD) ** INDIA. Special broadcasts by All India Radio on Independence Day (15 Aug 2016) India is celebrating its 70th Independence Day on 15 August 2016. The details of special programs by AIR for the occasion is as follows: 14 August 2016 (Sunday) 1330 UT (7.00 pm IST): Honble President Pranab Mukherjee’s “Address to the Nation” on the eve of Independence Day in Hindi and English at 1330 UT (7.00 pm IST). All stations of AIR will relay this on MW, SW & FM. Look out on the following Home Service SW frequencies 4760 Leh 4760 Port Blair 4775 Imphal ? 4800 Hyderabad 4810 Bhopal 4835 Gangtok 4895 Kurseong 4910 Jaipur 4920 Chennai 4950 Srinagar 4970 Shillong 5010 Thiruvananthapuram 5040 Jeypore 5050 Aizawl 9380 Aligarh 9870 Bangalore ? = Off air lately LIVE STREAMING ON AIR: http://allindiaradio.gov.in/Default.aspx Watch the events live on Doordarshan TV on all their channels. Try the following links: DD National: http://www.ddindia.gov.in/Pages/Home.aspx http://hellotv.in/play/livetv/DD-National_1893 DD News: http://webcast.gov.in/live/ DD Sports: http://hellotv.in/play/livetv/DD-Sports_1894 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 15 August 2016 (Monday) 0135-0240 UT (0705-0810 hrs IST) All India Radio will broadcast the running commentary in English and Hindi on the Flag Hoisting and Prime Minster's speech to be held at Red Fort, New Delhi between 0135-0240 UTC (0705-0810 hrs IST) on 15th August, 2016 on the following SW frequencies. English: 11740, 15050 (additional frequencies) Hindi: 6145 Aligarh 250 kW 7340 Mumbai 100 kW 7520 Delhi 250 kW 11620 Bengaluru 500 kW (Note : External Services in Urdu on 6145, 7340, 7520, 11620 are replaced by running commentary at this time) The Regional SW Stations will start using their day time frequencies about 1 hour or more earlier than usual on 15th August as follows to relay the Commentary. This may provide enhanced reception of stations than on normal days. The sign on schedule for that day is as follows with normal sign on timings in brackets. 1. Bhopal - 0130 UT (Ex 0225) 7430 2. Chennai - 0130 UT (Ex 0300) 7380 3. Hyderabad - 0130 UT (Ex 0225) 7420 4. Imphal - 0130 UT (Ex 0225) 7335 ? 5. Port Blair - 0130 UT (Ex 0315) 7390 6. Srinagar - 0130 UT (ex 0225) 6110 7. Thiruvanathapuram - 0130 UT (Ex 0230) 7290 Other frequencies operating as usual at that time but carrying the commentary is as follows: 4760 Leh 4835 Gangtok 4840 Mumbai 4895 Kurseong 4910 Jaipur 4970 Shillong 5040 Jeypore 5050 Aizawl 7270 Chennai Check also 13695 & 15120 via Bangalore All stations of AIR will relay the running commentary. LIVE STREAMING ON AIR: http://allindiaradio.gov.in/Default.aspx Reception Reports to : spectrum-manager@air.org.in or Director (Spectrum Management & Synergy) All India Radio, Room No. 204 Akashvani Bhawan, Parliament Street New Delhi 110001, India Or in http://allindiaradio.gov.in/Information/ListenersCorner/Pages/default.aspx Watch the events live on Doordarshan TV on all their channels. Try the following links: DD National: http://www.ddindia.gov.in/Pages/Home.aspx http://hellotv.in/play/livetv/DD-National_1893 DD News: http://webcast.gov.in/live/ DD Sports: http://hellotv.in/play/livetv/DD-Sports_1894 etc. Yours sincerely, (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India, Mobile : +91 94416 96043, http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos August 12, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. RRI Wamena (4869.85 and with OTH radar), 4869.906 Tiny string 'seen' under THRESHOLD level at 0808 UT on Aug 4 [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 4) (Wolfgang Büschel, checked quickly New Delhi and Brisbane remote units in 0730 to 0810 UT Aug 4th slot, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. More Street View for Indonesia --- Slim (SW?) masts for RRI Kendari seen along with presumed MW and more masts, view from main road entrance to site. A quick review of present Google SV coverage of Indonesia reveals coverage of all the major Islands except Irian Jaya (West Papua). Or coverage of most of the larger islands except east & south of Sulawesi. Plenty of SW sites (active & closed) are seen either of their transmitter site entrances off major roads or from a distance or via side streets. Unfortunately many few [sic] sites have dense foliage around them preventing the viewing of any possible remaining SW masts or antennas. There are some remaining SW masts to be seen, but generally very few, unfortunately. For those looking for MW Masts, there are plenty to be found. One very pleasant exception to viewing SW antennas via SV coverage is of the RRI Gorontalo site. For some reason the SV driver drove right into the transmitter site complex and hence a beautiful view of all the antennas. masts & buildings are there to be seen. Of note, a multiband SW dipole antenna. Here's a link: https://goo.gl/maps/SMc7DnzCJhC2 There's still numerous sites yet to be discovered throughout Indonesia. Hopefully SV coverage might enable further sites to be discovered by some of you. A list of undiscovered sites will have to be produced at some point in time. I note that there is a problem (for me at least) with the display of the blue (SV) lines on Google Earth at same zoom levels. It's often trial and error to determine if SV coverage exists for a certain area. A wider zoom out level yields the best results initially. Google Maps might be easier to use. 73s (Ian, Aug 8, (SWSites YG) via DXLD) https://goo.gl/maps/hr9GoQhHAiE2 (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) Here's a map/link of the increased coverage area of Indonesia with Google SV, http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2016/08/komodo-dragons-street-view.html [and non] Is also worth pointing-out for the MW TX site hunters that the Philippines has recently also received increased coverage. Nothing new for SW site coverage, but more coverage for the southern islands of the Philippines (Ian, ibid.) ** INTERNATIONAL. A16 schedule of clandestine & other target broadcasts by Time. =========================================== Produced and copied based on DX RE MIX NEWS by Ivo Ivanov. 0100-0300 9490 ISS 150/285 Cuba Spanish (Radio Repýblica) 0230-0315 7460 KCH 500/116 WeAs Farsi (Radio Payem e-Doost) 0300-0400 5915 MEY 100/020 CeAf English Mon/Tue/Fri (Radio Lead Africa, inactive at present) 0300-0500 11600 ISS 250/090 WeAs Kurdish (Denge Kurdistan) 0330-0430 9600 ISS 250/134 EaAf Juba Arabic (Radio Tamazuj) 0330-0430 11650 MDC 250/335 EaAf Juba Arabic (Radio Tamazuj) 0400-0500 11730 ISS 250/130 EaAf Arabic/English* (Eye Radio (former EDC Sudan Radio Service) (*including other languages Dinka/Nuer/Shilluk/Bari/Zande/Lutoho) 0430-0530 13800 MDC 250/335 EaAf Juba Arabic (Radio Dabanga) 0430-0600 11645 SMG 250/146 EaAf Juba Arabic (Radio Dabanga) 0500-0600 12060 MEY 100/015 CeAf English Wed/Thu (Radio Lead Africa, inactive at present) 0500-0600 9515 ISS 250/170 WeAf English (Radio Niger Delta Voice of Peace, inactive at present) 0500-0700 12060 MEY 100/015 CeAf English Sat (Radio Lead Africa, inactive at present) 0500-0700 7415 ASC 250/070 WeAf Kanuri (Radio Dandal Kura International) 0500-1300 11600 KCH 300/116 WeAs Kurdish (Denge Kurdistan) 0530-0600 13800 NAU 125/152 EaAf Juba Arabic (Radio Dabanga) 0600-0900 11860 JED 050/non-dir N/ME Arabic (Republic of Yemen Radio) 0700-0800 15480 WOF 250/165 WeAf Kanuri (Radio Dandal Kura International) 0730-0830 15440 ISS 150/170 WeAf Hausa (Manara Radio) 0900-1800 11860 unknown tx/unknown N/ME Arabic (Republic of Yemen Radio) 1100-1300 15420 PUG 250/280 SEAs Iban Mon-Sat (Radio Free Sarawak, inactive at present) 1130-1200 11570 TSH 100/250 SEAs Hmong (Suab Xaa Moo Zoo, Voice of Hope) 1130-1200 17860 TAC 100/122 SEAs Khmer Thu/Sun (Voice of Khmer M'Chas Srok) 1200-1215 15542 DB 100/095 EaAs Chinese (Voice of Tibet) 1200-1230 9930 HBN 100/318 EaAs Vietnamese Fri (Radio Que Me) 1200-1300 17845 DHA 250/225 EaAf Somali (Radio ERGO) 1200-1300 15630 TAC 100/076 NEAs Korean (Radio Free North Korea) 1215-1230 15548 DB 100/095 EaAs Chinese (Voice of Tibet) 1230-1245 15573 DB 100/131 CeAs Tibetan (Voice of Tibet) 1245-1300 15567 DB 100/131 CeAs Tibetan (Voice of Tibet) 1300-1315 15518 DB 100/095 EaAs Chinese (Voice of Tibet) 1300-1315 15558 DB 100/131 CeAs Tibetan (Voice of Tibet) 1300-1330 9900 TSH 100/002 NEAs Korean (Nippon no Kaze) 1300-1330 9950 TSH 100/002 NEAs Korean (Nippon no Kaze) 1300-1330 5965 YAM 300/280 NEAs Chinese Mon (Shiokaze Sea Breeze) 1300-1330 5965 YAM 300/280 NEAs Japanese Tue (Shiokaze Sea Breeze) 1300-1330 5965 YAM 300/280 NEAs Korean Wed (Shiokaze Sea Breeze) 1300-1330 5965 YAM 300/280 NEAs English Thu (Shiokaze Sea Breeze) 1300-1330 5965 YAM 300/280 NEAs Korean Fri (Shiokaze Sea Breeze) 1300-1330 5965 YAM 300/280 NEAs Japanese Sat (Shiokaze Sea Breeze) 1300-1330 5965 YAM 300/280 NEAs Korean Sun (Shiokaze Sea Breeze) 1300-1600 11550 DB 100/071 NEAs Korean (National Unity Radio) 1300-1700 11600 SCB 100/090 WeAs Kurdish + 2nd hx 23200 (Denge Kurdistan) 1315-1330 15528 DB 100/095 EaAs Chinese (Voice of Tibet) 1315-1330 15558 DB 100/131 CeAs Tibetan (Voice of Tibet) 1330-1345 15528 DB 100/095 EaAs Chinese (Voice of Tibet) 1330-1345 15557 DB 100/131 CeAs Tibetan (Voice of Tibet) 1330-1400 5965 YAM 300/280 NEAs Korean Mon (Shiokaze Sea Breeze) 1330-1400 5965 YAM 300/280 NEAs Japanese Tue (Shiokaze Sea Breeze) 1330-1400 5965 YAM 300/280 NEAs Korean Wed (Shiokaze Sea Breeze) 1330-1400 5965 YAM 300/280 NEAs English Thu (Shiokaze Sea Breeze) 1330-1400 5965 YAM 300/280 NEAs Korean Fri (Shiokaze Sea Breeze) 1330-1400 5965 YAM 300/280 NEAs Korean Sat (Shiokaze Sea Breeze) 1330-1400 5965 YAM 300/280 NEAs Japanese Sun (Shiokaze Sea Breeze) 1330-1400 9900 TSH 100/002 NEAs Japanese (Furusato no Kaze) 1330-1400 9950 TSH 100/002 NEAs Japanese (Furusato no Kaze) 1330-1530 7620 TAC 100/076 NEAs Korean (Voice of Wilderness) 1345-1400 15522 DB 100/095 EaAs Chinese (Voice of Tibet) 1345-1400 15557 DB 100/131 CeAs Tibetan (Voice of Tibet) 1400-1415 15557 DB 100/131 CeAs Tibetan (Voice of Tibet) 1400-1415 15560 MDC 250/045 CeAs Tibetan (Voice of Tibet) 1405-1435 7325 YAM 300/280 NEAs Japanese Daily (Shiokaze Sea Breeze) 1415-1430 15552 DB 100/131 CeAs Tibetan (Voice of Tibet) 1415-1430 15565 MDC 250/045 CeAs Tibetan (Voice of Tibet) 1430-1500 15150 NAU 125/152 EaAf Juba Arabic (Radio Tamazuj) 1430-1500 15550 ISS 250/134 EaAf Juba Arabic (Radio Tamazuj) 1430-1500 9560 TSH 100/002 NEAs Japanese (Furusato no Kaze) 1430-1500 9960 HBN 100/345 NEAs Japanese (Furusato no Kaze) 1430-1530 11570 TAC 100/076 NEAs Korean (North Korea Reform Radio) 1500-1530 15150 MDC 250/340 EaAf Juba Arabic (Radio Tamazuj) 1500-1530 15550 SMG 250/150 EaAf Juba Arabic (Radio Tamazuj) 1500-1530 9765 TSH 100/002 NEAs Korean (Nippon no Kaze) 1500-1530 9975 HBN 100/345 NEAs Korean (Nippon no Kaze) 1500-1530 15515 TIG 150/165 EaAf Afar Oromo Sat (Radio Warra Wangeelaa-ti) 1500-1530 15205 ISS 100/125 EaAf Arabic Tue ((Radio Al-Mukhtar)) 1500-1530 15205 ISS 100/125 EaAf Arabic Wed/Sat (Radio Adal) 1530-1600 9765 TSH 100/002 NEAs Korean (Nippon no Kaze) 1530-1600 9965 HBN 100/345 NEAs Korean (Nippon no Kaze) 1530-1600 15205 ISS 100/125 EaAf Tigrinya Tue (Radio Al-Mukhtar) 1530-1600 15205 ISS 100/125 EaAf Tigrinya Wed/Sat (Radio Adal) 1530-1630 15150 MDC 250/340 EaAf Juba Arabic (Radio Dabanga) 1530-1630 15550 SMG 250/150 EaAf Juba Arabic (Radio Dabanga) 1530-1630 9650 unknown probably PUG NEAs Korean Wed (Living Water Ministry Broadcasting) 1530-1700 7505 TAC 100/076 NEAs Korean (Voice of Martyrs) 1600-1615 17850 ISS 250/130 EaAf Afar Oromo Mon (Oromo Voice Radio) 1600-1630 9470 TSH 100/002 NEAs Japanese (Furusato no Kaze) 1600-1630 9960 HBN 100/345 NEAs Japanese (Furusato no Kaze) 1600-1630 5915 YAM 300/280 NEAs Chinese Mon (Shiokaze Sea Breeze) 1600-1630 5915 YAM 300/280 NEAs Japanese Tue (Shiokaze Sea Breeze) 1600-1630 5915 YAM 300/280 NEAs Korean Wed (Shiokaze Sea Breeze) 1600-1630 5915 YAM 300/280 NEAs English Thu (Shiokaze Sea Breeze) 1600-1630 5915 YAM 300/280 NEAs Korean Fri (Shiokaze Sea Breeze) 1600-1630 5915 YAM 300/280 NEAs Japanese Sat (Shiokaze Sea Breeze) 1600-1630 5915 YAM 300/280 NEAs Korean Sun (Shiokaze Sea Breeze) 1600-1630 17630 ISS 500/130 EaAf Somali Tue/Sat (Radio Xoriyo) 1600-1630 17870 ISS 500/130 EaAf Somali Mon/Fri (Radio Xoriyo) 1600-1630 17850 ISS 250/130 EaAf Afar Oromo Wed/Sat (Oromo Voice Radio) 1600-1630 7575 KCH 500/116 WeAs Farsi Mon/Fri (Radio Ranginkaman/Radio Rainbow) 1600-1630 17860 ISS 250/130 EaAf Oromo Sun (Radio Voice of Independent Oromia) 1600-1700 17730 ISS 250/130 EaAf Arabic/English* (Eye Radio (former EDC Sudan Radio Service) (*including other languages Dinka/Nuer/Shilluk/Bari/Zande/Lutoho) 1600-1700 17765 ISS 150/170 WeAf Hausa (Manara Radio) 1600-1700 15240 WRB 115/045 ENAm African Music Sat/Sun (Radio Munansi) 1615-1630 17850 ISS 250/130 EaAf English Mon (Oromo Voice Radio) 1630-1700 5915 YAM 300/280 NEAs Korean Mon (Shiokaze Sea Breeze) 1630-1700 5915 YAM 300/280 NEAs Japanese Tue (Shiokaze Sea Breeze) 1630-1700 5915 YAM 300/280 NEAs Korean Wed (Shiokaze Sea Breeze) 1630-1700 5915 YAM 300/280 NEAs English Thu (Shiokaze Sea Breeze) 1630-1700 5915 YAM 300/280 NEAs Korean Fri (Shiokaze Sea Breeze) 1630-1700 5915 YAM 300/280 NEAs Korean Sat (Shiokaze Sea Breeze) 1630-1700 5915 YAM 300/280 NEAs Japanese Sun (Shiokaze Sea Breeze) 1700-1730 11885 SCB 050/195 EaAf Afar Oromo Dly (Dimtse Radio Erena) 1700-1730 15420 NAU 100/139 EaAf Afar Oromo Wed/Fri/Sun (Voice of Oromo Liberation) 1700-1800 15245 ISS 250/130 EaAf Tigrinya Thu/Sat (Radio Assenna) 1700-1800 15245 ISS 250/130 EaAf Tigrinya Sun-Tue/Fri (Eritrean Forum Medrek) 1700-1800 15245 ISS 250/130 EaAf Arabic Wed (Eritrean Forum Medrek) 1700-1900 15240 WRB 115/045 ENAm Luganda/English Sat/Sun (Radio Munansi) 1700-1930 11600 ISS 250/090 WeAs Kurdish (Denge Kurdistan) 1730-1800 11885 SCB 050/195 EaAf Arabic Mon-Sat (Dimtse Radio Erena) 1730-1800 11885 SCB 050/195 EaAf Afar Oromo Sun (Dimtse Radio Erena) 1730-1800 15420 NAU 100/139 EaAf Amharic Wed (Voice of Oromo Liberation) 1730-1800 7495 KCH 500/116 WeAs Farsi Thu/Fri (Sedoye Bahar Voice of Spring) 1730-1800 17765 ISS 150/125 EaAf Oromo Sun (Radio Front for Independence of Oromo RKWO) 1800-1830 15480 ISS 250/145 SoAf Kirundi (Radio Publique Africaine) 1800-1845 7480 KCH 500/116 WeAs Farsi (Radio Payem e-Doost) 1800-1900 15245 ISS 250/130 EaAf Arabic Sat (Eritrean Forum Medrek) 1800-2100 12050 ASC 250/065 WeAf Kanuri (Radio Dandal Kura International) 1800-2100 11700 SCB 100/195 WeAf English (Radio Biafra) 1800-2300 11860 JED 050/non-dir N/ME Arabic (Republic of Yemen Radio) 1830-1900 15480 ISS 250/145 SoAf French (Radio Publique Africaine) 1830-1900 15315 ISS 500/180 WCAf Fulfulde (Lutheran World Federation Voice of Gospel(Sawtu Linjilia) 1900-2000 11985 ISS 250/170 WeAf English till July 5 (Radio Niger Delta Voice of Peace, inactive at present) 1900-2000 11980 ISS 250/170 WeAf English from July 6 (Radio Niger Delta Voice of Peace, inactive at present) 1900-2000 15465 ISS 100/207 WeAf Various* Fri (Radio Free Gambia, inactive at present) * including: English, Fula, Krio, Mandingo, Serer and Wolof. 1900-2200 7425 MEY 100/020 CeAf English Sat/Sun (Radio Lead Africa, inactive at present) 1930-2100 11600 SCB 100/090 WeAs Kurdish + 2nd hx 23200 (Denge Kurdistan) 2030-2130 7595 TAC 100/076 NEAs Korean (North Korea Reform Radio) 2100-2130 7530 TSH 100/250 EaAs Cantonese/Chinese (Stream of Praise Music Ministries) 2230-2300 7530 TSH 100/250 SEAs Hmong (Suab Xaa Moo Zoo, Voice of Hope) 2300-2310 7598 DB 100/131 CeAs Tibetan (Voice of Tibet) 2300-0600 11860 unknown tx/unknown N/ME Arabic (Republic of Yemen Radio) 2310-2320 7593 DB 100/131 CeAs Tibetan (Voice of Tibet) 2320-2330 7587 DB 100/131 CeAs Tibetan (Voice of Tibet) (via Jota Xavier, Aug 6, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. ARSAT-2 YA PUEDE COMERCIALIZAR SU SEÑAL EN ESTADOS UNIDOS El presidente de ArSat, Rodrigo de Loredo, confirmó que “la Federal Communications Commission le otorgó a Arsat los derechos legales para comercializar la señal del satélite Arsat-2 a clientes locales de los Estados Unidos”. “Uno de los objetivos primordiales que nos habíamos planteado para esta etapa de financiación era la ampliación del alcance de los landing rights del satélite, la confirmación de este nuevo derecho es una muestra más de que estamos transitando el camino correcto”, sostuvo. Actualmente, el Arsat-2 tiene la autorización de brindar sus servicios en un área o pisada (tal su denominación técnica) que se extiende desde Tierra del Fuego hasta Canadá. En cada oportunidad que la empresa argentina desee comercializar el uso de la señal de sus satélites fuera del país debe realizar un trámite para obtener un permiso, que se denomina “landing right” o “derecho de aterrizaje”. “Este proceso se trata de un trámite burocrático y engorroso. Es por esta razón que, usualmente, se recomienda iniciarlo antes de que el satélite en cuestión se encuentre en órbita. Algo que con el Arsat-2 no sólo no ha ocurrido, sino que nos encontramos con que prácticamente no había sido comercializado”, explicó Loredo. Destacó que “los landing rights autorizan a ofrecer ancho de banda de la señal, tanto para exportar como para importar programación”. El satélite Arsat-2 ya puede comercializar sus servicios legalmente en Argentina, Chile, Canadá y Estados Unidos (Radio Brisas via GRA blog Aug 8 via DXLD) ** INTERNATIONAL WATERS [and non]. Caribbean Tropical Storm Earl - Emergency activities --- Southgate August 4, 2016 Tropical Storm Earl is currently heading across Central America affecting the countries of Honduras, Guatemala, Belize and Mexico The IARU Region 1 site reports: IARU Region 2 has requested that attention is drawn to the following frequencies used by nets in North and Central America to track and deal with the consequences of these severe weather events. Radio Amateurs in Region 2 play their part in gathering and distributing information for the weather and emergency services as they do every year. Radio Amateurs in Region 1 are reminded it is possible to cause unintentional QRM to these nets so please listen carefully if operating near these frequencies which have alerted due to Tropical Storm Earl: [they insist on citing frequencies in MHz; I make them kHz without the decimal to facilitate searching --- gh] Mexico: 7060 & 3690 Guatemala: 7075 Belize: 7177 USA Hurricane Watch Net: 14325 For the remainder of the Atlantic hurricane season, Radio Amateurs are reminded of the following frequencies which have been notified from previous seasons: Caribbean Emergency & Weather Nets: 7162 & 3815 Eastern Caribbean Narrow Band Emergency System Net: 7036 USB (Olivia & MT63) Caribbean Emergency: 14185 Republica Dominicana: 7065 & 3780 Cuba: 7045, 7080, 7110, and 3740 Central America: 7090 & 3750 Nicaragua: 7098 Panama: 7085 USA: Maritime Mobile Service Net: 14300 Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network (SATERN): 14265 Other local emergency communications groups may also activate if a hurricane approaches their area and those frequencies would be announced at the time. International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 homepage. The federation of national associations of radio amateurs from Europe, Africa, Middle East and Northern Asia. Carribean Tropical Storm Earl - Emergency activities | S... Tropical Storm Earl is currently heading across Central America affecting the countries of Honduras, Guatemala, Belize and Mexico http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2016/august/carribean-tropical-storm-earl.htm Posted by: (Mike Terry, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DXLD) ** IRELAND NORTHERN [non]. 9955, UT Monday Aug 8 at 0137, WRMI with Radio Northern Ireland; talk has beeps underneath it in groups of 3, pitch changing from one group to the next. It`s reminiscent of the jammers on 11930 playing around as logged before, but RNI could also be doing it just for fun. The beeps pause as a Phil Collins song is starting, but then resume during the music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also CUBA ** ITALY. Hello Glenn, 2016-08-08 --- Yet another follow-up on the topic of the WORLD OF RADIO relays via IRRS: I finally managed to make a recording of the late UT Saturday broadcast at 2330 via IRRS / Challenger Radio from Northern Italy (Villa Estense near Padova) on 1368 kHz. Reception was still poor despite the late night hour but we can easily tell that WOR was on - in fact, it started after an IRRS ID at 2333z, which is pretty much in phase with my expectations based on the Sunday night broadcast reported earlier. But, similar to last week, at about 2 minutes into the show (2335z), the very same familiar Tirana interval signal was audible yet again, so IRRS "managed" to repeat the same WOR show (#1334) probably for the 3rd time in a row. Also, we're able to tell that WOR was aired only before 0000z, thus truncating the final 2 minutes of the 29 minute show. So while it is confirmed now that both scheduled WOR broadcasts via IRRS are actually on the air regularly on MW from Italy here in Europe, the program updating and cueing to air the whole show still leave a lot of room for improvement. (snippet attached) On a related note, I also checked "I AM Radio" on 1350 from the Milano area in NW Italy which usually is a good propagation indicator and is has a somewhat stronger signal round here vs. IRRS on 1368. But instead of the usual "I AM Radio" programming, this past Saturday night (2016-08-06), they ID'ed as "Radio Milano International" and "FM 101", a station not usually heard on MW as far as I can tell. Based on the announcements heard, this was a special live event broadcast which ended by 2238z (stating "tunil next year" in Italian). After a pause, regular I AM Radio programming was resumed after 2241z. (snippets attached) Best regards (Tobias (T²), Germany, WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN [non]. 12015, UT Sunday August 7 at 0427, NHK Spanish via WHRI in last minute of `Espacio DX-ista`, acknowledging reception reports, and I think never any real DX news. Then R. Japón schedule for this 0400 and the only other Spanish broadcast, at 0930. What if you are in a timezone, like UT-3, UT-4 or UT-5 in South America when you`re likely to be asleep during both? Off at 0430* with no WHR advertising, unlike they append to Vietnam relays (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KASHMIR. INDIA, 6100, even frequency of Radio Sedaye Kashmir from New Delhi Kingsway broadcast India in Kashmiri language, at 0730 UT on Aug 4, typical local subcontinental singer / drums band. S=9+20dB and also -54dBm. But also noted TENTATIVELY: 6000even, a very tiny signal string visible, probably AIR Leh Hindi outlet? Requested in fq table as AIR Leh Srinagar mountain region, 7 kW of 130degr azimuth. Requested 0700- 0930 [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 4) (Wolfgang Büschel, checked quickly New Delhi and Brisbane remote units in 0730 to 0810 UT Aug 4th slot, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH. A few good loggings, including a new to me, 3560 Voice of Korea frequency bringing my logging to 29 different North Korea shortwave frequencies heard here. 3560 wasn't heard on this date [Aug 2], but it was heard back on July 23, 2016 at 1502 with a pretty weak signal, full of noise, yet music was definitely heard above the buzzing! Location: Galena, Alaska, USA in the central part of the state, 300 miles west of Fairbanks, 300 miles east of Nome. Using a Tecsun PL880, 225 foot long wire and EmTech ZM2 antenna tuner! (Paul Walker, WBRadio yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DXLD) So perhaps 3560 is still in use sporadically as a backup feeder (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH. 9665, KCBS, 8/8, 1015. Long monologue by emotional sounding M in Korean, followed by dramatic march music, Good, but with splash from PRC jamming of Chinese service of RTI on 9660. 73 and Good Listening....! (Rick Barton, Arizona, Due to weather activity, most logs with Radio Shack SW-2000629 and whip or Grundig Satellit 750 with indoor random wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. 7325, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze via Yamata (Japan), *1405, Aug 9. All in Japanese; Shiokaze intro; segment "message from the Japanese government"; per Hiroshi, into programming of "Furusato No Kaze" ("Wind of Hometown"), produced by the Japanese government; could tell was not the usual Shiokaze format after 1408. No N. Korea jamming. Shiokaze ends their 5965 program at 1400*, due to the strong sign-on of CRI, in Korean, at *1400, which would have blocked Shiokaze at *1405 if they had stayed on 5965 (Ron Howard, Calif., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA SOUTH. 6015, KBS Hanminjok Bangsong 1, at 1013, Aug 8. Usual hour long program of "Pops Freedom"; scheduled 1000-1100; mostly in Korean, but with English IDs and segment with English language lesson; hosted by Kwak Young Il; playing pop songs ("Poor Little Fool" by Ricky Nelson, etc.); series of three very nice IDs; first by native speaker of English, second in Korean and third in English by Kwak Young Il - "Now you are listening to KBS, Pops Freedom"; usual segment "Everyday English" language lesson; poor, with the usual white noise jamming from N. Korea, but was semi-readable. Website http://goo.gl/NKHkr6 (Ron Howard, Calif., dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LIBERIA. 6049.996, measured exact at 0705 UT on Aug 8, ELWA Radio, Monrovia tentatively, but tiny on poor threshold level, after fade-out no content could be read anymore at this time. S=4 or -103dBm visible [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 8) (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LIBYA. UNID: Can hear a station at the moment on 677.5 kHz. Can`t ID the language, but the music sounded African. Weak with occasional peaks. (2105UTC 5/8) 73's. Nick. Buxton, Sent from Samsung Mobile on O2. Posted by: (Nick Rank, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) You heard it before: reply from Sept 12, *2014*: 73, Glenn Hauser: ``Suspect it is Benghazi, Libya on 677.5 Nick, but been unable to positively ID yet. No not a spurious. In Arabic, not helped of course by strong Lopik, Netherlands on 675.0. 73s Alan Caversham, UK AOR 7030+ ALA 1530 loop`` (BDXC-UK yg via gh, BDXC-UK yg via WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DXLD) Hi Glenn, Thanks for the information. Yes, looking through the log I did hear them back in September 2014; the memory here is not as good as it should be! I don't often hear anything on 677.5 kHz. I tend to regularly monitor that end of the band listening out for Holland on 675 kHz (Radio Maria) & 747 kHz (new MW stations), so my attention was drawn to them last night. Will keep listening. 73's (Nick Rank, DX LISTENING DIGEST) From *2014* --- Message 1 of 7 , Sep 12, 2014 --- Just tuning around the MW band and came across a middle-eastern sounding station around 677.5 kHz. Fading in and out, but peaked at 2035 UT. OM/YL in unid language, but middle-eastern style music. When the signal peaked, the audio sounded rather muffled. Don't think its a spurious signal in the receiver. Best signal E-W at my location. 73's (Nick Buxton UK Rank, Sony ICF2001D, Ferrite sleeve aerial) 677.5 kHz closed at 2249 UT, preceded by long upbeat song (anthem?) I remember hearing a lot during the Libyan Civil War in 2011. So definitely Libya. 73 Alan [2014] Hi all and Nick, it's Benghazi (Libya) Best 73 (Franck Baste BDXC 1467 (France), ibid.) Checked 677.5 kHz last night (5 August) at 2200 UT and could hear a lady in Arabic, then into music at 2205. Listened back to around 5 minutes of minidisc recording this morning, but couldn't hear any positive ID, but suspect this is Benghazi, Libya again. WRTH 2016 marks nominal 675 as inactive, but has been logged on this frequency 677.5 in the past, e.g. in October 2014 Communication MW logbook and MW News (including by you, Nick!). 73, (Alan Pennington, Caversham, UK, AOR 7030plus, Beverage (By the way, some postings to Yahoo Groups have been taking 24-36 hours to appear since about Thursday. So if you see an out of date or delayed posting it's down to Yahoo Groups. This msg sent 11.26 BST 6th August), BDXC yg via DXLD) And this did not arrive until Aug 10!! (gh) Tripoli, to mention in mw-offset yg recently, now measured on 677.494 kHz exact this morning at 0740 UT on Aug 8, on remote SDR unit in Greece island of Zakynthos. Powerhouse S=9+35dB or -38dBm, via Mediterranean Sea path. Tripoli performed with nice North African music style program, like also similar to Radio Cairo's 60ties classical music style [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 8) (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Listed as Benghazi, not Tripoli, on 675 (gh, DXLD) 677.495, Benghazi Libya with HQ prayer in progress noted at 0453 UT on Aug 10, as POWERFUL S=9+35dB or -38dBm. Observed via Zakynthos island remote SDR in Greece. (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 10)(Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST) So far off, to a split-frequency, should make it possible for North American DXers at least to detect the carrier. Indeed likely the only station in the world on 677.5v kHz! (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LITHUANIA. “We're still using 75 kW transmitter and a mast of 152 m height. Redundancy is enabled: there are a standby transmitter, feeder line and antenna. 500 kW Vikhr MW transmitter has been dismantled and scrapped. We're expecting the delivery of the new Nautel NX200 (200 kW) transmitter that should be commissioned on Sitkunai site in late 2017. (info from Rimantas Pleikys, Radio Baltic Waves project coordinator) (Dmitry Mezin, Kazan, Russia / “open_dx” via Rus DX August 7 via WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DXLD) all presumably concerning 1386 kHz (gh, ibid.) ** MADAGASCAR. 9480, Aug 4 at 0358 and continual monitoring until 0424, No signal ever comes up from African Pathways Radio in English. What`s wrong now? Are any other broadcasts missing from the one transmitter MWV kept going, expecting to get the other one operational by now? 9480, Aug 5 at 0454, checked just before sign-off, MWV is on tonight, after AWOL last night, and in correct language, too, English! With ``Be Happy`` song, a theme of its, and a pleasant respite from the fire-and-brimstone so many gospel huxters vomit. S9 with deep fades. [and non]. 9535, Aug 5 at 2319, Chinese quite audible underneath RHCuba, i.e. MWV as scheduled 23-24 on 55 degree azimuth, nowhere near USward. BTW, Aoki shows RHC on 9535 at 21-05 but not 11-15 as also heard here mornings and in RHC`s own schedule (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Sunday, August 7, 2016, 1835, 17640 AM. KNLS Madagascar. Creationism apologetics in English, and into other religious talk and pious music. Fair to good signal (Larry Will, Mount Airy, Maryland, Tecsun PL-600 and long wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) This 1800 transmission had been off air since shortly after it was inaugurated in April, due to transmitter failure. I finally gave up checking for it, but must again now (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) ** MALI. 5995. August 9, 2016. 2134-2140, RTV du Mali, Bamako, in Bambara language. Open carrier (S=3), male announcer talks. Radio Mali presents a fair to poor signal and barely audible modulation, 35431 (sometimes, 25431). This station continues awful in my location (DXer: José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo-PB, Brazil, Degen DE1103 + Sony ICF-SW100S, Antenna: Portable Telescopic, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** MALI. Bamako CRI 13685 kHz not on air tonight, but 11640 kHz even frequency 1830-1927 UT (Wolfgang Büschel, Aug 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 1470 XERCN Tijuana --- Heard on my drive home, new format of English Pop tunes, RCN 14-70 slogan (Martin Foltz, CA, 2222 UT Aug 4, ABDX via WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DXLD) Is ``RCN 14-70`` pronounced in Spanish or English?? According to IRCA Mexican Log as of a year ago it was: ``10000/5000 watts, Uniradio 14- 70, La Voz de la Gente, 24 hours, format talk/news/sports, Nets RAMA/CORP. Notes: Chargers football in Spanish, relays China R International in Spanish 1800-0600 LT, Uniradio``. I always found it odd that XERCN gave up that call for 50 kW 1110 kHz in México DF, now XERED. RCN as in Radio Cadena Nacional. And Red means Cadena = network (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Noted their online streaming of SS discos románticos at 1000 GMT this morning. http://www.uniradioinforma.com/uniradio1470/main.php Best wishes (Barry :-) Davies, Carlisle UK, Aug 5, MWCircle yg via DXLD) I use to hear 1420-XEXX and 1470-XERCN daytimes on my car radio in the Long Beach region back in the 80's (Steven Wiseblood, ABDX via DXLD) When these two used to go off the air on Christmas and New Years Day we used to get the AZ stations midday here in San Diego. Back in those less noisy times, a couple San Diego TIS stations could be heard midday along US 101 near Santa Bárbara, 200 miles by waterpath. 73 (Tim Hall, ibid.) Ahhhh, brings back so many memories of an almost noise-free MW back in the 70's. I was remembering that with a good ground wire strapped to my trusty Zenith M660A I could pull in KOGO-600 San Diego like a local from my QTH in Santa María (about 230 miles mostly over water) *Steven Wiseblood/AB5GP, ibid.) ** MEXICO. 1540, XESTN, Radio RED, Monterrey, Nuevo León. 1051 August 7, 2016. Two male announcers, those gobierno PSA's from 1056, ID 1059. Too much 1550 WAMA co-channel splatter from 1100 to tell if there was an anthem spun. Here's a good account of these PSA things: http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2012/mar/11/public-service-spots-have-radio-listeners/ (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see below Relays XERED, 1110 DF, per IRCA Log. Never heard here, sort of blocked by KEDA San Antonio if not KZMP in The Metroplex, and off-frequency + KGBC Galveston; KXEL (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO [and non]. PUBLIC-SERVICE SPOTS HAVE RADIO LISTENERS WONDERING Mugshot of Sandra Dibble By Sandra Dibble | 7:30 p.m. March 11, 2012 http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2012/mar/11/public-service-spots-have-radio-listeners/ [From this page BEWARE of a fake Firefox download update --- gh] [audio clips linked that still play] Public service ad #1 Public service ad #2 Public service ad #3 On a recent weekday morning, San Diego’s 91-X was broadcasting its familiar fare of alternative rock, North County traffic updates and upbeat commercials for cars, mattresses and sandwiches. Out of the blue, a woman’s voice came on: “Oh, and I am really concerned, because the support coordinator will remove the support he’s giving me if I don’t vote as he wants.” Another woman answered sympathetically: “They wanted to do the same thing to me in the last election.” Bleary-eyed morning commuters might well have wondered: Who were these women? What were they talking about? And what was their message for listeners tuned to XETRA 91.1 FM, a station owned by Local Media of America? The station’s studios may be in Mira Mesa, but its 100,000-watt signal is sent out from an antenna in Tijuana. The station’s license is held through a Mexican government concession by a Mexican company, Comunicación Xersa, and under Mexican law, it must commit to 48 minutes a day of tiempos oficiales. That’s the term for public-service announcements from Mexico’s federal executive, legislative and judiciary branches, as well as from the country’s Federal Electoral Institute and its major political parties. In Baja California, the spots have been the subject of growing irritation: Why waste valuable airtime, critics complain, that could be used to promote the state to a vast radio public in Southern California? XETRA is among a few dozen stations that stretch from San Diego to Brownsville, Texas, with audiences in the United States but antennas south of the border. Many are Spanish-language stations targeting U.S. Latinos. But in San Diego, a half-dozen stations are aimed at English- language listeners. The call letters are a clue: Mexican stations start with an X, while California stations start with a K. Other local cross-border stations include XEPRS-AM, know as XX1090, the flagship station of the San Diego Padres. Its offices are in La Jolla, but it transmits from an antenna in Rosarito Beach. “We get calls about them,” Tex Meyer, vice president and general manager at XX1090, said of the public-service announcements. “The main question is, ‘Why do you run them?’” Broadcasts from Mexico to the United States date back to the 1930s, said Gene Fowler, who researched the phenomenon and cowrote a book on the subject, “Border Radio.” In the early days, these stations — known as border blasters — were operated by a collection of colorful personalities who managed to sidestep U.S. regulations and reach an even broader American audience by using high-powered transmitters from south of the border. Most of the stations were along the Texas-Mexico border. But in the mid-1960s, the U.S. disc jockey Wolfman Jack rose to worldwide fame through his broadcasts sent out over 1090-AM’s powerful, 50,000-watt transmitter in Rosarito Beach. By the mid-1980s, the heyday of border blasters had ended due to the decline of AM radio and a 1972 treaty between the United States and Mexico that allocated FM frequencies. But with relatively few frequencies in San Diego, U.S. radio station owners have continued to seize the opportunity of broadcasting from Baja California. Those that do must comply with Mexican government requirements for all commercial radio stations, including the airing of public-service announcements. Without proper context, the announcements can seem zany. Here’s a sampling: •“I told you so, I told you so, I told you so, I told you so. If you don’t want this phrase to drive you crazy, check that your name is on the voters list.” •“If you insert the thread through the eye of the needle for the first time ... and you have always been interested in what happens to your country ... you have to do what it takes to become an electoral observer.” •“2012 expense federation budget, which is approved by the legislative body, strengthens the state’s finances ...” “It’s almost like a bad joke,” said Gastón Luken Garza, a Mexican federal legislator from Tijuana who has been working in Mexico City to end the broadcast of these spots to the Southern California market. “It just doesn’t make sense.” Tiempos oficiales have been a staple of Mexico’s broadcasts media since the 1960s, said Luis Carlos Aztiazarán, head of the Tijuana- based Grupo Uniradio and president of the Baja California division of the National Chamber of Radio and Television. They came about as a compromise after Mexico’s federal government sought to impose a tax on the country’s radio and television stations, which operate under a federal concession, Aztiazarán said. When Mexico’s presidential campaign season opens March 30, members of Baja California’s tourism industry fear it won’t simply be a question of confusing announcements, but also negative ones. The rival parties are likely to bring up some uncomfortable subjects such as corruption and drug violence. “We’re trying to change perception and this type of thing is not benefiting us at all,” said Hugo Torres, owner of the Rosarito Beach Hotel and president of the Baja California Image Committee. The spots are “totally absurd, totally, totally. I don’t even know what they’re thinking.” Luken wholeheartedly agrees. “It’s a shameful waste of a good opportunity to promote Mexico, especially in terms of tourism, trade and culture,” he said. Luken has been in conversation with Mexico’s interior ministry, asking that its spots be replaced with ones that burnish Mexico’s image. He also is preparing a bill that would curb the airing of tiempos oficiales on stations that broadcast to English-language listeners in the United States. The spots “are lousy and literal translations,” Luken said. “They’re bad enough in Spanish, but they’re even worse in English” (via Terry Krueger, DXLD) ** MEXICO. 6185, Aug 7 at 0442, dead air from XEPPM at S9+20, 0443 eerie choral music. Probably just a pause or low passage in classical music, but overall Radio Educación is undermodulated, a shame but we`re glad it still exist as Mexico`s final SW station (Glenn hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. RAYMIE`s MEXICO BEAT this week --- [Re 16-31:] OTORGAN PRIMERAS DOS CONCESIONES A RADIOS INDÍGENAS DE OAXACA Y PUEBLA We don't have any information on Cholollan's frequency or technical information. XHJP is not a new station — it was first permitted in 2005 — but it did get the indigenous designation, which is new, and I think it's being transitioned out of the civil association in order to get said designation. You can end up waiting for months to get technical info about new FMs. I'm still waiting to get a callsign and coordinates for the 96.5 announced months ago at Luvianos, Estado de México. Their Facebook has mentioned the callsign XHLUV-FM (highly likely if you ask me) on a few occasions (Raymie Humbert, Phœnix AZ, Aug 4, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) How did we miss this story out of Mexicali? Apparently XERM was taken over --- by none other than Jaime Bonilla! http://www.periodismonegro.mx/2016/08/entresijos-radio-la-tremenda-cerrara-puertas-tras-la-eleccion-en-mexicali/ Apparently, while he was running for office as a Morena candidate, he took over the Radio Fórmula station. (Morena didn't do too hot, either, only picking up proportional representation seats). Bonilla has a BC media empire under the Pacific Spanish Network banner. PSN supplies programming to XHENB Ensenada and is available on cable statewide, plus he owns XESS and XESDD in Tijuana (and the concessions for the BCA trio: XEPRS, XEPE, and XHPRS). He was formerly of the PT (Raymie, Aug 5, ibid.) A commercial network name change could be on the docket in Mexico for the first time in a very long time. Televisa is rebooting its flagship network on August 22 (coinciding with the arrival of Denise Maerker to the flagship late newscast), and El Universal reports that it will ditch the name "Canal de las Estrellas" for... "Las Estrellas". http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/entrada-de-opinion/columna/bajo-reserva-periodistas-el-universal/nacion/2016/08/10/nuevo-nombre-al Lee Hunt, who's been a brand advisor for many networks around the world, is apparently involved. http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/entrada-de-opinion/columna/mario-maldonado/cartera/2016/08/9/habran-mas-cambios-en-televisa Changes in W Radio programming also are rumored (Raymie, Aug 10, ibid.) DTV ** MONGOLIA. 12035, Voice of Mongolia via Ulaanbatar with 180 degree beam south from Mongolia On August 1, 2016 at 0900 UT. I had the best signal ever from time [sic]. If it wasn't for all the atmospheric noise and fading present, the signal would've been an incredibly pleasant listen. During this time, I happened to catch the DX'ers mailbox program in which they read out a letter from me. However, this is the second time the July 4th broadcast has been replayed. Still great to get them so well here; usually they are weak and barely above the noise floor. My Wellbrook ALA1530LNP was used here instead of the 225 foot longwire. The loop provided noise reduction and nulling/directional capabilities that really helped out! Audio here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqTox0j8P3k (Here's a tip when looking for VOM on 12035 and trying to log in: I think the carrier is turned on several minutes before the 0900 broadcast in English. The interval tune starts just a little before 0859 and I think the program runs the entire 30 minutes till 0930, unlike what I think some sites suggest.) Location: Galena, Alaska, USA in the central part of the state, 300 miles west of Fairbanks, 300 miles east of Nome. Using a Tecsun PL880, 225 foot long wire and EmTech ZM2 antenna tuner! (Paul Walker, WBRadio yg via DXLD) ** MYANMAR [and non]. BBC BURMESE PROGRAMMES TO RUN ON MYANMAR RADIO http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2016/bbc-burmese-myanmar-radio For the first time ever, BBC Burmese radio programmes will be rebroadcast by Myanmar’s state broadcaster, Myanmar Athan (Myanmar Radio) expanding the BBC Burmese service’s footprint in Myanmar further. Three programmes - the BBC Burmese youth show Mobigeno, the technology and digital innovations programme Cool Tech, and the programme introducing innovative farming methods, San Thit Tehtwin Lai Myay Ta Kwin, are now part of the Myanmar Athan programming aired on FM, medium- and shortwave. Collaboration with Myanmar Athan further expands BBC Burmese availability in Myanmar. BBC Burmese is currently broadcast through major local broadcasters, on TV and radio. Its audio news bulletins are available on mobile phones in the country. BBC Burmese Editor, Tin Htar Swe, commented: “Our collaboration with Myanmar Athan means that now, for the first time for BBC Burmese in Myanmar, our content will be available via a state broadcaster. In addition to medium- and shortwave availability, airing these programmes on FM will help us capture a new radio audience which will include a lot of young people who listen to FM on their mobile phones. This is great news for the BBC in Myanmar, further reinforcing our multiplatform presence in Myanmar.” MRTV Director-General, U Myint Htwe, said: “In such a good time of openness, Myanmar Athan will be carrying BBC content for the first time, and I am really proud of it. By adding the BBC’s high-quality radio programmes to the schedule of Myanmar Athan, we are further diversifying our radio offer. I am looking forward to continuing MRTV’s cooperation with the BBC.” The BBC Burmese 10-minute bi-weekly programmes will be re-broadcast by Myanmar Athan and repeated the following week at these times: Mobigeno (Mobile Generation) – 15.15 Myanmar Time on Monday; Cool Tech – 14.20 on Tuesday; San Thit Tethwin Lai Myay Ta Kwin (Innovative Methods of Farming) – 11.45 on Thursday The BBC Burmese radio programming is broadcast from London on shortwave and on Asiasat5 satellite television channel and streamed online via bbcburmese.com. In addition to availability on MNTV, BBC Burmese TV news bulletins are streamed live on the website bbcburmese.com at 20.45 local time (14.15 GMT) Monday to Friday. The BBC Burmese Facebook page has around 6.5 million fans while the BBC Burmese channel on Viber has around 200,000 followers (August 2016). BBC Burmese also connects with its audiences on Twitter. BBC Burmese is part of BBC World Service (BBC Press Release via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, DXLD) In plain language: The BBC managed to place three strictly non- political formats on MRTV radio, as they achieved already in 2013 on a commercial station. They hope to attract this way new audiences who, once being aware of the existence of the service, could look for its current affairs coverage on other distribution platforms, such as "their mobile phones", i.e. online. So far, soo good. What makes me raise my eyebrows very high is how the BBC press office actively tries to muddy the water and make it as unclear as possible that all the other BBC Burmese content is not being relayed by MRTV. Which presumably is simply part of their efforts to please MRTV and the Burmese government, in the hope for the door opening wider in the future. But do such press releases not aim at journalists in western countries? At least as well? "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is Public Relations." (George Orwell) (Kai Ludwig, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. Correxion to frequencies for the PCJ Radio International special, From Radio Netherlands Archives, part 2 on Aug 21-UT Aug 22, as in DXLD 16-31 (WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DXLD) ** NEW ZEALAND [and non]. 7245, RNZI Rangitaiki, new 41 mb channel recently introduced. 7245.004 kHz exact fq checked against WWVH Hawaii and RMI Okeechobbe FL 7780 kHz even, S=9+35dB or up to -40dBm powerhouse, 2 x 5.5 kHz wide signal seen, at 0750 UT on Aug 4. 0659- 1258 UT scheduled [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 4) (Wolfgang Büschel, checked quickly New Delhi and Brisbane remote units in 0730 to 0810 UT Aug 4th slot, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7245, Aug 9 until 1258*, RNZI with poor signal; *1259 fair on 6170 with Bell Bird IS, 1300 Pacific news. So we have one major southern Pacific transmitter left, with Australia AWOL (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA. 7254.923, Long path signal from Voice of Nigeria Ikorodu, via Colombia, Easter Island, southern Pacific into Queensland SDR unit. Fluttery signal noted at 0752 UT on Aug 4, S=8 or -79dBm strength signal [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 4) (Wolfgang Büschel, checked quickly New Delhi and Brisbane remote units in 0730 to 0810 UT Aug 4th slot, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7254.921, Aug 5 at 0609, VON with usual strong off-frequency carrier, S9+10, but now it`s unmodulated instead of Hausa hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Um 1905 UT 7254.918 variable, hoppt 20 Hertz up and down +/- auch sehr schwach 9689.743? (Wolfgang Büschel, Aug 6, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 7254.920, exact measured footprint, Voice of Nigeria, Ikorodu, very poor S=5-6 or -93dBm this morning compared against Nigerias 'normal average' outlet conditions [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 8) (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) No time, but judging from preceding log, shortly after 0710 UT Aug 8 (gh) 7255. August 8, 2016. 2035-2050, Voice of Nigeria, Abuja, in Hausa. Male announcer talks, short music; female announcer talks, says Nigeria; 2043 News and drums between news, presumed. This afternoon in Cabedelo (05:38 PM), VON has a good signal and fair modulation, no distorted audio and free of interference, 45433 (DXer: José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Location: Cabedelo-PB, Brazil, Degen DE1103 + Sony ICF- SW100S, Antenna: Portable Telescopic, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** NIGERIA [non]. 9515, Aug 6 at 0553, no signal from R. Niger Delta, Voice of Peace, via France, had been at 05-06, but Ivo Ivanov reported it inactive as of July 31. The other broadcast was 19-20 on 11980 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. Joe Filipkowski: FYI, in regards Lincolnshire Poacher, I bought a small 0.115 lb (1.84 oz or 52 grams) wedge of Lincolshire Poacher cheese at the supermarket on Sunday. It tasted moderately sharp like Romano, Provalone or Asiago but unfortunately it had the slight aroma of 2 day old road kill. When I looked up Lincolnshire Poacher online it gave choices of the song, the cheese or the station. Clicking on the station gave a recording of the interval signal followed by several minutes of groups of 5 digits. It also gave the history of the station but there was no mention of any pirate of that name if there was one (Free Radio Weekly Aug 5 via DXLD) ** NORTH AMERICA. FCC Pirate enforcement: see U S A. Pirate T-shirts: see RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM ** NORWAY. Defunct Fredrikstad SW transmitters: see SWEDEN [and non] ** OKLAHOMA. 1580, Aug 6 at 2342 UT, KOKB Blackwell is emitting a rapid pulsing noise rather than any programming, while sibling stations 1020 KOKP Perry and 105.1 KOSB Perry are OK with sportstalk (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OMAN. 15140, Aug 5 at 0021, very poor S1 signal with ME? music, presumed RSO on alternate frequency, as it`s not on 11650, neither supposed to be on air at this time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PHILIPPINES. 12120. August 9, 2016. 1918-1930, Radyo Pilipinas, Tinang, in Filipino (Tagalog). Music; male announcer talks, ID, frequencies, The Voice of Pilipinas; National Anthem and 1930 s/off. Very good signal and modulation, 45544 (DXer: José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo-PB, Brazil, Degen DE1103 + Sony ICF-SW100S, Antenna: Portable Telescopic, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** PUNTLAND. [Re 16-31:] SOMALIA, 13800.003, Radio Puntland Somalia in Somalian Arabic, noted in 1430-1445 UT slot at S=7-8 fluttery up to - 76dBm in peaks. Somalia Arabic male presenter on air. Was already off air at next 1503 UT check. But accompanied by another station BUZZ tone of 141 Hertz heterodyne distance on lower side at exact 13799.82 kHz. 73 wb (Wolfgang Büschel, Aug 4, WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I wonder how much of a presence Arabic has in places like Somalia, Eritrea, where we hear of domestic broadcasts supposedly in Arabic. Anyhow, about PUNTLAND: http://www.puntlandgovt.com/puntland-state-of-somalia/ says ``The official languages are Somali and Arabic. English and Italian are also widely spoken in Puntland`` (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Presumed Puntland Radio heard on 13800 kHz --- Today I listened from 1228 UT on 13800 kHz to presumed Puntland Radio. The station disappeared from the air (S/OFF??) at 1324. The broadcast was made of a long and boring monologue by one OM only. Impossible to say about what he was speaking. Although I don't speak Somali, I didn't catch any reference to Somalia, Puntland as well as Islam religion such as Qur`an recitations. My impression is that it was a test broadcast rather than a regular programme. No music, no announcement, time pips or commercials. Only a monologue! I listened to the station one year ago and contents were quite different (Even some commercials in English!) from what I have heard today. Reception was clear (free of interference) with a fair signal strength (Antonello Napolitano, Taranto, South of Italy, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Today (August 8) they've been airing some Qur`an recitations over and over since at least 1230 UT. Now it's 1506. The signal is good with some fading here in Romania, CUSB as always. 13800 kHz, presumed Puntland Radio went off at 1510 UT (Tudor Vedeanu (Gura Humorului, Romania), dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DX LISTENING DIGEST) I checked randomly 13800 since prior 1200 UT on Aug 6 and noted the same endless monologue by male in Somali. Next day, Aug 7, around same time they aired HOA music. CUSB and rather readable signal, but no ID at the moments I was listening. 73, (Jari Savolainen, Finland, Aug 8, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DX LISTENING DIGEST) SOMALIA, Very weak signal of Puntland Radio One on Aug 9: 1245 & 1305 on 13800 GRW 020 kW / non-dir to EaAf Music only https://www.youtube.com/embed/32oGnTlTMTE https://www.youtube.com/embed/3GsblXZ1Uc0 (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, B`lgariya, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DXLD) ** RUSSIA. 7295, Aug 4 at 1200, presumed R. Sakha, Yakutsk, is JBA but enough to perceive the mis-timesignal again ending 5.5 seconds later than WWV would have us believe is the real hourtop. I daresay RWM [PBM] would agree, but who knows about RTZ [PT3?] on 50 kHz? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Are you really questioning the accuracy of RTZ or just pulling our legs? (Richard Langley, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Legs, but it might be the timesignal station R. Sakha should synchronize with (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) ** RUSSIA. 9997 kHz LSB, RWM Moscow Russia on July 27, 2016 at 1643 UT. Every source I've seen places them on 3 frequencies, including 9996. I swear each time I've heard them, it is clearer on LSB and 9997 than 9996 kHz! They are a fairly regular visitor here, not every day, but at least weekly but usually, they are buried in the noise between slop from WWV/H and atmospheric crud. Well, this today the beep from RWM was very very much in the clear. Audio here: https://soundcloud.com/onairdjpaulwalker/rwm-9997lsb-july-27-2016-8 Location: Galena, Alaska, USA in the central part of the state, 300 miles west of Fairbanks, 300 miles east of Nome. Using a Tecsun PL880, 225 foot long wire and EmTech ZM2 antenna tuner! (Paul Walker, WBRadio yg via DXLD) RWM is certainly on 9996.00 --- Paul doesn`t understand that to hear a CW signal you have to side tune with BFO on. What counts is where the carrier really is, not your off-frequency tuning (Glenn Hauser, DXLD) ** RUSSIA [and non]. RUSSIA/USA: The Program called "DX Panorama", weekly compiled by Mr. Vadim Alexeyev, Moscow, Russia in Russian is existing on SW, confirmed on 30 July and 06 August at 2315-2330 on 11580 via WRMI, featuring the themes "AWR Contest", Broadcasting in Armenia and Syria (on 06 Aug was repeat of the program from previous week on 30 July). The program is also on WRN http://www.wrn.ru (Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, Aug 10, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA [non]. MASS MEDIA --- RUSSIA NEARLY DOUBLED ITS SPENDING ON TV, RADIO AND INTERNET SERVICES ABROAD Total expenditure on Russian television, radio and internet services abroad will be increased. If in 2015, spending 151 million euros, but this year it is planned to allocate 255 million, writes the news agency "Rosbalt" referring to The Times. [Vremya??] It is reported that the Kremlin approved the budget increase Russia Today and its English-language channel, as well as other services, including Sputnik, which opened its headquarters in Edinburgh. It is noted that the cost of broadcasting Russia Today and Sputnik in the UK have increased by more than 100 million euros. According to the newspaper, it is connected with Russia Today by opening an office in London. Earlier, the management of Radio and Television of Argentina decided to suspend broadcasting RT television channel in the country. lenizdat.ru (OnAir.ru) (via RusDX Aug 7 via DXLD) lenizdat == Lenin publishing?? (gh, DXLD) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 9714.981, The usual odd non-directional HQ service from BSKSA R Riyadh towards Middle East area. Poor S=4-5 signal after fade-out time into Europe's morning. Listened at 0630 UT on Aug 8 [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 8) (Wolfgang Büschel, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5019.999, A single hertz on the lower side to mark, when checked in remote Brisbane unit. SIBC Solomon Island BC from Honiara heard on S=9+10dB or -69dBm level. Fluttery signal - BUT NICE CLEAN AUDIO! 2 x 2.6 kHz wide signal at 0740 UT on Aug 4 [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 4) (Wolfgang Büschel, checked quickly New Delhi and Brisbane remote units in 0730 to 0810 UT Aug 4th slot, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Just checked SIBC on 9545 and noted them still on with weak audio. Much better on remote receivers from Alberta, at 0614 UT. 73, (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Aug 9, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOMALIA. 7750-CUSB, Aug 4 at 0357 and 0413 chex, no signal from Warsan Radio, Baidoa. Taking my own WORLD OF RADIO 1837 advice to check for it now, since Bryan Clark had heard it in New Zealand, presumably longpath for him; but it may well be irregular. Hargeisa, 7120 is only a JBA carrier, which should be a good pilot for this starting circa 0330 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Acting on tips from DXLD and elsewhere, tried 7750 using TwenteSDR and heard presumed Warsan Radio. Level improved closer to 2000 UT, and after Hargeysa signed off at 1900. Warsan observed to sign off at about 1930-1933 carrier off. Programming consisted of male announcer(s) in Somali language, with some music. Thanks to Glenn and others for this tip (Dan Robinson, VA, Aug 9, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also PUNTLAND ** SOUTH AFRICA. 15325. August 9, 2016. 1744-1750, Channel Africa, Meyerton, in English. Female announcer talks; music and male announcer talks. Station has a poor signal and barely audible modulation, 25331 (DXer: José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo-PB, Brazil, Degen DE1103 + Sony ICF-SW100S, Antenna: Portable Telescopic, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 7570, Aug 5 at 0037, I pause to force myself to listen to Brother Scare for a while via WRMI, since he is talking about an expedition to Boston, New York and Washington, asking for volunteers to book venues holding up to 500 psycophants. God has told him to visit those doomed cities, for long daytime meetings 3-7 hours. Other possible tour destinations mentioned: Detroit, New Orleans, Nashville, Atlanta, Philadelphia; probably not Los Angeles. ``This nation and these cities are gonna die!!`` Of course, this could be an old playback as no dates mentioned, but I hadn`t heard of him ever venturing outside Walterboro, except possibly to jail for sexual misconduct; where was that? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Likely in Walterboro at the Colleton County Jail & Detention Ctr http://prisonhandbook.com/3506/colleton-county-jail-walterboro-sc/ He was sentenced to time served (77 days) between his arrest and conviction https://culteducation.com/group/1123-overcomers-ministry/17963-religious-commune-leader-pleads-guilty-in-fondling-case.html Guess he must have been bailed at some point (Richard Langley, NB, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) More about the Overcomer cult, mostly related to this old news and other misdeeds: https://culteducation.com/group/1123-overcomers-ministry.html (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Unscheduled transmission of Brother Stair via Secretbrod from 1340 on 11700 probably to WeEu, powerful signal Videos later today -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, 1422 UT Aug 8, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) [and non]. Sunday, August 7, 2016, 1840. Brother Scare has the Jamaican preacher on again, as if we didn't hear it the other 100 times he's played this bit. Ranting about the evil "Pokey Mon Go" and the dangerous paganism and spiritualism of "oggmented reality." 9455 fair, 9955 fair, 9980 very good, 11565 very good, 11580 very good, 11825 very good, 12160 very good, 13695 very good, 15770 very good, 17765 fair, 17790 good (Larry Will, Mount Airy, Maryland, Tecsun PL- 600 and long wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Via WRMI except: 9980 & 12160 WWCR; 17765 WHRI (gh, DXLD) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. SECRETLAND, Brother HySTAIRical via SPL Secretbrod effective from Aug 8 1300-1600 11700 SCB ??? kW / 195 deg EaAf (until 1702 on August 8!) 1300-1700 12085#SCB ??? kW / 126 deg N/ME (not registered A-16 HFCC) 1300-2100 9400 SCB ??? kW / 306 deg WeEu (registered DRM A-16 HFCC) 1700-2100 6000*SCB ??? kW / 015 deg EaEu (not registered A-16 HFCC) 1800-2100 9800 SCB ??? kW / 306 deg WeEu (registered Yerevan-Gavar) 1900-2100 12075 SCB ??? kW / 306 deg ENAm (not registered A-16 HFCC) # bad news for R. Australia; * bad news for R. Adygeya 18-19 Mo/Fr and 19-20 Su. More info at http://overcomerministry.org/radio-schedule/ Videos later today http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/08/brother-hystairical-via-spl-secretbrod.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 5015, and I quickly switch to 7570 for better reception, Aug 9 at 0221, TOM via WRMI, as Brother HyStairical is talking about his preaching trip, ordained by God, this coming weekend, apparently. One stop is the Holiday Inn in Secaucus NJ, which is (significantly!!) 6.66 miles from the Statue of Liberty, about to be destroyed; then to College Park, Maryland, close to evil Washington DC; and Boston will be first to go up in a nuclear strike, ``another 9/11``. The guy is now completely batty, but no doubt will emerge unfazed by the phailure of his latest last-day prophecies. I don`t see anything about this on his Overcomer website, so wonder again if the tour is really imminent, or just playing back years-old recordings. If upcoming, a golden opportunity to go and heckle him. No doubt further details available by listening. He then plays a phone call ``today`` from some psychophant in Jerusalem named Israel who has a strong signal on 13810. No such frequency listed on his own schedule at: http://overcomerministry.org/radio-schedule/ But HFCC shows since the beginning of A-16, 13810 at 1400-1600 with TOM is via Nauen on weekdays like today, Issoudun on weekends, 130/120 degrees respectively, each 100 kW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Quality programming from Walterboro maybe via Media Broadcast again? Considering that Treppenbruder yesterday resumed its use of the Kostinbrod facility it could not hurt to check if maybe that call (I doubt that Israel was the name of the caller, rather its introduction showed great confusion) about reception on 13810 kHz was indeed current and correct. HFCC shows besides this 13810 also // 9655 for the Exiting Kingdom, Mon-Fri Nauen, Sat-Sun Moosbrunn. And furthermore there could be from Nauen 15205 1200-1400 also to the Middle East, 15450 1900-2000 to East Africa and both 15390/15620 2100-2300 back to Central/North America. [later:] No Stair via MB so far === No signal on 15205 at 1230, and nothing on 9655 and 13810 shortly after 1500 either. So that phone call was either some years old or from someone fantasizing. But indeed shortly after 1500 the quality programming was on three presumed Kostinbrod transmitters as found by Ivo, i.e. 9400, 11700 and 12085. He just played an off-air clip from some other radio preacher and then blasted "what I heard on [whatever mediumwave frequency]" that one had to wonder if he was about to burst in front of the open mic. And at 1512 I heard him shouting: "It's coming!" (Kai Ludwig, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Powerful signal on 9400, 11700 i 12085 -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, 1519 UT Aug 9, ibid.) SECRETLAND, Brother HySTAIRical via SPL Secretbrod from Aug.8, updated+videos: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/08/brother-hystairical-via-spl-secretbrod.html (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Brother HySTAIRical from Aug 10 1300-1657 NF 11810 SCB 100 kW / 126 deg N/ME English, ex 12085 Aug 8-9 // 9400 to WeEu, 11700 to EaAf. Videos will be added later today -- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, ibid.) 9965, Aug 10 at 1238, Brother HyStairical via PALAU obviously a playback from early July as he is prophesying what will happen in Cleveland at the RNC from July 18: violence, etc. Martial law will be declared, Obama will continue into a third term, imposing New World Order. What crap. Repeated a few seconds later on 9980 WWCR (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) SECRETLAND Frequency change of Brother HySTAIRical via SPL from Aug 10 1300-1657 NF 11810#SCB 100 kW / 126 deg to N/ME English, ex 12085 to avoid RA* parallel freq 9400 SCB 050 kW / 306 deg to WeEu English // frequency 11700 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf English # with 62 seconds delay by synchronized 9400 and 11700! * but R. Australia is not on air on all [any!] frequencies 9580 / 17840; 12065 / 15415; 12085 / 15240 http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/08/frequency-change-of-brother-hystairical.html (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SPAIN. 17855 // weaker 15500, Sat Aug 6 at 2137, REE is playing all-American pop music of decades ago: ``Take Five``, 2140 ``Sugar, Sugar``, 2142 ``Lemon Tree``, 2144 ``Lollipop``, etc., songs in English but announced in Castilian. I suppose we should appreciate REE sending our music back to us, but somewhat more appropriate for an external service would be their music in Spanish announced in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SRI LANKA. Reception of Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation on Aug 5 from 1630 on 11750 TRM 125 kW / 345 deg to N/ME bad & low modulation, from 1635 on 11750 TRM 125 kW / 345 deg to N/ME Sinhala relay City FM from 1730 on 11750 TRM 125 kW / 345 deg to N/ME no signal, tx is off! http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/08/reception-of-sri-lanka-broadcasting_5.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SWEDEN [and non]. Hi! The ABB/Thales transmitter from Hörby ended also up at RNW’s site at Madagascar. Maybe there is some connection? (/Chris Stödberg, shortwavesites yg via DXLD) There was the little known Karlsborg operation, overshadowed by the co-located (V)LF and SW utility. But now there's at least this: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/KarlsborgRadio.jpg Check out the photos on the wall. One of them clearly portrays the Thomson transmitter (500 or 350 kW?), and the photo of the big LP to its right probably means that this was the only antenna for the broadcasting transmitter. At least the rhombics in the mock-up were, as two recognizable labels reveal, only for PTP transmissions with lower power. By the way: What became of the Sölvesborg transmitter in the meantime? (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Aug 4, shortwavesites yg via DXLD) There was a curtain antenna at Karlsborg (maybe for LW), demolished in 2001. The transmitter at Sölvesborg is still present there together with the antennas. Nothing has been done since the close down except for draining the transmitter on cooling water. (/Chris Stödberg, Sweden, Skickat från min iPhone, ibid.) A curtain antenna for longwave? (J Lenamon, ibid.) Re: Sackville equipment "to a radio facility in Madagascar" --- In 1927 when the first nationwide radioprogram was to be aired from the new longwave transmitter in Motala, it was actually from Karlsborg since Motala wasn't really done yet. Here's more about Karlsborg LW / SW, in Swedish: http://www.samlaren.org/kborgstn.htm /Chris Stödberg, Skickat från min iPhone, ibid.) I may be able to shed some light on the 350 / 500 kW confusion. I distinctly recall hearing (in an episode of "Sweden Calling DXers" with George Wood from about 1979) that there were issues with running 500 kW power into the log-periodic antennas. Particularly when humidity was very low as it often was in Winter, 500 kW was enough to promote strong corona discharge from the tips of the LP Antenna elements leading to damage. George stated that they had Thomson CSF come back and "wind the transmitters down" to 350 kW to avoid damaging the LP antennas. I suspect the same situation would have still been the case when the later BBC/ABB transmitters were installed (in 1993 if I recall correctly) but most likely the later ABB units would have had adjustable power output as a standard feature. The Thomson CSF units from mid/late 70s probably didn't, hence the visit from Thomson (Calvin Melen, Aug 6, ibid.) Just looked up WRTH 1994: It stated "Hörby 2 x 350 kW, Karlsborg 1 x 350 kW". And the same in Norway: "Fredrikstad 350 kW". This made me wonder if the nominal power of the transmitters was really 500 kW. But apparently yes, the Issoudun ones, always listed as 500 kW, had the same model number (2350). Did they really need the help of the manufacturer to set up a lower carrier power? Would quite surprise me. But perhaps one should not weigh the description given back then too well, and the same may go for Hörby operational practices. At least photos suggest that Karlsborg and Fredrikstad used not only the same transmitter model but the same antenna model as well (and shared also the circumstance that no other antenna than this LP was available for the 500 kW rig). Thus it's of course no surprise that the same set-up with 350 kW output has been used at both sites, presumably suggested to both operators by Thomson-Houston (Kai Ludwig, Aug 10, shortwavesites yg via DXLD) ** SWEDEN. SAQ - (relay on SW) http://ivanovpb.blogspot.ru/2016/07/saq.html Here is the link for information: http://alexander.n.se/SAQ-Forum/topic/alexanderson-day-july-3rd-2016-transmission/?lang=en I listened to the frequency 14035 kHz. In CW mode was information (Pavel Ivanov, Belgorod, Russia / "deneb-radio-dx" & "open_dx" via RusDX Aug 7 via DXLD) ** TAIWAN. Hi Glenn, 9410, Fu Hsing BS (presumed). On Aug 8 (Monday), it finally dawned on me as to a possible pattern here. Aug 1 and July 25, both Mondays, I had reception here. Is it possible they only broadcast on Monday? Heard this Monday, 0949-1000*; in Chinese; was expecting them to come back on at 1100, but they never were heard after 1100; still no sign of 9774. Needs more monitoring. Aug 9 (Tuesday) - So much for my "Monday only" theory! Heard 9410 today at 1205 and subsequent checking; in Chinese with EZL songs; poor. Still no 9774. So do they have any type of formal schedule, or is it just hit or miss? (Ron Howard, Calif., dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** THAILAND. HSK9, Radio Thailand World in English. Presenters sound very loyal to the king; maybe they are worried about losing their jobs!!! (Jon Collins, Birmingham UK, Tecsun PL-660, 0228 UT Aug 6, retyped by gh for DX LISTENING DIGEST) No time or frequency but perhaps listening to the 0200 broadcast on 15590 (gh) ** TURKEY. 9870. August 5, 2016. 0130-0155, Voice of Turkey, Emirler, in Spanish. YL talks, ID, a song; 0140 La pregunta del més; short news resumé; ID, sked in Spanish, postal address, e-mail; IS at 0155 and s/off. Transmission with fair signal and modulation. Parallel log on 9770 with many audio interruptions (pinking [??]), sign off-on air, and returns at 0143, approximately, with a very poor signal and modulation (DXer: José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo-PB, Brazil, Degen DE1103 + Sony ICF-SW100S, Antenna: Portable Telescopic, Hard- Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) ** UGANDA [non]. 15240, Sat Aug 6 at 1857, checking WWRB to reconfirm R. Munansi: yes, F-G signal but deep fades in presumed Luganda only, lo-fi YL, keeps going until 1901 OM announcement mentions Muséveni; some breakup in feed with beeps and still going past 1904 when I quit. Nominal schedule is 17-19 UT (or 16- leading up with African music), also on Sundays. 15239.971, Aug 7 at 1807, WWRB in presumed Luganda at S9+10 with Radio Munansi (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Sunday, August 7, 2016, 1838, 15240 AM. WWRB Morristown, Tennessee. Talk in African language, phone patch audio. Another broadcast in English, political talk, clearly audible underneath. Excellent signal, splattering down to 15220 and up to 15260 (Larry Will, Mount Airy, Maryland, Tecsun PL-600 and long wire, WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** UKRAINE [non]. 11580, Aug 9 at 0211, RUI via WRMI, `Ukrainian Perspective` about a bread festival. WRMI sked now shows RUI daily at 0200-0230 on 11580 (and blank for algo at 0230-0300); and also M-F 2330-2400 on 11580. Good steady S9 signal despite being aimed 44 degrees toward Europe at right angle from here. IIRC the 02-03 hour had been occupied by some gospel huxter which soon vanished (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DX LISTENING DIGEST) It was `Word of Deliverance` According to the current WRMI Google Sheets schedule, Radio Ukraine International is now everyday, Monday through Sunday, 0200 to 0230 UT on 11580 kHz (System D). Listened to it this morning (UT) following Wavescan (more of which later). Note that the current WRMI Google Sheets schedule says (at the top) it's effective June 25, 2016, but I think it must be more recent than that as a previous version had this date too. Jeff must not have updated the date (Richard Langley, NB, Aug 8, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K. RADIO 1 BOSS DEFENDS STATION AFTER AUDIENCE FALL OF NEARLY ONE MILLION --- [BUT RADIOS 3 AND 4 ARE UP! keep reading --- gh] Press Association Last updated: 04 August 2016, 00:10 BST http://home.bt.com/news/uk-news/radio-1-boss-defends-station-after-audience-fall-of-nearly-one-million-11364077362267 The boss of BBC Radio 1 has defended the network's latest drop in audience, saying listeners are "only part of the picture". Station head Ben Cooper spoke out as new data showed Radio 1's average weekly audience plunged by nearly a million from April-June 2015 to the same period this year. The figures, from the audience research body Rajar, also recorded a drop of almost half a million listeners for Radio 1 breakfast DJ Nick Grimshaw. But there was better news for the BBC Radio 4, 6 Music and the Asian Network, all of which reported their highest ever weekly audiences. Responding to the figures, Radio 1 controller Ben Cooper said: "To focus solely on [the] Rajars is similar to looking at how many newspapers have been sold without looking at their online presence or national influence. "Rajar are only part of the picture for Radio 1 and our listeners should be seen alongside increases on our YouTube channel as it goes past one billion views and our growing social media platforms with over 8.5 million users." Radio 1's weekly average audience fell from 10.44 million in April- June 2015 to 9.46 million in April-June 2016. The Radio 1 breakfast show, presented by Nick Grimshaw, saw its average weekly audience fall from 5.84 million to 5.43 million over the same period. Audiences also fell for Chris Evans' Radio 2 breakfast show, dropping from 9.70 million to 9.47 million. By contrast, listeners to the flagship Today programme in the breakfast slot on Radio 4 reached a new high of 7.35 million, while Radio 4 as a whole also attracted a record audience of 11.51 million. Gynweth Williams, Radio 4 controller, said: "With increased global competition for people's time, it's gratifying to see that Radio 4 is as relevant and important as ever to our audiences. "They come to us so that they can make sense of the modern world, and our listeners trust us to bring them a uniquely rich and surprising mix of programmes - from the biggest political interviews to the context in global debates, science, original drama and satire. "Rather than simply wanting a quick fix on the headlines as they wake up, our discerning listeners turn to Today to hear some of the best journalism and interviewing in the world, giving them a deeper understanding of the stories of the day." The new figures also show that another Radio 4 staple, The Archers, saw its audiences climb to 4.95 million listeners, up from 4.62 million on the previous year. During the three months covered by the latest data, Archers listeners heard a long-running domestic violence plot culminate in a stabbing, arrest and imprisonment. Meanwhile, BBC Radio 3 recorded the station's highest audience for five years with a figure of 2.20 million, up from 1.89 million last year. The station recently revamped a number of programmes, besides launching The Listening Service and introducing the Birdsong segment, which saw bird calls being broadcast at various intervals. Radio 3 controller Alan Davey said: "It's brilliant to have the highest reach in five years, especially as we are heading towards the 70th anniversary of the Third Programme and its mission, which we share, to connect audiences with remarkable music and culture" (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) ** U K [and non]. Re: ``AUSTRALIA. 17840, Aug 9 at 0205, no signal from RA nor on 15240, but NZ 15720 is OK ending BBC news by Neal/Neil? At 0206." Neil Nunes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Nunes and http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/3cJGDNb51qH08rlkkC75qg8/neil-nunes (Richard Langley, NB, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) That`s him. I know I searched him out before but couldn`t remember his last name. This time I searched and searched for him under BBCWS presenters, etc., with no show. So you have to find him under Radio 4 instead (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) Kathy Clugston is another Radio 4 announcer that we sometimes hear on the WS. She has also appeared on the afternoon Radio 1 show as "the posh lady from Radio 4." When BBC Radio 1 was on Sirius satellite radio, I would listen to the show on the drive home (and Chris Moyles on the drive in). Yes, I know I'm way outside their intended demographic. But as a prof it helps me relate to my young students ;-) Also being outside the intended audience demographic led to Chris Moyles and company being let go from Radio 1 but after a three year hiatus, he showed up on Radio X (previously Radio XFM) last September to host their breakfast show and I confess to listening to the podcasts of the show. Apparently Kathy Clugston worked for Radio Netherlands Worldwide at some point. Anyone remember her from RNW? (Richard Langley, NB, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K. DENIS NORDEN RECALLS COMEDY PIONEER EARLY YEARS http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36975138 (via Gerald T Pollard, NC, DXLD) ** U K [non]. BBC WS on 5 frequencies via 3 transmitter sites August 9 0700-0800 on 11770 ASC 250 kW / 027 deg to WeAf English 0700-0800 on 12095 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to CeAf English 0700-0800 on 13660 ASC 125 kW / 055 deg to WeAf English 0700-0800 on 15420 DHA 250 kW / 220 deg to CEAf English 0700-0800 on 17830 MEY 250 kW / 328 deg to CeAf English http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/08/bbc-ws-on-5-frequencies-via-3.html 73! (Ivo Ivanov, QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K [and non]. See MYANMAR [and non] ** U S A. 2097.3-CW, Aug 4 at 0423 UT, beacon A sent every dekasecond is copiable despite being about equal to noise level; from Quartzsite, Arizona (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 7302-USB, Friday Aug 5 at 1328, USAF MARS net judging from some AF- callsigns, some good, some of them JBA, and shortly into digital blaaps, so enough of that. It seems I log this about once a year, the last being Nov 29, 2015 as in DXLD 15-48, with more detail. Why do I say Friday? Because it could be significant, if not a daily net frequency. I wish others would specify day of week in logs when that could matter, e.g. also with a particular program. In the near and far future, who`s going to know the day of week for a date without having to research it? However, Nov 29, 2015 was a Sunday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 7455, Aug 5 at 0042, fast RTTY at S9, as usual here. Looking thru a compilation of July logs in the UDXF yg I find its identity thanks to Eduard Waters in South Australia: ``07455: MAINE. CUTTLER NAVAL BASE ENCRYPTION STANAG 4481 RTTY (04Jul16) 705 (EW)`` Presumably means Cutler, station NAA. You won`t find Cutler indexed in a standard Rand McNally road atlas, but it`s in the SE corner, just down the coast from Eastport, population 200. I remain amazed that WYFR/WRMI was allowed to broadcast on 7455 all night for years while this military RTTY clattered merrily away. Is RTTY still readable with a big AM signal in the middle of it? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 12350-USB, Aug 9 at 1251, WCY, Lakeland FL, with seas = wave height forecasts for Caribbean areas; stands by for any further queries from subscribers, none heard and off. If it started at nominal 1230, a short net today. Good signal; sometimes he`s barely audible, and probably rotates antenna as needed for contacts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Experimental Radio Service Station WI2XER Licensed 3 March 2016: SKYCAST SERVICES LLC WI2XER 0809-EX-PL-2015 New experimental to operate in HF bands from 13.87 MHz to 21 MHz to pursue significant advancements in the state of telecommunications technology. Farmingville (Suffolk [county]), NY http://www.skycastservices.com License: https://apps.fcc.gov/els/GetAtt.html?id=173579&x=. Explanation (!): https://apps.fcc.gov/els/GetAtt.html?id=170747&x=. Explanation of Redacted Explanation: https://apps.fcc.gov/els/GetAtt.html?id=171385&x=. 73 (Benn Kobb AK4AV http://www.kobb.bz @buzzkobb Aug 4, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Benn, Tnx, haven`t looked at it yet. Wonder if something to do with providing internet access from aerostats/balloons to remote areas. Well, that should be higher than HF (Glenn to Benn, via DXLD) Glenn, The balloon thing has been locked up for some time by a company called Space Data http://spacedata.net which is now in a dispute with Google: http://fortune.com/2016/06/15/google-sued-project-loon-balloon-project/ That technology does not use HF. Skycast has carefully shielded its activities with the redactions. But this is a experimental station, presumably for scientific and developmental purposes. Such licenses are of limited duration. Revenue operations would normally require licensing in some other radio service that has HF allocations -- maybe International Broadcast? -- or waiving existing rules, or Skycast would need to petition the FCC to create a new service. More information would eventually become exposed to the public. Perhaps to the advantage of proponents of novel HF technologies or approaches, HF spectrum is not on any high-level policymaking radar at the FCC. No one is offering to pay billions of dollars for it. The agency is more concerned overall with broadband, mobile and millimeter-wave spectrum these days (Benn Kobb, WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Initial transmit location: Farmingville NY; frequency ranges: 13.87 to 21.0 MHz, but EXCEPT for the ham and broadcast bands; for 24 months. Own website is merely this with contact link: ``We specialize in providing revolutionary long-distance telecommunication services --- Innovation is in our DNA. Skycast continually explores new techniques and technologies to provide creative communication alternatives to our clients`` (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [non]. 17655. August 9, 2016. 1806-1818, Voice of America, Pinheira-STP, in Portuguese. External report from Brazil talks about Dilma Roussef´s impeachment and a interview with a Brazilian senator Álvaro Dias; continues news with João Santa Rita; ID; Station announces about program "Angola Fala Só", next Friday. Station has a fair signal and modulation, 35433 (DXer: José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo-PB, Brazil, Degen DE1103 + Sony ICF-SW100S, Antenna: Portable Telescopic, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) Even tho VOA abandoned its Brazilian SW audience, forcing them to listen to African service for anything in Portuguese, it appears they cannot avoid covering Brasil in the news (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. VOA Radiogram tries Thor25x4 this weekend, in addition to the usual MFSK32. Thor25x4 is an interesting mode to listen to even if you don't have the software to decode it .... VOA Radiogram, 6-7 August 2016: In Thor25x4, news about Io http://voaradiogram.net/post/148501070787/voa-radiogram-6-7-august-2016-in-thor25x4-news (Kim Elliott, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Am 05.08.2016 um 16:33 schrieb VOA Radiogram: > This weekend's broadcast will not include an html segment. It will, however, include a VOA News story in Thor25x4. This mode is interesting because of its 2-second interleave. Thor25x4 might be able to resist fading, if it occurs this weekend. http://www.rhci-online.net/radiogram/VoA_Radiogram_2016-08-06.htm#THOR25x4 (We tried Thor25x4 in program 52, 29-30 March 2014, with good results) http://www.rhci-online.net/radiogram/VoA_Radiogram_2014-03-29.htm (roger, germany, ibid.) See also WRMI below ** U S A. NIGERIAN FIRST LADY VISITS VOA; FOCUSES ON WOMEN’S AND CHILDREN’S HEALTH http://www.insidevoa.com/a/nigerian-first-lady-visits-voa-focuses-on-womens-and-childrens-health/3455702.html (VOA PR via DXLD) ** U S A. CSPAN at VOA imminent For UT Tuesday Aug 9 at 0000, zap2it listing: The Communicators --- Episode: Communicators at Voice of America (First Aired: Aug. 08, 2016) [sic] Communicators visits Voice of America and several international broadcasting agencies sponsored by the Broadcasting Board of Governors to learn about their operations and how they create a U.S. message about news to send to other countries. 7:00 - 7:27 PM [CDT] CSPAN2 It probably originally aired Sat at 2230 UT on CSPAN1, and no doubt will be available at the website indefinitely (Glenn Hauser, in advance, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Axually episode first aired in April 2016. Includes interviews with new head of VOA, of OCB, and of VOA Persian service, all YLs. Following week visited more BBG servicEs, Middle East, etc. (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. RFE/RL: See UZBEKISTAN ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1837 monitoring: confirmed Thursday August 4 at 2100 on WRMI, 13695, S9+20. Also confirmed Thu Aug 4 after 2330 on WBCQ, 9329.87-CUSB, poor. Next: 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 NSW 3210 ND [reactivated last week] Sat 1400 Unique Radio NSW 3210 ND 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 NSW 3210 ND 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 1837 monitoring: confirmed Friday August 5 at 2130.5 on WRMI, 13695, S9+40. Also confirmed Fri Aug 5 at 2330 on WBCQ, 9330.76, S9. Next: Sat 0630 HLR 6190-CUSB to SW Sat 0700 Unique Radio NSW 3210 ND [reactivated last week] Sat 1400 Unique Radio NSW 3210 ND 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 NSW 3210 ND 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 1837 monitoring: confirmed Sat Aug 6 by roger in germany: ``LOG: 6190 kHz CUSB Goehren "WOR" 0630-0700z, Southern Saxony-Anhalt: O=2 (220 km, skipzone Goehren), Juliusruh + Dourbes foF2 only 3.8 MHz, OK in SDR Twente O=3-4``. Also confirmed by gh, the Sat Aug 6 2230 broadcast on WBCQ, 9330.83-CUSB at 2254, good, further off-frequency than usual. Next: Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sun 0830 Unique Radio NSW 3210 ND 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 WOR via IRRS: See ITALY (WORLD OF RADIO 1838) WORLD OF RADIO 1837 monitoring: confirmed UT Sunday August 7 at 0345 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM: JBA gh voice under noise level, so started later than nominal 0315. Also confirmed Sunday August 7 at 2330 on WBCQ, 9330.793-CUSB, S9. Also confirmed UT Monday August 8 at 0030 on WRMI, 7730, S9+20. Also confirmed UT Monday August 8 at 0304 on Area 51 via WBCQ, 5129.87-AM, despite nearby storm noise; also confirmed UT Monday August 8 at 0330 on WRMI 9955, S9+10 even on indoor longwire. Next: 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 1837 monitoring: confirmed Monday August 8 at 2330 on WBCQ, 9330.930-CUSB, which has drifted even further off-frequency. 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 1837 monitoring: NOT confirmed Tuesday August 9 at 2130 on WRMI, since 15770 is OFF the air --- this is the most unreliable transmission on WRMI. Many other WRMI frequencies, higher and lower are on the air, from very strong to JBA: 21675, 17790, 15440, 13695, 11580, 11565, 9955, 6855, 5015. Confirmed on the G8 portable, Aug 9 at 2330 on WBCQ 9331v-CUSB --- receiver tunes in 5 kHz steps AM only, so reduced carrier and slight off-frequency are perceptible, but good signal with whip only. Next: Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW WORLD OF RADIO 1837 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday August 10 at 2105 check on WBCQ webcast, but JBA at 2127 check on 7490. Also confirmed Wed Aug 10 at 2330 on WBCQ, 9330.85-CUSB, fair. WORLD OF RADIO 1838 ready for first airings August 11: Thu 1130 WRMI 9955 to SSE Thu 2100 WRMI 13695 to NW Thu 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW 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 NSW 3210 ND Sat 1400 Unique Radio NSW 3210 ND 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 NSW 3210 ND 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 [to be pre-empted] 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. 9330.84-CUSB, Sat Aug 6 at 2302 following WORLD OF RADIO, WBCQ with ``William Tell Overture``, i.e. an `Allan Weiner Worldwide` playback, but segué to some other music, and Tom Barna is substituting with date announced as 15 August 2014, i.e. almost two years ago. I wonder why he picked this one to fill? I am mainly monitoring 9650 Guinea, but when I get back to 9330+ at 2322, Tom has been telling a personal story about life`s struggle, Mal is off the ventilator [later deceased], inviting calls to 207-538- 9180, but I hope nobody tried to get in on this today. Discussion seems to be about whether suicide should be prevented or allowed. Pause for ``a bipolar favorite`` piece of music, then 2328 call from Jim Ramsey, discussing Robin Williams, whose suicide must have been recent then. 7490, Sat Aug 6 at 2305, meanwhile, J. P. Ferraro is discussing current politix on `Shortwave Saturday Night`. 5129.9 is too weak in the noise to tell what it`s transmitting, and no signal audible on 3250v (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) (7490), UT Tue Aug 9 at 0100 after listening to `From the Isle of Music` on WBCQ webcast, right into Brother Scare, no more Radio BiPolar or Church of the Subgenius Hour of Slack, which had been showing up here by surprise the past few weeks (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 15770: "Dub Politico" at 2145 in English. This could be the single most dull left-wing wacko radio program ever produced! 4+4+444 -2152 30/July, Eton +randomwire (Kenneth Vito Zichi, Port Hope MI2, MARE Tipsheet via DXLD) 30 July was a Saturday. Scheduled at one other time: UT Sat 0100 on 11580 (gh) WRMI 15770 kHz Problems --- WRMI appeared to be cutting in and out on 15770 kHz when noted around 2050 UT. Perhaps the Venezuelan special DX broadcast didn't do too well. Will check recording later. Anyone else notice this? (Richard Langley, Aug 9, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15770 was off the air completely at WOR-Time, 2130 Aug 9 (but many higher and lower WRMI frequencies nominal). This broadcast seems to be the most unreliable one on WRMI (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) WRMI WILL SHOWCASE DIGITAL MODES VIA ANALOG RADIO Just saw this on the VOA Radiogram website: WRMI, Radio Miami International, will showcase digital text and images via analog radio in a half-hour special broadcast to be transmitted nine times (at least), beginning Saturday, 13 August. The broadcast will mostly be in MFSK32 centered on 1500 Hz. There will also be segments in MFSK64, MFSK32 centered on 2200 Hz, and Olivia 64- 2000. The program will include MFSK images, examples of non-Latin alphabets, and an Flmsg transmission. You will also hear “co-channel” music. To decode the modes on the WRMI broadcast, Fldigi software is recommended. Download it from https://sourceforge.net/projects/fldigi/files/fldigi/ The main Fldigi website is http://www.w1hkj.com And you will use the companion program Flmsg. Download it from https://sourceforge.net/projects/fldigi/files/flmsg/ To make Flmsg work with Fldigi, in Fldigi: Configure > Misc > NBEMS > under Reception of flmsg files, select Open with flmsg and Open in browser, and below that indicate where your Flmsg.exe file is located – probably somewhere in Program Files(x86). For correct decoding of the languages with diacritics, or using non- Latin alphabets, in Fldigi: Configure > Colors & Fonts > RxTx > in the Rx/Tx Character set menu, select UTF-8. For Fldigi to automatically select the mode and the center audio frequency of the mode, select RxID (upper right of the interface) by left clicking. In newer versions of Fldigi, also right click on RxID and select Passband. You can decode this WRMI special broadcast as it is broadcast, or from your recording. TRANSMISSION SCHEDULE Via WRMI’s transmitters at Okeechobee, Florida, except where noted: Saturday 13 August 0030-0100 UT on 7730 kHz (285 degrees azimuth) Saturday 13 August 0730-0800 UT on 5850 kHz (315 degrees) Saturday 13 August 1330-1400 UT on 11580 kHz ( 44 degrees) Saturday 13 August 2200-2230 UT on 5950 kHz (181 degrees) Sunday 14 August 0230-0300 UT on 11580 kHz ( 44 degrees) Sunday 14 August 2130-2200 UT on 15770 kHz ( 44 degrees)* Sunday 14 August 2330-2330 UT on 11580 kHz ( 44 degrees)* Monday 15 August 2000-2030 UT on 6070 kHz* ** Tuesday 16 August 2130-2200 UT on 15770 kHz ( 44 degrees) [***] * Preempts DigiDX, usually heard at this time ** Via Channel 292, Germany [*** preempts the only WORLD OF RADIO broadcast by WRMI to Europe; however, Tue at 2130, 15770 is often off the air instead --- gh] Many of these broadcasts will be heard outside their nominal target areas. Reception reports to Jeff: info (at) wrmi.net (Richard Langley, NB, Aug 11, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5072.1 & 5097.9, August 4 at 0418, very weak spur carriers from 5085.0 WTWW-2, with rock music at S9+45 instead of `Midnight[sic] in the Desert`. These plus and minus 12.9 kHz parasites are perpetual. Upper one detectable despite QRM from some uteroar. 9930, Thu Aug 4 at 1907 on BST-1 caradio, DEAD AIR from WTWW-2 instead of Dave Ramsey talk show; still same at 1937 on R75, when I also check 12105, WTWW-3 and find it Bibling in Spanish, while 9475, WTWW-1 is nominal with SFAW in English. 9930 still DA at 2059-2100+, the normal sign-off time. IF any $$ are flowing for airtime, it must be a nightmare to sort out the refunds for failing to modulate a transmitter, or even turn it on. 9930, Fri Aug 5 at 1807, WTWW-2 is on, and modulating for a change, as the Dave Ramsey show is starting; still going at 2000 check. 9475-, Aug 9 at 0200, WTWW-1 playing `Turn Your Radio On`, the song alleging that God is a broadcaster of RF, but chopped off the air in progress without any QSY announcement, at 0201*. As WTWW turns its radio (transmitter) OFF. So I retune to night frequency 5830 and wait: it pops on about *0201:40 with song still playing a little longer, no sign-on or even ID, into ASV reading from Jeremiah XLVII. 12105, August 9 at 0208, WTWW-3 is already off tonight as it should be. 5085, August 9 at 0224, WTWW-2 is on with C&W music at S9+50, so I go looking for the weak parasitic spurs above and below: measured on 5097.95 and 5072.04, which imply that fundamental is also off- frequency to lo side about 5084.995, but not measured directly. Anyhow, the spur separations at 12.955 are slightly more than previous measurements of 12.9 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 7505v, Aug 6 at 0245 UT check, WRNO is gone again. 7505v, Aug 9 at 0155, WRNO is still OFF (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 17775, Aug 5 at 1402, KVOH is already propagating at sign- on, S9+20 music, but distorted/overmodulated, and with BFO the carrier is shaking. Seems they need to warm it up for a while; by 1447 recheck, it`s cleared up (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WMLK is still off the air and I was curious if there have been any updates on the status of its transmitter. I found these entries on the WMLK FaceBook page https://www.facebook.com/www.wmlkradio.net/ "WMLK Radio added 2 new photos. June 10 We have been waiting patiently for replacement parts to arrive here at WMLK Radio. The Engineers were trying to raise the plate voltage to a higher level when a current limiting choke failed in the power supply for the rectifier units. This caused an avalanche effect that shorted out several components. The choke was sent for rebuild and just arrived from the rebuilder today (6/10/16). Some of the diodes that failed were received and placed back into the faulted circuitry. However, the larger diode replacements were ordered and we have yet to receive them. The Engineers are currently working on a FiOS designed power supply system to replace this older (42 yo) power supply. When placing circuitry under high voltage the weaknesses are revealed. Sorry that this update took so long to inform those who support this great project of the progress! We are getting closer to returning to the air. The choke before and after rebuild appears below." "WMLK Radio July 27 at 12:56pm The engineer is preparing to return to WMLK Radio in just over two weeks time. After visiting one of his former employers he will implement what he has learned into the radio station upgrading process. After he returns more information will be available and this will be posted, to keep our listeners up to date!" (Richard Langley, Aug 8, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 8200 harmonic, FLORIDA, WWBA, Largo. 1356 August 7, 2016. Very weak audio, decent carrier. That's 10 X 820 kHz on both the IC- R75 and NRD-535. Considering how close this one is to me, and spewing 50 kW daytime, no real surprise. Suspect it's not audible much beyond me, but may be worth checking by others in central Florida (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1190, TENNESSEE, WSDQ, Dunlap. 0820 August 7, 2016. Classic Country and some Southern Gospel tossed in (at least on this Sunday morning). Sample songs include Patsy Cline "Crazy" and "Man On A Mule" by The Isaacs (LaFollette, Tennessee Southern Gospel/bluegrass group). Slightly varying male canned liners after every couple songs, such as, "Country 11-90, WSDQ, the All New Q" and "The All New Q, WSDQ" etc. They are D1, so clearly violating the license. Looking at their FCC file, they've got a laundry list of violations ranging from restricting public files inspection to EAS issues, so why not go for another? (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. KBXD 1480 Dallas is back RI Community › Forums › South Central › Dallas / Fort Worth › https://radioinsight.com/community/topic/kbxd-1480-dallas-is-back/ It came back on sometime yesterday afternoon. It’s now full-time Indian music. No announcers or spots. The TOH ID is still the same one that was running while they were playing (mostly) country (newsmark, Aug 9, radioinsight via Artie Bigley, OH, WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DXLD) = Mark Sills? (gh) ** U S A. WVOK Oxford, AL. off-frequency at 1579.58 kHz right now, 0058 UT: Easily separable from the others on 1580 right now with Braves vs. Brewers MLB, strong at times here on the South D-KAZ. This might be a good time to log WVOK for anyone needing them. 73, (Tim Tromp, West Michigan, UT Aug 9, IRCA via DXLD) 1579.58, ALABAMA, WVOK, Oxford. 0909 August 9, 2016. Thanks David Crawford for noticing and identifying this. Poor, way off channel het against multiple 1580 stations with Oldies format. The Kinks "Tired Of Waiting For You" at tune-in (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater FL, WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DX LISTENING DIGEST) And later heard by gh in subsequent reports. Oxford AL is east of Birmingham on I-20 next to Anniston, and not to be confused with Oxford MS, or UK (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1660 WCNZ goes religious --- This item from DX-midAMerica: - 1660, WCNZ, FL, Marco Island, REL:Relevant Radio. Was Tropical, Recent sale. NOT on Relevant site. (Old website still up. BD) Best wishes (Barry :-) Davies, Carlisle UK, Aug 6, MWCircle yg via DXLD) ** U S A. Glenn - I am writing to give you a quick update on our work to protect public media funding. I’m thrilled to report that public media funding was included in both the final Senate and House Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies spending bills. This is a critical victory for us, and we could not have done it without your help. Since funding was included in both bills, we are well-positioned in the fall, when negotiations could take place between the House and Senate to finalize spending levels. For more information about this victory and to find out how to prepare for any future threats to public media funding, visit our blog. http://protectmypublicmedia.org/2016/08/03/public-media-funding-status/ Thanks again for being an invaluable part of the campaign to protect the local stations and programs you love. Have a happy and safe rest of the summer and we will be back in touch once Congress is back in Washington, D.C. Best regards, (Cait Beroza, Manager, Protect My Public Media, Aug 4, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. A STATION IS BORN: INSIDE THE HIGH-RISK, LOW-WATT, QUIRKY WORLD OF COMMUNITY RADIO - The Washington Post --- By Steve Hendrix https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/a-station-is-born-inside-the-high-risk-low-watt-quirky-world-of-community-radio/2016/08/05/12e98440-5444-11e6-bbf5-957ad17b4385_print.html At 10 minutes to airtime, the studio clock was three minutes slow. Marika Partridge climbed up on a folding chair to fix it, exchanging a "Close one!" glance with her fellow founders of the Washington area's newest radio station. After a cutthroat Federal Communications Commission application fight and five years of begging for help and money, it wouldn't do to blow the on-air debut because of a $15 wall clock from Target. But at exactly 9:43 a.m. on a July Saturday -- right after the Ethiopian coffee ceremony, the Patuxent tribal blessing and the search for a ponytail tie to fix a droopy microphone cover -- a volunteer engineer clicked a button on a laptop and Takoma Radio was born. "We are automatically forgiving ourselves for everything that really isn't ready yet," said a harried Partridge before shooing well-wishers out of the studio so she could deliver the inaugural station ID. When "Good morning, world, this is Takoma Radio" beamed across a swath of the Washington region for the first time, the station became the latest outlet in the low-watt, high-risk world of low-power FM. All across the country, the government is shoehorning new 100-watt community stations into the radio dial. It's lawful pirate radio, with the feds granting precious slivers of the electromagnetic spectrum to folks who have things to say and songs to play you won't hear on commercial radio: environmentalists, fringe preachers, James Joyce fanatics, anti-abortion activists, lovers of Estonian pop, Japanese rock and the accordion. Almost a dozen stations a week are going on the air following the FCC's second wave of license approvals. Most are local churches that want to extend their ministries a few miles from the pulpit. Several are colleges and school systems, where programming ranges from the morning announcements to afternoon homework clinics. Among the latest wave on the airwaves, according to LPFMDatabase.com: Milwaukee's WPJQ with a mix of old-school gospel and "expletive free hip-hop." KALY in Minneapolis just became the country's first Somali- language radio station. KXWR is broadcasting across Navajo Nation from Dine College in Arizona. But getting on the air is often the easy part. Of the 1,200 licenses awarded in the first round, in 2001, nearly 750 have already gone silent, according to Rec Networks, a Maryland-based low-power-radio consultant group. One of those lost: Alaska's KAQU, which broadcast whale mating sounds from an underwater microphone. [Little guys get airtime as low-power FM makes it debut] In the case of Takoma Radio, the ticket to sound off to almost 250,000 potential listeners went to a volunteer group of radio veterans who hope to create a potluck mix of music and talk reflecting the politically liberal and ethnically diverse suburb. "Other stations say it, but we really are live and local," said Partridge, an NPR veteran who lives two blocks from the closet-size studio volunteers built under a Takoma Park, Md., hardware store. The signal cable runs up past the keymaking machine to the roof, where it is relayed to an antenna on top of the 11-story senior center across the street. She wants WOWD-LP (94.3 FM) to be the town mic. "If you've got a good idea for a show, we want to hear it," she said. Among those filling the host seat in the first two weeks: a 10-year- old reggae DJ, three blind African American disability activists and a pair of feminist hip-hop aficionados, one Iranian, one Israeli. The music offerings are college radio for adults, a mix adhering to no known format, ranging from Bulgarian wedding bands to film scores. Jazz factions from cool to classic have locked in their hours. Ed Smith, 72, has been listening to jazz since he was 10 years old. Now the retired health-care administrator with the gray chin beard and the Carmel-by-the-Sea cap is broadcasting his collection to radios in parts of the District and the Maryland suburbs, and worldwide on takomaradio.org. "He spent all weekend going through the CDs," said his wife, Margo, looking through the studio glass as he tentatively punched buttons on the board. "He's having the time of his life." The gaps between actual hosted programs -- more than half the hours of the week are still blank -- are filled by an automated playlist that is nearing 8,000 tunes, a randomized jukebox of Gene Autry yodels, Sid Vicious solos, Bengali opera and tree-frog calls. The mega mix tape was curated largely by Partridge, who as a longtime director of NPR's "All Things Considered" is credited with honing the distinctive world- beat variety of the network's music buffers. "All I asked is that we take out all the Christmas music and the Nirvana," she said of the WOWD house soundtrack. The station has already attracted refugees from the commercial side of the Washington dial, which these aficionados dismiss as hopelessly homogenized. "Commercial radio today, and even public radio, is not very local," said Jonathan "Weasel" Gilbert, 67, the alt-rock veteran from the once-radical WHFS who is doing a Sunday gig on WOWD along with local music guru Robbie White. "I think Takoma Radio is trying to get some of that back on a small scale." It's free to apply for the license, but the cost of equipping a station -- about $10,000, minimally -- and the demands of managing it have silenced many. "You get it up and running, but then you have to run a nonprofit," said Sally Kane, head of the National Federation of Community Broadcasters. "A lot of them are just helpless." Michael Shay, an environmental activist in Maryland, launched one of the region's first low-power stations in southern Anne Arundel County in 2002. He kept WRYR's mix of green development and Chesapeake culture on the air for almost 10 years until another station stepped on his signal. It didn't help that regulations forced him to locate his antenna on the other side of the bay. "We had to broadcast all the way back to our community with the power of a light bulb," Shay said. "It became unlistenable." Following a change in the law that was hotly opposed by existing broadcasters, the new low-power licenses can be sited much closer to major markets. Shay is hoping to get his antenna moved to his side of the bay. Like most community radio projects, Takoma Radio is a volunteer effort, except for two half-time employees who work on laptops in Partridge's spare bedroom. It was five years ago that Partridge learned that the FCC was going to accept applications for low-power licenses for only the second time since 2001. She posted an invitation on her neighborhood email group for anyone interested in starting a local radio station to come meet on her front porch. The call-out eventually attracted an only-in-Washington cast of media and legal experts. One of the volunteer engineers came from WAMU, the local NPR affiliate. The volunteer lawyer has been a specialist in FCC issues for more than a decade. Partridge had started a community radio station in Sitka, Alaska, before working at NPR for more than 15 years. She left to home-school her autistic son. "Oh yeah, you can't surprise us with anything," said Partridge, who is 60. The group raised more than $65,000 through concerts, T-shirt sales and an online funding campaign. They enlisted Historic Takoma, a local heritage group, to be the official applicant and license holder. But the brain trust proved decisive in the unforgiving FCC process, which relies on competing license seekers to rat out the mistakes in each other's applications. One by one, Takoma-based lawyer Michael Richards combed the documents filed by three other finalists for the same frequency, 94.3. The group persuaded the Maryland Highway Department, which wanted to beam traffic updates from a College Park antenna, to drop out after finding a mistake in its proposed tower location. "I basically went with the message that there was a tremendous application coming from my constituents in District 20 and that there appeared to be a problem with their own application and asked if they would consider stepping aside," said state Sen. Jamie B. Raskin (D-Montgomery), a Takoma Park resident. Richards next notified the FCC of a flaw in the nonprofit status of another finalist, a group related to the D.C. jazz club HR-57. And in the case of the Washington Peace Center, which had sponsored an application on behalf of the Latino Media Collective, he found that a key document had been signed not by an officer of the center, as required by the FCC, but by the office manager. It was enough. In January 2015, the FCC announced that the other two were disqualified and Takoma Radio had won the license. "By the time I found out, it was too late to do anything," said Norberto Martinez, the head of the Latino Media Collective. He wanted the license to create a Spanish and English station along the line of progressive public outlet WPFW, where his group hosts a one-hour show on Hispanic issues. Martinez denies there were any mistakes in his group's application and maintains he never received word of Takoma Radio's complaints. But documents from the FCC website show that a copy of the Takoma group's petition to deny was sent to the Washington Peace Center. "I don't have any hard feelings," Martinez said, "but it didn't feel like a clean process." Partridge, too, lamented the "finger-pointing exercise" that leads to an FCC license award. Since low-power frequencies that fail don't get re-licensed to new stations, radio advocates tend to root for groups that offer as much competence as passion. "It's a horrible process," she said. "But we're determined to make it work, and we definitely have the skills to do it." (c) The Washington Post Company (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) ** U S A. Why is there a sudden surge of translators? I've noticed a LOT of new imo useless FM translators. Did the FCC loosen their regulations or something? Most new ones I think are interfering with other stations and I think they get out too good. I thought 250 W won't carry 30 miles but it does (JVL DXer, Janesville, WI, Aug 8, Kaito KA1103 & Insignia HD portable, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) Yes. The Commission is holding two special "filing windows" for major changes to FM translators. A change is "major" if the translator couldn't operate with the new parameters and its existing parameters at the same time without interfering with itself. Major change filing windows are not held very often. (the last two were TEN YEARS apart) Between Jan. 29 and July 28, the FCC allowed Class C and D AM stations to file applications to move one FM translator a distance of up to 250 miles. (Class C stations are the "graveyard" facilities on 1230, 1240, 1340, 1400, 1450, and 1490 kHz. Class D stations are the "daytimers" with less than 250 watts night power.) A second window opened on July 29th (and remains open until Halloween) for all other AM stations to file. Several hundred were filed on opening day and IIRC the first handful were granted the end of last week. Next year, two windows will be held to accept applications for completely new translators. W224DE 92.7 is one of the translators in question. It was originally authorized on 105.5 in Beaver Dam. On the first day of the January window, it filed to move to 92.7 at Janesville and relay WCLO. (a Class C station) The FCC has a pessimistic impression of the coverage of the average station. WTMX doesn't come anywhere near providing service to Rock County. WMAD comes close but doesn't quite make it. If WMAD can show someone who used to listen can no longer do so because of W242CM, they can get W242CM shut down anyway. Honestly I think that's unlikely to happen. The official protected coverage of Q106 (WWQM 106.3), a Class A station, is 28.2km or about 15 miles. Translator coverage isn't really protected but the 100.9 translator of WTSO 1070 provides the same signal strength at a distance of 20.4km, or about 12 miles. Given very high antennas, a 250-watt translator can "get out" pretty well! (Doug Smith W9WI, Pleasant View, TN EM66, http://www.w9wi.com Aug 9, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) ** U S A. NEWS: Bernie S: http://www.thebdr.net/articles/haps.html 7/24/16 - The Massachusetts House has passed a Bill (4109) regarding those who would broadcast without a license (pirates). Broadcasters hope the State Senate will deal with it before adjourning on July 31. 7/13/16 - The FCC is patting itself on the back over its pirate radio actions this year. Saying 91 enforcement actions so far this year represents a major goal, Chairman Wheeler pointed out that over 20% of the Enforcement Bureau's activities were aimed at pirate stations. After promising action on pirates in return for closing more than one- half of the field offices, broadcasters continue to wonder about the ultimate results. Interestingly, at least 76 of those 91 actions were in the NYC general metro area. This New York State Broadcasters Report about FM radio pirates reads like a guide for FCC field enforcement agents on where to go to bust pirates -- with not-so-subtle hints. It includes a "Pirate Operation Locations" section that includes actual street addresses and photos of many FM pirate station antennas. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/82565753/Pirate%202016%20study%20final%20pdf.pdf (Free Radio Weekly Aug 5 via DXLD) ** UZBEKISTAN. UZBEKISTAN ACTS AGAINST BROTHER OF RFE/RL JOURNALIST August 03, 2016 http://www.rferl.org/content/release-uzbekistan-acts-against-brother-of-rferl-journalist/27898807.html WASHINGTON -- A court in Uzbekistan today sentenced the brother of an RFE/RL journalist to 8 years in prison on drug-related charges, the latest government action involving persons affiliated with the media company's Uzbek Service. In court proceedings, Aziz Yusupov was represented by a lawyer assigned to him by Uzbekistan’s National Security Service (formerly the KGB), whom Yusupov's family said persuaded him to make a false confession to mollify the court. During the one-day trial, no evidence was brought against Yusupov to corroborate the charges. “This has all the signs of an attempt by the government to intimidate RFE/RL journalists because of their uncensored reporting in Uzbekistan," said RFE/RL President Thomas Kent. “We vigorously condemn any attempt to silence us.” Yusupov told RFE/RL that the charges brought against him were changed several times during the series of interrogations that preceded the trial in order to increase the severity of the sentence he could serve. Yusupov was targeted in an earlier incident in March 2013, when state security agents confiscated his state-issued ID, computer, and other personal documents, citing his brother's work for RFE/RL and an interview Yusupov gave to its Uzbek Service. During their interrogations of Yusupov, Uzbek agents accused RFE/RL of slandering Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan frequently brings narcotics-related charges against political activists and critics. In 2008, Uzbek Service contributor Salijan Abdurahmanov was sentenced to 10 years in prison on charges of drug smuggling that the OSCE characterized as “made-up,” adding that the trial “did not withstand the scrutiny of a fair procedure.” In another incident this week, agents with Uzbekistan’s National Security Service seized an apartment in Tashkent owned by an employee of RFE/RL’s Uzbek Service. Uzbekistan authorities have interrogated the family members of other RFE/RL employees in recent months about their relatives’ journalistic work. On at least four occasions, family members of Uzbek Service correspondents have also been denied exit visas, a Soviet practice still required in Uzbekistan, to leave the country. RFE/RL’s Uzbek Service relies on constant innovation and a wide network of local sources to report news and engage with audiences in one of the world’s most closed societies. RFE/RL was forced by the Uzbek government to close its bureau in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent, after reporting on the 2005 government killing of protesters in the city of Andijon. Despite government efforts to block access, the Service’s website averages more than 2 million visits per month, and its video reports are viewed more than 4 million times per month on YouTube (via Dr Hansjoerg Biener, DXLD) ** VANUATU. 7259.957, Radio Vanuatu, Port vila English language service, logged at 0755 UT on Aug 4, S=9 or -72dBm, fluttery too, in - 102 to -72dBm range up and down. Some special accented: hard English like Indian subcontinent machine gun speedy spoken ... 2 x 2 kHz wide modulation. 3944.205, TENTATIVELY, S=3-4 VERY LOW MODULATION on threshold level, at 0801 UT on Aug 4. + BUZZ of UNID carrier noted in Brisbane Queensland unit, 313 Hertz interference heterodyne whistle heard, of 3943.892 kHz string [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 4) (Wolfgang Büschel, checked quickly New Delhi and Brisbane remote units in 0730 to 0810 UT Aug 4th slot, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VATICAN [and non]. Vatican back on 6070 again this evening --- Hi all, I was just listening to Radio Klein Paris International [via Radio 292, GERMANY] on 6070 kHz from 2000 to 2100 UT, and was surprised when the Vatican came on at 2038 and flattened the signal again until 2100. I'm not sure if today is something special in the Catholic world, or if this was just a one-off, or mistake. Unfortunately I wasn't listening at 1840 to see if it had appeared then as well (Alan Gale, Aug 9, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Usual VR Arabic service, registered since 27 Dec 2015: 6070 kHz 2040-2100 UT to NoWeAF 37,38NW SMG 250kW 234deg 0 386 daily 270316 291016 Arabic CVA VAT Requests in winter season 6070 0000 2400 18,27,28 ROB 25 0 0 700 Deu D R48 FNA 6070 0300 0200 28SE,29W BR 5 0 0 925 Bel BLR BTC SDT 6070 0630 0715 27SE,28NW SMG 250 4 -6 386 Lat CVA VAT MassLatin 6070 0730 1000 51 JAY 50 0 0 700 Eng INS RRI RRI 6070 1000 1100 18,27-29,37-39MOS 100 0 0 926 Deu AUT ORF ORS Sunday 6070 1600 1700 44 YAM 100 290 0 148 Mul J JIC MIC 6070 1600 1700 43N,44 YAM 300 290 0 146 Mul J JIC MIC 6070 1700 1800 29S,30S XIA 500 292 0 216 Rus CHN CRI RTC 6070 1800 1900 29S,30S BEI 500 288 0 218 Rus CHN CRI RTC 6070 1940 2015 27,37NW SMG 100 326 16 386 Lat CVA VAT Liturgy 6070 2140 2200 37,38NW SMG 100 234-16 386 Ara CVA VAT Arabic (Wolfgang Büschel, ibid.) ** VENEZUELA [non]. WRMI 15770 kHz Problems --- WRMI appeared to be cutting in and out on 15770 kHz when noted around 2050 UT. Perhaps the Venezuelan special DX broadcast didn't do too well. Will check recording later. Anyone else notice this? (Richard Langley, NB, Aug 9, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) 15770 was totally off the air by WOR-time at 2130 (Glenn Hauser, ibid.) The program did not go out on 7730 kHz last night (i.e. this morning at 0000 UT). There was music filler instead. According to a message from Jeff White posted on the Venezuelan group's FaceBook page, it went out at this time on the previous day due to a mix-up in the requested UTC day. And we know what happened with the 2100 UT broadcast yesterday as discussed earlier. But, there are three more chances to hear the program: Friday, August 12, 21:30-22:00 15770 kHz Saturday August 13, 00:00-00:30 7730 kHz Monday, August 15, 00:00-00:30 7730 kHz Let's hope the days and times (supposedly UTC) are correct! (Richard Langley, Aug 10, ibid.) Standard remark about how SWLs should use UT exclusively (gh, DXLD) ** VIETNAM [and non]. Voice of Vietnam (UK relay), 12005, 0125 2 AUG - SINPO = 35212. English, female announcer and female translator on local remote interviewing male. musical interlude at 0127z. ID at 0130z by male, then female announcer begins Vietnamese service. QSB=slow-to-moderate, modulation mostly above the noise floor with occasional peaks well above it as well as occasional complete fade outs for seconds at a time. sf72.0, a3, k1, geomag: very quiet. 250 kw, beamAz 282 , bearing 35 . Sangean ATS505 w/MFJ-1020C active antenna and MFJ-901B tuner used to preselect Magic Wand Antenna hanging indoors on west wall. Received at Las Vegas, United States, 8260 km from transmitter at Woofferton. Local time: 1825. 73s (Rodney Johnson, NV, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Voice of Vietnam has sent schedules indicating changes in English to North America, which are NOT confirmed: (gh) The editor of weekly electronic bulletin RUS DX, Moscow, Russia, Mr. Anatoly Klepov, writes in Forum DENEB, Russia for some changes in the schedule of Voice of Vietnam in English: 0000-0027 & 0100-0127 on 6175 WHRI (ex 0100-0127 & 0230-0257 on 12005 Woofferton); new 1100-1127 & 1500-1527 on 7285 Vietnam; new 2130-2157 on 7280 & 9730 Vietnam. The other broadcasts are unchanged (Translated by Rumen Pankov, Sofia, Bulgaria, Aug 10, WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DX LISTENING DIGEST) How early the frequency in the 49 m is starting. Usually this has been down in early November after daylight saving time and more evening of darkness can help the 49 m band (Richard Lemke, Alberta, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Relay sites not specified below, but 6175 in B-seasons has been Woofferton at 0100 & 0230; WHRI still at 0330. Current WHR schedule shows Angel 2 at 0330 on 6175 with VOV, but still with other services before 0300 on 9605, 7315. Correxions: 105.5 is of course MHz, not kHz; 12020 is really 12019 (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Voice of Vietnam FREQUENCY LIST 30 minute [ENGLISH] program – From August, 2016 Areas of coverage UTC Airtime Frequencies Western Europe 17:00 9625 khz Europe, Central Asia 19:00 7280 khz, 9730 khz 21:30 7280 khz, 9730 khz 20:30 7280 khz, 9730 khz Africa, Middle East 20:30 7220 khz, 9550 khz Indonesia 23:30 9840 khz, 12020 khz Eastern America 0:00 6175 khz 1:00 6175 khz Central America-Caribbean 3:30 6175 khz Hanoi 10:00 105.5 khz Indonesia 10:00 9840 khz, 12020 khz Laos, Thailand, Cambodia 11:00 7285 khz Japan, Guangzhou 11:30 9840 khz, 12020 khz Indonesia 12:30 9840 khz, 12020 khz Japan, Guangzhou 13:30 9840 khz, 12020 khz Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia 15:00 9840 khz, 12020 khz, 7285 khz Europe, Central Asia 16:00 7280 khz, 9730 khz Africa, Middle East 16:00 7220 khz, 9550 khz Hanoi 16:00 105.5 khz (via Richard Lemke, Alberta, Aug 10, reformatted by gh for DX LISTENING DIGEST) Dropping 12005 for 6175 did not happen at the very beginning of August, as in first log above (gh, DXLD) The printed sked, without a specific date other than August 2016 does show 0000 & 0130 UT with correct Hanoi time conversion 0700 & 0830 for 6175, but nothing heard on 6175 at 0013 UT August 11. 12005 is as usual occupied at this hour by a weak Cairo noise blob. So will still be on 12005 Woofferton at 0100? or 6175 at 0100 WHRI or Woofferton? It appears that VOV is totally confused about this, failed to coordinate it with relay sites, or at best has jumped the gun with this announcement. Further monitoring here early UT August 11: At 0201, nothing on 6175, weak signal on 12005; away from device noise on the porch with the PL-880, I get a carrier about 6173.9 which is surely Radio Tawantinsuyo, Perú! 12005 has something with music. This would be amid the 0130-0230 Vietnamese language broadcast via WOF. At 0232, on the R75, no 6175, and JBA algo on 12005. The early change to 49m may well have been spurred by deteriorating reception on 12005, over the night trans-Atlantic path. What VOV really needs is an interim channel, say 9 MHz band from Woofferton in Aug-Sept-Oct. Not checked, but 6175 should have come up as usual from WHRI at 0300, including 0330 English. This WHRI transmitter VOV has been using is not available before 0300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DX LISTENING DIGEST) And, according to a wrong announcement from the French service: "from Sept 1, 9625 will no longer be used for the 2100 broadcast" 9625 (from Moosbrunn) is used at 1830 (in French at this time), not at 2100 (Jean-Michel Aubier, France, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** YEMEN [non]. 11860, Aug 9 at 1320, R. Sana`a is better than usual, S6-S8, Arabic talk, and about the same still at 1358; presumably via SAUDI ARABIA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZAMBIA. 5914, August 5, 2016. 0303-0310, Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation, Lusaka, in Kham language. Male announcer talks; local song; Female announcer talks. Zambia NBC has a very poor signal and modulation and it is between the fire of two stations: Radio Japan on 5910, in Japanese, and WHRI on 5920, in English. Today is barely impossible heard on 5915, but on 5915 is a few better, 23332 (in rare moments, 24332). (DXer: José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo- PB, Brazil, Degen DE1103 + Sony ICF-SW100S, Antenna: Portable Telescopic, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) Apparently he means 5914 is a little better --- just side-tuning. Please report stations on the frequencies they transmit! (gh, DXLD) 5915, ZNBC/Radio One. Has been a while since I last checked on this one, but Dave Valko's report to me of hearing the African Fish Eagle IS at 0240, on Aug 9, motivated me to give a listen. Aug 10, noted open carrier at 0232, with IS starting at 0240; signal improving by 0251 Anthem (Ron Howard, Calif., dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZAMBIA. 9680, Voice of Hope, Africa: "Non-existent to very weak at Twente receiver today. Three hours recorded. Sniffs of audio around 06:00 UTC. -- Richard Langley langleyrichard May 30" After I posted this at the end of May, Wolfgang Bueschel contacted me off line suggesting that at this time of year, propagation from southern Africa to the Northern Hemisphere might favour the propagation path to eastern North America rather than Europe. I replied that I would give it a try using my own receiver/recorder, here in New Brunswick, leaving it running overnight on 9680 kHz. Well, I finally got around to doing just that this past Monday, 1 August (UT), a holiday here. With the Tecsun PL-880 and 7-metre longwire at the far end of the backyard, bingo! A pretty weak signal at 0500 sign-on but it faded up quickly to a barely listenable level with music and chat for the better part of 20 minutes or so before starting to fade out. Occasionally marred by brief utility QRM (sounds like digital noise bursts or radar). Completely faded out by about 0630. Attached [to the DXLD yg] is a brief clip of the station ID around 0515 UT, which seems like it might have been live as there was a time check for 7:15 Central African Time (Richard Langley, Aug 4, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) Hi Richard, Great recording, better than I sometimes get it in Jo'burg! Regards, (Bill Bingham, RSA, ibid.) V of Hope noted at Fair level (S6-7 on Perseus S-meter) at 0530 tune (8/5) from Southern California on 9680 – woman at 0530 with “The time is 7:30” followed by program announcements and then a recorded devotional program to 0535 and praise songs. Easy listening level here with moderate QSB. One of the strongest signals here on the 31 mb (Bruce Churchill, Aug 5, ibid.) ** ZANZIBAR. TANZANIA, 6015. August 9, 2016. 0328-0335, Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation, Dole, in Swahili. Announcers (YL/OM) talks and talks. Station with fair signal and poor or barely audible modulation, 35432 (sometimes, 25431). (DXer: José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX), Cabedelo-PB, Brazil, Degen DE1103 + Sony ICF-SW100S, Antenna: Portable Telescopic, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via DXLD) UNIDENTIFIED. 1330.23, Aug 5 at 0053, carrier hetting 1330.0 stations; but no match around 1350 so can`t assume this is a spur from some 1340 outlet; maybe merely a 1330 off-frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Sunday, August 7, 2016, 2220, 1700 AM. UNID. Classic Spanish language creole-style music, with voiceovers in French. Faded out at 2228, but faded back in a minute or two later, occasionally very good signal. More music, and into an extended talk by a man in French at 2234, faded away for good at 2236 (Larry Will, Mount Airy, Maryland, Tecsun PL-600 and long wire, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Pirate? UNIDENTIFIED. 6780.032-AM, Aug 10 at 0205, JBA carrier, maybe trace of modulation. Could be 2 x 3390 or 6 x 1130 harmonic; or a pirate. Even weaker signal on 6770 where the oldtimeradio pirate may be constantly on but not enough to copy here for a longtime (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 6947.40, August 7 at 0426, open carrier has shifted to here, the one which occasionally erupts into RTTY; ditto at 0144 UT Aug 8, S9 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 8150, 1350 August 7, 2016. Fair level AM mode carrier in the clear with some slow fading. Gone at 1407 recheck (Terry L Krueger, Clearwater FL, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Pirate? UNIDENTIFIED. EGYPT, UNIDentified station with Egyptian music again on air on Aug 9 0900-0920 on 9550 unknown transmitter site, poor to fair signal today (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, B`lgariya, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ++++++++++++++++++++++++ ACKNOWLEDGED ON WORLD OF RADIO 1838: Thank you again for all your work! (Jeff Murri with a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com; such need not necessarily be in US funds) One may also contribute by check or MO in US funds on a US bank to World of Radio, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 LANGUAGE LESSONS ++++++++++++++++ HOW ENGLISH GAVE BIRTH TO SURPRISING NEW LANGUAGES English has morphed into several other languages all over the world. James Harbeck looks at the origins and possible future of these strange descendants. 11 August 2016 Languages are ever changing, mixing and mutating, and sometimes they give birth to new ones. Sanskrit gave birth to Hindi and others; Latin is ancestor to a set of languages including Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian; more recently, Afrikaans came from Dutch. But how about English? What will it give birth to? Tok Pisin, Pitkern, Gullah, Sranan, Singlish http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160811-how-english-gave-birth-to-surprising-new-languages (via Gerald T Pollard, NC, DXLD) MUSEA +++++ WMCA AM 570, NEW YORK CITY: "INDEPENDENT RADIO STATION" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNpCnFLUq58 This is a U.S. Military training film on New York radio station WMCA, owned by the Nathan Straus family, showing its ownership, management and activities. It provides a good view of radio in the era when most stations were locally owned and operated (YouTube Video of the Month, Aug CIDX Messenger via DXLD) SAVING THE SOUNDS OF RADIO --- July 28, 2016 by Erin Allen The Library of Congress is working to preserve the nation’s historical broadcasts (The following is a story written by Mark Hartsell, editor of the Library’s staff newsletter, The Gazette, for the July-August 2016 issue of the Library of Congress Magazine. You can read the issue in its entirety here.) http://www.loc.gov/lcm/pdf/LCM_2016_0708.pdf (Aug CIDX Messenger via DXLD) DIGITAL BROADCSTING --- DRM See BRAZIL! S CAROLINA [non] incidental +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ DIGITAL BROADCSTING --- DTV See BRAZIL; MEXICO +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM +++++++++++++++++++++ NUMBERS STATIONS: COLD WAR, SHORT WAVES talk given by Henry Cooke at the Electromagnetic Field event in Guildford is now available on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qrt1pN4CFCA 73 (Trevor M5AKA ---- AMSAT-UK http://amsat-uk.org/ Twitter https://twitter.com/AmsatUK Facebook https://facebook.com/AmsatUK YouTube https://youtube.com/AmsatUK BDXC-UK yg via DXLD) AFCCE URGES MEMBERS TO SOUND OFF ABOUT SPECTRUM NOISE Comments are due Aug. 11, 2016. http://www.radioworld.com/article/afcce-urges-members-to-sound-off-about-spectrum-noise/279362 Sent from my iPad (via Dennis Gibson, ABDX via DXLD) IF YOU THINK THERE'S A NOISE FLOOR PROBLEM, SPEAK UP NOW http://www.radioworld.com/article/if-you-think-theres-a-noise-floor-problem-speak-up-now/279395 Sent from my iPad (Dennis Gibson, IRCA via DXLD) Viz.: by Paul McLane on 08.10.2016 “Why isn’t the FCC doing their job?” That question has been asked before in the broadcast community regarding problems of noise from a growing number of unlicensed electronic sources. It is being asked again in comments filed to the Federal Communications Commission’s Technological Advisory Council. As we’ve reported, the council is asking the public right now about whether there’s a noise floor problem and how bad it is. The deadline is tomorrow (Aug. 11). Only about three dozen comments have been filed so far, by Radio World’s count in the FCC’s online database, though some organizations tend to wait until the filing deadline. The question above was put by Frederick Vobbe, an engineer who tells the commission in written comments that he has worked in broadcasting and cable since 1968. He is an active ham, he has helped the FCC in locating radio pirates and he is a regional EAS co-chairman and past public information officer for a county office of emergency management. “For years the level of interference from terrestrial noise sources has steadily increased,” he wrote. “The interference issue is not unique to the United States. Other countries struggle with noise. What is different is other countries have recognized the problem and threat to citizens. They have begun working toward resolutions, which includes the prosecution of violators.” Complicating the problem, he said, “With analog devices the consumer was able to identify interference. With digital devices the majority of consumers do not know why a device stops working or performs poorly. The public has been cheated out of receiving the quality and performance they expect from their purchase. The public is also threatened by buying safety and security equipment which may not work due to interference from other equipment. Interference and noise is a direct danger to citizens impacting their ability to access NOAA WX Radio, EAS, amateur radio, and is a threat to law enforcement and first responder communications.” Vobbe concluded that interference and noise have forced broadcasters to incur losses in audience, revenue and public service. “One has to reasonably question if AM/FM/TV broadcasters are damaged with malice, and should be compensated for losses of service area or viewer/listeners.” The commission, he said, should demand that all users and manufacturers eliminate intentional or unintentional interference within three months. “Additionally, the FCC should require all manufacturers of equipment out of compliance to inform their customers by mail or advertisement that they own a device which is non-compliant,” he continued. “Public utilities, municipalities and common carriers should publish a contact phone number in each community where they provide service for reporting interference. Once reported, a resolution should be made within three business days. All correspondence in these matters shall be public record. Fines should be implemented when owners of offending devices do not exhibit a reasonable resolution the problem. Financial compensation should be made to victims for interference, or providing materials and labor at no charge for the resolution to the problem.” You can read Vobbe’s filing here (PDF). http://www.radioworld.com/Portals/0/Vobbe%20Impact%20of%20Manmade%20Interference%208102016.pdf [6 pages, with many specific examples --- must reading!!! gh] Comments to the FCC are being accepted through tomorrow, using the commission’s Electronic Comment Filing System. File comments under docket number 16-191. - See more at: http://www.radioworld.com/article/if-you-think-theres-a-noise-floor-problem-speak-up-now/279395#sthash.rve2IJ4x.dpuf (via gh, DXLD) NAB PLACES NOISE RESPONSIBILITY FIRST AT FOOT OF FCC by Susan Ashworth on 08.11.2016 http://www.radioworld.com/article/nab-places-noise-responsibility-first-at-foot-of-fcc/279411 It’s high time to take action about all this noise. So says NAB. The National Association of Broadcasters today urged the Federal Communications Commission to address increasing spectrum noise from manmade sources, and to do so “aggressively and expeditiously.” “Failure to do so risks devaluing licensed spectrum and drowning licensed users in a sea of noise,” the NAB wrote in a comment filing, calling noise a threat to all radio and TV broadcast services. It wants the commission at least to set emission limits for devices operating on the AM band and to clarify the kinds of good engineering practices that should be followed by the makers of electronics that cause so much noise -- such as switching power supplies in consumer and commercial equipment; power transmission lines; LED lighting including traffic lights; and composite video display systems such as those in Times Square and Las Vegas. In June, the FCC Office of Engineering and Technology announced that its Technological Advisory Council would begin investigating changes and trends http://www.radioworld.com/article/fcc-advisors-tackle-noise-floor-issues/279077 in the radio spectrum noise floor. The council consists of a group of technology experts and provides expertise to the commission. [See the list of Technological Advisory Council members.] https://www.fcc.gov/engineering-technology/electromagnetic-compatibility-division/technological-advisory-council-tac The NAB welcomed the initiative but lays the initial responsibility for controlling radio noise at the feet of the FCC, saying that the agency was created by Congress to address interference chaos in the first place. “Today’s worsening noise problem threatens to recreate the very disorder that the commission was established to eradicate,” the NAB said. The association said effective spectrum management must assess both the likelihood of interference and the costs of disrupting existing services. “Noise is caused largely by the proliferation of cheap and simple electronic designs with little or no regulatory oversight or enforcement. At the same time, the shift of radio communication systems from analog to digital increases, in many cases, the susceptibility of communications systems to such noise interference.” There is also a misperception that digital radio technologies are more robust than analog predecessors. While it’s true that many digital systems can operate closer to the noise floor than an analog counterpart, the NAB wrote, a rising noise floor can offset that advantage. NAB said AM signals in particular are susceptible but insisted that the commission need not accept the inevitablity of an ever-worsening noise environment. It also noted problems that arose for FM during the rollout of IBOC digital radio. The commission moved then to set the power level for digital carriers at 1 percent of the analog power level (–20 dB below carrier) — a level set based on “theoretical analysis and laboratory testing that did not adequately consider the effects of environmental noise,” the NAB said. Afterward, many FM stations found themselves unable to replicate their analog coverage with their digital signal. Though the commission did approve blanket authorization to increase IBOC power for most stations, “increasing power to overcome noise is treating the symptom rather than the underlying disease,” the NAB said in its comment filing. “It is simply poor spectrum policy to continue to battle interference with techniques that ultimately create more interference, and does not comport with the general requirement in the Communications Act to ‘use the minimum amount of power necessary to carry out the communication desired,’” the NAB wrote. (The filing did not address a commonly heard gripe from HD Radio critics that, on the U.S. AM band in particular, the digital signals are themselves a source of unwelcome noise and interference.) The first step, the NAB suggests, is for the commission to address the cause of the problem. It pressed for a review of Part 15 emission limits to determine what improvements are necessary to protect licensed services, and then adopt enforceable limits that will minimize noise interference. At a minimum, it said, the commission should set radiated emission limits to protect AM stations. “[T]here are no emission limits for devices operating on frequencies below 30 MHz. This means that the AM band is afforded no quantitative protection at all,” it wrote. “Under Part 18, radiated emissions outside the ISM bands allow for 10 uV/m at one mile and 25 uV/m at 1000 feet. The protected service contour for AM coverage by most stations is 0.5 mV/m,while the interference protection ratio for groundwave-to-groundwave is 20:1.By adopting and enforcing radiated emission limits of 0.025 mV/m, measured at a distance of 10 meters, the FCC could eliminate much of the interference that exists today and better protect stations in the AM service.” It also asked the commission to clarify the meaning of “good engineering practices to minimize the risk of harmful interference,” a phrase in the rules covering makers of incidental radiators. “The commission provides no guidance as to what constitutes ‘good engineering practices,’” the NAB wrote. “Absent any further guidance, this rule is largely meaningless and unenforceable in practice.” Also, NAB noted that for in the case of devices, there is an incentive to cut costs by removing RF-suppression equipment that does not affect day-to-day operation. “At present there is no requirement for a post- market sampling or measurement program to detect such modifications. Either the manufacturer or the FCC, or both, need to have a robust enforcement program that includes sampling of retail products for compliance.” In short, the commission’s existing limits on intentional, unintentional and incidental radiation are inadequate to protect licensed radio services, particularly broadcast services. “We urge the commission to undertake a comprehensive review of these limits and develop specific and enforceable limits to prevent further noise interference.” (via Dennis Gibson, IRCA via DXLD) Dennis, Thanks for the link to article. The situation isn't being helped by the U.S. D.O.E Level VI energy-efficiency regulation. Which basically mandates all external power have to be switch mode types. A similar situation now exists in the EU too. Kind regards (Andrew Ikin, UK?, ibid.) THREATS OVER POLICE RADIOS HAVE OFFICERS AND SCANNER BUFFS ON THE CASE A man has made death threats against two New York police captains over restricted airwaves. [caption] Emon Hassan for The New York Times August 7, 2016 Crime Scene By MICHAEL WILSON http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/08/08/nyregion/threats-over-police-radios-have-officers-and-scanner-buffs-on-the-case.html A male voice came over the police radio, speaking in standard departmental jargon as he asked to be patched through to the duty captain in the Midtown South Precinct in Manhattan on July 30. The captain responded. "South captain, remember how you put me in jail?" the man on the radio asked. "I am out now, and I'm coming to put a bullet in your head." The threat, so brazen across the restricted airwaves of the New York Police Department, was a shock. How had the man gained access to the radio frequencies? Had he stolen a police radio? Another theory was widely repeated in conversations last week with experts on the radio system: The man had hacked a store-bought two-way radio and turned it into a police walkie-talkie. The man returned to the airwaves three nights later, threatening a different captain: "I'm going to put a bullet in your head," he said, according to the police. An investigation is continuing. Breaches in police frequencies are infrequent, the police said, although just a day before the man's first threat, a similar episode occurred in Queens when a different-sounding voice repeatedly shouted "Officer down!" and gave a location. In urgent tones, a dispatcher sent officers there. "Nothing going on," an officer reported back. The appeal is as old as prank calls. "You could make the police jump up and down," said Robert Geis, a retired New York police detective and an amateur radio enthusiast. The false alarms resemble what has become known as Christmas scanner syndrome. "Every Christmas and the day after Christmas, you see an increase in phony calls," said a longtime radio and scanner operator in his 60s, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he believed the man who made the threats could be dangerous. People get scanners for Christmas, and then they make prank calls to the police so they can listen to the response. Making a call over police frequencies, a big step beyond a phone call, has never been easier, Mr. Geis said. "What's changed over the years is the availability of radios that can be programmed to police frequencies," he said. "Twenty years ago, you had to cut a wire or clip a diode. It would open up the radios to go on frequencies they weren't intended to go on. Now, they come out of the box like that." A man in Astoria, Queens, Daniel Delise, 48, was arrested on April 16 after using a police frequency to make a false call about an officer in need of assistance in the neighborhood, the police said. A search revealed 14 radios in the home he shared with his parents, according to a criminal complaint. "He would always listen to those things," said his mother, Josephine Delise, 84. "It really got out of hand. My husband and I went through hell with this radio." Mr. Delise was in jail when the latest calls were made and is not a suspect. A parallel search for the culprit seems to be underway within the community of amateur radio operators and those known as scanner buffs -- people who listen to police frequencies at home. It is a long-established group in the city, but at times, a fractured one, with feuds over the airwaves that have devolved into curses, threats and "jamming," or blocking a frequency from legitimate use. "I've been beating the bushes trying to figure it out," said the veteran scanner operator. The operator thought about the pool of people capable of breaching the police airwaves. "I know of at least 50," he said. "There may be 500. Five thousand. These radios are $29." An executive in the police radio industry who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he worked for a different police department said that the New York Police Department's radio system was similar to those used in many cities, and that it was vulnerable to intruders. "You could go on a website right now, and all the frequencies are listed," he said. "There is no magic formula to make your police radio work only for you, unless you're willing to spend billions of dollars." The man who made the threats against the police captains said at one point over the radio that he was near a Walgreens in Times Square. Officers rushed to the location but found nothing suspicious. The radio industry executive said he felt certain the man would return to the airwaves with more taunts. "They leave a trail a mile wide," he said. "They're addicted to stupid." (via Mike Cooper, DXLD) PIRATE RADIO T-SHIRT Hi everyone, Just wanted to help DJ Dick Weed promote his new T-shirt campaign, all proceeds go to The Salvation Army this time. Dick Weed doesn't make any money off this and is just his way of promoting free radio and raising some funds for a charity of his choosing. The shirt is really nice with a front and back design, the back has logos from several other pirate radio stations. Go to http://www.booster.com for more info and to order your very own T-shirt! His goal is to sell 50 by the time the campaign closes but he needs a minimum of 20 T-shirts sold for the campaign to be successful and get the shirts printed up and shipped out. As of today (8/4/2016) there were 16 shirts sold so far. They are only $20.00 each and you will be supporting free radio and donating to the charity. Get yours today! https://www.booster.com/long-live-the-bunker (Joe Filipkowski, Warwick RI, Free Radio Weekly Aug 5 via DXLD) Will that lessen the din of those annoying bell-ringers?? Almost as bad as poison-gassers congregating outside store-doors (gh, DXLD) PROPAGATION +++++++++++ Re: SPORADIC E ALL ABOUT THE JET STREAM Here`s another questionable comment from the anonymous RSGB propagation predictor: ``There is still time in the 2016 sporadic E season for jet streams to make the turbulent gravity waves, which may be part of the formation process for Es.`` 73, (Glenn Hauser, Aug 5, WTFDA gg via DXLD) If they are using the 'common' definition of "jet stream", which are located at the upper reaches of the troposphere (normally 30,000- 52,000' ASL), then yes this is dubious since E-skip clouds DO NOT exist in the troposphere, but rather in the E-layer of the ionosphere. I would argue that on Earth, the jet streams are stronger, with greater turbulence, in the winter rather than the summer due to the greater north-south temperature contrasts and stronger high and low pressure systems. So the "there is still time" statement is curious. Stronger jet streams are coming in September in the Northern Hemisphere. The author of this statement is confusing turbulence and wind shear in the ionospheric regions, which yes is likely very important to Es cloud formation according to the most common theories (Bill Hepburn, Ont., Aug 6, WTFDA gg via DXLD) Yes, but what about the ``gravity waves``?? (gh, DXLD) PREDICTING DAMAGING Solar flares Times of India, U Tejonmayam, August 3, 2016 While the night of September 1, 1856 sent shock waves among telegraphers after telegraph systems went haywire across the world a few hours after English astronomer Richard Carrington recorded the 'first and largest' solar flare to have struck the planet, it led to a series of researches attempting to study and predict these solar storms. Astrophysicists the world over believe that the magnetic field in the Sun organise as uniformly twisted cylindrical tubes of magnetic energy that well up to the visible surface of the star as sunspots before ejecting flares. But a team from Indian Institute of Astrophysics and University of Oslo, Norway has found, through a numerical model, these fluxes can have non-uniform twist. Scientists believe that the finding of the emergence of sun spots can help them develop a method to predict these solar flares, as they often occur above the sunspots. Developing a method to predict solar flares is important as it often disrupts space communication systems the world rely on. Solar flares release magnetic energy in the form of heat, solar magnetic particles, x-rays and gamma rays. They can affect anything from terrestrial radars to satellite and mobile communications, GPS signals, flight rerouting and communications. According to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the total cost of X class solar flare, the biggest type of flare, hitting the earth can be as high as $1 trillion. The magnitude of the energy is as huge as the energy delivered by the impact of a 10-km- wide asteroid. For the study, researchers picked `delta' sunspots, one of the four categories of sunspots, as they contribute more than 95% of the most intense solar flares, which releases x-rays though they constitute less than 25% of all the sunspots seen during the sun's 11-year solar cycle. The team carried out numerical simulations on super computers to study how the flux tubes pass through the sun's turbulent interior and rise to the surface resulting in a sunspot. Full article here: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/Solar-flares-Experts-rely-on-wave/articleshow/53524912.cms Posted by: (Mike Terry, dxldyg via DXLD) :Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts :Issued: 2016 Aug 08 0119 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 01 - 07 August 2016 Solar activity was at very low to moderate levels. Very low levels occurred on 01-04 and 06 Aug with low levels on 05 Aug and low to moderate levels on 07 Aug. Region 2572 (N13, L=320, class/area Dao/110 on 07 Aug) produced a C1/Sf flare observed at 05/1012 UTC. On 07 Aug, activity increased to moderate levels with an impulsive M1 (R1-Minor) x-ray event observed at 07/1444 UTC from an active region just beyond the SW limb. 07 Aug also saw numerous C-class flares. Region 2571 (N12, L=267, class/area Dai/150 on 07 Aug) produced a C5 event at 07/2232 UTC. New Region 2573 (N08, L=177, class/area Dso/060 on 07 Aug) produced a C8/Sf at 07/1509 UTC. No Earth-directed CMES were observed during the summary period. No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at moderate flux levels on 02-03 Aug and high flux levels on 01 and 04-07 Aug. The highest flux reading was 16, 206 pfu observed at 06/1445 UTC. Geomagnetic field activity was at quiet to minor storm levels. The period began on 01 Aug at quiet levels under a nominal solar wind regime. Midday on 02 Aug, activity levels increased to unsettled to minor storm (G1-Minor) levels due to shock enhancement from the arrival of the 28 Jul CME coupled with a CIR in advance of a recurrent, positive polarity CH HSS. Solar wind speeds increased from about 310 km/s early on 02 Aug to near 550 km/s by midday on 03 Aug. Unsettled to minor storm levels persisted through 03 Aug. Wind speeds increased further on 04-05 Aug with a peak speed of near 675 km/s recorded late on 05 Aug. Winds speeds began a slow decay on 06 Aug. Mostly unsettled to active conditions were observed on 04-06 Aug. By 07 Aug, wind speeds decreased to about 500 km/s as effects from the CH HSS waned. Mostly quiet to unsettled levels were observed on 07 Aug. FORECAST OF SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY 08 AUGUST-03 SEPTEMBER 2016 Solar activity is expected to be at low levels with a chance for M-class flares (R1-R2, Minor-Moderate) on 08-20 Aug due to the flare potential from Regions 2573 and 2574. Very low to low levels are expected on 21 Aug - 01 Sep. An increase to low levels with a chance for M-class flares (R1-R2, Minor-Moderate) are expected on 02-03 Sep with the return of Regions 2573 and 2574. No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit. The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at high flux levels on 08-15, 22-23 and 26-28 Aug and again on 31 Aug-03 Sep due to recurrent CH HSS activity. Normal to moderate levels are expected for the remainder of the outlook period. Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at unsettled to G1 (Minor) storm levels on 08 Aug and again on 31 Aug due to recurrent CH HSS activity. Unsettled to active levels are expected on 09-11, 15-16, 18-19, 24-25, 29 and 30-31 Aug along with 01-03 Sep, all due to recurrent CH HSS activity. Mostly quiet conditions are expeced for the remainder of the outlook period. :Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt :Issued: 2016 Aug 08 0119 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 2016-08-08 # # UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest # Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index 2016 Aug 08 100 20 5 2016 Aug 09 105 8 3 2016 Aug 10 100 12 4 2016 Aug 11 100 10 3 2016 Aug 12 100 8 3 2016 Aug 13 100 5 2 2016 Aug 14 95 5 2 2016 Aug 15 95 12 4 2016 Aug 16 95 12 4 2016 Aug 17 95 5 2 2016 Aug 18 90 8 3 2016 Aug 19 90 8 3 2016 Aug 20 85 5 2 2016 Aug 21 75 5 2 2016 Aug 22 75 5 2 2016 Aug 23 75 5 2 2016 Aug 24 75 15 4 2016 Aug 25 75 15 4 2016 Aug 26 75 5 2 2016 Aug 27 80 5 2 2016 Aug 28 80 5 2 2016 Aug 29 80 15 4 2016 Aug 30 80 25 5 2016 Aug 31 80 18 4 2016 Sep 01 80 15 4 2016 Sep 02 85 15 4 2016 Sep 03 95 12 3 (SWPC via WORLD OF RADIO 1838, DXLD) Space Weather News for August 7, 2016 http://spaceweather.com https://www.facebook.com/spaceweatherdotcom PERSEID METEOR OUTBURST: Do you love the Perseid meteor shower? This year, you will love it even more. Forecasters say the 2016 Perseids should be twice as active as usual, filling the sky with 200+ meteors per hour on peak nights between Aug. 11th and 13th. This is happening because Earth is heading for an unusually rich stream of debris from parent comet Swift-Tuttle. Visit http://spaceweather.com for sky maps, observing tips, and links to live webcasts of the Perseid outburst. Remember, Spaceweather.com is now on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/spaceweatherdotcom (via Dario Monferini, playdx yg via DXLD) GLENN`S PROPAGATION OUTLOOK FOR MEDIA NETWORK PLUS AS OF AUG 11, 2016 Keith, from IPS in Australia, the global HF propagation forecast thru August 13: normal at low and middle latitudes; normal to fair at high latitudes. From Spaceweather South Africa thru August 13: magnetic conditions unsettled except quiet on the 13th; shortwave fadeouts unlikely, MUF unstable. From Met Office UK, the forecast thru August 14: a slight 10 percent chance of M class solar flares. From F K Janda in Prague, the geomagnetic field will be: quiet to unsettled on August 12, 15, 18, 24, 31 quiet on August 13 - 14, 23, 27 - 28 active to disturbed on August (16 - 17, 21,) 29 quiet to active on August 20, 25 - 26, 30 mostly quiet on August 22 From SWPC in Boulder: Geomagnetic field is expected to be at unsettled to active levels on August 15-16 with A and K indices of 12 and 4; August 24 and 25 at 15 and 4; unsettled to G1 (Minor) storm levels on Aug 31, peaking at 25 and 5 on August 30. Solar flux dropping from 100 on August 13 to 75 on the 21 to 26, back up to 95 by September 3. William Hepburn`s VHF-UHF-microwave DX maps call for extreme tropospheric ducting across the western Gulf of Mexico on August 12 and 13; off southern California and Baja California August 12 to 16; all week off the northwest coast of Africa into the mid-Atlantic; across eastern Mediterranean until August 14; along the coast of Angola August 15 and 16; all week around the Red Sea, Caspian Sea, Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea to Pakistan and India (via DXLD) ###